| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Charlie Jennette (fresh) 5 pts. SG - James Showman (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Alex Shehan (fresh) 13 pts. PF - Sergei Kaczmarski (fresh) C - Christopher Buehler (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Yong Chin (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Donald Scott (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Theodore Batista (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Anthony Severson (fresh) C - Marlon Kapoor (fresh) 8 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Kentucky | Theodore Batista inbounds the ball | 28-24 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| 19:44 | Kentucky | Yong Chin misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 28-24 |
| 19:42 | Marquette | James Showman pulls down the rebound | 28-24 |
| 19:22 | Marquette | Theodore Batista picks off the pass by James Showman | 28-24 |
| 19:18 | Kentucky | Theodore Batista dunks the ball | 28-26 |
| 18:51 | Marquette | James Showman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 28-26 |
| 18:22 | Kentucky | Donald Scott is hacked by Christopher Buehler - foul #3 on Christopher Buehler, team foul #1 | 28-26 |
| Subs | Marquette | Adam Stephens (C) Christopher Buehler | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 18:05 | Kentucky | Marlon Kapoor scores on a runner from the left block set up by Theodore Batista | 28-28 |
| 17:48 | Marquette | Charlie Jennette is hacked by Anthony Severson - foul #2 on Anthony Severson, team foul #1 | 28-28 |
| 17:29 | Marquette | Sergei Kaczmarski misses short on a runner from the baseline but the foul's on Anthony Severson - foul #3 on Anthony Severson, team foul #2 | 28-28 |
| 17:29 | Marquette | Sergei Kaczmarski makes the 1st free throw | 29-28 |
| 17:29 | Marquette | Sergei Kaczmarski makes the 2nd free throw | 30-28 |
| 17:00 | Kentucky | Yong Chin knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing | 30-31 |
| 16:31 | Marquette | Alex Shehan makes the 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Charlie Jennette | 33-31 |
| 16:15 | Kentucky | Anthony Severson comes up short on the floater from the left block but the foul's on Adam Stephens - foul #2 on Adam Stephens, team foul #2 | 33-31 |
| Subs | Marquette | Miro Bojanowski (PG), Gregory Johnson (SG), William Considine (PF) Charlie Jennette, James Showman, Sergei Kaczmarski | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Stephen Baker (PG), Patrick Pullins (C) Yong Chin, Marlon Kapoor | |
| 16:15 | Kentucky | Anthony Severson makes the 1st free throw | 33-32 |
| 16:15 | Kentucky | Anthony Severson misses the 2nd free throw | 33-32 |
| 16:15 | Marquette | Adam Stephens grabs the defensive rebound | 33-32 |
| 15:46 | Marquette | Gregory Johnson is fouled on the floor by Theodore Batista - foul #2 on Theodore Batista, team foul #3 | 33-32 |
| Subs | Marquette | Eddie Henry (SG), Christopher Buehler (C) Alex Shehan, Adam Stephens | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Raymond Lally (PF) Anthony Severson | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Miro Bojanowski (fresh) SG - Eddie Henry (fresh) SF - Gregory Johnson (fresh) 5 pts. PF - William Considine (fresh) 2 reb. C - Christopher Buehler (fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Stephen Baker (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donald Scott (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Theodore Batista (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Lally (fresh) 3 reb. C - Patrick Pullins (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:26 | Marquette | William Considine loses the ball out of bounds | 33-32 |
| 15:12 | Kentucky | Stephen Baker misses long on a jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Christopher Buehler - foul #4 on Christopher Buehler, team foul #3 | 33-32 |
| Subs | Marquette | Adam Stephens (C) Christopher Buehler | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 15:12 | Kentucky | Stephen Baker makes the 1st free throw | 33-33 |
| 15:12 | Kentucky | Stephen Baker makes the 2nd free throw | 33-34 |
| 14:51 | Marquette | Raymond Lally steals the ball from Gregory Johnson | 33-34 |
| 14:37 | Kentucky | Donald Scott's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 33-34 |
| Subs | Marquette | Charlie Jennette (PG), James Showman (SG), Alex Shehan (SF), Sergei Kaczmarski (PF) Miro Bojanowski, Eddie Henry, Gregory Johnson, William Considine | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Yong Chin (PG), Marlon Kapoor (C) Stephen Baker, Patrick Pullins | |
| 14:12 | Marquette | James Showman drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Charlie Jennette | 36-34 |
