| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Mark Purcell (fresh) SG - Shawn Hermanson (fresh) SF - Carl Wildermuth (fresh) PF - Josef Ciskowski (fresh) C - Marin Slowinski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Teddy Sluss (fresh) SG - Sidney Dean (fresh) SF - Ralph Cochran (fresh) PF - James Terry (fresh) C - James Bembry (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Dayton | Josef Ciskowski wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:38 | Dayton | Carl Wildermuth's fadeaway is rejected by Ralph Cochran | 0-0 |
| 19:37 | Xavier | James Terry snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:30 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss connects on the driving attempt from the left block on a nice dish by James Terry and he's hacked by Mark Purcell - foul #1 on Mark Purcell, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 19:30 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss makes the free throw | 0-3 |
| 19:12 | Dayton | Shawn Hermanson hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the free throw line | 0-3 |
| 19:10 | Xavier | James Terry grabs the board | 0-3 |
| 19:05 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss buries a floater from just outside the lane set up by Sidney Dean and the foul's on Mark Purcell - foul #2 on Mark Purcell, team foul #2 | 0-5 |
| Subs | Dayton | Parker Cosby (PG) Mark Purcell | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 19:05 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss makes the free throw | 0-6 |
| 18:47 | Dayton | Marin Slowinski drills a turnaround from the baseline | 2-6 |
| 18:25 | Xavier | James Bembry misses badly on a shot from the baseline but the foul's on Shawn Hermanson - foul #1 on Shawn Hermanson, team foul #3 | 2-6 |
| 18:25 | Xavier | James Bembry makes the 1st free throw | 2-7 |
| 18:25 | Xavier | James Bembry makes the 2nd free throw | 2-8 |
| 18:06 | Dayton | Carl Wildermuth connects on the jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Shawn Hermanson | 4-8 |
| 17:56 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss misses the driving attempt from the right block | 4-8 |
| 17:55 | Dayton | Josef Ciskowski gets the rebound | 4-8 |
| 17:39 | Dayton | Marin Slowinski shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the jumpshot from the left side set up by Josef Ciskowski | 6-8 |
| 17:20 | Xavier | James Terry double dribbles | 6-8 |
| Subs | Dayton | Mark Brooks (SG), Neil Lazaro (SF), Luka Sobrowski (C) Shawn Hermanson, Carl Wildermuth, Josef Ciskowski | |
| Subs | Xavier | Leonard Harrison (SF), James Monroe (PF), Bradley Yuhas (C) Ralph Cochran, James Terry, James Bembry | |
| 16:51 | Dayton | Marin Slowinski connects on the floater from the baseline | 8-8 |
| 16:47 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 8-8 |
| 16:45 | Dayton | Parker Cosby pulls down the rebound | 8-8 |
| 16:41 | Dayton | Marin Slowinski travels with the ball | 8-8 |
| Subs | Dayton | Derek Garrett (PF) Marin Slowinski | |
| Subs | Xavier | Antoine Hartwig (PG), Harold Graves (SG) Teddy Sluss, Sidney Dean | |
| 16:25 | Xavier | Derek Garrett blocks the short jumper by Leonard Harrison | 8-8 |
| 16:24 | Xavier | Bradley Yuhas can't tip it in | 8-8 |
| 16:22 | Xavier | Harold Graves hits the follow up shot | 8-10 |
| 16:05 | Dayton | Parker Cosby can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 8-10 |
| 16:04 | Xavier | Leonard Harrison pulls down the rebound | 8-10 |
| 16:00 | Xavier | Leonard Harrison hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 8-10 |
