| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Sean Brezinski (fresh) SG - Jerry Bolling (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Boris Czernovski (fresh) PF - Robbie Crawford (fresh) 8 pts. C - Ronald Perkins (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Gary Hollman (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Leland Shook (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Marc Estes (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Edgar Flowers (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Tommy Bise (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Penn State | Boris Czernovski inbounds the ball | 26-20 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:38 | Penn State | Tommy Bise steals the ball from Jerry Bolling | 26-20 |
| 19:15 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Jerry Bolling - foul #1 on Jerry Bolling, team foul #1 | 26-20 |
| Subs | Penn State | William Hancock (SG), Denver Berkeley (SF), Edward Edwards (PF), Orlando Perez (C) Jerry Bolling, Boris Czernovski, Robbie Crawford, Ronald Perkins | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 19:15 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers makes the 1st free throw | 26-21 |
| 19:15 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers misses the 2nd free throw | 26-21 |
| 19:15 | Penn State | The rebound goes to Orlando Perez | 26-21 |
| 19:08 | Penn State | William Hancock can't connect on a driving attempt in the lane | 26-21 |
| 19:07 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers grabs the board | 26-21 |
| 19:05 | Evansville | William Hancock steps in front of the Edgar Flowers pass in the backcourt | 26-21 |
| 19:04 | Penn State | Denver Berkeley lays it in on a nice dish by William Hancock | 28-21 |
| 18:44 | Evansville | Marc Estes's pass is intercepted by William Hancock | 28-21 |
| 18:39 | Penn State | William Hancock lays it in | 30-21 |
| 18:37 | Evansville | Marc Estes travels in the backcourt | 30-21 |
| Subs | Penn State | Jerry Bolling (SG), Boris Czernovski (SF), Robbie Crawford (PF) William Hancock, Denver Berkeley, Edward Edwards | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 18:16 | Penn State | Tommy Bise picks off the pass by Robbie Crawford | 30-21 |
| 17:55 | Evansville | Tommy Bise misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing but the foul's on Boris Czernovski - foul #2 on Boris Czernovski, team foul #2 | 30-21 |
| Subs | Penn State | Raymond Kuhn (SG), Denver Berkeley (SF), Edward Edwards (PF), Ronald Perkins (C) Jerry Bolling, Boris Czernovski, Robbie Crawford, Orlando Perez | |
| Subs | Evansville | James Brown (PG), Merle Myers (SG), Matthew Lantz (SF), Michael Lor (PF) Gary Hollman, Leland Shook, Marc Estes, Edgar Flowers | |
| 17:55 | Evansville | Tommy Bise misses the 1st free throw | 30-21 |
| 17:55 | Evansville | Tommy Bise makes the 2nd free throw | 30-22 |
| 17:34 | Penn State | Sean Brezinski misses short on a runner in the paint | 30-22 |
| 17:32 | Evansville | Tommy Bise gets the rebound | 30-22 |
| 17:14 | Evansville | Denver Berkeley swats the layup by Michael Lor | 30-22 |
| 17:12 | Evansville | Merle Myers snags the offensive board | 30-22 |
| 16:58 | Evansville | Denver Berkeley steals it from James Brown | 30-22 |
| 16:34 | Penn State | Denver Berkeley misses the easy layup | 30-22 |
| 16:33 | Evansville | Tommy Bise grabs the board | 30-22 |
| 16:28 | Evansville | Merle Myers loses the dribble to Edward Edwards | 30-22 |
| 16:08 | Penn State | Edward Edwards hits a jump hook from the baseline | 32-22 |
