| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - Randolph Poss (fresh) SG - George Lantz (fresh) SF - Chris Ouimet (fresh) PF - Laurence Fermin (fresh) C - Ira Mouzon (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cal State Fullerton | PG - William Little (fresh) SG - Michael Vachon (fresh) SF - Brian Renfro (fresh) PF - Les Fox (fresh) C - Micheal Womack (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Cal State Fullerton | Micheal Womack wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Cal State Fullerton | Cal State Fullerton is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:34 | Cal State Fullerton | Michael Vachon hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 0-0 |
| 19:33 | Northern Illinois University | Ira Mouzon gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:27 | Northern Illinois University | Ira Mouzon clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 0-0 |
| 19:26 | Northern Illinois University | George Lantz grabs the offensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:12 | Northern Illinois University | Ira Mouzon's fadeaway is rejected by Les Fox | 0-0 |
| 19:10 | Northern Illinois University | Ira Mouzon tips it home | 2-0 |
| 18:41 | Cal State Fullerton | William Little buries a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Micheal Womack | 2-3 |
| 18:36 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Poss knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 4-3 |
| 18:21 | Cal State Fullerton | William Little clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 4-3 |
| 18:20 | Cal State Fullerton | Micheal Womack tips it in | 4-5 |
| 18:16 | Northern Illinois University | Micheal Womack is called for the reach on George Lantz - foul #1 on Micheal Womack, team foul #1 | 4-5 |
| 18:10 | Northern Illinois University | Chris Ouimet misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 4-5 |
| 18:08 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox pulls down the rebound | 4-5 |
| 18:03 | Cal State Fullerton | William Little clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 4-5 |
| 18:02 | Northern Illinois University | George Lantz snags the defensive board | 4-5 |
| 17:50 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Poss knocks in the floater from the left block set up by Laurence Fermin | 6-5 |
| 17:35 | Cal State Fullerton | Brian Renfro connects on the floater from the left block | 6-7 |
| 17:20 | Northern Illinois University | Michael Vachon takes the ball from Ira Mouzon | 6-7 |
| 16:54 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox is fouled on the floor by Laurence Fermin - foul #1 on Laurence Fermin, team foul #1 | 6-7 |
| 16:42 | Cal State Fullerton | William Little loses the dribble to Laurence Fermin | 6-7 |
| 16:19 | Northern Illinois University | Ira Mouzon is whistled for a carry | 6-7 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Duane Jones (PG), Nick Perkins (SG), Ernest Zonker (C) William Little, Michael Vachon, Micheal Womack | |
| 16:04 | Cal State Fullerton | The jump hook by Ernest Zonker is blocked by Laurence Fermin | 6-7 |
| 16:02 | Northern Illinois University | Ira Mouzon snags the defensive board | 6-7 |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - Randolph Poss (fresh) 4 pts. SG - George Lantz (fresh) SF - Chris Ouimet (fairly fresh) PF - Laurence Fermin (fresh) C - Ira Mouzon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cal State Fullerton | PG - Duane Jones (fresh) SG - Nick Perkins (fresh) SF - Brian Renfro (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Les Fox (fresh) C - Ernest Zonker (fresh) | |
| 15:55 | Northern Illinois University | Laurence Fermin hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 6-7 |
| 15:54 | Cal State Fullerton | Ernest Zonker grabs the board | 6-7 |
| 15:34 | Cal State Fullerton | Nick Perkins misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 6-7 |
| 15:33 | Cal State Fullerton | The offensive rebound goes to Nick Perkins | 6-7 |
| 15:16 | Cal State Fullerton | Duane Jones misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 6-7 |
| 15:15 | Northern Illinois University | Ira Mouzon gets the rebound | 6-7 |
| 15:09 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Poss is hacked by Duane Jones - foul #1 on Duane Jones, team foul #2 | 6-7 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Cecil Brown (SG), Mike Haakenson (SF), Gary Green (PF), Ronald Jeanbaptiste (C) George Lantz, Chris Ouimet, Laurence Fermin, Ira Mouzon | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | William Little (PG), Micheal Womack (C) Brian Renfro, Les Fox | |
| 14:43 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Poss clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 6-7 |
| 14:41 | Cal State Fullerton | Micheal Womack snags the defensive board | 6-7 |
| 14:25 | Cal State Fullerton | William Little hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 6-7 |
| 14:23 | Cal State Fullerton | Micheal Womack tips it in | 6-9 |
| 14:12 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Poss hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 6-9 |
