| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Geoffrey Barros (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Drew Beatty (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SF - James Winders (fresh) 11 pts. PF - James Wharton (fresh) 1 pts. 6 reb. C - Donald Jones (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Ray Moore (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Matthew Dicus (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SF - Mike Frink (fresh) 13 pts. PF - Donald Rowe (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Daniel (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Northern Iowa | James Winders inbounds the ball | 33-42 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:37 | Northern Iowa | James Winders comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 33-42 |
| 19:36 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros tips it back up and in | 35-42 |
| 19:14 | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away | 35-45 |
| 18:53 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros is hacked by Ray Moore - foul #3 on Ray Moore, team foul #1 | 35-45 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Martin Prince (PG) Ray Moore | |
| 18:43 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 35-45 |
| 18:42 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to Mike Frink | 35-45 |
| 18:31 | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus travels with the ball | 35-45 |
| 18:18 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton hits the finger roll | 37-45 |
| 18:00 | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel scores on a fadeaway from the right wing | 37-47 |
| 17:42 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton banks in the layup and he's fouled by Donald Rowe - foul #1 on Donald Rowe, team foul #2 | 39-47 |
| 17:42 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton makes the free throw | 40-47 |
| 17:27 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Drew Beatty - foul #2 on Drew Beatty, team foul #1 | 40-47 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | James Tull (C) Donald Jones | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | John Johnson (C) Robert Daniel | |
| 17:27 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink makes the 1st free throw | 40-48 |
| 17:27 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink misses the 2nd free throw | 40-48 |
| 17:27 | Northern Iowa | James Tull pulls down the rebound | 40-48 |
| 17:02 | Northern Iowa | James Tull is called for traveling | 40-48 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth (PG), Loren Look (PF) Geoffrey Barros, James Wharton | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Louis Morrell (SG), Brian Morman (C) Matthew Dicus, Donald Rowe | |
| 16:36 | UC Irvine | John Johnson can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 40-48 |
| 16:34 | UC Irvine | Martin Prince tips it but misses | 40-48 |
| 16:33 | UC Irvine | John Johnson gets the offensive rebound | 40-48 |
| 16:10 | UC Irvine | Louis Morrell's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-48 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Claude Sanders (SG), Donald Jones (C) Drew Beatty, James Tull | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Danny Mazzone (PG), Robert Daniel (C) Mike Frink, Brian Morman | |
| 15:52 | Northern Iowa | Martin Prince picks off the pass by Kenneth Yungbluth | 40-48 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Kenneth Yungbluth (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Claude Sanders (fresh) SF - James Winders (fresh) 11 pts. PF - Loren Look (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Donald Jones (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Danny Mazzone (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Martin Prince (fresh) 3 ast. SF - John Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Louis Morrell (fresh) 5 pts. C - Robert Daniel (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:30 | UC Irvine | Danny Mazzone comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side | 40-48 |
| 15:28 | UC Irvine | John Johnson grabs the offensive rebound | 40-48 |
| 15:12 | UC Irvine | Danny Mazzone clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 40-48 |
| 15:11 | Northern Iowa | Claude Sanders grabs the defensive rebound | 40-48 |
| 14:53 | Northern Iowa | Robert Daniel denies the turnaround by Donald Jones | 40-48 |
| 14:51 | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel grabs the defensive rebound | 40-48 |
| 14:31 | UC Irvine | John Johnson comes up short on the floater from the right block | 40-48 |
| 14:30 | UC Irvine | John Johnson grabs the offensive board | 40-48 |
| 14:20 | UC Irvine | Louis Morrell misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 40-48 |
| 14:18 | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel tips it back up and in | 40-50 |
| 14:11 | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth hits a jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Donald Jones | 42-50 |
| 14:06 | UC Irvine | Martin Prince knocks in the runner from the left block on a great pass from Louis Morrell | 42-52 |
| 13:46 | Northern Iowa | Loren Look misses short on a floater from the right block | 42-52 |
| 13:44 | Northern Iowa | James Winders grabs the offensive rebound | 42-52 |
| 13:31 | Northern Iowa | James Winders misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 42-52 |
| 13:29 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to John Johnson | 42-52 |
