| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Joshua Frisby (fresh) SG - Gary Sweeting (fresh) SF - Kevin Arno (fresh) PF - Leonardo Gallo (fresh) C - Carlos Duchesne (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - John Johnson (fresh) SG - Jerome Thorton (fresh) SF - John King (fresh) PF - Matthew Howard (fresh) C - Robert Collins (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:31 | Marquette | The jump hook by Gary Sweeting is blocked by Matthew Howard | 0-0 |
| 19:30 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to John King | 0-0 |
| 19:07 | Detroit Mercy | John King can't finish the layup | 0-0 |
| 19:06 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard hits the follow up shot | 0-2 |
| 18:42 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby connects on the fadeaway near the basket | 2-2 |
| 18:27 | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson is hacked by Leonardo Gallo - foul #1 on Leonardo Gallo, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 18:15 | Detroit Mercy | Carlos Duchesne picks off the pass by Robert Collins | 2-2 |
| 17:55 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 2-2 |
| 17:54 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard gets the rebound | 2-2 |
| 17:34 | Detroit Mercy | Jerome Thorton misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 2-2 |
| 17:33 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard misses the tip | 2-2 |
| 17:31 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins grabs the offensive board | 2-2 |
| 17:23 | Detroit Mercy | Kevin Arno denies the turnaround by Jerome Thorton | 2-2 |
| 17:21 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo pulls down the rebound | 2-2 |
| 16:55 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo clanks a fadeaway from the baseline but he's fouled by Robert Collins - foul #1 on Robert Collins, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 16:55 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo makes the 1st free throw | 3-2 |
| 16:55 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo makes the 2nd free throw | 4-2 |
| 16:42 | Detroit Mercy | John King buries a fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by Matthew Howard and the foul's on Kevin Arno - foul #1 on Kevin Arno, team foul #2 | 4-4 |
| 16:42 | Detroit Mercy | John King makes the free throw | 4-5 |
| 16:26 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo misses the easy layup but the foul's on Robert Collins - foul #2 on Robert Collins, team foul #2 | 4-5 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Charles Doroski (C) Robert Collins | |
| 16:26 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo makes the 1st free throw | 5-5 |
| 16:26 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo makes the 2nd free throw | 6-5 |
| 16:14 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 6-5 |
| 16:12 | Marquette | Kevin Arno grabs the board | 6-5 |
| 16:03 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby misses badly on a jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by John Johnson - foul #1 on John Johnson, team foul #3 | 6-5 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Johnson (SG), Frank Swan (C) Gary Sweeting, Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 16:03 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby misses the 1st free throw | 6-5 |
| 16:03 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby makes the 2nd free throw | 7-5 |
| 15:46 | Detroit Mercy | Jerome Thorton's fadeaway is rejected by Leonardo Gallo | 7-5 |
| 15:44 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Leonardo Gallo | 7-5 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Joshua Frisby (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Philip Johnson (fresh) SF - Kevin Arno (fresh) PF - Leonardo Gallo (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Frank Swan (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - John Johnson (fresh) SG - Jerome Thorton (fresh) SF - John King (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Matthew Howard (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Charles Doroski (fresh) | |
| 15:24 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo is hacked by Matthew Howard - foul #1 on Matthew Howard, team foul #4 | 7-5 |
| Subs | Marquette | Raymond Freeman (PG), Santiago Cordoba (SF), David Simmons (C) Joshua Frisby, Kevin Arno, Leonardo Gallo | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Ben Corpuz (SG) Jerome Thorton | |
| 15:08 | Marquette | David Simmons lays it in set up by Philip Johnson | 9-5 |
| 14:51 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Doroski misses the lay-in | 9-5 |
| 14:49 | Marquette | David Simmons snags the defensive board | 9-5 |
| 14:36 | Marquette | Raymond Freeman is hacked by John Johnson - foul #2 on John Johnson, team foul #5 | 9-5 |
