| Lineup | Butler | PG - Terence Smith (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Larry Dean (fresh) SF - Masio Abdallah (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Darko Bochenski (fresh) C - John Landes (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Christopher Ingram (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SG - Van Johanson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frederick Dinger (fresh) PF - Robert English (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Greg Decarlo (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Detroit Mercy | Frederick Dinger inbounds the ball | 31-27 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:42 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo buries a fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Christopher Ingram | 31-29 |
| 19:20 | Butler | John Landes can't connect on a shot from the right block but he's hacked by Frederick Dinger - foul #3 on Frederick Dinger, team foul #1 | 31-29 |
| Subs | Butler | Michel McAlexander (PG), Johnson Sparling (SG), Michael Pantoja (SF), Goran Kwapniewski (PF) Terence Smith, Larry Dean, Masio Abdallah, Darko Bochenski | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John Molter (SF) Frederick Dinger | |
| 19:20 | Butler | John Landes makes the 1st free throw | 32-29 |
| 19:20 | Butler | John Landes misses the 2nd free throw | 32-29 |
| 19:20 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter gets the rebound | 32-29 |
| 19:00 | Detroit Mercy | Christopher Ingram throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-29 |
| Subs | Butler | Terence Smith (PG), Masio Abdallah (SF), Darko Bochenski (PF) Michel McAlexander, Michael Pantoja, John Landes | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 18:36 | Butler | Johnson Sparling misses short on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 32-29 |
| 18:34 | Butler | Terence Smith tips it in | 34-29 |
| 18:12 | Detroit Mercy | Terence Smith steps in front of the Greg Decarlo pass | 34-29 |
| 18:09 | Butler | Terence Smith misses the easy layup | 34-29 |
| 18:08 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo pulls down the rebound | 34-29 |
| 17:53 | Detroit Mercy | Robert English misses the fadeaway from the left block | 34-29 |
| 17:51 | Butler | Masio Abdallah grabs the defensive rebound | 34-29 |
| 17:22 | Butler | John Molter takes the ball from Johnson Sparling | 34-29 |
| 17:08 | Detroit Mercy | Darko Bochenski is called for the reach on Van Johanson - foul #1 on Darko Bochenski, team foul #1 | 34-29 |
| Subs | Butler | Michel McAlexander (PG), Michael Pantoja (SF), John Landes (C) Terence Smith, Masio Abdallah, Darko Bochenski | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Darrell Hill (SG), Albert Conway (C) Van Johanson, Greg Decarlo | |
| 16:52 | Detroit Mercy | Robert English loses the dribble to John Landes | 34-29 |
| 16:29 | Butler | Michel McAlexander is whistled for traveling | 34-29 |
| Subs | Butler | Larry Dean (SG) Michael Pantoja | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard (PG), Oscar Pitts (SF), Michael Brown (C) Christopher Ingram, John Molter, Robert English | |
| 16:15 | Detroit Mercy | Darrell Hill's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 34-29 |
| Subs | Butler | Terence Smith (PG), Michael Pantoja (SF) Michel McAlexander, Larry Dean | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 15:57 | Butler | John Landes lays it up and in on a great pass from Terence Smith | 36-29 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Terence Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Johnson Sparling (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Pantoja (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Goran Kwapniewski (fairly fresh) C - John Landes (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Jason Shepard (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Darrell Hill (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Oscar Pitts (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Albert Conway (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Michael Brown (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 15:34 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 36-29 |
| 15:32 | Butler | The rebound goes to John Landes | 36-29 |
| 15:09 | Butler | Terence Smith connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right side on a great pass from Johnson Sparling | 38-29 |
| 14:52 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard travels with the ball | 38-29 |
| Subs | Butler | Michel McAlexander (PG), Masio Abdallah (SF), Darko Bochenski (PF) Terence Smith, Michael Pantoja, John Landes | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Christopher Ingram (PG), Van Johanson (SG), Frederick Dinger (SF), Robert English (PF), Greg Decarlo (C) Jason Shepard, Darrell Hill, Oscar Pitts, Albert Conway, Michael Brown | |
