| Lineup | Valparaiso | PG - William Young (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joseph Whitman (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Dikembe Abdelrahman (fresh) 5 pts. PF - William Elder (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Jerome Tompkins (fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Chicago State | PG - James Kelley (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SG - Samuel Brown (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Cale (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Charles Carter (fresh) 6 pts. C - David Rutledge (fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Chicago State | Donald Cale inbounds the ball | 26-27 |
| Game Plan | Valparaiso | Valparaiso is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Chicago State | Chicago State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:45 | Chicago State | David Rutledge misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 26-27 |
| 19:43 | Valparaiso | William Elder gets the rebound | 26-27 |
| 19:37 | Valparaiso | Joseph Whitman hits a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by William Young | 29-27 |
| 19:26 | Chicago State | David Rutledge lays it in and he's hacked by Jerome Tompkins - foul #2 on Jerome Tompkins, team foul #1 | 29-29 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | Jay Grant (SF) William Elder | |
| Subs | Chicago State | | |
| 19:26 | Chicago State | David Rutledge makes the free throw | 29-30 |
| 19:15 | Valparaiso | William Young is hacked by James Kelley - foul #3 on James Kelley, team foul #1 | 29-30 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Conrad Hart (PG) James Kelley | |
| 19:05 | Valparaiso | Jerome Tompkins misses the easy layup | 29-30 |
| 19:04 | Chicago State | David Rutledge snags the defensive board | 29-30 |
| 18:49 | Chicago State | Conrad Hart is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Conrad Hart, team foul #2 | 29-30 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | Willian Pickett (SG), William Elder (PF) William Young, Jay Grant | |
| Subs | Chicago State | | |
| 18:36 | Valparaiso | Jerome Tompkins makes the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Joseph Whitman | 31-30 |
| 18:15 | Chicago State | Donald Cale knocks in the shot from the left side on a nice dish by Charles Carter | 31-32 |
| 18:00 | Valparaiso | William Elder misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 31-32 |
| 17:59 | Chicago State | Conrad Hart grabs the defensive rebound | 31-32 |
| 17:45 | Chicago State | Charles Carter comes up short on the turnaround near the basket but he's hacked by Dikembe Abdelrahman - foul #2 on Dikembe Abdelrahman, team foul #2 | 31-32 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | William Young (PG), Jay Grant (SF) Willian Pickett, William Elder | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Robert Richarson (C) David Rutledge | |
| 17:45 | Chicago State | Charles Carter makes the 1st free throw | 31-33 |
| 17:45 | Chicago State | Charles Carter misses the 2nd free throw | 31-33 |
| 17:45 | Valparaiso | Jerome Tompkins grabs the defensive rebound | 31-33 |
| 17:36 | Valparaiso | Dikembe Abdelrahman's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 31-33 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | David Portillo (SF) Jay Grant | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Ronnie Pursel (C) Charles Carter | |
| 17:24 | Chicago State | Samuel Brown misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 31-33 |
| 17:22 | Valparaiso | William Young grabs the board | 31-33 |
| 17:06 | Valparaiso | William Young misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 31-33 |
| 17:05 | Chicago State | Ronnie Pursel grabs the board | 31-33 |
| 16:57 | Chicago State | Jerome Tompkins is called for the reach on Samuel Brown - foul #3 on Jerome Tompkins, team foul #3 | 31-33 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | William Elder (PF) David Portillo | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Albert Becker (SF) Donald Cale | |
| 16:40 | Chicago State | Conrad Hart makes the jump hook in the lane set up by Samuel Brown and he's hacked by William Young - foul #2 on William Young, team foul #4 | 31-35 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | Willian Pickett (SG) Dikembe Abdelrahman | |
| Subs | Chicago State | David Rutledge (C) Ronnie Pursel | |
| 16:40 | Chicago State | Conrad Hart misses the free throw | 31-35 |
| 16:40 | Valparaiso | William Elder gets the rebound | 31-35 |
| 16:25 | Valparaiso | William Elder makes the jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by William Young | 33-35 |
| 16:03 | Chicago State | Joseph Whitman blocks the short jumper by David Rutledge | 33-35 |
| 16:02 | Chicago State | Conrad Hart tips it in | 33-37 |
| Lineup | Valparaiso | PG - William Young (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Willian Pickett (fresh) 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Joseph Whitman (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. PF - William Elder (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - Jerome Tompkins (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 10 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Chicago State | PG - Conrad Hart (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SG - Samuel Brown (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Albert Becker (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Richarson (fresh) C - David Rutledge (fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 15:52 | Valparaiso | William Young is whistled for traveling | 33-37 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | Henry Wilson (PG), Jay Grant (SF), Dikembe Abdelrahman (PF) William Young, Willian Pickett, William Elder | |
