| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Louis Pierson (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Cross (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Mark Springer (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Russell Denenberg (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Dean Chapin (fresh) 4 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Peter Aikin (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Thomas Price (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Joe Bull (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Victor Fitzpatrick (fresh) 2 reb. C - Daniel Butler (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Purdue | Mark Springer inbounds the ball | 41-16 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:47 | Purdue | Mark Springer comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 41-16 |
| 19:45 | Purdue | The offensive rebound goes to Louis Pierson | 41-16 |
| 19:25 | Purdue | Louis Pierson misses the fadeaway from the free throw line | 41-16 |
| 19:24 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to Thomas Price | 41-16 |
| 19:18 | Minnesota | Daniel Butler throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-16 |
| 19:00 | Purdue | James Cross makes the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 43-16 |
| 18:47 | Minnesota | Victor Fitzpatrick makes the driving attempt in the lane | 43-18 |
| 18:31 | Purdue | Louis Pierson is fouled on the floor by Joe Bull - foul #3 on Joe Bull, team foul #1 | 43-18 |
| 18:19 | Purdue | Louis Pierson misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 43-18 |
| 18:18 | Minnesota | Victor Fitzpatrick gets the rebound | 43-18 |
| 18:07 | Minnesota | Victor Fitzpatrick misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 43-18 |
| 18:06 | Purdue | Russell Denenberg gets the rebound | 43-18 |
| 18:02 | Purdue | James Cross hits a floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Louis Pierson | 45-18 |
| 17:55 | Minnesota | Joe Bull scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 45-21 |
| 17:33 | Purdue | Mark Springer drills a 3 pointer from straight away | 48-21 |
| 17:24 | Minnesota | Joe Bull misses long on a floater from the left side | 48-21 |
| 17:22 | Minnesota | Joe Bull misses the tip | 48-21 |
| 17:20 | Purdue | Russell Denenberg snags the defensive board | 48-21 |
| 17:01 | Purdue | Dean Chapin misses the floater from the left side | 48-21 |
| 17:00 | Minnesota | Joe Bull pulls down the rebound | 48-21 |
| 16:49 | Minnesota | Victor Fitzpatrick scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Joe Bull and he's hacked by Louis Pierson - foul #1 on Louis Pierson, team foul #1 | 48-23 |
| Subs | Purdue | Salvatore Giordano (PF) Russell Denenberg | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Sonny Riggs (SF), Ernest Schirmer (C) Joe Bull, Daniel Butler | |
| 16:49 | Minnesota | Victor Fitzpatrick makes the free throw | 48-24 |
| 16:42 | Purdue | Sonny Riggs is called for the reach on Louis Pierson - foul #1 on Sonny Riggs, team foul #2 | 48-24 |
| Subs | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble (SF) Mark Springer | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Scott Capone (PF) Victor Fitzpatrick | |
| 16:23 | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble knocks in the floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Louis Pierson | 50-24 |
| 16:18 | Minnesota | Scott Capone misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 50-24 |
| 16:17 | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble gets the rebound | 50-24 |
| 16:02 | Purdue | Dean Chapin is fouled on the floor by Ernest Schirmer - foul #1 on Ernest Schirmer, team foul #3 | 50-24 |
| Subs | Purdue | Thomas Hamilton (PG), Lee Alvis (SG), Joe Hayner (C) Louis Pierson, James Cross, Dean Chapin | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Emerson Lindquist (SF), Victor Fitzpatrick (PF) Peter Aikin, Thomas Price | |
| 15:52 | Purdue | Joe Hayner misses short on a jump hook in the lane | 50-24 |
| 15:51 | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble gets the offensive rebound | 50-24 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Thomas Hamilton (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Lee Alvis (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jeffrey Wyble (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Salvatore Giordano (fresh) 2 pts. C - Joe Hayner (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Scott Capone (fresh) SG - Sonny Riggs (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Emerson Lindquist (fresh) PF - Victor Fitzpatrick (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Ernest Schirmer (fresh) | |
