| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Russell Clay (fresh) SG - Alan Godin (fresh) SF - Robert Goodin (fresh) PF - Gary Yates (fresh) C - George Parkerson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Anthony Scott (fresh) SG - Robert Lee (fresh) SF - Adam Poindexter (fresh) PF - Michael Flannery (fresh) C - Johnson Henry (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Creighton | Gary Yates wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:50 | Creighton | Alan Godin misses short on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 0-0 |
| 19:48 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:41 | Southern Illinois | Robert Lee knocks in the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 0-2 |
| 19:32 | Creighton | Russell Clay clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 0-2 |
| 19:30 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry grabs the defensive rebound | 0-2 |
| 19:28 | Southern Illinois | Adam Poindexter is hacked by Robert Goodin in the backcourt - foul #1 on Robert Goodin, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 19:12 | Southern Illinois | Robert Lee misses the floater from the left side but he's hacked by Alan Godin - foul #1 on Alan Godin, team foul #2 | 0-2 |
| 19:12 | Southern Illinois | Robert Lee makes the 1st free throw | 0-3 |
| 19:12 | Southern Illinois | Robert Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 0-4 |
| 19:03 | Creighton | Russell Clay drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Alan Godin | 3-4 |
| 18:45 | Southern Illinois | Robert Lee misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 3-4 |
| 18:44 | Creighton | Gary Yates grabs the defensive rebound | 3-4 |
| 18:40 | Creighton | Alan Godin is hacked by Robert Lee - foul #1 on Robert Lee, team foul #1 | 3-4 |
| 18:29 | Creighton | George Parkerson scores on a floater near the basket set up by Russell Clay | 5-4 |
| 18:25 | Southern Illinois | Russell Clay picks off the pass by Robert Lee in the backcourt | 5-4 |
| 18:23 | Creighton | Alan Godin banks in the layup on a great pass from Russell Clay | 7-4 |
| 18:09 | Southern Illinois | Robert Lee drills a 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Adam Poindexter | 7-7 |
| 17:45 | Creighton | Russell Clay misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 7-7 |
| 17:43 | Southern Illinois | The rebound goes to Robert Lee | 7-7 |
| 17:30 | Southern Illinois | The jump hook by Anthony Scott is blocked by George Parkerson | 7-7 |
| 17:29 | Creighton | Russell Clay grabs the defensive rebound | 7-7 |
| 17:25 | Creighton | Russell Clay comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 7-7 |
| 17:23 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery grabs the board | 7-7 |
| 17:13 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry makes the fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Michael Flannery | 7-9 |
| 16:59 | Creighton | George Parkerson is hacked by Michael Flannery - foul #1 on Michael Flannery, team foul #2 | 7-9 |
| Subs | Creighton | Robby Gant (PG), Nathaniel Deforge (SG), Will Henderson (SF), John Benjamin (PF), Robert Huffaker (C) Russell Clay, Alan Godin, Robert Goodin, Gary Yates, George Parkerson | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | John Wilson (PG), Kenneth White (SG), Jeffrey Johnson (SF), Robert Jennings (PF), Nicholas Price (C) Anthony Scott, Robert Lee, Adam Poindexter, Michael Flannery, Johnson Henry | |
| 16:54 | Creighton | John Benjamin drills a turnaround in the paint set up by Will Henderson | 9-9 |
| 16:32 | Southern Illinois | Nathaniel Deforge is called for the reach on John Wilson - foul #1 on Nathaniel Deforge, team foul #3 | 9-9 |
| 16:19 | Southern Illinois | Kenneth White misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 9-9 |
| 16:18 | Creighton | The rebound goes to Robby Gant | 9-9 |
| 16:10 | Creighton | John Benjamin misses the easy layup | 9-9 |
| 16:08 | Creighton | Robert Huffaker tips it but misses | 9-9 |
| 16:06 | Creighton | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Huffaker | 9-9 |
