| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Geoffrey Barros (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SG - David Garvin (fresh) 10 pts. SF - James Winders (fresh) 9 pts. PF - James Wharton (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Donald Jones (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Jeremy Hammons (fresh) 1 pts. 5 ast. SG - Randy Kepner (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Mark Jacobs (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - James Davis (fresh) 2 reb. C - John Heskett (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Northern Iowa | James Winders inbounds the ball | 38-36 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 19:33 | Northern Iowa | James Winders hits a 3pt shot from the right wing | 41-36 |
| 19:18 | Belmont | Randy Kepner comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 41-36 |
| 19:17 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton pulls down the rebound | 41-36 |
| 18:58 | Northern Iowa | Randy Kepner steals it from James Wharton | 41-36 |
| 18:45 | Belmont | James Wharton picks off the pass by James Davis | 41-36 |
| 18:34 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton lays it up and in | 43-36 |
| 18:22 | Belmont | John Heskett clanks a shot from the baseline | 43-36 |
| 18:20 | Belmont | Mark Jacobs snags the offensive board | 43-36 |
| 18:04 | Belmont | Jeremy Hammons misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-36 |
| 18:02 | Northern Iowa | David Garvin grabs the defensive rebound | 43-36 |
| 17:43 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 43-36 |
| 17:42 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones tips it but misses | 43-36 |
| 17:41 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones grabs the offensive rebound | 43-36 |
| 17:33 | Northern Iowa | James Winders misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Mark Jacobs - foul #1 on Mark Jacobs, team foul #1 | 43-36 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | James Tull (C) Donald Jones | |
| Subs | Belmont | Elijah Sullivan (SG), Chad Aubrey (SF), Taylor Palomares (PF), James Kennedy (C) Randy Kepner, Mark Jacobs, James Davis, John Heskett | |
| 17:33 | Northern Iowa | James Winders makes the 1st free throw | 44-36 |
| 17:33 | Northern Iowa | James Winders makes the 2nd free throw | 45-36 |
| 17:06 | Belmont | James Tull is called for the reach on Taylor Palomares - foul #3 on James Tull, team foul #1 | 45-36 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth (PG), Claude Sanders (SG), Drew Beatty (PF), Loren Look (C) Geoffrey Barros, David Garvin, James Wharton, James Tull | |
| Subs | Belmont | Clifton Terwilliger (PG) Jeremy Hammons | |
| 16:37 | Belmont | Elijah Sullivan's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 45-36 |
| 16:11 | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from close range but he's fouled by Clifton Terwilliger - foul #1 on Clifton Terwilliger, team foul #2 | 45-36 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones (C) James Winders | |
| Subs | Belmont | Randy Kepner (SG), James Davis (PF), John Heskett (C) Clifton Terwilliger, Elijah Sullivan, James Kennedy | |
| 16:11 | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth misses the 1st free throw | 45-36 |
| 16:11 | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth makes the 2nd free throw | 46-36 |
| 15:46 | Belmont | John Heskett hits the finger roll on a nice dish by James Davis and he's fouled by Claude Sanders - foul #1 on Claude Sanders, team foul #2 | 46-38 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros (PG), David Garvin (SG), James Wharton (PF) Kenneth Yungbluth, Claude Sanders, Loren Look | |
| Subs | Belmont | Jeremy Hammons (PG), Mark Jacobs (SF) Chad Aubrey, Taylor Palomares | |
| 15:46 | Belmont | John Heskett makes the free throw | 46-39 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Geoffrey Barros (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SG - David Garvin (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Drew Beatty (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Wharton (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Donald Jones (fresh) 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Jeremy Hammons (fresh) 1 pts. 5 ast. SG - Randy Kepner (fresh) 9 pts. 2 stl. SF - Mark Jacobs (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. PF - James Davis (fresh) 2 reb. C - John Heskett (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:34 | Northern Iowa | Drew Beatty misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 46-39 |
| 15:32 | Belmont | Randy Kepner grabs the board | 46-39 |
| 15:12 | Belmont | Randy Kepner comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 46-39 |
| 15:10 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton gets the rebound | 46-39 |
