| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Joseph Murdock (fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. SG - Tyler White (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Leonard Gaskin (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - James Lamothe (fresh) 2 pts. C - John Hubbs (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Wayne Kronberg (fresh) 1 ast. SG - James Glynn (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Richard Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Jeremy Sica (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Rudolph Crotty (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Michigan State | Leonard Gaskin inbounds the ball | 45-31 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:42 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 45-31 |
| 19:41 | Purdue | James Glynn gets the rebound | 45-31 |
| 19:16 | Purdue | James Glynn comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 45-31 |
| 19:14 | Purdue | Rudolph Crotty misses the tip | 45-31 |
| 19:12 | Purdue | Wayne Kronberg hits the follow up shot | 45-33 |
| 19:08 | Michigan State | Leonard Gaskin connects on the runner from the right block on a great pass from Tyler White | 47-33 |
| 18:46 | Purdue | James Glynn scores on a 3 from the right wing | 47-36 |
| 18:31 | Michigan State | James Glynn steals it from Joseph Murdock | 47-36 |
| 18:14 | Purdue | Jeremy Sica can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing | 47-36 |
| 18:13 | Purdue | Rudolph Crotty gets the offensive rebound | 47-36 |
| 17:46 | Purdue | Wayne Kronberg scores on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 47-39 |
| 17:40 | Michigan State | James Lamothe is hacked by Jeremy Sica - foul #1 on Jeremy Sica, team foul #1 | 47-39 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Barry Jones (PG), Vern Stegall (SG), Robert Robinson (SF), Albert Littlejohn (PF), Travis Loyd (C) Joseph Murdock, Tyler White, Leonard Gaskin, James Lamothe, John Hubbs | |
| Subs | Purdue | Paul Jang (SG), David Looney (SF), Neil Adams (C) James Glynn, Richard Johnson, Rudolph Crotty | |
| 17:35 | Michigan State | Robert Robinson misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 47-39 |
| 17:34 | Purdue | Wayne Kronberg grabs the defensive rebound | 47-39 |
| 17:07 | Purdue | Jeremy Sica's fadeaway is rejected by Albert Littlejohn | 47-39 |
| 17:06 | Michigan State | Albert Littlejohn gets the rebound | 47-39 |
| 17:01 | Michigan State | Robert Robinson makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Barry Jones | 50-39 |
| 16:36 | Purdue | Jeremy Sica is called for traveling | 50-39 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Fred Langlais (SF) Travis Loyd | |
| Subs | Purdue | Richard Johnson (PG), James Glynn (SG), Christopher Robertson (PF) Wayne Kronberg, Paul Jang, Jeremy Sica | |
| 16:15 | Michigan State | Robert Robinson loses the ball out of bounds | 50-39 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock (PG) Barry Jones | |
| Subs | Purdue | Jeremy Sica (SF) David Looney | |
| 15:46 | Purdue | Fred Langlais blocks the short jumper by Neil Adams | 50-39 |
| 15:44 | Purdue | James Glynn tips it home | 50-41 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Joseph Murdock (fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. SG - Vern Stegall (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Fred Langlais (fresh) 2 blk. PF - Robert Robinson (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Albert Littlejohn (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Richard Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. SG - James Glynn (fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jeremy Sica (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Christopher Robertson (fresh) 2 reb. C - Neil Adams (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 15:29 | Michigan State | Albert Littlejohn banks in the layup | 52-41 |
| 15:05 | Purdue | Jeremy Sica misses short on a shot from the right side but he's hacked by Albert Littlejohn - foul #1 on Albert Littlejohn, team foul #1 | 52-41 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Barry Jones (PG), Tyler White (SG), James Lamothe (PF), Travis Loyd (C) Joseph Murdock, Vern Stegall, Robert Robinson, Albert Littlejohn | |
| Subs | Purdue | Wayne Kronberg (PG) Christopher Robertson | |
| 15:05 | Purdue | Jeremy Sica misses the 1st free throw | 52-41 |
| 15:05 | Purdue | Jeremy Sica makes the 2nd free throw | 52-42 |
| 14:51 | Michigan State | Wayne Kronberg steals the ball from Tyler White | 52-42 |