| 14:10 | Cal State Fullerton | Micheal Womack gets the rebound | 6-9 |
| 13:59 | Cal State Fullerton | William Little loses the ball out of bounds | 6-9 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | George Lantz (SG) Randolph Poss | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Michael Vachon (SG), Les Fox (PF) Nick Perkins, Ernest Zonker | |
| 13:43 | Northern Illinois University | Gary Green misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 6-9 |
| 13:42 | Cal State Fullerton | Micheal Womack pulls down the rebound | 6-9 |
| 13:34 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox drills a floater from the left wing on a nice dish by Duane Jones | 6-11 |
| 13:18 | Northern Illinois University | Ronald Jeanbaptiste misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 6-11 |
| 13:16 | Cal State Fullerton | Duane Jones gets the rebound | 6-11 |
| 13:10 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox comes up short on the turnaround from close range | 6-11 |
| 13:08 | Cal State Fullerton | Duane Jones gets the offensive rebound | 6-11 |
| 12:53 | Cal State Fullerton | William Little knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Duane Jones | 6-14 |
| 12:42 | Northern Illinois University | George Lantz misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 6-14 |
| 12:41 | Northern Illinois University | The offensive rebound goes to Ronald Jeanbaptiste | 6-14 |
| 12:27 | Northern Illinois University | Gary Green makes the jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by Cecil Brown | 8-14 |
| 12:14 | Cal State Fullerton | Duane Jones knocks in the runner from the left block on a great pass from William Little | 8-16 |
| 11:58 | Northern Illinois University | George Lantz misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 8-16 |
| 11:56 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox snags the defensive board | 8-16 |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - Cecil Brown (fresh) 1 ast. SG - George Lantz (fresh) SF - Mike Haakenson (fairly fresh) PF - Gary Green (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Ronald Jeanbaptiste (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cal State Fullerton | PG - William Little (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Vachon (fresh) SF - Duane Jones (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Les Fox (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Micheal Womack (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Cal State Fullerton | William Little is hacked by Cecil Brown - foul #1 on Cecil Brown, team foul #2 | 8-16 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Poss (PG), Chris Ouimet (SF), Laurence Fermin (PF), Ira Mouzon (C) Cecil Brown, Mike Haakenson, Gary Green, Ronald Jeanbaptiste | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Nick Perkins (PG), Brian Renfro (SF), Ernest Zonker (PF), David Czech (C) William Little, Duane Jones, Les Fox, Micheal Womack | |
| 11:13 | Cal State Fullerton | Brian Renfro connects on the pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by David Czech | 8-18 |
| 11:00 | Northern Illinois University | George Lantz is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on George Lantz, team foul #3 | 8-18 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Spencer Sumter (SG) Michael Vachon | |
| 10:57 | Cal State Fullerton | Randolph Poss steps in front of the Nick Perkins pass in the backcourt | 8-18 |
| 10:45 | Northern Illinois University | Ira Mouzon clanks a driving attempt from the right block | 8-18 |
| 10:44 | Cal State Fullerton | The rebound goes to Nick Perkins | 8-18 |
| 10:23 | Cal State Fullerton | Nick Perkins is fouled on the floor by Chris Ouimet - foul #1 on Chris Ouimet, team foul #4 | 8-18 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Cecil Brown (SG) George Lantz | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox (PF) David Czech | |
| 09:58 | Cal State Fullerton | Nick Perkins misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 8-18 |
| 09:57 | Northern Illinois University | Cecil Brown grabs the board | 8-18 |
| 09:51 | Northern Illinois University | Chris Ouimet hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right side | 8-18 |
| 09:49 | Cal State Fullerton | The rebound goes to Ernest Zonker | 8-18 |
| 09:32 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 8-18 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | William Little (PG), Michael Vachon (SG) Nick Perkins, Spencer Sumter | |
| 09:09 | Northern Illinois University | Chris Ouimet throws a bad pass out of bounds | 8-18 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | George Lantz (SG) Cecil Brown | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Micheal Womack (C) Ernest Zonker | |
| 08:56 | Cal State Fullerton | Micheal Womack can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 8-18 |
| 08:54 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox tips it back up and in | 8-20 |
| 08:34 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Poss hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 8-20 |
