| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Sean Burton (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Eugene Pfeiffer (fresh) SF - Orville Lange (fresh) 4 pts. PF - James Blair (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Terry Fleming (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | San Francisco | PG - John Turner (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Beau Pollard (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Raymond Alban (fresh) PF - Rudolph Flint (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Andrew Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | San Francisco | Raymond Alban inbounds the ball | 30-26 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | San Francisco | San Francisco is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 19:52 | San Francisco | Rudolph Flint comes up short on the floater near the basket | 30-26 |
| 19:51 | San Francisco | Rudolph Flint tips it home | 30-28 |
| 19:32 | Northwestern | Sean Burton clanks a turnaround from the right block but the foul's on John Turner - foul #2 on John Turner, team foul #1 | 30-28 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Chas Reimann (PF) James Blair | |
| Subs | San Francisco | | |
| 19:32 | Northwestern | Sean Burton makes the 1st free throw | 31-28 |
| 19:32 | Northwestern | Sean Burton misses the 2nd free throw | 31-28 |
| 19:32 | San Francisco | Andrew Brown gets the rebound | 31-28 |
| 19:13 | San Francisco | Rudolph Flint hits a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Beau Pollard | 31-30 |
| 18:54 | Northwestern | Sean Burton buries a 3pt shot from the left corner | 34-30 |
| 18:36 | San Francisco | Andrew Brown misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 34-30 |
| 18:34 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming pulls down the rebound | 34-30 |
| 18:28 | Northwestern | Beau Pollard is called for the reach on Sean Burton in the backcourt - foul #1 on Beau Pollard, team foul #2 | 34-30 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Charles Foster (PG), Chuck Moore (SG), James Blair (SF), Timothy Williams (PF), Thomas Combs (C) Sean Burton, Eugene Pfeiffer, Orville Lange, Chas Reimann, Terry Fleming | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Ralph Keating (PG), Jeffrey Schiefelbein (SF), Horace Huff (PF), Michael Heath (C) John Turner, Raymond Alban, Rudolph Flint, Andrew Brown | |
| 18:06 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore misses the floater from just outside the lane | 34-30 |
| 18:04 | San Francisco | Michael Heath grabs the board | 34-30 |
| 17:58 | San Francisco | Beau Pollard buries a 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Michael Heath | 34-33 |
| 17:37 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore clanks a floater from the right side but the foul's on Jeffrey Schiefelbein - foul #3 on Jeffrey Schiefelbein, team foul #3 | 34-33 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen (PG), Orville Lange (SF), Chas Reimann (PF), Terry Fleming (C) Charles Foster, James Blair, Timothy Williams, Thomas Combs | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Craig Klatt (SG), Raymond Alban (SF) Beau Pollard, Jeffrey Schiefelbein | |
| 17:37 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore misses the 1st free throw | 34-33 |
| 17:37 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore misses the 2nd free throw | 34-33 |
| 17:37 | San Francisco | Horace Huff grabs the board | 34-33 |
| 17:13 | San Francisco | Ralph Keating double dribbles | 34-33 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Eugene Pfeiffer (SG) Chuck Moore | |
| Subs | San Francisco | John Turner (SF), Andrew Brown (C) Raymond Alban, Horace Huff | |
| 16:54 | Northwestern | Eugene Pfeiffer connects on the shot from close range on a great pass from Orville Lange and he's fouled by Andrew Brown - foul #2 on Andrew Brown, team foul #4 | 36-33 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Charles Foster (PG), James Blair (SF), Timothy Williams (PF) Jeffery Brannen, Orville Lange, Chas Reimann | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Rudolph Flint (PF) Michael Heath | |
| 16:54 | Northwestern | Eugene Pfeiffer makes the free throw | 37-33 |
| 16:38 | San Francisco | Rudolph Flint comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 37-33 |
| 16:37 | San Francisco | Andrew Brown tips it back up and in | 37-35 |
