| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Jason Shepard (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Molter (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Oscar Pitts (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Jerry Czapla (fresh) 5 pts. C - Albert Conway (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Kirby Gardner (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Tobias Snyder (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Tom Corey (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Harold Light (fresh) 2 pts. C - Harold Perry (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 stl. | |
| 20:00 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts inbounds the ball | 24-31 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:41 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard comes up short on the shot from the right side | 24-31 |
| 19:40 | Detroit Mercy | Jerry Czapla grabs the offensive rebound | 24-31 |
| 19:30 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts is whistled for a carry | 24-31 |
| 19:18 | DePaul | Jerry Czapla is called for the reach on Harold Light - foul #1 on Jerry Czapla, team foul #1 | 24-31 |
| 19:02 | DePaul | Harold Light misses badly on a jump hook from the baseline but he's fouled by Jerry Czapla - foul #2 on Jerry Czapla, team foul #2 | 24-31 |
| 19:02 | DePaul | Harold Light makes the 1st free throw | 24-32 |
| 19:02 | DePaul | Harold Light makes the 2nd free throw | 24-33 |
| 18:39 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard is called for traveling | 24-33 |
| 18:23 | DePaul | Harold Light scores on a 3pt shot from straight away | 24-36 |
| 18:01 | Detroit Mercy | Jerry Czapla connects on the 3 from the right wing | 27-36 |
| 17:43 | DePaul | Harold Light banks in the layup set up by Kirby Gardner | 27-38 |
| 17:27 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter drills a runner from close range on a great pass from Jason Shepard | 29-38 |
| 17:18 | DePaul | Harold Light double dribbles | 29-38 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo (PF) Jerry Czapla | |
| Subs | DePaul | Phillip Jones (PG), John Fehr (PF) Kirby Gardner, Harold Light | |
| 17:05 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 29-38 |
| 17:04 | DePaul | Harold Perry pulls down the rebound | 29-38 |
| 17:02 | DePaul | Phillip Jones throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 29-38 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon (PG), Michael Brown (SF) Jason Shepard, Oscar Pitts | |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| 16:52 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 29-38 |
| 16:51 | DePaul | The rebound goes to Tom Corey | 29-38 |
| 16:41 | DePaul | Harold Perry's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-38 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Harry Reiter (C) Albert Conway | |
| Subs | DePaul | Jack Bailey (PF) Harold Perry | |
| 16:23 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter splits the doubleteam but misses short on a fadeaway in the paint but he's hacked by Tom Corey - foul #3 on Tom Corey, team foul #1 | 29-38 |
| 16:23 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter misses the 1st free throw | 29-38 |
| 16:23 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter makes the 2nd free throw | 30-38 |
| 16:12 | DePaul | Tobias Snyder comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 30-38 |
| 16:10 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter grabs the board | 30-38 |
| 15:56 | Detroit Mercy | Jack Bailey denies the turnaround by John Molter | 30-38 |
| 15:55 | DePaul | John Fehr snags the defensive board | 30-38 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Harold Gordon (fresh) 3 pts. SG - John Molter (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Michael Brown (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Greg Decarlo (fresh) 2 reb. C - Harry Reiter (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Phillip Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Tobias Snyder (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Tom Corey (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Jack Bailey (fresh) C - John Fehr (fresh) 1 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:48 | DePaul | Greg Decarlo takes the ball from Tobias Snyder | 30-38 |
| 15:29 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a shot near the basket | 30-38 |
| 15:28 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter snags the offensive board | 30-38 |
| 15:13 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon is hacked by John Fehr - foul #2 on John Fehr, team foul #2 | 30-38 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Ellis Markham (PG), Jason Shepard (SG), Oscar Pitts (SF), Jerry Czapla (PF), Albert Conway (C) Harold Gordon, John Molter, Michael Brown, Greg Decarlo, Harry Reiter | |
| Subs | DePaul | Kirby Gardner (PG), Harold Light (PF), Harold Perry (C) Phillip Jones, Jack Bailey, John Fehr | |
| 15:01 | Detroit Mercy | Tobias Snyder takes the ball from Albert Conway | 30-38 |
| 14:57 | DePaul | Tobias Snyder hits the finger roll | 30-40 |
| 14:33 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts makes the pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Ellis Markham | 32-40 |
| 14:24 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 32-40 |
| 14:23 | DePaul | Harold Perry pulls down the offensive rebound | 32-40 |
| 14:13 | DePaul | Tobias Snyder connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Kirby Gardner | 32-43 |
| 14:01 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left wing | 32-43 |
| 14:00 | DePaul | Harold Perry grabs the board | 32-43 |
| 13:37 | DePaul | Harold Perry misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 32-43 |
| 13:35 | DePaul | Harold Perry tips it but misses | 32-43 |
| 13:33 | DePaul | Harold Light tips it in | 32-45 |
| 13:21 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 32-45 |
| 13:20 | Detroit Mercy | Jerry Czapla tips it in | 34-45 |
| 13:03 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 34-45 |
