| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Charles Simmons (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Karr (fresh) 10 pts. 2 stl. SF - Dane Savala (fresh) PF - David Taylor (fresh) C - Walter Crowe (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Thomas Younger (fresh) 11 pts. SG - James Richardson (fresh) SF - Michael Hart (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Adolph Jackson (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Cesar Rizzo (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Michigan State | Dane Savala inbounds the ball | 31-29 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:41 | Michigan State | Charles Simmons misses long on a floater from the right wing but the foul's on James Richardson - foul #1 on James Richardson, team foul #1 | 31-29 |
| Subs | Michigan State | John Hatmaker (C) Walter Crowe | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 19:41 | Michigan State | Charles Simmons makes the 1st free throw | 32-29 |
| 19:41 | Michigan State | Charles Simmons makes the 2nd free throw | 33-29 |
| 19:28 | Purdue | Adolph Jackson is fouled on the floor by David Taylor - foul #3 on David Taylor, team foul #1 | 33-29 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Walter Crowe (C) David Taylor | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 19:16 | Purdue | James Richardson clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 33-29 |
| 19:15 | Purdue | Adolph Jackson grabs the offensive rebound | 33-29 |
| 19:01 | Purdue | Adolph Jackson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-29 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Anthony Myers (PG) Charles Simmons | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 18:36 | Michigan State | James Richardson takes the ball from William Karr | 33-29 |
| 18:31 | Purdue | James Richardson hits the finger roll | 33-31 |
| 18:04 | Michigan State | Cesar Rizzo swats the shot by Dane Savala | 33-31 |
| 18:02 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Cesar Rizzo | 33-31 |
| 17:39 | Purdue | Thomas Younger misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 33-31 |
| 17:37 | Purdue | Michael Hart tips it home | 33-33 |
| 17:08 | Michigan State | Walter Crowe misses the lay-in but the foul's on Adolph Jackson - foul #3 on Adolph Jackson, team foul #2 | 33-33 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Simmons (PG), Rene Conti (SF) William Karr, Dane Savala | |
| Subs | Purdue | Nenad Smolski (PF), Dikembe Ali (C) Adolph Jackson, Cesar Rizzo | |
| 17:08 | Michigan State | Walter Crowe makes the 1st free throw | 34-33 |
| 17:08 | Michigan State | Walter Crowe makes the 2nd free throw | 35-33 |
| 16:48 | Purdue | Nenad Smolski misses badly on a runner near the basket | 35-33 |
| 16:46 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Charles Simmons | 35-33 |
| 16:41 | Michigan State | Rene Conti comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 35-33 |
| 16:39 | Purdue | Thomas Younger snags the defensive board | 35-33 |
| 16:10 | Purdue | Thomas Younger hits the front of the rim on the floater from just outside the lane | 35-33 |
| 16:08 | Michigan State | Rene Conti gets the rebound | 35-33 |
| 15:43 | Michigan State | Nenad Smolski is called for the reach on Charles Simmons - foul #1 on Nenad Smolski, team foul #3 | 35-33 |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Karr (SG), Dane Savala (SF), David Taylor (PF), John Bombard (C) Anthony Myers, Rene Conti, John Hatmaker, Walter Crowe | |
| Subs | Purdue | Adolph Jackson (PF), Cesar Rizzo (C) Nenad Smolski, Dikembe Ali | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Charles Simmons (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Karr (fresh) 10 pts. 2 stl. SF - Dane Savala (fresh) PF - David Taylor (fresh) 3 pf. C - John Bombard (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Thomas Younger (fairly fresh) 11 pts. SG - James Richardson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Michael Hart (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Adolph Jackson (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Cesar Rizzo (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 15:28 | Michigan State | Charles Simmons comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 35-33 |
| 15:27 | Purdue | Thomas Younger grabs the defensive rebound | 35-33 |
| 15:12 | Purdue | James Richardson misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 35-33 |
