| Lineup | Houston | PG - Mark Perry (fresh) SG - James Bell (fresh) SF - Alberto Moretti (fresh) PF - Fadey Janski (fresh) C - Henry Erickson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Joshua Hart (fresh) SG - Johnny Coleman (fresh) SF - Orville Heinz (fresh) PF - Nicholas Lueras (fresh) C - Stephen Morgan (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Houston | Henry Erickson wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 19:38 | Houston | James Bell misses the lay-in | 0-0 |
| 19:36 | Illinois | Stephen Morgan gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:12 | Illinois | Johnny Coleman is fouled on the floor by Alberto Moretti - foul #1 on Alberto Moretti, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 18:57 | Illinois | Joshua Hart can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 0-0 |
| 18:56 | Houston | Henry Erickson grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:42 | Houston | James Bell misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 0-0 |
| 18:41 | Illinois | Nicholas Lueras pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:23 | Illinois | Joshua Hart drills a 3pt jumper from straight away | 0-3 |
| 18:06 | Houston | James Bell misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 0-3 |
| 18:05 | Houston | Mark Perry can't tip it in | 0-3 |
| 18:03 | Illinois | Stephen Morgan grabs the defensive rebound | 0-3 |
| 17:41 | Illinois | Orville Heinz is hacked by Mark Perry - foul #1 on Mark Perry, team foul #2 | 0-3 |
| 17:20 | Illinois | Nicholas Lueras blows the layup but he's fouled by Alberto Moretti - foul #2 on Alberto Moretti, team foul #3 | 0-3 |
| Subs | Houston | Henry Harris (SF) Alberto Moretti | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 17:20 | Illinois | Nicholas Lueras makes the 1st free throw | 0-4 |
| 17:20 | Illinois | Nicholas Lueras makes the 2nd free throw | 0-5 |
| 17:13 | Houston | Henry Erickson knocks in the shot in the lane on a nice dish by James Bell | 2-5 |
| 16:51 | Illinois | Stephen Morgan knocks in the fadeaway in the lane set up by Nicholas Lueras | 2-7 |
| 16:34 | Houston | Henry Erickson can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 2-7 |
| 16:33 | Illinois | Stephen Morgan gets the rebound | 2-7 |
| 16:26 | Illinois | Joshua Hart misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 2-7 |
| 16:24 | Houston | The rebound goes to Fadey Janski | 2-7 |
| 16:15 | Houston | Mark Perry misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 2-7 |
| 16:14 | Houston | James Bell gets the offensive rebound | 2-7 |
| 15:57 | Houston | Henry Harris loses the dribble to Orville Heinz | 2-7 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Mark Perry (fresh) SG - James Bell (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Henry Harris (fresh) PF - Fadey Janski (fairly fresh) C - Henry Erickson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Joshua Hart (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Johnny Coleman (fresh) SF - Orville Heinz (fresh) PF - Nicholas Lueras (fresh) 2 pts. C - Stephen Morgan (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:31 | Illinois | Nicholas Lueras misses the pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Henry Erickson - foul #1 on Henry Erickson, team foul #4 | 2-7 |
| Subs | Houston | Zlatko Nuzenski (SG), Eric Cartwright (PF), Rodolfo Maldonado (C) James Bell, Fadey Janski, Henry Erickson | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 15:31 | Illinois | Nicholas Lueras makes the 1st free throw | 2-8 |
| 15:31 | Illinois | Nicholas Lueras misses the 2nd free throw | 2-8 |
| 15:31 | Houston | The rebound goes to Eric Cartwright | 2-8 |
| 15:13 | Houston | Eric Cartwright is denied on a layup by Stephen Morgan | 2-8 |
| 15:11 | Illinois | Nicholas Lueras grabs the board | 2-8 |
| 14:46 | Illinois | Nicholas Lueras clanks a turnaround near the basket | 2-8 |
