| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Jerry Green (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Timothy Parks (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Clyde Rose (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. PF - Scott Hollis (fresh) 3 reb. C - Michael Collins (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - William Gehrke (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Frankie McCance (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kirk Thedford (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Clark Wood (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - William Lott (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 20:00 | Mercer | Clyde Rose inbounds the ball | 31-34 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:39 | Mercer | Timothy Parks misses long on a jumper from the left side | 31-34 |
| 19:38 | Mercer | Michael Collins snags the offensive board | 31-34 |
| 19:27 | Mercer | Michael Collins drills a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Clyde Rose | 34-34 |
| 19:05 | Dayton | William Lott throws it down set up by William Gehrke | 34-36 |
| 19:00 | Mercer | William Gehrke steals the ball from Scott Hollis | 34-36 |
| 18:41 | Dayton | Clark Wood drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Frankie McCance | 34-39 |
| 18:26 | Mercer | Clyde Rose drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 37-39 |
| 18:12 | Dayton | Clyde Rose steals it from Kirk Thedford | 37-39 |
| 18:08 | Mercer | Jerry Green misses the lay-in | 37-39 |
| 18:06 | Dayton | William Lott snags the defensive board | 37-39 |
| 17:51 | Dayton | Kirk Thedford clanks a driving attempt from the right block but he's hacked by Scott Hollis - foul #3 on Scott Hollis, team foul #1 | 37-39 |
| Subs | Mercer | Albert Partridge (PF) Scott Hollis | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 17:51 | Dayton | Kirk Thedford makes the 1st free throw | 37-40 |
| 17:51 | Dayton | Kirk Thedford makes the 2nd free throw | 37-41 |
| 17:36 | Mercer | Clyde Rose double dribbles | 37-41 |
| 17:26 | Dayton | William Gehrke comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side | 37-41 |
| 17:24 | Dayton | Kirk Thedford tips it but misses | 37-41 |
| 17:22 | Dayton | Clark Wood grabs the offensive board | 37-41 |
| 17:14 | Dayton | William Lott misses the driving attempt in the paint but he's hacked by Clyde Rose - foul #2 on Clyde Rose, team foul #2 | 37-41 |
| Subs | Mercer | Gabriel Colombo (SG), Todd Defazio (C) Timothy Parks, Michael Collins | |
| Subs | Dayton | Travis White (PG), Olin Zimmerman (SF) William Gehrke, Kirk Thedford | |
| 17:14 | Dayton | William Lott makes the 1st free throw | 37-42 |
| 17:14 | Dayton | William Lott misses the 2nd free throw | 37-42 |
| 17:14 | Mercer | Todd Defazio snags the defensive board | 37-42 |
| 16:52 | Mercer | Clyde Rose misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 37-42 |
| 16:51 | Dayton | William Lott snags the defensive board | 37-42 |
| 16:36 | Dayton | Travis White makes the floater from the right wing | 37-44 |
| 16:18 | Mercer | Albert Partridge misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing | 37-44 |
| 16:17 | Mercer | Gabriel Colombo tips it in | 39-44 |
| 16:01 | Dayton | Frankie McCance comes up short on the shot from the right wing but he's fouled by Jerry Green - foul #2 on Jerry Green, team foul #3 | 39-44 |
| Subs | Mercer | Timothy Parks (SG), Jeffrey Jones (SF), Michael Collins (C) Jerry Green, Clyde Rose, Todd Defazio | |
| Subs | Dayton | William Gehrke (PG), Kirk Thedford (SF), Nicholas Shepherd (PF), Paul Barrientos (C) Travis White, Olin Zimmerman, Clark Wood, William Lott | |
| 16:01 | Dayton | Frankie McCance makes the 1st free throw | 39-45 |
| 16:01 | Dayton | Frankie McCance makes the 2nd free throw | 39-46 |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Gabriel Colombo (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Timothy Parks (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Jeffrey Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Albert Partridge (fresh) 3 reb. C - Michael Collins (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - William Gehrke (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Frankie McCance (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Kirk Thedford (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Nicholas Shepherd (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Paul Barrientos (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:38 | Mercer | Jeffrey Jones buries a shot from the free throw line | 41-46 |
| 15:10 | Dayton | Frankie McCance scores on a fadeaway from the left side on a great pass from William Gehrke | 41-48 |
| 14:47 | Mercer | Jeffrey Jones blows the layup | 41-48 |
| 14:45 | Mercer | Albert Partridge hits the follow up shot | 43-48 |
