| Lineup | Arizona State | PG - William Plummer (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Anthony Brown (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Bryan Cole (fresh) 21 pts. 3 reb. PF - Mitch Meserve (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Gary Chittenden (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Arthur Allen (fresh) SG - Joseph Mueller (fresh) SF - Frankie Shepley (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Brown (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Charles Medved (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Missouri State | Frankie Shepley inbounds the ball | 39-37 |
| Game Plan | Arizona State | Arizona State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Missouri State | Missouri State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:38 | Missouri State | William Plummer steals the ball from Frankie Shepley | 39-37 |
| 19:24 | Arizona State | Charles Medved denies the turnaround by Bryan Cole | 39-37 |
| 19:22 | Missouri State | Arthur Allen pulls down the rebound | 39-37 |
| 19:17 | Missouri State | Joseph Mueller's pass is intercepted by Mitch Meserve | 39-37 |
| 18:56 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole comes up short on the jump hook in the paint | 39-37 |
| 18:55 | Missouri State | James Brown snags the defensive board | 39-37 |
| 18:38 | Missouri State | Arthur Allen misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 39-37 |
| 18:37 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole snags the defensive board | 39-37 |
| 18:32 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole throws it down and he's fouled by Frankie Shepley - foul #3 on Frankie Shepley, team foul #1 | 41-37 |
| Subs | Arizona State | | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Ralph Inman (SF) Frankie Shepley | |
| 18:32 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole misses the free throw | 41-37 |
| 18:32 | Missouri State | The rebound goes to Charles Medved | 41-37 |
| 18:07 | Missouri State | Joseph Mueller misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 41-37 |
| 18:06 | Missouri State | James Brown tips it but misses | 41-37 |
| 18:05 | Missouri State | Ralph Inman pulls down the offensive rebound | 41-37 |
| 17:54 | Missouri State | Ralph Inman can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side | 41-37 |
| 17:52 | Arizona State | Mitch Meserve grabs the board | 41-37 |
| 17:46 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole comes up short on the floater from the left side | 41-37 |
| 17:45 | Missouri State | James Brown snags the defensive board | 41-37 |
| 17:35 | Missouri State | Ralph Inman misses long on a jumper in the paint | 41-37 |
| 17:33 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole snags the defensive board | 41-37 |
| 17:26 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole can't finish the layup | 41-37 |
| 17:24 | Arizona State | Mitch Meserve misses the tip | 41-37 |
| 17:22 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole tips it but misses | 41-37 |
| 17:20 | Arizona State | Gary Chittenden grabs the offensive rebound | 41-37 |
| 17:01 | Arizona State | Gary Chittenden is fouled on the floor by Joseph Mueller - foul #2 on Joseph Mueller, team foul #2 | 41-37 |
| Subs | Arizona State | Wilson Mayhew (SG), Johnny Wines (PF) Anthony Brown, Mitch Meserve | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Raymond Lafferty (PG), Marco Trotter (SF), Robert Gustavson (PF), Long Wang (C) Arthur Allen, Joseph Mueller, James Brown, Charles Medved | |
| 16:46 | Arizona State | Gary Chittenden connects on the shot from the right wing | 43-37 |
| 16:17 | Missouri State | Robert Gustavson connects on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Long Wang | 43-39 |
| 16:12 | Arizona State | Ralph Inman steals the ball from Bryan Cole | 43-39 |
| 16:07 | Missouri State | Ralph Inman lays it in | 43-41 |
| 15:56 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole misses short on a jumper in the lane | 43-41 |
| 15:54 | Arizona State | The offensive rebound goes to Gary Chittenden | 43-41 |
| Lineup | Arizona State | PG - William Plummer (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Wilson Mayhew (fresh) SF - Bryan Cole (fairly fresh) 23 pts. 6 reb. PF - Johnny Wines (fresh) 1 pts. C - Gary Chittenden (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Raymond Lafferty (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Ralph Inman (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. SF - Marco Trotter (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Robert Gustavson (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Long Wang (fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:47 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole is fouled on the floor by Long Wang - foul #1 on Long Wang, team foul #3 | 43-41 |
| Subs | Arizona State | | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Frankie Shepley (SF), James Brown (PF), Charles Medved (C) Marco Trotter, Robert Gustavson, Long Wang | |
| 15:30 | Arizona State | Johnny Wines makes the driving attempt near the basket on a nice dish by William Plummer | 45-41 |
| 15:14 | Missouri State | James Brown misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 45-41 |
