| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Claudio Rizzo (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Tony Branham (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Anthony Price (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Leland Pettigrew (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Pete Armstrong (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Shannon Huston (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Erik Moline (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - David Mason (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Eric Taylor (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Boris Korzyniowski (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Marquette | David Mason inbounds the ball | 28-38 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:43 | Marquette | The jump hook by David Mason is blocked by Leland Pettigrew | 28-38 |
| 19:42 | Marquette | Eric Taylor grabs the offensive rebound | 28-38 |
| 19:20 | Marquette | Boris Korzyniowski is whistled for traveling | 28-38 |
| 18:51 | Kent State | Tony Branham clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 28-38 |
| 18:50 | Kent State | Leland Pettigrew tips it back up and in | 30-38 |
| 18:40 | Marquette | Boris Korzyniowski misses long on a jumper from the left side | 30-38 |
| 18:39 | Kent State | The rebound goes to Claudio Rizzo | 30-38 |
| 18:23 | Kent State | Eric Taylor is called for the reach on Anthony Price - foul #4 on Eric Taylor, team foul #1 | 30-38 |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| Subs | Marquette | Matt Hobby (PF) Eric Taylor | |
| 18:11 | Kent State | Pete Armstrong lays it in | 32-38 |
| 17:49 | Marquette | A charge is called on David Mason - foul #2 on David Mason, team foul #2 | 32-38 |
| 17:41 | Kent State | Shannon Huston picks off the pass by Claudio Rizzo | 32-38 |
| 17:27 | Marquette | David Mason misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 32-38 |
| 17:25 | Kent State | The rebound goes to Anthony Price | 32-38 |
| 17:04 | Kent State | Pete Armstrong misses the shot from close range | 32-38 |
| 17:03 | Marquette | Boris Korzyniowski gets the rebound | 32-38 |
| 16:49 | Marquette | Shannon Huston hits a 3 pointer from the left wing | 32-41 |
| 16:29 | Kent State | Erik Moline picks off the pass by Leland Pettigrew | 32-41 |
| 16:25 | Marquette | Erik Moline blows the layup | 32-41 |
| 16:24 | Marquette | Boris Korzyniowski grabs the offensive rebound | 32-41 |
| 16:09 | Marquette | Erik Moline comes up short on the floater from the right side | 32-41 |
| 16:07 | Marquette | Shannon Huston gets the offensive rebound | 32-41 |
| 15:56 | Marquette | Erik Moline hits a jumper from the right side set up by Shannon Huston and he's hacked by Anthony Price - foul #1 on Anthony Price, team foul #1 | 32-43 |
| Subs | Kent State | Joseph Helton (PG), Salvador Gonzales (SG), Damek Kaniewski (SF), Walter Zilk (PF), Augustus Zelmar (C) Claudio Rizzo, Tony Branham, Anthony Price, Leland Pettigrew, Pete Armstrong | |
| Subs | Marquette | Johnathon Tillson (PG), Geoffrey Jones (SF), Darin Ditullio (C) Shannon Huston, David Mason, Boris Korzyniowski | |
| 15:56 | Marquette | Erik Moline misses the free throw | 32-43 |
| 15:56 | Kent State | Damek Kaniewski snags the defensive board | 32-43 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Joseph Helton (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Salvador Gonzales (fresh) SF - Damek Kaniewski (fresh) PF - Walter Zilk (fresh) C - Augustus Zelmar (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Johnathon Tillson (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Erik Moline (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Geoffrey Jones (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Matt Hobby (fresh) 10 pts. C - Darin Ditullio (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 15:36 | Kent State | Joseph Helton misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 32-43 |
| 15:35 | Marquette | Erik Moline grabs the defensive rebound | 32-43 |
| 15:14 | Marquette | Johnathon Tillson misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 32-43 |
| 15:13 | Kent State | Salvador Gonzales gets the rebound | 32-43 |
| 14:53 | Kent State | Damek Kaniewski hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 32-43 |
| 14:51 | Marquette | Darin Ditullio grabs the defensive rebound | 32-43 |
