| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - Erik Vance (fresh) SG - Chad White (fresh) SF - Dale Ross (fresh) PF - David Fox (fresh) C - Robert Vickery (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Buffalo St. | PG - David Case (fresh) SG - Kenneth Harmon (fresh) SF - Carl Christensen (fresh) PF - Louis Dacus (fresh) C - Eddie Manke (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Grinnell | Robert Vickery wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Grinnell | Grinnell is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo St. | Buffalo St. is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:41 | Grinnell | Erik Vance drills a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Chad White | 3-0 |
| 19:22 | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus misses badly on a shot from the right wing | 3-0 |
| 19:21 | Buffalo St. | Carl Christensen grabs the offensive rebound | 3-0 |
| 19:02 | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 3-0 |
| 19:00 | Buffalo St. | Eddie Manke grabs the offensive board | 3-0 |
| 18:49 | Buffalo St. | Eddie Manke is hacked by Dale Ross - foul #1 on Dale Ross, team foul #1 | 3-0 |
| 18:33 | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus's pass is intercepted by Dale Ross | 3-0 |
| 18:11 | Grinnell | Dale Ross comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 3-0 |
| 18:10 | Buffalo St. | Eddie Manke grabs the defensive rebound | 3-0 |
| 18:00 | Buffalo St. | Kenneth Harmon clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 3-0 |
| 17:58 | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus snags the offensive board | 3-0 |
| 17:41 | Buffalo St. | Kenneth Harmon misses long on a floater from the right side | 3-0 |
| 17:39 | Grinnell | Dale Ross gets the rebound | 3-0 |
| 17:22 | Grinnell | Dale Ross misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 3-0 |
| 17:20 | Buffalo St. | David Case grabs the defensive rebound | 3-0 |
| 16:59 | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus drills a floater from the left side and he's fouled by Chad White - foul #1 on Chad White, team foul #2 | 3-2 |
| 16:59 | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus makes the free throw | 3-3 |
| 16:41 | Grinnell | Dale Ross banks in the layup on a nice dish by Erik Vance | 5-3 |
| 16:28 | Buffalo St. | Eddie Manke comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 5-3 |
| 16:26 | Grinnell | Erik Vance pulls down the rebound | 5-3 |
| 16:11 | Grinnell | Robert Vickery can't throw it down | 5-3 |
| 16:10 | Buffalo St. | Eddie Manke grabs the defensive rebound | 5-3 |
| 15:54 | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus buries a 3 pointer from the right corner | 5-6 |
| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - Erik Vance (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Chad White (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Dale Ross (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Fox (fresh) C - Robert Vickery (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Buffalo St. | PG - David Case (fresh) SG - Kenneth Harmon (fresh) SF - Carl Christensen (fresh) PF - Louis Dacus (fresh) 6 pts. C - Eddie Manke (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:50 | Grinnell | Dale Ross misses long on a turnaround from the right block | 5-6 |
| 15:48 | Grinnell | Dale Ross hits the follow up shot | 7-6 |
| 15:25 | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus can't finish the layup | 7-6 |
| 15:24 | Grinnell | Erik Vance pulls down the rebound | 7-6 |
| 15:14 | Grinnell | Dale Ross knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Erik Vance | 10-6 |
| 14:54 | Buffalo St. | David Case misses long on a shot from the right side but the foul's on Erik Vance - foul #1 on Erik Vance, team foul #3 | 10-6 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Raymond Bertram (PF), Jayson Ross (C) David Fox, Robert Vickery | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | James Barber (SF) Carl Christensen | |
| 14:54 | Buffalo St. | David Case makes the 1st free throw | 10-7 |
| 14:54 | Buffalo St. | David Case misses the 2nd free throw | 10-7 |
| 14:54 | Grinnell | Jayson Ross gets the rebound | 10-7 |