| 15:34 | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble comes up short on the fadeaway from the baseline | 50-24 |
| 15:33 | Minnesota | Ernest Schirmer gets the rebound | 50-24 |
| 15:25 | Minnesota | Emerson Lindquist knocks in the 3 from the left wing | 50-27 |
| 15:04 | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble misses the jump hook in the paint but he's hacked by Scott Capone - foul #1 on Scott Capone, team foul #4 | 50-27 |
| Subs | Purdue | Louis Pierson (PG), Russell Denenberg (PF), Dean Chapin (C) Thomas Hamilton, Salvatore Giordano, Joe Hayner | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Peter Aikin (PG), Thomas Price (SG), Joe Bull (SF), Daniel Butler (PF) Scott Capone, Sonny Riggs, Emerson Lindquist, Victor Fitzpatrick | |
| 15:04 | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble misses the 1st free throw | 50-27 |
| 15:04 | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble makes the 2nd free throw | 51-27 |
| 14:47 | Minnesota | Joe Bull makes the 3 from the left wing | 51-30 |
| 14:34 | Purdue | Dean Chapin lays it up and in | 53-30 |
| 14:20 | Minnesota | Thomas Price clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 53-30 |
| 14:18 | Purdue | Dean Chapin gets the rebound | 53-30 |
| 14:02 | Purdue | Louis Pierson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 53-30 |
| 14:01 | Minnesota | Joe Bull grabs the board | 53-30 |
| 13:42 | Minnesota | Ernest Schirmer is denied on a layup by Dean Chapin | 53-30 |
| 13:41 | Purdue | Louis Pierson pulls down the rebound | 53-30 |
| 13:26 | Purdue | Ernest Schirmer swats the layup by Dean Chapin | 53-30 |
| 13:24 | Minnesota | Ernest Schirmer gets the rebound | 53-30 |
| 13:16 | Minnesota | Ernest Schirmer comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 53-30 |
| 13:14 | Purdue | Dean Chapin grabs the board | 53-30 |
| 12:54 | Purdue | Russell Denenberg is hacked by Daniel Butler - foul #1 on Daniel Butler, team foul #5 | 53-30 |
| Subs | Purdue | James Cross (SG), Mark Springer (SF), Joe Hayner (C) Lee Alvis, Jeffrey Wyble, Dean Chapin | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Scott Capone (PG), Victor Fitzpatrick (PF) Peter Aikin, Ernest Schirmer | |
| 12:39 | Purdue | Joe Hayner's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 53-30 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Sonny Riggs (SF) Joe Bull | |
| 12:23 | Minnesota | Thomas Price misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 53-30 |
| 12:22 | Minnesota | Scott Capone pulls down the offensive rebound | 53-30 |
| 12:13 | Minnesota | Daniel Butler is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Daniel Butler, team foul #6 | 53-30 |
| Subs | Purdue | Thomas Hamilton (PG) Louis Pierson | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Emerson Lindquist (SF) Thomas Price | |
| 11:48 | Purdue | Russell Denenberg misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side | 53-30 |
| 11:46 | Minnesota | Victor Fitzpatrick snags the defensive board | 53-30 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Thomas Hamilton (fresh) 1 ast. SG - James Cross (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Mark Springer (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Russell Denenberg (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Joe Hayner (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Scott Capone (fresh) SG - Sonny Riggs (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Emerson Lindquist (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Victor Fitzpatrick (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Daniel Butler (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:28 | Minnesota | Victor Fitzpatrick can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 53-30 |
| 11:27 | Purdue | Joe Hayner snags the defensive board | 53-30 |
| 11:09 | Purdue | Mark Springer can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 53-30 |
| 11:07 | Purdue | James Cross grabs the offensive rebound | 53-30 |
| 10:54 | Purdue | Joe Hayner is called for a charge - foul #2 on Joe Hayner, team foul #2 | 53-30 |
| Subs | Purdue | Louis Pierson (PG), Salvatore Giordano (PF), Dean Chapin (C) Thomas Hamilton, Russell Denenberg, Joe Hayner | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Peter Aikin (PG), Thomas Price (SG), Joe Bull (SF) Scott Capone, Sonny Riggs, Emerson Lindquist | |
| 10:46 | Minnesota | Thomas Price misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 53-30 |
| 10:44 | Purdue | Dean Chapin snags the defensive board | 53-30 |
| 10:29 | Purdue | Louis Pierson hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the left block but he's hacked by Joe Bull - foul #4 on Joe Bull, team foul #7 | 53-30 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Ernest Schirmer (C) Daniel Butler | |
