| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Ohanko Ali (fresh) SG - Gary Sweeting (fresh) SF - Kevin Arno (fresh) PF - Leonardo Gallo (fresh) C - Carlos Duchesne (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Dennis Bethea (fresh) SG - Alfred Noel (fresh) SF - John King (fresh) PF - Matthew Howard (fresh) C - Robert Collins (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:48 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:46 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Alfred Noel | 0-0 |
| 19:32 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:30 | Detroit Mercy | John King tips it in | 0-2 |
| 19:15 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne comes up short on the floater from the right block but he's hacked by Dennis Bethea - foul #1 on Dennis Bethea, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 19:15 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne makes the 1st free throw | 1-2 |
| 19:15 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne makes the 2nd free throw | 2-2 |
| 19:01 | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel is hacked by Gary Sweeting - foul #1 on Gary Sweeting, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 18:40 | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 2-2 |
| 18:18 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting hits the front of the rim on the runner from the right block but he's hacked by Alfred Noel - foul #1 on Alfred Noel, team foul #2 | 2-2 |
| 18:18 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting makes the 1st free throw | 3-2 |
| 18:18 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting makes the 2nd free throw | 4-2 |
| 18:01 | Detroit Mercy | Ohanko Ali steals the ball from Dennis Bethea | 4-2 |
| 17:58 | Marquette | Kevin Arno banks in the layup on a great pass from Ohanko Ali | 6-2 |
| 17:41 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins hits a driving attempt from the baseline on a great pass from John King | 6-4 |
| 17:23 | Marquette | Kevin Arno is fouled on the floor by Matthew Howard - foul #1 on Matthew Howard, team foul #3 | 6-4 |
| Subs | Marquette | Scott Goodman (PG), Philip Johnson (SG), Frank Swan (C) Ohanko Ali, Gary Sweeting, Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 17:01 | Marquette | Scott Goodman loses the ball out of bounds | 6-4 |
| Subs | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba (PG) Leonardo Gallo | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 16:43 | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel knocks in the fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Matthew Howard | 6-6 |
| 16:38 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba is whistled for a carry | 6-6 |
| Subs | Marquette | David Simmons (C) Kevin Arno | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 16:17 | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Matthew Howard | 6-9 |
| 16:08 | Marquette | Dennis Bethea takes the ball from Philip Johnson | 6-9 |
| 15:53 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins clanks a shot in the lane | 6-9 |
| 15:52 | Marquette | Scott Goodman pulls down the rebound | 6-9 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Scott Goodman (fresh) SG - Philip Johnson (fresh) SF - Santiago Cordoba (fresh) PF - Frank Swan (fresh) C - David Simmons (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Dennis Bethea (fresh) SG - Alfred Noel (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - John King (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Matthew Howard (fresh) C - Robert Collins (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:46 | Marquette | David Simmons hits a runner from the baseline set up by Philip Johnson | 8-9 |
| 15:34 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Santiago Cordoba - foul #1 on Santiago Cordoba, team foul #2 | 8-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | Ohanko Ali (PG), Gary Sweeting (SG), Kevin Arno (SF), Leonardo Gallo (PF), Carlos Duchesne (C) Scott Goodman, Philip Johnson, Santiago Cordoba, Frank Swan, David Simmons | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza (SG), Barry Fanning (SF), Charles Doroski (C) Alfred Noel, John King, Robert Collins | |
| 15:34 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard makes the 1st free throw | 8-10 |
| 15:34 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard makes the 2nd free throw | 8-11 |
| 15:16 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 8-11 |
| 15:15 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza gets the rebound | 8-11 |
| 14:53 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Doroski hits a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Randy Cardoza | 8-14 |
| 14:41 | Marquette | Kevin Arno misses the jumper from the left wing | 8-14 |
| 14:40 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo grabs the offensive rebound | 8-14 |
