| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Bradley Steere (fresh) SG - Blake Roberts (fresh) SF - Jeremy Herman (fresh) PF - Wilbert Lane (fresh) C - Ronald Winningham (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Joseph Williams (fresh) SG - James Haugen (fresh) SF - Domenic Mancini (fresh) PF - Patrick Anderson (fresh) C - Andre Russo (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Iowa | Patrick Anderson wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:37 | Iowa | James Haugen hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:35 | Northern Iowa | Jeremy Herman grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:21 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere can't tip it in | 0-0 |
| 19:20 | Iowa | Domenic Mancini pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:08 | Iowa | Joseph Williams hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 0-0 |
| 19:07 | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 18:55 | Northern Iowa | Jeremy Herman is hacked by James Haugen - foul #1 on James Haugen, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 18:49 | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 18:47 | Iowa | Patrick Anderson grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:39 | Iowa | Patrick Anderson knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Domenic Mancini | 0-3 |
| 18:23 | Northern Iowa | The pull-up jumper by Jeremy Herman is blocked by Domenic Mancini | 0-3 |
| 18:21 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere tips it in | 2-3 |
| 18:12 | Iowa | James Haugen can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Wilbert Lane - foul #1 on Wilbert Lane, team foul #1 | 2-3 |
| 18:12 | Iowa | James Haugen misses the 1st free throw | 2-3 |
| 18:12 | Iowa | James Haugen misses the 2nd free throw | 2-3 |
| 18:12 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham grabs the defensive rebound | 2-3 |
| 17:53 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Jeremy Herman | 5-3 |
| 17:36 | Iowa | Andre Russo is whistled for a carry | 5-3 |
| 17:23 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham is fouled on the floor by Andre Russo - foul #1 on Andre Russo, team foul #2 | 5-3 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| Subs | Iowa | Steven Finney (SF), Amado Yazzie (C) Domenic Mancini, Andre Russo | |
| 17:15 | Northern Iowa | Jeremy Herman throws it down | 7-3 |
| 16:58 | Iowa | Jeremy Herman is called for the reach on Steven Finney - foul #1 on Jeremy Herman, team foul #2 | 7-3 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox (PF) Wilbert Lane | |
| Subs | Iowa | Steven Lord (PG) Joseph Williams | |
| 16:48 | Iowa | James Haugen loses the dribble to Jeremy Herman | 7-3 |
| 16:38 | Northern Iowa | Steven Lord steals it from Blake Roberts | 7-3 |
| 16:18 | Iowa | Patrick Anderson can't connect on a floater from the baseline | 7-3 |
| 16:16 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Denver Cox | 7-3 |
| 16:09 | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 7-3 |
| 16:08 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox can't tip it in | 7-3 |
| 16:07 | Iowa | Patrick Anderson grabs the defensive rebound | 7-3 |
| 15:43 | Iowa | Patrick Anderson knocks in the driving attempt from the baseline on a nice dish by Steven Lord | 7-5 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Bradley Steere (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Blake Roberts (fairly fresh) SF - Jeremy Herman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Denver Cox (fresh) 2 reb. C - Ronald Winningham (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Steven Lord (fresh) 1 ast. SG - James Haugen (fairly fresh) SF - Steven Finney (fresh) PF - Patrick Anderson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Amado Yazzie (fresh) | |
| 15:36 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere splits the doubleteam and buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Denver Cox | 9-5 |
| 15:19 | Iowa | James Haugen can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing | 9-5 |
| 15:18 | Iowa | Amado Yazzie gets the offensive rebound | 9-5 |
| 15:05 | Iowa | Amado Yazzie is hacked by Jeremy Herman - foul #2 on Jeremy Herman, team foul #3 | 9-5 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | John Lemke (PG), Steven Record (SG), Larry Hayes (SF), Wilbert Lane (PF) Bradley Steere, Blake Roberts, Jeremy Herman, Ronald Winningham | |
| Subs | Iowa | Joseph Williams (PG), Virgilio Greco (SF), Domenic Mancini (PF), Andre Russo (C) Steven Lord, James Haugen, Patrick Anderson, Amado Yazzie | |
| 14:56 | Iowa | Joseph Williams scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 9-8 |
| 14:42 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox blows the layup but he's hacked by Andre Russo - foul #2 on Andre Russo, team foul #3 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| Subs | Iowa | James Haugen (SG), Amado Yazzie (C) Steven Finney, Andre Russo | |
