| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Donald Phillips (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Jing-Quo Sun (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Joseph Daley (fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Cedric Owens (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Becraft (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Kenneth Sainz (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Charles Urbano (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Thomas Trinh (fresh) 2 reb. PF - John Kinkade (fresh) 4 reb. C - David Bragg (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Purdue | Thomas Trinh inbounds the ball | 33-29 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:39 | Purdue | John Kinkade hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 33-29 |
| 19:38 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Richard Becraft | 33-29 |
| 19:33 | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 33-29 |
| 19:32 | Purdue | David Bragg gets the rebound | 33-29 |
| 19:15 | Purdue | Charles Urbano is whistled for traveling | 33-29 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Zhuang Chu (SF), David Hays (PF), Tyrone Adam (C) Donald Phillips, Cedric Owens, Richard Becraft | |
| Subs | Purdue | Joe Maynor (PG), Walter Braun (SG), Thomas Turner (PF), Kevin Anderson (C) Kenneth Sainz, Charles Urbano, John Kinkade, David Bragg | |
| 18:55 | Michigan State | Tyrone Adam throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-29 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Robert Hamm (SG) Zhuang Chu | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 18:29 | Purdue | Joe Maynor comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 33-29 |
| 18:27 | Michigan State | David Hays pulls down the rebound | 33-29 |
| 18:25 | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun's pass is intercepted by Joe Maynor in the backcourt | 33-29 |
| 18:02 | Purdue | Tyrone Adam steals it from Thomas Turner | 33-29 |
| 17:44 | Michigan State | Tyrone Adam knocks in the turnaround near the basket on a great pass from Joseph Daley and the foul's on Kevin Anderson - foul #1 on Kevin Anderson, team foul #1 | 35-29 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Donald Phillips (PG), Zhuang Chu (SF) Robert Hamm, Joseph Daley | |
| Subs | Purdue | Kenneth Sainz (PG), Charles Urbano (SG), John Kinkade (PF), David Bragg (C) Joe Maynor, Walter Braun, Thomas Turner, Kevin Anderson | |
| 17:44 | Michigan State | Tyrone Adam makes the free throw | 36-29 |
| 17:15 | Purdue | Thomas Trinh drills a runner from the left block | 36-31 |
| 17:03 | Michigan State | David Hays comes up short on the runner from the baseline but he's fouled by Thomas Trinh - foul #3 on Thomas Trinh, team foul #2 | 36-31 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Richard Becraft (C) Tyrone Adam | |
| Subs | Purdue | Robert Cook (SF), Thomas Turner (PF) Thomas Trinh, John Kinkade | |
| 17:03 | Michigan State | David Hays misses the 1st free throw | 36-31 |
| 17:03 | Michigan State | David Hays makes the 2nd free throw | 37-31 |
| 16:40 | Purdue | David Bragg misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 37-31 |
| 16:39 | Purdue | Thomas Turner misses the tip | 37-31 |
| 16:38 | Michigan State | Richard Becraft grabs the defensive rebound | 37-31 |
| 16:21 | Michigan State | Zhuang Chu knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner | 40-31 |
| 16:03 | Purdue | Robert Cook connects on the jump hook from the left block | 40-33 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Donald Phillips (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Jing-Quo Sun (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Zhuang Chu (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Hays (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Becraft (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Kenneth Sainz (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Charles Urbano (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Robert Cook (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Turner (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - David Bragg (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:41 | Michigan State | David Hays lays it in | 42-33 |
| 15:18 | Purdue | Thomas Turner hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 42-33 |
| 15:16 | Michigan State | David Hays grabs the board | 42-33 |
| 15:12 | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-33 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Robert Hamm (SG), Joseph Daley (SF), Cedric Owens (PF) Donald Phillips, Zhuang Chu, David Hays | |
