| Lineup | Denison | PG - Dennis Amend (fresh) SG - Jeffrey Eddie (fresh) SF - Ryan Rhinehart (fresh) PF - David Taylor (fresh) C - Ben Zygmont (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Earlham | PG - Brian Brown (fresh) SG - Dusty Sevigny (fresh) SF - Leon Moffet (fresh) PF - Jeffrey Durham (fresh) C - Kenneth Downs (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Denison | Ben Zygmont wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Denison | Denison is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Earlham | Earlham is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:37 | Denison | Dennis Amend is fouled on the floor by Dusty Sevigny - foul #1 on Dusty Sevigny, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | Denison | Dennis Amend makes the 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Jeffrey Eddie | 3-0 |
| 19:08 | Earlham | Dusty Sevigny is fouled on the floor by Ryan Rhinehart - foul #1 on Ryan Rhinehart, team foul #1 | 3-0 |
| 18:56 | Earlham | Leon Moffet comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 3-0 |
| 18:55 | Denison | Ben Zygmont grabs the board | 3-0 |
| 18:50 | Denison | Jeffrey Eddie hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Dennis Amend | 6-0 |
| 18:30 | Earlham | Dusty Sevigny hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Jeffrey Eddie - foul #1 on Jeffrey Eddie, team foul #2 | 6-0 |
| 18:30 | Earlham | Dusty Sevigny makes the 1st free throw | 6-1 |
| 18:30 | Earlham | Dusty Sevigny makes the 2nd free throw | 6-2 |
| 18:14 | Denison | Jeffrey Eddie misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 6-2 |
| 18:12 | Earlham | Kenneth Downs grabs the defensive rebound | 6-2 |
| 17:47 | Earlham | Leon Moffet is whistled for traveling | 6-2 |
| 17:35 | Denison | David Taylor misses the fadeaway from close range | 6-2 |
| 17:34 | Earlham | Kenneth Downs grabs the defensive rebound | 6-2 |
| 17:08 | Earlham | Kenneth Downs buries a runner near the basket on a great pass from Dusty Sevigny | 6-4 |
| 16:57 | Denison | Ryan Rhinehart connects on the shot in the paint | 8-4 |
| 16:35 | Earlham | Brian Brown buries a fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Dusty Sevigny | 8-6 |
| 16:26 | Denison | Dennis Amend double dribbles | 8-6 |
| Subs | Denison | Bradford Bronson (PF), Jerry Reed (C) David Taylor, Ben Zygmont | |
| Subs | Earlham | | |
| 16:04 | Earlham | Dusty Sevigny is fouled on the floor by Bradford Bronson - foul #1 on Bradford Bronson, team foul #3 | 8-6 |
| Subs | Denison | Walter Levenson (SF) Ryan Rhinehart | |
| Subs | Earlham | | |
| 15:44 | Earlham | Jeffrey Durham misses long on a floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Bradford Bronson - foul #2 on Bradford Bronson, team foul #4 | 8-6 |
| Subs | Denison | Ryan Outlaw (SG), Lloyd McCreadie (PF) Jeffrey Eddie, Bradford Bronson | |
| Subs | Earlham | Patrick Pettie (C) Kenneth Downs | |
| 15:44 | Earlham | Jeffrey Durham makes the 1st free throw | 8-7 |
| 15:44 | Earlham | Jeffrey Durham misses the 2nd free throw | 8-7 |
| 15:44 | Denison | The rebound goes to Lloyd McCreadie | 8-7 |
| Lineup | Denison | PG - Dennis Amend (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ryan Outlaw (fresh) SF - Walter Levenson (fresh) PF - Lloyd McCreadie (fresh) C - Jerry Reed (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Earlham | PG - Brian Brown (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Dusty Sevigny (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Leon Moffet (fresh) PF - Jeffrey Durham (fresh) 1 pts. C - Patrick Pettie (fresh) | |
| 15:25 | Denison | Dennis Amend scores on a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Ryan Outlaw | 10-7 |
| 15:00 | Earlham | Brian Brown clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side but the foul's on Lloyd McCreadie - foul #1 on Lloyd McCreadie, team foul #5 | 10-7 |
