| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Robert Smith (fresh) SG - Taylor McDougal (fresh) SF - Kenneth Manion (fresh) PF - Brian Pitts (fresh) C - Lloyd Edwards (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Terry Golden (fresh) SG - Allen Bennett (fresh) SF - Thomas Heimbach (fresh) PF - Mark Jenkins (fresh) C - David Hill (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Michigan | Brian Pitts wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Michigan | Michigan is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Central Michigan | Central Michigan is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:47 | Michigan | Brian Pitts's pass is intercepted by Terry Golden | 0-0 |
| 19:44 | Central Michigan | Terry Golden slams it home | 0-2 |
| 19:32 | Michigan | David Hill swats the short shot by Brian Pitts | 0-2 |
| 19:30 | Central Michigan | Thomas Heimbach grabs the board | 0-2 |
| 19:24 | Central Michigan | Thomas Heimbach scores on a jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Terry Golden | 0-4 |
| 19:08 | Michigan | Lloyd Edwards throws it down set up by Robert Smith | 2-4 |
| 18:54 | Central Michigan | David Hill misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 2-4 |
| 18:53 | Michigan | Lloyd Edwards snags the defensive board | 2-4 |
| 18:42 | Michigan | Lloyd Edwards hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 2-4 |
| 18:41 | Michigan | The offensive rebound goes to Brian Pitts | 2-4 |
| 18:27 | Michigan | Lloyd Edwards is fouled on the floor by David Hill - foul #1 on David Hill, team foul #1 | 2-4 |
| 18:14 | Michigan | Robert Smith is hacked by Mark Jenkins - foul #1 on Mark Jenkins, team foul #2 | 2-4 |
| 18:05 | Michigan | Kenneth Manion is fouled on the floor by David Hill - foul #2 on David Hill, team foul #3 | 2-4 |
| Subs | Michigan | | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Nestor Block (C) David Hill | |
| 17:48 | Michigan | Brian Pitts is whistled for traveling | 2-4 |
| Subs | Michigan | Lawrence Peckham (PG), Pete Gabel (SG), Steven George (SF), Frank Lear (C) Robert Smith, Taylor McDougal, Kenneth Manion, Lloyd Edwards | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Alfred Johnson (PF) Mark Jenkins | |
| 17:41 | Central Michigan | Nestor Block is fouled on the floor by Frank Lear - foul #1 on Frank Lear, team foul #1 | 2-4 |
| 17:27 | Central Michigan | Terry Golden comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 2-4 |
| 17:25 | Central Michigan | Thomas Heimbach gets the offensive rebound | 2-4 |
| 17:14 | Central Michigan | Pete Gabel takes the ball from Thomas Heimbach | 2-4 |
| 16:53 | Michigan | Lawrence Peckham buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Steven George | 5-4 |
| 16:39 | Central Michigan | Terry Golden knocks in the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 5-6 |
| 16:19 | Michigan | Brian Pitts connects on the fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Lawrence Peckham | 7-6 |
| 16:03 | Central Michigan | Allen Bennett drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Thomas Heimbach | 7-9 |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Lawrence Peckham (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Pete Gabel (fresh) SF - Steven George (fresh) PF - Brian Pitts (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Frank Lear (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Terry Golden (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Allen Bennett (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Thomas Heimbach (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Alfred Johnson (fresh) C - Nestor Block (fresh) | |
| 15:40 | Michigan | Lawrence Peckham drills a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Steven George | 9-9 |
| 15:21 | Central Michigan | Nestor Block buries a pull-up jumper from the left side | 9-11 |
