| Lineup | Hardin-Simmons | PG - Albert Linberg (fresh) SG - Steven Jensen (fresh) SF - Wayne Hawkins (fresh) PF - Robert McDonald (fresh) C - Owen Baker (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Johnson State | PG - Daniel O'Donell (fresh) SG - Roman Check (fresh) SF - Gilbert Coggin (fresh) PF - John Cromwell (fresh) C - John Carr (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Hardin-Simmons | Owen Baker wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Hardin-Simmons | Hardin-Simmons is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Johnson State | Johnson State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:47 | Hardin-Simmons | Albert Linberg blows the dunk | 0-0 |
| 19:45 | Johnson State | John Cromwell pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:32 | Johnson State | John Cromwell misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 0-0 |
| 19:30 | Hardin-Simmons | Owen Baker snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:08 | Hardin-Simmons | Wayne Hawkins hits the finger roll | 2-0 |
| 19:03 | Johnson State | Roman Check can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 2-0 |
| 19:02 | Hardin-Simmons | Albert Linberg grabs the defensive rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:55 | Hardin-Simmons | Albert Linberg misses long on a floater from the right wing | 2-0 |
| 18:54 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert McDonald pulls down the offensive rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:46 | Hardin-Simmons | Steven Jensen knocks in the shot near the basket on a nice dish by Wayne Hawkins | 4-0 |
| 18:25 | Johnson State | John Cromwell jams it on a nice dish by Roman Check and he's hacked by Steven Jensen - foul #1 on Steven Jensen, team foul #1 | 4-2 |
| 18:25 | Johnson State | John Cromwell makes the free throw | 4-3 |
| 18:09 | Hardin-Simmons | Albert Linberg loses the dribble to John Cromwell | 4-3 |
| 17:49 | Johnson State | Gilbert Coggin clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 4-3 |
| 17:47 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert McDonald pulls down the rebound | 4-3 |
| 17:28 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert McDonald is fouled on the floor by Daniel O'Donell - foul #1 on Daniel O'Donell, team foul #1 | 4-3 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | Sidney Scheuerman (SG), Robert Johnson (SF), Stanton Harper (PF), Kenneth Vesey (C) Steven Jensen, Wayne Hawkins, Robert McDonald, Owen Baker | |
| Subs | Johnson State | | |
| 17:20 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert Johnson clanks a runner in the paint | 4-3 |
| 17:18 | Hardin-Simmons | Kenneth Vesey pulls down the offensive rebound | 4-3 |
| 16:58 | Hardin-Simmons | Stanton Harper connects on the driving attempt near the basket set up by Kenneth Vesey | 6-3 |
| 16:50 | Johnson State | John Cromwell hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 6-3 |
| 16:48 | Johnson State | John Carr tips it but misses | 6-3 |
| 16:47 | Johnson State | John Cromwell misses the tip | 6-3 |
| 16:45 | Hardin-Simmons | Kenneth Vesey snags the defensive board | 6-3 |
| 16:38 | Hardin-Simmons | Kenneth Vesey is whistled for a carry | 6-3 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | David Logston (PG) Albert Linberg | |
| Subs | Johnson State | James Harp (SF), Russell Reynolds (PF), Raymond Lecuyer (C) Gilbert Coggin, John Cromwell, John Carr | |
| 16:29 | Johnson State | Raymond Lecuyer misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 6-3 |
| 16:27 | Hardin-Simmons | The rebound goes to Kenneth Vesey | 6-3 |
| 16:14 | Hardin-Simmons | Sidney Scheuerman makes the runner from the left block set up by David Logston | 8-3 |
| 15:58 | Johnson State | Raymond Lecuyer misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 8-3 |
| 15:57 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 8-3 |
| Lineup | Hardin-Simmons | PG - David Logston (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Sidney Scheuerman (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Robert Johnson (fresh) PF - Stanton Harper (fresh) 2 pts. C - Kenneth Vesey (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Johnson State | PG - Daniel O'Donell (fairly fresh) SG - Roman Check (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Harp (fresh) PF - Russell Reynolds (fresh) C - Raymond Lecuyer (fresh) | |
