| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Harold Debellis (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Matthew Macfarlane (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Larry Victorino (fresh) PF - Albert Marcellus (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Richard Hubbard (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Elwood Catlett (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Gilbert Gamble (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - John Kula (fresh) 11 pts. PF - Richard Graf (fresh) 4 reb. C - Stanley Weigel (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Penn State | Larry Victorino inbounds the ball | 31-33 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 19:38 | Penn State | Harold Debellis hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 31-33 |
| 19:37 | Wisconsin | Richard Graf snags the defensive board | 31-33 |
| 19:20 | Wisconsin | Elwood Catlett's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 31-33 |
| Subs | Penn State | Bryant Hicks (SG), Joseph Pedro (PF) Matthew Macfarlane, Albert Marcellus | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 19:03 | Penn State | Richard Hubbard blows the layup but the foul's on Stanley Weigel - foul #2 on Stanley Weigel, team foul #1 | 31-33 |
| 19:03 | Penn State | Richard Hubbard makes the 1st free throw | 32-33 |
| 19:03 | Penn State | Richard Hubbard makes the 2nd free throw | 33-33 |
| 18:41 | Wisconsin | Elwood Catlett lays it in set up by Gilbert Gamble | 33-35 |
| 18:14 | Penn State | Stanley Weigel is called for the reach on Bryant Hicks - foul #3 on Stanley Weigel, team foul #2 | 33-35 |
| Subs | Penn State | Adam Haines (PG), Albert Marcellus (PF) Bryant Hicks, Richard Hubbard | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Li Wang (C) Stanley Weigel | |
| 18:03 | Penn State | Elwood Catlett steals it from Harold Debellis | 33-35 |
| 17:35 | Wisconsin | Elwood Catlett drills a shot from the right block on a nice dish by Gilbert Gamble and he's hacked by Larry Victorino - foul #3 on Larry Victorino, team foul #1 | 33-37 |
| Subs | Penn State | Matthew Macfarlane (SG), Edward Dennison (SF), Richard Hubbard (C) Adam Haines, Larry Victorino, Joseph Pedro | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 17:35 | Wisconsin | Elwood Catlett makes the free throw | 33-38 |
| 17:13 | Penn State | Edward Dennison's pass is intercepted by Li Wang | 33-38 |
| 16:57 | Wisconsin | Richard Graf misses the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 33-38 |
| 16:55 | Wisconsin | Richard Graf tips it in | 33-40 |
| 16:39 | Penn State | Matthew Macfarlane misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 33-40 |
| 16:38 | Wisconsin | John Kula pulls down the rebound | 33-40 |
| 16:33 | Wisconsin | John Kula can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 33-40 |
| 16:31 | Wisconsin | Richard Graf tips it in | 33-42 |
| 16:02 | Penn State | Albert Marcellus loses the ball out of bounds | 33-42 |
| Subs | Penn State | Adam Haines (PG), Bryant Hicks (SG), Joseph Pedro (PF), Samuel Tipton (C) Harold Debellis, Matthew Macfarlane, Albert Marcellus, Richard Hubbard | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Edmond Hillman (PG), Ralph Stratton (SG), Gregory Jackson (SF), Carmen Gunn (C) Elwood Catlett, Gilbert Gamble, John Kula, Richard Graf | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Adam Haines (fresh) SG - Bryant Hicks (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Edward Dennison (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Joseph Pedro (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Samuel Tipton (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Edmond Hillman (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ralph Stratton (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Gregory Jackson (fresh) PF - Li Wang (fresh) 2 reb. C - Carmen Gunn (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:44 | Wisconsin | Ralph Stratton connects on the jumper from just outside the lane set up by Edmond Hillman | 33-44 |
| 15:40 | Penn State | Edward Dennison misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 33-44 |
| 15:38 | Wisconsin | Li Wang grabs the board | 33-44 |
| 15:11 | Wisconsin | Edmond Hillman lays it up and in | 33-46 |
| 15:00 | Penn State | Samuel Tipton misses long on a shot from the baseline | 33-46 |
| 14:58 | Wisconsin | Ralph Stratton pulls down the rebound | 33-46 |
| 14:37 | Wisconsin | Edmond Hillman can't connect on a jumper from the baseline but he's hacked by Bryant Hicks - foul #1 on Bryant Hicks, team foul #2 | 33-46 |
