| Lineup | Western Michigan | PG - Bruce Hightower (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Donald Clemmons (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Sherman Monette (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Thomas Walter (fresh) 2 pts. C - Claude Gales (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Southern Methodist | PG - John Young (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Loren Bowden (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Homer Hopkins (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ralph Eldridge (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Daniel Austin (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Southern Methodist | Homer Hopkins inbounds the ball | 35-36 |
| Game Plan | Western Michigan | Western Michigan is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Methodist | Southern Methodist is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| 19:41 | Southern Methodist | Loren Bowden misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Sherman Monette - foul #3 on Sherman Monette, team foul #1 | 35-36 |
| 19:41 | Southern Methodist | Loren Bowden makes the 1st free throw | 35-37 |
| 19:41 | Southern Methodist | Loren Bowden misses the 2nd free throw | 35-37 |
| 19:41 | Western Michigan | Claude Gales gets the rebound | 35-37 |
| 19:32 | Western Michigan | Thomas Walter is whistled for a carry | 35-37 |
| 19:09 | Southern Methodist | Ralph Eldridge misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Claude Gales - foul #1 on Claude Gales, team foul #2 | 35-37 |
| 19:09 | Southern Methodist | Ralph Eldridge misses the 1st free throw | 35-37 |
| 19:09 | Southern Methodist | Ralph Eldridge misses the 2nd free throw | 35-37 |
| 19:09 | Western Michigan | Claude Gales pulls down the rebound | 35-37 |
| 18:53 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower is hacked by Homer Hopkins - foul #3 on Homer Hopkins, team foul #1 | 35-37 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | George Goldberg (SF) Sherman Monette | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris (PG), Nickolas Ward (SG), Uros Kozlov (SF), Robert Stephens (PF), Dean Evans (C) John Young, Loren Bowden, Homer Hopkins, Ralph Eldridge, Daniel Austin | |
| 18:44 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower buries a jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Thomas Walter | 37-37 |
| 18:25 | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris misses the dunk but he's fouled by George Goldberg - foul #1 on George Goldberg, team foul #3 | 37-37 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Nicholas King (PG), Donald Johnson (SG), John Bellard (PF), Todd Thompson (C) Bruce Hightower, Donald Clemmons, Thomas Walter, Claude Gales | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | | |
| 18:25 | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris makes the 1st free throw | 37-38 |
| 18:25 | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris misses the 2nd free throw | 37-38 |
| 18:25 | Western Michigan | The rebound goes to Donald Johnson | 37-38 |
| 18:13 | Western Michigan | Todd Thompson knocks in the floater from the right side on a nice dish by John Bellard | 39-38 |
| 18:10 | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris travels in the backcourt | 39-38 |
| 17:54 | Western Michigan | Nicholas King misses short on a jumper from the right side | 39-38 |
| 17:52 | Western Michigan | John Bellard tips it in | 41-38 |
| 17:36 | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris misses the turnaround from close range but he's fouled by George Goldberg - foul #2 on George Goldberg, team foul #4 | 41-38 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Sherman Monette (SF) George Goldberg | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | Loren Bowden (SG), Ralph Eldridge (PF) Nickolas Ward, Robert Stephens | |
| 17:36 | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris misses the 1st free throw | 41-38 |
| 17:36 | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 41-39 |
| 17:10 | Western Michigan | Loren Bowden picks off the pass by Nicholas King | 41-39 |
| 17:07 | Southern Methodist | Sherman Monette takes the ball from Loren Bowden in the backcourt | 41-39 |
| 17:06 | Western Michigan | Sherman Monette blows the layup | 41-39 |
| 17:04 | Western Michigan | John Bellard can't tip it in | 41-39 |
| 17:02 | Western Michigan | John Bellard hits the follow up shot | 43-39 |
| 16:33 | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Ralph Eldridge | 43-42 |
| 16:24 | Western Michigan | Sherman Monette buries a shot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Nicholas King | 45-42 |