| 13:25 | UC Irvine | Danny Mazzone hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Loren Look - foul #3 on Loren Look, team foul #2 | 42-52 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros (PG), David Garvin (SG), Drew Beatty (SF), James Wharton (PF), James Tull (C) Kenneth Yungbluth, Claude Sanders, James Winders, Loren Look, Donald Jones | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus (SG), Mike Frink (SF), Donald Rowe (PF), Brian Morman (C) Martin Prince, John Johnson, Louis Morrell, Robert Daniel | |
| 13:25 | UC Irvine | Danny Mazzone makes the 1st free throw | 42-53 |
| 13:25 | UC Irvine | Danny Mazzone makes the 2nd free throw | 42-54 |
| 12:56 | Northern Iowa | Drew Beatty scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Geoffrey Barros | 45-54 |
| 12:36 | UC Irvine | Donald Rowe is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Donald Rowe, team foul #3 | 45-54 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Ray Moore (PG) Danny Mazzone | |
| 12:23 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton misses the lay-in | 45-54 |
| 12:22 | Northern Iowa | David Garvin misses the tip | 45-54 |
| 12:21 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink pulls down the rebound | 45-54 |
| 12:10 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink misses badly on a jump hook from the baseline but he's hacked by Drew Beatty - foul #3 on Drew Beatty, team foul #3 | 45-54 |
| 12:10 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink makes the 1st free throw | 45-55 |
| 12:10 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink makes the 2nd free throw | 45-56 |
| 11:55 | Northern Iowa | James Tull makes the 3 pointer from the right corner | 48-56 |
| 11:37 | UC Irvine | James Tull takes the ball from Donald Rowe | 48-56 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Geoffrey Barros (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Garvin (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Drew Beatty (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - James Wharton (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - James Tull (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Ray Moore (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Matthew Dicus (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - Mike Frink (fresh) 16 pts. 3 reb. PF - Donald Rowe (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Brian Morman (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 11:18 | Northern Iowa | The short jumper by James Wharton is denied by Brian Morman | 48-56 |
| 11:16 | Northern Iowa | The offensive rebound goes to James Tull | 48-56 |
| 11:00 | Northern Iowa | Drew Beatty hits the front of the rim on the floater from the baseline but he's hacked by Mike Frink - foul #2 on Mike Frink, team foul #4 | 48-56 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | James Winders (SF), Donald Jones (C) David Garvin, James Tull | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel (C) Brian Morman | |
| 11:00 | Northern Iowa | Drew Beatty makes the 1st free throw | 49-56 |
| 11:00 | Northern Iowa | Drew Beatty makes the 2nd free throw | 50-56 |
| 10:47 | UC Irvine | The jump hook by Donald Rowe is blocked by James Winders | 50-56 |
| 10:45 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton pulls down the rebound | 50-56 |
| 10:26 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Daniel | 50-56 |
| 10:25 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton tips it back up and in | 52-56 |
| 10:12 | UC Irvine | Ray Moore is hacked by Geoffrey Barros - foul #3 on Geoffrey Barros, team foul #4 | 52-56 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth (PG), David Garvin (SG) Geoffrey Barros, James Wharton | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Martin Prince (SG), John Johnson (SF), Louis Morrell (PF) Matthew Dicus, Mike Frink, Donald Rowe | |
| 10:03 | UC Irvine | Louis Morrell misses badly on a jumper in the lane | 52-56 |
| 10:02 | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel pulls down the offensive rebound | 52-56 |
| 09:45 | UC Irvine | Louis Morrell misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 52-56 |
| 09:43 | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth grabs the board | 52-56 |
| 09:21 | Northern Iowa | James Winders hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 52-56 |
| 09:20 | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth misses the tip | 52-56 |
| 09:19 | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel grabs the defensive rebound | 52-56 |
| 09:00 | UC Irvine | John Johnson is hacked by Donald Jones - foul #2 on Donald Jones, team foul #5 | 52-56 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros (PG), James Wharton (PF) Kenneth Yungbluth, Drew Beatty | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Mike Frink (SF), Brian Morman (C) Ray Moore, Robert Daniel | |
| 08:45 | UC Irvine | John Johnson buries a jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Louis Morrell | 52-58 |
| 08:26 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on John Johnson - foul #1 on John Johnson, team foul #5 | 52-58 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Claude Sanders (SG), James Tull (C) David Garvin, Donald Jones | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus (SG), Donald Rowe (PF) Louis Morrell, Brian Morman | |
| 08:26 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton makes the 1st free throw | 53-58 |
| 08:26 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton makes the 2nd free throw | 54-58 |
| 08:03 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 54-58 |
| 08:01 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to James Tull | 54-58 |
