| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Arthur Wells (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Charles Hunter (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Joe Bever (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Michael Harness (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Keith Abbott (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Richard Knox (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Michael Borunda (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - John Barth (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - William Bannister (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Micheal Lambert (fresh) 8 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | DePaul | Joe Bever inbounds the ball | 27-38 |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 19:50 | DePaul | Joe Bever is called for 10 seconds | 27-38 |
| Subs | DePaul | Merlin Morris (PG), John Clarke (PF) Arthur Wells, Michael Harness | |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| 19:38 | Drake | Richard Knox scores on a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from John Barth | 27-41 |
| 19:12 | DePaul | Keith Abbott hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Micheal Lambert - foul #3 on Micheal Lambert, team foul #1 | 27-41 |
| Subs | DePaul | Arthur Wells (PG), Michael Harness (PF) Joe Bever, John Clarke | |
| Subs | Drake | Marlin Jacobs (C) Micheal Lambert | |
| 19:12 | DePaul | Keith Abbott makes the 1st free throw | 28-41 |
| 19:12 | DePaul | Keith Abbott makes the 2nd free throw | 29-41 |
| 19:03 | Drake | Michael Harness swats the shot by Michael Borunda | 29-41 |
| 19:02 | DePaul | Keith Abbott gets the rebound | 29-41 |
| 18:33 | DePaul | Charles Hunter makes the wide open 3pt shot from straight away set up by Merlin Morris | 32-41 |
| 18:21 | Drake | Richard Knox is hacked by Arthur Wells - foul #3 on Arthur Wells, team foul #1 | 32-41 |
| Subs | DePaul | Joe Bever (SF), John Clarke (PF), William Knight (C) Arthur Wells, Michael Harness, Keith Abbott | |
| Subs | Drake | John Lewis (PG), Carroll Pascoe (SF), Carl Sturgeon (PF) Richard Knox, John Barth, William Bannister | |
| 18:08 | Drake | Michael Borunda is hacked by William Knight - foul #1 on William Knight, team foul #2 | 32-41 |
| Subs | DePaul | Michael Harness (PF) William Knight | |
| Subs | Drake | Frank Weingarten (SG) Michael Borunda | |
| 18:03 | Drake | Carroll Pascoe misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 32-41 |
| 18:02 | Drake | Marlin Jacobs tips it home | 32-43 |
| 17:41 | DePaul | Frank Weingarten is called for the reach on Merlin Morris - foul #3 on Frank Weingarten, team foul #2 | 32-43 |
| Subs | DePaul | Keith Abbott (C) John Clarke | |
| Subs | Drake | Lucio Russo (SG) Frank Weingarten | |
| 17:29 | DePaul | Keith Abbott misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Lucio Russo - foul #1 on Lucio Russo, team foul #3 | 32-43 |
| 17:29 | DePaul | Keith Abbott makes the 1st free throw | 33-43 |
| 17:29 | DePaul | Keith Abbott misses the 2nd free throw | 33-43 |
| 17:29 | Drake | Marlin Jacobs grabs the defensive rebound | 33-43 |
| 17:08 | Drake | Marlin Jacobs misses the dunk attempt | 33-43 |
| 17:07 | DePaul | Michael Harness gets the rebound | 33-43 |
| 17:02 | DePaul | Merlin Morris's pass is intercepted by John Lewis in the backcourt | 33-43 |
| 16:49 | Drake | Keith Abbott steps in front of the John Lewis pass | 33-43 |
| 16:36 | DePaul | Carroll Pascoe picks off the pass by Charles Hunter | 33-43 |
| 16:25 | Drake | Carl Sturgeon hits a shot in the paint | 33-45 |
| 16:07 | DePaul | Keith Abbott lays it in | 35-45 |
| 15:53 | Drake | John Lewis hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 35-45 |