| 14:21 | Marquette | Kevin Arno clanks a floater from the right block but he's hacked by Matthew Howard - foul #2 on Matthew Howard, team foul #4 | 8-14 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John King (SF), Robert Collins (C) Dennis Bethea, Matthew Howard | |
| 14:21 | Marquette | Kevin Arno makes the 1st free throw | 9-14 |
| 14:21 | Marquette | Kevin Arno makes the 2nd free throw | 10-14 |
| 14:05 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 10-14 |
| 14:03 | Marquette | Ohanko Ali grabs the board | 10-14 |
| 13:42 | Marquette | Ohanko Ali comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on John King - foul #1 on John King, team foul #5 | 10-14 |
| Subs | Marquette | Scott Goodman (SF), Frank Swan (C) Kevin Arno, Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel (SG) Barry Fanning | |
| 13:42 | Marquette | Ohanko Ali misses the 1st free throw | 10-14 |
| 13:42 | Marquette | Ohanko Ali misses the 2nd free throw | 10-14 |
| 13:42 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins gets the rebound | 10-14 |
| 13:37 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza misses short on a floater from the left side but the foul's on Leonardo Gallo - foul #1 on Leonardo Gallo, team foul #3 | 10-14 |
| 13:37 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza makes the 1st free throw | 10-15 |
| 13:37 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza misses the 2nd free throw | 10-15 |
| 13:37 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo snags the defensive board | 10-15 |
| 13:23 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo double dribbles | 10-15 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Johnson (SG), Santiago Cordoba (SF) Gary Sweeting, Leonardo Gallo | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 13:08 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins misses badly on a jump hook from the baseline but the foul's on Santiago Cordoba - foul #2 on Santiago Cordoba, team foul #4 | 10-15 |
| Subs | Marquette | David Simmons (C) Santiago Cordoba | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea (PG), Fred Linderman (PF) Randy Cardoza, Charles Doroski | |
| 13:08 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins makes the 1st free throw | 10-16 |
| 13:08 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins makes the 2nd free throw | 10-17 |
| 12:49 | Marquette | David Simmons is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on David Simmons, team foul #5 | 10-17 |
| Subs | Marquette | Kevin Arno (SF) Ohanko Ali | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Barry Fanning (C) Robert Collins | |
| 12:35 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea misses the floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Philip Johnson - foul #1 on Philip Johnson, team foul #6 | 10-17 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza (C) Barry Fanning | |
| 12:35 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea makes the 1st free throw | 10-18 |
| 12:35 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea makes the 2nd free throw | 10-19 |
| 12:20 | Marquette | Alfred Noel steps in front of the Frank Swan pass | 10-19 |
| 12:17 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea lays it up and in on a great pass from Alfred Noel | 10-21 |
| 11:59 | Marquette | Kevin Arno makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Scott Goodman | 12-21 |
| 11:37 | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 12-21 |
| 11:35 | Marquette | Kevin Arno grabs the defensive rebound | 12-21 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Scott Goodman (fresh) SG - Philip Johnson (fresh) SF - Kevin Arno (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Frank Swan (fresh) C - David Simmons (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Dennis Bethea (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Alfred Noel (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - John King (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Fred Linderman (fresh) C - Randy Cardoza (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. | |
| 11:13 | Marquette | Kevin Arno misses short on a floater from the left wing but he's hacked by John King - foul #2 on John King, team foul #6 | 12-21 |
| Subs | Marquette | Ohanko Ali (PG), Gary Sweeting (SG), Leonardo Gallo (PF), Carlos Duchesne (C) Scott Goodman, Philip Johnson, Frank Swan, David Simmons | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Barry Fanning (SF), Charles Doroski (PF), Robert Collins (C) Alfred Noel, John King, Fred Linderman | |
| 11:13 | Marquette | Kevin Arno makes the 1st free throw | 13-21 |
| 11:13 | Marquette | Kevin Arno misses the 2nd free throw | 13-21 |
| 11:13 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Doroski grabs the defensive rebound | 13-21 |
| 11:01 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing | 13-21 |
| 10:59 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Carlos Duchesne | 13-21 |
| 10:41 | Marquette | Dennis Bethea steals the ball from Kevin Arno | 13-21 |
| 10:38 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea misses the lay-in | 13-21 |
