| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - Ronald Turner (fresh) SG - Sean Tabor (fresh) SF - Shaun Carol (fresh) PF - Larry Baker (fresh) C - James Skelley (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Willie Stearns (fresh) SG - Dominick Joseph (fresh) SF - Robert Bernhardt (fresh) PF - John Garner (fresh) C - James Dickson (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Loyola Chicago | Larry Baker wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Loyola Chicago | Loyola Chicago is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:43 | Loyola Chicago | Shaun Carol loses the dribble to Dominick Joseph | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | Marquette | Dominick Joseph lays it in | 0-2 |
| 19:31 | Loyola Chicago | Sean Tabor scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Ronald Turner | 3-2 |
| 19:24 | Marquette | John Garner misses the floater from close range but he's fouled by Larry Baker - foul #1 on Larry Baker, team foul #1 | 3-2 |
| 19:24 | Marquette | John Garner makes the 1st free throw | 3-3 |
| 19:24 | Marquette | John Garner makes the 2nd free throw | 3-4 |
| 19:02 | Loyola Chicago | James Skelley misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 3-4 |
| 19:00 | Marquette | John Garner grabs the defensive rebound | 3-4 |
| 18:32 | Marquette | John Garner can't connect on a runner from the left block but the foul's on Larry Baker - foul #2 on Larry Baker, team foul #2 | 3-4 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles (PF) Larry Baker | |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| 18:32 | Marquette | John Garner makes the 1st free throw | 3-5 |
| 18:32 | Marquette | John Garner misses the 2nd free throw | 3-5 |
| 18:32 | Loyola Chicago | Sean Tabor grabs the defensive rebound | 3-5 |
| 18:16 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles scores on a fadeaway from the right side set up by Ronald Turner | 5-5 |
| 17:57 | Marquette | John Garner can't finish the layup | 5-5 |
| 17:55 | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Turner snags the defensive board | 5-5 |
| 17:51 | Loyola Chicago | Shaun Carol misses badly on a jump hook in the lane but he's hacked by James Dickson - foul #1 on James Dickson, team foul #1 | 5-5 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Bill Bauer (PG), Thomas Wyse (C) Ronald Turner, James Skelley | |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| 17:51 | Loyola Chicago | Shaun Carol makes the 1st free throw | 6-5 |
| 17:51 | Loyola Chicago | Shaun Carol makes the 2nd free throw | 7-5 |
| 17:29 | Marquette | Willie Stearns hits a floater from the right side set up by James Dickson | 7-7 |
| 17:07 | Loyola Chicago | Willie Stearns steps in front of the Sean Tabor pass | 7-7 |
| 17:04 | Marquette | Robert Bernhardt hits the finger roll set up by Willie Stearns | 7-9 |
| 16:50 | Loyola Chicago | Sean Tabor clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 7-9 |
| 16:49 | Loyola Chicago | Shaun Carol can't tip it in | 7-9 |
| 16:47 | Marquette | Robert Bernhardt grabs the defensive rebound | 7-9 |
| 16:39 | Marquette | John Garner is whistled for traveling | 7-9 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Turner (PG), Michael Stevenson (SG), James Skelley (C) Sean Tabor, Shaun Carol, Thomas Wyse | |
| Subs | Marquette | James Sledge (SG), Joseph Campbell (SF), Amado Russo (PF), Clinton Venezia (C) Dominick Joseph, Robert Bernhardt, John Garner, James Dickson | |
| 16:17 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles clanks a 3 from straight away | 7-9 |
| 16:15 | Marquette | Clinton Venezia grabs the defensive rebound | 7-9 |
| 16:11 | Marquette | Willie Stearns is called for traveling | 7-9 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | | |
| Subs | Marquette | Boris Bronikowski (PG) Willie Stearns | |
| 15:54 | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Turner clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 7-9 |
| 15:52 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Clinton Venezia | 7-9 |
| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - Ronald Turner (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Michael Stevenson (fresh) SF - Bill Bauer (fresh) PF - Lawrence Coles (fresh) 2 pts. C - James Skelley (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Boris Bronikowski (fresh) SG - James Sledge (fresh) SF - Joseph Campbell (fresh) PF - Amado Russo (fresh) C - Clinton Venezia (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:33 | Marquette | Ronald Turner is called for the reach on Boris Bronikowski - foul #1 on Ronald Turner, team foul #3 | 7-9 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Sean Tabor (SG), Thomas Wyse (PF), Steven Wells (C) Michael Stevenson, Lawrence Coles, James Skelley | |
| Subs | Marquette | Dominick Joseph (PG), Robert Bernhardt (SF) Boris Bronikowski, Joseph Campbell | |
| 15:09 | Marquette | Dominick Joseph drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Amado Russo | 7-12 |
| 14:40 | Loyola Chicago | Bill Bauer misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 7-12 |