| 15:01 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton misses long on a shot from the right block | 46-39 |
| 14:59 | Belmont | John Heskett snags the defensive board | 46-39 |
| 14:40 | Belmont | John Heskett drills a fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Jeremy Hammons | 46-41 |
| 14:23 | Northern Iowa | Drew Beatty scores on a shot in the lane | 48-41 |
| 14:18 | Belmont | Randy Kepner misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 48-41 |
| 14:17 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to James Wharton | 48-41 |
| 13:59 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones throws a bad pass out of bounds | 48-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | James Winders (SF), James Tull (C) David Garvin, Donald Jones | |
| Subs | Belmont | Clifton Terwilliger (PG), Elijah Sullivan (SG), Chad Aubrey (SF), Taylor Palomares (PF), James Kennedy (C) Jeremy Hammons, Randy Kepner, Mark Jacobs, James Davis, John Heskett | |
| 13:40 | Belmont | Taylor Palomares's fadeaway is rejected by James Winders | 48-41 |
| 13:38 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Drew Beatty | 48-41 |
| 13:16 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton connects on the runner from the left block | 50-41 |
| 13:04 | Belmont | Chad Aubrey is called for traveling | 50-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth (PG), David Garvin (SG), Loren Look (PF) Geoffrey Barros, Drew Beatty, James Wharton | |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| 12:45 | Northern Iowa | Taylor Palomares swats the shot by David Garvin | 50-41 |
| 12:44 | Belmont | James Kennedy gets the rebound | 50-41 |
| 12:39 | Belmont | Elijah Sullivan drills a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Clifton Terwilliger | 50-44 |
| 12:18 | Northern Iowa | James Winders misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 50-44 |
| 12:16 | Belmont | James Kennedy snags the defensive board | 50-44 |
| 11:58 | Belmont | Clifton Terwilliger misses the floater from the left wing | 50-44 |
| 11:56 | Belmont | Elijah Sullivan tips it home | 50-46 |
| 11:37 | Northern Iowa | Loren Look lays it up and in | 52-46 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Kenneth Yungbluth (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Garvin (fresh) 10 pts. SF - James Winders (fresh) 14 pts. 2 blk. PF - Loren Look (fresh) 5 pts. C - James Tull (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Clifton Terwilliger (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Elijah Sullivan (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Chad Aubrey (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Taylor Palomares (fresh) 2 reb. C - James Kennedy (fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 11:14 | Belmont | Elijah Sullivan misses long on a fadeaway from the right side but he's fouled by James Tull - foul #4 on James Tull, team foul #3 | 52-46 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros (PG), Drew Beatty (SG), James Wharton (PF), Donald Jones (C) Kenneth Yungbluth, David Garvin, Loren Look, James Tull | |
| Subs | Belmont | Jeremy Hammons (PG), Mark Jacobs (SF), James Davis (PF), John Heskett (C) Clifton Terwilliger, Chad Aubrey, Taylor Palomares, James Kennedy | |
| 11:14 | Belmont | Elijah Sullivan makes the 1st free throw | 52-47 |
| 11:14 | Belmont | Elijah Sullivan makes the 2nd free throw | 52-48 |
| 10:54 | Northern Iowa | Mark Jacobs takes the ball from Donald Jones | 52-48 |
| 10:50 | Belmont | Mark Jacobs hits the finger roll | 52-50 |
| 10:39 | Northern Iowa | Drew Beatty is hacked by Elijah Sullivan - foul #1 on Elijah Sullivan, team foul #3 | 52-50 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| Subs | Belmont | Randy Kepner (SG) Elijah Sullivan | |
| 10:25 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones misses the runner from the right block | 52-50 |
| 10:23 | Northern Iowa | The offensive rebound goes to James Wharton | 52-50 |
| 10:02 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton can't finish the layup but he's hacked by John Heskett - foul #1 on John Heskett, team foul #4 | 52-50 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | David Garvin (SG) James Winders | |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| 10:02 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton makes the 1st free throw | 53-50 |
| 10:02 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton makes the 2nd free throw | 54-50 |
| 09:39 | Belmont | John Heskett buries a floater in the paint | 54-52 |
| 09:19 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros scores on a 3 from the right corner | 57-52 |
| 09:04 | Belmont | Randy Kepner scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Jeremy Hammons | 57-55 |
| 08:53 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 57-55 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth (PG), James Winders (SF) Geoffrey Barros, Drew Beatty | |
