| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Teddy Sluss (fresh) SG - Sidney Dean (fresh) SF - Ralph Cochran (fresh) PF - James Terry (fresh) C - James Bembry (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Darrell Moriarty (fresh) SG - Joshua Dempster (fresh) SF - James Taylor (fresh) PF - Waldo Dimartino (fresh) C - Johnny Brown (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Evansville | Johnny Brown wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:41 | Evansville | Darrell Moriarty shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | Evansville | Johnny Brown tips it back up and in | 0-2 |
| 19:24 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 2-2 |
| 19:17 | Evansville | James Bembry swats the layup by Waldo Dimartino | 2-2 |
| 19:16 | Xavier | James Terry gets the rebound | 2-2 |
| 19:11 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss drills a fadeaway from the right side set up by Sidney Dean | 4-2 |
| 18:51 | Evansville | Johnny Brown misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 4-2 |
| 18:50 | Xavier | James Terry grabs the board | 4-2 |
| 18:23 | Xavier | Darrell Moriarty takes the ball from Sidney Dean | 4-2 |
| 18:19 | Evansville | James Taylor lays it in on a nice dish by Darrell Moriarty | 4-4 |
| 18:07 | Xavier | James Bembry is hacked by Waldo Dimartino - foul #1 on Waldo Dimartino, team foul #1 | 4-4 |
| 17:49 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss blows the dunk | 4-4 |
| 17:48 | Xavier | James Bembry tips it but misses | 4-4 |
| 17:47 | Evansville | The rebound goes to Waldo Dimartino | 4-4 |
| 17:31 | Evansville | Johnny Brown travels with the ball | 4-4 |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| Subs | Evansville | Donald Ezell (SG), Norman Bullock (SF), Ronald Massey (C) Joshua Dempster, James Taylor, Johnny Brown | |
| 17:18 | Xavier | James Bembry can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Norman Bullock - foul #1 on Norman Bullock, team foul #2 | 4-4 |
| 17:18 | Xavier | James Bembry misses the 1st free throw | 4-4 |
| 17:18 | Xavier | James Bembry makes the 2nd free throw | 5-4 |
| 17:00 | Evansville | Ronald Massey can't connect on a jumper from just outside the lane | 5-4 |
| 16:59 | Xavier | Ralph Cochran grabs the board | 5-4 |
| 16:53 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss is hacked by Darrell Moriarty - foul #1 on Darrell Moriarty, team foul #3 | 5-4 |
| Subs | Xavier | Leonard Harrison (SF), James Monroe (PF), Bradley Yuhas (C) Ralph Cochran, James Terry, James Bembry | |
| Subs | Evansville | Jacob Smith (PG), Alex Domagalski (C) Darrell Moriarty, Waldo Dimartino | |
| 16:34 | Xavier | Leonard Harrison can't connect on a shot from the left block but he's hacked by Norman Bullock - foul #2 on Norman Bullock, team foul #4 | 5-4 |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| Subs | Evansville | George Pratt (SF) Norman Bullock | |
| 16:34 | Xavier | Leonard Harrison makes the 1st free throw | 6-4 |
| 16:34 | Xavier | Leonard Harrison makes the 2nd free throw | 7-4 |
| 16:15 | Evansville | Bradley Yuhas denies the turnaround by Ronald Massey | 7-4 |
| 16:13 | Evansville | Ronald Massey tips it back up and in | 7-6 |
| 16:04 | Xavier | Sidney Dean is hacked by Donald Ezell - foul #1 on Donald Ezell, team foul #5 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Xavier | Antoine Hartwig (PG), Harold Graves (SG) Teddy Sluss, Sidney Dean | |
| Subs | Evansville | Darrell Moriarty (PG), James Taylor (SF), Johnny Brown (C) Jacob Smith, George Pratt, Alex Domagalski | |
| 15:55 | Xavier | James Monroe can't connect on a jumper from the left block | 7-6 |
