| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Richard Turner (fresh) 12 pts. SG - James Vanderhoff (fresh) SF - Thomas Price (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Wayne Walker (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. C - Douglas Adamczyk (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Louis Pierson (fresh) 2 ast. SG - James Cross (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Russell Denenberg (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Theodore Bass (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - James Hunter (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Minnesota | Thomas Price inbounds the ball | 23-26 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| 19:48 | Minnesota | Douglas Adamczyk can't connect on a floater from the left side | 23-26 |
| 19:47 | Minnesota | Douglas Adamczyk grabs the offensive rebound | 23-26 |
| 19:27 | Minnesota | Wayne Walker hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 23-26 |
| 19:26 | Purdue | James Hunter grabs the defensive rebound | 23-26 |
| 19:06 | Purdue | James Hunter can't connect on a floater from the right block | 23-26 |
| 19:04 | Purdue | Theodore Bass tips it home | 23-28 |
| 18:35 | Minnesota | Wayne Walker misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 23-28 |
| 18:34 | Minnesota | Douglas Adamczyk tips it home | 25-28 |
| 18:18 | Purdue | Wayne Walker steals the ball from James Hunter | 25-28 |
| 17:54 | Minnesota | Thomas Price loses the dribble to James Hunter | 25-28 |
| 17:34 | Purdue | Theodore Bass misses badly on a driving attempt near the basket | 25-28 |
| 17:32 | Purdue | Theodore Bass hits the follow up shot | 25-30 |
| 17:09 | Minnesota | James Cross is called for the reach on Thomas Price - foul #1 on James Cross, team foul #1 | 25-30 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Charles Jennings (C) Douglas Adamczyk | |
| Subs | Purdue | Mark Springer (SG) James Cross | |
| 16:56 | Minnesota | Charles Jennings's fadeaway is rejected by Theodore Bass | 25-30 |
| 16:54 | Purdue | Theodore Bass grabs the defensive rebound | 25-30 |
| 16:27 | Purdue | Russell Denenberg is called for a backcourt violation | 25-30 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Robert Thompson (SG), Richard Granger (SF), Victor Fitzpatrick (PF) Richard Turner, Thomas Price, Wayne Walker | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 16:09 | Minnesota | Victor Fitzpatrick is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Victor Fitzpatrick, team foul #1 | 25-30 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Johnny Cangelosi (SG) James Vanderhoff | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 16:02 | Purdue | Russell Denenberg misses long on a shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Richard Granger - foul #2 on Richard Granger, team foul #2 | 25-30 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Purdue | James Cross (SG) Mark Springer | |
| 16:02 | Purdue | Russell Denenberg makes the 1st free throw | 25-31 |
| 16:02 | Purdue | Russell Denenberg misses the 2nd free throw | 25-31 |
| 16:02 | Minnesota | Charles Jennings grabs the defensive rebound | 25-31 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Robert Thompson (fresh) SG - Johnny Cangelosi (fresh) SF - Richard Granger (fresh) PF - Victor Fitzpatrick (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Charles Jennings (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Louis Pierson (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - James Cross (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Russell Denenberg (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Theodore Bass (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - James Hunter (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 15:42 | Minnesota | Robert Thompson misses the fadeaway from the free throw line | 25-31 |
| 15:40 | Purdue | Louis Pierson snags the defensive board | 25-31 |
| 15:35 | Purdue | Russell Denenberg clanks a jumper in the lane | 25-31 |
| 15:33 | Minnesota | Robert Thompson pulls down the rebound | 25-31 |
| 15:29 | Minnesota | Johnny Cangelosi hits the finger roll set up by Charles Jennings | 27-31 |
| 15:18 | Purdue | Russell Denenberg can't throw it down | 27-31 |
| 15:17 | Minnesota | Johnny Cangelosi gets the rebound | 27-31 |
| 14:50 | Minnesota | Charles Jennings misses the easy layup | 27-31 |
