| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Donald Richard (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Brian Kyle (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Moshe Boyarski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Tim Squires (fresh) 2 reb. C - Darrell Welch (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - James Geis (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronald Smith (fresh) 1 ast. SF - George Malone (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. PF - Clifford Brown (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - James Rivard (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Loyola Chicago | George Malone inbounds the ball | 33-29 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Loyola Chicago | Loyola Chicago is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:39 | Loyola Chicago | Darrell Welch steals it from James Rivard | 33-29 |
| 19:26 | Detroit Mercy | Tim Squires scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Donald Richard | 36-29 |
| 19:12 | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Smith is called for a charge - foul #2 on Ronald Smith, team foul #1 | 36-29 |
| 18:54 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 36-29 |
| 18:52 | Loyola Chicago | James Geis pulls down the rebound | 36-29 |
| 18:29 | Loyola Chicago | James Geis scores on a jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from George Malone | 36-31 |
| 18:13 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle's fadeaway is rejected by George Malone | 36-31 |
| 18:11 | Detroit Mercy | Darrell Welch grabs the offensive rebound | 36-31 |
| 17:57 | Detroit Mercy | Moshe Boyarski double dribbles | 36-31 |
| 17:39 | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Smith hits a 3 pointer from the left corner | 36-34 |
| 17:20 | Detroit Mercy | Moshe Boyarski makes the floater in the paint set up by Donald Richard | 38-34 |
| 17:10 | Loyola Chicago | James Rivard is whistled for traveling | 38-34 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Al Allen (PG), Calvin Porter (SG), Philip Tankersley (PF) James Geis, Ronald Smith, Clifford Brown | |
| 16:52 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Donald Richard | 41-34 |
| 16:35 | Loyola Chicago | Philip Tankersley clanks a shot from the left block but the foul's on Tim Squires - foul #1 on Tim Squires, team foul #1 | 41-34 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Robert Mullaney (SG), Earl Miller (SF), John Hite (C) Brian Kyle, Moshe Boyarski, Darrell Welch | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Shawn Cole (PG), Ronald Bernard (C) George Malone, James Rivard | |
| 16:35 | Loyola Chicago | Philip Tankersley misses the 1st free throw | 41-34 |
| 16:35 | Loyola Chicago | Philip Tankersley misses the 2nd free throw | 41-34 |
| 16:35 | Detroit Mercy | Tim Squires grabs the board | 41-34 |
| 16:19 | Detroit Mercy | John Hite is fouled on the floor by Ronald Bernard - foul #2 on Ronald Bernard, team foul #2 | 41-34 |
| 16:07 | Detroit Mercy | John Hite comes up short on the fadeaway from the right block but the foul's on Ronald Bernard - foul #3 on Ronald Bernard, team foul #3 | 41-34 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Donald Myers (C) Ronald Bernard | |
| 16:07 | Detroit Mercy | John Hite makes the 1st free throw | 42-34 |
| 16:07 | Detroit Mercy | John Hite misses the 2nd free throw | 42-34 |
| 16:07 | Loyola Chicago | Philip Tankersley snags the defensive board | 42-34 |
| 15:50 | Loyola Chicago | Shawn Cole connects on the floater from the baseline set up by Calvin Porter | 42-36 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Donald Richard (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Robert Mullaney (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Earl Miller (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Tim Squires (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - John Hite (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - Shawn Cole (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Calvin Porter (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Al Allen (fresh) 3 ast. PF - Philip Tankersley (fresh) C - Donald Myers (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 15:35 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Richard double dribbles | 42-36 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Micheal Sailer (PG), Moshe Boyarski (SF), Darrell Welch (PF), Donald Echols (C) Donald Richard, Earl Miller, Tim Squires, John Hite | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | James Geis (PG), Richard Ritter (SG), Clifford Brown (PF), Ronald Bernard (C) Shawn Cole, Calvin Porter, Philip Tankersley, Donald Myers | |
| 15:21 | Loyola Chicago | Al Allen clanks a 3 from the left corner | 42-36 |
| 15:19 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Echols grabs the board | 42-36 |
