| Lineup | Eastern Michigan | PG - Mark Taft (fresh) SG - Michael Singleton (fresh) SF - Willie Oransky (fresh) PF - Glen Adams (fresh) C - Avery McGrann (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Victor Moultrie (fresh) SG - Bill Sherrick (fresh) SF - George Halstead (fresh) PF - James Jones (fresh) C - Glenn Wells (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Michigan State | Glenn Wells wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Eastern Michigan | Eastern Michigan is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:53 | Michigan State | Victor Moultrie is fouled on the floor by Mark Taft - foul #1 on Mark Taft, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:44 | Michigan State | Glenn Wells can't finish the layup | 0-0 |
| 19:42 | Eastern Michigan | The rebound goes to Avery McGrann | 0-0 |
| 19:28 | Eastern Michigan | Glen Adams misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:26 | Michigan State | Bill Sherrick gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:14 | Michigan State | Bill Sherrick makes the jumper from the left side on a great pass from James Jones | 0-2 |
| 19:00 | Eastern Michigan | Mark Taft misses badly on a shot from the right side but he's fouled by Glenn Wells - foul #1 on Glenn Wells, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 19:00 | Eastern Michigan | Mark Taft misses the 1st free throw | 0-2 |
| 19:00 | Eastern Michigan | Mark Taft misses the 2nd free throw | 0-2 |
| 19:00 | Eastern Michigan | Glen Adams snags the offensive board | 0-2 |
| 18:41 | Eastern Michigan | Michael Singleton misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 0-2 |
| 18:39 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Bill Sherrick | 0-2 |
| 18:35 | Michigan State | Victor Moultrie misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 0-2 |
| 18:33 | Michigan State | James Jones hits the follow up shot | 0-4 |
| 18:11 | Eastern Michigan | Glenn Wells steals the ball from Willie Oransky | 0-4 |
| 17:53 | Michigan State | Bill Sherrick misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 0-4 |
| 17:51 | Michigan State | James Jones tips it in | 0-6 |
| 17:27 | Eastern Michigan | Michael Singleton hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 0-6 |
| 17:26 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to James Jones | 0-6 |
| 17:08 | Michigan State | James Jones knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Victor Moultrie | 0-8 |
| 16:55 | Eastern Michigan | Glenn Wells steals it from Michael Singleton | 0-8 |
| 16:44 | Michigan State | Willie Oransky steals the ball from Bill Sherrick | 0-8 |
| 16:41 | Eastern Michigan | Willie Oransky slams it home | 2-8 |
| 16:37 | Michigan State | Bill Sherrick misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 2-8 |
| 16:36 | Michigan State | James Jones can't tip it in | 2-8 |
| 16:35 | Eastern Michigan | Avery McGrann pulls down the rebound | 2-8 |
| 16:24 | Eastern Michigan | Michael Singleton is whistled for a carry | 2-8 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Wayne Goodspeed (SG), Isaac Berumen (PF) Michael Singleton, Glen Adams | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Brian Nobles (PG), Frederick Patton (SG), Zachary Ritchey (SF), Michael Sinegal (PF), Robert Baptista (C) Victor Moultrie, Bill Sherrick, George Halstead, James Jones, Glenn Wells | |
| 16:14 | Michigan State | Michael Sinegal buries a fadeaway from the free throw line set up by Brian Nobles | 2-10 |
| 15:52 | Eastern Michigan | Isaac Berumen misses short on a shot near the basket but the foul's on Michael Sinegal - foul #1 on Michael Sinegal, team foul #2 | 2-10 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Robert Buffum (SF), John Stuart (C) Willie Oransky, Avery McGrann | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 15:52 | Eastern Michigan | Isaac Berumen misses the 1st free throw | 2-10 |
| 15:52 | Eastern Michigan | Isaac Berumen makes the 2nd free throw | 3-10 |
| Lineup | Eastern Michigan | PG - Mark Taft (fresh) SG - Wayne Goodspeed (fresh) SF - Robert Buffum (fresh) PF - Isaac Berumen (fresh) 1 pts. C - John Stuart (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Brian Nobles (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Frederick Patton (fresh) SF - Zachary Ritchey (fresh) PF - Michael Sinegal (fresh) 2 pts. C - Robert Baptista (fresh) | |
| 15:35 | Michigan State | Frederick Patton misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 3-10 |
| 15:33 | Eastern Michigan | The rebound goes to Robert Buffum | 3-10 |
| 15:08 | Eastern Michigan | Michael Sinegal picks off the pass by Wayne Goodspeed | 3-10 |
| 14:49 | Michigan State | Brian Nobles scores on a fadeaway in the paint set up by Zachary Ritchey | 3-12 |
| 14:43 | Eastern Michigan | Brian Nobles takes the ball from Mark Taft | 3-12 |
