| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Graham Tillotson (fresh) SG - William Webre (fresh) SF - Mark Durst (fresh) PF - Michael Coulter (fresh) C - Kenneth Farmer (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Raymond Whaley (fresh) SG - Mark Hartwig (fresh) SF - Mathew Stutzman (fresh) PF - Roger Huynh (fresh) C - Isaac Levesque (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Missouri State | Missouri State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Nicholls State | Nicholls State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:43 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 3-0 |
| 19:22 | Nicholls State | Mark Hartwig comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 3-0 |
| 19:21 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer gets the rebound | 3-0 |
| 19:15 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 3-0 |
| 19:13 | Missouri State | Mark Durst pulls down the offensive rebound | 3-0 |
| 19:00 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer throws a bad pass out of bounds | 3-0 |
| 18:41 | Nicholls State | Isaac Levesque buries a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Mark Hartwig | 3-2 |
| 18:27 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 3-2 |
| 18:25 | Missouri State | Mark Durst tips it back up and in | 5-2 |
| 18:07 | Nicholls State | Mathew Stutzman clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 5-2 |
| 18:06 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer grabs the defensive rebound | 5-2 |
| 17:54 | Missouri State | William Webre throws it down | 7-2 |
| 17:48 | Nicholls State | Isaac Levesque connects on the fadeaway from the right block set up by Mark Hartwig | 7-4 |
| 17:23 | Missouri State | Roger Huynh picks off the pass by Kenneth Farmer | 7-4 |
| 16:57 | Nicholls State | Isaac Levesque is hacked by Kenneth Farmer - foul #1 on Kenneth Farmer, team foul #1 | 7-4 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Paul Struthers (PG), Salvador Guerra (SG), Kent Rogers (SF), William Brown (PF) Graham Tillotson, William Webre, Mark Durst, Michael Coulter | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | | |
| 16:43 | Nicholls State | Mathew Stutzman connects on the jumper in the lane on a great pass from Mark Hartwig | 7-6 |
| 16:29 | Missouri State | Salvador Guerra comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 7-6 |
| 16:27 | Nicholls State | Raymond Whaley grabs the board | 7-6 |
| 16:11 | Nicholls State | Mathew Stutzman hits a jump hook near the basket on a great pass from Raymond Whaley | 7-8 |
| 15:57 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer knocks in the shot from the left side on a great pass from Salvador Guerra | 9-8 |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Paul Struthers (fresh) SG - Salvador Guerra (fresh) SF - Kent Rogers (fresh) PF - William Brown (fresh) C - Kenneth Farmer (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Raymond Whaley (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Mark Hartwig (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Mathew Stutzman (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Roger Huynh (fresh) C - Isaac Levesque (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 15:45 | Nicholls State | Raymond Whaley knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Mark Hartwig | 9-11 |
| 15:32 | Missouri State | William Brown misses the lay-in | 9-11 |
| 15:31 | Missouri State | Kent Rogers tips it but misses | 9-11 |
| 15:30 | Nicholls State | Isaac Levesque gets the rebound | 9-11 |
| 15:08 | Nicholls State | Mathew Stutzman clanks a driving attempt near the basket but he's hacked by Kent Rogers - foul #1 on Kent Rogers, team foul #2 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Graham Tillotson (PG), William Webre (SG), Mark Durst (SF) Paul Struthers, Salvador Guerra, Kenneth Farmer | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Gary Davis (PG), Thomas Souliere (SG), Jeremiah Leo (PF), Roman Rawlins (C) Raymond Whaley, Mark Hartwig, Roger Huynh, Isaac Levesque | |
| 15:08 | Nicholls State | Mathew Stutzman makes the 1st free throw | 9-12 |
| 15:08 | Nicholls State | Mathew Stutzman misses the 2nd free throw | 9-12 |
| 15:08 | Missouri State | The rebound goes to Kent Rogers | 9-12 |
| 14:50 | Missouri State | William Webre misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 9-12 |
| 14:49 | Nicholls State | Roman Rawlins snags the defensive board | 9-12 |
| 14:34 | Nicholls State | Gary Davis blows the dunk but he's fouled by Graham Tillotson - foul #1 on Graham Tillotson, team foul #3 | 9-12 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Michael Coulter (PF), Paul Ellis (C) Kent Rogers, William Brown | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Eric Ammon (C) Mathew Stutzman | |
