| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Ohanko Ali (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gary Sweeting (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kevin Arno (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Leonardo Gallo (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Carlos Duchesne (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Dennis Bethea (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Alfred Noel (fresh) 3 pts. SF - John King (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Matthew Howard (fresh) 6 pts. C - Robert Collins (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Marquette | Kevin Arno inbounds the ball | 33-31 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:42 | Marquette | Ohanko Ali misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 33-31 |
| 19:41 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo tips it back up and in | 35-31 |
| 19:25 | Detroit Mercy | John King misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 35-31 |
| 19:24 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting grabs the defensive rebound | 35-31 |
| 19:05 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting knocks in the runner in the paint | 37-31 |
| 18:46 | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 37-31 |
| 18:44 | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel snags the offensive board | 37-31 |
| 18:23 | Detroit Mercy | John King makes the 3pt shot from the left wing | 37-34 |
| 18:02 | Marquette | Kevin Arno makes the 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Ohanko Ali | 40-34 |
| 17:53 | Detroit Mercy | John King hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 40-34 |
| 17:52 | Marquette | Kevin Arno snags the defensive board | 40-34 |
| 17:39 | Marquette | Kevin Arno comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 40-34 |
| 17:38 | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel pulls down the rebound | 40-34 |
| 17:17 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins misses long on a runner from close range | 40-34 |
| 17:15 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne pulls down the rebound | 40-34 |
| 17:11 | Marquette | The jump hook by Leonardo Gallo is blocked by John King | 40-34 |
| 17:10 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Robert Collins | 40-34 |
| 16:43 | Detroit Mercy | John King's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-34 |
| Subs | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba (PG), Philip Johnson (SG), Scott Goodman (PF), David Simmons (C) Ohanko Ali, Gary Sweeting, Leonardo Gallo, Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza (SG), Barry Fanning (SF), Fred Linderman (PF), Charles Doroski (C) Alfred Noel, John King, Matthew Howard, Robert Collins | |
| 16:31 | Marquette | Philip Johnson buries a pull-up jumper from the left side | 42-34 |
| 16:12 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza hits a driving attempt from the baseline on a great pass from Dennis Bethea | 42-36 |
| 15:55 | Marquette | Kevin Arno's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 42-36 |
| Subs | Marquette | Frank Swan (PF) Kevin Arno | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson (SG) Dennis Bethea | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Scott Goodman (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Philip Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SF - Santiago Cordoba (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Frank Swan (fresh) 3 pf. C - David Simmons (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Randy Cardoza (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Johnson (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Barry Fanning (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Fred Linderman (fresh) 5 pts. C - Charles Doroski (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:32 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza is fouled on the floor by Scott Goodman - foul #1 on Scott Goodman, team foul #1 | 42-36 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John King (SF), Matthew Howard (PF) John Johnson, Fred Linderman | |
| 15:18 | Detroit Mercy | John King makes the fadeaway in the paint set up by Barry Fanning and he's fouled by Santiago Cordoba - foul #1 on Santiago Cordoba, team foul #2 | 42-38 |
| Subs | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo (PF) David Simmons | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel (SG), Robert Collins (C) Barry Fanning, Charles Doroski | |
| 15:18 | Detroit Mercy | John King misses the free throw | 42-38 |
| 15:18 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard gets the offensive rebound | 42-38 |
| 15:10 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-38 |
| Subs | Marquette | Ohanko Ali (PG) Santiago Cordoba | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 14:50 | Marquette | Scott Goodman makes the floater from the baseline on a great pass from Philip Johnson | 44-38 |
| 14:31 | Detroit Mercy | John King scores on a floater near the basket set up by Randy Cardoza | 44-40 |
| 14:18 | Marquette | Scott Goodman loses the ball out of bounds | 44-40 |
| Subs | Marquette | Gary Sweeting (SG), Kevin Arno (SF), Carlos Duchesne (C) Philip Johnson, Scott Goodman, Frank Swan | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea (PG) Randy Cardoza | |
| 13:58 | Detroit Mercy | Carlos Duchesne denies the turnaround by Robert Collins | 44-40 |
| 13:57 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard gets the offensive rebound | 44-40 |
| 13:30 | Detroit Mercy | John King is denied on a layup by Leonardo Gallo | 44-40 |
| 13:29 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne snags the defensive board | 44-40 |
| 13:15 | Marquette | Ohanko Ali misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 44-40 |
| 13:14 | Detroit Mercy | John King pulls down the rebound | 44-40 |
| 12:52 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 44-40 |
| 12:51 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo snags the defensive board | 44-40 |
| 12:36 | Marquette | Dennis Bethea steals it from Carlos Duchesne | 44-40 |
| 12:22 | Detroit Mercy | John King misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 44-40 |
| 12:20 | Marquette | Ohanko Ali grabs the board | 44-40 |
| 12:04 | Marquette | Kevin Arno misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 44-40 |
