| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Thomas Abrachinsky (fresh) SG - Ivan Murawski (fresh) SF - Morris Damico (fresh) PF - Maurice Waggoner (fresh) C - Alan Atkinson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Michael Dodge (fresh) SG - Dale Friedberg (fresh) SF - Joshua Hawkins (fresh) PF - James Copper (fresh) C - Alex Copes (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Detroit Mercy | Alex Copes wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:44 | Detroit Mercy | Joshua Hawkins misses the shot in the lane but the foul's on Maurice Waggoner - foul #1 on Maurice Waggoner, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:44 | Detroit Mercy | Joshua Hawkins makes the 1st free throw | 0-1 |
| 19:44 | Detroit Mercy | Joshua Hawkins makes the 2nd free throw | 0-2 |
| 19:27 | Harvard | Morris Damico connects on the jumper from the right wing set up by Maurice Waggoner | 2-2 |
| 19:16 | Detroit Mercy | Maurice Waggoner steps in front of the Alex Copes pass | 2-2 |
| 18:55 | Harvard | Alan Atkinson comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing but he's fouled by Dale Friedberg - foul #1 on Dale Friedberg, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 18:55 | Harvard | Alan Atkinson makes the 1st free throw | 3-2 |
| 18:55 | Harvard | Alan Atkinson makes the 2nd free throw | 4-2 |
| 18:34 | Detroit Mercy | Dale Friedberg hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 4-2 |
| 18:32 | Detroit Mercy | Michael Dodge hits the follow up shot | 4-4 |
| 18:18 | Harvard | Alan Atkinson makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Ivan Murawski and he's fouled by Alex Copes - foul #1 on Alex Copes, team foul #2 | 6-4 |
| 18:18 | Harvard | Alan Atkinson misses the free throw | 6-4 |
| 18:18 | Harvard | The offensive rebound goes to Maurice Waggoner | 6-4 |
| 18:02 | Harvard | Morris Damico misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 6-4 |
| 18:01 | Detroit Mercy | James Copper gets the rebound | 6-4 |
| 17:48 | Detroit Mercy | Dale Friedberg drills a fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Michael Dodge | 6-6 |
| 17:36 | Harvard | Morris Damico knocks in the shot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Maurice Waggoner | 8-6 |
| 17:25 | Detroit Mercy | Dale Friedberg is fouled on the floor by Ivan Murawski - foul #1 on Ivan Murawski, team foul #2 | 8-6 |
| 17:04 | Detroit Mercy | Dale Friedberg lays it up and in on a nice dish by Michael Dodge and the foul's on Alan Atkinson - foul #1 on Alan Atkinson, team foul #3 | 8-8 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Robert Liverman (PG) Michael Dodge | |
| 17:04 | Detroit Mercy | Dale Friedberg makes the free throw | 8-9 |
| 16:40 | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky is hacked by Robert Liverman - foul #1 on Robert Liverman, team foul #3 | 8-9 |
| Subs | Harvard | Jerry Yao (PF) Maurice Waggoner | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Lucas Hanna (SG), Charles Mitchell (SF), John Janke (PF), Edmund Anderson (C) Dale Friedberg, Joshua Hawkins, James Copper, Alex Copes | |
| 16:30 | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky clanks a 3 from the right corner | 8-9 |
| 16:29 | Detroit Mercy | Edmund Anderson grabs the board | 8-9 |
| 16:19 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Liverman misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 8-9 |
| 16:17 | Detroit Mercy | John Janke tips it but misses | 8-9 |
| 16:15 | Harvard | Alan Atkinson pulls down the rebound | 8-9 |
| 16:05 | Harvard | Morris Damico hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 8-9 |
| 16:04 | Harvard | Jerry Yao tips it but misses | 8-9 |
| 16:03 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Charles Mitchell | 8-9 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Thomas Abrachinsky (fresh) SG - Ivan Murawski (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Morris Damico (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jerry Yao (fresh) C - Alan Atkinson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Robert Liverman (fresh) SG - Lucas Hanna (fresh) SF - Charles Mitchell (fresh) PF - John Janke (fresh) C - Edmund Anderson (fresh) | |
| 15:48 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Liverman loses the dribble to Ivan Murawski | 8-9 |
| 15:34 | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky clanks a 3 from the left wing | 8-9 |
| 15:32 | Detroit Mercy | John Janke pulls down the rebound | 8-9 |
| 15:18 | Detroit Mercy | Edmund Anderson misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 8-9 |
| 15:17 | Harvard | Jerry Yao grabs the board | 8-9 |
| 14:59 | Harvard | Ivan Murawski comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 8-9 |
| 14:57 | Harvard | Alan Atkinson grabs the offensive board | 8-9 |
