| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Ray Norton (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Robert Tapp (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Holding (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Thomas (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Samuel Muse (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Kenneth Millard (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Brian Lloyd (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SF - Elmer Naugle (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Samuel Barber (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Glenn Forshee (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Western Kentucky | Robert Holding inbounds the ball | 35-49 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:36 | Western Kentucky | Robert Tapp misses the 3 from the left corner | 35-49 |
| 19:35 | Drake | Elmer Naugle pulls down the rebound | 35-49 |
| 19:19 | Drake | Brian Lloyd knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Samuel Barber | 35-52 |
| 19:03 | Western Kentucky | Samuel Muse scores on a driving attempt in the lane | 37-52 |
| 18:50 | Drake | Samuel Barber clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 37-52 |
| 18:49 | Drake | Brian Lloyd snags the offensive board | 37-52 |
| 18:44 | Drake | Kenneth Millard hits the front of the rim on the runner in the lane but he's hacked by Samuel Muse - foul #2 on Samuel Muse, team foul #1 | 37-52 |
| 18:44 | Drake | Kenneth Millard makes the 1st free throw | 37-53 |
| 18:44 | Drake | Kenneth Millard makes the 2nd free throw | 37-54 |
| 18:34 | Western Kentucky | Robert Tapp lays it in | 39-54 |
| 18:19 | Drake | Kenneth Millard comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing but the foul's on Robert Tapp - foul #2 on Robert Tapp, team foul #2 | 39-54 |
| 18:19 | Drake | Kenneth Millard makes the 1st free throw | 39-55 |
| 18:19 | Drake | Kenneth Millard makes the 2nd free throw | 39-56 |
| 17:50 | Western Kentucky | James Thomas misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 39-56 |
| 17:49 | Drake | The rebound goes to Elmer Naugle | 39-56 |
| 17:45 | Drake | Kenneth Millard lays it in on a great pass from Elmer Naugle | 39-58 |
| 17:39 | Western Kentucky | Ray Norton's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 39-58 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Steve Chang (SG), David Lampley (C) Robert Tapp, Samuel Muse | |
| Subs | Drake | Peter Beyer (PF) Samuel Barber | |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 17:22 | Drake | Brian Lloyd misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 39-58 |
| 17:21 | Western Kentucky | Robert Holding grabs the defensive rebound | 39-58 |
| 17:08 | Western Kentucky | Ray Norton makes the shot from the left side | 41-58 |
| 16:46 | Drake | Elmer Naugle is whistled for traveling | 41-58 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Joseph Haile (PG), Jeffrey Davis (SG) Ray Norton, Robert Holding | |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| 16:28 | Western Kentucky | David Lampley's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-58 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Robert Tapp (SG), Samuel Muse (C) Jeffrey Davis, James Thomas | |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| 16:14 | Drake | Brian Lloyd is hacked by Steve Chang - foul #2 on Steve Chang, team foul #3 | 41-58 |
| 15:52 | Drake | Brian Lloyd is fouled on the floor by David Lampley - foul #1 on David Lampley, team foul #4 | 41-58 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Drake | Samuel Barber (PF) Peter Beyer | |
| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Joseph Haile (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Robert Tapp (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Steve Chang (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Lampley (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Samuel Muse (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Kenneth Millard (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Brian Lloyd (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SF - Elmer Naugle (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Samuel Barber (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Glenn Forshee (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:30 | Drake | Kenneth Millard misses short on a jumpshot from the right side | 41-58 |
