| Lineup | Missouri | PG - Warren Sharp (fresh) SG - Jesse Rice (fresh) SF - Keith Nice (fresh) PF - Don Wagner (fresh) C - Joseph Macrae (fresh) | |
| Lineup | North Texas | PG - James Gould (fresh) SG - Robert Edmonds (fresh) SF - Larry Chason (fresh) PF - Bobby Hoyt (fresh) C - Ronald Schirmer (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | North Texas | Ronald Schirmer wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Missouri | Missouri is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | North Texas | North Texas is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:37 | North Texas | Larry Chason hits a 3 from the left corner set up by James Gould | 0-3 |
| 19:21 | Missouri | Keith Nice comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 0-3 |
| 19:20 | North Texas | Robert Edmonds grabs the defensive rebound | 0-3 |
| 19:16 | North Texas | Bobby Hoyt's fadeaway is rejected by Joseph Macrae | 0-3 |
| 19:15 | North Texas | Bobby Hoyt tips it back up and in | 0-5 |
| 18:59 | Missouri | Keith Nice hits a fadeaway from the left wing | 2-5 |
| 18:46 | North Texas | Larry Chason misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Joseph Macrae - foul #1 on Joseph Macrae, team foul #1 | 2-5 |
| 18:46 | North Texas | Larry Chason misses the 1st free throw | 2-5 |
| 18:46 | North Texas | Larry Chason makes the 2nd free throw | 2-6 |
| 18:25 | Missouri | Don Wagner misses long on a turnaround near the basket but he's hacked by Bobby Hoyt - foul #1 on Bobby Hoyt, team foul #1 | 2-6 |
| 18:25 | Missouri | Don Wagner makes the 1st free throw | 3-6 |
| 18:25 | Missouri | Don Wagner makes the 2nd free throw | 4-6 |
| 18:04 | North Texas | James Gould misses long on a shot from the left side | 4-6 |
| 18:02 | North Texas | Ronald Schirmer tips it in | 4-8 |
| 17:39 | Missouri | Warren Sharp hits a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Jesse Rice | 7-8 |
| 17:19 | North Texas | James Gould misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 7-8 |
| 17:17 | Missouri | The rebound goes to Joseph Macrae | 7-8 |
| 17:13 | Missouri | Warren Sharp makes the fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by Joseph Macrae and he's hacked by Larry Chason - foul #1 on Larry Chason, team foul #2 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Missouri | | |
| Subs | North Texas | Charles Thomas (PG), Gregory Webb (PF), Johnny Sabella (C) James Gould, Bobby Hoyt, Ronald Schirmer | |
| 17:13 | Missouri | Warren Sharp makes the free throw | 10-8 |
| 16:53 | North Texas | Robert Edmonds throws a bad pass out of bounds | 10-8 |
| Subs | Missouri | | |
| Subs | North Texas | Alan Solar (SG), Nathan Barry (SF) Robert Edmonds, Larry Chason | |
| 16:43 | Missouri | Warren Sharp comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 10-8 |
| 16:42 | North Texas | Charles Thomas gets the rebound | 10-8 |
| 16:34 | North Texas | Charles Thomas throws a bad pass out of bounds | 10-8 |
| 16:12 | Missouri | Keith Nice scores on a turnaround in the paint set up by Warren Sharp and he's fouled by Charles Thomas - foul #1 on Charles Thomas, team foul #3 | 12-8 |
| Subs | Missouri | | |
| Subs | North Texas | James Gould (PG) Nathan Barry | |
| 16:12 | Missouri | Keith Nice makes the free throw | 13-8 |
| 16:00 | North Texas | Charles Thomas connects on the 3pt shot from the left corner set up by James Gould | 13-11 |
