| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Darrel Guajardo (fresh) SG - Alexander Linder (fresh) SF - Eugene Patino (fresh) PF - Joey McWard (fresh) C - Jeremy Ritchie (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Ernest Guin (fresh) SG - Edward White (fresh) SF - David Hereford (fresh) PF - Brett Ellsworth (fresh) C - Donald Coyle (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Evansville | Donald Coyle wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:39 | Evansville | Brett Ellsworth scores on a floater from the baseline on a great pass from David Hereford | 0-2 |
| 19:26 | Southern Illinois | Joey McWard misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 0-2 |
| 19:24 | Southern Illinois | The offensive rebound goes to Eugene Patino | 0-2 |
| 18:57 | Southern Illinois | Joey McWard misses the jumpshot from the left wing | 0-2 |
| 18:55 | Southern Illinois | Alexander Linder gets the offensive rebound | 0-2 |
| 18:42 | Southern Illinois | Joey McWard misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Brett Ellsworth - foul #1 on Brett Ellsworth, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 18:42 | Southern Illinois | Joey McWard makes the 1st free throw | 1-2 |
| 18:42 | Southern Illinois | Joey McWard misses the 2nd free throw | 1-2 |
| 18:42 | Evansville | Brett Ellsworth snags the defensive board | 1-2 |
| 18:24 | Evansville | Ernest Guin misses the lay-in | 1-2 |
| 18:23 | Southern Illinois | Joey McWard grabs the board | 1-2 |
| 18:21 | Southern Illinois | Ernest Guin steps in front of the Darrel Guajardo pass in the backcourt | 1-2 |
| 18:11 | Evansville | Donald Coyle is fouled on the floor by Eugene Patino - foul #1 on Eugene Patino, team foul #1 | 1-2 |
| 17:49 | Evansville | Ernest Guin can't connect on a driving attempt from the baseline | 1-2 |
| 17:47 | Southern Illinois | Joey McWard gets the rebound | 1-2 |
| 17:30 | Southern Illinois | Alexander Linder drills a 3 from the left corner | 4-2 |
| 17:18 | Evansville | David Hereford misses the easy layup | 4-2 |
| 17:16 | Southern Illinois | The rebound goes to Eugene Patino | 4-2 |
| 17:11 | Southern Illinois | Alexander Linder drills a shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Eugene Patino | 6-2 |
| 16:45 | Evansville | Ernest Guin hits a floater from the right side | 6-4 |
| 16:28 | Southern Illinois | Jeremy Ritchie misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 6-4 |
| 16:27 | Evansville | Donald Coyle pulls down the rebound | 6-4 |
| 16:04 | Evansville | David Hereford loses the dribble to Alexander Linder | 6-4 |
| 15:52 | Southern Illinois | Darrel Guajardo loses the dribble to David Hereford | 6-4 |
| 15:47 | Evansville | Edward White lays it in on a great pass from David Hereford | 6-6 |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Darrel Guajardo (fresh) SG - Alexander Linder (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Eugene Patino (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Joey McWard (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Jeremy Ritchie (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Ernest Guin (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Edward White (fresh) 2 pts. SF - David Hereford (fresh) PF - Brett Ellsworth (fresh) 2 pts. C - Donald Coyle (fresh) | |
| 15:35 | Southern Illinois | Joey McWard can't connect on a turnaround from the left block but he's hacked by Brett Ellsworth - foul #2 on Brett Ellsworth, team foul #2 | 6-6 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | | |
| Subs | Evansville | Willie O'Brien (PG), Edward Davis (SG), James Atkinson (PF), Elliot Mazurowski (C) Ernest Guin, Edward White, Brett Ellsworth, Donald Coyle | |
| 15:35 | Southern Illinois | Joey McWard makes the 1st free throw | 7-6 |
| 15:35 | Southern Illinois | Joey McWard makes the 2nd free throw | 8-6 |
| 15:27 | Evansville | James Atkinson connects on the driving attempt from the baseline set up by Willie O'Brien | 8-8 |