| 16:06 | Southern Methodist | Loren Bowden connects on the jumper from the left wing set up by Uros Kozlov | 45-44 |
| 15:44 | Western Michigan | Sherman Monette misses the jumper from the right wing | 45-44 |
| 15:42 | Southern Methodist | Uros Kozlov grabs the board | 45-44 |
| Lineup | Western Michigan | PG - Nicholas King (tiring) 1 ast. SG - Donald Johnson (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SF - Sherman Monette (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - John Bellard (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. C - Todd Thompson (tiring) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Southern Methodist | PG - Clifton Harris (tiring) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Loren Bowden (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Uros Kozlov (tiring) 7 pts. PF - Ralph Eldridge (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Dean Evans (tiring) 2 reb. | |
| 15:25 | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris loses the dribble to Sherman Monette | 45-44 |
| 15:18 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson is hacked by Loren Bowden - foul #3 on Loren Bowden, team foul #2 | 45-44 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower (PG), Donald Clemmons (SG), George Goldberg (SF), Thomas Walter (PF), Claude Gales (C) Nicholas King, Donald Johnson, Sherman Monette, John Bellard, Todd Thompson | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | John Young (PG), Nickolas Ward (SG), Homer Hopkins (SF), Robert Stephens (PF), Daniel Austin (C) Clifton Harris, Loren Bowden, Uros Kozlov, Ralph Eldridge, Dean Evans | |
| 15:06 | Western Michigan | George Goldberg is open and scores on a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Bruce Hightower | 48-44 |
| 14:52 | Southern Methodist | Daniel Austin misses badly on a turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by George Goldberg - foul #3 on George Goldberg, team foul #5 | 48-44 |
| 14:52 | Southern Methodist | Daniel Austin makes the 1st free throw | 48-45 |
| 14:52 | Southern Methodist | Daniel Austin makes the 2nd free throw | 48-46 |
| 14:40 | Western Michigan | Donald Clemmons misses short on a floater from the right wing but he's hacked by Nickolas Ward - foul #1 on Nickolas Ward, team foul #3 | 48-46 |
| 14:40 | Western Michigan | Donald Clemmons makes the 1st free throw | 49-46 |
| 14:40 | Western Michigan | Donald Clemmons misses the 2nd free throw | 49-46 |
| 14:40 | Southern Methodist | The rebound goes to Robert Stephens | 49-46 |
| 14:38 | Southern Methodist | John Young's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 49-46 |
| 14:17 | Western Michigan | Thomas Walter makes the jumper from the free throw line set up by Donald Clemmons | 51-46 |
| 14:09 | Southern Methodist | John Young misses the shot from the right side | 51-46 |
| 14:07 | Southern Methodist | John Young hits the follow up shot | 51-48 |
| 14:02 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower splits the doubleteam but misses short on a shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Daniel Austin - foul #1 on Daniel Austin, team foul #4 | 51-48 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Robert O'Connel (SF), Joseph Ellington (C) George Goldberg, Claude Gales | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | Ralph Eldridge (PF) Robert Stephens | |
| 14:02 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower misses the 1st free throw | 51-48 |
| 14:02 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower makes the 2nd free throw | 52-48 |
| 13:45 | Southern Methodist | John Young clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 52-48 |
| 13:43 | Western Michigan | Robert O'Connel pulls down the rebound | 52-48 |
| 13:34 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower scores on a runner in the lane on a great pass from Robert O'Connel | 54-48 |
| 13:10 | Southern Methodist | Ralph Eldridge comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 54-48 |
| 13:08 | Western Michigan | The rebound goes to Thomas Walter | 54-48 |
| 13:04 | Western Michigan | Robert O'Connel is open and scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Bruce Hightower | 57-48 |
| 12:45 | Southern Methodist | Ralph Eldridge misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 57-48 |
| 12:43 | Southern Methodist | John Young tips it home | 57-50 |
| 12:26 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Robert O'Connel | 60-50 |
| 12:11 | Southern Methodist | Homer Hopkins is open and buries a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 60-52 |
| 11:58 | Western Michigan | Robert O'Connel misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 60-52 |