| 15:54 | Xavier | Harold Graves grabs the offensive board | 7-6 |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Antoine Hartwig (fresh) SG - Harold Graves (fresh) SF - Leonard Harrison (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Monroe (fresh) C - Bradley Yuhas (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Darrell Moriarty (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Donald Ezell (fresh) SF - James Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Ronald Massey (fresh) 2 pts. C - Johnny Brown (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:37 | Xavier | Bradley Yuhas's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 7-6 |
| Subs | Xavier | Ralph Cochran (SF), James Terry (PF), James Bembry (C) Leonard Harrison, James Monroe, Bradley Yuhas | |
| Subs | Evansville | Joshua Dempster (SG), Waldo Dimartino (PF) Donald Ezell, Ronald Massey | |
| 15:21 | Evansville | Johnny Brown lays it up and in set up by Waldo Dimartino out of the doubleteam | 7-8 |
| 15:07 | Xavier | James Bembry scores on a jumper from the right wing | 9-8 |
| 14:55 | Evansville | Darrell Moriarty is fouled on the floor by Ralph Cochran - foul #1 on Ralph Cochran, team foul #1 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Xavier | Teddy Sluss (PG), Sidney Dean (SG) Antoine Hartwig, Harold Graves | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 14:37 | Evansville | James Terry picks off the pass by Darrell Moriarty out of a doubleteam | 9-8 |
| 14:10 | Xavier | Johnny Brown steals it from Ralph Cochran | 9-8 |
| 13:51 | Evansville | Waldo Dimartino can't finish the layup against a doubleteam | 9-8 |
| 13:50 | Xavier | James Bembry gets the rebound | 9-8 |
| 13:39 | Xavier | James Bembry hits the front of the rim on the runner from the baseline | 9-8 |
| 13:37 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss hits the follow up shot | 11-8 |
| 13:23 | Evansville | James Taylor misses short on a floater from the right side | 11-8 |
| 13:21 | Xavier | James Terry grabs the defensive rebound | 11-8 |
| 13:16 | Xavier | Sidney Dean is whistled for a carry | 11-8 |
| Subs | Xavier | Leonard Harrison (SF), James Monroe (PF), Bradley Yuhas (C) Ralph Cochran, James Terry, James Bembry | |
| Subs | Evansville | Jacob Smith (PG), Donald Ezell (SG), George Pratt (SF), Ronald Massey (PF), Alex Domagalski (C) Darrell Moriarty, Joshua Dempster, James Taylor, Waldo Dimartino, Johnny Brown | |
| 13:04 | Evansville | Donald Ezell clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 11-8 |
| 13:02 | Xavier | James Monroe grabs the board | 11-8 |
| 12:56 | Xavier | Sidney Dean misses badly on a shot in the lane | 11-8 |
| 12:55 | Evansville | Ronald Massey snags the defensive board | 11-8 |
| 12:40 | Evansville | Sidney Dean takes the ball from Ronald Massey | 11-8 |
| 12:36 | Xavier | Sidney Dean hits the finger roll | 13-8 |
| 12:19 | Evansville | Jacob Smith knocks in the fadeaway from the free throw line | 13-10 |
| 11:55 | Xavier | Donald Ezell is called for the reach on Sidney Dean - foul #2 on Donald Ezell, team foul #6 | 13-10 |
| Subs | Xavier | Antoine Hartwig (PG), Harold Graves (SG), James Terry (PF) Teddy Sluss, Sidney Dean, James Monroe | |
| Subs | Evansville | Darrell Moriarty (PG), Waldo Dimartino (PF) Donald Ezell, Alex Domagalski | |
| 11:43 | Xavier | James Terry connects on the turnaround from the right block set up by Antoine Hartwig and he's fouled by Jacob Smith - foul #1 on Jacob Smith, team foul #7 | 15-10 |
| Subs | Xavier | James Bembry (C) Bradley Yuhas | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 11:43 | Xavier | James Terry misses the free throw | 15-10 |
