| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Homer Rogers (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Daniel Nixon (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Doyle Hartley (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Brian Howard (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Larry Gibb (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Victor Stryker (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Chad Lawson (fresh) 5 pts. SF - William Simmons (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. PF - Timothy Erwin (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - John Flint (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Western Kentucky | William Simmons inbounds the ball | 25-29 |
| Game Plan | Missouri State | Missouri State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 19:47 | Western Kentucky | Timothy Erwin is fouled on the floor by Brian Howard - foul #1 on Brian Howard, team foul #1 | 25-29 |
| 19:42 | Western Kentucky | Homer Rogers is called for the reach on Victor Stryker - foul #3 on Homer Rogers, team foul #2 | 25-29 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Enoch Zinn (PG) Homer Rogers | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | | |
| 19:25 | Western Kentucky | Victor Stryker is fouled on the floor by Enoch Zinn - foul #1 on Enoch Zinn, team foul #3 | 25-29 |
| 19:03 | Western Kentucky | Chad Lawson's pass is intercepted by Brian Howard | 25-29 |
| 18:42 | Missouri State | Brian Howard clanks a runner from close range but he's hacked by John Flint - foul #1 on John Flint, team foul #1 | 25-29 |
| 18:42 | Missouri State | Brian Howard makes the 1st free throw | 26-29 |
| 18:42 | Missouri State | Brian Howard misses the 2nd free throw | 26-29 |
| 18:42 | Missouri State | Daniel Nixon gets the offensive rebound | 26-29 |
| 18:31 | Missouri State | John Flint steals the ball from Brian Howard | 26-29 |
| 18:06 | Western Kentucky | Enoch Zinn is called for the reach on William Simmons - foul #2 on Enoch Zinn, team foul #4 | 26-29 |
| 17:55 | Western Kentucky | Victor Stryker is fouled on the floor by Larry Gibb - foul #1 on Larry Gibb, team foul #5 | 26-29 |
| 17:39 | Western Kentucky | Brian Howard steals the ball from John Flint | 26-29 |
| 17:25 | Missouri State | Brian Howard hits a shot near the basket on a nice dish by Enoch Zinn | 28-29 |
| 17:09 | Western Kentucky | William Simmons clanks a fadeaway from the left wing | 28-29 |
| 17:07 | Missouri State | Brian Howard grabs the board | 28-29 |
| 16:55 | Missouri State | Daniel Nixon misses the 3 from the right wing | 28-29 |
| 16:53 | Missouri State | Brian Howard grabs the offensive board | 28-29 |
| 16:48 | Missouri State | Chad Lawson is called for the reach on Daniel Nixon - foul #3 on Chad Lawson, team foul #2 | 28-29 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Boyce Boucher (SF), Wade Deschenes (PF), William Hardin (C) Doyle Hartley, Brian Howard, Larry Gibb | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Nathaniel Hodges (SG), Vincent Denenberg (SF), Michael Loughran (PF) Chad Lawson, William Simmons, Timothy Erwin | |
| 16:26 | Missouri State | Boyce Boucher connects on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Enoch Zinn | 30-29 |
| 16:07 | Western Kentucky | Victor Stryker can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 30-29 |
| 16:06 | Western Kentucky | Michael Loughran tips it in | 30-31 |
| 15:44 | Missouri State | Enoch Zinn misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 30-31 |
| 15:42 | Missouri State | William Hardin grabs the offensive board | 30-31 |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Enoch Zinn (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Daniel Nixon (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Boyce Boucher (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Wade Deschenes (fresh) C - William Hardin (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Victor Stryker (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Nathaniel Hodges (fresh) SF - Vincent Denenberg (fresh) PF - Michael Loughran (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - John Flint (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 15:33 | Missouri State | Boyce Boucher hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 30-31 |
| 15:31 | Western Kentucky | John Flint pulls down the rebound | 30-31 |
| 15:25 | Western Kentucky | Victor Stryker drills a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Nathaniel Hodges | 30-33 |
| 15:08 | Missouri State | Wade Deschenes travels with the ball | 30-33 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Homer Rogers (PG), Doyle Hartley (SF), Brian Howard (PF), Gary Mentzer (C) Enoch Zinn, Daniel Nixon, Wade Deschenes, William Hardin | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Chad Lawson (SG), William Simmons (SF), Timothy Erwin (PF) Victor Stryker, Vincent Denenberg, John Flint | |
| 14:48 | Western Kentucky | Chad Lawson comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 30-33 |
| 14:47 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer pulls down the rebound | 30-33 |
| 14:42 | Missouri State | Homer Rogers comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 30-33 |