| 15:04 | Michigan | Pete Gabel can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side | 9-11 |
| 15:03 | Central Michigan | The rebound goes to Thomas Heimbach | 9-11 |
| 14:41 | Central Michigan | Pete Gabel steals the ball from Nestor Block | 9-11 |
| 14:33 | Michigan | Frank Lear knocks in the turnaround from the baseline set up by Pete Gabel and he's hacked by Nestor Block - foul #1 on Nestor Block, team foul #4 | 11-11 |
| Subs | Michigan | Robert Smith (PG), Taylor McDougal (SG), Kenneth Manion (SF), Lloyd Edwards (C) Lawrence Peckham, Pete Gabel, Steven George, Brian Pitts | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Ronald Larson (PG), Eric Arana (SG), Mark Jenkins (PF) Terry Golden, Allen Bennett, Alfred Johnson | |
| 14:33 | Michigan | Frank Lear makes the free throw | 12-11 |
| 14:17 | Central Michigan | Thomas Heimbach can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 12-11 |
| 14:16 | Michigan | Frank Lear pulls down the rebound | 12-11 |
| 14:11 | Michigan | Taylor McDougal drills a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Robert Smith | 15-11 |
| 13:57 | Central Michigan | Thomas Heimbach misses the floater from the right side | 15-11 |
| 13:55 | Central Michigan | Mark Jenkins misses the tip | 15-11 |
| 13:53 | Michigan | Frank Lear grabs the board | 15-11 |
| 13:40 | Michigan | Kenneth Manion misses short on a floater from the right side | 15-11 |
| 13:39 | Central Michigan | Mark Jenkins grabs the board | 15-11 |
| 13:22 | Central Michigan | Eric Arana loses the ball out of bounds | 15-11 |
| Subs | Michigan | Kim Speers (PF) Frank Lear | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| 13:05 | Michigan | Robert Smith can't finish the layup but the foul's on Nestor Block - foul #2 on Nestor Block, team foul #5 | 15-11 |
| Subs | Michigan | Brian Pitts (PF) Kim Speers | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | David Hill (C) Nestor Block | |
| 13:05 | Michigan | Robert Smith makes the 1st free throw | 16-11 |
| 13:05 | Michigan | Robert Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 17-11 |
| 12:48 | Central Michigan | David Hill comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Lloyd Edwards - foul #1 on Lloyd Edwards, team foul #2 | 17-11 |
| Subs | Michigan | | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Allen Bennett (SG), Marcel Corbin (SF) Eric Arana, Thomas Heimbach | |
| 12:48 | Central Michigan | David Hill misses the 1st free throw | 17-11 |
| 12:48 | Central Michigan | David Hill makes the 2nd free throw | 17-12 |
| 12:35 | Michigan | The jump hook by Lloyd Edwards is blocked by Mark Jenkins | 17-12 |
| 12:33 | Michigan | Lloyd Edwards tips it home | 19-12 |
| 12:15 | Central Michigan | Ronald Larson buries a 3 from the right wing set up by Allen Bennett | 19-15 |
| 12:05 | Michigan | Robert Smith is fouled on the floor by Ronald Larson - foul #1 on Ronald Larson, team foul #6 | 19-15 |
| Subs | Michigan | Lawrence Peckham (PG), Pete Gabel (SG), Steven George (SF) Robert Smith, Taylor McDougal, Kenneth Manion | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Terry Golden (PG), Alfred Johnson (PF) Ronald Larson, Mark Jenkins | |
| 11:50 | Michigan | Pete Gabel knocks in the floater from the left wing | 21-15 |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Lawrence Peckham (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Pete Gabel (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SF - Steven George (fresh) PF - Brian Pitts (tiring) 2 pts. C - Lloyd Edwards (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Terry Golden (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Allen Bennett (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Marcel Corbin (fresh) PF - Alfred Johnson (fresh) C - David Hill (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 11:29 | Central Michigan | Alfred Johnson hits the front of the rim on the floater near the basket | 21-15 |
