| Lineup | Purdue | PG - William Garner (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Joey Beverage (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jack Parker (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Jeffrey Harris (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Ricky Heath (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - John Brown (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ed Kuklenski (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Rines (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Steven Mayer (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Raymond Price (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Purdue | Jack Parker inbounds the ball | 23-37 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:37 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the floater from the left block | 23-37 |
| 19:35 | Purdue | Jack Parker tips it but misses | 23-37 |
| 19:34 | Purdue | Ricky Heath pulls down the offensive rebound | 23-37 |
| 19:24 | Purdue | Joey Beverage misses long on an open 3 pointer from straight away | 23-37 |
| 19:22 | Northwestern | John Brown pulls down the rebound | 23-37 |
| 19:07 | Northwestern | Raymond Price misses long on a fadeaway from the right side but he's hacked by William Garner - foul #1 on William Garner, team foul #1 | 23-37 |
| 19:07 | Northwestern | Raymond Price misses the 1st free throw | 23-37 |
| 19:07 | Northwestern | Raymond Price makes the 2nd free throw | 23-38 |
| 18:45 | Purdue | William Garner misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 23-38 |
| 18:43 | Northwestern | Raymond Price pulls down the rebound | 23-38 |
| 18:29 | Northwestern | John Brown knocks in the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 23-40 |
| 18:08 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris is denied on a layup by Raymond Price | 23-40 |
| 18:06 | Northwestern | John Brown pulls down the rebound | 23-40 |
| 17:42 | Northwestern | Ed Kuklenski knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 23-43 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 17:30 | Purdue | John Brown steals it from Joey Beverage | 23-43 |
| 17:27 | Northwestern | John Brown's pass is intercepted by William Garner in the backcourt | 23-43 |
| 17:25 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris lays it in on a nice dish by William Garner | 25-43 |
| 17:01 | Northwestern | William Garner steals the ball from Raymond Price | 25-43 |
| 16:58 | Purdue | William Garner banks in the layup | 27-43 |
| 16:47 | Northwestern | Raymond Price hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from close range but the foul's on Ricky Heath - foul #2 on Ricky Heath, team foul #2 | 27-43 |
| Subs | Purdue | Anthony Stephens (SG), Lenny Akers (SF), Martin Chatfield (C) Joey Beverage, Jack Parker, Ricky Heath | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels (PG), George Hutchcraft (PF) John Brown, Steven Mayer | |
| 16:47 | Northwestern | Raymond Price misses the 1st free throw | 27-43 |
| 16:47 | Northwestern | Raymond Price makes the 2nd free throw | 27-44 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 16:20 | Purdue | William Garner comes up short on the driving attempt from close range but he's hacked by George Hutchcraft - foul #2 on George Hutchcraft, team foul #1 | 27-44 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | James Hawkins (C) Raymond Price | |
| 16:20 | Purdue | William Garner makes the 1st free throw | 28-44 |
| 16:20 | Purdue | William Garner makes the 2nd free throw | 29-44 |
| 16:01 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels is hacked by William Garner - foul #2 on William Garner, team foul #3 | 29-44 |
| 15:41 | Northwestern | John Rines is whistled for traveling | 29-44 |
| Subs | Purdue | Harry Howell (PG) Anthony Stephens | |
| Subs | Northwestern | John Brown (PG), Steven Mayer (PF) Darryl Daniels, George Hutchcraft | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Harry Howell (fresh) 1 pts. 3 pf. SG - William Garner (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Lenny Akers (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jeffrey Harris (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Martin Chatfield (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - John Brown (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ed Kuklenski (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Rines (fairly fresh) 3 pf. PF - Steven Mayer (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - James Hawkins (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:23 | Purdue | Martin Chatfield is denied on a layup by James Hawkins | 29-44 |
| 15:22 | Northwestern | James Hawkins snags the defensive board | 29-44 |
| 15:09 | Northwestern | Steven Mayer can't connect on a shot near the basket but he's hacked by Lenny Akers - foul #1 on Lenny Akers, team foul #4 | 29-44 |
