| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Robert Parrish (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donald Finley (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Edward York (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Carl Lefebre (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Michael Smolski (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Rodney Davis (fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. SG - James Shetrawski (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Steven French (fresh) PF - James Kelly (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Ezekiel Minor (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Detroit Mercy | Steven French inbounds the ball | 36-36 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:37 | Detroit Mercy | James Kelly banks in the layup set up by Rodney Davis and he's fouled by Donald Finley - foul #1 on Donald Finley, team foul #1 | 36-38 |
| 19:37 | Detroit Mercy | James Kelly misses the free throw | 36-38 |
| 19:37 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Michael Smolski | 36-38 |
| 19:15 | Marquette | Michael Smolski hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 36-38 |
| 19:13 | Detroit Mercy | James Kelly gets the rebound | 36-38 |
| 19:00 | Detroit Mercy | Edward York is called for the reach on Rodney Davis - foul #1 on Edward York, team foul #2 | 36-38 |
| 18:45 | Detroit Mercy | Ezekiel Minor misses long on a jumpshot from the left side | 36-38 |
| 18:43 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre gets the rebound | 36-38 |
| 18:29 | Marquette | Robert Parrish knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Donald Finley and the foul's on Rodney Davis - foul #1 on Rodney Davis, team foul #1 | 38-38 |
| 18:29 | Marquette | Robert Parrish misses the free throw | 38-38 |
| 18:29 | Detroit Mercy | James Kelly gets the rebound | 38-38 |
| 18:12 | Detroit Mercy | James Shetrawski clanks a floater from just outside the lane but the foul's on Robert Parrish - foul #2 on Robert Parrish, team foul #3 | 38-38 |
| 18:12 | Detroit Mercy | James Shetrawski makes the 1st free throw | 38-39 |
| 18:12 | Detroit Mercy | James Shetrawski makes the 2nd free throw | 38-40 |
| 17:50 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre misses the fadeaway from the baseline but he's hacked by Ezekiel Minor - foul #3 on Ezekiel Minor, team foul #2 | 38-40 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Tom Kiser (C) Ezekiel Minor | |
| 17:50 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre makes the 1st free throw | 39-40 |
| 17:50 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre makes the 2nd free throw | 40-40 |
| 17:36 | Detroit Mercy | Tom Kiser banks in the layup set up by James Shetrawski and he's hacked by Robert Parrish - foul #3 on Robert Parrish, team foul #4 | 40-42 |
| Subs | Marquette | Steven Cuellar (PG) Robert Parrish | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 17:36 | Detroit Mercy | Tom Kiser makes the free throw | 40-43 |
| 17:07 | Marquette | Edward York is whistled for traveling | 40-43 |
| Subs | Marquette | Craig Endres (PF), Bruce Dingman (C) Carl Lefebre, Michael Smolski | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Stuart Bonilla (SG), Joseph Weiser (C) James Shetrawski, James Kelly | |
| 16:50 | Detroit Mercy | Stuart Bonilla misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 40-43 |
| 16:49 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Edward York | 40-43 |
| 16:40 | Marquette | Craig Endres hits the finger roll on a great pass from Steven Cuellar | 42-43 |
| 16:27 | Detroit Mercy | Joseph Weiser drills a shot from the right block on a nice dish by Steven French | 42-45 |
| 16:11 | Marquette | Steven Cuellar hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 42-45 |
| 16:09 | Detroit Mercy | Rodney Davis grabs the board | 42-45 |
| 15:53 | Detroit Mercy | Tom Kiser misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 42-45 |
| 15:52 | Marquette | Bruce Dingman gets the rebound | 42-45 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Steven Cuellar (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Donald Finley (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward York (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Craig Endres (fresh) 4 pts. C - Bruce Dingman (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Rodney Davis (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 ast. SG - Stuart Bonilla (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Steven French (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Tom Kiser (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Joseph Weiser (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:46 | Marquette | Tom Kiser takes the ball from Craig Endres | 42-45 |
| 15:22 | Detroit Mercy | Rodney Davis comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 42-45 |
| 15:20 | Marquette | Craig Endres gets the rebound | 42-45 |