| 14:47 | Harvard | Alan Atkinson's pass is intercepted by Lucas Hanna | 8-9 |
| 14:38 | Detroit Mercy | John Janke scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Charles Mitchell | 8-11 |
| 14:23 | Harvard | Morris Damico blows the dunk but he's hacked by Robert Liverman - foul #2 on Robert Liverman, team foul #4 | 8-11 |
| Subs | Harvard | James Ellington (SG), Robert Friend (SF), Maurice Waggoner (PF), James Marie (C) Thomas Abrachinsky, Ivan Murawski, Jerry Yao, Alan Atkinson | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Michael Dodge (PG), Dale Friedberg (SG), Joshua Hawkins (SF), James Copper (PF), Alex Copes (C) Robert Liverman, Lucas Hanna, Charles Mitchell, John Janke, Edmund Anderson | |
| 14:23 | Harvard | Morris Damico makes the 1st free throw | 9-11 |
| 14:23 | Harvard | Morris Damico makes the 2nd free throw | 10-11 |
| 14:02 | Detroit Mercy | James Copper can't connect on a shot from the free throw line | 10-11 |
| 14:00 | Harvard | Robert Friend pulls down the rebound | 10-11 |
| 13:47 | Harvard | Michael Dodge is called for the reach on James Ellington - foul #1 on Michael Dodge, team foul #5 | 10-11 |
| Subs | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky (PG) Morris Damico | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 13:34 | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky banks in the layup set up by Robert Friend | 12-11 |
| 13:11 | Detroit Mercy | Dale Friedberg misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 12-11 |
| 13:10 | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky gets the rebound | 12-11 |
| 12:51 | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky is whistled for traveling | 12-11 |
| Subs | Harvard | Ivan Murawski (SG) Thomas Abrachinsky | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 12:36 | Detroit Mercy | Dale Friedberg buries a 3 pointer from straight away | 12-14 |
| 12:09 | Harvard | James Ellington scores on a jumper from the left wing set up by James Marie | 14-14 |
| 11:52 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Friend steals the ball from Michael Dodge | 14-14 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - James Ellington (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Ivan Murawski (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Friend (fresh) PF - Maurice Waggoner (fairly fresh) C - James Marie (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Michael Dodge (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dale Friedberg (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Joshua Hawkins (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Copper (fresh) C - Alex Copes (fresh) | |
| 11:40 | Harvard | Ivan Murawski hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 14-14 |
| 11:38 | Harvard | James Ellington tips it back up and in | 16-14 |
| 11:22 | Detroit Mercy | James Copper lays it up and in on a nice dish by Dale Friedberg | 16-16 |
| 11:06 | Harvard | Maurice Waggoner misses long on a jumpshot from the left side | 16-16 |
| 11:04 | Detroit Mercy | Alex Copes snags the defensive board | 16-16 |
| 10:57 | Detroit Mercy | Dale Friedberg is denied on a layup by James Marie | 16-16 |
| 10:55 | Harvard | Maurice Waggoner pulls down the rebound | 16-16 |
| 10:51 | Harvard | Maurice Waggoner misses long on a runner in the paint but the foul's on James Copper - foul #1 on James Copper, team foul #6 | 16-16 |
| Subs | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky (PG), David Honey (SF), Alan Atkinson (C) Ivan Murawski, Robert Friend, James Marie | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Robert Ehlert (PG), Lucas Hanna (SG), Charles Mitchell (SF), John Janke (PF), Edmund Anderson (C) Michael Dodge, Dale Friedberg, Joshua Hawkins, James Copper, Alex Copes | |
| 10:51 | Harvard | Maurice Waggoner makes the 1st free throw | 17-16 |
| 10:51 | Harvard | Maurice Waggoner misses the 2nd free throw | 17-16 |
| 10:51 | Detroit Mercy | John Janke pulls down the rebound | 17-16 |
| 10:47 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Ehlert loses the dribble to James Ellington in the backcourt | 17-16 |
| 10:46 | Harvard | James Ellington banks in the layup | 19-16 |
| 10:26 | Detroit Mercy | Lucas Hanna can't connect on a jumper from the left side | 19-16 |
| 10:24 | Harvard | The rebound goes to James Ellington | 19-16 |
| 10:06 | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky is fouled on the floor by Robert Ehlert - foul #1 on Robert Ehlert, team foul #7 | 19-16 |
| Subs | Harvard | Ivan Murawski (SG), Morris Damico (SF), Jerry Yao (PF) James Ellington, David Honey, Maurice Waggoner | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 10:06 | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky makes the 1st free throw | 20-16 |
| 10:06 | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky misses the 2nd free throw | 20-16 |
