| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Donald Seal (fresh) SG - Ricky Weldy (fresh) SF - Leroy O'Shea (fresh) PF - Robert Alligood (fresh) C - Michael Dittmar (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wichita State | PG - Jon Greenwood (fresh) SG - Jonathan Joiner (fresh) SF - Keith Middaugh (fresh) PF - Ernest Macaluso (fresh) C - Larry Potter (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Eastern Illinois | Eastern Illinois is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Wichita State | Wichita State is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 19:40 | Eastern Illinois | Jonathan Joiner is called for the reach on Ricky Weldy - foul #1 on Jonathan Joiner, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:26 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal misses badly on a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Keith Middaugh - foul #1 on Keith Middaugh, team foul #2 | 0-0 |
| 19:26 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:26 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal makes the 2nd free throw | 2-0 |
| 19:16 | Wichita State | Larry Potter is fouled on the floor by Donald Seal - foul #1 on Donald Seal, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:06 | Wichita State | Keith Middaugh misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 2-0 |
| 19:04 | Wichita State | Larry Potter misses the tip | 2-0 |
| 19:03 | Eastern Illinois | The rebound goes to Leroy O'Shea | 2-0 |
| 18:57 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood misses short on a fadeaway from close range | 2-0 |
| 18:55 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea tips it home | 4-0 |
| 18:28 | Wichita State | Jon Greenwood loses the dribble to Ricky Weldy | 4-0 |
| 18:24 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy lays it up and in | 6-0 |
| 17:57 | Wichita State | Keith Middaugh clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 6-0 |
| 17:56 | Wichita State | Larry Potter can't tip it in | 6-0 |
| 17:55 | Wichita State | Ernest Macaluso grabs the offensive rebound | 6-0 |
| 17:37 | Wichita State | Jonathan Joiner buries a fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Jon Greenwood | 6-2 |
| 17:18 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 6-2 |
| 17:17 | Wichita State | Ernest Macaluso pulls down the rebound | 6-2 |
| 17:13 | Wichita State | Jonathan Joiner clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 6-2 |
| 17:12 | Eastern Illinois | The rebound goes to Michael Dittmar | 6-2 |
| 16:51 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 6-2 |
| 16:49 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy pulls down the offensive rebound | 6-2 |
| 16:30 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy misses the 3 from the left wing | 6-2 |
| 16:29 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar hits the follow up shot | 8-2 |
| 16:09 | Wichita State | Michael Dittmar blocks the short jumper by Larry Potter | 8-2 |
| 16:07 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar grabs the board | 8-2 |
| 15:55 | Eastern Illinois | Jon Greenwood picks off the pass by Robert Alligood | 8-2 |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Donald Seal (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Ricky Weldy (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Leroy O'Shea (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Alligood (fresh) C - Michael Dittmar (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wichita State | PG - Jon Greenwood (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jonathan Joiner (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Keith Middaugh (fresh) PF - Ernest Macaluso (fresh) 2 reb. C - Larry Potter (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:37 | Wichita State | Larry Potter makes the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Jon Greenwood | 8-4 |
| 15:08 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Ricky Weldy | 10-4 |
| 15:01 | Wichita State | Keith Middaugh buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Jonathan Joiner | 10-7 |
| 14:52 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood misses long on a turnaround from the left block but he's fouled by Ernest Macaluso - foul #1 on Ernest Macaluso, team foul #3 | 10-7 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Dikembe Alhambra (PG), Mudada Abdulla (SG), Fyodor Kowalski (SF), Gary Young (C) Donald Seal, Ricky Weldy, Leroy O'Shea, Michael Dittmar | |
| Subs | Wichita State | | |
| 14:52 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood makes the 1st free throw | 11-7 |
| 14:52 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood misses the 2nd free throw | 11-7 |
| 14:52 | Wichita State | The rebound goes to Ernest Macaluso | 11-7 |
