| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Thomas Smith (fresh) SG - Joseph Wilson (fresh) SF - Gregory Nguyen (fresh) PF - Manuel Johnson (fresh) C - Jacob Langford (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Louis Borski (fresh) SG - Carlos Kuehn (fresh) SF - William Benavides (fresh) PF - Tyrone Pittard (fresh) C - James Cahoon (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Central Michigan | James Cahoon wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Central Michigan | Central Michigan is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:40 | Central Michigan | James Cahoon misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:38 | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:30 | Bowling Green | Manuel Johnson is whistled for a carry | 0-0 |
| 19:11 | Central Michigan | William Benavides misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:09 | Central Michigan | James Cahoon grabs the offensive board | 0-0 |
| 18:49 | Central Michigan | William Benavides misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 18:47 | Bowling Green | Manuel Johnson snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 18:28 | Bowling Green | Joseph Wilson scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Gregory Nguyen | 3-0 |
| 18:07 | Central Michigan | Louis Borski comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 3-0 |
| 18:06 | Bowling Green | Jacob Langford gets the rebound | 3-0 |
| 17:50 | Bowling Green | Thomas Smith misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 3-0 |
| 17:48 | Central Michigan | James Cahoon grabs the defensive rebound | 3-0 |
| 17:32 | Central Michigan | James Cahoon is whistled for traveling | 3-0 |
| 17:19 | Bowling Green | Jacob Langford hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 3-0 |
| 17:18 | Central Michigan | Tyrone Pittard snags the defensive board | 3-0 |
| 17:03 | Central Michigan | Carlos Kuehn is by himself and knocks in the jumpshot from the left side on a great pass from Tyrone Pittard | 3-2 |
| 16:52 | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen can't connect on a fadeaway from the right block | 3-2 |
| 16:51 | Central Michigan | James Cahoon grabs the defensive rebound | 3-2 |
| 16:33 | Central Michigan | Louis Borski works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 3-2 |
| 16:31 | Bowling Green | Jacob Langford pulls down the rebound | 3-2 |
| 16:26 | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen is hacked by William Benavides - foul #1 on William Benavides, team foul #1 | 3-2 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | William Finch (SF), Michael Alley (PF), Ronald Shepley (C) William Benavides, Tyrone Pittard, James Cahoon | |
| 16:21 | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 3-2 |
| 16:19 | Bowling Green | Joseph Wilson snags the offensive board | 3-2 |
| 16:06 | Bowling Green | Joseph Wilson can't connect on a floater from the right wing | 3-2 |
| 16:05 | Central Michigan | William Finch pulls down the rebound | 3-2 |
| 16:03 | Central Michigan | Louis Borski throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 3-2 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Oscar Slaughter (SG) Carlos Kuehn | |
| 15:50 | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 3-2 |
| 15:49 | Bowling Green | Jacob Langford gets the offensive rebound | 3-2 |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Thomas Smith (fresh) SG - Joseph Wilson (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Gregory Nguyen (fresh) PF - Manuel Johnson (fresh) C - Jacob Langford (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Louis Borski (fresh) SG - Oscar Slaughter (fresh) SF - William Finch (fresh) PF - Michael Alley (fresh) C - Ronald Shepley (fresh) | |
| 15:34 | Bowling Green | William Finch is called for the reach on Gregory Nguyen - foul #1 on William Finch, team foul #2 | 3-2 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Robert Shields (SG) Joseph Wilson | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| 15:19 | Bowling Green | Thomas Smith hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 3-2 |
| 15:18 | Bowling Green | Jacob Langford can't tip it in | 3-2 |
| 15:16 | Central Michigan | William Finch grabs the board | 3-2 |
| 15:05 | Central Michigan | Louis Borski buries a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Oscar Slaughter | 3-5 |
| 14:48 | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen double dribbles | 3-5 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Joseph Walther (SF), Robert Trent (PF) Gregory Nguyen, Manuel Johnson | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Steven Riggs (PG), Carlos Kuehn (SG), William Benavides (SF), Tyrone Pittard (PF), James Cahoon (C) Louis Borski, Oscar Slaughter, William Finch, Michael Alley, Ronald Shepley | |
