| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Eddy Lovett (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Bradly Carrion (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 4 stl. SF - Joseph Foster (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Johnny Ginther (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. C - Frank Narvaez (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Timothy Mayes (fresh) SG - Darrell Estes (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Orville Lange (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Chas Reimann (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Felix Cole (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Northwestern | Orville Lange inbounds the ball | 32-12 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:43 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 32-12 |
| 19:41 | Illinois | The rebound goes to Johnny Ginther | 32-12 |
| 19:17 | Illinois | Johnny Ginther loses the ball out of bounds | 32-12 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Chuck Moore (SG), Steven Coulter (PF) Darrell Estes, Chas Reimann | |
| 18:53 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 32-12 |
| 18:52 | Northwestern | The offensive rebound goes to Steven Coulter | 32-12 |
| 18:34 | Northwestern | Steven Coulter misses the lay-in | 32-12 |
| 18:33 | Illinois | Johnny Ginther snags the defensive board | 32-12 |
| 18:11 | Illinois | Joseph Foster drills a shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Eddy Lovett and the foul's on Steven Coulter - foul #3 on Steven Coulter, team foul #1 | 34-12 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Darrell Estes (SG), Chas Reimann (PF), Thomas Combs (C) Chuck Moore, Steven Coulter, Felix Cole | |
| 18:11 | Illinois | Joseph Foster misses the free throw | 34-12 |
| 18:11 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs grabs the defensive rebound | 34-12 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 17:55 | Northwestern | Orville Lange hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right block but he's fouled by Bradly Carrion - foul #1 on Bradly Carrion, team foul #1 | 34-12 |
| 17:55 | Northwestern | Orville Lange makes the 1st free throw | 34-13 |
| 17:55 | Northwestern | Orville Lange makes the 2nd free throw | 34-14 |
| 17:34 | Illinois | Thomas Combs swats the layup by Bradly Carrion | 34-14 |
| 17:33 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann grabs the board | 34-14 |
| 17:27 | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 34-14 |
| 17:26 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann tips it but misses | 34-14 |
| 17:24 | Illinois | Joseph Foster gets the rebound | 34-14 |
| 17:14 | Illinois | Frank Narvaez buries a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Bradly Carrion | 36-14 |
| 17:02 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Frank Narvaez - foul #2 on Frank Narvaez, team foul #2 | 36-14 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Felix Cole (PF) Timothy Mayes | |
| 17:02 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann misses the 1st free throw | 36-14 |
| 17:02 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann makes the 2nd free throw | 36-15 |
| 16:35 | Illinois | Frank Narvaez connects on the 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Bradly Carrion | 39-15 |
| 16:24 | Northwestern | Joseph Foster is called for the reach on Orville Lange - foul #1 on Joseph Foster, team foul #3 | 39-15 |
| Subs | Illinois | Arnold Mueller (PG), Thomas Jackson (SG), Vernon Williams (PF) Eddy Lovett, Bradly Carrion, Johnny Ginther | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes (PG), Chuck Moore (SG) Chas Reimann, Darrell Estes | |
| 16:15 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore connects on the floater near the basket on a great pass from Timothy Mayes | 39-17 |
| 15:54 | Illinois | Vernon Williams connects on the driving attempt in the paint | 41-17 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Arnold Mueller (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Jackson (fresh) SF - Joseph Foster (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Vernon Williams (fresh) 8 pts. C - Frank Narvaez (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Timothy Mayes (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Chuck Moore (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Orville Lange (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Felix Cole (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Thomas Combs (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:43 | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 41-17 |
| 15:41 | Northwestern | The offensive rebound goes to Thomas Combs | 41-17 |
| 15:25 | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes buries a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Felix Cole | 41-20 |
| 15:04 | Illinois | Joseph Foster misses badly on a fadeaway from the left block | 41-20 |
| 15:03 | Illinois | Vernon Williams grabs the offensive rebound | 41-20 |
| 14:49 | Illinois | Chuck Moore steals the ball from Vernon Williams | 41-20 |
| 14:44 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore banks in the layup | 41-22 |
| 14:15 | Illinois | Arnold Mueller knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing | 44-22 |
| 13:57 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs misses the easy layup | 44-22 |
| 13:56 | Northwestern | The offensive rebound goes to Thomas Combs | 44-22 |
| 13:42 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore's floater is tipped away by Vernon Williams | 44-22 |
| 13:41 | Illinois | Frank Narvaez snags the defensive board | 44-22 |
| 13:32 | Illinois | Joseph Foster makes the fadeaway from the baseline on a nice dish by Thomas Jackson | 46-22 |