| 12:03 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins grabs the board | 44-40 |
| 11:34 | Detroit Mercy | John King buries a driving attempt from the left block | 44-42 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Ohanko Ali (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gary Sweeting (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Kevin Arno (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Leonardo Gallo (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. C - Carlos Duchesne (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Dennis Bethea (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Alfred Noel (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - John King (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Matthew Howard (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Collins (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 11:22 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne misses short on a fadeaway from the left side | 44-42 |
| 11:20 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne snags the offensive board | 44-42 |
| 11:07 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne knocks in the fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Gary Sweeting | 46-42 |
| 10:53 | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 46-42 |
| 10:52 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo pulls down the rebound | 46-42 |
| 10:35 | Marquette | Ohanko Ali knocks in the jumper from the baseline | 48-42 |
| 10:17 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard is denied on a dunk by Kevin Arno | 48-42 |
| 10:16 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Leonardo Gallo | 48-42 |
| 10:06 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Ohanko Ali | 51-42 |
| 09:52 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 51-42 |
| 09:51 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne grabs the board | 51-42 |
| 09:46 | Marquette | Alfred Noel steps in front of the Leonardo Gallo pass | 51-42 |
| 09:42 | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel lays it in | 51-44 |
| 09:32 | Marquette | Kevin Arno knocks in the jumper from the baseline and the foul's on Matthew Howard - foul #3 on Matthew Howard, team foul #1 | 53-44 |
| Subs | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba (PG), Philip Johnson (SG), Scott Goodman (PF), Frank Swan (C) Ohanko Ali, Gary Sweeting, Leonardo Gallo, Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza (PG), John Johnson (SG), Barry Fanning (SF), Fred Linderman (PF), Charles Doroski (C) Dennis Bethea, Alfred Noel, John King, Matthew Howard, Robert Collins | |
| 09:32 | Marquette | Kevin Arno makes the free throw | 54-44 |
| 09:10 | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson clanks a floater from the left side | 54-44 |
| 09:08 | Detroit Mercy | Barry Fanning tips it back up and in | 54-46 |
| 08:44 | Marquette | Kevin Arno can't connect on a jump hook in the paint but the foul's on Barry Fanning - foul #1 on Barry Fanning, team foul #2 | 54-46 |
| 08:44 | Marquette | Kevin Arno makes the 1st free throw | 55-46 |
| 08:44 | Marquette | Kevin Arno makes the 2nd free throw | 56-46 |
| 08:25 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Linderman double dribbles | 56-46 |
| Subs | Marquette | David Simmons (C) Kevin Arno | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 08:15 | Marquette | Scott Goodman connects on the driving attempt from close range | 58-46 |
| 07:59 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza blows the layup but he's fouled by Santiago Cordoba - foul #2 on Santiago Cordoba, team foul #3 | 58-46 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea (PG) John Johnson | |
| 07:59 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza makes the 1st free throw | 58-47 |
| 07:59 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza misses the 2nd free throw | 58-47 |
| 07:59 | Marquette | David Simmons gets the rebound | 58-47 |
| 07:43 | Marquette | David Simmons misses short on a runner from the right block | 58-47 |
| 07:41 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba grabs the offensive board | 58-47 |
| 07:25 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 58-47 |
| 07:24 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Doroski pulls down the rebound | 58-47 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Scott Goodman (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Philip Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SF - Santiago Cordoba (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Frank Swan (fresh) 3 pf. C - David Simmons (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Dennis Bethea (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Randy Cardoza (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Barry Fanning (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Fred Linderman (fresh) 5 pts. C - Charles Doroski (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:17 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Doroski misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 58-47 |
| 07:15 | Marquette | Philip Johnson gets the rebound | 58-47 |
| 06:57 | Marquette | Scott Goodman misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 58-47 |
| 06:56 | Detroit Mercy | Barry Fanning snags the defensive board | 58-47 |
| 06:32 | Detroit Mercy | Santiago Cordoba is called for the reach on Barry Fanning - foul #3 on Santiago Cordoba, team foul #4 | 58-47 |
| Subs | Marquette | Ohanko Ali (PG), Gary Sweeting (SG), Kevin Arno (SF), Leonardo Gallo (PF) Scott Goodman, Philip Johnson, Santiago Cordoba, Frank Swan | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John King (SF), Matthew Howard (PF), Robert Collins (C) Barry Fanning, Fred Linderman, Charles Doroski | |
| 06:13 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza clanks a fadeaway from the left wing but he's hacked by Kevin Arno - foul #3 on Kevin Arno, team foul #5 | 58-47 |
| Subs | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne (C) David Simmons | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 06:13 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza misses the 1st free throw | 58-47 |
| 06:13 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza makes the 2nd free throw | 58-48 |
| 05:57 | Marquette | Kevin Arno hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Matthew Howard - foul #4 on Matthew Howard, team foul #3 | 58-48 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson (SG) Randy Cardoza | |