| 14:34 | Central Michigan | Carlos Kuehn hits the finger roll | 3-7 |
| 14:29 | Bowling Green | Thomas Smith connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Robert Shields | 6-7 |
| 14:10 | Central Michigan | Steven Riggs is hacked by Thomas Smith - foul #1 on Thomas Smith, team foul #1 | 6-7 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Jason Graham (PG), Joseph Wilson (SG) Thomas Smith, Robert Shields | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Louis Borski (PG) Steven Riggs | |
| 13:55 | Central Michigan | Carlos Kuehn can't connect on a shot from the left side but he's hacked by Jacob Langford - foul #1 on Jacob Langford, team foul #2 | 6-7 |
| 13:55 | Central Michigan | Carlos Kuehn makes the 1st free throw | 6-8 |
| 13:55 | Central Michigan | Carlos Kuehn makes the 2nd free throw | 6-9 |
| 13:30 | Bowling Green | Jason Graham is called for 5 seconds | 6-9 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen (SF), Manuel Johnson (PF) Joseph Walther, Robert Trent | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| 13:12 | Central Michigan | Manuel Johnson swats the short shot by Louis Borski | 6-9 |
| 13:11 | Central Michigan | Louis Borski tips it back up and in | 6-11 |
| 12:58 | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen scores on a turnaround from the left block and the foul's on William Benavides - foul #2 on William Benavides, team foul #3 | 8-11 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Thomas Smith (PG) Jason Graham | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | William Finch (SF) William Benavides | |
| 12:58 | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen makes the free throw | 9-11 |
| 12:41 | Central Michigan | Louis Borski is whistled for a carry | 9-11 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Michael Alley (PF), Ronald Shepley (C) Tyrone Pittard, James Cahoon | |
| 12:25 | Bowling Green | Manuel Johnson misses the dunk but he's fouled by Michael Alley - foul #1 on Michael Alley, team foul #4 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Oscar Slaughter (SG) Carlos Kuehn | |
| 12:25 | Bowling Green | Manuel Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 10-11 |
| 12:25 | Bowling Green | Manuel Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 10-11 |
| 12:25 | Central Michigan | Ronald Shepley gets the rebound | 10-11 |
| 12:14 | Central Michigan | Michael Alley knocks in the jumper from the left wing | 10-13 |
| 12:06 | Bowling Green | Ronald Shepley denies the turnaround by Jacob Langford | 10-13 |
| 12:04 | Bowling Green | Joseph Wilson tips it home | 12-13 |
| 11:55 | Central Michigan | The pull-up jumper by Michael Alley is blocked by Manuel Johnson | 12-13 |
| 11:54 | Central Michigan | Ronald Shepley snags the offensive board | 12-13 |
| 11:41 | Central Michigan | Ronald Shepley misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 12-13 |
| 11:40 | Central Michigan | William Finch snags the offensive board | 12-13 |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Thomas Smith (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Joseph Wilson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Gregory Nguyen (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Manuel Johnson (fresh) 1 pts. 2 blk. C - Jacob Langford (tiring) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Louis Borski (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Oscar Slaughter (fresh) 1 ast. SF - William Finch (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Michael Alley (fresh) 2 pts. C - Ronald Shepley (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:21 | Central Michigan | Michael Alley hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 12-13 |
| 11:19 | Central Michigan | Ronald Shepley grabs the offensive rebound | 12-13 |
| 11:02 | Central Michigan | William Finch hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 12-13 |
| 11:00 | Bowling Green | Manuel Johnson gets the rebound | 12-13 |
| 10:37 | Bowling Green | Ronald Shepley swats the dunk try by Manuel Johnson | 12-13 |
| 10:36 | Central Michigan | Ronald Shepley gets the rebound | 12-13 |
| 10:25 | Central Michigan | Michael Alley misses the jumpshot from the right wing but he's hacked by Manuel Johnson - foul #1 on Manuel Johnson, team foul #3 | 12-13 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Robert Shields (SG), Joseph Walther (SF), Robert Trent (PF), Mike Rottman (C) Joseph Wilson, Gregory Nguyen, Manuel Johnson, Jacob Langford | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Steven Riggs (PG), Carlos Kuehn (SG), James Cahoon (C) Louis Borski, Oscar Slaughter, Ronald Shepley | |
