| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Kyle Galloway (fresh) SG - Nicholas Scheller (fresh) SF - William Tolentino (fresh) PF - Charles Buckles (fresh) C - Derek Espinosa (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Richard Gaston (fresh) SG - Thomas Wallace (fresh) SF - Andrew Venne (fresh) PF - John Baker (fresh) C - Wayne Brown (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Detroit Mercy | Wayne Brown wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:58 | Detroit Mercy | Kyle Galloway picks off the pass by Richard Gaston in the backcourt | 0-0 |
| 19:55 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway can't finish the layup | 0-0 |
| 19:54 | Virginia | Derek Espinosa hits the follow up shot | 2-0 |
| 19:42 | Detroit Mercy | Andrew Venne misses long on a floater from just outside the lane | 2-0 |
| 19:41 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway snags the defensive board | 2-0 |
| 19:34 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 2-0 |
| 19:33 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Wayne Brown | 2-0 |
| 19:10 | Detroit Mercy | Wayne Brown buries a jumper from close range | 2-2 |
| 18:45 | Virginia | William Tolentino misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 2-2 |
| 18:43 | Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Derek Espinosa | 2-2 |
| 18:29 | Virginia | William Tolentino hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 2-2 |
| 18:27 | Virginia | Charles Buckles grabs the offensive rebound | 2-2 |
| 18:19 | Virginia | Andrew Venne steals the ball from William Tolentino | 2-2 |
| 17:58 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Gaston buries a 3 from straight away set up by Andrew Venne | 2-5 |
| 17:54 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left block | 2-5 |
| 17:53 | Detroit Mercy | John Baker pulls down the rebound | 2-5 |
| 17:38 | Detroit Mercy | Thomas Wallace misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 2-5 |
| 17:36 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway snags the defensive board | 2-5 |
| 17:18 | Virginia | William Tolentino scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 5-5 |
| 16:51 | Detroit Mercy | Derek Espinosa steals it from Richard Gaston | 5-5 |
| 16:34 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway is hacked by Thomas Wallace - foul #1 on Thomas Wallace, team foul #1 | 5-5 |
| Subs | Virginia | Michael Grams (PG), Kyle Smith (SG), Leroy Donegan (SF), David Hill (PF), Joseph Olmstead (C) Kyle Galloway, Nicholas Scheller, William Tolentino, Charles Buckles, Derek Espinosa | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | David Lee (PG), Martin Anderson (SG), Peter Flowers (SF), Jerald Barnes (PF), Mark Maguire (C) Richard Gaston, Thomas Wallace, Andrew Venne, John Baker, Wayne Brown | |
| 16:23 | Virginia | Leroy Donegan misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 5-5 |
| 16:22 | Detroit Mercy | David Lee grabs the defensive rebound | 5-5 |
| 16:04 | Detroit Mercy | David Hill takes the ball from David Lee | 5-5 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Michael Grams (fresh) SG - Kyle Smith (fresh) SF - Leroy Donegan (fresh) PF - David Hill (fresh) C - Joseph Olmstead (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - David Lee (fresh) SG - Martin Anderson (fresh) SF - Peter Flowers (fresh) PF - Jerald Barnes (fresh) C - Mark Maguire (fresh) | |
| 15:48 | Virginia | Peter Flowers steals it from Michael Grams | 5-5 |
| 15:32 | Detroit Mercy | Leroy Donegan is called for the reach on Peter Flowers - foul #1 on Leroy Donegan, team foul #1 | 5-5 |
| 15:25 | Detroit Mercy | David Lee comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 5-5 |
| 15:23 | Virginia | Joseph Olmstead snags the defensive board | 5-5 |
| 15:00 | Virginia | Leroy Donegan's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 5-5 |
| Subs | Virginia | Kyle Galloway (PG) Kyle Smith | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 14:40 | Detroit Mercy | Michael Grams steps in front of the Martin Anderson pass | 5-5 |
| 14:36 | Virginia | Leroy Donegan lays it up and in set up by Michael Grams | 7-5 |
| 14:21 | Detroit Mercy | Mark Maguire misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 7-5 |
| 14:19 | Virginia | David Hill pulls down the rebound | 7-5 |
| 14:03 | Virginia | Michael Grams hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 7-5 |
| 14:01 | Virginia | Leroy Donegan tips it home | 9-5 |
