| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Otha Laskoski (fresh) SG - John Pelt (fresh) SF - Daniel Clark (fresh) PF - Uros Schilawski (fresh) C - Antonio Rodriquez (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Leon Gulley (fresh) SG - Christopher Jones (fresh) SF - Richard Lee (fresh) PF - Jeffrey Regner (fresh) C - Edward Moore (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Purdue | Antonio Rodriquez wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:31 | Purdue | Otha Laskoski misses long on a floater from the right block | 0-0 |
| 19:30 | Penn State | The rebound goes to Christopher Jones | 0-0 |
| 19:08 | Penn State | Christopher Jones makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Leon Gulley | 0-3 |
| 18:39 | Purdue | John Pelt's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 0-3 |
| 18:21 | Penn State | Daniel Clark is called for the reach on Leon Gulley - foul #1 on Daniel Clark, team foul #1 | 0-3 |
| 18:13 | Penn State | Jeffrey Regner's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 0-3 |
| 17:50 | Purdue | John Pelt hits the front of the rim on the wide open floater in the paint but he's fouled by Jeffrey Regner - foul #1 on Jeffrey Regner, team foul #1 | 0-3 |
| Subs | Purdue | Marin Zalazar (SG), Zachary Scalabrine (SF), Rudolph Hailey (PF), Pili Emanuel (C) Otha Laskoski, Daniel Clark, Uros Schilawski, Antonio Rodriquez | |
| Subs | Penn State | Christopher Tiedemann (PG), Mark Kleiber (SG), Anderson Nakano (SF), Harry Story (PF), Jason McCray (C) Leon Gulley, Christopher Jones, Richard Lee, Jeffrey Regner, Edward Moore | |
| 17:50 | Purdue | John Pelt makes the 1st free throw | 1-3 |
| 17:50 | Purdue | John Pelt misses the 2nd free throw | 1-3 |
| 17:50 | Penn State | Harry Story grabs the board | 1-3 |
| 17:31 | Penn State | Anderson Nakano misses the shot from the free throw line | 1-3 |
| 17:29 | Penn State | Harry Story misses the tip | 1-3 |
| 17:28 | Purdue | Zachary Scalabrine snags the defensive board | 1-3 |
| 17:09 | Purdue | John Pelt drills a shot in the lane | 3-3 |
| 16:46 | Penn State | Mark Kleiber misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 3-3 |
| 16:45 | Penn State | Harry Story tips it but misses | 3-3 |
| 16:44 | Purdue | John Pelt gets the rebound | 3-3 |
| 16:20 | Purdue | John Pelt loses the dribble to Christopher Tiedemann | 3-3 |
| 16:02 | Penn State | Jason McCray travels with the ball | 3-3 |
| Subs | Purdue | Otha Laskoski (PG), Uros Schilawski (PF), Antonio Rodriquez (C) John Pelt, Rudolph Hailey, Pili Emanuel | |
| Subs | Penn State | Leon Gulley (PG), Christopher Jones (SG), Jeffrey Regner (PF) Christopher Tiedemann, Mark Kleiber, Harry Story | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Otha Laskoski (fresh) SG - Marin Zalazar (fresh) SF - Zachary Scalabrine (fresh) PF - Uros Schilawski (fresh) C - Antonio Rodriquez (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Leon Gulley (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Christopher Jones (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Anderson Nakano (fresh) PF - Jeffrey Regner (fresh) C - Jason McCray (fresh) | |
| 15:40 | Purdue | The jump hook by Antonio Rodriquez is blocked by Jeffrey Regner | 3-3 |
| 15:39 | Penn State | Christopher Jones pulls down the rebound | 3-3 |
| 15:20 | Penn State | Leon Gulley clanks a jumpshot from the right side | 3-3 |
| 15:18 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Marin Zalazar | 3-3 |
| 14:53 | Purdue | Uros Schilawski misses long on a jumper near the basket | 3-3 |
| 14:52 | Purdue | Antonio Rodriquez tips it in | 5-3 |