| Subs | Marquette | Gary Sweeting (SG), Carlos Duchesne (C) Philip Johnson, David Simmons | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Eugene Lazarski (PG), Fred Linderman (PF), Paul James (C) John Johnson, John King, Matthew Howard | |
| 14:17 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne comes up short on the floater from the baseline | 9-5 |
| 14:15 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne grabs the offensive board | 9-5 |
| 13:56 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 9-5 |
| 13:54 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James snags the defensive board | 9-5 |
| 13:49 | Detroit Mercy | Ben Corpuz hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 9-5 |
| 13:48 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba gets the rebound | 9-5 |
| 13:38 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting is whistled for a carry | 9-5 |
| Subs | Marquette | Joshua Frisby (PG), Kevin Arno (SF), Leonardo Gallo (PF) Raymond Freeman, Santiago Cordoba, Frank Swan | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Jerome Thorton (SG), Matthew Howard (PF) Ben Corpuz, Charles Doroski | |
| 13:19 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard's fadeaway is rejected by Carlos Duchesne | 9-5 |
| 13:18 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby gets the rebound | 9-5 |
| 13:12 | Marquette | Kevin Arno clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 9-5 |
| 13:10 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James gets the rebound | 9-5 |
| 13:00 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Linderman knocks in the 3 from straight away | 9-8 |
| 12:51 | Marquette | Kevin Arno's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 9-8 |
| Subs | Marquette | Frank Swan (C) Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John King (SF) Fred Linderman | |
| 12:25 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James blows the layup | 9-8 |
| 12:24 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby snags the defensive board | 9-8 |
| 12:17 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby clanks a jumpshot from the right wing | 9-8 |
| 12:16 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard pulls down the rebound | 9-8 |
| 12:04 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James misses short on a jumper from the right block but he's hacked by Joshua Frisby - foul #1 on Joshua Frisby, team foul #3 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Marquette | Raymond Freeman (PG), Philip Johnson (SG) Joshua Frisby, Gary Sweeting | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Charles Doroski (PG) Eugene Lazarski | |
| 12:04 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James misses the 1st free throw | 9-8 |
| 12:04 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James makes the 2nd free throw | 9-9 |
| 11:37 | Marquette | Kevin Arno can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Charles Doroski - foul #1 on Charles Doroski, team foul #6 | 9-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne (C) Frank Swan | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 11:37 | Marquette | Kevin Arno makes the 1st free throw | 10-9 |
| 11:37 | Marquette | Kevin Arno misses the 2nd free throw | 10-9 |
| 11:37 | Detroit Mercy | John King grabs the defensive rebound | 10-9 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Raymond Freeman (fresh) SG - Philip Johnson (fresh) SF - Kevin Arno (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Leonardo Gallo (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Carlos Duchesne (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Charles Doroski (fresh) SG - Jerome Thorton (fresh) SF - John King (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Matthew Howard (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Paul James (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:11 | Detroit Mercy | Raymond Freeman is called for the reach on Jerome Thorton - foul #1 on Raymond Freeman, team foul #4 | 10-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Eugene Lazarski (PG), Ben Corpuz (SG), Fred Linderman (PF) Jerome Thorton, Matthew Howard, Paul James | |
| 10:52 | Detroit Mercy | John King is whistled for a carry | 10-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | Joshua Frisby (PG) Raymond Freeman | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 10:35 | Marquette | Kevin Arno loses the ball out of bounds | 10-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | Gary Sweeting (SG), Frank Swan (PF) Philip Johnson, Leonardo Gallo | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 10:17 | Detroit Mercy | John King is hacked by Joshua Frisby - foul #2 on Joshua Frisby, team foul #5 | 10-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | Raymond Freeman (PG), Santiago Cordoba (SF) Joshua Frisby, Kevin Arno | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard (PF), Paul James (C) Eugene Lazarski, Fred Linderman | |