| 15:14 | Detroit Mercy | Micheal Sailer throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-36 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle (SG) Robert Mullaney | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Smith (SG), George Malone (SF), James Rivard (C) Richard Ritter, Al Allen, Ronald Bernard | |
| 14:56 | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Smith hits a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Clifford Brown | 42-39 |
| 14:46 | Detroit Mercy | Moshe Boyarski loses the ball out of bounds | 42-39 |
| 14:22 | Loyola Chicago | James Rivard lays it up and in | 42-41 |
| 14:00 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 42-41 |
| 13:59 | Loyola Chicago | Clifford Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 42-41 |
| 13:51 | Loyola Chicago | Donald Echols is called for the reach on James Rivard - foul #4 on Donald Echols, team foul #2 | 42-41 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Donald Richard (PG), Tim Squires (PF) Micheal Sailer, Donald Echols | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Richard Ritter (SG), Philip Tankersley (PF) Ronald Smith, Clifford Brown | |
| 13:41 | Loyola Chicago | Philip Tankersley is whistled for a carry | 42-41 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Earl Miller (SF), John Hite (C) Moshe Boyarski, Darrell Welch | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Al Allen (SG) James Geis | |
| 13:19 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 42-41 |
| 13:17 | Loyola Chicago | James Rivard gets the rebound | 42-41 |
| 12:54 | Loyola Chicago | Philip Tankersley scores on a 3 pointer from straight away set up by James Rivard | 42-44 |
| 12:34 | Detroit Mercy | Earl Miller misses badly on a driving attempt in the lane | 42-44 |
| 12:33 | Detroit Mercy | John Hite tips it back up and in | 44-44 |
| 12:17 | Loyola Chicago | Al Allen misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 44-44 |
| 12:16 | Loyola Chicago | James Rivard can't tip it in | 44-44 |
| 12:15 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Richard grabs the board | 44-44 |
| 12:07 | Detroit Mercy | George Malone steals it from Brian Kyle | 44-44 |
| 12:03 | Loyola Chicago | George Malone lays it up and in | 44-46 |
| 11:42 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Richard makes the jump hook from the right block | 46-46 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Donald Richard (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SG - Brian Kyle (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Earl Miller (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Tim Squires (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - John Hite (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - Richard Ritter (fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. SG - Al Allen (fresh) 3 ast. SF - George Malone (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. PF - Philip Tankersley (fresh) 3 pts. C - James Rivard (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:27 | Loyola Chicago | Richard Ritter buries a 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Al Allen | 46-49 |
| 11:14 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle knocks in the 3 from the right wing set up by Donald Richard | 49-49 |
| 11:00 | Loyola Chicago | James Rivard misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by John Hite - foul #2 on John Hite, team foul #3 | 49-49 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Robert Mullaney (SG), Moshe Boyarski (SF), Darrell Welch (C) Brian Kyle, Earl Miller, John Hite | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | James Geis (PG), Ronald Smith (SG), Clifford Brown (PF) Richard Ritter, George Malone, Philip Tankersley | |
| 11:00 | Loyola Chicago | James Rivard makes the 1st free throw | 49-50 |
| 11:00 | Loyola Chicago | James Rivard makes the 2nd free throw | 49-51 |
| 10:39 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Richard hits a jumpshot from the left side on a nice dish by Tim Squires | 51-51 |
| 10:21 | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Smith drills a 3 pointer from straight away set up by James Geis | 51-54 |
| 09:57 | Detroit Mercy | Tim Squires misses short on a shot from the baseline | 51-54 |
| 09:55 | Loyola Chicago | Clifford Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 51-54 |
| 09:38 | Loyola Chicago | Clifford Brown misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 51-54 |
| 09:37 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Richard grabs the board | 51-54 |
| 09:23 | Detroit Mercy | Tim Squires hits the front of the rim on the shot near the basket | 51-54 |
| 09:21 | Detroit Mercy | Moshe Boyarski tips it in | 53-54 |
| 09:05 | Loyola Chicago | Clifford Brown hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Robert Mullaney - foul #2 on Robert Mullaney, team foul #4 | 53-54 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Micheal Sailer (PG), John Hite (C) Donald Richard, Tim Squires | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Philip Tankersley (SF), Ronald Bernard (C) Al Allen, James Rivard | |
