| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Dikembe Masudi (fresh) SG - David Fitzgerald (fresh) SF - Jack Adams (fresh) PF - Joseph Foster (fresh) C - Jason Jones (fresh) | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - John Scruggs (fresh) SG - Johnny Hanna (fresh) SF - Michael Gregory (fresh) PF - Anthony Pickens (fresh) C - Shawn Bergert (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Central Michigan | Jason Jones wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Central Michigan | Central Michigan is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| 19:50 | Central Michigan | Jack Adams is fouled on the floor by John Scruggs - foul #1 on John Scruggs, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:43 | Central Michigan | Anthony Pickens denies the turnaround by Joseph Foster | 0-0 |
| 19:42 | Central Michigan | Jason Jones snags the offensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:27 | Central Michigan | Dikembe Masudi misses the lay-in | 0-0 |
| 19:26 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:09 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory misses the wide open pull-up jumper from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:08 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert tips it back up and in | 0-2 |
| 18:55 | Central Michigan | Jason Jones hits a turnaround in the paint | 2-2 |
| 18:31 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 2-2 |
| 18:20 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald buries a floater from the right wing | 4-2 |
| 18:18 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory double dribbles in the backcourt | 4-2 |
| 18:06 | Central Michigan | Jack Adams misses badly on a jumpshot from the right wing | 4-2 |
| 18:04 | Central Michigan | Jason Jones hits the follow up shot | 6-2 |
| 18:02 | New Mexico | David Fitzgerald is called for the reach on Johnny Hanna in the backcourt - foul #1 on David Fitzgerald, team foul #1 | 6-2 |
| 17:44 | New Mexico | Joseph Foster is called for the reach on Anthony Pickens - foul #1 on Joseph Foster, team foul #2 | 6-2 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Earl Nelson (PF) Joseph Foster | |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (PG), Raymond Axford (SG), Sean Ament (SF), Arthur Greenway (PF), Allen Hitt (C) John Scruggs, Johnny Hanna, Michael Gregory, Anthony Pickens, Shawn Bergert | |
| 17:31 | New Mexico | Raymond Axford hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 6-2 |
| 17:29 | Central Michigan | Dikembe Masudi gets the rebound | 6-2 |
| 17:08 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 6-2 |
| 17:06 | Central Michigan | Earl Nelson gets the offensive rebound | 6-2 |
| 16:48 | Central Michigan | Jason Jones hits the finger roll | 8-2 |
| 16:25 | New Mexico | Raymond Axford clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 8-2 |
| 16:24 | Central Michigan | Earl Nelson snags the defensive board | 8-2 |
| 16:18 | Central Michigan | Jack Adams connects on the jump hook from the baseline | 10-2 |
| 16:16 | New Mexico | James Winters is hacked by Dikembe Masudi in the backcourt - foul #1 on Dikembe Masudi, team foul #3 | 10-2 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Mack Deming (SG), Patrick Cooper (SF), Joseph Foster (PF) David Fitzgerald, Jack Adams, Jason Jones | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Michael Gregory (SF), Anthony Pickens (PF) Sean Ament, Allen Hitt | |
| 16:04 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory misses long on a floater from close range | 10-2 |
| 16:02 | Central Michigan | Earl Nelson grabs the board | 10-2 |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Dikembe Masudi (fairly fresh) SG - Mack Deming (fresh) SF - Patrick Cooper (fresh) PF - Joseph Foster (fresh) C - Earl Nelson (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - James Winters (fresh) SG - Raymond Axford (fresh) SF - Michael Gregory (fresh) PF - Anthony Pickens (fresh) C - Arthur Greenway (fresh) | |
| 15:40 | Central Michigan | Mack Deming is whistled for a carry | 10-2 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Berdy Ziler (C) Earl Nelson | |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Scruggs (PG), Johnny Hanna (SG), Shawn Bergert (C) James Winters, Raymond Axford, Arthur Greenway | |
| 15:16 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory can't connect on a floater from the right side | 10-2 |
| 15:14 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens hits the follow up shot | 10-4 |