| 07:41 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton buries a floater in the lane on a nice dish by Geoffrey Barros and he's hacked by Donald Rowe - foul #3 on Donald Rowe, team foul #6 | 56-58 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Drew Beatty (SG) Claude Sanders | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Ray Moore (PG), Brian Morman (C) Martin Prince, John Johnson | |
| 07:41 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton makes the free throw | 57-58 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Geoffrey Barros (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Drew Beatty (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. SF - James Winders (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Wharton (fresh) 13 pts. 8 reb. C - James Tull (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Ray Moore (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Matthew Dicus (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - Mike Frink (fresh) 16 pts. 3 reb. PF - Donald Rowe (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Brian Morman (fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:27 | UC Irvine | Donald Rowe knocks in the jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Ray Moore and he's fouled by James Wharton - foul #2 on James Wharton, team foul #6 | 57-60 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | David Garvin (SG) Drew Beatty | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel (C) Brian Morman | |
| 07:27 | UC Irvine | Donald Rowe makes the free throw | 57-61 |
| 07:09 | Northern Iowa | James Winders makes the 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by David Garvin | 60-61 |
| 06:51 | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus clanks a shot from the left side | 60-61 |
| 06:50 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton gets the rebound | 60-61 |
| 06:28 | Northern Iowa | James Tull is called for traveling | 60-61 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth (PG), Drew Beatty (SF), Loren Look (PF), Donald Jones (C) Geoffrey Barros, James Winders, James Wharton, James Tull | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Martin Prince (SF) Mike Frink | |
| 06:08 | UC Irvine | Ray Moore misses short on a shot from the right block but he's hacked by Drew Beatty - foul #4 on Drew Beatty, team foul #7 | 60-61 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | John Johnson (SF), Louis Morrell (PF) Matthew Dicus, Donald Rowe | |
| 06:08 | UC Irvine | Ray Moore makes the 1st free throw | 60-62 |
| 06:08 | UC Irvine | Ray Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 60-63 |
| 05:52 | Northern Iowa | Loren Look misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 60-63 |
| 05:51 | UC Irvine | Martin Prince pulls down the rebound | 60-63 |
| 05:40 | UC Irvine | John Johnson misses the shot from the right wing | 60-63 |
| 05:39 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Donald Jones | 60-63 |
| 05:21 | Northern Iowa | Loren Look scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 62-63 |
| 05:06 | UC Irvine | John Johnson lays it up and in on a great pass from Martin Prince | 62-65 |
| 04:51 | Northern Iowa | David Garvin is denied on a layup by Louis Morrell | 62-65 |
| 04:50 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones grabs the offensive board | 62-65 |
| 04:39 | Northern Iowa | Drew Beatty hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the baseline | 62-65 |
| 04:38 | UC Irvine | Louis Morrell grabs the defensive rebound | 62-65 |
| 04:23 | UC Irvine | John Johnson is hacked by Drew Beatty - foul #5 on Drew Beatty, team foul #8 | 62-65 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros (PG), Claude Sanders (SG), James Winders (SF), James Wharton (PF) Kenneth Yungbluth, David Garvin, Drew Beatty, Loren Look | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus (SG), Mike Frink (SF), Donald Rowe (PF) Martin Prince, Louis Morrell, Robert Daniel | |
| 04:23 | UC Irvine | John Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 62-66 |
| 04:23 | UC Irvine | John Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 62-67 |
| 04:02 | Northern Iowa | James Winders buries a fadeaway from the right side on a nice dish by James Wharton | 64-67 |
| 03:44 | UC Irvine | Donald Rowe comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 64-67 |
| 03:43 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Donald Jones | 64-67 |
| 03:14 | Northern Iowa | James Winders scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Geoffrey Barros | 66-67 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Geoffrey Barros (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Claude Sanders (fresh) 2 reb. SF - James Winders (fresh) 18 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Wharton (fresh) 13 pts. 9 reb. C - Donald Jones (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Ray Moore (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Matthew Dicus (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - Mike Frink (fresh) 16 pts. 3 reb. PF - Donald Rowe (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - John Johnson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 02:57 | UC Irvine | John Johnson misses short on a jump hook from the right block | 66-67 |
| 02:55 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros snags the defensive board | 66-67 |
| 02:51 | Northern Iowa | James Winders makes the jumpshot from the right side set up by Claude Sanders and he's hacked by Mike Frink - foul #3 on Mike Frink, team foul #7 | 68-67 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | James Tull (C) Donald Jones | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Martin Prince (PG), Brian Morman (C) Ray Moore, John Johnson | |
| 02:51 | Northern Iowa | James Winders misses the free throw | 68-67 |