| 10:25 | Central Michigan | Michael Alley makes the 1st free throw | 12-14 |
| 10:25 | Central Michigan | Michael Alley makes the 2nd free throw | 12-15 |
| 10:08 | Bowling Green | Thomas Smith hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 15-15 |
| 09:49 | Central Michigan | Carlos Kuehn hits a 3 from the right wing | 15-18 |
| 09:32 | Bowling Green | Thomas Smith comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 15-18 |
| 09:30 | Central Michigan | James Cahoon grabs the board | 15-18 |
| 09:18 | Central Michigan | Carlos Kuehn is hacked by Robert Trent - foul #1 on Robert Trent, team foul #4 | 15-18 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Jason Graham (PG), Manuel Johnson (PF) Thomas Smith, Mike Rottman | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Louis Borski (PG), Oscar Slaughter (SF), Tyrone Pittard (PF) Steven Riggs, William Finch, Michael Alley | |
| 08:57 | Central Michigan | Oscar Slaughter scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 15-21 |
| 08:47 | Bowling Green | Manuel Johnson scores on a jump hook in the lane | 17-21 |
| 08:22 | Central Michigan | Carlos Kuehn misses the jumper in the lane | 17-21 |
| 08:21 | Central Michigan | Tyrone Pittard tips it home | 17-23 |
| 08:08 | Bowling Green | Robert Trent's fadeaway is rejected by Oscar Slaughter | 17-23 |
| 08:07 | Central Michigan | Louis Borski snags the defensive board | 17-23 |
| 08:03 | Central Michigan | Carlos Kuehn makes the driving attempt from the baseline and he's fouled by Robert Shields - foul #1 on Robert Shields, team foul #5 | 17-25 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Thomas Smith (PG), Joseph Wilson (SG), Gregory Nguyen (SF), Jacob Langford (C) Jason Graham, Robert Shields, Joseph Walther, Robert Trent | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Michael Alley (PF) Oscar Slaughter | |
| 08:03 | Central Michigan | Carlos Kuehn makes the free throw | 17-26 |
| 07:45 | Bowling Green | Joseph Wilson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 17-26 |
| 07:24 | Central Michigan | Carlos Kuehn clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 17-26 |
| 07:22 | Bowling Green | Manuel Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 17-26 |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Thomas Smith (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Joseph Wilson (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Gregory Nguyen (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Manuel Johnson (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Jacob Langford (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Louis Borski (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Carlos Kuehn (fresh) 12 pts. SF - Tyrone Pittard (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Michael Alley (fresh) 4 pts. C - James Cahoon (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 07:06 | Bowling Green | Joseph Wilson's pass is intercepted by Carlos Kuehn | 17-26 |
| 07:02 | Central Michigan | Michael Alley lays it up and in on a nice dish by Carlos Kuehn | 17-28 |
| 06:46 | Bowling Green | Manuel Johnson's floater is tipped away by Tyrone Pittard | 17-28 |
| 06:45 | Central Michigan | The rebound goes to Michael Alley | 17-28 |
| 06:23 | Central Michigan | Carlos Kuehn hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 17-28 |
| 06:22 | Bowling Green | Thomas Smith snags the defensive board | 17-28 |
| 06:02 | Bowling Green | Joseph Wilson knocks in the 3 from the right wing | 20-28 |
| 05:50 | Central Michigan | The jumper by Tyrone Pittard is denied by Manuel Johnson | 20-28 |
| 05:48 | Central Michigan | James Cahoon gets the offensive rebound | 20-28 |
| 05:35 | Central Michigan | Louis Borski hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 20-28 |
| 05:33 | Central Michigan | Louis Borski hits the follow up shot | 20-30 |
| 05:14 | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the lane | 20-30 |
| 05:13 | Central Michigan | Tyrone Pittard pulls down the rebound | 20-30 |
| 05:11 | Central Michigan | Thomas Smith takes the ball from Louis Borski in the backcourt | 20-30 |
| 05:10 | Bowling Green | Manuel Johnson jams it on a great pass from Thomas Smith | 22-30 |
| 04:58 | Central Michigan | James Cahoon misses the shot from the left wing | 22-30 |
| 04:57 | Bowling Green | Manuel Johnson snags the defensive board | 22-30 |