| 14:42 | Grinnell | Raymond Bertram is hacked by David Case - foul #1 on David Case, team foul #1 | 10-7 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | Ruben Kawamura (PG), Edgar Westra (PF) David Case, Louis Dacus | |
| 14:24 | Grinnell | Edgar Westra is called for the reach on Chad White - foul #1 on Edgar Westra, team foul #2 | 10-7 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | Ryan Wilson (SF) Eddie Manke | |
| 14:16 | Grinnell | Dale Ross makes the 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Erik Vance | 13-7 |
| 13:59 | Buffalo St. | Kenneth Harmon comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 13-7 |
| 13:58 | Grinnell | Erik Vance grabs the board | 13-7 |
| 13:49 | Grinnell | Chad White loses the ball out of bounds | 13-7 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | Carl Christensen (SF) Kenneth Harmon | |
| 13:25 | Buffalo St. | Ryan Wilson is hacked by Jayson Ross - foul #1 on Jayson Ross, team foul #4 | 13-7 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus (PF), Eddie Manke (C) James Barber, Edgar Westra | |
| 13:11 | Buffalo St. | Ruben Kawamura's layup is rejected by Raymond Bertram | 13-7 |
| 13:09 | Grinnell | The rebound goes to Erik Vance | 13-7 |
| 13:04 | Grinnell | Ryan Wilson picks off the pass by Erik Vance | 13-7 |
| 12:53 | Buffalo St. | Ruben Kawamura makes the jumpshot from the left wing | 13-9 |
| 12:41 | Grinnell | Raymond Bertram's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 13-9 |
| Subs | Grinnell | David Fox (PF), Robert Vickery (C) Raymond Bertram, Jayson Ross | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | David Case (PG), Kenneth Harmon (SG) Ruben Kawamura, Ryan Wilson | |
| 12:26 | Buffalo St. | Eddie Manke knocks in the 3 from the left wing | 13-12 |
| 12:07 | Grinnell | Erik Vance hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 13-12 |
| 12:05 | Grinnell | Erik Vance gets the offensive rebound | 13-12 |
| 11:47 | Grinnell | Dale Ross hits a shot from the left block set up by Erik Vance and the foul's on Carl Christensen - foul #1 on Carl Christensen, team foul #3 | 15-12 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | James Barber (SF), Edgar Westra (C) Carl Christensen, Eddie Manke | |
| 11:47 | Grinnell | Dale Ross makes the free throw | 16-12 |
| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - Erik Vance (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SG - Chad White (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Dale Ross (fairly fresh) 13 pts. PF - David Fox (fresh) C - Robert Vickery (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Buffalo St. | PG - David Case (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Kenneth Harmon (fresh) SF - James Barber (fresh) PF - Louis Dacus (fresh) 6 pts. C - Edgar Westra (fresh) | |
| 11:39 | Buffalo St. | Kenneth Harmon hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by David Case | 16-15 |
| 11:34 | Grinnell | Erik Vance misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 16-15 |
| 11:32 | Buffalo St. | James Barber snags the defensive board | 16-15 |
| 11:07 | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 16-15 |
| 11:06 | Grinnell | Dale Ross grabs the board | 16-15 |
| 10:55 | Grinnell | David Fox is hacked by James Barber - foul #1 on James Barber, team foul #4 | 16-15 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Raymond Bertram (PF), Jayson Ross (C) David Fox, Robert Vickery | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | Ruben Kawamura (PG), Ryan Wilson (SF) David Case, Louis Dacus | |
| 10:41 | Grinnell | James Barber picks off the pass by Dale Ross | 16-15 |
| 10:30 | Buffalo St. | Edgar Westra buries a 3 pointer from the right corner | 16-18 |
| 10:22 | Grinnell | Chad White comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 16-18 |
| 10:20 | Grinnell | Erik Vance tips it but misses | 16-18 |
| 10:19 | Buffalo St. | The rebound goes to James Barber | 16-18 |
| 09:58 | Buffalo St. | Kenneth Harmon hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 16-21 |
| 09:51 | Grinnell | Jayson Ross comes up short on the driving attempt from the left block but he's hacked by Ruben Kawamura - foul #1 on Ruben Kawamura, team foul #5 | 16-21 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Thomas Lyman (PG), Bradley Powers (SG), David Fox (PF) Erik Vance, Chad White, Raymond Bertram | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | Carl Christensen (SF), Eddie Manke (C) Kenneth Harmon, Edgar Westra | |
