| Lineup | Butler | PG - David Huggins (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Van Laffoon (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Herbert Eickhoff (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Antonio Irons (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Fred Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Thomas Lee (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Stuart (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jeffery Taylor (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Paul McAusland (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Lesley Catalan (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | DePaul | Jeffery Taylor inbounds the ball | 28-37 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:37 | DePaul | Thomas Lee connects on the jumper in the paint on a nice dish by James Stuart | 28-39 |
| 19:13 | Butler | Jeffery Taylor steps in front of the Antonio Irons pass | 28-39 |
| 18:44 | DePaul | Paul McAusland comes up short on the turnaround near the basket | 28-39 |
| 18:43 | DePaul | Paul McAusland gets the offensive rebound | 28-39 |
| 18:28 | DePaul | Jeffery Taylor misses badly on a shot from the right side | 28-39 |
| 18:26 | Butler | Herbert Eickhoff pulls down the rebound | 28-39 |
| 18:04 | Butler | Lesley Catalan takes the ball from Antonio Irons | 28-39 |
| 17:46 | DePaul | David Huggins is called for the reach on Thomas Lee - foul #1 on David Huggins, team foul #1 | 28-39 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | DePaul | Ted Carr (PF), Joe Whitt (C) Paul McAusland, Lesley Catalan | |
| 17:28 | DePaul | Ted Carr drills a turnaround in the paint | 28-41 |
| 17:14 | Butler | David Huggins's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 28-41 |
| Subs | Butler | Craig Fragoso (PG), Leroy Winfield (SF), Leonard Bishop (PF), Kasiya Africa (C) David Huggins, Herbert Eickhoff, Antonio Irons, Fred Johnson | |
| Subs | DePaul | Donald Billman (SG), Johnathan Tejada (C) James Stuart, Jeffery Taylor | |
| 16:55 | DePaul | Ted Carr is fouled on the floor by Craig Fragoso - foul #1 on Craig Fragoso, team foul #2 | 28-41 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | DePaul | Ronald Dublin (SG) Thomas Lee | |
| 16:44 | DePaul | Johnathan Tejada blows the layup | 28-41 |
| 16:43 | Butler | Kasiya Africa snags the defensive board | 28-41 |
| 16:27 | Butler | Van Laffoon misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but the foul's on Ronald Dublin - foul #2 on Ronald Dublin, team foul #1 | 28-41 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | DePaul | Paul McAusland (PF), Lesley Catalan (C) Joe Whitt, Johnathan Tejada | |
| 16:27 | Butler | Van Laffoon makes the 1st free throw | 29-41 |
| 16:27 | Butler | Van Laffoon makes the 2nd free throw | 30-41 |
| 16:06 | DePaul | Ted Carr misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 30-41 |
| 16:04 | Butler | Leonard Bishop gets the rebound | 30-41 |
| 15:45 | Butler | Craig Fragoso hits a fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Leroy Winfield | 32-41 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Craig Fragoso (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Van Laffoon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Leroy Winfield (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Leonard Bishop (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Kasiya Africa (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Donald Billman (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronald Dublin (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ted Carr (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Paul McAusland (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - Lesley Catalan (fresh) | |
| 15:21 | DePaul | Donald Billman can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 32-41 |
| 15:20 | DePaul | Ted Carr tips it back up and in | 32-43 |
| 14:54 | Butler | Leroy Winfield hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 32-43 |
| 14:52 | Butler | Leroy Winfield snags the offensive board | 32-43 |
| 14:39 | Butler | Leonard Bishop lays it up and in on a nice dish by Kasiya Africa | 34-43 |
| 14:18 | DePaul | Ronald Dublin makes the jumpshot from the left wing | 34-45 |
| 13:57 | Butler | Van Laffoon scores on a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Leroy Winfield | 37-45 |
| 13:52 | DePaul | Donald Billman clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Kasiya Africa - foul #1 on Kasiya Africa, team foul #3 | 37-45 |
| Subs | Butler | David Huggins (PG), Jeffrey Baptiste (SG), Herbert Eickhoff (SF), Antonio Irons (PF), Fred Johnson (C) Craig Fragoso, Van Laffoon, Leroy Winfield, Leonard Bishop, Kasiya Africa | |
