| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Daryl Freund (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Keith Pontius (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kenneth Carmichael (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Santos Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. C - Calvin Varela (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - John Smith (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Timothy Levron (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Luis Johnson (fresh) PF - Dale Beattie (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Patrick Matthews (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Northern Illinois University | Luis Johnson inbounds the ball | 35-30 |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:54 | Northern Illinois University | Daryl Freund picks off the pass by John Smith in the backcourt | 35-30 |
| 19:46 | Bowling Green | Luis Johnson steps in front of the Calvin Varela pass | 35-30 |
| 19:32 | Northern Illinois University | Luis Johnson makes the fadeaway from close range | 35-32 |
| 19:09 | Bowling Green | Santos Davis misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Dale Beattie - foul #2 on Dale Beattie, team foul #1 | 35-32 |
| 19:09 | Bowling Green | Santos Davis misses the 1st free throw | 35-32 |
| 19:09 | Bowling Green | Santos Davis misses the 2nd free throw | 35-32 |
| 19:09 | Northern Illinois University | Patrick Matthews pulls down the rebound | 35-32 |
| 18:48 | Northern Illinois University | Luis Johnson scores on a 3 from the right corner | 35-35 |
| 18:31 | Bowling Green | Keith Pontius can't connect on a floater from the right side but he's hacked by Timothy Levron - foul #2 on Timothy Levron, team foul #2 | 35-35 |
| 18:31 | Bowling Green | Keith Pontius misses the 1st free throw | 35-35 |
| 18:31 | Bowling Green | Keith Pontius makes the 2nd free throw | 36-35 |
| 18:20 | Northern Illinois University | Dale Beattie makes the 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by John Smith | 36-38 |
| 18:04 | Bowling Green | Calvin Varela's 3 pointer is rejected by Luis Johnson | 36-38 |
| 18:03 | Northern Illinois University | Patrick Matthews snags the defensive board | 36-38 |
| 17:57 | Northern Illinois University | Luis Johnson can't connect on a floater from the right side | 36-38 |
| 17:56 | Bowling Green | Santos Davis snags the defensive board | 36-38 |
| 17:43 | Bowling Green | Dale Beattie steals the ball from Santos Davis | 36-38 |
| 17:25 | Northern Illinois University | Timothy Levron's fadeaway is rejected by Calvin Varela | 36-38 |
| 17:24 | Northern Illinois University | Luis Johnson tips it home | 36-40 |
| 17:09 | Bowling Green | Daryl Freund hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's fouled by John Smith - foul #2 on John Smith, team foul #3 | 36-40 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Reuben Baldwin (SG), Kenneth Anderson (PF) Keith Pontius, Santos Davis | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Kenneth Zimmerman (PF) Dale Beattie | |
| 17:09 | Bowling Green | Daryl Freund makes the 1st free throw | 37-40 |
| 17:09 | Bowling Green | Daryl Freund makes the 2nd free throw | 38-40 |
| 17:00 | Northern Illinois University | Luis Johnson clanks a jumper from the right wing | 38-40 |
| 16:58 | Bowling Green | Kenneth Anderson pulls down the rebound | 38-40 |
| 16:42 | Bowling Green | Calvin Varela drills a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Daryl Freund | 41-40 |
| 16:20 | Northern Illinois University | Timothy Levron connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 41-43 |
| 16:16 | Bowling Green | Daryl Freund misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 41-43 |
| 16:14 | Bowling Green | Calvin Varela tips it home | 43-43 |
| 15:56 | Northern Illinois University | Patrick Matthews double dribbles | 43-43 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Michael Hankins (PG), Keith Pontius (SG), Sterling Hoskins (C) Daryl Freund, Kenneth Carmichael, Calvin Varela | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | George Thompson (PG), Tom Aguayo (SG), Jeffrey Morris (SF), Rudolph Hock (C) John Smith, Timothy Levron, Luis Johnson, Patrick Matthews | |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Michael Hankins (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Keith Pontius (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Reuben Baldwin (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Kenneth Anderson (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Sterling Hoskins (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - George Thompson (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Tom Aguayo (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jeffrey Morris (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kenneth Zimmerman (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Rudolph Hock (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:42 | Bowling Green | Michael Hankins misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 43-43 |
