| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Michael Patrick (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Luis Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - Thomas Shelton (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Tony Kelley (fresh) 2 blk. C - Herbert Dickens (fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Jeff Bigby (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - John Lemke (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Brubaker (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Charles Bell (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Geoffrey Kammer (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Evansville | Thomas Shelton inbounds the ball | 21-19 |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:33 | Evansville | Luis Smith misses the jumper from the left wing | 21-19 |
| 19:32 | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby snags the defensive board | 21-19 |
| 19:16 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Kammer misses badly on a driving attempt from the baseline but he's hacked by Herbert Dickens - foul #3 on Herbert Dickens, team foul #1 | 21-19 |
| 19:16 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Kammer makes the 1st free throw | 21-20 |
| 19:16 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Kammer makes the 2nd free throw | 21-21 |
| 18:59 | Evansville | Tony Kelley misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 21-21 |
| 18:58 | Evansville | Herbert Dickens tips it back up and in | 23-21 |
| 18:40 | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby hits a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from James Brubaker | 23-23 |
| 18:23 | Evansville | Geoffrey Kammer is called for the reach on Luis Smith - foul #3 on Geoffrey Kammer, team foul #1 | 23-23 |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Nicholas Brooks (C) Geoffrey Kammer | |
| 18:02 | Evansville | Luis Smith connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Thomas Shelton | 26-23 |
| 17:44 | Northern Iowa | James Brubaker can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 26-23 |
| 17:43 | Evansville | Michael Patrick gets the rebound | 26-23 |
| 17:21 | Evansville | Michael Patrick throws a bad pass out of bounds | 26-23 |
| Subs | Evansville | Jimmy Stemple (PF) Tony Kelley | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 17:00 | Northern Iowa | Nicholas Brooks loses the ball out of bounds | 26-23 |
| Subs | Evansville | Gary Bolden (PG), Mike Morgan (SF) Michael Patrick, Thomas Shelton | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts (SG), Bobby Hartford (C) John Lemke, Charles Bell | |
| 16:38 | Evansville | Herbert Dickens is whistled for traveling | 26-23 |
| Subs | Evansville | Chris Richarson (SG), John Laws (C) Luis Smith, Herbert Dickens | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Robert Witherspoon (SF) James Brubaker | |
| 16:16 | Northern Iowa | Robert Witherspoon knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Blake Roberts | 26-26 |
| 15:50 | Evansville | Chris Richarson misses short on a jump hook in the paint | 26-26 |
| 15:48 | Evansville | Gary Bolden can't tip it in | 26-26 |
| 15:46 | Evansville | Jimmy Stemple hits the follow up shot | 28-26 |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Gary Bolden (fresh) 2 stl. SG - Chris Richarson (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Mike Morgan (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jimmy Stemple (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - John Laws (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Jeff Bigby (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Blake Roberts (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Robert Witherspoon (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Nicholas Brooks (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Bobby Hartford (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:28 | Northern Iowa | Jimmy Stemple blocks the jumper by Robert Witherspoon | 28-26 |
| 15:27 | Evansville | John Laws gets the rebound | 28-26 |
| 15:01 | Evansville | Nicholas Brooks steals it from Chris Richarson | 28-26 |
| 14:47 | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 28-26 |
| 14:45 | Northern Iowa | Bobby Hartford grabs the offensive board | 28-26 |
| 14:28 | Northern Iowa | Nicholas Brooks clanks a turnaround near the basket but the foul's on Jimmy Stemple - foul #1 on Jimmy Stemple, team foul #2 | 28-26 |
| Subs | Evansville | Michael Patrick (PG), Luis Smith (SG), Thomas Shelton (SF), Tony Kelley (PF), Herbert Dickens (C) Gary Bolden, Chris Richarson, Mike Morgan, Jimmy Stemple, John Laws | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Larry Bateman (PG), John Lemke (SG), James Brubaker (SF), Geoffrey Kammer (C) Jeff Bigby, Blake Roberts, Robert Witherspoon, Bobby Hartford | |