| 15:52 | Evansville | Merle Myers connects on the open floater from the right wing | 32-24 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Sean Brezinski (tiring) SG - Raymond Kuhn (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Denver Berkeley (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Edward Edwards (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Ronald Perkins (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - James Brown (fairly fresh) SG - Merle Myers (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. SF - Matthew Lantz (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Michael Lor (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Tommy Bise (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 15:32 | Penn State | Edward Edwards banks in the layup | 34-24 |
| 15:15 | Evansville | James Brown misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 34-24 |
| 15:14 | Evansville | Matthew Lantz tips it back up and in | 34-26 |
| 14:50 | Penn State | Merle Myers picks off the pass by Denver Berkeley | 34-26 |
| 14:47 | Evansville | Matthew Lantz banks in the layup set up by Merle Myers | 34-28 |
| 14:22 | Penn State | Sean Brezinski can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 34-28 |
| 14:20 | Evansville | Matthew Lantz grabs the defensive rebound | 34-28 |
| 13:58 | Evansville | Michael Lor is by himself and knocks in the floater from the baseline on a great pass from James Brown | 34-30 |
| 13:31 | Penn State | Merle Myers is called for the reach on Raymond Kuhn - foul #3 on Merle Myers, team foul #1 | 34-30 |
| Subs | Penn State | Jerry Bolling (SG), Boris Czernovski (SF), Robbie Crawford (PF), Orlando Perez (C) Raymond Kuhn, Denver Berkeley, Edward Edwards, Ronald Perkins | |
| Subs | Evansville | Gary Hollman (PG), Leland Shook (SG), Marc Estes (SF), Edgar Flowers (PF), Michael Lady (C) James Brown, Merle Myers, Matthew Lantz, Michael Lor, Tommy Bise | |
| 13:21 | Penn State | Orlando Perez clanks a turnaround in the lane but the foul's on Michael Lady - foul #2 on Michael Lady, team foul #2 | 34-30 |
| 13:21 | Penn State | Orlando Perez makes the 1st free throw | 35-30 |
| 13:21 | Penn State | Orlando Perez makes the 2nd free throw | 36-30 |
| 13:10 | Evansville | Gary Hollman misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 36-30 |
| 13:08 | Evansville | Gary Hollman gets the offensive rebound | 36-30 |
| 12:51 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Michael Lady | 36-32 |
| 12:30 | Penn State | Jerry Bolling misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 36-32 |
| 12:29 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers grabs the defensive rebound | 36-32 |
| 12:17 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 36-32 |
| 12:15 | Evansville | Michael Lady snags the offensive board | 36-32 |
| 12:09 | Evansville | Gary Hollman scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 36-35 |
| 11:47 | Penn State | Boris Czernovski comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 36-35 |
| 11:46 | Penn State | Orlando Perez tips it but misses | 36-35 |
| 11:44 | Penn State | Orlando Perez snags the offensive board | 36-35 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Sean Brezinski (tired) SG - Jerry Bolling (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Boris Czernovski (fairly fresh) PF - Robbie Crawford (fairly fresh) 8 pts. C - Orlando Perez (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Gary Hollman (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SG - Leland Shook (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Marc Estes (fairly fresh) 3 reb. PF - Edgar Flowers (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Michael Lady (fresh) | |
| 11:30 | Penn State | Sean Brezinski connects on the 3 pointer from straight away set up by Boris Czernovski | 39-35 |
| 11:19 | Evansville | Sean Brezinski is called for the reach on Gary Hollman - foul #3 on Sean Brezinski, team foul #3 | 39-35 |
| Subs | Penn State | Michael Owens (PG), Ronald Perkins (C) Sean Brezinski, Orlando Perez | |
| Subs | Evansville | Willard Sweeney (PF), Tommy Bise (C) Edgar Flowers, Michael Lady | |
| 11:00 | Evansville | Willard Sweeney comes up short on the shot from the left block | 39-35 |
