| Lineup | UAB | PG - Andrew Savage (fresh) SG - Andrew Ouellette (fresh) SF - David Hines (fresh) PF - Fred Schwieterman (fresh) C - Michael Allis (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Chad Merrick (fresh) SG - David Thompson (fresh) SF - Stephen Webb (fresh) PF - Douglas Rickard (fresh) C - Rickey Marshall (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Detroit Mercy | Rickey Marshall wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:35 | Detroit Mercy | David Thompson can't connect on a jumper from the right block | 0-0 |
| 19:34 | UAB | Andrew Savage grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | UAB | David Hines misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:20 | UAB | David Hines grabs the offensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:09 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:08 | Detroit Mercy | Douglas Rickard gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:00 | Detroit Mercy | Andrew Ouellette takes the ball from Rickey Marshall | 0-0 |
| 18:52 | UAB | Michael Allis misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 0-0 |
| 18:51 | Detroit Mercy | Douglas Rickard grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 18:34 | Detroit Mercy | Stephen Webb is fouled on the floor by David Hines - foul #1 on David Hines, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 18:27 | Detroit Mercy | David Thompson is whistled for traveling | 0-0 |
| 18:09 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette is fouled on the floor by Douglas Rickard - foul #1 on Douglas Rickard, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 17:49 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 17:48 | Detroit Mercy | Rickey Marshall grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 17:41 | Detroit Mercy | David Thompson is fouled on the floor by David Hines - foul #2 on David Hines, team foul #2 | 0-0 |
| Subs | UAB | Scott Eck (SF) David Hines | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 17:31 | Detroit Mercy | Chad Merrick comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 0-0 |
| 17:29 | UAB | Michael Allis pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 17:21 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette misses long on a shot from the right side but he's fouled by Douglas Rickard - foul #2 on Douglas Rickard, team foul #2 | 0-0 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Morgan Todd (PF) Douglas Rickard | |
| 17:21 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 17:21 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette makes the 2nd free throw | 2-0 |
| 17:00 | Detroit Mercy | Rickey Marshall misses long on a turnaround from the baseline | 2-0 |
| 16:58 | Detroit Mercy | Stephen Webb tips it back up and in | 2-2 |
| 16:42 | UAB | Michael Allis lays it in | 4-2 |
| 16:33 | Detroit Mercy | David Thompson misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 4-2 |
| 16:31 | Detroit Mercy | Rickey Marshall snags the offensive board | 4-2 |
| 16:23 | Detroit Mercy | Stephen Webb throws a bad pass out of bounds | 4-2 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley (PG), Charles Anderson (SG), Clyde Josephson (SF), William Pierce (C) Chad Merrick, David Thompson, Stephen Webb, Rickey Marshall | |
| 16:06 | UAB | Andrew Savage drills a floater from the right block on a great pass from Scott Eck | 6-2 |
| 15:50 | Detroit Mercy | William Pierce misses long on a turnaround in the lane but he's hacked by Michael Allis - foul #1 on Michael Allis, team foul #3 | 6-2 |
| Subs | UAB | Gerald Conn (SF), Donald Clark (C) Fred Schwieterman, Michael Allis | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 15:50 | Detroit Mercy | William Pierce makes the 1st free throw | 6-3 |
| 15:50 | Detroit Mercy | William Pierce makes the 2nd free throw | 6-4 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Andrew Savage (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Andrew Ouellette (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Gerald Conn (fresh) PF - Scott Eck (fresh) C - Donald Clark (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Antoine Langley (fresh) SG - Charles Anderson (fresh) SF - Clyde Josephson (fresh) PF - William Pierce (fresh) 2 pts. C - Morgan Todd (fresh) | |
| 15:29 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette misses the easy layup | 6-4 |
| 15:28 | UAB | Gerald Conn hits the follow up shot | 8-4 |
| 15:13 | Detroit Mercy | Clyde Josephson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 8-4 |
| 15:12 | Detroit Mercy | Morgan Todd hits the follow up shot | 8-6 |