| 14:44 | Illinois | Orville Heinz gets the offensive rebound | 2-8 |
| 14:26 | Illinois | Orville Heinz buries a shot in the paint | 2-10 |
| 14:07 | Houston | Nicholas Lueras is called for the reach on Zlatko Nuzenski - foul #1 on Nicholas Lueras, team foul #1 | 2-10 |
| Subs | Houston | Brandon Grant (PG), James Bell (SG) Mark Perry, Zlatko Nuzenski | |
| Subs | Illinois | Andrew Schoolcraft (PG), Arthur Walters (PF) Joshua Hart, Nicholas Lueras | |
| 13:54 | Houston | Rodolfo Maldonado is hacked by Stephen Morgan - foul #1 on Stephen Morgan, team foul #2 | 2-10 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Illinois | John Parrish (C) Stephen Morgan | |
| 13:38 | Houston | Eric Cartwright misses the floater from the right block but he's fouled by John Parrish - foul #1 on John Parrish, team foul #3 | 2-10 |
| Subs | Houston | Dennis Leff (SF), Henry Erickson (C) Henry Harris, Rodolfo Maldonado | |
| Subs | Illinois | Stephen Morgan (C) Orville Heinz | |
| 13:38 | Houston | Eric Cartwright makes the 1st free throw | 3-10 |
| 13:38 | Houston | Eric Cartwright makes the 2nd free throw | 4-10 |
| 13:23 | Illinois | Andrew Schoolcraft hits a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Johnny Coleman | 4-13 |
| 12:58 | Houston | 3 seconds is called on Eric Cartwright | 4-13 |
| Subs | Houston | Fadey Janski (PF) Eric Cartwright | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 12:29 | Illinois | Stephen Morgan connects on the fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by Andrew Schoolcraft | 4-15 |
| 12:09 | Houston | Stephen Morgan steals it from Henry Erickson | 4-15 |
| 11:47 | Illinois | Johnny Coleman scores on a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Andrew Schoolcraft | 4-18 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Brandon Grant (fresh) SG - James Bell (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Dennis Leff (fresh) PF - Fadey Janski (fresh) C - Henry Erickson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Andrew Schoolcraft (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Johnny Coleman (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - John Parrish (fresh) PF - Arthur Walters (fresh) C - Stephen Morgan (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:35 | Houston | James Bell knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away set up by Brandon Grant | 7-18 |
| 11:15 | Illinois | Johnny Coleman comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner but he's hacked by Dennis Leff - foul #1 on Dennis Leff, team foul #5 | 7-18 |
| Subs | Houston | Mark Perry (PG), Henry Harris (SF), Eric Cartwright (C) Brandon Grant, Dennis Leff, Henry Erickson | |
| Subs | Illinois | Joshua Hart (PG), Orville Heinz (SF), Nicholas Lueras (PF) Andrew Schoolcraft, John Parrish, Stephen Morgan | |
| 11:15 | Illinois | Johnny Coleman makes the 1st free throw | 7-19 |
| 11:15 | Illinois | Johnny Coleman misses the 2nd free throw | 7-19 |
| 11:15 | Illinois | Johnny Coleman makes the 3rd free throw | 7-20 |
| 11:00 | Houston | James Bell throws a bad pass out of bounds | 7-20 |
| 10:35 | Illinois | Joshua Hart loses the ball out of bounds | 7-20 |
| Subs | Houston | Zlatko Nuzenski (SG) James Bell | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 10:19 | Houston | Mark Perry misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Joshua Hart - foul #1 on Joshua Hart, team foul #4 | 7-20 |
| Subs | Houston | Rodolfo Maldonado (C) Fadey Janski | |
| Subs | Illinois | Andrew Schoolcraft (SG), John Parrish (C) Johnny Coleman, Arthur Walters | |
| 10:19 | Houston | Mark Perry makes the 1st free throw | 8-20 |
| 10:19 | Houston | Mark Perry misses the 2nd free throw | 8-20 |
| 10:19 | Illinois | Nicholas Lueras pulls down the rebound | 8-20 |
| 10:04 | Illinois | Rodolfo Maldonado picks off the pass by Joshua Hart | 8-20 |