| Subs | Purdue | Joey Beverage (SG), Jack Parker (SF), Ricky Heath (C) William Garner, Lenny Akers, Martin Chatfield | |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| 15:09 | Northwestern | Steven Mayer misses the 1st free throw | 29-44 |
| 15:09 | Northwestern | Steven Mayer misses the 2nd free throw | 29-44 |
| 15:09 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris snags the defensive board | 29-44 |
| 15:03 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris is doubleteamed and called for traveling | 29-44 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Raymond Price (C) James Hawkins | |
| 14:48 | Northwestern | Ed Kuklenski can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 29-44 |
| 14:47 | Northwestern | Raymond Price gets the offensive rebound | 29-44 |
| 14:22 | Northwestern | John Brown buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Ed Kuklenski | 29-46 |
| 14:10 | Purdue | Jack Parker is hacked by John Rines - foul #4 on John Rines, team foul #2 | 29-46 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Malcolm Archer (SG), Leland Bopp (SF), George Hutchcraft (PF) Ed Kuklenski, John Rines, Steven Mayer | |
| 13:50 | Purdue | Ricky Heath clanks a fadeaway from close range | 29-46 |
| 13:49 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft gets the rebound | 29-46 |
| 13:32 | Northwestern | Raymond Price scores on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Malcolm Archer | 29-48 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 13:22 | Purdue | Jack Parker is called for traveling | 29-48 |
| Subs | Purdue | Martin Chatfield (C) Ricky Heath | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels (PG), James Hawkins (C) John Brown, Raymond Price | |
| 13:11 | Northwestern | James Hawkins scores on a driving attempt from the right block on a great pass from Darryl Daniels | 29-50 |
| 12:52 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris can't connect on a fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by George Hutchcraft - foul #3 on George Hutchcraft, team foul #3 | 29-50 |
| Subs | Purdue | William Garner (SG), Lenny Akers (SF) Joey Beverage, Jack Parker | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Ed Kuklenski (SG), Steven Mayer (PF) Malcolm Archer, George Hutchcraft | |
| 12:52 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris makes the 1st free throw | 30-50 |
| 12:52 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 31-50 |
| 12:33 | Northwestern | Leland Bopp knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Darryl Daniels | 31-52 |
| 12:16 | Purdue | Martin Chatfield knocks in the floater near the basket set up by Harry Howell | 33-52 |
| 11:51 | Northwestern | James Hawkins misses the easy layup but the foul's on Lenny Akers - foul #2 on Lenny Akers, team foul #5 | 33-52 |
| Subs | Purdue | James Miles (PF), Ricky Heath (C) Jeffrey Harris, Martin Chatfield | |
| Subs | Northwestern | John Brown (PG), John Rines (SF) Darryl Daniels, Leland Bopp | |
| 11:51 | Northwestern | James Hawkins misses the 1st free throw | 33-52 |
| 11:51 | Northwestern | James Hawkins misses the 2nd free throw | 33-52 |
| 11:51 | Purdue | Ricky Heath gets the rebound | 33-52 |
| 11:34 | Purdue | Harry Howell misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 33-52 |
| 11:32 | Northwestern | Steven Mayer grabs the board | 33-52 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Harry Howell (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - William Garner (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Lenny Akers (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Miles (fresh) 2 pts. C - Ricky Heath (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - John Brown (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ed Kuklenski (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - John Rines (fairly fresh) 4 pf. PF - Steven Mayer (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - James Hawkins (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:06 | Northwestern | John Brown buries a turnaround from the left block | 33-54 |
| 10:47 | Purdue | Harry Howell knocks in the fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Ricky Heath | 35-54 |
| 10:27 | Northwestern | Ed Kuklenski can't finish the layup | 35-54 |
| 10:26 | Northwestern | James Hawkins hits the follow up shot | 35-56 |
| 10:04 | Purdue | Harry Howell is called for traveling | 35-56 |
| Subs | Purdue | Joey Beverage (SG), Jack Parker (SF), Jeffrey Harris (PF), Martin Chatfield (C) William Garner, Lenny Akers, James Miles, Ricky Heath | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Malcolm Archer (SG), Leland Bopp (SF), George Hutchcraft (PF), Raymond Price (C) Ed Kuklenski, John Rines, Steven Mayer, James Hawkins | |
| 09:40 | Northwestern | Leland Bopp hits a jumper in the paint set up by George Hutchcraft | 35-58 |
| 09:23 | Purdue | Malcolm Archer steps in front of the Joey Beverage pass | 35-58 |
| 08:58 | Northwestern | Martin Chatfield steps in front of the John Brown pass | 35-58 |
