| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Cameron Fry (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Ernest Hall (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joseph Alcazar (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Larry Frankel (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Vincent Kirby (fresh) 7 pts. 3 stl. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - James Pell (fresh) 9 pts. 2 stl. SG - Joseph Lassiter (fresh) SF - Gene Bell (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. PF - Mason Littrell (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Wayne Stewart (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Michigan State | Gene Bell inbounds the ball | 36-27 |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:42 | Michigan State | Joseph Lassiter comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 36-27 |
| 19:41 | Ohio State | Vincent Kirby grabs the board | 36-27 |
| 19:17 | Ohio State | Cameron Fry misses badly on a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by James Pell - foul #2 on James Pell, team foul #1 | 36-27 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Eugene Rice (C) Vincent Kirby | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Rodney Brown (PG), Jeffrey Twyman (PF) James Pell, Mason Littrell | |
| 19:17 | Ohio State | Cameron Fry misses the 1st free throw | 36-27 |
| 19:17 | Ohio State | Cameron Fry makes the 2nd free throw | 37-27 |
| 18:56 | Michigan State | Rodney Brown's fadeaway is rejected by Eugene Rice | 37-27 |
| 18:55 | Michigan State | Wayne Stewart hits the follow up shot | 37-29 |
| 18:31 | Ohio State | Eugene Rice connects on the jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Cameron Fry | 39-29 |
| 18:25 | Michigan State | Wayne Stewart can't finish the layup | 39-29 |
| 18:24 | Michigan State | The offensive rebound goes to Rodney Brown | 39-29 |
| 18:10 | Michigan State | Joseph Alcazar is called for the reach on Gene Bell - foul #2 on Joseph Alcazar, team foul #1 | 39-29 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Byron Steele (PG) Cameron Fry | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 17:45 | Michigan State | Rodney Brown misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 39-29 |
| 17:44 | Ohio State | Eugene Rice snags the defensive board | 39-29 |
| 17:15 | Ohio State | Eugene Rice is called for traveling | 39-29 |
| 17:05 | Michigan State | Joseph Lassiter buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Rodney Brown | 39-32 |
| 16:36 | Ohio State | Eugene Rice is denied on a dunk by Wayne Stewart | 39-32 |
| 16:35 | Ohio State | Joseph Alcazar tips it home | 41-32 |
| 16:30 | Michigan State | Gene Bell is hacked by Eugene Rice - foul #3 on Eugene Rice, team foul #2 | 41-32 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Warren Carnegie (PF) Larry Frankel | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Leandro Romano (SG), Willie Sessions (PF) Joseph Lassiter, Jeffrey Twyman | |
| 16:13 | Michigan State | The pull-up jumper by Wayne Stewart is blocked by Warren Carnegie | 41-32 |
| 16:11 | Ohio State | Eugene Rice gets the rebound | 41-32 |
| 15:47 | Ohio State | Eugene Rice makes the shot from the left wing | 43-32 |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Byron Steele (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Ernest Hall (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joseph Alcazar (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Warren Carnegie (fresh) C - Eugene Rice (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Rodney Brown (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Leandro Romano (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gene Bell (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. PF - Willie Sessions (fresh) 3 pts. C - Wayne Stewart (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 15:30 | Michigan State | Willie Sessions dunks the ball | 43-34 |