| 15:28 | Drake | Elmer Naugle can't tip it in | 41-58 |
| 15:27 | Western Kentucky | Steve Chang pulls down the rebound | 41-58 |
| 15:03 | Western Kentucky | Steve Chang comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by Elmer Naugle - foul #2 on Elmer Naugle, team foul #1 | 41-58 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Ray Norton (PG), Robert Holding (SF), James Thomas (PF) Joseph Haile, Robert Tapp, David Lampley | |
| Subs | Drake | Michael Lewis (SF) Elmer Naugle | |
| 15:03 | Western Kentucky | Steve Chang makes the 1st free throw | 42-58 |
| 15:03 | Western Kentucky | Steve Chang misses the 2nd free throw | 42-58 |
| 15:03 | Drake | Glenn Forshee snags the defensive board | 42-58 |
| 14:41 | Drake | Robert Holding picks off the pass by Brian Lloyd | 42-58 |
| 14:32 | Western Kentucky | Robert Holding double dribbles | 42-58 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Jeffrey Davis (SG), Raymond Norrell (C) Steve Chang, Samuel Muse | |
| Subs | Drake | Peter Beyer (PF) Samuel Barber | |
| 14:15 | Drake | Robert Holding is called for the reach on Michael Lewis - foul #1 on Robert Holding, team foul #5 | 42-58 |
| 13:57 | Drake | Glenn Forshee comes up short on the shot from the left side | 42-58 |
| 13:56 | Western Kentucky | Robert Holding gets the rebound | 42-58 |
| 13:35 | Western Kentucky | Jeffrey Davis loses the dribble to Glenn Forshee | 42-58 |
| 13:21 | Drake | Glenn Forshee misses the driving attempt near the basket but he's fouled by Raymond Norrell - foul #1 on Raymond Norrell, team foul #6 | 42-58 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Robert Tapp (SG), David Lampley (C) Jeffrey Davis, Raymond Norrell | |
| Subs | Drake | Richard Lee (PG), Elmer Naugle (SF) Kenneth Millard, Michael Lewis | |
| 13:21 | Drake | Glenn Forshee makes the 1st free throw | 42-59 |
| 13:21 | Drake | Glenn Forshee makes the 2nd free throw | 42-60 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 13:07 | Western Kentucky | James Thomas is called for traveling | 42-60 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Samuel Muse (C) David Lampley | |
| Subs | Drake | Michael Lewis (SG), Samuel Barber (PF) Brian Lloyd, Peter Beyer | |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 12:40 | Drake | Samuel Barber misses the easy layup | 42-60 |
| 12:38 | Western Kentucky | James Thomas gets the rebound | 42-60 |
| 12:25 | Western Kentucky | James Thomas makes the floater in the paint and he's hacked by Elmer Naugle - foul #3 on Elmer Naugle, team foul #2 | 44-60 |
| 12:25 | Western Kentucky | James Thomas makes the free throw | 45-60 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 12:02 | Drake | Glenn Forshee drills a floater in the paint on a great pass from Richard Lee | 45-62 |
| 11:46 | Western Kentucky | Ray Norton misses the dunk | 45-62 |
| 11:45 | Western Kentucky | Samuel Muse tips it back up and in | 47-62 |
| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Ray Norton (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SG - Robert Tapp (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Holding (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - James Thomas (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Samuel Muse (fresh) 14 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Richard Lee (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Lewis (fresh) 6 pts. 6 ast. SF - Elmer Naugle (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Samuel Barber (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Glenn Forshee (tiring) 15 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Drake | Glenn Forshee banks in the layup on a great pass from Richard Lee | 47-64 |
| 11:24 | Western Kentucky | Ray Norton's floater is tipped away by Glenn Forshee | 47-64 |
| 11:23 | Western Kentucky | Ray Norton hits the follow up shot | 49-64 |
| 11:01 | Drake | Richard Lee hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Samuel Muse - foul #3 on Samuel Muse, team foul #7 | 49-64 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Joseph Haile (PG), Jeffrey Davis (SG), Steve Chang (SF), David Lampley (PF), Raymond Norrell (C) Ray Norton, Robert Tapp, Robert Holding, James Thomas, Samuel Muse | |
| Subs | Drake | Brian Lloyd (SG), Peter Beyer (PF), Robert Baisley (C) Elmer Naugle, Samuel Barber, Glenn Forshee | |
| 11:01 | Drake | Richard Lee makes the 1st free throw | 49-65 |
| 11:01 | Drake | Richard Lee misses the 2nd free throw | 49-65 |