| 11:27 | Michigan | Steven George grabs the defensive rebound | 21-15 |
| 11:13 | Michigan | Pete Gabel hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Allen Bennett - foul #1 on Allen Bennett, team foul #7 | 21-15 |
| Subs | Michigan | Kenneth Manion (SF), Kim Speers (PF), Jeremiah Bassham (C) Steven George, Brian Pitts, Lloyd Edwards | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Eric Arana (SG), Thomas Heimbach (SF) Allen Bennett, Marcel Corbin | |
| 11:13 | Michigan | Pete Gabel misses the 1st free throw | 21-15 |
| 11:13 | Michigan | Pete Gabel makes the 2nd free throw | 22-15 |
| 10:51 | Central Michigan | David Hill's layup is rejected by Jeremiah Bassham | 22-15 |
| 10:50 | Michigan | Kim Speers gets the rebound | 22-15 |
| 10:43 | Michigan | Pete Gabel can't connect on a floater from the left side | 22-15 |
| 10:42 | Michigan | Kenneth Manion gets the offensive rebound | 22-15 |
| 10:30 | Michigan | Lawrence Peckham can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Eric Arana - foul #1 on Eric Arana, team foul #8 | 22-15 |
| Subs | Michigan | Taylor McDougal (SG), Frank Lear (C) Pete Gabel, Jeremiah Bassham | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| 10:30 | Michigan | Lawrence Peckham makes the 1st free throw | 23-15 |
| 10:30 | Michigan | Lawrence Peckham makes the 2nd free throw | 24-15 |
| 10:25 | Central Michigan | Terry Golden is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 24-15 |
| Subs | Michigan | Robert Smith (PG) Lawrence Peckham | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Allen Bennett (SG), Mark Jenkins (PF) Eric Arana, Alfred Johnson | |
| 10:04 | Michigan | Frank Lear hits a floater from the baseline set up by Kenneth Manion and the foul's on Thomas Heimbach - foul #1 on Thomas Heimbach, team foul #9 | 26-15 |
| Subs | Michigan | | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Ronald Larson (PG), Nestor Block (C) Terry Golden, David Hill | |
| 10:04 | Michigan | Frank Lear makes the free throw | 27-15 |
| 09:47 | Central Michigan | Allen Bennett buries a 3pt shot from the left wing | 27-18 |
| 09:38 | Michigan | Frank Lear misses badly on a jumper from close range | 27-18 |
| 09:37 | Central Michigan | Thomas Heimbach gets the rebound | 27-18 |
| 09:20 | Central Michigan | Kim Speers is called for the reach on Thomas Heimbach - foul #1 on Kim Speers, team foul #3 | 27-18 |
| Subs | Michigan | Lawrence Peckham (SF), Brian Pitts (PF), Lloyd Edwards (C) Kenneth Manion, Kim Speers, Frank Lear | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Alfred Johnson (PF) Mark Jenkins | |
| 09:15 | Central Michigan | Alfred Johnson knocks in the floater near the basket on a great pass from Ronald Larson | 27-20 |
| 09:00 | Michigan | Robert Smith is hacked by Nestor Block - foul #3 on Nestor Block, team foul #10 | 27-20 |
| Subs | Michigan | | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Terry Golden (PG), David Hill (C) Ronald Larson, Nestor Block | |
| 09:00 | Michigan | Robert Smith makes the 1st free throw | 28-20 |
| 09:00 | Michigan | Robert Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 28-20 |
| 09:00 | Central Michigan | David Hill grabs the defensive rebound | 28-20 |
| 08:39 | Central Michigan | The short jumper by David Hill is denied by Lloyd Edwards | 28-20 |
| 08:37 | Central Michigan | Thomas Heimbach tips it home | 28-22 |
| 08:16 | Michigan | Brian Pitts can't connect on a fadeaway from the baseline but he's hacked by Terry Golden - foul #1 on Terry Golden, team foul #11 | 28-22 |
| Subs | Michigan | Steven George (SF) Taylor McDougal | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Eric Arana (SG), Marcel Corbin (SF) Allen Bennett, Thomas Heimbach | |
| 08:16 | Michigan | Brian Pitts misses the 1st free throw | 28-22 |