| 14:59 | Marquette | Craig Endres blows the layup but the foul's on Stuart Bonilla - foul #3 on Stuart Bonilla, team foul #3 | 42-45 |
| Subs | Marquette | Robert Parrish (PG), David Pulliam (SG), Michael Smolski (C) Steven Cuellar, Donald Finley, Edward York | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | James Shetrawski (SG), Terry Hume (SF), James Kelly (PF), Ezekiel Minor (C) Rodney Davis, Steven French, Tom Kiser, Joseph Weiser | |
| 14:59 | Marquette | Craig Endres misses the 1st free throw | 42-45 |
| 14:59 | Marquette | Craig Endres makes the 2nd free throw | 43-45 |
| 14:38 | Detroit Mercy | James Kelly can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 43-45 |
| 14:37 | Detroit Mercy | The offensive rebound goes to Stuart Bonilla | 43-45 |
| 14:26 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Hume misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 43-45 |
| 14:24 | Detroit Mercy | James Kelly tips it but misses | 43-45 |
| 14:23 | Detroit Mercy | Ezekiel Minor pulls down the offensive rebound | 43-45 |
| 14:17 | Detroit Mercy | Ezekiel Minor hits the front of the rim on the shot in the paint but the foul's on Michael Smolski - foul #1 on Michael Smolski, team foul #5 | 43-45 |
| Subs | Marquette | Brock Baylis (SF), Carl Lefebre (PF) Bruce Dingman, Craig Endres | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Joshua Titsworth (PG) Stuart Bonilla | |
| 14:17 | Detroit Mercy | Ezekiel Minor makes the 1st free throw | 43-46 |
| 14:17 | Detroit Mercy | Ezekiel Minor makes the 2nd free throw | 43-47 |
| 13:51 | Marquette | David Pulliam's pass is intercepted by Joshua Titsworth | 43-47 |
| 13:27 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Hume buries a 3 from the left wing set up by Joshua Titsworth | 43-50 |
| 13:07 | Marquette | Robert Parrish makes the fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from David Pulliam | 45-50 |
| 12:47 | Detroit Mercy | James Kelly blows the layup | 45-50 |
| 12:46 | Marquette | Michael Smolski snags the defensive board | 45-50 |
| 12:27 | Marquette | David Pulliam misses long on a 3 from straight away | 45-50 |
| 12:25 | Marquette | Brock Baylis gets the offensive rebound | 45-50 |
| 12:08 | Marquette | James Shetrawski is called for the reach on David Pulliam - foul #1 on James Shetrawski, team foul #4 | 45-50 |
| Subs | Marquette | Steven Cuellar (PG), Donald Finley (SG), Edward York (SF), Craig Endres (C) Robert Parrish, David Pulliam, Brock Baylis, Michael Smolski | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Rodney Davis (PG), Stuart Bonilla (SG), Steven French (SF), Tom Kiser (PF), Joseph Weiser (C) Joshua Titsworth, James Shetrawski, Terry Hume, James Kelly, Ezekiel Minor | |
| 12:00 | Marquette | Donald Finley misses short on a driving attempt from the left block but the foul's on Joseph Weiser - foul #1 on Joseph Weiser, team foul #5 | 45-50 |
| 12:00 | Marquette | Donald Finley misses the 1st free throw | 45-50 |
| 12:00 | Marquette | Donald Finley makes the 2nd free throw | 46-50 |
| 11:41 | Detroit Mercy | Joseph Weiser comes up short on the shot from the baseline | 46-50 |
| 11:39 | Detroit Mercy | Tom Kiser tips it but misses | 46-50 |
| 11:38 | Marquette | Donald Finley grabs the defensive rebound | 46-50 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Steven Cuellar (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Donald Finley (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward York (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Carl Lefebre (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Craig Endres (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Rodney Davis (fresh) 12 pts. 5 ast. SG - Stuart Bonilla (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - Steven French (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Tom Kiser (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. C - Joseph Weiser (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:10 | Marquette | Edward York throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-50 |
| Subs | Marquette | Robert Parrish (PG), Michael Smolski (C) Steven Cuellar, Carl Lefebre | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | James Shetrawski (SG), Terry Hume (SF) Stuart Bonilla, Steven French | |
| 10:54 | Detroit Mercy | Rodney Davis hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 46-50 |
| 10:53 | Detroit Mercy | Tom Kiser pulls down the offensive rebound | 46-50 |
| 10:36 | Detroit Mercy | Rodney Davis hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing but the foul's on Michael Smolski - foul #2 on Michael Smolski, team foul #6 | 46-50 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | James Kelly (PF), Ezekiel Minor (C) Tom Kiser, Joseph Weiser | |
| 10:36 | Detroit Mercy | Rodney Davis makes the 1st free throw | 46-51 |
| 10:36 | Detroit Mercy | Rodney Davis misses the 2nd free throw | 46-51 |
| 10:36 | Marquette | Craig Endres snags the defensive board | 46-51 |
