| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Richie Drzazgowski (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Bobby Walz (fresh) 14 pts. SF - Douglas Tushoski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jonathan Carter (fresh) 5 pts. C - Andrew Hardin (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Bradley Steere (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Steven Record (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Larry Hayes (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Wilbert Lane (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Ronald Winningham (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Western Kentucky | Douglas Tushoski inbounds the ball | 39-39 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:39 | Western Kentucky | Douglas Tushoski banks in the layup and he's hacked by Larry Hayes - foul #3 on Larry Hayes, team foul #1 | 41-39 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Travis Williams (SF) Larry Hayes | |
| 19:39 | Western Kentucky | Douglas Tushoski makes the free throw | 42-39 |
| 19:19 | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 42-39 |
| 19:17 | Western Kentucky | Douglas Tushoski snags the defensive board | 42-39 |
| 18:58 | Western Kentucky | Bobby Walz misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 42-39 |
| 18:56 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham gets the rebound | 42-39 |
| 18:45 | Northern Iowa | Steven Record buries a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Bradley Steere | 42-41 |
| 18:28 | Western Kentucky | Richie Drzazgowski clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side | 42-41 |
| 18:26 | Northern Iowa | Travis Williams pulls down the rebound | 42-41 |
| 18:05 | Northern Iowa | Steven Record misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 42-41 |
| 18:04 | Western Kentucky | Andrew Hardin grabs the board | 42-41 |
| 17:40 | Western Kentucky | Travis Williams is called for the reach on Jonathan Carter - foul #1 on Travis Williams, team foul #2 | 42-41 |
| 17:31 | Western Kentucky | Richie Drzazgowski is called for traveling | 42-41 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Jerry Harvey (SF) Douglas Tushoski | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox (PF) Wilbert Lane | |
| 17:10 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox is fouled on the floor by Jerry Harvey - foul #1 on Jerry Harvey, team foul #1 | 42-41 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Loren Gibbs (PF) Jonathan Carter | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 17:00 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox scores on a floater from the baseline set up by Ronald Winningham | 42-43 |
| 16:54 | Western Kentucky | Bobby Walz misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 42-43 |
| 16:52 | Western Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to Andrew Hardin | 42-43 |
| 16:39 | Western Kentucky | Jerry Harvey loses the ball out of bounds | 42-43 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Robert Holding (SF) Richie Drzazgowski | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Jeremy Herman (SF), Thomas Hoelscher (C) Steven Record, Ronald Winningham | |
| 16:18 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere buries a 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Travis Williams | 42-46 |
| 15:57 | Western Kentucky | Denver Cox blocks the jumper by Jerry Harvey | 42-46 |
| 15:55 | Western Kentucky | Bobby Walz hits the follow up shot | 44-46 |
| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Jerry Harvey (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Bobby Walz (fairly fresh) 16 pts. SF - Robert Holding (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Loren Gibbs (fresh) C - Andrew Hardin (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Bradley Steere (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Travis Williams (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeremy Herman (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Denver Cox (fresh) 8 pts. C - Thomas Hoelscher (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:39 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 44-46 |
| 15:37 | Western Kentucky | Loren Gibbs grabs the board | 44-46 |
| 15:18 | Western Kentucky | The jump hook by Jerry Harvey is blocked by Denver Cox | 44-46 |
| 15:16 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere gets the rebound | 44-46 |
| 15:09 | Northern Iowa | Loren Gibbs takes the ball from Denver Cox | 44-46 |
| 15:03 | Western Kentucky | Loren Gibbs is whistled for traveling | 44-46 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Ron Delcid (PG), Richie Drzazgowski (SG), Douglas Tushoski (SF), Jonathan Carter (PF) Jerry Harvey, Bobby Walz, Robert Holding, Andrew Hardin | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Steven Record (PG), Alex Dismuke (SG), Larry Hayes (SF), Wilbert Lane (PF), Ronald Winningham (C) Bradley Steere, Travis Williams, Jeremy Herman, Denver Cox, Thomas Hoelscher | |