| 15:20 | Ohio State | Eugene Rice misses badly on a floater from the left wing but he's hacked by Gene Bell - foul #2 on Gene Bell, team foul #2 | 43-34 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Cameron Fry (PG), William McCurty (SF), Larry Frankel (PF) Ernest Hall, Joseph Alcazar, Warren Carnegie | |
| Subs | Michigan State | James Pell (PG), Joseph Lassiter (SG), William Jenkins (C) Rodney Brown, Leandro Romano, Wayne Stewart | |
| 15:20 | Ohio State | Eugene Rice makes the 1st free throw | 44-34 |
| 15:20 | Ohio State | Eugene Rice makes the 2nd free throw | 45-34 |
| 15:02 | Michigan State | James Pell misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 45-34 |
| 15:01 | Ohio State | Larry Frankel snags the defensive board | 45-34 |
| 14:36 | Ohio State | Byron Steele hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 45-34 |
| 14:34 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to William Jenkins | 45-34 |
| 14:28 | Michigan State | Willie Sessions loses the dribble to Byron Steele | 45-34 |
| 14:25 | Ohio State | William McCurty jams it set up by Byron Steele | 47-34 |
| 14:11 | Michigan State | James Pell comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 47-34 |
| 14:09 | Ohio State | The rebound goes to Larry Frankel | 47-34 |
| 13:49 | Ohio State | William McCurty misses long on a runner from the right block but he's fouled by Gene Bell - foul #3 on Gene Bell, team foul #3 | 47-34 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Ernest Hall (SG), Vincent Kirby (PF) Byron Steele, Larry Frankel | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Rodney Brown (PG), Larry Freese (SG), Jeffrey Twyman (PF), Wayne Stewart (C) James Pell, Joseph Lassiter, Willie Sessions, William Jenkins | |
| 13:49 | Ohio State | William McCurty misses the 1st free throw | 47-34 |
| 13:49 | Ohio State | William McCurty misses the 2nd free throw | 47-34 |
| 13:49 | Michigan State | Wayne Stewart pulls down the rebound | 47-34 |
| 13:23 | Michigan State | Larry Freese hits a jump hook from the right block on a nice dish by Gene Bell | 47-36 |
| 13:08 | Ohio State | Wayne Stewart swats the shot by William McCurty | 47-36 |
| 13:06 | Ohio State | Vincent Kirby tips it back up and in | 49-36 |
| 12:52 | Michigan State | Wayne Stewart drills a fadeaway jumper from the left side and he's fouled by Eugene Rice - foul #4 on Eugene Rice, team foul #3 | 49-38 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Byron Steele (PG), Joseph Alcazar (SF), Larry Frankel (PF) Cameron Fry, William McCurty, Eugene Rice | |
| Subs | Michigan State | James Pell (PG), Leandro Romano (SG), Mason Littrell (PF) Rodney Brown, Larry Freese, Jeffrey Twyman | |
| 12:52 | Michigan State | Wayne Stewart makes the free throw | 49-39 |
| 12:32 | Ohio State | Byron Steele connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 52-39 |
| 12:10 | Michigan State | Mason Littrell can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 52-39 |
| 12:09 | Michigan State | Mason Littrell grabs the offensive board | 52-39 |
| 11:58 | Michigan State | James Pell comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 52-39 |
| 11:57 | Michigan State | Wayne Stewart snags the offensive board | 52-39 |
| 11:50 | Michigan State | James Pell can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 52-39 |
| 11:48 | Ohio State | The rebound goes to Larry Frankel | 52-39 |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Byron Steele (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. 3 stl. SG - Ernest Hall (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joseph Alcazar (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Larry Frankel (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Vincent Kirby (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - James Pell (fresh) 9 pts. 2 stl. SG - Leandro Romano (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gene Bell (tiring) 4 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. PF - Mason Littrell (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. C - Wayne Stewart (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 11:27 | Ohio State | Vincent Kirby's fadeaway is rejected by Mason Littrell | 52-39 |
| 11:25 | Michigan State | Wayne Stewart gets the rebound | 52-39 |