| Subs | Penn State | Harold Debellis (PG), Matthew Macfarlane (SG), Larry Victorino (SF), Albert Marcellus (PF), Richard Hubbard (C) Adam Haines, Bryant Hicks, Edward Dennison, Joseph Pedro, Samuel Tipton | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | John Kula (SF), Stanley Weigel (C) Gregory Jackson, Li Wang | |
| 14:37 | Wisconsin | Edmond Hillman makes the 1st free throw | 33-47 |
| 14:37 | Wisconsin | Edmond Hillman makes the 2nd free throw | 33-48 |
| 14:20 | Penn State | Harold Debellis clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 33-48 |
| 14:18 | Wisconsin | The rebound goes to Stanley Weigel | 33-48 |
| 13:59 | Wisconsin | Harold Debellis is called for the reach on Stanley Weigel - foul #3 on Harold Debellis, team foul #3 | 33-48 |
| Subs | Penn State | Joseph Pedro (PF) Albert Marcellus | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Elwood Catlett (PG), Gilbert Gamble (SG), Richard Graf (PF) Edmond Hillman, Ralph Stratton, Carmen Gunn | |
| 13:37 | Wisconsin | John Kula can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 33-48 |
| 13:36 | Penn State | Joseph Pedro snags the defensive board | 33-48 |
| 13:16 | Penn State | Matthew Macfarlane misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 33-48 |
| 13:15 | Penn State | Matthew Macfarlane grabs the offensive rebound | 33-48 |
| 13:07 | Penn State | Richard Hubbard throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-48 |
| Subs | Penn State | Adam Haines (PG), Bryant Hicks (SG), Albert Marcellus (PF) Harold Debellis, Matthew Macfarlane, Joseph Pedro | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 12:48 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel is by himself and knocks in the driving attempt from the left block | 33-50 |
| 12:36 | Penn State | Richard Hubbard buries a runner from close range | 35-50 |
| 12:14 | Wisconsin | Bryant Hicks is called for the reach on Gilbert Gamble - foul #2 on Bryant Hicks, team foul #4 | 35-50 |
| Subs | Penn State | Harold Debellis (PG), Matthew Macfarlane (SG), Joseph Pedro (PF), Samuel Tipton (C) Adam Haines, Bryant Hicks, Albert Marcellus, Richard Hubbard | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Ralph Stratton (SG), Gregory Jackson (SF) Gilbert Gamble, John Kula | |
| 11:51 | Wisconsin | Ralph Stratton makes the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Elwood Catlett | 35-53 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Harold Debellis (fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. SG - Matthew Macfarlane (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Larry Victorino (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Joseph Pedro (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Samuel Tipton (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Elwood Catlett (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Ralph Stratton (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Gregory Jackson (fresh) PF - Richard Graf (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. C - Stanley Weigel (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 11:36 | Penn State | Harold Debellis can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 35-53 |
| 11:34 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel gets the rebound | 35-53 |
| 11:05 | Wisconsin | Ralph Stratton misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 35-53 |
| 11:04 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel tips it home | 35-55 |
| 10:45 | Penn State | Joseph Pedro knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Harold Debellis | 37-55 |
| 10:21 | Wisconsin | Ralph Stratton knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Elwood Catlett | 37-58 |
| 09:58 | Penn State | Larry Victorino clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 37-58 |
| 09:56 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel gets the rebound | 37-58 |
| 09:50 | Wisconsin | Samuel Tipton is called for the reach on Richard Graf - foul #1 on Samuel Tipton, team foul #5 | 37-58 |
| Subs | Penn State | Adam Haines (PG), Bryant Hicks (SG), Edward Dennison (SF), Albert Marcellus (PF), Richard Hubbard (C) Harold Debellis, Matthew Macfarlane, Larry Victorino, Joseph Pedro, Samuel Tipton | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Edmond Hillman (PG), Gilbert Gamble (SG), John Kula (SF), Li Wang (PF), Daniel Schumacher (C) Elwood Catlett, Ralph Stratton, Gregory Jackson, Richard Graf, Stanley Weigel | |
| 09:29 | Wisconsin | John Kula makes the floater in the lane on a nice dish by Edmond Hillman | 37-60 |
| 09:15 | Penn State | Edward Dennison drills a 3pt shot from straight away | 40-60 |
| 08:46 | Wisconsin | Li Wang is hacked by Richard Hubbard - foul #2 on Richard Hubbard, team foul #6 | 40-60 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Elwood Catlett (PG) Edmond Hillman | |
