| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Paul Knudson (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - Russell Towne (fresh) 1 ast. SF - John Witherell (fresh) 4 pts. PF - John Mikula (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Kwakou Albarazi (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Thomas Kimbrell (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Michael Avery (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Gilbert Woodrow (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ronald Bower (fresh) 2 reb. C - Adam Black (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Michigan State | John Witherell inbounds the ball | 37-26 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:42 | Michigan State | Paul Knudson travels with the ball | 37-26 |
| 19:19 | DePaul | Gilbert Woodrow is hacked by John Witherell - foul #2 on John Witherell, team foul #1 | 37-26 |
| 18:57 | DePaul | Russell Towne picks off the pass by Adam Black | 37-26 |
| 18:49 | Michigan State | Paul Knudson is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Paul Knudson, team foul #2 | 37-26 |
| 18:20 | DePaul | Adam Black hits a shot from the left wing on a great pass from Michael Avery | 37-28 |
| 18:04 | Michigan State | Kwakou Albarazi comes up short on the turnaround near the basket | 37-28 |
| 18:02 | DePaul | Michael Avery grabs the board | 37-28 |
| 17:41 | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell makes the wide open 3pt shot from the left wing | 37-31 |
| 17:15 | Michigan State | John Witherell lays it up and in and the foul's on Ronald Bower - foul #3 on Ronald Bower, team foul #1 | 39-31 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Mark Schneider (SG), John Watson (PF) Russell Towne, John Mikula | |
| Subs | DePaul | Barry Gales (PF) Ronald Bower | |
| 17:15 | Michigan State | John Witherell makes the free throw | 40-31 |
| 16:58 | DePaul | Adam Black misses badly on a jumper from the right wing | 40-31 |
| 16:57 | Michigan State | John Witherell grabs the board | 40-31 |
| 16:33 | Michigan State | John Watson hits a floater from the right block and he's hacked by Barry Gales - foul #3 on Barry Gales, team foul #2 | 42-31 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Randy Sharp (PG), William Callahan (SF), Stephen Harrold (C) Paul Knudson, John Witherell, Kwakou Albarazi | |
| Subs | DePaul | Andrew Riley (PF) Barry Gales | |
| 16:33 | Michigan State | John Watson makes the free throw | 43-31 |
| 16:11 | DePaul | Gilbert Woodrow lays it up and in on a nice dish by Thomas Kimbrell | 43-33 |
| 15:50 | Michigan State | Stephen Harrold makes the fadeaway from the right block and he's fouled by Gilbert Woodrow - foul #3 on Gilbert Woodrow, team foul #3 | 45-33 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Russell Towne (SG), John Mikula (PF) Mark Schneider, John Watson | |
| Subs | DePaul | Ronald Bower (PF) Andrew Riley | |
| 15:50 | Michigan State | Stephen Harrold makes the free throw | 46-33 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Randy Sharp (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Russell Towne (fresh) 1 ast. SF - William Callahan (fresh) 6 pts. PF - John Mikula (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Stephen Harrold (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Thomas Kimbrell (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Avery (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gilbert Woodrow (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. PF - Ronald Bower (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Adam Black (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 15:29 | DePaul | Stephen Harrold steps in front of the Michael Avery pass | 46-33 |
| 15:24 | Michigan State | Gilbert Woodrow steals it from Stephen Harrold | 46-33 |
| 15:01 | DePaul | Michael Avery knocks in the 3 from the right wing | 46-36 |
| 14:42 | Michigan State | John Mikula loses the dribble to Ronald Bower | 46-36 |
| 14:26 | DePaul | Ronald Bower comes up short on the floater from the left wing | 46-36 |
| 14:25 | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell hits the follow up shot | 46-38 |
| 14:05 | Michigan State | William Callahan can't connect on a jumper near the basket | 46-38 |
| 14:03 | DePaul | Ronald Bower grabs the board | 46-38 |
| 13:57 | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell misses the floater from the left side but he's hacked by Randy Sharp - foul #1 on Randy Sharp, team foul #3 | 46-38 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Paul Knudson (PG), Mark Schneider (SG), John Witherell (SF), John Watson (PF), Kwakou Albarazi (C) Randy Sharp, Russell Towne, William Callahan, John Mikula, Stephen Harrold | |
| Subs | DePaul | Barry Gales (C) Adam Black | |
| 13:57 | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell makes the 1st free throw | 46-39 |
| 13:57 | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell makes the 2nd free throw | 46-40 |
| 13:43 | Michigan State | Paul Knudson clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 46-40 |
| 13:41 | Michigan State | John Watson snags the offensive board | 46-40 |
| 13:33 | Michigan State | Paul Knudson misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 46-40 |
| 13:31 | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell gets the rebound | 46-40 |
| 13:14 | DePaul | Michael Avery hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 46-40 |
| 13:12 | Michigan State | John Witherell pulls down the rebound | 46-40 |
| 12:58 | Michigan State | Kwakou Albarazi misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 46-40 |
| 12:57 | Michigan State | John Witherell tips it back up and in | 48-40 |
