| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Wally Young (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Donald Michalec (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Leroy Stanford (fresh) 1 pts. PF - John Huff (fresh) 3 reb. C - Carmelo Duran (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Darryl Daniels (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Jonas Richardson (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - Steven Mayer (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. PF - Thomas Hunt (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - James Hawkins (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Northwestern | Steven Mayer inbounds the ball | 34-33 |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:37 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 34-33 |
| 19:35 | Arizona | Carmelo Duran snags the defensive board | 34-33 |
| 19:21 | Arizona | Wally Young's floater is knocked away by Thomas Hunt | 34-33 |
| 19:20 | Northwestern | Thomas Hunt snags the defensive board | 34-33 |
| 19:07 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 34-33 |
| 19:05 | Arizona | Carmelo Duran gets the rebound | 34-33 |
| 18:42 | Arizona | Donald Michalec is called for traveling | 34-33 |
| 18:24 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels makes the jumpshot from the free throw line on a great pass from Thomas Hunt and he's hacked by Wally Young - foul #1 on Wally Young, team foul #1 | 34-35 |
| 18:24 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels makes the free throw | 34-36 |
| 18:06 | Arizona | Wally Young scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Carmelo Duran | 36-36 |
| 17:49 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 36-36 |
| 17:48 | Arizona | Carmelo Duran pulls down the rebound | 36-36 |
| 17:21 | Arizona | John Huff is whistled for traveling | 36-36 |
| Subs | Arizona | Charles Larry (SF), Eric Wright (PF) Leroy Stanford, John Huff | |
| Subs | Northwestern | James Carter (C) James Hawkins | |
| 16:57 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a shot near the basket | 36-36 |
| 16:56 | Arizona | Carmelo Duran snags the defensive board | 36-36 |
| 16:37 | Arizona | Donald Michalec misses long on a shot from the left side but the foul's on Thomas Hunt - foul #2 on Thomas Hunt, team foul #1 | 36-36 |
| Subs | Arizona | Jermaine Blackburn (PG) Wally Young | |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| 16:37 | Arizona | Donald Michalec misses the 1st free throw | 36-36 |
| 16:37 | Arizona | Donald Michalec misses the 2nd free throw | 36-36 |
| 16:37 | Northwestern | James Carter pulls down the rebound | 36-36 |
| 16:17 | Northwestern | James Carter connects on the open fadeaway from the right wing set up by Jonas Richardson out of the doubleteam | 36-38 |
| 16:12 | Arizona | Charles Larry loses the dribble to Darryl Daniels | 36-38 |
| 16:09 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels hits the finger roll | 36-40 |
| 15:40 | Arizona | Charles Larry can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 36-40 |
| 15:38 | Arizona | Jermaine Blackburn gets the offensive rebound | 36-40 |
| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Jermaine Blackburn (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Donald Michalec (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Larry (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Eric Wright (fresh) 2 pts. C - Carmelo Duran (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Darryl Daniels (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jonas Richardson (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SF - Steven Mayer (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. PF - Thomas Hunt (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - James Carter (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:20 | Arizona | Carmelo Duran comes up short on the fadeaway from the right block | 36-40 |
| 15:19 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Jonas Richardson | 36-40 |
| 15:15 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Darryl Daniels, team foul #2 | 36-40 |
| Subs | Arizona | Wally Young (PG), Leroy Stanford (SF), John Huff (PF), Homer Mullane (C) Jermaine Blackburn, Donald Michalec, Eric Wright, Carmelo Duran | |
| Subs | Northwestern | John Brown (PG), Lyle Carr (SG), James Hawkins (C) Darryl Daniels, Jonas Richardson, James Carter | |
| 14:55 | Arizona | Charles Larry clanks a floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Lyle Carr - foul #1 on Lyle Carr, team foul #3 | 36-40 |
