| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Joseph Phillips (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Laurence Huls (fresh) 6 pts. SF - John Smith (fresh) PF - Derek Wilcox (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Thomas Ford (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Whitworth | PG - Stanley Hodges (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Herman Hoss (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Michael Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Claude Sampson (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Christopher Burris (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Whitworth | Michael Johnson inbounds the ball | 23-25 |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Whitworth | Whitworth is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:39 | Whitworth | Herman Hoss is fouled on the floor by Laurence Huls - foul #1 on Laurence Huls, team foul #1 | 23-25 |
| 19:17 | Whitworth | Stanley Hodges misses the fadeaway from the left side | 23-25 |
| 19:15 | Colorado | John Smith snags the defensive board | 23-25 |
| 18:53 | Colorado | Laurence Huls evades the doubleteam and hits a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Joseph Phillips | 26-25 |
| 18:28 | Whitworth | Stanley Hodges misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 26-25 |
| 18:26 | Colorado | Derek Wilcox grabs the defensive rebound | 26-25 |
| 18:05 | Colorado | Derek Wilcox is fouled on the floor by Michael Johnson - foul #2 on Michael Johnson, team foul #1 | 26-25 |
| 17:47 | Colorado | Laurence Huls is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 26-25 |
| 17:46 | Colorado | Derek Wilcox pulls down the offensive rebound | 26-25 |
| 17:31 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips misses the lay-in over the doubleteam but he's fouled by Claude Sampson - foul #1 on Claude Sampson, team foul #2 | 26-25 |
| 17:31 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips misses the 1st free throw | 26-25 |
| 17:31 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips makes the 2nd free throw | 27-25 |
| 17:13 | Whitworth | Claude Sampson hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side but he's hacked by Derek Wilcox - foul #3 on Derek Wilcox, team foul #2 | 27-25 |
| Subs | Colorado | Robert Fillmore (C) Thomas Ford | |
| Subs | Whitworth | Richard Hartfield (PG) Stanley Hodges | |
| 17:13 | Whitworth | Claude Sampson makes the 1st free throw | 27-26 |
| 17:13 | Whitworth | Claude Sampson misses the 2nd free throw | 27-26 |
| 17:13 | Colorado | Robert Fillmore pulls down the rebound | 27-26 |
| 16:50 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 27-26 |
| 16:48 | Whitworth | The rebound goes to Claude Sampson | 27-26 |
| 16:44 | Whitworth | Christopher Burris is denied on a dunk by Derek Wilcox | 27-26 |
| 16:43 | Colorado | John Smith grabs the board | 27-26 |
| 16:21 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Herman Hoss - foul #1 on Herman Hoss, team foul #3 | 27-26 |
| Subs | Colorado | William Chaney (SF), Robert Montgomery (PF) John Smith, Derek Wilcox | |
| Subs | Whitworth | David Crowell (SG), Jesse McCarthy (SF), Neal Molski (PF) Herman Hoss, Michael Johnson, Claude Sampson | |
| 16:21 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 28-26 |
| 16:21 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips makes the 2nd free throw | 29-26 |
| 15:57 | Whitworth | David Crowell misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 29-26 |
| 15:56 | Colorado | The rebound goes to Laurence Huls | 29-26 |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Joseph Phillips (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Laurence Huls (fresh) 9 pts. SF - William Chaney (fresh) PF - Robert Montgomery (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Fillmore (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Whitworth | PG - Richard Hartfield (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Crowell (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jesse McCarthy (fresh) 4 reb. PF - Neal Molski (fresh) 2 reb. C - Christopher Burris (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:35 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips clanks a shot from the left side | 29-26 |