| 11:01 | Western Kentucky | The rebound goes to Raymond Norrell | 49-65 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 10:44 | Western Kentucky | Raymond Norrell misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Robert Baisley - foul #1 on Robert Baisley, team foul #3 | 49-65 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Drake | Kenneth Millard (PG) Richard Lee | |
| 10:44 | Western Kentucky | Raymond Norrell misses the 1st free throw | 49-65 |
| 10:44 | Western Kentucky | Raymond Norrell misses the 2nd free throw | 49-65 |
| 10:44 | Drake | Michael Lewis grabs the defensive rebound | 49-65 |
| 10:24 | Drake | Kenneth Millard makes the shot from close range set up by Robert Baisley | 49-67 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 10:13 | Western Kentucky | Steve Chang comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 49-67 |
| 10:12 | Drake | Brian Lloyd grabs the board | 49-67 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 10:06 | Drake | Brian Lloyd scores on a floater from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Baisley | 49-69 |
| 09:51 | Western Kentucky | Jeffrey Davis makes the floater from the right block | 51-69 |
| 09:24 | Drake | Brian Lloyd buries a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Kenneth Millard | 51-72 |
| 09:06 | Western Kentucky | Steve Chang drills a 3pt jumper from straight away | 54-72 |
| 08:48 | Drake | Peter Beyer misses long on a shot from the right block but he's hacked by Jeffrey Davis - foul #1 on Jeffrey Davis, team foul #8 | 54-72 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Ray Norton (PG), Robert Tapp (SG), Robert Holding (SF), James Thomas (PF), Samuel Muse (C) Joseph Haile, Jeffrey Davis, Steve Chang, David Lampley, Raymond Norrell | |
| Subs | Drake | Elmer Naugle (SF), Glenn Forshee (C) Michael Lewis, Robert Baisley | |
| 08:48 | Drake | Peter Beyer misses the 1st free throw | 54-72 |
| 08:48 | Drake | Peter Beyer makes the 2nd free throw | 54-73 |
| 08:24 | Western Kentucky | Robert Holding misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 54-73 |
| 08:23 | Drake | Brian Lloyd snags the defensive board | 54-73 |
| 08:05 | Drake | Peter Beyer comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline | 54-73 |
| 08:03 | Drake | Elmer Naugle grabs the offensive board | 54-73 |
| 07:54 | Drake | Peter Beyer clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 54-73 |
| 07:52 | Western Kentucky | Ray Norton snags the defensive board | 54-73 |
| 07:39 | Western Kentucky | Robert Holding misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side | 54-73 |
| 07:38 | Western Kentucky | Samuel Muse tips it but misses | 54-73 |
| 07:37 | Western Kentucky | James Thomas grabs the offensive board | 54-73 |
| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Ray Norton (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Robert Tapp (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Holding (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - James Thomas (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Samuel Muse (fresh) 14 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Kenneth Millard (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. SG - Brian Lloyd (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. SF - Elmer Naugle (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Peter Beyer (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Glenn Forshee (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:32 | Western Kentucky | Peter Beyer steals the ball from Samuel Muse | 54-73 |
| 07:04 | Drake | Ray Norton is called for the reach on Brian Lloyd - foul #3 on Ray Norton, team foul #9 | 54-73 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Drake | Michael Lewis (SF), Samuel Barber (PF) Elmer Naugle, Peter Beyer | |
| 07:04 | Drake | Brian Lloyd makes the 1st free throw | 54-74 |
| 07:04 | Drake | Brian Lloyd makes the 2nd free throw | 54-75 |
| 06:43 | Western Kentucky | Samuel Muse hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Samuel Barber - foul #3 on Samuel Barber, team foul #4 | 54-75 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Drake | Donnell Kirberger (SF) Brian Lloyd | |
| 06:43 | Western Kentucky | Samuel Muse makes the 1st free throw | 55-75 |
| 06:43 | Western Kentucky | Samuel Muse misses the 2nd free throw | 55-75 |
| 06:43 | Drake | The rebound goes to Samuel Barber | 55-75 |
| 06:17 | Drake | James Thomas steals the ball from Donnell Kirberger | 55-75 |