| 14:35 | Penn State | Antonio Rodriquez is called for the reach on Jason McCray - foul #1 on Antonio Rodriquez, team foul #2 | 5-3 |
| Subs | Purdue | Richard Sanders (SG), Daniel Clark (SF), Rudolph Hailey (PF) Marin Zalazar, Zachary Scalabrine, Antonio Rodriquez | |
| Subs | Penn State | Christopher Tiedemann (PG), Mark Kleiber (SG), Richard Lee (SF), Harry Story (PF), Edward Moore (C) Leon Gulley, Christopher Jones, Anderson Nakano, Jeffrey Regner, Jason McCray | |
| 14:25 | Penn State | Harry Story makes the runner from the baseline | 5-5 |
| 14:08 | Purdue | Rudolph Hailey loses the ball out of bounds | 5-5 |
| Subs | Purdue | John Pelt (SG), Zachary Scalabrine (PF) Richard Sanders, Rudolph Hailey | |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| 13:53 | Penn State | Richard Lee comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 5-5 |
| 13:52 | Penn State | Edward Moore grabs the offensive rebound | 5-5 |
| 13:43 | Penn State | Zachary Scalabrine steals it from Harry Story | 5-5 |
| 13:23 | Purdue | Daniel Clark misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 5-5 |
| 13:22 | Penn State | Harry Story pulls down the rebound | 5-5 |
| 13:05 | Penn State | Christopher Tiedemann knocks in the jumper from the free throw line and the foul's on Daniel Clark - foul #2 on Daniel Clark, team foul #3 | 5-7 |
| Subs | Purdue | Richard Sanders (SG), Marin Zalazar (SF), Rudolph Hailey (PF), Antonio Rodriquez (C) John Pelt, Daniel Clark, Zachary Scalabrine, Uros Schilawski | |
| Subs | Penn State | Leon Gulley (PG), Christopher Jones (SG), Jeffrey Regner (C) Mark Kleiber, Harry Story, Edward Moore | |
| 13:05 | Penn State | Christopher Tiedemann misses the free throw | 5-7 |
| 13:05 | Purdue | Antonio Rodriquez gets the rebound | 5-7 |
| 12:37 | Purdue | Otha Laskoski can't connect on a driving attempt from the left block but the foul's on Leon Gulley - foul #1 on Leon Gulley, team foul #2 | 5-7 |
| Subs | Purdue | John Pelt (SG), Uros Schilawski (PF) Richard Sanders, Rudolph Hailey | |
| Subs | Penn State | Anderson Nakano (SF), Jason McCray (C) Richard Lee, Christopher Tiedemann | |
| 12:37 | Purdue | Otha Laskoski makes the 1st free throw | 6-7 |
| 12:37 | Purdue | Otha Laskoski makes the 2nd free throw | 7-7 |
| 12:19 | Penn State | Jeffrey Regner can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 7-7 |
| 12:18 | Purdue | Otha Laskoski pulls down the rebound | 7-7 |
| 11:56 | Purdue | Uros Schilawski misses the dunk but the foul's on Jeffrey Regner - foul #2 on Jeffrey Regner, team foul #3 | 7-7 |
| Subs | Purdue | Richard Sanders (PG), Zachary Scalabrine (SF) Otha Laskoski, John Pelt | |
| Subs | Penn State | Mark Kleiber (SG), Richard Lee (SF), Harry Story (PF), Edward Moore (C) Christopher Jones, Anderson Nakano, Jeffrey Regner, Jason McCray | |
| 11:56 | Purdue | Uros Schilawski makes the 1st free throw | 8-7 |
| 11:56 | Purdue | Uros Schilawski makes the 2nd free throw | 9-7 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Richard Sanders (fresh) SG - Marin Zalazar (fresh) SF - Zachary Scalabrine (fresh) PF - Uros Schilawski (fresh) 2 pts. C - Antonio Rodriquez (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Leon Gulley (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Mark Kleiber (fresh) SF - Richard Lee (fresh) PF - Harry Story (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Edward Moore (fresh) | |
| 11:34 | Penn State | Richard Lee misses short on a 3 from straight away | 9-7 |
| 11:33 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Marin Zalazar | 9-7 |