| 15:00 | Central Michigan | Joseph Foster clanks a fadeaway near the basket but he's hacked by Michael Gregory - foul #1 on Michael Gregory, team foul #2 | 10-4 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (PG), Raymond Axford (SG), Sean Ament (SF), Arthur Greenway (PF), Allen Hitt (C) John Scruggs, Johnny Hanna, Michael Gregory, Anthony Pickens, Shawn Bergert | |
| 15:00 | Central Michigan | Joseph Foster makes the 1st free throw | 11-4 |
| 15:00 | Central Michigan | Joseph Foster misses the 2nd free throw | 11-4 |
| 15:00 | New Mexico | Sean Ament snags the defensive board | 11-4 |
| 14:32 | New Mexico | Arthur Greenway comes up short on the driving attempt in the lane but he's hacked by Patrick Cooper - foul #1 on Patrick Cooper, team foul #4 | 11-4 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Robert Seamon (PG), Russell Wallin (SG), Jack Adams (SF), Jason Jones (C) Dikembe Masudi, Mack Deming, Patrick Cooper, Joseph Foster | |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Scruggs (PG), Johnny Hanna (SG), Michael Gregory (SF), Shawn Bergert (C) James Winters, Raymond Axford, Sean Ament, Allen Hitt | |
| 14:32 | New Mexico | Arthur Greenway makes the 1st free throw | 11-5 |
| 14:32 | New Mexico | Arthur Greenway makes the 2nd free throw | 11-6 |
| 14:11 | Central Michigan | Jack Adams is denied on a layup by Michael Gregory | 11-6 |
| 14:10 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory snags the defensive board | 11-6 |
| 13:44 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory clanks a jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Jack Adams - foul #1 on Jack Adams, team foul #5 | 11-6 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald (SG), Earl Nelson (PF) Berdy Ziler, Jason Jones | |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (PG), Raymond Axford (SG), Sean Ament (SF), Anthony Pickens (C) John Scruggs, Johnny Hanna, Arthur Greenway, Shawn Bergert | |
| 13:44 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory misses the 1st free throw | 11-6 |
| 13:44 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory makes the 2nd free throw | 11-7 |
| 13:37 | Central Michigan | Earl Nelson makes the fadeaway from the left block on a nice dish by David Fitzgerald | 13-7 |
| 13:35 | New Mexico | Raymond Axford throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 13-7 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Patrick Cooper (PG) Robert Seamon | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert (C) Michael Gregory | |
| 13:25 | Central Michigan | Earl Nelson connects on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by David Fitzgerald | 15-7 |
| 13:12 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert lays it in uncontested on a nice dish by James Winters | 15-9 |
| 13:06 | Central Michigan | Jack Adams can't connect on a jump hook near the basket but he's fouled by Sean Ament - foul #1 on Sean Ament, team foul #3 | 15-9 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Dikembe Masudi (PG), Joseph Foster (PF) Patrick Cooper, Russell Wallin | |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Scruggs (PG), Johnny Hanna (SG), Michael Gregory (SF), Allen Hitt (C) James Winters, Raymond Axford, Sean Ament, Shawn Bergert | |
| 13:06 | Central Michigan | Jack Adams makes the 1st free throw | 16-9 |
| 13:06 | Central Michigan | Jack Adams makes the 2nd free throw | 17-9 |
| 12:38 | New Mexico | Jack Adams swats the short shot by Anthony Pickens | 17-9 |
| 12:37 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald grabs the defensive rebound | 17-9 |
| 12:24 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald's fadeaway is rejected by Michael Gregory | 17-9 |
| 12:22 | New Mexico | Allen Hitt gets the rebound | 17-9 |
| 12:01 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens loses the dribble to Joseph Foster | 17-9 |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Dikembe Masudi (fairly fresh) SG - David Fitzgerald (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jack Adams (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Joseph Foster (fairly fresh) 1 pts. C - Earl Nelson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - John Scruggs (fresh) SG - Johnny Hanna (fresh) SF - Michael Gregory (fresh) 1 pts. 2 blk. PF - Anthony Pickens (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Allen Hitt (fresh) | |
