| Lineup | Akron | PG - Shen Tang (fresh) SG - James Ragsdale (fresh) SF - Eric Wilkinson (fresh) PF - Richard Sims (fresh) C - Augustus Stromski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Gerald Townsend (fresh) SG - Jamie Davenport (fresh) SF - Kerry Honeycutt (fresh) PF - Brett Townley (fresh) C - Robert Kennedy (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Akron | Augustus Stromski wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Central Michigan | Central Michigan is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:36 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Kennedy | 0-0 |
| 19:34 | Central Michigan | Robert Kennedy pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:29 | Central Michigan | Jamie Davenport hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:27 | Akron | Richard Sims gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:10 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson travels with the ball | 0-0 |
| 18:55 | Central Michigan | Gerald Townsend hits a jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Jamie Davenport | 0-2 |
| 18:28 | Akron | Richard Sims misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 0-2 |
| 18:27 | Central Michigan | Brett Townley snags the defensive board | 0-2 |
| 18:21 | Central Michigan | Jamie Davenport clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 0-2 |
| 18:20 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson grabs the defensive rebound | 0-2 |
| 18:12 | Akron | James Ragsdale misses the dunk | 0-2 |
| 18:10 | Central Michigan | The rebound goes to Brett Townley | 0-2 |
| 17:52 | Central Michigan | James Ragsdale takes the ball from Robert Kennedy | 0-2 |
| 17:35 | Akron | Richard Sims is hacked by Brett Townley - foul #1 on Brett Townley, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 17:22 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson can't connect on a shot from the right side but the foul's on Gerald Townsend - foul #1 on Gerald Townsend, team foul #2 | 0-2 |
| 17:22 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson makes the 1st free throw | 1-2 |
| 17:22 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson misses the 2nd free throw | 1-2 |
| 17:22 | Central Michigan | Robert Kennedy snags the defensive board | 1-2 |
| 17:10 | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 1-2 |
| 17:09 | Akron | Shen Tang snags the defensive board | 1-2 |
| 16:58 | Akron | Shen Tang misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 1-2 |
| 16:56 | Central Michigan | Robert Kennedy grabs the board | 1-2 |
| 16:43 | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt is hacked by Richard Sims - foul #1 on Richard Sims, team foul #1 | 1-2 |
| Subs | Akron | Reynaldo Rossi (PG), Alan Tay (SG), Leon Tyree (C) Shen Tang, James Ragsdale, Augustus Stromski | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Hugh Wallace (SF), Joseph Bechtel (PF), Daniel Winfield (C) Kerry Honeycutt, Brett Townley, Robert Kennedy | |
| 16:24 | Central Michigan | Gerald Townsend comes up short on the jumper from the left wing | 1-2 |
| 16:23 | Central Michigan | Hugh Wallace grabs the offensive board | 1-2 |
| 16:12 | Central Michigan | Jamie Davenport makes the 3pt shot from the left corner | 1-5 |
| 15:57 | Akron | Richard Sims hits a floater from the left wing on a great pass from Reynaldo Rossi | 3-5 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Reynaldo Rossi (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Alan Tay (fresh) SF - Eric Wilkinson (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - Richard Sims (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Leon Tyree (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Gerald Townsend (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Jamie Davenport (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Hugh Wallace (fresh) PF - Joseph Bechtel (fresh) C - Daniel Winfield (fresh) | |
| 15:46 | Central Michigan | Daniel Winfield is whistled for traveling | 3-5 |
| Subs | Akron | Alberto Luna (SF), Colby Stotler (C) Eric Wilkinson, Richard Sims | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Raymond Agee (PG), Jonathan Jaramillo (SG), Kerry Honeycutt (SF) Gerald Townsend, Jamie Davenport, Hugh Wallace | |
| 15:27 | Akron | Alberto Luna makes the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Colby Stotler | 5-5 |
| 15:19 | Central Michigan | Raymond Agee loses the ball out of bounds | 5-5 |
| Subs | Akron | Shen Tang (PG), James Ragsdale (SG) Reynaldo Rossi, Colby Stotler | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Brett Townley (PF), Robert Kennedy (C) Joseph Bechtel, Daniel Winfield | |
| 14:56 | Akron | Raymond Agee takes the ball from Alan Tay | 5-5 |
