| Lineup | Georgia | PG - Johnny Elzey (fresh) SG - Scott Kelly (fresh) SF - Mitchell Allen (fresh) PF - Patrick Dalton (fresh) C - Stephen Erickson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Christopher Belcher (fresh) SG - David Harris (fresh) SF - Kevin Crosson (fresh) PF - David Knight (fresh) C - James Cluff (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Purdue | James Cluff wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Georgia | Georgia is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 19:31 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson buries a jump hook near the basket | 0-2 |
| 19:17 | Georgia | Stephen Erickson is open and lays it up and in | 2-2 |
| 18:51 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 2-2 |
| 18:50 | Georgia | Scott Kelly grabs the board | 2-2 |
| 18:48 | Georgia | David Harris steals the ball from Scott Kelly in the backcourt | 2-2 |
| 18:47 | Purdue | David Harris lays it up and in | 2-4 |
| 18:25 | Georgia | Scott Kelly misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 2-4 |
| 18:24 | Purdue | David Knight snags the defensive board | 2-4 |
| 17:58 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 2-4 |
| 17:56 | Georgia | Patrick Dalton gets the rebound | 2-4 |
| 17:49 | Georgia | Patrick Dalton hits a floater from the left block on a great pass from Scott Kelly and he's fouled by James Cluff - foul #1 on James Cluff, team foul #1 | 4-4 |
| Subs | Georgia | Elliott Albert (PG), Richard Anderson (SF), Roberto Costa (C) Johnny Elzey, Mitchell Allen, Stephen Erickson | |
| Subs | Purdue | Sean Richardson (SG), Jesse Pepin (C) David Harris, David Knight | |
| 17:49 | Georgia | Patrick Dalton makes the free throw | 5-4 |
| 17:21 | Purdue | James Cluff hits the front of the rim on the floater from close range | 5-4 |
| 17:20 | Purdue | Sean Richardson grabs the offensive board | 5-4 |
| 16:59 | Purdue | Sean Richardson hits a floater from the right wing | 5-6 |
| 16:43 | Georgia | Scott Kelly clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Jesse Pepin - foul #1 on Jesse Pepin, team foul #2 | 5-6 |
| Subs | Georgia | Johnny Elzey (PG), Dan Veach (SF), Marlon Wolfe (PF), William Mager (C) Elliott Albert, Richard Anderson, Patrick Dalton, Roberto Costa | |
| Subs | Purdue | Lee Larson (PG), David Harris (SG), Joshua Bowman (SF), Richard England (PF) Christopher Belcher, Sean Richardson, Kevin Crosson, Jesse Pepin | |
| 16:43 | Georgia | Scott Kelly makes the 1st free throw | 6-6 |
| 16:43 | Georgia | Scott Kelly makes the 2nd free throw | 7-6 |
| 16:20 | Purdue | James Cluff misses the fadeaway from the right block | 7-6 |
| 16:19 | Purdue | Joshua Bowman snags the offensive board | 7-6 |
| 15:51 | Purdue | James Cluff drills a fadeaway near the basket and he's hacked by William Mager - foul #1 on William Mager, team foul #1 | 7-8 |
| Subs | Georgia | Mitchell Allen (SF), Stephen Erickson (C) Scott Kelly, William Mager | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 15:51 | Purdue | James Cluff makes the free throw | 7-9 |
| Lineup | Georgia | PG - Johnny Elzey (fairly fresh) SG - Dan Veach (fresh) SF - Mitchell Allen (fresh) PF - Marlon Wolfe (fresh) C - Stephen Erickson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Lee Larson (fresh) SG - David Harris (tiring) 2 pts. SF - Joshua Bowman (fresh) PF - Richard England (fresh) C - James Cluff (tiring) 3 pts. | |
| 15:49 | Georgia | Mitchell Allen is fouled in the backcourt by Joshua Bowman - foul #1 on Joshua Bowman, team foul #3 | 7-9 |
| 15:36 | Georgia | Stephen Erickson knocks in the jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Dan Veach | 9-9 |
| 15:34 | Purdue | Lee Larson is hacked by Mitchell Allen in the backcourt - foul #1 on Mitchell Allen, team foul #2 | 9-9 |
| Subs | Georgia | Elliott Albert (PG) Johnny Elzey | |
| Subs | Purdue | Christopher Belcher (PG), David Knight (PF) Lee Larson, Joshua Bowman | |
| 15:20 | Purdue | David Knight hits the front of the rim on the wide open turnaround near the basket | 9-9 |
