| Lineup | Butler | PG - Clay Moore (fresh) SG - John Araujo (fresh) SF - Bernard Dicken (fresh) PF - Russell Robbins (fresh) C - George Wilson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Youngstown State | PG - Ward Clayton (fresh) SG - Robert Crabb (fresh) SF - Waldo Coger (fresh) PF - Keith Roy (fresh) C - Stephen Robinson (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Butler | George Wilson wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Youngstown State | Youngstown State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:45 | Butler | John Araujo banks in the layup set up by Clay Moore and he's hacked by Robert Crabb - foul #1 on Robert Crabb, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:45 | Butler | John Araujo makes the free throw | 3-0 |
| 19:26 | Youngstown State | Keith Roy comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 3-0 |
| 19:25 | Butler | George Wilson grabs the board | 3-0 |
| 19:21 | Butler | Russell Robbins is hacked by Stephen Robinson - foul #1 on Stephen Robinson, team foul #2 | 3-0 |
| 19:08 | Butler | John Araujo misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 3-0 |
| 19:07 | Butler | Bernard Dicken tips it home | 5-0 |
| 18:53 | Youngstown State | Ward Clayton misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 5-0 |
| 18:51 | Butler | Bernard Dicken grabs the defensive rebound | 5-0 |
| 18:33 | Butler | Ward Clayton steals the ball from Bernard Dicken | 5-0 |
| 18:20 | Youngstown State | Stephen Robinson hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 5-0 |
| 18:18 | Butler | George Wilson grabs the defensive rebound | 5-0 |
| 18:03 | Butler | Bernard Dicken clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 5-0 |
| 18:01 | Youngstown State | Robert Crabb snags the defensive board | 5-0 |
| 17:38 | Youngstown State | Bernard Dicken steals it from Ward Clayton | 5-0 |
| 17:29 | Butler | George Wilson is fouled on the floor by Stephen Robinson - foul #2 on Stephen Robinson, team foul #3 | 5-0 |
| Subs | Butler | Thomas Lyons (PG), Goran Kamienski (SG), Ronnie Krone (SF), Rene Rizzo (PF), Edward Womack (C) Clay Moore, John Araujo, Bernard Dicken, Russell Robbins, George Wilson | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Robert Anzalone (C) Stephen Robinson | |
| 17:16 | Butler | Goran Kamienski drills a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Thomas Lyons | 7-0 |
| 17:01 | Youngstown State | Ward Clayton comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 7-0 |
| 17:00 | Youngstown State | Robert Anzalone tips it but misses | 7-0 |
| 16:58 | Youngstown State | Waldo Coger pulls down the offensive rebound | 7-0 |
| 16:44 | Youngstown State | Robert Anzalone knocks in the driving attempt from close range on a nice dish by Ward Clayton | 7-2 |
| 16:23 | Butler | Rene Rizzo lays it in on a nice dish by Thomas Lyons | 9-2 |
| 16:12 | Youngstown State | Robert Crabb is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Robert Crabb, team foul #4 | 9-2 |
| Subs | Butler | John Araujo (SG), Bernard Dicken (SF), Russell Robbins (PF), George Wilson (C) Goran Kamienski, Ronnie Krone, Rene Rizzo, Edward Womack | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Roger Upshaw (SG), Robert Lekberg (C) Robert Crabb, Keith Roy | |
| 15:55 | Butler | Bernard Dicken misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 9-2 |
| 15:53 | Butler | Russell Robbins misses the tip | 9-2 |
| 15:52 | Youngstown State | Robert Anzalone gets the rebound | 9-2 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Thomas Lyons (fresh) 2 ast. SG - John Araujo (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Bernard Dicken (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Russell Robbins (fresh) C - George Wilson (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Youngstown State | PG - Ward Clayton (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Roger Upshaw (fresh) SF - Waldo Coger (fresh) PF - Robert Anzalone (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Lekberg (fresh) | |
| 15:47 | Youngstown State | Waldo Coger can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 9-2 |
| 15:46 | Butler | George Wilson snags the defensive board | 9-2 |
| 15:30 | Butler | Bernard Dicken loses the dribble to Ward Clayton | 9-2 |
| 15:12 | Youngstown State | Roger Upshaw hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 9-2 |
| 15:11 | Youngstown State | Waldo Coger tips it but misses | 9-2 |