| 14:42 | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 5-5 |
| 14:40 | Central Michigan | Robert Kennedy tips it back up and in | 5-7 |
| 14:33 | Akron | Brett Townley steals the ball from Leon Tyree | 5-7 |
| 14:12 | Central Michigan | Shen Tang picks off the pass by Kerry Honeycutt | 5-7 |
| 13:52 | Akron | Brett Townley is called for the reach on Alberto Luna - foul #2 on Brett Townley, team foul #3 | 5-7 |
| Subs | Akron | Reynaldo Rossi (PG), Eric Wilkinson (SF), Richard Sims (PF), Augustus Stromski (C) Shen Tang, Alan Tay, Alberto Luna, Leon Tyree | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Gerald Townsend (PG), Jamie Davenport (SG), Hugh Wallace (SF), Joseph Bechtel (PF) Raymond Agee, Jonathan Jaramillo, Kerry Honeycutt, Brett Townley | |
| 13:33 | Akron | James Ragsdale throws it down set up by Reynaldo Rossi | 7-7 |
| 13:18 | Central Michigan | Hugh Wallace hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 7-7 |
| 13:17 | Central Michigan | Joseph Bechtel grabs the offensive rebound | 7-7 |
| 13:01 | Central Michigan | Jamie Davenport knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away | 7-10 |
| 12:42 | Akron | Joseph Bechtel steps in front of the James Ragsdale pass | 7-10 |
| 12:27 | Central Michigan | Jamie Davenport hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 7-13 |
| 12:09 | Akron | James Ragsdale misses badly on a turnaround in the paint but he's fouled by Jamie Davenport - foul #1 on Jamie Davenport, team foul #4 | 7-13 |
| Subs | Akron | Shen Tang (PG) Reynaldo Rossi | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt (SF), Daniel Winfield (C) Hugh Wallace, Robert Kennedy | |
| 12:09 | Akron | James Ragsdale misses the 1st free throw | 7-13 |
| 12:09 | Akron | James Ragsdale misses the 2nd free throw | 7-13 |
| 12:09 | Central Michigan | Joseph Bechtel gets the rebound | 7-13 |
| 11:56 | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Richard Sims - foul #2 on Richard Sims, team foul #2 | 7-13 |
| Subs | Akron | Alan Tay (SG), Alberto Luna (PF) James Ragsdale, Richard Sims | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| 11:56 | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt makes the 1st free throw | 7-14 |
| 11:56 | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt makes the 2nd free throw | 7-15 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Shen Tang (fresh) SG - Alan Tay (fresh) SF - Eric Wilkinson (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Alberto Luna (fresh) 2 pts. C - Augustus Stromski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Gerald Townsend (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Jamie Davenport (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kerry Honeycutt (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Joseph Bechtel (fresh) 2 reb. C - Daniel Winfield (fresh) | |
| 11:33 | Akron | Shen Tang knocks in the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Alan Tay | 9-15 |
| 11:17 | Central Michigan | Shen Tang is called for the reach on Daniel Winfield - foul #1 on Shen Tang, team foul #3 | 9-15 |
| Subs | Akron | Leon Tyree (C) Augustus Stromski | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Jonathan Jaramillo (SG) Jamie Davenport | |
| 11:08 | Central Michigan | Daniel Winfield misses short on a shot from the baseline but the foul's on Leon Tyree - foul #1 on Leon Tyree, team foul #4 | 9-15 |
| 11:08 | Central Michigan | Daniel Winfield makes the 1st free throw | 9-16 |
| 11:08 | Central Michigan | Daniel Winfield misses the 2nd free throw | 9-16 |
| 11:08 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson grabs the board | 9-16 |
| 11:04 | Akron | Alan Tay lays it up and in on a great pass from Shen Tang | 11-16 |
| 10:56 | Central Michigan | Joseph Bechtel misses the shot from just outside the lane | 11-16 |
| 10:54 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson gets the rebound | 11-16 |
| 10:41 | Akron | Shen Tang buries a turnaround in the lane | 13-16 |
| 10:32 | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt is denied on a layup by Eric Wilkinson | 13-16 |
| 10:31 | Akron | The rebound goes to Alan Tay | 13-16 |
| 10:18 | Akron | Leon Tyree's pass is intercepted by Kerry Honeycutt | 13-16 |
| 10:04 | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt hits a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Jonathan Jaramillo | 13-19 |
| 09:54 | Akron | Alan Tay comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 13-19 |
| 09:52 | Akron | Alberto Luna hits the follow up shot | 15-19 |
| 09:34 | Central Michigan | Jonathan Jaramillo buries a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Gerald Townsend | 15-22 |
| 09:12 | Akron | Kerry Honeycutt picks off the pass by Alan Tay | 15-22 |
