| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Ellis Markham (fresh) SG - Harold Gordon (fresh) SF - Oscar Pitts (fresh) PF - Jerry Czapla (fresh) C - Greg Decarlo (fresh) | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Kirby Gardner (fresh) SG - Phillip Jones (fresh) SF - Ralph Werth (fresh) PF - Harold Light (fresh) C - Harold Perry (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:51 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Perry steals the ball from Oscar Pitts | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | DePaul | Harold Light misses the floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Ellis Markham - foul #1 on Ellis Markham, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | DePaul | Harold Light misses the 1st free throw | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | DePaul | Harold Light misses the 2nd free throw | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Harold Perry - foul #1 on Harold Perry, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo misses the 1st free throw | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo makes the 2nd free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:16 | DePaul | Phillip Jones is fouled on the floor by Oscar Pitts - foul #1 on Oscar Pitts, team foul #2 | 1-0 |
| 19:03 | DePaul | Harold Perry misses long on a runner in the lane | 1-0 |
| 19:01 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon grabs the defensive rebound | 1-0 |
| 18:52 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon knocks in the 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Ellis Markham | 4-0 |
| 18:31 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner loses the ball out of bounds | 4-0 |
| 18:20 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 4-0 |
| 18:19 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner grabs the defensive rebound | 4-0 |
| 18:09 | DePaul | Harold Perry connects on the driving attempt in the paint | 4-2 |
| 17:50 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo misses the lay-in | 4-2 |
| 17:49 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo misses the tip | 4-2 |
| 17:47 | DePaul | Harold Light snags the defensive board | 4-2 |
| 17:41 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner drills a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Phillip Jones | 4-5 |
| 17:19 | Detroit Mercy | Ellis Markham lays it up and in | 6-5 |
| 17:06 | DePaul | Harold Perry misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 6-5 |
| 17:05 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts grabs the board | 6-5 |
| 17:01 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 6-5 |
| 16:59 | DePaul | The rebound goes to Kirby Gardner | 6-5 |
| 16:55 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner misses long on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 6-5 |
| 16:54 | DePaul | Ralph Werth hits the follow up shot | 6-7 |
| 16:37 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon loses the dribble to Phillip Jones | 6-7 |
| 16:08 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 6-7 |
| 16:07 | Detroit Mercy | Jerry Czapla snags the defensive board | 6-7 |
| 15:51 | Detroit Mercy | The short jumper by Oscar Pitts is denied by Ralph Werth | 6-7 |
| 15:50 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts grabs the offensive board | 6-7 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Ellis Markham (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Harold Gordon (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Oscar Pitts (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jerry Czapla (fairly fresh) C - Greg Decarlo (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Kirby Gardner (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Phillip Jones (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ralph Werth (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Harold Light (fairly fresh) C - Harold Perry (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:31 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts is fouled on the floor by Ralph Werth - foul #1 on Ralph Werth, team foul #2 | 6-7 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Roderick Haire (PG), Jason Shepard (SG), Terry Mariscal (SF), Albert Conway (PF), Harry Reiter (C) Ellis Markham, Harold Gordon, Oscar Pitts, Jerry Czapla, Greg Decarlo | |
| Subs | DePaul | Tobias Snyder (PG), David Rickert (SG), Tom Corey (SF), John Fehr (PF), Carl Ryan (C) Kirby Gardner, Phillip Jones, Ralph Werth, Harold Light, Harold Perry | |
| 15:21 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway hits the front of the rim on the runner from the left block | 6-7 |
| 15:20 | DePaul | John Fehr grabs the defensive rebound | 6-7 |
| 15:08 | DePaul | Tom Corey clanks a turnaround near the basket but the foul's on Terry Mariscal - foul #1 on Terry Mariscal, team foul #3 | 6-7 |