| 15:18 | Georgia | Marlon Wolfe grabs the defensive rebound | 9-9 |
| 15:14 | Georgia | Mitchell Allen travels in the backcourt | 9-9 |
| Subs | Georgia | Richard Anderson (SF), Patrick Dalton (PF) Dan Veach, Marlon Wolfe | |
| Subs | Purdue | Sean Richardson (SG), Kevin Crosson (SF) David Harris, Richard England | |
| 14:54 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson makes the 3 pointer from the right corner | 9-12 |
| 14:32 | Georgia | Patrick Dalton comes up short on the runner in the lane | 9-12 |
| 14:31 | Purdue | David Knight pulls down the rebound | 9-12 |
| 14:11 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 9-15 |
| 13:58 | Georgia | Mitchell Allen is fouled on the floor by Sean Richardson - foul #1 on Sean Richardson, team foul #4 | 9-15 |
| Subs | Georgia | Johnny Elzey (PG), Dan Veach (SG), Marlon Wolfe (PF), Roberto Costa (C) Elliott Albert, Richard Anderson, Patrick Dalton, Stephen Erickson | |
| Subs | Purdue | Lee Larson (PG), David Harris (SG), Joshua Bowman (SF), Richard England (PF), Jesse Pepin (C) Christopher Belcher, Sean Richardson, Kevin Crosson, David Knight, James Cluff | |
| 13:43 | Georgia | Joshua Bowman is called for the reach on Mitchell Allen - foul #2 on Joshua Bowman, team foul #5 | 9-15 |
| Subs | Georgia | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Kevin Crosson (SF) Joshua Bowman | |
| 13:23 | Georgia | Mitchell Allen comes up short on the driving attempt from close range | 9-15 |
| 13:22 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin pulls down the rebound | 9-15 |
| 13:04 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin misses long on a fadeaway from the baseline but he's hacked by Marlon Wolfe - foul #1 on Marlon Wolfe, team foul #3 | 9-15 |
| Subs | Georgia | Scott Kelly (SG), Patrick Dalton (PF), William Mager (C) Dan Veach, Marlon Wolfe, Roberto Costa | |
| Subs | Purdue | Christopher Belcher (PG), David Knight (PF) Lee Larson, Richard England | |
| 13:04 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin makes the 1st free throw | 9-16 |
| 13:04 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin misses the 2nd free throw | 9-16 |
| 13:04 | Georgia | William Mager pulls down the rebound | 9-16 |
| 13:00 | Georgia | Johnny Elzey is hacked by Christopher Belcher in the backcourt - foul #1 on Christopher Belcher, team foul #6 | 9-16 |
| Subs | Georgia | | |
| Subs | Purdue | James Cluff (C) Jesse Pepin | |
| 12:42 | Georgia | Johnny Elzey drills a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Scott Kelly | 12-16 |
| 12:42 | Purdue | Purdue calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 12-16 |
| Subs | Georgia | Elliott Albert (PG), Richard Anderson (SF), Roberto Costa (C) Johnny Elzey, Mitchell Allen, William Mager | |
| Subs | Purdue | Lee Larson (PG), Richard England (SF) David Harris, Kevin Crosson | |
| 12:16 | Purdue | Patrick Dalton blocks the short jumper by James Cluff | 12-16 |
| 12:14 | Georgia | Roberto Costa gets the rebound | 12-16 |
| 12:08 | Georgia | Scott Kelly scores on a shot in the paint on a nice dish by Elliott Albert | 14-16 |
| 12:05 | Purdue | Elliott Albert is called for the reach on Lee Larson in the backcourt - foul #1 on Elliott Albert, team foul #4 | 14-16 |
| Subs | Georgia | Dan Veach (SF), Marlon Wolfe (PF), Stephen Erickson (C) Richard Anderson, Patrick Dalton, Roberto Costa | |
| Subs | Purdue | Sean Richardson (SF), Jesse Pepin (C) David Knight, James Cluff | |
| 11:46 | Purdue | Sean Richardson hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Lee Larson | 14-19 |
| Lineup | Georgia | PG - Elliott Albert (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Scott Kelly (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Dan Veach (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Marlon Wolfe (fresh) C - Stephen Erickson (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Lee Larson (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Christopher Belcher (tiring) SF - Sean Richardson (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Richard England (fresh) C - Jesse Pepin (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 11:29 | Georgia | Stephen Erickson hits the front of the rim on the wide open driving attempt near the basket | 14-19 |
