| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Richard Fern (fresh) SG - Matthew Canizales (fresh) SF - Clinton Schnieders (fresh) PF - Ian Snider (fresh) C - William Smith (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Joseph Zupp (fresh) SG - Christopher Thompson (fresh) SF - Korey Dowling (fresh) PF - Terry Sweeting (fresh) C - Richard Graham (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Missouri State | Richard Graham wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Missouri State | Missouri State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:53 | Missouri State | Christopher Thompson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 0-0 |
| 19:41 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider comes up short on the jumper from the baseline but the foul's on Joseph Zupp - foul #1 on Joseph Zupp, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:41 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider misses the 1st free throw | 0-0 |
| 19:41 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider makes the 2nd free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:14 | Missouri State | Korey Dowling buries a floater near the basket and he's hacked by William Smith - foul #1 on William Smith, team foul #1 | 1-2 |
| 19:14 | Missouri State | Korey Dowling makes the free throw | 1-3 |
| 19:04 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Fern drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Matthew Canizales | 4-3 |
| 18:51 | Missouri State | Richard Graham misses the easy layup | 4-3 |
| 18:50 | Missouri State | Terry Sweeting grabs the offensive board | 4-3 |
| 18:42 | Missouri State | Korey Dowling's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 4-3 |
| 18:24 | Detroit Mercy | William Smith comes up short on the runner near the basket but he's fouled by Richard Graham - foul #1 on Richard Graham, team foul #2 | 4-3 |
| 18:24 | Detroit Mercy | William Smith misses the 1st free throw | 4-3 |
| 18:24 | Detroit Mercy | William Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 5-3 |
| 18:08 | Missouri State | Terry Sweeting misses badly on a runner from the left block | 5-3 |
| 18:06 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Ian Snider | 5-3 |
| 17:53 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Canizales can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 5-3 |
| 17:51 | Missouri State | Richard Graham gets the rebound | 5-3 |
| 17:46 | Missouri State | Clinton Schnieders is called for the reach on Joseph Zupp - foul #1 on Clinton Schnieders, team foul #2 | 5-3 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Kenneth Davis (PG), Wayne Camp (SG), Michael Thompson (PF), Carlos Rowles (C) Joseph Zupp, Christopher Thompson, Terry Sweeting, Richard Graham | |
| 17:29 | Missouri State | Carlos Rowles knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Kenneth Davis | 5-6 |
| 17:05 | Detroit Mercy | Clinton Schnieders clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 5-6 |
| 17:04 | Missouri State | The rebound goes to Carlos Rowles | 5-6 |
| 16:39 | Missouri State | Korey Dowling clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 5-6 |
| 16:37 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider snags the defensive board | 5-6 |
| 16:32 | Detroit Mercy | Clinton Schnieders can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing but he's fouled by Korey Dowling - foul #1 on Korey Dowling, team foul #3 | 5-6 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Bryan Haider (SG), Joseph Watkins (C) Matthew Canizales, William Smith | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Joseph Zupp (PG), Terry Sweeting (PF), Richard Graham (C) Korey Dowling, Michael Thompson, Carlos Rowles | |
| 16:32 | Detroit Mercy | Clinton Schnieders makes the 1st free throw | 6-6 |
| 16:32 | Detroit Mercy | Clinton Schnieders misses the 2nd free throw | 6-6 |
| 16:32 | Detroit Mercy | Clinton Schnieders makes the 3rd free throw | 7-6 |
| 16:11 | Missouri State | Richard Graham misses badly on a turnaround from the right block but he's hacked by Joseph Watkins - foul #1 on Joseph Watkins, team foul #3 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Josh Adkins (SG), Daniel Cairns (SF), Edward Fields (C) Richard Fern, Clinton Schnieders, Ian Snider | |
| Subs | Missouri State | | |
| 16:11 | Missouri State | Richard Graham misses the 1st free throw | 7-6 |
| 16:11 | Missouri State | Richard Graham makes the 2nd free throw | 7-7 |
| 15:59 | Detroit Mercy | Edward Fields hits the finger roll | 9-7 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Bryan Haider (fresh) SG - Josh Adkins (fresh) SF - Daniel Cairns (fresh) PF - Joseph Watkins (fresh) C - Edward Fields (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Joseph Zupp (fresh) SG - Kenneth Davis (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Wayne Camp (fresh) PF - Terry Sweeting (fresh) C - Richard Graham (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 15:46 | Missouri State | Joseph Watkins takes the ball from Richard Graham | 9-7 |
| 15:18 | Detroit Mercy | Joseph Watkins can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 9-7 |