| 15:40 | Bowling Green | The offensive rebound goes to Keith Pontius | 43-43 |
| 15:30 | Bowling Green | Keith Pontius drills a 3 from straight away set up by Michael Hankins | 46-43 |
| 15:16 | Northern Illinois University | Kenneth Zimmerman loses the ball out of bounds | 46-43 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Santos Davis (PF) Kenneth Anderson | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Dale Beattie (PF) Rudolph Hock | |
| 14:53 | Bowling Green | Michael Hankins makes the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 48-43 |
| 14:41 | Northern Illinois University | George Thompson clanks a fadeaway from the right side | 48-43 |
| 14:39 | Bowling Green | The rebound goes to Sterling Hoskins | 48-43 |
| 14:24 | Bowling Green | Keith Pontius hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 48-43 |
| 14:22 | Bowling Green | Santos Davis tips it home | 50-43 |
| 14:08 | Northern Illinois University | Dale Beattie connects on the jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Tom Aguayo and he's hacked by Keith Pontius - foul #1 on Keith Pontius, team foul #1 | 50-45 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Daryl Freund (PG), Kenneth Anderson (SG), Kenneth Carmichael (SF), Calvin Varela (C) Michael Hankins, Keith Pontius, Reuben Baldwin, Sterling Hoskins | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | John Smith (PG), Timothy Levron (SG), Luis Johnson (SF), Patrick Matthews (C) George Thompson, Tom Aguayo, Jeffrey Morris, Kenneth Zimmerman | |
| 14:08 | Northern Illinois University | Dale Beattie misses the free throw | 50-45 |
| 14:08 | Bowling Green | Calvin Varela pulls down the rebound | 50-45 |
| 13:43 | Bowling Green | Daryl Freund misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side | 50-45 |
| 13:41 | Northern Illinois University | Timothy Levron grabs the board | 50-45 |
| 13:28 | Northern Illinois University | Timothy Levron's pass is intercepted by Santos Davis | 50-45 |
| 13:13 | Bowling Green | Daryl Freund misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 50-45 |
| 13:11 | Bowling Green | Kenneth Carmichael pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-45 |
| 12:47 | Bowling Green | Calvin Varela comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 50-45 |
| 12:46 | Northern Illinois University | Timothy Levron grabs the board | 50-45 |
| 12:44 | Northern Illinois University | John Smith is called for the illegal screen in the backcourt - foul #3 on John Smith, team foul #4 | 50-45 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Keith Pontius (SG) Santos Davis | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Jeffrey Morris (PF) Dale Beattie | |
| 12:30 | Bowling Green | Daryl Freund hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right side | 50-45 |
| 12:28 | Bowling Green | Kenneth Carmichael grabs the offensive board | 50-45 |
| 12:07 | Bowling Green | Calvin Varela knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left side | 52-45 |
| 11:48 | Northern Illinois University | John Smith clanks a jumper from close range | 52-45 |
| 11:47 | Northern Illinois University | Patrick Matthews tips it home | 52-47 |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Daryl Freund (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Keith Pontius (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kenneth Carmichael (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Kenneth Anderson (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Calvin Varela (fresh) 12 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - John Smith (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Timothy Levron (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SF - Luis Johnson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Jeffrey Morris (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Patrick Matthews (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:23 | Bowling Green | Daryl Freund is hacked by Timothy Levron - foul #3 on Timothy Levron, team foul #5 | 52-47 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Michael Hankins (PG), Reuben Baldwin (SF) Daryl Freund, Kenneth Carmichael | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | George Thompson (SG), Kenneth Zimmerman (PF), Rudolph Hock (C) Timothy Levron, Luis Johnson, Patrick Matthews | |
| 11:14 | Bowling Green | Calvin Varela jams it | 54-47 |
| 10:53 | Northern Illinois University | Jeffrey Morris comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 54-47 |
| 10:51 | Bowling Green | The rebound goes to Calvin Varela | 54-47 |
| 10:45 | Bowling Green | Reuben Baldwin makes the jumper from the left block on a great pass from Michael Hankins | 56-47 |
| 10:24 | Northern Illinois University | Rudolph Hock can't connect on a shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Keith Pontius - foul #2 on Keith Pontius, team foul #2 | 56-47 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Lawerence Minton (SF), Santos Davis (PF) Keith Pontius, Kenneth Anderson | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Dale Beattie (PF) Kenneth Zimmerman | |