| 11:47 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald hits the finger roll and the foul's on Johnny Hanna - foul #1 on Johnny Hanna, team foul #4 | 19-9 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Patrick Cooper (PG), Mack Deming (SF), Berdy Ziler (PF), Jason Jones (C) Dikembe Masudi, Jack Adams, Joseph Foster, Earl Nelson | |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (PG), Raymond Axford (SG), Sean Ament (SF), Shawn Bergert (C) John Scruggs, Johnny Hanna, Michael Gregory, Allen Hitt | |
| 11:47 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald makes the free throw | 20-9 |
| 11:23 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert is fouled on the floor by Jason Jones - foul #1 on Jason Jones, team foul #6 | 20-9 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Robert Seamon (PG) David Fitzgerald | |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| 10:57 | New Mexico | James Winters hits a 3 from the right corner set up by Raymond Axford | 20-12 |
| 10:45 | Central Michigan | Berdy Ziler connects on the jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Robert Seamon | 22-12 |
| 10:16 | New Mexico | Sean Ament is fouled on the floor by Berdy Ziler - foul #1 on Berdy Ziler, team foul #7 | 22-12 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Dikembe Masudi (PG), Jack Adams (SF), Joseph Foster (PF) Robert Seamon, Patrick Cooper, Berdy Ziler | |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Scruggs (PG), Johnny Hanna (SG), Michael Gregory (PF), Arthur Greenway (C) James Winters, Raymond Axford, Anthony Pickens, Shawn Bergert | |
| 10:16 | New Mexico | Sean Ament makes the 1st free throw | 22-13 |
| 10:16 | New Mexico | Sean Ament makes the 2nd free throw | 22-14 |
| 10:08 | Central Michigan | Joseph Foster scores on a fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Jack Adams | 24-14 |
| 09:46 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory comes up short on the runner in the paint | 24-14 |
| 09:44 | New Mexico | Sean Ament grabs the offensive board | 24-14 |
| 09:30 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory is open and lays it up and in on a nice dish by John Scruggs and the foul's on Joseph Foster - foul #2 on Joseph Foster, team foul #8 | 24-16 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald (SG), Earl Nelson (PF), Russell Wallin (C) Mack Deming, Joseph Foster, Jason Jones | |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (PG), Raymond Axford (SG), Anthony Pickens (PF), Shawn Bergert (C) John Scruggs, Johnny Hanna, Sean Ament, Arthur Greenway | |
| 09:30 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory makes the free throw | 24-17 |
| 09:19 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 24-17 |
| 09:17 | Central Michigan | Earl Nelson grabs the offensive board | 24-17 |
| 08:58 | Central Michigan | Dikembe Masudi makes the fadeaway near the basket | 26-17 |
| 08:30 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert knocks in the jump hook from close range | 26-19 |
| 08:17 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by James Winters - foul #1 on James Winters, team foul #5 | 26-19 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Robert Seamon (PG), Patrick Cooper (SF), Berdy Ziler (PF) Dikembe Masudi, Jack Adams, Earl Nelson | |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Scruggs (PG), Johnny Hanna (SG), Arthur Greenway (PF), Allen Hitt (C) James Winters, Raymond Axford, Anthony Pickens, Shawn Bergert | |
| 08:17 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald makes the 1st free throw | 27-19 |
| 08:17 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald misses the 2nd free throw | 27-19 |
| 08:17 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory snags the defensive board | 27-19 |
| 07:54 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory knocks in the floater near the basket on a nice dish by John Scruggs | 27-21 |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Robert Seamon (fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Fitzgerald (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Patrick Cooper (fresh) PF - Berdy Ziler (fresh) 2 pts. C - Russell Wallin (fresh) | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - John Scruggs (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Johnny Hanna (fresh) SF - Michael Gregory (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. PF - Arthur Greenway (fresh) 2 pts. C - Allen Hitt (fresh) | |
| 07:35 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 27-21 |
| 07:34 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory grabs the board | 27-21 |
| 07:15 | New Mexico | Arthur Greenway clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side | 27-21 |
| 07:13 | Central Michigan | Russell Wallin gets the rebound | 27-21 |