| 15:11 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo tips it in | 35-35 |
| 14:47 | Michigan State | Adolph Jackson steals the ball from John Bombard | 35-35 |
| 14:29 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo is called for the illegal screen - foul #3 on Cesar Rizzo, team foul #4 | 35-35 |
| 14:00 | Michigan State | William Karr hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 35-35 |
| 13:59 | Michigan State | Dane Savala can't tip it in | 35-35 |
| 13:57 | Michigan State | William Karr tips it back up and in | 37-35 |
| 13:41 | Purdue | Michael Hart misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 37-35 |
| 13:40 | Purdue | The offensive rebound goes to Thomas Younger | 37-35 |
| 13:30 | Purdue | James Richardson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 37-35 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Anthony Myers (SG) William Karr | |
| Subs | Purdue | Dikembe Ali (C) Cesar Rizzo | |
| 13:08 | Michigan State | Adolph Jackson is called for the reach on David Taylor - foul #4 on Adolph Jackson, team foul #5 | 37-35 |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Karr (SG), Rene Conti (SF) Anthony Myers, Dane Savala | |
| Subs | Purdue | Nenad Smolski (PF) Adolph Jackson | |
| 12:59 | Michigan State | Charles Simmons's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 37-35 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Dane Savala (SF) Rene Conti | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 12:38 | Purdue | Nenad Smolski lays it in on a nice dish by Dikembe Ali and he's hacked by David Taylor - foul #4 on David Taylor, team foul #2 | 37-37 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Anthony Myers (SG), Rene Conti (SF), Walter Crowe (C) William Karr, Dane Savala, David Taylor | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 12:38 | Purdue | Nenad Smolski makes the free throw | 37-38 |
| 12:10 | Michigan State | Walter Crowe loses the dribble to Thomas Younger | 37-38 |
| 12:06 | Purdue | Thomas Younger hits the finger roll | 37-40 |
| 11:41 | Michigan State | Walter Crowe throws it down on a great pass from Anthony Myers | 39-40 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Charles Simmons (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Anthony Myers (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Rene Conti (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - John Bombard (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Walter Crowe (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Thomas Younger (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 stl. SG - James Richardson (tiring) 2 pts. SF - Michael Hart (tiring) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Nenad Smolski (fresh) 6 pts. C - Dikembe Ali (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:20 | Purdue | James Richardson hits the front of the rim on the floater from just outside the lane | 39-40 |
| 11:18 | Purdue | Michael Hart misses the tip | 39-40 |
| 11:16 | Michigan State | Charles Simmons gets the rebound | 39-40 |
| 10:53 | Michigan State | Walter Crowe hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side but the foul's on Dikembe Ali - foul #2 on Dikembe Ali, team foul #6 | 39-40 |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Karr (SG), Dane Savala (SF) Anthony Myers, Rene Conti | |
| Subs | Purdue | Joshua Barnes (SG), Alan Nelson (PF), Cesar Rizzo (C) James Richardson, Michael Hart, Dikembe Ali | |
| 10:53 | Michigan State | Walter Crowe makes the 1st free throw | 40-40 |
| 10:53 | Michigan State | Walter Crowe makes the 2nd free throw | 41-40 |
| 10:42 | Purdue | Thomas Younger is fouled on the floor by John Bombard - foul #4 on John Bombard, team foul #3 | 41-40 |
| Subs | Michigan State | John Hatmaker (PF) John Bombard | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 10:26 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo's floater is tipped away by Dane Savala | 41-40 |
| 10:24 | Michigan State | Dane Savala snags the defensive board | 41-40 |
| 10:22 | Michigan State | Charles Simmons loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 41-40 |
| 10:12 | Purdue | Joshua Barnes can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 41-40 |
| 10:10 | Michigan State | Dane Savala snags the defensive board | 41-40 |
| 09:55 | Michigan State | William Karr misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 41-40 |
| 09:53 | Michigan State | John Hatmaker tips it in | 43-40 |
