| Lineup | Denver | PG - Joseph Parker (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Steven Howell (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Lloyd Cordova (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Horace Creekmore (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Edward Watkins (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Jeffery Brannen (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Darrell Estes (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Orville Lange (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Chas Reimann (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Felix Cole (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Northwestern | Orville Lange inbounds the ball | 31-32 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:34 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Horace Creekmore - foul #1 on Horace Creekmore, team foul #1 | 31-32 |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes (PG), Chuck Moore (SG), Steven Coulter (SF) Jeffery Brannen, Darrell Estes, Orville Lange | |
| 19:34 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann makes the 1st free throw | 31-33 |
| 19:34 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann makes the 2nd free throw | 31-34 |
| 19:14 | Denver | Steven Howell is fouled on the floor by Chuck Moore - foul #1 on Chuck Moore, team foul #1 | 31-34 |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen (PG), Orville Lange (SF), Thomas Combs (C) Timothy Mayes, Steven Coulter, Chas Reimann | |
| 19:00 | Denver | Horace Creekmore scores on a turnaround from the left block and the foul's on Felix Cole - foul #1 on Felix Cole, team foul #2 | 33-34 |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes (SG), Steven Coulter (PF) Chuck Moore, Felix Cole | |
| 19:00 | Denver | Horace Creekmore misses the free throw | 33-34 |
| 19:00 | Northwestern | Steven Coulter grabs the defensive rebound | 33-34 |
| 18:41 | Northwestern | Steven Coulter is hacked by Horace Creekmore - foul #2 on Horace Creekmore, team foul #2 | 33-34 |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Chuck Moore (SG), Felix Cole (PF) Timothy Mayes, Orville Lange | |
| 18:30 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 33-34 |
| 18:28 | Denver | Edward Watkins snags the defensive board | 33-34 |
| 18:10 | Denver | Lloyd Cordova loses the dribble to Steven Coulter | 33-34 |
| 17:45 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing but the foul's on Edward Watkins - foul #2 on Edward Watkins, team foul #3 | 33-34 |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes (PG), Orville Lange (SF), Chas Reimann (PF) Jeffery Brannen, Steven Coulter, Felix Cole | |
| 17:45 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore makes the 1st free throw | 33-35 |
| 17:45 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 33-36 |
| 17:28 | Denver | Joseph Parker can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 33-36 |
| 17:27 | Denver | Horace Creekmore snags the offensive board | 33-36 |
| 17:08 | Denver | Edward Watkins is open and scores on a shot from the left block set up by Steven Howell | 35-36 |
| 16:39 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 35-36 |
| 16:37 | Denver | Lloyd Cordova snags the defensive board | 35-36 |
| 16:23 | Denver | Steven Howell clanks a 3 from straight away | 35-36 |
| 16:22 | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes pulls down the rebound | 35-36 |
| 16:18 | Northwestern | Horace Creekmore swats the shot by Chas Reimann | 35-36 |
| 16:17 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore hits the follow up shot | 35-38 |
| 15:55 | Denver | Joseph Parker connects on the jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Steven Howell and the foul's on Thomas Combs - foul #1 on Thomas Combs, team foul #3 | 37-38 |
| Subs | Denver | Martin Northup (SG), Darryl Frese (SF), Wesley Pennington (PF), Roger Alley (C) Steven Howell, Lloyd Cordova, Horace Creekmore, Edward Watkins | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen (PG), Darrell Estes (SG), Steven Coulter (PF), Felix Cole (C) Timothy Mayes, Chuck Moore, Chas Reimann, Thomas Combs | |
