| Lineup | Earlham | PG - Robert Selvage (fresh) SG - Brandon Runge (fresh) SF - Ron Glass (fresh) PF - James Powers (fresh) C - Craig Jaramillo (fresh) | |
| Lineup | N. Carolina Wesleyan | PG - Richard Brown (fresh) SG - Brad Johnson (fresh) SF - Joel Blake (fresh) PF - Russel Smith (fresh) C - Jerry Merrick (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Jerry Merrick wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Earlham | Earlham is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | N. Carolina Wesleyan | N. Carolina Wesleyan is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:52 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Jerry Merrick misses the easy layup | 0-0 |
| 19:50 | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 19:32 | Earlham | Ron Glass knocks in the shot from the right wing | 2-0 |
| 19:20 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith's fadeaway is rejected by James Powers | 2-0 |
| 19:18 | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo grabs the defensive rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:56 | Earlham | Ron Glass makes the turnaround in the lane | 4-0 |
| 18:40 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Jerry Merrick buries a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Joel Blake | 4-3 |
| 18:30 | Earlham | Robert Selvage is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Robert Selvage, team foul #1 | 4-3 |
| 18:14 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith misses the lay-in | 4-3 |
| 18:12 | Earlham | Ron Glass gets the rebound | 4-3 |
| 17:56 | Earlham | James Powers buries a floater near the basket set up by Robert Selvage and the foul's on Russel Smith - foul #1 on Russel Smith, team foul #1 | 6-3 |
| Subs | Earlham | | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Leroy Marsden (C) Jerry Merrick | |
| 17:56 | Earlham | James Powers makes the free throw | 7-3 |
| 17:44 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Joel Blake can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 7-3 |
| 17:42 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith grabs the offensive rebound | 7-3 |
| 17:21 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Brad Johnson knocks in the floater in the lane on a nice dish by Richard Brown and the foul's on Brandon Runge - foul #1 on Brandon Runge, team foul #2 | 7-5 |
| Subs | Earlham | | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Jack Knight (PG), Christopher Edie (SF), Terence Knight (C) Richard Brown, Joel Blake, Russel Smith | |
| 17:21 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Brad Johnson makes the free throw | 7-6 |
| 17:08 | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo loses the dribble to Brad Johnson | 7-6 |
| 16:49 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Brad Johnson can't connect on a floater from the left wing but he's hacked by Brandon Runge - foul #2 on Brandon Runge, team foul #3 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Earlham | Jeremy Wilson (SG), Scott Brubaker (SF) Brandon Runge, Ron Glass | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Jerry Merrick (C) Terence Knight | |
| 16:49 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Brad Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 7-7 |
| 16:49 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Brad Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 7-8 |
| 16:29 | Earlham | Jeremy Wilson hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 7-8 |
| 16:28 | Earlham | James Powers tips it home | 9-8 |
| 16:15 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Jack Knight can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 9-8 |
| 16:13 | Earlham | James Powers grabs the board | 9-8 |
| 16:07 | Earlham | Robert Selvage misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 9-8 |
| 16:06 | Earlham | The offensive rebound goes to Craig Jaramillo | 9-8 |
| 15:50 | Earlham | James Powers scores on a turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by Jeremy Wilson | 11-8 |
| Lineup | Earlham | PG - Robert Selvage (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jeremy Wilson (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Scott Brubaker (fresh) PF - James Powers (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Craig Jaramillo (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | N. Carolina Wesleyan | PG - Jack Knight (fresh) SG - Brad Johnson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Christopher Edie (fresh) PF - Leroy Marsden (fresh) C - Jerry Merrick (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:34 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Scott Brubaker steps in front of the Brad Johnson pass | 11-8 |
| 15:18 | Earlham | Scott Brubaker clanks a jumper from the left side | 11-8 |
| 15:16 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Christopher Edie gets the rebound | 11-8 |
| 15:01 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Christopher Edie is called for traveling | 11-8 |
| Subs | Earlham | Matthew Chester (SG), Ron Glass (SF), Joel Hunley (C) Robert Selvage, James Powers, Craig Jaramillo | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Richard Brown (PG), Joe Harper (SG), Joel Blake (SF), Russel Smith (PF) Jack Knight, Brad Johnson, Leroy Marsden, Jerry Merrick | |
| 14:49 | Earlham | Matthew Chester misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 11-8 |
| 14:47 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Christopher Edie grabs the board | 11-8 |
