| Lineup | Wartburg | PG - Randy Williams (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Pepe (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Anthony Sheehy (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Dikembe Abu (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Fyodor Zwolski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cornell | PG - Ngolinga Aja (fresh) 10 pts. SG - Douglas Viles (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Jon Goodman (fresh) PF - Johnny Eadie (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Peter Grinstead (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Wartburg | Anthony Sheehy inbounds the ball | 33-24 |
| Game Plan | Wartburg | Wartburg is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Cornell | Cornell is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 19:38 | Wartburg | Fyodor Zwolski double dribbles | 33-24 |
| 19:36 | Cornell | Ngolinga Aja is called for traveling in the backcourt | 33-24 |
| 19:26 | Wartburg | Randy Williams is whistled for a carry | 33-24 |
| 19:11 | Cornell | Dikembe Abu is called for the reach on Johnny Eadie - foul #2 on Dikembe Abu, team foul #1 | 33-24 |
| 18:57 | Cornell | Johnny Eadie banks in the layup | 33-26 |
| 18:41 | Wartburg | Richard Pepe misses short on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Peter Grinstead - foul #3 on Peter Grinstead, team foul #1 | 33-26 |
| 18:41 | Wartburg | Richard Pepe misses the 1st free throw | 33-26 |
| 18:41 | Wartburg | Richard Pepe makes the 2nd free throw | 34-26 |
| 18:22 | Cornell | Ngolinga Aja misses the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 34-26 |
| 18:20 | Wartburg | Richard Pepe pulls down the rebound | 34-26 |
| 18:01 | Wartburg | Dikembe Abu misses the easy layup | 34-26 |
| 18:00 | Wartburg | Richard Pepe snags the offensive board | 34-26 |
| 17:39 | Wartburg | Randy Williams misses long on a shot from just outside the lane | 34-26 |
| 17:38 | Cornell | Peter Grinstead grabs the defensive rebound | 34-26 |
| 17:22 | Cornell | Johnny Eadie lays it up and in | 34-28 |
| 17:02 | Wartburg | Richard Pepe is hacked by Jon Goodman - foul #1 on Jon Goodman, team foul #2 | 34-28 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Daniel Legler (PG), Joaquin Hernandez (SG), Paul Billie (SF), Darrell Grimes (PF), Kevin Cox (C) Randy Williams, Richard Pepe, Anthony Sheehy, Dikembe Abu, Fyodor Zwolski | |
| Subs | Cornell | De Chio (PG), Bill O'Bannion (SF) Ngolinga Aja, Jon Goodman | |
| 16:44 | Wartburg | Paul Billie scores on a jump hook in the lane set up by Joaquin Hernandez | 36-28 |
| 16:41 | Cornell | Bill O'Bannion is called for traveling in the backcourt | 36-28 |
| 16:18 | Wartburg | Daniel Legler is fouled on the floor by Douglas Viles - foul #3 on Douglas Viles, team foul #3 | 36-28 |
| 15:59 | Wartburg | Joaquin Hernandez misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 36-28 |
| 15:57 | Cornell | Peter Grinstead pulls down the rebound | 36-28 |
| Lineup | Wartburg | PG - Daniel Legler (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joaquin Hernandez (fresh) 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Paul Billie (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Darrell Grimes (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Kevin Cox (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cornell | PG - De Chio (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Douglas Viles (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. SF - Bill O'Bannion (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Johnny Eadie (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Peter Grinstead (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 15:44 | Cornell | Johnny Eadie misses short on a floater in the lane | 36-28 |
| 15:42 | Wartburg | Paul Billie pulls down the rebound | 36-28 |
| 15:24 | Wartburg | The short jumper by Joaquin Hernandez is denied by Peter Grinstead | 36-28 |
| 15:23 | Cornell | Johnny Eadie grabs the board | 36-28 |
| 15:03 | Cornell | Peter Grinstead clanks a jumper near the basket | 36-28 |
| 15:01 | Wartburg | The rebound goes to Paul Billie | 36-28 |
| 14:38 | Wartburg | Kevin Cox misses short on a fadeaway from the right block | 36-28 |
| 14:36 | Cornell | Johnny Eadie grabs the defensive rebound | 36-28 |
| 14:27 | Cornell | Peter Grinstead misses the open dunk | 36-28 |