| 15:12 | Arizona State | William Plummer pulls down the rebound | 45-41 |
| 15:07 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole buries a runner from the right block on a great pass from William Plummer | 47-41 |
| 14:49 | Missouri State | Charles Medved can't connect on a floater from the left block | 47-41 |
| 14:47 | Arizona State | Johnny Wines snags the defensive board | 47-41 |
| 14:33 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole misses the shot from the baseline but he's fouled by Charles Medved - foul #2 on Charles Medved, team foul #4 | 47-41 |
| Subs | Arizona State | Anthony Brown (SG), Mitch Meserve (PF) Wilson Mayhew, Johnny Wines | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Arthur Allen (PG), Joseph Mueller (SG) Raymond Lafferty, Ralph Inman | |
| 14:33 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole makes the 1st free throw | 48-41 |
| 14:33 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole misses the 2nd free throw | 48-41 |
| 14:33 | Missouri State | Charles Medved grabs the board | 48-41 |
| 14:21 | Missouri State | James Brown knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Arthur Allen | 48-44 |
| 14:08 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Arthur Allen - foul #3 on Arthur Allen, team foul #5 | 48-44 |
| Subs | Arizona State | | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Robert Gustavson (PF) James Brown | |
| 14:08 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole misses the 1st free throw | 48-44 |
| 14:08 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole makes the 2nd free throw | 49-44 |
| 13:50 | Missouri State | Joseph Mueller can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 49-44 |
| 13:48 | Arizona State | The rebound goes to Gary Chittenden | 49-44 |
| 13:37 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 49-44 |
| 13:35 | Missouri State | Charles Medved gets the rebound | 49-44 |
| 13:16 | Missouri State | Arthur Allen connects on the jumper from the right block | 49-46 |
| 13:10 | Arizona State | Gary Chittenden misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's hacked by Charles Medved - foul #3 on Charles Medved, team foul #6 | 49-46 |
| Subs | Arizona State | Alva Radosavljevic (PG), Johnny Wines (SF) William Plummer, Bryan Cole | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Ralph Inman (SF), James Brown (PF), Long Wang (C) Frankie Shepley, Robert Gustavson, Charles Medved | |
| 13:10 | Arizona State | Gary Chittenden misses the 1st free throw | 49-46 |
| 13:10 | Arizona State | Gary Chittenden makes the 2nd free throw | 50-46 |
| 12:55 | Missouri State | Long Wang misses badly on a fadeaway in the paint | 50-46 |
| 12:53 | Missouri State | Long Wang tips it home | 50-48 |
| 12:38 | Arizona State | Mitch Meserve hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 50-48 |
| 12:37 | Arizona State | Johnny Wines grabs the offensive rebound | 50-48 |
| 12:32 | Arizona State | Gary Chittenden throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-48 |
| Subs | Arizona State | Michael Snyder (C) Gary Chittenden | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Marco Trotter (SF) Joseph Mueller | |
| 12:14 | Missouri State | Long Wang hits the finger roll | 50-50 |
| 12:08 | Arizona State | Anthony Brown clanks a jumpshot from the right wing but the foul's on James Brown - foul #3 on James Brown, team foul #7 | 50-50 |
| Subs | Arizona State | David Cope (SF) Mitch Meserve | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Raymond Lafferty (PG), Frankie Shepley (SF) Arthur Allen, Marco Trotter | |
| 12:08 | Arizona State | Anthony Brown makes the 1st free throw | 51-50 |
| 12:08 | Arizona State | Anthony Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 52-50 |
| 11:52 | Missouri State | Frankie Shepley knocks in the jumper in the paint | 52-52 |
| Lineup | Arizona State | PG - Alva Radosavljevic (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Anthony Brown (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - David Cope (fresh) PF - Johnny Wines (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Michael Snyder (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Raymond Lafferty (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Ralph Inman (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. SF - Frankie Shepley (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - James Brown (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Long Wang (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:45 | Arizona State | Michael Snyder knocks in the shot from the right block on a great pass from Anthony Brown | 54-52 |
| 11:27 | Missouri State | Ralph Inman scores on a fadeaway from the left block on a great pass from Frankie Shepley | 54-54 |
| 11:13 | Arizona State | Michael Snyder is hacked by Raymond Lafferty - foul #2 on Raymond Lafferty, team foul #8 | 54-54 |
| Subs | Arizona State | William Plummer (PG), Wilson Mayhew (SG), Bryan Cole (SF) Alva Radosavljevic, Anthony Brown, David Cope | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Joseph Mueller (SG), Robert Gustavson (PF), Charles Medved (C) Ralph Inman, James Brown, Long Wang | |
| 11:13 | Arizona State | Michael Snyder makes the 1st free throw | 55-54 |