| 15:17 | Missouri State | Richard Graham grabs the board | 9-7 |
| 15:10 | Missouri State | Terry Sweeting knocks in the jump hook from close range set up by Joseph Zupp | 9-9 |
| 14:53 | Detroit Mercy | Josh Adkins throws a bad pass out of bounds | 9-9 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Richard Fern (PG), Matthew Canizales (SG), Clinton Schnieders (SF), Ian Snider (PF), William Smith (C) Bryan Haider, Josh Adkins, Daniel Cairns, Joseph Watkins, Edward Fields | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Edwin Brouwer (PG), Christopher Thompson (SG), Korey Dowling (SF) Joseph Zupp, Kenneth Davis, Wayne Camp | |
| 14:34 | Missouri State | William Smith steals the ball from Korey Dowling | 9-9 |
| 14:17 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider throws a bad pass out of bounds | 9-9 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Michael Thompson (PF), Carlos Rowles (C) Terry Sweeting, Richard Graham | |
| 13:59 | Missouri State | Michael Thompson scores on a fadeaway from the right block | 9-11 |
| 13:43 | Detroit Mercy | Clinton Schnieders knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Matthew Canizales | 12-11 |
| 13:22 | Missouri State | Ian Snider steps in front of the Carlos Rowles pass | 12-11 |
| 13:05 | Detroit Mercy | Clinton Schnieders misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 12-11 |
| 13:03 | Missouri State | Michael Thompson gets the rebound | 12-11 |
| 12:44 | Missouri State | Christopher Thompson misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 12-11 |
| 12:42 | Missouri State | Michael Thompson hits the follow up shot | 12-13 |
| 12:30 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Fern buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Matthew Canizales | 15-13 |
| 12:28 | Missouri State | Edwin Brouwer is fouled in the backcourt by Richard Fern - foul #1 on Richard Fern, team foul #4 | 15-13 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Bryan Haider (SG), Daniel Cairns (SF), Joseph Watkins (PF), Edward Fields (C) Matthew Canizales, Clinton Schnieders, Ian Snider, William Smith | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Joseph Zupp (PG), Kenneth Davis (SG), Wayne Camp (SF), Terry Sweeting (PF), Richard Graham (C) Edwin Brouwer, Christopher Thompson, Korey Dowling, Michael Thompson, Carlos Rowles | |
| 12:23 | Missouri State | Joseph Zupp scores on a shot from the left side on a great pass from Wayne Camp | 15-15 |
| 12:05 | Detroit Mercy | Edward Fields is fouled on the floor by Richard Graham - foul #2 on Richard Graham, team foul #4 | 15-15 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Michael Thompson (C) Richard Graham | |
| 11:55 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Fern loses the dribble to Terry Sweeting | 15-15 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Richard Fern (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Bryan Haider (fresh) SF - Daniel Cairns (fresh) PF - Joseph Watkins (fresh) C - Edward Fields (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Joseph Zupp (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Davis (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Wayne Camp (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Terry Sweeting (fresh) 2 pts. C - Michael Thompson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:46 | Missouri State | Wayne Camp clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 15-15 |
| 11:44 | Missouri State | Joseph Zupp tips it home | 15-17 |
| 11:19 | Detroit Mercy | Joseph Watkins knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 18-17 |
| 10:58 | Missouri State | Kenneth Davis blows the layup | 18-17 |
| 10:57 | Detroit Mercy | Daniel Cairns pulls down the rebound | 18-17 |
| 10:43 | Detroit Mercy | Joseph Watkins misses short on a turnaround from the right block but the foul's on Wayne Camp - foul #1 on Wayne Camp, team foul #5 | 18-17 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Canizales (SG), Ian Snider (PF), William Smith (C) Richard Fern, Daniel Cairns, Edward Fields | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Christopher Thompson (SG), Carlos Rowles (C) Wayne Camp, Michael Thompson | |
| 10:43 | Detroit Mercy | Joseph Watkins misses the 1st free throw | 18-17 |
| 10:43 | Detroit Mercy | Joseph Watkins makes the 2nd free throw | 19-17 |
| 10:22 | Missouri State | Terry Sweeting buries a 3 from the right wing | 19-20 |
| 10:11 | Detroit Mercy | Bryan Haider clanks a shot from the left block | 19-20 |
| 10:09 | Detroit Mercy | Joseph Watkins grabs the offensive rebound | 19-20 |
| 10:03 | Detroit Mercy | William Smith comes up short on the floater from the right block | 19-20 |
| 10:02 | Missouri State | The rebound goes to Carlos Rowles | 19-20 |
| 09:57 | Missouri State | Joseph Zupp's pass is intercepted by Matthew Canizales | 19-20 |
| 09:40 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Canizales knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Bryan Haider | 22-20 |
