| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Christopher Belcher (fresh) SG - David Harris (fresh) SF - Kevin Crosson (fresh) PF - David Knight (fresh) C - James Cluff (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Indiana | PG - Don Watts (fresh) SG - Robert Beaver (fresh) SF - Mladen Zafar (fresh) PF - Roy Jones (fresh) C - Merle Calloway (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Indiana | Merle Calloway wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Indiana | Indiana is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:38 | Indiana | Don Watts misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 0-0 |
| 19:37 | Indiana | Roy Jones tips it but misses | 0-0 |
| 19:36 | Indiana | Mladen Zafar snags the offensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:25 | Indiana | Don Watts connects on the floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Robert Beaver | 0-2 |
| 19:04 | Purdue | David Knight is whistled for traveling | 0-2 |
| 18:46 | Indiana | Merle Calloway can't connect on a fadeaway from the right block | 0-2 |
| 18:45 | Purdue | Christopher Belcher grabs the defensive rebound | 0-2 |
| 18:17 | Purdue | David Harris's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 0-2 |
| 17:53 | Indiana | Robert Beaver is wide open but clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 0-2 |
| 17:51 | Purdue | James Cluff pulls down the rebound | 0-2 |
| 17:28 | Purdue | David Knight hits a jumper in the paint on a great pass from David Harris | 2-2 |
| 17:14 | Indiana | Merle Calloway buries a jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by Don Watts | 2-4 |
| 16:45 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson is hacked by Mladen Zafar - foul #1 on Mladen Zafar, team foul #1 | 2-4 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Indiana | Jim Jackson (SF), Vince Harding (C) Mladen Zafar, Merle Calloway | |
| 16:26 | Purdue | James Cluff misses the fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Vince Harding - foul #1 on Vince Harding, team foul #2 | 2-4 |
| Subs | Purdue | Sean Richardson (SG) David Harris | |
| Subs | Indiana | Homer Mariano (SF), Robert Myers (PF) Robert Beaver, Roy Jones | |
| 16:26 | Purdue | James Cluff makes the 1st free throw | 3-4 |
| 16:26 | Purdue | James Cluff makes the 2nd free throw | 4-4 |
| 16:23 | Indiana | Don Watts is hacked by Christopher Belcher in the backcourt - foul #1 on Christopher Belcher, team foul #1 | 4-4 |
| Subs | Purdue | Jesse Pepin (C) David Knight | |
| Subs | Indiana | | |
| 16:09 | Indiana | Homer Mariano hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from close range | 4-4 |
| 16:08 | Purdue | Christopher Belcher gets the rebound | 4-4 |
| 15:53 | Purdue | James Cluff hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 4-4 |
| 15:52 | Purdue | Sean Richardson tips it in | 6-4 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Christopher Belcher (fairly fresh) SG - Sean Richardson (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kevin Crosson (fairly fresh) PF - James Cluff (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Jesse Pepin (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Indiana | PG - Don Watts (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jim Jackson (fresh) SF - Homer Mariano (fresh) PF - Robert Myers (fresh) C - Vince Harding (fresh) | |
| 15:37 | Indiana | Robert Myers can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 6-4 |
| 15:35 | Indiana | Don Watts can't tip it in | 6-4 |
| 15:33 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin grabs the defensive rebound | 6-4 |
| 15:10 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson makes the pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Christopher Belcher | 8-4 |
| 14:54 | Indiana | Jim Jackson comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 8-4 |
| 14:53 | Purdue | Christopher Belcher gets the rebound | 8-4 |
| 14:48 | Purdue | Sean Richardson comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 8-4 |
| 14:46 | Indiana | Robert Myers snags the defensive board | 8-4 |
| 14:36 | Indiana | Christopher Belcher takes the ball from Vince Harding | 8-4 |
| 14:31 | Purdue | Christopher Belcher hits the finger roll | 10-4 |
| 14:29 | Indiana | Jim Jackson's pass is intercepted by Kevin Crosson in the backcourt | 10-4 |
| 14:28 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson lays it up and in | 12-4 |
| 14:26 | Indiana | Don Watts is whistled for traveling in the backcourt | 12-4 |