| 13:33 | Detroit Mercy | Martin Anderson is hacked by Michael Grams - foul #1 on Michael Grams, team foul #2 | 9-5 |
| Subs | Virginia | Nicholas Scheller (SG), William Tolentino (SF), Charles Buckles (PF), Derek Espinosa (C) Michael Grams, Leroy Donegan, David Hill, Joseph Olmstead | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Richard Gaston (PG), Thomas Wallace (SG), Richard Manjarrez (SF), Edward Southworth (PF), Wayne Brown (C) David Lee, Martin Anderson, Peter Flowers, Jerald Barnes, Mark Maguire | |
| 13:18 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Manjarrez is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 9-5 |
| 13:04 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway can't finish the layup but the foul's on Thomas Wallace - foul #2 on Thomas Wallace, team foul #2 | 9-5 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Andrew Venne (SF) Thomas Wallace | |
| 13:04 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway makes the 1st free throw | 10-5 |
| 13:04 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway makes the 2nd free throw | 11-5 |
| 12:52 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Manjarrez scores on a jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Richard Gaston | 11-7 |
| 12:34 | Virginia | Charles Buckles is hacked by Richard Gaston - foul #1 on Richard Gaston, team foul #3 | 11-7 |
| Subs | Virginia | Michael Grams (PG) Kyle Galloway | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | David Lee (SG), John Baker (PF) Richard Manjarrez, Edward Southworth | |
| 12:25 | Virginia | Michael Grams makes the 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Nicholas Scheller | 14-7 |
| 12:19 | Detroit Mercy | John Baker blows the dunk | 14-7 |
| 12:18 | Detroit Mercy | Andrew Venne grabs the offensive rebound | 14-7 |
| 12:06 | Detroit Mercy | David Lee buries a floater from the left side | 14-9 |
| 12:02 | Virginia | Michael Grams comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 14-9 |
| 12:01 | Detroit Mercy | Wayne Brown gets the rebound | 14-9 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Michael Grams (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Nicholas Scheller (fresh) 1 ast. SF - William Tolentino (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Charles Buckles (fairly fresh) C - Derek Espinosa (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Richard Gaston (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Lee (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Andrew Venne (fairly fresh) PF - John Baker (fresh) C - Wayne Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:43 | Detroit Mercy | John Baker clanks a runner from the right block but the foul's on Charles Buckles - foul #1 on Charles Buckles, team foul #3 | 14-9 |
| Subs | Virginia | Kyle Smith (PG), David Hill (PF), Joseph Olmstead (C) William Tolentino, Charles Buckles, Derek Espinosa | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Richard Manjarrez (SF), Jerald Barnes (C) Andrew Venne, Wayne Brown | |
| 11:43 | Detroit Mercy | John Baker makes the 1st free throw | 14-10 |
| 11:43 | Detroit Mercy | John Baker makes the 2nd free throw | 14-11 |
| 11:23 | Virginia | David Hill makes the fadeaway from the left block on a great pass from Kyle Smith | 16-11 |
| 11:13 | Detroit Mercy | David Lee hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line | 16-11 |
| 11:12 | Detroit Mercy | John Baker tips it back up and in | 16-13 |
| 10:50 | Virginia | Michael Grams makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Kyle Smith | 19-13 |
| 10:28 | Detroit Mercy | Jerald Barnes misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 19-13 |
| 10:26 | Detroit Mercy | John Baker tips it back up and in | 19-15 |
| 10:07 | Virginia | Richard Gaston takes the ball from Michael Grams | 19-15 |
| 09:50 | Detroit Mercy | David Lee clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Nicholas Scheller - foul #1 on Nicholas Scheller, team foul #4 | 19-15 |
| Subs | Virginia | Kyle Galloway (PG), William Tolentino (SF), Derek Espinosa (C) Nicholas Scheller, Michael Grams, Joseph Olmstead | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Martin Anderson (SG), Andrew Venne (SF), Mark Maguire (PF), Wayne Brown (C) Richard Gaston, Richard Manjarrez, John Baker, Jerald Barnes | |
| 09:50 | Detroit Mercy | David Lee makes the 1st free throw | 19-16 |
| 09:50 | Detroit Mercy | David Lee misses the 2nd free throw | 19-16 |
| 09:50 | Virginia | David Hill grabs the board | 19-16 |
