| 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 | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Ricardo Zamora (fresh) SG - Calvin Hassell (fresh) SF - Paul Millis (fresh) PF - Robert McGrath (fresh) C - James Baker (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Eastern Illinois | Eastern Illinois is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:43 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis knocks in the 3 from the left corner set up by Ricardo Zamora | 0-3 |
| 19:25 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 0-3 |
| 19:23 | Eastern Kentucky | The rebound goes to Paul Millis | 0-3 |
| 19:14 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker buries a driving attempt near the basket on a great pass from Ricardo Zamora | 0-5 |
| 18:57 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Donald Seal | 3-5 |
| 18:36 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis misses the dunk | 3-5 |
| 18:34 | Eastern Kentucky | Robert McGrath misses the tip | 3-5 |
| 18:32 | Eastern Illinois | The rebound goes to Robert Alligood | 3-5 |
| 18:16 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 3-5 |
| 18:15 | Eastern Kentucky | Robert McGrath grabs the board | 3-5 |
| 17:53 | Eastern Kentucky | Robert McGrath is hacked by Michael Dittmar - foul #1 on Michael Dittmar, team foul #1 | 3-5 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Dikembe Alhambra (PG), Mudada Abdulla (SG), Fyodor Kowalski (SF), Brandon Fierro (PF), Gary Young (C) Donald Seal, Ricky Weldy, Leroy O'Shea, Robert Alligood, Michael Dittmar | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| 17:39 | Eastern Kentucky | Gary Young swats the short shot by James Baker | 3-5 |
| 17:38 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell snags the offensive board | 3-5 |
| 17:24 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker misses long on a jumper in the lane but the foul's on Gary Young - foul #1 on Gary Young, team foul #2 | 3-5 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Kevin Bancroft (SG), Robert Alligood (PF) Mudada Abdulla, Brandon Fierro | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer (PF) Robert McGrath | |
| 17:24 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker misses the 1st free throw | 3-5 |
| 17:24 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker misses the 2nd free throw | 3-5 |
| 17:24 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood grabs the board | 3-5 |
| 17:11 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood makes the shot in the paint | 5-5 |
| 16:51 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell scores on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 5-7 |
| 16:39 | Eastern Illinois | Paul Millis steals it from Kevin Bancroft | 5-7 |
| 16:22 | Eastern Kentucky | Fyodor Kowalski takes the ball from Ricardo Zamora | 5-7 |
| 16:19 | Eastern Illinois | Fyodor Kowalski hits the finger roll | 7-7 |
| 16:02 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell loses the ball out of bounds | 7-7 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal (PG), Ricky Weldy (SG), Leroy O'Shea (SF), Michael Dittmar (C) Dikembe Alhambra, Kevin Bancroft, Fyodor Kowalski, Robert Alligood | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Clifford Roberts (PG), James Dacus (SG), Robert McGrath (PF), Tom Wakefield (C) Ricardo Zamora, Calvin Hassell, Paul Millis, James Baker | |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Donald Seal (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ricky Weldy (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Leroy O'Shea (fresh) PF - Gary Young (fresh) C - Michael Dittmar (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Clifford Roberts (fresh) SG - James Dacus (fresh) SF - Michael Washer (fresh) PF - Robert McGrath (fresh) 2 reb. C - Tom Wakefield (fresh) | |
| 15:41 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar's layup is rejected by Tom Wakefield | 7-7 |
| 15:40 | Eastern Kentucky | Robert McGrath gets the rebound | 7-7 |
| 15:32 | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 7-7 |
| 15:30 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar grabs the board | 7-7 |
| 15:15 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy drills a 3 from the left corner | 10-7 |
| 14:51 | Eastern Kentucky | Clifford Roberts is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Clifford Roberts, team foul #1 | 10-7 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood (PF) Michael Dittmar | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell (SG), Micheal Wiggs (PF) James Dacus, Robert McGrath | |
| 14:33 | Eastern Illinois | Clifford Roberts steals the ball from Robert Alligood | 10-7 |
| 14:23 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell knocks in the floater from the left side on a great pass from Tom Wakefield | 10-9 |
| 14:11 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 10-9 |
| 14:09 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell snags the defensive board | 10-9 |