| 14:55 | Arizona | Charles Larry misses the 1st free throw | 36-40 |
| 14:55 | Arizona | Charles Larry makes the 2nd free throw | 37-40 |
| 14:37 | Northwestern | John Brown misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 37-40 |
| 14:36 | Northwestern | James Hawkins grabs the offensive board | 37-40 |
| 14:24 | Northwestern | Steven Mayer can't finish the layup | 37-40 |
| 14:23 | Arizona | The rebound goes to Charles Larry | 37-40 |
| 13:54 | Arizona | Charles Larry makes the fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by Leroy Stanford and he's fouled by Lyle Carr - foul #2 on Lyle Carr, team foul #4 | 39-40 |
| Subs | Arizona | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels (PG), Jonas Richardson (SG), Raymond Price (PF) John Brown, Lyle Carr, Thomas Hunt | |
| 13:54 | Arizona | Charles Larry makes the free throw | 40-40 |
| 13:35 | Northwestern | Steven Mayer drills a floater from the left wing on a nice dish by Jonas Richardson | 40-42 |
| 13:12 | Arizona | Wally Young misses the shot from the right wing | 40-42 |
| 13:11 | Northwestern | James Hawkins grabs the defensive rebound | 40-42 |
| 12:53 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels makes the 3 from the right corner | 40-45 |
| 12:36 | Arizona | Steven Mayer is called for the reach on Wally Young - foul #4 on Steven Mayer, team foul #5 | 40-45 |
| Subs | Arizona | Jermaine Blackburn (PG), Donald Michalec (SG), Victor Weber (SF), Eric Wright (PF), Carmelo Duran (C) Wally Young, Charles Larry, Leroy Stanford, John Huff, Homer Mullane | |
| Subs | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft (SF), James Carter (C) Steven Mayer, James Hawkins | |
| 12:22 | Arizona | Jermaine Blackburn throws a bad pass out of bounds | 40-45 |
| 12:03 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels is fouled on the floor by Carmelo Duran - foul #2 on Carmelo Duran, team foul #2 | 40-45 |
| Subs | Arizona | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Thomas Hunt (PF) Raymond Price | |
| 11:47 | Northwestern | James Carter misses long on a driving attempt near the basket | 40-45 |
| 11:46 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft tips it home | 40-47 |
| 11:25 | Arizona | Carmelo Duran is open and buries a runner from the baseline set up by Victor Weber | 42-47 |
| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Jermaine Blackburn (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Donald Michalec (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Victor Weber (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Eric Wright (fresh) 2 pts. C - Carmelo Duran (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Darryl Daniels (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jonas Richardson (fresh) 13 pts. 5 ast. SF - George Hutchcraft (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Hunt (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - James Carter (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:08 | Northwestern | Carmelo Duran is called for the reach on Darryl Daniels - foul #3 on Carmelo Duran, team foul #3 | 42-47 |
| Subs | Arizona | Wally Young (PG), Leroy Stanford (SF), John Huff (PF) Jermaine Blackburn, Victor Weber, Eric Wright | |
| Subs | Northwestern | John Brown (PG), Lyle Carr (SG), Steven Mayer (SF) Darryl Daniels, Jonas Richardson, George Hutchcraft | |
| 10:47 | Northwestern | John Brown clanks a fadeaway from the free throw line | 42-47 |
| 10:45 | Northwestern | Steven Mayer grabs the offensive board | 42-47 |
| 10:29 | Northwestern | Leroy Stanford blocks the jumper by James Carter | 42-47 |
| 10:27 | Arizona | Leroy Stanford pulls down the rebound | 42-47 |
| 10:05 | Arizona | Wally Young misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 42-47 |
| 10:04 | Arizona | Donald Michalec hits the follow up shot | 44-47 |
| 09:46 | Northwestern | John Brown buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Steven Mayer | 44-50 |
| 09:18 | Arizona | Wally Young hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 44-50 |
| 09:17 | Northwestern | James Carter grabs the defensive rebound | 44-50 |
| 08:57 | Northwestern | Steven Mayer is called for the offensive foul - foul #5 on Steven Mayer, team foul #6 | 44-50 |
| Subs | Arizona | Jermaine Blackburn (PG), Victor Weber (SG), Charles Larry (SF), Eric Wright (PF), Homer Mullane (C) Wally Young, Donald Michalec, Leroy Stanford, John Huff, Carmelo Duran | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels (PG), Jonas Richardson (SG), George Hutchcraft (SF), Raymond Price (PF), James Hawkins (C) John Brown, Lyle Carr, Steven Mayer, Thomas Hunt, James Carter | |