| 09:22 | Missouri State | Terry Sweeting is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Terry Sweeting, team foul #6 | 22-20 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Richard Fern (PG), Clinton Schnieders (SF) Bryan Haider, Joseph Watkins | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Edwin Brouwer (PG), Korey Dowling (SF) Joseph Zupp, Kenneth Davis | |
| 09:01 | Detroit Mercy | William Smith throws a bad pass out of bounds | 22-20 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Wayne Camp (SG) Christopher Thompson | |
| 08:39 | Missouri State | Korey Dowling misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 22-20 |
| 08:38 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Ian Snider | 22-20 |
| 08:17 | Detroit Mercy | Wayne Camp takes the ball from William Smith | 22-20 |
| 08:14 | Missouri State | Wayne Camp can't finish the layup | 22-20 |
| 08:12 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider grabs the defensive rebound | 22-20 |
| 08:08 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Fern's floater is tipped away by Carlos Rowles | 22-20 |
| 08:06 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider grabs the offensive board | 22-20 |
| 07:51 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Sweeting denies the turnaround by William Smith | 22-20 |
| 07:50 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider tips it back up and in | 24-20 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Richard Fern (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Matthew Canizales (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Clinton Schnieders (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Ian Snider (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. C - William Smith (fairly fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Edwin Brouwer (fresh) SG - Wayne Camp (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Korey Dowling (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Terry Sweeting (fairly fresh) 5 pts. C - Carlos Rowles (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:36 | Missouri State | Edwin Brouwer comes up short on the floater from the right side but he's fouled by William Smith - foul #2 on William Smith, team foul #5 | 24-20 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Bryan Haider (SG), Joseph Watkins (PF), Edward Fields (C) Matthew Canizales, Ian Snider, William Smith | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Kenneth Davis (SG), Michael Thompson (C) Wayne Camp, Carlos Rowles | |
| 07:36 | Missouri State | Edwin Brouwer makes the 1st free throw | 24-21 |
| 07:36 | Missouri State | Edwin Brouwer makes the 2nd free throw | 24-22 |
| 07:22 | Detroit Mercy | Clinton Schnieders can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 24-22 |
| 07:21 | Missouri State | The rebound goes to Terry Sweeting | 24-22 |
| 07:17 | Missouri State | Korey Dowling is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Korey Dowling, team foul #7 | 24-22 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Josh Adkins (SG) Richard Fern | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Joseph Zupp (PG), Christopher Thompson (SG) Edwin Brouwer, Korey Dowling | |
| 06:57 | Detroit Mercy | Edward Fields buries a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Bryan Haider | 27-22 |
| 06:46 | Missouri State | Terry Sweeting hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 27-22 |
| 06:45 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Edward Fields | 27-22 |
| 06:27 | Detroit Mercy | Bryan Haider is fouled on the floor by Michael Thompson - foul #1 on Michael Thompson, team foul #8 | 27-22 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Richard Fern (PG), Ian Snider (PF) Josh Adkins, Clinton Schnieders | |
| Subs | Missouri State | | |
| 06:27 | Detroit Mercy | Bryan Haider misses the 1st free throw | 27-22 |
| 06:27 | Missouri State | Michael Thompson gets the rebound | 27-22 |
| 06:15 | Missouri State | Christopher Thompson hits a jumper from the right side set up by Joseph Zupp | 27-24 |
| 05:51 | Detroit Mercy | Edward Fields misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 27-24 |
| 05:50 | Missouri State | Michael Thompson pulls down the rebound | 27-24 |
| 05:44 | Missouri State | Kenneth Davis misses the runner in the paint | 27-24 |
| 05:42 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider grabs the defensive rebound | 27-24 |
| 05:29 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Fern misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 27-24 |
| 05:28 | Missouri State | Kenneth Davis grabs the defensive rebound | 27-24 |
| 05:26 | Missouri State | Richard Fern takes the ball from Joseph Zupp in the backcourt | 27-24 |
| 05:11 | Detroit Mercy | Edward Fields throws a bad pass out of bounds | 27-24 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Canizales (SG), Clinton Schnieders (SF), Daniel Cairns (C) Bryan Haider, Joseph Watkins, Edward Fields | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Wayne Camp (SF), Carlos Rowles (C) Kenneth Davis, Michael Thompson | |
| 04:51 | Missouri State | Carlos Rowles can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 27-24 |
| 04:49 | Detroit Mercy | Clinton Schnieders pulls down the rebound | 27-24 |