| 15:19 | Southern Illinois | Darrel Guajardo drills a jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Alexander Linder | 10-8 |
| 15:08 | Evansville | Elliot Mazurowski hits the front of the rim on the runner in the lane but he's fouled by Joey McWard - foul #1 on Joey McWard, team foul #2 | 10-8 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Mark Magill (SF), Walter Moss (C) Eugene Patino, Jeremy Ritchie | |
| Subs | Evansville | Jay Bennett (SF) David Hereford | |
| 15:08 | Evansville | Elliot Mazurowski makes the 1st free throw | 10-9 |
| 15:08 | Evansville | Elliot Mazurowski misses the 2nd free throw | 10-9 |
| 15:08 | Southern Illinois | Mark Magill snags the defensive board | 10-9 |
| 14:58 | Southern Illinois | Edward Davis picks off the pass by Mark Magill | 10-9 |
| 14:49 | Evansville | Edward Davis buries a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 10-12 |
| 14:32 | Southern Illinois | Jay Bennett is called for the reach on Joey McWard - foul #1 on Jay Bennett, team foul #3 | 10-12 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Joe Clarke (PG), Scott Sterrett (SG), Leonard Hoffman (C) Darrel Guajardo, Alexander Linder, Joey McWard | |
| Subs | Evansville | Ernest Guin (PG), Edward White (SG), Donald Coyle (C) Willie O'Brien, Jay Bennett, Elliot Mazurowski | |
| 14:17 | Southern Illinois | Joe Clarke scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 12-12 |
| 13:58 | Evansville | Edward Davis misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 12-12 |
| 13:57 | Southern Illinois | Walter Moss grabs the board | 12-12 |
| 13:42 | Southern Illinois | Leonard Hoffman comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 12-12 |
| 13:40 | Southern Illinois | Walter Moss tips it in | 14-12 |
| 13:24 | Evansville | Edward White is called for traveling | 14-12 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Darrel Guajardo (PG), Eugene Patino (SF), Jeremy Ritchie (C) Scott Sterrett, Walter Moss, Leonard Hoffman | |
| Subs | Evansville | David Hereford (SF), Kevin Nuno (PF) Edward Davis, James Atkinson | |
| 12:58 | Southern Illinois | Eugene Patino is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Eugene Patino, team foul #3 | 14-12 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Alexander Linder (SG), Joey McWard (PF) Joe Clarke, Eugene Patino | |
| Subs | Evansville | Jay Bennett (SG), Elliot Mazurowski (C) Edward White, Donald Coyle | |
| 12:36 | Evansville | Alexander Linder takes the ball from Jay Bennett | 14-12 |
| 12:29 | Southern Illinois | Elliot Mazurowski steps in front of the Joey McWard pass | 14-12 |
| 12:24 | Evansville | Ernest Guin misses short on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 14-12 |
| 12:23 | Evansville | Jay Bennett grabs the offensive rebound | 14-12 |
| 12:15 | Evansville | Kevin Nuno hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left wing but he's fouled by Joey McWard - foul #2 on Joey McWard, team foul #4 | 14-12 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Joe Clarke (SF), Walter Moss (PF) Mark Magill, Joey McWard | |
| Subs | Evansville | Willie O'Brien (PG), Edward Davis (SG) Ernest Guin, Jay Bennett | |
| 12:15 | Evansville | Kevin Nuno makes the 1st free throw | 14-13 |
| 12:15 | Evansville | Kevin Nuno makes the 2nd free throw | 14-14 |
| 11:56 | Southern Illinois | Jeremy Ritchie can't finish the layup | 14-14 |
| 11:55 | Evansville | David Hereford pulls down the rebound | 14-14 |