| 15:47 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert Johnson misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 8-3 |
| 15:46 | Hardin-Simmons | The offensive rebound goes to Stanton Harper | 8-3 |
| 15:33 | Hardin-Simmons | Sidney Scheuerman misses the 3 from the left corner | 8-3 |
| 15:32 | Johnson State | The rebound goes to Raymond Lecuyer | 8-3 |
| 15:14 | Johnson State | Daniel O'Donell loses the dribble to Sidney Scheuerman | 8-3 |
| 15:09 | Hardin-Simmons | David Logston banks in the layup set up by Sidney Scheuerman | 10-3 |
| 15:02 | Johnson State | Stanton Harper is called for the reach on Russell Reynolds - foul #1 on Stanton Harper, team foul #2 | 10-3 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | Albert Linberg (PG), Steven Jensen (SG), Wayne Hawkins (SF), Robert McDonald (PF), Owen Baker (C) David Logston, Sidney Scheuerman, Robert Johnson, Stanton Harper, Kenneth Vesey | |
| Subs | Johnson State | Carl Cooper (PG), Edward Brakebill (SG), Gilbert Coggin (SF), John Cromwell (PF), John Carr (C) Daniel O'Donell, Roman Check, James Harp, Russell Reynolds, Raymond Lecuyer | |
| 14:56 | Johnson State | John Cromwell misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Albert Linberg - foul #1 on Albert Linberg, team foul #3 | 10-3 |
| 14:56 | Johnson State | John Cromwell makes the 1st free throw | 10-4 |
| 14:56 | Johnson State | John Cromwell makes the 2nd free throw | 10-5 |
| 14:38 | Hardin-Simmons | Steven Jensen misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 10-5 |
| 14:37 | Johnson State | John Cromwell pulls down the rebound | 10-5 |
| 14:21 | Johnson State | Carl Cooper misses the shot from the left wing but he's hacked by Wayne Hawkins - foul #1 on Wayne Hawkins, team foul #4 | 10-5 |
| 14:21 | Johnson State | Carl Cooper makes the 1st free throw | 10-6 |
| 14:21 | Johnson State | Carl Cooper makes the 2nd free throw | 10-7 |
| 13:59 | Hardin-Simmons | Wayne Hawkins hits a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Steven Jensen | 13-7 |
| 13:48 | Johnson State | Edward Brakebill drills a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Carl Cooper | 13-10 |
| 13:28 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert McDonald throws a bad pass out of bounds | 13-10 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | Stanton Harper (C) Owen Baker | |
| Subs | Johnson State | James Harp (PF) John Cromwell | |
| 13:09 | Johnson State | James Harp misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 13-10 |
| 13:07 | Johnson State | Gilbert Coggin can't tip it in | 13-10 |
| 13:06 | Johnson State | James Harp tips it home | 13-12 |
| 12:55 | Hardin-Simmons | Wayne Hawkins is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Wayne Hawkins, team foul #5 | 13-12 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | David Logston (PG), Sidney Scheuerman (SF), Kenneth Vesey (C) Albert Linberg, Wayne Hawkins, Robert McDonald | |
| Subs | Johnson State | Daniel O'Donell (PG), Roman Check (SG), Russell Reynolds (PF) Carl Cooper, Edward Brakebill, Gilbert Coggin | |
| 12:35 | Johnson State | Russell Reynolds hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the paint | 13-12 |
| 12:33 | Hardin-Simmons | Kenneth Vesey grabs the board | 13-12 |
| 12:10 | Hardin-Simmons | Sidney Scheuerman hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 13-12 |
| 12:08 | Johnson State | Russell Reynolds pulls down the rebound | 13-12 |
| 11:52 | Johnson State | James Harp misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side | 13-12 |
| 11:51 | Hardin-Simmons | Stanton Harper gets the rebound | 13-12 |