| 14:42 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox makes the 1st free throw | 10-8 |
| 14:42 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox makes the 2nd free throw | 11-8 |
| 14:34 | Iowa | John Lemke steps in front of the Joseph Williams pass | 11-8 |
| 14:16 | Northern Iowa | Steven Record evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 11-8 |
| 14:15 | Iowa | The rebound goes to Amado Yazzie | 11-8 |
| 13:57 | Iowa | Joseph Williams hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 11-8 |
| 13:56 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Wilbert Lane | 11-8 |
| 13:41 | Northern Iowa | Steven Record comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 11-8 |
| 13:39 | Northern Iowa | Larry Hayes gets the offensive rebound | 11-8 |
| 13:28 | Northern Iowa | Larry Hayes hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right wing | 11-8 |
| 13:27 | Iowa | The rebound goes to Domenic Mancini | 11-8 |
| 13:10 | Iowa | James Haugen buries a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Joseph Williams | 11-11 |
| 12:54 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox clanks a floater from the right wing but the foul's on Amado Yazzie - foul #1 on Amado Yazzie, team foul #4 | 11-11 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere (PG), Blake Roberts (SG), Thomas Hoelscher (SF), Ronald Winningham (C) John Lemke, Steven Record, Larry Hayes, Wilbert Lane | |
| Subs | Iowa | Steven Finney (SG) James Haugen | |
| 12:54 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox makes the 1st free throw | 12-11 |
| 12:54 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox makes the 2nd free throw | 13-11 |
| 12:43 | Iowa | Domenic Mancini misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Denver Cox - foul #1 on Denver Cox, team foul #4 | 13-11 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Jason Suiter (PF) Denver Cox | |
| Subs | Iowa | Steven Lord (SG) Virgilio Greco | |
| 12:43 | Iowa | Domenic Mancini misses the 1st free throw | 13-11 |
| 12:43 | Iowa | Domenic Mancini misses the 2nd free throw | 13-11 |
| 12:43 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Ronald Winningham | 13-11 |
| 12:26 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham knocks in the shot in the lane on a great pass from Thomas Hoelscher | 15-11 |
| 12:09 | Iowa | Steven Lord can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 15-11 |
| 12:08 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere pulls down the rebound | 15-11 |
| 11:51 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham is open and lays it up and in on a great pass from Blake Roberts | 17-11 |
| 11:31 | Iowa | Domenic Mancini's fadeaway is rejected by Jason Suiter | 17-11 |
| 11:29 | Iowa | Joseph Williams pulls down the offensive rebound | 17-11 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Bradley Steere (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Blake Roberts (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Thomas Hoelscher (fresh) PF - Jason Suiter (fresh) C - Ronald Winningham (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Joseph Williams (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Steven Lord (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Steven Finney (fresh) PF - Domenic Mancini (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Amado Yazzie (tiring) 2 reb. | |
| 11:15 | Iowa | Joseph Williams buries a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Steven Lord | 17-13 |
| 11:06 | Northern Iowa | Jason Suiter is open and buries a 3pt shot from the left corner | 20-13 |
| 10:57 | Iowa | Bradley Steere picks off the pass by Domenic Mancini | 20-13 |
| 10:29 | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts scores on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 22-13 |
| 10:18 | Iowa | Joseph Williams is hacked by Jason Suiter - foul #1 on Jason Suiter, team foul #5 | 22-13 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Steven Record (PG), Larry Hayes (SF), Wilbert Lane (PF), Denver Cox (C) Bradley Steere, Thomas Hoelscher, Jason Suiter, Ronald Winningham | |
| Subs | Iowa | James Haugen (SG), Patrick Anderson (PF) Steven Lord, Domenic Mancini | |
| 09:59 | Iowa | James Haugen misses the shot in the lane but he's fouled by Larry Hayes - foul #1 on Larry Hayes, team foul #6 | 22-13 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | John Lemke (PG) Blake Roberts | |
| Subs | Iowa | Virgilio Greco (SF) Steven Finney | |
| 09:59 | Iowa | James Haugen misses the 1st free throw | 22-13 |
| 09:59 | Iowa | James Haugen makes the 2nd free throw | 22-14 |
| 09:42 | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane lays it up and in on a nice dish by John Lemke and he's hacked by Patrick Anderson - foul #1 on Patrick Anderson, team foul #5 | 24-14 |