| 15:55 | Creighton | Robert Huffaker loses the ball out of bounds | 9-9 |
| Subs | Creighton | Alan Godin (SG), Earl Baker (SF), Gerald Shipley (PF) Nathaniel Deforge, Will Henderson, John Benjamin | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Robby Gant (fresh) SG - Alan Godin (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Earl Baker (fresh) PF - Gerald Shipley (fresh) C - Robert Huffaker (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - John Wilson (fresh) SG - Kenneth White (fresh) SF - Jeffrey Johnson (fresh) PF - Robert Jennings (fresh) C - Nicholas Price (fresh) | |
| 15:53 | Southern Illinois | John Wilson is called for a charge in the backcourt - foul #1 on John Wilson, team foul #3 | 9-9 |
| Subs | Creighton | Gary Yates (PF) Robert Huffaker | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | | |
| 15:41 | Creighton | Robby Gant misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 9-9 |
| 15:40 | Southern Illinois | Nicholas Price grabs the defensive rebound | 9-9 |
| 15:16 | Southern Illinois | Jeffrey Johnson misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 9-9 |
| 15:14 | Creighton | Gary Yates snags the defensive board | 9-9 |
| 15:06 | Creighton | Nicholas Price swats the dunk try by Gerald Shipley | 9-9 |
| 15:05 | Southern Illinois | Robert Jennings grabs the defensive rebound | 9-9 |
| 14:39 | Southern Illinois | Jeffrey Johnson misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 9-9 |
| 14:37 | Southern Illinois | Kenneth White tips it home | 9-11 |
| 14:21 | Creighton | Gary Yates hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 9-11 |
| 14:19 | Southern Illinois | Jeffrey Johnson pulls down the rebound | 9-11 |
| 14:16 | Southern Illinois | Jeffrey Johnson is called for a charge in the backcourt - foul #1 on Jeffrey Johnson, team foul #4 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Creighton | Russell Clay (PG), Nathaniel Deforge (SG), Will Henderson (SF), John Benjamin (PF), Robert Huffaker (C) Robby Gant, Alan Godin, Earl Baker, Gary Yates, Gerald Shipley | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott (PG), Robert Lee (SG), Adam Poindexter (SF), Michael Flannery (PF), Johnson Henry (C) John Wilson, Kenneth White, Jeffrey Johnson, Robert Jennings, Nicholas Price | |
| 13:58 | Creighton | Will Henderson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 9-11 |
| 13:56 | Creighton | Robert Huffaker tips it home | 11-11 |
| 13:42 | Southern Illinois | Adam Poindexter hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 11-11 |
| 13:41 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry hits the follow up shot | 11-13 |
| 13:23 | Creighton | Russell Clay scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Will Henderson | 14-13 |
| 13:21 | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott is fouled in the backcourt by Russell Clay - foul #1 on Russell Clay, team foul #4 | 14-13 |
| Subs | Creighton | Alan Godin (SG), Robert Goodin (SF) Nathaniel Deforge, Will Henderson | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Shad Gerdes (SG) Robert Lee | |
| 12:59 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery scores on a jumper in the lane | 14-15 |
| 12:40 | Creighton | Russell Clay comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 14-15 |
| 12:38 | Southern Illinois | The rebound goes to Michael Flannery | 14-15 |
| 12:16 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry can't connect on a jump hook from close range but he's fouled by Alan Godin - foul #2 on Alan Godin, team foul #5 | 14-15 |
| Subs | Creighton | Nathaniel Deforge (SG), Gerald Shipley (PF), George Parkerson (C) Alan Godin, John Benjamin, Robert Huffaker | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Erik Joyce (PG), Robert Lee (SG) Anthony Scott, Shad Gerdes | |
| 12:16 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry makes the 1st free throw | 14-16 |
| 12:16 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry makes the 2nd free throw | 14-17 |
| 12:03 | Creighton | George Parkerson misses the turnaround from the right block but he's hacked by Johnson Henry - foul #1 on Johnson Henry, team foul #5 | 14-17 |