| 14:36 | Wichita State | Keith Middaugh drills a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Jonathan Joiner | 11-10 |
| 14:21 | Eastern Illinois | Fyodor Kowalski's pass is intercepted by Jonathan Joiner | 11-10 |
| 14:14 | Wichita State | Fyodor Kowalski steps in front of the Jon Greenwood pass | 11-10 |
| 13:54 | Eastern Illinois | Fyodor Kowalski can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Ernest Macaluso - foul #2 on Ernest Macaluso, team foul #4 | 11-10 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Brandon Fierro (PF) Robert Alligood | |
| Subs | Wichita State | Bradley Messer (PG), Christopher Dobbs (PF) Jon Greenwood, Ernest Macaluso | |
| 13:54 | Eastern Illinois | Fyodor Kowalski misses the 1st free throw | 11-10 |
| 13:54 | Eastern Illinois | Fyodor Kowalski misses the 2nd free throw | 11-10 |
| 13:54 | Wichita State | Christopher Dobbs pulls down the rebound | 11-10 |
| 13:36 | Wichita State | Larry Potter buries a fadeaway near the basket set up by Bradley Messer | 11-12 |
| 13:09 | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 11-12 |
| 13:07 | Wichita State | Larry Potter snags the defensive board | 11-12 |
| 13:01 | Wichita State | Jonathan Joiner hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Keith Middaugh | 11-15 |
| 12:44 | Eastern Illinois | Dikembe Alhambra is hacked by Christopher Dobbs - foul #1 on Christopher Dobbs, team foul #5 | 11-15 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal (PG), Kevin Bancroft (SG) Dikembe Alhambra, Mudada Abdulla | |
| Subs | Wichita State | Jon Greenwood (PG) Bradley Messer | |
| 12:27 | Eastern Illinois | The pull-up jumper by Donald Seal is blocked by Christopher Dobbs | 11-15 |
| 12:26 | Wichita State | Keith Middaugh gets the rebound | 11-15 |
| 12:09 | Wichita State | Keith Middaugh drills a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Jon Greenwood | 11-18 |
| 11:58 | Eastern Illinois | Keith Middaugh denies the turnaround by Donald Seal | 11-18 |
| 11:57 | Wichita State | Larry Potter pulls down the rebound | 11-18 |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Donald Seal (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Kevin Bancroft (fresh) SF - Fyodor Kowalski (fresh) PF - Brandon Fierro (fresh) C - Gary Young (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wichita State | PG - Jon Greenwood (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Jonathan Joiner (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Keith Middaugh (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. PF - Christopher Dobbs (fresh) C - Larry Potter (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:38 | Wichita State | Jonathan Joiner hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Keith Middaugh | 11-21 |
| 11:24 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal travels with the ball | 11-21 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy (SG), Leroy O'Shea (SF), Robert Alligood (PF) Kevin Bancroft, Fyodor Kowalski, Brandon Fierro | |
| Subs | Wichita State | | |
| 11:05 | Wichita State | Gary Young is called for the reach on Jon Greenwood - foul #1 on Gary Young, team foul #2 | 11-21 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | | |
| Subs | Wichita State | Charles Feaster (PF) Christopher Dobbs | |
| 10:50 | Wichita State | Jonathan Joiner misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 11-21 |
| 10:48 | Eastern Illinois | The rebound goes to Robert Alligood | 11-21 |
| 10:25 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood clanks a shot from the free throw line | 11-21 |
| 10:23 | Wichita State | Jon Greenwood grabs the defensive rebound | 11-21 |
| 10:04 | Wichita State | Keith Middaugh comes up short on the floater from the right side | 11-21 |
| 10:02 | Eastern Illinois | Gary Young grabs the board | 11-21 |
| 09:44 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 11-21 |
| 09:42 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea grabs the offensive board | 11-21 |
| 09:34 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy throws a bad pass out of bounds | 11-21 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Dikembe Alhambra (PG), Michael Dittmar (C) Donald Seal, Gary Young | |
| Subs | Wichita State | Bradley Messer (PG), Grant Harada (SG), Lewis Flynn (SF), Christopher Dobbs (PF) Jon Greenwood, Jonathan Joiner, Keith Middaugh, Charles Feaster | |
| 09:22 | Wichita State | Leroy O'Shea swats the layup by Larry Potter | 11-21 |
| 09:21 | Wichita State | The offensive rebound goes to Christopher Dobbs | 11-21 |
| 09:09 | Wichita State | Grant Harada clanks a 3 from the right wing | 11-21 |
| 09:08 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea pulls down the rebound | 11-21 |
| 08:47 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy buries a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 14-21 |