| Subs | DePaul | James Stuart (SG), Jeffery Taylor (SF), Joe Whitt (PF), Johnathan Tejada (C) Ronald Dublin, Ted Carr, Paul McAusland, Lesley Catalan | |
| 13:52 | DePaul | Donald Billman makes the 1st free throw | 37-46 |
| 13:52 | DePaul | Donald Billman misses the 2nd free throw | 37-46 |
| 13:52 | Butler | Fred Johnson grabs the board | 37-46 |
| 13:32 | Butler | David Huggins misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 37-46 |
| 13:31 | Butler | Herbert Eickhoff grabs the offensive board | 37-46 |
| 13:11 | Butler | Fred Johnson buries a turnaround in the paint set up by Antonio Irons and he's fouled by Jeffery Taylor - foul #2 on Jeffery Taylor, team foul #2 | 39-46 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | DePaul | Thomas Lee (PG) Donald Billman | |
| 13:11 | Butler | Fred Johnson misses the free throw | 39-46 |
| 13:11 | DePaul | Johnathan Tejada snags the defensive board | 39-46 |
| 12:56 | DePaul | Johnathan Tejada is fouled on the floor by Fred Johnson - foul #3 on Fred Johnson, team foul #4 | 39-46 |
| 12:45 | DePaul | James Stuart is fouled on the floor by David Huggins - foul #2 on David Huggins, team foul #5 | 39-46 |
| 12:27 | DePaul | Antonio Irons swats the short shot by Joe Whitt | 39-46 |
| 12:26 | Butler | Antonio Irons snags the defensive board | 39-46 |
| 12:12 | Butler | Fred Johnson loses the dribble to James Stuart | 39-46 |
| 12:02 | DePaul | Jeffery Taylor buries a runner in the lane | 39-48 |
| 11:39 | Butler | Herbert Eickhoff scores on a jump hook from the baseline | 41-48 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - David Huggins (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Jeffrey Baptiste (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Herbert Eickhoff (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Antonio Irons (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Fred Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Thomas Lee (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Stuart (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Jeffery Taylor (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Joe Whitt (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Johnathan Tejada (fresh) | |
| 11:25 | DePaul | Thomas Lee blows the layup but the foul's on Fred Johnson - foul #4 on Fred Johnson, team foul #6 | 41-48 |
| Subs | Butler | Van Laffoon (SG), Leonard Bishop (C) Jeffrey Baptiste, Fred Johnson | |
| Subs | DePaul | Ronald Dublin (SG), Ted Carr (PF), Lesley Catalan (C) James Stuart, Joe Whitt, Johnathan Tejada | |
| 11:25 | DePaul | Thomas Lee makes the 1st free throw | 41-49 |
| 11:25 | DePaul | Thomas Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 41-50 |
| 11:02 | Butler | Van Laffoon knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from David Huggins | 43-50 |
| 10:46 | DePaul | Jeffery Taylor connects on the driving attempt from close range and he's fouled by David Huggins - foul #3 on David Huggins, team foul #7 | 43-52 |
| Subs | Butler | Craig Fragoso (PG), Leroy Winfield (SF), Kasiya Africa (C) David Huggins, Herbert Eickhoff, Antonio Irons | |
| Subs | DePaul | Paul McAusland (PF) Ted Carr | |
| 10:46 | DePaul | Jeffery Taylor makes the free throw | 43-53 |
| 10:24 | Butler | Van Laffoon connects on the 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Leroy Winfield | 46-53 |
| 10:13 | DePaul | Thomas Lee connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Lesley Catalan | 46-56 |
| 10:01 | Butler | Van Laffoon drills a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Craig Fragoso | 48-56 |
| 09:38 | DePaul | Ronald Dublin clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 48-56 |
| 09:36 | Butler | Van Laffoon gets the rebound | 48-56 |
| 09:13 | Butler | Leroy Winfield is hacked by Jeffery Taylor - foul #3 on Jeffery Taylor, team foul #3 | 48-56 |
| Subs | Butler | David Huggins (PG), Herbert Eickhoff (SF), Antonio Irons (PF) Craig Fragoso, Leroy Winfield, Leonard Bishop | |
| Subs | DePaul | Donald Billman (PG), James Stuart (SG), Ted Carr (SF), Joe Whitt (C) Thomas Lee, Ronald Dublin, Jeffery Taylor, Lesley Catalan | |
| 09:00 | Butler | Van Laffoon misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 48-56 |
| 08:58 | DePaul | Ted Carr snags the defensive board | 48-56 |
| 08:45 | DePaul | Joe Whitt misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 48-56 |
| 08:44 | Butler | Antonio Irons pulls down the rebound | 48-56 |
| 08:26 | Butler | David Huggins loses the ball out of bounds | 48-56 |
| Subs | Butler | Leroy Winfield (C) Kasiya Africa | |
| Subs | DePaul | Johnathan Tejada (C) Paul McAusland | |
| 08:14 | DePaul | James Stuart hits a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Ted Carr | 48-58 |
| 07:56 | Butler | Van Laffoon blows the layup | 48-58 |
| 07:54 | DePaul | Joe Whitt gets the rebound | 48-58 |