| 15:08 | DePaul | Tom Corey makes the 1st free throw | 6-8 |
| 15:08 | DePaul | Tom Corey makes the 2nd free throw | 6-9 |
| 14:51 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Mariscal misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 6-9 |
| 14:50 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway can't tip it in | 6-9 |
| 14:48 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard tips it in | 8-9 |
| 14:27 | DePaul | John Fehr makes the shot in the lane set up by Tom Corey | 8-11 |
| 14:08 | Detroit Mercy | Harry Reiter misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing | 8-11 |
| 14:06 | DePaul | John Fehr grabs the board | 8-11 |
| 13:43 | DePaul | David Rickert misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 8-11 |
| 13:42 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway grabs the defensive rebound | 8-11 |
| 13:25 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Mariscal hits a pull-up jumper from the left side | 10-11 |
| 13:04 | DePaul | Carl Ryan hits the finger roll on a great pass from Tobias Snyder | 10-13 |
| 12:47 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Jason Shepard, team foul #4 | 10-13 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Ellis Markham (PG), Dustin Jones (SG), Oscar Pitts (SF), Jerry Czapla (PF), Greg Decarlo (C) Roderick Haire, Jason Shepard, Terry Mariscal, Albert Conway, Harry Reiter | |
| Subs | DePaul | Kirby Gardner (PG), Phillip Jones (SG), Ralph Werth (SF), Harold Light (PF), Harold Perry (C) Tobias Snyder, David Rickert, Tom Corey, John Fehr, Carl Ryan | |
| 12:30 | DePaul | Harold Perry blows the dunk but he's fouled by Greg Decarlo - foul #1 on Greg Decarlo, team foul #5 | 10-13 |
| 12:30 | DePaul | Harold Perry makes the 1st free throw | 10-14 |
| 12:30 | DePaul | Harold Perry makes the 2nd free throw | 10-15 |
| 12:16 | Detroit Mercy | The short jumper by Jerry Czapla is denied by Harold Light | 10-15 |
| 12:15 | DePaul | Harold Perry snags the defensive board | 10-15 |
| 11:52 | DePaul | Ralph Werth's pass is intercepted by Oscar Pitts | 10-15 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Ellis Markham (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dustin Jones (fresh) SF - Oscar Pitts (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jerry Czapla (fairly fresh) C - Greg Decarlo (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Kirby Gardner (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Phillip Jones (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ralph Werth (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Harold Light (fresh) C - Harold Perry (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:26 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Perry denies the turnaround by Dustin Jones | 10-15 |
| 11:24 | Detroit Mercy | Ellis Markham grabs the offensive rebound | 10-15 |
| 11:09 | Detroit Mercy | Dustin Jones drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Jerry Czapla | 13-15 |
| 10:58 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner buries a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Harold Perry | 13-17 |
| 10:50 | Detroit Mercy | Jerry Czapla misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 13-17 |
| 10:48 | DePaul | The rebound goes to Phillip Jones | 13-17 |
| 10:28 | DePaul | Phillip Jones is hacked by Oscar Pitts - foul #2 on Oscar Pitts, team foul #6 | 13-17 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon (SG), Terry Mariscal (SF), Albert Conway (PF), Harry Reiter (C) Dustin Jones, Oscar Pitts, Jerry Czapla, Greg Decarlo | |
| Subs | DePaul | Tobias Snyder (PG), David Rickert (SG) Kirby Gardner, Phillip Jones | |
| 10:18 | DePaul | Tobias Snyder throws a bad pass out of bounds | 13-17 |
| 10:09 | Detroit Mercy | Ellis Markham buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 15-17 |
| 09:53 | DePaul | Harold Perry hits a fadeaway near the basket on a nice dish by Tobias Snyder | 15-19 |
| 09:33 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon makes the fadeaway from the left side on a great pass from Terry Mariscal | 17-19 |
| 09:21 | DePaul | Harold Light makes the floater from just outside the lane | 17-21 |
| 09:10 | Detroit Mercy | Harry Reiter clanks a jumpshot from the left wing | 17-21 |
| 09:08 | DePaul | Tobias Snyder gets the rebound | 17-21 |
| 09:04 | DePaul | David Rickert scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Tobias Snyder | 17-23 |
| 08:40 | Detroit Mercy | Harry Reiter's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 17-23 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard (PG), Jerry Czapla (PF) Ellis Markham, Harry Reiter | |
| Subs | DePaul | Kirby Gardner (PG), Phillip Jones (SG), Tom Corey (SF), John Fehr (PF), Carl Ryan (C) Tobias Snyder, David Rickert, Ralph Werth, Harold Light, Harold Perry | |
| 08:30 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 17-23 |