| Subs | Chicago State | James Kelley (PG), Joshua Gardea (SF), Charles Carter (PF) Conrad Hart, Samuel Brown, Robert Richarson | |
| 15:34 | Chicago State | David Rutledge's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 33-37 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | William Young (PG) Henry Wilson | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Donald Cale (SF), Ronnie Pursel (C) Joshua Gardea, David Rutledge | |
| 15:08 | Valparaiso | Dikembe Abdelrahman lays it up and in | 35-37 |
| 14:54 | Chicago State | Ronnie Pursel hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left block | 35-37 |
| 14:52 | Valparaiso | Jay Grant snags the defensive board | 35-37 |
| 14:30 | Valparaiso | William Young's pass is intercepted by James Kelley | 35-37 |
| 14:09 | Chicago State | Ronnie Pursel can't finish the layup | 35-37 |
| 14:08 | Chicago State | Donald Cale pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-37 |
| 13:50 | Chicago State | Ronnie Pursel hits a runner near the basket and he's hacked by Jerome Tompkins - foul #4 on Jerome Tompkins, team foul #5 | 35-39 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | Henry Wilson (PG), Willian Pickett (SG), David Portillo (SF), William Elder (PF) William Young, Joseph Whitman, Jay Grant, Jerome Tompkins | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Samuel Brown (SG), Conrad Hart (SF), David Rutledge (C) Albert Becker, Donald Cale, Charles Carter | |
| 13:50 | Chicago State | Ronnie Pursel misses the free throw | 35-39 |
| 13:50 | Valparaiso | The rebound goes to William Elder | 35-39 |
| 13:37 | Valparaiso | Ronnie Pursel steps in front of the William Elder pass | 35-39 |
| 13:26 | Chicago State | David Rutledge can't connect on a jumper from the right block | 35-39 |
| 13:25 | Valparaiso | William Elder snags the defensive board | 35-39 |
| 13:11 | Valparaiso | William Elder is hacked by James Kelley - foul #4 on James Kelley, team foul #3 | 35-39 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | William Young (PG), Jerome Tompkins (C) Henry Wilson, Dikembe Abdelrahman | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Albert Becker (SF), Robert Richarson (PF) James Kelley, Ronnie Pursel | |
| 13:06 | Valparaiso | William Young scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away set up by William Elder | 38-39 |
| 12:47 | Chicago State | Conrad Hart clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 38-39 |
| 12:46 | Valparaiso | The rebound goes to William Elder | 38-39 |
| 12:40 | Valparaiso | William Young's pass is intercepted by Conrad Hart in the backcourt | 38-39 |
| 12:38 | Chicago State | Samuel Brown lays it in set up by Conrad Hart | 38-41 |
| 12:15 | Valparaiso | William Young misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 38-41 |
| 12:13 | Valparaiso | Jerome Tompkins snags the offensive board | 38-41 |
| 11:59 | Valparaiso | David Rutledge is called for the reach on Willian Pickett - foul #1 on David Rutledge, team foul #4 | 38-41 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | Joseph Whitman (PG), Dikembe Abdelrahman (SF) William Young, David Portillo | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Donald Cale (SF), Charles Carter (PF) Albert Becker, Robert Richarson | |
| Lineup | Valparaiso | PG - Joseph Whitman (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Willian Pickett (fresh) 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Dikembe Abdelrahman (fairly fresh) 7 pts. PF - William Elder (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. C - Jerome Tompkins (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 11 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Chicago State | PG - Conrad Hart (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Samuel Brown (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Donald Cale (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Charles Carter (fresh) 7 pts. C - David Rutledge (fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 11:44 | Valparaiso | David Rutledge denies the turnaround by Jerome Tompkins | 38-41 |
| 11:42 | Chicago State | Charles Carter gets the rebound | 38-41 |
| 11:19 | Chicago State | Samuel Brown hits a jumpshot from the left side and the foul's on Jerome Tompkins - foul #5 on Jerome Tompkins, team foul #6 | 38-43 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | William Young (PG), Jay Grant (SF) Willian Pickett, Jerome Tompkins | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Robert Richarson (C) David Rutledge | |
| 11:19 | Chicago State | Samuel Brown makes the free throw | 38-44 |
| 11:00 | Valparaiso | Dikembe Abdelrahman is whistled for traveling | 38-44 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | Willian Pickett (SG) Jay Grant | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Albert Becker (PG) Conrad Hart | |