| 15:58 | Dayton | Luka Sobrowski grabs the defensive rebound | 8-10 |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Parker Cosby (fairly fresh) SG - Mark Brooks (fresh) SF - Neil Lazaro (fresh) PF - Derek Garrett (fresh) C - Luka Sobrowski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Antoine Hartwig (fresh) SG - Harold Graves (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Leonard Harrison (fresh) PF - James Monroe (fresh) C - Bradley Yuhas (fresh) | |
| 15:41 | Dayton | Luka Sobrowski misses the lay-in but the foul's on Leonard Harrison - foul #1 on Leonard Harrison, team foul #1 | 8-10 |
| Subs | Dayton | Shawn Hermanson (SG), Carl Wildermuth (SF), Josef Ciskowski (PF) Parker Cosby, Neil Lazaro, Derek Garrett | |
| Subs | Xavier | Teddy Sluss (PG), Ralph Cochran (SF), James Terry (PF), James Bembry (C) Harold Graves, Leonard Harrison, James Monroe, Bradley Yuhas | |
| 15:41 | Dayton | Luka Sobrowski makes the 1st free throw | 9-10 |
| 15:41 | Dayton | Luka Sobrowski makes the 2nd free throw | 10-10 |
| 15:19 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss throws a bad pass out of bounds | 10-10 |
| Subs | Dayton | Parker Cosby (PG), Marin Slowinski (C) Mark Brooks, Luka Sobrowski | |
| Subs | Xavier | Sidney Dean (SG) Antoine Hartwig | |
| 14:51 | Dayton | Carl Wildermuth misses short on a fadeaway from the baseline but he's fouled by Ralph Cochran - foul #1 on Ralph Cochran, team foul #2 | 10-10 |
| 14:51 | Dayton | Carl Wildermuth makes the 1st free throw | 11-10 |
| 14:51 | Dayton | Carl Wildermuth misses the 2nd free throw | 11-10 |
| 14:51 | Xavier | James Terry pulls down the rebound | 11-10 |
| 14:34 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss is hacked by Parker Cosby - foul #1 on Parker Cosby, team foul #4 | 11-10 |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Leonard Harrison (SF) Ralph Cochran | |
| 14:21 | Xavier | James Terry is hacked by Josef Ciskowski - foul #1 on Josef Ciskowski, team foul #5 | 11-10 |
| 14:08 | Xavier | James Bembry drills a fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Teddy Sluss | 11-12 |
| 13:47 | Dayton | Parker Cosby misses badly on the uncontested jumpshot from the free throw line | 11-12 |
| 13:45 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss pulls down the rebound | 11-12 |
| 13:39 | Xavier | Sidney Dean is whistled for a carry | 11-12 |
| Subs | Dayton | Mark Brooks (PG), Neil Lazaro (SF), Luka Sobrowski (C) Parker Cosby, Carl Wildermuth, Josef Ciskowski | |
| Subs | Xavier | Antoine Hartwig (PG), James Monroe (PF), Bradley Yuhas (C) Teddy Sluss, James Terry, James Bembry | |
| 13:29 | Dayton | Marin Slowinski clanks a runner from the right block but he's hacked by Sidney Dean - foul #1 on Sidney Dean, team foul #3 | 11-12 |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Harold Graves (SG), Ralph Cochran (SF) Sidney Dean, Leonard Harrison | |
| 13:29 | Dayton | Marin Slowinski makes the 1st free throw | 12-12 |
| 13:29 | Dayton | Marin Slowinski makes the 2nd free throw | 13-12 |
| 13:19 | Xavier | Harold Graves scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 13-14 |
| 13:02 | Dayton | Neil Lazaro hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right side | 13-14 |
| 13:00 | Dayton | Neil Lazaro tips it back up and in | 15-14 |
| 12:32 | Xavier | Ralph Cochran scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 15-16 |
| 12:09 | Dayton | Shawn Hermanson is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Shawn Hermanson, team foul #6 | 15-16 |
| Subs | Dayton | Parker Cosby (PG), Carl Wildermuth (SF), Josef Ciskowski (PF) Shawn Hermanson, Neil Lazaro, Marin Slowinski | |
| Subs | Xavier | Teddy Sluss (PG), Sidney Dean (SG), Leonard Harrison (SF), James Terry (PF), James Bembry (C) Antoine Hartwig, Harold Graves, Ralph Cochran, James Monroe, Bradley Yuhas | |