| 14:41 | Western Kentucky | William Simmons snags the defensive board | 30-33 |
| 14:36 | Western Kentucky | Nathaniel Hodges misses badly on a floater in the paint | 30-33 |
| 14:34 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer snags the defensive board | 30-33 |
| 14:16 | Missouri State | Homer Rogers misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Timothy Erwin - foul #1 on Timothy Erwin, team foul #3 | 30-33 |
| Subs | Missouri State | | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Paul Mathews (C) Michael Loughran | |
| 14:16 | Missouri State | Homer Rogers makes the 1st free throw | 31-33 |
| 14:16 | Missouri State | Homer Rogers makes the 2nd free throw | 32-33 |
| 13:53 | Western Kentucky | Doyle Hartley is called for the reach on William Simmons - foul #1 on Doyle Hartley, team foul #6 | 32-33 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Daniel Nixon (SG) Boyce Boucher | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Victor Stryker (PG) Nathaniel Hodges | |
| 13:44 | Western Kentucky | Chad Lawson connects on the fadeaway from the left side | 32-35 |
| 13:26 | Missouri State | Daniel Nixon hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Homer Rogers | 35-35 |
| 13:07 | Western Kentucky | William Simmons is hacked by Homer Rogers - foul #4 on Homer Rogers, team foul #7 | 35-35 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Enoch Zinn (PG), Wade Deschenes (SF), Larry Gibb (PF) Homer Rogers, Doyle Hartley, Brian Howard | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Michael Loughran (PF), John Flint (C) Timothy Erwin, Paul Mathews | |
| 13:07 | Western Kentucky | William Simmons misses the 1st free throw | 35-35 |
| 13:07 | Missouri State | The rebound goes to Larry Gibb | 35-35 |
| 12:45 | Missouri State | William Simmons is called for the reach on Daniel Nixon - foul #1 on William Simmons, team foul #4 | 35-35 |
| 12:25 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-35 |
| Subs | Missouri State | | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Nathaniel Hodges (SG) Chad Lawson | |
| 12:08 | Western Kentucky | Nathaniel Hodges comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 35-35 |
| 12:07 | Western Kentucky | John Flint tips it in | 35-37 |
| 11:48 | Missouri State | Larry Gibb hits the front of the rim on the shot near the basket | 35-37 |
| 11:46 | Western Kentucky | Michael Loughran grabs the defensive rebound | 35-37 |
| 11:40 | Western Kentucky | John Flint scores on a turnaround in the lane on a great pass from Victor Stryker | 35-39 |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Enoch Zinn (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Daniel Nixon (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Wade Deschenes (fresh) PF - Larry Gibb (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Gary Mentzer (fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Victor Stryker (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Nathaniel Hodges (fresh) 1 ast. SF - William Simmons (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. PF - Michael Loughran (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - John Flint (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 11:25 | Missouri State | Wade Deschenes clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 35-39 |
| 11:24 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer grabs the offensive rebound | 35-39 |
| 11:10 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer knocks in the floater in the lane set up by Wade Deschenes and the foul's on William Simmons - foul #2 on William Simmons, team foul #5 | 37-39 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Doyle Hartley (SF), Brian Howard (PF) Wade Deschenes, Larry Gibb | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Chad Lawson (SG), Vincent Denenberg (SF), Timothy Erwin (PF) Nathaniel Hodges, William Simmons, Michael Loughran | |
| 11:10 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer makes the free throw | 38-39 |
| 10:51 | Western Kentucky | Victor Stryker misses badly on a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Daniel Nixon - foul #3 on Daniel Nixon, team foul #8 | 38-39 |
| Subs | Missouri State | James Skibski (PG), Boyce Boucher (SG), William Hardin (C) Enoch Zinn, Daniel Nixon, Gary Mentzer | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | | |
| 10:51 | Western Kentucky | Victor Stryker makes the 1st free throw | 38-40 |
| 10:51 | Western Kentucky | Victor Stryker makes the 2nd free throw | 38-41 |
| 10:26 | Missouri State | Doyle Hartley buries a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Boyce Boucher | 41-41 |
| 10:12 | Western Kentucky | John Flint drills a runner in the paint | 41-43 |
| 09:49 | Missouri State | Boyce Boucher travels with the ball | 41-43 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Enoch Zinn (PG), Daniel Nixon (SG), Larry Gibb (C) James Skibski, Boyce Boucher, William Hardin | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Nathaniel Hodges (PG), William Simmons (SF), Paul Mathews (C) Victor Stryker, Vincent Denenberg, John Flint | |
| 09:35 | Western Kentucky | Chad Lawson misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 41-43 |
| 09:33 | Western Kentucky | Chad Lawson snags the offensive board | 41-43 |