| 16:12 | Northwestern | Eugene Pfeiffer is open and lays it up and in on a great pass from Charles Foster | 39-35 |
| 16:08 | San Francisco | Ralph Keating makes the floater from the left side on a nice dish by Craig Klatt | 39-37 |
| 16:06 | Northwestern | Andrew Brown is called for the reach on Eugene Pfeiffer in the backcourt - foul #3 on Andrew Brown, team foul #5 | 39-37 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen (PG), Orville Lange (SF), Chas Reimann (PF), Thomas Combs (C) Charles Foster, James Blair, Timothy Williams, Terry Fleming | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Charles Starr (PG), Beau Pollard (SG), Raymond Alban (SF), Horace Huff (C) Ralph Keating, Craig Klatt, John Turner, Andrew Brown | |
| 15:52 | Northwestern | Orville Lange is whistled for a carry | 39-37 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Thomas Stebbins (PG), Andrew Brown (C) Charles Starr, Rudolph Flint | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Jeffery Brannen (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Eugene Pfeiffer (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Orville Lange (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Chas Reimann (fresh) C - Thomas Combs (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | San Francisco | PG - Thomas Stebbins (fresh) 1 pts. 3 pf. SG - Beau Pollard (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Raymond Alban (fresh) PF - Horace Huff (fresh) 5 pts. C - Andrew Brown (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 15:39 | San Francisco | Horace Huff's dunk attempt is rejected by Chas Reimann | 39-37 |
| 15:37 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs pulls down the rebound | 39-37 |
| 15:35 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann is fouled in the backcourt by Horace Huff - foul #2 on Horace Huff, team foul #6 | 39-37 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Terry Fleming (C) Thomas Combs | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Jeffrey Schiefelbein (SF), Michael Heath (C) Raymond Alban, Andrew Brown | |
| 15:25 | Northwestern | Eugene Pfeiffer is fouled on the floor by Beau Pollard - foul #2 on Beau Pollard, team foul #7 | 39-37 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Sean Burton (PG), Thomas Combs (C) Jeffery Brannen, Terry Fleming | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Rudolph Flint (PF) Horace Huff | |
| 15:25 | Northwestern | Eugene Pfeiffer misses the 1st free throw | 39-37 |
| 15:25 | San Francisco | Rudolph Flint grabs the board | 39-37 |
| 15:18 | San Francisco | Beau Pollard connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Thomas Stebbins | 39-40 |
| 14:57 | Northwestern | Michael Heath picks off the pass by Thomas Combs | 39-40 |
| 14:39 | San Francisco | Rudolph Flint scores on a floater from the left side on a great pass from Beau Pollard | 39-42 |
| 14:17 | Northwestern | Beau Pollard steals the ball from Eugene Pfeiffer | 39-42 |
| 14:05 | San Francisco | Jeffrey Schiefelbein makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 39-45 |
| 13:45 | Northwestern | Orville Lange can't connect on a jumper from the left side | 39-45 |
| 13:44 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann can't tip it in | 39-45 |
| 13:43 | Northwestern | Orville Lange snags the offensive board | 39-45 |
| 13:25 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann knocks in the floater from just outside the lane and he's hacked by Michael Heath - foul #2 on Michael Heath, team foul #8 | 41-45 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Charles Foster (PG), Jeffery Brannen (SG), James Blair (SF), Terry Fleming (C) Sean Burton, Eugene Pfeiffer, Orville Lange, Thomas Combs | |
| Subs | San Francisco | John Turner (PG), Ralph Keating (SG), Raymond Alban (SF), Horace Huff (PF), Andrew Brown (C) Thomas Stebbins, Beau Pollard, Jeffrey Schiefelbein, Rudolph Flint, Michael Heath | |
| 13:25 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann makes the free throw | 42-45 |
| 13:17 | San Francisco | Andrew Brown makes the turnaround from the right block | 42-47 |
| 12:53 | Northwestern | James Blair misses the wide open runner from close range | 42-47 |
| 12:51 | San Francisco | Andrew Brown gets the rebound | 42-47 |
| 12:37 | San Francisco | The short jumper by Horace Huff is denied by James Blair | 42-47 |
| 12:36 | San Francisco | John Turner can't tip it in | 42-47 |
