| Lineup | Olivet | PG - Eric Mowbray (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SG - Ralph Brown (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Norman James (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Shawn Holland (fresh) 3 pts. C - Pat Emerson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Hope | PG - Amos Thomas (fresh) SG - Raymond Marsh (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joey Escamilla (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Roger Shook (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Raymond Mauzy (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Olivet | Norman James inbounds the ball | 27-32 |
| Game Plan | Olivet | Olivet is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Hope | Hope is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:42 | Olivet | Ralph Brown buries a jumper from the right side set up by Eric Mowbray | 29-32 |
| 19:17 | Hope | Joey Escamilla buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 29-35 |
| 19:09 | Olivet | Joey Escamilla picks off the pass by Eric Mowbray | 29-35 |
| 18:56 | Hope | Raymond Marsh is fouled on the floor by Ralph Brown - foul #3 on Ralph Brown, team foul #1 | 29-35 |
| Subs | Olivet | John Massenburg (SG) Ralph Brown | |
| Subs | Hope | | |
| 18:41 | Hope | Raymond Mauzy loses the dribble to Norman James | 29-35 |
| 18:38 | Olivet | Norman James lays it up and in | 31-35 |
| 18:24 | Hope | Amos Thomas is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Amos Thomas, team foul #1 | 31-35 |
| 18:14 | Olivet | Eric Mowbray can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Joey Escamilla - foul #1 on Joey Escamilla, team foul #2 | 31-35 |
| 18:14 | Olivet | Eric Mowbray misses the 1st free throw | 31-35 |
| 18:14 | Olivet | Eric Mowbray makes the 2nd free throw | 32-35 |
| 18:06 | Hope | Pat Emerson blocks the short jumper by Roger Shook | 32-35 |
| 18:05 | Olivet | John Massenburg snags the defensive board | 32-35 |
| 17:42 | Olivet | John Massenburg misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 32-35 |
| 17:40 | Hope | Raymond Mauzy pulls down the rebound | 32-35 |
| 17:18 | Hope | Raymond Marsh misses short on a floater from the free throw line | 32-35 |
| 17:17 | Olivet | Eric Mowbray snags the defensive board | 32-35 |
| 17:00 | Olivet | Norman James is hacked by Joey Escamilla - foul #2 on Joey Escamilla, team foul #3 | 32-35 |
| Subs | Olivet | Charles Perry (SG), Robert Crowe (PF), Delbert Bowden (C) Norman James, Shawn Holland, Pat Emerson | |
| Subs | Hope | Daniel Torpey (PG), Harold Lewis (SG), Chris Garvin (SF), Joe Billiot (PF), Scott Kittleson (C) Amos Thomas, Raymond Marsh, Joey Escamilla, Roger Shook, Raymond Mauzy | |
| 16:53 | Olivet | Eric Mowbray scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 35-35 |
| 16:35 | Hope | Scott Kittleson misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 35-35 |
| 16:33 | Olivet | John Massenburg grabs the defensive rebound | 35-35 |
| 16:18 | Olivet | John Massenburg misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Chris Garvin - foul #3 on Chris Garvin, team foul #4 | 35-35 |
| Subs | Olivet | Raymond Merrick (C) Eric Mowbray | |
| Subs | Hope | Dennis Taylor (SF) Chris Garvin | |
| 16:18 | Olivet | John Massenburg makes the 1st free throw | 36-35 |
| 16:18 | Olivet | John Massenburg makes the 2nd free throw | 37-35 |
| 16:00 | Hope | Dennis Taylor makes the floater in the lane | 37-37 |