| 08:38 | Arizona | Charles Larry can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 44-50 |
| 08:36 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels grabs the board | 44-50 |
| 08:30 | Northwestern | Raymond Price banks in the layup on a great pass from James Hawkins | 44-52 |
| 08:02 | Arizona | Homer Mullane misses long on a driving attempt in the lane | 44-52 |
| 08:00 | Northwestern | Raymond Price pulls down the rebound | 44-52 |
| 07:35 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels is hacked by Eric Wright - foul #3 on Eric Wright, team foul #4 | 44-52 |
| Subs | Arizona | Wally Young (PG), Leroy Stanford (SF), John Huff (PF) Jermaine Blackburn, Victor Weber, Eric Wright | |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| 07:22 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 44-52 |
| 07:21 | Arizona | Homer Mullane grabs the board | 44-52 |
| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Wally Young (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Larry (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Leroy Stanford (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - John Huff (fresh) 3 reb. C - Homer Mullane (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Darryl Daniels (fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jonas Richardson (fresh) 13 pts. 5 ast. SF - George Hutchcraft (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Price (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - James Hawkins (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 06:55 | Arizona | Leroy Stanford misses badly on a shot from the right wing | 44-52 |
| 06:54 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels grabs the board | 44-52 |
| 06:38 | Northwestern | Raymond Price hits a fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from George Hutchcraft | 44-54 |
| 06:19 | Arizona | John Huff can't finish the layup | 44-54 |
| 06:18 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson grabs the board | 44-54 |
| 06:14 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels misses long on a fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by Homer Mullane - foul #4 on Homer Mullane, team foul #5 | 44-54 |
| Subs | Arizona | Donald Michalec (SG), Carmelo Duran (C) Charles Larry, Homer Mullane | |
| Subs | Northwestern | James Carter (C) James Hawkins | |
| 06:14 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels makes the 1st free throw | 44-55 |
| 06:14 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels misses the 2nd free throw | 44-55 |
| 06:14 | Arizona | The rebound goes to Carmelo Duran | 44-55 |
| 05:51 | Arizona | Raymond Price is called for the reach on Donald Michalec - foul #1 on Raymond Price, team foul #7 | 44-55 |
| Subs | Arizona | Victor Weber (SF), Eric Wright (PF) Leroy Stanford, John Huff | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Leland Bopp (SF), Thomas Hunt (PF) George Hutchcraft, Raymond Price | |
| 05:51 | Arizona | Donald Michalec makes the 1st free throw | 45-55 |
| 05:51 | Arizona | Donald Michalec misses the 2nd free throw | 45-55 |
| 05:51 | Northwestern | James Carter pulls down the rebound | 45-55 |
| 05:41 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson splits the doubleteam but misses short on a floater from the left side | 45-55 |
| 05:40 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson tips it back up and in | 45-57 |
| 05:21 | Arizona | James Carter steals the ball from Carmelo Duran | 45-57 |
| 04:56 | Northwestern | Leland Bopp hits the front of the rim on the wide open jumper from the right block | 45-57 |
| 04:55 | Arizona | Wally Young gets the rebound | 45-57 |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 04:50 | Arizona | Wally Young hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Victor Weber | 48-57 |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 04:30 | Northwestern | Leland Bopp is fouled on the floor by Wally Young - foul #2 on Wally Young, team foul #6 | 48-57 |
| Subs | Arizona | Jermaine Blackburn (PG), Leroy Stanford (SF), John Huff (PF) Wally Young, Victor Weber, Eric Wright | |
| Subs | Northwestern | John Brown (PG), Lyle Carr (SG), George Hutchcraft (SF), Raymond Price (PF), James Hawkins (C) Darryl Daniels, Jonas Richardson, Leland Bopp, Thomas Hunt, James Carter | |
| 04:22 | Northwestern | Raymond Price makes the jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Lyle Carr | 48-59 |
| 04:18 | Arizona | Donald Michalec is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 48-59 |
| 04:17 | Arizona | Leroy Stanford snags the offensive board | 48-59 |