| 11:28 | Purdue | Richard England gets the rebound | 14-19 |
| 11:05 | Purdue | Sean Richardson misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 14-19 |
| 11:03 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin snags the offensive board | 14-19 |
| 10:47 | Purdue | Sean Richardson is wide open but clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 14-19 |
| 10:45 | Georgia | Scott Kelly gets the rebound | 14-19 |
| 10:41 | Georgia | Elliott Albert is fouled in the backcourt by Lee Larson - foul #1 on Lee Larson, team foul #7 | 14-19 |
| Subs | Georgia | Richard Anderson (SF), Patrick Dalton (PF), Roberto Costa (C) Dan Veach, Marlon Wolfe, Stephen Erickson | |
| Subs | Purdue | David Harris (SG), Kevin Crosson (SF), David Knight (PF), James Cluff (C) Lee Larson, Sean Richardson, Richard England, Jesse Pepin | |
| 10:41 | Georgia | Elliott Albert misses the 1st free throw | 14-19 |
| 10:41 | Georgia | Patrick Dalton snags the offensive board | 14-19 |
| 10:19 | Georgia | Scott Kelly banks in the layup set up by Richard Anderson | 16-19 |
| 09:55 | Purdue | David Knight's fadeaway is rejected by Roberto Costa | 16-19 |
| 09:53 | Georgia | Roberto Costa snags the defensive board | 16-19 |
| 09:48 | Georgia | Richard Anderson is by himself and knocks in the driving attempt from close range and the foul's on Kevin Crosson - foul #1 on Kevin Crosson, team foul #8 | 18-19 |
| Subs | Georgia | Johnny Elzey (PG), William Mager (C) Elliott Albert, Roberto Costa | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 09:48 | Georgia | Richard Anderson makes the free throw | 19-19 |
| 09:27 | Purdue | David Harris can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing | 19-19 |
| 09:25 | Georgia | William Mager grabs the board | 19-19 |
| 09:05 | Georgia | Scott Kelly can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 19-19 |
| 09:03 | Georgia | William Mager gets the offensive rebound | 19-19 |
| 08:50 | Georgia | Patrick Dalton hits the front of the rim on the wide open jumper from the right side | 19-19 |
| 08:48 | Georgia | Johnny Elzey tips it home | 21-19 |
| 08:46 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson double dribbles in the backcourt | 21-19 |
| Subs | Georgia | Dan Veach (SG), Mitchell Allen (SF), Marlon Wolfe (PF) Scott Kelly, Richard Anderson, Patrick Dalton | |
| Subs | Purdue | Lee Larson (PG), Sean Richardson (SG), Richard England (PF), Jesse Pepin (C) Christopher Belcher, David Harris, David Knight, James Cluff | |
| 08:28 | Georgia | Kevin Crosson picks off the pass by Marlon Wolfe | 21-19 |
| 08:22 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin's pass is intercepted by Marlon Wolfe in the backcourt | 21-19 |
| 08:09 | Georgia | Dan Veach comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 21-19 |
| 08:07 | Purdue | Lee Larson grabs the board | 21-19 |
| 07:39 | Purdue | Sean Richardson comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 21-19 |
| 07:38 | Georgia | William Mager pulls down the rebound | 21-19 |
| Lineup | Georgia | PG - Johnny Elzey (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Dan Veach (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Mitchell Allen (fairly fresh) PF - Marlon Wolfe (fresh) C - William Mager (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Lee Larson (tiring) 1 ast. SG - Sean Richardson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Kevin Crosson (tired) 8 pts. PF - Richard England (fairly fresh) C - Jesse Pepin (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:24 | Georgia | Dan Veach hits a fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by Marlon Wolfe | 23-19 |
| 07:20 | Purdue | Lee Larson is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 23-19 |