| 14:34 | Nicholls State | Gary Davis misses the 1st free throw | 9-12 |
| 14:34 | Nicholls State | Gary Davis makes the 2nd free throw | 9-13 |
| 14:17 | Missouri State | Mark Durst is fouled on the floor by Roman Rawlins - foul #1 on Roman Rawlins, team foul #1 | 9-13 |
| 14:03 | Missouri State | Michael Coulter scores on a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Graham Tillotson | 12-13 |
| 13:56 | Nicholls State | Gary Davis's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 12-13 |
| Subs | Missouri State | | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Raymond Whaley (PG) Gary Davis | |
| 13:40 | Missouri State | Mark Durst misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side | 12-13 |
| 13:39 | Nicholls State | Raymond Whaley grabs the defensive rebound | 12-13 |
| 13:25 | Nicholls State | Graham Tillotson is called for the reach on Raymond Whaley - foul #2 on Graham Tillotson, team foul #4 | 12-13 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Paul Struthers (PG), Salvador Guerra (SF), William Brown (PF), Kenneth Farmer (C) Graham Tillotson, Mark Durst, Michael Coulter, Paul Ellis | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Mark Hartwig (SG), Roger Huynh (PF), Isaac Levesque (C) Thomas Souliere, Roman Rawlins, Eric Ammon | |
| 13:17 | Nicholls State | Mark Hartwig is fouled on the floor by Salvador Guerra - foul #1 on Salvador Guerra, team foul #5 | 12-13 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Kent Rogers (SF) Salvador Guerra | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | | |
| 13:07 | Nicholls State | Mark Hartwig scores on a 3 from the right wing set up by Raymond Whaley | 12-16 |
| 12:51 | Missouri State | Paul Struthers misses long on a jumper from the free throw line | 12-16 |
| 12:50 | Nicholls State | Isaac Levesque snags the defensive board | 12-16 |
| 12:30 | Nicholls State | Roger Huynh makes the jumper from close range on a nice dish by Jeremiah Leo and the foul's on William Brown - foul #1 on William Brown, team foul #6 | 12-18 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Salvador Guerra (SG) William Webre | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Thomas Souliere (SF) Jeremiah Leo | |
| 12:30 | Nicholls State | Roger Huynh makes the free throw | 12-19 |
| 12:05 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer buries a fadeaway from the right block set up by Kent Rogers | 14-19 |
| 11:46 | Nicholls State | Roger Huynh can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but the foul's on William Brown - foul #2 on William Brown, team foul #7 | 14-19 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Michael Lewis (PG), Mark Durst (SF), Paul Ellis (PF) Paul Struthers, Kent Rogers, William Brown | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Mathew Stutzman (SF), Roman Rawlins (C) Thomas Souliere, Isaac Levesque | |
| 11:46 | Nicholls State | Roger Huynh makes the 1st free throw | 14-20 |
| 11:46 | Nicholls State | Roger Huynh makes the 2nd free throw | 14-21 |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Michael Lewis (fresh) SG - Salvador Guerra (fresh) SF - Mark Durst (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Paul Ellis (fresh) C - Kenneth Farmer (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Raymond Whaley (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mark Hartwig (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SF - Mathew Stutzman (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Roger Huynh (fresh) 5 pts. C - Roman Rawlins (fresh) | |
| 11:27 | Missouri State | Paul Ellis scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 17-21 |
| 11:22 | Nicholls State | Roger Huynh misses the floater from the right block | 17-21 |
| 11:21 | Missouri State | Salvador Guerra gets the rebound | 17-21 |
| 11:07 | Missouri State | Michael Lewis makes the shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Mark Durst | 19-21 |
| 10:51 | Nicholls State | Mark Hartwig scores on a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Raymond Whaley | 19-24 |
| 10:33 | Missouri State | Salvador Guerra misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 19-24 |
| 10:31 | Nicholls State | Mathew Stutzman pulls down the rebound | 19-24 |
| 10:24 | Nicholls State | Roger Huynh makes the floater from the left block on a nice dish by Mathew Stutzman | 19-26 |
| 10:04 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer hits a floater from the right side | 21-26 |
| 09:48 | Nicholls State | Mark Hartwig can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 21-26 |