| 09:17 | Western Kentucky | Nathaniel Hodges buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 41-46 |
| 09:09 | Missouri State | Doyle Hartley hits a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 43-46 |
| 08:47 | Western Kentucky | Chad Lawson hits a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Paul Mathews | 43-48 |
| 08:29 | Missouri State | Chad Lawson is called for the reach on Daniel Nixon - foul #4 on Chad Lawson, team foul #6 | 43-48 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Wade Deschenes (SF), Gary Mentzer (C) Doyle Hartley, Brian Howard | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Victor Stryker (PG), Michael Loughran (PF), John Flint (C) Chad Lawson, Timothy Erwin, Paul Mathews | |
| 08:10 | Missouri State | Larry Gibb can't connect on a floater from the baseline but he's hacked by Victor Stryker - foul #2 on Victor Stryker, team foul #7 | 43-48 |
| 08:10 | Missouri State | Larry Gibb makes the 1st free throw | 44-48 |
| 08:10 | Missouri State | Larry Gibb makes the 2nd free throw | 45-48 |
| 07:53 | Western Kentucky | John Flint is whistled for traveling | 45-48 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Homer Rogers (PG) Enoch Zinn | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | | |
| 07:33 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer can't connect on a jumper from the left side | 45-48 |
| 07:32 | Western Kentucky | The rebound goes to William Simmons | 45-48 |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Homer Rogers (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SG - Daniel Nixon (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Wade Deschenes (fresh) PF - Larry Gibb (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Gary Mentzer (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Victor Stryker (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SG - Nathaniel Hodges (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Simmons (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. PF - Michael Loughran (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - John Flint (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 07:26 | Western Kentucky | Nathaniel Hodges misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 45-48 |
| 07:25 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer pulls down the rebound | 45-48 |
| 07:18 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer hits the finger roll set up by Homer Rogers | 47-48 |
| 06:53 | Western Kentucky | Victor Stryker connects on the turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Nathaniel Hodges | 47-50 |
| 06:41 | Missouri State | Homer Rogers can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 47-50 |
| 06:40 | Western Kentucky | John Flint grabs the defensive rebound | 47-50 |
| 06:23 | Western Kentucky | Nathaniel Hodges hits a pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from Victor Stryker | 47-52 |
| 06:01 | Missouri State | Homer Rogers knocks in the fadeaway from the left side | 49-52 |
| 05:59 | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 49-52 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Doyle Hartley (SF), Brian Howard (PF) Wade Deschenes, Larry Gibb | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Chad Lawson (SG), Timothy Erwin (PF) Nathaniel Hodges, Michael Loughran | |
| 05:47 | Western Kentucky | Timothy Erwin clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 49-52 |
| 05:45 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer grabs the defensive rebound | 49-52 |
| 05:26 | Missouri State | Doyle Hartley clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 49-52 |
| 05:25 | Western Kentucky | Timothy Erwin grabs the board | 49-52 |
| 05:13 | Western Kentucky | Chad Lawson comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 49-52 |
| 05:11 | Missouri State | Brian Howard gets the rebound | 49-52 |
| 04:57 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer is hacked by Timothy Erwin - foul #2 on Timothy Erwin, team foul #8 | 49-52 |
| Subs | Missouri State | | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Vincent Denenberg (SF) William Simmons | |
| 04:57 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer misses the 1st free throw | 49-52 |
| 04:57 | Western Kentucky | The rebound goes to Timothy Erwin | 49-52 |
| 04:42 | Western Kentucky | Victor Stryker hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing | 49-52 |
| 04:41 | Missouri State | Doyle Hartley pulls down the rebound | 49-52 |
| 04:29 | Missouri State | Doyle Hartley knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from Daniel Nixon | 51-52 |
| 04:11 | Western Kentucky | Victor Stryker's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 51-52 |
| 03:53 | Missouri State | Daniel Nixon's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 51-52 |
| Subs | Missouri State | | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | William Simmons (SF) Vincent Denenberg | |
| 03:38 | Western Kentucky | John Flint hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from close range but the foul's on Gary Mentzer - foul #4 on Gary Mentzer, team foul #9 | 51-52 |
| 03:38 | Western Kentucky | John Flint misses the 1st free throw | 51-52 |
