| Lineup | Grove City | PG - Joe Singleton (fresh) SG - Jeff Lent (fresh) SF - Jason Benjamin (fresh) PF - Troy Fuller (fresh) C - Robert Owen (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Denison | PG - Richard Edwards (fresh) SG - Harold Bormann (fresh) SF - Kenneth Strong (fresh) PF - David Robinson (fresh) C - Calvin Gray (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Grove City | Troy Fuller wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Grove City | Grove City is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Denison | Denison is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:53 | Grove City | Jeff Lent is denied on a layup by Calvin Gray | 0-0 |
| 19:51 | Denison | Calvin Gray grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:47 | Denison | Richard Edwards clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 0-0 |
| 19:46 | Denison | Richard Edwards snags the offensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:24 | Denison | Calvin Gray hits a jumper from the right side | 0-2 |
| 19:17 | Grove City | Jason Benjamin drills a shot in the paint | 2-2 |
| 19:10 | Denison | Joe Singleton steals the ball from Kenneth Strong | 2-2 |
| 18:53 | Grove City | Jason Benjamin misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 2-2 |
| 18:52 | Denison | David Robinson grabs the board | 2-2 |
| 18:35 | Denison | Richard Edwards clanks a fadeaway from the free throw line | 2-2 |
| 18:34 | Grove City | Troy Fuller snags the defensive board | 2-2 |
| 18:17 | Grove City | Jeff Lent can't connect on a shot in the paint | 2-2 |
| 18:15 | Denison | Kenneth Strong grabs the board | 2-2 |
| 18:10 | Denison | Harold Bormann's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 2-2 |
| 17:51 | Grove City | Joe Singleton misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 2-2 |
| 17:49 | Grove City | Jason Benjamin pulls down the offensive rebound | 2-2 |
| 17:36 | Grove City | Jeff Lent connects on the jump hook near the basket set up by Robert Owen and the foul's on Calvin Gray - foul #1 on Calvin Gray, team foul #1 | 4-2 |
| Subs | Grove City | Terence Elizondo (SF), Kenneth Gilmore (PF), Adam Young (C) Jason Benjamin, Troy Fuller, Robert Owen | |
| Subs | Denison | | |
| 17:36 | Grove City | Jeff Lent makes the free throw | 5-2 |
| 17:11 | Denison | Harold Bormann knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing | 5-5 |
| 16:56 | Grove City | Joe Singleton loses the dribble to Calvin Gray | 5-5 |
| 16:49 | Denison | Richard Edwards is hacked by Joe Singleton - foul #1 on Joe Singleton, team foul #1 | 5-5 |
| Subs | Grove City | Craig Murphy (PG), Arron Gregory (PF) Joe Singleton, Jeff Lent | |
| Subs | Denison | Justin Hurt (PG), William Stump (SG), William Amen (PF), Clifton Waldrop (C) Richard Edwards, Harold Bormann, David Robinson, Calvin Gray | |
| 16:33 | Denison | William Stump connects on the jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Justin Hurt | 5-7 |
| 16:13 | Grove City | The short jumper by Arron Gregory is denied by Kenneth Strong | 5-7 |
| 16:11 | Grove City | Arron Gregory grabs the offensive board | 5-7 |
| 15:53 | Grove City | Arron Gregory misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 5-7 |
| 15:52 | Grove City | Kenneth Gilmore tips it home | 7-7 |
| Lineup | Grove City | PG - Craig Murphy (fresh) SG - Terence Elizondo (fresh) SF - Kenneth Gilmore (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Arron Gregory (fresh) C - Adam Young (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Denison | PG - Justin Hurt (fresh) 1 ast. SG - William Stump (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kenneth Strong (fairly fresh) PF - William Amen (fresh) C - Clifton Waldrop (fresh) | |