| 08:53 | Central Michigan | Daniel Winfield loses the dribble to Alberto Luna | 15-22 |
| 08:33 | Akron | Alberto Luna hits the front of the rim on the shot in the paint | 15-22 |
| 08:31 | Akron | Leon Tyree tips it in | 17-22 |
| 08:16 | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Shen Tang - foul #2 on Shen Tang, team foul #5 | 17-22 |
| Subs | Akron | Reynaldo Rossi (PG), James Ragsdale (SG), Steve Jacobi (SF), Colby Stotler (PF), Augustus Stromski (C) Shen Tang, Alan Tay, Eric Wilkinson, Alberto Luna, Leon Tyree | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Raymond Agee (PG), Jamie Davenport (SG), Peter Owens (PF), Robert Kennedy (C) Gerald Townsend, Jonathan Jaramillo, Joseph Bechtel, Daniel Winfield | |
| 08:16 | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt misses the 1st free throw | 17-22 |
| 08:16 | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt makes the 2nd free throw | 17-23 |
| 07:57 | Akron | Peter Owens denies the turnaround by Colby Stotler | 17-23 |
| 07:56 | Central Michigan | The rebound goes to Robert Kennedy | 17-23 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Reynaldo Rossi (fresh) 2 ast. SG - James Ragsdale (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Steve Jacobi (fresh) PF - Colby Stotler (fresh) C - Augustus Stromski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Raymond Agee (fresh) SG - Jamie Davenport (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kerry Honeycutt (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. PF - Peter Owens (fresh) C - Robert Kennedy (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:46 | Central Michigan | Colby Stotler blocks the short jumper by Peter Owens | 17-23 |
| 07:44 | Akron | Colby Stotler grabs the board | 17-23 |
| 07:40 | Akron | James Ragsdale can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 17-23 |
| 07:39 | Central Michigan | Robert Kennedy snags the defensive board | 17-23 |
| 07:19 | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 17-23 |
| 07:17 | Akron | Augustus Stromski snags the defensive board | 17-23 |
| 07:02 | Akron | James Ragsdale misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 17-23 |
| 07:01 | Akron | Steve Jacobi can't tip it in | 17-23 |
| 06:59 | Central Michigan | Robert Kennedy snags the defensive board | 17-23 |
| 06:52 | Central Michigan | Raymond Agee misses long on a floater from the right block | 17-23 |
| 06:50 | Akron | Colby Stotler gets the rebound | 17-23 |
| 06:31 | Akron | Steve Jacobi hits a jump hook in the paint set up by Augustus Stromski and the foul's on Peter Owens - foul #1 on Peter Owens, team foul #5 | 19-23 |
| Subs | Akron | Alberto Luna (PF) Colby Stotler | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Hugh Wallace (SF) Kerry Honeycutt | |
| 06:31 | Akron | Steve Jacobi makes the free throw | 20-23 |
| 06:16 | Central Michigan | Peter Owens loses the dribble to Steve Jacobi | 20-23 |
| 05:57 | Akron | Steve Jacobi hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 20-23 |
| 05:56 | Akron | Augustus Stromski tips it back up and in | 22-23 |
| 05:37 | Central Michigan | Raymond Agee misses short on a driving attempt from close range | 22-23 |
| 05:36 | Akron | Reynaldo Rossi grabs the defensive rebound | 22-23 |
| 05:20 | Akron | Steve Jacobi is hacked by Peter Owens - foul #2 on Peter Owens, team foul #6 | 22-23 |
| Subs | Akron | Jason Brass (PG), Alan Tay (SG), Eric Wilkinson (SF), Leon Tyree (C) Reynaldo Rossi, James Ragsdale, Steve Jacobi, Augustus Stromski | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Gerald Townsend (PG), Jonathan Jaramillo (SG), Joseph Bechtel (PF), Daniel Winfield (C) Raymond Agee, Jamie Davenport, Peter Owens, Robert Kennedy | |
| 05:04 | Akron | Alan Tay hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 22-23 |
| 05:02 | Central Michigan | Joseph Bechtel grabs the board | 22-23 |
| 04:52 | Central Michigan | Daniel Winfield can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 22-23 |
| 04:51 | Central Michigan | The offensive rebound goes to Jonathan Jaramillo | 22-23 |
| 04:40 | Central Michigan | Jonathan Jaramillo is whistled for traveling | 22-23 |
| 04:22 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line but the foul's on Joseph Bechtel - foul #1 on Joseph Bechtel, team foul #7 | 22-23 |
| 04:22 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson makes the 1st free throw | 23-23 |
| 04:22 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson misses the 2nd free throw | 23-23 |
| 04:22 | Central Michigan | Joseph Bechtel gets the rebound | 23-23 |
| 04:09 | Central Michigan | Hugh Wallace misses badly on a shot from close range but the foul's on Alan Tay - foul #1 on Alan Tay, team foul #6 | 23-23 |
