| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Norman Edwards (fresh) SG - Christopher Crowell (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Matthew Sasse (fresh) PF - Jeffrey Warner (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Ralph Castillon (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMKC | PG - Robert Bradley (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Ferguson (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Thomas Ruckman (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Timothy Minton (fresh) 6 pts. 2 blk. C - Donald Stone (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UMKC | Thomas Ruckman inbounds the ball | 32-31 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UMKC | UMKC is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:46 | UMKC | Timothy Minton can't finish the layup | 32-31 |
| 19:44 | UMKC | Thomas Ruckman tips it back up and in | 32-33 |
| 19:28 | Mercer | Ralph Castillon can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side but the foul's on Donald Stone - foul #1 on Donald Stone, team foul #1 | 32-33 |
| 19:28 | Mercer | Ralph Castillon makes the 1st free throw | 33-33 |
| 19:28 | Mercer | Ralph Castillon makes the 2nd free throw | 34-33 |
| 19:01 | UMKC | Timothy Minton can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Christopher Crowell - foul #1 on Christopher Crowell, team foul #1 | 34-33 |
| 19:01 | UMKC | Timothy Minton misses the 1st free throw | 34-33 |
| 19:01 | UMKC | Timothy Minton misses the 2nd free throw | 34-33 |
| 19:01 | UMKC | Donald Stone pulls down the offensive rebound | 34-33 |
| 18:44 | UMKC | Timothy Minton makes the 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Robert Bradley | 34-36 |
| 18:29 | Mercer | Matthew Sasse buries a floater from the left wing on a great pass from Norman Edwards | 36-36 |
| 18:18 | UMKC | Robert Bradley is fouled on the floor by Matthew Sasse - foul #2 on Matthew Sasse, team foul #2 | 36-36 |
| 18:08 | UMKC | Thomas Ruckman comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 36-36 |
| 18:06 | Mercer | The rebound goes to Christopher Crowell | 36-36 |
| 17:52 | Mercer | Christopher Crowell comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 36-36 |
| 17:51 | UMKC | Timothy Minton pulls down the rebound | 36-36 |
| 17:46 | UMKC | Norman Edwards is called for the reach on Robert Bradley - foul #2 on Norman Edwards, team foul #3 | 36-36 |
| 17:28 | UMKC | Michael Ferguson's fadeaway is rejected by Jeffrey Warner | 36-36 |
| 17:26 | Mercer | Jeffrey Warner grabs the defensive rebound | 36-36 |
| 17:08 | Mercer | Ralph Castillon throws it down on a great pass from Norman Edwards | 38-36 |
| 16:42 | UMKC | Timothy Minton jams it on a nice dish by Michael Ferguson | 38-38 |
| 16:22 | Mercer | Michael Ferguson steals it from Norman Edwards | 38-38 |
| 15:58 | UMKC | Thomas Ruckman loses the ball out of bounds | 38-38 |
| Subs | Mercer | Ricky Wilson (PG), Gene Hughes (SG), Ronald Epperson (SF), Michael Ryckman (PF), Clifford Giles (C) Norman Edwards, Christopher Crowell, Matthew Sasse, Jeffrey Warner, Ralph Castillon | |
| Subs | UMKC | Russell Waldron (SG), Ken Phares (SF), Duane Bell (PF), Troy Macfarlane (C) Michael Ferguson, Thomas Ruckman, Timothy Minton, Donald Stone | |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Ricky Wilson (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gene Hughes (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ronald Epperson (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Michael Ryckman (fresh) 3 pts. C - Clifford Giles (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UMKC | PG - Robert Bradley (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Russell Waldron (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Ken Phares (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Duane Bell (fresh) 4 pts. C - Troy Macfarlane (fresh) | |