| 09:40 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo hits a floater in the paint on a great pass from Thomas Younger | 43-42 |
| 09:24 | Michigan State | Walter Crowe's pass is intercepted by Thomas Younger | 43-42 |
| 09:21 | Purdue | Alan Nelson dunks the ball on a nice dish by Thomas Younger | 43-44 |
| 09:00 | Michigan State | Dane Savala knocks in the turnaround from close range on a great pass from Charles Simmons and he's fouled by Alan Nelson - foul #1 on Alan Nelson, team foul #7 | 45-44 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Anthony Myers (PG) Charles Simmons | |
| Subs | Purdue | Gerard Bower (PG), James Richardson (SG), Michael Hart (SF) Thomas Younger, Joshua Barnes, Nenad Smolski | |
| 09:00 | Michigan State | Dane Savala misses the free throw | 45-44 |
| 09:00 | Purdue | Alan Nelson snags the defensive board | 45-44 |
| 08:46 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo misses short on a jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Walter Crowe - foul #3 on Walter Crowe, team foul #4 | 45-44 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Simmons (PG) Anthony Myers | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 08:46 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo makes the 1st free throw | 45-45 |
| 08:46 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo misses the 2nd free throw | 45-45 |
| 08:46 | Michigan State | Walter Crowe snags the defensive board | 45-45 |
| 08:29 | Michigan State | William Karr can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Cesar Rizzo - foul #4 on Cesar Rizzo, team foul #8 | 45-45 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Anthony Myers (SG) John Hatmaker | |
| Subs | Purdue | Dikembe Ali (C) Cesar Rizzo | |
| 08:29 | Michigan State | William Karr makes the 1st free throw | 46-45 |
| 08:29 | Michigan State | William Karr makes the 2nd free throw | 47-45 |
| 08:11 | Purdue | Michael Hart is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on Michael Hart, team foul #9 | 47-45 |
| Subs | Michigan State | John Hatmaker (PF) Anthony Myers | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 07:45 | Michigan State | William Karr misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 47-45 |
| 07:43 | Michigan State | Walter Crowe grabs the offensive rebound | 47-45 |
| 07:25 | Michigan State | Charles Simmons dunks the ball | 49-45 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Charles Simmons (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Karr (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 2 stl. SF - Dane Savala (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. PF - John Hatmaker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Walter Crowe (tiring) 11 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Gerard Bower (fresh) 1 ast. SG - James Richardson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Michael Hart (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Alan Nelson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Dikembe Ali (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:08 | Purdue | Charles Simmons steps in front of the Alan Nelson pass | 49-45 |
| 07:05 | Michigan State | Dane Savala jams it set up by Charles Simmons | 51-45 |
| 06:44 | Purdue | Dikembe Ali buries a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Gerard Bower | 51-48 |
| 06:23 | Michigan State | Walter Crowe clanks a jumpshot from the right side | 51-48 |
| 06:21 | Purdue | Gerard Bower grabs the board | 51-48 |
| 05:58 | Purdue | Michael Hart clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 51-48 |
| 05:57 | Michigan State | John Hatmaker snags the defensive board | 51-48 |
| 05:48 | Michigan State | James Richardson takes the ball from Walter Crowe | 51-48 |
| 05:48 | Purdue | Purdue calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-48 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Anthony Myers (SG), Rene Conti (SF), David Taylor (PF), John Bombard (C) William Karr, Dane Savala, John Hatmaker, Walter Crowe | |
| Subs | Purdue | Thomas Younger (PG), Adolph Jackson (PF), Cesar Rizzo (C) Gerard Bower, Alan Nelson, Dikembe Ali | |
| 05:19 | Purdue | Adolph Jackson is fouled on the floor by David Taylor - foul #5 on David Taylor, team foul #5 | 51-48 |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Karr (SG), Walter Crowe (C) Charles Simmons, David Taylor | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 05:14 | Purdue | Michael Hart can't throw it down | 51-48 |