| Lineup | Olivet | PG - John Massenburg (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Charles Perry (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Delbert Bowden (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Crowe (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Raymond Merrick (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Hope | PG - Daniel Torpey (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Harold Lewis (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Dennis Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Joe Billiot (fresh) 3 reb. C - Scott Kittleson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:42 | Olivet | Robert Crowe scores on a jumper in the paint and the foul's on Joe Billiot - foul #1 on Joe Billiot, team foul #5 | 39-37 |
| Subs | Olivet | Ralph Brown (SG) John Massenburg | |
| Subs | Hope | Amos Thomas (PG), Joey Escamilla (SF), Chris Garvin (PF) Daniel Torpey, Dennis Taylor, Joe Billiot | |
| 15:42 | Olivet | Robert Crowe makes the free throw | 40-37 |
| 15:22 | Hope | Harold Lewis clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 40-37 |
| 15:21 | Olivet | Robert Crowe pulls down the rebound | 40-37 |
| 15:15 | Olivet | Raymond Merrick can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 40-37 |
| 15:13 | Hope | Amos Thomas snags the defensive board | 40-37 |
| 14:54 | Hope | Joey Escamilla misses long on a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's hacked by Delbert Bowden - foul #2 on Delbert Bowden, team foul #2 | 40-37 |
| Subs | Olivet | Eric Mowbray (PG), Norman James (SF), Shawn Holland (PF), Pat Emerson (C) Charles Perry, Delbert Bowden, Robert Crowe, Raymond Merrick | |
| Subs | Hope | Raymond Marsh (SG), Roger Shook (PF), Raymond Mauzy (C) Harold Lewis, Chris Garvin, Scott Kittleson | |
| 14:54 | Hope | Joey Escamilla makes the 1st free throw | 40-38 |
| 14:54 | Hope | Joey Escamilla makes the 2nd free throw | 40-39 |
| 14:39 | Olivet | Ralph Brown drills a 3 from the left corner | 43-39 |
| 14:10 | Hope | Raymond Mauzy clanks a shot in the lane | 43-39 |
| 14:08 | Olivet | Ralph Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 43-39 |
| 13:49 | Olivet | Eric Mowbray clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 43-39 |
| 13:48 | Olivet | Shawn Holland grabs the offensive board | 43-39 |
| 13:39 | Olivet | Ralph Brown misses the jumpshot from the right side but the foul's on Joey Escamilla - foul #3 on Joey Escamilla, team foul #6 | 43-39 |
| Subs | Olivet | | |
| Subs | Hope | Chris Garvin (SF) Joey Escamilla | |
| 13:39 | Olivet | Ralph Brown makes the 1st free throw | 44-39 |
| 13:39 | Olivet | Ralph Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 44-39 |
| 13:39 | Hope | Raymond Mauzy grabs the defensive rebound | 44-39 |
| 13:28 | Hope | Pat Emerson steps in front of the Amos Thomas pass | 44-39 |
| 13:04 | Olivet | Eric Mowbray hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 44-39 |
| 13:03 | Hope | Chris Garvin pulls down the rebound | 44-39 |
| 12:53 | Hope | Eric Mowbray takes the ball from Raymond Marsh | 44-39 |
| 12:34 | Olivet | Pat Emerson lays it up and in and he's hacked by Chris Garvin - foul #4 on Chris Garvin, team foul #7 | 46-39 |
| Subs | Olivet | John Massenburg (PG), Delbert Bowden (SF), Robert Crowe (PF) Eric Mowbray, Norman James, Shawn Holland | |
| Subs | Hope | Daniel Torpey (PG), Harold Lewis (SG), Dennis Taylor (SF), Joe Billiot (PF), Scott Kittleson (C) Amos Thomas, Raymond Marsh, Chris Garvin, Roger Shook, Raymond Mauzy | |
| 12:34 | Olivet | Pat Emerson makes the free throw | 47-39 |
| 12:18 | Hope | Harold Lewis hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 47-39 |
| 12:17 | Olivet | Ralph Brown grabs the board | 47-39 |
| 11:55 | Olivet | John Massenburg can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 47-39 |
| 11:54 | Hope | Joe Billiot grabs the board | 47-39 |