| 15:55 | Denver | Joseph Parker makes the free throw | 38-38 |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Joseph Parker (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Martin Northup (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Darryl Frese (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Wesley Pennington (fresh) 4 pts. C - Roger Alley (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Jeffery Brannen (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Darrell Estes (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Orville Lange (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Steven Coulter (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Felix Cole (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 15:34 | Northwestern | Orville Lange comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Wesley Pennington - foul #1 on Wesley Pennington, team foul #4 | 38-38 |
| Subs | Denver | Ricky Webb (PG) Joseph Parker | |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| 15:34 | Northwestern | Orville Lange misses the 1st free throw | 38-38 |
| 15:34 | Northwestern | Orville Lange misses the 2nd free throw | 38-38 |
| 15:34 | Denver | Roger Alley snags the defensive board | 38-38 |
| 15:29 | Denver | Darryl Frese is fouled on the floor by Orville Lange - foul #1 on Orville Lange, team foul #4 | 38-38 |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Thomas Combs (C) Orville Lange | |
| 15:21 | Denver | Ricky Webb misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Thomas Combs - foul #2 on Thomas Combs, team foul #5 | 38-38 |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Orville Lange (SF) Thomas Combs | |
| 15:21 | Denver | Ricky Webb misses the 1st free throw | 38-38 |
| 15:21 | Denver | Ricky Webb misses the 2nd free throw | 38-38 |
| 15:21 | Northwestern | Felix Cole grabs the defensive rebound | 38-38 |
| 14:53 | Northwestern | Orville Lange hits the front of the rim on the floater from close range | 38-38 |
| 14:52 | Denver | Wesley Pennington grabs the defensive rebound | 38-38 |
| 14:47 | Denver | Ricky Webb scores on a jumper from the right wing | 40-38 |
| 14:23 | Northwestern | Orville Lange jams it on a great pass from Felix Cole | 40-40 |
| 14:13 | Denver | Darryl Frese's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-40 |
| Subs | Denver | Steven Howell (SG), Lloyd Cordova (SF) Darryl Frese, Roger Alley | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Chas Reimann (PF) Orville Lange | |
| 13:51 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes connects on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Jeffery Brannen and he's fouled by Lloyd Cordova - foul #3 on Lloyd Cordova, team foul #5 | 40-42 |
| Subs | Denver | Horace Creekmore (PF), Edward Watkins (C) Martin Northup, Wesley Pennington | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Orville Lange (SF) Steven Coulter | |
| 13:51 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes makes the free throw | 40-43 |
| 13:34 | Denver | Felix Cole steps in front of the Lloyd Cordova pass | 40-43 |
| 13:11 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen makes the shot from the right wing set up by Darrell Estes and the foul's on Ricky Webb - foul #2 on Ricky Webb, team foul #6 | 40-45 |
| Subs | Denver | Joseph Parker (PG) Ricky Webb | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes (SG), Steven Coulter (SF), Thomas Combs (C) Darrell Estes, Orville Lange, Chas Reimann | |
| 13:11 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen makes the free throw | 40-46 |
| 12:48 | Denver | Horace Creekmore knocks in the 3 from the right wing | 43-46 |
| 12:32 | Northwestern | Steven Coulter misses badly on a runner from close range | 43-46 |
| 12:31 | Northwestern | Felix Cole grabs the offensive rebound | 43-46 |
| 12:17 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen can't connect on a turnaround in the lane but he's fouled by Joseph Parker - foul #1 on Joseph Parker, team foul #7 | 43-46 |
| Subs | Denver | Martin Northup (PF) Horace Creekmore | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Darrell Estes (SG), Orville Lange (SF), Chas Reimann (PF) Timothy Mayes, Steven Coulter, Felix Cole | |
| 12:17 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen makes the 1st free throw | 43-47 |
| 12:17 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen makes the 2nd free throw | 43-48 |
| 11:57 | Denver | A charge is called on Lloyd Cordova - foul #4 on Lloyd Cordova, team foul #8 | 43-48 |