| 15:51 | DePaul | Michael Harness grabs the board | 35-45 |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Merlin Morris (tiring) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Hunter (tiring) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joe Bever (fairly fresh) 8 pts. PF - Michael Harness (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Keith Abbott (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - John Lewis (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lucio Russo (fairly fresh) SF - Carroll Pascoe (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Carl Sturgeon (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Marlin Jacobs (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:37 | DePaul | Keith Abbott scores on a floater from the left block on a nice dish by Charles Hunter | 37-45 |
| 15:21 | Drake | Marlin Jacobs misses short on a jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Charles Hunter - foul #2 on Charles Hunter, team foul #3 | 37-45 |
| Subs | DePaul | Arthur Wells (PG), Dikembe Ahmadi (SF), John Clarke (PF), William Knight (C) Charles Hunter, Joe Bever, Michael Harness, Keith Abbott | |
| Subs | Drake | Richard Knox (PG), Michael Borunda (SG), John Barth (SF), William Bannister (PF) John Lewis, Lucio Russo, Carroll Pascoe, Carl Sturgeon | |
| 15:21 | Drake | Marlin Jacobs makes the 1st free throw | 37-46 |
| 15:21 | Drake | Marlin Jacobs misses the 2nd free throw | 37-46 |
| 15:21 | DePaul | The rebound goes to William Knight | 37-46 |
| 15:14 | DePaul | William Knight's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 37-46 |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| Subs | Drake | Micheal Lambert (C) Marlin Jacobs | |
| 14:56 | Drake | William Knight is called for the reach on Richard Knox - foul #2 on William Knight, team foul #4 | 37-46 |
| 14:47 | Drake | Michael Borunda buries a runner near the basket on a great pass from Richard Knox | 37-48 |
| 14:28 | DePaul | Arthur Wells misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 37-48 |
| 14:27 | Drake | John Barth gets the rebound | 37-48 |
| 14:19 | Drake | John Barth makes the shot from the baseline set up by Michael Borunda | 37-50 |
| 14:06 | DePaul | Merlin Morris is hacked by Richard Knox - foul #1 on Richard Knox, team foul #4 | 37-50 |
| Subs | DePaul | Charles Hunter (SG), Michael Harness (PF), Keith Abbott (C) Merlin Morris, John Clarke, William Knight | |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| 13:51 | DePaul | Michael Borunda steals the ball from Dikembe Ahmadi | 37-50 |
| 13:34 | Drake | John Barth buries a turnaround from close range | 37-52 |
| 13:18 | DePaul | Michael Harness jams the wide open dunk on a nice dish by Arthur Wells | 39-52 |
| 13:08 | Drake | John Barth comes up short on the floater in the lane | 39-52 |
| 13:06 | Drake | William Bannister tips it back up and in | 39-54 |
| 13:04 | DePaul | Richard Knox is called for the reach on Arthur Wells in the backcourt - foul #2 on Richard Knox, team foul #5 | 39-54 |
| Subs | DePaul | Joe Bever (SG), John Clarke (PF), William Knight (C) Charles Hunter, Michael Harness, Keith Abbott | |
| Subs | Drake | Lucio Russo (PG), Frank Weingarten (SG) Richard Knox, Michael Borunda | |
| 12:45 | DePaul | Joe Bever misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 39-54 |
| 12:44 | Drake | William Bannister gets the rebound | 39-54 |
| 12:30 | Drake | Dikembe Ahmadi takes the ball from Lucio Russo | 39-54 |
| 12:17 | DePaul | William Knight can't finish the uncontested layup but the foul's on Frank Weingarten - foul #4 on Frank Weingarten, team foul #6 | 39-54 |
| Subs | DePaul | Michael Harness (PF) John Clarke | |
| Subs | Drake | Michael Borunda (SG) Frank Weingarten | |
| 12:17 | DePaul | William Knight misses the 1st free throw | 39-54 |
| 12:17 | DePaul | William Knight makes the 2nd free throw | 40-54 |
| 12:08 | Drake | John Barth is whistled for a carry | 40-54 |
| Subs | DePaul | Charles Hunter (SG), Keith Abbott (C) Joe Bever, William Knight | |