| 10:09 | Detroit Mercy | Ben Corpuz is hacked by Gary Sweeting - foul #1 on Gary Sweeting, team foul #6 | 10-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | David Simmons (C) Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 09:58 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Doroski hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 10-9 |
| 09:56 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting grabs the defensive rebound | 10-9 |
| 09:41 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting is fouled on the floor by Matthew Howard - foul #2 on Matthew Howard, team foul #7 | 10-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Eugene Lazarski (PG), Jerome Thorton (SG), Fred Linderman (PF) Charles Doroski, Ben Corpuz, Matthew Howard | |
| 09:41 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting makes the 1st free throw | 11-9 |
| 09:41 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting misses the 2nd free throw | 11-9 |
| 09:41 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Linderman snags the defensive board | 11-9 |
| 09:19 | Detroit Mercy | Eugene Lazarski clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 11-9 |
| 09:18 | Marquette | Frank Swan grabs the defensive rebound | 11-9 |
| 08:58 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba knocks in the turnaround from close range and he's fouled by Eugene Lazarski - foul #1 on Eugene Lazarski, team foul #8 | 13-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Johnson (SG), Leonardo Gallo (PF), Carlos Duchesne (C) Gary Sweeting, Frank Swan, David Simmons | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 08:58 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba makes the free throw | 14-9 |
| 08:40 | Detroit Mercy | John King misses the floater from close range but the foul's on Carlos Duchesne - foul #1 on Carlos Duchesne, team foul #7 | 14-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | Kevin Arno (SF) Santiago Cordoba | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 08:40 | Detroit Mercy | John King misses the 1st free throw | 14-9 |
| 08:40 | Detroit Mercy | John King makes the 2nd free throw | 14-10 |
| 08:27 | Marquette | Philip Johnson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 14-10 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Charles Doroski (C) Paul James | |
| 08:20 | Detroit Mercy | John King lays it in | 14-12 |
| 08:05 | Marquette | Raymond Freeman can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 14-12 |
| 08:04 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne grabs the offensive board | 14-12 |
| 07:54 | Marquette | Philip Johnson is hacked by Charles Doroski - foul #2 on Charles Doroski, team foul #9 | 14-12 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Paul James (C) Charles Doroski | |
| 07:54 | Marquette | Philip Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 15-12 |
| 07:54 | Marquette | Philip Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 16-12 |
| 07:39 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James loses the dribble to Carlos Duchesne | 16-12 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Raymond Freeman (fresh) SG - Philip Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kevin Arno (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Leonardo Gallo (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Carlos Duchesne (fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Eugene Lazarski (fairly fresh) SG - Jerome Thorton (fairly fresh) SF - John King (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Fred Linderman (fresh) 3 pts. C - Paul James (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:17 | Marquette | Kevin Arno comes up short on the runner in the lane | 16-12 |
| 07:16 | Marquette | The offensive rebound goes to Philip Johnson | 16-12 |
| 06:55 | Marquette | Philip Johnson hits a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Kevin Arno | 19-12 |
| 06:38 | Detroit Mercy | Jerome Thorton can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 19-12 |
| 06:36 | Marquette | Kevin Arno grabs the defensive rebound | 19-12 |
| 06:16 | Marquette | Kevin Arno's pass is intercepted by Fred Linderman | 19-12 |
| 06:00 | Detroit Mercy | Jerome Thorton connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by John King | 19-15 |
| 05:40 | Marquette | Philip Johnson comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 19-15 |
| 05:38 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne tips it home | 21-15 |
| 05:17 | Detroit Mercy | John King loses the dribble to Leonardo Gallo | 21-15 |
| 05:01 | Marquette | Raymond Freeman can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 21-15 |
| 05:00 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne tips it but misses | 21-15 |
| 04:58 | Marquette | Kevin Arno can't tip it in | 21-15 |
| 04:57 | Detroit Mercy | Jerome Thorton grabs the board | 21-15 |
| 04:50 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Linderman hits a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 21-17 |
