| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Gerard Bower (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Sainz (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Joshua Barnes (fresh) PF - Nenad Smolski (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Cesar Rizzo (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Nathaniel Phillips (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Wayne Foster (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SF - Nelson Boyer (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. PF - Tomas Wilde (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Andrew Bailey (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Illinois | Nelson Boyer inbounds the ball | 33-47 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| 19:39 | Illinois | Nelson Boyer misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 33-47 |
| 19:37 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo snags the defensive board | 33-47 |
| 19:31 | Purdue | Wayne Foster picks off the pass by Gerard Bower | 33-47 |
| 19:26 | Illinois | Nelson Boyer can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 33-47 |
| 19:25 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo snags the defensive board | 33-47 |
| 19:21 | Purdue | Joshua Barnes clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 33-47 |
| 19:20 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo tips it home | 35-47 |
| 18:56 | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips is fouled on the floor by Joshua Barnes - foul #1 on Joshua Barnes, team foul #1 | 35-47 |
| 18:45 | Illinois | Tomas Wilde misses short on a fadeaway from the right block but the foul's on Nenad Smolski - foul #3 on Nenad Smolski, team foul #2 | 35-47 |
| Subs | Purdue | Rodney Penaflor (PF) Nenad Smolski | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 18:45 | Illinois | Tomas Wilde makes the 1st free throw | 35-48 |
| 18:45 | Illinois | Tomas Wilde misses the 2nd free throw | 35-48 |
| 18:45 | Purdue | Rodney Penaflor grabs the defensive rebound | 35-48 |
| 18:28 | Purdue | Gerard Bower makes the 3 from straight away on a great pass from Joshua Barnes | 38-48 |
| 18:24 | Illinois | Andrew Bailey is fouled on the floor by Cesar Rizzo - foul #2 on Cesar Rizzo, team foul #3 | 38-48 |
| 18:14 | Illinois | Tomas Wilde connects on the jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Nathaniel Phillips | 38-50 |
| 17:55 | Purdue | Kenneth Sainz loses the dribble to Andrew Bailey | 38-50 |
| 17:42 | Illinois | Andrew Bailey misses the dunk | 38-50 |
| 17:41 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo grabs the defensive rebound | 38-50 |
| 17:20 | Purdue | Gerard Bower is hacked by Nathaniel Phillips - foul #2 on Nathaniel Phillips, team foul #1 | 38-50 |
| Subs | Purdue | Otto Konopka (PG), Thomas Turner (PF), David Bragg (C) Gerard Bower, Kenneth Sainz, Cesar Rizzo | |
| Subs | Illinois | Austin Coward (PG), Edward Fox (SG), Sam Long (PF), Terrance Riccio (C) Nathaniel Phillips, Wayne Foster, Tomas Wilde, Andrew Bailey | |
| 17:07 | Purdue | Otto Konopka clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 38-50 |
| 17:06 | Illinois | Terrance Riccio gets the rebound | 38-50 |
| 16:58 | Illinois | Austin Coward makes the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Nelson Boyer | 38-52 |
| 16:35 | Purdue | Rodney Penaflor misses long on a floater from the free throw line | 38-52 |
| 16:34 | Purdue | Rodney Penaflor snags the offensive board | 38-52 |
| 16:19 | Purdue | Terrance Riccio swats the layup by Rodney Penaflor | 38-52 |
| 16:18 | Illinois | Terrance Riccio gets the rebound | 38-52 |
| 16:05 | Illinois | Nelson Boyer misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 38-52 |
| 16:04 | Illinois | Edward Fox gets the offensive rebound | 38-52 |
| 15:52 | Illinois | Austin Coward hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 38-52 |
| 15:51 | Illinois | Nelson Boyer tips it home | 38-54 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Otto Konopka (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Joshua Barnes (fairly fresh) SF - Rodney Penaflor (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Turner (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Bragg (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Austin Coward (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Edward Fox (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Nelson Boyer (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. PF - Sam Long (fresh) 2 pts. C - Terrance Riccio (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:38 | Purdue | Rodney Penaflor misses short on a jumper from the left wing | 38-54 |