| 05:51 | Western Kentucky | Robert Holding misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 55-75 |
| 05:49 | Drake | Samuel Barber pulls down the rebound | 55-75 |
| 05:24 | Drake | Glenn Forshee misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 55-75 |
| 05:22 | Drake | Samuel Barber tips it in | 55-77 |
| 05:04 | Western Kentucky | James Thomas misses the lay-in | 55-77 |
| 05:03 | Western Kentucky | James Thomas tips it back up and in | 57-77 |
| 04:34 | Drake | Kenneth Millard misses badly on a driving attempt from the baseline | 57-77 |
| 04:32 | Drake | Samuel Barber tips it in | 57-79 |
| 04:12 | Western Kentucky | James Thomas can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 57-79 |
| 04:10 | Western Kentucky | Robert Holding hits the follow up shot | 59-79 |
| 04:10 | Drake | Drake calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 59-79 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Steve Chang (SG), David Lampley (C) Robert Tapp, Samuel Muse | |
| Subs | Drake | Richard Lee (PG), Brian Lloyd (SG), Elmer Naugle (SF) Kenneth Millard, Michael Lewis, Donnell Kirberger | |
| 03:43 | Drake | David Lampley is called for the reach on Glenn Forshee - foul #2 on David Lampley, team foul #10 | 59-79 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Joseph Haile (PG), Jeffrey Davis (SG), Raymond Norrell (C) Ray Norton, Robert Holding, James Thomas | |
| Subs | Drake | Peter Beyer (PF) Samuel Barber | |
| 03:43 | Drake | Glenn Forshee makes the 1st free throw | 59-80 |
| 03:43 | Drake | Glenn Forshee makes the 2nd free throw | 59-81 |
| 03:25 | Western Kentucky | Elmer Naugle is called for the reach on Steve Chang - foul #4 on Elmer Naugle, team foul #5 | 59-81 |
| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Joseph Haile (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Jeffrey Davis (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Steve Chang (fresh) 6 pts. PF - David Lampley (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Raymond Norrell (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Richard Lee (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Brian Lloyd (fresh) 17 pts. 4 ast. SF - Elmer Naugle (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. PF - Peter Beyer (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Glenn Forshee (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:02 | Western Kentucky | Jeffrey Davis misses the dunk attempt but he's hacked by Peter Beyer - foul #2 on Peter Beyer, team foul #6 | 59-81 |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Drake | Kenneth Millard (PG) Richard Lee | |
| 03:02 | Western Kentucky | Jeffrey Davis misses the 1st free throw | 59-81 |
| 03:02 | Western Kentucky | Jeffrey Davis makes the 2nd free throw | 60-81 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:44 | Drake | Glenn Forshee is hacked by Raymond Norrell - foul #2 on Raymond Norrell, team foul #11 | 60-81 |
| 02:44 | Drake | Glenn Forshee makes the 1st free throw | 60-82 |
| 02:44 | Drake | Glenn Forshee misses the 2nd free throw | 60-82 |
| 02:44 | Western Kentucky | David Lampley grabs the defensive rebound | 60-82 |
| 02:32 | Western Kentucky | Jeffrey Davis loses the ball out of bounds | 60-82 |
| 02:07 | Drake | Brian Lloyd makes the floater from the left wing set up by Kenneth Millard | 60-84 |
| 02:00 | Western Kentucky | Raymond Norrell misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 60-84 |
| 01:58 | Western Kentucky | Joseph Haile tips it back up and in | 62-84 |
| 01:33 | Drake | Brian Lloyd drills a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Kenneth Millard | 62-87 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+3) | |
| 01:14 | Western Kentucky | Jeffrey Davis can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 62-87 |
| 01:12 | Drake | The rebound goes to Glenn Forshee | 62-87 |
| 00:54 | Drake | Kenneth Millard misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 62-87 |
| 00:53 | Western Kentucky | Jeffrey Davis snags the defensive board | 62-87 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+3) | |
| 00:48 | Western Kentucky | Jeffrey Davis misses short on a driving attempt near the basket | 62-87 |
| 00:46 | Drake | Peter Beyer grabs the board | 62-87 |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+3) | |
| 00:26 | Drake | Brian Lloyd clanks a jumper from the left wing | 62-87 |
| 00:24 | Drake | Brian Lloyd grabs the offensive board | 62-87 |
| 00:00 | Drake | Kenneth Millard runs out the clock | 62-87 |