| 12:35 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming grabs the board | 42-47 |
| 12:32 | Northwestern | Charles Foster is fouled in the backcourt by John Turner - foul #3 on John Turner, team foul #9 | 42-47 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Timothy Williams (PF) Chas Reimann | |
| Subs | San Francisco | | |
| 12:32 | Northwestern | Charles Foster makes the 1st free throw | 43-47 |
| 12:32 | Northwestern | Charles Foster makes the 2nd free throw | 44-47 |
| 12:10 | San Francisco | Timothy Williams picks off the pass by Raymond Alban | 44-47 |
| 11:44 | Northwestern | James Blair hits the finger roll on a great pass from Jeffery Brannen | 46-47 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Charles Foster (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeffery Brannen (fresh) 3 ast. SF - James Blair (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Timothy Williams (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Terry Fleming (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | San Francisco | PG - John Turner (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SG - Ralph Keating (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Raymond Alban (fairly fresh) PF - Horace Huff (fairly fresh) 5 pts. C - Andrew Brown (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:26 | San Francisco | John Turner misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 46-47 |
| 11:24 | Northwestern | James Blair snags the defensive board | 46-47 |
| 11:21 | Northwestern | John Turner steps in front of the Timothy Williams pass in the backcourt | 46-47 |
| 11:06 | San Francisco | John Turner misses long on a fadeaway from the right side but the foul's on Jeffery Brannen - foul #1 on Jeffery Brannen, team foul #1 | 46-47 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Sean Burton (PG), Eugene Pfeiffer (SG), Orville Lange (SF) Charles Foster, Jeffery Brannen, James Blair | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Thomas Stebbins (PG), Craig Klatt (SG), Rudolph Flint (PF) Ralph Keating, Raymond Alban, Horace Huff | |
| 11:06 | San Francisco | John Turner makes the 1st free throw | 46-48 |
| 11:06 | San Francisco | John Turner makes the 2nd free throw | 46-49 |
| 11:00 | Northwestern | Sean Burton throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 46-49 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Raymond Alban (SF) John Turner | |
| 10:44 | San Francisco | Thomas Stebbins clanks a fadeaway from the right wing | 46-49 |
| 10:43 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Timothy Williams | 46-49 |
| 10:28 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming is open and lays it up and in on a nice dish by Eugene Pfeiffer | 48-49 |
| 10:10 | San Francisco | Rudolph Flint blows the dunk but he's fouled by Orville Lange - foul #3 on Orville Lange, team foul #2 | 48-49 |
| Subs | Northwestern | James Blair (PF), Thomas Combs (C) Timothy Williams, Terry Fleming | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Beau Pollard (SG), Jeffrey Schiefelbein (SF), Michael Heath (C) Craig Klatt, Raymond Alban, Andrew Brown | |
| 10:10 | San Francisco | Rudolph Flint makes the 1st free throw | 48-50 |
| 10:10 | San Francisco | Rudolph Flint misses the 2nd free throw | 48-50 |
| 10:10 | Northwestern | James Blair snags the defensive board | 48-50 |
| 09:50 | Northwestern | Sean Burton misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 48-50 |
| 09:49 | San Francisco | The rebound goes to Michael Heath | 48-50 |
| 09:20 | San Francisco | Michael Heath comes up short on the fadeaway from the left block but he's fouled by Thomas Combs - foul #1 on Thomas Combs, team foul #3 | 48-50 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen (PG), Chuck Moore (SG), Timothy Williams (PF), Terry Fleming (C) Sean Burton, Eugene Pfeiffer, Orville Lange, Thomas Combs | |
| Subs | San Francisco | John Turner (SF) Jeffrey Schiefelbein | |
| 09:20 | San Francisco | Michael Heath misses the 1st free throw | 48-50 |
| 09:20 | San Francisco | Michael Heath makes the 2nd free throw | 48-51 |
| 09:18 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore is hacked by John Turner in the backcourt - foul #4 on John Turner, team foul #10 | 48-51 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Raymond Alban (SF), Andrew Brown (C) John Turner, Michael Heath | |
| 09:18 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore makes the 1st free throw | 49-51 |