| 14:28 | Northern Iowa | Nicholas Brooks makes the 1st free throw | 28-27 |
| 14:28 | Northern Iowa | Nicholas Brooks misses the 2nd free throw | 28-27 |
| 14:28 | Evansville | The rebound goes to Herbert Dickens | 28-27 |
| 14:04 | Evansville | John Lemke steals the ball from Tony Kelley | 28-27 |
| 13:55 | Northern Iowa | Larry Bateman misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 28-27 |
| 13:53 | Evansville | Herbert Dickens snags the defensive board | 28-27 |
| 13:47 | Evansville | Luis Smith misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 28-27 |
| 13:45 | Northern Iowa | Nicholas Brooks grabs the board | 28-27 |
| 13:24 | Northern Iowa | James Brubaker hits a turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from John Lemke | 28-29 |
| 13:00 | Evansville | Tony Kelley knocks in the floater from close range set up by Luis Smith and he's fouled by James Brubaker - foul #2 on James Brubaker, team foul #2 | 30-29 |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby (PG), Charles Bell (PF) Larry Bateman, Nicholas Brooks | |
| 13:00 | Evansville | Tony Kelley makes the free throw | 31-29 |
| 12:43 | Northern Iowa | John Lemke can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Luis Smith - foul #4 on Luis Smith, team foul #3 | 31-29 |
| 12:43 | Northern Iowa | John Lemke misses the 1st free throw | 31-29 |
| 12:43 | Northern Iowa | John Lemke makes the 2nd free throw | 31-30 |
| 12:31 | Evansville | Jeff Bigby steals the ball from Luis Smith | 31-30 |
| 12:08 | Northern Iowa | John Lemke hits a jumper from the right side | 31-32 |
| 11:50 | Evansville | Jeff Bigby steps in front of the Luis Smith pass | 31-32 |
| 11:28 | Northern Iowa | James Brubaker misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 31-32 |
| 11:27 | Evansville | The rebound goes to Luis Smith | 31-32 |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Michael Patrick (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Luis Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 4 pf. SF - Thomas Shelton (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - Tony Kelley (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 blk. C - Herbert Dickens (fresh) 13 pts. 10 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Jeff Bigby (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 4 stl. SG - John Lemke (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Brubaker (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Charles Bell (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Geoffrey Kammer (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 11:06 | Evansville | Herbert Dickens drills a floater near the basket set up by Thomas Shelton | 33-32 |
| 11:04 | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Patrick - foul #1 on Michael Patrick, team foul #4 | 33-32 |
| Subs | Evansville | Gary Bolden (PG), Chris Richarson (SG), Mike Morgan (SF), Jimmy Stemple (PF), John Laws (C) Michael Patrick, Luis Smith, Thomas Shelton, Tony Kelley, Herbert Dickens | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Larry Bateman (PG), Blake Roberts (SG), Robert Witherspoon (SF), Nicholas Brooks (C) Jeff Bigby, John Lemke, James Brubaker, Geoffrey Kammer | |
| 10:47 | Northern Iowa | Nicholas Brooks hits a jumper from the right block | 33-34 |
| 10:27 | Evansville | Chris Richarson misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 33-34 |
| 10:25 | Evansville | The offensive rebound goes to Gary Bolden | 33-34 |
| 10:01 | Evansville | John Laws throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-34 |
| Subs | Evansville | Herbert Dickens (C) John Laws | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby (PG), James Brubaker (SF), Geoffrey Kammer (C) Larry Bateman, Robert Witherspoon, Charles Bell | |
| 09:41 | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 33-34 |
| 09:40 | Evansville | Jimmy Stemple pulls down the rebound | 33-34 |
| 09:19 | Evansville | Mike Morgan comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on James Brubaker - foul #3 on James Brubaker, team foul #3 | 33-34 |
| Subs | Evansville | Michael Patrick (PG), Luis Smith (SG) Gary Bolden, Chris Richarson | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | John Lemke (SG) Blake Roberts | |
| 09:19 | Evansville | Mike Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 34-34 |
| 09:19 | Evansville | Mike Morgan misses the 2nd free throw | 34-34 |
| 09:19 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Kammer grabs the board | 34-34 |
| 08:57 | Northern Iowa | James Brubaker scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Jeff Bigby | 34-37 |
| 08:28 | Evansville | Mike Morgan clanks a jump hook from the left block but the foul's on James Brubaker - foul #4 on James Brubaker, team foul #4 | 34-37 |