| Subs | Purdue | Joe Maynor (PG), Walter Braun (SG), Thomas Trinh (SF), John Kinkade (PF), Kevin Anderson (C) Kenneth Sainz, Charles Urbano, Robert Cook, Thomas Turner, David Bragg | |
| 14:43 | Purdue | Joseph Daley steps in front of the Thomas Trinh pass | 42-33 |
| 14:25 | Michigan State | Richard Becraft splits the doubleteam and buries a turnaround from close range on a great pass from Joseph Daley | 44-33 |
| 14:02 | Purdue | Thomas Trinh hits the finger roll and he's fouled by Cedric Owens - foul #2 on Cedric Owens, team foul #1 | 44-35 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Donald Phillips (PG), Tyrone Adam (C) Jing-Quo Sun, Richard Becraft | |
| Subs | Purdue | Kenneth Sainz (PG), Charles Urbano (SG), David Bragg (C) Joe Maynor, Walter Braun, Kevin Anderson | |
| 14:02 | Purdue | Thomas Trinh makes the free throw | 44-36 |
| 13:41 | Michigan State | Tyrone Adam is hacked by Thomas Trinh - foul #4 on Thomas Trinh, team foul #3 | 44-36 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun (PG) Donald Phillips | |
| Subs | Purdue | Robert Cook (SF) Thomas Trinh | |
| 13:28 | Michigan State | Tyrone Adam misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 44-36 |
| 13:26 | Purdue | Charles Urbano gets the rebound | 44-36 |
| 13:20 | Purdue | Jing-Quo Sun is called for the reach on Kenneth Sainz in the backcourt - foul #1 on Jing-Quo Sun, team foul #2 | 44-36 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Donald Phillips (PG), Richard Becraft (C) Jing-Quo Sun, Tyrone Adam | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 12:55 | Purdue | John Kinkade lays it up and in on a nice dish by Kenneth Sainz | 44-38 |
| 12:35 | Michigan State | Donald Phillips can't connect on an uncontested 3pt jumper from straight away | 44-38 |
| 12:34 | Michigan State | Cedric Owens tips it home | 46-38 |
| 12:13 | Purdue | Robert Cook is hacked by Joseph Daley - foul #1 on Joseph Daley, team foul #3 | 46-38 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun (PG), Zhuang Chu (SF), David Hays (PF), Tyrone Adam (C) Donald Phillips, Joseph Daley, Cedric Owens, Richard Becraft | |
| Subs | Purdue | Joe Maynor (PG), Walter Braun (SG), Thomas Turner (PF), Kevin Anderson (C) Kenneth Sainz, Charles Urbano, John Kinkade, David Bragg | |
| 11:55 | Purdue | Walter Braun loses the ball out of bounds | 46-38 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Joseph Daley (SG), Cedric Owens (PF), Richard Becraft (C) Robert Hamm, David Hays, Tyrone Adam | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Jing-Quo Sun (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Joseph Daley (fresh) 2 reb. 3 stl. SF - Zhuang Chu (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Cedric Owens (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Richard Becraft (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Joe Maynor (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Walter Braun (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Cook (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Turner (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Kevin Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:42 | Michigan State | Cedric Owens connects on the open fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Zhuang Chu | 48-38 |
| 11:22 | Purdue | Robert Cook's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 48-38 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Donald Phillips (PG), David Hays (PF), Tyrone Adam (C) Joseph Daley, Cedric Owens, Richard Becraft | |
| Subs | Purdue | Kenneth Sainz (PG), Charles Urbano (SG), John Kinkade (PF), David Bragg (C) Joe Maynor, Walter Braun, Thomas Turner, Kevin Anderson | |
| 10:56 | Michigan State | David Hays scores on a jumper from close range | 50-38 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 10:46 | Purdue | Charles Urbano's pass is intercepted by Tyrone Adam | 50-38 |
| 10:32 | Michigan State | Zhuang Chu knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by David Hays | 53-38 |
| 10:11 | Purdue | Robert Cook comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 53-38 |
| 10:10 | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun grabs the defensive rebound | 53-38 |
| 09:55 | Michigan State | Tyrone Adam hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane | 53-38 |
| 09:53 | Purdue | John Kinkade grabs the defensive rebound | 53-38 |
| 09:33 | Purdue | David Bragg buries a fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Kenneth Sainz | 53-40 |
| 09:20 | Michigan State | David Hays is fouled on the floor by John Kinkade - foul #3 on John Kinkade, team foul #4 | 53-40 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Robert Hamm (SG), Joseph Daley (SF), Cedric Owens (PF), Richard Becraft (C) Donald Phillips, Zhuang Chu, David Hays, Tyrone Adam | |