| 09:18 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore misses the 2nd free throw | 49-51 |
| 09:18 | San Francisco | Rudolph Flint pulls down the rebound | 49-51 |
| 09:01 | San Francisco | Beau Pollard misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 49-51 |
| 08:59 | San Francisco | Rudolph Flint grabs the offensive board | 49-51 |
| 08:54 | San Francisco | Terry Fleming swats the shot by Andrew Brown | 49-51 |
| 08:52 | Northwestern | James Blair pulls down the rebound | 49-51 |
| 08:29 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Jeffery Brannen, team foul #4 | 49-51 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Sean Burton (PG), Eugene Pfeiffer (SG), Orville Lange (SF), Chas Reimann (PF), Thomas Combs (C) Jeffery Brannen, Chuck Moore, James Blair, Timothy Williams, Terry Fleming | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Ralph Keating (PG), Craig Klatt (SG), Horace Huff (PF) Thomas Stebbins, Beau Pollard, Rudolph Flint | |
| 08:14 | San Francisco | Horace Huff knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Ralph Keating | 49-54 |
| 07:54 | Northwestern | The short jumper by Chas Reimann is denied by Andrew Brown | 49-54 |
| 07:52 | San Francisco | Raymond Alban pulls down the rebound | 49-54 |
| 07:23 | San Francisco | Raymond Alban misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 49-54 |
| 07:22 | San Francisco | The offensive rebound goes to Craig Klatt | 49-54 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Sean Burton (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - Eugene Pfeiffer (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Orville Lange (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Chas Reimann (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Thomas Combs (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | San Francisco | PG - Ralph Keating (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Craig Klatt (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Raymond Alban (tiring) PF - Horace Huff (fairly fresh) 8 pts. C - Andrew Brown (tiring) 6 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 07:03 | San Francisco | Craig Klatt throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-54 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Charles Foster (PG), Jeffery Brannen (SG), James Blair (SF), Timothy Williams (PF), Terry Fleming (C) Sean Burton, Eugene Pfeiffer, Orville Lange, Chas Reimann, Thomas Combs | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Thomas Stebbins (PG), Beau Pollard (SG), John Turner (SF), Jeffrey Schiefelbein (PF), Michael Heath (C) Ralph Keating, Craig Klatt, Raymond Alban, Horace Huff, Andrew Brown | |
| 07:01 | Northwestern | Charles Foster's pass is intercepted by Jeffrey Schiefelbein in the backcourt | 49-54 |
| 06:49 | San Francisco | Thomas Stebbins misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 49-54 |
| 06:48 | San Francisco | Michael Heath gets the offensive rebound | 49-54 |
| 06:32 | San Francisco | Charles Foster is called for the reach on Thomas Stebbins - foul #1 on Charles Foster, team foul #5 | 49-54 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Eugene Pfeiffer (SG), Chas Reimann (PF) Charles Foster, Timothy Williams | |
| Subs | San Francisco | | |
| 06:22 | San Francisco | Thomas Stebbins drills a shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Beau Pollard | 49-56 |
| 05:55 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming hits a floater from the baseline set up by James Blair | 51-56 |
| 05:37 | San Francisco | Thomas Stebbins can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Jeffery Brannen - foul #3 on Jeffery Brannen, team foul #6 | 51-56 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Sean Burton (PG), Chuck Moore (SG), Orville Lange (SF), Timothy Williams (PF) Jeffery Brannen, Eugene Pfeiffer, James Blair, Chas Reimann | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Ralph Keating (SG), Rudolph Flint (PF) Beau Pollard, Jeffrey Schiefelbein | |
| 05:37 | San Francisco | Thomas Stebbins makes the 1st free throw | 51-57 |
| 05:37 | San Francisco | Thomas Stebbins makes the 2nd free throw | 51-58 |
| 05:20 | Northwestern | Sean Burton comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 51-58 |
| 05:19 | San Francisco | Rudolph Flint snags the defensive board | 51-58 |