| 14:26 | Cornell | Johnny Eadie snags the offensive board | 36-28 |
| 14:17 | Cornell | Douglas Viles knocks in the floater from the baseline set up by De Chio | 36-30 |
| 13:53 | Wartburg | Paul Billie blows the layup but he's fouled by Peter Grinstead - foul #4 on Peter Grinstead, team foul #4 | 36-30 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Randy Williams (PG), Richard Pepe (SG), Dikembe Abu (PF), Fyodor Zwolski (C) Daniel Legler, Joaquin Hernandez, Darrell Grimes, Kevin Cox | |
| Subs | Cornell | Jon Goodman (SF), Ngolinga Aja (C) Bill O'Bannion, Peter Grinstead | |
| 13:53 | Wartburg | Paul Billie misses the 1st free throw | 36-30 |
| 13:53 | Wartburg | Paul Billie misses the 2nd free throw | 36-30 |
| 13:53 | Cornell | Ngolinga Aja gets the rebound | 36-30 |
| 13:45 | Cornell | Douglas Viles scores on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 36-32 |
| 13:27 | Wartburg | Fyodor Zwolski misses badly on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 36-32 |
| 13:26 | Cornell | Johnny Eadie grabs the defensive rebound | 36-32 |
| 13:04 | Cornell | Johnny Eadie is fouled on the floor by Paul Billie - foul #1 on Paul Billie, team foul #2 | 36-32 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Anthony Sheehy (SF) Paul Billie | |
| Subs | Cornell | Peter Grinstead (C) De Chio | |
| 12:52 | Cornell | Johnny Eadie makes the fadeaway from close range on a nice dish by Ngolinga Aja | 36-34 |
| 12:29 | Wartburg | Fyodor Zwolski is fouled on the floor by Peter Grinstead - foul #5 on Peter Grinstead, team foul #5 | 36-34 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Jon Barnes (PG) Randy Williams | |
| Subs | Cornell | Bill O'Bannion (PG) Peter Grinstead | |
| 12:15 | Wartburg | Jon Goodman takes the ball from Richard Pepe | 36-34 |
| 11:58 | Cornell | Douglas Viles's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 36-34 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Daniel Smith (PF) Dikembe Abu | |
| Subs | Cornell | | |
| Lineup | Wartburg | PG - Jon Barnes (fresh) SG - Richard Pepe (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Anthony Sheehy (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Daniel Smith (fresh) 1 ast. C - Fyodor Zwolski (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cornell | PG - Bill O'Bannion (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Douglas Viles (tiring) 11 pts. 3 pf. SF - Jon Goodman (fairly fresh) 2 stl. PF - Johnny Eadie (tiring) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - Ngolinga Aja (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. | |
| 11:38 | Wartburg | Daniel Smith is hacked by Johnny Eadie - foul #3 on Johnny Eadie, team foul #6 | 36-34 |
| Subs | Wartburg | | |
| Subs | Cornell | De Chio (SG) Douglas Viles | |
| 11:19 | Wartburg | Jon Goodman picks off the pass by Richard Pepe | 36-34 |
| 11:16 | Cornell | Jon Goodman slams it home | 36-36 |
| 10:57 | Wartburg | Richard Pepe connects on the shot from the left block set up by Jon Barnes | 38-36 |
| 10:54 | Cornell | Bill O'Bannion is hacked by Jon Barnes in the backcourt - foul #3 on Jon Barnes, team foul #3 | 38-36 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Randy Williams (PG), Joaquin Hernandez (SG), Dikembe Abu (PF), Kevin Cox (C) Jon Barnes, Richard Pepe, Anthony Sheehy, Fyodor Zwolski | |
| Subs | Cornell | Douglas Viles (SG) Bill O'Bannion | |
| 10:49 | Cornell | Johnny Eadie is open but misses the lay-in | 38-36 |
| 10:48 | Wartburg | Randy Williams gets the rebound | 38-36 |
| 10:24 | Wartburg | Dikembe Abu lays it up and in | 40-36 |
| 10:22 | Cornell | Randy Williams picks off the pass by De Chio in the backcourt | 40-36 |
| 10:04 | Wartburg | Dikembe Abu misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Johnny Eadie - foul #4 on Johnny Eadie, team foul #7 | 40-36 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Anthony Sheehy (SF) Daniel Smith | |
| Subs | Cornell | Bill O'Bannion (SF) Jon Goodman | |
| 10:04 | Wartburg | Dikembe Abu makes the 1st free throw | 41-36 |
| 10:04 | Wartburg | Dikembe Abu misses the 2nd free throw | 41-36 |
| 10:04 | Cornell | The rebound goes to Ngolinga Aja | 41-36 |
| 09:48 | Cornell | Ngolinga Aja misses short on an open shot from the right block | 41-36 |
| 09:46 | Wartburg | Anthony Sheehy pulls down the rebound | 41-36 |
| 09:17 | Wartburg | Bill O'Bannion steals it from Anthony Sheehy | 41-36 |