| 12:32 | DePaul | Paul Knudson steals the ball from Thomas Kimbrell | 48-40 |
| 12:29 | Michigan State | Paul Knudson dunks the ball | 50-40 |
| 12:03 | DePaul | Michael Avery knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Thomas Kimbrell | 50-43 |
| 11:40 | Michigan State | Paul Knudson misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 50-43 |
| 11:39 | Michigan State | Mark Schneider pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-43 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Paul Knudson (fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mark Schneider (fresh) SF - John Witherell (fresh) 9 pts. PF - John Watson (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Kwakou Albarazi (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Thomas Kimbrell (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Avery (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gilbert Woodrow (tiring) 6 pts. 3 pf. PF - Ronald Bower (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Barry Gales (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:23 | Michigan State | Kwakou Albarazi loses the ball out of bounds | 50-43 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Russell Towne (SG), William Callahan (SF), John Mikula (PF) Mark Schneider, John Witherell, John Watson | |
| Subs | DePaul | Andrew Riley (SF), Adam Black (C) Gilbert Woodrow, Barry Gales | |
| 11:03 | DePaul | Ronald Bower loses the ball out of bounds | 50-43 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Stephen Harrold (C) Kwakou Albarazi | |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| 10:51 | Michigan State | Stephen Harrold is fouled on the floor by Adam Black - foul #1 on Adam Black, team foul #4 | 50-43 |
| 10:37 | Michigan State | Stephen Harrold is whistled for a carry | 50-43 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Randy Sharp (PG) Paul Knudson | |
| Subs | DePaul | Thomas Flynn (PG), Reginald Nieves (SG) Thomas Kimbrell, Michael Avery | |
| 10:13 | DePaul | Stephen Harrold takes the ball from Adam Black | 50-43 |
| 10:00 | Michigan State | Ronald Bower swats the short shot by John Mikula | 50-43 |
| 09:58 | Michigan State | Randy Sharp hits the follow up shot | 52-43 |
| 09:29 | DePaul | Randy Sharp is called for the reach on Thomas Flynn - foul #2 on Randy Sharp, team foul #4 | 52-43 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Paul Knudson (PG), John Witherell (SF), Kwakou Albarazi (C) Randy Sharp, William Callahan, Stephen Harrold | |
| Subs | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell (PG), Michael Avery (SG) Thomas Flynn, Reginald Nieves | |
| 09:12 | DePaul | Ronald Bower comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 52-43 |
| 09:11 | Michigan State | John Mikula gets the rebound | 52-43 |
| 08:47 | Michigan State | Paul Knudson comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 52-43 |
| 08:45 | DePaul | Michael Avery pulls down the rebound | 52-43 |
| 08:27 | DePaul | Adam Black misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but the foul's on Kwakou Albarazi - foul #2 on Kwakou Albarazi, team foul #5 | 52-43 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Mark Schneider (SG), John Watson (PF) Russell Towne, John Mikula | |
| Subs | DePaul | Barry Gales (PF) Ronald Bower | |
| 08:27 | DePaul | Adam Black makes the 1st free throw | 52-44 |
| 08:27 | DePaul | Adam Black misses the 2nd free throw | 52-44 |
| 08:27 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Mark Schneider | 52-44 |
| 08:15 | Michigan State | Paul Knudson drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 55-44 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 07:56 | DePaul | Andrew Riley misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 55-44 |
| 07:55 | DePaul | Andrew Riley hits the follow up shot | 55-46 |
| 07:34 | Michigan State | Michael Avery steps in front of the John Witherell pass | 55-46 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Paul Knudson (fresh) 19 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mark Schneider (fresh) SF - John Witherell (fresh) 9 pts. PF - John Watson (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Kwakou Albarazi (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Thomas Kimbrell (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Avery (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. SF - Andrew Riley (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Barry Gales (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Adam Black (tiring) 5 pts. | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 07:09 | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 55-46 |
| 07:08 | DePaul | The offensive rebound goes to Barry Gales | 55-46 |
| 07:01 | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell scores on a floater from the left wing | 55-48 |
| 06:46 | Michigan State | Paul Knudson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 55-48 |
| 06:44 | DePaul | Adam Black grabs the board | 55-48 |
| 06:22 | DePaul | Adam Black is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 55-48 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Randy Sharp (PG), Russell Towne (SG), William Callahan (SF), John Mikula (PF), Stephen Harrold (C) Paul Knudson, Mark Schneider, John Witherell, John Watson, Kwakou Albarazi | |
| Subs | DePaul | Thomas Flynn (PG), Reginald Nieves (SG), Gilbert Woodrow (SF), Ronald Bower (PF) Thomas Kimbrell, Michael Avery, Andrew Riley, Adam Black | |
| 06:07 | Michigan State | Stephen Harrold connects on the jumper from the right block set up by Randy Sharp | 57-48 |