| 10:24 | Northern Illinois University | Rudolph Hock misses the 1st free throw | 56-47 |
| 10:24 | Northern Illinois University | Rudolph Hock makes the 2nd free throw | 56-48 |
| 10:02 | Bowling Green | Reuben Baldwin drills a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Michael Hankins | 59-48 |
| 09:51 | Northern Illinois University | George Thompson misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 59-48 |
| 09:50 | Bowling Green | Calvin Varela grabs the defensive rebound | 59-48 |
| 09:33 | Bowling Green | Lawerence Minton is hacked by Jeffrey Morris - foul #1 on Jeffrey Morris, team foul #6 | 59-48 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Daryl Freund (PG), Kenneth Carmichael (SF), Sterling Hoskins (C) Michael Hankins, Lawerence Minton, Calvin Varela | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Timothy Levron (SG), Luis Johnson (SF), Patrick Matthews (C) John Smith, Jeffrey Morris, Rudolph Hock | |
| 09:17 | Bowling Green | Timothy Levron picks off the pass by Santos Davis | 59-48 |
| 08:58 | Northern Illinois University | Patrick Matthews blows the layup | 59-48 |
| 08:57 | Bowling Green | Kenneth Carmichael gets the rebound | 59-48 |
| 08:53 | Bowling Green | Kenneth Carmichael misses the lay-in | 59-48 |
| 08:51 | Northern Illinois University | Dale Beattie grabs the defensive rebound | 59-48 |
| 08:46 | Northern Illinois University | George Thompson hits a shot from the right side set up by Patrick Matthews and the foul's on Santos Davis - foul #3 on Santos Davis, team foul #3 | 59-50 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Keith Pontius (SG), Kenneth Anderson (PF) Reuben Baldwin, Santos Davis | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | | |
| 08:46 | Northern Illinois University | George Thompson makes the free throw | 59-51 |
| 08:27 | Bowling Green | Keith Pontius is fouled on the floor by Patrick Matthews - foul #3 on Patrick Matthews, team foul #7 | 59-51 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Calvin Varela (C) Sterling Hoskins | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | John Smith (PG) George Thompson | |
| 08:27 | Bowling Green | Keith Pontius makes the 1st free throw | 60-51 |
| 08:27 | Bowling Green | Keith Pontius makes the 2nd free throw | 61-51 |
| 08:09 | Northern Illinois University | Timothy Levron is fouled on the floor by Keith Pontius - foul #3 on Keith Pontius, team foul #4 | 61-51 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Kenneth Zimmerman (PF) Dale Beattie | |
| 07:55 | Northern Illinois University | Timothy Levron clanks a fadeaway from close range | 61-51 |
| 07:53 | Bowling Green | Calvin Varela grabs the board | 61-51 |
| 07:29 | Bowling Green | Keith Pontius connects on the 3 from the right corner | 64-51 |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Daryl Freund (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Keith Pontius (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Kenneth Carmichael (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. PF - Kenneth Anderson (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Calvin Varela (fresh) 14 pts. 11 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - John Smith (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Timothy Levron (fresh) 9 pts. 3 pf. SF - Luis Johnson (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Kenneth Zimmerman (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Patrick Matthews (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:18 | Northern Illinois University | Timothy Levron connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by John Smith | 64-54 |
| 06:59 | Bowling Green | Patrick Matthews steals the ball from Kenneth Anderson | 64-54 |
| 06:55 | Northern Illinois University | Patrick Matthews is hacked by Calvin Varela - foul #1 on Calvin Varela, team foul #5 | 64-54 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Reuben Baldwin (SF), Santos Davis (PF) Kenneth Carmichael, Kenneth Anderson | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | George Thompson (SG), Jeffrey Morris (SF), Dale Beattie (PF) Timothy Levron, Luis Johnson, Patrick Matthews | |
| 06:36 | Northern Illinois University | Dale Beattie clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 64-54 |
| 06:34 | Northern Illinois University | Kenneth Zimmerman snags the offensive board | 64-54 |
| 06:17 | Northern Illinois University | Kenneth Zimmerman comes up short on the floater from the left block | 64-54 |
| 06:16 | Bowling Green | Santos Davis gets the rebound | 64-54 |
| 05:53 | Bowling Green | Calvin Varela makes the 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Reuben Baldwin | 67-54 |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 05:45 | Northern Illinois University | Dale Beattie loses the ball out of bounds | 67-54 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Michael Hankins (PG), Kenneth Anderson (SF), Sterling Hoskins (C) Daryl Freund, Keith Pontius, Calvin Varela | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Timothy Levron (SG), Patrick Matthews (C) John Smith, Kenneth Zimmerman | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 05:22 | Bowling Green | Dale Beattie takes the ball from Michael Hankins | 67-54 |