| 15:47 | Denison | William Stump buries a jump hook in the lane | 7-9 |
| 15:37 | Grove City | Craig Murphy drills a fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Arron Gregory | 9-9 |
| 15:13 | Denison | Kenneth Strong drills a runner from close range | 9-11 |
| 15:06 | Grove City | Terence Elizondo connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 12-11 |
| 14:51 | Denison | William Stump makes the shot from the left block | 12-13 |
| 14:32 | Grove City | Terence Elizondo is fouled on the floor by William Stump - foul #1 on William Stump, team foul #2 | 12-13 |
| Subs | Grove City | Joe Singleton (PG), Jeff Lent (SG), Jason Benjamin (SF), Troy Fuller (PF), Robert Owen (C) Craig Murphy, Terence Elizondo, Kenneth Gilmore, Arron Gregory, Adam Young | |
| Subs | Denison | Richard Edwards (PG), Harold Bormann (SG), David Robinson (PF), Calvin Gray (C) Justin Hurt, Kenneth Strong, William Amen, Clifton Waldrop | |
| 14:27 | Grove City | Jason Benjamin loses the dribble to Richard Edwards | 12-13 |
| 14:24 | Denison | Richard Edwards lays it up and in | 12-15 |
| 14:10 | Grove City | Harold Bormann steals it from Jeff Lent | 12-15 |
| 13:56 | Denison | Richard Edwards is hacked by Jason Benjamin - foul #1 on Jason Benjamin, team foul #2 | 12-15 |
| 13:40 | Denison | Troy Fuller is called for the reach on William Stump - foul #1 on Troy Fuller, team foul #3 | 12-15 |
| Subs | Grove City | | |
| Subs | Denison | William Amen (SF) William Stump | |
| 13:28 | Denison | Troy Fuller steals it from Harold Bormann | 12-15 |
| 13:07 | Grove City | Jeff Lent's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 12-15 |
| 12:56 | Denison | Richard Edwards throws a bad pass out of bounds | 12-15 |
| 12:37 | Grove City | Troy Fuller misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 12-15 |
| 12:36 | Denison | Calvin Gray pulls down the rebound | 12-15 |
| 12:29 | Denison | David Robinson misses the easy layup but the foul's on Troy Fuller - foul #2 on Troy Fuller, team foul #4 | 12-15 |
| Subs | Grove City | Kenneth Gilmore (PF) Troy Fuller | |
| Subs | Denison | Kenneth Strong (SF) William Amen | |
| 12:29 | Denison | David Robinson misses the 1st free throw | 12-15 |
| 12:29 | Denison | David Robinson makes the 2nd free throw | 12-16 |
| 12:18 | Grove City | Kenneth Gilmore misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 12-16 |
| 12:17 | Grove City | Jeff Lent gets the offensive rebound | 12-16 |
| 12:03 | Grove City | Jeff Lent misses the lay-in but he's hacked by David Robinson - foul #1 on David Robinson, team foul #3 | 12-16 |
| Subs | Grove City | Adam Young (C) Robert Owen | |
| Subs | Denison | Justin Hurt (SG), William Stump (PF) Harold Bormann, David Robinson | |
| 12:03 | Grove City | Jeff Lent misses the 1st free throw | 12-16 |
| 12:03 | Grove City | Jeff Lent makes the 2nd free throw | 13-16 |
| 11:39 | Denison | Kenneth Strong misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 13-16 |
| 11:37 | Grove City | Kenneth Gilmore pulls down the rebound | 13-16 |
| Lineup | Grove City | PG - Joe Singleton (fresh) SG - Jeff Lent (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Jason Benjamin (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Kenneth Gilmore (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Adam Young (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Denison | PG - Richard Edwards (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Justin Hurt (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Kenneth Strong (fresh) 2 pts. PF - William Stump (fresh) 6 pts. C - Calvin Gray (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:19 | Grove City | Kenneth Gilmore scores on a jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Jeff Lent | 15-16 |
