| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Claudio Rizzo (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Vyacheslav Szychowski (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Anthony Price (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Pete Armstrong (fresh) 4 reb. C - Augustus Zelmar (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Stephen Alessi (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Brian Pierce (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Scott Alba (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Meigs (fresh) 2 pts. C - Fred Thomas (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Kent State | Anthony Price inbounds the ball | 30-26 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:38 | Kent State | John Meigs blocks the jumper by Claudio Rizzo | 30-26 |
| 19:36 | Eastern Kentucky | Brian Pierce pulls down the rebound | 30-26 |
| 19:20 | Eastern Kentucky | Stephen Alessi misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 30-26 |
| 19:19 | Eastern Kentucky | John Meigs grabs the offensive rebound | 30-26 |
| 19:06 | Eastern Kentucky | Brian Pierce makes the contested 3 from the left corner | 30-29 |
| 18:45 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo connects on the floater from the left side on a great pass from Anthony Price | 32-29 |
| 18:22 | Eastern Kentucky | Brian Pierce hits a jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Scott Alba | 32-31 |
| 18:06 | Kent State | Anthony Price is hacked by Scott Alba - foul #3 on Scott Alba, team foul #1 | 32-31 |
| Subs | Kent State | Swietomierz Bachinski (SG), Deshi Sun (SF), Leland Pettigrew (PF), Matthew Coyne (C) Vyacheslav Szychowski, Anthony Price, Pete Armstrong, Augustus Zelmar | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Daniel Jones (SF) Scott Alba | |
| 17:43 | Kent State | Brian Pierce takes the ball from Deshi Sun | 32-31 |
| 17:40 | Eastern Kentucky | Brian Pierce lays it in | 32-33 |
| 17:18 | Kent State | Deshi Sun travels with the ball | 32-33 |
| Subs | Kent State | Vyacheslav Szychowski (SG) Claudio Rizzo | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| 17:15 | Eastern Kentucky | Stephen Alessi is hacked by Swietomierz Bachinski in the backcourt - foul #1 on Swietomierz Bachinski, team foul #1 | 32-33 |
| 16:53 | Eastern Kentucky | Stephen Alessi hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Fred Thomas | 32-35 |
| 16:31 | Kent State | Deshi Sun clanks a shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Daniel Jones - foul #1 on Daniel Jones, team foul #2 | 32-35 |
| Subs | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo (PG), Pete Armstrong (PF) Vyacheslav Szychowski, Leland Pettigrew | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Walter Bates (PF) John Meigs | |
| 16:31 | Kent State | Deshi Sun makes the 1st free throw | 33-35 |
| 16:31 | Kent State | Deshi Sun makes the 2nd free throw | 34-35 |
| 16:13 | Eastern Kentucky | Deshi Sun steals it from Stephen Alessi | 34-35 |
| 15:52 | Kent State | Matthew Coyne knocks in the fadeaway from the left block | 36-35 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Claudio Rizzo (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Swietomierz Bachinski (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Deshi Sun (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Pete Armstrong (fresh) 4 reb. C - Matthew Coyne (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Stephen Alessi (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Brian Pierce (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SF - Daniel Jones (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Walter Bates (fresh) 2 reb. C - Fred Thomas (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:28 | Eastern Kentucky | Fred Thomas hits the easy wide open finger roll on a great pass from Brian Pierce out of a doubleteam | 36-37 |
| 15:08 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo misses short on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 36-37 |
| 15:06 | Eastern Kentucky | Walter Bates pulls down the rebound | 36-37 |
| 14:49 | Eastern Kentucky | Walter Bates hits a jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Brian Pierce | 36-39 |
| 14:40 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 36-39 |