| 04:52 | Bowling Green | Joseph Wilson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 22-30 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Robert Shields (SG), Joseph Walther (SF), Robert Trent (PF), Mike Rottman (C) Joseph Wilson, Gregory Nguyen, Manuel Johnson, Jacob Langford | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Steven Riggs (PG), Oscar Slaughter (SG), William Finch (SF), Ronald Shepley (C) Louis Borski, Carlos Kuehn, Michael Alley, James Cahoon | |
| 04:43 | Central Michigan | William Finch loses the dribble to Robert Shields | 22-30 |
| 04:25 | Bowling Green | Thomas Smith buries a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Mike Rottman | 25-30 |
| 04:06 | Central Michigan | William Finch misses the turnaround from the baseline | 25-30 |
| 04:05 | Bowling Green | The rebound goes to Mike Rottman | 25-30 |
| 03:42 | Bowling Green | Robert Shields is hacked by Ronald Shepley - foul #1 on Ronald Shepley, team foul #5 | 25-30 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Jason Graham (PG), Gregory Nguyen (SF) Thomas Smith, Joseph Walther | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Louis Borski (PG), William Benavides (SF) Steven Riggs, William Finch | |
| 03:34 | Bowling Green | Jason Graham misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 25-30 |
| 03:32 | Bowling Green | Jason Graham grabs the offensive board | 25-30 |
| 03:27 | Bowling Green | Robert Shields misses badly on a floater from the left side | 25-30 |
| 03:25 | Central Michigan | Tyrone Pittard pulls down the rebound | 25-30 |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Jason Graham (fresh) SG - Robert Shields (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Gregory Nguyen (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Robert Trent (fresh) C - Mike Rottman (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Louis Borski (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Oscar Slaughter (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Benavides (fresh) PF - Tyrone Pittard (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Ronald Shepley (fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:05 | Central Michigan | Tyrone Pittard scores on a shot from the free throw line | 25-32 |
| 02:50 | Bowling Green | Robert Trent can't connect on a driving attempt from the left block | 25-32 |
| 02:48 | Central Michigan | Ronald Shepley grabs the defensive rebound | 25-32 |
| 02:36 | Central Michigan | Ronald Shepley hits a floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by Louis Borski | 25-34 |
| 02:29 | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen drills a pull-up jumper from the right side | 27-34 |
| 02:22 | Central Michigan | Ronald Shepley hits the front of the rim on the runner from the right block | 27-34 |
| 02:21 | Central Michigan | Ronald Shepley tips it in | 27-36 |
| 02:08 | Bowling Green | Jason Graham loses the dribble to Tyrone Pittard | 27-36 |
| 02:02 | Central Michigan | Tyrone Pittard loses the dribble to Gregory Nguyen | 27-36 |
| 01:46 | Bowling Green | Jason Graham knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Mike Rottman | 30-36 |
| 01:33 | Central Michigan | Ronald Shepley knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 30-39 |
| 01:19 | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by William Benavides - foul #3 on William Benavides, team foul #6 | 30-39 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Thomas Smith (PG), Joseph Wilson (SG), Manuel Johnson (PF), Jacob Langford (C) Jason Graham, Robert Shields, Robert Trent, Mike Rottman | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Carlos Kuehn (SG), William Finch (SF), Michael Alley (PF), James Cahoon (C) Oscar Slaughter, William Benavides, Tyrone Pittard, Ronald Shepley | |
| 01:19 | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen misses the 1st free throw | 30-39 |
| 01:19 | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen makes the 2nd free throw | 31-39 |
| 01:01 | Central Michigan | Louis Borski splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 31-39 |
| 00:59 | Central Michigan | Michael Alley gets the offensive rebound | 31-39 |
| 00:47 | Central Michigan | The jump hook by Carlos Kuehn is blocked by Jacob Langford | 31-39 |
| 00:45 | Bowling Green | The rebound goes to Jacob Langford | 31-39 |
| 00:30 | Bowling Green | Gregory Nguyen misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 31-39 |
| 00:29 | Bowling Green | Jacob Langford can't tip it in | 31-39 |
| 00:27 | Central Michigan | Michael Alley gets the rebound | 31-39 |
| 00:22 | Central Michigan | Carlos Kuehn loses the dribble to Thomas Smith | 31-39 |
| 00:04 | Bowling Green | Thomas Smith clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 31-39 |
| 00:02 | Bowling Green | Joseph Wilson gets the offensive rebound | 31-39 |
| 00:00 | Bowling Green | The clock runs out | 31-39 |