| Subs | Drake | John Lewis (PG) Lucio Russo | |
| 12:06 | DePaul | John Lewis picks off the pass by Arthur Wells in the backcourt | 40-54 |
| 11:45 | Drake | Micheal Lambert throws a bad pass out of bounds | 40-54 |
| Subs | DePaul | Joe Bever (SG), John Clarke (PF) Charles Hunter, Michael Harness | |
| Subs | Drake | Carl Sturgeon (PF), Marlin Jacobs (C) William Bannister, Micheal Lambert | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Arthur Wells (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Joe Bever (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Dikembe Ahmadi (tiring) 3 pf. PF - John Clarke (fresh) 6 reb. C - Keith Abbott (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - John Lewis (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Borunda (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SF - John Barth (tiring) 12 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. PF - Carl Sturgeon (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Marlin Jacobs (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:29 | DePaul | Joe Bever can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 40-54 |
| 11:27 | DePaul | Keith Abbott pulls down the offensive rebound | 40-54 |
| 11:05 | DePaul | Keith Abbott misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Marlin Jacobs - foul #1 on Marlin Jacobs, team foul #7 | 40-54 |
| Subs | DePaul | Charles Hunter (SG), Michael Harness (PF) Joe Bever, John Clarke | |
| Subs | Drake | Richard Knox (PG), Lucio Russo (SG), Carroll Pascoe (SF) John Lewis, Michael Borunda, John Barth | |
| 11:05 | DePaul | Keith Abbott makes the 1st free throw | 41-54 |
| 11:05 | DePaul | Keith Abbott misses the 2nd free throw | 41-54 |
| 11:05 | Drake | The rebound goes to Marlin Jacobs | 41-54 |
| 10:43 | Drake | Richard Knox hits a jumper from just outside the lane | 41-56 |
| 10:22 | DePaul | Michael Harness buries a runner from the right block | 43-56 |
| 10:00 | Drake | Marlin Jacobs's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 43-56 |
| Subs | DePaul | Joe Bever (SG), John Clarke (PF) Charles Hunter, Keith Abbott | |
| Subs | Drake | William Bannister (PF), Micheal Lambert (C) Carl Sturgeon, Marlin Jacobs | |
| 09:42 | DePaul | Arthur Wells misses short on a shot from the right wing but he's fouled by Carroll Pascoe - foul #3 on Carroll Pascoe, team foul #8 | 43-56 |
| Subs | DePaul | Keith Abbott (C) John Clarke | |
| Subs | Drake | John Lewis (PG), Michael Borunda (SG), John Barth (SF) Richard Knox, Lucio Russo, Carroll Pascoe | |
| 09:42 | DePaul | Arthur Wells makes the 1st free throw | 44-56 |
| 09:42 | DePaul | Arthur Wells makes the 2nd free throw | 45-56 |
| 09:29 | Drake | John Barth drills a floater from the left block on a nice dish by Michael Borunda | 45-58 |
| 09:21 | DePaul | William Bannister denies the turnaround by Michael Harness | 45-58 |
| 09:19 | Drake | The rebound goes to John Barth | 45-58 |
| 09:03 | Drake | Micheal Lambert misses the lay-in | 45-58 |
| 09:02 | DePaul | Michael Harness pulls down the rebound | 45-58 |
| 08:35 | DePaul | Keith Abbott throws it down | 47-58 |
| 08:19 | Drake | Micheal Lambert hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Michael Borunda | 47-60 |
| 07:58 | DePaul | Michael Harness can't connect on a jumper from the right wing | 47-60 |
| 07:57 | DePaul | Dikembe Ahmadi grabs the offensive rebound | 47-60 |
| 07:43 | DePaul | Joe Bever buries a shot from the right wing and the foul's on Michael Borunda - foul #2 on Michael Borunda, team foul #9 | 49-60 |
| Subs | DePaul | Charles Hunter (SG), John Clarke (PF), William Knight (C) Dikembe Ahmadi, Michael Harness, Keith Abbott | |
| Subs | Drake | Richard Knox (PG), Lucio Russo (SG), Frank Weingarten (SF), Carl Sturgeon (PF), Marlin Jacobs (C) John Lewis, Michael Borunda, John Barth, William Bannister, Micheal Lambert | |