| 04:25 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo hits a fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Kevin Arno | 23-17 |
| 04:09 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Linderman clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 23-17 |
| 04:07 | Detroit Mercy | The offensive rebound goes to Paul James | 23-17 |
| 03:46 | Detroit Mercy | Raymond Freeman is called for the reach on Eugene Lazarski - foul #2 on Raymond Freeman, team foul #8 | 23-17 |
| Subs | Marquette | Joshua Frisby (PG), Gary Sweeting (SG), Santiago Cordoba (SF), Frank Swan (PF), David Simmons (C) Raymond Freeman, Philip Johnson, Kevin Arno, Leonardo Gallo, Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Ben Corpuz (SG), Charles Doroski (SF), Matthew Howard (PF), Robert Collins (C) Jerome Thorton, John King, Fred Linderman, Paul James | |
| 03:46 | Detroit Mercy | Eugene Lazarski misses the 1st free throw | 23-17 |
| 03:46 | Marquette | David Simmons grabs the defensive rebound | 23-17 |
| 03:35 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby is hacked by Charles Doroski - foul #3 on Charles Doroski, team foul #10 | 23-17 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson (PG), John King (SF) Eugene Lazarski, Charles Doroski | |
| 03:35 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby misses the 1st free throw | 23-17 |
| 03:35 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby makes the 2nd free throw | 24-17 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Joshua Frisby (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Gary Sweeting (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Santiago Cordoba (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Frank Swan (fresh) C - David Simmons (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - John Johnson (fresh) SG - Ben Corpuz (fresh) SF - John King (tiring) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Matthew Howard (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Collins (fresh) | |
| 03:15 | Detroit Mercy | Ben Corpuz clanks a fadeaway from the right block but he's fouled by Frank Swan - foul #1 on Frank Swan, team foul #9 | 24-17 |
| 03:15 | Detroit Mercy | Ben Corpuz makes the 1st free throw | 24-18 |
| 03:15 | Detroit Mercy | Ben Corpuz misses the 2nd free throw | 24-18 |
| 03:15 | Marquette | David Simmons pulls down the rebound | 24-18 |
| 02:48 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba's fadeaway is rejected by John King | 24-18 |
| 02:47 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins snags the defensive board | 24-18 |
| 02:28 | Detroit Mercy | Ben Corpuz connects on the floater from close range | 24-20 |
| 02:09 | Marquette | The short jumper by Frank Swan is denied by Matthew Howard | 24-20 |
| 02:07 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins grabs the board | 24-20 |
| 02:01 | Detroit Mercy | Ben Corpuz misses badly on a turnaround from the right block | 24-20 |
| 01:59 | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson misses the tip | 24-20 |
| 01:58 | Marquette | David Simmons snags the defensive board | 24-20 |
| 01:40 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting is fouled on the floor by John King - foul #1 on John King, team foul #11 | 24-20 |
| Subs | Marquette | Kevin Arno (SF) David Simmons | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 01:40 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting makes the 1st free throw | 25-20 |
| 01:40 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting misses the 2nd free throw | 25-20 |
| 01:40 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Matthew Howard | 25-20 |
| 01:20 | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson makes the shot from the left side set up by Ben Corpuz | 25-22 |
| 01:07 | Marquette | Kevin Arno hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 25-22 |
| 01:06 | Marquette | Frank Swan snags the offensive board | 25-22 |
| 00:54 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba double dribbles | 25-22 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Johnson (SG), Leonardo Gallo (PF) Gary Sweeting, Frank Swan | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Jerome Thorton (SG), Fred Linderman (SF) Ben Corpuz, John King | |
| 00:39 | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson misses the jumper from the left side | 25-22 |
| 00:38 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins grabs the offensive board | 25-22 |
| 00:19 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Collins is called for traveling | 25-22 |
| Subs | Marquette | Raymond Freeman (PG), David Simmons (C) Joshua Frisby, Santiago Cordoba | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Paul James (C) Robert Collins | |
| 00:03 | Marquette | Philip Johnson drills a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by David Simmons | 27-22 |
| 00:00 | Detroit Mercy | John Johnson misses long on a halfcourt shot | 27-22 |