| 02:51 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to Donald Rowe | 68-67 |
| 02:51 | UC Irvine | UC Irvine calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 68-67 |
| 02:38 | UC Irvine | Donald Rowe hits the finger roll set up by Matthew Dicus | 68-69 |
| 02:38 | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 68-69 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | David Garvin (SG), Donald Jones (C) Claude Sanders, James Tull | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Ray Moore (PG), Robert Daniel (C) Martin Prince, Brian Morman | |
| 02:09 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones is whistled for a carry | 68-69 |
| 01:55 | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus drills a floater from close range | 68-71 |
| 01:41 | Northern Iowa | David Garvin is whistled for a carry | 68-71 |
| 01:22 | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 68-71 |
| 01:21 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 68-71 |
| 01:03 | Northern Iowa | David Garvin misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 68-71 |
| 01:02 | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel gets the rebound | 68-71 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:38 | UC Irvine | Donald Rowe's layup is rejected by Donald Jones | 68-71 |
| 00:36 | UC Irvine | Donald Rowe tips it but misses | 68-71 |
| 00:35 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink gets the offensive rebound | 68-71 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:33 | UC Irvine | James Winders is called for the reach on Mike Frink - foul #1 on James Winders, team foul #9 | 68-71 |
| 00:33 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink misses the 1st free throw | 68-71 |
| 00:33 | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel grabs the offensive board | 68-71 |
| 00:32 | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel is hacked by Donald Jones - foul #3 on Donald Jones, team foul #10 | 68-71 |
| 00:32 | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel makes the 1st free throw | 68-72 |
| 00:32 | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel misses the 2nd free throw | 68-72 |
| 00:32 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones snags the defensive board | 68-72 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:26 | Northern Iowa | David Garvin scores on a floater from the left wing and the foul's on Matthew Dicus - foul #2 on Matthew Dicus, team foul #8 | 70-72 |
| 00:26 | Northern Iowa | David Garvin makes the free throw | 71-72 |
| 00:25 | UC Irvine | Ray Moore is fouled in the backcourt by Geoffrey Barros - foul #4 on Geoffrey Barros, team foul #11 | 71-72 |
| 00:25 | UC Irvine | Ray Moore makes the 1st free throw | 71-73 |
| 00:25 | UC Irvine | Ray Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 71-74 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:19 | Northern Iowa | James Winders misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 71-74 |
| 00:17 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton gets the offensive rebound | 71-74 |
| 00:13 | Northern Iowa | Matthew Dicus is called for the reach on Donald Jones - foul #3 on Matthew Dicus, team foul #9 | 71-74 |
| 00:13 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones makes the 1st free throw | 72-74 |
| 00:13 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 73-74 |
| 00:12 | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus is hacked by David Garvin in the backcourt - foul #4 on David Garvin, team foul #12 | 73-74 |
| 00:12 | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus makes the 1st free throw | 73-75 |
| 00:12 | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus misses the 2nd free throw | 73-75 |
| 00:12 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton snags the defensive board | 73-75 |
| 00:07 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton is fouled on the floor by Donald Rowe - foul #4 on Donald Rowe, team foul #10 | 73-75 |
| 00:07 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton makes the 1st free throw | 74-75 |
| 00:07 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton makes the 2nd free throw | 75-75 |
| 00:07 | UC Irvine | UC Irvine calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 75-75 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:00 | UC Irvine | Donald Rowe is denied on a layup by James Wharton | 75-75 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Geoffrey Barros (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. 4 pf. SG - David Garvin (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - James Winders (fresh) 20 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Wharton (fresh) 15 pts. 11 reb. C - Donald Jones (fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Ray Moore (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Matthew Dicus (fresh) 16 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SF - Mike Frink (fresh) 16 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Donald Rowe (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. C - Robert Daniel (fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 05:00 | Northern Iowa | James Winders wins the tip | 75-75 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 04:53 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros is hacked by Ray Moore in the backcourt - foul #4 on Ray Moore, team foul #11 | 75-75 |
| 04:53 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros makes the 1st free throw | 76-75 |
| 04:53 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros makes the 2nd free throw | 77-75 |
| 04:36 | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus knocks in the floater in the lane | 77-77 |