| 14:43 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette hits a shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Scott Eck | 10-6 |
| 14:27 | Detroit Mercy | William Pierce connects on the fadeaway in the paint and he's hacked by Scott Eck - foul #1 on Scott Eck, team foul #4 | 10-8 |
| Subs | UAB | Lawrence Metz (PG), Timothy Cotta (SG), Fred Schwieterman (PF), Michael Allis (C) Andrew Savage, Andrew Ouellette, Scott Eck, Donald Clark | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Chad Merrick (PG), David Thompson (SG), Stephen Webb (SF), Rickey Marshall (C) Antoine Langley, Charles Anderson, Clyde Josephson, Morgan Todd | |
| 14:27 | Detroit Mercy | William Pierce makes the free throw | 10-9 |
| 14:01 | UAB | Michael Allis's pass is intercepted by William Pierce | 10-9 |
| 13:44 | Detroit Mercy | Rickey Marshall scores on a shot from just outside the lane set up by Stephen Webb and the foul's on Lawrence Metz - foul #1 on Lawrence Metz, team foul #5 | 10-11 |
| 13:44 | Detroit Mercy | Rickey Marshall makes the free throw | 10-12 |
| 13:17 | UAB | Michael Allis misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 10-12 |
| 13:16 | UAB | Lawrence Metz grabs the offensive rebound | 10-12 |
| 12:54 | UAB | The jump hook by Fred Schwieterman is blocked by Stephen Webb | 10-12 |
| 12:53 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Rickey Marshall | 10-12 |
| 12:28 | Detroit Mercy | Stephen Webb connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Chad Merrick | 10-15 |
| 12:14 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman is whistled for traveling | 10-15 |
| Subs | UAB | Andrew Savage (PG), Andrew Ouellette (SG), Scott Eck (SF), Donald Clark (PF), Philip Lee (C) Lawrence Metz, Timothy Cotta, Gerald Conn, Fred Schwieterman, Michael Allis | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Charles Anderson (SF), Morgan Todd (PF) Stephen Webb, William Pierce | |
| 11:52 | Detroit Mercy | Chad Merrick hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 10-15 |
| 11:51 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette pulls down the rebound | 10-15 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Andrew Savage (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Andrew Ouellette (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Scott Eck (fresh) PF - Donald Clark (fresh) C - Philip Lee (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Chad Merrick (fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Thompson (fresh) SF - Charles Anderson (fresh) PF - Morgan Todd (fresh) 2 pts. C - Rickey Marshall (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:26 | UAB | Donald Clark can't connect on a shot from close range but he's fouled by Morgan Todd - foul #1 on Morgan Todd, team foul #3 | 10-15 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley (PG), Clyde Josephson (SF), James Tamez (PF) Chad Merrick, David Thompson, Rickey Marshall | |
| 11:26 | UAB | Donald Clark makes the 1st free throw | 11-15 |
| 11:26 | UAB | Donald Clark makes the 2nd free throw | 12-15 |
| 11:01 | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley clanks a 3 from the right corner | 12-15 |
| 10:59 | UAB | Donald Clark snags the defensive board | 12-15 |
| 10:55 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette misses long on a shot from the left side | 12-15 |
| 10:54 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Clyde Josephson | 12-15 |
| 10:49 | Detroit Mercy | Clyde Josephson misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 12-15 |
| 10:47 | UAB | Donald Clark grabs the board | 12-15 |
| 10:42 | UAB | Philip Lee loses the dribble to James Tamez | 12-15 |
| 10:31 | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley misses long on a shot from close range | 12-15 |
| 10:29 | UAB | Philip Lee grabs the board | 12-15 |
| 10:08 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 12-15 |
| 10:06 | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley pulls down the rebound | 12-15 |
| 10:01 | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley can't connect on a 3 from straight away but the foul's on Andrew Savage - foul #1 on Andrew Savage, team foul #6 | 12-15 |
| Subs | UAB | Gerald Conn (SF), Fred Schwieterman (PF), Michael Allis (C) Scott Eck, Donald Clark, Philip Lee | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | David Thompson (SG), Stephen Webb (SF), Rickey Marshall (C) Charles Anderson, Clyde Josephson, James Tamez | |
| 10:01 | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley makes the 1st free throw | 12-16 |