| 09:05 | Loyola Chicago | Clifford Brown misses the 1st free throw | 53-54 |
| 09:05 | Loyola Chicago | Clifford Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 53-54 |
| 09:05 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Darrell Welch | 53-54 |
| 08:50 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Mullaney's pass is intercepted by Ronald Bernard | 53-54 |
| 08:31 | Loyola Chicago | Philip Tankersley knocks in the floater from the free throw line set up by Ronald Smith | 53-56 |
| 08:10 | Detroit Mercy | Philip Tankersley is called for the reach on John Hite - foul #2 on Philip Tankersley, team foul #4 | 53-56 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle (SG) Robert Mullaney | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Richard Ritter (PG), Calvin Porter (SG), George Malone (SF) James Geis, Ronald Smith, Clifford Brown | |
| 07:53 | Detroit Mercy | John Hite's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 53-56 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Donald Richard (PG), Earl Miller (SF), Donald Echols (C) Micheal Sailer, Moshe Boyarski, Darrell Welch | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | | |
| 07:49 | Loyola Chicago | Richard Ritter is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 53-56 |
| 07:27 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Richard comes up short on the driving attempt in the lane | 53-56 |
| 07:25 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Echols hits the follow up shot | 55-56 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Donald Richard (fresh) 9 pts. 5 ast. SG - Brian Kyle (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Earl Miller (fresh) 3 pts. PF - John Hite (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - Donald Echols (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - Richard Ritter (fresh) 10 pts. 3 pf. SG - Calvin Porter (fresh) 1 ast. SF - George Malone (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. PF - Philip Tankersley (fresh) 5 pts. C - Ronald Bernard (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 07:12 | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Bernard drills a shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Richard Ritter | 55-58 |
| 06:58 | Detroit Mercy | Earl Miller misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 55-58 |
| 06:56 | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Bernard grabs the board | 55-58 |
| 06:50 | Loyola Chicago | Calvin Porter is hacked by Donald Echols - foul #5 on Donald Echols, team foul #5 | 55-58 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Moshe Boyarski (SF), Tim Squires (PF), Darrell Welch (C) Earl Miller, John Hite, Donald Echols | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | James Geis (PG) Calvin Porter | |
| 06:25 | Loyola Chicago | George Malone knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Philip Tankersley | 55-61 |
| 06:07 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Ritter is called for the reach on Brian Kyle - foul #4 on Richard Ritter, team foul #5 | 55-61 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Smith (SG), Clifford Brown (PF), Donald Myers (C) Richard Ritter, Philip Tankersley, Ronald Bernard | |
| 05:53 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Richard misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 55-61 |
| 05:51 | Detroit Mercy | Darrell Welch misses the tip | 55-61 |
| 05:49 | Detroit Mercy | Tim Squires gets the offensive rebound | 55-61 |
| 05:42 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 55-61 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Robert Mullaney (SG) Brian Kyle | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | | |
| 05:31 | Loyola Chicago | Donald Myers lays it up and in | 55-63 |
| 05:18 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Mullaney misses badly on a floater in the lane | 55-63 |
| 05:17 | Detroit Mercy | Darrell Welch gets the offensive rebound | 55-63 |
| 05:03 | Detroit Mercy | Moshe Boyarski misses short on a turnaround from the baseline | 55-63 |
| 05:01 | Loyola Chicago | Clifford Brown gets the rebound | 55-63 |
| 04:45 | Loyola Chicago | Donald Myers double dribbles | 55-63 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Micheal Sailer (PG), Earl Miller (SF), John Hite (C) Donald Richard, Moshe Boyarski, Darrell Welch | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Richard Ritter (PG), Al Allen (SG), Philip Tankersley (SF), James Rivard (C) James Geis, Ronald Smith, George Malone, Donald Myers | |
| 04:32 | Detroit Mercy | Clifford Brown is called for the reach on Robert Mullaney - foul #3 on Clifford Brown, team foul #6 | 55-63 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle (SG) Robert Mullaney | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | | |
| 04:17 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle can't finish the layup | 55-63 |
| 04:15 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle gets the offensive rebound | 55-63 |
| 04:10 | Detroit Mercy | Tim Squires misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 55-63 |
| 04:08 | Loyola Chicago | James Rivard gets the rebound | 55-63 |
| 04:03 | Loyola Chicago | Richard Ritter is hacked by Earl Miller - foul #2 on Earl Miller, team foul #6 | 55-63 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Calvin Porter (SG) Clifford Brown | |
| 03:58 | Loyola Chicago | Al Allen knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Calvin Porter | 55-66 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Loyola Chicago | Loyola Chicago is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 03:41 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 55-66 |
| 03:39 | Detroit Mercy | Micheal Sailer misses the tip | 55-66 |
| 03:37 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle pulls down the offensive rebound | 55-66 |
| 03:32 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 55-66 |
| 03:31 | Detroit Mercy | John Hite grabs the offensive rebound | 55-66 |
| 03:19 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 55-66 |
| 03:17 | Loyola Chicago | Calvin Porter snags the defensive board | 55-66 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Micheal Sailer (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Brian Kyle (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Earl Miller (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Tim Squires (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - John Hite (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - Richard Ritter (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - Calvin Porter (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Al Allen (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. PF - Philip Tankersley (fresh) 5 pts. C - James Rivard (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Loyola Chicago | Loyola Chicago is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 02:57 | Loyola Chicago | Richard Ritter misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing | 55-66 |
| 02:56 | Loyola Chicago | The offensive rebound goes to Philip Tankersley | 55-66 |
| 02:56 | Loyola Chicago | Loyola Chicago calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-66 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Donald Richard (PG), Moshe Boyarski (SF), Darrell Welch (C) Micheal Sailer, Earl Miller, John Hite | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | James Geis (PG), Ronald Smith (SG), George Malone (SF), Clifford Brown (PF) Richard Ritter, Calvin Porter, Al Allen, Philip Tankersley | |
| 02:34 | Loyola Chicago | James Rivard scores on a driving attempt in the paint on a nice dish by George Malone | 55-68 |
| 02:19 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Richard misses the floater from the baseline but he's fouled by James Geis - foul #1 on James Geis, team foul #7 | 55-68 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Robert Mullaney (SG), Earl Miller (SF), John Hite (C) Brian Kyle, Moshe Boyarski, Tim Squires | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Richard Ritter (PG), Calvin Porter (SG), Al Allen (SF), Philip Tankersley (PF), Ronald Bernard (C) James Geis, Ronald Smith, George Malone, Clifford Brown, James Rivard | |
| 02:19 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Richard makes the 1st free throw | 56-68 |
| 02:19 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Richard makes the 2nd free throw | 57-68 |
| 01:58 | Loyola Chicago | Calvin Porter comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 57-68 |
| 01:56 | Detroit Mercy | John Hite grabs the board | 57-68 |
| 01:44 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Mullaney throws a bad pass out of bounds | 57-68 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Micheal Sailer (PG) Donald Richard | |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | | |
| 01:15 | Loyola Chicago | Richard Ritter clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 57-68 |
| 01:13 | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Bernard tips it back up and in | 57-70 |
| 00:56 | Detroit Mercy | John Hite can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 57-70 |
| 00:55 | Loyola Chicago | Calvin Porter grabs the board | 57-70 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Loyola Chicago | Loyola Chicago is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:29 | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Bernard misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline | 57-70 |
| 00:27 | Loyola Chicago | Ronald Bernard grabs the offensive board | 57-70 |
| 00:00 | Loyola Chicago | Richard Ritter runs out the clock | 57-70 |