| Lineup | Missouri | PG - Warren Sharp (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jesse Rice (fairly fresh) SF - Keith Nice (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Don Wagner (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Joseph Macrae (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | North Texas | PG - James Gould (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Charles Thomas (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Alan Solar (fresh) PF - Gregory Webb (fresh) C - Johnny Sabella (fresh) | |
| 15:42 | Missouri | Keith Nice is whistled for traveling | 13-11 |
| Subs | Missouri | | |
| Subs | North Texas | Robert Edmonds (SG), Larry Chason (SF), Bobby Hoyt (PF), Ronald Schirmer (C) Charles Thomas, Alan Solar, Gregory Webb, Johnny Sabella | |
| 15:28 | North Texas | Larry Chason clanks a floater from the right block but he's hacked by Jesse Rice - foul #1 on Jesse Rice, team foul #2 | 13-11 |
| 15:28 | North Texas | Larry Chason misses the 1st free throw | 13-11 |
| 15:28 | North Texas | Larry Chason makes the 2nd free throw | 13-12 |
| 15:14 | Missouri | Keith Nice comes up short on the fadeaway from close range but the foul's on James Gould - foul #1 on James Gould, team foul #4 | 13-12 |
| 15:14 | Missouri | Keith Nice makes the 1st free throw | 14-12 |
| 15:14 | Missouri | Keith Nice makes the 2nd free throw | 15-12 |
| 15:00 | North Texas | Ronald Schirmer scores on a jumpshot from the free throw line on a great pass from Larry Chason | 15-14 |
| 14:41 | Missouri | Keith Nice makes the shot from the baseline set up by Warren Sharp | 17-14 |
| 14:26 | North Texas | Bobby Hoyt misses long on a shot from the right wing | 17-14 |
| 14:24 | Missouri | Jesse Rice grabs the board | 17-14 |
| 13:55 | Missouri | Robert Edmonds is called for the reach on Joseph Macrae - foul #1 on Robert Edmonds, team foul #5 | 17-14 |
| Subs | Missouri | Andrew Richardson (C) Joseph Macrae | |
| Subs | North Texas | Charles Thomas (PG), Alan Solar (SG), Nathan Barry (SF), Gregory Webb (PF), Johnny Sabella (C) James Gould, Robert Edmonds, Larry Chason, Bobby Hoyt, Ronald Schirmer | |
| 13:40 | Missouri | Andrew Richardson clanks a runner from the baseline but he's fouled by Johnny Sabella - foul #1 on Johnny Sabella, team foul #6 | 17-14 |
| 13:40 | Missouri | Andrew Richardson makes the 1st free throw | 18-14 |
| 13:40 | Missouri | Andrew Richardson makes the 2nd free throw | 19-14 |
| 13:27 | North Texas | Nathan Barry can't connect on a jumper from the right wing | 19-14 |
| 13:26 | Missouri | Jesse Rice grabs the defensive rebound | 19-14 |
| 13:14 | Missouri | Don Wagner misses the jumper from the right wing | 19-14 |
| 13:13 | North Texas | Gregory Webb pulls down the rebound | 19-14 |
| 12:46 | North Texas | Charles Thomas knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing set up by Alan Solar | 19-16 |
| 12:25 | Missouri | Don Wagner's fadeaway is rejected by Johnny Sabella | 19-16 |
| 12:24 | Missouri | Andrew Richardson tips it home | 21-16 |
| 12:13 | North Texas | Nathan Barry misses long on a floater from the left wing | 21-16 |
| 12:12 | Missouri | Keith Nice gets the rebound | 21-16 |
| 11:45 | Missouri | Warren Sharp's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 21-16 |
| Subs | Missouri | John Kaczmarek (SG), Terry Parker (SF), Aurelio Russo (PF), Joseph Macrae (C) Jesse Rice, Keith Nice, Don Wagner, Andrew Richardson | |
| Subs | North Texas | James Gould (PG), Robert Edmonds (SG), Larry Chason (SF), Bobby Hoyt (PF), Ronald Schirmer (C) Charles Thomas, Alan Solar, Nathan Barry, Gregory Webb, Johnny Sabella | |
