| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Lawrence Pierce (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Eric Parkerson (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Harry Evans (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Bruce Banks (fresh) 3 pts. C - Anthony Farris (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Travis Cowling (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Hank Sauceda (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Steve Hayes (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Tony McMaster (fresh) C - Craig Brase (fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes inbounds the ball | 27-30 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 19:37 | Ohio State | Lawrence Pierce is called for the reach on Craig Brase - foul #1 on Lawrence Pierce, team foul #1 | 27-30 |
| 19:22 | Ohio State | Lawrence Pierce steals the ball from Travis Cowling | 27-30 |
| 19:19 | Michigan State | Harry Evans misses the easy layup | 27-30 |
| 19:17 | Ohio State | The rebound goes to Tony McMaster | 27-30 |
| 19:04 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes is hacked by Harry Evans - foul #2 on Harry Evans, team foul #2 | 27-30 |
| 18:50 | Ohio State | Tony McMaster is whistled for traveling | 27-30 |
| 18:24 | Michigan State | Bruce Banks double dribbles | 27-30 |
| 18:15 | Ohio State | Craig Brase misses the shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Anthony Farris - foul #1 on Anthony Farris, team foul #3 | 27-30 |
| 18:15 | Ohio State | Craig Brase misses the 1st free throw | 27-30 |
| 18:15 | Ohio State | Craig Brase makes the 2nd free throw | 27-31 |
| 17:53 | Michigan State | Eric Parkerson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 27-31 |
| 17:52 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes grabs the board | 27-31 |
| 17:29 | Ohio State | Anthony Farris steps in front of the Craig Brase pass | 27-31 |
| 17:06 | Michigan State | Eric Parkerson is fouled on the floor by Hank Sauceda - foul #2 on Hank Sauceda, team foul #1 | 27-31 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Alan Carpenter (SF), Teodoro Esposito (C) Lawrence Pierce, Anthony Farris | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Joe Carneal (SF), Frederick Hilton (PF) Steve Hayes, Tony McMaster | |
| 16:51 | Michigan State | Joe Carneal steps in front of the Alan Carpenter pass | 27-31 |
| 16:41 | Ohio State | Joe Carneal drills a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Hank Sauceda | 27-34 |
| 16:21 | Michigan State | Frederick Hilton steps in front of the Harry Evans pass | 27-34 |
| 16:02 | Ohio State | Craig Brase connects on the turnaround in the paint on a nice dish by Frederick Hilton and the foul's on Teodoro Esposito - foul #1 on Teodoro Esposito, team foul #4 | 27-36 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Lawrence Pierce (PG), Adam Stoehr (SG), Ratko Pilchowski (C) Eric Parkerson, Harry Evans, Bruce Banks | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Marcus Young (PF) Hank Sauceda | |
| 16:02 | Ohio State | Craig Brase misses the free throw | 27-36 |
| 16:02 | Michigan State | Ratko Pilchowski grabs the board | 27-36 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Lawrence Pierce (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Adam Stoehr (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Alan Carpenter (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Teodoro Esposito (fresh) 2 pts. C - Ratko Pilchowski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Travis Cowling (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Frederick Hilton (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Joe Carneal (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. PF - Marcus Young (fresh) 2 pts. C - Craig Brase (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 15:41 | Michigan State | Ratko Pilchowski is whistled for traveling | 27-36 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Steve Hayes (PG), John Barnes (SG), Tony McMaster (PF) Travis Cowling, Frederick Hilton, Craig Brase | |
| 15:27 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Adam Stoehr - foul #2 on Adam Stoehr, team foul #5 | 27-36 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Anthony Farris (C) Ratko Pilchowski | |
| Subs | Ohio State | | |
| 15:27 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes makes the 1st free throw | 27-37 |