| 14:41 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Joe Harper drills a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Christopher Edie | 11-11 |
| 14:22 | Earlham | Ron Glass double dribbles | 11-11 |
| Subs | Earlham | Gary Kaylor (PG) Jeremy Wilson | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Terence Knight (C) Christopher Edie | |
| 14:03 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Richard Brown misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 11-11 |
| 14:01 | Earlham | Joel Hunley grabs the defensive rebound | 11-11 |
| 13:43 | Earlham | Gary Kaylor misses short on a floater from the left wing | 11-11 |
| 13:41 | Earlham | Scott Brubaker tips it in | 13-11 |
| 13:24 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith scores on a driving attempt near the basket on a great pass from Richard Brown and he's hacked by Scott Brubaker - foul #1 on Scott Brubaker, team foul #4 | 13-13 |
| Subs | Earlham | Robert Selvage (PG), Antonio Shipman (SF), James Powers (PF) Gary Kaylor, Ron Glass, Scott Brubaker | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Jerry Merrick (C) Terence Knight | |
| 13:24 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith makes the free throw | 13-14 |
| 13:07 | Earlham | Antonio Shipman loses the ball out of bounds | 13-14 |
| Subs | Earlham | Jeremy Wilson (SG) Matthew Chester | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | | |
| 12:51 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith drills a jumper from the right block on a great pass from Richard Brown | 13-16 |
| 12:26 | Earlham | Robert Selvage is hacked by Joe Harper - foul #1 on Joe Harper, team foul #2 | 13-16 |
| Subs | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo (C) Joel Hunley | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Jack Knight (PG), Brad Johnson (SG), Christopher Edie (SF), Leroy Marsden (PF) Richard Brown, Joe Harper, Joel Blake, Russel Smith | |
| 12:10 | Earlham | Robert Selvage comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 13-16 |
| 12:08 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Jerry Merrick snags the defensive board | 13-16 |
| 12:00 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Leroy Marsden clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 13-16 |
| 11:59 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Christopher Edie can't tip it in | 13-16 |
| 11:58 | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo grabs the board | 13-16 |
| 11:53 | Earlham | Jeremy Wilson can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner but he's hacked by Christopher Edie - foul #1 on Christopher Edie, team foul #3 | 13-16 |
| Subs | Earlham | Ron Glass (SF) Antonio Shipman | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Terence Knight (C) Jerry Merrick | |
| 11:53 | Earlham | Jeremy Wilson makes the 1st free throw | 14-16 |
| 11:53 | Earlham | Jeremy Wilson misses the 2nd free throw | 14-16 |
| 11:53 | Earlham | Jeremy Wilson makes the 3rd free throw | 15-16 |
| 11:37 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Brad Johnson double dribbles | 15-16 |
| Subs | Earlham | Gary Kaylor (PG), Matthew Chester (SG) Robert Selvage, Jeremy Wilson | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | | |
| Lineup | Earlham | PG - Gary Kaylor (fresh) SG - Matthew Chester (fresh) SF - Ron Glass (fresh) 4 pts. PF - James Powers (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Craig Jaramillo (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | N. Carolina Wesleyan | PG - Jack Knight (fresh) SG - Brad Johnson (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Christopher Edie (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Leroy Marsden (fresh) C - Terence Knight (fresh) | |
| 11:19 | Earlham | Gary Kaylor is called for traveling | 15-16 |
| Subs | Earlham | | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith (PF) Terence Knight | |
| 10:57 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Leroy Marsden drills a turnaround near the basket set up by Jack Knight and the foul's on James Powers - foul #1 on James Powers, team foul #5 | 15-18 |
| Subs | Earlham | Scott Brubaker (PF) James Powers | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Richard Brown (PG), Joel Blake (SF) Jack Knight, Christopher Edie | |
| 10:57 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Leroy Marsden misses the free throw | 15-18 |
| 10:57 | Earlham | Scott Brubaker grabs the defensive rebound | 15-18 |
| 10:37 | Earlham | Joel Blake steals it from Craig Jaramillo | 15-18 |
| 10:33 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Brad Johnson hits the finger roll on a great pass from Joel Blake | 15-20 |
| 10:29 | Earlham | Ron Glass makes the runner from the left block set up by Matthew Chester | 17-20 |
| 10:10 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith lays it up and in set up by Leroy Marsden | 17-22 |
| 09:44 | Earlham | Ron Glass is fouled on the floor by Richard Brown - foul #1 on Richard Brown, team foul #4 | 17-22 |
| Subs | Earlham | Robert Selvage (PG), Jeremy Wilson (SG), James Powers (PF), Joel Hunley (C) Gary Kaylor, Matthew Chester, Ron Glass, Craig Jaramillo | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Joe Harper (SG), Christopher Edie (PF), Jerry Merrick (C) Brad Johnson, Russel Smith, Leroy Marsden | |
| 09:27 | Earlham | Robert Selvage drills a fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Jeremy Wilson | 19-22 |
