| Lineup | Montana State | PG - Reginald Morrison (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Kip Hardy (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bruno Halsey (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Hollis Apel (fresh) 3 pts. C - Jerry Worthy (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Joseph Price (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Frank Bullock (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Carl Bombard (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Tenorio (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Cecil Coats (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Bowling Green | Carl Bombard inbounds the ball | 41-33 |
| Game Plan | Montana State | Montana State is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:40 | Bowling Green | Joseph Price comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 41-33 |
| 19:39 | Bowling Green | Cecil Coats snags the offensive board | 41-33 |
| 19:26 | Bowling Green | Cecil Coats's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-33 |
| 19:02 | Montana State | Bruno Halsey is hacked by Carl Bombard - foul #1 on Carl Bombard, team foul #1 | 41-33 |
| 18:45 | Montana State | Bruno Halsey misses short on a jumper near the basket | 41-33 |
| 18:44 | Bowling Green | Carl Bombard grabs the board | 41-33 |
| 18:29 | Bowling Green | Carl Bombard's fadeaway is rejected by Jerry Worthy | 41-33 |
| 18:27 | Montana State | Reginald Morrison grabs the board | 41-33 |
| 18:08 | Montana State | Kip Hardy hits a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Reginald Morrison | 44-33 |
| 18:00 | Bowling Green | Jerry Worthy is called for the reach on Frank Bullock - foul #1 on Jerry Worthy, team foul #1 | 44-33 |
| 17:36 | Bowling Green | Robert Tenorio makes the 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Frank Bullock | 44-36 |
| 17:15 | Montana State | Hollis Apel misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 44-36 |
| 17:14 | Montana State | Jerry Worthy grabs the offensive board | 44-36 |
| 16:58 | Montana State | Bruno Halsey comes up short on the shot from the left side | 44-36 |
| 16:57 | Bowling Green | Robert Tenorio snags the defensive board | 44-36 |
| 16:39 | Bowling Green | Joseph Price buries a shot from the right wing on a great pass from Frank Bullock | 44-38 |
| 16:20 | Montana State | Hollis Apel loses the ball out of bounds | 44-38 |
| Subs | Montana State | Terry Garner (PG), Ronnie Haggard (SF), Leo Wilkin (PF), Dale Janicki (C) Reginald Morrison, Bruno Halsey, Hollis Apel, Jerry Worthy | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Dennis Wiggins (SG), Mark Starner (SF), Christopher Lusby (PF), Larry Shields (C) Frank Bullock, Carl Bombard, Robert Tenorio, Cecil Coats | |
| 16:12 | Bowling Green | Joseph Price can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Terry Garner - foul #1 on Terry Garner, team foul #2 | 44-38 |
| Subs | Montana State | Hugh Wass (SG) Kip Hardy | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | | |
| 16:12 | Bowling Green | Joseph Price makes the 1st free throw | 44-39 |
| 16:12 | Bowling Green | Joseph Price makes the 2nd free throw | 44-40 |
| 15:59 | Montana State | Leo Wilkin hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 44-40 |
| 15:58 | Montana State | The offensive rebound goes to Hugh Wass | 44-40 |
| Lineup | Montana State | PG - Terry Garner (fresh) SG - Hugh Wass (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Ronnie Haggard (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Leo Wilkin (fresh) 8 pts. C - Dale Janicki (fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Joseph Price (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dennis Wiggins (fresh) SF - Mark Starner (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Christopher Lusby (fresh) 4 reb. C - Larry Shields (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:47 | Montana State | Larry Shields denies the turnaround by Leo Wilkin | 44-40 |
| 15:46 | Bowling Green | Dennis Wiggins snags the defensive board | 44-40 |
| 15:26 | Bowling Green | Dennis Wiggins throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-40 |
| Subs | Montana State | Reginald Morrison (PG) Hugh Wass | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Pete Williams (SG) Joseph Price | |
| 15:07 | Montana State | Reginald Morrison loses the ball out of bounds | 44-40 |
| Subs | Montana State | Kip Hardy (SG), Bruno Halsey (SF), Hollis Apel (PF) Terry Garner, Ronnie Haggard, Dale Janicki | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Carl Bombard (SF), Robert Tenorio (PF), Cecil Coats (C) Dennis Wiggins, Christopher Lusby, Larry Shields | |
| 15:00 | Bowling Green | Hollis Apel is called for the reach on Pete Williams - foul #3 on Hollis Apel, team foul #3 | 44-40 |