| 07:45 | DePaul | Donald Billman buries a shot from the right wing set up by Ted Carr | 48-60 |
| 07:35 | Butler | Antonio Irons's pass is intercepted by Donald Billman | 48-60 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - David Huggins (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Van Laffoon (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Herbert Eickhoff (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Antonio Irons (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Leroy Winfield (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Donald Billman (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Stuart (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ted Carr (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Joe Whitt (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. C - Johnathan Tejada (fresh) | |
| 07:22 | DePaul | Joe Whitt misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 48-60 |
| 07:21 | DePaul | James Stuart grabs the offensive rebound | 48-60 |
| 07:09 | DePaul | Ted Carr misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 48-60 |
| 07:07 | Butler | David Huggins pulls down the rebound | 48-60 |
| 06:47 | Butler | Van Laffoon can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 48-60 |
| 06:45 | DePaul | Joe Whitt gets the rebound | 48-60 |
| 06:20 | DePaul | Johnathan Tejada is denied on a dunk by Antonio Irons | 48-60 |
| 06:18 | Butler | Leroy Winfield grabs the defensive rebound | 48-60 |
| 06:13 | Butler | James Stuart steps in front of the David Huggins pass in the backcourt | 48-60 |
| 06:02 | DePaul | Johnathan Tejada is whistled for traveling | 48-60 |
| Subs | Butler | Willard Smith (PG), Craig Fragoso (SG), Jeffrey Baptiste (SF), Leonard Bishop (PF), Fred Johnson (C) David Huggins, Van Laffoon, Herbert Eickhoff, Antonio Irons, Leroy Winfield | |
| Subs | DePaul | Thomas Lee (PG), Ronald Dublin (SG), Jeffery Taylor (SF), Paul McAusland (PF), Lesley Catalan (C) Donald Billman, James Stuart, Ted Carr, Joe Whitt, Johnathan Tejada | |
| 05:42 | Butler | Jeffrey Baptiste scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 51-60 |
| 05:17 | DePaul | Paul McAusland makes the driving attempt in the lane on a nice dish by Jeffery Taylor | 51-62 |
| 04:48 | Butler | Willard Smith knocks in the shot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Craig Fragoso | 53-62 |
| 04:30 | DePaul | Thomas Lee is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 53-62 |
| Subs | Butler | Van Laffoon (SG), Leroy Winfield (SF) Willard Smith, Jeffrey Baptiste | |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| 04:12 | Butler | Leonard Bishop throws a bad pass out of bounds | 53-62 |
| Subs | Butler | David Huggins (PG) Leroy Winfield | |
| Subs | DePaul | James Stuart (SG), Ted Carr (PF) Ronald Dublin, Paul McAusland | |
| 04:03 | DePaul | James Stuart misses short on a jumper from the left side | 53-62 |
| 04:02 | Butler | Leonard Bishop grabs the board | 53-62 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:56 | Butler | Leonard Bishop clanks a shot from the baseline but he's hacked by James Stuart - foul #2 on James Stuart, team foul #4 | 53-62 |
| 03:56 | Butler | Leonard Bishop misses the 1st free throw | 53-62 |
| 03:56 | Butler | Leonard Bishop makes the 2nd free throw | 54-62 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:46 | DePaul | Lesley Catalan's fadeaway is rejected by Fred Johnson | 54-62 |
| 03:44 | Butler | Craig Fragoso pulls down the rebound | 54-62 |
| 03:39 | Butler | Van Laffoon drills a floater from the right block on a nice dish by Fred Johnson | 56-62 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:22 | DePaul | Jeffery Taylor can't connect on a turnaround from the right block | 56-62 |
| 03:20 | DePaul | Thomas Lee tips it back up and in | 56-64 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - David Huggins (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Van Laffoon (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SF - Craig Fragoso (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Leonard Bishop (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Fred Johnson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Thomas Lee (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Stuart (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Jeffery Taylor (fresh) 11 pts. 3 pf. PF - Ted Carr (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Lesley Catalan (fairly fresh) | |
| 02:59 | Butler | Craig Fragoso clanks a jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Lesley Catalan - foul #3 on Lesley Catalan, team foul #5 | 56-64 |
| Subs | Butler | Herbert Eickhoff (SF), Antonio Irons (PF), Kasiya Africa (C) David Huggins, Leonard Bishop, Fred Johnson | |