| 09:47 | Nicholls State | Roger Huynh tips it home | 21-28 |
| 09:29 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer makes the 3 pointer from straight away | 24-28 |
| 09:15 | Nicholls State | Mathew Stutzman misses the lay-in | 24-28 |
| 09:13 | Missouri State | Paul Ellis grabs the board | 24-28 |
| 09:02 | Missouri State | Paul Ellis hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Salvador Guerra | 27-28 |
| 08:48 | Nicholls State | Roger Huynh misses badly on a jumper near the basket | 27-28 |
| 08:47 | Missouri State | Michael Lewis grabs the defensive rebound | 27-28 |
| 08:31 | Missouri State | Mark Hartwig steals it from Mark Durst | 27-28 |
| 08:28 | Nicholls State | Raymond Whaley lays it in on a great pass from Mark Hartwig | 27-30 |
| 08:06 | Missouri State | Michael Lewis is called for 3 seconds | 27-30 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Paul Struthers (PG), William Webre (SG), Michael Coulter (PF), Kent Rogers (C) Michael Lewis, Salvador Guerra, Paul Ellis, Kenneth Farmer | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Gary Davis (PG), Thomas Souliere (SG), Jeremiah Leo (SF), Eric Ammon (PF), Isaac Levesque (C) Raymond Whaley, Mark Hartwig, Mathew Stutzman, Roger Huynh, Roman Rawlins | |
| 07:44 | Nicholls State | Eric Ammon can't finish the layup | 27-30 |
| 07:43 | Missouri State | Michael Coulter grabs the board | 27-30 |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Paul Struthers (fresh) SG - William Webre (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Mark Durst (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Michael Coulter (fresh) 3 pts. C - Kent Rogers (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Gary Davis (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Thomas Souliere (fresh) SF - Jeremiah Leo (fresh) PF - Eric Ammon (fresh) C - Isaac Levesque (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:36 | Missouri State | William Webre is hacked by Gary Davis - foul #1 on Gary Davis, team foul #2 | 27-30 |
| 07:21 | Missouri State | Isaac Levesque denies the turnaround by Michael Coulter | 27-30 |
| 07:20 | Nicholls State | Eric Ammon gets the rebound | 27-30 |
| 07:00 | Nicholls State | Thomas Souliere misses short on a fadeaway from the left side | 27-30 |
| 06:59 | Nicholls State | Isaac Levesque pulls down the offensive rebound | 27-30 |
| 06:43 | Nicholls State | Gary Davis connects on the runner from the baseline | 27-32 |
| 06:17 | Missouri State | Michael Coulter's fadeaway is rejected by Isaac Levesque | 27-32 |
| 06:15 | Nicholls State | Jeremiah Leo gets the rebound | 27-32 |
| 05:53 | Nicholls State | Thomas Souliere's layup is rejected by Michael Coulter | 27-32 |
| 05:51 | Nicholls State | Gary Davis grabs the offensive rebound | 27-32 |
| 05:38 | Nicholls State | Eric Ammon is hacked by Michael Coulter - foul #1 on Michael Coulter, team foul #8 | 27-32 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Michael Lewis (PG), Paul Ellis (PF), Kenneth Farmer (C) Paul Struthers, Mark Durst, Michael Coulter | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Raymond Whaley (PG), Warren Wiltz (SG), Mathew Stutzman (SF), Roman Rawlins (C) Gary Davis, Thomas Souliere, Jeremiah Leo, Isaac Levesque | |
| 05:38 | Nicholls State | Eric Ammon makes the 1st free throw | 27-33 |
| 05:38 | Nicholls State | Eric Ammon makes the 2nd free throw | 27-34 |
| 05:29 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer comes up short on the floater from the right side | 27-34 |
| 05:28 | Missouri State | Paul Ellis snags the offensive board | 27-34 |
| 05:17 | Missouri State | William Webre drills a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Michael Lewis | 29-34 |
| 04:59 | Nicholls State | Michael Lewis steps in front of the Roman Rawlins pass | 29-34 |
| 04:55 | Missouri State | Michael Lewis hits the finger roll | 31-34 |
| 04:40 | Nicholls State | Raymond Whaley hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 31-34 |
| 04:38 | Missouri State | Paul Ellis snags the defensive board | 31-34 |
| 04:22 | Missouri State | Michael Lewis misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 31-34 |
| 04:21 | Missouri State | Paul Ellis snags the offensive board | 31-34 |
| 04:15 | Missouri State | Kent Rogers's pass is intercepted by Mathew Stutzman | 31-34 |
| 03:55 | Nicholls State | Warren Wiltz comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 31-34 |
| 03:54 | Missouri State | Paul Ellis gets the rebound | 31-34 |
| 03:50 | Missouri State | Kent Rogers comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline | 31-34 |
| 03:49 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer hits the follow up shot | 33-34 |