| 08:33 | Wisconsin | Gilbert Gamble drills a jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Elwood Catlett and he's fouled by Adam Haines - foul #3 on Adam Haines, team foul #7 | 40-62 |
| 08:33 | Wisconsin | Gilbert Gamble makes the free throw | 40-63 |
| 08:22 | Penn State | Gilbert Gamble is called for the reach on Albert Marcellus - foul #2 on Gilbert Gamble, team foul #3 | 40-63 |
| Subs | Penn State | Harold Debellis (PG) Adam Haines | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 08:06 | Penn State | Harold Debellis misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 40-63 |
| 08:05 | Wisconsin | Gilbert Gamble pulls down the rebound | 40-63 |
| 07:43 | Wisconsin | John Kula misses the shot from the right side but he's hacked by Harold Debellis - foul #4 on Harold Debellis, team foul #8 | 40-63 |
| Subs | Penn State | Adam Haines (PG), Matthew Macfarlane (SG), Larry Victorino (SF), Joseph Pedro (PF) Harold Debellis, Bryant Hicks, Edward Dennison, Albert Marcellus | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel (C) Daniel Schumacher | |
| 07:43 | Wisconsin | John Kula makes the 1st free throw | 40-64 |
| 07:43 | Wisconsin | John Kula makes the 2nd free throw | 40-65 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Adam Haines (fresh) 3 pf. SG - Matthew Macfarlane (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Larry Victorino (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Joseph Pedro (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Richard Hubbard (fresh) 8 pts. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Elwood Catlett (fresh) 11 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. SG - Gilbert Gamble (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SF - John Kula (fresh) 15 pts. PF - Li Wang (fresh) 3 reb. C - Stanley Weigel (fresh) 14 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:34 | Penn State | Matthew Macfarlane misses the 3pt attempt from straight away but he's hacked by Li Wang - foul #1 on Li Wang, team foul #4 | 40-65 |
| Subs | Penn State | Edward Dennison (SF), Albert Marcellus (PF) Larry Victorino, Joseph Pedro | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Richard Graf (PF) Li Wang | |
| 07:34 | Penn State | Matthew Macfarlane makes the 1st free throw | 41-65 |
| 07:34 | Penn State | Matthew Macfarlane makes the 2nd free throw | 42-65 |
| 07:34 | Penn State | Matthew Macfarlane misses the 3rd free throw | 42-65 |
| 07:34 | Penn State | Albert Marcellus pulls down the offensive rebound | 42-65 |
| 07:10 | Penn State | Matthew Macfarlane's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 42-65 |
| Subs | Penn State | Harold Debellis (PG), Larry Victorino (SF), Joseph Pedro (PF) Adam Haines, Edward Dennison, Albert Marcellus | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 06:53 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing | 42-65 |
| 06:52 | Penn State | Joseph Pedro gets the rebound | 42-65 |
| 06:48 | Penn State | Matthew Macfarlane misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 42-65 |
| 06:46 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel snags the defensive board | 42-65 |
| 06:33 | Wisconsin | Elwood Catlett misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 42-65 |
| 06:32 | Penn State | Richard Hubbard grabs the board | 42-65 |
| 06:14 | Penn State | Matthew Macfarlane hits a shot from the left side set up by Harold Debellis | 44-65 |
| 05:49 | Wisconsin | Elwood Catlett clanks a runner from the left block | 44-65 |
| 05:48 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel misses the tip | 44-65 |
| 05:46 | Penn State | Joseph Pedro grabs the board | 44-65 |
| 05:28 | Penn State | Joseph Pedro knocks in the jumper from the left block and he's fouled by Gilbert Gamble - foul #3 on Gilbert Gamble, team foul #5 | 46-65 |
| Subs | Penn State | Adam Haines (PG), Bryant Hicks (SG), Edward Dennison (SF), Albert Marcellus (PF) Harold Debellis, Matthew Macfarlane, Larry Victorino, Richard Hubbard | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Edmond Hillman (PG), Ralph Stratton (SG), Gregory Jackson (SF), Li Wang (PF), Daniel Schumacher (C) Elwood Catlett, Gilbert Gamble, John Kula, Richard Graf, Stanley Weigel | |
| 05:28 | Penn State | Joseph Pedro misses the free throw | 46-65 |
| 05:28 | Wisconsin | Li Wang gets the rebound | 46-65 |
| 05:06 | Wisconsin | Edmond Hillman buries a runner from close range on a great pass from Ralph Stratton | 46-67 |
| 04:48 | Penn State | Albert Marcellus drills a shot from the baseline on a great pass from Bryant Hicks | 48-67 |