| Lineup | Olivet | PG - John Massenburg (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Ralph Brown (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Delbert Bowden (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Crowe (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Pat Emerson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Hope | PG - Daniel Torpey (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Harold Lewis (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Dennis Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Joe Billiot (fresh) 4 reb. C - Scott Kittleson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:43 | Hope | Dennis Taylor travels with the ball | 47-39 |
| Subs | Olivet | Charles Perry (SG), Raymond Merrick (C) Ralph Brown, Pat Emerson | |
| Subs | Hope | Joey Escamilla (SF) Dennis Taylor | |
| 11:34 | Olivet | Delbert Bowden loses the dribble to Scott Kittleson | 47-39 |
| 11:13 | Hope | Joey Escamilla misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 47-39 |
| 11:11 | Hope | Joe Billiot snags the offensive board | 47-39 |
| 10:57 | Hope | Daniel Torpey is hacked by John Massenburg - foul #1 on John Massenburg, team foul #3 | 47-39 |
| Subs | Olivet | Eric Mowbray (PG), Norman James (SF), Shawn Holland (PF) Charles Perry, Delbert Bowden, Raymond Merrick | |
| Subs | Hope | Amos Thomas (PG), Raymond Marsh (SG), Roger Shook (PF) Daniel Torpey, Harold Lewis, Joe Billiot | |
| 10:42 | Hope | Roger Shook knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away | 47-42 |
| 10:21 | Olivet | Norman James clanks a runner from the baseline | 47-42 |
| 10:19 | Hope | Scott Kittleson grabs the defensive rebound | 47-42 |
| 10:05 | Hope | Raymond Marsh hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away but he's fouled by John Massenburg - foul #2 on John Massenburg, team foul #4 | 47-42 |
| Subs | Olivet | Ralph Brown (SG), Delbert Bowden (C) John Massenburg, Robert Crowe | |
| Subs | Hope | Raymond Mauzy (C) Scott Kittleson | |
| 10:05 | Hope | Raymond Marsh misses the 1st free throw | 47-42 |
| 10:05 | Hope | Raymond Marsh makes the 2nd free throw | 47-43 |
| 10:05 | Hope | Raymond Marsh misses the 3rd free throw | 47-43 |
| 10:05 | Olivet | Shawn Holland pulls down the rebound | 47-43 |
| 09:41 | Olivet | Ralph Brown makes the 3 pointer from the right wing | 50-43 |
| 09:16 | Hope | Raymond Marsh buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 50-46 |
| 08:57 | Olivet | Shawn Holland double dribbles | 50-46 |
| Subs | Olivet | John Massenburg (SF), Pat Emerson (C) Norman James, Delbert Bowden | |
| Subs | Hope | Daniel Torpey (PG), Harold Lewis (SG), Dennis Taylor (SF), Joe Billiot (PF) Amos Thomas, Raymond Marsh, Joey Escamilla, Roger Shook | |
| 08:35 | Hope | Joe Billiot misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane | 50-46 |
| 08:33 | Hope | Dennis Taylor tips it but misses | 50-46 |
| 08:31 | Olivet | Pat Emerson grabs the board | 50-46 |
| 08:27 | Olivet | Ralph Brown misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 50-46 |
| 08:26 | Hope | Harold Lewis snags the defensive board | 50-46 |
| 08:09 | Hope | Joe Billiot is whistled for traveling | 50-46 |
| Subs | Olivet | Robert Crowe (PF) Shawn Holland | |
| Subs | Hope | Scott Kittleson (C) Raymond Mauzy | |
| 07:55 | Olivet | Eric Mowbray is fouled on the floor by Harold Lewis - foul #1 on Harold Lewis, team foul #8 | 50-46 |
| Subs | Olivet | | |
| Subs | Hope | Amos Thomas (PG), Chris Garvin (SF) Daniel Torpey, Dennis Taylor | |
| 07:55 | Olivet | Eric Mowbray makes the 1st free throw | 51-46 |
| 07:55 | Olivet | Eric Mowbray makes the 2nd free throw | 52-46 |