| 14:41 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham can't connect on a driving attempt from the baseline but the foul's on Loren Gibbs - foul #1 on Loren Gibbs, team foul #2 | 44-46 |
| 14:41 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham makes the 1st free throw | 44-47 |
| 14:41 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham makes the 2nd free throw | 44-48 |
| 14:24 | Western Kentucky | Ron Delcid connects on the shot from the right block set up by Richie Drzazgowski | 46-48 |
| 14:14 | Northern Iowa | Larry Hayes misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 46-48 |
| 14:13 | Western Kentucky | Jonathan Carter snags the defensive board | 46-48 |
| 14:05 | Western Kentucky | Ronald Winningham blocks the short jumper by Jonathan Carter | 46-48 |
| 14:03 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Wilbert Lane | 46-48 |
| 13:44 | Northern Iowa | Richie Drzazgowski steals the ball from Larry Hayes | 46-48 |
| 13:41 | Western Kentucky | Ron Delcid banks in the layup on a nice dish by Richie Drzazgowski | 48-48 |
| 13:27 | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Larry Hayes | 48-51 |
| 13:15 | Western Kentucky | Richie Drzazgowski buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Ron Delcid | 51-51 |
| 13:05 | Northern Iowa | Larry Hayes buries a jumpshot from the left side | 51-53 |
| 12:39 | Western Kentucky | Jonathan Carter hits a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 53-53 |
| 12:33 | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the baseline but he's hacked by Jonathan Carter - foul #2 on Jonathan Carter, team foul #3 | 53-53 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Bobby Walz (SG), Jerry Harvey (SF), Gerald Hemby (PF), Andrew Hardin (C) Richie Drzazgowski, Douglas Tushoski, Jonathan Carter, Loren Gibbs | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere (PG), Denver Cox (C) Steven Record, Ronald Winningham | |
| 12:33 | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane makes the 1st free throw | 53-54 |
| 12:33 | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane makes the 2nd free throw | 53-55 |
| 12:15 | Western Kentucky | Gerald Hemby travels with the ball | 53-55 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Travis Williams (SF), Thomas Hoelscher (C) Larry Hayes, Wilbert Lane | |
| 11:54 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere hits a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Travis Williams | 53-58 |
| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Ron Delcid (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Bobby Walz (fresh) 16 pts. SF - Jerry Harvey (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. PF - Gerald Hemby (fresh) C - Andrew Hardin (fresh) 9 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Bradley Steere (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - Alex Dismuke (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Travis Williams (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. PF - Denver Cox (fresh) 8 pts. 2 blk. C - Thomas Hoelscher (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:25 | Western Kentucky | Bobby Walz misses the dunk | 53-58 |
| 11:24 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox pulls down the rebound | 53-58 |
| 11:05 | Northern Iowa | Thomas Hoelscher hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 53-58 |
| 11:04 | Northern Iowa | Alex Dismuke snags the offensive board | 53-58 |
| 10:50 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere is fouled on the floor by Jerry Harvey - foul #2 on Jerry Harvey, team foul #4 | 53-58 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Richie Drzazgowski (PG), Douglas Tushoski (SF), Jonathan Carter (PF) Ron Delcid, Jerry Harvey, Gerald Hemby | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Steven Record (SG), Larry Hayes (SF), Ronald Winningham (C) Alex Dismuke, Travis Williams, Thomas Hoelscher | |
| 10:38 | Northern Iowa | Steven Record hits the front of the rim on the runner in the lane | 53-58 |
| 10:36 | Northern Iowa | The offensive rebound goes to Steven Record | 53-58 |
| 10:09 | Northern Iowa | Larry Hayes drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Bradley Steere | 53-61 |
| 09:56 | Western Kentucky | Douglas Tushoski connects on the fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Richie Drzazgowski | 55-61 |
| 09:39 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 55-61 |
| 09:37 | Western Kentucky | Andrew Hardin snags the defensive board | 55-61 |
| 09:29 | Western Kentucky | Douglas Tushoski clanks a runner from the left block | 55-61 |
| 09:28 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox grabs the board | 55-61 |