| 15:47 | Mercer | Michael Ryckman misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 38-38 |
| 15:45 | UMKC | The rebound goes to Ken Phares | 38-38 |
| 15:23 | UMKC | Troy Macfarlane is fouled on the floor by Ronald Epperson - foul #3 on Ronald Epperson, team foul #4 | 38-38 |
| Subs | Mercer | | |
| Subs | UMKC | Stephen Durrett (PG) Robert Bradley | |
| 15:04 | UMKC | Russell Waldron can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Gene Hughes - foul #3 on Gene Hughes, team foul #5 | 38-38 |
| 15:04 | UMKC | Russell Waldron makes the 1st free throw | 38-39 |
| 15:04 | UMKC | Russell Waldron misses the 2nd free throw | 38-39 |
| 15:04 | Mercer | The rebound goes to Clifford Giles | 38-39 |
| 14:45 | Mercer | Ronald Epperson knocks in the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 40-39 |
| 14:38 | UMKC | Troy Macfarlane is hacked by Clifford Giles - foul #1 on Clifford Giles, team foul #6 | 40-39 |
| Subs | Mercer | Matthew Sasse (SF), Ralph Castillon (C) Ronald Epperson, Clifford Giles | |
| Subs | UMKC | Robert Bradley (PG), Thomas Ruckman (SF) Stephen Durrett, Troy Macfarlane | |
| 14:28 | UMKC | Russell Waldron hits a jumpshot from the left wing set up by Robert Bradley | 40-41 |
| 14:08 | Mercer | Robert Bradley picks off the pass by Michael Ryckman | 40-41 |
| 13:55 | UMKC | Ken Phares is whistled for a carry | 40-41 |
| Subs | Mercer | Norman Edwards (PG), Christopher Crowell (SG), Jeffrey Warner (PF) Ricky Wilson, Gene Hughes, Michael Ryckman | |
| Subs | UMKC | Timothy Minton (PF), Donald Stone (C) Ken Phares, Duane Bell | |
| 13:41 | Mercer | Jeffrey Warner loses the ball out of bounds | 40-41 |
| 13:26 | UMKC | Thomas Ruckman misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 40-41 |
| 13:24 | Mercer | Ralph Castillon pulls down the rebound | 40-41 |
| 13:03 | Mercer | Ralph Castillon misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 40-41 |
| 13:02 | UMKC | The rebound goes to Russell Waldron | 40-41 |
| 12:45 | UMKC | Timothy Minton hits a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 40-43 |
| 12:23 | Mercer | Christopher Crowell lays it in on a nice dish by Matthew Sasse | 42-43 |
| 12:19 | UMKC | Robert Bradley is fouled in the backcourt by Norman Edwards - foul #3 on Norman Edwards, team foul #7 | 42-43 |
| Subs | Mercer | Ronald Epperson (SF), Michael Ryckman (PF), Clifford Giles (C) Matthew Sasse, Jeffrey Warner, Ralph Castillon | |
| Subs | UMKC | Michael Ferguson (SG) Russell Waldron | |
| 12:19 | UMKC | Robert Bradley makes the 1st free throw | 42-44 |
| 12:19 | UMKC | Robert Bradley makes the 2nd free throw | 42-45 |
| 12:00 | Mercer | Clifford Giles is whistled for traveling | 42-45 |
| Subs | Mercer | Ricky Wilson (PG) Norman Edwards | |
| Subs | UMKC | Ken Phares (SF), Duane Bell (PF), Troy Macfarlane (C) Thomas Ruckman, Timothy Minton, Donald Stone | |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Ricky Wilson (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Christopher Crowell (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ronald Epperson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Michael Ryckman (fresh) 3 pts. C - Clifford Giles (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UMKC | PG - Robert Bradley (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Michael Ferguson (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Ken Phares (fresh) 4 reb. PF - Duane Bell (fresh) 4 pts. C - Troy Macfarlane (fresh) | |