| 11:07 | Purdue | Mark Kleiber is called for the reach on Marin Zalazar - foul #1 on Mark Kleiber, team foul #4 | 9-7 |
| Subs | Purdue | John Pelt (PG), Rudolph Hailey (PF), Pili Emanuel (C) Marin Zalazar, Uros Schilawski, Antonio Rodriquez | |
| Subs | Penn State | Christopher Tiedemann (PG), Christopher Jones (SG), Anderson Nakano (SF), Jason McCray (C) Leon Gulley, Mark Kleiber, Richard Lee, Edward Moore | |
| 10:51 | Purdue | Anderson Nakano takes the ball from Richard Sanders | 9-7 |
| 10:48 | Penn State | Christopher Jones jams it on a great pass from Anderson Nakano | 9-9 |
| 10:35 | Purdue | Rudolph Hailey can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 9-9 |
| 10:33 | Penn State | The rebound goes to Jason McCray | 9-9 |
| 10:16 | Penn State | Christopher Jones is called for 5 seconds | 9-9 |
| Subs | Purdue | Otha Laskoski (PG), Marin Zalazar (SF), Uros Schilawski (PF), Antonio Rodriquez (C) Richard Sanders, Zachary Scalabrine, Rudolph Hailey, Pili Emanuel | |
| Subs | Penn State | Leon Gulley (PG), Terry Fahy (SG), Richard Lee (SF), Edward Moore (C) Christopher Jones, Anderson Nakano, Harry Story, Jason McCray | |
| 09:51 | Purdue | John Pelt knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Marin Zalazar | 11-9 |
| 09:34 | Penn State | Terry Fahy hits a jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Richard Lee | 11-11 |
| 09:08 | Purdue | Marin Zalazar dunks the ball | 13-11 |
| 08:57 | Penn State | Leon Gulley clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side | 13-11 |
| 08:55 | Purdue | Uros Schilawski snags the defensive board | 13-11 |
| 08:50 | Purdue | Christopher Tiedemann steps in front of the Otha Laskoski pass | 13-11 |
| 08:32 | Penn State | Richard Lee misses the jumpshot from the free throw line but the foul's on Antonio Rodriquez - foul #2 on Antonio Rodriquez, team foul #4 | 13-11 |
| Subs | Purdue | Richard Sanders (SG), Zachary Scalabrine (SF), Rudolph Hailey (PF) John Pelt, Marin Zalazar, Antonio Rodriquez | |
| Subs | Penn State | Christopher Jones (PG), Mark Kleiber (SG), Harry Story (PF), Jason McCray (C) Leon Gulley, Terry Fahy, Christopher Tiedemann, Edward Moore | |
| 08:32 | Penn State | Richard Lee makes the 1st free throw | 13-12 |
| 08:32 | Penn State | Richard Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 13-13 |
| 08:03 | Purdue | Uros Schilawski comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 13-13 |
| 08:02 | Purdue | Otha Laskoski tips it in | 15-13 |
| 07:58 | Penn State | Harry Story is called for traveling | 15-13 |
| Subs | Purdue | John Pelt (SG), Marin Zalazar (SF), Pili Emanuel (C) Otha Laskoski, Rudolph Hailey, Uros Schilawski | |
| Subs | Penn State | Anderson Nakano (SF) Richard Lee | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Richard Sanders (fresh) SG - John Pelt (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Marin Zalazar (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Zachary Scalabrine (fresh) C - Pili Emanuel (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Christopher Jones (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Mark Kleiber (fresh) SF - Anderson Nakano (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Harry Story (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Jason McCray (fresh) | |
| 07:34 | Purdue | John Pelt hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 15-13 |
| 07:33 | Penn State | Jason McCray gets the rebound | 15-13 |
| 07:31 | Penn State | Christopher Jones's pass is intercepted by John Pelt in the backcourt | 15-13 |
| 07:30 | Purdue | John Pelt lays it in | 17-13 |