| 09:15 | Northern Iowa | Jonathan Carter denies the turnaround by Larry Hayes | 55-61 |
| 09:14 | Western Kentucky | Jonathan Carter gets the rebound | 55-61 |
| 08:59 | Western Kentucky | Jonathan Carter misses long on a shot from the right wing but the foul's on Larry Hayes - foul #4 on Larry Hayes, team foul #3 | 55-61 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Ron Delcid (PG), Jerry Harvey (SF), Loren Gibbs (C) Bobby Walz, Douglas Tushoski, Andrew Hardin | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Travis Williams (PG), Alex Dismuke (SG), Jeremy Herman (SF), Wilbert Lane (PF) Bradley Steere, Steven Record, Larry Hayes, Denver Cox | |
| 08:59 | Western Kentucky | Jonathan Carter makes the 1st free throw | 56-61 |
| 08:59 | Western Kentucky | Jonathan Carter makes the 2nd free throw | 57-61 |
| 08:47 | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane clanks a floater from close range | 57-61 |
| 08:45 | Northern Iowa | Jeremy Herman tips it home | 57-63 |
| 08:29 | Western Kentucky | Jerry Harvey knocks in the jumper from close range and he's fouled by Ronald Winningham - foul #2 on Ronald Winningham, team foul #4 | 59-63 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Gerald Hemby (C) Jonathan Carter | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Thomas Hoelscher (C) Ronald Winningham | |
| 08:29 | Western Kentucky | Jerry Harvey makes the free throw | 60-63 |
| 08:14 | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane lays it in | 60-65 |
| 07:55 | Western Kentucky | Ron Delcid knocks in the floater from the right wing on a great pass from Jerry Harvey | 62-65 |
| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Ron Delcid (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Richie Drzazgowski (fresh) 3 pts. 6 ast. SF - Jerry Harvey (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. PF - Loren Gibbs (fresh) 2 reb. C - Gerald Hemby (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Travis Williams (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Alex Dismuke (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Jeremy Herman (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Wilbert Lane (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. C - Thomas Hoelscher (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:42 | Northern Iowa | Jerry Harvey steals it from Alex Dismuke | 62-65 |
| 07:25 | Western Kentucky | Ron Delcid misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 62-65 |
| 07:24 | Northern Iowa | Alex Dismuke grabs the defensive rebound | 62-65 |
| 07:08 | Northern Iowa | Travis Williams buries a fadeaway from the left side | 62-67 |
| 06:55 | Western Kentucky | Loren Gibbs clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 62-67 |
| 06:54 | Northern Iowa | Jeremy Herman grabs the defensive rebound | 62-67 |
| 06:36 | Northern Iowa | Jeremy Herman can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Jerry Harvey - foul #3 on Jerry Harvey, team foul #5 | 62-67 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Bobby Walz (SG), Douglas Tushoski (SF), Jonathan Carter (PF), Andrew Hardin (C) Richie Drzazgowski, Jerry Harvey, Loren Gibbs, Gerald Hemby | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere (PG), Larry Hayes (SF), Ronald Winningham (C) Travis Williams, Wilbert Lane, Thomas Hoelscher | |
| 06:36 | Northern Iowa | Jeremy Herman makes the 1st free throw | 62-68 |
| 06:36 | Northern Iowa | Jeremy Herman makes the 2nd free throw | 62-69 |
| 06:21 | Western Kentucky | Bobby Walz can't connect on a jumper in the lane but he's fouled by Larry Hayes - foul #5 on Larry Hayes, team foul #5 | 62-69 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Robert Holding (PG) Ron Delcid | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox (PF) Larry Hayes | |
| 06:21 | Western Kentucky | Bobby Walz misses the 1st free throw | 62-69 |
| 06:21 | Western Kentucky | Bobby Walz misses the 2nd free throw | 62-69 |
| 06:21 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham gets the rebound | 62-69 |
| 06:02 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 62-69 |
| 06:00 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox gets the offensive rebound | 62-69 |
| 05:49 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Jeremy Herman | 62-72 |
| 05:34 | Western Kentucky | Jonathan Carter misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 62-72 |
| 05:32 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox snags the defensive board | 62-72 |
| 05:15 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham hits a jumper from the left block | 62-74 |
| 05:07 | Western Kentucky | Jonathan Carter misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 62-74 |
| 05:05 | Western Kentucky | Bobby Walz hits the follow up shot | 64-74 |
| 04:44 | Northern Iowa | Alex Dismuke clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 64-74 |
| 04:43 | Western Kentucky | Robert Holding grabs the defensive rebound | 64-74 |