| 14:39 | Loyola Chicago | Steven Wells gets the offensive rebound | 7-12 |
| 14:28 | Loyola Chicago | Bill Bauer is fouled on the floor by Clinton Venezia - foul #1 on Clinton Venezia, team foul #2 | 7-12 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Michael Stevenson (PG), Shaun Carol (SF), Lawrence Coles (PF), James Skelley (C) Ronald Turner, Bill Bauer, Thomas Wyse, Steven Wells | |
| Subs | Marquette | Willie Stearns (PG), John Garner (PF), James Dickson (C) James Sledge, Amado Russo, Clinton Venezia | |
| 14:11 | Loyola Chicago | Michael Stevenson connects on the floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by Lawrence Coles | 9-12 |
| 13:56 | Marquette | James Skelley is called for the reach on Dominick Joseph - foul #1 on James Skelley, team foul #4 | 9-12 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | | |
| Subs | Marquette | James Sledge (SG), Joseph Campbell (SF) Dominick Joseph, Robert Bernhardt | |
| 13:47 | Marquette | John Garner lays it up and in set up by Willie Stearns | 9-14 |
| 13:22 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles blows the layup | 9-14 |
| 13:21 | Loyola Chicago | James Skelley tips it but misses | 9-14 |
| 13:20 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Willie Stearns | 9-14 |
| 12:53 | Marquette | James Sledge hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 9-14 |
| 12:51 | Marquette | John Garner tips it back up and in | 9-16 |
| 12:32 | Loyola Chicago | Shaun Carol comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 9-16 |
| 12:30 | Marquette | John Garner grabs the defensive rebound | 9-16 |
| 12:11 | Marquette | James Dickson knocks in the shot from close range on a great pass from James Sledge | 9-18 |
| 11:48 | Loyola Chicago | Sean Tabor comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 9-18 |
| 11:47 | Marquette | James Dickson gets the rebound | 9-18 |
| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - Michael Stevenson (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Sean Tabor (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Shaun Carol (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Lawrence Coles (fresh) 2 pts. C - James Skelley (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Willie Stearns (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Sledge (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Joseph Campbell (fresh) PF - John Garner (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - James Dickson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:41 | Marquette | Willie Stearns's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 9-18 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Turner (PG), Bill Bauer (SF), Thomas Wyse (C) Sean Tabor, Shaun Carol, James Skelley | |
| Subs | Marquette | Dominick Joseph (SG), Robert Bernhardt (SF), Amado Russo (PF), Clinton Venezia (C) James Sledge, Joseph Campbell, John Garner, James Dickson | |
| 11:26 | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Turner is fouled on the floor by Amado Russo - foul #1 on Amado Russo, team foul #3 | 9-18 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Bill Dockery (SF), Steven Wells (C) Michael Stevenson, Lawrence Coles | |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| 11:03 | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Turner hits a jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Bill Bauer | 11-18 |
| 10:45 | Marquette | Robert Bernhardt misses the shot from the right wing | 11-18 |
| 10:44 | Marquette | Robert Bernhardt gets the offensive rebound | 11-18 |
| 10:37 | Marquette | Robert Bernhardt misses the lay-in | 11-18 |
| 10:35 | Loyola Chicago | Thomas Wyse snags the defensive board | 11-18 |
| 10:24 | Loyola Chicago | Bill Bauer slams it home on a great pass from Ronald Turner | 13-18 |
| 10:09 | Marquette | Amado Russo misses long on a driving attempt from the left block but he's fouled by Ronald Turner - foul #2 on Ronald Turner, team foul #5 | 13-18 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Michael Stevenson (SG), Lawrence Coles (PF) Ronald Turner, Steven Wells | |
| Subs | Marquette | James Sledge (SG), James Dickson (C) Willie Stearns, Clinton Venezia | |
| 10:09 | Marquette | Amado Russo makes the 1st free throw | 13-19 |
| 10:09 | Marquette | Amado Russo makes the 2nd free throw | 13-20 |
| 09:56 | Loyola Chicago | Bill Bauer misses badly on a runner from the left block | 13-20 |
| 09:55 | Marquette | James Dickson pulls down the rebound | 13-20 |
| 09:51 | Marquette | Dominick Joseph clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 13-20 |
| 09:49 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles grabs the board | 13-20 |
| 09:38 | Loyola Chicago | Michael Stevenson blows the layup | 13-20 |
| 09:37 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Robert Bernhardt | 13-20 |
| 09:22 | Marquette | Robert Bernhardt knocks in the shot from the baseline set up by James Sledge and he's fouled by Michael Stevenson - foul #1 on Michael Stevenson, team foul #6 | 13-22 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Sean Tabor (SG), Shaun Carol (SF), James Skelley (C) Michael Stevenson, Bill Dockery, Thomas Wyse | |