| 13:53 | Kentucky | Marlon Kapoor clanks a jumper in the lane | 36-34 |
| 13:52 | Kentucky | Yong Chin tips it back up and in | 36-36 |
| 13:27 | Marquette | Charlie Jennette buries a 3 from straight away on a great pass from James Showman | 39-36 |
| 13:03 | Kentucky | Marlon Kapoor misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Adam Stephens - foul #3 on Adam Stephens, team foul #4 | 39-36 |
| Subs | Marquette | William Considine (C) Adam Stephens | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Anthony Severson (PF) Raymond Lally | |
| 13:03 | Kentucky | Marlon Kapoor makes the 1st free throw | 39-37 |
| 13:03 | Kentucky | Marlon Kapoor makes the 2nd free throw | 39-38 |
| 12:38 | Marquette | Charlie Jennette misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 39-38 |
| 12:36 | Kentucky | Marlon Kapoor grabs the defensive rebound | 39-38 |
| 12:31 | Kentucky | Yong Chin knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Marlon Kapoor | 39-41 |
| 12:07 | Marquette | Alex Shehan makes the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 41-41 |
| 11:40 | Kentucky | Anthony Severson clanks a jumper from the right wing | 41-41 |
| 11:38 | Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to Anthony Severson | 41-41 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Charlie Jennette (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Showman (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Alex Shehan (fairly fresh) 18 pts. PF - Sergei Kaczmarski (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - William Considine (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Yong Chin (fresh) 11 pts. SG - Donald Scott (tiring) 1 ast. SF - Theodore Batista (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Anthony Severson (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Marlon Kapoor (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:16 | Kentucky | Anthony Severson can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing | 41-41 |
| 11:15 | Marquette | William Considine grabs the defensive rebound | 41-41 |
| 10:59 | Marquette | Alex Shehan's fadeaway is rejected by Marlon Kapoor | 41-41 |
| 10:58 | Marquette | James Showman tips it in | 43-41 |
| 10:29 | Kentucky | Donald Scott hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 43-41 |
| 10:28 | Marquette | Alex Shehan snags the defensive board | 43-41 |
| 10:03 | Marquette | Alex Shehan comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 43-41 |
| 10:01 | Marquette | James Showman tips it home | 45-41 |
| 09:42 | Kentucky | Sergei Kaczmarski steals it from Marlon Kapoor | 45-41 |
| 09:22 | Marquette | James Showman drills a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Charlie Jennette | 48-41 |
| 09:05 | Kentucky | Donald Scott drills a fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Yong Chin and he's hacked by James Showman - foul #1 on James Showman, team foul #5 | 48-43 |
| Subs | Marquette | Miro Bojanowski (PG), Eddie Henry (SG), Gregory Johnson (SF), Adam Stephens (C) Charlie Jennette, James Showman, Alex Shehan, William Considine | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Stephen Baker (PG), Gilbert Lombard (SF), Raymond Lally (PF), Patrick Pullins (C) Yong Chin, Theodore Batista, Anthony Severson, Marlon Kapoor | |
| 09:05 | Kentucky | Donald Scott misses the free throw | 48-43 |
| 09:05 | Marquette | Adam Stephens gets the rebound | 48-43 |
| 08:47 | Marquette | Gregory Johnson misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 48-43 |
| 08:46 | Kentucky | Patrick Pullins gets the rebound | 48-43 |
| 08:40 | Kentucky | Stephen Baker can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 48-43 |
| 08:38 | Marquette | Adam Stephens gets the rebound | 48-43 |
| 08:17 | Marquette | Gregory Johnson scores on a fadeaway from the free throw line set up by Miro Bojanowski and the foul's on Gilbert Lombard - foul #1 on Gilbert Lombard, team foul #4 | 50-43 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jiao-Long Xue (SG) Donald Scott | |
| 08:17 | Marquette | Gregory Johnson makes the free throw | 51-43 |
| 07:59 | Kentucky | Jiao-Long Xue misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 51-43 |
| 07:58 | Marquette | Adam Stephens gets the rebound | 51-43 |
| 07:31 | Marquette | Gregory Johnson buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Miro Bojanowski | 54-43 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Miro Bojanowski (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Eddie Henry (fresh) SF - Gregory Johnson (fresh) 11 pts. PF - Sergei Kaczmarski (tiring) 2 pts. C - Adam Stephens (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Stephen Baker (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jiao-Long Xue (fresh) SF - Gilbert Lombard (fresh) PF - Raymond Lally (fresh) 3 reb. C - Patrick Pullins (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:07 | Kentucky | Stephen Baker clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 54-43 |