| 11:38 | Evansville | Edward Davis buries a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from David Hereford | 14-16 |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Darrel Guajardo (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Alexander Linder (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Joe Clarke (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Walter Moss (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jeremy Ritchie (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Willie O'Brien (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Edward Davis (fresh) 5 pts. SF - David Hereford (fresh) PF - Kevin Nuno (fresh) 2 pts. C - Elliot Mazurowski (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 11:25 | Southern Illinois | Elliot Mazurowski is called for the reach on Alexander Linder - foul #1 on Elliot Mazurowski, team foul #4 | 14-16 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Scott Sterrett (SF) Darrel Guajardo | |
| Subs | Evansville | Edward White (SG), James Atkinson (PF), Donald Coyle (C) Edward Davis, Kevin Nuno, Elliot Mazurowski | |
| 11:20 | Southern Illinois | Joe Clarke misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 14-16 |
| 11:18 | Evansville | David Hereford snags the defensive board | 14-16 |
| 11:11 | Evansville | Walter Moss is called for the reach on David Hereford - foul #1 on Walter Moss, team foul #5 | 14-16 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Leonard Hoffman (C) Jeremy Ritchie | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 10:55 | Evansville | James Atkinson connects on the fadeaway from close range on a nice dish by Donald Coyle | 14-18 |
| 10:34 | Southern Illinois | Walter Moss can't connect on a floater from the left side | 14-18 |
| 10:32 | Evansville | Donald Coyle pulls down the rebound | 14-18 |
| 10:09 | Evansville | Edward White blows the layup but the foul's on Scott Sterrett - foul #1 on Scott Sterrett, team foul #6 | 14-18 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Darrel Guajardo (PG), Mark Magill (SF), Jeremy Ritchie (C) Alexander Linder, Scott Sterrett, Leonard Hoffman | |
| Subs | Evansville | Ernest Guin (PG), Edward Davis (SF), Kevin Nuno (PF) Willie O'Brien, David Hereford, James Atkinson | |
| 10:09 | Evansville | Edward White makes the 1st free throw | 14-19 |
| 10:09 | Evansville | Edward White makes the 2nd free throw | 14-20 |
| 09:52 | Southern Illinois | Mark Magill misses short on a jump hook in the paint | 14-20 |
| 09:50 | Southern Illinois | The offensive rebound goes to Joe Clarke | 14-20 |
| 09:41 | Southern Illinois | Walter Moss knocks in the jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Joe Clarke | 16-20 |
| 09:25 | Evansville | Edward White comes up short on the shot from the left side | 16-20 |
| 09:23 | Southern Illinois | Walter Moss grabs the defensive rebound | 16-20 |
| 09:06 | Southern Illinois | Donald Coyle steals the ball from Jeremy Ritchie | 16-20 |
| 09:01 | Evansville | Mark Magill steals it from Ernest Guin | 16-20 |
| 08:49 | Southern Illinois | Edward Davis blocks the short jumper by Mark Magill | 16-20 |
| 08:47 | Evansville | Kevin Nuno grabs the board | 16-20 |
| 08:30 | Evansville | Ernest Guin misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Darrel Guajardo - foul #1 on Darrel Guajardo, team foul #7 | 16-20 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Charlie Smith (PG), Alexander Linder (SG), Scott Sterrett (SF), Leonard Hoffman (C) Darrel Guajardo, Joe Clarke, Walter Moss, Jeremy Ritchie | |
| Subs | Evansville | David Hereford (SF), James Atkinson (PF), Elliot Mazurowski (C) Edward White, Kevin Nuno, Donald Coyle | |
| 08:30 | Evansville | Ernest Guin makes the 1st free throw | 16-21 |
| 08:30 | Evansville | Ernest Guin makes the 2nd free throw | 16-22 |
| 08:04 | Southern Illinois | Leonard Hoffman can't finish the layup | 16-22 |
| 08:03 | Southern Illinois | Leonard Hoffman gets the offensive rebound | 16-22 |
| 07:44 | Southern Illinois | Alexander Linder loses the ball out of bounds | 16-22 |
| 07:28 | Evansville | David Hereford misses badly on a floater from the left block but he's fouled by Scott Sterrett - foul #2 on Scott Sterrett, team foul #8 | 16-22 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Darrel Guajardo (PG), Jeremy Ritchie (C) Charlie Smith, Scott Sterrett | |
