| Lineup | Lipscomb | PG - Jason Turner (fresh) SG - David Francis (fresh) SF - Mark Hanes (fresh) PF - David Moore (fresh) C - James Gomes (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - William Murray (fresh) SG - Joseph Touchette (fresh) SF - Shawn Wright (fresh) PF - Myles Smith (fresh) C - Robert Brown (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Michigan State | Robert Brown wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Lipscomb | Lipscomb is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:40 | Michigan State | Joseph Touchette loses the dribble to James Gomes | 0-0 |
| 19:24 | Lipscomb | David Moore misses the lay-in | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | Michigan State | Shawn Wright grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:03 | Michigan State | Joseph Touchette's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 0-0 |
| 18:43 | Lipscomb | James Gomes's floater is knocked away by Myles Smith | 0-0 |
| 18:42 | Michigan State | Robert Brown grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 18:23 | Michigan State | Myles Smith's fadeaway is rejected by David Moore | 0-0 |
| 18:22 | Michigan State | Shawn Wright snags the offensive board | 0-0 |
| 18:02 | Michigan State | Myles Smith loses the ball out of bounds | 0-0 |
| 17:43 | Lipscomb | David Francis buries a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Jason Turner | 3-0 |
| 17:26 | Michigan State | Joseph Touchette misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Mark Hanes - foul #1 on Mark Hanes, team foul #1 | 3-0 |
| 17:26 | Michigan State | Joseph Touchette makes the 1st free throw | 3-1 |
| 17:26 | Michigan State | Joseph Touchette misses the 2nd free throw | 3-1 |
| 17:26 | Lipscomb | David Moore snags the defensive board | 3-1 |
| 17:04 | Lipscomb | Jason Turner works out of a doubleteam and scores on a shot from the left block on a nice dish by Mark Hanes | 5-1 |
| 16:56 | Michigan State | Myles Smith is fouled on the floor by Mark Hanes - foul #2 on Mark Hanes, team foul #2 | 5-1 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | Brandon Bryant (SF) Mark Hanes | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 16:47 | Michigan State | Myles Smith banks in the layup on a nice dish by William Murray | 5-3 |
| 16:34 | Lipscomb | Jason Turner lays it up and in against a doubleteam on a nice dish by David Moore and he's fouled by William Murray - foul #1 on William Murray, team foul #1 | 7-3 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Blankenship (SG) Joseph Touchette | |
| 16:34 | Lipscomb | Jason Turner makes the free throw | 8-3 |
| 16:18 | Michigan State | William Murray is fouled on the floor by Jason Turner - foul #1 on Jason Turner, team foul #3 | 8-3 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | Brett Potts (PF) David Moore | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jeffrey James (PG), Ronald Hamilton (SF) William Murray, Shawn Wright | |
| 16:04 | Michigan State | David Blankenship scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Jeffrey James | 8-6 |
| 15:51 | Lipscomb | Brandon Bryant dunks the ball set up by Jason Turner | 10-6 |
| Lineup | Lipscomb | PG - Jason Turner (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Francis (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Brandon Bryant (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Brett Potts (fresh) C - James Gomes (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Jeffrey James (fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Blankenship (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Ronald Hamilton (fresh) PF - Myles Smith (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Robert Brown (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:43 | Michigan State | Myles Smith drills a fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from Ronald Hamilton | 10-8 |
| 15:29 | Lipscomb | Brett Potts blows the layup | 10-8 |
| 15:27 | Michigan State | Robert Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 10-8 |
| 15:23 | Michigan State | David Blankenship can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line | 10-8 |
| 15:22 | Lipscomb | James Gomes grabs the defensive rebound | 10-8 |
| 15:17 | Lipscomb | Jason Turner double dribbles | 10-8 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | Willard Spradling (PG), James Grier (SG), Eric Beil (C) Jason Turner, David Francis, James Gomes | |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Murray (PG), Joseph Touchette (SG), Shawn Wright (SF), William Mitchell (PF), Carlos Dodson (C) Jeffrey James, David Blankenship, Ronald Hamilton, Myles Smith, Robert Brown | |