| 05:12 | Michigan State | John Bombard gets the rebound | 51-48 |
| 04:51 | Michigan State | William Karr clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 51-48 |
| 04:50 | Purdue | Adolph Jackson grabs the defensive rebound | 51-48 |
| 04:39 | Purdue | Thomas Younger clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 51-48 |
| 04:37 | Michigan State | Rene Conti grabs the board | 51-48 |
| 04:15 | Michigan State | William Karr's floater is knocked away by Cesar Rizzo | 51-48 |
| 04:13 | Purdue | James Richardson snags the defensive board | 51-48 |
| 03:57 | Purdue | Cesar Rizzo knocks in the jumper from just outside the lane set up by James Richardson | 51-50 |
| 03:40 | Michigan State | William Karr connects on the jumpshot from the left wing | 53-50 |
| 03:31 | Purdue | Adolph Jackson drills a jump hook from the right block | 53-52 |
| 03:15 | Michigan State | Anthony Myers blows the layup | 53-52 |
| 03:13 | Michigan State | Anthony Myers tips it in | 55-52 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Anthony Myers (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - William Karr (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 stl. SF - Rene Conti (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Bombard (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. C - Walter Crowe (tiring) 11 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Thomas Younger (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - James Richardson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Michael Hart (tiring) 7 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Adolph Jackson (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. C - Cesar Rizzo (fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. | |
| 02:52 | Purdue | Thomas Younger is fouled on the floor by Walter Crowe - foul #4 on Walter Crowe, team foul #6 | 55-52 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Simmons (PG), Dane Savala (SF) William Karr, Rene Conti | |
| Subs | Purdue | Joshua Barnes (SG), Nenad Smolski (SF), Dikembe Ali (C) James Richardson, Michael Hart, Cesar Rizzo | |
| 02:38 | Purdue | Thomas Younger misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 55-52 |
| 02:37 | Michigan State | John Bombard snags the defensive board | 55-52 |
| 02:32 | Michigan State | Adolph Jackson swats the short shot by Walter Crowe | 55-52 |
| 02:31 | Purdue | Adolph Jackson pulls down the rebound | 55-52 |
| 02:31 | Purdue | Purdue calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 55-52 |
| Subs | Michigan State | John Hatmaker (C) Walter Crowe | |
| Subs | Purdue | James Richardson (SG), Cesar Rizzo (C) Joshua Barnes, Dikembe Ali | |
| 02:14 | Purdue | Adolph Jackson scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Cesar Rizzo | 55-55 |
| 01:52 | Michigan State | Dane Savala misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 55-55 |
| 01:51 | Purdue | Nenad Smolski grabs the defensive rebound | 55-55 |
| 01:29 | Purdue | Thomas Younger can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 55-55 |
| 01:28 | Michigan State | Charles Simmons pulls down the rebound | 55-55 |
| 01:01 | Michigan State | Charles Simmons banks in the layup on a nice dish by Anthony Myers | 57-55 |
| 00:35 | Purdue | James Richardson is hacked by Anthony Myers - foul #1 on Anthony Myers, team foul #7 | 57-55 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Michael Hart (SF) Nenad Smolski | |
| 00:35 | Purdue | James Richardson makes the 1st free throw | 57-56 |
| 00:35 | Purdue | James Richardson makes the 2nd free throw | 57-57 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:14 | Michigan State | Michael Hart blocks the short jumper by Charles Simmons | 57-57 |
| 00:12 | Michigan State | Anthony Myers hits the follow up shot | 59-57 |
| 00:05 | Purdue | James Richardson loses the ball out of bounds | 59-57 |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Karr (SG), Walter Crowe (C) Anthony Myers, John Hatmaker | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:02 | Michigan State | James Richardson is called for the reach on Charles Simmons in the backcourt - foul #2 on James Richardson, team foul #10 | 59-57 |
| 00:02 | Michigan State | Charles Simmons makes the 1st free throw | 60-57 |
| 00:02 | Michigan State | Charles Simmons makes the 2nd free throw | 61-57 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:00 | Purdue | Michael Hart misses short on a fullcourt shot | 61-57 |