| 11:43 | Evansville | The rebound goes to Ronald Massey | 15-10 |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Antoine Hartwig (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Harold Graves (fresh) SF - Leonard Harrison (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Terry (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - James Bembry (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Darrell Moriarty (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jacob Smith (fresh) 2 pts. SF - George Pratt (fresh) PF - Waldo Dimartino (fresh) C - Ronald Massey (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:21 | Evansville | Jacob Smith buries a floater from the baseline | 15-12 |
| 10:58 | Xavier | James Terry clanks a jumpshot from the left wing but he's fouled by Ronald Massey - foul #1 on Ronald Massey, team foul #8 | 15-12 |
| Subs | Xavier | Teddy Sluss (PG), Ralph Cochran (SF) Harold Graves, Leonard Harrison | |
| Subs | Evansville | Joshua Dempster (SG), James Taylor (SF), Johnny Brown (C) Jacob Smith, George Pratt, Ronald Massey | |
| 10:58 | Xavier | James Terry makes the 1st free throw | 16-12 |
| 10:58 | Xavier | James Terry misses the 2nd free throw | 16-12 |
| 10:58 | Evansville | The rebound goes to Johnny Brown | 16-12 |
| 10:36 | Evansville | Waldo Dimartino shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the shot from close range on a great pass from Darrell Moriarty and he's fouled by Ralph Cochran - foul #2 on Ralph Cochran, team foul #2 | 16-14 |
| Subs | Xavier | Sidney Dean (SG), Jim Nordin (SF), James Monroe (PF) Antoine Hartwig, Ralph Cochran, James Terry | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 10:36 | Evansville | Waldo Dimartino makes the free throw | 16-15 |
| 10:19 | Xavier | The jumper by James Bembry is denied by Johnny Brown | 16-15 |
| 10:17 | Evansville | Johnny Brown grabs the board | 16-15 |
| 10:11 | Evansville | Johnny Brown misses the easy layup | 16-15 |
| 10:10 | Xavier | The rebound goes to Teddy Sluss | 16-15 |
| 09:48 | Xavier | Sidney Dean misses long on a jumper from the left wing | 16-15 |
| 09:47 | Evansville | James Taylor grabs the board | 16-15 |
| 09:42 | Evansville | James Taylor drills a runner from the left block set up by Darrell Moriarty | 16-17 |
| 09:22 | Xavier | Johnny Brown blocks the short jumper by Teddy Sluss | 16-17 |
| 09:21 | Evansville | Waldo Dimartino snags the defensive board | 16-17 |
| 09:08 | Evansville | Jim Nordin is called for the reach on James Taylor - foul #1 on Jim Nordin, team foul #3 | 16-17 |
| Subs | Xavier | Leonard Harrison (SF), James Terry (PF), Bradley Yuhas (C) Jim Nordin, James Monroe, James Bembry | |
| Subs | Evansville | Jacob Smith (PG), George Pratt (SG), Ronald Massey (PF), Alex Domagalski (C) Darrell Moriarty, Joshua Dempster, Waldo Dimartino, Johnny Brown | |
| 08:59 | Evansville | Ronald Massey clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 16-17 |
| 08:57 | Evansville | James Taylor grabs the offensive rebound | 16-17 |
| 08:41 | Evansville | Jacob Smith hits a jumpshot from the left side | 16-19 |
| 08:22 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss scores on a jumper near the basket and he's hacked by Jacob Smith - foul #2 on Jacob Smith, team foul #9 | 18-19 |
| Subs | Xavier | Antoine Hartwig (SG) Sidney Dean | |
| Subs | Evansville | Darrell Moriarty (PG), Joshua Dempster (SG) Jacob Smith, James Taylor | |
| 08:22 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss makes the free throw | 19-19 |
| 07:59 | Evansville | Darrell Moriarty is hacked by Antoine Hartwig - foul #1 on Antoine Hartwig, team foul #4 | 19-19 |
| Subs | Xavier | Harold Graves (SG) Teddy Sluss | |
| Subs | Evansville | Waldo Dimartino (PF), Johnny Brown (C) Ronald Massey, Alex Domagalski | |
| 07:46 | Evansville | Waldo Dimartino double dribbles as he's doubleteamed | 19-19 |
| 07:26 | Xavier | Leonard Harrison misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 19-19 |