| 14:35 | Purdue | Richard Johnson hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Jeremy Sica | 52-45 |
| 14:29 | Michigan State | Jeremy Sica blocks the jumper by Tyler White | 52-45 |
| 14:28 | Purdue | Neil Adams grabs the defensive rebound | 52-45 |
| 13:59 | Purdue | James Glynn hits a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 52-48 |
| 13:30 | Michigan State | Tyler White misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 52-48 |
| 13:28 | Michigan State | Fred Langlais snags the offensive board | 52-48 |
| 13:22 | Michigan State | Barry Jones travels with the ball | 52-48 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock (PG), Vern Stegall (SG), Leonard Gaskin (SF), Robert Robinson (PF), John Hubbs (C) Barry Jones, Tyler White, Fred Langlais, James Lamothe, Travis Loyd | |
| Subs | Purdue | Paul Jang (SG), David Looney (SF), Christopher Robertson (PF), Rudolph Crotty (C) James Glynn, Richard Johnson, Jeremy Sica, Neil Adams | |
| 12:55 | Purdue | David Looney drills a 3 from straight away set up by Christopher Robertson | 52-51 |
| 12:36 | Michigan State | Robert Robinson buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 55-51 |
| 12:17 | Purdue | David Looney can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 55-51 |
| 12:16 | Purdue | Wayne Kronberg tips it in | 55-53 |
| 12:01 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Leonard Gaskin | 58-53 |
| 11:35 | Purdue | Wayne Kronberg is whistled for a carry | 58-53 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Tyler White (SG), Albert Littlejohn (PF), Travis Loyd (C) Vern Stegall, Robert Robinson, John Hubbs | |
| Subs | Purdue | Richard Johnson (PG), James Glynn (SG), Jeremy Sica (SF) Wayne Kronberg, Paul Jang, David Looney | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Joseph Murdock (fresh) 20 pts. 2 ast. SG - Tyler White (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - Leonard Gaskin (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Albert Littlejohn (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Travis Loyd (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Richard Johnson (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. SG - James Glynn (fresh) 20 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jeremy Sica (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Christopher Robertson (fresh) 2 reb. C - Rudolph Crotty (fresh) 6 reb. | |
| 11:26 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock misses badly on a shot from the free throw line but the foul's on Richard Johnson - foul #3 on Richard Johnson, team foul #2 | 58-53 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Neil Adams (C) Rudolph Crotty | |
| 11:26 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock makes the 1st free throw | 59-53 |
| 11:26 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock makes the 2nd free throw | 60-53 |
| 11:03 | Purdue | Neil Adams loses the ball out of bounds | 60-53 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Fred Langlais (SF), John Hubbs (C) Leonard Gaskin, Travis Loyd | |
| Subs | Purdue | Wayne Kronberg (PG), Rudolph Crotty (C) Christopher Robertson, Neil Adams | |
| 10:54 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock makes the 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Albert Littlejohn | 63-53 |
| 10:30 | Purdue | The short jumper by Rudolph Crotty is denied by Albert Littlejohn | 63-53 |
| 10:29 | Michigan State | John Hubbs gets the rebound | 63-53 |
| 10:24 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 63-53 |
| 10:22 | Purdue | Jeremy Sica grabs the defensive rebound | 63-53 |
| 10:01 | Purdue | James Glynn drills a jump hook from close range on a nice dish by Wayne Kronberg | 63-55 |
| 09:45 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 63-55 |
| 09:44 | Michigan State | Albert Littlejohn misses the tip | 63-55 |
| 09:42 | Michigan State | John Hubbs snags the offensive board | 63-55 |
| 09:24 | Michigan State | Albert Littlejohn knocks in the driving attempt from close range set up by Joseph Murdock and he's fouled by Richard Johnson - foul #4 on Richard Johnson, team foul #3 | 65-55 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Barry Jones (PG), Vern Stegall (SG), Leonard Gaskin (SF), James Lamothe (PF) Joseph Murdock, Tyler White, Fred Langlais, John Hubbs | |
| Subs | Purdue | David Looney (SF), Christopher Robertson (PF), Neil Adams (C) Richard Johnson, Jeremy Sica, Rudolph Crotty | |
| 09:24 | Michigan State | Albert Littlejohn misses the free throw | 65-55 |