| 11:00 | Denison | Kenneth Strong misses short on a fadeaway in the lane but the foul's on Adam Young - foul #1 on Adam Young, team foul #5 | 15-16 |
| Subs | Grove City | Craig Murphy (PG), Terence Elizondo (SG), Arron Gregory (PF) Joe Singleton, Jeff Lent, Jason Benjamin | |
| Subs | Denison | Harold Bormann (SG), William Amen (C) Richard Edwards, Calvin Gray | |
| 11:00 | Denison | Kenneth Strong makes the 1st free throw | 15-17 |
| 11:00 | Denison | Kenneth Strong misses the 2nd free throw | 15-17 |
| 11:00 | Grove City | Kenneth Gilmore grabs the board | 15-17 |
| 10:40 | Grove City | Arron Gregory scores on a shot from the baseline on a great pass from Craig Murphy and he's fouled by Justin Hurt - foul #1 on Justin Hurt, team foul #4 | 17-17 |
| Subs | Grove City | Robert Owen (C) Adam Young | |
| Subs | Denison | Clifton Waldrop (C) Kenneth Strong | |
| 10:40 | Grove City | Arron Gregory makes the free throw | 18-17 |
| 10:21 | Denison | Clifton Waldrop misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 18-17 |
| 10:19 | Denison | William Amen pulls down the offensive rebound | 18-17 |
| 10:03 | Denison | Clifton Waldrop knocks in the jump hook in the lane on a nice dish by Justin Hurt | 18-19 |
| 09:44 | Grove City | Arron Gregory misses badly on a floater from the right side | 18-19 |
| 09:42 | Denison | William Stump pulls down the rebound | 18-19 |
| 09:38 | Denison | William Stump misses the floater in the lane but he's hacked by Robert Owen - foul #1 on Robert Owen, team foul #6 | 18-19 |
| Subs | Grove City | Joe Singleton (PG), Adam Young (PF) Craig Murphy, Kenneth Gilmore | |
| Subs | Denison | Kenneth Strong (SF), David Robinson (PF) Harold Bormann, Clifton Waldrop | |
| 09:38 | Denison | William Stump makes the 1st free throw | 18-20 |
| 09:38 | Denison | William Stump makes the 2nd free throw | 18-21 |
| 09:26 | Grove City | Terence Elizondo misses badly on a floater from the left wing | 18-21 |
| 09:24 | Denison | William Stump grabs the board | 18-21 |
| 09:20 | Denison | William Stump makes the floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Justin Hurt | 18-23 |
| 09:02 | Grove City | Terence Elizondo misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 18-23 |
| 09:00 | Denison | Kenneth Strong grabs the defensive rebound | 18-23 |
| 08:56 | Denison | Justin Hurt misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 18-23 |
| 08:54 | Grove City | Robert Owen pulls down the rebound | 18-23 |
| 08:49 | Grove City | Adam Young blows the layup | 18-23 |
| 08:47 | Denison | Kenneth Strong pulls down the rebound | 18-23 |
| 08:41 | Denison | William Stump is hacked by Terence Elizondo - foul #1 on Terence Elizondo, team foul #7 | 18-23 |
| Subs | Grove City | Jeff Lent (SG), Jason Benjamin (SF) Terence Elizondo, Robert Owen | |
| Subs | Denison | Richard Edwards (PG), Calvin Gray (C) Justin Hurt, William Amen | |
| 08:41 | Denison | William Stump makes the 1st free throw | 18-24 |
| 08:41 | Denison | William Stump makes the 2nd free throw | 18-25 |
| 08:31 | Grove City | William Stump is called for the reach on Joe Singleton - foul #2 on William Stump, team foul #5 | 18-25 |
| Subs | Grove City | Kenneth Gilmore (PF) Arron Gregory | |
| Subs | Denison | Harold Bormann (SG) William Stump | |
| 08:16 | Grove City | Jason Benjamin's floater is tipped away by David Robinson | 18-25 |
| 08:15 | Denison | Kenneth Strong gets the rebound | 18-25 |
| 08:11 | Denison | Kenneth Gilmore steals it from Harold Bormann | 18-25 |