| Subs | Georgia | Scott Kelly (SG), Stephen Erickson (PF), Roberto Costa (C) Dan Veach, Marlon Wolfe, William Mager | |
| Subs | Purdue | Christopher Belcher (PG), David Harris (SG), David Knight (PF), James Cluff (C) Lee Larson, Kevin Crosson, Richard England, Jesse Pepin | |
| 07:09 | Georgia | Stephen Erickson misses long on a shot near the basket but he's hacked by David Knight - foul #1 on David Knight, team foul #9 | 23-19 |
| Subs | Georgia | Patrick Dalton (PF) Roberto Costa | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 07:09 | Georgia | Stephen Erickson makes the 1st free throw | 24-19 |
| 07:09 | Georgia | Stephen Erickson makes the 2nd free throw | 25-19 |
| 06:54 | Purdue | David Harris is fouled on the floor by Scott Kelly - foul #1 on Scott Kelly, team foul #5 | 25-19 |
| 06:42 | Purdue | David Harris is fouled on the floor by Mitchell Allen - foul #2 on Mitchell Allen, team foul #6 | 25-19 |
| Subs | Georgia | Elliott Albert (PG), Richard Anderson (SF) Johnny Elzey, Mitchell Allen | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 06:27 | Purdue | Sean Richardson hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 25-19 |
| 06:26 | Purdue | David Knight grabs the offensive board | 25-19 |
| 06:00 | Purdue | David Knight drills a floater from the baseline and he's fouled by Elliott Albert - foul #2 on Elliott Albert, team foul #7 | 25-21 |
| Subs | Georgia | Dan Veach (SG), Mitchell Allen (SF), Marlon Wolfe (PF), Roberto Costa (C) Scott Kelly, Richard Anderson, Patrick Dalton, Stephen Erickson | |
| Subs | Purdue | Lee Larson (PG), Richard England (SF) Christopher Belcher, David Harris | |
| 06:00 | Purdue | David Knight misses the free throw | 25-21 |
| 06:00 | Georgia | Roberto Costa grabs the defensive rebound | 25-21 |
| 05:57 | Georgia | Elliott Albert throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 25-21 |
| 05:33 | Purdue | Lee Larson is called for a charge - foul #2 on Lee Larson, team foul #10 | 25-21 |
| Subs | Georgia | Johnny Elzey (PG) Elliott Albert | |
| Subs | Purdue | Christopher Belcher (PG), David Harris (SG), Kevin Crosson (SF), Jesse Pepin (C) Lee Larson, Sean Richardson, David Knight, James Cluff | |
| 05:26 | Georgia | Johnny Elzey blows the wide open layup | 25-21 |
| 05:24 | Georgia | The offensive rebound goes to Roberto Costa | 25-21 |
| 05:13 | Georgia | Mitchell Allen misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 25-21 |
| 05:11 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin grabs the board | 25-21 |
| 05:11 | Purdue | Purdue calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 25-21 |
| Subs | Georgia | Patrick Dalton (SF), Stephen Erickson (C) Mitchell Allen, Roberto Costa | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 04:52 | Purdue | Richard England misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 25-21 |
| 04:51 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin misses the tip | 25-21 |
| 04:49 | Georgia | Patrick Dalton snags the defensive board | 25-21 |
| 04:46 | Georgia | Dan Veach is hacked by David Harris in the backcourt - foul #1 on David Harris, team foul #11 | 25-21 |
| Subs | Georgia | Scott Kelly (SG) Johnny Elzey | |
| Subs | Purdue | Sean Richardson (SG), David Knight (PF), James Cluff (C) David Harris, Kevin Crosson, Jesse Pepin | |
| 04:46 | Georgia | Dan Veach makes the 1st free throw | 26-21 |
| 04:46 | Georgia | Dan Veach makes the 2nd free throw | 27-21 |
| 04:24 | Purdue | David Knight loses the ball out of bounds | 27-21 |
| Subs | Georgia | Elliott Albert (PG), Richard Anderson (SF) Dan Veach, Marlon Wolfe | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 04:04 | Georgia | Stephen Erickson misses long on an open jumpshot from the right wing | 27-21 |
| 04:02 | Georgia | Richard Anderson tips it in | 29-21 |
| 03:59 | Purdue | Sean Richardson throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 29-21 |
| Subs | Georgia | Roberto Costa (C) Stephen Erickson | |
| Subs | Purdue | Lee Larson (PG), Joshua Bowman (SF), Jesse Pepin (C) Christopher Belcher, David Knight, James Cluff | |