| 11:55 | Xavier | Sidney Dean knocks in the shot from the left wing | 15-18 |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Parker Cosby (fresh) SG - Mark Brooks (fresh) SF - Carl Wildermuth (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Josef Ciskowski (fresh) C - Luka Sobrowski (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Teddy Sluss (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Sidney Dean (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Leonard Harrison (fresh) PF - James Terry (fresh) 3 reb. C - James Bembry (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:38 | Dayton | Teddy Sluss is called for the reach on Carl Wildermuth - foul #1 on Teddy Sluss, team foul #4 | 15-18 |
| Subs | Dayton | Michael Marcum (C) Luka Sobrowski | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 11:20 | Dayton | Josef Ciskowski double dribbles as he's doubleteamed | 15-18 |
| 11:07 | Xavier | Leonard Harrison throws a bad pass out of bounds | 15-18 |
| 10:53 | Dayton | Leonard Harrison takes the ball from Josef Ciskowski | 15-18 |
| 10:41 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 15-18 |
| 10:39 | Dayton | Carl Wildermuth gets the rebound | 15-18 |
| 10:17 | Dayton | Josef Ciskowski clanks a driving attempt from the left block | 15-18 |
| 10:16 | Xavier | James Bembry grabs the defensive rebound | 15-18 |
| 10:02 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss blows the layup | 15-18 |
| 10:01 | Xavier | The offensive rebound goes to Teddy Sluss | 15-18 |
| 09:53 | Xavier | Mark Brooks is called for the reach on James Bembry - foul #1 on Mark Brooks, team foul #7 | 15-18 |
| Subs | Dayton | Neil Lazaro (SF), Marin Slowinski (PF), Luka Sobrowski (C) Carl Wildermuth, Josef Ciskowski, Michael Marcum | |
| Subs | Xavier | Ralph Cochran (SF), James Monroe (PF) Leonard Harrison, James Terry | |
| 09:53 | Xavier | James Bembry makes the 1st free throw | 15-19 |
| 09:53 | Xavier | James Bembry makes the 2nd free throw | 15-20 |
| 09:35 | Dayton | Luka Sobrowski misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side | 15-20 |
| 09:34 | Xavier | James Bembry grabs the board | 15-20 |
| 09:17 | Xavier | Sidney Dean lays it in set up by Teddy Sluss | 15-22 |
| 08:55 | Dayton | Luka Sobrowski is whistled for a carry | 15-22 |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Antoine Hartwig (PG), Harold Graves (SG), Bradley Yuhas (C) Teddy Sluss, Sidney Dean, James Bembry | |
| 08:45 | Xavier | Harold Graves clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 15-22 |
| 08:43 | Dayton | Luka Sobrowski grabs the defensive rebound | 15-22 |
| 08:37 | Dayton | Marin Slowinski is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Harold Graves - foul #1 on Harold Graves, team foul #5 | 15-22 |
| Subs | Dayton | Derek Garrett (PF) Luka Sobrowski | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 08:37 | Dayton | Marin Slowinski makes the 1st free throw | 16-22 |
| 08:37 | Dayton | Marin Slowinski makes the 2nd free throw | 17-22 |
| 08:29 | Xavier | Harold Graves hits a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Antoine Hartwig | 17-25 |
| 08:11 | Dayton | Neil Lazaro blows the layup | 17-25 |
| 08:09 | Dayton | Derek Garrett tips it home | 19-25 |
| 07:56 | Xavier | Neil Lazaro is called for the reach on Ralph Cochran - foul #1 on Neil Lazaro, team foul #8 | 19-25 |
| Subs | Dayton | Carl Wildermuth (SF), Josef Ciskowski (PF) Neil Lazaro, Derek Garrett | |
| Subs | Xavier | Teddy Sluss (PG), James Terry (PF) Harold Graves, James Monroe | |
| 07:56 | Xavier | Ralph Cochran makes the 1st free throw | 19-26 |