| 04:31 | Wisconsin | Ralph Stratton can't connect on a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Edward Dennison - foul #2 on Edward Dennison, team foul #9 | 48-67 |
| Subs | Penn State | Samuel Tipton (PF) Albert Marcellus | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Elwood Catlett (PG), Stanley Weigel (C) Edmond Hillman, Daniel Schumacher | |
| 04:31 | Wisconsin | Ralph Stratton makes the 1st free throw | 48-68 |
| 04:31 | Wisconsin | Ralph Stratton makes the 2nd free throw | 48-69 |
| 04:12 | Penn State | The short jumper by Joseph Pedro is denied by Li Wang | 48-69 |
| 04:11 | Wisconsin | Li Wang grabs the board | 48-69 |
| 04:07 | Wisconsin | Li Wang travels with the ball | 48-69 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | John Kula (SF), Richard Graf (PF) Gregory Jackson, Li Wang | |
| 04:00 | Penn State | Edward Dennison misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 48-69 |
| 03:58 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel pulls down the rebound | 48-69 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 03:30 | Wisconsin | John Kula knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Ralph Stratton | 48-72 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Adam Haines (fresh) 3 pf. SG - Bryant Hicks (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Edward Dennison (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Samuel Tipton (fresh) 2 reb. C - Joseph Pedro (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Elwood Catlett (fresh) 11 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. SG - Ralph Stratton (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Kula (fresh) 18 pts. PF - Richard Graf (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. C - Stanley Weigel (fresh) 14 pts. 9 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:18 | Penn State | John Kula steals the ball from Samuel Tipton | 48-72 |
| 02:57 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the baseline but the foul's on Adam Haines - foul #4 on Adam Haines, team foul #10 | 48-72 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Gilbert Gamble (SG) Ralph Stratton | |
| 02:57 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel misses the 1st free throw | 48-72 |
| 02:57 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel makes the 2nd free throw | 48-73 |
| 02:46 | Penn State | Joseph Pedro misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 48-73 |
| 02:44 | Wisconsin | Richard Graf pulls down the rebound | 48-73 |
| 02:26 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel hits a floater from the left block | 48-75 |
| 02:11 | Penn State | Joseph Pedro hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane | 48-75 |
| 02:10 | Wisconsin | The rebound goes to Richard Graf | 48-75 |
| 01:53 | Wisconsin | John Kula misses the jumper from the right wing | 48-75 |
| 01:52 | Penn State | The rebound goes to Bryant Hicks | 48-75 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 01:44 | Penn State | Edward Dennison is called for traveling | 48-75 |
| 01:30 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel hits the front of the rim on the runner in the lane | 48-75 |
| 01:28 | Penn State | Samuel Tipton snags the defensive board | 48-75 |
| 01:12 | Penn State | Joseph Pedro can't connect on a floater from the left block | 48-75 |
| 01:11 | Wisconsin | The rebound goes to Richard Graf | 48-75 |
| 00:48 | Wisconsin | John Kula misses the lay-in but the foul's on Samuel Tipton - foul #2 on Samuel Tipton, team foul #11 | 48-75 |
| 00:48 | Wisconsin | John Kula makes the 1st free throw | 48-76 |
| 00:48 | Wisconsin | John Kula misses the 2nd free throw | 48-76 |
| 00:48 | Penn State | Bryant Hicks grabs the defensive rebound | 48-76 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:44 | Penn State | Adam Haines misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 48-76 |
| 00:43 | Penn State | Samuel Tipton pulls down the offensive rebound | 48-76 |
| 00:39 | Penn State | Joseph Pedro misses long on a floater from the left side | 48-76 |
| 00:37 | Penn State | Edward Dennison can't tip it in | 48-76 |
| 00:35 | Wisconsin | John Kula snags the defensive board | 48-76 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:09 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel misses the jump hook from close range but he's fouled by Bryant Hicks - foul #3 on Bryant Hicks, team foul #12 | 48-76 |
| 00:09 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel misses the 1st free throw | 48-76 |
| 00:09 | Wisconsin | Stanley Weigel makes the 2nd free throw | 48-77 |
| 00:02 | Penn State | Joseph Pedro hits a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 50-77 |
| 00:00 | Wisconsin | Elwood Catlett runs out the clock | 50-77 |