| 11:21 | Michigan State | James Pell comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 52-39 |
| 11:20 | Ohio State | The rebound goes to Vincent Kirby | 52-39 |
| 11:00 | Ohio State | Byron Steele clanks a fadeaway from the free throw line | 52-39 |
| 10:59 | Ohio State | Larry Frankel can't tip it in | 52-39 |
| 10:58 | Ohio State | Vincent Kirby can't tip it in | 52-39 |
| 10:56 | Michigan State | Mason Littrell snags the defensive board | 52-39 |
| 10:50 | Michigan State | James Pell loses the dribble to Vincent Kirby | 52-39 |
| 10:33 | Ohio State | Byron Steele is hacked by Gene Bell - foul #4 on Gene Bell, team foul #4 | 52-39 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Cameron Fry (PG), Warren Carnegie (PF), Eugene Rice (C) Ernest Hall, Larry Frankel, Vincent Kirby | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Rodney Brown (PG), Joseph Lassiter (SG), Larry Freese (SF), Jeffrey Twyman (PF), William Jenkins (C) James Pell, Leandro Romano, Gene Bell, Mason Littrell, Wayne Stewart | |
| 10:07 | Ohio State | Eugene Rice's fadeaway is rejected by William Jenkins | 52-39 |
| 10:05 | Ohio State | Byron Steele hits the follow up shot | 54-39 |
| 09:36 | Michigan State | Jeffrey Twyman misses short on a jumper from the left block | 54-39 |
| 09:34 | Michigan State | William Jenkins gets the offensive rebound | 54-39 |
| 09:23 | Michigan State | William Jenkins clanks a driving attempt from close range but he's fouled by Eugene Rice - foul #5 on Eugene Rice, team foul #4 | 54-39 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Ernest Hall (SG), William McCurty (SF), Larry Frankel (PF), Vincent Kirby (C) Byron Steele, Joseph Alcazar, Warren Carnegie, Eugene Rice | |
| Subs | Michigan State | James Pell (PG), Gene Bell (SF), Willie Sessions (PF) Rodney Brown, Joseph Lassiter, Jeffrey Twyman | |
| 09:23 | Michigan State | William Jenkins makes the 1st free throw | 54-40 |
| 09:23 | Michigan State | William Jenkins makes the 2nd free throw | 54-41 |
| 08:58 | Ohio State | Cameron Fry makes the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 56-41 |
| 08:30 | Michigan State | William Jenkins is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on William Jenkins, team foul #5 | 56-41 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Byron Steele (SG), Joseph Alcazar (SF) Ernest Hall, William McCurty | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Rodney Brown (PG), Joseph Lassiter (SG), Wayne Stewart (C) James Pell, Larry Freese, William Jenkins | |
| 08:01 | Ohio State | Cameron Fry comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right side but the foul's on Joseph Lassiter - foul #1 on Joseph Lassiter, team foul #6 | 56-41 |
| Subs | Ohio State | William McCurty (SF) Joseph Alcazar | |
| Subs | Michigan State | James Pell (PG), Mason Littrell (PF), William Jenkins (C) Rodney Brown, Gene Bell, Wayne Stewart | |
| 08:01 | Ohio State | Cameron Fry misses the 1st free throw | 56-41 |
| 08:01 | Ohio State | Cameron Fry makes the 2nd free throw | 57-41 |
| 07:38 | Michigan State | Willie Sessions blows the dunk | 57-41 |
| 07:36 | Ohio State | Byron Steele gets the rebound | 57-41 |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Cameron Fry (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Byron Steele (fresh) 10 pts. 5 ast. 3 stl. SF - William McCurty (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Larry Frankel (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. C - Vincent Kirby (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 4 stl. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - James Pell (fresh) 9 pts. 2 stl. SG - Joseph Lassiter (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Willie Sessions (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Mason Littrell (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. C - William Jenkins (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:17 | Ohio State | Vincent Kirby can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 57-41 |
| 07:16 | Michigan State | Mason Littrell pulls down the rebound | 57-41 |