| 07:43 | DePaul | Joe Bever makes the free throw | 50-60 |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Arthur Wells (tiring) 6 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Charles Hunter (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Joe Bever (fairly fresh) 11 pts. PF - John Clarke (fresh) 6 reb. C - William Knight (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Richard Knox (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lucio Russo (fresh) SF - Frank Weingarten (fresh) 4 pf. PF - Carl Sturgeon (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Marlin Jacobs (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:21 | Drake | Frank Weingarten comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 50-60 |
| 07:20 | DePaul | John Clarke grabs the board | 50-60 |
| 07:00 | DePaul | Richard Knox is called for the reach on Charles Hunter - foul #3 on Richard Knox, team foul #10 | 50-60 |
| Subs | DePaul | Keith Abbott (C) William Knight | |
| Subs | Drake | Carroll Pascoe (SF) Lucio Russo | |
| 07:00 | DePaul | Charles Hunter makes the 1st free throw | 51-60 |
| 07:00 | DePaul | Charles Hunter makes the 2nd free throw | 52-60 |
| 06:45 | Drake | Marlin Jacobs double dribbles | 52-60 |
| Subs | DePaul | Dikembe Ahmadi (SF), Michael Harness (C) Joe Bever, Keith Abbott | |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| 06:40 | DePaul | DePaul calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 52-60 |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| Subs | Drake | Michael Borunda (SG) Frank Weingarten | |
| 06:32 | DePaul | John Clarke hits a jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Charles Hunter | 54-60 |
| 06:17 | Drake | Carl Sturgeon is called for traveling | 54-60 |
| Subs | DePaul | Joe Bever (SF), Keith Abbott (C) Dikembe Ahmadi, Michael Harness | |
| Subs | Drake | William Bannister (PF) Carl Sturgeon | |
| 06:00 | DePaul | Charles Hunter drills a 3pt shot from the left wing | 57-60 |
| 05:41 | Drake | John Clarke is called for the reach on William Bannister - foul #2 on John Clarke, team foul #5 | 57-60 |
| Subs | DePaul | Dikembe Ahmadi (SF), Michael Harness (PF) Joe Bever, John Clarke | |
| Subs | Drake | Micheal Lambert (C) Marlin Jacobs | |
| 05:34 | Drake | Micheal Lambert loses the ball out of bounds | 57-60 |
| Subs | DePaul | Joe Bever (SF) Dikembe Ahmadi | |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| 05:10 | DePaul | Michael Borunda picks off the pass by Arthur Wells | 57-60 |
| 04:47 | Drake | Keith Abbott swats the layup by Micheal Lambert | 57-60 |
| 04:46 | DePaul | Charles Hunter snags the defensive board | 57-60 |
| 04:42 | DePaul | Arthur Wells throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 57-60 |
| Subs | DePaul | Dikembe Ahmadi (SF), John Clarke (PF) Joe Bever, Keith Abbott | |
| Subs | Drake | John Lewis (PG), Lucio Russo (SG), Frank Weingarten (SF), Carl Sturgeon (PF), Marlin Jacobs (C) Richard Knox, Michael Borunda, Carroll Pascoe, William Bannister, Micheal Lambert | |
| 04:28 | Drake | Frank Weingarten is denied on a layup by Michael Harness | 57-60 |
| 04:26 | Drake | The offensive rebound goes to Lucio Russo | 57-60 |
| 04:16 | Drake | Carl Sturgeon misses short on a jump hook in the paint but he's hacked by Michael Harness - foul #1 on Michael Harness, team foul #6 | 57-60 |
| Subs | DePaul | Keith Abbott (C) John Clarke | |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| 04:16 | Drake | Carl Sturgeon makes the 1st free throw | 57-61 |
| 04:16 | Drake | Carl Sturgeon misses the 2nd free throw | 57-61 |
| 04:16 | DePaul | Keith Abbott grabs the board | 57-61 |
| 04:09 | DePaul | Michael Harness buries a turnaround from close range set up by Dikembe Ahmadi | 59-61 |
| 03:45 | Drake | Marlin Jacobs is fouled on the floor by Keith Abbott - foul #2 on Keith Abbott, team foul #7 | 59-61 |
| Subs | DePaul | Merlin Morris (PG), Joe Bever (SF), John Clarke (PF), William Knight (C) Arthur Wells, Dikembe Ahmadi, Michael Harness, Keith Abbott | |