| 14:28 | Michigan State | Michael Sinegal misses the jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on John Stuart - foul #1 on John Stuart, team foul #2 | 3-12 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Michael Singleton (SG), Willie Oransky (SF), Glen Adams (PF), Avery McGrann (C) Mark Taft, Robert Buffum, Isaac Berumen, John Stuart | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Victor Moultrie (PG), Bill Sherrick (SG), George Halstead (SF), James Jones (PF) Brian Nobles, Frederick Patton, Zachary Ritchey, Robert Baptista | |
| 14:28 | Michigan State | Michael Sinegal misses the 1st free throw | 3-12 |
| 14:28 | Michigan State | Michael Sinegal makes the 2nd free throw | 3-13 |
| 14:04 | Eastern Michigan | Wayne Goodspeed clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 3-13 |
| 14:03 | Eastern Michigan | Glen Adams snags the offensive board | 3-13 |
| 13:49 | Eastern Michigan | Glen Adams banks in the layup | 5-13 |
| 13:36 | Michigan State | Bill Sherrick is hacked by Michael Singleton - foul #1 on Michael Singleton, team foul #3 | 5-13 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Glenn Wells (C) Michael Sinegal | |
| 13:19 | Michigan State | Glenn Wells knocks in the runner in the paint on a great pass from James Jones | 5-15 |
| 13:01 | Eastern Michigan | Willie Oransky is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Willie Oransky, team foul #4 | 5-15 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Mark Taft (PG) Wayne Goodspeed | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Brian Nobles (PG), Frederick Patton (SF) Victor Moultrie, George Halstead | |
| 12:44 | Michigan State | Frederick Patton clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line but the foul's on Willie Oransky - foul #2 on Willie Oransky, team foul #5 | 5-15 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Robert Buffum (SF), Isaac Berumen (PF) Willie Oransky, Glen Adams | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 12:44 | Michigan State | Frederick Patton makes the 1st free throw | 5-16 |
| 12:44 | Michigan State | Frederick Patton makes the 2nd free throw | 5-17 |
| 12:26 | Eastern Michigan | Isaac Berumen misses the fadeaway from the right side | 5-17 |
| 12:24 | Eastern Michigan | Robert Buffum snags the offensive board | 5-17 |
| 12:07 | Eastern Michigan | Robert Buffum comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 5-17 |
| 12:06 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Glenn Wells | 5-17 |
| 12:00 | Michigan State | Brian Nobles knocks in the jumper from the free throw line set up by Frederick Patton | 5-19 |
| 11:48 | Eastern Michigan | Robert Buffum makes the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 8-19 |
| Lineup | Eastern Michigan | PG - Mark Taft (fresh) SG - Michael Singleton (fairly fresh) SF - Robert Buffum (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Isaac Berumen (fresh) 1 pts. C - Avery McGrann (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Brian Nobles (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bill Sherrick (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Frederick Patton (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - James Jones (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Glenn Wells (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. | |
| 11:39 | Michigan State | Glenn Wells is hacked by Avery McGrann - foul #1 on Avery McGrann, team foul #6 | 8-19 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Wayne Goodspeed (SG), John Stuart (C) Michael Singleton, Avery McGrann | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Victor Moultrie (PG), George Halstead (SF), Michael Sinegal (PF), Robert Baptista (C) Bill Sherrick, Frederick Patton, James Jones, Glenn Wells | |
| 11:32 | Michigan State | Brian Nobles can't connect on a fadeaway near the basket | 8-19 |
| 11:31 | Eastern Michigan | Isaac Berumen gets the rebound | 8-19 |
| 11:15 | Eastern Michigan | Victor Moultrie steals the ball from Robert Buffum | 8-19 |
| 11:12 | Michigan State | Brian Nobles misses the easy layup | 8-19 |
| 11:10 | Eastern Michigan | Isaac Berumen gets the rebound | 8-19 |
| 10:57 | Eastern Michigan | Mark Taft misses short on a floater from the left wing | 8-19 |
| 10:56 | Michigan State | George Halstead grabs the defensive rebound | 8-19 |
| 10:45 | Michigan State | Michael Sinegal banks in the layup on a nice dish by George Halstead and he's fouled by Isaac Berumen - foul #1 on Isaac Berumen, team foul #7 | 8-21 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Glen Adams (PF) Isaac Berumen | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Bill Sherrick (SG) Brian Nobles | |
| 10:45 | Michigan State | Michael Sinegal misses the free throw | 8-21 |
| 10:45 | Eastern Michigan | John Stuart snags the defensive board | 8-21 |
| 10:26 | Eastern Michigan | Robert Buffum is fouled on the floor by George Halstead - foul #1 on George Halstead, team foul #3 | 8-21 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Darrel Pinson (PG), Avery McGrann (C) Mark Taft, John Stuart | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Frederick Patton (SG), James Jones (PF) Bill Sherrick, Robert Baptista | |
