| Lineup | Drake | PG - Thomas Patrick (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Gino Costa (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Peters (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jerome Russell (fresh) 4 reb. C - Fred Deans (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Michael Thompson (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Tim Banister (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Lloyd Connolly (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Dike (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Mitchell Scott (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Dayton | Lloyd Connolly inbounds the ball | 22-24 |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 19:31 | Dayton | Lloyd Connolly connects on the jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Michael Thompson | 22-26 |
| 19:02 | Drake | Thomas Patrick is hacked by Lloyd Connolly - foul #3 on Lloyd Connolly, team foul #1 | 22-26 |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Marvin Bonham (SF) Lloyd Connolly | |
| 18:44 | Drake | Thomas Patrick comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 22-26 |
| 18:43 | Drake | Thomas Patrick gets the offensive rebound | 22-26 |
| 18:31 | Drake | Gino Costa hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left side but he's fouled by Robert Dike - foul #1 on Robert Dike, team foul #2 | 22-26 |
| 18:31 | Drake | Gino Costa misses the 1st free throw | 22-26 |
| 18:31 | Drake | Gino Costa misses the 2nd free throw | 22-26 |
| 18:31 | Dayton | Robert Dike gets the rebound | 22-26 |
| 18:05 | Dayton | Mitchell Scott comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side | 22-26 |
| 18:03 | Dayton | Robert Dike tips it in | 22-28 |
| 17:52 | Drake | Fred Deans can't connect on a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Mitchell Scott - foul #1 on Mitchell Scott, team foul #3 | 22-28 |
| 17:52 | Drake | Fred Deans makes the 1st free throw | 23-28 |
| 17:52 | Drake | Fred Deans misses the 2nd free throw | 23-28 |
| 17:52 | Dayton | Robert Dike grabs the board | 23-28 |
| 17:32 | Dayton | Tim Banister is hacked by Thomas Patrick - foul #1 on Thomas Patrick, team foul #1 | 23-28 |
| Subs | Drake | Alan Loftis (C) Fred Deans | |
| Subs | Dayton | Jeffrey Battle (SG) Michael Thompson | |
| 17:04 | Dayton | Thomas Patrick is called for the reach on Robert Dike - foul #2 on Thomas Patrick, team foul #2 | 23-28 |
| Subs | Drake | Ralph Mooring (PG), David Howard (PF) Thomas Patrick, Jerome Russell | |
| Subs | Dayton | David Kugler (PF), Darrell Presson (C) Robert Dike, Mitchell Scott | |
| 16:35 | Dayton | Marvin Bonham misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane | 23-28 |
| 16:33 | Drake | Alan Loftis pulls down the rebound | 23-28 |
| 16:26 | Drake | David Howard misses the easy layup | 23-28 |
| 16:25 | Dayton | David Kugler grabs the board | 23-28 |
| 16:08 | Dayton | Jeffrey Battle is whistled for a carry | 23-28 |
| Subs | Drake | Thomas Patrick (PG), Fred Deans (C) Ralph Mooring, Alan Loftis | |
| Subs | Dayton | Michael Thompson (PG) Tim Banister | |
| 15:53 | Drake | The short jumper by Fred Deans is denied by Darrell Presson | 23-28 |
| 15:51 | Drake | David Howard tips it back up and in | 25-28 |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Thomas Patrick (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Gino Costa (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Peters (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Howard (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Fred Deans (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Michael Thompson (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jeffrey Battle (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Marvin Bonham (fresh) PF - David Kugler (fresh) 4 pts. C - Darrell Presson (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:30 | Dayton | Marvin Bonham drills a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Michael Thompson | 25-30 |
| 15:23 | Drake | Fred Deans makes the jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Gino Costa and the foul's on Darrell Presson - foul #2 on Darrell Presson, team foul #4 | 27-30 |