| 15:34 | Whitworth | Jesse McCarthy grabs the defensive rebound | 29-26 |
| 15:08 | Whitworth | Christopher Burris misses long on a jump hook from close range | 29-26 |
| 15:06 | Whitworth | Jesse McCarthy tips it but misses | 29-26 |
| 15:05 | Colorado | The rebound goes to Joseph Phillips | 29-26 |
| 14:36 | Colorado | Laurence Huls's pass over a doubleteam is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-26 |
| Subs | Colorado | Alan Pickney (PG), James Reed (SG), John Smith (SF), Derek Wilcox (PF), Thomas Ford (C) Joseph Phillips, Laurence Huls, William Chaney, Robert Montgomery, Robert Fillmore | |
| Subs | Whitworth | Stanley Hodges (PG), Herman Hoss (SG), Michael Johnson (SF), Claude Sampson (PF) Richard Hartfield, David Crowell, Jesse McCarthy, Neal Molski | |
| 14:07 | Whitworth | Stanley Hodges misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 29-26 |
| 14:06 | Colorado | Derek Wilcox gets the rebound | 29-26 |
| 14:00 | Colorado | James Reed misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 29-26 |
| 13:58 | Whitworth | Claude Sampson grabs the defensive rebound | 29-26 |
| 13:33 | Whitworth | Herman Hoss is hacked by Derek Wilcox - foul #4 on Derek Wilcox, team foul #3 | 29-26 |
| Subs | Colorado | Laurence Huls (SG), Robert Montgomery (PF) James Reed, Derek Wilcox | |
| Subs | Whitworth | | |
| 13:16 | Whitworth | Michael Johnson's layup is rejected by Robert Montgomery | 29-26 |
| 13:14 | Whitworth | Michael Johnson pulls down the offensive rebound | 29-26 |
| 12:52 | Whitworth | Claude Sampson blows the layup but he's hacked by Alan Pickney - foul #2 on Alan Pickney, team foul #4 | 29-26 |
| Subs | Colorado | Derek Wilcox (PF) Robert Montgomery | |
| Subs | Whitworth | | |
| 12:52 | Whitworth | Claude Sampson makes the 1st free throw | 29-27 |
| 12:52 | Whitworth | Claude Sampson makes the 2nd free throw | 29-28 |
| 12:34 | Colorado | The jumper by Alan Pickney is denied by Christopher Burris | 29-28 |
| 12:32 | Colorado | John Smith tips it in | 31-28 |
| 12:08 | Whitworth | Stanley Hodges scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Michael Johnson | 31-31 |
| 12:04 | Colorado | Laurence Huls is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Laurence Huls, team foul #5 | 31-31 |
| Subs | Colorado | Joseph Phillips (PG) Alan Pickney | |
| Subs | Whitworth | Jesse McCarthy (SF) Michael Johnson | |
| 11:46 | Whitworth | Christopher Burris misses the lay-in | 31-31 |
| 11:44 | Whitworth | Jesse McCarthy grabs the offensive rebound | 31-31 |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Joseph Phillips (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Laurence Huls (fresh) 9 pts. SF - John Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Derek Wilcox (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. 4 pf. C - Thomas Ford (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Whitworth | PG - Stanley Hodges (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Herman Hoss (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jesse McCarthy (fresh) 7 reb. PF - Claude Sampson (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Christopher Burris (tiring) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:18 | Whitworth | Jesse McCarthy hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 31-33 |
| 10:55 | Colorado | Laurence Huls buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Joseph Phillips | 34-33 |
| 10:31 | Whitworth | Stanley Hodges clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 34-33 |
| 10:30 | Whitworth | Christopher Burris pulls down the offensive rebound | 34-33 |
| 10:05 | Whitworth | Jesse McCarthy's layup is rejected by Derek Wilcox | 34-33 |
| 10:04 | Colorado | The rebound goes to Thomas Ford | 34-33 |
| 09:44 | Colorado | Laurence Huls clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 34-33 |
| 09:43 | Colorado | Thomas Ford misses the tip | 34-33 |
| 09:42 | Colorado | Derek Wilcox pulls down the offensive rebound | 34-33 |
| 09:26 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by Stanley Hodges - foul #2 on Stanley Hodges, team foul #4 | 34-33 |
| Subs | Colorado | James Reed (SG), William Chaney (SF), Robert Fillmore (C) Laurence Huls, John Smith, Thomas Ford | |