| 04:15 | Northern Iowa | James Winders connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 80-77 |
| 04:04 | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Donald Jones - foul #4 on Donald Jones, team foul #13 | 80-77 |
| 04:04 | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel misses the 1st free throw | 80-77 |
| 04:04 | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel makes the 2nd free throw | 80-78 |
| 03:49 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros clanks a 3 from the right corner | 80-78 |
| 03:48 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to Donald Rowe | 80-78 |
| 03:41 | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Ray Moore | 80-81 |
| 03:34 | Northern Iowa | James Winders misses the jumper from the left side | 80-81 |
| 03:32 | UC Irvine | Donald Rowe gets the rebound | 80-81 |
| 03:12 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink misses the floater from the right wing | 80-81 |
| 03:10 | Northern Iowa | James Winders snags the defensive board | 80-81 |
| 02:52 | Northern Iowa | David Garvin throws a bad pass out of bounds | 80-81 |
| 02:35 | UC Irvine | David Garvin picks off the pass by Matthew Dicus | 80-81 |
| 02:26 | Northern Iowa | David Garvin travels with the ball | 80-81 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | James Tull (C) Donald Jones | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | John Johnson (PF), Brian Morman (C) Donald Rowe, Robert Daniel | |
| 02:19 | UC Irvine | UC Irvine calls a full timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 80-81 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones (C) James Tull | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Donald Rowe (PF), Robert Daniel (C) John Johnson, Brian Morman | |
| 02:08 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink is fouled on the floor by David Garvin - foul #5 on David Garvin, team foul #14 | 80-81 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Claude Sanders (SG) David Garvin | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| 02:08 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink makes the 1st free throw | 80-82 |
| 02:08 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink misses the 2nd free throw | 80-82 |
| 02:08 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to James Wharton | 80-82 |
| 01:42 | Northern Iowa | James Winders knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 83-82 |
| 01:35 | UC Irvine | Donald Rowe misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 83-82 |
| 01:34 | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus grabs the offensive rebound | 83-82 |
| 01:22 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink knocks in the driving attempt from the right block | 83-84 |
| 01:14 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones hits a floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Geoffrey Barros and he's fouled by Robert Daniel - foul #3 on Robert Daniel, team foul #12 | 85-84 |
| 01:14 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones makes the free throw | 86-84 |
| 00:53 | UC Irvine | Donald Jones steals it from Donald Rowe | 86-84 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Geoffrey Barros (fresh) 10 pts. 5 ast. 4 pf. SG - Claude Sanders (fresh) 2 reb. SF - James Winders (fresh) 26 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Wharton (fresh) 15 pts. 12 reb. C - Donald Jones (fresh) 11 pts. 8 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Ray Moore (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SG - Matthew Dicus (fresh) 21 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SF - Mike Frink (fresh) 19 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Donald Rowe (fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. 4 pf. C - Robert Daniel (fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:31 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton lays it up and in on a nice dish by Donald Jones | 88-84 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:26 | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 88-84 |
| 00:25 | UC Irvine | Robert Daniel gets the offensive rebound | 88-84 |
| 00:22 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 88-84 |
| 00:21 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Geoffrey Barros | 88-84 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:18 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros is fouled in the backcourt by Ray Moore - foul #5 on Ray Moore, team foul #13 | 88-84 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Martin Prince (PG) Ray Moore | |
| 00:18 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros makes the 1st free throw | 89-84 |
| 00:18 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros makes the 2nd free throw | 90-84 |
| 00:13 | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 90-84 |
| 00:12 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones gets the rebound | 90-84 |
| 00:11 | Northern Iowa | Martin Prince is called for the reach on Donald Jones in the backcourt - foul #1 on Martin Prince, team foul #14 | 90-84 |
| 00:11 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones makes the 1st free throw | 91-84 |
| 00:11 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 92-84 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:06 | UC Irvine | Matthew Dicus hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 92-84 |
| 00:05 | UC Irvine | Mike Frink grabs the offensive board | 92-84 |
| 00:01 | UC Irvine | Martin Prince makes the 3 from the left wing | 92-87 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:00 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros runs out the clock | 92-87 |