| 15:27 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes makes the 2nd free throw | 27-38 |
| 15:01 | Michigan State | Lawrence Pierce is hacked by Steve Hayes - foul #2 on Steve Hayes, team foul #2 | 27-38 |
| 14:35 | Michigan State | Lawrence Pierce loses the ball out of bounds | 27-38 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Eric Parkerson (SG), Harry Evans (SF), Bruce Banks (PF) Adam Stoehr, Alan Carpenter, Teodoro Esposito | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Hank Sauceda (SG) John Barnes | |
| 14:16 | Ohio State | Bruce Banks blocks the short jumper by Steve Hayes | 27-38 |
| 14:14 | Michigan State | Anthony Farris gets the rebound | 27-38 |
| 13:50 | Michigan State | Harry Evans hits a floater from the left wing | 29-38 |
| 13:32 | Ohio State | Hank Sauceda misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 29-38 |
| 13:31 | Michigan State | Anthony Farris grabs the defensive rebound | 29-38 |
| 13:12 | Michigan State | Eric Parkerson hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing | 29-38 |
| 13:10 | Ohio State | Tony McMaster grabs the defensive rebound | 29-38 |
| 12:54 | Ohio State | Marcus Young scores on a shot from the left side on a nice dish by Steve Hayes | 29-40 |
| 12:25 | Michigan State | Bruce Banks connects on the shot from close range | 31-40 |
| 12:04 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes lays it in set up by Joe Carneal | 31-42 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Lawrence Pierce (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Eric Parkerson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Harry Evans (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Bruce Banks (fresh) 5 pts. C - Anthony Farris (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Steve Hayes (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Hank Sauceda (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Joe Carneal (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Tony McMaster (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Marcus Young (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:35 | Michigan State | Eric Parkerson's pass is intercepted by Marcus Young | 31-42 |
| 11:18 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes misses the dunk | 31-42 |
| 11:17 | Michigan State | Lawrence Pierce snags the defensive board | 31-42 |
| 11:13 | Michigan State | Eric Parkerson hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side | 31-42 |
| 11:11 | Ohio State | Marcus Young pulls down the rebound | 31-42 |
| 10:47 | Ohio State | Tony McMaster misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 31-42 |
| 10:45 | Ohio State | Tony McMaster snags the offensive board | 31-42 |
| 10:30 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes misses the easy layup but the foul's on Lawrence Pierce - foul #2 on Lawrence Pierce, team foul #6 | 31-42 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Adam Stoehr (SG), Alan Carpenter (SF), Teodoro Esposito (PF), Ratko Pilchowski (C) Eric Parkerson, Harry Evans, Bruce Banks, Anthony Farris | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Travis Cowling (PG), John Barnes (SG), Frederick Hilton (PF), Craig Brase (C) Hank Sauceda, Joe Carneal, Tony McMaster, Marcus Young | |
| 10:30 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes makes the 1st free throw | 31-43 |
| 10:30 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes makes the 2nd free throw | 31-44 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 10:15 | Michigan State | Teodoro Esposito's fadeaway is rejected by Craig Brase | 31-44 |
| 10:14 | Ohio State | Craig Brase gets the rebound | 31-44 |
| 10:07 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling comes up short on the driving attempt from the left block | 31-44 |
| 10:06 | Michigan State | Lawrence Pierce pulls down the rebound | 31-44 |
| 09:39 | Michigan State | Teodoro Esposito is denied on a layup by Craig Brase | 31-44 |
| 09:38 | Ohio State | Craig Brase gets the rebound | 31-44 |
| 09:11 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling is hacked by Adam Stoehr - foul #3 on Adam Stoehr, team foul #7 | 31-44 |
| 09:11 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling misses the 1st free throw | 31-44 |
| 09:11 | Michigan State | Ratko Pilchowski grabs the board | 31-44 |
| 08:53 | Michigan State | Lawrence Pierce hits a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 33-44 |