| 09:42 | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane makes the free throw | 25-14 |
| 09:30 | Iowa | Joseph Williams misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 25-14 |
| 09:28 | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane gets the rebound | 25-14 |
| 09:11 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox misses badly on a runner from the left block | 25-14 |
| 09:09 | Northern Iowa | The offensive rebound goes to John Lemke | 25-14 |
| 09:00 | Northern Iowa | John Lemke can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 25-14 |
| 08:58 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox snags the offensive board | 25-14 |
| 08:41 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox misses long on a 3 from straight away | 25-14 |
| 08:39 | Iowa | The rebound goes to Joseph Williams | 25-14 |
| 08:13 | Iowa | Patrick Anderson knocks in the jump hook from the left block and the foul's on Denver Cox - foul #2 on Denver Cox, team foul #7 | 25-16 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere (PG), Blake Roberts (SG), Thomas Hoelscher (PF), Ronald Winningham (C) John Lemke, Steven Record, Wilbert Lane, Denver Cox | |
| Subs | Iowa | Steven Lord (PG), Steven Finney (SF) Joseph Williams, Virgilio Greco | |
| 08:13 | Iowa | Patrick Anderson misses the free throw | 25-16 |
| 08:13 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham grabs the defensive rebound | 25-16 |
| 08:00 | Northern Iowa | Thomas Hoelscher clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 25-16 |
| 07:58 | Iowa | The rebound goes to Steven Lord | 25-16 |
| 07:32 | Iowa | James Haugen makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 25-18 |
| 07:16 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere makes the contested 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Ronald Winningham | 28-18 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Bradley Steere (fresh) 10 pts. SG - Blake Roberts (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Larry Hayes (fairly fresh) PF - Thomas Hoelscher (fresh) C - Ronald Winningham (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Steven Lord (fresh) 2 ast. SG - James Haugen (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Steven Finney (fresh) PF - Patrick Anderson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Amado Yazzie (tired) 2 reb. | |
| 07:10 | Iowa | Patrick Anderson scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Steven Lord | 28-21 |
| 06:56 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 28-21 |
| 06:54 | Iowa | Patrick Anderson grabs the board | 28-21 |
| 06:43 | Iowa | Blake Roberts is called for the reach on James Haugen - foul #1 on Blake Roberts, team foul #8 | 28-21 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane (PF) Larry Hayes | |
| Subs | Iowa | Domenic Mancini (PF) Amado Yazzie | |
| 06:43 | Iowa | James Haugen makes the 1st free throw | 28-22 |
| 06:43 | Iowa | James Haugen misses the 2nd free throw | 28-22 |
| 06:43 | Iowa | Patrick Anderson grabs the offensive rebound | 28-22 |
| 06:33 | Iowa | James Haugen is fouled on the floor by Blake Roberts - foul #2 on Blake Roberts, team foul #9 | 28-22 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Steven Record (SG) Blake Roberts | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 06:33 | Iowa | James Haugen makes the 1st free throw | 28-23 |
| 06:33 | Iowa | James Haugen makes the 2nd free throw | 28-24 |
| 06:20 | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane lays it up and in on a nice dish by Bradley Steere | 30-24 |
| 05:55 | Iowa | Thomas Hoelscher is called for the reach on Steven Finney - foul #1 on Thomas Hoelscher, team foul #10 | 30-24 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Jason Suiter (C) Ronald Winningham | |
| Subs | Iowa | Joseph Williams (PG), Virgilio Greco (SF) Steven Lord, James Haugen | |
| 05:55 | Iowa | Steven Finney misses the 1st free throw | 30-24 |
| 05:55 | Iowa | Steven Finney misses the 2nd free throw | 30-24 |
| 05:55 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Jason Suiter | 30-24 |
| 05:35 | Northern Iowa | Wilbert Lane blows the layup | 30-24 |
| 05:33 | Iowa | The rebound goes to Domenic Mancini | 30-24 |
| 05:17 | Iowa | Patrick Anderson can't finish the layup | 30-24 |
| 05:16 | Northern Iowa | Jason Suiter pulls down the rebound | 30-24 |
| 04:58 | Northern Iowa | Thomas Hoelscher misses short on a jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Virgilio Greco - foul #1 on Virgilio Greco, team foul #6 | 30-24 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | John Lemke (PG), Ronald Winningham (C) Bradley Steere, Wilbert Lane | |
| Subs | Iowa | James Haugen (SG) Steven Finney | |
| 04:58 | Northern Iowa | Thomas Hoelscher makes the 1st free throw | 31-24 |
| 04:58 | Northern Iowa | Thomas Hoelscher misses the 2nd free throw | 31-24 |