| 07:56 | Xavier | Ralph Cochran makes the 2nd free throw | 19-27 |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Parker Cosby (tiring) SG - Mark Brooks (tiring) SF - Carl Wildermuth (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Josef Ciskowski (fresh) C - Marin Slowinski (fresh) 10 pts. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Teddy Sluss (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Antoine Hartwig (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ralph Cochran (fresh) 4 pts. PF - James Terry (fresh) 3 reb. C - Bradley Yuhas (fresh) | |
| 07:30 | Dayton | Carl Wildermuth misses the jump hook from close range | 19-27 |
| 07:28 | Xavier | James Terry grabs the board | 19-27 |
| 07:01 | Xavier | Ralph Cochran hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 19-27 |
| 06:59 | Xavier | Bradley Yuhas misses the tip | 19-27 |
| 06:57 | Dayton | Josef Ciskowski grabs the board | 19-27 |
| 06:32 | Dayton | Josef Ciskowski splits the doubleteam but misses short on a jump hook in the paint but he's hacked by James Terry - foul #1 on James Terry, team foul #6 | 19-27 |
| Subs | Dayton | Luka Sobrowski (C) Marin Slowinski | |
| Subs | Xavier | Sidney Dean (SG), Leonard Harrison (SF), Jim Nordin (C) Antoine Hartwig, Ralph Cochran, Bradley Yuhas | |
| 06:32 | Dayton | Josef Ciskowski makes the 1st free throw | 20-27 |
| 06:32 | Dayton | Josef Ciskowski makes the 2nd free throw | 21-27 |
| 06:05 | Xavier | Jim Nordin drills a jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Sidney Dean | 21-29 |
| 05:47 | Dayton | Parker Cosby buries a jumpshot from the right side | 23-29 |
| 05:33 | Xavier | Sidney Dean connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 23-31 |
| 05:18 | Dayton | Parker Cosby double dribbles | 23-31 |
| Subs | Dayton | Neil Lazaro (SF), Marin Slowinski (PF) Carl Wildermuth, Josef Ciskowski | |
| Subs | Xavier | Harold Graves (PG), James Monroe (PF), James Bembry (C) Teddy Sluss, James Terry, Jim Nordin | |
| 04:54 | Xavier | Sidney Dean's floater is tipped away by Luka Sobrowski | 23-31 |
| 04:53 | Xavier | The offensive rebound goes to James Monroe | 23-31 |
| 04:32 | Xavier | James Bembry is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on James Bembry, team foul #7 | 23-31 |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Antoine Hartwig (PG) Harold Graves | |
| 04:15 | Dayton | Luka Sobrowski is hacked by James Bembry - foul #2 on James Bembry, team foul #8 | 23-31 |
| Subs | Dayton | Derek Garrett (PF) Mark Brooks | |
| Subs | Xavier | Teddy Sluss (PG), Ralph Cochran (SF), Bradley Yuhas (C) Antoine Hartwig, Leonard Harrison, James Bembry | |
| 04:15 | Dayton | Luka Sobrowski misses the 1st free throw | 23-31 |
| 04:15 | Xavier | Bradley Yuhas snags the defensive board | 23-31 |
| 04:02 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss hits a jumpshot from the free throw line on a great pass from Sidney Dean | 23-33 |
| 03:56 | Dayton | Marin Slowinski is whistled for traveling | 23-33 |
| Subs | Dayton | Mark Purcell (PG), Shawn Hermanson (SG) Parker Cosby, Luka Sobrowski | |
| Subs | Xavier | James Bembry (C) Bradley Yuhas | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Mark Purcell (fresh) SG - Shawn Hermanson (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Neil Lazaro (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Derek Garrett (fresh) 2 pts. C - Marin Slowinski (fresh) 10 pts. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Teddy Sluss (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Sidney Dean (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Ralph Cochran (fresh) 4 pts. PF - James Monroe (fresh) C - James Bembry (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:39 | Xavier | Ralph Cochran makes the 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Teddy Sluss | 23-36 |