| 07:14 | Penn State | Jason McCray buries a jump hook in the lane set up by Mark Kleiber and he's fouled by Zachary Scalabrine - foul #1 on Zachary Scalabrine, team foul #5 | 17-15 |
| Subs | Purdue | Otha Laskoski (PG), Rudolph Hailey (PF), Uros Schilawski (C) Richard Sanders, Marin Zalazar, Pili Emanuel | |
| Subs | Penn State | Leon Gulley (PG) Mark Kleiber | |
| 07:14 | Penn State | Jason McCray makes the free throw | 17-16 |
| 06:50 | Purdue | Rudolph Hailey banks in the layup set up by Otha Laskoski | 19-16 |
| 06:37 | Penn State | Leon Gulley misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 19-16 |
| 06:35 | Penn State | Anderson Nakano pulls down the offensive rebound | 19-16 |
| 06:19 | Penn State | Anderson Nakano is open but comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by John Pelt - foul #1 on John Pelt, team foul #6 | 19-16 |
| Subs | Purdue | Richard Sanders (SG), Marin Zalazar (SF) John Pelt, Rudolph Hailey | |
| Subs | Penn State | Richard Lee (PG), Mark Kleiber (SG), Christopher Tiedemann (PF), Edward Moore (C) Leon Gulley, Christopher Jones, Harry Story, Jason McCray | |
| 06:19 | Penn State | Anderson Nakano misses the 1st free throw | 19-16 |
| 06:19 | Penn State | Anderson Nakano makes the 2nd free throw | 19-17 |
| 06:02 | Purdue | Otha Laskoski drills a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Marin Zalazar | 22-17 |
| 05:45 | Penn State | Otha Laskoski steals the ball from Richard Lee | 22-17 |
| 05:40 | Purdue | Otha Laskoski banks in the layup | 24-17 |
| 05:22 | Penn State | Mark Kleiber scores on a shot from the right wing | 24-19 |
| 05:02 | Purdue | Marin Zalazar clanks a driving attempt from close range | 24-19 |
| 05:00 | Purdue | Otha Laskoski pulls down the offensive rebound | 24-19 |
| 04:44 | Purdue | Otha Laskoski is fouled on the floor by Mark Kleiber - foul #2 on Mark Kleiber, team foul #5 | 24-19 |
| Subs | Purdue | John Pelt (SG), Rudolph Hailey (SF), Pili Emanuel (C) Richard Sanders, Marin Zalazar, Zachary Scalabrine | |
| Subs | Penn State | Leon Gulley (PG), Christopher Jones (SG), Harry Story (PF), Jason McCray (C) Richard Lee, Mark Kleiber, Christopher Tiedemann, Edward Moore | |
| 04:27 | Purdue | John Pelt is fouled on the floor by Harry Story - foul #1 on Harry Story, team foul #6 | 24-19 |
| Subs | Purdue | Marin Zalazar (SF) Pili Emanuel | |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| 04:19 | Purdue | Marin Zalazar hits the front of the rim on the floater from just outside the lane | 24-19 |
| 04:18 | Penn State | The rebound goes to Leon Gulley | 24-19 |
| 03:55 | Penn State | Anderson Nakano hits a wide open 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Christopher Jones | 24-22 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Otha Laskoski (tiring) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Pelt (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Marin Zalazar (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Rudolph Hailey (fresh) 2 pts. C - Uros Schilawski (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Leon Gulley (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Christopher Jones (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Anderson Nakano (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Harry Story (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Jason McCray (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:26 | Purdue | Uros Schilawski is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Uros Schilawski, team foul #7 | 24-22 |
| Subs | Purdue | Daniel Clark (SF), Zachary Scalabrine (PF), Antonio Rodriquez (C) Marin Zalazar, Rudolph Hailey, Uros Schilawski | |