| Subs | Purdue | David Harris (SG), David Knight (PF) Sean Richardson, Jesse Pepin | |
| Subs | Indiana | Chris Nichols (PG), Robert Beaver (SG), Mladen Zafar (SF), Roy Jones (PF), Merle Calloway (C) Don Watts, Jim Jackson, Homer Mariano, Robert Myers, Vince Harding | |
| 14:11 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson is whistled for a carry | 12-4 |
| 13:51 | Indiana | Roy Jones is whistled for traveling | 12-4 |
| 13:22 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 12-4 |
| 13:21 | Purdue | David Knight grabs the offensive board | 12-4 |
| 13:02 | Purdue | David Knight misses badly on a driving attempt from close range | 12-4 |
| 13:00 | Indiana | Chris Nichols grabs the board | 12-4 |
| 12:40 | Indiana | Roy Jones hits a pull-up jumper from the right side | 12-6 |
| 12:35 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 12-6 |
| 12:34 | Indiana | Robert Beaver grabs the defensive rebound | 12-6 |
| 12:18 | Indiana | Mladen Zafar misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane | 12-6 |
| 12:16 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson snags the defensive board | 12-6 |
| 11:47 | Purdue | James Cluff misses long on a shot from the free throw line | 12-6 |
| 11:45 | Indiana | The rebound goes to Merle Calloway | 12-6 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Christopher Belcher (tiring) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Harris (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Kevin Crosson (tiring) 4 pts. PF - David Knight (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - James Cluff (tiring) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Indiana | PG - Chris Nichols (fairly fresh) SG - Robert Beaver (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Mladen Zafar (fairly fresh) PF - Roy Jones (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Merle Calloway (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:18 | Indiana | Merle Calloway hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block | 12-6 |
| 11:16 | Indiana | Robert Beaver snags the offensive board | 12-6 |
| 11:02 | Indiana | Roy Jones is alone and throws it down | 12-8 |
| 10:40 | Purdue | James Cluff is called for traveling | 12-8 |
| Subs | Purdue | Sean Richardson (SG), Richard England (SF), Jesse Pepin (C) David Harris, Kevin Crosson, David Knight | |
| Subs | Indiana | Don Watts (PG), Jim Jackson (SG), Homer Mariano (SF), Robert Myers (PF), Vince Harding (C) Chris Nichols, Robert Beaver, Mladen Zafar, Roy Jones, Merle Calloway | |
| 10:36 | Indiana | Don Watts is hacked by Christopher Belcher in the backcourt - foul #2 on Christopher Belcher, team foul #2 | 12-8 |
| Subs | Purdue | Lee Larson (PG) Christopher Belcher | |
| Subs | Indiana | | |
| 10:25 | Indiana | Robert Myers's fadeaway is rejected by Jesse Pepin | 12-8 |
| 10:24 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin grabs the board | 12-8 |
| 10:05 | Purdue | James Cluff drills a fadeaway from the right side | 14-8 |
| 09:41 | Indiana | Robert Myers is fouled on the floor by James Cluff - foul #1 on James Cluff, team foul #3 | 14-8 |
| Subs | Purdue | Joshua Bowman (SF) James Cluff | |
| Subs | Indiana | | |
| 09:15 | Indiana | Joshua Bowman steps in front of the Robert Myers pass | 14-8 |
| 08:48 | Purdue | Richard England is whistled for a carry | 14-8 |
| Subs | Purdue | Kevin Crosson (PG), David Harris (SG), James Cluff (C) Lee Larson, Sean Richardson, Jesse Pepin | |
| Subs | Indiana | Robert Beaver (SG) Homer Mariano | |
| 08:46 | Indiana | Joshua Bowman is called for the reach on Jim Jackson in the backcourt - foul #1 on Joshua Bowman, team foul #4 | 14-8 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Indiana | Merle Calloway (C) Vince Harding | |
| 08:31 | Indiana | Robert Beaver buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Don Watts | 14-11 |
| 08:22 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson scores on a fadeaway from the left side on a great pass from James Cluff | 16-11 |
| 08:20 | Indiana | Robert Beaver throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 16-11 |
| Subs | Purdue | David Knight (PF) Richard England | |
| Subs | Indiana | Mladen Zafar (SF), Roy Jones (PF) Jim Jackson, Robert Myers | |
| 07:58 | Purdue | James Cluff connects on the jump hook near the basket on a nice dish by David Knight | 18-11 |