| Subs | Evansville | Edward White (SG) Edward Davis | |
| 07:28 | Evansville | David Hereford makes the 1st free throw | 16-23 |
| 07:28 | Evansville | David Hereford makes the 2nd free throw | 16-24 |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Darrel Guajardo (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Alexander Linder (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Mark Magill (fresh) PF - Leonard Hoffman (fresh) C - Jeremy Ritchie (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Ernest Guin (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Edward White (fresh) 4 pts. SF - David Hereford (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Atkinson (fresh) 4 pts. C - Elliot Mazurowski (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 07:07 | Southern Illinois | Jeremy Ritchie misses the shot in the lane but the foul's on David Hereford - foul #1 on David Hereford, team foul #5 | 16-24 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Joe Clarke (SF) Mark Magill | |
| Subs | Evansville | Willie O'Brien (PG), Kevin Nuno (PF), Donald Coyle (C) Ernest Guin, James Atkinson, Elliot Mazurowski | |
| 07:07 | Southern Illinois | Jeremy Ritchie misses the 1st free throw | 16-24 |
| 07:07 | Southern Illinois | Jeremy Ritchie makes the 2nd free throw | 17-24 |
| 06:41 | Evansville | Edward White drills a jumper from close range on a great pass from Kevin Nuno | 17-26 |
| 06:29 | Southern Illinois | Leonard Hoffman scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Darrel Guajardo | 19-26 |
| 06:09 | Evansville | Donald Coyle buries a shot from the right block on a nice dish by Edward White | 19-28 |
| 05:48 | Southern Illinois | Joe Clarke loses the ball out of bounds | 19-28 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Charlie Smith (PG), Mark Magill (SF), Walter Moss (PF) Darrel Guajardo, Alexander Linder, Leonard Hoffman | |
| Subs | Evansville | Ernest Guin (PG), Edward Davis (SG) Willie O'Brien, Edward White | |
| 05:33 | Evansville | Walter Moss is called for the reach on Kevin Nuno - foul #2 on Walter Moss, team foul #9 | 19-28 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Alexander Linder (SG) Walter Moss | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 05:33 | Evansville | Kevin Nuno makes the 1st free throw | 19-29 |
| 05:33 | Evansville | Kevin Nuno misses the 2nd free throw | 19-29 |
| 05:33 | Southern Illinois | Jeremy Ritchie grabs the defensive rebound | 19-29 |
| 05:20 | Southern Illinois | Charlie Smith is hacked by Ernest Guin - foul #1 on Ernest Guin, team foul #6 | 19-29 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | | |
| Subs | Evansville | James Atkinson (PF), Elliot Mazurowski (C) Kevin Nuno, Donald Coyle | |
| 05:05 | Southern Illinois | Alexander Linder hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 19-29 |
| 05:03 | Evansville | David Hereford grabs the board | 19-29 |
| 04:46 | Evansville | James Atkinson hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 19-29 |
| 04:45 | Evansville | James Atkinson tips it back up and in | 19-31 |
| 04:27 | Southern Illinois | James Atkinson is called for the reach on Alexander Linder - foul #1 on James Atkinson, team foul #7 | 19-31 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Darrel Guajardo (PG), Leonard Hoffman (PF) Charlie Smith, Joe Clarke | |
| Subs | Evansville | Edward White (SG) David Hereford | |
| 04:27 | Southern Illinois | Alexander Linder makes the 1st free throw | 20-31 |
| 04:27 | Southern Illinois | Alexander Linder makes the 2nd free throw | 21-31 |
| 04:08 | Evansville | Ernest Guin throws a bad pass out of bounds | 21-31 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Charlie Smith (SG) Alexander Linder | |
| Subs | Evansville | Donald Coyle (C) Elliot Mazurowski | |