| Lineup | Olivet | PG - Eric Mowbray (fresh) 11 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. SG - Ralph Brown (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - John Massenburg (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Crowe (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Pat Emerson (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Hope | PG - Amos Thomas (fresh) SG - Harold Lewis (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. SF - Chris Garvin (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. PF - Joe Billiot (fresh) 5 reb. C - Scott Kittleson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:35 | Hope | Harold Lewis scores on a fadeaway from the left wing | 52-48 |
| 07:12 | Olivet | Ralph Brown loses the ball out of bounds | 52-48 |
| Subs | Olivet | Charles Perry (PG), Norman James (SF) Eric Mowbray, John Massenburg | |
| Subs | Hope | Raymond Marsh (SG), Joey Escamilla (SF), Roger Shook (PF) Harold Lewis, Chris Garvin, Joe Billiot | |
| 06:57 | Hope | Joey Escamilla hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 52-48 |
| 06:56 | Hope | Scott Kittleson grabs the offensive rebound | 52-48 |
| 06:44 | Hope | Raymond Marsh hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 52-48 |
| 06:43 | Hope | Joey Escamilla grabs the offensive rebound | 52-48 |
| 06:28 | Hope | Roger Shook knocks in the fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by Joey Escamilla | 52-50 |
| 06:02 | Olivet | Pat Emerson throws it down set up by Norman James | 54-50 |
| 05:50 | Hope | Joey Escamilla misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 54-50 |
| 05:49 | Olivet | The rebound goes to Pat Emerson | 54-50 |
| 05:27 | Olivet | Robert Crowe misses long on a floater from the left wing | 54-50 |
| 05:26 | Hope | The rebound goes to Joey Escamilla | 54-50 |
| 05:20 | Hope | Roger Shook hits a fadeaway in the paint | 54-52 |
| 05:08 | Olivet | Charles Perry comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 54-52 |
| 05:06 | Olivet | Pat Emerson pulls down the offensive rebound | 54-52 |
| 05:06 | Olivet | Olivet calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 54-52 |
| Subs | Olivet | Eric Mowbray (PG), Shawn Holland (PF) Charles Perry, Pat Emerson | |
| Subs | Hope | Raymond Mauzy (C) Scott Kittleson | |
| 04:59 | Olivet | Robert Crowe hits the front of the rim on the shot near the basket | 54-52 |
| 04:58 | Hope | Joey Escamilla snags the defensive board | 54-52 |
| 04:46 | Hope | Roger Shook can't connect on a shot in the lane but the foul's on Shawn Holland - foul #3 on Shawn Holland, team foul #5 | 54-52 |
| 04:46 | Hope | Roger Shook makes the 1st free throw | 54-53 |
| 04:46 | Hope | Roger Shook misses the 2nd free throw | 54-53 |
| 04:46 | Olivet | Shawn Holland snags the defensive board | 54-53 |
| 04:34 | Olivet | Ralph Brown clanks a 3 from the left corner | 54-53 |
| 04:33 | Hope | Roger Shook grabs the board | 54-53 |
| 04:13 | Hope | Raymond Mauzy misses short on a floater from the right side | 54-53 |
| 04:11 | Olivet | Norman James grabs the defensive rebound | 54-53 |
| 03:46 | Olivet | Shawn Holland misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 54-53 |
| 03:44 | Hope | The rebound goes to Raymond Mauzy | 54-53 |
| Lineup | Olivet | PG - Eric Mowbray (fresh) 11 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. SG - Ralph Brown (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Norman James (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Shawn Holland (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Crowe (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Hope | PG - Amos Thomas (fairly fresh) SG - Raymond Marsh (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joey Escamilla (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - Roger Shook (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. C - Raymond Mauzy (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:28 | Hope | Joey Escamilla is hacked by Norman James - foul #1 on Norman James, team foul #6 | 54-53 |