| 13:20 | Northwestern | Orville Lange knocks in the fadeaway from the left wing | 46-24 |
| 12:53 | Illinois | Frank Narvaez misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 46-24 |
| 12:51 | Northwestern | Orville Lange grabs the board | 46-24 |
| 12:38 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-24 |
| Subs | Illinois | Eddy Lovett (PG), Bradly Carrion (SG), Johnny Ginther (PF), Michael Clark (C) Thomas Jackson, Joseph Foster, Vernon Williams, Frank Narvaez | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen (PG), Darrell Estes (SG), Steven Coulter (SF), Chas Reimann (PF) Timothy Mayes, Chuck Moore, Orville Lange, Thomas Combs | |
| 12:24 | Illinois | Eddy Lovett is fouled on the floor by Felix Cole - foul #1 on Felix Cole, team foul #2 | 46-24 |
| Subs | Illinois | Joseph Foster (SF) Arnold Mueller | |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| 12:11 | Illinois | Joseph Foster can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Felix Cole - foul #2 on Felix Cole, team foul #3 | 46-24 |
| 12:11 | Illinois | Joseph Foster makes the 1st free throw | 47-24 |
| 12:11 | Illinois | Joseph Foster makes the 2nd free throw | 48-24 |
| 11:46 | Northwestern | Felix Cole misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 48-24 |
| 11:44 | Illinois | Joseph Foster gets the rebound | 48-24 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Eddy Lovett (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Bradly Carrion (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 4 stl. SF - Joseph Foster (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. PF - Johnny Ginther (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Michael Clark (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Jeffery Brannen (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Darrell Estes (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Steven Coulter (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Chas Reimann (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Felix Cole (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:38 | Illinois | Steven Coulter is called for the reach on Bradly Carrion - foul #4 on Steven Coulter, team foul #4 | 48-24 |
| Subs | Illinois | Arnold Mueller (SF) Joseph Foster | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Orville Lange (SF) Steven Coulter | |
| 11:28 | Illinois | Michael Clark travels with the ball | 48-24 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Thomas Combs (C) Felix Cole | |
| 11:09 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Johnny Ginther - foul #4 on Johnny Ginther, team foul #4 | 48-24 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Felix Cole (C) Thomas Combs | |
| 11:09 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann makes the 1st free throw | 48-25 |
| 11:09 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann makes the 2nd free throw | 48-26 |
| 10:42 | Illinois | Darrell Estes is called for the reach on Bradly Carrion - foul #3 on Darrell Estes, team foul #5 | 48-26 |
| Subs | Illinois | Vernon Williams (PF) Arnold Mueller | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Thomas Combs (C) Felix Cole | |
| 10:15 | Illinois | Jeffery Brannen steps in front of the Vernon Williams pass | 48-26 |
| 10:11 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen lays it in | 48-28 |
| 09:42 | Illinois | Bradly Carrion misses the dunk but the foul's on Darrell Estes - foul #4 on Darrell Estes, team foul #6 | 48-28 |
| Subs | Illinois | Frank Narvaez (C) Michael Clark | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Chuck Moore (SG), Felix Cole (C) Darrell Estes, Thomas Combs | |
| 09:42 | Illinois | Bradly Carrion misses the 1st free throw | 48-28 |
| 09:42 | Illinois | Bradly Carrion makes the 2nd free throw | 49-28 |
| 09:30 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann scores on a fadeaway from the left wing | 49-30 |
| 09:13 | Illinois | Chas Reimann takes the ball from Johnny Ginther | 49-30 |
| 08:59 | Northwestern | Felix Cole makes the driving attempt near the basket on a great pass from Jeffery Brannen | 49-32 |
| 08:46 | Illinois | Frank Narvaez hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left block but he's fouled by Felix Cole - foul #3 on Felix Cole, team foul #7 | 49-32 |
| Subs | Illinois | Arnold Mueller (PG), Thomas Jackson (SG), Joseph Foster (SF) Eddy Lovett, Bradly Carrion, Johnny Ginther | |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| 08:46 | Illinois | Frank Narvaez makes the 1st free throw | 50-32 |
| 08:46 | Illinois | Frank Narvaez makes the 2nd free throw | 51-32 |
| 08:34 | Northwestern | Joseph Foster blocks the short jumper by Chas Reimann | 51-32 |
| 08:32 | Illinois | The rebound goes to Frank Narvaez | 51-32 |
| 08:15 | Illinois | Vernon Williams is fouled on the floor by Orville Lange - foul #1 on Orville Lange, team foul #8 | 51-32 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Thomas Combs (C) Felix Cole | |
| 08:15 | Illinois | Vernon Williams makes the 1st free throw | 52-32 |
| 08:15 | Illinois | Vernon Williams misses the 2nd free throw | 52-32 |
| 08:15 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs grabs the defensive rebound | 52-32 |
| 07:51 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs can't connect on a shot from the free throw line but the foul's on Frank Narvaez - foul #3 on Frank Narvaez, team foul #5 | 52-32 |
| Subs | Illinois | Michael Clark (C) Vernon Williams | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Darrell Estes (SG), Steven Coulter (SF) Chuck Moore, Orville Lange | |
| 07:51 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs makes the 1st free throw | 52-33 |
| 07:51 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs makes the 2nd free throw | 52-34 |
