| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Mathew Reidy (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Harvey Maddux (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenneth White (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Michael Flannery (fresh) 2 pts. C - Johnson Henry (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Horace Walburn (fresh) 5 ast. SG - Lawrence Dickson (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frank Vinson (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Nathan Segars (fresh) 13 pts. 5 reb. C - Douglas Pope (fresh) 2 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Southern Illinois | Kenneth White inbounds the ball | 33-51 |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/man to man (-2) | |
| 19:31 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry comes up short on the runner in the paint | 33-51 |
| 19:29 | Creighton | Frank Vinson grabs the defensive rebound | 33-51 |
| 19:22 | Creighton | Mathew Reidy is called for the reach on Horace Walburn - foul #2 on Mathew Reidy, team foul #1 | 33-51 |
| 19:07 | Creighton | Lawrence Dickson misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 33-51 |
| 19:05 | Creighton | Horace Walburn tips it home | 33-53 |
| 18:52 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 33-53 |
| 18:50 | Creighton | Douglas Pope pulls down the rebound | 33-53 |
| 18:36 | Creighton | Nathan Segars travels with the ball | 33-53 |
| 18:21 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-53 |
| 18:00 | Creighton | The short jumper by Nathan Segars is denied by Johnson Henry | 33-53 |
| 17:59 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry grabs the board | 33-53 |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/man to man (-2) | |
| 17:36 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery is by himself and knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Kenneth White | 36-53 |
| 17:15 | Creighton | Lawrence Dickson misses the 3 from the left corner | 36-53 |
| 17:13 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery gets the rebound | 36-53 |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/man to man (-2) | |
| 17:05 | Southern Illinois | Kenneth White hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 36-53 |
| 17:04 | Creighton | Douglas Pope snags the defensive board | 36-53 |
| 16:40 | Creighton | Kenneth White picks off the pass by Lawrence Dickson | 36-53 |
| 16:22 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry misses badly on a driving attempt in the lane | 36-53 |
| 16:20 | Creighton | Nathan Segars grabs the defensive rebound | 36-53 |
| 16:07 | Creighton | Frank Vinson comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 36-53 |
| 16:05 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery gets the rebound | 36-53 |
| 15:58 | Southern Illinois | Horace Walburn is called for the reach on Harvey Maddux - foul #2 on Horace Walburn, team foul #1 | 36-53 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Thomas Fisher (PG), Anthony Scott (SG), Adam Poindexter (SF), David Scott (PF), Wayne Allen (C) Mathew Reidy, Harvey Maddux, Kenneth White, Michael Flannery, Johnson Henry | |
| Subs | Creighton | Russell Clay (PG), Alfred Kula (SG), Rudolph Ellis (SF), Wilbert Dawson (PF), Gerald Shipley (C) Horace Walburn, Lawrence Dickson, Frank Vinson, Nathan Segars, Douglas Pope | |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Thomas Fisher (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Anthony Scott (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Adam Poindexter (fresh) PF - David Scott (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Wayne Allen (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Russell Clay (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Alfred Kula (fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Rudolph Ellis (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Wilbert Dawson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Gerald Shipley (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:38 | Southern Illinois | Gerald Shipley steals the ball from Anthony Scott | 36-53 |
| 15:17 | Creighton | Alfred Kula is fouled on the floor by Anthony Scott - foul #1 on Anthony Scott, team foul #2 | 36-53 |
| 14:59 | Creighton | Alfred Kula is fouled on the floor by Anthony Scott - foul #2 on Anthony Scott, team foul #3 | 36-53 |
| 14:52 | Creighton | Russell Clay connects on the 3pt shot from straight away set up by Gerald Shipley | 36-56 |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/man to man (-2) | |
| 14:35 | Southern Illinois | Thomas Fisher misses the jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Rudolph Ellis - foul #1 on Rudolph Ellis, team foul #2 | 36-56 |