| Subs | Evansville | Tony Kelley (PF) Jimmy Stemple | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts (SF), Charles Bell (PF) James Brubaker, Nicholas Brooks | |
| 08:28 | Evansville | Mike Morgan misses the 1st free throw | 34-37 |
| 08:28 | Evansville | Mike Morgan misses the 2nd free throw | 34-37 |
| 08:28 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Kammer grabs the board | 34-37 |
| 08:11 | Northern Iowa | John Lemke throws a bad pass out of bounds | 34-37 |
| Subs | Evansville | Thomas Shelton (SF), John Laws (C) Mike Morgan, Herbert Dickens | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Nicholas Brooks (C) Geoffrey Kammer | |
| 07:47 | Evansville | Luis Smith makes the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Tony Kelley | 37-37 |
| 07:33 | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts's fadeaway is rejected by John Laws | 37-37 |
| 07:32 | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby tips it back up and in | 37-39 |
| 07:07 | Evansville | Luis Smith is hacked by Blake Roberts - foul #2 on Blake Roberts, team foul #5 | 37-39 |
| Subs | Evansville | Gary Bolden (PG), Herbert Dickens (C) Michael Patrick, John Laws | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Larry Bateman (PG), James Brubaker (SF), Geoffrey Kammer (C) Jeff Bigby, John Lemke, Nicholas Brooks | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Gary Bolden (fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. SG - Luis Smith (fresh) 8 pts. 4 pf. SF - Thomas Shelton (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Tony Kelley (fresh) 3 pts. 2 blk. C - Herbert Dickens (fresh) 15 pts. 10 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Larry Bateman (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Blake Roberts (fresh) 2 ast. SF - James Brubaker (fresh) 7 pts. 4 pf. PF - Charles Bell (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Geoffrey Kammer (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 06:47 | Evansville | Tony Kelley drills a turnaround from the baseline | 39-39 |
| 06:31 | Northern Iowa | Larry Bateman drills a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Charles Bell | 39-41 |
| 06:13 | Evansville | Herbert Dickens hits a fadeaway from the left side set up by Thomas Shelton | 41-41 |
| 05:56 | Northern Iowa | James Brubaker misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 41-41 |
| 05:54 | Northern Iowa | Charles Bell grabs the offensive board | 41-41 |
| 05:45 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Kammer misses short on a shot from the left block | 41-41 |
| 05:43 | Evansville | The rebound goes to Tony Kelley | 41-41 |
| 05:16 | Evansville | Luis Smith is hacked by Larry Bateman - foul #1 on Larry Bateman, team foul #6 | 41-41 |
| Subs | Evansville | Michael Patrick (PG), Chris Richarson (SG), Mike Morgan (SF), Jimmy Stemple (PF) Gary Bolden, Luis Smith, Thomas Shelton, Tony Kelley | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby (PG), John Lemke (SG), Nicholas Brooks (PF) Larry Bateman, Blake Roberts, Charles Bell | |
| 05:10 | Evansville | Geoffrey Kammer blocks the short jumper by Mike Morgan | 41-41 |
| 05:08 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Kammer grabs the board | 41-41 |
| 04:51 | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 41-41 |
| 04:50 | Evansville | The rebound goes to Herbert Dickens | 41-41 |
| 04:21 | Evansville | Herbert Dickens hits a turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from Jimmy Stemple | 43-41 |
| 03:58 | Northern Iowa | Nicholas Brooks throws a bad pass out of bounds | 43-41 |
| Subs | Evansville | Thomas Shelton (SF), John Laws (C) Mike Morgan, Herbert Dickens | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts (SF), Bobby Hartford (C) James Brubaker, Geoffrey Kammer | |
| 03:34 | Evansville | Jeff Bigby steals the ball from Chris Richarson | 43-41 |
| 03:30 | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby lays it in | 43-43 |
| 03:07 | Evansville | Chris Richarson hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 43-43 |
| 03:05 | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts snags the defensive board | 43-43 |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Michael Patrick (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Chris Richarson (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Thomas Shelton (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Jimmy Stemple (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - John Laws (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Jeff Bigby (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 5 stl. SG - John Lemke (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Blake Roberts (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Nicholas Brooks (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Bobby Hartford (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 02:58 | Northern Iowa | John Lemke is fouled on the floor by Thomas Shelton - foul #1 on Thomas Shelton, team foul #5 | 43-43 |