| Subs | Drake | Jerome Russell (PF) David Howard | |
| Subs | Dayton | Lloyd Connolly (SF), Robert Dike (PF), Mitchell Scott (C) Marvin Bonham, David Kugler, Darrell Presson | |
| 15:23 | Drake | Fred Deans makes the free throw | 28-30 |
| 14:58 | Dayton | Jeffrey Battle hits a turnaround from close range | 28-32 |
| 14:39 | Drake | Gino Costa misses badly on a turnaround from the baseline but the foul's on Mitchell Scott - foul #2 on Mitchell Scott, team foul #5 | 28-32 |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Tim Banister (SG) Jeffrey Battle | |
| 14:39 | Drake | Gino Costa makes the 1st free throw | 29-32 |
| 14:39 | Drake | Gino Costa misses the 2nd free throw | 29-32 |
| 14:39 | Dayton | The rebound goes to Robert Dike | 29-32 |
| 14:19 | Dayton | Michael Thompson is fouled on the floor by Thomas Patrick - foul #3 on Thomas Patrick, team foul #3 | 29-32 |
| Subs | Drake | Ralph Mooring (PG), John Lightner (SG), Alan Loftis (C) Thomas Patrick, Gino Costa, Fred Deans | |
| Subs | Dayton | Mark Embry (PG) Michael Thompson | |
| 13:50 | Dayton | Tim Banister hits a 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Mitchell Scott | 29-35 |
| 13:28 | Drake | James Peters is fouled on the floor by Lloyd Connolly - foul #4 on Lloyd Connolly, team foul #6 | 29-35 |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Jeffrey Battle (SG), Marvin Bonham (SF) Mark Embry, Lloyd Connolly | |
| 13:12 | Drake | Jeffrey Battle steals the ball from Alan Loftis | 29-35 |
| 13:09 | Dayton | Tim Banister banks in the layup on a great pass from Jeffrey Battle | 29-37 |
| 12:45 | Drake | James Peters comes up short on the jumper near the basket | 29-37 |
| 12:43 | Dayton | Robert Dike grabs the board | 29-37 |
| 12:29 | Dayton | Robert Dike is hacked by Jerome Russell - foul #2 on Jerome Russell, team foul #4 | 29-37 |
| Subs | Drake | Thomas Patrick (PG), Gino Costa (SG), Percy Hupp (SF), David Howard (PF), Fred Deans (C) Ralph Mooring, John Lightner, James Peters, Jerome Russell, Alan Loftis | |
| Subs | Dayton | Michael Thompson (PG), David Kugler (PF), Darrell Presson (C) Jeffrey Battle, Robert Dike, Mitchell Scott | |
| 12:09 | Dayton | A charge is called on David Kugler - foul #1 on David Kugler, team foul #7 | 29-37 |
| 11:51 | Drake | Thomas Patrick double dribbles | 29-37 |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Thomas Patrick (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Gino Costa (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Percy Hupp (fresh) PF - David Howard (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Fred Deans (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Michael Thompson (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Tim Banister (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Marvin Bonham (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Kugler (fresh) 4 pts. C - Darrell Presson (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:25 | Dayton | Tim Banister is hacked by Gino Costa - foul #1 on Gino Costa, team foul #5 | 29-37 |
| Subs | Drake | James Peters (SF) Percy Hupp | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 11:06 | Dayton | Tim Banister hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 29-37 |
| 11:05 | Drake | David Howard grabs the board | 29-37 |
| 10:48 | Drake | Thomas Patrick is fouled on the floor by Michael Thompson - foul #1 on Michael Thompson, team foul #8 | 29-37 |
| Subs | Drake | John Lightner (SG), Jerome Russell (PF) Gino Costa, David Howard | |
| Subs | Dayton | Jeffrey Battle (SG), Robert Dike (PF), Mitchell Scott (C) Tim Banister, David Kugler, Darrell Presson | |
| 10:48 | Drake | Thomas Patrick makes the 1st free throw | 30-37 |
| 10:48 | Drake | Thomas Patrick makes the 2nd free throw | 31-37 |
| 10:29 | Dayton | Jeffrey Battle misses the dunk but he's fouled by John Lightner - foul #1 on John Lightner, team foul #6 | 31-37 |
| 10:29 | Dayton | Jeffrey Battle misses the 1st free throw | 31-37 |
| 10:29 | Dayton | Jeffrey Battle makes the 2nd free throw | 31-38 |
| 10:14 | Drake | John Lightner misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 31-38 |