| 07:08 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 27-21 |
| 07:07 | New Mexico | The rebound goes to Michael Gregory | 27-21 |
| 07:03 | New Mexico | John Scruggs can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 27-21 |
| 07:01 | New Mexico | Allen Hitt tips it in | 27-23 |
| 06:53 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 27-23 |
| 06:52 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory grabs the defensive rebound | 27-23 |
| 06:50 | New Mexico | John Scruggs is fouled in the backcourt by Robert Seamon - foul #1 on Robert Seamon, team foul #9 | 27-23 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Dikembe Masudi (PG), Mack Deming (SG), Jack Adams (SF), Earl Nelson (PF), Jason Jones (C) Robert Seamon, David Fitzgerald, Patrick Cooper, Berdy Ziler, Russell Wallin | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Raymond Axford (SG), Sean Ament (SF), Anthony Pickens (PF), Shawn Bergert (C) Johnny Hanna, Michael Gregory, Arthur Greenway, Allen Hitt | |
| 06:50 | New Mexico | John Scruggs makes the 1st free throw | 27-24 |
| 06:50 | New Mexico | John Scruggs makes the 2nd free throw | 27-25 |
| 06:42 | Central Michigan | Mack Deming misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 27-25 |
| 06:40 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens grabs the board | 27-25 |
| 06:38 | New Mexico | John Scruggs's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 27-25 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (PG) John Scruggs | |
| 06:26 | Central Michigan | Mack Deming is fouled on the floor by Sean Ament - foul #2 on Sean Ament, team foul #6 | 27-25 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Johnny Hanna (SG) Raymond Axford | |
| 06:12 | Central Michigan | Jack Adams's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-25 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Scruggs (PG), Raymond Axford (SG) James Winters, Johnny Hanna | |
| 06:10 | New Mexico | Sean Ament is fouled in the backcourt by Jack Adams - foul #2 on Jack Adams, team foul #10 | 27-25 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Robert Seamon (SF) Jack Adams | |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (PG) John Scruggs | |
| 06:10 | New Mexico | Sean Ament makes the 1st free throw | 27-26 |
| 06:10 | New Mexico | Sean Ament makes the 2nd free throw | 27-27 |
| 06:01 | Central Michigan | Earl Nelson travels with the ball | 27-27 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Patrick Cooper (SF) Robert Seamon | |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Scruggs (PG), Johnny Hanna (SG), Michael Gregory (SF) James Winters, Raymond Axford, Sean Ament | |
| 05:38 | New Mexico | John Scruggs buries a floater from the free throw line set up by Michael Gregory | 27-29 |
| 05:25 | Central Michigan | John Scruggs takes the ball from Mack Deming | 27-29 |
| 05:22 | New Mexico | John Scruggs throws it down | 27-31 |
| 05:06 | Central Michigan | Earl Nelson makes the driving attempt from the left block | 29-31 |
| 05:04 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert is fouled in the backcourt by Jason Jones - foul #2 on Jason Jones, team foul #11 | 29-31 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Robert Seamon (PG), David Fitzgerald (SG), Russell Wallin (PF) Dikembe Masudi, Mack Deming, Jason Jones | |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (PG), Raymond Axford (SG), Sean Ament (SF) John Scruggs, Johnny Hanna, Michael Gregory | |
| 05:04 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert makes the 1st free throw | 29-32 |
| 05:04 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert misses the 2nd free throw | 29-32 |
| 05:04 | Central Michigan | The rebound goes to Earl Nelson | 29-32 |
| 04:45 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 29-32 |
| 04:43 | Central Michigan | Russell Wallin grabs the offensive rebound | 29-32 |
| 04:33 | Central Michigan | Shawn Bergert is called for the reach on Earl Nelson - foul #1 on Shawn Bergert, team foul #7 | 29-32 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Berdy Ziler (C) Patrick Cooper | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Michael Gregory (SF), Arthur Greenway (C) Sean Ament, Shawn Bergert | |
| 04:33 | Central Michigan | Earl Nelson makes the 1st free throw | 30-32 |
| 04:33 | Central Michigan | Earl Nelson makes the 2nd free throw | 31-32 |
| 04:09 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory lays it up and in set up by Anthony Pickens | 31-34 |