| 15:10 | Youngstown State | Waldo Coger grabs the offensive rebound | 9-2 |
| 14:52 | Youngstown State | Roger Upshaw knocks in the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Ward Clayton | 9-4 |
| 14:33 | Butler | Bernard Dicken buries a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Russell Robbins | 11-4 |
| 14:15 | Youngstown State | Ward Clayton drills a 3 from the left corner set up by Roger Upshaw | 11-7 |
| 14:04 | Butler | Robert Lekberg picks off the pass by George Wilson | 11-7 |
| 13:56 | Youngstown State | Robert Anzalone hits a driving attempt from the right block set up by Ward Clayton | 11-9 |
| 13:35 | Butler | John Araujo clanks a fadeaway from the left wing | 11-9 |
| 13:33 | Butler | The offensive rebound goes to Russell Robbins | 11-9 |
| 13:15 | Butler | George Wilson scores on a floater from the left wing set up by John Araujo | 13-9 |
| 12:56 | Youngstown State | Waldo Coger buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Ward Clayton | 13-12 |
| 12:29 | Butler | Thomas Lyons misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 13-12 |
| 12:27 | Youngstown State | Robert Lekberg grabs the defensive rebound | 13-12 |
| 12:22 | Youngstown State | Waldo Coger's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 13-12 |
| Subs | Butler | Clay Moore (PG), Goran Kamienski (SG), Ronnie Krone (SF), Rene Rizzo (PF), Edward Womack (C) Thomas Lyons, John Araujo, Bernard Dicken, Russell Robbins, George Wilson | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Shing China (PG), Anthony Riel (SG), Keith Roy (PF), Richard Kelly (C) Ward Clayton, Roger Upshaw, Robert Anzalone, Robert Lekberg | |
| 12:05 | Butler | Clay Moore's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 13-12 |
| 11:46 | Youngstown State | Keith Roy misses badly on a fadeaway from the right block | 13-12 |
| 11:44 | Youngstown State | Waldo Coger tips it but misses | 13-12 |
| 11:43 | Butler | Edward Womack grabs the defensive rebound | 13-12 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Clay Moore (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Goran Kamienski (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Ronnie Krone (fresh) PF - Rene Rizzo (fresh) 2 pts. C - Edward Womack (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Youngstown State | PG - Shing China (fresh) SG - Anthony Riel (fresh) SF - Waldo Coger (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Keith Roy (fresh) C - Richard Kelly (fresh) | |
| 11:37 | Butler | Clay Moore makes the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Goran Kamienski | 16-12 |
| 11:26 | Youngstown State | Waldo Coger misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 16-12 |
| 11:25 | Butler | Goran Kamienski pulls down the rebound | 16-12 |
| 11:10 | Butler | Clay Moore blows the layup | 16-12 |
| 11:08 | Youngstown State | Richard Kelly pulls down the rebound | 16-12 |
| 10:47 | Youngstown State | Richard Kelly comes up short on the floater from the left side | 16-12 |
| 10:46 | Butler | Rene Rizzo gets the rebound | 16-12 |
| 10:23 | Butler | Keith Roy is called for the reach on Edward Womack - foul #1 on Keith Roy, team foul #5 | 16-12 |
| Subs | Butler | John Araujo (SG), George Wilson (C) Goran Kamienski, Edward Womack | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Roger Upshaw (SG), Robert Anzalone (SF), Robert Lekberg (C) Anthony Riel, Waldo Coger, Richard Kelly | |
| 10:18 | Butler | John Araujo connects on the jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Clay Moore and the foul's on Roger Upshaw - foul #1 on Roger Upshaw, team foul #6 | 18-12 |
| Subs | Butler | Herbert Hudson (SF) Ronnie Krone | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | | |
| 10:18 | Butler | John Araujo makes the free throw | 19-12 |
| 09:53 | Youngstown State | Shing China is hacked by John Araujo - foul #1 on John Araujo, team foul #1 | 19-12 |
| Subs | Butler | Thomas Lyons (PG), Russell Robbins (PF) Clay Moore, Rene Rizzo | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Ward Clayton (PG) Shing China | |
| 09:37 | Youngstown State | Roger Upshaw's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 19-12 |
| Subs | Butler | Bernard Dicken (SF) Herbert Hudson | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Richard Kelly (C) Keith Roy | |
| 09:18 | Butler | Bernard Dicken drills a driving attempt from the right block set up by Russell Robbins | 21-12 |