| 08:51 | Purdue | Harry Howell scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Joey Beverage | 38-58 |
| 08:33 | Northwestern | Martin Chatfield is called for the reach on Malcolm Archer - foul #1 on Martin Chatfield, team foul #6 | 38-58 |
| Subs | Purdue | William Garner (PG), Ricky Heath (C) Harry Howell, Martin Chatfield | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels (PG), John Rines (SF), Steven Mayer (PF) John Brown, Leland Bopp, George Hutchcraft | |
| 08:14 | Northwestern | John Rines makes the runner from close range set up by Darryl Daniels and he's fouled by Ricky Heath - foul #3 on Ricky Heath, team foul #7 | 38-60 |
| 08:14 | Northwestern | John Rines misses the free throw | 38-60 |
| 08:14 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris gets the rebound | 38-60 |
| 08:08 | Purdue | Jack Parker splits the doubleteam but misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on John Rines - foul #5 on John Rines, team foul #4 | 38-60 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Leland Bopp (SF) John Rines | |
| 08:08 | Purdue | Jack Parker misses the 1st free throw | 38-60 |
| 08:08 | Purdue | Jack Parker misses the 2nd free throw | 38-60 |
| 08:08 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Steven Mayer | 38-60 |
| 07:57 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels misses short on a jumper in the lane but the foul's on William Garner - foul #3 on William Garner, team foul #8 | 38-60 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Ed Kuklenski (SG) Malcolm Archer | |
| 07:57 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels misses the 1st free throw | 38-60 |
| 07:57 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels makes the 2nd free throw | 38-61 |
| 07:45 | Purdue | William Garner misses badly on a runner in the paint | 38-61 |
| 07:43 | Purdue | Jack Parker misses the tip | 38-61 |
| 07:41 | Northwestern | Ed Kuklenski snags the defensive board | 38-61 |
| 07:23 | Northwestern | Raymond Price buries a jumpshot from the right side set up by Darryl Daniels | 38-63 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - William Garner (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Joey Beverage (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jack Parker (fresh) 5 reb. PF - Jeffrey Harris (tiring) 13 pts. 6 reb. C - Ricky Heath (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Darryl Daniels (fresh) 1 pts. 6 ast. SG - Ed Kuklenski (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - Leland Bopp (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Steven Mayer (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Raymond Price (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:15 | Purdue | Joey Beverage throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-63 |
| Subs | Purdue | Anthony Stephens (PG), Lenny Akers (SF), James Miles (PF) William Garner, Jack Parker, Jeffrey Harris | |
| Subs | Northwestern | John Brown (PG), James Hawkins (C) Darryl Daniels, Raymond Price | |
| 07:00 | Northwestern | Lenny Akers takes the ball from Steven Mayer | 38-63 |
| 06:47 | Purdue | James Miles's pass is intercepted by Steven Mayer | 38-63 |
| 06:22 | Northwestern | Ed Kuklenski can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 38-63 |
| 06:21 | Northwestern | Steven Mayer tips it home | 38-65 |
| 06:07 | Purdue | Ricky Heath comes up short on the fadeaway from the baseline but the foul's on James Hawkins - foul #2 on James Hawkins, team foul #5 | 38-65 |
| Subs | Purdue | William Garner (PG) Joey Beverage | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels (PG), Malcolm Archer (SG), George Hutchcraft (PF), Raymond Price (C) Ed Kuklenski, Leland Bopp, Steven Mayer, James Hawkins | |
| 06:07 | Purdue | Ricky Heath makes the 1st free throw | 39-65 |
| 06:07 | Purdue | Ricky Heath makes the 2nd free throw | 40-65 |
| 05:44 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Malcolm Archer and the foul's on William Garner - foul #4 on William Garner, team foul #9 | 40-67 |
| Subs | Purdue | Martin Chatfield (C) Ricky Heath | |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| 05:44 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels makes the free throw | 40-68 |
| 05:24 | Purdue | William Garner can't throw it down | 40-68 |
| 05:22 | Purdue | James Miles grabs the offensive board | 40-68 |
| 05:13 | Purdue | William Garner knocks in the fadeaway near the basket | 42-68 |
| 05:00 | Northwestern | John Brown clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 42-68 |
| 04:58 | Purdue | Lenny Akers gets the rebound | 42-68 |
| 04:46 | Purdue | John Brown is called for the reach on Lenny Akers - foul #3 on John Brown, team foul #6 | 42-68 |
| Subs | Purdue | Melvin Tsan (C) Lenny Akers | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Ed Kuklenski (SG), Steven Mayer (PF) Malcolm Archer, John Brown | |
| 04:36 | Purdue | William Garner can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line | 42-68 |