| 12:03 | Creighton | George Parkerson makes the 1st free throw | 15-17 |
| 12:03 | Creighton | George Parkerson makes the 2nd free throw | 16-17 |
| 11:41 | Southern Illinois | Erik Joyce misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 16-17 |
| 11:40 | Creighton | Robert Goodin gets the rebound | 16-17 |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Russell Clay (tiring) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Nathaniel Deforge (fresh) SF - Robert Goodin (tiring) PF - Gerald Shipley (fresh) C - George Parkerson (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Erik Joyce (fresh) SG - Robert Lee (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Adam Poindexter (fairly fresh) PF - Michael Flannery (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Johnson Henry (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:27 | Creighton | Russell Clay throws a bad pass out of bounds | 16-17 |
| Subs | Creighton | Robby Gant (PG), Earl Baker (SG), Will Henderson (SF), Gary Yates (PF) Russell Clay, Nathaniel Deforge, Robert Goodin, Gerald Shipley | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | John Wilson (PG) Erik Joyce | |
| 11:05 | Southern Illinois | John Wilson clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 16-17 |
| 11:03 | Creighton | Earl Baker gets the rebound | 16-17 |
| 11:01 | Creighton | John Wilson picks off the pass by Robby Gant in the backcourt | 16-17 |
| 10:59 | Southern Illinois | John Wilson lays it in | 16-19 |
| 10:50 | Creighton | George Parkerson misses short on a shot from the left wing | 16-19 |
| 10:49 | Southern Illinois | Adam Poindexter pulls down the rebound | 16-19 |
| 10:44 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery misses short on a runner near the basket | 16-19 |
| 10:42 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry tips it in | 16-21 |
| 10:30 | Creighton | Will Henderson misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 16-21 |
| 10:28 | Creighton | Gary Yates tips it home | 18-21 |
| 10:09 | Southern Illinois | Robert Lee misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 18-21 |
| 10:08 | Creighton | George Parkerson grabs the board | 18-21 |
| 09:58 | Creighton | George Parkerson buries a floater from the left wing on a great pass from Robby Gant | 20-21 |
| 09:44 | Southern Illinois | Robby Gant steps in front of the Johnson Henry pass | 20-21 |
| 09:31 | Creighton | George Parkerson can't throw it down | 20-21 |
| 09:30 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery snags the defensive board | 20-21 |
| 09:18 | Southern Illinois | George Parkerson swats the short shot by Robert Lee | 20-21 |
| 09:17 | Southern Illinois | John Wilson snags the offensive board | 20-21 |
| 09:10 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery is hacked by Gary Yates - foul #1 on Gary Yates, team foul #6 | 20-21 |
| Subs | Creighton | Russell Clay (PG), Nathaniel Deforge (SG), Robert Goodin (SF), Gerald Shipley (PF), Robert Huffaker (C) Robby Gant, Earl Baker, Will Henderson, Gary Yates, George Parkerson | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott (PG), Kenneth White (SG), Jeffrey Johnson (SF), Robert Jennings (PF), Nicholas Price (C) John Wilson, Robert Lee, Adam Poindexter, Michael Flannery, Johnson Henry | |
| 08:59 | Southern Illinois | Gerald Shipley steps in front of the Jeffrey Johnson pass | 20-21 |
| 08:39 | Creighton | Robert Jennings blocks the short jumper by Gerald Shipley | 20-21 |
| 08:38 | Creighton | Robert Goodin tips it in | 22-21 |
| 08:24 | Southern Illinois | Jeffrey Johnson makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Anthony Scott | 22-24 |
| 08:04 | Creighton | Russell Clay is hacked by Jeffrey Johnson - foul #2 on Jeffrey Johnson, team foul #6 | 22-24 |
| Subs | Creighton | John Benjamin (PF) Robert Goodin | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Shad Gerdes (SG) Jeffrey Johnson | |
| 07:57 | Creighton | John Benjamin misses long on a floater from the left block but he's fouled by Robert Jennings - foul #1 on Robert Jennings, team foul #7 | 22-24 |
