| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Thomas Simpson (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Edward Allen (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Miroslav Koski (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Matthew Rico (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Todd Brunner (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Raymond Parsons (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Leon Carroll (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Gary Wells (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Charles Tanner (fresh) 4 pts. C - Dennis Charles (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Northwestern | Miroslav Koski inbounds the ball | 22-18 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:34 | Northwestern | Matthew Rico is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a shot from the left wing but he's hacked by Charles Tanner - foul #2 on Charles Tanner, team foul #1 | 22-18 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Richard Bernhard (SG), Ante Zender (SF), Alvin Campbell (C) Edward Allen, Miroslav Koski, Todd Brunner | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | David Sears (SG), Jeff Boatman (PF), Lloyd Greene (C) Leon Carroll, Charles Tanner, Dennis Charles | |
| 19:34 | Northwestern | Matthew Rico makes the 1st free throw | 23-18 |
| 19:34 | Northwestern | Matthew Rico misses the 2nd free throw | 23-18 |
| 19:34 | Notre Dame | Lloyd Greene gets the rebound | 23-18 |
| 19:15 | Notre Dame | Jeff Boatman is open but comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side | 23-18 |
| 19:14 | Northwestern | Thomas Simpson grabs the board | 23-18 |
| 18:52 | Northwestern | Matthew Rico blows the dunk but he's hacked by Jeff Boatman - foul #2 on Jeff Boatman, team foul #2 | 23-18 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Edward Allen (SG), Miroslav Koski (SF) Richard Bernhard, Alvin Campbell | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Brad Smith (PG), Leon Carroll (SG), Jeffrey Cuthbert (SF), Dennis Charles (C) Raymond Parsons, David Sears, Gary Wells, Lloyd Greene | |
| 18:52 | Northwestern | Matthew Rico makes the 1st free throw | 24-18 |
| 18:52 | Northwestern | Matthew Rico makes the 2nd free throw | 25-18 |
| 18:25 | Notre Dame | Jeffrey Cuthbert comes up short on the driving attempt from the left block but he's fouled by Miroslav Koski - foul #1 on Miroslav Koski, team foul #1 | 25-18 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Todd Brunner (C) Miroslav Koski | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Raymond Parsons (PG), David Sears (SG), Charles Tanner (PF), Lloyd Greene (C) Brad Smith, Leon Carroll, Jeff Boatman, Dennis Charles | |
| 18:25 | Notre Dame | Jeffrey Cuthbert makes the 1st free throw | 25-19 |
| 18:25 | Notre Dame | Jeffrey Cuthbert makes the 2nd free throw | 25-20 |
| 18:05 | Northwestern | Matthew Rico lays it in set up by Edward Allen | 27-20 |
| 17:36 | Notre Dame | Raymond Parsons buries a shot in the paint set up by David Sears | 27-22 |
| 17:07 | Northwestern | Matthew Rico connects on the jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Thomas Simpson | 29-22 |
| 16:40 | Notre Dame | Raymond Parsons is fouled on the floor by Thomas Simpson - foul #3 on Thomas Simpson, team foul #2 | 29-22 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Richard Bernhard (SG), Miroslav Koski (SF) Edward Allen, Todd Brunner | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Brad Smith (PG), Leon Carroll (SG), Gary Wells (SF), Jeff Boatman (PF), Dennis Charles (C) Raymond Parsons, David Sears, Jeffrey Cuthbert, Charles Tanner, Lloyd Greene | |
| 16:11 | Notre Dame | Gary Wells misses the floater from the left side | 29-22 |
| 16:10 | Notre Dame | Dennis Charles hits the follow up shot | 29-24 |
| 15:44 | Northwestern | Richard Bernhard is hacked by Leon Carroll - foul #1 on Leon Carroll, team foul #3 | 29-24 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Edward Allen (SG), Todd Brunner (C) Richard Bernhard, Matthew Rico | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Raymond Parsons (PG), Charles Tanner (PF) Brad Smith, Jeff Boatman | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Thomas Simpson (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Edward Allen (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Miroslav Koski (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ante Zender (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. C - Todd Brunner (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Raymond Parsons (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Leon Carroll (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Gary Wells (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Charles Tanner (fresh) 4 pts. C - Dennis Charles (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:23 | Northwestern | Miroslav Koski splits the doubleteam and buries a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Thomas Simpson | 32-24 |
