| Lineup | Penn | PG - Jerry Brown (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Swartz (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Norris Thomas (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Eric Spiegel (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - James Brown (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Tracey Ivie (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Daniel Long (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Dwight Pence (fresh) PF - David Davidson (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - William Robinson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Penn | Norris Thomas inbounds the ball | 27-25 |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:43 | Penn | Jerry Brown misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 27-25 |
| 19:41 | Creighton | William Robinson snags the defensive board | 27-25 |
| 19:36 | Creighton | William Robinson is whistled for a carry | 27-25 |
| Subs | Penn | Dingbang Xyong (SF) Norris Thomas | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 19:07 | Penn | Eric Spiegel clanks a turnaround from close range | 27-25 |
| 19:06 | Creighton | David Davidson snags the defensive board | 27-25 |
| 18:58 | Creighton | Tracey Ivie clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 27-25 |
| 18:57 | Penn | Eric Spiegel snags the defensive board | 27-25 |
| 18:51 | Penn | Dwight Pence is called for the reach on Dingbang Xyong - foul #2 on Dwight Pence, team foul #1 | 27-25 |
| Subs | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi (PF) Eric Spiegel | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 18:28 | Penn | Jerry Brown's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-25 |
| Subs | Penn | Eric Spiegel (PF) Habimana Ahmadi | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 18:15 | Creighton | Tracey Ivie is hacked by James Brown - foul #3 on James Brown, team foul #1 | 27-25 |
| Subs | Penn | Norris Thomas (SF), Jose Suarez (C) Dingbang Xyong, James Brown | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 18:10 | Creighton | William Robinson connects on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 27-27 |
| 17:42 | Penn | Jerry Brown knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 30-27 |
| 17:31 | Creighton | David Davidson misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 30-27 |
| 17:30 | Penn | The rebound goes to Eric Spiegel | 30-27 |
| 17:24 | Penn | Jose Suarez lays it in and he's hacked by William Robinson - foul #2 on William Robinson, team foul #2 | 32-27 |
| Subs | Penn | Dingbang Xyong (SF), Habimana Ahmadi (PF) Norris Thomas, Eric Spiegel | |
| Subs | Creighton | Abe Hilliard (PG), Jimmy Dyer (SG) Tracey Ivie, Daniel Long | |
| 17:24 | Penn | Jose Suarez makes the free throw | 33-27 |
| 17:15 | Creighton | David Davidson misses the wide open floater from the left wing | 33-27 |
| 17:13 | Creighton | William Robinson tips it in | 33-29 |
| 16:49 | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left wing | 33-29 |
| 16:47 | Creighton | David Davidson snags the defensive board | 33-29 |
| 16:24 | Creighton | David Davidson misses badly on a turnaround from close range | 33-29 |
| 16:22 | Creighton | Dwight Pence tips it home | 33-31 |
| 15:56 | Penn | Jerry Brown makes the 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Habimana Ahmadi | 36-31 |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - Jerry Brown (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Swartz (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Dingbang Xyong (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Habimana Ahmadi (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Jose Suarez (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Abe Hilliard (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jimmy Dyer (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. SF - Dwight Pence (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Davidson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - William Robinson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:34 | Creighton | Dwight Pence misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing but the foul's on Dingbang Xyong - foul #3 on Dingbang Xyong, team foul #2 | 36-31 |
| Subs | Penn | Norris Thomas (SF), Eric Spiegel (PF), James Brown (C) Jerry Brown, Habimana Ahmadi, Jose Suarez | |
| Subs | Creighton | Roger Thomas (PG), Daniel Long (SG), Frank Kirkland (C) Abe Hilliard, David Davidson, William Robinson | |
| 15:34 | Creighton | Dwight Pence makes the 1st free throw | 36-32 |
| 15:34 | Creighton | Dwight Pence makes the 2nd free throw | 36-33 |