| 14:35 | Southern Illinois | Thomas Fisher makes the 1st free throw | 37-56 |
| 14:35 | Southern Illinois | Thomas Fisher makes the 2nd free throw | 38-56 |
| 14:15 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley misses long on a jump hook from the right block but he's fouled by David Scott - foul #2 on David Scott, team foul #4 | 38-56 |
| 14:15 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley makes the 1st free throw | 38-57 |
| 14:15 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley makes the 2nd free throw | 38-58 |
| 13:57 | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Gerald Shipley - foul #1 on Gerald Shipley, team foul #3 | 38-58 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Mathew Reidy (PG) Adam Poindexter | |
| Subs | Creighton | Lawrence Dickson (SG), Frank Vinson (SF), Nathan Segars (PF) Alfred Kula, Rudolph Ellis, Gerald Shipley | |
| 13:57 | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott makes the 1st free throw | 39-58 |
| 13:57 | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott makes the 2nd free throw | 40-58 |
| 13:44 | Creighton | Russell Clay makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 40-61 |
| 13:35 | Southern Illinois | Wayne Allen misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 40-61 |
| 13:34 | Southern Illinois | Wayne Allen gets the offensive rebound | 40-61 |
| 13:17 | Southern Illinois | Thomas Fisher clanks a jump hook in the lane but he's hacked by Frank Vinson - foul #1 on Frank Vinson, team foul #4 | 40-61 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Harvey Maddux (SG), Michael Flannery (PF), Johnson Henry (C) Anthony Scott, David Scott, Wayne Allen | |
| Subs | Creighton | Horace Walburn (PG), Douglas Pope (C) Russell Clay, Wilbert Dawson | |
| 13:17 | Southern Illinois | Thomas Fisher makes the 1st free throw | 41-61 |
| 13:17 | Southern Illinois | Thomas Fisher makes the 2nd free throw | 42-61 |
| 12:48 | Creighton | Nathan Segars connects on the floater in the paint set up by Horace Walburn | 42-63 |
| 12:35 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery blows the layup | 42-63 |
| 12:34 | Creighton | Nathan Segars gets the rebound | 42-63 |
| 12:09 | Creighton | Nathan Segars buries a shot from the baseline | 42-65 |
| 11:57 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 42-65 |
| 11:56 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery tips it back up and in | 44-65 |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Mathew Reidy (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Harvey Maddux (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Fisher (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. PF - Michael Flannery (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Johnson Henry (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Horace Walburn (fresh) 2 pts. 6 ast. SG - Lawrence Dickson (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frank Vinson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Nathan Segars (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 7 reb. C - Douglas Pope (fresh) 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 11:39 | Creighton | Frank Vinson misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 44-65 |
| 11:38 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry grabs the board | 44-65 |
| 11:21 | Southern Illinois | Frank Vinson is called for the reach on Thomas Fisher - foul #2 on Frank Vinson, team foul #5 | 44-65 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott (PG), Kenneth White (SF), David Scott (PF), Wayne Allen (C) Mathew Reidy, Thomas Fisher, Michael Flannery, Johnson Henry | |
| Subs | Creighton | Alfred Kula (SG), Rudolph Ellis (SF), Wilbert Dawson (PF), Gerald Shipley (C) Lawrence Dickson, Frank Vinson, Nathan Segars, Douglas Pope | |
| 11:15 | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 47-65 |
| 11:04 | Creighton | Alfred Kula loses the dribble to Kenneth White | 47-65 |
| 10:47 | Southern Illinois | Harvey Maddux misses the lay-in | 47-65 |
| 10:46 | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott pulls down the offensive rebound | 47-65 |
| 10:30 | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 47-65 |
| 10:28 | Southern Illinois | Wayne Allen snags the offensive board | 47-65 |
| 10:22 | Southern Illinois | Harvey Maddux is hacked by Rudolph Ellis - foul #2 on Rudolph Ellis, team foul #6 | 47-65 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Adam Poindexter (SG) Harvey Maddux | |
| Subs | Creighton | Russell Clay (PG) Horace Walburn | |