| 14:47 | Bowling Green | Carl Bombard misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 44-40 |
| 14:45 | Bowling Green | Cecil Coats tips it home | 44-42 |
| 14:26 | Montana State | Kip Hardy misses the fadeaway from the free throw line | 44-42 |
| 14:25 | Bowling Green | Robert Tenorio pulls down the rebound | 44-42 |
| 14:12 | Bowling Green | Pete Williams connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 44-45 |
| 13:51 | Montana State | Reginald Morrison can't connect on a jumper from the right block | 44-45 |
| 13:50 | Montana State | Hollis Apel tips it back up and in | 46-45 |
| 13:30 | Bowling Green | Pete Williams connects on the 3 from straight away set up by Cecil Coats | 46-48 |
| 13:10 | Montana State | Robert Tenorio steals it from Hollis Apel | 46-48 |
| 12:48 | Bowling Green | Cecil Coats hits the front of the rim on the runner from the right block | 46-48 |
| 12:46 | Montana State | The rebound goes to Hollis Apel | 46-48 |
| 12:23 | Montana State | Leo Wilkin hits a runner in the lane | 48-48 |
| 12:02 | Bowling Green | Carl Bombard lays it in on a nice dish by Mark Starner | 48-50 |
| 11:33 | Montana State | Bruno Halsey can't finish the layup | 48-50 |
| 11:31 | Bowling Green | Robert Tenorio snags the defensive board | 48-50 |
| Lineup | Montana State | PG - Reginald Morrison (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. SG - Kip Hardy (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bruno Halsey (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Hollis Apel (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Leo Wilkin (fairly fresh) 10 pts. | |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Mark Starner (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Pete Williams (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 pf. SF - Carl Bombard (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Tenorio (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. C - Cecil Coats (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:25 | Bowling Green | Carl Bombard is hacked by Bruno Halsey - foul #1 on Bruno Halsey, team foul #4 | 48-50 |
| Subs | Montana State | Terry Garner (PG), Hugh Wass (SG), Ronnie Haggard (SF), Dale Janicki (PF), Jerry Worthy (C) Reginald Morrison, Kip Hardy, Bruno Halsey, Hollis Apel, Leo Wilkin | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Joseph Price (PG), Dennis Wiggins (SG), Frank Bullock (SF), Christopher Lusby (PF), Larry Shields (C) Mark Starner, Pete Williams, Carl Bombard, Robert Tenorio, Cecil Coats | |
| 11:20 | Bowling Green | Jerry Worthy denies the turnaround by Larry Shields | 48-50 |
| 11:18 | Bowling Green | Larry Shields tips it in | 48-52 |
| 11:05 | Montana State | Ronnie Haggard misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing | 48-52 |
| 11:03 | Bowling Green | Larry Shields pulls down the rebound | 48-52 |
| 10:37 | Bowling Green | Dennis Wiggins is called for a backcourt violation | 48-52 |
| 10:14 | Montana State | Ronnie Haggard hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Terry Garner | 50-52 |
| 09:58 | Bowling Green | Frank Bullock drills a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Dennis Wiggins | 50-55 |
| 09:40 | Montana State | Joseph Price takes the ball from Terry Garner | 50-55 |
| 09:36 | Bowling Green | Joseph Price lays it up and in | 50-57 |
| 09:21 | Montana State | Terry Garner drills a 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Hugh Wass | 53-57 |
| 09:10 | Bowling Green | Joseph Price hits a fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Frank Bullock | 53-59 |
| 08:47 | Montana State | Hugh Wass's pass is intercepted by Frank Bullock | 53-59 |
| 08:44 | Bowling Green | Dennis Wiggins lays it up and in set up by Frank Bullock | 53-61 |
| 08:37 | Montana State | Terry Garner drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Hugh Wass | 56-61 |
| 08:08 | Bowling Green | Frank Bullock is denied on a layup by Dale Janicki | 56-61 |
| 08:06 | Montana State | Dale Janicki grabs the board | 56-61 |
| 08:02 | Montana State | Terry Garner connects on the 3 from the right corner set up by Jerry Worthy | 59-61 |
| 07:33 | Bowling Green | Frank Bullock misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 59-61 |
| 07:32 | Montana State | Jerry Worthy pulls down the rebound | 59-61 |
| Lineup | Montana State | PG - Terry Garner (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Hugh Wass (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Ronnie Haggard (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Dale Janicki (fairly fresh) 5 reb. 3 blk. C - Jerry Worthy (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Joseph Price (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Dennis Wiggins (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frank Bullock (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. PF - Christopher Lusby (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Larry Shields (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:16 | Montana State | Jerry Worthy clanks a jumpshot from the right side | 59-61 |