| 05:10 | Northern Illinois University | Santos Davis steals the ball from Jeffrey Morris | 67-54 |
| 04:42 | Bowling Green | Patrick Matthews denies the turnaround by Reuben Baldwin | 67-54 |
| 04:41 | Northern Illinois University | Patrick Matthews grabs the defensive rebound | 67-54 |
| 04:37 | Northern Illinois University | George Thompson clanks a jumper from the left wing | 67-54 |
| 04:36 | Bowling Green | Michael Hankins gets the rebound | 67-54 |
| 04:16 | Bowling Green | Reuben Baldwin misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's fouled by Timothy Levron - foul #4 on Timothy Levron, team foul #8 | 67-54 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Daryl Freund (PG), Kenneth Carmichael (SF), Calvin Varela (C) Michael Hankins, Santos Davis, Sterling Hoskins | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | John Smith (PG), Luis Johnson (SF), Kenneth Zimmerman (PF) George Thompson, Jeffrey Morris, Dale Beattie | |
| 04:16 | Bowling Green | Reuben Baldwin misses the 1st free throw | 67-54 |
| 04:16 | Bowling Green | Reuben Baldwin makes the 2nd free throw | 68-54 |
| 04:02 | Northern Illinois University | Patrick Matthews buries a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from John Smith | 68-56 |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:41 | Bowling Green | Kenneth Anderson hits a jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Daryl Freund | 70-56 |
| 03:20 | Northern Illinois University | Kenneth Zimmerman misses the lay-in but the foul's on Reuben Baldwin - foul #1 on Reuben Baldwin, team foul #6 | 70-56 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Keith Pontius (SG) Reuben Baldwin | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | George Thompson (SG), Jeffrey Morris (C) Timothy Levron, Patrick Matthews | |
| 03:20 | Northern Illinois University | Kenneth Zimmerman makes the 1st free throw | 70-57 |
| 03:20 | Northern Illinois University | Kenneth Zimmerman makes the 2nd free throw | 70-58 |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Daryl Freund (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - Keith Pontius (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Kenneth Carmichael (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. PF - Kenneth Anderson (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Calvin Varela (fresh) 17 pts. 11 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - John Smith (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - George Thompson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Luis Johnson (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Kenneth Zimmerman (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Jeffrey Morris (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 02:57 | Bowling Green | Keith Pontius's layup is rejected by Kenneth Zimmerman | 70-58 |
| 02:55 | Northern Illinois University | Luis Johnson grabs the board | 70-58 |
| 02:55 | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 70-58 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Santos Davis (PF) Kenneth Anderson | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Timothy Levron (SG), Dale Beattie (PF), Patrick Matthews (C) George Thompson, Kenneth Zimmerman, Jeffrey Morris | |
| 02:39 | Northern Illinois University | Dale Beattie misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 70-58 |
| 02:38 | Bowling Green | The rebound goes to Keith Pontius | 70-58 |
| 02:17 | Bowling Green | Keith Pontius misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 70-58 |
| 02:15 | Bowling Green | Calvin Varela snags the offensive board | 70-58 |
| 01:56 | Bowling Green | Santos Davis can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 70-58 |
| 01:55 | Northern Illinois University | Timothy Levron grabs the defensive rebound | 70-58 |
| 01:49 | Northern Illinois University | Luis Johnson's fadeaway is rejected by Santos Davis | 70-58 |
| 01:48 | Northern Illinois University | Dale Beattie tips it back up and in | 70-60 |
| 01:25 | Bowling Green | Daryl Freund knocks in the shot from the right wing set up by Santos Davis | 72-60 |
| 00:58 | Northern Illinois University | Timothy Levron misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 72-60 |
| 00:57 | Northern Illinois University | John Smith misses the tip | 72-60 |
| 00:56 | Bowling Green | Kenneth Carmichael grabs the defensive rebound | 72-60 |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:31 | Bowling Green | Santos Davis's fadeaway is rejected by Patrick Matthews | 72-60 |
| 00:30 | Northern Illinois University | Dale Beattie gets the rebound | 72-60 |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:25 | Northern Illinois University | John Smith misses the 3 from the left wing | 72-60 |
| 00:24 | Bowling Green | Kenneth Carmichael grabs the defensive rebound | 72-60 |
| 00:00 | Bowling Green | Daryl Freund runs out the clock | 72-60 |