| 11:13 | Arizona State | Michael Snyder misses the 2nd free throw | 55-54 |
| 11:13 | Missouri State | Charles Medved gets the rebound | 55-54 |
| 10:57 | Missouri State | Frankie Shepley misses the dunk attempt | 55-54 |
| 10:56 | Missouri State | Charles Medved grabs the offensive board | 55-54 |
| 10:40 | Missouri State | Raymond Lafferty comes up short on the runner from close range | 55-54 |
| 10:38 | Missouri State | Robert Gustavson gets the offensive rebound | 55-54 |
| 10:22 | Missouri State | Robert Gustavson misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 55-54 |
| 10:21 | Arizona State | Michael Snyder gets the rebound | 55-54 |
| 10:01 | Arizona State | Frankie Shepley steals it from Johnny Wines | 55-54 |
| 09:40 | Missouri State | Raymond Lafferty connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 55-57 |
| 09:29 | Arizona State | Michael Snyder comes up short on the turnaround from the baseline | 55-57 |
| 09:28 | Missouri State | Robert Gustavson grabs the board | 55-57 |
| 08:59 | Missouri State | Joseph Mueller makes the 3 pointer from the left wing | 55-60 |
| 08:48 | Arizona State | Michael Snyder is hacked by Robert Gustavson - foul #1 on Robert Gustavson, team foul #9 | 55-60 |
| Subs | Arizona State | Anthony Brown (SG), David Cope (SF), Mitch Meserve (PF) Wilson Mayhew, Bryan Cole, Johnny Wines | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Arthur Allen (PG), Ralph Inman (SG), Marco Trotter (SF), James Brown (PF) Raymond Lafferty, Joseph Mueller, Frankie Shepley, Robert Gustavson | |
| 08:48 | Arizona State | Michael Snyder makes the 1st free throw | 56-60 |
| 08:48 | Arizona State | Michael Snyder misses the 2nd free throw | 56-60 |
| 08:48 | Missouri State | The rebound goes to James Brown | 56-60 |
| 08:21 | Missouri State | Arthur Allen is hacked by Mitch Meserve - foul #2 on Mitch Meserve, team foul #1 | 56-60 |
| Subs | Arizona State | Alva Radosavljevic (PG), Gary Chittenden (C) William Plummer, Michael Snyder | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Long Wang (C) Charles Medved | |
| 08:00 | Missouri State | Marco Trotter comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 56-60 |
| 07:58 | Arizona State | Mitch Meserve snags the defensive board | 56-60 |
| 07:41 | Missouri State | The refs have stopped play. Ralph Inman is in a lot of pain and is being checked by the trainers. He's holding his knee. It doesn't look like he is going to be able to return to the game. | 56-60 |
| Subs | Arizona State | | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Robert Gustavson (SF) Ralph Inman | |
| Lineup | Arizona State | PG - Alva Radosavljevic (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Anthony Brown (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Cope (fresh) PF - Mitch Meserve (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. C - Gary Chittenden (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Arthur Allen (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Marco Trotter (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Robert Gustavson (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. PF - James Brown (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Long Wang (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:30 | Arizona State | David Cope comes up short on the floater from the left block but the foul's on Marco Trotter - foul #2 on Marco Trotter, team foul #10 | 56-60 |
| 07:30 | Arizona State | David Cope makes the 1st free throw | 57-60 |
| 07:30 | Arizona State | David Cope makes the 2nd free throw | 58-60 |
| 07:05 | Missouri State | James Brown clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 58-60 |
| 07:04 | Arizona State | David Cope grabs the board | 58-60 |
| 06:49 | Arizona State | Mitch Meserve hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 58-60 |
| 06:48 | Missouri State | The rebound goes to Robert Gustavson | 58-60 |
| 06:29 | Missouri State | Long Wang's fadeaway is rejected by David Cope | 58-60 |
| 06:28 | Missouri State | Long Wang pulls down the offensive rebound | 58-60 |
| 06:14 | Missouri State | Gary Chittenden denies the turnaround by James Brown | 58-60 |
| 06:12 | Missouri State | The offensive rebound goes to James Brown | 58-60 |
| 05:59 | Missouri State | Long Wang hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 58-60 |
| 05:58 | Arizona State | Alva Radosavljevic gets the rebound | 58-60 |
| 05:58 | Arizona State | Arizona State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-60 |
| Subs | Arizona State | William Plummer (PG), Bryan Cole (SF) Alva Radosavljevic, David Cope | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Joseph Mueller (SG), Frankie Shepley (SF), Charles Medved (C) Marco Trotter, Robert Gustavson, Long Wang | |
| 05:39 | Arizona State | The short jumper by Mitch Meserve is denied by Charles Medved | 58-60 |
| 05:38 | Arizona State | Mitch Meserve grabs the offensive board | 58-60 |
| 05:23 | Arizona State | Anthony Brown misses the fadeaway from close range | 58-60 |
| 05:22 | Missouri State | The rebound goes to James Brown | 58-60 |
| 05:10 | Missouri State | Frankie Shepley misses badly on a floater from the right wing | 58-60 |
| 05:09 | Missouri State | Frankie Shepley gets the offensive rebound | 58-60 |