| Subs | Penn State | Richard Lee (SF), Jeffrey Regner (PF), Edward Moore (C) Anderson Nakano, Harry Story, Jason McCray | |
| 03:07 | Penn State | Edward Moore is hacked by Antonio Rodriquez - foul #3 on Antonio Rodriquez, team foul #8 | 24-22 |
| Subs | Purdue | Richard Sanders (SG), Pili Emanuel (C) Otha Laskoski, Antonio Rodriquez | |
| Subs | Penn State | Mark Kleiber (SG) Christopher Jones | |
| 03:07 | Penn State | Edward Moore makes the 1st free throw | 24-23 |
| 03:07 | Penn State | Edward Moore misses the 2nd free throw | 24-23 |
| 03:07 | Purdue | Pili Emanuel snags the defensive board | 24-23 |
| 02:47 | Purdue | John Pelt misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 24-23 |
| 02:45 | Penn State | Edward Moore grabs the defensive rebound | 24-23 |
| 02:23 | Penn State | Mark Kleiber clanks a 3 from the right corner | 24-23 |
| 02:21 | Penn State | Edward Moore hits the follow up shot | 24-25 |
| 01:52 | Purdue | Zachary Scalabrine scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right side and the foul's on Mark Kleiber - foul #3 on Mark Kleiber, team foul #7 | 26-25 |
| Subs | Purdue | Otha Laskoski (PG), Uros Schilawski (C) Richard Sanders, Pili Emanuel | |
| Subs | Penn State | Christopher Tiedemann (PG), Christopher Jones (SG), Anderson Nakano (SF), Jason McCray (C) Leon Gulley, Mark Kleiber, Richard Lee, Edward Moore | |
| 01:52 | Purdue | Zachary Scalabrine makes the free throw | 27-25 |
| 01:24 | Penn State | Christopher Jones hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from close range but the foul's on Zachary Scalabrine - foul #2 on Zachary Scalabrine, team foul #9 | 27-25 |
| Subs | Purdue | Marin Zalazar (PF) Zachary Scalabrine | |
| Subs | Penn State | Terry Fahy (SG) Christopher Tiedemann | |
| 01:24 | Penn State | Christopher Jones makes the 1st free throw | 27-26 |
| 01:24 | Penn State | Christopher Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 27-27 |
| 01:05 | Purdue | Marin Zalazar misses the fadeaway from the right block but he's hacked by Jeffrey Regner - foul #3 on Jeffrey Regner, team foul #8 | 27-27 |
| Subs | Purdue | Rudolph Hailey (PF) John Pelt | |
| Subs | Penn State | Christopher Tiedemann (PG), Richard Lee (SF), Harry Story (PF), Edward Moore (C) Terry Fahy, Anderson Nakano, Jeffrey Regner, Jason McCray | |
| 01:05 | Purdue | Marin Zalazar makes the 1st free throw | 28-27 |
| 01:05 | Purdue | Marin Zalazar misses the 2nd free throw | 28-27 |
| 01:05 | Penn State | Harry Story grabs the defensive rebound | 28-27 |
| 01:01 | Penn State | Christopher Tiedemann's pass is intercepted by Otha Laskoski in the backcourt | 28-27 |
| 00:35 | Purdue | Harry Story swats the layup by Otha Laskoski | 28-27 |
| 00:34 | Penn State | Harry Story gets the rebound | 28-27 |
| 00:14 | Penn State | Richard Lee makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Christopher Tiedemann | 28-30 |
| 00:09 | Purdue | Otha Laskoski is fouled in the backcourt by Christopher Tiedemann - foul #1 on Christopher Tiedemann, team foul #9 | 28-30 |
| Subs | Purdue | John Pelt (SG), Zachary Scalabrine (PF) Marin Zalazar, Rudolph Hailey | |
| Subs | Penn State | Leon Gulley (PG), Terry Fahy (SG), Anderson Nakano (SF), Jason McCray (C) Christopher Tiedemann, Christopher Jones, Richard Lee, Edward Moore | |
| 00:09 | Purdue | Otha Laskoski misses the 1st free throw | 28-30 |
| 00:09 | Penn State | Harry Story grabs the board | 28-30 |
| 00:01 | Penn State | Leon Gulley makes the 3pt shot from the left corner | 28-33 |
| 00:00 | Purdue | Daniel Clark misses long on a fullcourt shot | 28-33 |