| Subs | Creighton | Robert Goodin (SF) Gerald Shipley | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | | |
| 07:57 | Creighton | John Benjamin makes the 1st free throw | 23-24 |
| 07:57 | Creighton | John Benjamin makes the 2nd free throw | 24-24 |
| 07:55 | Southern Illinois | Robert Goodin steps in front of the Nicholas Price pass in the backcourt | 24-24 |
| 07:40 | Creighton | John Benjamin banks in the layup on a great pass from Nathaniel Deforge | 26-24 |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Russell Clay (tiring) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Nathaniel Deforge (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Goodin (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - John Benjamin (fresh) 6 pts. C - Robert Huffaker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Anthony Scott (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Shad Gerdes (fresh) SF - Kenneth White (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Jennings (fairly fresh) C - Nicholas Price (fairly fresh) | |
| 07:23 | Southern Illinois | Kenneth White scores on a shot from the left side on a nice dish by Anthony Scott | 26-26 |
| 07:16 | Creighton | John Benjamin hits the front of the rim on the runner from close range | 26-26 |
| 07:14 | Southern Illinois | Nicholas Price grabs the board | 26-26 |
| 07:00 | Southern Illinois | Kenneth White's layup is rejected by Robert Huffaker | 26-26 |
| 06:59 | Southern Illinois | Robert Jennings pulls down the offensive rebound | 26-26 |
| 06:43 | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 26-26 |
| 06:41 | Southern Illinois | Kenneth White tips it but misses | 26-26 |
| 06:40 | Creighton | John Benjamin grabs the defensive rebound | 26-26 |
| 06:25 | Creighton | Russell Clay comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 26-26 |
| 06:24 | Southern Illinois | Robert Jennings grabs the board | 26-26 |
| 05:58 | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 26-29 |
| 05:38 | Creighton | Russell Clay misses badly on a jumper from the right side | 26-29 |
| 05:36 | Southern Illinois | Robert Jennings grabs the defensive rebound | 26-29 |
| 05:22 | Southern Illinois | John Benjamin steps in front of the Robert Jennings pass | 26-29 |
| 05:06 | Creighton | John Benjamin misses badly on a floater from the free throw line | 26-29 |
| 05:05 | Creighton | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Goodin | 26-29 |
| 04:59 | Creighton | John Benjamin hits the finger roll on a great pass from Russell Clay | 28-29 |
| 04:39 | Southern Illinois | Robert Jennings misses the easy open layup | 28-29 |
| 04:37 | Creighton | John Benjamin gets the rebound | 28-29 |
| 04:33 | Creighton | Nathaniel Deforge is hacked by Nicholas Price - foul #1 on Nicholas Price, team foul #8 | 28-29 |
| Subs | Creighton | Alan Godin (SG), Will Henderson (SF), Gerald Shipley (PF), George Parkerson (C) Russell Clay, Robert Goodin, John Benjamin, Robert Huffaker | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | John Wilson (PG), Robert Lee (SG), Adam Poindexter (SF), Michael Flannery (PF), Johnson Henry (C) Anthony Scott, Shad Gerdes, Kenneth White, Robert Jennings, Nicholas Price | |
| 04:33 | Creighton | Nathaniel Deforge makes the 1st free throw | 29-29 |
| 04:33 | Creighton | Nathaniel Deforge makes the 2nd free throw | 30-29 |
| 04:19 | Southern Illinois | Adam Poindexter is denied on a layup by Gerald Shipley | 30-29 |
| 04:18 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley grabs the board | 30-29 |
| 03:55 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley is hacked by Michael Flannery - foul #2 on Michael Flannery, team foul #9 | 30-29 |
| Subs | Creighton | Robby Gant (PG) Nathaniel Deforge | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Jeffrey Johnson (SF) Adam Poindexter | |
| 03:55 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley makes the 1st free throw | 31-29 |
| 03:55 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley makes the 2nd free throw | 32-29 |