| Subs | Belmont | Chad Aubrey (SF), Taylor Palomares (PF), James Kennedy (C) Mark Jacobs, James Davis, John Heskett | |
| 08:33 | Belmont | Randy Kepner scores on a jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Chad Aubrey and he's fouled by David Garvin - foul #1 on David Garvin, team foul #4 | 57-57 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Drew Beatty (PF), Loren Look (C) James Wharton, Donald Jones | |
| Subs | Belmont | Clifton Terwilliger (PG) Jeremy Hammons | |
| 08:33 | Belmont | Randy Kepner makes the free throw | 57-58 |
| 08:15 | Northern Iowa | David Garvin comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 57-58 |
| 08:14 | Belmont | Taylor Palomares grabs the defensive rebound | 57-58 |
| 07:54 | Belmont | Taylor Palomares misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Kenneth Yungbluth - foul #2 on Kenneth Yungbluth, team foul #5 | 57-58 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | James Tull (C) David Garvin | |
| Subs | Belmont | Elijah Sullivan (SG) Randy Kepner | |
| 07:54 | Belmont | Taylor Palomares misses the 1st free throw | 57-58 |
| 07:54 | Belmont | Taylor Palomares makes the 2nd free throw | 57-59 |
| 07:34 | Northern Iowa | Drew Beatty is called for a charge - foul #1 on Drew Beatty, team foul #6 | 57-59 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros (PG), James Wharton (PF) Kenneth Yungbluth, Loren Look | |
| Subs | Belmont | Jeremy Hammons (PG), Mark Jacobs (SF), James Davis (PF), John Heskett (C) Clifton Terwilliger, Elijah Sullivan, Taylor Palomares, James Kennedy | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Geoffrey Barros (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SG - Drew Beatty (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. SF - James Winders (fresh) 14 pts. 2 blk. PF - James Wharton (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - James Tull (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Jeremy Hammons (fresh) 1 pts. 7 ast. SG - Chad Aubrey (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Mark Jacobs (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. PF - James Davis (fresh) 2 reb. C - John Heskett (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:12 | Belmont | Jeremy Hammons loses the dribble to James Tull | 57-59 |
| 06:50 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros is fouled on the floor by Jeremy Hammons - foul #2 on Jeremy Hammons, team foul #5 | 57-59 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones (C) James Tull | |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| 06:42 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton misses the easy layup | 57-59 |
| 06:40 | Northern Iowa | James Winders tips it back up and in | 59-59 |
| 06:27 | Belmont | Jeremy Hammons clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 59-59 |
| 06:25 | Belmont | Mark Jacobs tips it home | 59-61 |
| 06:12 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 59-61 |
| 06:10 | Belmont | Mark Jacobs grabs the defensive rebound | 59-61 |
| 05:59 | Belmont | Chad Aubrey clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 59-61 |
| 05:57 | Belmont | Mark Jacobs pulls down the offensive rebound | 59-61 |
| 05:31 | Belmont | Jeremy Hammons buries a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Mark Jacobs | 59-64 |
| 05:19 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros buries a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from James Winders | 62-64 |
| 05:00 | Belmont | John Heskett hits the front of the rim on the runner from the left block | 62-64 |
| 04:58 | Northern Iowa | James Winders grabs the defensive rebound | 62-64 |
| 04:37 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton lays it up and in on a nice dish by Geoffrey Barros and he's fouled by Jeremy Hammons - foul #3 on Jeremy Hammons, team foul #6 | 64-64 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth (PG), David Garvin (SG), Loren Look (SF), James Tull (C) Geoffrey Barros, Drew Beatty, James Winders, Donald Jones | |
| Subs | Belmont | Clifton Terwilliger (PG), Randy Kepner (SG), Taylor Palomares (PF), James Kennedy (C) Jeremy Hammons, Chad Aubrey, James Davis, John Heskett | |
| 04:37 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton misses the free throw | 64-64 |
| 04:37 | Belmont | Taylor Palomares pulls down the rebound | 64-64 |
| 04:23 | Belmont | Mark Jacobs can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 64-64 |
| 04:22 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Kenneth Yungbluth | 64-64 |
| 03:54 | Northern Iowa | Loren Look misses long on a floater from the baseline but he's fouled by Clifton Terwilliger - foul #2 on Clifton Terwilliger, team foul #7 | 64-64 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Claude Sanders (SF) James Wharton | |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| 03:54 | Northern Iowa | Loren Look makes the 1st free throw | 65-64 |