| 09:47 | Houston | Eric Cartwright's fadeaway is rejected by Nicholas Lueras | 8-20 |
| 09:45 | Houston | Rodolfo Maldonado tips it home | 10-20 |
| 09:19 | Illinois | John Parrish hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 10-20 |
| 09:17 | Houston | Rodolfo Maldonado snags the defensive board | 10-20 |
| 09:13 | Houston | Zlatko Nuzenski comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 10-20 |
| 09:11 | Illinois | John Parrish pulls down the rebound | 10-20 |
| 08:43 | Illinois | The jump hook by Orville Heinz is blocked by Rodolfo Maldonado | 10-20 |
| 08:41 | Illinois | Orville Heinz grabs the offensive rebound | 10-20 |
| 08:21 | Illinois | Eric Cartwright is called for the reach on John Parrish - foul #1 on Eric Cartwright, team foul #6 | 10-20 |
| Subs | Houston | James Bell (SG), Fadey Janski (PF), Henry Erickson (C) Zlatko Nuzenski, Eric Cartwright, Rodolfo Maldonado | |
| Subs | Illinois | Johnny Coleman (SG), Stephen Morgan (C) Andrew Schoolcraft, John Parrish | |
| 08:06 | Illinois | Joshua Hart misses long on a shot from the left side but the foul's on Henry Harris - foul #1 on Henry Harris, team foul #7 | 10-20 |
| 08:06 | Illinois | Joshua Hart misses the 1st free throw | 10-20 |
| 08:06 | Illinois | Joshua Hart misses the 2nd free throw | 10-20 |
| 08:06 | Houston | Henry Harris pulls down the rebound | 10-20 |
| 07:49 | Houston | Joshua Hart steps in front of the Mark Perry pass | 10-20 |
| 07:46 | Illinois | Joshua Hart blows the layup | 10-20 |
| 07:45 | Illinois | Orville Heinz hits the follow up shot | 10-22 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Mark Perry (fresh) 1 pts. SG - James Bell (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Henry Harris (fresh) PF - Fadey Janski (fresh) C - Henry Erickson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Joshua Hart (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Johnny Coleman (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Orville Heinz (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Nicholas Lueras (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Stephen Morgan (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:31 | Houston | Joshua Hart is called for the reach on Mark Perry - foul #2 on Joshua Hart, team foul #5 | 10-22 |
| Subs | Houston | Dennis Leff (SF) Henry Harris | |
| Subs | Illinois | Andrew Schoolcraft (PG), Arthur Walters (PF) Joshua Hart, Nicholas Lueras | |
| 07:20 | Houston | James Bell connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Fadey Janski | 13-22 |
| 06:56 | Illinois | Stephen Morgan comes up short on the fadeaway near the basket | 13-22 |
| 06:55 | Illinois | Stephen Morgan tips it but misses | 13-22 |
| 06:54 | Illinois | Johnny Coleman pulls down the offensive rebound | 13-22 |
| 06:35 | Illinois | Stephen Morgan connects on the shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Andrew Schoolcraft | 13-24 |
| 06:15 | Houston | Stephen Morgan swats the short shot by Henry Erickson | 13-24 |
| 06:14 | Illinois | Stephen Morgan snags the defensive board | 13-24 |
| 05:54 | Illinois | Johnny Coleman misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 13-24 |
| 05:52 | Illinois | Orville Heinz gets the offensive rebound | 13-24 |
| 05:36 | Illinois | Arthur Walters throws a bad pass out of bounds | 13-24 |
| Subs | Houston | Brandon Grant (PG), Henry Harris (SF), Eric Cartwright (PF) Mark Perry, Dennis Leff, Fadey Janski | |
| Subs | Illinois | Joshua Hart (PG), John Parrish (SF), Nicholas Lueras (PF) Johnny Coleman, Orville Heinz, Arthur Walters | |
| 05:24 | Houston | Henry Erickson misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 13-24 |
| 05:22 | Illinois | Joshua Hart snags the defensive board | 13-24 |
| 04:56 | Illinois | Stephen Morgan can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Eric Cartwright - foul #2 on Eric Cartwright, team foul #8 | 13-24 |