| Subs | Purdue | Joe Maynor (PG), Walter Braun (SG), Thomas Turner (PF), Kevin Anderson (C) Kenneth Sainz, Charles Urbano, John Kinkade, David Bragg | |
| 09:02 | Michigan State | Robert Hamm makes the wide open 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Jing-Quo Sun | 56-40 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 08:49 | Purdue | Joe Maynor misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 56-40 |
| 08:48 | Purdue | Robert Cook tips it in | 56-42 |
| 08:37 | Michigan State | Richard Becraft misses long on a jumpshot from the left side | 56-42 |
| 08:35 | Michigan State | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Hamm | 56-42 |
| 08:20 | Michigan State | Joe Maynor steps in front of the Cedric Owens pass | 56-42 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 08:04 | Purdue | Thomas Turner comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Cedric Owens - foul #3 on Cedric Owens, team foul #4 | 56-42 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Donald Phillips (PG), Zhuang Chu (SF) Jing-Quo Sun, Joseph Daley | |
| Subs | Purdue | Kenneth Sainz (PG), Charles Urbano (SG), John Kinkade (PF), David Bragg (C) Joe Maynor, Walter Braun, Robert Cook, Kevin Anderson | |
| 08:04 | Purdue | Thomas Turner makes the 1st free throw | 56-43 |
| 08:04 | Purdue | Thomas Turner makes the 2nd free throw | 56-44 |
| 07:49 | Michigan State | Donald Phillips makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Zhuang Chu | 59-44 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Donald Phillips (fresh) 9 pts. SG - Robert Hamm (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Zhuang Chu (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Cedric Owens (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Richard Becraft (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Kenneth Sainz (fresh) 5 ast. SG - Charles Urbano (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Thomas Turner (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - John Kinkade (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - David Bragg (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 07:32 | Purdue | Kenneth Sainz loses the ball out of bounds | 59-44 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun (PG), Joseph Daley (SF) Donald Phillips, Zhuang Chu | |
| Subs | Purdue | Thomas Trinh (SF) John Kinkade | |
| 07:16 | Michigan State | Cedric Owens is fouled on the floor by Thomas Turner - foul #1 on Thomas Turner, team foul #5 | 59-44 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Donald Phillips (PG), David Hays (PF) Jing-Quo Sun, Cedric Owens | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 07:08 | Michigan State | Donald Phillips makes the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Joseph Daley | 62-44 |
| 07:00 | Purdue | Kenneth Sainz's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 62-44 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun (PG), Zhuang Chu (SF), Cedric Owens (PF) Donald Phillips, Robert Hamm, David Hays | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 06:51 | Michigan State | Thomas Trinh denies the turnaround by Richard Becraft | 62-44 |
| 06:50 | Purdue | David Bragg grabs the defensive rebound | 62-44 |
| 06:40 | Purdue | Jing-Quo Sun picks off the pass by Thomas Turner | 62-44 |
| 06:37 | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun banks in the layup | 64-44 |
| 06:14 | Purdue | Cedric Owens is called for the reach on Kenneth Sainz - foul #4 on Cedric Owens, team foul #5 | 64-44 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Donald Phillips (PG), Robert Hamm (SG), David Hays (PF) Jing-Quo Sun, Joseph Daley, Cedric Owens | |
| Subs | Purdue | Joe Maynor (PG), Walter Braun (SG), John Kinkade (PF), Kevin Anderson (C) Kenneth Sainz, Charles Urbano, Thomas Turner, David Bragg | |
| 05:58 | Purdue | Zhuang Chu blocks the short jumper by Kevin Anderson | 64-44 |
| 05:57 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Richard Becraft | 64-44 |
| 05:40 | Michigan State | David Hays is fouled on the floor by Kevin Anderson - foul #2 on Kevin Anderson, team foul #6 | 64-44 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun (PG), Joseph Daley (SF), Cedric Owens (PF) Donald Phillips, Zhuang Chu, David Hays | |
| Subs | Purdue | Kenneth Sainz (PG), Charles Urbano (SG), David Bragg (C) Joe Maynor, Walter Braun, Kevin Anderson | |
| 05:29 | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun makes the wide open 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Richard Becraft out of a doubleteam | 67-44 |
| 05:13 | Purdue | Charles Urbano comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 67-44 |
| 05:11 | Michigan State | Richard Becraft grabs the defensive rebound | 67-44 |