| Subs | Denver | Darryl Frese (SF), Wesley Pennington (C) Lloyd Cordova, Edward Watkins | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Felix Cole (C) Thomas Combs | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Joseph Parker (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Steven Howell (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SF - Darryl Frese (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Martin Northup (fresh) 5 pts. C - Wesley Pennington (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Jeffery Brannen (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Darrell Estes (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Orville Lange (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Chas Reimann (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. C - Felix Cole (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:39 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes lays it in on a nice dish by Felix Cole and the foul's on Joseph Parker - foul #2 on Joseph Parker, team foul #9 | 43-50 |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Thomas Combs (C) Chas Reimann | |
| 11:39 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes misses the free throw | 43-50 |
| 11:39 | Denver | Martin Northup gets the rebound | 43-50 |
| 11:21 | Denver | Joseph Parker buries a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Steven Howell | 46-50 |
| 11:09 | Northwestern | Wesley Pennington steals it from Jeffery Brannen | 46-50 |
| 10:49 | Denver | Darrell Estes takes the ball from Steven Howell | 46-50 |
| 10:20 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen connects on the fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Orville Lange | 46-52 |
| 09:59 | Denver | The jumper by Joseph Parker is denied by Felix Cole | 46-52 |
| 09:58 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs grabs the board | 46-52 |
| 09:53 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen misses the shot from the right side | 46-52 |
| 09:51 | Denver | The rebound goes to Darryl Frese | 46-52 |
| 09:31 | Denver | Joseph Parker misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 46-52 |
| 09:30 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen grabs the board | 46-52 |
| 09:06 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes misses the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 46-52 |
| 09:05 | Denver | Steven Howell snags the defensive board | 46-52 |
| 09:01 | Denver | Steven Howell makes the contested 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Joseph Parker | 49-52 |
| 08:46 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen hits the front of the rim on the runner in the paint | 49-52 |
| 08:44 | Denver | Wesley Pennington pulls down the rebound | 49-52 |
| 08:34 | Denver | Wesley Pennington hits a shot from the left side on a nice dish by Joseph Parker | 51-52 |
| 08:30 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane | 51-52 |
| 08:28 | Northwestern | Felix Cole tips it home | 51-54 |
| 08:02 | Denver | Joseph Parker clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 51-54 |
| 08:01 | Denver | Wesley Pennington grabs the offensive board | 51-54 |
| 07:44 | Denver | Steven Howell works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane | 51-54 |
| 07:43 | Denver | Joseph Parker gets the offensive rebound | 51-54 |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Joseph Parker (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Steven Howell (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 ast. SF - Darryl Frese (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Martin Northup (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Wesley Pennington (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Jeffery Brannen (tiring) 9 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Darrell Estes (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Orville Lange (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Felix Cole (tiring) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. C - Thomas Combs (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:18 | Denver | The short jumper by Steven Howell is denied by Darrell Estes | 51-54 |
| 07:17 | Denver | Martin Northup misses the tip | 51-54 |
| 07:15 | Denver | Martin Northup tips it home | 53-54 |
| 06:56 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes can't connect on a turnaround from the baseline | 53-54 |
| 06:55 | Denver | Wesley Pennington pulls down the rebound | 53-54 |
| 06:30 | Denver | Darrell Estes takes the ball from Wesley Pennington | 53-54 |
| 06:26 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes banks in the layup | 53-56 |
| 06:13 | Denver | Martin Northup is fouled on the floor by Felix Cole - foul #2 on Felix Cole, team foul #6 | 53-56 |
| Subs | Denver | Ricky Webb (PG), Zachary Phillips (SG), Lloyd Cordova (SF), Horace Creekmore (PF), Edward Watkins (C) Joseph Parker, Steven Howell, Darryl Frese, Martin Northup, Wesley Pennington | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes (SG), Chuck Moore (SF), Chas Reimann (PF), Steven Coulter (C) Darrell Estes, Orville Lange, Felix Cole, Thomas Combs | |