| Subs | Houston | Rodolfo Maldonado (PF) Eric Cartwright | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 04:56 | Illinois | Stephen Morgan misses the 1st free throw | 13-24 |
| 04:56 | Illinois | Stephen Morgan makes the 2nd free throw | 13-25 |
| 04:43 | Houston | Henry Harris comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 13-25 |
| 04:42 | Houston | Rodolfo Maldonado misses the tip | 13-25 |
| 04:41 | Illinois | The rebound goes to Nicholas Lueras | 13-25 |
| 04:24 | Illinois | Nicholas Lueras slams it home set up by John Parrish | 13-27 |
| 04:08 | Houston | James Bell can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 13-27 |
| 04:07 | Illinois | The rebound goes to John Parrish | 13-27 |
| 03:50 | Illinois | Nicholas Lueras hits a floater from the left block | 13-29 |
| 03:24 | Houston | Rodolfo Maldonado throws a bad pass out of bounds | 13-29 |
| Subs | Houston | Mark Perry (PG), Zlatko Nuzenski (SG), Alberto Moretti (SF), Fadey Janski (PF), Eric Cartwright (C) Brandon Grant, James Bell, Henry Harris, Rodolfo Maldonado, Henry Erickson | |
| Subs | Illinois | Johnny Coleman (SG), Orville Heinz (SF), Arthur Walters (C) Andrew Schoolcraft, John Parrish, Stephen Morgan | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Mark Perry (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Zlatko Nuzenski (fresh) SF - Alberto Moretti (fresh) PF - Fadey Janski (fresh) C - Eric Cartwright (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Joshua Hart (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Johnny Coleman (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Orville Heinz (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Nicholas Lueras (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Arthur Walters (fresh) | |
| 03:06 | Illinois | Orville Heinz hits a pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Johnny Coleman | 13-31 |
| 02:49 | Houston | Eric Cartwright hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 13-31 |
| 02:48 | Illinois | Nicholas Lueras grabs the board | 13-31 |
| 02:28 | Illinois | Nicholas Lueras blows the layup | 13-31 |
| 02:27 | Houston | The rebound goes to Fadey Janski | 13-31 |
| 02:09 | Houston | Alberto Moretti throws a bad pass out of bounds | 13-31 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Andrew Schoolcraft (PG), Stephen Morgan (C) Joshua Hart, Nicholas Lueras | |
| 01:49 | Illinois | Andrew Schoolcraft connects on the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Johnny Coleman | 13-34 |
| 01:34 | Houston | Zlatko Nuzenski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 13-34 |
| Subs | Houston | James Bell (SG) Zlatko Nuzenski | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 01:15 | Illinois | Andrew Schoolcraft's pass is intercepted by Fadey Janski | 13-34 |
| 01:03 | Houston | James Bell knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away | 16-34 |
| 00:43 | Illinois | Alberto Moretti denies the turnaround by Arthur Walters | 16-34 |
| 00:41 | Houston | Fadey Janski pulls down the rebound | 16-34 |
| 00:35 | Houston | Eric Cartwright slams it home set up by Mark Perry | 18-34 |
| 00:11 | Illinois | Orville Heinz hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right block but the foul's on Alberto Moretti - foul #3 on Alberto Moretti, team foul #9 | 18-34 |
| Subs | Houston | Henry Harris (SF), Rodolfo Maldonado (PF), Henry Erickson (C) Alberto Moretti, Fadey Janski, Eric Cartwright | |
| Subs | Illinois | Joshua Hart (PG), Nicholas Lueras (PF) Johnny Coleman, Arthur Walters | |
| 00:11 | Illinois | Orville Heinz makes the 1st free throw | 18-35 |
| 00:11 | Illinois | Orville Heinz makes the 2nd free throw | 18-36 |
| 00:02 | Houston | Henry Erickson comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 18-36 |
| 00:00 | Houston | The clock runs out | 18-36 |