| 14:39 | Eastern Kentucky | The rebound goes to Brian Pierce | 36-39 |
| 14:16 | Eastern Kentucky | Fred Thomas clanks a jumper from close range | 36-39 |
| 14:15 | Eastern Kentucky | Stephen Alessi hits the follow up shot | 36-41 |
| 13:51 | Kent State | Deshi Sun lays it up and in on a nice dish by Claudio Rizzo | 38-41 |
| 13:29 | Eastern Kentucky | Brian Pierce misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 38-41 |
| 13:27 | Kent State | Swietomierz Bachinski gets the rebound | 38-41 |
| 13:03 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo blows the dunk but he's hacked by Fred Thomas - foul #2 on Fred Thomas, team foul #3 | 38-41 |
| Subs | Kent State | Tony Branham (SG), Anthony Price (SF), Leland Pettigrew (PF), Augustus Zelmar (C) Swietomierz Bachinski, Deshi Sun, Pete Armstrong, Matthew Coyne | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Scott Alba (SF), John Meigs (PF) Daniel Jones, Walter Bates | |
| 13:03 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo makes the 1st free throw | 39-41 |
| 13:03 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo misses the 2nd free throw | 39-41 |
| 13:03 | Eastern Kentucky | Fred Thomas grabs the defensive rebound | 39-41 |
| 12:59 | Eastern Kentucky | Brian Pierce misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side but the foul's on Claudio Rizzo - foul #1 on Claudio Rizzo, team foul #2 | 39-41 |
| Subs | Kent State | Vyacheslav Szychowski (PG) Claudio Rizzo | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| 12:59 | Eastern Kentucky | Brian Pierce makes the 1st free throw | 39-42 |
| 12:59 | Eastern Kentucky | Brian Pierce misses the 2nd free throw | 39-42 |
| 12:59 | Kent State | Augustus Zelmar gets the rebound | 39-42 |
| 12:55 | Kent State | Vyacheslav Szychowski knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Leland Pettigrew | 42-42 |
| 12:36 | Eastern Kentucky | Fred Thomas misses long on a jump hook in the paint but he's hacked by Augustus Zelmar - foul #1 on Augustus Zelmar, team foul #3 | 42-42 |
| Subs | Kent State | Walter Zilk (C) Augustus Zelmar | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| 12:36 | Eastern Kentucky | Fred Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 42-43 |
| 12:36 | Eastern Kentucky | Fred Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 42-44 |
| 12:22 | Kent State | Tony Branham can't connect on a floater from the free throw line | 42-44 |
| 12:21 | Eastern Kentucky | Fred Thomas pulls down the rebound | 42-44 |
| 11:52 | Eastern Kentucky | Scott Alba hits a jumper from the left side set up by Brian Pierce out of the doubleteam | 42-46 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Vyacheslav Szychowski (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Tony Branham (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Anthony Price (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Leland Pettigrew (fresh) C - Walter Zilk (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Stephen Alessi (tiring) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Brian Pierce (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 5 ast. SF - Scott Alba (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - John Meigs (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Fred Thomas (tiring) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:41 | Kent State | Vyacheslav Szychowski clanks a jumpshot from the right wing | 42-46 |
| 11:39 | Eastern Kentucky | John Meigs snags the defensive board | 42-46 |
| 11:10 | Eastern Kentucky | Anthony Price is called for the reach on Scott Alba - foul #1 on Anthony Price, team foul #4 | 42-46 |
| Subs | Kent State | Deshi Sun (PF), Augustus Zelmar (C) Leland Pettigrew, Walter Zilk | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Adam Dvorsky (PG), John Luu (C) Stephen Alessi, Fred Thomas | |
| 10:41 | Eastern Kentucky | John Luu connects on the fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Scott Alba | 42-48 |
| 10:32 | Kent State | Deshi Sun's fadeaway is rejected by John Luu | 42-48 |
| 10:31 | Eastern Kentucky | John Luu gets the rebound | 42-48 |
| 10:11 | Eastern Kentucky | Scott Alba misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 42-48 |