| Subs | Evansville | Luis Smith (SG) Chris Richarson | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Robert Witherspoon (SF), Charles Bell (PF) John Lemke, Bobby Hartford | |
| 02:38 | Northern Iowa | Robert Witherspoon buries a 3 from the right wing | 43-46 |
| 02:38 | Evansville | Evansville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 43-46 |
| Subs | Evansville | Tony Kelley (PF), Herbert Dickens (C) Jimmy Stemple, John Laws | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | John Lemke (SG), James Brubaker (SF), Geoffrey Kammer (C) Blake Roberts, Robert Witherspoon, Nicholas Brooks | |
| 02:21 | Evansville | Herbert Dickens clanks a turnaround in the paint but the foul's on Charles Bell - foul #3 on Charles Bell, team foul #7 | 43-46 |
| 02:21 | Evansville | Herbert Dickens makes the 1st free throw | 44-46 |
| 02:21 | Evansville | Herbert Dickens makes the 2nd free throw | 45-46 |
| 02:02 | Northern Iowa | John Lemke knocks in the floater from the right wing on a great pass from Jeff Bigby | 45-48 |
| 01:36 | Evansville | John Lemke is called for the reach on Luis Smith - foul #1 on John Lemke, team foul #8 | 45-48 |
| 01:36 | Evansville | Luis Smith makes the 1st free throw | 46-48 |
| 01:36 | Evansville | Luis Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 47-48 |
| 01:14 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Kammer comes up short on the turnaround in the lane | 47-48 |
| 01:12 | Northern Iowa | Charles Bell hits the follow up shot | 47-50 |
| 00:56 | Evansville | Luis Smith misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 47-50 |
| 00:55 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Kammer grabs the defensive rebound | 47-50 |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:33 | Northern Iowa | Geoffrey Kammer hits the finger roll | 47-52 |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:29 | Evansville | John Lemke is called for the reach on Luis Smith - foul #2 on John Lemke, team foul #9 | 47-52 |
| 00:29 | Evansville | Luis Smith makes the 1st free throw | 48-52 |
| 00:29 | Evansville | Luis Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 49-52 |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:28 | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Patrick - foul #2 on Michael Patrick, team foul #6 | 49-52 |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts (SF), Nicholas Brooks (PF) James Brubaker, Charles Bell | |
| 00:25 | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts is fouled on the floor by Luis Smith - foul #5 on Luis Smith, team foul #7 | 49-52 |
| Subs | Evansville | Chris Richarson (SG) Luis Smith | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 00:25 | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts makes the 1st free throw | 49-53 |
| 00:25 | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts makes the 2nd free throw | 49-54 |
| 00:19 | Evansville | Chris Richarson misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 49-54 |
| 00:18 | Northern Iowa | Nicholas Brooks grabs the defensive rebound | 49-54 |
| 00:18 | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 49-54 |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Charles Bell (PF) Geoffrey Kammer | |
| 00:15 | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby is hacked by Michael Patrick in the backcourt - foul #3 on Michael Patrick, team foul #8 | 49-54 |
| 00:15 | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby makes the 1st free throw | 49-55 |
| 00:15 | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby misses the 2nd free throw | 49-55 |
| 00:15 | Evansville | Tony Kelley gets the rebound | 49-55 |
| 00:11 | Evansville | Chris Richarson loses the ball out of bounds | 49-55 |
| 00:08 | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts is fouled in the backcourt by Chris Richarson - foul #1 on Chris Richarson, team foul #9 | 49-55 |
| 00:08 | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts makes the 1st free throw | 49-56 |
| 00:08 | Northern Iowa | Blake Roberts makes the 2nd free throw | 49-57 |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:04 | Evansville | Chris Richarson drills a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Michael Patrick | 52-57 |
| 00:04 | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 52-57 |
| 00:03 | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby is hacked by Chris Richarson in the backcourt - foul #2 on Chris Richarson, team foul #10 | 52-57 |
| 00:03 | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby makes the 1st free throw | 52-58 |
| 00:03 | Northern Iowa | Jeff Bigby makes the 2nd free throw | 52-59 |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:00 | Evansville | Thomas Shelton can't connect on a halfcourt shot | 52-59 |