| 14:30 | Butler | Masio Abdallah drills a driving attempt from close range set up by Michel McAlexander | 40-29 |
| 14:15 | Detroit Mercy | Frederick Dinger misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 40-29 |
| 14:13 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo pulls down the offensive rebound | 40-29 |
| 14:05 | Detroit Mercy | Christopher Ingram clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 40-29 |
| 14:03 | Detroit Mercy | Robert English grabs the offensive rebound | 40-29 |
| 13:49 | Detroit Mercy | Michel McAlexander is called for the reach on Christopher Ingram - foul #2 on Michel McAlexander, team foul #2 | 40-29 |
| Subs | Butler | Terence Smith (PG), Larry Dean (SG), John Landes (C) Michel McAlexander, Masio Abdallah, Goran Kwapniewski | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 13:42 | Detroit Mercy | Robert English throws a bad pass out of bounds | 40-29 |
| 13:21 | Butler | Greg Decarlo is called for the reach on Johnson Sparling - foul #2 on Greg Decarlo, team foul #2 | 40-29 |
| Subs | Butler | Masio Abdallah (SF), Goran Kwapniewski (C) Larry Dean, John Landes | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 13:06 | Butler | Johnson Sparling misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 40-29 |
| 13:05 | Detroit Mercy | Robert English pulls down the rebound | 40-29 |
| 12:47 | Detroit Mercy | Christopher Ingram is hacked by Terence Smith - foul #3 on Terence Smith, team foul #3 | 40-29 |
| Subs | Butler | Michel McAlexander (PG), Larry Dean (SG), John Landes (C) Terence Smith, Masio Abdallah, Goran Kwapniewski | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 12:29 | Detroit Mercy | Robert English loses the ball out of bounds | 40-29 |
| Subs | Butler | Terence Smith (PG), Masio Abdallah (SF) Michel McAlexander, Johnson Sparling | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 12:04 | Butler | Masio Abdallah hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Darko Bochenski and he's hacked by Frederick Dinger - foul #4 on Frederick Dinger, team foul #3 | 42-29 |
| Subs | Butler | Johnson Sparling (SG), Goran Kwapniewski (C) Larry Dean, John Landes | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Darrell Hill (SG), John Molter (SF), Albert Conway (PF) Van Johanson, Frederick Dinger, Robert English | |
| 12:04 | Butler | Masio Abdallah makes the free throw | 43-29 |
| 11:44 | Detroit Mercy | Johnson Sparling takes the ball from Albert Conway | 43-29 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Terence Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Johnson Sparling (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Masio Abdallah (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. PF - Darko Bochenski (fairly fresh) C - Goran Kwapniewski (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Christopher Ingram (fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - Darrell Hill (fresh) 5 pts. SF - John Molter (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - Albert Conway (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Greg Decarlo (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:18 | Butler | Terence Smith drills a floater from the right side | 45-29 |
| 11:12 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway makes the turnaround from the baseline set up by Darrell Hill | 45-31 |
| 10:45 | Butler | Terence Smith can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 45-31 |
| 10:44 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway grabs the board | 45-31 |
| 10:30 | Detroit Mercy | Darrell Hill misses the easy layup | 45-31 |
| 10:28 | Butler | Darko Bochenski gets the rebound | 45-31 |
| 10:22 | Butler | Masio Abdallah is hacked by Albert Conway - foul #1 on Albert Conway, team foul #4 | 45-31 |
| Subs | Butler | Michel McAlexander (PG), Larry Dean (SG), Michael Pantoja (SF), Gabriel Gallo (PF), John Landes (C) Terence Smith, Johnson Sparling, Masio Abdallah, Darko Bochenski, Goran Kwapniewski | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Van Johanson (SG), Robert English (PF) Christopher Ingram, Greg Decarlo | |
| 10:00 | Butler | Michael Pantoja is hacked by John Molter - foul #2 on John Molter, team foul #5 | 45-31 |
| Subs | Butler | Johnson Sparling (SF), Darko Bochenski (PF) Michael Pantoja, Gabriel Gallo | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 09:40 | Butler | Johnson Sparling buries a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Larry Dean | 47-31 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 09:33 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 47-31 |