| 10:01 | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley misses the 2nd free throw | 12-16 |
| 10:01 | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley misses the 3rd free throw | 12-16 |
| 10:01 | Detroit Mercy | Rickey Marshall snags the offensive board | 12-16 |
| 09:41 | Detroit Mercy | David Thompson connects on the fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Antoine Langley | 12-18 |
| 09:18 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman lays it up and in and the foul's on Morgan Todd - foul #2 on Morgan Todd, team foul #4 | 14-18 |
| Subs | UAB | Timothy Cotta (SG) Andrew Ouellette | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Chad Merrick (PG), William Pierce (PF) Antoine Langley, Morgan Todd | |
| 09:18 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman makes the free throw | 15-18 |
| 08:55 | Detroit Mercy | Stephen Webb is hacked by Timothy Cotta - foul #1 on Timothy Cotta, team foul #7 | 15-18 |
| 08:55 | Detroit Mercy | Stephen Webb misses the 1st free throw | 15-18 |
| 08:55 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman gets the rebound | 15-18 |
| 08:33 | UAB | Andrew Savage loses the ball out of bounds | 15-18 |
| Subs | UAB | Scott Eck (SF) Gerald Conn | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 08:20 | Detroit Mercy | Chad Merrick throws a bad pass out of bounds | 15-18 |
| Subs | UAB | Gerald Conn (SG) Andrew Savage | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 08:04 | UAB | Timothy Cotta comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 15-18 |
| 08:03 | Detroit Mercy | Rickey Marshall snags the defensive board | 15-18 |
| 07:59 | Detroit Mercy | Chad Merrick drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Stephen Webb | 15-21 |
| 07:39 | UAB | Scott Eck is denied on a dunk by Rickey Marshall | 15-21 |
| 07:37 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman can't tip it in | 15-21 |
| 07:35 | Detroit Mercy | David Thompson gets the rebound | 15-21 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Timothy Cotta (fresh) SG - Gerald Conn (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Scott Eck (fresh) PF - Fred Schwieterman (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Allis (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Chad Merrick (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Thompson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Stephen Webb (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - William Pierce (fresh) 5 pts. C - Rickey Marshall (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:18 | Detroit Mercy | Rickey Marshall scores on a floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Chad Merrick | 15-23 |
| 07:06 | UAB | Timothy Cotta buries a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Gerald Conn | 18-23 |
| 06:46 | Detroit Mercy | David Thompson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 18-23 |
| Subs | UAB | Andrew Savage (PG), Andrew Ouellette (SG), Donald Clark (PF), Philip Lee (C) Timothy Cotta, Scott Eck, Fred Schwieterman, Michael Allis | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley (PG), Charles Anderson (SG), Clyde Josephson (SF), James Tamez (PF) Chad Merrick, David Thompson, Stephen Webb, Rickey Marshall | |
| 06:34 | UAB | Gerald Conn misses short on a jumper in the lane | 18-23 |
| 06:32 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Charles Anderson | 18-23 |
| 06:11 | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley makes the floater from the left side set up by Clyde Josephson | 18-25 |
| 05:49 | UAB | Donald Clark misses the driving attempt from the right block | 18-25 |
| 05:48 | UAB | Philip Lee snags the offensive board | 18-25 |
| 05:29 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette connects on the floater from the left side | 20-25 |
| 05:00 | Detroit Mercy | William Pierce is hacked by Philip Lee - foul #1 on Philip Lee, team foul #8 | 20-25 |
| Subs | UAB | Scott Eck (SF), Michael Allis (C) Gerald Conn, Philip Lee | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Chad Merrick (PG), David Thompson (SG), Rickey Marshall (C) Antoine Langley, Clyde Josephson, James Tamez | |
| 05:00 | Detroit Mercy | William Pierce makes the 1st free throw | 20-26 |
| 05:00 | Detroit Mercy | William Pierce makes the 2nd free throw | 20-27 |
| 04:51 | UAB | Rickey Marshall is called for the reach on Michael Allis - foul #1 on Rickey Marshall, team foul #5 | 20-27 |
| 04:38 | UAB | Andrew Savage can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 20-27 |