| 07:14 | Montana State | Jerry Worthy misses the tip | 59-61 |
| 07:13 | Montana State | Jerry Worthy snags the offensive board | 59-61 |
| 07:04 | Montana State | Hugh Wass lays it in on a great pass from Terry Garner and he's hacked by Dennis Wiggins - foul #1 on Dennis Wiggins, team foul #2 | 61-61 |
| Subs | Montana State | Reginald Morrison (PG), Bruno Halsey (SF), Hollis Apel (PF), Leo Wilkin (C) Terry Garner, Ronnie Haggard, Dale Janicki, Jerry Worthy | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Mark Starner (PG), Pete Williams (SG), Carl Bombard (SF), Robert Tenorio (PF), Cecil Coats (C) Joseph Price, Dennis Wiggins, Frank Bullock, Christopher Lusby, Larry Shields | |
| 07:04 | Montana State | Hugh Wass makes the free throw | 62-61 |
| 06:53 | Bowling Green | Pete Williams misses long on a shot from just outside the lane | 62-61 |
| 06:52 | Montana State | Hollis Apel grabs the board | 62-61 |
| 06:30 | Montana State | Leo Wilkin misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 62-61 |
| 06:29 | Bowling Green | Cecil Coats snags the defensive board | 62-61 |
| 06:14 | Bowling Green | Pete Williams is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #4 on Pete Williams, team foul #3 | 62-61 |
| Subs | Montana State | Kip Hardy (SG) Hugh Wass | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | | |
| 06:05 | Montana State | Kip Hardy misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 62-61 |
| 06:04 | Bowling Green | Robert Tenorio snags the defensive board | 62-61 |
| 06:00 | Bowling Green | Carl Bombard misses long on a floater in the paint | 62-61 |
| 05:58 | Montana State | Hollis Apel grabs the board | 62-61 |
| 05:37 | Montana State | Leo Wilkin misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 62-61 |
| 05:35 | Bowling Green | Robert Tenorio gets the rebound | 62-61 |
| 05:20 | Bowling Green | Carl Bombard comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 62-61 |
| 05:18 | Bowling Green | Carl Bombard grabs the offensive board | 62-61 |
| 05:04 | Bowling Green | Pete Williams can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 62-61 |
| 05:03 | Montana State | The rebound goes to Leo Wilkin | 62-61 |
| 04:45 | Montana State | Mark Starner steals the ball from Leo Wilkin | 62-61 |
| 04:42 | Bowling Green | Pete Williams banks in the layup on a great pass from Mark Starner | 62-63 |
| 04:19 | Montana State | Hollis Apel dunks the ball | 64-63 |
| 04:07 | Bowling Green | Pete Williams connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Mark Starner | 64-66 |
| 03:53 | Montana State | Robert Tenorio picks off the pass by Hollis Apel | 64-66 |
| 03:32 | Bowling Green | Carl Bombard hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 64-66 |
| 03:31 | Bowling Green | Cecil Coats tips it home | 64-68 |
| Lineup | Montana State | PG - Reginald Morrison (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. SG - Kip Hardy (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bruno Halsey (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Hollis Apel (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Leo Wilkin (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Mark Starner (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SG - Pete Williams (fresh) 16 pts. 4 pf. SF - Carl Bombard (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. PF - Robert Tenorio (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 9 reb. 3 stl. C - Cecil Coats (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:18 | Montana State | Bruno Halsey is hacked by Mark Starner - foul #2 on Mark Starner, team foul #4 | 64-68 |
| Subs | Montana State | Terry Garner (PG), Ronnie Haggard (SF), Dale Janicki (PF), Jerry Worthy (C) Reginald Morrison, Bruno Halsey, Hollis Apel, Leo Wilkin | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Joseph Price (PG), Dennis Wiggins (SG), Frank Bullock (SF), Christopher Lusby (PF), Larry Shields (C) Mark Starner, Pete Williams, Carl Bombard, Robert Tenorio, Cecil Coats | |
| 02:56 | Montana State | Frank Bullock steals it from Dale Janicki | 64-68 |
| 02:56 | Bowling Green | Bowling Green calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 64-68 |
| Subs | Montana State | Reginald Morrison (PG), Bruno Halsey (SF), Hollis Apel (PF) Terry Garner, Ronnie Haggard, Dale Janicki | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Pete Williams (SG), Carl Bombard (SF), Robert Tenorio (PF), Cecil Coats (C) Dennis Wiggins, Frank Bullock, Christopher Lusby, Larry Shields | |
| 02:35 | Bowling Green | Joseph Price makes the 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Carl Bombard | 64-71 |