| 03:38 | Western Kentucky | John Flint makes the 2nd free throw | 51-53 |
| 03:17 | Missouri State | Doyle Hartley comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 51-53 |
| 03:15 | Missouri State | Homer Rogers tips it home | 53-53 |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Homer Rogers (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. 4 pf. SG - Daniel Nixon (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Doyle Hartley (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Brian Howard (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. C - Gary Mentzer (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Western Kentucky | PG - Victor Stryker (fresh) 14 pts. 4 ast. SG - Chad Lawson (fresh) 9 pts. 4 pf. SF - William Simmons (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. PF - Timothy Erwin (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. C - John Flint (fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 02:56 | Western Kentucky | Victor Stryker misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 53-53 |
| 02:54 | Missouri State | Daniel Nixon pulls down the rebound | 53-53 |
| 02:49 | Missouri State | Homer Rogers can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 53-53 |
| 02:48 | Western Kentucky | John Flint grabs the defensive rebound | 53-53 |
| 02:35 | Western Kentucky | John Flint drills a driving attempt in the paint | 53-55 |
| 02:21 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Chad Lawson - foul #5 on Chad Lawson, team foul #9 | 53-55 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Enoch Zinn (PG), Boyce Boucher (SG), Wade Deschenes (SF), Larry Gibb (PF) Homer Rogers, Daniel Nixon, Doyle Hartley, Brian Howard | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Nathaniel Hodges (SG), Michael Loughran (PF), Paul Mathews (C) Chad Lawson, Timothy Erwin, John Flint | |
| 02:21 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer makes the 1st free throw | 54-55 |
| 02:21 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer makes the 2nd free throw | 55-55 |
| 02:16 | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 55-55 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Homer Rogers (PG), Daniel Nixon (SG) Enoch Zinn, Boyce Boucher | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | John Flint (C) Paul Mathews | |
| 02:06 | Western Kentucky | Michael Loughran misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 55-55 |
| 02:04 | Missouri State | Wade Deschenes grabs the defensive rebound | 55-55 |
| 02:04 | Missouri State | Missouri State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-55 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Doyle Hartley (SF), Brian Howard (PF) Wade Deschenes, Larry Gibb | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | Timothy Erwin (PF) Michael Loughran | |
| 01:48 | Missouri State | Gary Mentzer clanks a jumper in the paint | 55-55 |
| 01:47 | Western Kentucky | Timothy Erwin snags the defensive board | 55-55 |
| 01:34 | Western Kentucky | William Simmons misses short on a jump hook from the baseline but he's fouled by Gary Mentzer - foul #5 on Gary Mentzer, team foul #10 | 55-55 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Larry Gibb (C) Gary Mentzer | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | | |
| 01:34 | Western Kentucky | William Simmons misses the 1st free throw | 55-55 |
| 01:34 | Western Kentucky | William Simmons makes the 2nd free throw | 55-56 |
| 01:26 | Missouri State | Daniel Nixon misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 55-56 |
| 01:24 | Western Kentucky | John Flint grabs the defensive rebound | 55-56 |
| 01:07 | Western Kentucky | Victor Stryker misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 55-56 |
| 01:06 | Missouri State | Brian Howard grabs the board | 55-56 |
| 00:57 | Missouri State | John Flint swats the layup by Brian Howard | 55-56 |
| 00:56 | Missouri State | Larry Gibb tips it back up and in | 57-56 |
| 00:29 | Western Kentucky | John Flint is fouled on the floor by Brian Howard - foul #2 on Brian Howard, team foul #11 | 57-56 |
| 00:29 | Western Kentucky | John Flint makes the 1st free throw | 57-57 |
| 00:29 | Western Kentucky | John Flint makes the 2nd free throw | 57-58 |
| 00:12 | Missouri State | Larry Gibb misses long on a fadeaway in the paint | 57-58 |
| 00:11 | Western Kentucky | William Simmons grabs the defensive rebound | 57-58 |
| Game Plan | Missouri State | Missouri State is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:08 | Western Kentucky | Homer Rogers is called for the reach on William Simmons in the backcourt - foul #5 on Homer Rogers, team foul #12 | 57-58 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Enoch Zinn (PG) Homer Rogers | |
| Subs | Western Kentucky | | |
| 00:08 | Western Kentucky | William Simmons makes the 1st free throw | 57-59 |
| 00:08 | Western Kentucky | William Simmons makes the 2nd free throw | 57-60 |
| 00:08 | Missouri State | Missouri State calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-60 |
| 00:03 | Missouri State | Doyle Hartley misses the 3 from the right corner | 57-60 |
| 00:01 | Missouri State | Brian Howard grabs the offensive board | 57-60 |
| 00:00 | Missouri State | The clock runs out | 57-60 |