| 08:32 | Northern Illinois University | Ira Mouzon tips it in | 10-20 |
| 08:03 | Cal State Fullerton | Michael Vachon misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 10-20 |
| 08:02 | Northern Illinois University | Laurence Fermin grabs the defensive rebound | 10-20 |
| 07:58 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Poss misses the fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by William Little - foul #1 on William Little, team foul #3 | 10-20 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Mike Haakenson (SF), Gary Green (PF), Ronald Jeanbaptiste (C) Chris Ouimet, Laurence Fermin, Ira Mouzon | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Duane Jones (SG), Nick Perkins (SF) Michael Vachon, Brian Renfro | |
| 07:58 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Poss makes the 1st free throw | 11-20 |
| 07:58 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Poss makes the 2nd free throw | 12-20 |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - Randolph Poss (fresh) 6 pts. SG - George Lantz (fresh) SF - Mike Haakenson (fresh) PF - Gary Green (fresh) 2 pts. C - Ronald Jeanbaptiste (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cal State Fullerton | PG - William Little (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Duane Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Nick Perkins (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Les Fox (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Micheal Womack (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:40 | Cal State Fullerton | William Little is hacked by Ronald Jeanbaptiste - foul #1 on Ronald Jeanbaptiste, team foul #5 | 12-20 |
| 07:28 | Cal State Fullerton | Duane Jones clanks a shot from just outside the lane | 12-20 |
| 07:26 | Northern Illinois University | Ronald Jeanbaptiste snags the defensive board | 12-20 |
| 07:21 | Northern Illinois University | Ronald Jeanbaptiste's layup is rejected by Duane Jones | 12-20 |
| 07:20 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox grabs the defensive rebound | 12-20 |
| 07:10 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 12-20 |
| 07:09 | Cal State Fullerton | William Little hits the follow up shot | 12-22 |
| 06:54 | Northern Illinois University | Ronald Jeanbaptiste drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Randolph Poss | 15-22 |
| 06:40 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox travels with the ball | 15-22 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Cecil Brown (PG) Randolph Poss | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Michael Vachon (SG), Brian Renfro (SF), Ernest Zonker (PF), David Czech (C) William Little, Nick Perkins, Les Fox, Micheal Womack | |
| 06:28 | Northern Illinois University | Gary Green loses the dribble to Brian Renfro | 15-22 |
| 06:25 | Cal State Fullerton | Brian Renfro lays it in | 15-24 |
| 06:13 | Northern Illinois University | Gary Green hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 15-24 |
| 06:11 | Cal State Fullerton | Brian Renfro pulls down the rebound | 15-24 |
| 05:54 | Cal State Fullerton | Duane Jones loses the dribble to Gary Green | 15-24 |
| 05:44 | Northern Illinois University | Mike Haakenson misses short on a 3 from straight away | 15-24 |
| 05:43 | Northern Illinois University | Cecil Brown grabs the offensive rebound | 15-24 |
| 05:31 | Northern Illinois University | Ronald Jeanbaptiste misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but the foul's on Michael Vachon - foul #1 on Michael Vachon, team foul #4 | 15-24 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Poss (PG), Chris Ouimet (SF), Laurence Fermin (PF) George Lantz, Mike Haakenson, Gary Green | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | William Little (PG), Les Fox (PF) Duane Jones, David Czech | |
| 05:31 | Northern Illinois University | Ronald Jeanbaptiste misses the 1st free throw | 15-24 |
| 05:31 | Northern Illinois University | Ronald Jeanbaptiste makes the 2nd free throw | 16-24 |
| 05:15 | Cal State Fullerton | Brian Renfro scores on a runner from the right block set up by Ernest Zonker and he's hacked by Cecil Brown - foul #2 on Cecil Brown, team foul #6 | 16-26 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Thomas Mestas (SG), Ira Mouzon (C) Cecil Brown, Ronald Jeanbaptiste | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Micheal Womack (C) Ernest Zonker | |
| 05:15 | Cal State Fullerton | Brian Renfro makes the free throw | 16-27 |
| 04:56 | Northern Illinois University | Thomas Mestas is hacked by Micheal Womack - foul #2 on Micheal Womack, team foul #5 | 16-27 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Nick Perkins (SG), Ernest Zonker (C) Michael Vachon, Micheal Womack | |
| 04:48 | Northern Illinois University | Chris Ouimet can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by Ernest Zonker - foul #1 on Ernest Zonker, team foul #6 | 16-27 |
| 04:48 | Northern Illinois University | Chris Ouimet makes the 1st free throw | 17-27 |
| 04:48 | Northern Illinois University | Chris Ouimet makes the 2nd free throw | 18-27 |