| Lineup | Hardin-Simmons | PG - David Logston (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Steven Jensen (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Sidney Scheuerman (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Stanton Harper (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Kenneth Vesey (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Johnson State | PG - Daniel O'Donell (fresh) SG - Roman Check (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Harp (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Russell Reynolds (fresh) C - John Carr (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:30 | Hardin-Simmons | Sidney Scheuerman hits a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from David Logston | 16-12 |
| 11:01 | Johnson State | Daniel O'Donell clanks a fadeaway from the left wing | 16-12 |
| 11:00 | Hardin-Simmons | Sidney Scheuerman snags the defensive board | 16-12 |
| 10:35 | Hardin-Simmons | Steven Jensen clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 16-12 |
| 10:33 | Johnson State | John Carr grabs the board | 16-12 |
| 10:16 | Johnson State | Daniel O'Donell connects on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 16-14 |
| 10:03 | Hardin-Simmons | Kenneth Vesey lays it in set up by Steven Jensen and he's fouled by John Carr - foul #1 on John Carr, team foul #2 | 18-14 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | Albert Linberg (PG), Neil Landwehr (SG), Robert Johnson (SF), Owen Baker (C) David Logston, Steven Jensen, Sidney Scheuerman, Stanton Harper | |
| Subs | Johnson State | Carl Cooper (PG), Edward Brakebill (SG), Gilbert Coggin (SF), John Cromwell (PF), Raymond Lecuyer (C) Daniel O'Donell, Roman Check, James Harp, Russell Reynolds, John Carr | |
| 10:03 | Hardin-Simmons | Kenneth Vesey makes the free throw | 19-14 |
| 09:45 | Johnson State | Robert Johnson takes the ball from John Cromwell | 19-14 |
| 09:31 | Hardin-Simmons | Neil Landwehr makes the fadeaway from the left block on a great pass from Robert Johnson | 21-14 |
| 09:28 | Johnson State | Albert Linberg picks off the pass by Carl Cooper in the backcourt | 21-14 |
| 09:07 | Hardin-Simmons | Owen Baker makes the driving attempt near the basket | 23-14 |
| 08:52 | Johnson State | Gilbert Coggin knocks in the shot from the right side on a nice dish by Carl Cooper | 23-16 |
| 08:33 | Hardin-Simmons | Neil Landwehr misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 23-16 |
| 08:31 | Johnson State | Raymond Lecuyer grabs the defensive rebound | 23-16 |
| 08:14 | Johnson State | Edward Brakebill throws a bad pass out of bounds | 23-16 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | Sidney Scheuerman (SG), Robert McDonald (PF) Neil Landwehr, Kenneth Vesey | |
| Subs | Johnson State | Daniel O'Donell (PG), Roman Check (SG), Russell Reynolds (C) Carl Cooper, Edward Brakebill, Raymond Lecuyer | |
| 07:51 | Hardin-Simmons | Albert Linberg is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Albert Linberg, team foul #6 | 23-16 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | David Logston (PG), Stanton Harper (C) Albert Linberg, Owen Baker | |
| Subs | Johnson State | James Harp (C) Russell Reynolds | |
| Lineup | Hardin-Simmons | PG - David Logston (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Sidney Scheuerman (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Robert Johnson (fresh) PF - Robert McDonald (fresh) 2 reb. C - Stanton Harper (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Johnson State | PG - Daniel O'Donell (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Roman Check (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Gilbert Coggin (fresh) 2 pts. PF - John Cromwell (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - James Harp (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:38 | Johnson State | A charge is called on Gilbert Coggin - foul #1 on Gilbert Coggin, team foul #3 | 23-16 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | | |
| Subs | Johnson State | Russell Reynolds (C) John Cromwell | |
| 07:23 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert McDonald lays it in on a great pass from David Logston and he's hacked by Gilbert Coggin - foul #2 on Gilbert Coggin, team foul #4 | 25-16 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | | |
| Subs | Johnson State | Raymond Lecuyer (C) Gilbert Coggin | |
| 07:23 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert McDonald misses the free throw | 25-16 |