| 13:40 | Eastern Kentucky | Micheal Wiggs misses badly on a floater from the right wing | 10-9 |
| 13:38 | Eastern Illinois | Gary Young snags the defensive board | 10-9 |
| 13:33 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Ricky Weldy | 13-9 |
| 13:21 | Eastern Kentucky | Tom Wakefield connects on the jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Clifford Roberts | 13-11 |
| 13:10 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal makes the 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Ricky Weldy and he's fouled by Micheal Wiggs - foul #1 on Micheal Wiggs, team foul #2 | 16-11 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla (SG), Fyodor Kowalski (SF), Michael Dittmar (C) Ricky Weldy, Leroy O'Shea, Gary Young | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Ricardo Zamora (PG), Paul Millis (SF), Robert McGrath (PF), James Baker (C) Clifford Roberts, Michael Washer, Micheal Wiggs, Tom Wakefield | |
| 13:10 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal makes the free throw | 17-11 |
| 12:46 | Eastern Kentucky | Robert McGrath misses short on a jumper from the right wing | 17-11 |
| 12:44 | Eastern Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to Paul Millis | 17-11 |
| 12:21 | Eastern Kentucky | Robert McGrath buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 17-14 |
| 12:02 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar knocks in the floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Donald Seal and he's fouled by Robert McGrath - foul #1 on Robert McGrath, team foul #3 | 19-14 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy (SG), Leroy O'Shea (SF) Mudada Abdulla, Fyodor Kowalski | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Clifford Roberts (SG) Calvin Hassell | |
| 12:02 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar makes the free throw | 20-14 |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Donald Seal (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ricky Weldy (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Leroy O'Shea (fresh) PF - Robert Alligood (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Dittmar (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Ricardo Zamora (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Clifford Roberts (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Paul Millis (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert McGrath (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - James Baker (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:41 | Eastern Kentucky | Robert Alligood steals it from Robert McGrath | 20-14 |
| 11:23 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood lays it in | 22-14 |
| 11:15 | Eastern Kentucky | Clifford Roberts misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 22-14 |
| 11:13 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar gets the rebound | 22-14 |
| 10:49 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 22-14 |
| 10:47 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea snags the offensive board | 22-14 |
| 10:38 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar hits the finger roll on a great pass from Leroy O'Shea | 24-14 |
| 10:20 | Eastern Kentucky | Ricardo Zamora drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 24-17 |
| 10:07 | Eastern Illinois | Robert McGrath is called for the reach on Robert Alligood - foul #2 on Robert McGrath, team foul #4 | 24-17 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Dikembe Alhambra (PG), Mudada Abdulla (SG), Fyodor Kowalski (SF), Brandon Fierro (PF), Gary Young (C) Donald Seal, Ricky Weldy, Leroy O'Shea, Robert Alligood, Michael Dittmar | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell (SG), Michael Washer (SF), Micheal Wiggs (PF), Tom Wakefield (C) Ricardo Zamora, Paul Millis, Robert McGrath, James Baker | |
| 09:56 | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Dikembe Alhambra | 27-17 |
| 09:33 | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 27-17 |
| 09:31 | Eastern Illinois | Gary Young grabs the defensive rebound | 27-17 |
| 09:23 | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla makes the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Fyodor Kowalski | 30-17 |
| 09:02 | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing and he's fouled by Fyodor Kowalski - foul #1 on Fyodor Kowalski, team foul #3 | 30-19 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal (PG), Ricky Weldy (SG), Leroy O'Shea (SF), Robert Alligood (PF) Dikembe Alhambra, Mudada Abdulla, Fyodor Kowalski, Brandon Fierro | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | James Dacus (PG), James Baker (C) Clifford Roberts, Tom Wakefield | |
| 09:02 | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer misses the free throw | 30-19 |
| 09:02 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood grabs the defensive rebound | 30-19 |
| 08:55 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal is fouled in the backcourt by James Dacus - foul #1 on James Dacus, team foul #5 | 30-19 |