| Subs | Marquette | John Garner (PF) Amado Russo | |
| 09:22 | Marquette | Robert Bernhardt makes the free throw | 13-23 |
| 09:01 | Loyola Chicago | Sean Tabor travels with the ball | 13-23 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | | |
| Subs | Marquette | Willie Stearns (PG) James Sledge | |
| 08:42 | Marquette | Willie Stearns buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Dominick Joseph and he's hacked by James Skelley - foul #2 on James Skelley, team foul #7 | 13-25 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Thomas Wyse (C) James Skelley | |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| 08:42 | Marquette | Willie Stearns makes the free throw | 13-26 |
| 08:25 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles clanks a jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by James Dickson - foul #2 on James Dickson, team foul #4 | 13-26 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | | |
| Subs | Marquette | James Sledge (SG), Joseph Campbell (SF), Amado Russo (C) Dominick Joseph, Robert Bernhardt, James Dickson | |
| 08:25 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles misses the 1st free throw | 13-26 |
| 08:25 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles makes the 2nd free throw | 14-26 |
| 08:11 | Marquette | Lawrence Coles steps in front of the Joseph Campbell pass | 14-26 |
| 08:00 | Loyola Chicago | Shaun Carol comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 14-26 |
| 07:58 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles hits the follow up shot | 16-26 |
| 07:41 | Marquette | Willie Stearns lays it up and in | 16-28 |
| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - Bill Bauer (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Sean Tabor (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Shaun Carol (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Lawrence Coles (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Thomas Wyse (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Willie Stearns (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Sledge (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Joseph Campbell (fresh) PF - John Garner (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Amado Russo (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:18 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 16-28 |
| 07:17 | Loyola Chicago | Shaun Carol hits the follow up shot | 18-28 |
| 06:57 | Marquette | Willie Stearns is fouled on the floor by Bill Bauer - foul #1 on Bill Bauer, team foul #8 | 18-28 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Michael Stevenson (PG), Bill Dockery (SF) Bill Bauer, Shaun Carol | |
| Subs | Marquette | Dominick Joseph (SG), Robert Bernhardt (SF) James Sledge, Joseph Campbell | |
| 06:57 | Marquette | Willie Stearns makes the 1st free throw | 18-29 |
| 06:57 | Marquette | Willie Stearns misses the 2nd free throw | 18-29 |
| 06:57 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles snags the defensive board | 18-29 |
| 06:55 | Loyola Chicago | Michael Stevenson throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 18-29 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | | |
| Subs | Marquette | Boris Bronikowski (PG), Clinton Venezia (C) Willie Stearns, John Garner | |
| 06:39 | Marquette | Amado Russo connects on the floater from the left side on a nice dish by Dominick Joseph | 18-31 |
| 06:15 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles makes the jumpshot from the right side set up by Sean Tabor | 20-31 |
| 06:00 | Marquette | Sean Tabor picks off the pass by Robert Bernhardt | 20-31 |
| 05:41 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles misses the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 20-31 |
| 05:40 | Loyola Chicago | Sean Tabor can't tip it in | 20-31 |
| 05:38 | Marquette | Clinton Venezia grabs the defensive rebound | 20-31 |
| 05:31 | Marquette | Amado Russo hits a fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Dominick Joseph | 20-33 |
| 05:09 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Dominick Joseph - foul #1 on Dominick Joseph, team foul #5 | 20-33 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Bill Bauer (PG), Shaun Carol (SF), Steven Wells (C) Sean Tabor, Bill Dockery, Thomas Wyse | |
| Subs | Marquette | Willie Stearns (PG), John Garner (PF) Boris Bronikowski, Amado Russo | |
| 05:09 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles makes the 1st free throw | 21-33 |
| 05:09 | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles makes the 2nd free throw | 22-33 |
| 04:49 | Marquette | Dominick Joseph misses the jumper from the free throw line | 22-33 |
| 04:48 | Marquette | Dominick Joseph grabs the offensive board | 22-33 |
| 04:25 | Marquette | John Garner misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 22-33 |
| 04:23 | Marquette | John Garner snags the offensive board | 22-33 |
| 04:12 | Marquette | John Garner clanks a fadeaway from the right side | 22-33 |
| 04:11 | Loyola Chicago | The rebound goes to Bill Bauer | 22-33 |
| 03:57 | Loyola Chicago | Bill Bauer misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 22-33 |