| 04:36 | Detroit Mercy | William Pierce grabs the board | 20-27 |
| 04:22 | Detroit Mercy | Rickey Marshall misses the dunk but the foul's on Michael Allis - foul #2 on Michael Allis, team foul #9 | 20-27 |
| Subs | UAB | Fred Schwieterman (PF) Michael Allis | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | James Tamez (PF) William Pierce | |
| 04:22 | Detroit Mercy | Rickey Marshall makes the 1st free throw | 20-28 |
| 04:22 | Detroit Mercy | Rickey Marshall misses the 2nd free throw | 20-28 |
| 04:22 | UAB | Scott Eck grabs the defensive rebound | 20-28 |
| 04:00 | UAB | Donald Clark hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 20-28 |
| 03:59 | UAB | Scott Eck tips it in | 22-28 |
| 03:39 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Anderson knocks in the shot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Chad Merrick | 22-30 |
| 03:29 | UAB | James Tamez is called for the reach on Andrew Ouellette - foul #1 on James Tamez, team foul #6 | 22-30 |
| Subs | UAB | Timothy Cotta (SG), David Hines (SF), Michael Allis (C) Andrew Ouellette, Scott Eck, Donald Clark | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley (SG), Stephen Webb (SF), Douglas Rickard (PF), Morgan Todd (C) David Thompson, Charles Anderson, James Tamez, Rickey Marshall | |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Andrew Savage (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Timothy Cotta (fresh) 3 pts. SF - David Hines (fresh) PF - Fred Schwieterman (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Allis (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Chad Merrick (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Antoine Langley (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Stephen Webb (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Douglas Rickard (fresh) 2 reb. C - Morgan Todd (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:12 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman's fadeaway is rejected by Douglas Rickard | 22-30 |
| 03:10 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman grabs the offensive rebound | 22-30 |
| 02:57 | UAB | David Hines makes the jumper from close range on a nice dish by Timothy Cotta | 24-30 |
| 02:34 | Detroit Mercy | Douglas Rickard hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 24-30 |
| 02:33 | UAB | Michael Allis gets the rebound | 24-30 |
| 02:27 | UAB | David Hines hits a runner from the left block set up by Fred Schwieterman | 26-30 |
| 02:07 | Detroit Mercy | Morgan Todd blows the layup | 26-30 |
| 02:06 | UAB | David Hines snags the defensive board | 26-30 |
| 01:40 | UAB | David Hines is hacked by Stephen Webb - foul #1 on Stephen Webb, team foul #7 | 26-30 |
| Subs | UAB | Andrew Ouellette (SG), Scott Eck (PF) Andrew Savage, Fred Schwieterman | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | David Thompson (SG), Rickey Marshall (C) Chad Merrick, Morgan Todd | |
| 01:40 | UAB | David Hines misses the 1st free throw | 26-30 |
| 01:40 | Detroit Mercy | Douglas Rickard gets the rebound | 26-30 |
| 01:20 | Detroit Mercy | Rickey Marshall banks in the layup | 26-32 |
| 01:01 | UAB | David Hines clanks a floater from close range but he's fouled by Stephen Webb - foul #2 on Stephen Webb, team foul #8 | 26-32 |
| Subs | UAB | Donald Clark (C) Michael Allis | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Charles Anderson (SF) Stephen Webb | |
| 01:01 | UAB | David Hines makes the 1st free throw | 27-32 |
| 01:01 | UAB | David Hines makes the 2nd free throw | 28-32 |
| 00:48 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Anderson is hacked by Donald Clark - foul #1 on Donald Clark, team foul #10 | 28-32 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Morgan Todd (PF) Douglas Rickard | |
| 00:48 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Anderson misses the 1st free throw | 28-32 |
| 00:48 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Anderson misses the 2nd free throw | 28-32 |
| 00:48 | UAB | Scott Eck grabs the defensive rebound | 28-32 |
| 00:40 | UAB | David Hines is called for the illegal screen - foul #3 on David Hines, team foul #11 | 28-32 |
| Subs | UAB | Gerald Conn (SF) David Hines | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 00:16 | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley connects on the shot from the left side set up by David Thompson | 28-34 |
| 00:03 | UAB | Scott Eck hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Timothy Cotta | 30-34 |
| 00:00 | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley misses short on a halfcourt shot | 30-34 |