| 09:31 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter tips it but misses | 47-31 |
| 09:29 | Detroit Mercy | The offensive rebound goes to Albert Conway | 47-31 |
| 09:12 | Detroit Mercy | Van Johanson misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Larry Dean - foul #2 on Larry Dean, team foul #4 | 47-31 |
| Subs | Butler | Terence Smith (PG), Michael Pantoja (SG), Masio Abdallah (SF), Goran Kwapniewski (PF) Michel McAlexander, Larry Dean, Johnson Sparling, Darko Bochenski | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Christopher Ingram (PG), Oscar Pitts (SF), Michael Brown (C) Darrell Hill, John Molter, Albert Conway | |
| 09:12 | Detroit Mercy | Van Johanson makes the 1st free throw | 47-32 |
| 09:12 | Detroit Mercy | Van Johanson makes the 2nd free throw | 47-33 |
| 08:53 | Butler | Michael Brown is called for the reach on John Landes - foul #1 on Michael Brown, team foul #6 | 47-33 |
| Subs | Butler | Johnson Sparling (SG) Masio Abdallah | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 08:36 | Butler | Johnson Sparling misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 47-33 |
| 08:35 | Detroit Mercy | Van Johanson gets the rebound | 47-33 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 08:15 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 47-33 |
| 08:13 | Butler | Goran Kwapniewski snags the defensive board | 47-33 |
| 08:08 | Butler | Johnson Sparling hits a turnaround near the basket set up by Terence Smith and he's hacked by Christopher Ingram - foul #2 on Christopher Ingram, team foul #7 | 49-33 |
| Subs | Butler | Michel McAlexander (PG), Masio Abdallah (SF), Darko Bochenski (PF) Terence Smith, Michael Pantoja, Goran Kwapniewski | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John Molter (SF), Greg Decarlo (C) Oscar Pitts, Michael Brown | |
| 08:08 | Butler | Johnson Sparling makes the free throw | 50-33 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 07:54 | Detroit Mercy | Christopher Ingram can't connect on a jumper from just outside the lane | 50-33 |
| 07:52 | Butler | John Landes gets the rebound | 50-33 |
| 07:33 | Butler | Darko Bochenski hits the finger roll set up by Masio Abdallah | 52-33 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Michel McAlexander (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Johnson Sparling (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Masio Abdallah (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. PF - Darko Bochenski (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - John Landes (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Christopher Ingram (fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - Van Johanson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Molter (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - Robert English (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Greg Decarlo (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:22 | Detroit Mercy | Van Johanson comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 52-33 |
| 07:20 | Butler | Darko Bochenski snags the defensive board | 52-33 |
| 07:01 | Butler | Michel McAlexander clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 52-33 |
| 07:00 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Christopher Ingram | 52-33 |
| 06:47 | Detroit Mercy | Christopher Ingram knocks in the floater from the right wing and he's fouled by Michel McAlexander - foul #3 on Michel McAlexander, team foul #5 | 52-35 |
| Subs | Butler | Terence Smith (PG), Larry Dean (SG), Michael Pantoja (SF), Goran Kwapniewski (C) Michel McAlexander, Johnson Sparling, Masio Abdallah, John Landes | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Darrell Hill (SG), Frederick Dinger (SF), Albert Conway (PF) Van Johanson, John Molter, Robert English | |
| 06:47 | Detroit Mercy | Christopher Ingram makes the free throw | 52-36 |
| 06:19 | Butler | Terence Smith drills a 3pt shot from the right wing | 55-36 |
| 06:12 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway can't connect on a driving attempt from the right block but he's hacked by Darko Bochenski - foul #2 on Darko Bochenski, team foul #6 | 55-36 |
| Subs | Butler | Masio Abdallah (SF), Joey Welch (C) Michael Pantoja, Darko Bochenski | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts (SG) Christopher Ingram | |
| 06:12 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway misses the 1st free throw | 55-36 |
| 06:12 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway misses the 2nd free throw | 55-36 |
| 06:12 | Detroit Mercy | Greg Decarlo grabs the offensive board | 55-36 |