| 15:04 | Notre Dame | Gary Wells throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-24 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Richard Bernhard (SG), Matthew Rico (PF) Edward Allen, Ante Zender | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | David Sears (SG), Jeff Boatman (PF) Leon Carroll, Charles Tanner | |
| 14:38 | Northwestern | Matthew Rico can't finish the layup | 32-24 |
| 14:37 | Notre Dame | Jeff Boatman snags the defensive board | 32-24 |
| 14:33 | Notre Dame | Raymond Parsons shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the driving attempt near the basket but he's hacked by Thomas Simpson - foul #4 on Thomas Simpson, team foul #3 | 32-24 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Edward Allen (SG), Ante Zender (C) Thomas Simpson, Todd Brunner | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Leon Carroll (SG), Charles Tanner (PF) David Sears, Dennis Charles | |
| 14:33 | Notre Dame | Raymond Parsons makes the 1st free throw | 32-25 |
| 14:33 | Notre Dame | Raymond Parsons makes the 2nd free throw | 32-26 |
| 14:12 | Northwestern | Ante Zender makes the jumpshot from the left side | 34-26 |
| 14:03 | Notre Dame | Jeff Boatman lays it in set up by Gary Wells | 34-28 |
| 13:38 | Northwestern | Ante Zender misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Charles Tanner - foul #3 on Charles Tanner, team foul #4 | 34-28 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Robert Whitman (PG), Todd Brunner (C) Richard Bernhard, Matthew Rico | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Brad Smith (PG), David Sears (SG), Jeffrey Cuthbert (SF), Lloyd Greene (PF), Dennis Charles (C) Raymond Parsons, Leon Carroll, Gary Wells, Charles Tanner, Jeff Boatman | |
| 13:38 | Northwestern | Ante Zender makes the 1st free throw | 35-28 |
| 13:38 | Northwestern | Ante Zender makes the 2nd free throw | 36-28 |
| 13:12 | Notre Dame | David Sears misses short on a runner from the baseline | 36-28 |
| 13:10 | Northwestern | Ante Zender gets the rebound | 36-28 |
| 12:46 | Northwestern | Miroslav Koski can't throw it down against a doubleteam but the foul's on Lloyd Greene - foul #1 on Lloyd Greene, team foul #5 | 36-28 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Thomas Simpson (PG), Matthew Rico (PF) Edward Allen, Ante Zender | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Raymond Parsons (PG), Gary Wells (SF), Charles Tanner (PF) Brad Smith, Jeffrey Cuthbert, Lloyd Greene | |
| 12:46 | Northwestern | Miroslav Koski makes the 1st free throw | 37-28 |
| 12:46 | Northwestern | Miroslav Koski misses the 2nd free throw | 37-28 |
| 12:46 | Northwestern | Todd Brunner grabs the offensive rebound | 37-28 |
| 12:24 | Northwestern | Matthew Rico lays it up and in | 39-28 |
| 12:04 | Notre Dame | Gary Wells hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Miroslav Koski - foul #2 on Miroslav Koski, team foul #4 | 39-28 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Edward Allen (SG), Ante Zender (SF) Robert Whitman, Miroslav Koski | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Brad Smith (PG), Leon Carroll (SG), Robert Bostwick (PF), Jeff Boatman (C) Raymond Parsons, David Sears, Charles Tanner, Dennis Charles | |
| 12:04 | Notre Dame | Gary Wells makes the 1st free throw | 39-29 |
| 12:04 | Notre Dame | Gary Wells misses the 2nd free throw | 39-29 |
| 12:04 | Northwestern | Matthew Rico pulls down the rebound | 39-29 |
| 11:44 | Northwestern | Matthew Rico evades the doubleteam and hits a floater near the basket set up by Thomas Simpson | 41-29 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Thomas Simpson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SG - Edward Allen (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ante Zender (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Matthew Rico (fresh) 15 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Todd Brunner (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Brad Smith (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Leon Carroll (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Gary Wells (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Robert Bostwick (fresh) C - Jeff Boatman (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:20 | Notre Dame | Jeff Boatman dunks the ball | 41-31 |
| 11:04 | Northwestern | Robert Bostwick steals it from Edward Allen | 41-31 |
| 10:53 | Notre Dame | Leon Carroll loses the ball out of bounds | 41-31 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Richard Bernhard (SG), Miroslav Koski (SF) Edward Allen, Todd Brunner | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Raymond Parsons (PG), David Sears (SG), Jeffrey Cuthbert (SF), Charles Tanner (PF), Dennis Charles (C) Brad Smith, Leon Carroll, Gary Wells, Robert Bostwick, Jeff Boatman | |