| Subs | Whitworth | Richard Hartfield (PG), David Crowell (SG), Michael Johnson (SF), Neal Molski (PF), Donald Jenkins (C) Stanley Hodges, Herman Hoss, Jesse McCarthy, Claude Sampson, Christopher Burris | |
| 09:26 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 35-33 |
| 09:26 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips misses the 2nd free throw | 35-33 |
| 09:26 | Whitworth | Neal Molski pulls down the rebound | 35-33 |
| 09:05 | Whitworth | Michael Johnson is called for traveling | 35-33 |
| Subs | Colorado | Alan Pickney (PG), Robert Montgomery (PF) Joseph Phillips, Derek Wilcox | |
| Subs | Whitworth | | |
| 09:03 | Colorado | Alan Pickney is called for a moving pick in the backcourt - foul #3 on Alan Pickney, team foul #6 | 35-33 |
| 08:44 | Whitworth | Donald Jenkins connects on the jumper from the left block and he's fouled by Alan Pickney - foul #4 on Alan Pickney, team foul #7 | 35-35 |
| 08:44 | Whitworth | Donald Jenkins makes the free throw | 35-36 |
| 08:28 | Colorado | Alan Pickney clanks a floater from the free throw line but he's fouled by Richard Hartfield - foul #1 on Richard Hartfield, team foul #5 | 35-36 |
| 08:28 | Colorado | Alan Pickney misses the 1st free throw | 35-36 |
| 08:28 | Colorado | Alan Pickney makes the 2nd free throw | 36-36 |
| 08:04 | Whitworth | Richard Hartfield is fouled on the floor by Alan Pickney - foul #5 on Alan Pickney, team foul #8 | 36-36 |
| Subs | Colorado | Laurence Huls (PG), Derek Wilcox (PF) Alan Pickney, Robert Montgomery | |
| Subs | Whitworth | Jesse McCarthy (PF) Donald Jenkins | |
| 08:04 | Whitworth | Richard Hartfield makes the 1st free throw | 36-37 |
| 08:04 | Whitworth | Richard Hartfield makes the 2nd free throw | 36-38 |
| 07:39 | Colorado | Laurence Huls makes the jumper from the left side on a great pass from William Chaney | 38-38 |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Laurence Huls (fresh) 14 pts. SG - James Reed (fresh) 3 pts. SF - William Chaney (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Derek Wilcox (fresh) 2 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. C - Robert Fillmore (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Whitworth | PG - Richard Hartfield (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Crowell (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Michael Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jesse McCarthy (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. C - Neal Molski (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:13 | Whitworth | Michael Johnson is hacked by William Chaney - foul #3 on William Chaney, team foul #9 | 38-38 |
| Subs | Colorado | Joseph Phillips (PG) James Reed | |
| Subs | Whitworth | Herman Hoss (SG), Christopher Burris (C) David Crowell, Neal Molski | |
| 07:13 | Whitworth | Michael Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 38-39 |
| 07:13 | Whitworth | Michael Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 38-40 |
| 07:02 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips's pass is intercepted by Herman Hoss | 38-40 |
| 06:59 | Whitworth | Michael Johnson lays it in on a nice dish by Herman Hoss | 38-42 |
| 06:35 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the floater in the paint on a nice dish by Laurence Huls and he's hacked by Michael Johnson - foul #3 on Michael Johnson, team foul #6 | 40-42 |
| Subs | Colorado | John Smith (SF) William Chaney | |
| Subs | Whitworth | David Crowell (PG), Claude Sampson (PF) Richard Hartfield, Jesse McCarthy | |
| 06:35 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips makes the free throw | 41-42 |
| 06:21 | Whitworth | Claude Sampson misses badly on a runner from the baseline | 41-42 |
| 06:20 | Colorado | The rebound goes to Laurence Huls | 41-42 |
| 05:55 | Colorado | Michael Johnson takes the ball from Derek Wilcox | 41-42 |
| 05:30 | Whitworth | Herman Hoss is hacked by Robert Fillmore - foul #1 on Robert Fillmore, team foul #10 | 41-42 |
| Subs | Colorado | Robert Montgomery (PF), Thomas Ford (C) Derek Wilcox, Robert Fillmore | |
| Subs | Whitworth | Stanley Hodges (PG), Neal Molski (C) Michael Johnson, Christopher Burris | |
| 05:30 | Whitworth | Herman Hoss misses the 1st free throw | 41-42 |
| 05:30 | Whitworth | Herman Hoss misses the 2nd free throw | 41-42 |