| 10:59 | Penn State | Ronald Perkins gets the rebound | 39-35 |
| 10:30 | Penn State | Michael Owens is fouled on the floor by Willard Sweeney - foul #1 on Willard Sweeney, team foul #3 | 39-35 |
| Subs | Penn State | Sean Brezinski (PG) Michael Owens | |
| Subs | Evansville | Michael Lor (C) Tommy Bise | |
| 10:01 | Penn State | Robbie Crawford clanks a turnaround from the right block | 39-35 |
| 09:59 | Penn State | Boris Czernovski grabs the offensive board | 39-35 |
| 09:37 | Penn State | Robbie Crawford misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 39-35 |
| 09:36 | Evansville | Michael Lor snags the defensive board | 39-35 |
| 09:34 | Evansville | Leland Shook is fouled in the backcourt by Sean Brezinski - foul #4 on Sean Brezinski, team foul #4 | 39-35 |
| Subs | Penn State | Michael Owens (PG), Orlando Perez (C) Sean Brezinski, Ronald Perkins | |
| Subs | Evansville | Merle Myers (SG), Matthew Lantz (SF), Edgar Flowers (PF) Leland Shook, Marc Estes, Willard Sweeney | |
| 09:23 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers misses short on an open 3 from straight away | 39-35 |
| 09:22 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-35 |
| 09:04 | Evansville | Merle Myers is fouled on the floor by Jerry Bolling - foul #2 on Jerry Bolling, team foul #5 | 39-35 |
| Subs | Penn State | Ronald Perkins (C) Orlando Perez | |
| Subs | Evansville | James Brown (PG) Gary Hollman | |
| 08:53 | Evansville | Merle Myers misses the wide open 3 pointer from the right wing | 39-35 |
| 08:52 | Penn State | Ronald Perkins grabs the board | 39-35 |
| 08:31 | Penn State | Ronald Perkins knocks in the floater from close range | 41-35 |
| 08:25 | Evansville | Robbie Crawford picks off the pass by Edgar Flowers | 41-35 |
| 07:56 | Penn State | Robbie Crawford drills a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a great pass from Boris Czernovski | 43-35 |
| 07:37 | Evansville | James Brown is by himself and knocks in the jumper from close range on a nice dish by Matthew Lantz | 43-37 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Michael Owens (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SG - Jerry Bolling (tiring) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Boris Czernovski (tiring) 2 reb. PF - Robbie Crawford (tiring) 10 pts. C - Ronald Perkins (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 9 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - James Brown (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Merle Myers (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. SF - Matthew Lantz (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Edgar Flowers (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Michael Lor (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:15 | Penn State | Jerry Bolling clanks a fadeaway from the right wing | 43-37 |
| 07:14 | Penn State | Ronald Perkins gets the offensive rebound | 43-37 |
| 06:53 | Penn State | Jerry Bolling makes the fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Michael Owens and he's fouled by Michael Lor - foul #2 on Michael Lor, team foul #4 | 45-37 |
| Subs | Penn State | Sean Brezinski (PG), Orlando Perez (C) Michael Owens, Ronald Perkins | |
| Subs | Evansville | Gary Hollman (PG), Leland Shook (SG), Marc Estes (SF), Willard Sweeney (PF), Tommy Bise (C) James Brown, Merle Myers, Matthew Lantz, Edgar Flowers, Michael Lor | |
| 06:53 | Penn State | Jerry Bolling misses the free throw | 45-37 |
| 06:53 | Evansville | Leland Shook gets the rebound | 45-37 |
| 06:46 | Evansville | Willard Sweeney knocks in the shot from the right block set up by Gary Hollman | 45-39 |
| 06:31 | Penn State | Sean Brezinski makes the shot in the lane | 47-39 |
| 06:19 | Evansville | Willard Sweeney hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the baseline but he's fouled by Boris Czernovski - foul #3 on Boris Czernovski, team foul #6 | 47-39 |