| Subs | Akron | James Ragsdale (SG) Jason Brass | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Jamie Davenport (SG) Jonathan Jaramillo | |
| 04:09 | Central Michigan | Hugh Wallace makes the 1st free throw | 23-24 |
| 04:09 | Central Michigan | Hugh Wallace misses the 2nd free throw | 23-24 |
| 04:09 | Akron | Alberto Luna grabs the defensive rebound | 23-24 |
| 03:51 | Akron | Leon Tyree blows the layup but he's fouled by Jamie Davenport - foul #2 on Jamie Davenport, team foul #8 | 23-24 |
| Subs | Akron | Shen Tang (PG), Richard Sims (PF) Alan Tay, Alberto Luna | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Jonathan Jaramillo (SF), Brett Townley (PF), Robert Kennedy (C) Hugh Wallace, Joseph Bechtel, Daniel Winfield | |
| 03:51 | Akron | Leon Tyree makes the 1st free throw | 24-24 |
| 03:51 | Akron | Leon Tyree makes the 2nd free throw | 25-24 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Shen Tang (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Ragsdale (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Eric Wilkinson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Richard Sims (fresh) 2 pts. C - Leon Tyree (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Gerald Townsend (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jamie Davenport (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jonathan Jaramillo (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Brett Townley (fresh) 2 reb. C - Robert Kennedy (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 03:35 | Central Michigan | Jonathan Jaramillo misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 25-24 |
| 03:34 | Akron | Leon Tyree snags the defensive board | 25-24 |
| 03:06 | Akron | Richard Sims misses badly on a shot from the right side | 25-24 |
| 03:04 | Akron | The offensive rebound goes to Leon Tyree | 25-24 |
| 02:51 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 25-24 |
| 02:50 | Akron | Richard Sims tips it home | 27-24 |
| 02:42 | Central Michigan | Brett Townley is hacked by Richard Sims - foul #3 on Richard Sims, team foul #7 | 27-24 |
| Subs | Akron | Alan Tay (SG), Alberto Luna (PF), Augustus Stromski (C) James Ragsdale, Richard Sims, Leon Tyree | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt (SF) Jamie Davenport | |
| 02:42 | Central Michigan | Brett Townley misses the 1st free throw | 27-24 |
| 02:42 | Akron | The rebound goes to Augustus Stromski | 27-24 |
| 02:31 | Akron | Alan Tay makes the 3pt shot from the right corner | 30-24 |
| 02:19 | Central Michigan | Kerry Honeycutt knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away | 30-27 |
| 02:00 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 30-27 |
| 01:58 | Akron | Augustus Stromski pulls down the offensive rebound | 30-27 |
| 01:38 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson drills a shot from the left wing set up by Shen Tang | 32-27 |
| 01:30 | Central Michigan | Brett Townley misses badly on a runner in the lane | 32-27 |
| 01:28 | Akron | Alberto Luna pulls down the rebound | 32-27 |
| 01:11 | Akron | Shen Tang's floater is knocked away by Robert Kennedy | 32-27 |
| 01:09 | Central Michigan | Jonathan Jaramillo grabs the defensive rebound | 32-27 |
| 01:01 | Central Michigan | Brett Townley misses badly on a shot from close range but he's fouled by Alberto Luna - foul #1 on Alberto Luna, team foul #8 | 32-27 |
| Subs | Akron | Reynaldo Rossi (PG), James Ragsdale (SG), Leon Tyree (PF) Shen Tang, Alan Tay, Eric Wilkinson | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Raymond Agee (PG), Jamie Davenport (SG), Hugh Wallace (SF), Daniel Winfield (C) Gerald Townsend, Jonathan Jaramillo, Kerry Honeycutt, Robert Kennedy | |
| 01:01 | Central Michigan | Brett Townley makes the 1st free throw | 32-28 |
| 01:01 | Central Michigan | Brett Townley makes the 2nd free throw | 32-29 |
| 00:48 | Akron | James Ragsdale scores on a 3 from the right wing set up by Reynaldo Rossi | 35-29 |
| 00:32 | Central Michigan | Daniel Winfield connects on the shot from close range | 35-31 |
| 00:28 | Akron | Alberto Luna hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Reynaldo Rossi and he's hacked by Raymond Agee - foul #1 on Raymond Agee, team foul #9 | 37-31 |
| Subs | Akron | Alan Tay (SF) Augustus Stromski | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Joseph Bechtel (PF) Brett Townley | |
| 00:28 | Akron | Alberto Luna misses the free throw | 37-31 |
| 00:28 | Central Michigan | Daniel Winfield grabs the board | 37-31 |
| 00:05 | Central Michigan | Jamie Davenport clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 37-31 |
| 00:03 | Akron | Alberto Luna grabs the defensive rebound | 37-31 |
| 00:00 | Akron | Alberto Luna misses badly on a fullcourt shot | 37-31 |