| 08:51 | Cornell | Johnny Eadie misses short on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 41-36 |
| 08:50 | Wartburg | The rebound goes to Dikembe Abu | 41-36 |
| 08:23 | Wartburg | Randy Williams makes the floater from the left side on a nice dish by Anthony Sheehy | 43-36 |
| 08:11 | Cornell | Ngolinga Aja clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 43-36 |
| 08:10 | Wartburg | Joaquin Hernandez gets the rebound | 43-36 |
| 07:50 | Wartburg | Randy Williams can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Bill O'Bannion - foul #1 on Bill O'Bannion, team foul #8 | 43-36 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Richard Pepe (SG), Paul Billie (SF), Darrell Grimes (PF), Fyodor Zwolski (C) Joaquin Hernandez, Anthony Sheehy, Dikembe Abu, Kevin Cox | |
| Subs | Cornell | Jon Goodman (SF) Bill O'Bannion | |
| 07:50 | Wartburg | Randy Williams makes the 1st free throw | 44-36 |
| 07:50 | Wartburg | Randy Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 45-36 |
| Lineup | Wartburg | PG - Randy Williams (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Pepe (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Paul Billie (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Darrell Grimes (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Fyodor Zwolski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cornell | PG - De Chio (tiring) 3 ast. SG - Douglas Viles (tired) 11 pts. 3 pf. SF - Jon Goodman (fresh) 2 pts. 3 stl. PF - Johnny Eadie (tired) 9 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. C - Ngolinga Aja (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. | |
| 07:46 | Cornell | Paul Billie picks off the pass by De Chio in the backcourt | 45-36 |
| 07:44 | Wartburg | Richard Pepe blows the dunk | 45-36 |
| 07:42 | Wartburg | Fyodor Zwolski snags the offensive board | 45-36 |
| 07:25 | Wartburg | Randy Williams drills a floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Darrell Grimes | 47-36 |
| 07:16 | Cornell | Ngolinga Aja is wide open and dunks the ball | 47-38 |
| 06:54 | Wartburg | Fyodor Zwolski misses badly on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Ngolinga Aja - foul #3 on Ngolinga Aja, team foul #9 | 47-38 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Daniel Legler (PG) Randy Williams | |
| Subs | Cornell | Bill O'Bannion (PG) Douglas Viles | |
| 06:54 | Wartburg | Fyodor Zwolski misses the 1st free throw | 47-38 |
| 06:54 | Wartburg | Fyodor Zwolski makes the 2nd free throw | 48-38 |
| 06:38 | Cornell | Johnny Eadie travels with the ball | 48-38 |
| 06:17 | Wartburg | Darrell Grimes hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 48-38 |
| 06:16 | Cornell | Jon Goodman grabs the board | 48-38 |
| 06:08 | Cornell | Johnny Eadie hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right wing | 48-38 |
| 06:06 | Wartburg | The rebound goes to Fyodor Zwolski | 48-38 |
| 05:39 | Wartburg | Fyodor Zwolski banks in the layup set up by Daniel Legler | 50-38 |
| 05:28 | Cornell | Ngolinga Aja is fouled on the floor by Paul Billie - foul #2 on Paul Billie, team foul #4 | 50-38 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Jon Barnes (PG), Daniel Smith (SF), Dikembe Abu (PF), Kevin Cox (C) Daniel Legler, Paul Billie, Darrell Grimes, Fyodor Zwolski | |
| Subs | Cornell | Douglas Viles (SG) De Chio | |
| 05:23 | Cornell | Ngolinga Aja drills a floater in the lane on a great pass from Bill O'Bannion | 50-40 |
| Game Plan | Wartburg | Wartburg is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Cornell | Cornell is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 05:01 | Wartburg | Kevin Cox drills a runner near the basket set up by Jon Barnes | 52-40 |
| 04:45 | Cornell | Ngolinga Aja clanks a jumper from the right side | 52-40 |
| 04:43 | Cornell | The offensive rebound goes to Jon Goodman | 52-40 |
| 04:38 | Cornell | Douglas Viles can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Richard Pepe - foul #3 on Richard Pepe, team foul #5 | 52-40 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Anthony Sheehy (SF), Fyodor Zwolski (C) Daniel Smith, Kevin Cox | |
| Subs | Cornell | | |
| 04:38 | Cornell | Douglas Viles makes the 1st free throw | 52-41 |
| 04:38 | Cornell | Douglas Viles makes the 2nd free throw | 52-42 |
| 04:09 | Wartburg | Fyodor Zwolski blows the dunk | 52-42 |
| 04:08 | Cornell | Bill O'Bannion pulls down the rebound | 52-42 |