| 04:00 | Arizona | Raymond Price is called for the reach on John Huff - foul #2 on Raymond Price, team foul #8 | 48-59 |
| 04:00 | Arizona | John Huff misses the 1st free throw | 48-59 |
| 04:00 | Northwestern | James Hawkins snags the defensive board | 48-59 |
| 03:38 | Northwestern | Lyle Carr misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 48-59 |
| 03:36 | Northwestern | John Brown grabs the offensive board | 48-59 |
| 03:24 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 48-59 |
| Subs | Arizona | Charles Larry (SG), Homer Mullane (C) Donald Michalec, Carmelo Duran | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels (PG), Jonas Richardson (SG) John Brown, Lyle Carr | |
| 03:17 | Arizona | Jermaine Blackburn knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Leroy Stanford | 50-59 |
| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Jermaine Blackburn (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Charles Larry (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Leroy Stanford (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Huff (fresh) 3 reb. C - Homer Mullane (fresh) 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Darryl Daniels (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jonas Richardson (fresh) 15 pts. 5 ast. SF - George Hutchcraft (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Price (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - James Hawkins (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 02:59 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson is whistled for a carry | 50-59 |
| Subs | Arizona | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Thomas Hunt (PF), James Carter (C) Raymond Price, James Hawkins | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| 02:56 | Arizona | Arizona calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 50-59 |
| Subs | Arizona | Wally Young (PG), Donald Michalec (SG), Carmelo Duran (C) Jermaine Blackburn, Charles Larry, Homer Mullane | |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| 02:48 | Arizona | Carmelo Duran clanks a shot in the lane | 50-59 |
| 02:47 | Northwestern | Thomas Hunt snags the defensive board | 50-59 |
| 02:47 | Northwestern | Northwestern calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 50-59 |
| Subs | Arizona | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | James Hawkins (C) James Carter | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 02:32 | Northwestern | A charge is called on Darryl Daniels - foul #2 on Darryl Daniels, team foul #9 | 50-59 |
| 02:15 | Arizona | John Huff connects on the runner from the right block on a nice dish by Wally Young | 52-59 |
| 01:51 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson is fouled on the floor by John Huff - foul #3 on John Huff, team foul #7 | 52-59 |
| 01:51 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson makes the 1st free throw | 52-60 |
| 01:51 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson makes the 2nd free throw | 52-61 |
| 01:42 | Arizona | Carmelo Duran jams it | 54-61 |
| 01:26 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson buries a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Darryl Daniels | 54-64 |
| 01:09 | Arizona | Donald Michalec hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 54-64 |
| 01:07 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson gets the rebound | 54-64 |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:57 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson is hacked by Wally Young - foul #3 on Wally Young, team foul #8 | 54-64 |
| Subs | Arizona | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Malcolm Archer (PG), John Brown (SF), Leland Bopp (PF), James Carter (C) Darryl Daniels, George Hutchcraft, Thomas Hunt, James Hawkins | |
| 00:57 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson makes the 1st free throw | 54-65 |
| 00:57 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson makes the 2nd free throw | 54-66 |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:52 | Arizona | John Huff is denied on a layup by Jonas Richardson | 54-66 |
| 00:51 | Northwestern | Malcolm Archer pulls down the rebound | 54-66 |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:30 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson splits the doubleteam and buries a turnaround from close range | 54-68 |
| 00:25 | Arizona | John Huff scores on a fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from Wally Young | 56-68 |
| 00:00 | Northwestern | Malcolm Archer runs out the clock | 56-68 |