| 07:12 | Michigan State | Joseph Lassiter clanks a floater from the free throw line | 57-41 |
| 07:11 | Ohio State | Larry Frankel snags the defensive board | 57-41 |
| 07:07 | Ohio State | William McCurty misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 57-41 |
| 07:06 | Ohio State | Cameron Fry snags the offensive board | 57-41 |
| 06:47 | Ohio State | Joseph Lassiter steals the ball from Vincent Kirby | 57-41 |
| 06:33 | Michigan State | Willie Sessions's fadeaway is rejected by Vincent Kirby | 57-41 |
| 06:31 | Michigan State | William Jenkins snags the offensive board | 57-41 |
| 06:21 | Michigan State | Joseph Lassiter clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 57-41 |
| 06:20 | Ohio State | Vincent Kirby grabs the board | 57-41 |
| 06:02 | Ohio State | Vincent Kirby blows the dunk | 57-41 |
| 06:01 | Michigan State | Mason Littrell gets the rebound | 57-41 |
| 05:59 | Michigan State | Michigan State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-41 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Ernest Hall (SG), Joseph Alcazar (SF), Warren Carnegie (PF) Byron Steele, William McCurty, Larry Frankel | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Rodney Brown (PG), Larry Freese (SG), Gene Bell (SF), Jeffrey Twyman (PF), Wayne Stewart (C) James Pell, Joseph Lassiter, Willie Sessions, Mason Littrell, William Jenkins | |
| 05:56 | Michigan State | The pull-up jumper by Gene Bell is blocked by Warren Carnegie | 57-41 |
| 05:54 | Michigan State | Larry Freese misses the tip | 57-41 |
| 05:52 | Ohio State | Vincent Kirby pulls down the rebound | 57-41 |
| 05:26 | Ohio State | Vincent Kirby lays it up and in on a nice dish by Ernest Hall | 59-41 |
| 05:20 | Michigan State | Gene Bell is whistled for traveling | 59-41 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Byron Steele (PG), Larry Frankel (PF) Cameron Fry, Warren Carnegie | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Leandro Romano (SG) Larry Freese | |
| 04:51 | Ohio State | Ernest Hall clanks a runner from the right block | 59-41 |
| 04:50 | Ohio State | Larry Frankel tips it in | 61-41 |
| 04:35 | Michigan State | Ernest Hall steps in front of the Leandro Romano pass | 61-41 |
| 04:32 | Ohio State | Joseph Alcazar hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Ernest Hall | 63-41 |
| 04:21 | Michigan State | Jeffrey Twyman lays it up and in on a nice dish by Rodney Brown and the foul's on Ernest Hall - foul #2 on Ernest Hall, team foul #5 | 63-43 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Cameron Fry (PG), William McCurty (SF), Robert Goodman (PF), Warren Carnegie (C) Ernest Hall, Joseph Alcazar, Larry Frankel, Vincent Kirby | |
| Subs | Michigan State | James Pell (PG), Larry Freese (SG) Rodney Brown, Leandro Romano | |
| 04:21 | Michigan State | Jeffrey Twyman makes the free throw | 63-44 |
| 03:55 | Ohio State | Larry Freese is called for the reach on Cameron Fry - foul #2 on Larry Freese, team foul #7 | 63-44 |
| Subs | Ohio State | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Rodney Brown (PG), Leandro Romano (SG), Willie Sessions (PF) James Pell, Larry Freese, Jeffrey Twyman | |
| 03:55 | Ohio State | Cameron Fry misses the 1st free throw | 63-44 |
| 03:55 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Wayne Stewart | 63-44 |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 03:46 | Michigan State | Willie Sessions misses the easy layup | 63-44 |
| 03:45 | Michigan State | Gene Bell can't tip it in | 63-44 |
| 03:43 | Michigan State | Wayne Stewart gets the offensive rebound | 63-44 |
| 03:32 | Michigan State | Rodney Brown loses the dribble to Byron Steele | 63-44 |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Cameron Fry (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Byron Steele (fresh) 10 pts. 5 ast. 4 stl. SF - William McCurty (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Robert Goodman (fresh) C - Warren Carnegie (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Rodney Brown (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Leandro Romano (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gene Bell (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. 4 pf. PF - Willie Sessions (fresh) 5 pts. C - Wayne Stewart (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 03:11 | Ohio State | Cameron Fry misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 63-44 |