| 10:28 | Northwestern | Miroslav Koski scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Thomas Simpson | 43-31 |
| 10:08 | Notre Dame | Jeffrey Cuthbert misses the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 43-31 |
| 10:06 | Notre Dame | Dennis Charles grabs the offensive rebound | 43-31 |
| 09:44 | Notre Dame | Raymond Parsons hits the finger roll against a doubleteam set up by Dennis Charles | 43-33 |
| 09:15 | Northwestern | Ante Zender buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 46-33 |
| 08:58 | Notre Dame | Jeffrey Cuthbert drills a jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from David Sears and he's hacked by Miroslav Koski - foul #3 on Miroslav Koski, team foul #5 | 46-35 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Edward Allen (SG), Todd Brunner (C) Richard Bernhard, Ante Zender | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Leon Carroll (SG), Lloyd Greene (PF), Jeff Boatman (C) David Sears, Charles Tanner, Dennis Charles | |
| 08:58 | Notre Dame | Jeffrey Cuthbert makes the free throw | 46-36 |
| 08:29 | Northwestern | Todd Brunner misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Jeff Boatman - foul #3 on Jeff Boatman, team foul #6 | 46-36 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Brad Smith (PG), Gary Wells (SF) Raymond Parsons, Jeffrey Cuthbert | |
| 08:29 | Northwestern | Todd Brunner makes the 1st free throw | 47-36 |
| 08:29 | Northwestern | Todd Brunner misses the 2nd free throw | 47-36 |
| 08:29 | Notre Dame | Jeff Boatman snags the defensive board | 47-36 |
| 08:01 | Notre Dame | Leon Carroll misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 47-36 |
| 07:59 | Northwestern | Miroslav Koski grabs the defensive rebound | 47-36 |
| 07:41 | Northwestern | Miroslav Koski works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 47-36 |
| 07:40 | Notre Dame | Lloyd Greene snags the defensive board | 47-36 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Thomas Simpson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. 4 pf. SG - Edward Allen (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Miroslav Koski (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Matthew Rico (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Todd Brunner (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Brad Smith (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Leon Carroll (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Gary Wells (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Lloyd Greene (fresh) 3 reb. C - Jeff Boatman (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:17 | Notre Dame | Miroslav Koski is called for the reach on Brad Smith - foul #4 on Miroslav Koski, team foul #6 | 47-36 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Ante Zender (SF), Alvin Campbell (PF) Miroslav Koski, Matthew Rico | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Raymond Parsons (PG), David Sears (SG), Charles Tanner (PF), Dennis Charles (C) Brad Smith, Leon Carroll, Lloyd Greene, Jeff Boatman | |
| 06:53 | Notre Dame | Gary Wells comes up short on the driving attempt in the paint but he's hacked by Ante Zender - foul #1 on Ante Zender, team foul #7 | 47-36 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Matthew Rico (PF) Alvin Campbell | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 06:53 | Notre Dame | Gary Wells makes the 1st free throw | 47-37 |
| 06:53 | Notre Dame | Gary Wells makes the 2nd free throw | 47-38 |
| 06:24 | Northwestern | Edward Allen misses the jump hook in the lane | 47-38 |
| 06:22 | Notre Dame | David Sears pulls down the rebound | 47-38 |
| 05:59 | Notre Dame | Gary Wells lays it in on a great pass from David Sears | 47-40 |
| 05:36 | Northwestern | Todd Brunner is fouled on the floor by Dennis Charles - foul #1 on Dennis Charles, team foul #7 | 47-40 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Richard Bernhard (PG), Miroslav Koski (SF) Thomas Simpson, Ante Zender | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Leon Carroll (SG), Jeffrey Cuthbert (SF), Lloyd Greene (PF), Jeff Boatman (C) David Sears, Gary Wells, Charles Tanner, Dennis Charles | |
| 05:36 | Northwestern | Todd Brunner misses the 1st free throw | 47-40 |
| 05:36 | Notre Dame | Jeff Boatman snags the defensive board | 47-40 |
| 05:13 | Notre Dame | Raymond Parsons misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 47-40 |
| 05:11 | Northwestern | Todd Brunner snags the defensive board | 47-40 |