| 10:08 | Eastern Michigan | Darrel Pinson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 8-21 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Robert Baptista (C) Michael Sinegal | |
| 09:55 | Michigan State | Victor Moultrie is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Victor Moultrie, team foul #4 | 8-21 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Don Yard (SF) Robert Buffum | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Zachary Ritchey (SF) George Halstead | |
| 09:39 | Eastern Michigan | Darrel Pinson hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left wing | 8-21 |
| 09:37 | Michigan State | Zachary Ritchey snags the defensive board | 8-21 |
| 09:26 | Michigan State | Robert Baptista can't connect on a runner in the paint but he's fouled by Darrel Pinson - foul #1 on Darrel Pinson, team foul #8 | 8-21 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Mark Taft (PG), Michael Singleton (SG) Darrel Pinson, Wayne Goodspeed | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Brian Nobles (PG), Bill Sherrick (SG) Victor Moultrie, Zachary Ritchey | |
| 09:26 | Michigan State | Robert Baptista misses the 1st free throw | 8-21 |
| 09:26 | Michigan State | Robert Baptista makes the 2nd free throw | 8-22 |
| 09:09 | Eastern Michigan | Avery McGrann buries a floater from the right side | 10-22 |
| 08:49 | Michigan State | James Jones hits a fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Brian Nobles | 10-24 |
| 08:38 | Eastern Michigan | Glen Adams is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Glen Adams, team foul #9 | 10-24 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Robert Buffum (SF), Isaac Berumen (PF), John Stuart (C) Don Yard, Glen Adams, Avery McGrann | |
| Subs | Michigan State | George Halstead (SF), Michael Sinegal (PF), Glenn Wells (C) Frederick Patton, James Jones, Robert Baptista | |
| 08:26 | Michigan State | Glenn Wells is whistled for a carry | 10-24 |
| 08:05 | Eastern Michigan | Isaac Berumen is called for traveling | 10-24 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Victor Moultrie (PG) Brian Nobles | |
| 07:44 | Michigan State | Victor Moultrie connects on the 3 from the right wing set up by George Halstead | 10-27 |
| Lineup | Eastern Michigan | PG - Mark Taft (fresh) SG - Michael Singleton (fairly fresh) SF - Robert Buffum (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Isaac Berumen (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - John Stuart (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Victor Moultrie (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bill Sherrick (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - George Halstead (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Michael Sinegal (fresh) 5 pts. C - Glenn Wells (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. | |
| 07:29 | Eastern Michigan | Bill Sherrick steals it from John Stuart | 10-27 |
| 07:14 | Michigan State | Victor Moultrie drills a 3pt shot from the right corner | 10-30 |
| 06:52 | Eastern Michigan | Mark Taft connects on the pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Michael Singleton | 12-30 |
| 06:41 | Michigan State | Bill Sherrick loses the dribble to Robert Buffum | 12-30 |
| 06:29 | Eastern Michigan | Isaac Berumen hits a floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Mark Taft | 14-30 |
| 06:09 | Michigan State | Victor Moultrie is called for traveling | 14-30 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Darrel Pinson (PG), Wayne Goodspeed (SG), Don Yard (SF), Glen Adams (PF), Avery McGrann (C) Mark Taft, Michael Singleton, Robert Buffum, Isaac Berumen, John Stuart | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Brian Nobles (PG), Frederick Patton (SG), Zachary Ritchey (SF), James Jones (PF), Robert Baptista (C) Victor Moultrie, Bill Sherrick, George Halstead, Michael Sinegal, Glenn Wells | |
| 05:49 | Eastern Michigan | Darrel Pinson misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 14-30 |
| 05:48 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to James Jones | 14-30 |
| 05:34 | Michigan State | James Jones misses long on a driving attempt in the lane | 14-30 |
| 05:33 | Michigan State | James Jones grabs the offensive board | 14-30 |
| 05:19 | Michigan State | Darrel Pinson takes the ball from James Jones | 14-30 |
| 05:04 | Eastern Michigan | Don Yard misses the 3 from the left wing | 14-30 |
| 05:03 | Michigan State | James Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 14-30 |
| 04:56 | Michigan State | James Jones clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Glen Adams - foul #2 on Glen Adams, team foul #10 | 14-30 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Mark Taft (PG), Robert Buffum (SF) Darrel Pinson, Glen Adams | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 04:56 | Michigan State | James Jones makes the 1st free throw | 14-31 |
| 04:56 | Michigan State | James Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 14-31 |
| 04:56 | Eastern Michigan | Avery McGrann pulls down the rebound | 14-31 |
| 04:49 | Eastern Michigan | Avery McGrann dunks the ball set up by Mark Taft | 16-31 |