| 14:48 | Minnesota | Richard Granger tips it back up and in | 29-31 |
| 14:23 | Purdue | Richard Granger denies the turnaround by Russell Denenberg | 29-31 |
| 14:22 | Purdue | James Hunter tips it back up and in | 29-33 |
| 13:53 | Minnesota | Robert Thompson buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 32-33 |
| 13:34 | Purdue | Russell Denenberg comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane | 32-33 |
| 13:32 | Minnesota | Richard Granger pulls down the rebound | 32-33 |
| 13:08 | Minnesota | Charles Jennings knocks in the shot from the free throw line | 34-33 |
| 12:51 | Purdue | Louis Pierson makes the 3pt shot from straight away set up by James Cross | 34-36 |
| 12:25 | Minnesota | Louis Pierson steals it from Charles Jennings | 34-36 |
| 12:22 | Purdue | Louis Pierson blows the layup | 34-36 |
| 12:20 | Minnesota | Charles Jennings gets the rebound | 34-36 |
| 11:59 | Minnesota | Victor Fitzpatrick is whistled for a carry | 34-36 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Richard Turner (PG), James Vanderhoff (SG), Thomas Price (SF), Wayne Walker (PF), Douglas Adamczyk (C) Robert Thompson, Johnny Cangelosi, Richard Granger, Victor Fitzpatrick, Charles Jennings | |
| Subs | Purdue | Mark Springer (SG), Jeffrey Wyble (SF), Andrew Disney (PF), Jack Henshaw (C) James Cross, Russell Denenberg, Theodore Bass, James Hunter | |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Richard Turner (fresh) 12 pts. SG - James Vanderhoff (fresh) SF - Thomas Price (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Wayne Walker (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. C - Douglas Adamczyk (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Louis Pierson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mark Springer (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jeffrey Wyble (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Andrew Disney (fresh) 2 pts. C - Jack Henshaw (fresh) | |
| 11:44 | Purdue | Thomas Price steps in front of the Jack Henshaw pass | 34-36 |
| 11:40 | Minnesota | Richard Turner slams it home set up by Thomas Price | 36-36 |
| 11:15 | Purdue | Andrew Disney misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 36-36 |
| 11:13 | Purdue | Jack Henshaw tips it but misses | 36-36 |
| 11:11 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to Douglas Adamczyk | 36-36 |
| 10:47 | Minnesota | Richard Turner misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 36-36 |
| 10:46 | Purdue | Andrew Disney snags the defensive board | 36-36 |
| 10:37 | Purdue | Mark Springer is called for a charge - foul #1 on Mark Springer, team foul #2 | 36-36 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Lee Alvis (PG), Theodore Bass (PF), James Hunter (C) Louis Pierson, Andrew Disney, Jack Henshaw | |
| 10:08 | Minnesota | Thomas Price drills a jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Wayne Walker | 38-36 |
| 09:41 | Purdue | Mark Springer makes the jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Jeffrey Wyble and he's fouled by Wayne Walker - foul #1 on Wayne Walker, team foul #3 | 38-38 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Louis Pierson (PG), Russell Denenberg (SF) Lee Alvis, Jeffrey Wyble | |
| 09:41 | Purdue | Mark Springer makes the free throw | 38-39 |
| 09:20 | Minnesota | Douglas Adamczyk is whistled for traveling | 38-39 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Charles Jennings (C) Douglas Adamczyk | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 09:04 | Purdue | Mark Springer can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 38-39 |
| 09:03 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to Richard Turner | 38-39 |
| 08:35 | Minnesota | Richard Turner makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Thomas Price | 41-39 |
| 08:10 | Purdue | Louis Pierson misses the 3 from the right wing | 41-39 |
| 08:08 | Minnesota | Wayne Walker grabs the defensive rebound | 41-39 |
| 07:41 | Minnesota | James Vanderhoff comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 41-39 |