| 03:56 | Marquette | Clinton Venezia grabs the defensive rebound | 22-33 |
| 03:47 | Marquette | Willie Stearns misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 22-33 |
| 03:45 | Marquette | Clinton Venezia grabs the offensive rebound | 22-33 |
| 03:26 | Marquette | Steven Wells swats the short shot by Willie Stearns | 22-33 |
| 03:25 | Loyola Chicago | Steven Wells snags the defensive board | 22-33 |
| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - Bill Bauer (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Stevenson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Shaun Carol (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Lawrence Coles (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Steven Wells (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Willie Stearns (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dominick Joseph (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Robert Bernhardt (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Garner (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Clinton Venezia (fairly fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 03:19 | Loyola Chicago | Bill Bauer misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by John Garner - foul #1 on John Garner, team foul #6 | 22-33 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Turner (PG), Sean Tabor (SG), Larry Baker (PF), James Skelley (C) Michael Stevenson, Shaun Carol, Lawrence Coles, Steven Wells | |
| Subs | Marquette | James Sledge (SG), Joseph Campbell (SF), James Dickson (C) Dominick Joseph, Robert Bernhardt, Clinton Venezia | |
| 03:19 | Loyola Chicago | Bill Bauer makes the 1st free throw | 23-33 |
| 03:19 | Loyola Chicago | Bill Bauer makes the 2nd free throw | 24-33 |
| 03:11 | Marquette | John Garner misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 24-33 |
| 03:10 | Loyola Chicago | James Skelley grabs the board | 24-33 |
| 02:58 | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Turner knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Sean Tabor | 27-33 |
| 02:40 | Marquette | John Garner misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 27-33 |
| 02:38 | Marquette | John Garner grabs the offensive rebound | 27-33 |
| 02:27 | Marquette | Bill Bauer steals it from James Dickson | 27-33 |
| 02:12 | Loyola Chicago | Sean Tabor hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 27-33 |
| 02:11 | Marquette | Joseph Campbell pulls down the rebound | 27-33 |
| 01:49 | Marquette | James Skelley is called for the reach on James Dickson - foul #3 on James Skelley, team foul #9 | 27-33 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Shaun Carol (SF), Thomas Wyse (C) Bill Bauer, James Skelley | |
| Subs | Marquette | Boris Bronikowski (PG), Amado Russo (PF) Willie Stearns, John Garner | |
| 01:49 | Marquette | James Dickson makes the 1st free throw | 27-34 |
| 01:49 | Marquette | James Dickson makes the 2nd free throw | 27-35 |
| 01:32 | Loyola Chicago | Joseph Campbell swats the layup by Thomas Wyse | 27-35 |
| 01:31 | Marquette | Amado Russo snags the defensive board | 27-35 |
| 01:15 | Marquette | Amado Russo clanks a fadeaway in the lane | 27-35 |
| 01:14 | Marquette | Boris Bronikowski grabs the offensive rebound | 27-35 |
| 00:56 | Marquette | Amado Russo banks in the layup on a nice dish by James Sledge | 27-37 |
| 00:47 | Loyola Chicago | Sean Tabor is hacked by James Sledge - foul #1 on James Sledge, team foul #7 | 27-37 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Lawrence Coles (C) Thomas Wyse | |
| Subs | Marquette | Willie Stearns (PG), Dominick Joseph (SG), Robert Bernhardt (SF) Boris Bronikowski, James Sledge, Joseph Campbell | |
| 00:47 | Loyola Chicago | Sean Tabor makes the 1st free throw | 28-37 |
| 00:47 | Loyola Chicago | Sean Tabor makes the 2nd free throw | 29-37 |
| 00:33 | Marquette | Dominick Joseph misses the driving attempt in the lane but the foul's on Shaun Carol - foul #1 on Shaun Carol, team foul #10 | 29-37 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Bill Bauer (PG) Ronald Turner | |
| Subs | Marquette | Clinton Venezia (C) James Dickson | |
| 00:33 | Marquette | Dominick Joseph misses the 1st free throw | 29-37 |
| 00:33 | Marquette | Dominick Joseph makes the 2nd free throw | 29-38 |
| 00:19 | Loyola Chicago | Shaun Carol is fouled on the floor by Amado Russo - foul #2 on Amado Russo, team foul #8 | 29-38 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Thomas Wyse (C) Larry Baker | |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| 00:19 | Loyola Chicago | Shaun Carol misses the 1st free throw | 29-38 |
| 00:19 | Marquette | Clinton Venezia pulls down the rebound | 29-38 |
| 00:00 | Marquette | Robert Bernhardt is fouled on the floor by Lawrence Coles - foul #1 on Lawrence Coles, team foul #11 | 29-38 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Michael Stevenson (SG) Sean Tabor | |
| Subs | Marquette | John Garner (PF) Clinton Venezia | |
| 00:00 | Marquette | Robert Bernhardt makes the 1st free throw | 29-39 |
| 00:00 | Marquette | Robert Bernhardt makes the 2nd free throw | 29-40 |