| 14:49 | Michigan State | Carlos Dodson misses the dunk but he's fouled by Eric Beil - foul #1 on Eric Beil, team foul #4 | 10-8 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | David Moore (PF) Eric Beil | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 14:49 | Michigan State | Carlos Dodson misses the 1st free throw | 10-8 |
| 14:49 | Michigan State | Carlos Dodson makes the 2nd free throw | 10-9 |
| 14:35 | Lipscomb | Willard Spradling misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 10-9 |
| 14:34 | Michigan State | Carlos Dodson pulls down the rebound | 10-9 |
| 14:28 | Michigan State | William Mitchell buries a jump hook from the baseline set up by William Murray | 10-11 |
| 14:09 | Lipscomb | James Grier connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner set up by David Moore | 13-11 |
| 13:50 | Michigan State | Joseph Touchette is hacked by Brandon Bryant - foul #1 on Brandon Bryant, team foul #5 | 13-11 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | Jason Turner (PG), David Francis (SG), James Gomes (C) Willard Spradling, James Grier, Brett Potts | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Myles Smith (PF), Robert Brown (C) Carlos Dodson, William Mitchell | |
| 13:37 | Michigan State | Joseph Touchette misses long on a jumper from close range but he's fouled by David Francis - foul #1 on David Francis, team foul #6 | 13-11 |
| 13:37 | Michigan State | Joseph Touchette makes the 1st free throw | 13-12 |
| 13:37 | Michigan State | Joseph Touchette makes the 2nd free throw | 13-13 |
| 13:13 | Lipscomb | David Francis throws a bad pass out of bounds | 13-13 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | Willard Spradling (SF), James Morning (PF) Brandon Bryant, David Moore | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jeffrey James (PG), David Blankenship (SG), Ronald Hamilton (SF) William Murray, Joseph Touchette, Shawn Wright | |
| 12:56 | Michigan State | Robert Brown buries a turnaround from the baseline set up by Jeffrey James | 13-15 |
| 12:28 | Lipscomb | Willard Spradling misses short on an open 3pt shot from the right wing | 13-15 |
| 12:27 | Lipscomb | James Gomes tips it in | 15-15 |
| 12:02 | Michigan State | Jeffrey James knocks in the jumpshot from the free throw line on a great pass from Ronald Hamilton | 15-17 |
| 11:48 | Lipscomb | David Francis is fouled on the floor by Myles Smith - foul #1 on Myles Smith, team foul #2 | 15-17 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | Brandon Bryant (SF), David Moore (PF) Willard Spradling, James Morning | |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Murray (PG), Joseph Touchette (SG), Shawn Wright (SF) Jeffrey James, David Blankenship, Ronald Hamilton | |
| Lineup | Lipscomb | PG - Jason Turner (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Francis (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Brandon Bryant (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Moore (fresh) C - James Gomes (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - William Murray (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Joseph Touchette (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Shawn Wright (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Myles Smith (fresh) 4 pts. C - Robert Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:39 | Lipscomb | David Francis works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 15-17 |
| 11:37 | Lipscomb | Jason Turner misses the tip | 15-17 |
| 11:35 | Lipscomb | David Moore pulls down the offensive rebound | 15-17 |
| 11:20 | Lipscomb | James Gomes misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 15-17 |
| 11:18 | Michigan State | Robert Brown gets the rebound | 15-17 |
| 11:14 | Michigan State | David Moore is called for the reach on Myles Smith - foul #1 on David Moore, team foul #7 | 15-17 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | Willard Spradling (PG), James Grier (SG) Jason Turner, David Francis | |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Mitchell (C) Robert Brown | |
| 11:14 | Michigan State | Myles Smith misses the 1st free throw | 15-17 |
| 11:14 | Lipscomb | The rebound goes to David Moore | 15-17 |
| 10:56 | Lipscomb | David Moore clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 15-17 |
| 10:54 | Michigan State | Joseph Touchette grabs the board | 15-17 |
| 10:37 | Michigan State | William Murray lays it up and in on a great pass from Joseph Touchette | 15-19 |
| 10:26 | Lipscomb | David Moore's floater is tipped away by William Mitchell | 15-19 |