| 10:44 | Chicago State | Robert Richarson buries a shot in the paint on a nice dish by Donald Cale and the foul's on William Elder - foul #1 on William Elder, team foul #7 | 38-46 |
| 10:44 | Chicago State | Robert Richarson makes the free throw | 38-47 |
| 10:26 | Valparaiso | Dikembe Abdelrahman makes the runner in the paint on a nice dish by Joseph Whitman | 40-47 |
| 10:09 | Chicago State | Donald Cale clanks a shot in the lane but the foul's on Dikembe Abdelrahman - foul #3 on Dikembe Abdelrahman, team foul #8 | 40-47 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | Henry Wilson (PG), David Portillo (SF) William Young, Willian Pickett | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Conrad Hart (PG), Ronnie Pursel (C) Samuel Brown, Charles Carter | |
| 10:09 | Chicago State | Donald Cale makes the 1st free throw | 40-48 |
| 10:09 | Chicago State | Donald Cale makes the 2nd free throw | 40-49 |
| 09:58 | Valparaiso | Dikembe Abdelrahman knocks in the fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by David Portillo and he's hacked by Ronnie Pursel - foul #1 on Ronnie Pursel, team foul #5 | 42-49 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | William Young (PG), Jay Grant (SF) Henry Wilson, David Portillo | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Joshua Gardea (SF) Donald Cale | |
| 09:58 | Valparaiso | Dikembe Abdelrahman makes the free throw | 43-49 |
| 09:44 | Chicago State | Joshua Gardea misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 43-49 |
| 09:42 | Chicago State | Joshua Gardea tips it but misses | 43-49 |
| 09:41 | Valparaiso | The rebound goes to Dikembe Abdelrahman | 43-49 |
| 09:37 | Valparaiso | William Young misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 43-49 |
| 09:36 | Valparaiso | William Elder snags the offensive board | 43-49 |
| 09:20 | Valparaiso | William Elder knocks in the floater from the right side on a nice dish by Dikembe Abdelrahman | 45-49 |
| 09:09 | Chicago State | Robert Richarson's layup is rejected by Dikembe Abdelrahman | 45-49 |
| 09:07 | Valparaiso | Dikembe Abdelrahman pulls down the rebound | 45-49 |
| 09:02 | Valparaiso | William Young comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 45-49 |
| 09:01 | Chicago State | Joshua Gardea snags the defensive board | 45-49 |
| 08:32 | Chicago State | Robert Richarson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 45-49 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | Henry Wilson (PG), Willian Pickett (SG), David Portillo (SF) William Young, Joseph Whitman, Jay Grant | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Samuel Brown (SG), Donald Cale (SF), Charles Carter (PF), David Rutledge (C) Conrad Hart, Joshua Gardea, Robert Richarson, Ronnie Pursel | |
| 08:13 | Valparaiso | Dikembe Abdelrahman misses long on a shot from the left wing | 45-49 |
| 08:11 | Chicago State | Donald Cale pulls down the rebound | 45-49 |
| 07:57 | Chicago State | Albert Becker scores on a floater from the left wing on a great pass from Charles Carter | 45-51 |
| Lineup | Valparaiso | PG - Henry Wilson (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Willian Pickett (fresh) 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - David Portillo (fresh) PF - Dikembe Abdelrahman (tiring) 12 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - William Elder (tiring) 12 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Chicago State | PG - Albert Becker (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Samuel Brown (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Donald Cale (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Charles Carter (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - David Rutledge (fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 07:42 | Valparaiso | David Portillo buries a jumper near the basket on a nice dish by Willian Pickett and he's hacked by Donald Cale - foul #1 on Donald Cale, team foul #6 | 47-51 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | William Young (PG), Joseph Whitman (SG) Henry Wilson, Willian Pickett | |
| Subs | Chicago State | James Kelley (PG) Albert Becker | |
| 07:42 | Valparaiso | David Portillo makes the free throw | 48-51 |
| 07:23 | Chicago State | James Kelley makes the 3pt shot from the left wing | 48-54 |
| 07:09 | Valparaiso | William Young buries a 3pt attempt from straight away | 51-54 |
| 06:49 | Chicago State | Samuel Brown buries a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Donald Cale | 51-57 |
| 06:28 | Valparaiso | David Portillo makes the 3 from the left wing on a great pass from William Young | 54-57 |
| 06:03 | Chicago State | Charles Carter misses the lay-in | 54-57 |
| 06:02 | Valparaiso | Joseph Whitman grabs the defensive rebound | 54-57 |
| 05:35 | Valparaiso | William Elder hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 54-57 |
| 05:33 | Valparaiso | William Elder snags the offensive board | 54-57 |
| 05:19 | Valparaiso | Dikembe Abdelrahman is denied on a layup by Donald Cale | 54-57 |
| 05:18 | Valparaiso | William Young tips it in | 56-57 |
| 05:00 | Chicago State | David Rutledge makes the shot in the lane | 56-59 |