| 07:05 | Kentucky | Raymond Lally gets the offensive rebound | 54-43 |
| 06:44 | Kentucky | Patrick Pullins misses the driving attempt from the left block | 54-43 |
| 06:43 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Sergei Kaczmarski | 54-43 |
| 06:22 | Marquette | Gregory Johnson misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 54-43 |
| 06:20 | Kentucky | Gilbert Lombard snags the defensive board | 54-43 |
| 05:58 | Kentucky | Jiao-Long Xue is whistled for a carry | 54-43 |
| Subs | Marquette | Charlie Jennette (PG), James Showman (SG), Alex Shehan (SF), William Considine (PF), Christopher Buehler (C) Miro Bojanowski, Eddie Henry, Gregory Johnson, Sergei Kaczmarski, Adam Stephens | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Yong Chin (PG), Donald Scott (SG), Theodore Batista (SF), Anthony Severson (PF), Marlon Kapoor (C) Stephen Baker, Jiao-Long Xue, Gilbert Lombard, Raymond Lally, Patrick Pullins | |
| 05:41 | Marquette | Alex Shehan hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 54-43 |
| 05:39 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Anthony Severson | 54-43 |
| 05:17 | Kentucky | James Showman is called for the reach on Donald Scott - foul #2 on James Showman, team foul #6 | 54-43 |
| 04:48 | Kentucky | Yong Chin hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner but the foul's on Christopher Buehler - foul #5 on Christopher Buehler, team foul #7 | 54-43 |
| Subs | Marquette | Adam Stephens (C) Christopher Buehler | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 04:48 | Kentucky | Yong Chin misses the 1st free throw | 54-43 |
| 04:48 | Kentucky | Yong Chin makes the 2nd free throw | 54-44 |
| 04:48 | Kentucky | Yong Chin makes the 3rd free throw | 54-45 |
| 04:21 | Marquette | Charlie Jennette connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 57-45 |
| 03:55 | Kentucky | Marlon Kapoor lays it in | 57-47 |
| 03:36 | Marquette | Alex Shehan is fouled on the floor by Theodore Batista - foul #3 on Theodore Batista, team foul #5 | 57-47 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jiao-Long Xue (SG), Gilbert Lombard (SF), Patrick Pullins (C) Donald Scott, Theodore Batista, Marlon Kapoor | |
| 03:14 | Marquette | Alex Shehan hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 57-47 |
| 03:13 | Kentucky | Yong Chin gets the rebound | 57-47 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Charlie Jennette (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Showman (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SF - Alex Shehan (fresh) 18 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Considine (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Adam Stephens (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Yong Chin (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jiao-Long Xue (fresh) SF - Gilbert Lombard (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Anthony Severson (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Patrick Pullins (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| 02:51 | Kentucky | Anthony Severson buries a jumpshot from the right wing and he's hacked by Adam Stephens - foul #4 on Adam Stephens, team foul #8 | 57-49 |
| Subs | Marquette | Miro Bojanowski (PG), Gregory Johnson (SG), Sergei Kaczmarski (PF) Charlie Jennette, James Showman, William Considine | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 02:51 | Kentucky | Anthony Severson misses the free throw | 57-49 |
| 02:51 | Marquette | Adam Stephens snags the defensive board | 57-49 |
| 02:51 | Marquette | Marquette calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-49 |
| 02:38 | Marquette | Alex Shehan buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Gregory Johnson | 60-49 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| 02:23 | Kentucky | Sergei Kaczmarski is called for the reach on Anthony Severson - foul #3 on Sergei Kaczmarski, team foul #9 | 60-49 |
| Subs | Marquette | Eddie Henry (SG), William Considine (PF) Alex Shehan, Sergei Kaczmarski | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Donald Scott (SG), Marlon Kapoor (C) Jiao-Long Xue, Patrick Pullins | |
| 02:23 | Kentucky | Anthony Severson makes the 1st free throw | 60-50 |
| 02:23 | Kentucky | Anthony Severson misses the 2nd free throw | 60-50 |
| 02:23 | Kentucky | Gilbert Lombard pulls down the offensive rebound | 60-50 |
| 02:10 | Kentucky | Marlon Kapoor misses badly on a shot from the left block | 60-50 |