| 04:30 | Detroit Mercy | Clinton Schnieders throws a bad pass out of bounds | 27-24 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Josh Adkins (PG) Richard Fern | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Edwin Brouwer (PG), Michael Thompson (C) Joseph Zupp, Terry Sweeting | |
| 04:13 | Missouri State | Carlos Rowles misses the shot from the left wing | 27-24 |
| 04:12 | Missouri State | Wayne Camp gets the offensive rebound | 27-24 |
| 03:57 | Missouri State | Michael Thompson clanks a floater near the basket | 27-24 |
| 03:56 | Missouri State | Michael Thompson hits the follow up shot | 27-26 |
| 03:33 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider is hacked by Carlos Rowles - foul #1 on Carlos Rowles, team foul #9 | 27-26 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Richard Fern (PG), William Smith (C) Josh Adkins, Daniel Cairns | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Kenneth Davis (PG), Korey Dowling (SF), Terry Sweeting (PF), Richard Graham (C) Edwin Brouwer, Christopher Thompson, Carlos Rowles, Michael Thompson | |
| 03:33 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider makes the 1st free throw | 28-26 |
| 03:33 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider makes the 2nd free throw | 29-26 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Richard Fern (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Matthew Canizales (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Clinton Schnieders (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Ian Snider (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. C - William Smith (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Kenneth Davis (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Wayne Camp (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Korey Dowling (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Terry Sweeting (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Richard Graham (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:23 | Missouri State | Korey Dowling buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 29-29 |
| 03:11 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Fern comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 29-29 |
| 03:09 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider grabs the offensive rebound | 29-29 |
| 02:54 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider blows the layup | 29-29 |
| 02:52 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider tips it but misses | 29-29 |
| 02:50 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider tips it back up and in | 31-29 |
| 02:34 | Missouri State | Ian Snider is called for the reach on Terry Sweeting - foul #1 on Ian Snider, team foul #6 | 31-29 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Bryan Haider (SG), Joseph Watkins (SF), Edward Fields (PF) Matthew Canizales, Clinton Schnieders, Ian Snider | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Joseph Zupp (PG) Wayne Camp | |
| 02:23 | Missouri State | William Smith is called for the reach on Richard Graham - foul #3 on William Smith, team foul #7 | 31-29 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Daniel Cairns (SF) William Smith | |
| Subs | Missouri State | | |
| 02:23 | Missouri State | Richard Graham makes the 1st free throw | 31-30 |
| 02:23 | Missouri State | Richard Graham makes the 2nd free throw | 31-31 |
| 02:07 | Detroit Mercy | Edward Fields can't finish the layup | 31-31 |
| 02:06 | Missouri State | The rebound goes to Korey Dowling | 31-31 |
| 01:50 | Missouri State | Joseph Zupp scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Kenneth Davis | 31-34 |
| 01:31 | Detroit Mercy | Daniel Cairns is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Daniel Cairns, team foul #8 | 31-34 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Canizales (SG) Bryan Haider | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Christopher Thompson (SG), Carlos Rowles (PF) Kenneth Davis, Terry Sweeting | |
| 01:12 | Missouri State | Richard Graham connects on the driving attempt near the basket set up by Joseph Zupp | 31-36 |
| 00:53 | Detroit Mercy | Daniel Cairns is denied on a layup by Carlos Rowles | 31-36 |
| 00:51 | Missouri State | Richard Graham snags the defensive board | 31-36 |
| 00:35 | Missouri State | Joseph Zupp can't connect on a shot from the right side but he's fouled by Richard Fern - foul #2 on Richard Fern, team foul #9 | 31-36 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Bryan Haider (PG), Clinton Schnieders (SF), Ian Snider (PF) Richard Fern, Daniel Cairns, Edward Fields | |
| Subs | Missouri State | Wayne Camp (SG), Michael Thompson (PF) Christopher Thompson, Richard Graham | |
| 00:35 | Missouri State | Joseph Zupp makes the 1st free throw | 31-37 |
| 00:35 | Missouri State | Joseph Zupp makes the 2nd free throw | 31-38 |
| 00:18 | Detroit Mercy | Clinton Schnieders loses the dribble to Joseph Zupp | 31-38 |
| 00:04 | Missouri State | Joseph Watkins blocks the short jumper by Korey Dowling | 31-38 |
| 00:03 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider snags the defensive board | 31-38 |
| 00:00 | Detroit Mercy | Ian Snider misses short on a halfcourt shot | 31-38 |