| 05:59 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway drills a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Darrell Hill and he's fouled by Goran Kwapniewski - foul #3 on Goran Kwapniewski, team foul #7 | 55-38 |
| Subs | Butler | Darko Bochenski (PF) Joey Welch | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John Molter (SG), Michael Brown (C) Oscar Pitts, Greg Decarlo | |
| 05:59 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway makes the free throw | 55-39 |
| 05:33 | Butler | The jump hook by Masio Abdallah is blocked by Albert Conway | 55-39 |
| 05:32 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter grabs the defensive rebound | 55-39 |
| 05:17 | Detroit Mercy | Frederick Dinger knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner | 55-42 |
| 04:52 | Butler | Masio Abdallah misses short on a floater from the left wing but he's fouled by Frederick Dinger - foul #5 on Frederick Dinger, team foul #8 | 55-42 |
| Subs | Butler | Johnson Sparling (SG), Gabriel Gallo (PF), John Landes (C) Larry Dean, Darko Bochenski, Goran Kwapniewski | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Christopher Ingram (PG), Van Johanson (SG), Robert English (PF), Greg Decarlo (C) Darrell Hill, Frederick Dinger, Albert Conway, Michael Brown | |
| 04:52 | Butler | Masio Abdallah misses the 1st free throw | 55-42 |
| 04:52 | Butler | Masio Abdallah makes the 2nd free throw | 56-42 |
| 04:41 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 56-42 |
| 04:40 | Butler | Gabriel Gallo gets the rebound | 56-42 |
| 04:19 | Butler | Masio Abdallah scores on a floater from the right wing | 58-42 |
| 04:13 | Detroit Mercy | Christopher Ingram buries a jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Robert English | 58-44 |
| 03:44 | Butler | Johnson Sparling scores on a 3 from the left wing set up by John Landes | 61-44 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:30 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 61-44 |
| 03:28 | Butler | The rebound goes to Masio Abdallah | 61-44 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Terence Smith (fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Johnson Sparling (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Masio Abdallah (fresh) 16 pts. 5 reb. PF - Gabriel Gallo (fresh) C - John Landes (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Christopher Ingram (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SG - Van Johanson (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Molter (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - Robert English (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Greg Decarlo (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:00 | Butler | Masio Abdallah is called for 5 seconds | 61-44 |
| Subs | Butler | Michel McAlexander (PG), Michael Pantoja (SG), Goran Kwapniewski (PF), Joey Welch (C) Terence Smith, Masio Abdallah, Gabriel Gallo, John Landes | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard (PG), Darrell Hill (SG), Oscar Pitts (SF), Albert Conway (PF), Michael Brown (C) Christopher Ingram, Van Johanson, John Molter, Robert English, Greg Decarlo | |
| 02:41 | Detroit Mercy | Darrell Hill is fouled on the floor by Michael Pantoja - foul #1 on Michael Pantoja, team foul #8 | 61-44 |
| 02:41 | Detroit Mercy | Darrell Hill makes the 1st free throw | 61-45 |
| 02:41 | Detroit Mercy | Darrell Hill makes the 2nd free throw | 61-46 |
| 02:19 | Butler | Michel McAlexander buries a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Goran Kwapniewski | 64-46 |
| 02:07 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Shepard connects on the floater from just outside the lane | 64-48 |
| 01:47 | Butler | Johnson Sparling can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 64-48 |
| 01:45 | Detroit Mercy | Albert Conway pulls down the rebound | 64-48 |
| 01:39 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts is whistled for a carry | 64-48 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John Molter (SG) Jason Shepard | |
| 01:14 | Butler | Michel McAlexander makes the jumper from the left wing set up by Goran Kwapniewski | 66-48 |
| 00:50 | Detroit Mercy | Oscar Pitts's pass is intercepted by Michel McAlexander | 66-48 |
| 00:46 | Butler | Goran Kwapniewski misses the easy layup | 66-48 |
| 00:44 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter pulls down the rebound | 66-48 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:38 | Detroit Mercy | John Molter buries a shot from just outside the lane set up by Michael Brown | 66-50 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:09 | Butler | Johnson Sparling misses short on a fadeaway in the lane | 66-50 |
| 00:07 | Butler | Johnson Sparling gets the offensive rebound | 66-50 |
| 00:00 | Butler | Michel McAlexander runs out the clock | 66-50 |