| 09:08 | Youngstown State | Roger Upshaw misses the jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Russell Robbins - foul #1 on Russell Robbins, team foul #2 | 21-12 |
| 09:08 | Youngstown State | Roger Upshaw makes the 1st free throw | 21-13 |
| 09:08 | Youngstown State | Roger Upshaw makes the 2nd free throw | 21-14 |
| 08:47 | Butler | George Wilson misses short on a jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Roger Upshaw - foul #2 on Roger Upshaw, team foul #7 | 21-14 |
| Subs | Butler | Clay Moore (PG), Goran Kamienski (SG) Thomas Lyons, John Araujo | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Shing China (SG) Roger Upshaw | |
| 08:47 | Butler | George Wilson makes the 1st free throw | 22-14 |
| 08:47 | Butler | George Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 23-14 |
| 08:31 | Youngstown State | Robert Anzalone throws a bad pass out of bounds | 23-14 |
| Subs | Butler | Edward Womack (C) George Wilson | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Keith Roy (PF) Richard Kelly | |
| 08:21 | Butler | Clay Moore makes the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Bernard Dicken | 26-14 |
| 08:05 | Youngstown State | Bernard Dicken takes the ball from Shing China | 26-14 |
| 07:44 | Butler | Goran Kamienski is fouled on the floor by Keith Roy - foul #2 on Keith Roy, team foul #8 | 26-14 |
| Subs | Butler | Ronnie Krone (SF), Rene Rizzo (PF) Bernard Dicken, Russell Robbins | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Anthony Riel (SG), Waldo Coger (SF), Travis Thomas (PF), Richard Kelly (C) Ward Clayton, Robert Anzalone, Keith Roy, Robert Lekberg | |
| 07:44 | Butler | Goran Kamienski makes the 1st free throw | 27-14 |
| 07:44 | Butler | Goran Kamienski makes the 2nd free throw | 28-14 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Clay Moore (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Goran Kamienski (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ronnie Krone (fresh) PF - Rene Rizzo (fresh) 2 pts. C - Edward Womack (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Youngstown State | PG - Shing China (fresh) SG - Anthony Riel (fresh) SF - Waldo Coger (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Travis Thomas (fresh) C - Richard Kelly (fresh) | |
| 07:29 | Youngstown State | Waldo Coger's floater is tipped away by Edward Womack | 28-14 |
| 07:27 | Butler | Clay Moore grabs the defensive rebound | 28-14 |
| 07:21 | Butler | Clay Moore misses the lay-in | 28-14 |
| 07:19 | Butler | Rene Rizzo pulls down the offensive rebound | 28-14 |
| 07:03 | Butler | Clay Moore misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 28-14 |
| 07:02 | Butler | Edward Womack grabs the offensive board | 28-14 |
| 06:57 | Butler | Goran Kamienski is hacked by Anthony Riel - foul #1 on Anthony Riel, team foul #9 | 28-14 |
| Subs | Butler | Thomas Lyons (PG), George Wilson (C) Clay Moore, Edward Womack | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Ward Clayton (PG) Shing China | |
| 06:57 | Butler | Goran Kamienski makes the 1st free throw | 29-14 |
| 06:57 | Butler | Goran Kamienski makes the 2nd free throw | 30-14 |
| 06:31 | Youngstown State | Travis Thomas knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Ward Clayton | 30-17 |
| 06:25 | Butler | Thomas Lyons double dribbles | 30-17 |
| Subs | Butler | John Araujo (SG), Bernard Dicken (SF), Russell Robbins (PF) Goran Kamienski, Ronnie Krone, Rene Rizzo | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Robert Anzalone (SF), Robert Lekberg (PF) Waldo Coger, Travis Thomas | |
| 06:04 | Youngstown State | Richard Kelly misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 30-17 |
| 06:02 | Butler | John Araujo grabs the board | 30-17 |
| 05:43 | Butler | Anthony Riel picks off the pass by George Wilson | 30-17 |
| 05:40 | Youngstown State | Robert Anzalone blows the layup | 30-17 |
| 05:38 | Butler | George Wilson grabs the defensive rebound | 30-17 |
| 05:20 | Butler | George Wilson clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 30-17 |
| 05:18 | Youngstown State | Robert Anzalone grabs the board | 30-17 |
| 05:00 | Youngstown State | Anthony Riel comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 30-17 |
| 04:58 | Butler | George Wilson grabs the defensive rebound | 30-17 |
| 04:36 | Butler | Thomas Lyons misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 30-17 |