| 10:25 | Lipscomb | Brandon Bryant tips it back up and in | 17-19 |
| 10:08 | Michigan State | Joseph Touchette comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 17-19 |
| 10:07 | Michigan State | Myles Smith tips it back up and in | 17-21 |
| 09:42 | Lipscomb | Willard Spradling drills a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Brandon Bryant | 20-21 |
| 09:34 | Michigan State | William Murray is fouled on the floor by Willard Spradling - foul #1 on Willard Spradling, team foul #8 | 20-21 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | Jason Turner (PG), David Francis (SG), Brett Potts (PF), Eric Beil (C) Willard Spradling, James Grier, David Moore, James Gomes | |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Blankenship (SG), Robert Brown (C) Joseph Touchette, Myles Smith | |
| 09:34 | Michigan State | William Murray makes the 1st free throw | 20-22 |
| 09:34 | Michigan State | William Murray misses the 2nd free throw | 20-22 |
| 09:34 | Lipscomb | Brett Potts snags the defensive board | 20-22 |
| 09:14 | Lipscomb | David Francis comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 20-22 |
| 09:13 | Michigan State | William Mitchell snags the defensive board | 20-22 |
| 08:50 | Michigan State | William Murray misses long on a jumpshot from the right side | 20-22 |
| 08:49 | Lipscomb | Jason Turner snags the defensive board | 20-22 |
| 08:33 | Lipscomb | Jason Turner hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing but he's fouled by David Blankenship - foul #1 on David Blankenship, team foul #3 | 20-22 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | Willard Spradling (SF) Brandon Bryant | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jeffrey James (PG), Ronald Hamilton (SF), Carlos Dodson (PF) William Murray, Shawn Wright, William Mitchell | |
| 08:33 | Lipscomb | Jason Turner misses the 1st free throw | 20-22 |
| 08:33 | Lipscomb | Jason Turner makes the 2nd free throw | 21-22 |
| 08:06 | Michigan State | Jason Turner steals it from Robert Brown | 21-22 |
| 07:44 | Lipscomb | Ronald Hamilton takes the ball from Eric Beil | 21-22 |
| Lineup | Lipscomb | PG - Jason Turner (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Francis (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Willard Spradling (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Brett Potts (fresh) C - Eric Beil (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Jeffrey James (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Blankenship (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Ronald Hamilton (fresh) PF - Carlos Dodson (fresh) 1 pts. C - Robert Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:23 | Michigan State | David Blankenship comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 21-22 |
| 07:21 | Lipscomb | Willard Spradling pulls down the rebound | 21-22 |
| 07:11 | Lipscomb | Eric Beil is called for traveling | 21-22 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | Brandon Bryant (SF), David Moore (PF), James Gomes (C) Willard Spradling, Brett Potts, Eric Beil | |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Murray (PG), Joseph Touchette (SG), Shawn Wright (SF), Myles Smith (PF) Jeffrey James, David Blankenship, Ronald Hamilton, Carlos Dodson | |
| 06:55 | Michigan State | Myles Smith misses the dunk | 21-22 |
| 06:53 | Lipscomb | James Gomes gets the rebound | 21-22 |
| 06:39 | Lipscomb | David Francis is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 21-22 |
| 06:37 | Lipscomb | David Moore tips it in | 23-22 |
| 06:14 | Michigan State | Brandon Bryant is called for the reach on Myles Smith - foul #2 on Brandon Bryant, team foul #9 | 23-22 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | Willard Spradling (PG), James Grier (SG), Lamar Jeffers (SF) Jason Turner, David Francis, Brandon Bryant | |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Mitchell (C) Robert Brown | |
| 06:14 | Michigan State | Myles Smith makes the 1st free throw | 23-23 |
| 06:14 | Michigan State | Myles Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 23-24 |
| 05:49 | Lipscomb | James Grier's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 23-24 |
| 05:37 | Michigan State | Myles Smith drills a fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by Joseph Touchette | 23-26 |
| 05:30 | Lipscomb | James Gomes misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on William Mitchell - foul #1 on William Mitchell, team foul #4 | 23-26 |
| 05:30 | Lipscomb | James Gomes makes the 1st free throw | 24-26 |
| 05:30 | Lipscomb | James Gomes makes the 2nd free throw | 25-26 |