| 15:15 | Penn | Michael Swartz is hacked by Dwight Pence - foul #3 on Dwight Pence, team foul #3 | 36-33 |
| Subs | Penn | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Tracey Ivie (SF) Dwight Pence | |
| 15:00 | Penn | Eric Spiegel misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Jimmy Dyer - foul #1 on Jimmy Dyer, team foul #4 | 36-33 |
| 15:00 | Penn | Eric Spiegel makes the 1st free throw | 37-33 |
| 15:00 | Penn | Eric Spiegel makes the 2nd free throw | 38-33 |
| 14:53 | Creighton | Jimmy Dyer shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the floater from the left side but he's fouled by Norris Thomas - foul #1 on Norris Thomas, team foul #3 | 38-33 |
| Subs | Penn | Jerry Brown (PG) Dingbang Xyong | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 14:53 | Creighton | Jimmy Dyer makes the 1st free throw | 38-34 |
| 14:53 | Creighton | Jimmy Dyer makes the 2nd free throw | 38-35 |
| 14:32 | Penn | Michael Swartz knocks in the 3 from the left wing set up by Jerry Brown | 41-35 |
| 14:10 | Creighton | Daniel Long hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3 pointer from straight away | 41-35 |
| 14:09 | Penn | Norris Thomas pulls down the rebound | 41-35 |
| 13:47 | Penn | Jerry Brown misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 41-35 |
| 13:46 | Creighton | Jimmy Dyer grabs the defensive rebound | 41-35 |
| 13:40 | Creighton | Jerry Brown steals it from Tracey Ivie | 41-35 |
| 13:36 | Penn | Jerry Brown lays it up and in | 43-35 |
| 13:16 | Creighton | Daniel Long scores on a jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Roger Thomas | 43-37 |
| 12:48 | Penn | Daniel Long steals the ball from Jerry Brown | 43-37 |
| 12:44 | Creighton | Tracey Ivie misses the easy layup | 43-37 |
| 12:42 | Creighton | The offensive rebound goes to Frank Kirkland | 43-37 |
| 12:23 | Creighton | Frank Kirkland is wide open but clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 43-37 |
| 12:22 | Penn | James Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 43-37 |
| 11:58 | Penn | Eric Spiegel misses short on a turnaround from close range but he's fouled by Jimmy Dyer - foul #2 on Jimmy Dyer, team foul #5 | 43-37 |
| Subs | Penn | Dingbang Xyong (PG), Rickey Braggs (SF) Jerry Brown, Norris Thomas | |
| Subs | Creighton | Abe Hilliard (PG), Dillon West (SG), Dwight Pence (SF), David Davidson (PF), William Robinson (C) Roger Thomas, Daniel Long, Tracey Ivie, Jimmy Dyer, Frank Kirkland | |
| 11:58 | Penn | Eric Spiegel misses the 1st free throw | 43-37 |
| 11:58 | Penn | Eric Spiegel misses the 2nd free throw | 43-37 |
| 11:58 | Creighton | Dillon West pulls down the rebound | 43-37 |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - Dingbang Xyong (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. SG - Michael Swartz (tiring) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Rickey Braggs (fresh) PF - Eric Spiegel (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - James Brown (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Abe Hilliard (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dillon West (fresh) SF - Dwight Pence (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - David Davidson (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - William Robinson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:34 | Creighton | Abe Hilliard is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Abe Hilliard, team foul #6 | 43-37 |
| Subs | Penn | Dennis Harris (SF), Habimana Ahmadi (PF) Rickey Braggs, Eric Spiegel | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 11:19 | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Dillon West - foul #1 on Dillon West, team foul #7 | 43-37 |
| Subs | Penn | Rickey Braggs (SF), Jose Suarez (C) Dennis Harris, James Brown | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 11:19 | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi makes the 1st free throw | 44-37 |
| 11:19 | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi makes the 2nd free throw | 45-37 |
| 10:54 | Creighton | Rickey Braggs takes the ball from Dillon West | 45-37 |
| 10:38 | Penn | Michael Swartz can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 45-37 |
| 10:37 | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi tips it back up and in | 47-37 |
| 10:21 | Creighton | Dillon West knocks in the fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Dwight Pence and he's fouled by Jose Suarez - foul #1 on Jose Suarez, team foul #4 | 47-39 |
| Subs | Penn | Dennis Harris (SF), Eric Spiegel (PF), James Brown (C) Rickey Braggs, Habimana Ahmadi, Jose Suarez | |
| Subs | Creighton | Roger Thomas (PG) Abe Hilliard | |
| 10:21 | Creighton | Dillon West makes the free throw | 47-40 |