| 09:06 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Richard Brown clanks a floater from just outside the lane but the foul's on Jeremy Wilson - foul #1 on Jeremy Wilson, team foul #6 | 19-22 |
| Subs | Earlham | | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Terence Knight (PF) Joel Blake | |
| 09:06 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Richard Brown makes the 1st free throw | 19-23 |
| 09:06 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Richard Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 19-24 |
| 08:58 | Earlham | Scott Brubaker hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 19-24 |
| 08:57 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Jerry Merrick grabs the defensive rebound | 19-24 |
| 08:40 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Scott Brubaker is called for the reach on Christopher Edie - foul #2 on Scott Brubaker, team foul #7 | 19-24 |
| Subs | Earlham | Antonio Shipman (SF) Scott Brubaker | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Jack Knight (PG), Russel Smith (PF) Richard Brown, Terence Knight | |
| 08:40 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Christopher Edie makes the 1st free throw | 19-25 |
| 08:40 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Christopher Edie misses the 2nd free throw | 19-25 |
| 08:40 | Earlham | Joel Hunley pulls down the rebound | 19-25 |
| 08:21 | Earlham | James Powers misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 19-25 |
| 08:19 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Christopher Edie pulls down the rebound | 19-25 |
| 08:09 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith misses badly on a fadeaway from the left block but he's hacked by Robert Selvage - foul #2 on Robert Selvage, team foul #8 | 19-25 |
| Subs | Earlham | Matthew Chester (SG), Ron Glass (SF), Craig Jaramillo (C) Robert Selvage, Antonio Shipman, Joel Hunley | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Brad Johnson (SG) Joe Harper | |
| 08:09 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith makes the 1st free throw | 19-26 |
| 08:09 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 19-27 |
| 07:50 | Earlham | Russel Smith steps in front of the Jeremy Wilson pass | 19-27 |
| 07:35 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Christopher Edie is denied on a layup by James Powers | 19-27 |
| 07:33 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith tips it back up and in | 19-29 |
| Lineup | Earlham | PG - Jeremy Wilson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Matthew Chester (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ron Glass (fresh) 6 pts. PF - James Powers (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Craig Jaramillo (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | N. Carolina Wesleyan | PG - Jack Knight (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Brad Johnson (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Christopher Edie (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. PF - Russel Smith (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. C - Jerry Merrick (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:22 | Earlham | Matthew Chester misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 19-29 |
| 07:21 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Christopher Edie grabs the board | 19-29 |
| 07:04 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | The jump hook by Russel Smith is blocked by Craig Jaramillo | 19-29 |
| 07:02 | Earlham | The rebound goes to Ron Glass | 19-29 |
| 06:43 | Earlham | Ron Glass misses the shot from the baseline but he's fouled by Christopher Edie - foul #2 on Christopher Edie, team foul #5 | 19-29 |
| Subs | Earlham | Gary Kaylor (PG), Dennis Harrison (SG), Joel Hunley (PF) Jeremy Wilson, Matthew Chester, James Powers | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Richard Brown (PG), Joel Blake (SF), Leroy Marsden (PF), Terence Knight (C) Jack Knight, Christopher Edie, Russel Smith, Jerry Merrick | |
| 06:43 | Earlham | Ron Glass makes the 1st free throw | 20-29 |
| 06:43 | Earlham | Ron Glass misses the 2nd free throw | 20-29 |
| 06:43 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Terence Knight gets the rebound | 20-29 |
| 06:36 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Richard Brown connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Brad Johnson | 20-32 |
| 06:15 | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 20-32 |
| 06:14 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Leroy Marsden pulls down the rebound | 20-32 |
| 06:08 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Brad Johnson scores on a jumpshot from the right wing set up by Richard Brown | 20-34 |
| 05:48 | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Leroy Marsden - foul #1 on Leroy Marsden, team foul #6 | 20-34 |
| Subs | Earlham | Antonio Shipman (SF) Ron Glass | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Joe Harper (SG) Brad Johnson | |
| 05:48 | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo misses the 1st free throw | 20-34 |
| 05:48 | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo makes the 2nd free throw | 21-34 |
| 05:38 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Richard Brown is fouled on the floor by Gary Kaylor - foul #1 on Gary Kaylor, team foul #9 | 21-34 |
| Subs | Earlham | James Powers (PF) Craig Jaramillo | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith (PF) Terence Knight | |
| 05:38 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Richard Brown misses the 1st free throw | 21-34 |