| 05:57 | Marquette | Kevin Arno makes the 1st free throw | 59-48 |
| 05:57 | Marquette | Kevin Arno misses the 2nd free throw | 59-48 |
| 05:57 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins snags the defensive board | 59-48 |
| 05:39 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea connects on the floater from the free throw line on a great pass from John King | 59-50 |
| 05:25 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo's pass is intercepted by Dennis Bethea | 59-50 |
| 05:07 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 59-50 |
| 05:06 | Marquette | Ohanko Ali snags the defensive board | 59-50 |
| 04:52 | Marquette | Kevin Arno is called for traveling | 59-50 |
| Subs | Marquette | Scott Goodman (PG), Santiago Cordoba (SF), David Simmons (C) Ohanko Ali, Kevin Arno, Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza (PG), Alfred Noel (SG), Barry Fanning (SF), Fred Linderman (PF), Charles Doroski (C) Dennis Bethea, John Johnson, John King, Matthew Howard, Robert Collins | |
| 04:41 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Doroski misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 59-50 |
| 04:39 | Marquette | David Simmons gets the rebound | 59-50 |
| 04:15 | Marquette | Scott Goodman makes the 3 pointer from the right wing | 62-50 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 04:00 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Doroski scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Barry Fanning | 62-53 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:41 | Marquette | Scott Goodman misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Randy Cardoza - foul #2 on Randy Cardoza, team foul #4 | 62-53 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Johnson (SG), Frank Swan (PF) Gary Sweeting, Leonardo Gallo | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea (PG), John King (SF) Barry Fanning, Charles Doroski | |
| 03:41 | Marquette | Scott Goodman makes the 1st free throw | 63-53 |
| 03:41 | Marquette | Scott Goodman makes the 2nd free throw | 64-53 |
| 03:32 | Detroit Mercy | John King hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 64-53 |
| 03:30 | Marquette | Philip Johnson pulls down the rebound | 64-53 |
| 03:07 | Marquette | Scott Goodman comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 64-53 |
| 03:06 | Marquette | David Simmons can't tip it in | 64-53 |
| 03:05 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea gets the rebound | 64-53 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Scott Goodman (fresh) 13 pts. SG - Philip Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. SF - Santiago Cordoba (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. PF - Frank Swan (fresh) 3 pf. C - David Simmons (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Dennis Bethea (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Alfred Noel (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. SF - John King (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Fred Linderman (fairly fresh) 5 pts. C - Randy Cardoza (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. | |
| 02:46 | Detroit Mercy | John King is called for the illegal screen - foul #3 on John King, team foul #5 | 64-53 |
| Subs | Marquette | Ohanko Ali (PG), Carlos Duchesne (C) Santiago Cordoba, David Simmons | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard (PF), Robert Collins (C) Fred Linderman, Randy Cardoza | |
| 02:41 | Marquette | Marquette calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 64-53 |
| Subs | Marquette | Gary Sweeting (SG), Kevin Arno (SF) Philip Johnson, Frank Swan | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 02:17 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 67-53 |
| 01:58 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea hits a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Alfred Noel | 67-55 |
| 01:38 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting's floater is knocked away by John King | 67-55 |
| 01:37 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins pulls down the rebound | 67-55 |
| 01:32 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea's fadeaway is rejected by Kevin Arno | 67-55 |
| 01:30 | Marquette | Scott Goodman gets the rebound | 67-55 |
| 01:12 | Marquette | Robert Collins swats the shot by Ohanko Ali | 67-55 |
| 01:11 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Alfred Noel | 67-55 |
| 00:59 | Detroit Mercy | John King hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left wing but the foul's on Carlos Duchesne - foul #1 on Carlos Duchesne, team foul #6 | 67-55 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Johnson (SG), Santiago Cordoba (SF), Frank Swan (PF), David Simmons (C) Ohanko Ali, Gary Sweeting, Kevin Arno, Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza (PG), Barry Fanning (SG), Fred Linderman (PF), Charles Doroski (C) Dennis Bethea, Alfred Noel, Matthew Howard, Robert Collins | |
| 00:59 | Detroit Mercy | John King makes the 1st free throw | 67-56 |
| 00:59 | Detroit Mercy | John King makes the 2nd free throw | 67-57 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:58 | Marquette | Randy Cardoza is called for the reach on Philip Johnson in the backcourt - foul #3 on Randy Cardoza, team foul #6 | 67-57 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson (SG) John King | |
| 00:56 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba is fouled on the floor by Charles Doroski - foul #1 on Charles Doroski, team foul #7 | 67-57 |
| 00:56 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba makes the 1st free throw | 68-57 |
| 00:56 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba makes the 2nd free throw | 69-57 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:51 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Linderman comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 69-57 |
| 00:50 | Marquette | Scott Goodman grabs the board | 69-57 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:25 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba banks in the layup on a great pass from Scott Goodman | 71-57 |
| 00:20 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Doroski makes the 3 pointer from straight away | 71-60 |
| 00:00 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba runs out the clock | 71-60 |