| Subs | Drake | Michael Borunda (SG), John Barth (SF) Lucio Russo, Frank Weingarten | |
| 03:45 | Drake | Marlin Jacobs makes the 1st free throw | 59-62 |
| 03:45 | Drake | Marlin Jacobs makes the 2nd free throw | 59-63 |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Merlin Morris (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Hunter (tiring) 8 pts. 4 ast. SF - Joe Bever (fairly fresh) 11 pts. PF - John Clarke (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. C - William Knight (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - John Lewis (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Borunda (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. 4 stl. SF - John Barth (fresh) 14 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. PF - Carl Sturgeon (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Marlin Jacobs (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:26 | DePaul | John Clarke makes the wide open jumper from the right side set up by Joe Bever | 61-63 |
| 03:01 | Drake | John Clarke denies the turnaround by Carl Sturgeon | 61-63 |
| 02:59 | Drake | Marlin Jacobs misses the tip | 61-63 |
| 02:57 | DePaul | William Knight grabs the defensive rebound | 61-63 |
| 02:41 | DePaul | John Clarke throws a bad pass out of bounds | 61-63 |
| Subs | DePaul | Arthur Wells (PG), Dikembe Ahmadi (SF), Michael Harness (PF), Keith Abbott (C) Merlin Morris, Charles Hunter, John Clarke, William Knight | |
| Subs | Drake | Richard Knox (PG), Frank Weingarten (SG), William Bannister (PF), Micheal Lambert (C) John Lewis, Michael Borunda, Carl Sturgeon, Marlin Jacobs | |
| 02:19 | Drake | Frank Weingarten clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 61-63 |
| 02:18 | Drake | Richard Knox misses the tip | 61-63 |
| 02:16 | DePaul | Joe Bever grabs the defensive rebound | 61-63 |
| 02:14 | DePaul | Joe Bever is fouled in the backcourt by Richard Knox - foul #4 on Richard Knox, team foul #11 | 61-63 |
| Subs | DePaul | Charles Hunter (SG) Dikembe Ahmadi | |
| Subs | Drake | Carroll Pascoe (SF) John Barth | |
| 02:14 | DePaul | DePaul calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 61-63 |
| 02:14 | DePaul | Joe Bever misses the 1st free throw | 61-63 |
| 02:14 | DePaul | Joe Bever makes the 2nd free throw | 62-63 |
| 02:09 | Drake | Drake calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 62-63 |
| Subs | DePaul | Dikembe Ahmadi (SF) Joe Bever | |
| Subs | Drake | Michael Borunda (SG), John Barth (SF) Frank Weingarten, Carroll Pascoe | |
| 01:49 | Drake | William Bannister buries a floater from the right block | 62-65 |
| 01:37 | DePaul | Charles Hunter misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 62-65 |
| 01:35 | DePaul | Arthur Wells tips it home | 64-65 |
| 01:23 | Drake | William Bannister's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 64-65 |
| Subs | DePaul | Joe Bever (SG) Charles Hunter | |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| 01:08 | DePaul | Michael Harness is called for traveling | 64-65 |
| 00:47 | Drake | Micheal Lambert misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 64-65 |
| 00:46 | DePaul | Dikembe Ahmadi gets the rebound | 64-65 |
| 00:26 | DePaul | Michael Harness's fadeaway is rejected by John Barth | 64-65 |
| 00:24 | DePaul | Keith Abbott grabs the offensive board | 64-65 |
| 00:17 | DePaul | Michael Harness misses the dunk but the foul's on Micheal Lambert - foul #4 on Micheal Lambert, team foul #12 | 64-65 |
| 00:17 | DePaul | Michael Harness makes the 1st free throw | 65-65 |
| 00:17 | DePaul | Michael Harness makes the 2nd free throw | 66-65 |
| 00:04 | Drake | Richard Knox misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 66-65 |
| 00:02 | Drake | John Barth grabs the offensive board | 66-65 |
| 00:00 | Drake | The clock runs out | 66-65 |