| 15:36 | Illinois | The rebound goes to Terrance Riccio | 38-54 |
| 15:29 | Illinois | Nelson Boyer is hacked by Rodney Penaflor - foul #3 on Rodney Penaflor, team foul #4 | 38-54 |
| Subs | Purdue | Gerard Bower (PG), Kenneth Sainz (SG), Thomas Trinh (SF), Nenad Smolski (PF), Cesar Rizzo (C) Otto Konopka, Joshua Barnes, Rodney Penaflor, Thomas Turner, David Bragg | |
| Subs | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips (PG), Wayne Foster (SG), Robert Fisher (PF) Austin Coward, Edward Fox, Nelson Boyer | |
| 15:09 | Illinois | Thomas Trinh takes the ball from Robert Fisher | 38-54 |
| 15:04 | Purdue | Gerard Bower banks in the layup set up by Thomas Trinh | 40-54 |
| 14:44 | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips scores on a shot in the lane on a great pass from Sam Long | 40-56 |
| 14:26 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo misses the dunk | 40-56 |
| 14:24 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo pulls down the offensive rebound | 40-56 |
| 14:10 | Purdue | Thomas Trinh is hacked by Sam Long - foul #2 on Sam Long, team foul #2 | 40-56 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Nelson Boyer (SF), Andrew Bailey (C) Sam Long, Terrance Riccio | |
| 14:00 | Purdue | Wayne Foster steals it from Nenad Smolski | 40-56 |
| 13:57 | Illinois | Wayne Foster banks in the layup | 40-58 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| 13:38 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo works out of a doubleteam and scores on a driving attempt from the left block on a nice dish by Thomas Trinh | 42-58 |
| 13:13 | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips is fouled on the floor by Gerard Bower - foul #2 on Gerard Bower, team foul #5 | 42-58 |
| Subs | Purdue | Joshua Barnes (SG), Rodney Penaflor (SF) Kenneth Sainz, Thomas Trinh | |
| Subs | Illinois | Edward Fox (SG) Wayne Foster | |
| 12:51 | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips makes the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Edward Fox | 42-60 |
| 12:38 | Purdue | Nenad Smolski makes the turnaround in the paint | 44-60 |
| 12:24 | Illinois | Andrew Bailey blows the layup but the foul's on Cesar Rizzo - foul #3 on Cesar Rizzo, team foul #6 | 44-60 |
| Subs | Purdue | Otto Konopka (PG), Thomas Turner (PF), David Bragg (C) Gerard Bower, Nenad Smolski, Cesar Rizzo | |
| Subs | Illinois | Austin Coward (PG), Sam Long (SF) Nathaniel Phillips, Nelson Boyer | |
| 12:24 | Illinois | Andrew Bailey makes the 1st free throw | 44-61 |
| 12:24 | Illinois | Andrew Bailey makes the 2nd free throw | 44-62 |
| 12:09 | Purdue | Austin Coward is called for the reach on Otto Konopka - foul #3 on Austin Coward, team foul #3 | 44-62 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Wayne Foster (SG), Terrance Riccio (C) Edward Fox, Andrew Bailey | |
| 11:59 | Purdue | Austin Coward steals it from Joshua Barnes | 44-62 |
| 11:40 | Illinois | Austin Coward hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 44-62 |
| 11:38 | Purdue | The rebound goes to David Bragg | 44-62 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Otto Konopka (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Joshua Barnes (fresh) SF - Rodney Penaflor (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Thomas Turner (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Bragg (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Austin Coward (fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. SG - Wayne Foster (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Sam Long (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Fisher (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. C - Terrance Riccio (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:23 | Purdue | Rodney Penaflor connects on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Joshua Barnes | 46-62 |
| 11:19 | Illinois | Wayne Foster misses the easy layup | 46-62 |
| 11:18 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Joshua Barnes | 46-62 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| 11:04 | Purdue | Rodney Penaflor can't connect on a jump hook from the left block | 46-62 |
| 11:02 | Illinois | Terrance Riccio snags the defensive board | 46-62 |
| 10:39 | Illinois | Austin Coward's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-62 |
| Subs | Purdue | Gerard Bower (PG), Kenneth Sainz (SG), Nenad Smolski (PF), Cesar Rizzo (C) Otto Konopka, Rodney Penaflor, Thomas Turner, David Bragg | |
| Subs | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips (PG), Edward Fox (SG), Nelson Boyer (SF), Andrew Bailey (C) Austin Coward, Wayne Foster, Sam Long, Terrance Riccio | |