| 03:10 | Michigan State | Willie Sessions snags the defensive board | 63-44 |
| 02:57 | Michigan State | Wayne Stewart misses long on a shot from the left block | 63-44 |
| 02:55 | Ohio State | Warren Carnegie grabs the defensive rebound | 63-44 |
| 02:51 | Ohio State | Byron Steele throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 63-44 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Ernest Hall (SG) Cameron Fry | |
| Subs | Michigan State | James Pell (PG), Larry Freese (SG), Mason Littrell (PF), William Jenkins (C) Rodney Brown, Leandro Romano, Willie Sessions, Wayne Stewart | |
| 02:46 | Michigan State | Mason Littrell misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Warren Carnegie - foul #1 on Warren Carnegie, team foul #6 | 63-44 |
| 02:46 | Michigan State | Mason Littrell makes the 1st free throw | 63-45 |
| 02:46 | Michigan State | Mason Littrell misses the 2nd free throw | 63-45 |
| 02:46 | Ohio State | The rebound goes to Robert Goodman | 63-45 |
| 02:23 | Ohio State | Warren Carnegie loses the dribble to James Pell | 63-45 |
| 02:20 | Michigan State | James Pell misses the dunk | 63-45 |
| 02:19 | Ohio State | Robert Goodman pulls down the rebound | 63-45 |
| 02:17 | Ohio State | James Pell is called for the reach on Byron Steele in the backcourt - foul #3 on James Pell, team foul #8 | 63-45 |
| Subs | Ohio State | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Joseph Lassiter (SG), Willie Sessions (PF) Gene Bell, Mason Littrell | |
| 02:17 | Ohio State | Byron Steele misses the 1st free throw | 63-45 |
| 02:17 | Michigan State | William Jenkins grabs the defensive rebound | 63-45 |
| 02:10 | Michigan State | James Pell scores on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 63-47 |
| 01:55 | Ohio State | Byron Steele misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 63-47 |
| 01:54 | Michigan State | Joseph Lassiter grabs the defensive rebound | 63-47 |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 01:49 | Michigan State | Byron Steele takes the ball from William Jenkins | 63-47 |
| 01:29 | Ohio State | Byron Steele comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line but he's fouled by James Pell - foul #4 on James Pell, team foul #9 | 63-47 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Vincent Kirby (C) Ernest Hall | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Gene Bell (SF), Mason Littrell (PF), Wayne Stewart (C) Larry Freese, Willie Sessions, William Jenkins | |
| 01:29 | Ohio State | Byron Steele makes the 1st free throw | 64-47 |
| 01:29 | Ohio State | Byron Steele misses the 2nd free throw | 64-47 |
| 01:29 | Michigan State | Wayne Stewart pulls down the rebound | 64-47 |
| 01:08 | Michigan State | James Pell knocks in the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Joseph Lassiter | 64-50 |
| 00:48 | Ohio State | Vincent Kirby is hacked by James Pell - foul #5 on James Pell, team foul #10 | 64-50 |
| Subs | Ohio State | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Rodney Brown (PG) James Pell | |
| 00:48 | Ohio State | Vincent Kirby misses the 1st free throw | 64-50 |
| 00:48 | Ohio State | Vincent Kirby misses the 2nd free throw | 64-50 |
| 00:48 | Ohio State | Warren Carnegie pulls down the offensive rebound | 64-50 |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 00:19 | Ohio State | William McCurty lays it up and in on a great pass from Byron Steele | 66-50 |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 00:12 | Michigan State | Joseph Lassiter makes the shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Rodney Brown and he's fouled by William McCurty - foul #2 on William McCurty, team foul #7 | 66-52 |
| 00:12 | Michigan State | Joseph Lassiter makes the free throw | 66-53 |
| 00:00 | Ohio State | Byron Steele runs out the clock | 66-53 |