| 11:35 | UMKC | Duane Bell hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 42-45 |
| 11:33 | UMKC | Robert Bradley tips it but misses | 42-45 |
| 11:32 | UMKC | The offensive rebound goes to Duane Bell | 42-45 |
| 11:15 | UMKC | Duane Bell clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 42-45 |
| 11:13 | UMKC | Duane Bell grabs the offensive rebound | 42-45 |
| 10:55 | UMKC | Michael Ferguson misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 42-45 |
| 10:53 | Mercer | Christopher Crowell grabs the defensive rebound | 42-45 |
| 10:35 | Mercer | Christopher Crowell misses long on a jumper from the free throw line | 42-45 |
| 10:33 | UMKC | Duane Bell gets the rebound | 42-45 |
| 10:12 | UMKC | Duane Bell hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 42-45 |
| 10:10 | Mercer | Clifford Giles pulls down the rebound | 42-45 |
| 10:00 | Mercer | Michael Ryckman knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 45-45 |
| 09:39 | UMKC | Ken Phares drills a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 45-47 |
| 09:22 | Mercer | Troy Macfarlane steals it from Christopher Crowell | 45-47 |
| 09:13 | UMKC | Ken Phares misses long on a jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Christopher Crowell - foul #2 on Christopher Crowell, team foul #8 | 45-47 |
| Subs | Mercer | Norman Edwards (PG), Matthew Sasse (SF), Jeffrey Warner (PF), Ralph Castillon (C) Christopher Crowell, Ronald Epperson, Michael Ryckman, Clifford Giles | |
| Subs | UMKC | Stephen Durrett (PG), Russell Waldron (SG), Timothy Minton (PF), Donald Stone (C) Robert Bradley, Michael Ferguson, Duane Bell, Troy Macfarlane | |
| 09:13 | UMKC | Ken Phares makes the 1st free throw | 45-48 |
| 09:13 | UMKC | Ken Phares makes the 2nd free throw | 45-49 |
| 08:58 | Mercer | Ralph Castillon connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Jeffrey Warner | 48-49 |
| 08:37 | UMKC | Stephen Durrett misses the 3 from straight away | 48-49 |
| 08:35 | UMKC | The offensive rebound goes to Stephen Durrett | 48-49 |
| 08:22 | UMKC | Russell Waldron is hacked by Matthew Sasse - foul #3 on Matthew Sasse, team foul #9 | 48-49 |
| Subs | Mercer | Gene Hughes (SG) Ricky Wilson | |
| Subs | UMKC | Thomas Ruckman (SF) Ken Phares | |
| 08:22 | UMKC | Russell Waldron makes the 1st free throw | 48-50 |
| 08:22 | UMKC | Russell Waldron makes the 2nd free throw | 48-51 |
| 08:07 | Mercer | Matthew Sasse hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 48-51 |
| 08:06 | Mercer | Jeffrey Warner pulls down the offensive rebound | 48-51 |
| 07:55 | Mercer | Norman Edwards is hacked by Stephen Durrett - foul #1 on Stephen Durrett, team foul #2 | 48-51 |
| Subs | Mercer | | |
| Subs | UMKC | Robert Bradley (PG) Stephen Durrett | |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Norman Edwards (fresh) 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Gene Hughes (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Matthew Sasse (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Jeffrey Warner (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Ralph Castillon (fresh) 15 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMKC | PG - Robert Bradley (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Russell Waldron (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Thomas Ruckman (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Timothy Minton (fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Donald Stone (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 07:47 | Mercer | Gene Hughes drills a 3 pointer from the left corner | 51-51 |
| 07:25 | UMKC | Russell Waldron is whistled for traveling | 51-51 |