| 08:39 | Eastern Illinois | Gary Young misses the jumpshot from the right wing | 30-19 |
| 08:37 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea misses the tip | 30-19 |
| 08:35 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell pulls down the rebound | 30-19 |
| 08:19 | Eastern Kentucky | Micheal Wiggs misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 30-19 |
| 08:17 | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer hits the follow up shot | 30-21 |
| 08:02 | Eastern Illinois | Micheal Wiggs denies the turnaround by Robert Alligood | 30-21 |
| 08:01 | Eastern Kentucky | The rebound goes to James Baker | 30-21 |
| 07:42 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell drills a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by James Baker | 30-24 |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Donald Seal (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ricky Weldy (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Leroy O'Shea (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Robert Alligood (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Gary Young (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - James Dacus (fresh) SG - Calvin Hassell (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Michael Washer (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Micheal Wiggs (fairly fresh) C - James Baker (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:23 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy is hacked by Michael Washer - foul #1 on Michael Washer, team foul #6 | 30-24 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar (C) Gary Young | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Ricardo Zamora (PG), Paul Millis (SF), Tom Wakefield (PF), Thomas Harnish (C) James Dacus, Michael Washer, Micheal Wiggs, James Baker | |
| 07:10 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal connects on the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Leroy O'Shea | 33-24 |
| 07:00 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Paul Millis | 33-27 |
| 06:43 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy double dribbles | 33-27 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Kevin Bancroft (SG) Ricky Weldy | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Clifford Roberts (SG) Calvin Hassell | |
| 06:21 | Eastern Kentucky | Ricardo Zamora's floater is knocked away by Robert Alligood | 33-27 |
| 06:19 | Eastern Illinois | The rebound goes to Leroy O'Shea | 33-27 |
| 06:13 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal makes the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Leroy O'Shea | 36-27 |
| 05:55 | Eastern Kentucky | Tom Wakefield is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Tom Wakefield, team foul #7 | 36-27 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Dikembe Alhambra (PG), Ricky Weldy (SG), Fyodor Kowalski (SF), Gary Young (C) Donald Seal, Kevin Bancroft, Leroy O'Shea, Michael Dittmar | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer (PF), James Baker (C) Tom Wakefield, Thomas Harnish | |
| 05:38 | Eastern Illinois | Gary Young is denied on a layup by James Baker | 36-27 |
| 05:36 | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer pulls down the rebound | 36-27 |
| 05:31 | Eastern Kentucky | Ricardo Zamora is whistled for a carry | 36-27 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal (PG), Leroy O'Shea (SF), Brandon Fierro (PF), Michael Dittmar (C) Dikembe Alhambra, Fyodor Kowalski, Robert Alligood, Gary Young | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell (SG) Clifford Roberts | |
| 05:12 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 36-27 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Fyodor Kowalski (SF), Robert Alligood (PF), Gary Young (C) Leroy O'Shea, Brandon Fierro, Michael Dittmar | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| 04:49 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis misses badly on a jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Donald Seal - foul #1 on Donald Seal, team foul #4 | 36-27 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea (SF), Michael Dittmar (C) Fyodor Kowalski, Gary Young | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Clifford Roberts (PG) Ricardo Zamora | |
| 04:49 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis misses the 1st free throw | 36-27 |
| 04:49 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis misses the 2nd free throw | 36-27 |
| 04:49 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea grabs the defensive rebound | 36-27 |
| 04:41 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 36-27 |
| 04:40 | Eastern Kentucky | Clifford Roberts pulls down the rebound | 36-27 |
| 04:24 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 36-27 |
| 04:23 | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer snags the offensive board | 36-27 |
| 04:14 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 36-27 |
| 04:13 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal grabs the defensive rebound | 36-27 |