| 10:07 | Southern Illinois | Adam Poindexter is fouled on the floor by Russell Clay - foul #1 on Russell Clay, team foul #7 | 47-65 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Douglas Pope (C) Gerald Shipley | |
| 10:07 | Southern Illinois | Adam Poindexter misses the 1st free throw | 47-65 |
| 10:07 | Creighton | Rudolph Ellis snags the defensive board | 47-65 |
| 09:53 | Creighton | Alfred Kula clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 47-65 |
| 09:51 | Southern Illinois | Adam Poindexter grabs the defensive rebound | 47-65 |
| 09:38 | Southern Illinois | Wayne Allen can't connect on a jumper from the right side | 47-65 |
| 09:36 | Creighton | Russell Clay pulls down the rebound | 47-65 |
| 09:26 | Creighton | Russell Clay clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Wayne Allen - foul #1 on Wayne Allen, team foul #5 | 47-65 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Mathew Reidy (PG), Michael Flannery (PF), Johnson Henry (C) Adam Poindexter, David Scott, Wayne Allen | |
| Subs | Creighton | Lawrence Dickson (SG), Frank Vinson (SF), Nathan Segars (PF) Alfred Kula, Rudolph Ellis, Wilbert Dawson | |
| 09:26 | Creighton | Russell Clay misses the 1st free throw | 47-65 |
| 09:26 | Creighton | Russell Clay makes the 2nd free throw | 47-66 |
| 09:18 | Southern Illinois | Mathew Reidy comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 47-66 |
| 09:16 | Creighton | Douglas Pope snags the defensive board | 47-66 |
| 09:04 | Creighton | Lawrence Dickson's pass is intercepted by Mathew Reidy | 47-66 |
| 08:46 | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott is open and buries a fadeaway from the free throw line | 49-66 |
| 08:32 | Creighton | Frank Vinson makes the 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Russell Clay | 49-69 |
| 08:14 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry's pass is intercepted by Nathan Segars | 49-69 |
| 08:08 | Creighton | Frank Vinson loses the dribble to Mathew Reidy | 49-69 |
| 07:49 | Southern Illinois | Mathew Reidy hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 49-69 |
| 07:47 | Southern Illinois | Kenneth White tips it back up and in | 51-69 |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Mathew Reidy (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Anthony Scott (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenneth White (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Michael Flannery (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Johnson Henry (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Russell Clay (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence Dickson (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frank Vinson (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. PF - Nathan Segars (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 7 reb. C - Douglas Pope (fairly fresh) 5 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 07:23 | Creighton | Michael Flannery swats the layup by Nathan Segars | 51-69 |
| 07:21 | Creighton | The offensive rebound goes to Douglas Pope | 51-69 |
| 07:07 | Creighton | Nathan Segars knocks in the jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Russell Clay | 51-71 |
| 06:51 | Southern Illinois | Nathan Segars denies the turnaround by Johnson Henry | 51-71 |
| 06:49 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry tips it in | 53-71 |
| 06:33 | Creighton | Frank Vinson hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 53-71 |
| 06:32 | Southern Illinois | The rebound goes to Johnson Henry | 53-71 |
| 06:27 | Southern Illinois | Mathew Reidy misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 53-71 |
| 06:25 | Creighton | Frank Vinson pulls down the rebound | 53-71 |
| 06:20 | Creighton | Russell Clay clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 53-71 |
| 06:18 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery grabs the defensive rebound | 53-71 |
| 06:03 | Southern Illinois | Kenneth White is hacked by Russell Clay - foul #2 on Russell Clay, team foul #8 | 53-71 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Thomas Fisher (PG), Harvey Maddux (SG), David Scott (PF), Wayne Allen (C) Mathew Reidy, Anthony Scott, Michael Flannery, Johnson Henry | |
| Subs | Creighton | Horace Walburn (PG), Alfred Kula (SG), Rudolph Ellis (SF), Wilbert Dawson (PF), Gerald Shipley (C) Russell Clay, Lawrence Dickson, Frank Vinson, Nathan Segars, Douglas Pope | |
| 06:03 | Southern Illinois | Kenneth White makes the 1st free throw | 54-71 |
| 06:03 | Southern Illinois | Kenneth White makes the 2nd free throw | 55-71 |
| 05:44 | Creighton | Alfred Kula misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 55-71 |