| 03:50 | Southern Illinois | Charlie Smith loses the ball out of bounds | 21-31 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Scott Sterrett (SG), Eugene Patino (SF), Joey McWard (PF), Walter Moss (C) Charlie Smith, Mark Magill, Leonard Hoffman, Jeremy Ritchie | |
| Subs | Evansville | Brett Ellsworth (PF) James Atkinson | |
| 03:41 | Evansville | Brett Ellsworth knocks in the turnaround near the basket set up by Edward Davis and the foul's on Walter Moss - foul #3 on Walter Moss, team foul #10 | 21-33 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Jeremy Ritchie (C) Walter Moss | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 03:41 | Evansville | Brett Ellsworth makes the free throw | 21-34 |
| 03:20 | Southern Illinois | Scott Sterrett misses long on a floater in the paint | 21-34 |
| 03:19 | Evansville | Edward Davis grabs the board | 21-34 |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Darrel Guajardo (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Scott Sterrett (fresh) SF - Eugene Patino (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Joey McWard (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Jeremy Ritchie (fairly fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Ernest Guin (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SG - Edward White (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Davis (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Brett Ellsworth (fresh) 5 pts. C - Donald Coyle (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 02:57 | Evansville | Donald Coyle scores on a jumper from the right wing set up by Ernest Guin | 21-36 |
| 02:41 | Southern Illinois | Scott Sterrett clanks a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Ernest Guin - foul #2 on Ernest Guin, team foul #8 | 21-36 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Leonard Hoffman (C) Jeremy Ritchie | |
| Subs | Evansville | Willie O'Brien (PG), David Hereford (SF) Ernest Guin, Edward Davis | |
| 02:41 | Southern Illinois | Scott Sterrett makes the 1st free throw | 22-36 |
| 02:41 | Southern Illinois | Scott Sterrett makes the 2nd free throw | 23-36 |
| 02:12 | Evansville | David Hereford connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 23-39 |
| 01:51 | Southern Illinois | Leonard Hoffman blows the layup but he's fouled by Edward White - foul #1 on Edward White, team foul #9 | 23-39 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Joe Clarke (PG), Alexander Linder (SG) Darrel Guajardo, Scott Sterrett | |
| Subs | Evansville | Jay Bennett (SG), James Atkinson (C) Edward White, Donald Coyle | |
| 01:51 | Southern Illinois | Leonard Hoffman makes the 1st free throw | 24-39 |
| 01:51 | Southern Illinois | Leonard Hoffman makes the 2nd free throw | 25-39 |
| 01:42 | Evansville | David Hereford misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 25-39 |
| 01:41 | Southern Illinois | Joey McWard grabs the defensive rebound | 25-39 |
| 01:14 | Southern Illinois | Eugene Patino's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 25-39 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Mark Magill (C) Leonard Hoffman | |
| Subs | Evansville | Ernest Guin (PG), Edward Davis (SG) Willie O'Brien, Jay Bennett | |
| 00:49 | Evansville | Alexander Linder is called for the reach on David Hereford - foul #1 on Alexander Linder, team foul #11 | 25-39 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Scott Sterrett (SF), Leonard Hoffman (C) Eugene Patino, Joey McWard | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 00:49 | Evansville | David Hereford makes the 1st free throw | 25-40 |
| 00:49 | Evansville | David Hereford makes the 2nd free throw | 25-41 |
| 00:30 | Southern Illinois | James Atkinson steps in front of the Alexander Linder pass | 25-41 |
| 00:03 | Evansville | Ernest Guin can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 25-41 |
| 00:02 | Southern Illinois | Alexander Linder pulls down the rebound | 25-41 |
| 00:00 | Southern Illinois | Alexander Linder can't connect on a fullcourt shot | 25-41 |