| 08:28 | DePaul | Carl Ryan misses the tip | 17-23 |
| 08:27 | DePaul | Phillip Jones tips it but misses | 17-23 |
| 08:26 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway snags the defensive board | 17-23 |
| 08:07 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 17-23 |
| 08:05 | DePaul | John Fehr grabs the board | 17-23 |
| 08:00 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Harold Gordon - foul #1 on Harold Gordon, team foul #7 | 17-23 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Roderick Haire (PG), Dustin Jones (SF), Greg Decarlo (C) Harold Gordon, Terry Mariscal, Jerry Czapla | |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| 08:00 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner misses the 1st free throw | 17-23 |
| 08:00 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner misses the 2nd free throw | 17-23 |
| 08:00 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway pulls down the rebound | 17-23 |
| 07:48 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway connects on the jumper from the free throw line | 19-23 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Roderick Haire (fresh) SG - Jason Shepard (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Dustin Jones (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Albert Conway (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Greg Decarlo (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Kirby Gardner (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Phillip Jones (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Tom Corey (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - John Fehr (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Carl Ryan (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:29 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner clanks a jumper from the left wing | 19-23 |
| 07:27 | DePaul | Tom Corey grabs the offensive board | 19-23 |
| 07:10 | DePaul | Tom Corey misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 19-23 |
| 07:08 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway gets the rebound | 19-23 |
| 07:04 | Detroit Mercy | The pull-up jumper by Dustin Jones is blocked by Carl Ryan | 19-23 |
| 07:03 | DePaul | John Fehr snags the defensive board | 19-23 |
| 06:41 | DePaul | John Fehr drills a jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Phillip Jones | 19-25 |
| 06:29 | Detroit Mercy | Dustin Jones is hacked by Phillip Jones - foul #1 on Phillip Jones, team foul #3 | 19-25 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Ellis Markham (PG), Harold Gordon (SG), Harry Reiter (SF), Jerry Czapla (PF) Roderick Haire, Jason Shepard, Dustin Jones, Albert Conway | |
| Subs | DePaul | David Rickert (SG), Ralph Werth (SF), Harold Light (PF), Harold Perry (C) Phillip Jones, Tom Corey, John Fehr, Carl Ryan | |
| 06:07 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the lane | 19-25 |
| 06:06 | DePaul | Harold Light snags the defensive board | 19-25 |
| 05:45 | DePaul | David Rickert scores on a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Kirby Gardner | 19-28 |
| 05:35 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Harold Light - foul #1 on Harold Light, team foul #4 | 19-28 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | DePaul | Tobias Snyder (PG) Kirby Gardner | |
| 05:35 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon makes the 1st free throw | 20-28 |
| 05:35 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon makes the 2nd free throw | 21-28 |
| 05:28 | DePaul | Harold Perry lays it in | 21-30 |
| 05:21 | Detroit Mercy | Jerry Czapla can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 21-30 |
| 05:20 | DePaul | Tobias Snyder pulls down the rebound | 21-30 |
| 05:00 | DePaul | Tobias Snyder buries a jumper from the left wing and the foul's on Ellis Markham - foul #2 on Ellis Markham, team foul #8 | 21-32 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Roderick Haire (PG), Jason Shepard (SG), Terry Mariscal (SF) Ellis Markham, Harold Gordon, Harry Reiter | |
| Subs | DePaul | Phillip Jones (SG) David Rickert | |
| 05:00 | DePaul | Tobias Snyder makes the free throw | 21-33 |
| 04:44 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Roderick Haire | 23-33 |
| 04:19 | DePaul | Phillip Jones is hacked by Roderick Haire - foul #1 on Roderick Haire, team foul #9 | 23-33 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway (C) Greg Decarlo | |
| Subs | DePaul | Kirby Gardner (PG), Tom Corey (SF) Tobias Snyder, Ralph Werth | |
| 04:19 | DePaul | Phillip Jones makes the 1st free throw | 23-34 |
| 04:19 | DePaul | Phillip Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 23-35 |
| 04:06 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard misses long on a floater from the left side | 23-35 |
| 04:04 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway snags the offensive board | 23-35 |