| 13:02 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Jerry Czapla | 34-45 |
| 12:38 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Perry steals it from Jason Shepard | 34-45 |
| 12:28 | DePaul | Harold Perry can't connect on a fadeaway in the lane | 34-45 |
| 12:26 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts grabs the defensive rebound | 34-45 |
| 12:05 | Detroit Mercy | Jerry Czapla misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 34-45 |
| 12:03 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard grabs the offensive board | 34-45 |
| 11:54 | Detroit Mercy | Jerry Czapla knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Ellis Markham | 36-45 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Ellis Markham (fairly fresh) 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Jason Shepard (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Oscar Pitts (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Jerry Czapla (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. C - Albert Conway (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Kirby Gardner (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Tobias Snyder (tiring) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Tom Corey (tiring) 3 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Harold Light (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. C - Harold Perry (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. 4 stl. | |
| 11:36 | DePaul | Harold Light knocks in the jump hook near the basket set up by Kirby Gardner | 36-47 |
| 11:16 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Ellis Markham | 39-47 |
| 10:54 | DePaul | Jerry Czapla blocks the short jumper by Harold Light | 39-47 |
| 10:53 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts grabs the board | 39-47 |
| 10:49 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 39-47 |
| 10:48 | DePaul | Harold Perry pulls down the rebound | 39-47 |
| 10:23 | DePaul | Harold Perry misses the dunk attempt | 39-47 |
| 10:21 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway grabs the board | 39-47 |
| 10:11 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Light blocks the short jumper by Jerry Czapla | 39-47 |
| 10:10 | DePaul | The rebound goes to Tom Corey | 39-47 |
| 09:59 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner knocks in the shot from the left side | 39-49 |
| 09:40 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Perry swats the short shot by Albert Conway | 39-49 |
| 09:38 | DePaul | Harold Light pulls down the rebound | 39-49 |
| 09:29 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner hits a jumper from the left side | 39-51 |
| 09:12 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Light is called for the reach on Oscar Pitts - foul #1 on Harold Light, team foul #3 | 39-51 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon (PG), John Molter (SG), Michael Brown (SF), Greg Decarlo (PF), Harry Reiter (C) Ellis Markham, Jason Shepard, Oscar Pitts, Jerry Czapla, Albert Conway | |
| Subs | DePaul | Phillip Jones (PG), Harry Jones (SG), David Rickert (SF), Jack Bailey (PF), John Fehr (C) Kirby Gardner, Tobias Snyder, Tom Corey, Harold Light, Harold Perry | |
| 09:06 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 39-51 |
| 09:05 | DePaul | The rebound goes to John Fehr | 39-51 |
| 08:43 | DePaul | Jack Bailey can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Harold Gordon - foul #1 on Harold Gordon, team foul #3 | 39-51 |
| 08:43 | DePaul | Jack Bailey makes the 1st free throw | 39-52 |
| 08:43 | DePaul | Jack Bailey makes the 2nd free throw | 39-53 |
| 08:32 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon loses the dribble to John Fehr | 39-53 |
| 08:14 | DePaul | Phillip Jones misses long on a turnaround from the right block | 39-53 |
| 08:13 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter grabs the defensive rebound | 39-53 |
| 08:04 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon drills a floater from just outside the lane | 41-53 |
| 07:50 | DePaul | John Fehr misses the jumper in the paint | 41-53 |
| 07:48 | DePaul | Jack Bailey tips it in | 41-55 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Harold Gordon (fresh) 5 pts. SG - John Molter (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Michael Brown (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Greg Decarlo (fresh) 2 reb. C - Harry Reiter (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Phillip Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Harry Jones (fresh) SF - David Rickert (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Jack Bailey (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - John Fehr (fresh) 1 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:31 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon clanks a floater from the right wing | 41-55 |
| 07:29 | DePaul | John Fehr grabs the defensive rebound | 41-55 |
| 07:05 | DePaul | Harry Jones hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right side | 41-55 |
| 07:04 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to John Molter | 41-55 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 06:58 | Detroit Mercy | Harry Reiter misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 41-55 |
| 06:56 | DePaul | Phillip Jones pulls down the rebound | 41-55 |
| 06:39 | DePaul | David Rickert hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 41-55 |
| 06:38 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo gets the rebound | 41-55 |
| 06:21 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo clanks a driving attempt from the right block | 41-55 |
| 06:19 | Detroit Mercy | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Brown | 41-55 |
| 06:02 | Detroit Mercy | Michael Brown misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 41-55 |
| 06:00 | DePaul | The rebound goes to David Rickert | 41-55 |
| 05:35 | DePaul | David Rickert connects on the floater from the left side on a great pass from Harry Jones | 41-57 |