| 09:51 | Grinnell | Jayson Ross makes the 1st free throw | 17-21 |
| 09:51 | Grinnell | Jayson Ross misses the 2nd free throw | 17-21 |
| 09:51 | Buffalo St. | Carl Christensen gets the rebound | 17-21 |
| 09:35 | Buffalo St. | Carl Christensen misses short on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 17-21 |
| 09:33 | Grinnell | Jayson Ross pulls down the rebound | 17-21 |
| 09:11 | Grinnell | Dale Ross is fouled on the floor by Ruben Kawamura - foul #2 on Ruben Kawamura, team foul #6 | 17-21 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Robert Vickery (C) Jayson Ross | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | David Case (PG), Louis Dacus (PF) Ruben Kawamura, James Barber | |
| 08:53 | Grinnell | Dale Ross comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 17-21 |
| 08:51 | Buffalo St. | Eddie Manke pulls down the rebound | 17-21 |
| 08:43 | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus buries a turnaround in the lane set up by David Case and the foul's on David Fox - foul #1 on David Fox, team foul #5 | 17-23 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | Kenneth Harmon (SG) Ryan Wilson | |
| 08:43 | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus makes the free throw | 17-24 |
| 08:30 | Grinnell | Dale Ross makes the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Thomas Lyman | 20-24 |
| 08:15 | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 20-24 |
| 08:13 | Buffalo St. | Kenneth Harmon tips it home | 20-26 |
| 07:56 | Grinnell | Dale Ross can't finish the layup | 20-26 |
| 07:55 | Buffalo St. | The rebound goes to Eddie Manke | 20-26 |
| 07:43 | Buffalo St. | Bradley Powers steals the ball from Kenneth Harmon | 20-26 |
| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - Thomas Lyman (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Bradley Powers (fresh) SF - Dale Ross (tiring) 16 pts. PF - David Fox (fairly fresh) C - Robert Vickery (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Buffalo St. | PG - David Case (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Kenneth Harmon (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Carl Christensen (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Louis Dacus (fresh) 9 pts. C - Eddie Manke (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:30 | Grinnell | Dale Ross blows the layup | 20-26 |
| 07:29 | Buffalo St. | Eddie Manke pulls down the rebound | 20-26 |
| 07:05 | Buffalo St. | Eddie Manke hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 20-26 |
| 07:03 | Grinnell | David Fox pulls down the rebound | 20-26 |
| 06:46 | Grinnell | David Fox connects on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Robert Vickery | 22-26 |
| 06:26 | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Kenneth Harmon | 22-29 |
| 06:07 | Grinnell | David Case steals the ball from Bradley Powers | 22-29 |
| 05:50 | Buffalo St. | Carl Christensen can't connect on a jumper from the baseline | 22-29 |
| 05:48 | Grinnell | Dale Ross gets the rebound | 22-29 |
| 05:35 | Grinnell | The pull-up jumper by David Fox is blocked by Louis Dacus | 22-29 |
| 05:34 | Grinnell | David Fox tips it but misses | 22-29 |
| 05:32 | Buffalo St. | The rebound goes to Kenneth Harmon | 22-29 |
| 05:27 | Buffalo St. | Kenneth Harmon double dribbles | 22-29 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Erik Vance (PG), Chad White (SG), James Adame (SF), Raymond Bertram (PF), Jayson Ross (C) Thomas Lyman, Bradley Powers, Dale Ross, David Fox, Robert Vickery | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | John Bryant (PG), Ryan Wilson (SG), James Barber (SF), Josef Comisky (PF), Edgar Westra (C) David Case, Kenneth Harmon, Carl Christensen, Louis Dacus, Eddie Manke | |
| 05:08 | Grinnell | Erik Vance misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 22-29 |
| 05:06 | Buffalo St. | James Barber snags the defensive board | 22-29 |
| 04:45 | Buffalo St. | Edgar Westra hits the finger roll on a great pass from John Bryant | 22-31 |
| 04:34 | Grinnell | Erik Vance connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from James Adame | 25-31 |
| 04:16 | Buffalo St. | John Bryant is called for a charge - foul #1 on John Bryant, team foul #7 | 25-31 |