| 04:32 | Michigan State | Zachary Ritchey is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Zachary Ritchey, team foul #5 | 16-31 |
| 04:11 | Eastern Michigan | Don Yard connects on the fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Mark Taft and he's fouled by Frederick Patton - foul #1 on Frederick Patton, team foul #6 | 18-31 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Victor Moultrie (PG), Bill Sherrick (SG), George Halstead (SF), Glenn Wells (C) Brian Nobles, Frederick Patton, Zachary Ritchey, Robert Baptista | |
| 04:11 | Eastern Michigan | Don Yard makes the free throw | 19-31 |
| 03:53 | Michigan State | Don Yard is called for the reach on James Jones - foul #1 on Don Yard, team foul #11 | 19-31 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Willie Oransky (SF), Glen Adams (PF) Robert Buffum, Don Yard | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 03:53 | Michigan State | James Jones makes the 1st free throw | 19-32 |
| 03:53 | Michigan State | James Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 19-32 |
| 03:53 | Eastern Michigan | The rebound goes to Glen Adams | 19-32 |
| 03:36 | Eastern Michigan | Avery McGrann's fadeaway is rejected by James Jones | 19-32 |
| 03:34 | Eastern Michigan | The offensive rebound goes to Glen Adams | 19-32 |
| Lineup | Eastern Michigan | PG - Mark Taft (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Wayne Goodspeed (fresh) SF - Willie Oransky (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Glen Adams (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Avery McGrann (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Victor Moultrie (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bill Sherrick (fresh) 2 pts. SF - George Halstead (fresh) 2 ast. PF - James Jones (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. C - Glenn Wells (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. | |
| 03:25 | Eastern Michigan | Glen Adams clanks a driving attempt from the right block but he's fouled by Glenn Wells - foul #2 on Glenn Wells, team foul #7 | 19-32 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Isaac Berumen (C) Avery McGrann | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Michael Sinegal (PF) James Jones | |
| 03:25 | Eastern Michigan | Glen Adams makes the 1st free throw | 20-32 |
| 03:25 | Eastern Michigan | Glen Adams misses the 2nd free throw | 20-32 |
| 03:25 | Michigan State | Michael Sinegal pulls down the rebound | 20-32 |
| 03:10 | Michigan State | Michael Sinegal hits a driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by George Halstead | 20-34 |
| 02:55 | Eastern Michigan | Glen Adams can't connect on a driving attempt near the basket | 20-34 |
| 02:53 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Michael Sinegal | 20-34 |
| 02:28 | Michigan State | Victor Moultrie hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 20-34 |
| 02:26 | Eastern Michigan | Glen Adams gets the rebound | 20-34 |
| 02:12 | Eastern Michigan | Isaac Berumen buries a driving attempt from the left block | 22-34 |
| 01:57 | Michigan State | Michael Sinegal misses the easy layup | 22-34 |
| 01:56 | Michigan State | Michael Sinegal tips it in | 22-36 |
| 01:42 | Eastern Michigan | Willie Oransky hits a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 25-36 |
| 01:33 | Michigan State | Michael Sinegal hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left block | 25-36 |
| 01:32 | Michigan State | Michael Sinegal tips it back up and in | 25-38 |
| 01:23 | Eastern Michigan | Isaac Berumen misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 25-38 |
| 01:21 | Michigan State | Michael Sinegal grabs the defensive rebound | 25-38 |
| 01:07 | Michigan State | Bill Sherrick makes the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Victor Moultrie | 25-41 |
| 00:50 | Eastern Michigan | Wayne Goodspeed misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 25-41 |
| 00:49 | Eastern Michigan | Glen Adams grabs the offensive rebound | 25-41 |
| 00:32 | Eastern Michigan | Isaac Berumen clanks a jumper from the left side | 25-41 |
| 00:30 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to George Halstead | 25-41 |
| 00:05 | Michigan State | Glenn Wells clanks a runner from close range but the foul's on Glen Adams - foul #3 on Glen Adams, team foul #12 | 25-41 |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Darrel Pinson (PG), Michael Singleton (SG), Robert Buffum (SF), Don Yard (PF), Avery McGrann (C) Mark Taft, Wayne Goodspeed, Willie Oransky, Glen Adams, Isaac Berumen | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Brian Nobles (PG), Frederick Patton (SG), Zachary Ritchey (SF), James Jones (PF) Victor Moultrie, Bill Sherrick, George Halstead, Michael Sinegal | |
| 00:05 | Michigan State | Glenn Wells makes the 1st free throw | 25-42 |
| 00:05 | Michigan State | Glenn Wells makes the 2nd free throw | 25-43 |
| 00:01 | Eastern Michigan | Don Yard can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 25-43 |
| 00:00 | Eastern Michigan | Don Yard snags the offensive board | 25-43 |