| 09:32 | Virginia | Kyle Smith is fouled on the floor by Martin Anderson - foul #1 on Martin Anderson, team foul #4 | 19-16 |
| Subs | Virginia | Charles Buckles (PF) David Hill | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Richard Gaston (PG) David Lee | |
| 09:20 | Virginia | William Tolentino scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 22-16 |
| 09:11 | Detroit Mercy | Andrew Venne blows the layup | 22-16 |
| 09:09 | Virginia | Derek Espinosa pulls down the rebound | 22-16 |
| 08:48 | Virginia | Derek Espinosa buries a jumper in the paint | 24-16 |
| 08:23 | Detroit Mercy | Martin Anderson makes the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Mark Maguire | 24-19 |
| 08:12 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway banks in the layup on a great pass from Kyle Smith | 26-19 |
| 08:02 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Gaston buries a 3 from the left corner | 26-22 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Kyle Galloway (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Kyle Smith (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SF - William Tolentino (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Charles Buckles (fairly fresh) C - Derek Espinosa (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Richard Gaston (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Martin Anderson (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Andrew Venne (fairly fresh) PF - Mark Maguire (fresh) C - Wayne Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:47 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway misses the jumpshot from the free throw line | 26-22 |
| 07:46 | Detroit Mercy | Wayne Brown snags the defensive board | 26-22 |
| 07:40 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Gaston is hacked by Kyle Galloway - foul #1 on Kyle Galloway, team foul #5 | 26-22 |
| Subs | Virginia | Nicholas Scheller (SG), Leroy Donegan (SF), David Hill (PF), Joseph Olmstead (C) Kyle Smith, William Tolentino, Charles Buckles, Derek Espinosa | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | David Lee (PG), Richard Manjarrez (SG), Peter Flowers (SF), John Baker (PF) Richard Gaston, Martin Anderson, Andrew Venne, Mark Maguire | |
| 07:14 | Detroit Mercy | John Baker banks in the layup | 26-24 |
| 06:46 | Virginia | Joseph Olmstead misses the easy layup but he's hacked by John Baker - foul #1 on John Baker, team foul #5 | 26-24 |
| Subs | Virginia | Michael Grams (PG) Kyle Galloway | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Jerald Barnes (C) Wayne Brown | |
| 06:46 | Virginia | Joseph Olmstead makes the 1st free throw | 27-24 |
| 06:46 | Virginia | Joseph Olmstead misses the 2nd free throw | 27-24 |
| 06:46 | Virginia | David Hill snags the offensive board | 27-24 |
| 06:27 | Virginia | David Hill misses the easy layup | 27-24 |
| 06:25 | Detroit Mercy | Jerald Barnes snags the defensive board | 27-24 |
| 06:20 | Detroit Mercy | David Lee can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 27-24 |
| 06:19 | Virginia | Leroy Donegan snags the defensive board | 27-24 |
| 06:13 | Virginia | Leroy Donegan comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 27-24 |
| 06:12 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Jerald Barnes | 27-24 |
| 05:53 | Detroit Mercy | Peter Flowers clanks a 3 from the right corner | 27-24 |
| 05:51 | Detroit Mercy | Jerald Barnes gets the offensive rebound | 27-24 |
| 05:36 | Detroit Mercy | Peter Flowers is called for traveling | 27-24 |
| Subs | Virginia | Kyle Galloway (PG), William Tolentino (SF), Charles Buckles (PF), Derek Espinosa (C) Michael Grams, Leroy Donegan, David Hill, Joseph Olmstead | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Richard Gaston (PG), Martin Anderson (SG), Andrew Venne (SF), Mark Maguire (C) David Lee, Richard Manjarrez, Peter Flowers, John Baker | |
| 05:20 | Virginia | Charles Buckles steps out of bounds on the sideline | 27-24 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Wayne Brown (C) Mark Maguire | |
| 05:09 | Detroit Mercy | Martin Anderson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 27-24 |
| 04:53 | Virginia | Wayne Brown blocks the short jumper by Kyle Galloway | 27-24 |
| 04:51 | Detroit Mercy | Wayne Brown grabs the board | 27-24 |
| 04:33 | Detroit Mercy | Martin Anderson blows the layup but the foul's on William Tolentino - foul #1 on William Tolentino, team foul #6 | 27-24 |