| 07:04 | Mercer | Ralph Castillon hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right block | 51-51 |
| 07:02 | Mercer | Norman Edwards hits the follow up shot | 53-51 |
| 06:54 | UMKC | Russell Waldron connects on the turnaround in the lane on a nice dish by Robert Bradley | 53-53 |
| 06:37 | Mercer | Ralph Castillon connects on the fadeaway from the right block set up by Matthew Sasse | 55-53 |
| 06:22 | UMKC | Robert Bradley misses badly on a shot from the right wing | 55-53 |
| 06:20 | UMKC | Donald Stone hits the follow up shot | 55-55 |
| 06:08 | Mercer | Gene Hughes hits a fadeaway in the paint set up by Norman Edwards | 57-55 |
| 05:49 | UMKC | Donald Stone knocks in the floater from the left block and he's hacked by Gene Hughes - foul #4 on Gene Hughes, team foul #10 | 57-57 |
| Subs | Mercer | Ricky Wilson (PG), Christopher Crowell (SG), Ronald Epperson (SF), Michael Ryckman (PF), Clifford Giles (C) Norman Edwards, Gene Hughes, Matthew Sasse, Jeffrey Warner, Ralph Castillon | |
| Subs | UMKC | Michael Ferguson (SG), Ken Phares (PF) Russell Waldron, Timothy Minton | |
| 05:49 | UMKC | Donald Stone misses the free throw | 57-57 |
| 05:49 | UMKC | Robert Bradley pulls down the offensive rebound | 57-57 |
| 05:31 | UMKC | Michael Ferguson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 57-57 |
| Subs | Mercer | | |
| Subs | UMKC | Duane Bell (C) Donald Stone | |
| 05:16 | Mercer | Christopher Crowell can't connect on a shot from the right side but the foul's on Thomas Ruckman - foul #3 on Thomas Ruckman, team foul #3 | 57-57 |
| 05:16 | Mercer | Christopher Crowell makes the 1st free throw | 58-57 |
| 05:16 | Mercer | Christopher Crowell makes the 2nd free throw | 59-57 |
| 04:53 | UMKC | Thomas Ruckman comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 59-57 |
| 04:52 | Mercer | Christopher Crowell snags the defensive board | 59-57 |
| 04:26 | Mercer | Michael Ferguson steals it from Clifford Giles | 59-57 |
| 03:57 | UMKC | A charge is called on Michael Ferguson - foul #2 on Michael Ferguson, team foul #4 | 59-57 |
| Subs | Mercer | Norman Edwards (PG), Matthew Sasse (SF), Jeffrey Warner (PF), Ralph Castillon (C) Ricky Wilson, Ronald Epperson, Michael Ryckman, Clifford Giles | |
| Subs | UMKC | Stephen Durrett (PG), Russell Waldron (SG), Timothy Minton (PF), Donald Stone (C) Robert Bradley, Michael Ferguson, Thomas Ruckman, Duane Bell | |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Norman Edwards (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Christopher Crowell (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Matthew Sasse (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Jeffrey Warner (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Ralph Castillon (fresh) 17 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMKC | PG - Stephen Durrett (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Russell Waldron (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Ken Phares (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Timothy Minton (fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Donald Stone (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:43 | Mercer | Norman Edwards makes the 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Christopher Crowell | 62-57 |
| 03:22 | UMKC | Donald Stone misses short on a shot from the left side | 62-57 |
| 03:21 | UMKC | Ken Phares grabs the offensive board | 62-57 |
| 03:00 | UMKC | Donald Stone clanks a shot from the baseline | 62-57 |
| 02:58 | UMKC | Donald Stone grabs the offensive rebound | 62-57 |
| 02:58 | UMKC | UMKC calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 62-57 |
| Subs | Mercer | | |