| 04:57 | Missouri State | Frankie Shepley scores on a shot from the right wing | 58-62 |
| 04:46 | Arizona State | Anthony Brown's floater is tipped away by Charles Medved | 58-62 |
| 04:44 | Missouri State | James Brown pulls down the rebound | 58-62 |
| 04:15 | Missouri State | Charles Medved can't finish the layup | 58-62 |
| 04:13 | Arizona State | Mitch Meserve grabs the board | 58-62 |
| 04:06 | Arizona State | Anthony Brown drills a floater from the right block and the foul's on Joseph Mueller - foul #3 on Joseph Mueller, team foul #11 | 60-62 |
| Subs | Arizona State | Johnny Wines (PF) Mitch Meserve | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Raymond Lafferty (PG) Arthur Allen | |
| 04:06 | Arizona State | Anthony Brown makes the free throw | 61-62 |
| 03:49 | Missouri State | Raymond Lafferty's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 61-62 |
| Subs | Arizona State | Wilson Mayhew (SG) Anthony Brown | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Robert Gustavson (PF) James Brown | |
| 03:42 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole banks in the layup and he's hacked by Raymond Lafferty - foul #3 on Raymond Lafferty, team foul #12 | 63-62 |
| 03:42 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole makes the free throw | 64-62 |
| Lineup | Arizona State | PG - William Plummer (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - Wilson Mayhew (fresh) SF - Bryan Cole (fairly fresh) 30 pts. 6 reb. PF - Johnny Wines (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Gary Chittenden (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Raymond Lafferty (fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. SG - Joseph Mueller (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SF - Frankie Shepley (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Robert Gustavson (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. C - Charles Medved (fresh) 5 pts. 11 reb. 4 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 03:24 | Missouri State | Charles Medved misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 64-62 |
| 03:22 | Arizona State | Johnny Wines pulls down the rebound | 64-62 |
| 03:02 | Arizona State | Gary Chittenden is fouled on the floor by Joseph Mueller - foul #4 on Joseph Mueller, team foul #13 | 64-62 |
| Subs | Arizona State | | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Marco Trotter (SG), Long Wang (C) Joseph Mueller, Charles Medved | |
| 03:02 | Arizona State | Gary Chittenden makes the 1st free throw | 65-62 |
| 03:02 | Arizona State | Gary Chittenden makes the 2nd free throw | 66-62 |
| 03:00 | Missouri State | Missouri State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 66-62 |
| Subs | Arizona State | Mitch Meserve (PF) Johnny Wines | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Arthur Allen (PG), James Brown (PF), Charles Medved (C) Raymond Lafferty, Robert Gustavson, Long Wang | |
| 02:42 | Missouri State | Wilson Mayhew steps in front of the Marco Trotter pass | 66-62 |
| 02:20 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole hits a shot in the lane set up by Gary Chittenden | 68-62 |
| 01:54 | Missouri State | Frankie Shepley buries a floater in the lane | 68-64 |
| 01:30 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole comes up short on the jump hook from the right block | 68-64 |
| 01:28 | Arizona State | Gary Chittenden can't tip it in | 68-64 |
| 01:26 | Arizona State | William Plummer pulls down the offensive rebound | 68-64 |
| 01:09 | Arizona State | Charles Medved blocks the short jumper by Bryan Cole | 68-64 |
| 01:08 | Missouri State | The rebound goes to James Brown | 68-64 |
| 00:56 | Missouri State | Marco Trotter hits a floater from the left block on a nice dish by Arthur Allen | 68-66 |
| Game Plan | Arizona State | Arizona State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Missouri State | Missouri State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:33 | Arizona State | Bryan Cole misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 68-66 |
| 00:31 | Missouri State | The rebound goes to Frankie Shepley | 68-66 |
| 00:07 | Missouri State | Frankie Shepley makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 68-69 |
| 00:07 | Arizona State | Arizona State calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 68-69 |
| Subs | Arizona State | Anthony Brown (SG) Wilson Mayhew | |
| Subs | Missouri State | | |
| Game Plan | Arizona State | Arizona State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Missouri State | Missouri State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:03 | Arizona State | Gary Chittenden misses long on a fadeaway from the right block | 68-69 |
| 00:02 | Missouri State | Charles Medved gets the rebound | 68-69 |
| Game Plan | Arizona State | Arizona State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Missouri State | Missouri State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:01 | Missouri State | Charles Medved is hacked by William Plummer in the backcourt - foul #2 on William Plummer, team foul #2 | 68-69 |
| Subs | Arizona State | | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Joseph Mueller (SG) Marco Trotter | |
| 00:00 | Missouri State | Charles Medved runs out the clock | 68-69 |