| 09:24 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Neil Adams | 65-55 |
| 08:55 | Purdue | Barry Jones is called for the reach on David Looney - foul #1 on Barry Jones, team foul #2 | 65-55 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Robert Robinson (PF), Travis Loyd (C) James Lamothe, Albert Littlejohn | |
| Subs | Purdue | Jeremy Sica (SF) David Looney | |
| 08:26 | Purdue | Neil Adams misses badly on a jumper from close range | 65-55 |
| 08:25 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Robert Robinson | 65-55 |
| 08:18 | Michigan State | Robert Robinson drills a 3 from the left corner | 68-55 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 07:57 | Purdue | Christopher Robertson misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Travis Loyd - foul #2 on Travis Loyd, team foul #3 | 68-55 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock (PG), Tyler White (SG), James Lamothe (PF) Barry Jones, Vern Stegall, Leonard Gaskin | |
| Subs | Purdue | Richard Johnson (PG), David Looney (SF), Rudolph Crotty (C) Wayne Kronberg, Jeremy Sica, Neil Adams | |
| 07:57 | Purdue | Christopher Robertson makes the 1st free throw | 68-56 |
| 07:57 | Purdue | Christopher Robertson makes the 2nd free throw | 68-57 |
| 07:44 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 68-57 |
| 07:42 | Purdue | James Glynn pulls down the rebound | 68-57 |
| 07:13 | Purdue | Christopher Robertson's floater is tipped away by Travis Loyd | 68-57 |
| 07:12 | Michigan State | James Lamothe gets the rebound | 68-57 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Joseph Murdock (fresh) 25 pts. 3 ast. SG - Tyler White (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - Robert Robinson (fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. PF - James Lamothe (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Travis Loyd (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Richard Johnson (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. 4 pf. SG - James Glynn (fairly fresh) 22 pts. 2 ast. SF - David Looney (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Christopher Robertson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Rudolph Crotty (fresh) 6 reb. | |
| 07:08 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 68-57 |
| 07:07 | Michigan State | Travis Loyd pulls down the offensive rebound | 68-57 |
| 06:58 | Michigan State | Tyler White buries a 3 from the left corner set up by Joseph Murdock | 71-57 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 06:38 | Purdue | David Looney misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 71-57 |
| 06:36 | Michigan State | Travis Loyd gets the rebound | 71-57 |
| 06:15 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock buries a 3 pointer from the right corner | 74-57 |
| 05:56 | Purdue | James Glynn misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 74-57 |
| 05:54 | Michigan State | James Lamothe grabs the board | 74-57 |
| 05:50 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock is hacked by Richard Johnson - foul #5 on Richard Johnson, team foul #4 | 74-57 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Barry Jones (PG), Vern Stegall (SG), Leonard Gaskin (SF), Albert Littlejohn (PF), John Hubbs (C) Joseph Murdock, Tyler White, Robert Robinson, James Lamothe, Travis Loyd | |
| Subs | Purdue | Wayne Kronberg (PG), Jeremy Sica (SF), Neil Adams (C) Richard Johnson, David Looney, Rudolph Crotty | |
| 05:39 | Michigan State | Christopher Robertson steps in front of the Leonard Gaskin pass | 74-57 |
| 05:27 | Purdue | James Glynn knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Jeremy Sica | 74-60 |
| 05:14 | Michigan State | Leonard Gaskin clanks a fadeaway from the baseline but the foul's on Jeremy Sica - foul #2 on Jeremy Sica, team foul #5 | 74-60 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock (PG) Barry Jones | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 05:14 | Michigan State | Leonard Gaskin misses the 1st free throw | 74-60 |
| 05:14 | Michigan State | Leonard Gaskin makes the 2nd free throw | 75-60 |
| 05:00 | Purdue | James Glynn can't connect on a jumper from the left side | 75-60 |
| 04:58 | Purdue | Jeremy Sica can't tip it in | 75-60 |
| 04:56 | Michigan State | Albert Littlejohn gets the rebound | 75-60 |
| 04:49 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 75-60 |
| 04:47 | Purdue | Neil Adams gets the rebound | 75-60 |