| 03:51 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway misses short on a driving attempt from the left block but the foul's on Harold Perry - foul #2 on Harold Perry, team foul #5 | 23-35 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Ellis Markham (PG), Harold Gordon (SG), Oscar Pitts (SF), Harry Reiter (C) Roderick Haire, Jason Shepard, Terry Mariscal, Jerry Czapla | |
| Subs | DePaul | John Fehr (PF) Harold Light | |
| 03:51 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway makes the 1st free throw | 24-35 |
| 03:51 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway makes the 2nd free throw | 25-35 |
| 03:35 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner drills a 3 from the right corner on a great pass from John Fehr | 25-38 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Ellis Markham (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Harold Gordon (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Oscar Pitts (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Albert Conway (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Harry Reiter (fresh) | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Kirby Gardner (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Phillip Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Tom Corey (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - John Fehr (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Harold Perry (fresh) 8 pts. | |
| 03:19 | Detroit Mercy | Ellis Markham misses badly on a driving attempt in the lane but he's fouled by Harold Perry - foul #3 on Harold Perry, team foul #6 | 25-38 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | DePaul | David Rickert (SG), Ralph Werth (SF), Carl Ryan (C) Phillip Jones, Tom Corey, Harold Perry | |
| 03:19 | Detroit Mercy | Ellis Markham makes the 1st free throw | 26-38 |
| 03:19 | Detroit Mercy | Ellis Markham makes the 2nd free throw | 27-38 |
| 02:58 | DePaul | Harry Reiter steals it from Ralph Werth | 27-38 |
| 02:35 | Detroit Mercy | Ellis Markham is whistled for traveling | 27-38 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard (SG), Terry Mariscal (C) Harold Gordon, Harry Reiter | |
| Subs | DePaul | Tobias Snyder (PG), Harold Light (PF) Kirby Gardner, John Fehr | |
| 02:18 | DePaul | Tobias Snyder hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing but the foul's on Albert Conway - foul #1 on Albert Conway, team foul #10 | 27-38 |
| 02:18 | DePaul | Tobias Snyder makes the 1st free throw | 27-39 |
| 02:18 | DePaul | Tobias Snyder makes the 2nd free throw | 27-40 |
| 01:55 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Light takes the ball from Albert Conway | 27-40 |
| 01:43 | DePaul | Jason Shepard takes the ball from Carl Ryan | 27-40 |
| 01:23 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Mariscal misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing but the foul's on Ralph Werth - foul #2 on Ralph Werth, team foul #7 | 27-40 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon (SG), Jerry Czapla (PF), Greg Decarlo (C) Jason Shepard, Oscar Pitts, Albert Conway | |
| Subs | DePaul | Kirby Gardner (PG), Phillip Jones (SG), Tom Corey (SF), John Fehr (C) Tobias Snyder, David Rickert, Ralph Werth, Carl Ryan | |
| 01:23 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Mariscal makes the 1st free throw | 28-40 |
| 01:23 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Mariscal misses the 2nd free throw | 28-40 |
| 01:23 | DePaul | Harold Light gets the rebound | 28-40 |
| 01:04 | DePaul | Phillip Jones misses the shot in the paint | 28-40 |
| 01:03 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Jerry Czapla | 28-40 |
| 00:57 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Mariscal is fouled on the floor by Kirby Gardner - foul #1 on Kirby Gardner, team foul #8 | 28-40 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard (PG), Harry Reiter (C) Ellis Markham, Greg Decarlo | |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| 00:57 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Mariscal makes the 1st free throw | 29-40 |
| 00:57 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Mariscal makes the 2nd free throw | 30-40 |
| 00:42 | DePaul | Harold Light can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 30-40 |
| 00:40 | Detroit Mercy | Harry Reiter grabs the defensive rebound | 30-40 |
| 00:35 | Detroit Mercy | Harold Gordon can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 30-40 |
| 00:33 | DePaul | John Fehr grabs the board | 30-40 |
| 00:16 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 30-40 |
| 00:15 | DePaul | John Fehr misses the tip | 30-40 |
| 00:14 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner snags the offensive board | 30-40 |
| 00:00 | DePaul | Kirby Gardner buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 30-43 |