| 14:34 | Marquette | Erik Moline misses badly on a shot near the basket but he's fouled by Augustus Zelmar - foul #2 on Augustus Zelmar, team foul #2 | 32-43 |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| Subs | Marquette | David Mason (SF), Christopher McClish (C) Geoffrey Jones, Matt Hobby | |
| 14:34 | Marquette | Erik Moline misses the 1st free throw | 32-43 |
| 14:34 | Marquette | Erik Moline makes the 2nd free throw | 32-44 |
| 14:13 | Kent State | David Mason steals the ball from Damek Kaniewski | 32-44 |
| 13:58 | Marquette | Damek Kaniewski is called for the reach on Johnathon Tillson - foul #3 on Damek Kaniewski, team foul #3 | 32-44 |
| Subs | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo (PG), Tony Branham (SG), Anthony Price (SF), Leland Pettigrew (PF), Pete Armstrong (C) Joseph Helton, Salvador Gonzales, Damek Kaniewski, Walter Zilk, Augustus Zelmar | |
| Subs | Marquette | Shannon Huston (PG), Franjo Zais (SG) Johnathon Tillson, Erik Moline | |
| 13:41 | Marquette | Shannon Huston misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 32-44 |
| 13:40 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo gets the rebound | 32-44 |
| 13:19 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 32-44 |
| 13:17 | Kent State | Anthony Price snags the offensive board | 32-44 |
| 13:11 | Kent State | Pete Armstrong can't finish the layup | 32-44 |
| 13:09 | Kent State | Tony Branham gets the offensive rebound | 32-44 |
| 12:56 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 32-44 |
| 12:55 | Marquette | David Mason grabs the defensive rebound | 32-44 |
| 12:38 | Marquette | Darin Ditullio throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-44 |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| Subs | Marquette | Johnathon Tillson (PG), Matt Hobby (SF), Eric Taylor (PF), Boris Korzyniowski (C) Shannon Huston, David Mason, Darin Ditullio, Christopher McClish | |
| 12:25 | Kent State | Pete Armstrong is hacked by Boris Korzyniowski - foul #3 on Boris Korzyniowski, team foul #3 | 32-44 |
| Subs | Kent State | Walter Zilk (PF) Leland Pettigrew | |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| 12:06 | Kent State | Tony Branham comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 32-44 |
| 12:04 | Marquette | Johnathon Tillson snags the defensive board | 32-44 |
| 11:47 | Marquette | Eric Taylor misses the dunk but the foul's on Tony Branham - foul #1 on Tony Branham, team foul #4 | 32-44 |
| Subs | Kent State | Joseph Helton (PG), Salvador Gonzales (SG), Damek Kaniewski (SF), Augustus Zelmar (C) Claudio Rizzo, Tony Branham, Anthony Price, Pete Armstrong | |
| Subs | Marquette | David Mason (SF) Matt Hobby | |
| 11:47 | Marquette | Eric Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 32-45 |
| 11:47 | Marquette | Eric Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 32-46 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Joseph Helton (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Salvador Gonzales (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Damek Kaniewski (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Walter Zilk (fresh) C - Augustus Zelmar (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Johnathon Tillson (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Franjo Zais (fresh) SF - David Mason (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Eric Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Boris Korzyniowski (fresh) 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:31 | Kent State | Walter Zilk misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 32-46 |
| 11:29 | Marquette | Boris Korzyniowski grabs the defensive rebound | 32-46 |
| 11:06 | Marquette | Franjo Zais comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 32-46 |
| 11:04 | Kent State | The rebound goes to Augustus Zelmar | 32-46 |
| 10:46 | Kent State | Boris Korzyniowski takes the ball from Augustus Zelmar | 32-46 |
| 10:23 | Marquette | Eric Taylor misses badly on a runner from the right block | 32-46 |
| 10:21 | Kent State | Salvador Gonzales snags the defensive board | 32-46 |
| 10:02 | Kent State | Salvador Gonzales's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 32-46 |
| Subs | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo (PG), Tony Branham (SG), Anthony Price (SF), Leland Pettigrew (PF), Pete Armstrong (C) Joseph Helton, Salvador Gonzales, Damek Kaniewski, Walter Zilk, Augustus Zelmar | |
| Subs | Marquette | Shannon Huston (PG), Erik Moline (SG), Matt Hobby (SF), Darin Ditullio (C) Johnathon Tillson, Franjo Zais, David Mason, Boris Korzyniowski | |