| 10:13 | Dayton | The rebound goes to Jeffrey Battle | 31-38 |
| 09:59 | Dayton | Marvin Bonham steps out of bounds on the baseline | 31-38 |
| Subs | Drake | Alan Loftis (C) Fred Deans | |
| Subs | Dayton | Tim Banister (PG), David Kugler (SF) Michael Thompson, Marvin Bonham | |
| 09:44 | Drake | Jerome Russell clanks a fadeaway from the right wing | 31-38 |
| 09:43 | Dayton | Robert Dike grabs the board | 31-38 |
| 09:39 | Dayton | Tim Banister double dribbles | 31-38 |
| Subs | Drake | Percy Hupp (SF) James Peters | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 09:12 | Drake | Jerome Russell drills a jumpshot from the right wing | 33-38 |
| 08:49 | Dayton | Jeffrey Battle is whistled for a carry | 33-38 |
| Subs | Drake | Ralph Mooring (PG), Gino Costa (SG) Thomas Patrick, John Lightner | |
| Subs | Dayton | Michael Thompson (PG), Marvin Bonham (SF), Darrell Presson (C) Jeffrey Battle, Robert Dike, Mitchell Scott | |
| 08:20 | Drake | Michael Thompson steps in front of the Gino Costa pass | 33-38 |
| 07:53 | Dayton | Marvin Bonham misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Ralph Mooring - foul #1 on Ralph Mooring, team foul #7 | 33-38 |
| Subs | Drake | James Peters (SF), David Howard (PF), Fred Deans (C) Percy Hupp, Jerome Russell, Alan Loftis | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 07:53 | Dayton | Marvin Bonham makes the 1st free throw | 33-39 |
| 07:53 | Dayton | Marvin Bonham misses the 2nd free throw | 33-39 |
| 07:53 | Drake | James Peters grabs the board | 33-39 |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Ralph Mooring (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Gino Costa (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Peters (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - David Howard (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Fred Deans (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Michael Thompson (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Tim Banister (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Marvin Bonham (fresh) 3 pts. PF - David Kugler (fresh) 4 pts. C - Darrell Presson (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:31 | Drake | David Howard is called for 5 seconds | 33-39 |
| Subs | Drake | Thomas Patrick (PG) Ralph Mooring | |
| Subs | Dayton | Mark Embry (PG), Jeffrey Battle (SG), Lloyd Connolly (SF), Robert Dike (PF), Mitchell Scott (C) Michael Thompson, Tim Banister, Marvin Bonham, David Kugler, Darrell Presson | |
| 07:07 | Dayton | Fred Deans blocks the short jumper by Mark Embry | 33-39 |
| 07:06 | Drake | James Peters pulls down the rebound | 33-39 |
| 06:47 | Drake | The jump hook by Fred Deans is blocked by Robert Dike | 33-39 |
| 06:46 | Drake | James Peters misses the tip | 33-39 |
| 06:44 | Dayton | Robert Dike gets the rebound | 33-39 |
| 06:37 | Dayton | Robert Dike loses the ball out of bounds | 33-39 |
| Subs | Drake | John Lightner (SG) Gino Costa | |
| Subs | Dayton | Tim Banister (PG) Mark Embry | |
| 06:18 | Drake | A charge is called on John Lightner - foul #2 on John Lightner, team foul #8 | 33-39 |
| Subs | Drake | Jerome Russell (PF) David Howard | |
| Subs | Dayton | Michael Thompson (PG) Jeffrey Battle | |
| 05:50 | Dayton | Tim Banister clanks a jumper from the left side but the foul's on John Lightner - foul #3 on John Lightner, team foul #9 | 33-39 |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Darrell Presson (C) Mitchell Scott | |
| 05:50 | Dayton | Tim Banister makes the 1st free throw | 33-40 |
| 05:50 | Dayton | Tim Banister misses the 2nd free throw | 33-40 |
| 05:50 | Dayton | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Dike | 33-40 |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 05:31 | Dayton | Michael Thompson is open but comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 33-40 |
| 05:30 | Dayton | Darrell Presson can't tip it in | 33-40 |
| 05:28 | Drake | Jerome Russell grabs the board | 33-40 |
| 05:22 | Drake | Thomas Patrick misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 33-40 |
| 05:21 | Drake | John Lightner tips it back up and in | 35-40 |