| 07:23 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert McDonald grabs the offensive board | 25-16 |
| 07:11 | Hardin-Simmons | Stanton Harper misses badly on a floater from the free throw line | 25-16 |
| 07:10 | Johnson State | Roman Check grabs the defensive rebound | 25-16 |
| 07:04 | Johnson State | Raymond Lecuyer's fadeaway is rejected by Robert McDonald | 25-16 |
| 07:02 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert Johnson pulls down the rebound | 25-16 |
| 06:47 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert McDonald misses short on a runner in the paint | 25-16 |
| 06:45 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert McDonald tips it but misses | 25-16 |
| 06:44 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert McDonald gets the offensive rebound | 25-16 |
| 06:32 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert McDonald misses short on a fadeaway from the right block | 25-16 |
| 06:31 | Johnson State | Roman Check snags the defensive board | 25-16 |
| 06:19 | Johnson State | Raymond Lecuyer is hacked by Stanton Harper - foul #2 on Stanton Harper, team foul #7 | 25-16 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | Steven Jensen (SG), Owen Baker (C) Robert Johnson, Stanton Harper | |
| Subs | Johnson State | John Carr (C) Russell Reynolds | |
| 06:19 | Johnson State | Raymond Lecuyer makes the 1st free throw | 25-17 |
| 06:19 | Johnson State | Raymond Lecuyer misses the 2nd free throw | 25-17 |
| 06:19 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert McDonald grabs the defensive rebound | 25-17 |
| 06:04 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert McDonald makes the jump hook in the paint set up by Steven Jensen | 27-17 |
| 05:44 | Johnson State | Daniel O'Donell is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Daniel O'Donell, team foul #5 | 27-17 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | Randolph Coombs (PF) Robert McDonald | |
| Subs | Johnson State | Carl Cooper (PG), Keith Thomas (SF), John Cromwell (PF) Daniel O'Donell, James Harp, Raymond Lecuyer | |
| 05:25 | Hardin-Simmons | Randolph Coombs knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by David Logston | 30-17 |
| 05:14 | Johnson State | Keith Thomas is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Keith Thomas, team foul #6 | 30-17 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | | |
| Subs | Johnson State | Edward Brakebill (SG) Roman Check | |
| 05:02 | Hardin-Simmons | Carl Cooper is called for the reach on David Logston - foul #1 on Carl Cooper, team foul #7 | 30-17 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | | |
| Subs | Johnson State | Russell Reynolds (SF) Keith Thomas | |
| 05:02 | Hardin-Simmons | David Logston makes the 1st free throw | 31-17 |
| 05:02 | Hardin-Simmons | David Logston makes the 2nd free throw | 32-17 |
| 04:37 | Johnson State | Russell Reynolds blows the layup | 32-17 |
| 04:35 | Johnson State | John Cromwell grabs the offensive rebound | 32-17 |
| 04:29 | Johnson State | Edward Brakebill misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 32-17 |
| 04:28 | Hardin-Simmons | Randolph Coombs pulls down the rebound | 32-17 |
| 04:10 | Hardin-Simmons | Sidney Scheuerman knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Steven Jensen | 35-17 |
| 03:45 | Johnson State | Carl Cooper is fouled on the floor by David Logston - foul #1 on David Logston, team foul #8 | 35-17 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | Albert Linberg (PG), Robert Johnson (SG), Wayne Hawkins (SF), Robert McDonald (PF), Stanton Harper (C) David Logston, Steven Jensen, Sidney Scheuerman, Randolph Coombs, Owen Baker | |
| Subs | Johnson State | Roman Check (SG), Gilbert Coggin (SF), James Harp (PF) Edward Brakebill, Russell Reynolds, John Cromwell | |
| 03:45 | Johnson State | Carl Cooper makes the 1st free throw | 35-18 |
| 03:45 | Johnson State | Carl Cooper makes the 2nd free throw | 35-19 |