| 08:16 | Michigan | Brian Pitts makes the 2nd free throw | 29-22 |
| 07:57 | Central Michigan | David Hill lays it up and in on a great pass from Terry Golden and the foul's on Lloyd Edwards - foul #2 on Lloyd Edwards, team foul #4 | 29-24 |
| Subs | Michigan | Pete Gabel (SG), Kenneth Manion (SF), Kim Speers (PF), Frank Lear (C) Robert Smith, Steven George, Brian Pitts, Lloyd Edwards | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Mark Jenkins (PF) Alfred Johnson | |
| 07:57 | Central Michigan | David Hill makes the free throw | 29-25 |
| 07:32 | Michigan | Lawrence Peckham clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 29-25 |
| 07:31 | Michigan | Frank Lear grabs the offensive rebound | 29-25 |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Lawrence Peckham (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Pete Gabel (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. SF - Kenneth Manion (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Kim Speers (fresh) C - Frank Lear (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Terry Golden (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Eric Arana (fresh) SF - Marcel Corbin (fresh) PF - Mark Jenkins (fresh) 2 reb. C - David Hill (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 07:16 | Michigan | Kim Speers jams it on a great pass from Frank Lear | 31-25 |
| 07:04 | Central Michigan | David Hill connects on the fadeaway from the right side | 31-27 |
| 06:49 | Michigan | Kenneth Manion is called for traveling | 31-27 |
| Subs | Michigan | Robert Smith (PG), Taylor McDougal (SG) Lawrence Peckham, Pete Gabel | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Ronald Larson (PG), Allen Bennett (SG), Thomas Heimbach (SF), Alfred Johnson (PF) Terry Golden, Eric Arana, Marcel Corbin, Mark Jenkins | |
| 06:32 | Central Michigan | Allen Bennett is fouled on the floor by Kim Speers - foul #2 on Kim Speers, team foul #5 | 31-27 |
| Subs | Michigan | Brian Pitts (PF) Kim Speers | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| 06:07 | Central Michigan | Allen Bennett comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 31-27 |
| 06:06 | Michigan | Frank Lear gets the rebound | 31-27 |
| 06:01 | Michigan | Alfred Johnson denies the turnaround by Kenneth Manion | 31-27 |
| 05:59 | Central Michigan | David Hill grabs the board | 31-27 |
| 05:46 | Central Michigan | David Hill hits the front of the rim on the floater from just outside the lane | 31-27 |
| 05:44 | Central Michigan | The offensive rebound goes to David Hill | 31-27 |
| 05:31 | Central Michigan | Robert Smith steps in front of the Alfred Johnson pass | 31-27 |
| 05:07 | Michigan | Kenneth Manion misses short on a jumper from the baseline | 31-27 |
| 05:06 | Michigan | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Smith | 31-27 |
| 04:58 | Michigan | Frank Lear misses the dunk attempt | 31-27 |
| 04:57 | Central Michigan | Ronald Larson grabs the defensive rebound | 31-27 |
| 04:42 | Central Michigan | Kenneth Manion steals it from Alfred Johnson | 31-27 |
| 04:38 | Michigan | Ronald Larson is called for the reach on Robert Smith in the backcourt - foul #2 on Ronald Larson, team foul #12 | 31-27 |
| Subs | Michigan | Pete Gabel (SG), Lawrence Peckham (SF), Steven George (PF), Jeremiah Bassham (C) Taylor McDougal, Kenneth Manion, Brian Pitts, Frank Lear | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Terry Golden (PG), Marcel Corbin (SF), Mark Jenkins (PF), Nestor Block (C) Ronald Larson, Thomas Heimbach, Alfred Johnson, David Hill | |
| 04:38 | Michigan | Robert Smith misses the 1st free throw | 31-27 |
| 04:38 | Michigan | Robert Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 31-27 |
| 04:38 | Central Michigan | Mark Jenkins gets the rebound | 31-27 |
| 04:10 | Central Michigan | Terry Golden misses long on a floater from the left wing but he's hacked by Steven George - foul #1 on Steven George, team foul #6 | 31-27 |