| Lineup | Missouri | PG - Warren Sharp (tiring) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Kaczmarek (fresh) SF - Terry Parker (fresh) PF - Aurelio Russo (fresh) C - Joseph Macrae (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | North Texas | PG - James Gould (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Robert Edmonds (fresh) SF - Larry Chason (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Bobby Hoyt (fresh) 2 pts. C - Ronald Schirmer (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:38 | North Texas | Ronald Schirmer travels with the ball | 21-16 |
| 11:17 | Missouri | Bobby Hoyt is called for the reach on Aurelio Russo - foul #2 on Bobby Hoyt, team foul #7 | 21-16 |
| Subs | Missouri | | |
| Subs | North Texas | Charles Thomas (PF) Bobby Hoyt | |
| 11:17 | Missouri | Aurelio Russo misses the 1st free throw | 21-16 |
| 11:17 | North Texas | Charles Thomas pulls down the rebound | 21-16 |
| 10:55 | North Texas | Larry Chason misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 21-16 |
| 10:54 | North Texas | Larry Chason grabs the offensive rebound | 21-16 |
| 10:37 | North Texas | Charles Thomas hits a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 21-18 |
| 10:21 | Missouri | Ronald Schirmer is called for the reach on Warren Sharp - foul #1 on Ronald Schirmer, team foul #8 | 21-18 |
| Subs | Missouri | Keith Nice (SF), Andrew Richardson (C) Terry Parker, Joseph Macrae | |
| Subs | North Texas | Gregory Webb (PF) Charles Thomas | |
| 10:21 | Missouri | Warren Sharp makes the 1st free throw | 22-18 |
| 10:21 | Missouri | Warren Sharp makes the 2nd free throw | 23-18 |
| 10:04 | North Texas | Larry Chason misses short on a runner in the paint but the foul's on John Kaczmarek - foul #1 on John Kaczmarek, team foul #3 | 23-18 |
| Subs | Missouri | Jesse Rice (SG), Don Wagner (PF) John Kaczmarek, Aurelio Russo | |
| Subs | North Texas | | |
| 10:04 | North Texas | Larry Chason misses the 1st free throw | 23-18 |
| 10:04 | North Texas | Larry Chason makes the 2nd free throw | 23-19 |
| 09:40 | Missouri | Keith Nice connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Don Wagner | 26-19 |
| 09:29 | North Texas | Robert Edmonds misses badly on a jumper from the right block | 26-19 |
| 09:28 | North Texas | Robert Edmonds tips it back up and in | 26-21 |
| 09:05 | Missouri | The jumper by Keith Nice is denied by Larry Chason | 26-21 |
| 09:04 | North Texas | Ronald Schirmer gets the rebound | 26-21 |
| 09:00 | North Texas | Robert Edmonds misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 26-21 |
| 08:59 | Missouri | Keith Nice snags the defensive board | 26-21 |
| 08:53 | Missouri | James Gould is called for the reach on Warren Sharp - foul #2 on James Gould, team foul #9 | 26-21 |
| Subs | Missouri | Aurelio Russo (PF) Andrew Richardson | |
| Subs | North Texas | Charles Thomas (PG), Alan Solar (SG), Nathan Barry (SF), Johnny Sabella (C) James Gould, Robert Edmonds, Larry Chason, Ronald Schirmer | |
| 08:53 | Missouri | Warren Sharp makes the 1st free throw | 27-21 |
| 08:53 | Missouri | Warren Sharp makes the 2nd free throw | 28-21 |
| 08:33 | North Texas | Alan Solar scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 28-23 |
| 08:24 | Missouri | Keith Nice misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 28-23 |
| 08:23 | North Texas | Gregory Webb pulls down the rebound | 28-23 |