| 05:41 | DePaul | Reginald Nieves is called for a charge - foul #2 on Reginald Nieves, team foul #5 | 57-48 |
| 05:31 | Michigan State | William Callahan loses the ball out of bounds | 57-48 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell (PG), Michael Avery (SG) Thomas Flynn, Reginald Nieves | |
| 05:04 | DePaul | Gilbert Woodrow's floater is knocked away by William Callahan | 57-48 |
| 05:02 | Michigan State | Stephen Harrold gets the rebound | 57-48 |
| 04:45 | Michigan State | William Callahan comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 57-48 |
| 04:43 | Michigan State | William Callahan gets the offensive rebound | 57-48 |
| 04:27 | Michigan State | Stephen Harrold's floater is tipped away by Gilbert Woodrow | 57-48 |
| 04:26 | Michigan State | Randy Sharp pulls down the offensive rebound | 57-48 |
| 04:15 | Michigan State | Barry Gales denies the turnaround by William Callahan | 57-48 |
| 04:13 | DePaul | Ronald Bower pulls down the rebound | 57-48 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 04:00 | DePaul | Michael Avery misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 57-48 |
| 03:59 | DePaul | Barry Gales pulls down the offensive rebound | 57-48 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:44 | DePaul | Gilbert Woodrow comes up short on the turnaround from the baseline | 57-48 |
| 03:43 | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell tips it in | 57-50 |
| 03:43 | Michigan State | Michigan State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-50 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Paul Knudson (PG), John Witherell (SF), Kwakou Albarazi (C) Randy Sharp, William Callahan, Stephen Harrold | |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| 03:23 | Michigan State | Ronald Bower takes the ball from Kwakou Albarazi | 57-50 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Paul Knudson (fresh) 19 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Russell Towne (fresh) 1 ast. SF - John Witherell (fresh) 9 pts. PF - John Mikula (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Kwakou Albarazi (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Thomas Kimbrell (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Avery (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gilbert Woodrow (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. PF - Ronald Bower (fairly fresh) 4 reb. 3 stl. 3 pf. C - Barry Gales (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:03 | DePaul | Gilbert Woodrow misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 57-50 |
| 03:01 | Michigan State | John Mikula pulls down the rebound | 57-50 |
| 02:50 | Michigan State | Gilbert Woodrow is called for the reach on Paul Knudson - foul #4 on Gilbert Woodrow, team foul #6 | 57-50 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Mark Schneider (SG) Russell Towne | |
| Subs | DePaul | Adam Black (C) Barry Gales | |
| 02:28 | Michigan State | Paul Knudson knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner | 60-50 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:22 | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell connects on the floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Michael Avery | 60-52 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 02:00 | Michigan State | Paul Knudson knocks in the 3pt shot from the right corner | 63-52 |
| 01:46 | DePaul | Adam Black misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Kwakou Albarazi - foul #3 on Kwakou Albarazi, team foul #6 | 63-52 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Russell Towne (SG) Mark Schneider | |
| Subs | DePaul | Thomas Flynn (PG), Reginald Nieves (SG), Andrew Riley (SF), Barry Gales (PF) Thomas Kimbrell, Michael Avery, Gilbert Woodrow, Ronald Bower | |
| 01:46 | DePaul | Adam Black misses the 1st free throw | 63-52 |
| 01:46 | DePaul | Adam Black makes the 2nd free throw | 63-53 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 01:19 | Michigan State | John Witherell can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 63-53 |
| 01:18 | DePaul | Andrew Riley grabs the defensive rebound | 63-53 |
| 01:06 | DePaul | Reginald Nieves knocks in the fadeaway from the right wing | 63-55 |
| 00:46 | Michigan State | Paul Knudson misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 63-55 |
| 00:45 | DePaul | Barry Gales grabs the board | 63-55 |
| 00:45 | DePaul | DePaul calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 63-55 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell (PG), Michael Avery (SG), Gilbert Woodrow (SF), Ronald Bower (PF) Thomas Flynn, Reginald Nieves, Andrew Riley, Barry Gales | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:39 | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 63-55 |
| 00:38 | DePaul | Ronald Bower grabs the offensive board | 63-55 |
| 00:34 | DePaul | Thomas Kimbrell hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 63-55 |
| 00:33 | Michigan State | Russell Towne gets the rebound | 63-55 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:30 | Michigan State | Michael Avery is called for the reach on Russell Towne in the backcourt - foul #2 on Michael Avery, team foul #7 | 63-55 |
| Subs | Michigan State | John Watson (PF) John Mikula | |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| 00:30 | Michigan State | Russell Towne makes the 1st free throw | 64-55 |
| 00:30 | Michigan State | Russell Towne makes the 2nd free throw | 65-55 |
| 00:26 | DePaul | Kwakou Albarazi swats the layup by Gilbert Woodrow | 65-55 |
| 00:24 | Michigan State | Kwakou Albarazi pulls down the rebound | 65-55 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:00 | Michigan State | Paul Knudson runs out the clock | 65-55 |