| Subs | Denison | Ryan Rhinehart (SF), Ben Zygmont (C) Dennis Amend, Jerry Reed | |
| Subs | Earlham | Lester Mieczkowski (SG), Jason Spurr (SF), Kenneth Ousley (PF) Dusty Sevigny, Leon Moffet, Jeffrey Durham | |
| 15:00 | Earlham | Brian Brown makes the 1st free throw | 10-8 |
| 15:00 | Earlham | Brian Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 10-9 |
| 14:37 | Denison | Ben Zygmont clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 10-9 |
| 14:35 | Earlham | Kenneth Ousley grabs the defensive rebound | 10-9 |
| 14:19 | Earlham | Walter Levenson picks off the pass by Lester Mieczkowski | 10-9 |
| 14:16 | Denison | Ryan Outlaw banks in the layup on a nice dish by Walter Levenson | 12-9 |
| 13:57 | Earlham | Patrick Pettie connects on the jump hook near the basket | 12-11 |
| 13:42 | Denison | Ryan Outlaw hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 12-11 |
| 13:41 | Earlham | The rebound goes to Patrick Pettie | 12-11 |
| 13:16 | Earlham | Lester Mieczkowski hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 12-11 |
| 13:14 | Earlham | Kenneth Ousley hits the follow up shot | 12-13 |
| 12:53 | Denison | Walter Levenson clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 12-13 |
| 12:52 | Denison | Lloyd McCreadie pulls down the offensive rebound | 12-13 |
| 12:42 | Denison | Ben Zygmont travels with the ball | 12-13 |
| Subs | Denison | Dennis Amend (PG), Jeffrey Eddie (SG), David Taylor (PF), Jerry Reed (C) Ryan Outlaw, Walter Levenson, Ryan Rhinehart, Ben Zygmont | |
| Subs | Earlham | Dusty Sevigny (SG), Leon Moffet (SF), Jeffrey Durham (PF), Kenneth Downs (C) Brian Brown, Jason Spurr, Kenneth Ousley, Patrick Pettie | |
| 12:13 | Earlham | Lester Mieczkowski misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 12-13 |
| 12:11 | Denison | Dennis Amend grabs the defensive rebound | 12-13 |
| 12:07 | Denison | Jeffrey Eddie is hacked by Dusty Sevigny - foul #2 on Dusty Sevigny, team foul #2 | 12-13 |
| Subs | Denison | Ben Zygmont (C) Lloyd McCreadie | |
| Subs | Earlham | Brent Nelson (SG) Dusty Sevigny | |
| 11:48 | Denison | Dennis Amend misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by Lester Mieczkowski - foul #1 on Lester Mieczkowski, team foul #3 | 12-13 |
| Subs | Denison | Walter Levenson (SF) Jerry Reed | |
| Subs | Earlham | James Posey (PG) Lester Mieczkowski | |
| 11:48 | Denison | Dennis Amend misses the 1st free throw | 12-13 |
| 11:48 | Denison | Dennis Amend makes the 2nd free throw | 13-13 |
| Lineup | Denison | PG - Dennis Amend (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeffrey Eddie (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Walter Levenson (fresh) 1 ast. PF - David Taylor (fresh) C - Ben Zygmont (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Earlham | PG - James Posey (fresh) SG - Brent Nelson (fresh) SF - Leon Moffet (fresh) PF - Jeffrey Durham (fresh) 1 pts. C - Kenneth Downs (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:19 | Earlham | Leon Moffet's pass is intercepted by Jeffrey Eddie | 13-13 |
| 11:01 | Denison | Jeffrey Eddie makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Dennis Amend | 16-13 |
| 10:33 | Earlham | Leon Moffet misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 16-13 |
| 10:32 | Earlham | James Posey pulls down the offensive rebound | 16-13 |
| 10:20 | Earlham | Jeffrey Durham double dribbles | 16-13 |
| Subs | Denison | Ryan Rhinehart (SF), Lloyd McCreadie (PF), Jerry Reed (C) Walter Levenson, David Taylor, Ben Zygmont | |
| Subs | Earlham | Brian Brown (PG), Lester Mieczkowski (SG) James Posey, Brent Nelson | |
| 09:58 | Denison | Ryan Rhinehart hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 16-13 |