| 08:04 | North Texas | Nathan Barry knocks in the jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Charles Thomas and he's fouled by Keith Nice - foul #1 on Keith Nice, team foul #4 | 28-25 |
| Subs | Missouri | John Kaczmarek (SG), Terry Parker (SF), Joseph Macrae (C) Jesse Rice, Keith Nice, Don Wagner | |
| Subs | North Texas | Robert Edmonds (SG) Gregory Webb | |
| 08:04 | North Texas | Nathan Barry makes the free throw | 28-26 |
| 07:51 | Missouri | Warren Sharp misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 28-26 |
| 07:50 | Missouri | Joseph Macrae snags the offensive board | 28-26 |
| 07:34 | Missouri | Nathan Barry picks off the pass by John Kaczmarek | 28-26 |
| Lineup | Missouri | PG - Warren Sharp (tiring) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Kaczmarek (fresh) SF - Terry Parker (fresh) PF - Aurelio Russo (fresh) C - Joseph Macrae (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | North Texas | PG - Charles Thomas (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. SG - Robert Edmonds (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Alan Solar (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Nathan Barry (fresh) 3 pts. C - Johnny Sabella (fresh) | |
| 07:13 | North Texas | Alan Solar is fouled on the floor by Terry Parker - foul #1 on Terry Parker, team foul #5 | 28-26 |
| Subs | Missouri | Keith Nice (SF), Don Wagner (PF) Terry Parker, Aurelio Russo | |
| Subs | North Texas | Larry Chason (SF), Ronald Schirmer (C) Alan Solar, Johnny Sabella | |
| 07:03 | North Texas | Nathan Barry misses the runner in the lane | 28-26 |
| 07:01 | Missouri | John Kaczmarek grabs the defensive rebound | 28-26 |
| 06:57 | Missouri | Warren Sharp comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Charles Thomas - foul #2 on Charles Thomas, team foul #10 | 28-26 |
| Subs | Missouri | Jesse Rice (SG) John Kaczmarek | |
| Subs | North Texas | Gregory Webb (PF) Charles Thomas | |
| 06:57 | Missouri | Warren Sharp makes the 1st free throw | 29-26 |
| 06:57 | Missouri | Warren Sharp makes the 2nd free throw | 30-26 |
| 06:38 | North Texas | Nathan Barry throws a bad pass out of bounds | 30-26 |
| Subs | Missouri | | |
| Subs | North Texas | Alan Solar (PG) Nathan Barry | |
| 06:26 | Missouri | Don Wagner misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Gregory Webb - foul #1 on Gregory Webb, team foul #11 | 30-26 |
| Subs | Missouri | Andrew Richardson (C) Joseph Macrae | |
| Subs | North Texas | | |
| 06:26 | Missouri | Don Wagner makes the 1st free throw | 31-26 |
| 06:26 | Missouri | Don Wagner makes the 2nd free throw | 32-26 |
| 06:15 | North Texas | Gregory Webb clanks a shot from the baseline | 32-26 |
| 06:13 | North Texas | Gregory Webb grabs the offensive rebound | 32-26 |
| 06:02 | North Texas | Larry Chason misses long on a floater near the basket | 32-26 |
| 06:00 | North Texas | Ronald Schirmer grabs the offensive rebound | 32-26 |
| 05:35 | North Texas | Ronald Schirmer misses short on a fadeaway in the lane | 32-26 |
| 05:34 | North Texas | Larry Chason tips it home | 32-28 |
| 05:16 | Missouri | Andrew Richardson lays it in on a great pass from Warren Sharp | 34-28 |
| 04:53 | North Texas | Robert Edmonds clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 34-28 |
| 04:52 | Missouri | Jesse Rice pulls down the rebound | 34-28 |
| 04:33 | Missouri | Don Wagner is fouled on the floor by Gregory Webb - foul #2 on Gregory Webb, team foul #12 | 34-28 |