| 09:44 | Marquette | Eric Taylor can't connect on a turnaround from the left block | 32-46 |
| 09:42 | Marquette | Matt Hobby hits the follow up shot | 32-48 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 09:33 | Kent State | Pete Armstrong misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Matt Hobby - foul #1 on Matt Hobby, team foul #4 | 32-48 |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| Subs | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones (SF) Eric Taylor | |
| 09:33 | Kent State | Pete Armstrong misses the 1st free throw | 32-48 |
| 09:33 | Kent State | Pete Armstrong misses the 2nd free throw | 32-48 |
| 09:33 | Marquette | Matt Hobby snags the defensive board | 32-48 |
| 09:19 | Marquette | Erik Moline's floater is tipped away by Pete Armstrong | 32-48 |
| 09:18 | Kent State | Leland Pettigrew snags the defensive board | 32-48 |
| 09:00 | Kent State | Pete Armstrong misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 32-48 |
| 08:59 | Kent State | Leland Pettigrew tips it but misses | 32-48 |
| 08:58 | Marquette | Darin Ditullio grabs the defensive rebound | 32-48 |
| 08:38 | Marquette | Erik Moline throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-48 |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| Subs | Marquette | David Mason (SF) Geoffrey Jones | |
| 08:11 | Kent State | Anthony Price hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 32-48 |
| 08:09 | Kent State | Leland Pettigrew grabs the offensive rebound | 32-48 |
| 08:01 | Kent State | Tony Branham scores on a jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Leland Pettigrew | 34-48 |
| 07:55 | Marquette | David Mason knocks in the jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Erik Moline | 34-50 |
| 07:37 | Kent State | Leland Pettigrew is hacked by Matt Hobby - foul #2 on Matt Hobby, team foul #5 | 34-50 |
| Subs | Kent State | Damek Kaniewski (SF), Walter Zilk (C) Anthony Price, Pete Armstrong | |
| Subs | Marquette | Eric Taylor (PF), Boris Korzyniowski (C) Matt Hobby, Darin Ditullio | |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Claudio Rizzo (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Tony Branham (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Damek Kaniewski (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Leland Pettigrew (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. C - Walter Zilk (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Shannon Huston (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Erik Moline (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SF - David Mason (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Eric Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Boris Korzyniowski (fresh) 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:24 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 37-50 |
| 07:15 | Marquette | Erik Moline misses long on a shot from the free throw line | 37-50 |
| 07:13 | Kent State | Leland Pettigrew grabs the board | 37-50 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 06:58 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 37-50 |
| 06:57 | Marquette | Eric Taylor pulls down the rebound | 37-50 |
| 06:45 | Marquette | Eric Taylor misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 37-50 |
| 06:43 | Marquette | Boris Korzyniowski hits the follow up shot | 37-52 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 06:21 | Kent State | Walter Zilk buries a jumper from the right side set up by Claudio Rizzo | 39-52 |
| 06:06 | Marquette | Erik Moline comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 39-52 |
| 06:05 | Kent State | Walter Zilk grabs the board | 39-52 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 05:52 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo misses badly on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 39-52 |
| 05:51 | Marquette | The rebound goes to David Mason | 39-52 |
| 05:35 | Marquette | Erik Moline can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 39-52 |
| 05:33 | Marquette | Boris Korzyniowski tips it in | 39-54 |
| 05:33 | Kent State | Kent State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 39-54 |
| Subs | Kent State | Joseph Helton (SG), Anthony Price (SF), Pete Armstrong (C) Tony Branham, Damek Kaniewski, Walter Zilk | |
| Subs | Marquette | Johnathon Tillson (PG) Shannon Huston | |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 05:15 | Kent State | Claudio Rizzo knocks in the 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Leland Pettigrew | 42-54 |