| 10:37 | Marquette | Ohanko Ali grabs the board | 13-21 |
| 10:23 | Marquette | Robert Collins is called for the reach on Carlos Duchesne - foul #1 on Robert Collins, team foul #7 | 13-21 |
| Subs | Marquette | Scott Goodman (SF) Kevin Arno | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson (SG), Fred Linderman (SF) Dennis Bethea, Randy Cardoza | |
| 10:23 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne misses the 1st free throw | 13-21 |
| 10:23 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Doroski snags the defensive board | 13-21 |
| 09:55 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Linderman clanks a fadeaway from the left wing | 13-21 |
| 09:53 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Linderman grabs the offensive rebound | 13-21 |
| 09:41 | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson misses long on a shot from the free throw line | 13-21 |
| 09:40 | Marquette | Scott Goodman grabs the defensive rebound | 13-21 |
| 09:26 | Marquette | Ohanko Ali misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 13-21 |
| 09:25 | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson pulls down the rebound | 13-21 |
| 09:11 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Doroski is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Charles Doroski, team foul #8 | 13-21 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Johnson (SF) Ohanko Ali | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea (PG), Alfred Noel (SG), Randy Cardoza (SF) Barry Fanning, John Johnson, Charles Doroski | |
| 08:54 | Marquette | Scott Goodman can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 13-21 |
| 08:52 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo tips it but misses | 13-21 |
| 08:51 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Alfred Noel | 13-21 |
| 08:28 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Linderman misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 13-21 |
| 08:26 | Marquette | Philip Johnson gets the rebound | 13-21 |
| 08:00 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 13-21 |
| 07:58 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins snags the defensive board | 13-21 |
| 07:33 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Alfred Noel | 13-23 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Scott Goodman (fairly fresh) 2 reb. SG - Gary Sweeting (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Philip Johnson (fresh) PF - Leonardo Gallo (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Carlos Duchesne (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Dennis Bethea (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SG - Alfred Noel (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Randy Cardoza (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. PF - Fred Linderman (fairly fresh) C - Robert Collins (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:13 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne misses the jumper from the right wing | 13-23 |
| 07:11 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Linderman pulls down the rebound | 13-23 |
| 06:52 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza connects on the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Dennis Bethea | 13-26 |
| 06:30 | Marquette | Scott Goodman lays it up and in | 15-26 |
| 06:15 | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Randy Cardoza | 15-29 |
| 06:06 | Marquette | Philip Johnson is denied on a layup by Robert Collins | 15-29 |
| 06:05 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo tips it in | 17-29 |
| 05:51 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea is hacked by Scott Goodman - foul #1 on Scott Goodman, team foul #7 | 17-29 |
| Subs | Marquette | Ohanko Ali (PG), Kevin Arno (SF), Frank Swan (PF), David Simmons (C) Scott Goodman, Philip Johnson, Leonardo Gallo, Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson (SG), Barry Fanning (SF), Charles Doroski (PF) Alfred Noel, Randy Cardoza, Fred Linderman | |
| 05:51 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea makes the 1st free throw | 17-30 |
| 05:51 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea makes the 2nd free throw | 17-31 |
| 05:25 | Marquette | Dennis Bethea steals the ball from Kevin Arno | 17-31 |
| 05:11 | Detroit Mercy | Barry Fanning knocks in the runner in the lane on a great pass from Charles Doroski | 17-33 |
| 04:54 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting drills a jump hook from close range set up by Ohanko Ali | 19-33 |
| 04:34 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 19-33 |
| 04:33 | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson misses the tip | 19-33 |
| 04:32 | Marquette | David Simmons grabs the board | 19-33 |
| 04:15 | Marquette | Kevin Arno knocks in the jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Ohanko Ali | 21-33 |