| 04:31 | Purdue | Neil Adams double dribbles | 75-60 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Barry Jones (PG), Tyler White (SG), Robert Robinson (PF) Joseph Murdock, Vern Stegall, John Hubbs | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 04:12 | Michigan State | Tyler White comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 75-60 |
| 04:10 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Wayne Kronberg | 75-60 |
| 03:48 | Purdue | James Glynn knocks in the jumpshot from the free throw line | 75-62 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-5) | |
| 03:23 | Michigan State | Albert Littlejohn throws a bad pass out of bounds | 75-62 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock (PG), Vern Stegall (SG), James Lamothe (PF), John Hubbs (C) Barry Jones, Tyler White, Robert Robinson, Albert Littlejohn | |
| Subs | Purdue | Douglas Sanders (PF), Rudolph Crotty (C) Christopher Robertson, Neil Adams | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-5) | |
| 03:21 | Purdue | Rudolph Crotty's pass is intercepted by Vern Stegall in the backcourt | 75-62 |
| 03:20 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock hits the finger roll on a great pass from Vern Stegall | 77-62 |
| 03:00 | Purdue | James Glynn misses short on a jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by John Hubbs - foul #2 on John Hubbs, team foul #4 | 77-62 |
| 03:00 | Purdue | James Glynn misses the 1st free throw | 77-62 |
| 03:00 | Purdue | James Glynn misses the 2nd free throw | 77-62 |
| 03:00 | Michigan State | John Hubbs gets the rebound | 77-62 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Joseph Murdock (fresh) 30 pts. 4 ast. SG - Vern Stegall (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Leonard Gaskin (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - James Lamothe (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - John Hubbs (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Wayne Kronberg (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - James Glynn (fairly fresh) 27 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jeremy Sica (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. PF - Douglas Sanders (fresh) C - Rudolph Crotty (fresh) 6 reb. | |
| 02:32 | Michigan State | John Hubbs is hacked by Rudolph Crotty - foul #2 on Rudolph Crotty, team foul #6 | 77-62 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Tyler White (SG), Robert Robinson (SF), Travis Loyd (C) Vern Stegall, Leonard Gaskin, John Hubbs | |
| Subs | Purdue | Paul Jang (SG), David Looney (SF), Christopher Robertson (PF), Neil Adams (C) James Glynn, Jeremy Sica, Douglas Sanders, Rudolph Crotty | |
| 02:09 | Michigan State | Travis Loyd misses the jumpshot from the right wing | 77-62 |
| 02:07 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Christopher Robertson | 77-62 |
| 01:52 | Purdue | Neil Adams hits the finger roll on a great pass from Wayne Kronberg | 77-64 |
| 01:28 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 77-64 |
| 01:27 | Purdue | David Looney grabs the defensive rebound | 77-64 |
| 01:24 | Purdue | David Looney is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 77-64 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Leonard Gaskin (SF), John Hubbs (C) Robert Robinson, Travis Loyd | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 01:12 | Michigan State | Tyler White connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Joseph Murdock | 80-64 |
| 00:46 | Purdue | Neil Adams connects on the runner from the left block and he's fouled by Joseph Murdock - foul #1 on Joseph Murdock, team foul #5 | 80-66 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Douglas Sanders (PF) Wayne Kronberg | |
| 00:46 | Purdue | Neil Adams makes the free throw | 80-67 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-5) | |
| 00:21 | Michigan State | Tyler White can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's hacked by Paul Jang - foul #2 on Paul Jang, team foul #7 | 80-67 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Wayne Kronberg (PG) Douglas Sanders | |
| 00:21 | Michigan State | Tyler White misses the 1st free throw | 80-67 |
| 00:21 | Michigan State | Tyler White makes the 2nd free throw | 81-67 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-5) | |
| 00:17 | Purdue | Wayne Kronberg is fouled in the backcourt by Joseph Murdock - foul #2 on Joseph Murdock, team foul #6 | 81-67 |
| 00:14 | Purdue | Neil Adams misses the jumper from the baseline | 81-67 |
| 00:13 | Purdue | Paul Jang pulls down the offensive rebound | 81-67 |
| 00:11 | Purdue | Christopher Robertson makes the wide open runner near the basket | 81-69 |
| 00:00 | Michigan State | Joseph Murdock runs out the clock | 81-69 |