| 02:09 | Marquette | Adam Stephens grabs the board | 60-50 |
| 01:45 | Marquette | Gregory Johnson hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing | 60-50 |
| 01:44 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Anthony Severson | 60-50 |
| 01:32 | Kentucky | Yong Chin hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 60-53 |
| 01:32 | Marquette | Marquette calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 60-53 |
| Subs | Marquette | Charlie Jennette (PG), James Showman (SG), Alex Shehan (SF), Sergei Kaczmarski (PF) Miro Bojanowski, Eddie Henry, Gregory Johnson, William Considine | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Theodore Batista (SF) Gilbert Lombard | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 01:06 | Marquette | Charlie Jennette is whistled for traveling | 60-53 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:51 | Kentucky | Marlon Kapoor buries a pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Theodore Batista | 60-55 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:48 | Marquette | Charlie Jennette is fouled in the backcourt by Yong Chin - foul #2 on Yong Chin, team foul #6 | 60-55 |
| Subs | Marquette | Eddie Henry (SG), Gregory Johnson (SF), William Considine (C) James Showman, Alex Shehan, Adam Stephens | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 00:47 | Marquette | Gregory Johnson is fouled on the floor by Theodore Batista - foul #4 on Theodore Batista, team foul #7 | 60-55 |
| Subs | Marquette | Adam Stephens (C) Sergei Kaczmarski | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 00:47 | Marquette | Gregory Johnson misses the 1st free throw | 60-55 |
| 00:47 | Kentucky | Marlon Kapoor snags the defensive board | 60-55 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:41 | Kentucky | Yong Chin comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 60-55 |
| 00:40 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Adam Stephens | 60-55 |
| 00:40 | Marquette | Marquette calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 60-55 |
| Subs | Marquette | Sergei Kaczmarski (PF) Adam Stephens | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 00:38 | Marquette | Charlie Jennette is fouled in the backcourt by Yong Chin - foul #3 on Yong Chin, team foul #8 | 60-55 |
| Subs | Marquette | Adam Stephens (C) Sergei Kaczmarski | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 00:38 | Marquette | Charlie Jennette makes the 1st free throw | 61-55 |
| 00:38 | Marquette | Charlie Jennette makes the 2nd free throw | 62-55 |
| 00:31 | Kentucky | Yong Chin splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 62-55 |
| 00:30 | Kentucky | Marlon Kapoor gets the offensive rebound | 62-55 |
| 00:27 | Kentucky | William Considine picks off the pass by Yong Chin | 62-55 |
| 00:27 | Marquette | Marquette calls a full timeout (2 :30 remaining) | 62-55 |
| Subs | Marquette | Sergei Kaczmarski (PF) Adam Stephens | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 00:24 | Marquette | Donald Scott is called for the reach on Eddie Henry in the backcourt - foul #3 on Donald Scott, team foul #9 | 62-55 |
| Subs | Marquette | Adam Stephens (C) Sergei Kaczmarski | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 00:24 | Marquette | Eddie Henry misses the 1st free throw | 62-55 |
| 00:24 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Anthony Severson | 62-55 |
| 00:18 | Kentucky | Yong Chin scores on a 3 from straight away | 62-58 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:15 | Marquette | Charlie Jennette is hacked by Donald Scott in the backcourt - foul #4 on Donald Scott, team foul #10 | 62-58 |
| Subs | Marquette | James Showman (SG), Alex Shehan (SF), Sergei Kaczmarski (PF) Eddie Henry, Gregory Johnson, William Considine | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 00:15 | Marquette | Charlie Jennette makes the 1st free throw | 63-58 |
| 00:15 | Marquette | Charlie Jennette misses the 2nd free throw | 63-58 |
| 00:15 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Marlon Kapoor | 63-58 |
| 00:08 | Kentucky | Yong Chin makes the contested 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Donald Scott | 63-61 |
| 00:05 | Marquette | Donald Scott is called for the reach on Charlie Jennette in the backcourt - foul #5 on Donald Scott, team foul #11 | 63-61 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jiao-Long Xue (SG) Donald Scott | |
| 00:05 | Marquette | Charlie Jennette makes the 1st free throw | 64-61 |
| 00:05 | Marquette | Charlie Jennette makes the 2nd free throw | 65-61 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Yong Chin misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 65-61 |