| 07:52 | Grove City | Jason Benjamin misses badly on a jumper from close range but he's fouled by Kenneth Strong - foul #1 on Kenneth Strong, team foul #6 | 18-25 |
| Subs | Grove City | Craig Murphy (PG), Robert Owen (C) Joe Singleton, Adam Young | |
| Subs | Denison | | |
| 07:52 | Grove City | Jason Benjamin makes the 1st free throw | 19-25 |
| 07:52 | Grove City | Jason Benjamin makes the 2nd free throw | 20-25 |
| 07:34 | Denison | Harold Bormann clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 20-25 |
| 07:33 | Grove City | Jason Benjamin pulls down the rebound | 20-25 |
| Lineup | Grove City | PG - Craig Murphy (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeff Lent (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jason Benjamin (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kenneth Gilmore (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Owen (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Denison | PG - Richard Edwards (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Harold Bormann (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Kenneth Strong (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - David Robinson (fresh) 1 pts. C - Calvin Gray (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:16 | Grove City | Jason Benjamin connects on the jumpshot from the right side set up by Craig Murphy | 22-25 |
| 07:01 | Denison | David Robinson clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 22-25 |
| 06:59 | Grove City | Robert Owen grabs the defensive rebound | 22-25 |
| 06:50 | Grove City | Kenneth Gilmore's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 22-25 |
| Subs | Grove City | Joe Singleton (PG), Arron Gregory (PF), Adam Young (C) Craig Murphy, Kenneth Gilmore, Robert Owen | |
| Subs | Denison | Justin Hurt (SG), William Amen (SF), Harry Clark (PF) Harold Bormann, Kenneth Strong, David Robinson | |
| 06:22 | Denison | William Amen can't connect on a shot near the basket but the foul's on Jason Benjamin - foul #2 on Jason Benjamin, team foul #8 | 22-25 |
| Subs | Grove City | Craig Murphy (SG), Terence Elizondo (SF) Jeff Lent, Jason Benjamin | |
| Subs | Denison | Rodney Greene (SG), Clifton Waldrop (C) Richard Edwards, Calvin Gray | |
| 06:22 | Denison | William Amen makes the 1st free throw | 22-26 |
| 06:22 | Denison | William Amen makes the 2nd free throw | 22-27 |
| 05:54 | Grove City | Adam Young's floater is tipped away by Clifton Waldrop | 22-27 |
| 05:52 | Denison | Harry Clark snags the defensive board | 22-27 |
| 05:40 | Denison | Justin Hurt knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 22-30 |
| 05:25 | Grove City | Rodney Greene steals the ball from Terence Elizondo | 22-30 |
| 05:11 | Denison | Justin Hurt misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 22-30 |
| 05:10 | Denison | William Amen hits the follow up shot | 22-32 |
| 04:54 | Grove City | Craig Murphy misses long on a jump hook from close range | 22-32 |
| 04:52 | Grove City | Arron Gregory grabs the offensive rebound | 22-32 |
| 04:43 | Grove City | Terence Elizondo misses long on a floater from the left wing | 22-32 |
| 04:41 | Grove City | Adam Young snags the offensive board | 22-32 |
| 04:30 | Grove City | Terence Elizondo knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Joe Singleton | 24-32 |
| 04:25 | Denison | Rodney Greene misses short on a runner from the baseline but the foul's on Craig Murphy - foul #1 on Craig Murphy, team foul #9 | 24-32 |
| Subs | Grove City | Jeff Lent (SG), Kenneth Gilmore (SF), Robert Owen (C) Joe Singleton, Craig Murphy, Adam Young | |
| Subs | Denison | Harold Bormann (SG), Kenneth Strong (SF), David Robinson (PF), Calvin Gray (C) Justin Hurt, William Amen, Harry Clark, Clifton Waldrop | |