| 09:58 | Penn | Michael Swartz makes the fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Dennis Harris | 49-40 |
| 09:40 | Creighton | Dillon West is hacked by Dennis Harris - foul #1 on Dennis Harris, team foul #5 | 49-40 |
| Subs | Penn | Norris Thomas (SF) Dennis Harris | |
| Subs | Creighton | Tracey Ivie (SG) Dillon West | |
| 09:25 | Creighton | William Robinson hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing | 49-40 |
| 09:23 | Creighton | Tracey Ivie can't tip it in | 49-40 |
| 09:22 | Penn | The rebound goes to James Brown | 49-40 |
| 09:15 | Penn | Eric Spiegel misses the lay-in | 49-40 |
| 09:14 | Creighton | Dwight Pence grabs the defensive rebound | 49-40 |
| 09:10 | Creighton | David Davidson is called for traveling | 49-40 |
| Subs | Penn | Jerry Brown (PG), Jose Suarez (C) Norris Thomas, James Brown | |
| Subs | Creighton | Jimmy Dyer (PF), Frank Kirkland (C) David Davidson, William Robinson | |
| 08:57 | Penn | Dingbang Xyong buries a jumpshot from the right side | 51-40 |
| 08:52 | Creighton | Roger Thomas misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 51-40 |
| 08:50 | Penn | Jose Suarez snags the defensive board | 51-40 |
| 08:25 | Penn | Frank Kirkland is called for the reach on Michael Swartz - foul #3 on Frank Kirkland, team foul #8 | 51-40 |
| Subs | Penn | Norris Thomas (SF), Habimana Ahmadi (PF), James Brown (C) Dingbang Xyong, Eric Spiegel, Jose Suarez | |
| Subs | Creighton | Daniel Long (SG) Dwight Pence | |
| 08:25 | Penn | Michael Swartz makes the 1st free throw | 52-40 |
| 08:25 | Penn | Michael Swartz misses the 2nd free throw | 52-40 |
| 08:25 | Creighton | Jimmy Dyer grabs the board | 52-40 |
| 08:09 | Creighton | Roger Thomas makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 52-43 |
| 07:49 | Penn | Michael Swartz scores on a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Jerry Brown | 55-43 |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - Jerry Brown (fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. SG - Michael Swartz (tiring) 15 pts. 1 ast. SF - Norris Thomas (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Habimana Ahmadi (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - James Brown (fairly fresh) 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Roger Thomas (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Daniel Long (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Tracey Ivie (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Jimmy Dyer (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Frank Kirkland (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 07:32 | Creighton | Roger Thomas misses the pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Jerry Brown - foul #2 on Jerry Brown, team foul #6 | 55-43 |
| Subs | Penn | Dingbang Xyong (SF), Eric Spiegel (PF), Jose Suarez (C) Norris Thomas, Habimana Ahmadi, James Brown | |
| Subs | Creighton | David Davidson (PF), William Robinson (C) Tracey Ivie, Frank Kirkland | |
| 07:32 | Creighton | Roger Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 55-44 |
| 07:32 | Creighton | Roger Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 55-45 |
| 07:12 | Penn | Jose Suarez connects on the shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Dingbang Xyong | 57-45 |
| 06:53 | Creighton | David Davidson can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 57-45 |
| 06:51 | Creighton | Daniel Long gets the offensive rebound | 57-45 |
| 06:33 | Creighton | Roger Thomas connects on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Jimmy Dyer | 57-47 |
| 06:15 | Penn | Jerry Brown misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing | 57-47 |
| 06:13 | Creighton | Roger Thomas snags the defensive board | 57-47 |
| 06:08 | Creighton | William Robinson knocks in the fadeaway in the lane set up by Roger Thomas | 57-49 |
| 05:41 | Penn | Jose Suarez is fouled on the floor by William Robinson - foul #3 on William Robinson, team foul #9 | 57-49 |
| Subs | Penn | Norris Thomas (SF), Habimana Ahmadi (PF) Jerry Brown, Eric Spiegel | |
| Subs | Creighton | Abe Hilliard (PG), Tracey Ivie (SG), Dwight Pence (SF) Roger Thomas, Daniel Long, Jimmy Dyer | |
| 05:41 | Penn | Jose Suarez makes the 1st free throw | 58-49 |
| 05:41 | Penn | Jose Suarez makes the 2nd free throw | 59-49 |
| 05:25 | Creighton | William Robinson hits the front of the rim on the jumper from close range but the foul's on Jose Suarez - foul #2 on Jose Suarez, team foul #7 | 59-49 |
| Subs | Penn | James Brown (C) Jose Suarez | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 05:25 | Creighton | William Robinson misses the 1st free throw | 59-49 |
| 05:25 | Creighton | William Robinson makes the 2nd free throw | 59-50 |