| 03:53 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea buries a turnaround in the lane set up by Ricky Weldy | 38-27 |
| 03:45 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker buries a floater in the paint | 38-29 |
| 03:32 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar is fouled on the floor by Calvin Hassell - foul #1 on Calvin Hassell, team foul #8 | 38-29 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Dikembe Alhambra (PG), Mudada Abdulla (SG), Fyodor Kowalski (SF), Gary Young (PF) Donald Seal, Ricky Weldy, Leroy O'Shea, Robert Alligood | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Ricardo Zamora (PG), Robert McGrath (PF), Tom Wakefield (C) Paul Millis, Michael Washer, James Baker | |
| 03:32 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar makes the 1st free throw | 39-29 |
| 03:32 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar misses the 2nd free throw | 39-29 |
| 03:32 | Eastern Kentucky | Tom Wakefield snags the defensive board | 39-29 |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Dikembe Alhambra (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Mudada Abdulla (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Fyodor Kowalski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gary Young (fresh) 2 reb. C - Michael Dittmar (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Ricardo Zamora (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Calvin Hassell (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Clifford Roberts (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Robert McGrath (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Tom Wakefield (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:11 | Eastern Kentucky | Clifford Roberts misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 39-29 |
| 03:10 | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla pulls down the rebound | 39-29 |
| 02:44 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar scores on a turnaround from close range on a nice dish by Fyodor Kowalski and the foul's on Robert McGrath - foul #3 on Robert McGrath, team foul #9 | 41-29 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal (PG), Ricky Weldy (SG), Leroy O'Shea (SF), Robert Alligood (PF) Dikembe Alhambra, Mudada Abdulla, Fyodor Kowalski, Gary Young | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | James Dacus (SG), Micheal Wiggs (PF) Calvin Hassell, Robert McGrath | |
| 02:44 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar makes the free throw | 42-29 |
| 02:28 | Eastern Kentucky | Leroy O'Shea takes the ball from Micheal Wiggs | 42-29 |
| 02:08 | Eastern Illinois | Tom Wakefield swats the short shot by Leroy O'Shea | 42-29 |
| 02:06 | Eastern Kentucky | The rebound goes to Clifford Roberts | 42-29 |
| 01:57 | Eastern Kentucky | Tom Wakefield makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Micheal Wiggs | 42-32 |
| 01:36 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar misses short on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 42-32 |
| 01:34 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea pulls down the offensive rebound | 42-32 |
| 01:18 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea connects on the floater from the left side set up by Donald Seal | 44-32 |
| 01:12 | Eastern Kentucky | Clifford Roberts blows the layup | 44-32 |
| 01:11 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood snags the defensive board | 44-32 |
| 00:51 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Micheal Wiggs - foul #2 on Micheal Wiggs, team foul #10 | 44-32 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Kevin Bancroft (SG), Fyodor Kowalski (SF), Gary Young (C) Ricky Weldy, Leroy O'Shea, Michael Dittmar | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell (SG), Paul Millis (SF), Michael Washer (PF), James Baker (C) Ricardo Zamora, Clifford Roberts, Micheal Wiggs, Tom Wakefield | |
| 00:51 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood misses the 1st free throw | 44-32 |
| 00:51 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood misses the 2nd free throw | 44-32 |
| 00:51 | Eastern Illinois | Fyodor Kowalski grabs the offensive rebound | 44-32 |
| 00:36 | Eastern Illinois | Gary Young connects on the jump hook in the paint on a nice dish by Donald Seal | 46-32 |
| 00:18 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 46-32 |
| 00:17 | Eastern Illinois | Fyodor Kowalski snags the defensive board | 46-32 |
| 00:01 | Eastern Illinois | Calvin Hassell is called for the reach on Kevin Bancroft - foul #2 on Calvin Hassell, team foul #11 | 46-32 |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Dikembe Alhambra (PG), Leroy O'Shea (SF) Donald Seal, Fyodor Kowalski | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | William Jones (PG) James Dacus | |
| 00:01 | Eastern Illinois | Kevin Bancroft misses the 1st free throw | 46-32 |
| 00:01 | Eastern Illinois | Kevin Bancroft makes the 2nd free throw | 47-32 |
| 00:00 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell comes up short on the fullcourt shot | 47-32 |