| 05:19 | Dayton | Tim Banister is hacked by Jerome Russell in the backcourt - foul #3 on Jerome Russell, team foul #10 | 35-40 |
| Subs | Drake | Ralph Mooring (PG), Alan Loftis (C) Thomas Patrick, Fred Deans | |
| Subs | Dayton | David Kugler (PF) Robert Dike | |
| 05:19 | Dayton | Tim Banister misses the 1st free throw | 35-40 |
| 05:19 | Dayton | Tim Banister makes the 2nd free throw | 35-41 |
| 04:54 | Drake | Alan Loftis can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 35-41 |
| 04:52 | Dayton | The rebound goes to Darrell Presson | 35-41 |
| 04:48 | Dayton | Michael Thompson is by himself and knocks in the floater from the right side on a great pass from Lloyd Connolly | 35-43 |
| 04:33 | Drake | John Lightner comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 35-43 |
| 04:32 | Dayton | Lloyd Connolly grabs the board | 35-43 |
| 04:08 | Dayton | Michael Thompson misses short on an open floater from the right side | 35-43 |
| 04:07 | Dayton | Darrell Presson snags the offensive board | 35-43 |
| 03:47 | Dayton | Darrell Presson is open but misses the lay-in | 35-43 |
| 03:45 | Dayton | David Kugler snags the offensive board | 35-43 |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Ralph Mooring (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - John Lightner (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - James Peters (tiring) 3 pts. 6 reb. PF - Jerome Russell (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Alan Loftis (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Michael Thompson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Tim Banister (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SF - Lloyd Connolly (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. PF - David Kugler (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Darrell Presson (fairly fresh) 6 reb. | |
| 03:24 | Dayton | Lloyd Connolly is open and buries a shot from the left wing on a great pass from Tim Banister | 35-45 |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:09 | Drake | John Lightner comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 35-45 |
| 03:07 | Drake | James Peters misses the tip | 35-45 |
| 03:06 | Dayton | David Kugler gets the rebound | 35-45 |
| 02:53 | Dayton | Darrell Presson is open but misses the lay-in | 35-45 |
| 02:52 | Drake | Jerome Russell snags the defensive board | 35-45 |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:29 | Drake | Ralph Mooring hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 35-45 |
| 02:28 | Dayton | David Kugler grabs the defensive rebound | 35-45 |
| 02:07 | Dayton | Tim Banister hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Michael Thompson | 35-48 |
| 01:49 | Drake | Jerome Russell scores on a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Ralph Mooring | 37-48 |
| 01:47 | Dayton | Tim Banister throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 37-48 |
| Subs | Drake | Thomas Patrick (PG), Gino Costa (SG), Fred Deans (C) Ralph Mooring, John Lightner, Alan Loftis | |
| Subs | Dayton | Mark Embry (PG), Jeffrey Battle (SG), Marvin Bonham (SF) Michael Thompson, Tim Banister, Lloyd Connolly | |
| 01:35 | Drake | Fred Deans clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 37-48 |
| 01:33 | Dayton | Darrell Presson grabs the defensive rebound | 37-48 |
| 01:18 | Dayton | David Kugler can't finish the layup but the foul's on James Peters - foul #1 on James Peters, team foul #11 | 37-48 |
| 01:18 | Dayton | David Kugler misses the 1st free throw | 37-48 |
| 01:18 | Dayton | David Kugler misses the 2nd free throw | 37-48 |
| 01:18 | Drake | Fred Deans gets the rebound | 37-48 |
| 00:55 | Drake | David Kugler is called for the reach on Jerome Russell - foul #2 on David Kugler, team foul #9 | 37-48 |
| 00:55 | Drake | Jerome Russell misses the 1st free throw | 37-48 |
| 00:55 | Dayton | Darrell Presson gets the rebound | 37-48 |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:26 | Dayton | Marvin Bonham buries a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 37-50 |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:20 | Drake | Jeffrey Battle takes the ball from Gino Costa | 37-50 |
| 00:00 | Dayton | Mark Embry runs out the clock | 37-50 |