| 05:30 | Colorado | Thomas Ford grabs the defensive rebound | 41-42 |
| 05:09 | Colorado | Laurence Huls works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 41-42 |
| 05:07 | Whitworth | Claude Sampson gets the rebound | 41-42 |
| 04:39 | Whitworth | John Smith steals it from Neal Molski | 41-42 |
| 04:14 | Colorado | Laurence Huls misses short on a jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Neal Molski - foul #2 on Neal Molski, team foul #7 | 41-42 |
| Subs | Colorado | Derek Wilcox (PF) Robert Montgomery | |
| Subs | Whitworth | Richard Hartfield (SG), Jesse McCarthy (SF), Christopher Burris (C) Herman Hoss, David Crowell, Neal Molski | |
| 04:14 | Colorado | Laurence Huls misses the 1st free throw | 41-42 |
| 04:14 | Colorado | Laurence Huls misses the 2nd free throw | 41-42 |
| 04:14 | Whitworth | Claude Sampson pulls down the rebound | 41-42 |
| 03:51 | Whitworth | Claude Sampson misses badly on a runner from the left block | 41-42 |
| 03:50 | Colorado | Derek Wilcox grabs the board | 41-42 |
| 03:21 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips works out of a doubleteam and scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Laurence Huls | 43-42 |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Joseph Phillips (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 3 ast. SG - Laurence Huls (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Smith (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Derek Wilcox (fresh) 2 pts. 10 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. C - Thomas Ford (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Whitworth | PG - Stanley Hodges (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Hartfield (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jesse McCarthy (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. PF - Claude Sampson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. C - Christopher Burris (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:00 | Whitworth | Stanley Hodges can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 43-42 |
| 02:58 | Colorado | The rebound goes to Derek Wilcox | 43-42 |
| 02:29 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side | 43-42 |
| 02:28 | Whitworth | Claude Sampson pulls down the rebound | 43-42 |
| 02:28 | Whitworth | Whitworth calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 43-42 |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| Subs | Whitworth | Herman Hoss (SG), Michael Johnson (SF) Richard Hartfield, Jesse McCarthy | |
| 02:03 | Whitworth | Michael Johnson banks in the layup on a great pass from Stanley Hodges | 43-44 |
| 01:34 | Colorado | Laurence Huls shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3 from straight away on a great pass from John Smith | 46-44 |
| 01:16 | Whitworth | Michael Johnson hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 46-44 |
| 01:14 | Colorado | Thomas Ford gets the rebound | 46-44 |
| 01:10 | Colorado | Stanley Hodges is called for the reach on Joseph Phillips in the backcourt - foul #3 on Stanley Hodges, team foul #8 | 46-44 |
| 01:10 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 47-44 |
| 01:10 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips makes the 2nd free throw | 48-44 |
| 01:04 | Whitworth | Stanley Hodges is called for traveling in the backcourt | 48-44 |
| 00:57 | Colorado | Derek Wilcox's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 48-44 |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Whitworth | Whitworth is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:42 | Whitworth | Claude Sampson misses the floater from the right side | 48-44 |
| 00:40 | Whitworth | Christopher Burris hits the follow up shot | 48-46 |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Whitworth | Whitworth is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:17 | Colorado | John Smith's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 48-46 |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Whitworth | Whitworth is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:01 | Whitworth | Michael Johnson hits the front of the rim on the shot in the lane | 48-46 |
| 00:00 | Colorado | Joseph Phillips snags the defensive board | 48-46 |