| 04:02 | Grinnell | Jayson Ross comes up short on the floater from the right block | 25-31 |
| 04:01 | Buffalo St. | Edgar Westra snags the defensive board | 25-31 |
| 03:41 | Buffalo St. | Edgar Westra misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing | 25-31 |
| 03:40 | Grinnell | James Adame grabs the defensive rebound | 25-31 |
| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - Erik Vance (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Chad White (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Adame (fresh) PF - Raymond Bertram (fresh) C - Jayson Ross (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo St. | PG - John Bryant (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ryan Wilson (fresh) SF - James Barber (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Josef Comisky (fresh) C - Edgar Westra (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 03:27 | Grinnell | Raymond Bertram dunks the ball on a nice dish by Erik Vance | 27-31 |
| 03:02 | Buffalo St. | James Barber misses the easy layup | 27-31 |
| 03:01 | Grinnell | James Adame grabs the defensive rebound | 27-31 |
| 02:58 | Grinnell | John Bryant is called for the reach on Erik Vance in the backcourt - foul #2 on John Bryant, team foul #8 | 27-31 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Dale Ross (SF), David Fox (PF), Robert Vickery (C) James Adame, Raymond Bertram, Jayson Ross | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | Ruben Kawamura (PG), Kenneth Harmon (SG), Carl Christensen (SF), Louis Dacus (PF), Eddie Manke (C) John Bryant, Ryan Wilson, James Barber, Josef Comisky, Edgar Westra | |
| 02:58 | Grinnell | Erik Vance makes the 1st free throw | 28-31 |
| 02:58 | Grinnell | Erik Vance makes the 2nd free throw | 29-31 |
| 02:48 | Buffalo St. | Robert Vickery denies the turnaround by Kenneth Harmon | 29-31 |
| 02:47 | Buffalo St. | Kenneth Harmon gets the offensive rebound | 29-31 |
| 02:33 | Buffalo St. | Louis Dacus hits a jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Ruben Kawamura | 29-33 |
| 02:26 | Grinnell | Dale Ross misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 29-33 |
| 02:25 | Grinnell | David Fox snags the offensive board | 29-33 |
| 02:16 | Grinnell | Eddie Manke steals the ball from Erik Vance | 29-33 |
| 01:56 | Buffalo St. | Erik Vance is called for the reach on Carl Christensen - foul #2 on Erik Vance, team foul #6 | 29-33 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | David Case (PG), James Barber (SF) Ruben Kawamura, Carl Christensen | |
| 01:39 | Buffalo St. | Kenneth Harmon misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 29-33 |
| 01:37 | Buffalo St. | James Barber grabs the offensive board | 29-33 |
| 01:22 | Buffalo St. | Erik Vance is called for the reach on David Case - foul #3 on Erik Vance, team foul #7 | 29-33 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Bradley Powers (SG), Raymond Bertram (PF) Erik Vance, David Fox | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | Edgar Westra (PF) Louis Dacus | |
| 01:22 | Buffalo St. | David Case makes the 1st free throw | 29-34 |
| 01:22 | Buffalo St. | David Case makes the 2nd free throw | 29-35 |
| 01:06 | Grinnell | Dale Ross misses the dunk attempt but he's hacked by James Barber - foul #2 on James Barber, team foul #9 | 29-35 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Thomas Lyman (PG), Jayson Ross (C) Bradley Powers, Robert Vickery | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | Ryan Wilson (SF) Eddie Manke | |
| 01:06 | Grinnell | Dale Ross misses the 1st free throw | 29-35 |
| 01:06 | Grinnell | Dale Ross makes the 2nd free throw | 30-35 |
| 00:53 | Buffalo St. | James Barber blows the layup | 30-35 |
| 00:52 | Grinnell | Dale Ross snags the defensive board | 30-35 |
| 00:28 | Grinnell | Dale Ross loses the dribble to Kenneth Harmon | 30-35 |
| 00:25 | Buffalo St. | David Case lays it up and in set up by Kenneth Harmon | 30-37 |
| 00:05 | Grinnell | Raymond Bertram loses the ball out of bounds | 30-37 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Buffalo St. | Ruben Kawamura (PG), Josef Comisky (SF), Eddie Manke (C) David Case, Kenneth Harmon, James Barber | |
| 00:01 | Buffalo St. | Ruben Kawamura misses the shot from the left block | 30-37 |
| 00:00 | Buffalo St. | Eddie Manke grabs the offensive rebound | 30-37 |