| 07:25 | Xavier | James Terry grabs the offensive rebound | 19-19 |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Antoine Hartwig (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Harold Graves (fresh) SF - Leonard Harrison (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Terry (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Bradley Yuhas (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Darrell Moriarty (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Joshua Dempster (fairly fresh) SF - George Pratt (fresh) PF - Waldo Dimartino (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Johnny Brown (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:14 | Xavier | James Terry can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Joshua Dempster - foul #1 on Joshua Dempster, team foul #10 | 19-19 |
| Subs | Xavier | Sidney Dean (SG) Harold Graves | |
| Subs | Evansville | Michael Gray (SF) George Pratt | |
| 07:14 | Xavier | James Terry makes the 1st free throw | 20-19 |
| 07:14 | Xavier | James Terry misses the 2nd free throw | 20-19 |
| 07:14 | Evansville | Johnny Brown grabs the board | 20-19 |
| 06:57 | Evansville | Waldo Dimartino hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 20-19 |
| 06:55 | Evansville | Johnny Brown snags the offensive board | 20-19 |
| 06:37 | Evansville | Joshua Dempster hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 20-19 |
| 06:36 | Xavier | Bradley Yuhas grabs the defensive rebound | 20-19 |
| 06:30 | Xavier | Leonard Harrison is fouled on the floor by Michael Gray - foul #1 on Michael Gray, team foul #11 | 20-19 |
| Subs | Xavier | Teddy Sluss (PG), James Monroe (PF), James Bembry (C) Antoine Hartwig, James Terry, Bradley Yuhas | |
| Subs | Evansville | James Taylor (SF), Ronald Massey (PF), Alex Domagalski (C) Michael Gray, Waldo Dimartino, Johnny Brown | |
| 06:30 | Xavier | Leonard Harrison makes the 1st free throw | 21-19 |
| 06:30 | Xavier | Leonard Harrison makes the 2nd free throw | 22-19 |
| 06:17 | Evansville | Darrell Moriarty works out of a doubleteam and scores on a shot from the left side on a great pass from Joshua Dempster | 22-21 |
| 05:55 | Xavier | James Monroe misses short on a jump hook in the paint | 22-21 |
| 05:54 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss pulls down the offensive rebound | 22-21 |
| 05:43 | Xavier | Ronald Massey swats the short shot by James Bembry | 22-21 |
| 05:42 | Evansville | Alex Domagalski pulls down the rebound | 22-21 |
| 05:30 | Evansville | Ronald Massey misses long on a jumper from the baseline but the foul's on Leonard Harrison - foul #1 on Leonard Harrison, team foul #5 | 22-21 |
| Subs | Xavier | Antoine Hartwig (SG), Jim Nordin (SF) Sidney Dean, Leonard Harrison | |
| Subs | Evansville | George Pratt (SG), Waldo Dimartino (PF) Joshua Dempster, Alex Domagalski | |
| 05:30 | Evansville | Ronald Massey makes the 1st free throw | 22-22 |
| 05:30 | Evansville | Ronald Massey makes the 2nd free throw | 22-23 |
| 05:10 | Xavier | James Bembry buries a pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Teddy Sluss | 24-23 |
| 04:50 | Evansville | George Pratt can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 24-23 |
| 04:48 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss gets the rebound | 24-23 |
| 04:44 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss hits a shot from the baseline on a nice dish by James Bembry | 26-23 |
| 04:17 | Evansville | Waldo Dimartino loses the dribble to James Bembry | 26-23 |
| 04:12 | Xavier | James Taylor steals it from James Monroe | 26-23 |
| 04:08 | Evansville | James Taylor banks in the layup | 26-25 |
| 03:54 | Xavier | James Bembry clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 26-25 |
| 03:52 | Evansville | Waldo Dimartino grabs the board | 26-25 |
| 03:28 | Evansville | Waldo Dimartino is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 26-25 |