| 11:57 | Western Michigan | Thomas Walter hits the follow up shot | 62-52 |
| 11:29 | Southern Methodist | Bruce Hightower is called for the reach on John Young - foul #2 on Bruce Hightower, team foul #6 | 62-52 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson (SG), George Goldberg (SF), John Bellard (PF), Claude Gales (C) Donald Clemmons, Robert O'Connel, Thomas Walter, Joseph Ellington | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris (PG), Loren Bowden (SG), Uros Kozlov (SF), Robert Stephens (PF), Dean Evans (C) John Young, Nickolas Ward, Homer Hopkins, Ralph Eldridge, Daniel Austin | |
| Lineup | Western Michigan | PG - Bruce Hightower (tiring) 10 pts. 6 ast. SG - Donald Johnson (fresh) 9 pts. SF - George Goldberg (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - John Bellard (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. C - Claude Gales (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Southern Methodist | PG - Clifton Harris (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Loren Bowden (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Uros Kozlov (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Robert Stephens (fresh) 3 reb. C - Dean Evans (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:21 | Southern Methodist | Loren Bowden can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 62-52 |
| 11:19 | Western Michigan | George Goldberg gets the rebound | 62-52 |
| 11:07 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower is fouled on the floor by Clifton Harris - foul #2 on Clifton Harris, team foul #5 | 62-52 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Sherman Monette (SF) George Goldberg | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | | |
| 11:02 | Western Michigan | John Bellard is fouled on the floor by Clifton Harris - foul #3 on Clifton Harris, team foul #6 | 62-52 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Nicholas King (PG) Bruce Hightower | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | | |
| 10:53 | Western Michigan | Sherman Monette is called for a charge - foul #4 on Sherman Monette, team foul #7 | 62-52 |
| 10:33 | Southern Methodist | Sherman Monette is called for the reach on Clifton Harris - foul #5 on Sherman Monette, team foul #8 | 62-52 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | George Goldberg (SF) Sherman Monette | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | | |
| 10:33 | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris makes the 1st free throw | 62-53 |
| 10:33 | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 62-54 |
| 10:18 | Western Michigan | George Goldberg hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3pt jumper from the right corner | 62-54 |
| 10:16 | Western Michigan | Nicholas King grabs the offensive board | 62-54 |
| 10:08 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson misses the floater in the paint but he's fouled by Clifton Harris - foul #4 on Clifton Harris, team foul #7 | 62-54 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower (PG) Nicholas King | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | John Young (PG), Homer Hopkins (SF), Daniel Austin (C) Clifton Harris, Uros Kozlov, Robert Stephens | |
| 10:08 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 63-54 |
| 10:08 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 63-54 |
| 10:08 | Southern Methodist | Dean Evans pulls down the rebound | 63-54 |
| 09:43 | Southern Methodist | John Young throws a bad pass out of bounds | 63-54 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Donald Clemmons (SG), Thomas Walter (PF) Donald Johnson, John Bellard | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | | |
| 09:29 | Western Michigan | Donald Clemmons misses badly on the uncontested fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 63-54 |
| 09:28 | Southern Methodist | Dean Evans snags the defensive board | 63-54 |
| 09:10 | Southern Methodist | Donald Clemmons steals it from Loren Bowden | 63-54 |
| 09:07 | Western Michigan | John Young is called for the reach on Bruce Hightower in the backcourt - foul #2 on John Young, team foul #8 | 63-54 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Todd Thompson (C) Claude Gales | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | Uros Kozlov (SF), Ralph Eldridge (PF) Homer Hopkins, Daniel Austin | |
| 09:07 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower makes the 1st free throw | 64-54 |
| 09:07 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower makes the 2nd free throw | 65-54 |