| 05:06 | San Francisco | John Turner is fouled on the floor by Orville Lange - foul #4 on Orville Lange, team foul #7 | 51-58 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Eugene Pfeiffer (SG), James Blair (PF), Thomas Combs (C) Chuck Moore, Timothy Williams, Terry Fleming | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Craig Klatt (SG) Thomas Stebbins | |
| 05:06 | San Francisco | John Turner makes the 1st free throw | 51-59 |
| 05:06 | San Francisco | John Turner makes the 2nd free throw | 51-60 |
| 04:44 | Northwestern | Eugene Pfeiffer is wide open but clanks a runner from close range | 51-60 |
| 04:42 | San Francisco | Michael Heath gets the rebound | 51-60 |
| 04:21 | San Francisco | Ralph Keating misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 51-60 |
| 04:19 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Thomas Combs | 51-60 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | San Francisco | San Francisco is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 04:17 | Northwestern | Orville Lange is hacked by Ralph Keating in the backcourt - foul #2 on Ralph Keating, team foul #11 | 51-60 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Charles Foster (PG), Jeffery Brannen (SG), Timothy Williams (PF), Terry Fleming (C) Sean Burton, Eugene Pfeiffer, James Blair, Thomas Combs | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Beau Pollard (SG), Horace Huff (PF), Andrew Brown (C) Craig Klatt, Rudolph Flint, Michael Heath | |
| 04:17 | Northwestern | Orville Lange makes the 1st free throw | 52-60 |
| 04:17 | Northwestern | Orville Lange makes the 2nd free throw | 53-60 |
| 04:02 | San Francisco | Ralph Keating misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 53-60 |
| 04:00 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming grabs the defensive rebound | 53-60 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | San Francisco | San Francisco is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 03:34 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen buries a shot from the right wing set up by Orville Lange | 55-60 |
| 03:16 | San Francisco | Andrew Brown is hacked by Terry Fleming - foul #2 on Terry Fleming, team foul #8 | 55-60 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Sean Burton (PG), Eugene Pfeiffer (SG), James Blair (SF), Chas Reimann (PF), Thomas Combs (C) Charles Foster, Jeffery Brannen, Orville Lange, Timothy Williams, Terry Fleming | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Thomas Stebbins (PG), Jeffrey Schiefelbein (SF) Ralph Keating, John Turner | |
| 03:16 | San Francisco | Andrew Brown misses the 1st free throw | 55-60 |
| 03:16 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs grabs the board | 55-60 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Sean Burton (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - Eugene Pfeiffer (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Blair (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. PF - Chas Reimann (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Thomas Combs (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | San Francisco | PG - Thomas Stebbins (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Beau Pollard (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SF - Jeffrey Schiefelbein (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. PF - Horace Huff (fairly fresh) 8 pts. C - Andrew Brown (tiring) 6 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 03:00 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann connects on the runner near the basket on a nice dish by Sean Burton | 57-60 |
| 02:40 | San Francisco | Jeffrey Schiefelbein misses the floater from the left side | 57-60 |
| 02:39 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs grabs the defensive rebound | 57-60 |
| 02:17 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs misses the wide open jump hook near the basket | 57-60 |
| 02:16 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann hits the follow up shot | 59-60 |
| 01:54 | San Francisco | Jeffrey Schiefelbein is called for the illegal screen - foul #4 on Jeffrey Schiefelbein, team foul #12 | 59-60 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Orville Lange (SF), Terry Fleming (C) Chas Reimann, Thomas Combs | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Raymond Alban (SF), Rudolph Flint (PF) Jeffrey Schiefelbein, Horace Huff | |
| 01:40 | Northwestern | Orville Lange is fouled on the floor by Raymond Alban - foul #1 on Raymond Alban, team foul #13 | 59-60 |