| 03:56 | Central Michigan | David Fitzgerald's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 31-34 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Jack Adams (SF), Joseph Foster (PF), Jason Jones (C) David Fitzgerald, Earl Nelson, Berdy Ziler | |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Scruggs (PG), Johnny Hanna (SG), Sean Ament (SF), Shawn Bergert (C) James Winters, Raymond Axford, Michael Gregory, Anthony Pickens | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Robert Seamon (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Russell Wallin (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Jack Adams (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Joseph Foster (fresh) 3 pts. C - Jason Jones (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - John Scruggs (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Johnny Hanna (fresh) SF - Sean Ament (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Arthur Greenway (fresh) 2 pts. C - Shawn Bergert (fairly fresh) 7 pts. | |
| 03:28 | New Mexico | John Scruggs hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing but the foul's on Robert Seamon - foul #2 on Robert Seamon, team foul #12 | 31-34 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Dikembe Masudi (PG), Mack Deming (SG) Robert Seamon, Russell Wallin | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Michael Gregory (SF), Anthony Pickens (PF), Allen Hitt (C) Sean Ament, Arthur Greenway, Shawn Bergert | |
| 03:28 | New Mexico | John Scruggs makes the 1st free throw | 31-35 |
| 03:28 | New Mexico | John Scruggs makes the 2nd free throw | 31-36 |
| 03:11 | Central Michigan | Joseph Foster clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on John Scruggs - foul #2 on John Scruggs, team foul #8 | 31-36 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Winters (PG), Raymond Axford (SG), Arthur Greenway (C) John Scruggs, Johnny Hanna, Allen Hitt | |
| 03:11 | Central Michigan | Joseph Foster makes the 1st free throw | 32-36 |
| 03:11 | Central Michigan | Joseph Foster misses the 2nd free throw | 32-36 |
| 03:11 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens grabs the defensive rebound | 32-36 |
| 02:55 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the left block but he's fouled by Jack Adams - foul #3 on Jack Adams, team foul #13 | 32-36 |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Patrick Cooper (SF), Berdy Ziler (C) Jack Adams, Jason Jones | |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Scruggs (PG), Johnny Hanna (SG), Shawn Bergert (C) James Winters, Raymond Axford, Arthur Greenway | |
| 02:55 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory makes the 1st free throw | 32-37 |
| 02:55 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory makes the 2nd free throw | 32-38 |
| 02:38 | Central Michigan | Joseph Foster makes the shot from the left block on a great pass from Mack Deming | 34-38 |
| 02:09 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory drills a shot from the right block on a great pass from John Scruggs | 34-40 |
| 01:58 | Central Michigan | Johnny Hanna steals it from Joseph Foster | 34-40 |
| 01:53 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory dunks the ball on a great pass from Johnny Hanna | 34-42 |
| 01:44 | Central Michigan | Mack Deming's layup is rejected by Shawn Bergert | 34-42 |
| 01:43 | New Mexico | Anthony Pickens pulls down the rebound | 34-42 |
| 01:40 | New Mexico | Dikembe Masudi picks off the pass by Johnny Hanna in the backcourt | 34-42 |
| 01:37 | Central Michigan | Mack Deming misses the lay-in | 34-42 |
| 01:35 | Central Michigan | Joseph Foster tips it but misses | 34-42 |
| 01:33 | Central Michigan | Joseph Foster tips it back up and in | 36-42 |
| 01:04 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert misses the wide open driving attempt from the right block | 36-42 |
| 01:03 | Central Michigan | The rebound goes to Berdy Ziler | 36-42 |
| 00:59 | Central Michigan | Mack Deming misses the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 36-42 |
| 00:57 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert grabs the board | 36-42 |
| 00:39 | New Mexico | Shawn Bergert can't connect on a fadeaway from the left block | 36-42 |
| 00:38 | Central Michigan | Joseph Foster gets the rebound | 36-42 |
| 00:20 | Central Michigan | Berdy Ziler misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 36-42 |
| 00:18 | New Mexico | Michael Gregory grabs the defensive rebound | 36-42 |
| 00:02 | New Mexico | John Scruggs loses the dribble to Joseph Foster | 36-42 |
| 00:00 | Central Michigan | Joseph Foster misses badly on a fullcourt shot | 36-42 |