| 07:22 | Illinois | Michael Clark connects on the floater from the left side | 54-34 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Arnold Mueller (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Jackson (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Joseph Foster (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. PF - Frank Narvaez (fresh) 14 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. C - Michael Clark (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Jeffery Brannen (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. 3 pf. SG - Darrell Estes (fresh) 2 reb. 4 pf. SF - Steven Coulter (fresh) 2 reb. 4 pf. PF - Chas Reimann (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Thomas Combs (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:08 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann buries a runner from the baseline on a nice dish by Jeffery Brannen | 54-36 |
| 06:39 | Illinois | Arnold Mueller is whistled for a carry | 54-36 |
| Subs | Illinois | Eddy Lovett (PG), Bradly Carrion (SG), Johnny Ginther (PF) Arnold Mueller, Thomas Jackson, Michael Clark | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Felix Cole (C) Thomas Combs | |
| 06:26 | Northwestern | Felix Cole misses long on a driving attempt from the baseline | 54-36 |
| 06:24 | Illinois | Eddy Lovett pulls down the rebound | 54-36 |
| 06:21 | Illinois | Eddy Lovett is called for a charge in the backcourt - foul #1 on Eddy Lovett, team foul #6 | 54-36 |
| 06:14 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Darrell Estes | 54-38 |
| 05:52 | Illinois | The pull-up jumper by Frank Narvaez is blocked by Felix Cole | 54-38 |
| 05:50 | Illinois | Frank Narvaez misses the tip | 54-38 |
| 05:48 | Northwestern | Felix Cole snags the defensive board | 54-38 |
| 05:29 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 54-38 |
| 05:28 | Illinois | Frank Narvaez grabs the board | 54-38 |
| 05:01 | Illinois | Frank Narvaez connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 57-38 |
| 04:47 | Northwestern | Frank Narvaez denies the turnaround by Chas Reimann | 57-38 |
| 04:46 | Illinois | Frank Narvaez grabs the board | 57-38 |
| 04:21 | Illinois | Bradly Carrion is hacked by Felix Cole - foul #4 on Felix Cole, team foul #9 | 57-38 |
| Subs | Illinois | Vernon Williams (PF), Michael Clark (C) Joseph Foster, Frank Narvaez | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Orville Lange (SF), Thomas Combs (C) Chas Reimann, Felix Cole | |
| 04:21 | Illinois | Bradly Carrion makes the 1st free throw | 58-38 |
| 04:21 | Illinois | Bradly Carrion misses the 2nd free throw | 58-38 |
| 04:21 | Northwestern | Steven Coulter gets the rebound | 58-38 |
| 04:12 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes drills a fadeaway from just outside the lane and he's fouled by Michael Clark - foul #2 on Michael Clark, team foul #7 | 58-40 |
| 04:12 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes makes the free throw | 58-41 |
| 03:54 | Illinois | Johnny Ginther's fadeaway is rejected by Steven Coulter | 58-41 |
| 03:52 | Illinois | Michael Clark snags the offensive board | 58-41 |
| 03:24 | Illinois | Michael Clark loses the ball out of bounds | 58-41 |
| Subs | Illinois | Arnold Mueller (PG), Thomas Jackson (SG), Joseph Foster (SF) Eddy Lovett, Bradly Carrion, Johnny Ginther | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Chuck Moore (SG), Felix Cole (C) Darrell Estes, Thomas Combs | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Arnold Mueller (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Jackson (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Joseph Foster (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. PF - Vernon Williams (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Clark (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Jeffery Brannen (tiring) 6 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. 3 pf. SG - Chuck Moore (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Orville Lange (fairly fresh) 7 pts. PF - Steven Coulter (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Felix Cole (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. | |
| 03:04 | Northwestern | Orville Lange makes the shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Jeffery Brannen | 58-43 |
| 02:39 | Illinois | Joseph Foster knocks in the driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from Arnold Mueller | 60-43 |
| 02:25 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore buries a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Jeffery Brannen | 60-46 |
| 02:13 | Illinois | Vernon Williams can't connect on a runner from close range | 60-46 |
| 02:12 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Chuck Moore | 60-46 |
| 01:44 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore loses the dribble to Vernon Williams | 60-46 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:22 | Illinois | Michael Clark blows the layup | 60-46 |
| 01:21 | Northwestern | Felix Cole snags the defensive board | 60-46 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:13 | Northwestern | Joseph Foster steals it from Chuck Moore | 60-46 |
| 00:45 | Illinois | Joseph Foster comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 60-46 |
| 00:44 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Felix Cole | 60-46 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:40 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore misses long on a shot in the lane | 60-46 |
| 00:38 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore tips it in | 60-48 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:13 | Illinois | Arnold Mueller connects on the jumpshot from the free throw line on a great pass from Vernon Williams | 62-48 |
| 00:07 | Northwestern | Steven Coulter buries a jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Chuck Moore | 62-50 |
| 00:00 | Illinois | Arnold Mueller runs out the clock | 62-50 |