| 10:29 | Purdue | Louis Pierson makes the 1st free throw | 54-30 |
| 10:29 | Purdue | Louis Pierson makes the 2nd free throw | 55-30 |
| 10:12 | Minnesota | Joe Bull misses long on a jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Louis Pierson - foul #2 on Louis Pierson, team foul #3 | 55-30 |
| 10:12 | Minnesota | Joe Bull makes the 1st free throw | 55-31 |
| 10:12 | Minnesota | Joe Bull misses the 2nd free throw | 55-31 |
| 10:12 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Mark Springer | 55-31 |
| 09:57 | Purdue | Mark Springer's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 55-31 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Scott Capone (PF) Victor Fitzpatrick | |
| 09:35 | Minnesota | Peter Aikin's pass is intercepted by James Cross | 55-31 |
| 09:31 | Purdue | Louis Pierson misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 55-31 |
| 09:29 | Purdue | Salvatore Giordano tips it in | 57-31 |
| 09:16 | Minnesota | Joe Bull drills a runner from close range on a great pass from Thomas Price | 57-33 |
| 08:55 | Purdue | Dean Chapin misses badly on a jumper from the baseline | 57-33 |
| 08:54 | Minnesota | Thomas Price gets the rebound | 57-33 |
| 08:38 | Minnesota | Peter Aikin hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 57-33 |
| 08:37 | Minnesota | Joe Bull snags the offensive board | 57-33 |
| 08:27 | Minnesota | Joe Bull misses the jump hook in the lane | 57-33 |
| 08:25 | Purdue | Salvatore Giordano grabs the board | 57-33 |
| 08:07 | Purdue | James Cross hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 57-33 |
| 08:05 | Purdue | Salvatore Giordano grabs the offensive rebound | 57-33 |
| 07:54 | Purdue | Louis Pierson buries a 3 pointer from the right corner | 60-33 |
| 07:34 | Minnesota | Thomas Price scores on a 3 from the left corner | 60-36 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Louis Pierson (fresh) 18 pts. 5 ast. SG - James Cross (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Mark Springer (fairly fresh) 6 pts. PF - Salvatore Giordano (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Dean Chapin (fresh) 6 pts. 12 reb. | |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Peter Aikin (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Thomas Price (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joe Bull (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. PF - Scott Capone (fairly fresh) C - Ernest Schirmer (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:08 | Purdue | Dean Chapin misses badly on a jump hook from the left block but he's fouled by Ernest Schirmer - foul #2 on Ernest Schirmer, team foul #8 | 60-36 |
| Subs | Purdue | Thomas Hamilton (PG), Lee Alvis (SG), Jeffrey Wyble (SF), John Graf (PF) Louis Pierson, James Cross, Mark Springer, Salvatore Giordano | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Sonny Riggs (SG), Emerson Lindquist (SF), Victor Fitzpatrick (PF) Peter Aikin, Thomas Price, Joe Bull | |
| 07:08 | Purdue | Dean Chapin misses the 1st free throw | 60-36 |
| 07:08 | Purdue | Dean Chapin makes the 2nd free throw | 61-36 |
| 06:56 | Minnesota | Sonny Riggs misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Lee Alvis - foul #2 on Lee Alvis, team foul #4 | 61-36 |
| Subs | Purdue | Joe Hayner (C) Dean Chapin | |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| 06:56 | Minnesota | Sonny Riggs makes the 1st free throw | 61-37 |
| 06:56 | Minnesota | Sonny Riggs makes the 2nd free throw | 61-38 |
| 06:37 | Purdue | Lee Alvis scores on a floater from the left wing set up by Thomas Hamilton and the foul's on Sonny Riggs - foul #2 on Sonny Riggs, team foul #9 | 63-38 |
| 06:37 | Purdue | Lee Alvis makes the free throw | 64-38 |
| 06:29 | Minnesota | Ernest Schirmer scores on a floater near the basket set up by Sonny Riggs | 64-40 |
| 06:03 | Purdue | Joe Hayner comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side | 64-40 |
| 06:02 | Minnesota | Ernest Schirmer snags the defensive board | 64-40 |
| 05:56 | Minnesota | Sonny Riggs is called for a pushoff foul - foul #3 on Sonny Riggs, team foul #10 | 64-40 |
| 05:33 | Purdue | Lee Alvis scores on a fadeaway from the right side and he's fouled by Sonny Riggs - foul #4 on Sonny Riggs, team foul #11 | 66-40 |
| Subs | Purdue | Salvatore Giordano (PF) John Graf | |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| 05:33 | Purdue | Lee Alvis makes the free throw | 67-40 |
| 05:17 | Minnesota | Scott Capone knocks in the fadeaway in the paint | 67-42 |
| 04:58 | Purdue | Lee Alvis is hacked by Sonny Riggs - foul #5 on Sonny Riggs, team foul #12 | 67-42 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Thomas Price (SG) Sonny Riggs | |