| 07:40 | Purdue | James Hunter snags the defensive board | 41-39 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Richard Turner (fairly fresh) 17 pts. SG - James Vanderhoff (fairly fresh) SF - Thomas Price (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Wayne Walker (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. C - Charles Jennings (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Louis Pierson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mark Springer (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Russell Denenberg (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Theodore Bass (tiring) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - James Hunter (tiring) 4 pts. 9 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:25 | Purdue | Theodore Bass hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 41-39 |
| 07:23 | Purdue | James Hunter tips it in | 41-41 |
| 07:03 | Minnesota | Wayne Walker is hacked by Theodore Bass - foul #1 on Theodore Bass, team foul #3 | 41-41 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Robert Thompson (PG), Johnny Cangelosi (SG), Richard Granger (SF), Victor Fitzpatrick (PF), Douglas Adamczyk (C) Richard Turner, James Vanderhoff, Thomas Price, Wayne Walker, Charles Jennings | |
| Subs | Purdue | James Cross (PG), Andrew Disney (PF), Jack Henshaw (C) Louis Pierson, Theodore Bass, James Hunter | |
| 06:47 | Minnesota | Johnny Cangelosi's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-41 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble (SF) Russell Denenberg | |
| 06:30 | Purdue | Mark Springer makes the 3 from the left corner | 41-44 |
| 06:03 | Minnesota | Robert Thompson makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Richard Granger | 44-44 |
| 05:39 | Purdue | Andrew Disney misses badly on a jumper from the right block | 44-44 |
| 05:38 | Minnesota | Douglas Adamczyk pulls down the rebound | 44-44 |
| 05:18 | Minnesota | Jeffrey Wyble is called for the reach on Robert Thompson - foul #1 on Jeffrey Wyble, team foul #4 | 44-44 |
| Subs | Minnesota | James Vanderhoff (PG), Wayne Walker (PF) Johnny Cangelosi, Victor Fitzpatrick | |
| Subs | Purdue | Louis Pierson (PG), Russell Denenberg (SF), James Hunter (C) Mark Springer, Jeffrey Wyble, Jack Henshaw | |
| 04:58 | Minnesota | Wayne Walker's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-44 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Richard Turner (PG), Thomas Price (SF) Robert Thompson, Richard Granger | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 04:38 | Purdue | James Cross knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away set up by Russell Denenberg | 44-47 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| 04:19 | Minnesota | Thomas Price misses short on a floater from the right side | 44-47 |
| 04:18 | Purdue | James Hunter gets the rebound | 44-47 |
| 04:01 | Purdue | Andrew Disney misses the lay-in | 44-47 |
| 03:59 | Minnesota | Wayne Walker snags the defensive board | 44-47 |
| 03:41 | Minnesota | Richard Turner drills a jumper from just outside the lane | 46-47 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Richard Turner (fresh) 19 pts. SG - James Vanderhoff (fresh) SF - Thomas Price (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Wayne Walker (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. C - Douglas Adamczyk (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Louis Pierson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Cross (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Russell Denenberg (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Andrew Disney (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - James Hunter (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 11 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 03:19 | Purdue | Russell Denenberg knocks in the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by James Cross | 46-49 |
| 03:12 | Minnesota | Thomas Price clanks a 3 from the right corner | 46-49 |
| 03:11 | Purdue | Andrew Disney pulls down the rebound | 46-49 |
| 03:01 | Purdue | James Hunter knocks in the driving attempt near the basket | 46-51 |
| 02:44 | Minnesota | Wayne Walker makes the driving attempt in the lane on a nice dish by Richard Turner | 48-51 |
| 02:27 | Purdue | Richard Turner picks off the pass by James Cross | 48-51 |
| 02:23 | Minnesota | James Vanderhoff can't finish the layup | 48-51 |
| 02:21 | Purdue | Russell Denenberg pulls down the rebound | 48-51 |
| 02:00 | Purdue | Andrew Disney hits a jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by James Cross and he's fouled by Douglas Adamczyk - foul #1 on Douglas Adamczyk, team foul #4 | 48-53 |
| 02:00 | Purdue | Andrew Disney makes the free throw | 48-54 |