| 03:24 | Dayton | Derek Garrett banks in the layup on a great pass from Shawn Hermanson and he's hacked by James Monroe - foul #1 on James Monroe, team foul #9 | 25-36 |
| Subs | Dayton | Carl Wildermuth (SF), Michael Marcum (C) Neil Lazaro, Marin Slowinski | |
| Subs | Xavier | Antoine Hartwig (SG), James Terry (PF) Sidney Dean, James Monroe | |
| 03:24 | Dayton | Derek Garrett makes the free throw | 26-36 |
| 03:21 | Xavier | Shawn Hermanson steals the ball from Teddy Sluss in the backcourt | 26-36 |
| 03:08 | Dayton | Carl Wildermuth loses the dribble to Ralph Cochran | 26-36 |
| 03:05 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss banks in the layup set up by Ralph Cochran | 26-38 |
| 03:03 | Dayton | Teddy Sluss picks off the pass by Mark Purcell in the backcourt | 26-38 |
| 02:59 | Xavier | Teddy Sluss lays it in | 26-40 |
| 02:52 | Dayton | Shawn Hermanson is hacked by James Terry - foul #2 on James Terry, team foul #10 | 26-40 |
| Subs | Dayton | Josef Ciskowski (PF) Derek Garrett | |
| Subs | Xavier | Leonard Harrison (SF) Ralph Cochran | |
| 02:52 | Dayton | Shawn Hermanson misses the 1st free throw | 26-40 |
| 02:52 | Dayton | Shawn Hermanson makes the 2nd free throw | 27-40 |
| 02:26 | Xavier | James Terry clanks a fadeaway from the free throw line | 27-40 |
| 02:25 | Dayton | Carl Wildermuth grabs the defensive rebound | 27-40 |
| 02:17 | Dayton | Carl Wildermuth misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 27-40 |
| 02:16 | Xavier | James Terry grabs the board | 27-40 |
| 02:04 | Xavier | James Bembry buries a turnaround in the paint on a nice dish by Teddy Sluss | 27-42 |
| 01:40 | Dayton | Carl Wildermuth knocks in the shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Josef Ciskowski | 29-42 |
| 01:35 | Xavier | Antoine Hartwig clanks a jumper from the baseline | 29-42 |
| 01:33 | Xavier | James Bembry hits the follow up shot | 29-44 |
| 01:27 | Dayton | James Bembry blocks the short jumper by Josef Ciskowski | 29-44 |
| 01:25 | Xavier | James Bembry gets the rebound | 29-44 |
| 01:04 | Xavier | Leonard Harrison misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Mark Purcell - foul #3 on Mark Purcell, team foul #9 | 29-44 |
| Subs | Dayton | Parker Cosby (PG), Neil Lazaro (SF), Marin Slowinski (PF), Luka Sobrowski (C) Mark Purcell, Carl Wildermuth, Josef Ciskowski, Michael Marcum | |
| Subs | Xavier | Harold Graves (PG), Sidney Dean (SG), James Monroe (PF), Bradley Yuhas (C) Teddy Sluss, Antoine Hartwig, James Terry, James Bembry | |
| 01:04 | Xavier | Leonard Harrison makes the 1st free throw | 29-45 |
| 01:04 | Xavier | Leonard Harrison misses the 2nd free throw | 29-45 |
| 01:04 | Dayton | Marin Slowinski pulls down the rebound | 29-45 |
| 00:52 | Dayton | Bradley Yuhas steps in front of the Parker Cosby pass | 29-45 |
| 00:25 | Xavier | Bradley Yuhas is fouled on the floor by Luka Sobrowski - foul #1 on Luka Sobrowski, team foul #10 | 29-45 |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Ralph Cochran (SF) Leonard Harrison | |
| 00:25 | Xavier | Bradley Yuhas makes the 1st free throw | 29-46 |
| 00:25 | Xavier | Bradley Yuhas misses the 2nd free throw | 29-46 |
| 00:25 | Dayton | Luka Sobrowski gets the rebound | 29-46 |
| 00:02 | Dayton | Luka Sobrowski is fouled on the floor by Bradley Yuhas - foul #1 on Bradley Yuhas, team foul #11 | 29-46 |
| 00:02 | Dayton | Luka Sobrowski makes the 1st free throw | 30-46 |
| 00:02 | Dayton | Luka Sobrowski misses the 2nd free throw | 30-46 |
| 00:02 | Xavier | Bradley Yuhas grabs the defensive rebound | 30-46 |
| 00:00 | Xavier | Bradley Yuhas misses the fullcourt shot | 30-46 |