| 04:28 | Cal State Fullerton | Brian Renfro double dribbles | 18-27 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | George Lantz (SG) Thomas Mestas | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Duane Jones (SG) Nick Perkins | |
| 04:08 | Northern Illinois University | Ira Mouzon loses the ball out of bounds | 18-27 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Nick Perkins (SF) Brian Renfro | |
| 03:45 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 18-27 |
| 03:44 | Northern Illinois University | The rebound goes to Laurence Fermin | 18-27 |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - Randolph Poss (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - George Lantz (fresh) SF - Chris Ouimet (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Laurence Fermin (fresh) 2 reb. C - Ira Mouzon (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cal State Fullerton | PG - William Little (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Duane Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Nick Perkins (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Les Fox (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Ernest Zonker (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:39 | Northern Illinois University | George Lantz drills a 3 from the right corner set up by Randolph Poss | 21-27 |
| 03:18 | Cal State Fullerton | George Lantz is called for the reach on Duane Jones - foul #2 on George Lantz, team foul #7 | 21-27 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Michael Vachon (SG), David Czech (PF), Micheal Womack (C) William Little, Les Fox, Ernest Zonker | |
| 03:18 | Cal State Fullerton | Duane Jones makes the 1st free throw | 21-28 |
| 03:18 | Cal State Fullerton | Duane Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 21-29 |
| 02:50 | Northern Illinois University | Chris Ouimet scores on a shot from the left side on a great pass from George Lantz | 23-29 |
| 02:35 | Cal State Fullerton | Micheal Womack loses the dribble to Laurence Fermin | 23-29 |
| 02:18 | Northern Illinois University | Ira Mouzon connects on the shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Randolph Poss and he's hacked by Micheal Womack - foul #3 on Micheal Womack, team foul #7 | 25-29 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Cecil Brown (PG), Mike Haakenson (SG), Gary Green (SF), Ronald Jeanbaptiste (PF) Randolph Poss, George Lantz, Chris Ouimet, Laurence Fermin | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Brian Renfro (SF), Les Fox (PF), Ernest Zonker (C) Duane Jones, David Czech, Micheal Womack | |
| 02:18 | Northern Illinois University | Ira Mouzon misses the free throw | 25-29 |
| 02:18 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox gets the rebound | 25-29 |
| 01:59 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox misses long on a fadeaway in the paint | 25-29 |
| 01:57 | Northern Illinois University | Ronald Jeanbaptiste grabs the board | 25-29 |
| 01:53 | Northern Illinois University | Cecil Brown is fouled on the floor by Ernest Zonker - foul #2 on Ernest Zonker, team foul #8 | 25-29 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Everett Witherspoon (C) Ira Mouzon | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | William Little (PG) Nick Perkins | |
| 01:53 | Northern Illinois University | Cecil Brown makes the 1st free throw | 26-29 |
| 01:53 | Northern Illinois University | Cecil Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 27-29 |
| 01:36 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox lays it up and in and he's fouled by Ronald Jeanbaptiste - foul #2 on Ronald Jeanbaptiste, team foul #8 | 27-31 |
| 01:36 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox misses the free throw | 27-31 |
| 01:36 | Northern Illinois University | Ronald Jeanbaptiste pulls down the rebound | 27-31 |
| 01:24 | Northern Illinois University | Mike Haakenson's pass is intercepted by Les Fox | 27-31 |
| 01:08 | Cal State Fullerton | Brian Renfro is hacked by Ronald Jeanbaptiste - foul #3 on Ronald Jeanbaptiste, team foul #9 | 27-31 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Poss (PG), George Lantz (SG) Cecil Brown, Ronald Jeanbaptiste | |
| Subs | Cal State Fullerton | Spencer Sumter (SG) Michael Vachon | |
| 01:08 | Cal State Fullerton | Brian Renfro misses the 1st free throw | 27-31 |
| 01:08 | Northern Illinois University | Gary Green grabs the defensive rebound | 27-31 |
| 00:50 | Northern Illinois University | Mike Haakenson misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 27-31 |
| 00:48 | Cal State Fullerton | The rebound goes to William Little | 27-31 |
| 00:29 | Cal State Fullerton | Les Fox buries a fadeaway from the baseline | 27-33 |
| 00:05 | Northern Illinois University | George Lantz can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 27-33 |
| 00:03 | Northern Illinois University | Everett Witherspoon grabs the offensive board | 27-33 |
| 00:01 | Northern Illinois University | Mike Haakenson misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 27-33 |
| 00:00 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Poss grabs the offensive rebound | 27-33 |