| 10:06 | Detroit Mercy | Edmund Anderson snags the defensive board | 20-16 |
| 09:47 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Ehlert misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 20-16 |
| 09:46 | Detroit Mercy | Edmund Anderson tips it back up and in | 20-18 |
| 09:36 | Harvard | Morris Damico knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Ivan Murawski | 23-18 |
| 09:16 | Detroit Mercy | John Janke misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 23-18 |
| 09:15 | Harvard | Morris Damico pulls down the rebound | 23-18 |
| 08:58 | Harvard | Charles Mitchell is called for the reach on Morris Damico - foul #1 on Charles Mitchell, team foul #8 | 23-18 |
| Subs | Harvard | James Ellington (SG) Ivan Murawski | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Michael Dodge (PG), Dale Friedberg (SG), Joshua Hawkins (SF), James Copper (PF), Alex Copes (C) Robert Ehlert, Lucas Hanna, Charles Mitchell, John Janke, Edmund Anderson | |
| 08:58 | Harvard | Morris Damico makes the 1st free throw | 24-18 |
| 08:58 | Harvard | Morris Damico makes the 2nd free throw | 25-18 |
| 08:44 | Detroit Mercy | Morris Damico takes the ball from Michael Dodge | 25-18 |
| 08:41 | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Morris Damico | 27-18 |
| 08:26 | Detroit Mercy | Joshua Hawkins misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 27-18 |
| 08:25 | Detroit Mercy | Dale Friedberg grabs the offensive rebound | 27-18 |
| 08:14 | Detroit Mercy | Dale Friedberg misses the 3 from the right wing | 27-18 |
| 08:12 | Harvard | Jerry Yao gets the rebound | 27-18 |
| 07:57 | Harvard | Morris Damico clanks a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Alex Copes - foul #2 on Alex Copes, team foul #9 | 27-18 |
| Subs | Harvard | Ivan Murawski (SG), James Marie (C) James Ellington, Alan Atkinson | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Edmund Anderson (C) Alex Copes | |
| 07:57 | Harvard | Morris Damico makes the 1st free throw | 28-18 |
| 07:57 | Harvard | Morris Damico makes the 2nd free throw | 29-18 |
| 07:42 | Detroit Mercy | Dale Friedberg knocks in the 3 from the right corner | 29-21 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Thomas Abrachinsky (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Ivan Murawski (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Morris Damico (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. PF - Jerry Yao (fresh) 3 reb. C - James Marie (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Michael Dodge (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dale Friedberg (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joshua Hawkins (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Copper (fresh) 2 pts. C - Edmund Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:19 | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-21 |
| Subs | Harvard | James Ellington (PG), David Honey (SF), Robert Friend (PF) Thomas Abrachinsky, Morris Damico, Jerry Yao | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Lucas Hanna (PG), John Janke (SG) Michael Dodge, Dale Friedberg | |
| 07:09 | Detroit Mercy | Ivan Murawski steps in front of the James Copper pass | 29-21 |
| 06:55 | Harvard | Ivan Murawski connects on the 3 from straight away on a great pass from James Marie | 32-21 |
| 06:50 | Detroit Mercy | Joshua Hawkins hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by James Ellington - foul #1 on James Ellington, team foul #4 | 32-21 |
| 06:50 | Detroit Mercy | Joshua Hawkins makes the 1st free throw | 32-22 |
| 06:50 | Detroit Mercy | Joshua Hawkins makes the 2nd free throw | 32-23 |
| 06:27 | Harvard | Ivan Murawski can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 32-23 |
| 06:26 | Detroit Mercy | Edmund Anderson grabs the board | 32-23 |
| 06:21 | Detroit Mercy | Joshua Hawkins misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 32-23 |
| 06:19 | Harvard | James Marie gets the rebound | 32-23 |
| 05:58 | Harvard | Ivan Murawski knocks in the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from James Ellington | 35-23 |
| 05:48 | Detroit Mercy | Edmund Anderson misses badly on a jumper from the baseline but he's fouled by Robert Friend - foul #1 on Robert Friend, team foul #5 | 35-23 |
| Subs | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky (PG), Maurice Waggoner (PF), Alan Atkinson (C) Ivan Murawski, David Honey, James Marie | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Michael Dodge (PG), Dale Friedberg (SG), Charles Mitchell (SF) Lucas Hanna, Joshua Hawkins, James Copper | |
| 05:48 | Detroit Mercy | Edmund Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 35-24 |
| 05:48 | Detroit Mercy | Edmund Anderson misses the 2nd free throw | 35-24 |
| 05:48 | Harvard | Alan Atkinson pulls down the rebound | 35-24 |