| 04:34 | Youngstown State | Robert Anzalone snags the defensive board | 30-17 |
| 04:18 | Youngstown State | Anthony Riel misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 30-17 |
| 04:17 | Butler | George Wilson grabs the board | 30-17 |
| 04:03 | Butler | Bernard Dicken drills a fadeaway from close range on a nice dish by Thomas Lyons | 32-17 |
| 03:44 | Youngstown State | Robert Lekberg knocks in the jumper from the right wing | 32-19 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Thomas Lyons (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - John Araujo (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bernard Dicken (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Russell Robbins (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - George Wilson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Youngstown State | PG - Ward Clayton (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. SG - Anthony Riel (fairly fresh) SF - Robert Anzalone (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Robert Lekberg (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Richard Kelly (fairly fresh) | |
| 03:25 | Butler | George Wilson lays it in set up by Thomas Lyons and he's hacked by Robert Anzalone - foul #1 on Robert Anzalone, team foul #10 | 34-19 |
| Subs | Butler | Clay Moore (PG), Goran Kamienski (SG), Ronnie Krone (SF), Rene Rizzo (PF) Thomas Lyons, John Araujo, Bernard Dicken, Russell Robbins | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Shing China (PG), Robert Crabb (SG), Waldo Coger (SF), Keith Roy (PF), Stephen Robinson (C) Ward Clayton, Anthony Riel, Robert Anzalone, Robert Lekberg, Richard Kelly | |
| 03:25 | Butler | George Wilson makes the free throw | 35-19 |
| 03:18 | Youngstown State | Waldo Coger clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 35-19 |
| 03:16 | Butler | George Wilson pulls down the rebound | 35-19 |
| 03:10 | Butler | George Wilson hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 35-19 |
| 03:08 | Butler | Ronnie Krone pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-19 |
| 02:51 | Butler | Goran Kamienski is hacked by Stephen Robinson - foul #3 on Stephen Robinson, team foul #11 | 35-19 |
| Subs | Butler | Edward Womack (C) George Wilson | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Robert Anzalone (C) Stephen Robinson | |
| 02:51 | Butler | Goran Kamienski misses the 1st free throw | 35-19 |
| 02:51 | Butler | Goran Kamienski misses the 2nd free throw | 35-19 |
| 02:51 | Youngstown State | Robert Anzalone snags the defensive board | 35-19 |
| 02:28 | Youngstown State | Waldo Coger misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 35-19 |
| 02:26 | Butler | Edward Womack gets the rebound | 35-19 |
| 02:00 | Butler | Ronnie Krone clanks a floater from the right side | 35-19 |
| 01:58 | Youngstown State | Robert Crabb grabs the board | 35-19 |
| 01:39 | Youngstown State | Shing China connects on the floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by Keith Roy | 35-21 |
| 01:26 | Butler | Edward Womack can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 35-21 |
| 01:24 | Youngstown State | Shing China pulls down the rebound | 35-21 |
| 01:02 | Youngstown State | Robert Anzalone hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 35-21 |
| 01:01 | Youngstown State | Robert Anzalone snags the offensive board | 35-21 |
| 00:38 | Youngstown State | Shing China is fouled on the floor by Edward Womack - foul #1 on Edward Womack, team foul #3 | 35-21 |
| Subs | Butler | Thomas Lyons (PG), John Araujo (SG), Bernard Dicken (SF), Russell Robbins (PF), George Wilson (C) Clay Moore, Goran Kamienski, Ronnie Krone, Rene Rizzo, Edward Womack | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Ward Clayton (PG), Travis Thomas (PF), Robert Lekberg (C) Shing China, Keith Roy, Robert Anzalone | |
| 00:21 | Youngstown State | Robert Crabb knocks in the 3 from the right wing | 35-24 |
| 00:04 | Butler | Bernard Dicken misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Waldo Coger - foul #1 on Waldo Coger, team foul #12 | 35-24 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Roger Upshaw (SG), Anthony Riel (SF), Richard Kelly (C) Robert Crabb, Waldo Coger, Travis Thomas | |
| 00:04 | Butler | Bernard Dicken misses the 1st free throw | 35-24 |
| 00:04 | Butler | Bernard Dicken makes the 2nd free throw | 36-24 |
| 00:00 | Youngstown State | Anthony Riel can't connect on a halfcourt shot | 36-24 |