| 02:25 | Montana State | Kip Hardy misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 64-71 |
| 02:23 | Bowling Green | Joseph Price snags the defensive board | 64-71 |
| 02:03 | Bowling Green | Kip Hardy steals it from Cecil Coats | 64-71 |
| 01:59 | Montana State | Kip Hardy banks in the layup | 66-71 |
| 01:40 | Bowling Green | Pete Williams loses the dribble to Reginald Morrison | 66-71 |
| 01:27 | Montana State | Reginald Morrison hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 66-71 |
| 01:26 | Montana State | Hollis Apel grabs the offensive board | 66-71 |
| 01:14 | Montana State | Reginald Morrison clanks a 3 from straight away | 66-71 |
| 01:13 | Montana State | Jerry Worthy grabs the offensive board | 66-71 |
| 01:05 | Montana State | Hollis Apel can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 66-71 |
| 01:03 | Bowling Green | Pete Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 66-71 |
| Game Plan | Montana State | Montana State is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:58 | Bowling Green | Joseph Price dunks the ball set up by Cecil Coats and he's hacked by Reginald Morrison - foul #2 on Reginald Morrison, team foul #5 | 66-73 |
| 00:58 | Bowling Green | Joseph Price makes the free throw | 66-74 |
| Game Plan | Montana State | Montana State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:52 | Montana State | Reginald Morrison clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 66-74 |
| 00:50 | Montana State | Bruno Halsey snags the offensive board | 66-74 |
| 00:47 | Montana State | Reginald Morrison buries a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Bruno Halsey | 69-74 |
| Game Plan | Montana State | Montana State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:45 | Bowling Green | Reginald Morrison is called for the reach on Joseph Price in the backcourt - foul #3 on Reginald Morrison, team foul #6 | 69-74 |
| Subs | Montana State | | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Larry Shields (PF), Frank Bullock (C) Robert Tenorio, Cecil Coats | |
| 00:44 | Bowling Green | Reginald Morrison is called for the reach on Joseph Price - foul #4 on Reginald Morrison, team foul #7 | 69-74 |
| 00:44 | Bowling Green | Joseph Price misses the 1st free throw | 69-74 |
| 00:44 | Montana State | Hollis Apel gets the rebound | 69-74 |
| Game Plan | Montana State | Montana State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:39 | Montana State | Reginald Morrison misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 69-74 |
| 00:38 | Bowling Green | Larry Shields grabs the defensive rebound | 69-74 |
| 00:38 | Bowling Green | Bowling Green calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 69-74 |
| 00:36 | Bowling Green | Frank Bullock is hacked by Reginald Morrison in the backcourt - foul #5 on Reginald Morrison, team foul #8 | 69-74 |
| Subs | Montana State | Terry Garner (PG) Reginald Morrison | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | | |
| 00:36 | Bowling Green | Frank Bullock misses the 1st free throw | 69-74 |
| 00:36 | Montana State | Hollis Apel pulls down the rebound | 69-74 |
| 00:28 | Montana State | Kip Hardy hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 69-74 |
| 00:27 | Montana State | Bruno Halsey gets the offensive rebound | 69-74 |
| 00:24 | Montana State | Carl Bombard steals the ball from Kip Hardy | 69-74 |
| 00:24 | Bowling Green | Bowling Green calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 69-74 |
| 00:21 | Bowling Green | Kip Hardy is called for the reach on Pete Williams in the backcourt - foul #2 on Kip Hardy, team foul #9 | 69-74 |
| 00:21 | Bowling Green | Pete Williams makes the 1st free throw | 69-75 |
| 00:21 | Bowling Green | Pete Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 69-76 |
| 00:14 | Montana State | Terry Garner misses the 3 from the right corner | 69-76 |
| 00:13 | Bowling Green | Larry Shields pulls down the rebound | 69-76 |
| 00:13 | Bowling Green | Bowling Green calls a full timeout (2 :30 remaining) | 69-76 |
| 00:11 | Bowling Green | Kip Hardy is called for the reach on Pete Williams in the backcourt - foul #3 on Kip Hardy, team foul #10 | 69-76 |
| 00:11 | Bowling Green | Pete Williams makes the 1st free throw | 69-77 |
| 00:11 | Bowling Green | Pete Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 69-78 |
| Game Plan | Montana State | Montana State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:05 | Montana State | Kip Hardy buries a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Terry Garner | 72-78 |
| 00:02 | Bowling Green | Larry Shields is fouled in the backcourt by Terry Garner - foul #2 on Terry Garner, team foul #11 | 72-78 |
| 00:02 | Bowling Green | Larry Shields makes the 1st free throw | 72-79 |
| 00:02 | Bowling Green | Larry Shields makes the 2nd free throw | 72-80 |
| 00:00 | Montana State | Kip Hardy misses badly on a halfcourt shot | 72-80 |