| 08:29 | Wichita State | Christopher Dobbs misses badly on a jump hook near the basket but he's hacked by Robert Alligood - foul #1 on Robert Alligood, team foul #3 | 14-21 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal (PG), Kevin Bancroft (SG), Fyodor Kowalski (SF) Dikembe Alhambra, Ricky Weldy, Leroy O'Shea | |
| Subs | Wichita State | Jon Greenwood (PG), Keith Middaugh (SF), Charles Feaster (C) Bradley Messer, Lewis Flynn, Larry Potter | |
| 08:29 | Wichita State | Christopher Dobbs makes the 1st free throw | 14-22 |
| 08:29 | Wichita State | Christopher Dobbs makes the 2nd free throw | 14-23 |
| 08:07 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood's layup is rejected by Charles Feaster | 14-23 |
| 08:05 | Wichita State | Charles Feaster grabs the defensive rebound | 14-23 |
| 07:54 | Wichita State | Grant Harada clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner but the foul's on Kevin Bancroft - foul #1 on Kevin Bancroft, team foul #4 | 14-23 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy (SG), Leroy O'Shea (SF), Gary Young (C) Kevin Bancroft, Fyodor Kowalski, Michael Dittmar | |
| Subs | Wichita State | | |
| 07:54 | Wichita State | Grant Harada makes the 1st free throw | 14-24 |
| 07:54 | Wichita State | Grant Harada makes the 2nd free throw | 14-25 |
| 07:54 | Wichita State | Grant Harada misses the 3rd free throw | 14-25 |
| 07:54 | Eastern Illinois | The rebound goes to Robert Alligood | 14-25 |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Donald Seal (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Ricky Weldy (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Leroy O'Shea (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Robert Alligood (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Gary Young (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wichita State | PG - Jon Greenwood (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Grant Harada (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Keith Middaugh (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. PF - Christopher Dobbs (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Charles Feaster (fresh) | |
| 07:37 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal is hacked by Keith Middaugh - foul #2 on Keith Middaugh, team foul #6 | 14-25 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | | |
| Subs | Wichita State | Jonathan Joiner (SG), Larry Potter (C) Keith Middaugh, Christopher Dobbs | |
| 07:24 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side but he's fouled by Charles Feaster - foul #1 on Charles Feaster, team foul #7 | 14-25 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar (C) Gary Young | |
| Subs | Wichita State | | |
| 07:24 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood misses the 1st free throw | 14-25 |
| 07:24 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood makes the 2nd free throw | 15-25 |
| 07:12 | Wichita State | Grant Harada misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 15-25 |
| 07:11 | Wichita State | Charles Feaster tips it back up and in | 15-27 |
| 06:50 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 15-27 |
| 06:49 | Wichita State | Jon Greenwood snags the defensive board | 15-27 |
| 06:38 | Wichita State | Jonathan Joiner hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 15-27 |
| 06:37 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal pulls down the rebound | 15-27 |
| 06:14 | Eastern Illinois | Jon Greenwood steps in front of the Donald Seal pass | 15-27 |
| 06:06 | Wichita State | Jonathan Joiner knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Grant Harada | 15-30 |
| 05:55 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea connects on the runner in the lane on a great pass from Ricky Weldy and he's hacked by Grant Harada - foul #1 on Grant Harada, team foul #8 | 17-30 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla (SG), Gary Young (C) Ricky Weldy, Michael Dittmar | |
| Subs | Wichita State | Lewis Flynn (SF), Christopher Dobbs (PF) Grant Harada, Charles Feaster | |
| 05:55 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea makes the free throw | 18-30 |
| 05:43 | Wichita State | Larry Potter misses long on a floater in the paint | 18-30 |
| 05:42 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea grabs the board | 18-30 |
| 05:36 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Leroy O'Shea and he's fouled by Larry Potter - foul #1 on Larry Potter, team foul #9 | 20-30 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Kevin Bancroft (SG), Fyodor Kowalski (SF) Mudada Abdulla, Leroy O'Shea | |
| Subs | Wichita State | Bradley Messer (PG) Jon Greenwood | |
| 05:36 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood makes the free throw | 21-30 |
| 05:16 | Wichita State | Jonathan Joiner scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Christopher Dobbs | 21-33 |