| 03:58 | Cornell | Ngolinga Aja buries a fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Bill O'Bannion | 52-44 |
| 03:34 | Wartburg | Richard Pepe clanks a runner from the right block but the foul's on Johnny Eadie - foul #5 on Johnny Eadie, team foul #10 | 52-44 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Daniel Legler (PG), Darrell Grimes (PF), Kevin Cox (C) Jon Barnes, Dikembe Abu, Fyodor Zwolski | |
| Subs | Cornell | De Chio (PG), Duane Miller (PF) Bill O'Bannion, Johnny Eadie | |
| 03:34 | Wartburg | Richard Pepe makes the 1st free throw | 53-44 |
| 03:34 | Wartburg | Richard Pepe makes the 2nd free throw | 54-44 |
| Lineup | Wartburg | PG - Daniel Legler (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Pepe (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. SF - Anthony Sheehy (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Darrell Grimes (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Kevin Cox (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cornell | PG - De Chio (tiring) 3 ast. SG - Douglas Viles (tired) 13 pts. 3 pf. SF - Jon Goodman (tiring) 2 pts. 3 stl. PF - Duane Miller (fresh) C - Ngolinga Aja (tiring) 16 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Wartburg | Wartburg is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cornell | Cornell is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 03:27 | Cornell | Ngolinga Aja clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 54-44 |
| 03:26 | Cornell | De Chio grabs the offensive board | 54-44 |
| 03:12 | Cornell | Douglas Viles misses short on a floater from the left side | 54-44 |
| 03:11 | Wartburg | Kevin Cox snags the defensive board | 54-44 |
| 02:46 | Wartburg | Darrell Grimes connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Daniel Legler | 57-44 |
| 02:19 | Cornell | Douglas Viles is hacked by Darrell Grimes - foul #1 on Darrell Grimes, team foul #6 | 57-44 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Joaquin Hernandez (SG), Paul Billie (SF), Daniel Smith (PF) Richard Pepe, Anthony Sheehy, Darrell Grimes | |
| Subs | Cornell | Bill O'Bannion (SF) Jon Goodman | |
| 02:10 | Cornell | Ngolinga Aja is open and buries a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from De Chio | 57-46 |
| 01:41 | Wartburg | Ngolinga Aja blocks the short jumper by Paul Billie | 57-46 |
| 01:40 | Cornell | The rebound goes to Ngolinga Aja | 57-46 |
| 01:27 | Cornell | Ngolinga Aja is by himself and knocks in the floater from the free throw line | 57-48 |
| 01:27 | Wartburg | Wartburg calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-48 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Randy Williams (PG), Richard Pepe (SG), Anthony Sheehy (SF), Dikembe Abu (PF), Fyodor Zwolski (C) Daniel Legler, Joaquin Hernandez, Paul Billie, Daniel Smith, Kevin Cox | |
| Subs | Cornell | Jon Goodman (SF) Bill O'Bannion | |
| 01:03 | Wartburg | Fyodor Zwolski double dribbles | 57-48 |
| 00:46 | Cornell | Duane Miller is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 57-48 |
| Game Plan | Wartburg | Wartburg is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cornell | Cornell is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (+4) | |
| 00:44 | Wartburg | Richard Pepe is fouled in the backcourt by Douglas Viles - foul #4 on Douglas Viles, team foul #11 | 57-48 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Jon Barnes (PG) Randy Williams | |
| Subs | Cornell | | |
| 00:44 | Wartburg | Richard Pepe makes the 1st free throw | 58-48 |
| 00:44 | Wartburg | Richard Pepe makes the 2nd free throw | 59-48 |
| Game Plan | Wartburg | Wartburg is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cornell | Cornell is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+4) | |
| 00:37 | Cornell | Douglas Viles's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 59-48 |
| Subs | Wartburg | Joaquin Hernandez (SG), Paul Billie (SF), Darrell Grimes (PF), Kevin Cox (C) Richard Pepe, Anthony Sheehy, Dikembe Abu, Fyodor Zwolski | |
| Subs | Cornell | Bill O'Bannion (SF) Jon Goodman | |
| Game Plan | Wartburg | Wartburg is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cornell | Cornell is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:15 | Wartburg | Darrell Grimes misses the jumpshot from the right wing | 59-48 |
| 00:14 | Wartburg | Darrell Grimes grabs the offensive rebound | 59-48 |
| 00:00 | Wartburg | Jon Barnes runs out the clock | 59-48 |