| 04:39 | Western Kentucky | Robert Holding misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing | 64-74 |
| 04:38 | Western Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to Jonathan Carter | 64-74 |
| 04:20 | Western Kentucky | Andrew Hardin throws it down | 66-74 |
| 04:08 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 66-74 |
| 04:07 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham snags the offensive board | 66-74 |
| 03:57 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox misses the turnaround from close range | 66-74 |
| 03:56 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox tips it but misses | 66-74 |
| 03:55 | Northern Iowa | Alex Dismuke tips it in | 66-76 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Robert Holding (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Bobby Walz (fresh) 18 pts. SF - Douglas Tushoski (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jonathan Carter (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Andrew Hardin (fresh) 11 pts. 10 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Bradley Steere (fresh) 14 pts. 5 ast. SG - Alex Dismuke (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Jeremy Herman (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Denver Cox (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Ronald Winningham (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:46 | Western Kentucky | Bobby Walz connects on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 68-76 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:28 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Denver Cox | 68-79 |
| 03:12 | Western Kentucky | Bradley Steere picks off the pass by Jonathan Carter | 68-79 |
| 02:50 | Northern Iowa | Jeremy Herman makes the jumper from close range on a great pass from Alex Dismuke | 68-81 |
| 02:31 | Western Kentucky | Jonathan Carter is whistled for traveling | 68-81 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Ron Delcid (PG), Richie Drzazgowski (SG), Jerry Harvey (SF), Loren Gibbs (PF), Gerald Hemby (C) Robert Holding, Bobby Walz, Douglas Tushoski, Jonathan Carter, Andrew Hardin | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Steven Record (SG), Travis Williams (SF), Wilbert Lane (PF), Thomas Hoelscher (C) Alex Dismuke, Jeremy Herman, Denver Cox, Ronald Winningham | |
| 02:29 | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 68-81 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Andrew Hardin (C) Gerald Hemby | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox (C) Thomas Hoelscher | |
| 02:05 | Northern Iowa | Andrew Hardin is called for the reach on Steven Record - foul #1 on Andrew Hardin, team foul #6 | 68-81 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Steve Chang (SF), Gerald Hemby (C) Ron Delcid, Andrew Hardin | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Thomas Hoelscher (SF), Jason Suiter (C) Bradley Steere, Wilbert Lane | |
| 01:47 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Loren Gibbs - foul #2 on Loren Gibbs, team foul #7 | 68-81 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Robert Holding (SF) Steve Chang | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Jeremy Herman (SF) Jason Suiter | |
| 01:47 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox makes the 1st free throw | 68-82 |
| 01:47 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox makes the 2nd free throw | 68-83 |
| 01:36 | Western Kentucky | Jerry Harvey drills a fadeaway from close range set up by Richie Drzazgowski | 70-83 |
| 01:25 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 70-83 |
| 01:24 | Northern Iowa | Travis Williams grabs the offensive board | 70-83 |
| 01:02 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox misses short on a runner from close range but he's hacked by Robert Holding - foul #1 on Robert Holding, team foul #8 | 70-83 |
| 01:02 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox makes the 1st free throw | 70-84 |
| 01:02 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox makes the 2nd free throw | 70-85 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:57 | Western Kentucky | Jerry Harvey drills a floater from the free throw line set up by Gerald Hemby and he's hacked by Travis Williams - foul #2 on Travis Williams, team foul #6 | 72-85 |
| 00:57 | Western Kentucky | Jerry Harvey makes the free throw | 73-85 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:32 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox connects on the turnaround from close range | 73-87 |
| 00:28 | Western Kentucky | Travis Williams steals it from Jerry Harvey | 73-87 |
| 00:24 | Northern Iowa | Travis Williams dunks the ball | 73-89 |
| 00:18 | Western Kentucky | Jerry Harvey drills a shot from the right wing set up by Loren Gibbs | 75-89 |
| 00:00 | Northern Iowa | Travis Williams runs out the clock | 75-89 |