| 03:27 | Xavier | Jim Nordin grabs the board | 26-25 |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Teddy Sluss (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Antoine Hartwig (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jim Nordin (fresh) PF - James Monroe (fairly fresh) C - James Bembry (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Darrell Moriarty (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - George Pratt (fairly fresh) SF - James Taylor (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Waldo Dimartino (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Ronald Massey (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 02:58 | Xavier | James Bembry connects on the jump hook from the right block on a great pass from Teddy Sluss and he's hacked by Ronald Massey - foul #2 on Ronald Massey, team foul #12 | 28-25 |
| Subs | Xavier | Harold Graves (PG), Sidney Dean (SG), Ralph Cochran (SF), James Terry (PF) Teddy Sluss, Antoine Hartwig, Jim Nordin, James Monroe | |
| Subs | Evansville | Jacob Smith (PG), Donald Ezell (SG), Norman Bullock (SF), Alex Domagalski (PF), Johnny Brown (C) Darrell Moriarty, George Pratt, James Taylor, Waldo Dimartino, Ronald Massey | |
| 02:58 | Xavier | James Bembry misses the free throw | 28-25 |
| 02:58 | Evansville | Jacob Smith pulls down the rebound | 28-25 |
| 02:45 | Evansville | Johnny Brown comes up short on the fadeaway from close range but the foul's on James Bembry - foul #1 on James Bembry, team foul #6 | 28-25 |
| Subs | Xavier | Bradley Yuhas (C) James Bembry | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 02:45 | Evansville | Johnny Brown makes the 1st free throw | 28-26 |
| 02:45 | Evansville | Johnny Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 28-26 |
| 02:45 | Xavier | James Terry grabs the board | 28-26 |
| 02:34 | Xavier | Ralph Cochran is called for a moving pick - foul #3 on Ralph Cochran, team foul #7 | 28-26 |
| Subs | Xavier | Leonard Harrison (SF) Ralph Cochran | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 02:13 | Evansville | Norman Bullock's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 28-26 |
| 02:02 | Xavier | Johnny Brown steps in front of the Harold Graves pass | 28-26 |
| 01:42 | Evansville | Alex Domagalski makes the driving attempt in the paint | 28-28 |
| 01:20 | Xavier | James Terry makes the shot from the right side | 30-28 |
| 00:59 | Evansville | Donald Ezell throws a bad pass out of bounds | 30-28 |
| Subs | Xavier | Teddy Sluss (PG) Harold Graves | |
| Subs | Evansville | Joshua Dempster (SG), Waldo Dimartino (PF) Donald Ezell, Alex Domagalski | |
| 00:39 | Xavier | Bradley Yuhas misses short on a turnaround near the basket | 30-28 |
| 00:37 | Xavier | Sidney Dean hits the follow up shot | 32-28 |
| 00:15 | Evansville | Norman Bullock clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 32-28 |
| 00:13 | Xavier | Bradley Yuhas pulls down the rebound | 32-28 |
| 00:07 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss misses long on a shot from the left side but he's fouled by Waldo Dimartino - foul #2 on Waldo Dimartino, team foul #13 | 32-28 |
| Subs | Xavier | Antoine Hartwig (SG), Jim Nordin (SF), James Monroe (PF), James Bembry (C) Sidney Dean, Leonard Harrison, James Terry, Bradley Yuhas | |
| Subs | Evansville | Darrell Moriarty (PG), James Taylor (SF), Ronald Massey (C) Jacob Smith, Norman Bullock, Johnny Brown | |
| 00:07 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss misses the 1st free throw | 32-28 |
| 00:07 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss makes the 2nd free throw | 33-28 |
| 00:01 | Evansville | Darrell Moriarty misses short on a floater from the left side | 33-28 |
| 00:00 | Evansville | The clock runs out | 33-28 |