| 05:05 | Eastern Illinois | Kevin Bancroft misses the 3 from the left corner | 21-33 |
| 05:04 | Wichita State | The rebound goes to Christopher Dobbs | 21-33 |
| 04:55 | Wichita State | Larry Potter knocks in the floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Bradley Messer | 21-35 |
| 04:35 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal knocks in the shot from the free throw line set up by Kevin Bancroft | 23-35 |
| 04:26 | Wichita State | Christopher Dobbs's floater is tipped away by Fyodor Kowalski | 23-35 |
| 04:25 | Wichita State | Larry Potter snags the offensive board | 23-35 |
| 04:08 | Wichita State | Jonathan Joiner scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Lewis Flynn | 23-38 |
| 03:49 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal makes the 3pt jumper from straight away | 26-38 |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Donald Seal (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SG - Kevin Bancroft (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Fyodor Kowalski (fresh) PF - Robert Alligood (tiring) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Gary Young (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wichita State | PG - Bradley Messer (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Jonathan Joiner (tiring) 17 pts. 2 ast. SF - Lewis Flynn (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Christopher Dobbs (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Larry Potter (tiring) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:30 | Wichita State | Jonathan Joiner misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 26-38 |
| 03:29 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood grabs the board | 26-38 |
| 03:00 | Eastern Illinois | Larry Potter blocks the jumper by Donald Seal | 26-38 |
| 02:59 | Wichita State | Larry Potter grabs the defensive rebound | 26-38 |
| 02:50 | Wichita State | Jonathan Joiner makes the 3 pointer from straight away | 26-41 |
| 02:34 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 26-41 |
| 02:32 | Eastern Illinois | The offensive rebound goes to Gary Young | 26-41 |
| 02:22 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood jams it on a great pass from Donald Seal | 28-41 |
| 02:11 | Wichita State | Jonathan Joiner double dribbles | 28-41 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Dikembe Alhambra (PG), Ricky Weldy (SG), Leroy O'Shea (SF), Michael Dittmar (C) Donald Seal, Kevin Bancroft, Fyodor Kowalski, Robert Alligood | |
| Subs | Wichita State | Jon Greenwood (PG), Grant Harada (SG), Keith Middaugh (SF), Ernest Macaluso (PF), Charles Feaster (C) Bradley Messer, Jonathan Joiner, Lewis Flynn, Christopher Dobbs, Larry Potter | |
| 02:03 | Eastern Illinois | Gary Young hits a floater from the right block on a nice dish by Dikembe Alhambra | 30-41 |
| 01:53 | Wichita State | Ernest Macaluso hits the finger roll set up by Jon Greenwood and the foul's on Dikembe Alhambra - foul #1 on Dikembe Alhambra, team foul #5 | 30-43 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Brandon Fierro (PF) Gary Young | |
| Subs | Wichita State | | |
| 01:53 | Wichita State | Ernest Macaluso misses the free throw | 30-43 |
| 01:53 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar grabs the defensive rebound | 30-43 |
| 01:42 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 33-43 |
| 01:27 | Wichita State | Jon Greenwood is hacked by Ricky Weldy - foul #1 on Ricky Weldy, team foul #6 | 33-43 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal (PG), Gary Young (PF) Dikembe Alhambra, Brandon Fierro | |
| Subs | Wichita State | | |
| 01:18 | Wichita State | Ernest Macaluso makes the fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Grant Harada | 33-45 |
| 00:57 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-45 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Dikembe Alhambra (PG), Robert Alligood (PF) Donald Seal, Gary Young | |
| Subs | Wichita State | | |
| 00:41 | Wichita State | Grant Harada is hacked by Ricky Weldy - foul #2 on Ricky Weldy, team foul #7 | 33-45 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal (PG), Gary Young (PF) Dikembe Alhambra, Robert Alligood | |
| Subs | Wichita State | | |
| 00:41 | Wichita State | Grant Harada makes the 1st free throw | 33-46 |
| 00:41 | Wichita State | Grant Harada misses the 2nd free throw | 33-46 |
| 00:41 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar pulls down the rebound | 33-46 |
| 00:22 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 33-46 |
| 00:20 | Eastern Illinois | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Dittmar | 33-46 |
| 00:03 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy makes the 3 pointer from the left corner | 36-46 |
| 00:00 | Wichita State | Grant Harada misses long on a fullcourt shot | 36-46 |