| 05:05 | Penn | Dwight Pence steps in front of the Michael Swartz pass | 59-50 |
| 04:46 | Creighton | Michael Swartz is called for the reach on Abe Hilliard - foul #3 on Michael Swartz, team foul #8 | 59-50 |
| Subs | Penn | Jerry Brown (PG), Eric Spiegel (PF) Dingbang Xyong, Habimana Ahmadi | |
| Subs | Creighton | Jimmy Dyer (PF), Frank Kirkland (C) David Davidson, William Robinson | |
| 04:46 | Creighton | Abe Hilliard makes the 1st free throw | 59-51 |
| 04:46 | Creighton | Abe Hilliard makes the 2nd free throw | 59-52 |
| 04:25 | Penn | Norris Thomas misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 59-52 |
| 04:24 | Penn | Jerry Brown tips it in | 61-52 |
| 04:19 | Creighton | Dwight Pence throws a bad pass out of bounds | 61-52 |
| Subs | Penn | Dingbang Xyong (PG) Jerry Brown | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 04:00 | Penn | Michael Swartz comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 61-52 |
| 03:59 | Creighton | Jimmy Dyer gets the rebound | 61-52 |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:44 | Creighton | James Brown steals it from Jimmy Dyer out of a doubleteam | 61-52 |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - Dingbang Xyong (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Michael Swartz (tired) 15 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Norris Thomas (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Eric Spiegel (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - James Brown (fairly fresh) 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Abe Hilliard (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Tracey Ivie (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Dwight Pence (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Jimmy Dyer (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Frank Kirkland (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:19 | Penn | Norris Thomas is fouled on the floor by Dwight Pence - foul #4 on Dwight Pence, team foul #10 | 61-52 |
| Subs | Penn | Jerry Brown (PG), Habimana Ahmadi (PF) Dingbang Xyong, Eric Spiegel | |
| Subs | Creighton | Roger Thomas (PG), Daniel Long (SG), David Davidson (PF), William Robinson (C) Abe Hilliard, Tracey Ivie, Jimmy Dyer, Frank Kirkland | |
| 03:19 | Penn | Norris Thomas misses the 1st free throw | 61-52 |
| 03:19 | Penn | Norris Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 62-52 |
| 03:05 | Creighton | James Brown blocks the jumper by Dwight Pence | 62-52 |
| 03:04 | Penn | The rebound goes to Norris Thomas | 62-52 |
| 02:46 | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi makes the fadeaway from close range | 64-52 |
| 02:34 | Creighton | Roger Thomas misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 64-52 |
| 02:33 | Creighton | The offensive rebound goes to William Robinson | 64-52 |
| 02:26 | Creighton | Habimana Ahmadi steps in front of the Roger Thomas pass | 64-52 |
| 02:08 | Penn | James Brown throws a bad pass out of bounds | 64-52 |
| Subs | Penn | Dingbang Xyong (SG), Dennis Harris (SF), Eric Spiegel (PF), Jose Suarez (C) Michael Swartz, Norris Thomas, Habimana Ahmadi, James Brown | |
| Subs | Creighton | Abe Hilliard (PG), Dillon West (SG), Jimmy Dyer (SF), Frank Kirkland (PF), John Squier (C) Roger Thomas, Daniel Long, Dwight Pence, David Davidson, William Robinson | |
| 01:57 | Creighton | Frank Kirkland comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 64-52 |
| 01:56 | Penn | Dingbang Xyong pulls down the rebound | 64-52 |
| 01:39 | Penn | Jerry Brown hits a pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from Dennis Harris | 66-52 |
| 01:26 | Creighton | Dillon West misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 66-52 |
| 01:24 | Creighton | Jimmy Dyer snags the offensive board | 66-52 |
| 01:05 | Creighton | Frank Kirkland's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 66-52 |
| Subs | Penn | Michael Swartz (SG), Norris Thomas (SF), James Brown (C) Dingbang Xyong, Dennis Harris, Jose Suarez | |
| Subs | Creighton | Tracey Ivie (SG) Dillon West | |
| 00:49 | Penn | Eric Spiegel makes the turnaround in the lane on a great pass from James Brown and the foul's on Tracey Ivie - foul #3 on Tracey Ivie, team foul #11 | 68-52 |
| 00:49 | Penn | Eric Spiegel makes the free throw | 69-52 |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:43 | Creighton | Frank Kirkland travels with the ball | 69-52 |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:21 | Penn | Michael Swartz can't connect on a floater from the left side | 69-52 |
| 00:19 | Penn | James Brown pulls down the offensive rebound | 69-52 |
| 00:00 | Penn | Jerry Brown runs out the clock | 69-52 |