| Subs | DePaul | Donald Billman (PG), Paul McAusland (PF), Joe Whitt (C) Thomas Lee, Jeffery Taylor, Lesley Catalan | |
| 02:59 | Butler | Craig Fragoso makes the 1st free throw | 57-64 |
| 02:59 | Butler | Craig Fragoso makes the 2nd free throw | 58-64 |
| 02:57 | DePaul | DePaul calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-64 |
| Subs | Butler | David Huggins (PG) Craig Fragoso | |
| Subs | DePaul | Thomas Lee (PG), Jeffery Taylor (SF) Donald Billman, Ted Carr | |
| 02:44 | DePaul | Kasiya Africa takes the ball from Paul McAusland | 58-64 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 02:21 | Butler | Antonio Irons scores on a jumper in the lane and he's fouled by Thomas Lee - foul #1 on Thomas Lee, team foul #6 | 60-64 |
| Subs | Butler | Fred Johnson (C) Kasiya Africa | |
| Subs | DePaul | Lesley Catalan (C) Joe Whitt | |
| 02:21 | Butler | Antonio Irons misses the free throw | 60-64 |
| 02:21 | DePaul | Lesley Catalan grabs the defensive rebound | 60-64 |
| 02:05 | DePaul | Jeffery Taylor misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 60-64 |
| 02:04 | DePaul | Lesley Catalan misses the tip | 60-64 |
| 02:03 | Butler | The rebound goes to Antonio Irons | 60-64 |
| 02:01 | Butler | David Huggins travels in the backcourt | 60-64 |
| 01:44 | DePaul | Paul McAusland knocks in the fadeaway in the paint set up by Thomas Lee | 60-66 |
| 01:27 | Butler | Herbert Eickhoff misses long on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 60-66 |
| 01:25 | DePaul | James Stuart snags the defensive board | 60-66 |
| 01:18 | DePaul | Herbert Eickhoff steps in front of the James Stuart pass | 60-66 |
| 01:04 | Butler | David Huggins hits a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Van Laffoon | 63-66 |
| 00:40 | DePaul | Lesley Catalan comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Fred Johnson - foul #5 on Fred Johnson, team foul #8 | 63-66 |
| Subs | Butler | Leonard Bishop (C) Fred Johnson | |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| 00:40 | DePaul | Lesley Catalan makes the 1st free throw | 63-67 |
| 00:40 | DePaul | Lesley Catalan makes the 2nd free throw | 63-68 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:34 | Butler | Van Laffoon misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 63-68 |
| 00:33 | DePaul | The rebound goes to Lesley Catalan | 63-68 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:30 | DePaul | Lesley Catalan is fouled in the backcourt by David Huggins - foul #4 on David Huggins, team foul #9 | 63-68 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | DePaul | Donald Billman (SF), Ted Carr (PF) Jeffery Taylor, Paul McAusland | |
| 00:30 | DePaul | Lesley Catalan makes the 1st free throw | 63-69 |
| 00:30 | DePaul | Lesley Catalan misses the 2nd free throw | 63-69 |
| 00:30 | Butler | Antonio Irons grabs the defensive rebound | 63-69 |
| 00:26 | Butler | Van Laffoon makes the 3 pointer from the left wing | 66-69 |
| 00:26 | DePaul | DePaul calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 66-69 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | DePaul | Jeffery Taylor (SF) James Stuart | |
| 00:24 | DePaul | Donald Billman is fouled in the backcourt by Van Laffoon - foul #1 on Van Laffoon, team foul #10 | 66-69 |
| 00:24 | DePaul | Donald Billman makes the 1st free throw | 66-70 |
| 00:24 | DePaul | Donald Billman makes the 2nd free throw | 66-71 |
| 00:20 | Butler | Van Laffoon clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 66-71 |
| 00:18 | DePaul | The rebound goes to Jeffery Taylor | 66-71 |
| 00:15 | DePaul | Jeffery Taylor is hacked by David Huggins in the backcourt - foul #5 on David Huggins, team foul #11 | 66-71 |
| Subs | Butler | Craig Fragoso (PG) David Huggins | |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| 00:15 | DePaul | Jeffery Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 66-72 |
| 00:15 | DePaul | Jeffery Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 66-73 |
| 00:11 | Butler | Butler calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 66-73 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | DePaul | James Stuart (SG), Paul McAusland (PF) Donald Billman, Ted Carr | |
| 00:09 | Butler | Craig Fragoso makes the 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Van Laffoon | 69-73 |
| 00:07 | DePaul | Van Laffoon is called for the reach on James Stuart in the backcourt - foul #2 on Van Laffoon, team foul #12 | 69-73 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | DePaul | Ted Carr (PF) Paul McAusland | |
| 00:07 | DePaul | James Stuart makes the 1st free throw | 69-74 |
| 00:07 | DePaul | James Stuart misses the 2nd free throw | 69-74 |
| 00:07 | Butler | Leonard Bishop grabs the defensive rebound | 69-74 |
| 00:00 | Butler | Van Laffoon misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 69-74 |