| 09:57 | Earlham | Jeffrey Durham gets the rebound | 16-13 |
| 09:38 | Earlham | Jeffrey Durham misses short on a jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Dennis Amend - foul #1 on Dennis Amend, team foul #6 | 16-13 |
| Subs | Denison | | |
| Subs | Earlham | Jason Spurr (SF), Patrick Pettie (C) Leon Moffet, Kenneth Downs | |
| 09:38 | Earlham | Jeffrey Durham makes the 1st free throw | 16-14 |
| 09:38 | Earlham | Jeffrey Durham makes the 2nd free throw | 16-15 |
| 09:15 | Denison | Jeffrey Eddie can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 16-15 |
| 09:13 | Earlham | The rebound goes to Patrick Pettie | 16-15 |
| 08:53 | Earlham | Jason Spurr is hacked by Ryan Rhinehart - foul #2 on Ryan Rhinehart, team foul #7 | 16-15 |
| Subs | Denison | Ryan Outlaw (SG), Walter Levenson (SF), David Taylor (PF) Jeffrey Eddie, Ryan Rhinehart, Lloyd McCreadie | |
| Subs | Earlham | Kenneth Ousley (PF) Jeffrey Durham | |
| 08:53 | Earlham | Jason Spurr makes the 1st free throw | 16-16 |
| 08:53 | Earlham | Jason Spurr makes the 2nd free throw | 16-17 |
| 08:32 | Denison | Ryan Outlaw clanks a jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Lester Mieczkowski - foul #2 on Lester Mieczkowski, team foul #4 | 16-17 |
| Subs | Denison | Ben Zygmont (C) Dennis Amend | |
| Subs | Earlham | Brent Nelson (SG), Leon Moffet (SF) Lester Mieczkowski, Kenneth Ousley | |
| 08:32 | Denison | Ryan Outlaw makes the 1st free throw | 17-17 |
| 08:32 | Denison | Ryan Outlaw makes the 2nd free throw | 18-17 |
| 08:10 | Earlham | Jason Spurr lays it up and in | 18-19 |
| 07:45 | Denison | David Taylor knocks in the jumper from just outside the lane | 20-19 |
| Lineup | Denison | PG - Ryan Outlaw (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Walter Levenson (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jerry Reed (fresh) PF - David Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. C - Ben Zygmont (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Earlham | PG - Brian Brown (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Brent Nelson (fresh) SF - Leon Moffet (fresh) PF - Jason Spurr (fresh) 4 pts. C - Patrick Pettie (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:21 | Earlham | Leon Moffet drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 20-22 |
| 07:01 | Denison | Jason Spurr picks off the pass by David Taylor | 20-22 |
| 06:32 | Earlham | David Taylor takes the ball from Leon Moffet | 20-22 |
| 06:14 | Denison | Ben Zygmont blows the layup but he's fouled by Leon Moffet - foul #1 on Leon Moffet, team foul #5 | 20-22 |
| Subs | Denison | Dennis Amend (PG), Jeffrey Eddie (SG), Lloyd McCreadie (PF) Ryan Outlaw, Jerry Reed, David Taylor | |
| Subs | Earlham | James Posey (PG), Jeffrey Durham (PF), Kenneth Downs (C) Brian Brown, Leon Moffet, Patrick Pettie | |
| 06:14 | Denison | Ben Zygmont makes the 1st free throw | 21-22 |
| 06:14 | Denison | Ben Zygmont makes the 2nd free throw | 22-22 |
| 05:57 | Earlham | James Posey misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 22-22 |
| 05:56 | Earlham | Jeffrey Durham grabs the offensive board | 22-22 |
| 05:37 | Earlham | Jason Spurr is fouled on the floor by Lloyd McCreadie - foul #2 on Lloyd McCreadie, team foul #8 | 22-22 |
| Subs | Denison | Jay Brown (PF) Lloyd McCreadie | |
| Subs | Earlham | Joshua Durso (SG) Brent Nelson | |
| 05:37 | Earlham | Jason Spurr makes the 1st free throw | 22-23 |
| 05:37 | Earlham | Jason Spurr makes the 2nd free throw | 22-24 |
| 05:14 | Denison | Jeffrey Eddie knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Dennis Amend | 25-24 |
| 04:51 | Earlham | Jason Spurr comes up short on the jump hook in the lane | 25-24 |
| 04:49 | Denison | Walter Levenson grabs the board | 25-24 |
| 04:43 | Denison | Jay Brown blows the layup | 25-24 |