| 05:27 | Michigan State | William Murray loses the dribble to Willard Spradling in the backcourt | 25-26 |
| 05:06 | Lipscomb | Lamar Jeffers misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 25-26 |
| 05:04 | Michigan State | Shawn Wright grabs the defensive rebound | 25-26 |
| 04:52 | Michigan State | Shawn Wright buries a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Joseph Touchette | 25-29 |
| 04:38 | Lipscomb | Joseph Touchette takes the ball from Lamar Jeffers | 25-29 |
| 04:33 | Michigan State | Myles Smith misses the dunk attempt | 25-29 |
| 04:31 | Michigan State | Myles Smith pulls down the offensive rebound | 25-29 |
| 04:18 | Michigan State | William Murray is hacked by James Gomes - foul #1 on James Gomes, team foul #10 | 25-29 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | Jason Turner (PG), David Francis (SG), Brett Potts (PF) Willard Spradling, James Grier, David Moore | |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Blankenship (SG), Jeffrey James (SF), Robert Brown (C) Joseph Touchette, Shawn Wright, William Mitchell | |
| 04:18 | Michigan State | William Murray makes the 1st free throw | 25-30 |
| 04:18 | Michigan State | William Murray makes the 2nd free throw | 25-31 |
| 03:56 | Lipscomb | Jason Turner shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 25-31 |
| 03:54 | Michigan State | David Blankenship snags the defensive board | 25-31 |
| 03:28 | Michigan State | Jeffrey James clanks a floater from the left side | 25-31 |
| 03:27 | Lipscomb | The rebound goes to James Gomes | 25-31 |
| Lineup | Lipscomb | PG - Jason Turner (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Francis (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Lamar Jeffers (fairly fresh) PF - Brett Potts (fresh) C - James Gomes (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - William Murray (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Blankenship (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jeffrey James (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Myles Smith (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:13 | Lipscomb | Jason Turner evades the doubleteam but misses long on a floater from the right wing | 25-31 |
| 03:11 | Michigan State | Jeffrey James pulls down the rebound | 25-31 |
| 02:53 | Michigan State | Jeffrey James comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by Lamar Jeffers - foul #1 on Lamar Jeffers, team foul #11 | 25-31 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | Mark Hanes (SF), Brandon Bryant (PF) Lamar Jeffers, James Gomes | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Joseph Touchette (SG), Shawn Wright (SF), William Mitchell (PF) William Murray, David Blankenship, Myles Smith | |
| 02:53 | Michigan State | Jeffrey James makes the 1st free throw | 25-32 |
| 02:53 | Michigan State | Jeffrey James makes the 2nd free throw | 25-33 |
| 02:35 | Lipscomb | Mark Hanes misses the fadeaway in the paint | 25-33 |
| 02:33 | Lipscomb | David Francis pulls down the offensive rebound | 25-33 |
| 02:12 | Lipscomb | Brett Potts knocks in the shot from the left block set up by Mark Hanes | 27-33 |
| 01:52 | Michigan State | Jeffrey James's pass is intercepted by Jason Turner | 27-33 |
| 01:34 | Lipscomb | Mark Hanes hits the front of the rim on the floater from the baseline but the foul's on Robert Brown - foul #1 on Robert Brown, team foul #5 | 27-33 |
| Subs | Lipscomb | Willard Spradling (SG), David Moore (PF) David Francis, Brett Potts | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 01:34 | Lipscomb | Mark Hanes makes the 1st free throw | 28-33 |
| 01:34 | Lipscomb | Mark Hanes misses the 2nd free throw | 28-33 |
| 01:34 | Michigan State | William Mitchell grabs the board | 28-33 |
| 01:12 | Michigan State | Joseph Touchette misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 28-33 |
| 01:10 | Lipscomb | David Moore grabs the board | 28-33 |
| 01:05 | Lipscomb | Jason Turner can't connect on a shot from the left wing | 28-33 |
| 01:03 | Michigan State | Robert Brown pulls down the rebound | 28-33 |
| 00:40 | Michigan State | Jeffrey James buries a fadeaway from the left side on a great pass from Robert Brown | 28-35 |
| 00:19 | Lipscomb | Willard Spradling comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 28-35 |
| 00:18 | Michigan State | Shawn Wright grabs the board | 28-35 |
| 00:13 | Michigan State | Mark Hanes steals the ball from Joseph Touchette | 28-35 |
| 00:10 | Lipscomb | Willard Spradling lays it up and in on a great pass from Mark Hanes | 30-35 |
| 00:00 | Michigan State | Shawn Wright makes the shot from close range | 30-37 |