| 04:58 | Purdue | Lee Alvis makes the 1st free throw | 68-42 |
| 04:58 | Purdue | Lee Alvis misses the 2nd free throw | 68-42 |
| 04:58 | Purdue | Joe Hayner snags the offensive board | 68-42 |
| 04:51 | Purdue | Lee Alvis buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Thomas Hamilton | 71-42 |
| 04:36 | Minnesota | Emerson Lindquist connects on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 71-44 |
| 04:22 | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side | 71-44 |
| 04:21 | Purdue | Salvatore Giordano snags the offensive board | 71-44 |
| 04:00 | Purdue | Salvatore Giordano buries a fadeaway from the left wing | 73-44 |
| 03:44 | Minnesota | Victor Fitzpatrick hits a jumper from the left wing | 73-46 |
| 03:39 | Purdue | Thomas Hamilton throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 73-46 |
| Subs | Purdue | John Graf (C) Joe Hayner | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Casey Clayborne (SF), Daniel Butler (PF) Emerson Lindquist, Victor Fitzpatrick | |
| 03:25 | Minnesota | Casey Clayborne double dribbles | 73-46 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Thomas Hamilton (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Lee Alvis (fairly fresh) 13 pts. SF - Jeffrey Wyble (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Salvatore Giordano (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - John Graf (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Scott Capone (tiring) 2 pts. SG - Thomas Price (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Casey Clayborne (fresh) PF - Daniel Butler (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Ernest Schirmer (tiring) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:13 | Purdue | Casey Clayborne takes the ball from Salvatore Giordano | 73-46 |
| 03:09 | Minnesota | Thomas Hamilton is called for the reach on Scott Capone in the backcourt - foul #1 on Thomas Hamilton, team foul #5 | 73-46 |
| 03:01 | Minnesota | Thomas Price comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side but the foul's on Salvatore Giordano - foul #2 on Salvatore Giordano, team foul #6 | 73-46 |
| Subs | Purdue | Joe Hayner (C) Salvatore Giordano | |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| 03:01 | Minnesota | Thomas Price misses the 1st free throw | 73-46 |
| 03:01 | Minnesota | Thomas Price makes the 2nd free throw | 73-47 |
| 02:36 | Purdue | Joe Hayner knocks in the floater from the left side set up by Jeffrey Wyble and he's hacked by Scott Capone - foul #2 on Scott Capone, team foul #13 | 75-47 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Emerson Lindquist (SF) Casey Clayborne | |
| 02:36 | Purdue | Joe Hayner makes the free throw | 76-47 |
| 02:18 | Minnesota | Ernest Schirmer scores on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Thomas Price | 76-49 |
| 02:02 | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble misses the jumper from the left side but the foul's on Emerson Lindquist - foul #1 on Emerson Lindquist, team foul #14 | 76-49 |
| 02:02 | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble makes the 1st free throw | 77-49 |
| 02:02 | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble misses the 2nd free throw | 77-49 |
| 02:02 | Minnesota | Daniel Butler grabs the defensive rebound | 77-49 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:47 | Minnesota | Thomas Price misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 77-49 |
| 01:45 | Purdue | Joe Hayner pulls down the rebound | 77-49 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:28 | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble drills a fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Lee Alvis | 79-49 |
| 01:19 | Minnesota | Thomas Price throws a bad pass out of bounds | 79-49 |
| Subs | Purdue | Salvatore Giordano (PF) John Graf | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Victor Fitzpatrick (PF) Daniel Butler | |
| 00:52 | Purdue | Jeffrey Wyble hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side | 79-49 |
| 00:51 | Minnesota | Ernest Schirmer pulls down the rebound | 79-49 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:46 | Minnesota | Thomas Price misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 79-49 |
| 00:45 | Purdue | Salvatore Giordano grabs the defensive rebound | 79-49 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:17 | Purdue | 3 seconds is called on Lee Alvis | 79-49 |
| 00:11 | Minnesota | Victor Fitzpatrick banks in the layup set up by Emerson Lindquist and he's fouled by Salvatore Giordano - foul #3 on Salvatore Giordano, team foul #7 | 79-51 |
| 00:11 | Minnesota | Victor Fitzpatrick makes the free throw | 79-52 |
| 00:00 | Purdue | Thomas Hamilton runs out the clock | 79-52 |