| 01:50 | Minnesota | Russell Denenberg is called for the reach on Richard Turner - foul #2 on Russell Denenberg, team foul #5 | 48-54 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Theodore Bass (PF) Andrew Disney | |
| 01:40 | Minnesota | Thomas Price double dribbles | 48-54 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| 01:18 | Purdue | James Cross misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 48-54 |
| 01:17 | Purdue | Louis Pierson hits the follow up shot | 48-56 |
| 00:59 | Minnesota | Wayne Walker makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Douglas Adamczyk | 51-56 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:58 | Purdue | Louis Pierson is hacked by Richard Turner in the backcourt - foul #2 on Richard Turner, team foul #5 | 51-56 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble (SF) Russell Denenberg | |
| 00:56 | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble is fouled on the floor by Thomas Price - foul #1 on Thomas Price, team foul #6 | 51-56 |
| 00:54 | Purdue | Theodore Bass is fouled on the floor by Douglas Adamczyk - foul #2 on Douglas Adamczyk, team foul #7 | 51-56 |
| 00:54 | Purdue | Theodore Bass makes the 1st free throw | 51-57 |
| 00:54 | Purdue | Theodore Bass makes the 2nd free throw | 51-58 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:47 | Minnesota | Richard Turner clanks a jumpshot from the right side | 51-58 |
| 00:45 | Minnesota | The offensive rebound goes to Douglas Adamczyk | 51-58 |
| 00:43 | Minnesota | Richard Turner scores on a fadeaway from the left side set up by Thomas Price | 53-58 |
| 00:41 | Purdue | Theodore Bass is hacked by Richard Turner in the backcourt - foul #3 on Richard Turner, team foul #8 | 53-58 |
| 00:41 | Purdue | Theodore Bass misses the 1st free throw | 53-58 |
| 00:41 | Minnesota | Douglas Adamczyk grabs the defensive rebound | 53-58 |
| 00:37 | Minnesota | Douglas Adamczyk is hacked by James Hunter - foul #1 on James Hunter, team foul #6 | 53-58 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Russell Denenberg (SF) Jeffrey Wyble | |
| 00:34 | Minnesota | Thomas Price scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from James Vanderhoff | 56-58 |
| 00:33 | Purdue | Theodore Bass is hacked by Richard Turner in the backcourt - foul #4 on Richard Turner, team foul #9 | 56-58 |
| 00:33 | Purdue | Theodore Bass makes the 1st free throw | 56-59 |
| 00:33 | Purdue | Theodore Bass makes the 2nd free throw | 56-60 |
| 00:25 | Minnesota | Louis Pierson steps in front of the Douglas Adamczyk pass | 56-60 |
| 00:24 | Purdue | James Vanderhoff is called for the reach on Louis Pierson in the backcourt - foul #2 on James Vanderhoff, team foul #10 | 56-60 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Mark Springer (SF), Andrew Disney (PF) Russell Denenberg, Theodore Bass | |
| 00:24 | Purdue | Louis Pierson makes the 1st free throw | 56-61 |
| 00:24 | Purdue | Louis Pierson makes the 2nd free throw | 56-62 |
| 00:18 | Minnesota | Thomas Price hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 56-62 |
| 00:16 | Minnesota | Douglas Adamczyk snags the offensive board | 56-62 |
| 00:14 | Minnesota | Wayne Walker connects on the 3 from the left wing set up by Richard Turner | 59-62 |
| 00:14 | Purdue | Purdue calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 59-62 |
| 00:13 | Purdue | Louis Pierson is fouled in the backcourt by Richard Turner - foul #5 on Richard Turner, team foul #11 | 59-62 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Robert Thompson (SG) Richard Turner | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 00:13 | Purdue | Louis Pierson makes the 1st free throw | 59-63 |
| 00:13 | Purdue | Louis Pierson makes the 2nd free throw | 59-64 |
| 00:07 | Minnesota | Robert Thompson misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 59-64 |
| 00:06 | Purdue | Louis Pierson gets the rebound | 59-64 |
| 00:05 | Purdue | Louis Pierson is hacked by James Vanderhoff in the backcourt - foul #3 on James Vanderhoff, team foul #12 | 59-64 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble (SF), Theodore Bass (PF) Mark Springer, Andrew Disney | |
| 00:05 | Purdue | Louis Pierson makes the 1st free throw | 59-65 |
| 00:05 | Purdue | Louis Pierson makes the 2nd free throw | 59-66 |
| 00:00 | Minnesota | Wayne Walker can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 59-66 |