| 08:46 | Southern Methodist | Dean Evans makes the jumper from the left block on a nice dish by John Young and the foul's on Todd Thompson - foul #1 on Todd Thompson, team foul #9 | 65-56 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Robert O'Connel (PG), John Bellard (PF) Bruce Hightower, Thomas Walter | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | Nickolas Ward (SG) Loren Bowden | |
| 08:46 | Southern Methodist | Dean Evans makes the free throw | 65-57 |
| 08:23 | Western Michigan | Donald Clemmons clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 65-57 |
| 08:21 | Southern Methodist | Uros Kozlov pulls down the rebound | 65-57 |
| 08:07 | Southern Methodist | Ralph Eldridge misses the 3 from the left corner | 65-57 |
| 08:05 | Southern Methodist | Uros Kozlov can't tip it in | 65-57 |
| 08:03 | Western Michigan | George Goldberg grabs the board | 65-57 |
| 07:56 | Western Michigan | George Goldberg hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right block | 65-57 |
| 07:55 | Southern Methodist | Uros Kozlov grabs the defensive rebound | 65-57 |
| 07:51 | Southern Methodist | Uros Kozlov buries a shot from the left wing | 65-59 |
| 07:37 | Western Michigan | John Bellard is open but comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane | 65-59 |
| 07:35 | Western Michigan | Todd Thompson grabs the offensive board | 65-59 |
| 07:27 | Western Michigan | John Bellard loses the dribble to Ralph Eldridge | 65-59 |
| Lineup | Western Michigan | PG - Robert O'Connel (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - Donald Clemmons (tiring) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - George Goldberg (tiring) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - John Bellard (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. C - Todd Thompson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Methodist | PG - John Young (tired) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Nickolas Ward (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Uros Kozlov (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Ralph Eldridge (tired) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Dean Evans (tiring) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:09 | Southern Methodist | Dean Evans is whistled for traveling | 65-59 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Nicholas King (PG), Donald Johnson (SG), Thomas Walter (PF), Claude Gales (C) Donald Clemmons, George Goldberg, John Bellard, Todd Thompson | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris (PG), Loren Bowden (SG), Homer Hopkins (SF), Robert Stephens (PF), Daniel Austin (C) John Young, Nickolas Ward, Uros Kozlov, Ralph Eldridge, Dean Evans | |
| 06:53 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson is whistled for a carry | 65-59 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Joseph Ellington (PF) Thomas Walter | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | | |
| 06:30 | Southern Methodist | Daniel Austin's fadeaway is rejected by Claude Gales | 65-59 |
| 06:28 | Southern Methodist | Robert Stephens can't tip it in | 65-59 |
| 06:27 | Western Michigan | The rebound goes to Donald Johnson | 65-59 |
| 06:21 | Western Michigan | Claude Gales can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 65-59 |
| 06:20 | Southern Methodist | Robert Stephens snags the defensive board | 65-59 |
| 05:57 | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 65-59 |
| 05:56 | Southern Methodist | Homer Hopkins tips it but misses | 65-59 |
| 05:55 | Southern Methodist | Loren Bowden grabs the offensive board | 65-59 |
| Game Plan | Western Michigan | Western Michigan is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Methodist | Southern Methodist is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| 05:42 | Southern Methodist | Homer Hopkins is fouled on the floor by Joseph Ellington - foul #2 on Joseph Ellington, team foul #10 | 65-59 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower (PG), George Goldberg (SF), Thomas Walter (PF) Nicholas King, Robert O'Connel, Joseph Ellington | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | Nickolas Ward (SG), Dean Evans (C) Loren Bowden, Daniel Austin | |
| 05:42 | Southern Methodist | Homer Hopkins misses the 1st free throw | 65-59 |
| 05:42 | Southern Methodist | Homer Hopkins makes the 2nd free throw | 65-60 |
| 05:27 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Nickolas Ward - foul #2 on Nickolas Ward, team foul #9 | 65-60 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | Uros Kozlov (SF) Homer Hopkins | |
| 05:27 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 66-60 |
| 05:27 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 67-60 |
| 05:25 | Southern Methodist | Nickolas Ward is fouled in the backcourt by Claude Gales - foul #2 on Claude Gales, team foul #11 | 67-60 |