| Subs | Missouri | Terry Parker (PG), John Kaczmarek (SG), Aurelio Russo (SF), Joseph Macrae (C) Warren Sharp, Jesse Rice, Keith Nice, Andrew Richardson | |
| Subs | North Texas | Nathan Barry (PF), Johnny Sabella (C) Gregory Webb, Ronald Schirmer | |
| 04:33 | Missouri | Don Wagner makes the 1st free throw | 35-28 |
| 04:33 | Missouri | Don Wagner misses the 2nd free throw | 35-28 |
| 04:33 | North Texas | Nathan Barry gets the rebound | 35-28 |
| 04:18 | North Texas | Larry Chason is called for traveling | 35-28 |
| Subs | Missouri | Alvaro Gallo (SG) Don Wagner | |
| Subs | North Texas | | |
| 03:58 | Missouri | Aurelio Russo misses short on a floater from the right wing | 35-28 |
| 03:57 | North Texas | Johnny Sabella gets the rebound | 35-28 |
| 03:51 | North Texas | Alan Solar is hacked by Alvaro Gallo - foul #1 on Alvaro Gallo, team foul #6 | 35-28 |
| Subs | Missouri | | |
| Subs | North Texas | James Gould (PG), Charles Thomas (SG), Bobby Hoyt (PF) Alan Solar, Robert Edmonds, Larry Chason | |
| 03:42 | North Texas | James Gould jams it | 35-30 |
| 03:25 | Missouri | Joseph Macrae connects on the runner from close range on a nice dish by John Kaczmarek | 37-30 |
| Lineup | Missouri | PG - Terry Parker (fresh) SG - Alvaro Gallo (fresh) SF - John Kaczmarek (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Aurelio Russo (fresh) C - Joseph Macrae (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | North Texas | PG - James Gould (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Thomas (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. SF - Nathan Barry (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Bobby Hoyt (fresh) 2 pts. C - Johnny Sabella (fresh) | |
| 03:04 | North Texas | Johnny Sabella throws a bad pass out of bounds | 37-30 |
| Subs | Missouri | Warren Sharp (PG), Jesse Rice (SG), Keith Nice (SF) Terry Parker, Alvaro Gallo, John Kaczmarek | |
| Subs | North Texas | | |
| 02:42 | Missouri | Joseph Macrae buries a runner near the basket on a great pass from Aurelio Russo and the foul's on Johnny Sabella - foul #2 on Johnny Sabella, team foul #13 | 39-30 |
| Subs | Missouri | Don Wagner (PF) Aurelio Russo | |
| Subs | North Texas | | |
| 02:42 | Missouri | Joseph Macrae makes the free throw | 40-30 |
| 02:20 | North Texas | Charles Thomas misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 40-30 |
| 02:19 | Missouri | Joseph Macrae gets the rebound | 40-30 |
| 01:56 | Missouri | Jesse Rice misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 40-30 |
| 01:54 | North Texas | Nathan Barry gets the rebound | 40-30 |
| 01:42 | North Texas | The short jumper by Johnny Sabella is denied by Joseph Macrae | 40-30 |
| 01:41 | North Texas | Charles Thomas tips it in | 40-32 |
| 01:19 | Missouri | Warren Sharp connects on the jumpshot from the left side | 42-32 |
| 00:54 | North Texas | Nathan Barry misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 42-32 |
| 00:53 | North Texas | Johnny Sabella tips it back up and in | 42-34 |
| 00:36 | Missouri | Keith Nice connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Don Wagner | 45-34 |
| 00:14 | North Texas | Nathan Barry knocks in the floater from the right block | 45-36 |
| 00:08 | Missouri | Charles Thomas steals it from Joseph Macrae | 45-36 |
| 00:05 | North Texas | Charles Thomas lays it in | 45-38 |
| 00:01 | Missouri | Warren Sharp clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 45-38 |
| 00:00 | Missouri | The clock runs out | 45-38 |