| 04:25 | Denison | Rodney Greene makes the 1st free throw | 24-33 |
| 04:25 | Denison | Rodney Greene makes the 2nd free throw | 24-34 |
| 04:14 | Grove City | Arron Gregory banks in the layup | 26-34 |
| 03:59 | Denison | Rodney Greene scores on a shot from the left side | 26-36 |
| 03:44 | Grove City | Jeff Lent is hacked by Harold Bormann - foul #1 on Harold Bormann, team foul #7 | 26-36 |
| Subs | Grove City | Jason Benjamin (SF), Troy Fuller (PF) Kenneth Gilmore, Arron Gregory | |
| Subs | Denison | Richard Edwards (PG) Rodney Greene | |
| 03:44 | Grove City | Jeff Lent makes the 1st free throw | 27-36 |
| 03:44 | Grove City | Jeff Lent makes the 2nd free throw | 28-36 |
| 03:24 | Denison | Richard Edwards knocks in the shot from the left side on a great pass from Kenneth Strong and he's hacked by Robert Owen - foul #2 on Robert Owen, team foul #10 | 28-38 |
| Subs | Grove City | Craig Murphy (PG) Terence Elizondo | |
| Subs | Denison | | |
| 03:24 | Denison | Richard Edwards misses the free throw | 28-38 |
| 03:24 | Grove City | Jason Benjamin grabs the defensive rebound | 28-38 |
| Lineup | Grove City | PG - Craig Murphy (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jeff Lent (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jason Benjamin (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Troy Fuller (fresh) C - Robert Owen (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Denison | PG - Richard Edwards (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Harold Bormann (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Kenneth Strong (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - David Robinson (fresh) 1 pts. C - Calvin Gray (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:07 | Grove City | Jeff Lent is hacked by Harold Bormann - foul #2 on Harold Bormann, team foul #8 | 28-38 |
| Subs | Grove City | Joe Singleton (PG) Craig Murphy | |
| Subs | Denison | | |
| 03:07 | Grove City | Jeff Lent makes the 1st free throw | 29-38 |
| 03:07 | Grove City | Jeff Lent makes the 2nd free throw | 30-38 |
| 02:51 | Denison | Kenneth Strong lays it in | 30-40 |
| 02:38 | Grove City | Jason Benjamin makes the runner from the baseline | 32-40 |
| 02:17 | Denison | Robert Owen takes the ball from Calvin Gray | 32-40 |
| 01:59 | Grove City | Joe Singleton makes the 3pt attempt from straight away | 35-40 |
| 01:41 | Denison | Richard Edwards misses short on a jumper from the left side | 35-40 |
| 01:40 | Grove City | Troy Fuller pulls down the rebound | 35-40 |
| 01:20 | Grove City | Robert Owen buries a jumper in the paint set up by Jason Benjamin | 37-40 |
| 01:00 | Denison | Harold Bormann misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 37-40 |
| 00:59 | Denison | Richard Edwards pulls down the offensive rebound | 37-40 |
| 00:47 | Denison | David Robinson is whistled for a carry | 37-40 |
| Subs | Grove City | Craig Murphy (PG), Terence Elizondo (SG), Kenneth Gilmore (SF), Arron Gregory (PF), Adam Young (C) Joe Singleton, Jeff Lent, Jason Benjamin, Troy Fuller, Robert Owen | |
| Subs | Denison | Justin Hurt (PG), William Stump (SG), William Amen (SF), Harry Clark (PF), Clifton Waldrop (C) Richard Edwards, Harold Bormann, Kenneth Strong, David Robinson, Calvin Gray | |
| 00:25 | Grove City | Clifton Waldrop denies the turnaround by Arron Gregory | 37-40 |
| 00:24 | Denison | William Amen snags the defensive board | 37-40 |
| 00:20 | Denison | Justin Hurt clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 37-40 |
| 00:18 | Denison | Harry Clark tips it but misses | 37-40 |
| 00:16 | Grove City | The rebound goes to Kenneth Gilmore | 37-40 |
| 00:00 | Grove City | William Stump steals the ball from Craig Murphy | 37-40 |