| 04:47 | Northwestern | Miroslav Koski is fouled on the floor by Leon Carroll - foul #2 on Leon Carroll, team foul #8 | 47-40 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Thomas Simpson (PG), Ante Zender (PF) Edward Allen, Matthew Rico | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Brad Smith (PG), David Sears (SG), Charles Tanner (PF) Raymond Parsons, Leon Carroll, Jeff Boatman | |
| 04:47 | Northwestern | Miroslav Koski makes the 1st free throw | 48-40 |
| 04:47 | Northwestern | Miroslav Koski makes the 2nd free throw | 49-40 |
| 04:23 | Notre Dame | Jeffrey Cuthbert buries a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Charles Tanner | 49-42 |
| 04:05 | Northwestern | Todd Brunner connects on the jumper in the lane on a great pass from Thomas Simpson | 51-42 |
| 03:51 | Notre Dame | David Sears clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 51-42 |
| 03:49 | Notre Dame | Charles Tanner gets the offensive rebound | 51-42 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:42 | Notre Dame | Ante Zender steals the ball from Charles Tanner | 51-42 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Thomas Simpson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. 4 pf. SG - Richard Bernhard (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Miroslav Koski (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. PF - Ante Zender (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. C - Todd Brunner (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Brad Smith (fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Sears (fresh) 6 ast. SF - Jeffrey Cuthbert (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Charles Tanner (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. C - Lloyd Greene (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 03:24 | Northwestern | Miroslav Koski comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 51-42 |
| 03:23 | Notre Dame | Charles Tanner grabs the board | 51-42 |
| 03:18 | Notre Dame | David Sears throws a bad pass out of bounds | 51-42 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Edward Allen (SG), Matthew Rico (PF) Richard Bernhard, Todd Brunner | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Raymond Parsons (PG), Leon Carroll (SG), Gary Wells (SF), Jeff Boatman (PF), Dennis Charles (C) Brad Smith, David Sears, Jeffrey Cuthbert, Charles Tanner, Lloyd Greene | |
| 02:55 | Northwestern | Matthew Rico lays it in | 53-42 |
| 02:52 | Notre Dame | Raymond Parsons throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 53-42 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Robert Whitman (PG), Richard Bernhard (SG), Alvin Campbell (SF), Michael Morgan (C) Thomas Simpson, Edward Allen, Miroslav Koski, Matthew Rico | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Brad Smith (PG), Robert Bostwick (SG), Jeffrey Cuthbert (SF), Lloyd Greene (C) Raymond Parsons, Leon Carroll, Gary Wells, Dennis Charles | |
| 02:23 | Northwestern | Michael Morgan hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 53-42 |
| 02:21 | Northwestern | Robert Whitman pulls down the offensive rebound | 53-42 |
| 02:01 | Northwestern | Richard Bernhard is fouled on the floor by Jeff Boatman - foul #4 on Jeff Boatman, team foul #9 | 53-42 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | David Sears (SG) Lloyd Greene | |
| 02:01 | Northwestern | Richard Bernhard makes the 1st free throw | 54-42 |
| 02:01 | Northwestern | Richard Bernhard misses the 2nd free throw | 54-42 |
| 02:01 | Notre Dame | Robert Bostwick grabs the defensive rebound | 54-42 |
| 01:45 | Notre Dame | David Sears throws a bad pass out of bounds | 54-42 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Lloyd Greene (C) Robert Bostwick | |
| 01:43 | Northwestern | Richard Bernhard is fouled in the backcourt by Brad Smith - foul #1 on Brad Smith, team foul #10 | 54-42 |
| 01:43 | Northwestern | Richard Bernhard makes the 1st free throw | 55-42 |
| 01:43 | Northwestern | Richard Bernhard makes the 2nd free throw | 56-42 |
| 01:31 | Notre Dame | David Sears misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Richard Bernhard - foul #3 on Richard Bernhard, team foul #8 | 56-42 |
| 01:31 | Notre Dame | David Sears makes the 1st free throw | 56-43 |
| 01:31 | Notre Dame | David Sears misses the 2nd free throw | 56-43 |
| 01:31 | Northwestern | Alvin Campbell gets the rebound | 56-43 |
| 01:03 | Northwestern | Ante Zender knocks in the 3pt shot from the right corner | 59-43 |
| 00:50 | Notre Dame | Brad Smith hits a fadeaway from the left wing | 59-45 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:25 | Northwestern | Ante Zender misses short on a jumper from the left side | 59-45 |
| 00:23 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to David Sears | 59-45 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:18 | Notre Dame | Brad Smith connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from David Sears | 59-48 |
| 00:00 | Northwestern | Richard Bernhard runs out the clock | 59-48 |