| 03:53 | Detroit Mercy | Barry Fanning is hacked by Gary Sweeting - foul #2 on Gary Sweeting, team foul #8 | 21-33 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Johnson (SG) Gary Sweeting | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel (SG), John King (SF), Matthew Howard (PF) Dennis Bethea, John Johnson, Robert Collins | |
| 03:53 | Detroit Mercy | Barry Fanning makes the 1st free throw | 21-34 |
| 03:53 | Detroit Mercy | Barry Fanning makes the 2nd free throw | 21-35 |
| 03:28 | Marquette | Philip Johnson hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 21-35 |
| 03:26 | Marquette | Ohanko Ali tips it back up and in | 23-35 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Ohanko Ali (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Philip Johnson (fresh) SF - Kevin Arno (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Frank Swan (fairly fresh) C - David Simmons (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Barry Fanning (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Alfred Noel (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - John King (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Matthew Howard (fresh) 2 pts. C - Charles Doroski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:15 | Detroit Mercy | Barry Fanning can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 23-35 |
| 03:13 | Marquette | David Simmons gets the rebound | 23-35 |
| 03:09 | Marquette | Ohanko Ali hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 23-35 |
| 03:07 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard grabs the board | 23-35 |
| 02:53 | Detroit Mercy | Barry Fanning is fouled on the floor by Frank Swan - foul #1 on Frank Swan, team foul #9 | 23-35 |
| Subs | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba (PG), Leonardo Gallo (PF), Scott Goodman (C) Ohanko Ali, Frank Swan, David Simmons | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza (C) Charles Doroski | |
| 02:53 | Detroit Mercy | Barry Fanning makes the 1st free throw | 23-36 |
| 02:53 | Detroit Mercy | Barry Fanning makes the 2nd free throw | 23-37 |
| 02:34 | Marquette | Scott Goodman hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 23-37 |
| 02:32 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo snags the offensive board | 23-37 |
| 02:25 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo misses badly on a runner from close range | 23-37 |
| 02:23 | Marquette | Philip Johnson pulls down the offensive rebound | 23-37 |
| 02:17 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo misses long on a shot in the paint | 23-37 |
| 02:15 | Marquette | Philip Johnson snags the offensive board | 23-37 |
| 01:59 | Marquette | Scott Goodman comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 23-37 |
| 01:57 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Alfred Noel | 23-37 |
| 01:44 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard is hacked by Santiago Cordoba - foul #3 on Santiago Cordoba, team foul #10 | 23-37 |
| Subs | Marquette | Ohanko Ali (PG), Gary Sweeting (SG), Carlos Duchesne (C) Santiago Cordoba, Philip Johnson, Kevin Arno | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea (PG), Robert Collins (C) Barry Fanning, Alfred Noel | |
| 01:44 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard makes the 1st free throw | 23-38 |
| 01:44 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard makes the 2nd free throw | 23-39 |
| 01:28 | Marquette | Dennis Bethea steals the ball from Carlos Duchesne | 23-39 |
| 01:25 | Detroit Mercy | John King hits the finger roll set up by Dennis Bethea | 23-41 |
| 01:05 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo scores on a jump hook in the paint and he's fouled by Matthew Howard - foul #3 on Matthew Howard, team foul #9 | 25-41 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson (SG), Fred Linderman (PF), Charles Doroski (C) John King, Matthew Howard, Robert Collins | |
| 01:05 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo makes the free throw | 26-41 |
| 00:47 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Gary Sweeting - foul #3 on Gary Sweeting, team foul #11 | 26-41 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Johnson (SG), Kevin Arno (SF), Frank Swan (PF) Gary Sweeting, Scott Goodman, Leonardo Gallo | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 00:47 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza makes the 1st free throw | 26-42 |
| 00:47 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza misses the 2nd free throw | 26-42 |
| 00:47 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne pulls down the rebound | 26-42 |
| 00:36 | Marquette | Randy Cardoza steals the ball from Carlos Duchesne | 26-42 |
| 00:16 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza drills a floater from the free throw line set up by Dennis Bethea | 26-44 |
| 00:12 | Marquette | Kevin Arno lays it up and in on a great pass from Philip Johnson | 28-44 |
| 00:04 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from John Johnson | 28-47 |
| 00:00 | Marquette | Philip Johnson misses badly on a halfcourt shot | 28-47 |