| Subs | Penn State | William Hancock (SG) Jerry Bolling | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 06:19 | Evansville | Willard Sweeney makes the 1st free throw | 47-40 |
| 06:19 | Evansville | Willard Sweeney makes the 2nd free throw | 47-41 |
| 05:56 | Penn State | Boris Czernovski misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 47-41 |
| 05:54 | Evansville | Willard Sweeney pulls down the rebound | 47-41 |
| 05:39 | Evansville | Marc Estes is open and buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Gary Hollman | 47-44 |
| 05:39 | Penn State | Penn State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 47-44 |
| Subs | Penn State | Ronald Perkins (C) Orlando Perez | |
| Subs | Evansville | James Brown (PG), Merle Myers (SG), Matthew Lantz (SF), Edgar Flowers (PF) Gary Hollman, Leland Shook, Marc Estes, Willard Sweeney | |
| 05:10 | Penn State | Boris Czernovski hits a jumper from the left wing | 49-44 |
| 04:51 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 49-44 |
| 04:49 | Penn State | The rebound goes to Ronald Perkins | 49-44 |
| 04:33 | Penn State | Tommy Bise blocks the short jumper by Ronald Perkins | 49-44 |
| 04:31 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers snags the defensive board | 49-44 |
| 04:13 | Evansville | Ronald Perkins swats the shot by James Brown | 49-44 |
| 04:12 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers hits the follow up shot | 49-46 |
| 03:59 | Penn State | Boris Czernovski is fouled on the floor by Tommy Bise - foul #2 on Tommy Bise, team foul #5 | 49-46 |
| Subs | Penn State | Michael Owens (PG), Jerry Bolling (SG), Denver Berkeley (SF), Edward Edwards (PF), Orlando Perez (C) Sean Brezinski, William Hancock, Boris Czernovski, Robbie Crawford, Ronald Perkins | |
| Subs | Evansville | Gary Hollman (PG), Leland Shook (SG), Marc Estes (SF) James Brown, Merle Myers, Matthew Lantz | |
| 03:35 | Penn State | Orlando Perez misses the floater in the lane | 49-46 |
| 03:34 | Evansville | Marc Estes grabs the defensive rebound | 49-46 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Michael Owens (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jerry Bolling (tiring) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Denver Berkeley (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Edward Edwards (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Orlando Perez (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Gary Hollman (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Leland Shook (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Marc Estes (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Edgar Flowers (fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. C - Tommy Bise (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 03:17 | Evansville | Tommy Bise is alone and drills a driving attempt in the lane | 49-48 |
| 03:02 | Penn State | Jerry Bolling misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 49-48 |
| 03:00 | Evansville | Gary Hollman grabs the board | 49-48 |
| 02:43 | Evansville | Marc Estes misses short on a shot from the left wing | 49-48 |
| 02:41 | Penn State | Orlando Perez grabs the board | 49-48 |
| 02:18 | Penn State | Jerry Bolling dunks the ball on a nice dish by Michael Owens | 51-48 |
| 02:11 | Evansville | Marc Estes double dribbles in the backcourt | 51-48 |
| Subs | Penn State | Sean Brezinski (PG), Raymond Kuhn (SG), Boris Czernovski (SF), Robbie Crawford (PF), Ronald Perkins (C) Michael Owens, Jerry Bolling, Denver Berkeley, Edward Edwards, Orlando Perez | |
| Subs | Evansville | Merle Myers (SG), Matthew Lantz (SF), Michael Lor (PF), Michael Lady (C) Leland Shook, Marc Estes, Edgar Flowers, Tommy Bise | |
| 01:46 | Penn State | Michael Lady is called for the reach on Ronald Perkins - foul #3 on Michael Lady, team foul #6 | 51-48 |
| Subs | Penn State | Jerry Bolling (SG) Raymond Kuhn | |
| Subs | Evansville | Leland Shook (SG), Marc Estes (SF), Edgar Flowers (PF), Tommy Bise (C) Merle Myers, Matthew Lantz, Michael Lor, Michael Lady | |