| 05:31 | Harvard | Robert Friend is hacked by Michael Dodge - foul #2 on Michael Dodge, team foul #10 | 35-24 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Lucas Hanna (PG), Kelly Cox (C) Michael Dodge, Edmund Anderson | |
| 05:31 | Harvard | Robert Friend misses the 1st free throw | 35-24 |
| 05:31 | Harvard | Robert Friend makes the 2nd free throw | 36-24 |
| 05:10 | Detroit Mercy | Dale Friedberg buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 36-27 |
| 04:55 | Harvard | Alan Atkinson's pass is intercepted by Charles Mitchell | 36-27 |
| 04:39 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Friend is called for the reach on Charles Mitchell - foul #2 on Robert Friend, team foul #6 | 36-27 |
| Subs | Harvard | Ivan Murawski (SG), Morris Damico (SF) James Ellington, Robert Friend | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | James Copper (PF) John Janke | |
| 04:24 | Detroit Mercy | Ivan Murawski steps in front of the Dale Friedberg pass | 36-27 |
| 04:20 | Harvard | Ivan Murawski lays it in | 38-27 |
| 03:58 | Detroit Mercy | Kelly Cox hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 38-27 |
| 03:56 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Mitchell tips it back up and in | 38-29 |
| 03:38 | Harvard | Ivan Murawski is hacked by Dale Friedberg - foul #2 on Dale Friedberg, team foul #11 | 38-29 |
| Subs | Harvard | Jerry Yao (PF) Maurice Waggoner | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Michael Dodge (PG), Robert Liverman (SG), Joshua Hawkins (SF), Alex Copes (C) Lucas Hanna, Dale Friedberg, Charles Mitchell, Kelly Cox | |
| 03:38 | Harvard | Ivan Murawski misses the 1st free throw | 38-29 |
| 03:38 | Harvard | Ivan Murawski makes the 2nd free throw | 39-29 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Thomas Abrachinsky (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Ivan Murawski (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SF - Morris Damico (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. PF - Jerry Yao (fresh) 3 reb. C - Alan Atkinson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Michael Dodge (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Liverman (fresh) SF - Joshua Hawkins (fresh) 4 pts. PF - James Copper (fresh) 2 pts. C - Alex Copes (fresh) | |
| 03:24 | Detroit Mercy | Thomas Abrachinsky takes the ball from Joshua Hawkins | 39-29 |
| 03:04 | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 39-29 |
| 03:03 | Detroit Mercy | James Copper grabs the defensive rebound | 39-29 |
| 02:59 | Detroit Mercy | Jerry Yao steps in front of the Robert Liverman pass | 39-29 |
| 02:47 | Harvard | Joshua Hawkins steals the ball from Thomas Abrachinsky | 39-29 |
| 02:24 | Detroit Mercy | Michael Dodge buries a 3 from the left wing set up by Alex Copes | 39-32 |
| 02:04 | Harvard | Thomas Abrachinsky hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Morris Damico | 42-32 |
| 01:47 | Detroit Mercy | Michael Dodge connects on the 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by James Copper | 42-35 |
| 01:36 | Harvard | Morris Damico double dribbles | 42-35 |
| Subs | Harvard | James Ellington (SG), Robert Friend (SF), Maurice Waggoner (PF), James Marie (C) Ivan Murawski, Morris Damico, Jerry Yao, Alan Atkinson | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Dale Friedberg (SG), John Janke (PF) Robert Liverman, James Copper | |
| 01:21 | Detroit Mercy | John Janke hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 42-35 |
| 01:20 | Harvard | James Marie snags the defensive board | 42-35 |
| 01:14 | Harvard | Joshua Hawkins is called for the reach on James Marie - foul #1 on Joshua Hawkins, team foul #12 | 42-35 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Lucas Hanna (PG), Edmund Anderson (PF) Michael Dodge, Joshua Hawkins | |
| 01:14 | Harvard | James Marie makes the 1st free throw | 43-35 |
| 01:14 | Harvard | James Marie makes the 2nd free throw | 44-35 |
| 00:56 | Detroit Mercy | Thomas Abrachinsky steals it from Lucas Hanna | 44-35 |
| 00:34 | Harvard | Maurice Waggoner scores on a driving attempt in the lane on a great pass from James Ellington and the foul's on Edmund Anderson - foul #1 on Edmund Anderson, team foul #13 | 46-35 |
| Subs | Harvard | Ivan Murawski (SG) Thomas Abrachinsky | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Robert Liverman (SF) Alex Copes | |
| 00:34 | Harvard | Maurice Waggoner makes the free throw | 47-35 |
| 00:11 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Liverman misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 47-35 |
| 00:09 | Harvard | Maurice Waggoner gets the rebound | 47-35 |
| 00:04 | Harvard | Ivan Murawski connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by James Ellington | 50-35 |
| 00:00 | Detroit Mercy | Lucas Hanna misses the halfcourt shot | 50-35 |