| 10:14 | Marquette | Edward York clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 46-51 |
| 10:13 | Marquette | Craig Endres can't tip it in | 46-51 |
| 10:12 | Detroit Mercy | Ezekiel Minor grabs the defensive rebound | 46-51 |
| 09:51 | Detroit Mercy | Ezekiel Minor's dunk attempt is rejected by Michael Smolski | 46-51 |
| 09:50 | Marquette | Donald Finley grabs the defensive rebound | 46-51 |
| 09:26 | Marquette | Donald Finley makes the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Robert Parrish | 49-51 |
| 09:15 | Detroit Mercy | James Shetrawski hits a 3 from straight away | 49-54 |
| 08:50 | Marquette | Michael Smolski misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 49-54 |
| 08:49 | Marquette | Craig Endres tips it in | 51-54 |
| 08:30 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Hume double dribbles | 51-54 |
| Subs | Marquette | Steven Cuellar (PG), David Pulliam (SG), Bruce Dingman (SF), Carl Lefebre (PF), Daniel Byrns (C) Robert Parrish, Donald Finley, Edward York, Craig Endres, Michael Smolski | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Steven French (PG), Stuart Bonilla (SG), Joseph Weiser (SF), Tom Kiser (C) Rodney Davis, James Shetrawski, Terry Hume, Ezekiel Minor | |
| 08:13 | Marquette | Bruce Dingman misses long on a turnaround near the basket | 51-54 |
| 08:11 | Detroit Mercy | Tom Kiser pulls down the rebound | 51-54 |
| 08:00 | Detroit Mercy | James Kelly misses long on a runner from the baseline but he's hacked by David Pulliam - foul #1 on David Pulliam, team foul #7 | 51-54 |
| 08:00 | Detroit Mercy | James Kelly makes the 1st free throw | 51-55 |
| 08:00 | Detroit Mercy | James Kelly makes the 2nd free throw | 51-56 |
| 07:38 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 51-56 |
| 07:37 | Detroit Mercy | Joseph Weiser pulls down the rebound | 51-56 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Steven Cuellar (fresh) 2 ast. SG - David Pulliam (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bruce Dingman (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Carl Lefebre (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Daniel Byrns (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Steven French (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Stuart Bonilla (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - Joseph Weiser (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Kelly (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. C - Tom Kiser (fresh) 3 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 07:14 | Detroit Mercy | Joseph Weiser misses long on a shot from the free throw line | 51-56 |
| 07:12 | Marquette | Daniel Byrns pulls down the rebound | 51-56 |
| 06:52 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from David Pulliam | 54-56 |
| 06:36 | Detroit Mercy | Stuart Bonilla hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 54-56 |
| 06:34 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Daniel Byrns | 54-56 |
| 06:17 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre comes up short on the fadeaway from the left wing | 54-56 |
| 06:16 | Marquette | Daniel Byrns grabs the offensive board | 54-56 |
| 06:01 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre buries a jumper from the left wing set up by David Pulliam | 56-56 |
| 05:57 | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-56 |
| Subs | Marquette | Robert Parrish (PG), Donald Finley (SG), Edward York (SF), Michael Smolski (C) Steven Cuellar, David Pulliam, Bruce Dingman, Daniel Byrns | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Rodney Davis (PG), James Shetrawski (SG), Terry Hume (SF), Ezekiel Minor (C) Steven French, Stuart Bonilla, Joseph Weiser, James Kelly | |
| 05:49 | Detroit Mercy | James Shetrawski misses badly on a shot from the left side | 56-56 |
| 05:48 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre grabs the defensive rebound | 56-56 |
| 05:30 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre lays it in on a nice dish by Robert Parrish | 58-56 |
| 05:14 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Hume misses badly on a jumper from the right wing | 58-56 |
| 05:12 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Hume can't tip it in | 58-56 |
| 05:10 | Detroit Mercy | Tom Kiser grabs the offensive board | 58-56 |
| 05:04 | Detroit Mercy | Ezekiel Minor drills a pull-up jumper from the left side | 58-58 |
| 04:43 | Marquette | Robert Parrish buries a fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Michael Smolski | 60-58 |
| 04:20 | Detroit Mercy | James Shetrawski misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 60-58 |
| 04:19 | Marquette | Michael Smolski grabs the defensive rebound | 60-58 |
| 03:58 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 60-58 |
| 03:57 | Detroit Mercy | Terry Hume gets the rebound | 60-58 |
| 03:52 | Detroit Mercy | James Shetrawski hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 60-61 |