| 05:38 | Earlham | The rebound goes to James Powers | 21-34 |
| 05:21 | Earlham | James Powers travels with the ball | 21-34 |
| Subs | Earlham | Matthew Chester (SG), Craig Jaramillo (C) Dennis Harrison, Joel Hunley | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | | |
| 05:02 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Joel Blake's pass is intercepted by Matthew Chester | 21-34 |
| 04:45 | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo misses the lay-in | 21-34 |
| 04:43 | Earlham | Matthew Chester gets the offensive rebound | 21-34 |
| 04:25 | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 21-34 |
| 04:24 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Richard Brown gets the rebound | 21-34 |
| 04:02 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith misses short on a jump hook from the right block but he's hacked by Matthew Chester - foul #1 on Matthew Chester, team foul #10 | 21-34 |
| Subs | Earlham | Jeremy Wilson (PG), Dennis Harrison (SG), Joel Hunley (C) Gary Kaylor, Matthew Chester, Craig Jaramillo | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Jack Knight (PG), Brad Johnson (SG), Arnold Geno (SF), Jerry Merrick (C) Richard Brown, Joe Harper, Joel Blake, Leroy Marsden | |
| 04:02 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith makes the 1st free throw | 21-35 |
| 04:02 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 21-35 |
| 04:02 | Earlham | Joel Hunley pulls down the rebound | 21-35 |
| 03:56 | Earlham | Dennis Harrison knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing | 24-35 |
| 03:40 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith lays it up and in set up by Arnold Geno | 24-37 |
| 03:25 | Earlham | Dennis Harrison makes the floater from the right side | 26-37 |
| Lineup | Earlham | PG - Jeremy Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dennis Harrison (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Antonio Shipman (fairly fresh) PF - James Powers (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Joel Hunley (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | N. Carolina Wesleyan | PG - Jack Knight (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Brad Johnson (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Arnold Geno (fresh) PF - Russel Smith (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 2 reb. C - Jerry Merrick (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:13 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Arnold Geno buries a fadeaway from close range on a nice dish by Brad Johnson | 26-39 |
| 03:05 | Earlham | Antonio Shipman's dunk attempt is rejected by Jerry Merrick | 26-39 |
| 03:04 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Arnold Geno snags the defensive board | 26-39 |
| 02:46 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Brad Johnson misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 26-39 |
| 02:45 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Brad Johnson grabs the offensive board | 26-39 |
| 02:31 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Dennis Harrison steps in front of the Jack Knight pass | 26-39 |
| 02:04 | Earlham | James Powers buries a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 28-39 |
| 01:55 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Jack Knight can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 28-39 |
| 01:53 | Earlham | James Powers gets the rebound | 28-39 |
| 01:47 | Earlham | James Powers hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 28-39 |
| 01:45 | Earlham | Antonio Shipman gets the offensive rebound | 28-39 |
| 01:32 | Earlham | Jeremy Wilson misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 28-39 |
| 01:31 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Russel Smith grabs the board | 28-39 |
| 01:27 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Brad Johnson is hacked by Dennis Harrison - foul #1 on Dennis Harrison, team foul #11 | 28-39 |
| Subs | Earlham | Robert Selvage (PG), Brandon Runge (SG), Ron Glass (SF), Scott Brubaker (PF), Craig Jaramillo (C) Jeremy Wilson, Dennis Harrison, Antonio Shipman, James Powers, Joel Hunley | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Richard Brown (PG), Joel Blake (SF), Leroy Marsden (PF), Christopher Edie (C) Jack Knight, Arnold Geno, Russel Smith, Jerry Merrick | |
| 01:27 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Brad Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 28-40 |
| 01:27 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Brad Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 28-41 |
| 01:03 | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Robert Selvage | 31-41 |
| 00:43 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Richard Brown drills a jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Christopher Edie | 31-43 |
| 00:24 | Earlham | Ron Glass misses the lay-in | 31-43 |
| 00:22 | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo pulls down the offensive rebound | 31-43 |
| 00:04 | Earlham | Joel Blake is called for the reach on Craig Jaramillo - foul #1 on Joel Blake, team foul #7 | 31-43 |
| Subs | Earlham | | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Joe Harper (SG) Brad Johnson | |
| 00:04 | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo makes the 1st free throw | 32-43 |
| 00:04 | Earlham | Craig Jaramillo makes the 2nd free throw | 33-43 |
| 00:00 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Richard Brown can't connect on a halfcourt shot | 33-43 |