| 04:48 | Valparaiso | William Elder hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the lane but he's fouled by Charles Carter - foul #3 on Charles Carter, team foul #7 | 56-59 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | Henry Wilson (PG), Willian Pickett (SG), Jay Grant (SF) William Young, Joseph Whitman, David Portillo | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Conrad Hart (PG), Albert Becker (SG), Joshua Gardea (SF), Robert Richarson (PF), Ronnie Pursel (C) James Kelley, Samuel Brown, Donald Cale, Charles Carter, David Rutledge | |
| 04:48 | Valparaiso | William Elder makes the 1st free throw | 57-59 |
| 04:48 | Valparaiso | William Elder makes the 2nd free throw | 58-59 |
| 04:29 | Chicago State | Robert Richarson connects on the shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Joshua Gardea | 58-61 |
| 04:11 | Valparaiso | Henry Wilson makes the 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Dikembe Abdelrahman | 61-61 |
| 03:44 | Chicago State | Joshua Gardea connects on the jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Robert Richarson and the foul's on Jay Grant - foul #2 on Jay Grant, team foul #9 | 61-63 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | William Young (PG), Joseph Whitman (SF) Henry Wilson, Jay Grant | |
| Subs | Chicago State | James Kelley (PG), Samuel Brown (SG) Conrad Hart, Albert Becker | |
| 03:44 | Chicago State | Joshua Gardea makes the free throw | 61-64 |
| Lineup | Valparaiso | PG - William Young (fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SG - Willian Pickett (fresh) 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Joseph Whitman (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. PF - Dikembe Abdelrahman (tiring) 12 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - William Elder (tired) 14 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Chicago State | PG - James Kelley (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. 4 pf. SG - Samuel Brown (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joshua Gardea (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Richarson (fresh) 5 pts. C - Ronnie Pursel (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:29 | Valparaiso | William Young drills a shot from the free throw line set up by Willian Pickett and the foul's on James Kelley - foul #5 on James Kelley, team foul #8 | 63-64 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | Jay Grant (SF) William Elder | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Conrad Hart (PG), Albert Becker (SF) James Kelley, Joshua Gardea | |
| 03:29 | Valparaiso | William Young makes the free throw | 64-64 |
| 03:09 | Chicago State | Ronnie Pursel hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 64-64 |
| 03:07 | Valparaiso | Joseph Whitman pulls down the rebound | 64-64 |
| 03:01 | Valparaiso | Joseph Whitman's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 64-64 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | William Elder (C) Jay Grant | |
| Subs | Chicago State | | |
| 02:58 | Chicago State | Chicago State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 64-64 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Donald Cale (SF), Charles Carter (PF), David Rutledge (C) Albert Becker, Robert Richarson, Ronnie Pursel | |
| 02:42 | Chicago State | Donald Cale comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline | 64-64 |
| 02:40 | Valparaiso | Willian Pickett snags the defensive board | 64-64 |
| 02:20 | Valparaiso | Joseph Whitman misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 64-64 |
| 02:19 | Chicago State | The rebound goes to Charles Carter | 64-64 |
| 01:54 | Chicago State | David Rutledge is fouled on the floor by William Elder - foul #2 on William Elder, team foul #10 | 64-64 |
| Subs | Valparaiso | David Portillo (SF) Willian Pickett | |
| Subs | Chicago State | | |
| 01:54 | Chicago State | David Rutledge makes the 1st free throw | 64-65 |
| 01:54 | Chicago State | David Rutledge misses the 2nd free throw | 64-65 |
| 01:54 | Valparaiso | The rebound goes to William Elder | 64-65 |
| 01:39 | Valparaiso | Dikembe Abdelrahman scores on a floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by William Young | 66-65 |
| 01:18 | Chicago State | David Portillo denies the turnaround by Charles Carter | 66-65 |
| 01:17 | Valparaiso | William Elder pulls down the rebound | 66-65 |
| 00:55 | Valparaiso | Conrad Hart picks off the pass by Dikembe Abdelrahman | 66-65 |
| 00:50 | Chicago State | Conrad Hart buries a driving attempt from the baseline set up by Samuel Brown | 66-67 |
| 00:33 | Valparaiso | Dikembe Abdelrahman's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 66-67 |
| Game Plan | Valparaiso | Valparaiso is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Chicago State | Chicago State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:32 | Chicago State | Joseph Whitman is called for the reach on Donald Cale in the backcourt - foul #3 on Joseph Whitman, team foul #11 | 66-67 |
| 00:32 | Chicago State | Donald Cale makes the 1st free throw | 66-68 |
| 00:32 | Chicago State | Donald Cale makes the 2nd free throw | 66-69 |
| 00:09 | Valparaiso | William Young misses the 3 from the right wing | 66-69 |
| 00:07 | Valparaiso | William Elder snags the offensive board | 66-69 |
| 00:02 | Valparaiso | David Portillo misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 66-69 |
| 00:01 | Chicago State | Charles Carter grabs the defensive rebound | 66-69 |
| 00:00 | Chicago State | Charles Carter runs out the clock | 66-69 |