| 10:12 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo misses long on a driving attempt in the paint | 46-62 |
| 10:10 | Illinois | Nelson Boyer snags the defensive board | 46-62 |
| 09:59 | Illinois | Nelson Boyer makes the 3 from straight away set up by Edward Fox | 46-65 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| 09:38 | Purdue | Gerard Bower clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 46-65 |
| 09:36 | Illinois | Nelson Boyer grabs the board | 46-65 |
| 09:17 | Illinois | Edward Fox can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 46-65 |
| 09:15 | Illinois | The offensive rebound goes to Nelson Boyer | 46-65 |
| 08:58 | Illinois | Robert Fisher misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 46-65 |
| 08:57 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Cesar Rizzo | 46-65 |
| 08:49 | Purdue | Gerard Bower clanks a 3 from the left wing | 46-65 |
| 08:48 | Purdue | Joshua Barnes tips it in | 48-65 |
| 08:23 | Illinois | Andrew Bailey misses the dunk attempt | 48-65 |
| 08:21 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Cesar Rizzo | 48-65 |
| 07:55 | Purdue | Joshua Barnes knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Gerard Bower | 51-65 |
| 07:50 | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 51-65 |
| 07:49 | Illinois | Robert Fisher pulls down the offensive rebound | 51-65 |
| 07:40 | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips is fouled on the floor by Gerard Bower - foul #3 on Gerard Bower, team foul #7 | 51-65 |
| Subs | Purdue | Otto Konopka (PG), Michael Swinney (SG), Rodney Penaflor (SF), Thomas Turner (PF), David Bragg (C) Gerard Bower, Kenneth Sainz, Joshua Barnes, Nenad Smolski, Cesar Rizzo | |
| Subs | Illinois | Wayne Foster (SG), Tomas Wilde (PF), Terrance Riccio (C) Edward Fox, Robert Fisher, Andrew Bailey | |
| 07:40 | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips misses the 1st free throw | 51-65 |
| 07:40 | Illinois | Tomas Wilde snags the offensive board | 51-65 |
| 07:26 | Illinois | Nelson Boyer is whistled for traveling | 51-65 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Austin Coward (PG), Sam Long (SF) Nathaniel Phillips, Nelson Boyer | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Otto Konopka (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Swinney (fresh) SF - Rodney Penaflor (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Thomas Turner (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Bragg (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Austin Coward (fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. SG - Wayne Foster (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Sam Long (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Tomas Wilde (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Terrance Riccio (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| 07:08 | Purdue | Rodney Penaflor hits a floater from the left wing | 53-65 |
| 06:50 | Illinois | Rodney Penaflor is called for the reach on Sam Long - foul #4 on Rodney Penaflor, team foul #8 | 53-65 |
| Subs | Purdue | Gerard Bower (PG) Michael Swinney | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 06:50 | Illinois | Sam Long makes the 1st free throw | 53-66 |
| 06:50 | Illinois | Sam Long makes the 2nd free throw | 53-67 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| 06:33 | Purdue | Wayne Foster is called for the reach on Otto Konopka - foul #1 on Wayne Foster, team foul #4 | 53-67 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Nelson Boyer (SF) Sam Long | |
| 06:21 | Purdue | Otto Konopka's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 53-67 |
| Subs | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo (C) David Bragg | |
| Subs | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips (PG) Austin Coward | |
| 06:04 | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 53-67 |
| 06:02 | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips snags the offensive board | 53-67 |
| 05:51 | Illinois | Nelson Boyer misses badly on a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's fouled by Cesar Rizzo - foul #4 on Cesar Rizzo, team foul #9 | 53-67 |
| Subs | Purdue | Kenneth Sainz (SG), Nenad Smolski (PF) Otto Konopka, Thomas Turner | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 05:51 | Illinois | Nelson Boyer makes the 1st free throw | 53-68 |
| 05:51 | Illinois | Nelson Boyer makes the 2nd free throw | 53-69 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| 05:28 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 53-69 |
| 05:26 | Illinois | Terrance Riccio grabs the defensive rebound | 53-69 |