| 03:33 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery scores on a runner from the right block on a nice dish by Robert Lee | 32-31 |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Robby Gant (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Alan Godin (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Will Henderson (fresh) PF - Gerald Shipley (fresh) 2 pts. C - George Parkerson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - John Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Robert Lee (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Johnson (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Michael Flannery (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Johnson Henry (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:20 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-31 |
| Subs | Creighton | Earl Baker (SF), Gary Yates (PF) Will Henderson, George Parkerson | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | | |
| 03:09 | Southern Illinois | Michael Flannery misses badly on a fadeaway near the basket | 32-31 |
| 03:08 | Creighton | Gary Yates grabs the defensive rebound | 32-31 |
| 02:58 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley lays it in set up by Robby Gant | 34-31 |
| 02:39 | Southern Illinois | The pull-up jumper by John Wilson is blocked by Gerald Shipley | 34-31 |
| 02:38 | Creighton | Robby Gant snags the defensive board | 34-31 |
| 02:32 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley clanks a floater in the lane | 34-31 |
| 02:30 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry grabs the board | 34-31 |
| 02:28 | Southern Illinois | Alan Godin steals the ball from Jeffrey Johnson in the backcourt | 34-31 |
| 02:25 | Creighton | Alan Godin hits the finger roll | 36-31 |
| 02:04 | Southern Illinois | Robert Lee is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from John Wilson | 36-33 |
| 01:51 | Creighton | Robby Gant drills a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Earl Baker | 39-33 |
| 01:40 | Southern Illinois | Robert Lee's floater is knocked away by Earl Baker | 39-33 |
| 01:39 | Creighton | The rebound goes to Gerald Shipley | 39-33 |
| 01:33 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Jeffrey Johnson - foul #3 on Jeffrey Johnson, team foul #10 | 39-33 |
| Subs | Creighton | Will Henderson (SF), George Parkerson (C) Earl Baker, Gary Yates | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Erik Joyce (PG), Adam Poindexter (SF) John Wilson, Jeffrey Johnson | |
| 01:33 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley makes the 1st free throw | 40-33 |
| 01:33 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley makes the 2nd free throw | 41-33 |
| 01:13 | Southern Illinois | Adam Poindexter misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 41-33 |
| 01:11 | Southern Illinois | Adam Poindexter snags the offensive board | 41-33 |
| 01:02 | Southern Illinois | Adam Poindexter lays it in on a great pass from Johnson Henry | 41-35 |
| 00:53 | Creighton | Robby Gant connects on the 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Gerald Shipley | 44-35 |
| 00:51 | Southern Illinois | Robert Lee loses the dribble to George Parkerson in the backcourt | 44-35 |
| 00:39 | Creighton | Gerald Shipley makes the jump hook from the left block set up by Will Henderson | 46-35 |
| 00:35 | Southern Illinois | Gerald Shipley steps in front of the Adam Poindexter pass in the backcourt | 46-35 |
| 00:25 | Creighton | Will Henderson makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 49-35 |
| 00:05 | Southern Illinois | Johnson Henry's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-35 |
| Subs | Creighton | Russell Clay (PG), Gary Yates (PF) Robby Gant, Gerald Shipley | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Anthony Scott (PG), Robert Jennings (PF) Erik Joyce, Michael Flannery | |
| 00:01 | Creighton | Will Henderson is whistled for traveling | 49-35 |
| Subs | Creighton | Robert Goodin (SF) Will Henderson | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Shad Gerdes (SG) Robert Lee | |
| 00:00 | Southern Illinois | Adam Poindexter misses short on a fullcourt shot | 49-35 |