| Lineup | Hardin-Simmons | PG - Albert Linberg (fresh) SG - Robert Johnson (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Wayne Hawkins (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Robert McDonald (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Stanton Harper (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Johnson State | PG - Carl Cooper (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Roman Check (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Gilbert Coggin (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Harp (fresh) 2 pts. C - John Carr (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:31 | Hardin-Simmons | Albert Linberg lays it up and in on a great pass from Robert Johnson and he's hacked by John Carr - foul #2 on John Carr, team foul #8 | 37-19 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | | |
| Subs | Johnson State | Daniel O'Donell (PG), Raymond Lecuyer (C) Carl Cooper, John Carr | |
| 03:31 | Hardin-Simmons | Albert Linberg makes the free throw | 38-19 |
| 03:12 | Johnson State | Daniel O'Donell can't connect on a shot from the free throw line | 38-19 |
| 03:10 | Hardin-Simmons | Albert Linberg pulls down the rebound | 38-19 |
| 03:02 | Hardin-Simmons | Stanton Harper misses the jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Raymond Lecuyer - foul #1 on Raymond Lecuyer, team foul #9 | 38-19 |
| 03:02 | Hardin-Simmons | Stanton Harper misses the 1st free throw | 38-19 |
| 03:02 | Hardin-Simmons | Stanton Harper makes the 2nd free throw | 39-19 |
| 02:46 | Johnson State | Roman Check comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 39-19 |
| 02:45 | Hardin-Simmons | The rebound goes to Robert McDonald | 39-19 |
| 02:26 | Hardin-Simmons | Albert Linberg comes up short on the floater from the right block | 39-19 |
| 02:25 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert Johnson snags the offensive board | 39-19 |
| 02:14 | Hardin-Simmons | Stanton Harper clanks a fadeaway from the left wing | 39-19 |
| 02:12 | Johnson State | Raymond Lecuyer gets the rebound | 39-19 |
| 01:46 | Johnson State | Robert Johnson takes the ball from James Harp | 39-19 |
| 01:42 | Hardin-Simmons | Robert Johnson lays it up and in | 41-19 |
| 01:35 | Johnson State | Daniel O'Donell hits a pull-up jumper from the right wing and he's hacked by Robert Johnson - foul #1 on Robert Johnson, team foul #9 | 41-21 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | Steven Jensen (SG), Kenneth Vesey (C) Robert Johnson, Robert McDonald | |
| Subs | Johnson State | John Cromwell (PF), John Carr (C) James Harp, Raymond Lecuyer | |
| 01:35 | Johnson State | Daniel O'Donell makes the free throw | 41-22 |
| 01:20 | Hardin-Simmons | Wayne Hawkins is fouled on the floor by Daniel O'Donell - foul #3 on Daniel O'Donell, team foul #10 | 41-22 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | | |
| Subs | Johnson State | Carl Cooper (PG) Daniel O'Donell | |
| 01:20 | Hardin-Simmons | Wayne Hawkins makes the 1st free throw | 42-22 |
| 01:20 | Hardin-Simmons | Wayne Hawkins makes the 2nd free throw | 43-22 |
| 01:10 | Johnson State | Kenneth Vesey steals it from John Carr | 43-22 |
| 01:01 | Hardin-Simmons | Albert Linberg connects on the shot from the left wing | 45-22 |
| 00:43 | Johnson State | John Carr misses badly on a shot from the left side | 45-22 |
| 00:42 | Hardin-Simmons | Albert Linberg pulls down the rebound | 45-22 |
| 00:38 | Hardin-Simmons | Wayne Hawkins is fouled on the floor by Carl Cooper - foul #2 on Carl Cooper, team foul #11 | 45-22 |
| Subs | Hardin-Simmons | David Logston (PG), Randolph Coombs (C) Albert Linberg, Stanton Harper | |
| Subs | Johnson State | Edward Brakebill (SG), Russell Reynolds (SF) Roman Check, Gilbert Coggin | |
| 00:38 | Hardin-Simmons | Wayne Hawkins makes the 1st free throw | 46-22 |
| 00:38 | Hardin-Simmons | Wayne Hawkins misses the 2nd free throw | 46-22 |
| 00:38 | Johnson State | John Cromwell grabs the board | 46-22 |
| 00:27 | Johnson State | Edward Brakebill misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 46-22 |
| 00:26 | Johnson State | John Cromwell grabs the offensive rebound | 46-22 |
| 00:01 | Johnson State | Edward Brakebill hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 46-22 |
| 00:00 | Hardin-Simmons | Randolph Coombs pulls down the rebound | 46-22 |