| 14:30 | Dayton | Kirk Thedford is denied on a layup by Michael Collins | 43-48 |
| 14:29 | Dayton | Kirk Thedford hits the follow up shot | 43-50 |
| 14:05 | Mercer | Gabriel Colombo comes up short on the floater in the paint but he's fouled by Paul Barrientos - foul #1 on Paul Barrientos, team foul #1 | 43-50 |
| Subs | Mercer | Jerry Green (PG), Clyde Rose (SF), Scott Hollis (PF), Todd Defazio (C) Timothy Parks, Jeffrey Jones, Albert Partridge, Michael Collins | |
| Subs | Dayton | Travis White (PG), Olin Zimmerman (SG), Clark Wood (PF), William Lott (C) William Gehrke, Frankie McCance, Kirk Thedford, Nicholas Shepherd | |
| 14:05 | Mercer | Gabriel Colombo makes the 1st free throw | 44-50 |
| 14:05 | Mercer | Gabriel Colombo misses the 2nd free throw | 44-50 |
| 14:05 | Dayton | The rebound goes to Clark Wood | 44-50 |
| 13:45 | Dayton | Travis White can't connect on a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Gabriel Colombo - foul #2 on Gabriel Colombo, team foul #4 | 44-50 |
| Subs | Mercer | Jeffrey Jones (SG) Gabriel Colombo | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 13:45 | Dayton | Travis White makes the 1st free throw | 44-51 |
| 13:45 | Dayton | Travis White misses the 2nd free throw | 44-51 |
| 13:45 | Mercer | Clyde Rose pulls down the rebound | 44-51 |
| 13:25 | Mercer | Scott Hollis hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 44-51 |
| 13:24 | Mercer | Scott Hollis snags the offensive board | 44-51 |
| 13:09 | Mercer | Jeffrey Jones misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane | 44-51 |
| 13:08 | Dayton | The rebound goes to Paul Barrientos | 44-51 |
| 13:03 | Dayton | Todd Defazio blocks the short jumper by Paul Barrientos | 44-51 |
| 13:02 | Mercer | Clyde Rose snags the defensive board | 44-51 |
| 13:00 | Mercer | Jerry Green is fouled in the backcourt by Travis White - foul #1 on Travis White, team foul #2 | 44-51 |
| Subs | Mercer | Michael Collins (C) Todd Defazio | |
| Subs | Dayton | William Gehrke (PG), Kirk Thedford (SF) Olin Zimmerman, Paul Barrientos | |
| 12:46 | Mercer | Jeffrey Jones clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 44-51 |
| 12:44 | Dayton | William Lott gets the rebound | 44-51 |
| 12:39 | Dayton | Kirk Thedford lays it up and in set up by Travis White | 44-53 |
| 12:32 | Mercer | Jeffrey Jones clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Clark Wood - foul #2 on Clark Wood, team foul #3 | 44-53 |
| Subs | Mercer | Timothy Parks (SG) Clyde Rose | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 12:32 | Mercer | Jeffrey Jones makes the 1st free throw | 45-53 |
| 12:32 | Mercer | Jeffrey Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 46-53 |
| 12:03 | Dayton | Travis White throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-53 |
| 11:38 | Mercer | Scott Hollis drills a turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from Timothy Parks | 48-53 |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Jerry Green (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Timothy Parks (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Jones (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Scott Hollis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Michael Collins (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - William Gehrke (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Travis White (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kirk Thedford (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. PF - Clark Wood (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - William Lott (fresh) 14 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:20 | Dayton | Clark Wood misses the dunk but the foul's on Scott Hollis - foul #4 on Scott Hollis, team foul #5 | 48-53 |
| Subs | Mercer | Clyde Rose (SF), Albert Partridge (PF), Todd Defazio (C) Jeffrey Jones, Scott Hollis, Michael Collins | |
| Subs | Dayton | Olin Zimmerman (PG), Frankie McCance (SG), Paul Barrientos (SF), Nicholas Shepherd (C) William Gehrke, Travis White, Kirk Thedford, William Lott | |
| 11:20 | Dayton | Clark Wood makes the 1st free throw | 48-54 |
| 11:20 | Dayton | Clark Wood makes the 2nd free throw | 48-55 |
| 11:04 | Mercer | Clyde Rose misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 48-55 |
| 11:03 | Dayton | Frankie McCance grabs the board | 48-55 |
| 10:49 | Dayton | Clark Wood misses the jumpshot from the left wing | 48-55 |
| 10:48 | Mercer | Clyde Rose pulls down the rebound | 48-55 |
| 10:32 | Mercer | Jerry Green can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's fouled by Olin Zimmerman - foul #2 on Olin Zimmerman, team foul #4 | 48-55 |
| Subs | Mercer | Gabriel Colombo (SG) Timothy Parks | |
| Subs | Dayton | Travis Rohrbach (PG) Clark Wood | |
| 10:32 | Mercer | Jerry Green makes the 1st free throw | 49-55 |