| 03:45 | Nicholls State | Raymond Whaley hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 33-34 |
| 03:43 | Nicholls State | Roman Rawlins grabs the offensive rebound | 33-34 |
| Lineup | Missouri State | PG - Michael Lewis (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Webre (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Kent Rogers (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Paul Ellis (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Kenneth Farmer (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Raymond Whaley (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Warren Wiltz (fresh) SF - Mathew Stutzman (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Eric Ammon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Roman Rawlins (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:33 | Nicholls State | Roman Rawlins is hacked by William Webre - foul #1 on William Webre, team foul #9 | 33-34 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Graham Tillotson (PG), Paul Struthers (SG), Salvador Guerra (SF), William Brown (PF) Michael Lewis, William Webre, Kent Rogers, Paul Ellis | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Gary Davis (PG), Mark Hartwig (SG), Jeremiah Leo (SF), Isaac Levesque (C) Raymond Whaley, Warren Wiltz, Mathew Stutzman, Eric Ammon | |
| 03:33 | Nicholls State | Roman Rawlins makes the 1st free throw | 33-35 |
| 03:33 | Nicholls State | Roman Rawlins makes the 2nd free throw | 33-36 |
| 03:14 | Missouri State | William Brown can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Jeremiah Leo - foul #1 on Jeremiah Leo, team foul #3 | 33-36 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Michael Coulter (PF) Kenneth Farmer | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Roger Huynh (PF) Roman Rawlins | |
| 03:14 | Missouri State | William Brown misses the 1st free throw | 33-36 |
| 03:14 | Missouri State | William Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 34-36 |
| 02:59 | Nicholls State | Roger Huynh loses the dribble to Paul Struthers | 34-36 |
| 02:40 | Missouri State | Isaac Levesque steals the ball from William Brown | 34-36 |
| 02:15 | Nicholls State | Isaac Levesque makes the jump hook in the lane on a nice dish by Gary Davis | 34-38 |
| 01:56 | Missouri State | William Brown is fouled on the floor by Gary Davis - foul #2 on Gary Davis, team foul #4 | 34-38 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Mark Durst (SF), Kenneth Farmer (C) Paul Struthers, Michael Coulter | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Raymond Whaley (PG), Mathew Stutzman (SF) Gary Davis, Jeremiah Leo | |
| 01:35 | Missouri State | William Brown is hacked by Roger Huynh - foul #1 on Roger Huynh, team foul #5 | 34-38 |
| 01:15 | Missouri State | Mark Durst misses the jumpshot from the right wing | 34-38 |
| 01:13 | Nicholls State | Isaac Levesque pulls down the rebound | 34-38 |
| 00:51 | Nicholls State | Mark Hartwig misses the floater from the left wing | 34-38 |
| 00:49 | Missouri State | William Brown grabs the board | 34-38 |
| 00:38 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer misses short on a turnaround near the basket but he's hacked by Isaac Levesque - foul #1 on Isaac Levesque, team foul #6 | 34-38 |
| Subs | Missouri State | Michael Lewis (PG), William Webre (SG), Paul Ellis (PF) Graham Tillotson, Salvador Guerra, William Brown | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Thomas Souliere (SG), Jeremiah Leo (C) Mark Hartwig, Isaac Levesque | |
| 00:38 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer makes the 1st free throw | 35-38 |
| 00:38 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer misses the 2nd free throw | 35-38 |
| 00:38 | Nicholls State | Mathew Stutzman grabs the board | 35-38 |
| 00:31 | Nicholls State | Roger Huynh banks in the layup on a nice dish by Thomas Souliere and he's fouled by William Webre - foul #2 on William Webre, team foul #10 | 35-40 |
| 00:31 | Nicholls State | Roger Huynh misses the free throw | 35-40 |
| 00:31 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer pulls down the rebound | 35-40 |
| 00:18 | Missouri State | Kenneth Farmer makes the fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from Mark Durst | 37-40 |
| 00:10 | Nicholls State | Jeremiah Leo lays it up and in set up by Raymond Whaley | 37-42 |
| 00:06 | Missouri State | Raymond Whaley picks off the pass by Michael Lewis in the backcourt | 37-42 |
| 00:05 | Nicholls State | Thomas Souliere dunks the ball on a nice dish by Raymond Whaley | 37-44 |
| 00:00 | Missouri State | William Webre clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 37-44 |