| 07:37 | Indiana | Robert Beaver buries a shot from the right wing | 18-13 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Kevin Crosson (tiring) 6 pts. SG - David Harris (tiring) 1 ast. SF - Joshua Bowman (fairly fresh) PF - David Knight (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - James Cluff (tired) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | Indiana | PG - Don Watts (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Beaver (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Mladen Zafar (fresh) PF - Roy Jones (fresh) 4 pts. C - Merle Calloway (tiring) 2 pts. | |
| 07:29 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Don Watts - foul #1 on Don Watts, team foul #3 | 18-13 |
| Subs | Purdue | Lee Larson (PG), Sean Richardson (SG), Richard England (PF) David Harris, Joshua Bowman, David Knight | |
| Subs | Indiana | Chris Nichols (PG), Homer Mariano (SF), Vince Harding (C) Don Watts, Mladen Zafar, Merle Calloway | |
| 07:29 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson makes the 1st free throw | 19-13 |
| 07:29 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson makes the 2nd free throw | 20-13 |
| 07:10 | Indiana | Roy Jones clanks a shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Richard England - foul #1 on Richard England, team foul #5 | 20-13 |
| Subs | Purdue | David Harris (SG), Jesse Pepin (C) Kevin Crosson, James Cluff | |
| Subs | Indiana | Jim Jackson (SG) Robert Beaver | |
| 07:10 | Indiana | Roy Jones misses the 1st free throw | 20-13 |
| 07:10 | Indiana | Roy Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 20-14 |
| 06:54 | Purdue | Richard England scores on a turnaround in the paint on a great pass from Lee Larson | 22-14 |
| 06:38 | Indiana | Jesse Pepin steals it from Chris Nichols | 22-14 |
| 06:16 | Purdue | Richard England misses the shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Vince Harding - foul #2 on Vince Harding, team foul #4 | 22-14 |
| Subs | Purdue | Kevin Crosson (PG), David Knight (PF), James Cluff (C) Lee Larson, Sean Richardson, Jesse Pepin | |
| Subs | Indiana | Don Watts (PG), Mladen Zafar (SF), Robert Myers (PF), Merle Calloway (C) Chris Nichols, Homer Mariano, Roy Jones, Vince Harding | |
| 06:16 | Purdue | Richard England makes the 1st free throw | 23-14 |
| 06:16 | Purdue | Richard England misses the 2nd free throw | 23-14 |
| 06:16 | Indiana | Merle Calloway pulls down the rebound | 23-14 |
| 06:08 | Indiana | Don Watts drills a jump hook from close range set up by Mladen Zafar and he's fouled by Kevin Crosson - foul #1 on Kevin Crosson, team foul #6 | 23-16 |
| Subs | Purdue | Lee Larson (PG) Richard England | |
| Subs | Indiana | Robert Beaver (SG) Jim Jackson | |
| 06:08 | Indiana | Don Watts misses the free throw | 23-16 |
| 06:08 | Purdue | The rebound goes to David Knight | 23-16 |
| 05:56 | Purdue | Lee Larson hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 23-16 |
| 05:54 | Indiana | Robert Myers pulls down the rebound | 23-16 |
| 05:50 | Indiana | Robert Beaver is hacked by David Harris - foul #1 on David Harris, team foul #7 | 23-16 |
| Subs | Purdue | Joshua Bowman (SF) Lee Larson | |
| Subs | Indiana | | |
| 05:50 | Indiana | Robert Beaver makes the 1st free throw | 23-17 |
| 05:50 | Indiana | Robert Beaver makes the 2nd free throw | 23-18 |
| 05:33 | Purdue | James Cluff lays it in | 25-18 |
| 05:19 | Indiana | Merle Calloway is alone and drills a jumper from close range set up by Mladen Zafar and he's hacked by Joshua Bowman - foul #2 on Joshua Bowman, team foul #8 | 25-20 |
| Subs | Purdue | Sean Richardson (SF) Joshua Bowman | |
| Subs | Indiana | | |
| 05:19 | Indiana | Merle Calloway misses the free throw | 25-20 |
| 05:19 | Purdue | David Knight gets the rebound | 25-20 |
| 05:01 | Purdue | David Knight misses the dunk but the foul's on Robert Myers - foul #1 on Robert Myers, team foul #5 | 25-20 |
| Subs | Purdue | Richard England (SF) David Harris | |
| Subs | Indiana | Chris Nichols (PG), Jim Jackson (SF) Don Watts, Mladen Zafar | |
| 05:01 | Purdue | David Knight misses the 1st free throw | 25-20 |
| 05:01 | Purdue | David Knight makes the 2nd free throw | 26-20 |
| 04:59 | Indiana | Chris Nichols is fouled in the backcourt by Kevin Crosson - foul #2 on Kevin Crosson, team foul #9 | 26-20 |
| Subs | Purdue | Lee Larson (PG) Kevin Crosson | |
| Subs | Indiana | | |
| 04:59 | Indiana | Chris Nichols makes the 1st free throw | 26-21 |
| 04:59 | Indiana | Chris Nichols makes the 2nd free throw | 26-22 |
| 04:36 | Purdue | David Knight misses badly on a floater from close range | 26-22 |
| 04:35 | Indiana | Robert Myers pulls down the rebound | 26-22 |