| 10:10 | Kent State | The rebound goes to Augustus Zelmar | 42-48 |
| 10:00 | Kent State | Deshi Sun is fouled on the floor by John Luu - foul #1 on John Luu, team foul #4 | 42-48 |
| Subs | Kent State | Pete Armstrong (PF), Matthew Coyne (C) Deshi Sun, Augustus Zelmar | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Walter Grant (SG), Walter Bates (PF) Brian Pierce, John Meigs | |
| 09:50 | Kent State | Adam Dvorsky steps in front of the Matthew Coyne pass | 42-48 |
| 09:46 | Eastern Kentucky | Adam Dvorsky hits the finger roll | 42-50 |
| 09:31 | Kent State | Pete Armstrong hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 42-50 |
| 09:29 | Eastern Kentucky | Walter Grant gets the rebound | 42-50 |
| 09:04 | Eastern Kentucky | Adam Dvorsky makes the 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by John Luu | 42-53 |
| 08:45 | Kent State | Pete Armstrong hits a jump hook from the right block on a great pass from Tony Branham | 44-53 |
| 08:17 | Eastern Kentucky | John Luu makes the runner in the lane set up by Adam Dvorsky and he's hacked by Pete Armstrong - foul #1 on Pete Armstrong, team foul #5 | 44-55 |
| Subs | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo (PG), Deshi Sun (PF), Walter Zilk (C) Vyacheslav Szychowski, Pete Armstrong, Matthew Coyne | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Stephen Alessi (PG), Brian Pierce (SG), John Meigs (PF) Adam Dvorsky, Walter Grant, Walter Bates | |
| 08:17 | Eastern Kentucky | John Luu makes the free throw | 44-56 |
| 08:07 | Kent State | Walter Zilk clanks a driving attempt from close range but he's hacked by John Luu - foul #2 on John Luu, team foul #5 | 44-56 |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Fred Thomas (C) John Luu | |
| 08:07 | Kent State | Walter Zilk makes the 1st free throw | 45-56 |
| 08:07 | Kent State | Walter Zilk makes the 2nd free throw | 46-56 |
| 07:44 | Eastern Kentucky | Brian Pierce works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 46-56 |
| 07:43 | Eastern Kentucky | Fred Thomas hits the follow up shot | 46-58 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Claudio Rizzo (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Tony Branham (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Anthony Price (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Deshi Sun (fresh) 7 pts. C - Walter Zilk (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Stephen Alessi (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Brian Pierce (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 5 ast. SF - Scott Alba (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - John Meigs (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Fred Thomas (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:30 | Kent State | Brian Pierce steals it from Tony Branham | 46-58 |
| 07:09 | Eastern Kentucky | Claudio Rizzo steps in front of the John Meigs pass | 46-58 |
| 06:41 | Kent State | Anthony Price misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 46-58 |
| 06:40 | Eastern Kentucky | Fred Thomas snags the defensive board | 46-58 |
| 06:19 | Eastern Kentucky | Stephen Alessi clanks a jump hook from the baseline but he's fouled by Walter Zilk - foul #2 on Walter Zilk, team foul #6 | 46-58 |
| Subs | Kent State | Vyacheslav Szychowski (PG), Swietomierz Bachinski (SF), Pete Armstrong (PF), Matthew Coyne (C) Claudio Rizzo, Anthony Price, Deshi Sun, Walter Zilk | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| 06:19 | Eastern Kentucky | Stephen Alessi makes the 1st free throw | 46-59 |
| 06:19 | Eastern Kentucky | Stephen Alessi misses the 2nd free throw | 46-59 |
| 06:19 | Kent State | Pete Armstrong pulls down the rebound | 46-59 |
| 06:03 | Kent State | Swietomierz Bachinski comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 46-59 |
| 06:01 | Kent State | Pete Armstrong grabs the offensive rebound | 46-59 |
| 05:41 | Kent State | Swietomierz Bachinski misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 46-59 |
| 05:39 | Eastern Kentucky | Brian Pierce snags the defensive board | 46-59 |
| 05:12 | Eastern Kentucky | Brian Pierce is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Brian Pierce, team foul #6 | 46-59 |