| Subs | Michigan | Brian Pitts (PF) Robert Smith | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Alec Turner (PG), Eric Arana (SG) Allen Bennett, Nestor Block | |
| 04:10 | Central Michigan | Terry Golden makes the 1st free throw | 31-28 |
| 04:10 | Central Michigan | Terry Golden makes the 2nd free throw | 31-29 |
| 03:50 | Michigan | Steven George can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane | 31-29 |
| 03:49 | Central Michigan | Terry Golden grabs the board | 31-29 |
| 03:45 | Central Michigan | Marcel Corbin hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Alec Turner | 31-32 |
| 03:26 | Michigan | Lawrence Peckham is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Lawrence Peckham, team foul #7 | 31-32 |
| Subs | Michigan | Taylor McDougal (SG), Kim Speers (PF), Lloyd Edwards (C) Pete Gabel, Brian Pitts, Jeremiah Bassham | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Thomas Heimbach (SF), David Hill (C) Alec Turner, Marcel Corbin | |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Lawrence Peckham (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Taylor McDougal (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Steven George (fresh) PF - Kim Speers (fresh) 2 pts. C - Lloyd Edwards (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Terry Golden (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Eric Arana (fresh) SF - Thomas Heimbach (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. PF - Mark Jenkins (fresh) 3 reb. C - David Hill (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:03 | Central Michigan | Terry Golden misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 31-32 |
| 03:02 | Michigan | Kim Speers grabs the board | 31-32 |
| 02:52 | Michigan | Taylor McDougal misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 31-32 |
| 02:50 | Central Michigan | Thomas Heimbach gets the rebound | 31-32 |
| 02:29 | Central Michigan | David Hill misses badly on a driving attempt from the right block | 31-32 |
| 02:27 | Michigan | The rebound goes to Lawrence Peckham | 31-32 |
| 02:07 | Michigan | Steven George travels with the ball | 31-32 |
| Subs | Michigan | Robert Smith (PG), Kenneth Manion (SF) Lawrence Peckham, Steven George | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Allen Bennett (SG), Alfred Johnson (PF) Eric Arana, Mark Jenkins | |
| 01:51 | Central Michigan | David Hill scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 31-34 |
| 01:41 | Michigan | Lloyd Edwards clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 31-34 |
| 01:39 | Central Michigan | Thomas Heimbach gets the rebound | 31-34 |
| 01:15 | Central Michigan | Robert Smith steals it from Terry Golden | 31-34 |
| 01:09 | Michigan | Terry Golden is called for the reach on Robert Smith - foul #2 on Terry Golden, team foul #13 | 31-34 |
| Subs | Michigan | Lawrence Peckham (SG), Brian Pitts (PF) Taylor McDougal, Kim Speers | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Ronald Larson (PG), Marcel Corbin (SF) Terry Golden, Thomas Heimbach | |
| 01:09 | Michigan | Robert Smith misses the 1st free throw | 31-34 |
| 01:09 | Michigan | Robert Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 32-34 |
| 00:55 | Central Michigan | Allen Bennett can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 32-34 |
| 00:54 | Central Michigan | David Hill hits the follow up shot | 32-36 |
| 00:32 | Michigan | Lawrence Peckham misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 32-36 |
| 00:30 | Central Michigan | David Hill grabs the defensive rebound | 32-36 |
| 00:05 | Central Michigan | Robert Smith picks off the pass by David Hill | 32-36 |
| 00:02 | Michigan | Robert Smith hits the finger roll | 34-36 |
| 00:00 | Central Michigan | Allen Bennett misses badly on a fullcourt shot | 34-36 |