| 04:58 | Iowa | Domenic Mancini pulls down the rebound | 31-24 |
| 04:43 | Iowa | James Haugen hits a jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Domenic Mancini | 31-26 |
| 04:22 | Northern Iowa | John Lemke's layup is rejected by Patrick Anderson | 31-26 |
| 04:21 | Northern Iowa | Jason Suiter pulls down the offensive rebound | 31-26 |
| 04:06 | Northern Iowa | John Lemke's floater is knocked away by Domenic Mancini | 31-26 |
| 04:04 | Northern Iowa | The offensive rebound goes to John Lemke | 31-26 |
| 03:53 | Northern Iowa | Joseph Williams takes the ball from Thomas Hoelscher | 31-26 |
| 03:50 | Iowa | Joseph Williams blows the layup | 31-26 |
| 03:48 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham snags the defensive board | 31-26 |
| 03:33 | Northern Iowa | Steven Record is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 31-26 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere (PG), Blake Roberts (SG), Jeremy Herman (SF), Wilbert Lane (PF), Denver Cox (C) John Lemke, Steven Record, Thomas Hoelscher, Jason Suiter, Ronald Winningham | |
| Subs | Iowa | Steven Lord (PG), Steven Finney (SF), Andre Russo (C) Joseph Williams, Virgilio Greco, Patrick Anderson | |
| 03:26 | Iowa | Steven Lord misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side | 31-26 |
| 03:24 | Iowa | Domenic Mancini tips it in | 31-28 |
| 03:03 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere is fouled on the floor by James Haugen - foul #2 on James Haugen, team foul #7 | 31-28 |
| 03:03 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere makes the 1st free throw | 32-28 |
| 03:03 | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere makes the 2nd free throw | 33-28 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Bradley Steere (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Blake Roberts (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeremy Herman (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Wilbert Lane (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Denver Cox (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Steven Lord (fresh) 3 ast. SG - James Haugen (fresh) 11 pts. SF - Steven Finney (fresh) PF - Domenic Mancini (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Andre Russo (fresh) | |
| 02:43 | Iowa | Blake Roberts steps in front of the James Haugen pass | 33-28 |
| 02:23 | Northern Iowa | James Haugen picks off the pass by Denver Cox | 33-28 |
| 02:20 | Iowa | Steven Lord misses the easy layup | 33-28 |
| 02:19 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox snags the defensive board | 33-28 |
| 02:07 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Bradley Steere and he's fouled by Andre Russo - foul #3 on Andre Russo, team foul #8 | 35-28 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham (C) Wilbert Lane | |
| Subs | Iowa | Virgilio Greco (SF), Patrick Anderson (PF), Amado Yazzie (C) James Haugen, Domenic Mancini, Andre Russo | |
| 02:07 | Northern Iowa | Denver Cox makes the free throw | 36-28 |
| 01:59 | Iowa | Steven Finney can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Jeremy Herman - foul #3 on Jeremy Herman, team foul #11 | 36-28 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Larry Hayes (SF) Jeremy Herman | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 01:59 | Iowa | Steven Finney misses the 1st free throw | 36-28 |
| 01:59 | Iowa | Steven Finney makes the 2nd free throw | 36-29 |
| 01:39 | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts makes the wide open 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Larry Hayes | 39-29 |
| 01:26 | Iowa | Patrick Anderson is whistled for a carry | 39-29 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Steven Record (PG) Bradley Steere | |
| Subs | Iowa | Joseph Williams (PG), James Haugen (SG) Steven Lord, Steven Finney | |
| 01:11 | Northern Iowa | Larry Hayes blows the dunk | 39-29 |
| 01:10 | Iowa | Patrick Anderson gets the rebound | 39-29 |
| 00:55 | Iowa | James Haugen banks in the layup on a nice dish by Patrick Anderson and he's fouled by Ronald Winningham - foul #1 on Ronald Winningham, team foul #12 | 39-31 |
| 00:55 | Iowa | James Haugen makes the free throw | 39-32 |
| 00:27 | Northern Iowa | Virgilio Greco is called for the reach on Blake Roberts - foul #2 on Virgilio Greco, team foul #9 | 39-32 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Bradley Steere (PG), Wilbert Lane (PF) Steven Record, Denver Cox | |
| Subs | Iowa | Steven Finney (SG), Domenic Mancini (PF) James Haugen, Patrick Anderson | |
| 00:27 | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts misses the 1st free throw | 39-32 |
| 00:27 | Iowa | Virgilio Greco grabs the board | 39-32 |
| 00:02 | Iowa | Joseph Williams hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 39-32 |
| 00:00 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Winningham gets the rebound | 39-32 |