| 03:50 | Georgia | Scott Kelly misses badly on the uncontested turnaround from close range | 29-21 |
| 03:48 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin grabs the board | 29-21 |
| 03:45 | Purdue | Sean Richardson is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 29-21 |
| Subs | Georgia | Dan Veach (SG), Mitchell Allen (SF), Marlon Wolfe (PF) Scott Kelly, Richard Anderson, Patrick Dalton | |
| Subs | Purdue | David Harris (SG) Sean Richardson | |
| 03:32 | Georgia | Marlon Wolfe loses the dribble to Richard England | 29-21 |
| Lineup | Georgia | PG - Elliott Albert (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dan Veach (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Mitchell Allen (fairly fresh) PF - Marlon Wolfe (fresh) C - Roberto Costa (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Lee Larson (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Harris (tired) 2 pts. SF - Joshua Bowman (fresh) PF - Richard England (fairly fresh) C - Jesse Pepin (tiring) 1 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:11 | Purdue | Marlon Wolfe steals the ball from David Harris | 29-21 |
| 02:51 | Georgia | Mitchell Allen hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3 pointer from the right wing | 29-21 |
| 02:49 | Georgia | Elliott Albert pulls down the offensive rebound | 29-21 |
| 02:44 | Georgia | Joshua Bowman swats the layup by Elliott Albert | 29-21 |
| 02:43 | Georgia | Mitchell Allen grabs the offensive rebound | 29-21 |
| 02:23 | Georgia | Marlon Wolfe misses the wide open floater from close range | 29-21 |
| 02:22 | Georgia | Roberto Costa snags the offensive board | 29-21 |
| 01:59 | Georgia | Mitchell Allen makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Elliott Albert | 32-21 |
| 01:37 | Purdue | Richard England clanks a driving attempt from the baseline | 32-21 |
| 01:36 | Georgia | Roberto Costa grabs the defensive rebound | 32-21 |
| 01:32 | Georgia | Richard England steals it from Mitchell Allen | 32-21 |
| 01:30 | Purdue | Elliott Albert steals it from David Harris in the backcourt | 32-21 |
| 01:28 | Georgia | Elliott Albert lays it up and in | 34-21 |
| 01:10 | Purdue | Richard England scores on a jumpshot from the right wing | 34-23 |
| 01:06 | Georgia | David Harris is called for the reach on Dan Veach in the backcourt - foul #2 on David Harris, team foul #12 | 34-23 |
| Subs | Georgia | Johnny Elzey (PG), Richard Anderson (SF), Patrick Dalton (PF), Stephen Erickson (C) Elliott Albert, Mitchell Allen, Marlon Wolfe, Roberto Costa | |
| Subs | Purdue | Christopher Belcher (PG), Sean Richardson (SG), Kevin Crosson (SF), David Knight (PF), James Cluff (C) Lee Larson, David Harris, Joshua Bowman, Richard England, Jesse Pepin | |
| 01:06 | Georgia | Dan Veach makes the 1st free throw | 35-23 |
| 01:06 | Georgia | Dan Veach makes the 2nd free throw | 36-23 |
| 01:04 | Purdue | Sean Richardson is hacked by Richard Anderson in the backcourt - foul #1 on Richard Anderson, team foul #8 | 36-23 |
| Subs | Georgia | Scott Kelly (SG) Dan Veach | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 01:04 | Purdue | Sean Richardson makes the 1st free throw | 36-24 |
| 01:04 | Purdue | Sean Richardson makes the 2nd free throw | 36-25 |
| 00:56 | Georgia | Patrick Dalton misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 36-25 |
| 00:55 | Georgia | Scott Kelly tips it in | 38-25 |
| 00:28 | Purdue | David Knight is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on David Knight, team foul #13 | 38-25 |
| 00:03 | Georgia | David Knight is called for the reach on Stephen Erickson - foul #3 on David Knight, team foul #14 | 38-25 |
| Subs | Georgia | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Richard England (PF) David Knight | |
| 00:03 | Georgia | Stephen Erickson makes the 1st free throw | 39-25 |
| 00:03 | Georgia | Stephen Erickson makes the 2nd free throw | 40-25 |
| 00:00 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson misses badly on a halfcourt shot | 40-25 |