| 05:14 | Illinois | Terrance Riccio banks in the layup on a great pass from Nelson Boyer | 53-71 |
| 04:59 | Purdue | Nenad Smolski misses badly on the uncontested 3 pointer from the right corner | 53-71 |
| 04:57 | Purdue | The offensive rebound goes to Cesar Rizzo | 53-71 |
| 04:49 | Purdue | Gerard Bower connects on the 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Kenneth Sainz | 56-71 |
| 04:29 | Illinois | The jumper by Terrance Riccio is denied by Nenad Smolski | 56-71 |
| 04:28 | Purdue | Gerard Bower grabs the board | 56-71 |
| 04:11 | Purdue | Nenad Smolski misses the easy layup | 56-71 |
| 04:09 | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips grabs the defensive rebound | 56-71 |
| 04:03 | Illinois | Terrance Riccio comes up short on the floater from the free throw line but he's fouled by Cesar Rizzo - foul #5 on Cesar Rizzo, team foul #10 | 56-71 |
| Subs | Purdue | Otto Konopka (PG), Joshua Barnes (SG), Thomas Trinh (SF), Thomas Turner (PF), David Bragg (C) Gerard Bower, Kenneth Sainz, Rodney Penaflor, Nenad Smolski, Cesar Rizzo | |
| Subs | Illinois | Austin Coward (PG), Edward Fox (SG), Sam Long (SF), Andrew Bailey (C) Nathaniel Phillips, Wayne Foster, Nelson Boyer, Tomas Wilde | |
| 04:03 | Illinois | Terrance Riccio makes the 1st free throw | 56-72 |
| 04:03 | Illinois | Terrance Riccio misses the 2nd free throw | 56-72 |
| 04:03 | Illinois | Sam Long grabs the offensive board | 56-72 |
| 03:43 | Illinois | Austin Coward misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 56-72 |
| 03:41 | Illinois | Edward Fox pulls down the offensive rebound | 56-72 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-5) | |
| 03:27 | Illinois | Sam Long is fouled on the floor by Thomas Trinh - foul #2 on Thomas Trinh, team foul #11 | 56-72 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Robert Fisher (PF) Terrance Riccio | |
| 03:27 | Illinois | Sam Long makes the 1st free throw | 56-73 |
| 03:27 | Illinois | Sam Long misses the 2nd free throw | 56-73 |
| 03:27 | Purdue | Joshua Barnes snags the defensive board | 56-73 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Otto Konopka (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Joshua Barnes (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. SF - Thomas Trinh (fresh) PF - Thomas Turner (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Bragg (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Austin Coward (fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. SG - Edward Fox (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Sam Long (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Fisher (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Andrew Bailey (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:10 | Purdue | Thomas Turner is hacked by Robert Fisher - foul #4 on Robert Fisher, team foul #5 | 56-73 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Nelson Boyer (SF) Sam Long | |
| 02:46 | Purdue | Joshua Barnes can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 56-73 |
| 02:44 | Illinois | Nelson Boyer gets the rebound | 56-73 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 02:24 | Illinois | Austin Coward scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Edward Fox | 56-76 |
| 02:03 | Purdue | Joshua Barnes misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 56-76 |
| 02:02 | Illinois | Edward Fox grabs the defensive rebound | 56-76 |
| 01:36 | Illinois | Austin Coward buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Robert Fisher | 56-79 |
| 01:16 | Purdue | Thomas Turner connects on the floater from the left side | 58-79 |
| 00:51 | Illinois | Thomas Turner is called for the reach on Edward Fox - foul #1 on Thomas Turner, team foul #12 | 58-79 |
| Subs | Purdue | Gerard Bower (PG), Kenneth Sainz (SG), Nenad Smolski (PF), Rodney Penaflor (C) Otto Konopka, Thomas Trinh, Thomas Turner, David Bragg | |
| Subs | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips (PG) Austin Coward | |
| 00:51 | Illinois | Edward Fox makes the 1st free throw | 58-80 |
| 00:51 | Illinois | Edward Fox misses the 2nd free throw | 58-80 |
| 00:51 | Purdue | Rodney Penaflor grabs the defensive rebound | 58-80 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:44 | Purdue | Nenad Smolski connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Kenneth Sainz | 61-80 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:21 | Illinois | Joshua Barnes takes the ball from Nathaniel Phillips | 61-80 |
| 00:16 | Purdue | Joshua Barnes misses the easy layup | 61-80 |
| 00:15 | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips pulls down the rebound | 61-80 |
| 00:00 | Illinois | Nathaniel Phillips runs out the clock | 61-80 |