| 05:43 | Creighton | Rudolph Ellis hits the follow up shot | 55-73 |
| 05:25 | Southern Illinois | Thomas Fisher misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 55-73 |
| 05:24 | Creighton | Alfred Kula grabs the board | 55-73 |
| 05:09 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley banks in the layup | 55-75 |
| 05:02 | Southern Illinois | Wayne Allen lays it in | 57-75 |
| 04:43 | Creighton | Wilbert Dawson is hacked by Wayne Allen - foul #2 on Wayne Allen, team foul #6 | 57-75 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Adam Poindexter (SF) Kenneth White | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 04:35 | Creighton | Alfred Kula misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 57-75 |
| 04:33 | Creighton | Horace Walburn misses the tip | 57-75 |
| 04:32 | Southern Illinois | The rebound goes to Adam Poindexter | 57-75 |
| 04:26 | Southern Illinois | David Scott hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Thomas Fisher | 59-75 |
| 03:57 | Creighton | Alfred Kula hits a turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from Horace Walburn and the foul's on Harvey Maddux - foul #1 on Harvey Maddux, team foul #7 | 59-77 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Mathew Reidy (PG) Adam Poindexter | |
| Subs | Creighton | Frank Vinson (SF), Douglas Pope (C) Rudolph Ellis, Gerald Shipley | |
| 03:57 | Creighton | Alfred Kula makes the free throw | 59-78 |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/man to man (+5) | |
| 03:48 | Southern Illinois | Mathew Reidy misses the shot from just outside the lane | 59-78 |
| 03:46 | Creighton | Douglas Pope snags the defensive board | 59-78 |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Mathew Reidy (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Harvey Maddux (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Fisher (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. PF - David Scott (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Wayne Allen (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Horace Walburn (fresh) 2 pts. 7 ast. SG - Alfred Kula (fresh) 18 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Frank Vinson (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Wilbert Dawson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Douglas Pope (fairly fresh) 7 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+5) | |
| 03:42 | Creighton | Alfred Kula buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Horace Walburn | 59-80 |
| 03:21 | Southern Illinois | David Scott is open and scores on a floater in the lane on a nice dish by Wayne Allen | 61-80 |
| 03:03 | Creighton | Frank Vinson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 61-80 |
| 03:01 | Southern Illinois | Wayne Allen snags the defensive board | 61-80 |
| 02:57 | Southern Illinois | Mathew Reidy is called for traveling | 61-80 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott (PG), Adam Poindexter (SG), Robert Jennings (PF) Mathew Reidy, Harvey Maddux, Wayne Allen | |
| Subs | Creighton | Russell Clay (PG), Rudolph Ellis (SF), Gerald Shipley (C) Horace Walburn, Frank Vinson, Douglas Pope | |
| 02:37 | Creighton | Russell Clay scores on a shot from the free throw line set up by Alfred Kula | 61-82 |
| 02:22 | Southern Illinois | Thomas Fisher misses the 3 from the left wing | 61-82 |
| 02:21 | Creighton | Wilbert Dawson snags the defensive board | 61-82 |
| 02:02 | Creighton | Alfred Kula can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 61-82 |
| 02:01 | Southern Illinois | David Scott pulls down the rebound | 61-82 |
| 01:56 | Southern Illinois | Thomas Fisher lays it up and in on a great pass from Anthony Scott | 63-82 |
| 01:51 | Creighton | Russell Clay hits a jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Wilbert Dawson | 63-84 |
| 01:34 | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 63-84 |
| 01:32 | Creighton | Wilbert Dawson pulls down the rebound | 63-84 |
| 01:16 | Creighton | Alfred Kula connects on the jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Russell Clay | 63-86 |
| 01:01 | Southern Illinois | Thomas Fisher misses long on a shot from the left block | 63-86 |
| 01:00 | Creighton | Russell Clay gets the rebound | 63-86 |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+5) | |
| 00:36 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley knocks in the jump hook from the right block | 63-88 |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+5) | |
| 00:29 | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 63-88 |
| 00:27 | Creighton | Wilbert Dawson snags the defensive board | 63-88 |
| 00:00 | Creighton | Russell Clay runs out the clock | 63-88 |