| 10:32 | Mercer | Jerry Green misses the 2nd free throw | 49-55 |
| 10:32 | Dayton | Paul Barrientos grabs the board | 49-55 |
| 10:11 | Dayton | Frankie McCance buries a jumpshot from the free throw line | 49-57 |
| 09:56 | Mercer | Gabriel Colombo's floater is knocked away by Olin Zimmerman | 49-57 |
| 09:55 | Dayton | The rebound goes to Nicholas Shepherd | 49-57 |
| 09:35 | Dayton | Todd Defazio is called for the reach on Paul Barrientos - foul #2 on Todd Defazio, team foul #6 | 49-57 |
| Subs | Mercer | Jeffrey Jones (SG), Michael Collins (C) Jerry Green, Albert Partridge | |
| Subs | Dayton | William Gehrke (PG), Kirk Thedford (SF), Clark Wood (PF), William Lott (C) Travis Rohrbach, Olin Zimmerman, Nicholas Shepherd, Paul Barrientos | |
| 09:18 | Dayton | Clark Wood misses long on a fadeaway in the paint | 49-57 |
| 09:17 | Mercer | Todd Defazio snags the defensive board | 49-57 |
| 09:13 | Mercer | Gabriel Colombo can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 49-57 |
| 09:11 | Mercer | Clyde Rose tips it back up and in | 51-57 |
| 08:56 | Dayton | Kirk Thedford is whistled for traveling | 51-57 |
| Subs | Mercer | Timothy Parks (SG) Todd Defazio | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 08:40 | Mercer | Clyde Rose comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 51-57 |
| 08:38 | Dayton | William Lott grabs the board | 51-57 |
| 08:23 | Dayton | Clark Wood hits a floater from close range on a great pass from Kirk Thedford | 51-59 |
| 08:10 | Mercer | Gabriel Colombo comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 51-59 |
| 08:08 | Dayton | William Gehrke grabs the board | 51-59 |
| 07:47 | Dayton | Frankie McCance hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 51-59 |
| 07:46 | Dayton | The offensive rebound goes to Clark Wood | 51-59 |
| 07:28 | Dayton | William Lott can't connect on a shot from the left block | 51-59 |
| 07:26 | Mercer | Michael Collins pulls down the rebound | 51-59 |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Gabriel Colombo (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Timothy Parks (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Clyde Rose (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 9 reb. PF - Jeffrey Jones (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Collins (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - William Gehrke (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Frankie McCance (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SF - Kirk Thedford (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. PF - Clark Wood (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - William Lott (fresh) 14 pts. 9 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:21 | Mercer | Gabriel Colombo knocks in the shot from close range on a nice dish by Michael Collins | 53-59 |
| 07:07 | Dayton | Frankie McCance misses long on a floater from the left wing | 53-59 |
| 07:05 | Mercer | Michael Collins gets the rebound | 53-59 |
| 07:00 | Mercer | Clyde Rose makes the jumpshot from just outside the lane and he's fouled by Kirk Thedford - foul #1 on Kirk Thedford, team foul #5 | 55-59 |
| Subs | Mercer | Jerry Green (PG), Scott Hollis (PF) Gabriel Colombo, Timothy Parks | |
| Subs | Dayton | Travis White (PG), Olin Zimmerman (SG), Paul Barrientos (SF), Nicholas Shepherd (PF) William Gehrke, Frankie McCance, Kirk Thedford, Clark Wood | |
| 07:00 | Mercer | Clyde Rose misses the free throw | 55-59 |
| 07:00 | Dayton | Nicholas Shepherd pulls down the rebound | 55-59 |
| 06:36 | Dayton | Travis White hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side | 55-59 |
| 06:34 | Dayton | Nicholas Shepherd misses the tip | 55-59 |
| 06:32 | Dayton | Travis White hits the follow up shot | 55-61 |
| 06:17 | Mercer | Nicholas Shepherd swats the shot by Clyde Rose | 55-61 |
| 06:15 | Mercer | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Collins | 55-61 |
| 06:10 | Mercer | William Lott blocks the 3 pointer from the right wing by Michael Collins | 55-61 |
| 06:08 | Dayton | Travis White gets the rebound | 55-61 |
| 05:41 | Dayton | Paul Barrientos misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 55-61 |
| 05:39 | Mercer | The rebound goes to Clyde Rose | 55-61 |
| 05:26 | Mercer | Michael Collins hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 55-61 |
| 05:25 | Dayton | Paul Barrientos grabs the board | 55-61 |
| 05:08 | Dayton | Travis White misses badly on a floater from the left side | 55-61 |
| 05:06 | Dayton | William Lott grabs the offensive rebound | 55-61 |
| 04:47 | Dayton | Nicholas Shepherd buries a driving attempt in the paint | 55-63 |
| 04:35 | Mercer | Clyde Rose hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the lane | 55-63 |
| 04:34 | Dayton | William Lott snags the defensive board | 55-63 |