| 03:54 | Northern Iowa | Loren Look misses the 2nd free throw | 65-64 |
| 03:54 | Belmont | Taylor Palomares grabs the defensive rebound | 65-64 |
| 03:38 | Belmont | Mark Jacobs misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 65-64 |
| 03:37 | Belmont | Mark Jacobs misses the tip | 65-64 |
| 03:36 | Belmont | James Kennedy pulls down the offensive rebound | 65-64 |
| 03:14 | Belmont | Mark Jacobs hits a runner from the right block set up by Taylor Palomares | 65-66 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Kenneth Yungbluth (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Garvin (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Claude Sanders (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Loren Look (fresh) 6 pts. C - James Tull (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Clifton Terwilliger (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Randy Kepner (fresh) 15 pts. 2 stl. SF - Mark Jacobs (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 9 reb. PF - Taylor Palomares (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. C - James Kennedy (fresh) 6 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 03:12 | Northern Iowa | Clifton Terwilliger picks off the pass by Kenneth Yungbluth in the backcourt | 65-66 |
| 03:10 | Belmont | Randy Kepner lays it up and in on a great pass from Clifton Terwilliger | 65-68 |
| 03:05 | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth knocks in the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Claude Sanders and he's fouled by Randy Kepner - foul #2 on Randy Kepner, team foul #8 | 67-68 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | James Winders (SF), Drew Beatty (PF), Donald Jones (C) Claude Sanders, Loren Look, James Tull | |
| Subs | Belmont | Chad Aubrey (SF) Mark Jacobs | |
| 03:05 | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Yungbluth makes the free throw | 68-68 |
| 02:59 | Belmont | Belmont calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 68-68 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros (PG), James Wharton (PF) Kenneth Yungbluth, Drew Beatty | |
| Subs | Belmont | Jeremy Hammons (PG), James Davis (PF), John Heskett (C) Clifton Terwilliger, Taylor Palomares, James Kennedy | |
| 02:47 | Belmont | The jumper by Jeremy Hammons is denied by Donald Jones | 68-68 |
| 02:45 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to James Winders | 68-68 |
| 02:41 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 68-68 |
| 02:40 | Belmont | Randy Kepner grabs the defensive rebound | 68-68 |
| 02:30 | Belmont | James Davis buries a runner from the left block | 68-70 |
| 02:09 | Northern Iowa | John Heskett is called for the reach on David Garvin - foul #2 on John Heskett, team foul #9 | 68-70 |
| 02:09 | Northern Iowa | David Garvin makes the 1st free throw | 69-70 |
| 02:09 | Northern Iowa | David Garvin makes the 2nd free throw | 70-70 |
| 01:48 | Belmont | Randy Kepner can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 70-70 |
| 01:46 | Belmont | James Davis pulls down the offensive rebound | 70-70 |
| 01:29 | Belmont | Randy Kepner makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 70-73 |
| 01:15 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton hits the front of the rim on the runner near the basket | 70-73 |
| 01:14 | Northern Iowa | James Winders gets the offensive rebound | 70-73 |
| 01:00 | Northern Iowa | James Winders clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 70-73 |
| 00:59 | Belmont | James Davis grabs the defensive rebound | 70-73 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:30 | Belmont | Jeremy Hammons makes the jumpshot from the left side set up by John Heskett | 70-75 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:22 | Northern Iowa | David Garvin misses long on a 3 from straight away | 70-75 |
| 00:20 | Belmont | John Heskett grabs the defensive rebound | 70-75 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:18 | Belmont | John Heskett is hacked by Geoffrey Barros in the backcourt - foul #2 on Geoffrey Barros, team foul #7 | 70-75 |
| 00:18 | Belmont | John Heskett misses the 1st free throw | 70-75 |
| 00:18 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton snags the defensive board | 70-75 |
| 00:11 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 70-75 |
| 00:09 | Northern Iowa | James Wharton pulls down the offensive rebound | 70-75 |
| 00:05 | Northern Iowa | David Garvin misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 70-75 |
| 00:03 | Northern Iowa | Donald Jones snags the offensive board | 70-75 |
| 00:00 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Barros scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 73-75 |