| 08:34 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 33-44 |
| 08:33 | Michigan State | Ratko Pilchowski grabs the board | 33-44 |
| 08:11 | Michigan State | Teodoro Esposito lays it in set up by Adam Stoehr | 35-44 |
| 07:42 | Ohio State | Lawrence Pierce is called for the reach on John Barnes - foul #3 on Lawrence Pierce, team foul #8 | 35-44 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Eric Parkerson (PG), Harry Evans (SF), Bruce Banks (PF) Lawrence Pierce, Alan Carpenter, Ratko Pilchowski | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Hank Sauceda (SG) Steve Hayes | |
| 07:42 | Ohio State | John Barnes makes the 1st free throw | 35-45 |
| 07:42 | Ohio State | John Barnes makes the 2nd free throw | 35-46 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Eric Parkerson (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Adam Stoehr (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Harry Evans (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Bruce Banks (fresh) 5 pts. C - Teodoro Esposito (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Travis Cowling (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Hank Sauceda (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - John Barnes (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Frederick Hilton (fresh) 2 pts. C - Craig Brase (fresh) 13 pts. 10 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 07:15 | Michigan State | Eric Parkerson misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Travis Cowling - foul #2 on Travis Cowling, team foul #3 | 35-46 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Lawrence Pierce (PG), Anthony Farris (C) Adam Stoehr, Teodoro Esposito | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Joe Carneal (SF), Tony McMaster (PF), Marcus Young (C) John Barnes, Frederick Hilton, Craig Brase | |
| 07:15 | Michigan State | Eric Parkerson misses the 1st free throw | 35-46 |
| 07:15 | Michigan State | Eric Parkerson makes the 2nd free throw | 36-46 |
| 06:54 | Ohio State | Harry Evans is called for the reach on Travis Cowling - foul #3 on Harry Evans, team foul #9 | 36-46 |
| 06:54 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling misses the 1st free throw | 36-46 |
| 06:54 | Michigan State | Bruce Banks pulls down the rebound | 36-46 |
| 06:48 | Michigan State | Lawrence Pierce's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 36-46 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Ratko Pilchowski (C) Anthony Farris | |
| Subs | Ohio State | | |
| 06:32 | Ohio State | Joe Carneal is fouled on the floor by Eric Parkerson - foul #2 on Eric Parkerson, team foul #10 | 36-46 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Alan Carpenter (SF) Lawrence Pierce | |
| Subs | Ohio State | | |
| 06:32 | Ohio State | Joe Carneal makes the 1st free throw | 36-47 |
| 06:32 | Ohio State | Joe Carneal makes the 2nd free throw | 36-48 |
| 06:17 | Michigan State | Bruce Banks comes up short on the fadeaway in the paint | 36-48 |
| 06:16 | Michigan State | Ratko Pilchowski gets the offensive rebound | 36-48 |
| 06:04 | Michigan State | Bruce Banks hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right side | 36-48 |
| 06:02 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling snags the defensive board | 36-48 |
| 05:43 | Ohio State | Hank Sauceda scores on a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Travis Cowling | 36-50 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 05:25 | Michigan State | Marcus Young is called for the reach on Ratko Pilchowski - foul #1 on Marcus Young, team foul #4 | 36-50 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Anthony Farris (C) Ratko Pilchowski | |
| Subs | Ohio State | John Barnes (SF), Frederick Hilton (PF), Craig Brase (C) Joe Carneal, Tony McMaster, Marcus Young | |
| 05:13 | Michigan State | Eric Parkerson hits a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 38-50 |
| 05:07 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Hank Sauceda | 38-53 |
| 04:53 | Michigan State | Alan Carpenter throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-53 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Adam Stoehr (SG) Alan Carpenter | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Steve Hayes (SF) Hank Sauceda | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 04:25 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 38-53 |