| 05:50 | Denver | Horace Creekmore hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the paint | 53-56 |
| 05:49 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore gets the rebound | 53-56 |
| 05:24 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann lays it up and in set up by Steven Coulter | 53-58 |
| 05:08 | Denver | Lloyd Cordova splits the doubleteam and buries a fadeaway from the left block set up by Zachary Phillips and he's hacked by Chas Reimann - foul #2 on Chas Reimann, team foul #7 | 55-58 |
| Subs | Denver | Martin Northup (SG) Zachary Phillips | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Felix Cole (C) Jeffery Brannen | |
| 05:08 | Denver | Lloyd Cordova makes the free throw | 56-58 |
| 04:51 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 56-58 |
| 04:49 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann tips it home | 56-60 |
| 04:30 | Denver | Felix Cole steals it from Edward Watkins | 56-60 |
| 04:05 | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 56-60 |
| 04:04 | Denver | Edward Watkins grabs the board | 56-60 |
| 03:44 | Denver | Martin Northup hits the front of the rim on the floater near the basket | 56-60 |
| 03:42 | Northwestern | Felix Cole gets the rebound | 56-60 |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Ricky Webb (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Martin Northup (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. SF - Lloyd Cordova (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. PF - Horace Creekmore (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Edward Watkins (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Timothy Mayes (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Chuck Moore (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Steven Coulter (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Chas Reimann (fresh) 14 pts. 3 reb. C - Felix Cole (tiring) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. 2 stl. | |
| 03:21 | Northwestern | Felix Cole clanks a jump hook from close range but he's hacked by Horace Creekmore - foul #3 on Horace Creekmore, team foul #10 | 56-60 |
| Subs | Denver | Steven Howell (SG), Roger Alley (C) Horace Creekmore, Edward Watkins | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen (PG), Orville Lange (SF) Chuck Moore, Steven Coulter | |
| 03:21 | Northwestern | Felix Cole misses the 1st free throw | 56-60 |
| 03:21 | Northwestern | Felix Cole makes the 2nd free throw | 56-61 |
| 03:05 | Denver | Steven Howell's floater is knocked away by Chas Reimann | 56-61 |
| 03:03 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann gets the rebound | 56-61 |
| 02:40 | Northwestern | Orville Lange blows the layup | 56-61 |
| 02:38 | Denver | Martin Northup pulls down the rebound | 56-61 |
| 02:38 | Denver | Denver calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-61 |
| Subs | Denver | Joseph Parker (PG), Horace Creekmore (PF), Edward Watkins (C) Ricky Webb, Martin Northup, Roger Alley | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Steven Coulter (SF), Thomas Combs (C) Orville Lange, Felix Cole | |
| 02:14 | Denver | Edward Watkins's floater is knocked away by Thomas Combs | 56-61 |
| 02:12 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann pulls down the rebound | 56-61 |
| 01:55 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 56-61 |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Darrell Estes (SG), Orville Lange (SF), Felix Cole (C) Timothy Mayes, Steven Coulter, Thomas Combs | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:39 | Denver | Lloyd Cordova hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Felix Cole - foul #3 on Felix Cole, team foul #8 | 56-61 |
| 01:39 | Denver | Lloyd Cordova makes the 1st free throw | 57-61 |
| 01:39 | Denver | Lloyd Cordova makes the 2nd free throw | 58-61 |
| 01:16 | Northwestern | A charge is called on Orville Lange - foul #2 on Orville Lange, team foul #9 | 58-61 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:02 | Denver | Horace Creekmore clanks a shot from the left wing | 58-61 |
| 01:00 | Denver | Horace Creekmore tips it back up and in | 60-61 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:36 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen knocks in the runner from close range | 60-63 |
| 00:08 | Denver | Joseph Parker drills a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Edward Watkins | 63-63 |
| 00:08 | Northwestern | Northwestern calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 63-63 |
| 00:00 | Northwestern | Felix Cole buries a jumper from the left block | 63-65 |