| 04:57 | Marquette | Eric Taylor hits a fadeaway from the baseline set up by Erik Moline | 42-56 |
| 04:38 | Kent State | Leland Pettigrew hits the finger roll | 44-56 |
| 04:21 | Marquette | Boris Korzyniowski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-56 |
| Subs | Kent State | Tony Branham (SG), Walter Zilk (PF) Claudio Rizzo, Leland Pettigrew | |
| Subs | Marquette | Shannon Huston (PG), Franjo Zais (SG) Johnathon Tillson, Erik Moline | |
| 04:07 | Kent State | Walter Zilk misses the easy layup | 44-56 |
| 04:05 | Marquette | Boris Korzyniowski grabs the board | 44-56 |
| 03:44 | Marquette | Boris Korzyniowski hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Franjo Zais and he's hacked by Pete Armstrong - foul #2 on Pete Armstrong, team foul #5 | 44-58 |
| Subs | Kent State | Salvador Gonzales (SG), Damek Kaniewski (SF), Augustus Zelmar (C) Tony Branham, Anthony Price, Pete Armstrong | |
| Subs | Marquette | Johnathon Tillson (PG), Matt Hobby (SF), Darin Ditullio (PF) Shannon Huston, David Mason, Eric Taylor | |
| 03:44 | Marquette | Boris Korzyniowski makes the free throw | 44-59 |
| 03:24 | Kent State | Walter Zilk misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 44-59 |
| 03:22 | Marquette | Johnathon Tillson gets the rebound | 44-59 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Joseph Helton (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Salvador Gonzales (fresh) 3 reb. SF - Damek Kaniewski (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Walter Zilk (fresh) 2 pts. C - Augustus Zelmar (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Johnathon Tillson (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Franjo Zais (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Matt Hobby (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. PF - Darin Ditullio (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Boris Korzyniowski (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:04 | Marquette | Boris Korzyniowski hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Johnathon Tillson | 44-61 |
| 03:00 | Kent State | Matt Hobby is called for the reach on Augustus Zelmar - foul #3 on Matt Hobby, team foul #6 | 44-61 |
| Subs | Kent State | Michael Boucher (PG) Joseph Helton | |
| Subs | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones (SF) Boris Korzyniowski | |
| 02:55 | Kent State | Salvador Gonzales misses badly on a shot from the right side | 44-61 |
| 02:53 | Marquette | Johnathon Tillson gets the rebound | 44-61 |
| 02:40 | Marquette | Franjo Zais buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 44-64 |
| 02:26 | Kent State | Augustus Zelmar misses the jumper in the lane | 44-64 |
| 02:25 | Marquette | Darin Ditullio grabs the defensive rebound | 44-64 |
| 02:10 | Marquette | Franjo Zais clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 44-64 |
| 02:08 | Kent State | Salvador Gonzales snags the defensive board | 44-64 |
| 02:01 | Kent State | Damek Kaniewski hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 47-64 |
| 01:41 | Marquette | Johnathon Tillson is hacked by Michael Boucher - foul #1 on Michael Boucher, team foul #6 | 47-64 |
| Subs | Kent State | Joseph Helton (PG) Michael Boucher | |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| 01:25 | Marquette | Johnathon Tillson misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 47-64 |
| 01:24 | Kent State | The rebound goes to Damek Kaniewski | 47-64 |
| 01:10 | Kent State | Damek Kaniewski can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 47-64 |
| 01:09 | Kent State | Augustus Zelmar grabs the offensive rebound | 47-64 |
| 00:54 | Kent State | Augustus Zelmar comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 47-64 |
| 00:52 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones gets the rebound | 47-64 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:24 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones is fouled on the floor by Damek Kaniewski - foul #4 on Damek Kaniewski, team foul #7 | 47-64 |
| 00:24 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones misses the 1st free throw | 47-64 |
| 00:24 | Kent State | Augustus Zelmar pulls down the rebound | 47-64 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:20 | Kent State | Walter Zilk double dribbles | 47-64 |
| 00:00 | Marquette | Johnathon Tillson runs out the clock | 47-64 |