| Subs | UMKC | Robert Bradley (PG), Thomas Ruckman (SF) Stephen Durrett, Ken Phares | |
| 02:35 | UMKC | Timothy Minton lays it in set up by Russell Waldron | 62-59 |
| 02:13 | Mercer | Ralph Castillon misses short on a floater from the right block but he's hacked by Russell Waldron - foul #4 on Russell Waldron, team foul #5 | 62-59 |
| 02:13 | Mercer | Ralph Castillon makes the 1st free throw | 63-59 |
| 02:13 | Mercer | Ralph Castillon makes the 2nd free throw | 64-59 |
| 01:54 | UMKC | Timothy Minton is hacked by Jeffrey Warner - foul #1 on Jeffrey Warner, team foul #11 | 64-59 |
| 01:54 | UMKC | Timothy Minton makes the 1st free throw | 64-60 |
| 01:54 | UMKC | Timothy Minton makes the 2nd free throw | 64-61 |
| 01:40 | Mercer | Ralph Castillon is hacked by Donald Stone - foul #2 on Donald Stone, team foul #6 | 64-61 |
| 01:30 | Mercer | Jeffrey Warner is fouled on the floor by Timothy Minton - foul #1 on Timothy Minton, team foul #7 | 64-61 |
| 01:30 | Mercer | Jeffrey Warner makes the 1st free throw | 65-61 |
| 01:30 | Mercer | Jeffrey Warner makes the 2nd free throw | 66-61 |
| 01:11 | UMKC | Russell Waldron knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away set up by Robert Bradley | 66-64 |
| 00:57 | Mercer | Ralph Castillon clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 66-64 |
| 00:56 | UMKC | Donald Stone snags the defensive board | 66-64 |
| 00:35 | UMKC | Jeffrey Warner takes the ball from Robert Bradley | 66-64 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UMKC | UMKC is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:34 | Mercer | Norman Edwards is hacked by Robert Bradley in the backcourt - foul #1 on Robert Bradley, team foul #8 | 66-64 |
| 00:34 | Mercer | Norman Edwards makes the 1st free throw | 67-64 |
| 00:34 | Mercer | Norman Edwards makes the 2nd free throw | 68-64 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UMKC | UMKC is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:28 | UMKC | Timothy Minton misses the easy layup | 68-64 |
| 00:26 | Mercer | Norman Edwards snags the defensive board | 68-64 |
| 00:23 | Mercer | Norman Edwards is fouled in the backcourt by Robert Bradley - foul #2 on Robert Bradley, team foul #9 | 68-64 |
| 00:23 | Mercer | Norman Edwards makes the 1st free throw | 69-64 |
| 00:23 | Mercer | Norman Edwards misses the 2nd free throw | 69-64 |
| 00:23 | UMKC | The rebound goes to Thomas Ruckman | 69-64 |
| 00:18 | UMKC | Thomas Ruckman clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 69-64 |
| 00:16 | Mercer | Jeffrey Warner snags the defensive board | 69-64 |
| 00:15 | Mercer | Jeffrey Warner is hacked by Russell Waldron in the backcourt - foul #5 on Russell Waldron, team foul #10 | 69-64 |
| Subs | Mercer | Ronald Epperson (SF) Matthew Sasse | |
| Subs | UMKC | Michael Ferguson (SG) Russell Waldron | |
| 00:15 | Mercer | Jeffrey Warner makes the 1st free throw | 70-64 |
| 00:15 | Mercer | Jeffrey Warner misses the 2nd free throw | 70-64 |
| 00:15 | UMKC | Donald Stone pulls down the rebound | 70-64 |
| 00:08 | UMKC | Thomas Ruckman comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 70-64 |
| 00:07 | Mercer | Jeffrey Warner grabs the defensive rebound | 70-64 |
| 00:06 | Mercer | Jeffrey Warner is hacked by Michael Ferguson in the backcourt - foul #3 on Michael Ferguson, team foul #11 | 70-64 |
| 00:06 | Mercer | Jeffrey Warner misses the 1st free throw | 70-64 |
| 00:06 | Mercer | Jeffrey Warner misses the 2nd free throw | 70-64 |
| 00:06 | UMKC | Timothy Minton gets the rebound | 70-64 |
| 00:01 | UMKC | Thomas Ruckman knocks in the 3 from the left corner | 70-67 |
| 00:00 | Mercer | Norman Edwards runs out the clock | 70-67 |