| Subs | Virginia | Michael Grams (SG) Nicholas Scheller | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 04:33 | Detroit Mercy | Martin Anderson misses the 1st free throw | 27-24 |
| 04:33 | Detroit Mercy | Martin Anderson misses the 2nd free throw | 27-24 |
| 04:33 | Virginia | Michael Grams grabs the board | 27-24 |
| 04:20 | Virginia | Michael Grams misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 27-24 |
| 04:18 | Detroit Mercy | Andrew Venne grabs the board | 27-24 |
| 03:57 | Detroit Mercy | William Tolentino blocks the jumper by Jerald Barnes | 27-24 |
| 03:56 | Virginia | William Tolentino grabs the defensive rebound | 27-24 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Kyle Galloway (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Michael Grams (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Tolentino (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Charles Buckles (fairly fresh) C - Derek Espinosa (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Richard Gaston (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Martin Anderson (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Andrew Venne (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jerald Barnes (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Wayne Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:51 | Virginia | William Tolentino knocks in the floater from the left side on a nice dish by Michael Grams | 29-24 |
| 03:35 | Detroit Mercy | Jerald Barnes misses the dunk attempt | 29-24 |
| 03:33 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway grabs the defensive rebound | 29-24 |
| 03:27 | Virginia | William Tolentino misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 29-24 |
| 03:25 | Detroit Mercy | Wayne Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 29-24 |
| 03:01 | Detroit Mercy | Jerald Barnes hits the front of the rim on the runner in the paint but he's fouled by Charles Buckles - foul #2 on Charles Buckles, team foul #7 | 29-24 |
| Subs | Virginia | Nicholas Scheller (SG), Leroy Donegan (SF), David Hill (PF), Joseph Olmstead (C) Kyle Galloway, William Tolentino, Charles Buckles, Derek Espinosa | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | David Lee (PG), Thomas Wallace (SG), Peter Flowers (SF), John Baker (PF) Richard Gaston, Martin Anderson, Andrew Venne, Wayne Brown | |
| 03:01 | Detroit Mercy | Jerald Barnes misses the 1st free throw | 29-24 |
| 03:01 | Detroit Mercy | Jerald Barnes makes the 2nd free throw | 29-25 |
| 02:33 | Virginia | Joseph Olmstead hits the finger roll on a great pass from David Hill | 31-25 |
| 02:10 | Detroit Mercy | David Lee misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 31-25 |
| 02:08 | Virginia | Joseph Olmstead gets the rebound | 31-25 |
| 02:00 | Virginia | Michael Grams drills a 3 pointer from the left corner | 34-25 |
| 01:44 | Detroit Mercy | Nicholas Scheller takes the ball from Thomas Wallace | 34-25 |
| 01:25 | Virginia | David Hill knocks in the driving attempt near the basket set up by Michael Grams and he's fouled by John Baker - foul #2 on John Baker, team foul #6 | 36-25 |
| Subs | Virginia | Kyle Galloway (PG), William Tolentino (SF), Derek Espinosa (C) Michael Grams, Leroy Donegan, Joseph Olmstead | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Richard Gaston (PG), Martin Anderson (SF), Wayne Brown (C) David Lee, Peter Flowers, Jerald Barnes | |
| 01:25 | Virginia | David Hill makes the free throw | 37-25 |
| 01:16 | Detroit Mercy | Wayne Brown clanks a jump hook in the paint | 37-25 |
| 01:14 | Virginia | William Tolentino snags the defensive board | 37-25 |
| 00:45 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway hits a jumper from the left wing and he's hacked by Martin Anderson - foul #2 on Martin Anderson, team foul #7 | 39-25 |
| Subs | Virginia | Kyle Smith (SG) Nicholas Scheller | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Andrew Venne (SF), Mark Maguire (PF) Martin Anderson, John Baker | |
| 00:45 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway makes the free throw | 40-25 |
| 00:23 | Detroit Mercy | Wayne Brown misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 40-25 |
| 00:22 | Virginia | Kyle Galloway gets the rebound | 40-25 |
| 00:05 | Virginia | David Hill hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from close range | 40-25 |
| 00:04 | Detroit Mercy | Wayne Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 40-25 |
| 00:00 | Detroit Mercy | Wayne Brown misses the halfcourt shot | 40-25 |