| Subs | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo (PG), Deshi Sun (SF), Augustus Zelmar (C) Vyacheslav Szychowski, Swietomierz Bachinski, Matthew Coyne | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Walter Grant (SG), Walter Bates (PF) Brian Pierce, John Meigs | |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 04:58 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-59 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 04:37 | Eastern Kentucky | Scott Alba is hacked by Augustus Zelmar - foul #2 on Augustus Zelmar, team foul #7 | 46-59 |
| Subs | Kent State | Anthony Price (SF), Matthew Coyne (C) Deshi Sun, Augustus Zelmar | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| 04:37 | Eastern Kentucky | Scott Alba makes the 1st free throw | 46-60 |
| 04:37 | Eastern Kentucky | Scott Alba makes the 2nd free throw | 46-61 |
| 04:18 | Kent State | Matthew Coyne's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-61 |
| Subs | Kent State | Deshi Sun (PF), Augustus Zelmar (C) Pete Armstrong, Matthew Coyne | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Adam Dvorsky (PG), Daniel Jones (SF) Stephen Alessi, Scott Alba | |
| 03:52 | Eastern Kentucky | Fred Thomas buries a jumper from the baseline set up by Adam Dvorsky | 46-63 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:34 | Kent State | Tony Branham misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 46-63 |
| 03:33 | Kent State | Deshi Sun tips it in | 48-63 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Claudio Rizzo (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Tony Branham (tiring) 2 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Anthony Price (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Deshi Sun (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Augustus Zelmar (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Adam Dvorsky (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Walter Grant (fresh) SF - Daniel Jones (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Walter Bates (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Fred Thomas (tiring) 13 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:09 | Eastern Kentucky | Fred Thomas lays it in on a great pass from Daniel Jones | 48-65 |
| 03:00 | Kent State | Augustus Zelmar throws a bad pass out of bounds | 48-65 |
| Subs | Kent State | Vyacheslav Szychowski (PG), Swietomierz Bachinski (SF), Pete Armstrong (PF), Matthew Coyne (C) Claudio Rizzo, Anthony Price, Deshi Sun, Augustus Zelmar | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | John Luu (C) Fred Thomas | |
| 02:39 | Eastern Kentucky | John Luu's layup is rejected by Matthew Coyne | 48-65 |
| 02:37 | Kent State | Matthew Coyne gets the rebound | 48-65 |
| 02:21 | Kent State | Matthew Coyne can't connect on a shot from the left side | 48-65 |
| 02:19 | Kent State | Pete Armstrong hits the follow up shot | 50-65 |
| 01:59 | Eastern Kentucky | Tony Branham takes the ball from John Luu | 50-65 |
| 01:41 | Kent State | Vyacheslav Szychowski misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 50-65 |
| 01:40 | Kent State | Tony Branham gets the offensive rebound | 50-65 |
| 01:30 | Kent State | Swietomierz Bachinski connects on the floater from the right wing set up by Tony Branham | 52-65 |
| 01:06 | Eastern Kentucky | Pete Armstrong is called for the reach on Adam Dvorsky - foul #2 on Pete Armstrong, team foul #8 | 52-65 |
| Subs | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo (PG), Anthony Price (SF), Augustus Zelmar (C) Vyacheslav Szychowski, Swietomierz Bachinski, Matthew Coyne | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| 01:06 | Eastern Kentucky | Adam Dvorsky makes the 1st free throw | 52-66 |
| 01:06 | Eastern Kentucky | Adam Dvorsky makes the 2nd free throw | 52-67 |
| 00:52 | Kent State | John Luu swats the layup by Augustus Zelmar | 52-67 |
| 00:51 | Eastern Kentucky | Walter Bates grabs the board | 52-67 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:31 | Eastern Kentucky | Adam Dvorsky scores on a shot from the left side on a nice dish by Walter Grant | 52-69 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:25 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 52-69 |
| 00:24 | Eastern Kentucky | Adam Dvorsky grabs the defensive rebound | 52-69 |
| 00:00 | Eastern Kentucky | Adam Dvorsky runs out the clock | 52-69 |