| 01:40 | Northwestern | Orville Lange makes the 1st free throw | 60-60 |
| 01:40 | Northwestern | Orville Lange makes the 2nd free throw | 61-60 |
| 01:29 | San Francisco | Beau Pollard comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 61-60 |
| 01:27 | Northwestern | Sean Burton pulls down the rebound | 61-60 |
| 01:25 | Northwestern | Rudolph Flint steals it from Eugene Pfeiffer in the backcourt | 61-60 |
| 01:05 | San Francisco | Orville Lange takes the ball from Rudolph Flint | 61-60 |
| 00:45 | Northwestern | Sean Burton connects on the jumper from just outside the lane and the foul's on Rudolph Flint - foul #2 on Rudolph Flint, team foul #14 | 63-60 |
| 00:45 | Northwestern | Sean Burton makes the free throw | 64-60 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | San Francisco | San Francisco is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 00:40 | San Francisco | Raymond Alban's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 64-60 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | San Francisco | San Francisco is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:38 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming is hacked by Thomas Stebbins in the backcourt - foul #4 on Thomas Stebbins, team foul #15 | 64-60 |
| 00:38 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming makes the 1st free throw | 65-60 |
| 00:38 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming makes the 2nd free throw | 66-60 |
| 00:30 | San Francisco | Beau Pollard misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 66-60 |
| 00:28 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming grabs the board | 66-60 |
| 00:27 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming is fouled in the backcourt by Thomas Stebbins - foul #5 on Thomas Stebbins, team foul #16 | 66-60 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen (SG) Eugene Pfeiffer | |
| Subs | San Francisco | John Turner (PG) Thomas Stebbins | |
| 00:27 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming makes the 1st free throw | 67-60 |
| 00:27 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming makes the 2nd free throw | 68-60 |
| 00:21 | San Francisco | Beau Pollard clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 68-60 |
| 00:19 | Northwestern | James Blair gets the rebound | 68-60 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | San Francisco | San Francisco is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:18 | Northwestern | John Turner is called for the reach on James Blair in the backcourt - foul #5 on John Turner, team foul #17 | 68-60 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | San Francisco | Ralph Keating (PG) John Turner | |
| 00:18 | Northwestern | James Blair misses the 1st free throw | 68-60 |
| 00:18 | Northwestern | James Blair misses the 2nd free throw | 68-60 |
| 00:18 | San Francisco | Andrew Brown pulls down the rebound | 68-60 |
| 00:13 | San Francisco | Ralph Keating hits a 3 from the left wing | 68-63 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | San Francisco | San Francisco is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:12 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming is hacked by Beau Pollard in the backcourt - foul #3 on Beau Pollard, team foul #18 | 68-63 |
| 00:12 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming makes the 1st free throw | 69-63 |
| 00:12 | Northwestern | Terry Fleming misses the 2nd free throw | 69-63 |
| 00:12 | San Francisco | Beau Pollard grabs the board | 69-63 |
| 00:05 | San Francisco | Ralph Keating is fouled on the floor by Terry Fleming - foul #3 on Terry Fleming, team foul #9 | 69-63 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Eugene Pfeiffer (SG) Jeffery Brannen | |
| Subs | San Francisco | | |
| 00:05 | San Francisco | Ralph Keating makes the 1st free throw | 69-64 |
| 00:05 | San Francisco | Ralph Keating makes the 2nd free throw | 69-65 |
| 00:03 | Northwestern | Orville Lange is hacked by Ralph Keating in the backcourt - foul #3 on Ralph Keating, team foul #19 | 69-65 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen (SG) Eugene Pfeiffer | |
| Subs | San Francisco | | |
| 00:03 | Northwestern | Orville Lange misses the 1st free throw | 69-65 |
| 00:03 | Northwestern | Orville Lange makes the 2nd free throw | 70-65 |
| 00:00 | San Francisco | Raymond Alban can't connect on a halfcourt shot | 70-65 |