| 05:25 | Southern Methodist | Nickolas Ward makes the 1st free throw | 67-61 |
| 05:25 | Southern Methodist | Nickolas Ward makes the 2nd free throw | 67-62 |
| 05:12 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower evades the doubleteam and hits a 3 from the left corner | 70-62 |
| 05:01 | Southern Methodist | Uros Kozlov can't connect on an uncontested fadeaway from the right side | 70-62 |
| 04:59 | Southern Methodist | Uros Kozlov pulls down the offensive rebound | 70-62 |
| Game Plan | Western Michigan | Western Michigan is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Methodist | Southern Methodist is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| 04:45 | Southern Methodist | Dean Evans comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side | 70-62 |
| 04:43 | Western Michigan | George Goldberg pulls down the rebound | 70-62 |
| Game Plan | Western Michigan | Western Michigan is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Methodist | Southern Methodist is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 04:41 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson is hacked by Nickolas Ward in the backcourt - foul #3 on Nickolas Ward, team foul #10 | 70-62 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | John Bellard (PF) Thomas Walter | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | Ralph Eldridge (PF) Robert Stephens | |
| 04:41 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 71-62 |
| 04:41 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 72-62 |
| 04:31 | Southern Methodist | Ralph Eldridge is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Clifton Harris | 72-64 |
| 04:15 | Western Michigan | Claude Gales is open but comes up short on the floater from the right block but he's fouled by Nickolas Ward - foul #4 on Nickolas Ward, team foul #11 | 72-64 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Donald Clemmons (SG), Robert O'Connel (SF) Donald Johnson, George Goldberg | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | Loren Bowden (SG), Homer Hopkins (SF) Nickolas Ward, Uros Kozlov | |
| 04:15 | Western Michigan | Claude Gales makes the 1st free throw | 73-64 |
| 04:15 | Western Michigan | Claude Gales makes the 2nd free throw | 74-64 |
| 04:02 | Southern Methodist | Dean Evans connects on the jump hook in the paint set up by Ralph Eldridge | 74-66 |
| Game Plan | Western Michigan | Western Michigan is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Methodist | Southern Methodist is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 03:47 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 74-66 |
| 03:45 | Western Michigan | John Bellard pulls down the offensive rebound | 74-66 |
| 03:25 | Western Michigan | Homer Hopkins is called for the reach on Bruce Hightower - foul #4 on Homer Hopkins, team foul #12 | 74-66 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Thomas Walter (PF), Joseph Ellington (C) John Bellard, Claude Gales | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | John Young (PG), Nickolas Ward (SG), Robert Stephens (PF), Daniel Austin (C) Clifton Harris, Loren Bowden, Ralph Eldridge, Dean Evans | |
| 03:25 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower makes the 1st free throw | 75-66 |
| 03:25 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower misses the 2nd free throw | 75-66 |
| 03:25 | Southern Methodist | Daniel Austin gets the rebound | 75-66 |
| Lineup | Western Michigan | PG - Bruce Hightower (tiring) 16 pts. 6 ast. SG - Donald Clemmons (tiring) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert O'Connel (tiring) 3 pts. 5 ast. PF - Thomas Walter (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Ellington (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Methodist | PG - John Young (tiring) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Nickolas Ward (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SF - Homer Hopkins (tiring) 7 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. PF - Robert Stephens (fairly fresh) 5 reb. C - Daniel Austin (tiring) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:17 | Southern Methodist | Homer Hopkins clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 75-66 |
| 03:15 | Western Michigan | Joseph Ellington grabs the defensive rebound | 75-66 |
| 03:13 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower is hacked by John Young in the backcourt - foul #3 on John Young, team foul #13 | 75-66 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | George Goldberg (SF), Todd Thompson (C) Robert O'Connel, Joseph Ellington | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | Uros Kozlov (SF) Homer Hopkins | |
| 03:13 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower makes the 1st free throw | 76-66 |