| 03:36 | Marquette | Donald Finley makes the 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Robert Parrish | 63-61 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Robert Parrish (fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Donald Finley (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward York (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Carl Lefebre (fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. C - Michael Smolski (fresh) 1 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Rodney Davis (fresh) 13 pts. 5 ast. SG - James Shetrawski (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SF - Terry Hume (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Tom Kiser (fresh) 3 pts. 9 reb. C - Ezekiel Minor (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:16 | Detroit Mercy | Carl Lefebre steals the ball from Rodney Davis | 63-61 |
| 03:02 | Marquette | Edward York can't connect on a runner from the baseline but the foul's on Terry Hume - foul #4 on Terry Hume, team foul #6 | 63-61 |
| Subs | Marquette | Craig Endres (PF), Bruce Dingman (C) Carl Lefebre, Michael Smolski | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Stuart Bonilla (SG), Steven French (SF), James Kelly (PF), Joseph Weiser (C) James Shetrawski, Terry Hume, Tom Kiser, Ezekiel Minor | |
| 03:02 | Marquette | Edward York makes the 1st free throw | 64-61 |
| 03:02 | Marquette | Edward York makes the 2nd free throw | 65-61 |
| 02:59 | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 65-61 |
| Subs | Marquette | Carl Lefebre (PF), Michael Smolski (C) Craig Endres, Bruce Dingman | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | James Shetrawski (SG), Terry Hume (SF), Ezekiel Minor (C) Stuart Bonilla, Steven French, Joseph Weiser | |
| 02:43 | Detroit Mercy | Ezekiel Minor misses long on a turnaround from the baseline | 65-61 |
| 02:42 | Marquette | Robert Parrish grabs the defensive rebound | 65-61 |
| 02:23 | Marquette | Edward York clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 65-61 |
| 02:21 | Detroit Mercy | Ezekiel Minor snags the defensive board | 65-61 |
| 02:00 | Detroit Mercy | Ezekiel Minor is called for the illegal screen - foul #4 on Ezekiel Minor, team foul #7 | 65-61 |
| 01:46 | Marquette | James Kelly takes the ball from Donald Finley | 65-61 |
| 01:27 | Detroit Mercy | James Shetrawski drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by James Kelly | 65-64 |
| 01:04 | Marquette | Donald Finley misses the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 65-64 |
| 01:03 | Marquette | Michael Smolski tips it back up and in | 67-64 |
| 00:38 | Detroit Mercy | James Shetrawski is called for traveling | 67-64 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:35 | Marquette | James Shetrawski is called for the reach on Edward York in the backcourt - foul #2 on James Shetrawski, team foul #8 | 67-64 |
| 00:35 | Marquette | Edward York makes the 1st free throw | 68-64 |
| 00:35 | Marquette | Edward York misses the 2nd free throw | 68-64 |
| 00:35 | Detroit Mercy | James Kelly pulls down the rebound | 68-64 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:30 | Detroit Mercy | Edward York steals it from Ezekiel Minor | 68-64 |
| 00:27 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre is fouled in the backcourt by Rodney Davis - foul #2 on Rodney Davis, team foul #9 | 68-64 |
| Subs | Marquette | David Pulliam (SF) Edward York | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 00:27 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre misses the 1st free throw | 68-64 |
| 00:27 | Detroit Mercy | Ezekiel Minor gets the rebound | 68-64 |
| 00:22 | Detroit Mercy | James Kelly clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 68-64 |
| 00:21 | Marquette | Robert Parrish pulls down the rebound | 68-64 |
| 00:18 | Marquette | Robert Parrish is hacked by Rodney Davis in the backcourt - foul #3 on Rodney Davis, team foul #10 | 68-64 |
| 00:18 | Marquette | Robert Parrish makes the 1st free throw | 69-64 |
| 00:18 | Marquette | Robert Parrish makes the 2nd free throw | 70-64 |
| 00:12 | Detroit Mercy | Rodney Davis misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 70-64 |
| 00:11 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre gets the rebound | 70-64 |
| 00:10 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre is fouled in the backcourt by James Shetrawski - foul #3 on James Shetrawski, team foul #11 | 70-64 |
| 00:10 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre misses the 1st free throw | 70-64 |
| 00:10 | Marquette | Carl Lefebre makes the 2nd free throw | 71-64 |
| 00:06 | Detroit Mercy | Rodney Davis misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 71-64 |
| 00:04 | Detroit Mercy | Ezekiel Minor gets the offensive rebound | 71-64 |
| 00:01 | Detroit Mercy | Rodney Davis misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 71-64 |
| 00:00 | Marquette | Donald Finley pulls down the rebound | 71-64 |