| 04:35 | Northwestern | Steven Mayer grabs the board | 42-68 |
| 04:24 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels makes the shot from the left block set up by Ed Kuklenski | 42-70 |
| 04:13 | Purdue | Anthony Stephens double dribbles | 42-70 |
| Subs | Purdue | Lenny Akers (SF) James Miles | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Leland Bopp (SF) George Hutchcraft | |
| 04:05 | Northwestern | Steven Mayer lays it in set up by Leland Bopp | 42-72 |
| 03:55 | Purdue | Lenny Akers is hacked by Leland Bopp - foul #1 on Leland Bopp, team foul #7 | 42-72 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | James Hawkins (C) Raymond Price | |
| 03:55 | Purdue | Lenny Akers misses the 1st free throw | 42-72 |
| 03:55 | Northwestern | James Hawkins grabs the board | 42-72 |
| 03:31 | Northwestern | Leland Bopp clanks a jumper from the baseline but he's hacked by Lenny Akers - foul #3 on Lenny Akers, team foul #10 | 42-72 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | John Brown (PG), Malcolm Archer (SG) Darryl Daniels, Ed Kuklenski | |
| 03:31 | Northwestern | Leland Bopp makes the 1st free throw | 42-73 |
| 03:31 | Northwestern | Leland Bopp misses the 2nd free throw | 42-73 |
| 03:31 | Purdue | Martin Chatfield snags the defensive board | 42-73 |
| 03:13 | Purdue | James Hawkins denies the turnaround by Melvin Tsan | 42-73 |
| 03:12 | Northwestern | John Brown snags the defensive board | 42-73 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - William Garner (tiring) 9 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 4 pf. SG - Anthony Stephens (fairly fresh) SF - Lenny Akers (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Martin Chatfield (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Melvin Tsan (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - John Brown (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Malcolm Archer (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Leland Bopp (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Steven Mayer (fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. C - James Hawkins (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 02:57 | Northwestern | The short jumper by Malcolm Archer is denied by Melvin Tsan | 42-73 |
| 02:55 | Purdue | Martin Chatfield grabs the board | 42-73 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| 02:44 | Purdue | Martin Chatfield is fouled on the floor by Steven Mayer - foul #2 on Steven Mayer, team foul #8 | 42-73 |
| Subs | Purdue | James Miles (SF) Lenny Akers | |
| Subs | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft (PF), Raymond Price (C) Steven Mayer, James Hawkins | |
| 02:44 | Purdue | Martin Chatfield makes the 1st free throw | 43-73 |
| 02:44 | Purdue | Martin Chatfield misses the 2nd free throw | 43-73 |
| 02:44 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft grabs the board | 43-73 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 02:20 | Northwestern | Anthony Stephens picks off the pass by Raymond Price | 43-73 |
| 02:15 | Purdue | Anthony Stephens can't finish the layup | 43-73 |
| 02:13 | Purdue | Melvin Tsan tips it back up and in | 45-73 |
| 01:56 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft is fouled on the floor by Martin Chatfield - foul #2 on Martin Chatfield, team foul #11 | 45-73 |
| Subs | Purdue | Lenny Akers (SF) Melvin Tsan | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Ed Kuklenski (SG) Malcolm Archer | |
| 01:56 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft makes the 1st free throw | 45-74 |
| 01:56 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft makes the 2nd free throw | 45-75 |
| 01:49 | Purdue | William Garner knocks in the jumper from just outside the lane | 47-75 |
| 01:26 | Northwestern | Leland Bopp makes the jumper from the right block on a nice dish by John Brown | 47-77 |
| 01:14 | Purdue | George Hutchcraft picks off the pass by William Garner | 47-77 |
| 00:48 | Northwestern | John Brown can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 47-77 |
| 00:46 | Purdue | James Miles grabs the board | 47-77 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:40 | Purdue | William Garner can't connect on a fadeaway from the right block | 47-77 |
| 00:39 | Northwestern | Raymond Price grabs the defensive rebound | 47-77 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:18 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft is hacked by William Garner - foul #5 on William Garner, team foul #12 | 47-77 |
| Subs | Purdue | Joey Beverage (SG) William Garner | |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| 00:18 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft misses the 1st free throw | 47-77 |
| 00:18 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft makes the 2nd free throw | 47-78 |
| 00:13 | Purdue | Joey Beverage hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 50-78 |
| 00:00 | Northwestern | John Brown runs out the clock | 50-78 |