| 03:13 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower makes the 2nd free throw | 77-66 |
| 03:03 | Southern Methodist | John Young misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing | 77-66 |
| 03:01 | Western Michigan | Thomas Walter grabs the board | 77-66 |
| 02:40 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower can't connect on a runner in the lane but he's hacked by John Young - foul #4 on John Young, team foul #14 | 77-66 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson (SG), Joseph Ellington (C) Donald Clemmons, Todd Thompson | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | | |
| 02:40 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower makes the 1st free throw | 78-66 |
| 02:40 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower makes the 2nd free throw | 79-66 |
| 02:19 | Southern Methodist | Robert Stephens loses the dribble to Donald Johnson | 79-66 |
| 02:16 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson lays it in | 81-66 |
| 02:02 | Southern Methodist | John Young hits a fadeaway from the left block on a great pass from Nickolas Ward | 81-68 |
| Game Plan | Western Michigan | Western Michigan is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Methodist | Southern Methodist is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 01:58 | Western Michigan | Nickolas Ward is called for the reach on Donald Johnson - foul #5 on Nickolas Ward, team foul #15 | 81-68 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Todd Thompson (C) Joseph Ellington | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris (PG), Loren Bowden (SG), Dean Evans (C) John Young, Nickolas Ward, Daniel Austin | |
| 01:58 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 82-68 |
| 01:58 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 83-68 |
| 01:49 | Southern Methodist | Loren Bowden hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing | 83-68 |
| 01:48 | Western Michigan | Thomas Walter pulls down the rebound | 83-68 |
| Game Plan | Western Michigan | Western Michigan is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Methodist | Southern Methodist is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 01:44 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson is hacked by Loren Bowden in the backcourt - foul #4 on Loren Bowden, team foul #16 | 83-68 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Claude Gales (C) Todd Thompson | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | | |
| 01:44 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 84-68 |
| 01:44 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 85-68 |
| 01:30 | Southern Methodist | Clifton Harris's pass is intercepted by Claude Gales | 85-68 |
| 01:06 | Western Michigan | Donald Johnson misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 85-68 |
| 01:05 | Southern Methodist | Robert Stephens grabs the defensive rebound | 85-68 |
| 00:51 | Southern Methodist | Loren Bowden lays it up and in | 85-70 |
| Game Plan | Western Michigan | Western Michigan is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Methodist | Southern Methodist is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:46 | Western Michigan | Claude Gales is fouled in the backcourt by Dean Evans - foul #2 on Dean Evans, team foul #17 | 85-70 |
| Subs | Western Michigan | Donald Clemmons (SG) Donald Johnson | |
| Subs | Southern Methodist | | |
| 00:46 | Western Michigan | Claude Gales misses the 1st free throw | 85-70 |
| 00:46 | Western Michigan | Claude Gales misses the 2nd free throw | 85-70 |
| 00:46 | Southern Methodist | Robert Stephens grabs the defensive rebound | 85-70 |
| Game Plan | Western Michigan | Western Michigan is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Methodist | Southern Methodist is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:41 | Southern Methodist | Dean Evans buries a jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Loren Bowden and he's fouled by Claude Gales - foul #3 on Claude Gales, team foul #12 | 85-72 |
| 00:41 | Southern Methodist | Dean Evans makes the free throw | 85-73 |
| 00:15 | Western Michigan | Thomas Walter scores on a shot near the basket on a nice dish by Donald Clemmons and he's hacked by Uros Kozlov - foul #3 on Uros Kozlov, team foul #18 | 87-73 |
| 00:15 | Western Michigan | Thomas Walter misses the free throw | 87-73 |
| 00:15 | Southern Methodist | The rebound goes to Robert Stephens | 87-73 |
| 00:07 | Southern Methodist | The short jumper by Dean Evans is denied by Thomas Walter | 87-73 |
| 00:05 | Western Michigan | Thomas Walter grabs the board | 87-73 |
| 00:00 | Western Michigan | Bruce Hightower runs out the clock | 87-73 |