| 05:13 | Detroit Mercy | Harry Reiter misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Phillip Jones - foul #2 on Phillip Jones, team foul #4 | 41-57 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Ellis Markham (PG), Jason Shepard (SG), Oscar Pitts (SF), Jerry Czapla (PF) Harold Gordon, John Molter, Michael Brown, Greg Decarlo | |
| Subs | DePaul | Kirby Gardner (PG), Tobias Snyder (SG), Tom Corey (SF), Harold Light (PF), Harold Perry (C) Phillip Jones, Harry Jones, David Rickert, Jack Bailey, John Fehr | |
| 05:13 | Detroit Mercy | Harry Reiter makes the 1st free throw | 42-57 |
| 05:13 | Detroit Mercy | Harry Reiter makes the 2nd free throw | 43-57 |
| 05:01 | DePaul | Tobias Snyder hits a driving attempt in the lane on a great pass from Kirby Gardner | 43-59 |
| 04:45 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard scores on a floater in the paint set up by Ellis Markham and he's hacked by Tobias Snyder - foul #2 on Tobias Snyder, team foul #5 | 45-59 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway (C) Harry Reiter | |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| 04:45 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard misses the free throw | 45-59 |
| 04:45 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts grabs the offensive rebound | 45-59 |
| 04:35 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Tom Corey - foul #4 on Tom Corey, team foul #6 | 45-59 |
| 04:35 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard makes the 1st free throw | 46-59 |
| 04:35 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard makes the 2nd free throw | 47-59 |
| 04:16 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner clanks a jumper from the right wing | 47-59 |
| 04:14 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts grabs the defensive rebound | 47-59 |
| 04:01 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Tobias Snyder - foul #3 on Tobias Snyder, team foul #7 | 47-59 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John Molter (SG) Jason Shepard | |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| 04:01 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway makes the 1st free throw | 48-59 |
| 04:01 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway makes the 2nd free throw | 49-59 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:41 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner buries a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Tobias Snyder | 49-62 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Ellis Markham (fresh) 5 ast. 3 pf. SG - John Molter (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Oscar Pitts (fresh) 5 pts. 8 reb. PF - Jerry Czapla (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Albert Conway (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Kirby Gardner (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 5 ast. SG - Tobias Snyder (tiring) 10 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Tom Corey (tiring) 3 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. PF - Harold Light (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Harold Perry (fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. 3 blk. 4 stl. | |
| 03:23 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-62 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | DePaul | David Rickert (SF) Tom Corey | |
| 03:08 | DePaul | John Molter is called for the reach on Harold Perry - foul #1 on John Molter, team foul #4 | 49-62 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Roderick Haire (PG), Jason Shepard (SG), Terry Mariscal (SF), Michael Brown (PF), Greg Decarlo (C) Ellis Markham, John Molter, Oscar Pitts, Jerry Czapla, Albert Conway | |
| Subs | DePaul | Phillip Jones (PG), Harry Jones (SG), John Fehr (PF) Kirby Gardner, Tobias Snyder, Harold Light | |
| 02:48 | DePaul | Harold Perry scores on a runner from close range and he's hacked by Greg Decarlo - foul #1 on Greg Decarlo, team foul #5 | 49-64 |
| 02:48 | DePaul | Harold Perry makes the free throw | 49-65 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:38 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 49-65 |
| 02:36 | DePaul | The rebound goes to David Rickert | 49-65 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:11 | DePaul | David Rickert misses the shot from the right wing | 49-65 |
| 02:09 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard snags the defensive board | 49-65 |
| 01:57 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo misses long on a turnaround near the basket | 49-65 |
| 01:56 | DePaul | Harold Perry pulls down the rebound | 49-65 |
| 01:27 | DePaul | Harold Perry blows the layup | 49-65 |
| 01:25 | DePaul | Phillip Jones snags the offensive board | 49-65 |
| 01:02 | DePaul | Harold Perry hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Greg Decarlo - foul #2 on Greg Decarlo, team foul #6 | 49-65 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon (PG), Harry Reiter (C) Roderick Haire, Terry Mariscal | |
| Subs | DePaul | Kirby Gardner (PG), Tobias Snyder (SG), Tom Corey (SF), Harold Light (PF) Phillip Jones, Harry Jones, David Rickert, John Fehr | |
| 01:02 | DePaul | Harold Perry makes the 1st free throw | 49-66 |
| 01:02 | DePaul | Harold Perry makes the 2nd free throw | 49-67 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:55 | Detroit Mercy | Harry Reiter misses the pull-up jumper from the right side | 49-67 |
| 00:54 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo tips it back up and in | 51-67 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:28 | DePaul | Tobias Snyder knocks in the fadeaway from the right side set up by Harold Perry | 51-69 |
| 00:21 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo scores on a jump hook in the lane and he's hacked by Kirby Gardner - foul #2 on Kirby Gardner, team foul #8 | 53-69 |
| 00:21 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo misses the free throw | 53-69 |
| 00:21 | DePaul | Harold Perry snags the defensive board | 53-69 |
| 00:00 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner runs out the clock | 53-69 |