| 01:27 | Penn State | Jerry Bolling misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 51-48 |
| 01:25 | Penn State | Ronald Perkins tips it home | 53-48 |
| 01:15 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers is fouled on the floor by Sean Brezinski - foul #5 on Sean Brezinski, team foul #7 | 53-48 |
| Subs | Penn State | Michael Owens (PG) Sean Brezinski | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 01:15 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers makes the 1st free throw | 53-49 |
| 01:15 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers makes the 2nd free throw | 53-50 |
| 00:51 | Penn State | Robbie Crawford comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 53-50 |
| 00:50 | Evansville | Marc Estes grabs the board | 53-50 |
| 00:25 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers is fouled on the floor by Robbie Crawford - foul #1 on Robbie Crawford, team foul #8 | 53-50 |
| 00:25 | Penn State | Penn State calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 53-50 |
| 00:25 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers makes the 1st free throw | 53-51 |
| 00:25 | Evansville | Edgar Flowers misses the 2nd free throw | 53-51 |
| 00:25 | Penn State | The rebound goes to Ronald Perkins | 53-51 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:24 | Penn State | Ronald Perkins is fouled in the backcourt by Gary Hollman - foul #1 on Gary Hollman, team foul #7 | 53-51 |
| 00:24 | Penn State | Ronald Perkins makes the 1st free throw | 54-51 |
| 00:24 | Penn State | Ronald Perkins makes the 2nd free throw | 55-51 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:21 | Evansville | Robbie Crawford is called for the reach on Leland Shook in the backcourt - foul #2 on Robbie Crawford, team foul #9 | 55-51 |
| 00:21 | Evansville | Leland Shook makes the 1st free throw | 55-52 |
| 00:21 | Evansville | Leland Shook misses the 2nd free throw | 55-52 |
| 00:21 | Penn State | Ronald Perkins pulls down the rebound | 55-52 |
| 00:18 | Penn State | Gary Hollman is called for the reach on Ronald Perkins in the backcourt - foul #2 on Gary Hollman, team foul #8 | 55-52 |
| Subs | Penn State | William Hancock (SF) Boris Czernovski | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 00:18 | Penn State | Ronald Perkins makes the 1st free throw | 56-52 |
| 00:18 | Penn State | Ronald Perkins makes the 2nd free throw | 57-52 |
| 00:14 | Evansville | Marc Estes hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 57-52 |
| 00:12 | Penn State | Jerry Bolling grabs the board | 57-52 |
| 00:10 | Penn State | Jerry Bolling is fouled in the backcourt by Gary Hollman - foul #3 on Gary Hollman, team foul #9 | 57-52 |
| Subs | Penn State | Boris Czernovski (SF) William Hancock | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 00:10 | Penn State | Jerry Bolling makes the 1st free throw | 58-52 |
| 00:10 | Penn State | Jerry Bolling makes the 2nd free throw | 59-52 |
| 00:07 | Evansville | Gary Hollman is fouled in the backcourt by Ronald Perkins - foul #1 on Ronald Perkins, team foul #10 | 59-52 |
| 00:07 | Evansville | Gary Hollman makes the 1st free throw | 59-53 |
| 00:07 | Evansville | Gary Hollman misses the 2nd free throw | 59-53 |
| 00:07 | Penn State | Robbie Crawford gets the rebound | 59-53 |
| 00:06 | Penn State | Gary Hollman is called for the reach on Robbie Crawford in the backcourt - foul #4 on Gary Hollman, team foul #10 | 59-53 |
| Subs | Penn State | William Hancock (SG) Jerry Bolling | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 00:06 | Penn State | Robbie Crawford makes the 1st free throw | 60-53 |
| 00:06 | Penn State | Robbie Crawford makes the 2nd free throw | 61-53 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:01 | Evansville | Marc Estes clanks a 3 from the left wing | 61-53 |
| 00:00 | Penn State | Ronald Perkins snags the defensive board | 61-53 |