| 04:34 | Dayton | Dayton calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-63 |
| Subs | Mercer | Timothy Parks (SG), Todd Defazio (C) Clyde Rose, Michael Collins | |
| Subs | Dayton | William Gehrke (PG), Frankie McCance (SG), Kirk Thedford (SF), Clark Wood (PF) Travis White, Olin Zimmerman, Paul Barrientos, Nicholas Shepherd | |
| 04:15 | Dayton | Frankie McCance blows the layup | 55-63 |
| 04:13 | Mercer | Scott Hollis pulls down the rebound | 55-63 |
| 04:03 | Mercer | Scott Hollis misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Clark Wood - foul #3 on Clark Wood, team foul #6 | 55-63 |
| Subs | Mercer | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Nicholas Shepherd (C) William Lott | |
| 04:03 | Mercer | Scott Hollis makes the 1st free throw | 56-63 |
| 04:03 | Mercer | Scott Hollis makes the 2nd free throw | 57-63 |
| 03:39 | Dayton | William Gehrke is fouled on the floor by Jerry Green - foul #3 on Jerry Green, team foul #7 | 57-63 |
| Subs | Mercer | Albert Partridge (PF) Scott Hollis | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 03:39 | Dayton | William Gehrke makes the 1st free throw | 57-64 |
| 03:39 | Dayton | William Gehrke makes the 2nd free throw | 57-65 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 03:27 | Mercer | Albert Partridge hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the baseline but he's hacked by Clark Wood - foul #4 on Clark Wood, team foul #7 | 57-65 |
| 03:27 | Mercer | Albert Partridge makes the 1st free throw | 58-65 |
| 03:27 | Mercer | Albert Partridge misses the 2nd free throw | 58-65 |
| 03:27 | Dayton | Clark Wood grabs the board | 58-65 |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Jerry Green (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. SG - Timothy Parks (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Jones (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Albert Partridge (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Todd Defazio (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - William Gehrke (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Frankie McCance (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SF - Kirk Thedford (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. PF - Clark Wood (fresh) 11 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. C - Nicholas Shepherd (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:04 | Dayton | Kirk Thedford makes the shot from the baseline | 58-67 |
| 03:00 | Mercer | Jerry Green makes the jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Jeffrey Jones | 60-67 |
| 02:40 | Dayton | William Gehrke clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Jerry Green - foul #4 on Jerry Green, team foul #8 | 60-67 |
| Subs | Mercer | Michael Collins (C) Jeffrey Jones | |
| Subs | Dayton | William Lott (C) Nicholas Shepherd | |
| 02:40 | Dayton | William Gehrke makes the 1st free throw | 60-68 |
| 02:40 | Dayton | William Gehrke misses the 2nd free throw | 60-68 |
| 02:40 | Mercer | The rebound goes to Michael Collins | 60-68 |
| 02:40 | Mercer | Mercer calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-68 |
| 02:25 | Mercer | Todd Defazio comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 60-68 |
| 02:23 | Mercer | Michael Collins grabs the offensive rebound | 60-68 |
| 02:10 | Mercer | Timothy Parks misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 60-68 |
| 02:09 | Dayton | Clark Wood gets the rebound | 60-68 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 01:46 | Dayton | Frankie McCance knocks in the driving attempt from the left block on a nice dish by Clark Wood and he's hacked by Todd Defazio - foul #3 on Todd Defazio, team foul #9 | 60-70 |
| Subs | Mercer | Ken Pendarvis (PG), Gabriel Colombo (SG), Jeffrey Jones (SF) Jerry Green, Timothy Parks, Michael Collins | |
| Subs | Dayton | Travis White (PG), Olin Zimmerman (SF), Nicholas Shepherd (PF), Paul Barrientos (C) William Gehrke, Kirk Thedford, Clark Wood, William Lott | |
| 01:46 | Dayton | Frankie McCance makes the free throw | 60-71 |
| 01:37 | Mercer | Albert Partridge can't connect on a turnaround in the paint | 60-71 |
| 01:35 | Dayton | Nicholas Shepherd snags the defensive board | 60-71 |
| 01:13 | Dayton | Travis White drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Nicholas Shepherd | 60-74 |
| 00:54 | Mercer | Jeffrey Jones's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 60-74 |
| Subs | Mercer | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Morgan Rogers (SG) Frankie McCance | |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:28 | Dayton | Nicholas Shepherd throws a bad pass out of bounds | 60-74 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:21 | Mercer | Albert Partridge scores on a driving attempt near the basket set up by Todd Defazio | 62-74 |
| 00:00 | Dayton | Travis White runs out the clock | 62-74 |