| Subs | Olivet | John Massenburg (SG), Delbert Bowden (SF), Pat Emerson (C) Ralph Brown, Norman James, Robert Crowe | |
| Subs | Hope | Daniel Torpey (PG), Harold Lewis (SG), Chris Garvin (SF), Joe Billiot (PF) Amos Thomas, Raymond Marsh, Joey Escamilla, Roger Shook | |
| 03:21 | Hope | Delbert Bowden is called for the reach on Chris Garvin - foul #3 on Delbert Bowden, team foul #7 | 54-53 |
| 03:21 | Hope | Chris Garvin makes the 1st free throw | 54-54 |
| 03:21 | Hope | Chris Garvin makes the 2nd free throw | 54-55 |
| 03:01 | Olivet | John Massenburg drills a pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Delbert Bowden | 56-55 |
| 02:59 | Hope | Hope calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-55 |
| Subs | Olivet | Ralph Brown (SG), Norman James (SF) John Massenburg, Delbert Bowden | |
| Subs | Hope | Amos Thomas (PG), Raymond Marsh (SG), Joey Escamilla (SF), Roger Shook (PF) Daniel Torpey, Harold Lewis, Chris Garvin, Joe Billiot | |
| 02:50 | Hope | Amos Thomas hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 56-55 |
| 02:48 | Olivet | Ralph Brown pulls down the rebound | 56-55 |
| 02:32 | Olivet | Ralph Brown connects on the floater from just outside the lane set up by Eric Mowbray | 58-55 |
| 02:20 | Hope | Raymond Marsh misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 58-55 |
| 02:18 | Olivet | Pat Emerson pulls down the rebound | 58-55 |
| 02:06 | Olivet | Eric Mowbray is fouled on the floor by Amos Thomas - foul #2 on Amos Thomas, team foul #9 | 58-55 |
| 02:06 | Olivet | Eric Mowbray makes the 1st free throw | 59-55 |
| 02:06 | Olivet | Eric Mowbray makes the 2nd free throw | 60-55 |
| 01:53 | Hope | Joey Escamilla misses long on a fadeaway from the left side | 60-55 |
| 01:52 | Hope | Roger Shook grabs the offensive rebound | 60-55 |
| 01:38 | Hope | Raymond Mauzy misses the lay-in | 60-55 |
| 01:36 | Hope | Raymond Mauzy tips it back up and in | 60-57 |
| 01:12 | Olivet | Norman James hits a jump hook from close range on a great pass from Pat Emerson | 62-57 |
| 00:52 | Hope | Joey Escamilla connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Raymond Marsh | 62-60 |
| Game Plan | Olivet | Olivet is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Hope | Hope is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:24 | Olivet | Pat Emerson is fouled on the floor by Raymond Mauzy - foul #1 on Raymond Mauzy, team foul #10 | 62-60 |
| 00:24 | Olivet | Pat Emerson misses the 1st free throw | 62-60 |
| 00:24 | Olivet | Pat Emerson makes the 2nd free throw | 63-60 |
| 00:09 | Hope | Raymond Mauzy is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Raymond Mauzy, team foul #11 | 63-60 |
| Subs | Olivet | John Massenburg (SF) Norman James | |
| Subs | Hope | | |
| Game Plan | Olivet | Olivet is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Hope | Hope is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:07 | Olivet | John Massenburg is hacked by Raymond Marsh in the backcourt - foul #1 on Raymond Marsh, team foul #12 | 63-60 |
| 00:07 | Olivet | John Massenburg makes the 1st free throw | 64-60 |
| 00:07 | Olivet | John Massenburg makes the 2nd free throw | 65-60 |
| Game Plan | Olivet | Olivet is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Hope | Hope is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:02 | Hope | Raymond Marsh loses the dribble to Shawn Holland | 65-60 |
| Game Plan | Olivet | Olivet is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Hope | Hope is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:00 | Olivet | Shawn Holland runs out the clock | 65-60 |