| 04:24 | Ohio State | Frederick Hilton can't tip it in | 38-53 |
| 04:22 | Michigan State | Anthony Farris pulls down the rebound | 38-53 |
| 04:08 | Michigan State | Frederick Hilton takes the ball from Adam Stoehr | 38-53 |
| 03:48 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes drills a driving attempt from the baseline on a great pass from Travis Cowling | 38-55 |
| 03:36 | Michigan State | Harry Evans scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Eric Parkerson | 40-55 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Eric Parkerson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Adam Stoehr (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Harry Evans (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Bruce Banks (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Anthony Farris (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Travis Cowling (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - John Barnes (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - Steve Hayes (tiring) 16 pts. 2 ast. PF - Frederick Hilton (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Craig Brase (fresh) 13 pts. 10 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 03:24 | Ohio State | Eric Parkerson is called for the reach on Frederick Hilton - foul #3 on Eric Parkerson, team foul #11 | 40-55 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Lawrence Pierce (PG), Alan Carpenter (SF), Teodoro Esposito (PF), Ratko Pilchowski (C) Eric Parkerson, Harry Evans, Bruce Banks, Anthony Farris | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Hank Sauceda (PG), Joe Carneal (SF), Tony McMaster (PF) Travis Cowling, John Barnes, Steve Hayes | |
| 03:24 | Ohio State | Frederick Hilton makes the 1st free throw | 40-56 |
| 03:24 | Ohio State | Frederick Hilton makes the 2nd free throw | 40-57 |
| 03:05 | Michigan State | Lawrence Pierce throws a bad pass out of bounds | 40-57 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 02:40 | Ohio State | Joe Carneal is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Joe Carneal, team foul #5 | 40-57 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Ohio State | John Barnes (SG) Frederick Hilton | |
| 02:38 | Michigan State | Lawrence Pierce travels in the backcourt | 40-57 |
| 02:21 | Ohio State | Tony McMaster blows the layup | 40-57 |
| 02:19 | Ohio State | Craig Brase tips it in | 40-59 |
| 02:04 | Michigan State | Teodoro Esposito scores on a jumpshot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Lawrence Pierce | 42-59 |
| 01:39 | Ohio State | Hank Sauceda misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Lawrence Pierce - foul #4 on Lawrence Pierce, team foul #12 | 42-59 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Travis Cowling (PG), Steve Hayes (SF) John Barnes, Joe Carneal | |
| 01:39 | Ohio State | Hank Sauceda misses the 1st free throw | 42-59 |
| 01:39 | Ohio State | Hank Sauceda misses the 2nd free throw | 42-59 |
| 01:39 | Michigan State | Ratko Pilchowski grabs the board | 42-59 |
| 01:26 | Michigan State | Lawrence Pierce misses badly on a jumper from the baseline but he's hacked by Tony McMaster - foul #3 on Tony McMaster, team foul #6 | 42-59 |
| 01:26 | Michigan State | Lawrence Pierce misses the 1st free throw | 42-59 |
| 01:26 | Michigan State | Lawrence Pierce misses the 2nd free throw | 42-59 |
| 01:26 | Ohio State | Tony McMaster gets the rebound | 42-59 |
| 01:05 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling knocks in the floater in the paint set up by Hank Sauceda and he's fouled by Alan Carpenter - foul #1 on Alan Carpenter, team foul #13 | 42-61 |
| 01:05 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling misses the free throw | 42-61 |
| 01:05 | Michigan State | Ratko Pilchowski pulls down the rebound | 42-61 |
| 00:49 | Michigan State | Teodoro Esposito misses the jumper from the left wing | 42-61 |
| 00:47 | Ohio State | Craig Brase grabs the defensive rebound | 42-61 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 00:18 | Ohio State | Craig Brase clanks a driving attempt from the left block | 42-61 |
| 00:16 | Michigan State | Alan Carpenter pulls down the rebound | 42-61 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 00:10 | Michigan State | Ratko Pilchowski scores on a shot from the baseline | 44-61 |
| 00:00 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling runs out the clock | 44-61 |