| 04:50 | Michigan State | Joseph Daley misses the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 67-44 |
| 04:48 | Purdue | Kenneth Sainz pulls down the rebound | 67-44 |
| 04:33 | Purdue | Charles Urbano hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 67-44 |
| 04:32 | Michigan State | Richard Becraft snags the defensive board | 67-44 |
| 04:16 | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 67-44 |
| 04:15 | Purdue | Thomas Trinh pulls down the rebound | 67-44 |
| 04:08 | Purdue | Kenneth Sainz connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Thomas Trinh | 67-47 |
| 03:52 | Michigan State | Cedric Owens is fouled on the floor by John Kinkade - foul #4 on John Kinkade, team foul #7 | 67-47 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Donald Phillips (PG), Zhuang Chu (SF), Tyrone Adam (C) Robert Hamm, Joseph Daley, Richard Becraft | |
| Subs | Purdue | Joe Maynor (PG), Walter Braun (SG), Robert Cook (SF), Thomas Turner (PF), Kevin Anderson (C) Kenneth Sainz, Charles Urbano, Thomas Trinh, John Kinkade, David Bragg | |
| 03:52 | Michigan State | Cedric Owens makes the 1st free throw | 68-47 |
| 03:52 | Michigan State | Cedric Owens makes the 2nd free throw | 69-47 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Donald Phillips (fresh) 12 pts. SG - Jing-Quo Sun (tiring) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Zhuang Chu (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Cedric Owens (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. C - Tyrone Adam (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Joe Maynor (fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Walter Braun (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Cook (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Thomas Turner (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Kevin Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:30 | Purdue | Joe Maynor comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 69-47 |
| 03:28 | Purdue | Robert Cook grabs the offensive rebound | 69-47 |
| 03:16 | Purdue | Kevin Anderson loses the dribble to Tyrone Adam | 69-47 |
| 02:59 | Michigan State | Zhuang Chu can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 69-47 |
| 02:57 | Michigan State | Tyrone Adam hits the follow up shot | 71-47 |
| 02:42 | Purdue | Robert Cook hits a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Thomas Turner | 71-50 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:20 | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun scores on a shot from the right side set up by Donald Phillips and he's hacked by Robert Cook - foul #1 on Robert Cook, team foul #8 | 73-50 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Joseph Daley (SF), David Hays (PF), Richard Becraft (C) Zhuang Chu, Cedric Owens, Tyrone Adam | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 02:20 | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun misses the free throw | 73-50 |
| 02:20 | Purdue | Kevin Anderson grabs the defensive rebound | 73-50 |
| 02:02 | Purdue | Walter Braun travels with the ball | 73-50 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Robert Hamm (SG), Zhuang Chu (SF) Jing-Quo Sun, Joseph Daley | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 01:46 | Michigan State | Zhuang Chu connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Donald Phillips | 76-50 |
| 01:27 | Purdue | Kevin Anderson clanks a fadeaway from the baseline but he's fouled by Richard Becraft - foul #1 on Richard Becraft, team foul #6 | 76-50 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun (SG), Joseph Daley (SF), Cedric Owens (PF) Robert Hamm, Zhuang Chu, David Hays | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 01:27 | Purdue | Kevin Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 76-51 |
| 01:27 | Purdue | Kevin Anderson makes the 2nd free throw | 76-52 |
| 01:07 | Michigan State | Jing-Quo Sun makes the 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Cedric Owens | 79-52 |
| 00:44 | Purdue | Joe Maynor makes the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Kevin Anderson | 79-55 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:15 | Michigan State | Richard Becraft misses the floater from close range but the foul's on Kevin Anderson - foul #3 on Kevin Anderson, team foul #9 | 79-55 |
| 00:15 | Michigan State | Richard Becraft makes the 1st free throw | 80-55 |
| 00:15 | Michigan State | Richard Becraft makes the 2nd free throw | 81-55 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:07 | Purdue | Robert Cook misses the jumper from the left block | 81-55 |
| 00:05 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Cedric Owens | 81-55 |
| 00:00 | Michigan State | Donald Phillips runs out the clock | 81-55 |