| 04:42 | Denison | Ben Zygmont grabs the offensive board | 25-24 |
| 04:25 | Denison | Kenneth Downs is called for the reach on Jeffrey Eddie - foul #1 on Kenneth Downs, team foul #6 | 25-24 |
| Subs | Denison | Jerry Reed (SF) Walter Levenson | |
| Subs | Earlham | Brian Brown (PG), Leon Moffet (SF) James Posey, Jason Spurr | |
| 04:08 | Denison | Dennis Amend comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 25-24 |
| 04:07 | Earlham | The rebound goes to Jeffrey Durham | 25-24 |
| 04:03 | Earlham | Brian Brown is whistled for traveling | 25-24 |
| Subs | Denison | David Taylor (PF) Jay Brown | |
| Subs | Earlham | Brent Nelson (SG) Joshua Durso | |
| 03:50 | Denison | Jeffrey Eddie hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 25-24 |
| 03:49 | Denison | Ben Zygmont misses the tip | 25-24 |
| 03:47 | Earlham | Brian Brown grabs the board | 25-24 |
| 03:26 | Earlham | Dennis Amend is called for the reach on Jeffrey Durham - foul #2 on Dennis Amend, team foul #9 | 25-24 |
| Subs | Denison | Ryan Rhinehart (SF), Bradford Bronson (C) Jerry Reed, Ben Zygmont | |
| Subs | Earlham | Dusty Sevigny (SG), Patrick Pettie (C) Brent Nelson, Kenneth Downs | |
| 03:26 | Earlham | Jeffrey Durham misses the 1st free throw | 25-24 |
| 03:26 | Denison | David Taylor snags the defensive board | 25-24 |
| Lineup | Denison | PG - Dennis Amend (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jeffrey Eddie (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ryan Rhinehart (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. C - Bradford Bronson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Earlham | PG - Brian Brown (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Dusty Sevigny (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Leon Moffet (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Jeffrey Durham (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Patrick Pettie (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:10 | Denison | Bradford Bronson misses badly on a shot in the paint but the foul's on Leon Moffet - foul #2 on Leon Moffet, team foul #7 | 25-24 |
| Subs | Denison | | |
| Subs | Earlham | Kenneth Ousley (PF) Jeffrey Durham | |
| 03:10 | Denison | Bradford Bronson misses the 1st free throw | 25-24 |
| 03:10 | Denison | Bradford Bronson makes the 2nd free throw | 26-24 |
| 02:47 | Earlham | Leon Moffet travels with the ball | 26-24 |
| Subs | Denison | Ryan Outlaw (SG) Jeffrey Eddie | |
| Subs | Earlham | Jason Spurr (PF) Kenneth Ousley | |
| 02:43 | Denison | Dennis Amend is fouled in the backcourt by Brian Brown - foul #1 on Brian Brown, team foul #8 | 26-24 |
| 02:43 | Denison | Dennis Amend misses the 1st free throw | 26-24 |
| 02:43 | Earlham | Dusty Sevigny gets the rebound | 26-24 |
| 02:14 | Earlham | Dusty Sevigny hits a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Brian Brown | 26-27 |
| 01:52 | Denison | Patrick Pettie swats the layup by Bradford Bronson | 26-27 |
| 01:50 | Denison | Bradford Bronson grabs the offensive board | 26-27 |
| 01:41 | Denison | Ryan Rhinehart misses badly on a floater from the left side | 26-27 |
| 01:39 | Denison | Ryan Rhinehart gets the offensive rebound | 26-27 |
| 01:22 | Denison | Brian Brown takes the ball from Ryan Outlaw | 26-27 |
| 01:06 | Earlham | Brian Brown makes the 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Dusty Sevigny | 26-30 |
| 00:52 | Denison | Dennis Amend hits a floater from the left side | 28-30 |
| 00:25 | Earlham | Jason Spurr's pass is intercepted by Dennis Amend | 28-30 |
| 00:21 | Denison | Ryan Outlaw misses the lay-in | 28-30 |
| 00:19 | Earlham | Patrick Pettie grabs the board | 28-30 |
| 00:01 | Earlham | Bradford Bronson denies the turnaround by Jason Spurr | 28-30 |
| 00:00 | Earlham | The clock runs out | 28-30 |