| 04:25 | Indiana | Jim Jackson is fouled on the floor by Sean Richardson - foul #1 on Sean Richardson, team foul #10 | 26-22 |
| Subs | Purdue | Jesse Pepin (C) James Cluff | |
| Subs | Indiana | Mladen Zafar (SF), Roy Jones (PF), Homer Mariano (C) Robert Beaver, Robert Myers, Merle Calloway | |
| 04:25 | Indiana | Jim Jackson misses the 1st free throw | 26-22 |
| 04:25 | Indiana | Jim Jackson makes the 2nd free throw | 26-23 |
| 03:57 | Purdue | Sean Richardson misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 26-23 |
| 03:55 | Indiana | Roy Jones pulls down the rebound | 26-23 |
| 03:35 | Indiana | Roy Jones misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline | 26-23 |
| 03:34 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin grabs the defensive rebound | 26-23 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Lee Larson (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Sean Richardson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Richard England (fresh) 3 pts. PF - David Knight (tiring) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Jesse Pepin (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Indiana | PG - Chris Nichols (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Jim Jackson (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SF - Mladen Zafar (fairly fresh) PF - Roy Jones (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Homer Mariano (fresh) | |
| 03:20 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin comes up short on the turnaround from the left block | 26-23 |
| 03:18 | Indiana | Mladen Zafar snags the defensive board | 26-23 |
| 03:02 | Indiana | Roy Jones travels with the ball | 26-23 |
| Subs | Purdue | Christopher Belcher (PG), David Harris (SG), Kevin Crosson (SF), Joshua Bowman (C) Lee Larson, Sean Richardson, Richard England, Jesse Pepin | |
| Subs | Indiana | Don Watts (PG), Robert Beaver (SG), Robert Myers (SF), Vince Harding (C) Chris Nichols, Jim Jackson, Mladen Zafar, Homer Mariano | |
| 02:43 | Purdue | Joshua Bowman is called for 5 seconds | 26-23 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Indiana | Mladen Zafar (SF) Roy Jones | |
| 02:23 | Indiana | Mladen Zafar misses short on an open jump hook from the baseline | 26-23 |
| 02:21 | Indiana | Mladen Zafar snags the offensive board | 26-23 |
| 02:16 | Indiana | Don Watts is hacked by Christopher Belcher - foul #3 on Christopher Belcher, team foul #11 | 26-23 |
| Subs | Purdue | James Cluff (C) Christopher Belcher | |
| Subs | Indiana | | |
| 02:16 | Indiana | Don Watts misses the 1st free throw | 26-23 |
| 02:16 | Indiana | Don Watts makes the 2nd free throw | 26-24 |
| 01:47 | Purdue | Joshua Bowman loses the dribble to Don Watts | 26-24 |
| 01:44 | Indiana | Don Watts lays it up and in | 26-26 |
| 01:17 | Purdue | Kevin Crosson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 26-26 |
| Subs | Purdue | Lee Larson (PG), Sean Richardson (SG), Richard England (PF), Jesse Pepin (C) David Harris, Joshua Bowman, David Knight, James Cluff | |
| Subs | Indiana | Chris Nichols (SG), Jim Jackson (SF), Roy Jones (PF), Homer Mariano (C) Robert Beaver, Mladen Zafar, Robert Myers, Vince Harding | |
| 01:15 | Indiana | Jim Jackson loses the dribble to Sean Richardson in the backcourt | 26-26 |
| 00:51 | Purdue | Richard England drills a shot from close range and the foul's on Roy Jones - foul #1 on Roy Jones, team foul #6 | 28-26 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Indiana | Robert Beaver (SG) Don Watts | |
| 00:51 | Purdue | Richard England makes the free throw | 29-26 |
| 00:49 | Indiana | Robert Beaver is whistled for traveling in the backcourt | 29-26 |
| 00:33 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin lays it in and he's hacked by Homer Mariano - foul #1 on Homer Mariano, team foul #7 | 31-26 |
| 00:33 | Purdue | Jesse Pepin misses the free throw | 31-26 |
| 00:33 | Indiana | Homer Mariano pulls down the rebound | 31-26 |
| 00:30 | Indiana | Jim Jackson is hacked by Kevin Crosson in the backcourt - foul #3 on Kevin Crosson, team foul #12 | 31-26 |
| Subs | Purdue | David Harris (SG), James Cluff (C) Kevin Crosson, Jesse Pepin | |
| Subs | Indiana | Merle Calloway (C) Homer Mariano | |
| 00:30 | Indiana | Jim Jackson misses the 1st free throw | 31-26 |
| 00:30 | Indiana | Jim Jackson misses the 2nd free throw | 31-26 |
| 00:30 | Purdue | Richard England grabs the board | 31-26 |
| 00:01 | Purdue | Richard England can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing | 31-26 |
| 00:00 | Indiana | Jim Jackson grabs the defensive rebound | 31-26 |