| Lineup | Ball State | PG - Ernest Conner (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Todd Parker (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Neil Gill (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Kenneth Jenkins (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Shilin Xie (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Miami (OH) | PG - Ryan Clark (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Jeffrey McKenzie (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Phillips (fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Emerson Moody (fresh) 5 pts. C - Ricky Ybanez (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Miami (OH) | John Phillips inbounds the ball | 28-43 |
| Game Plan | Ball State | Ball State is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:43 | Miami (OH) | Jeffrey McKenzie can't connect on a shot from the right side | 28-43 |
| 19:41 | Ball State | Shilin Xie pulls down the rebound | 28-43 |
| 19:18 | Ball State | Kenneth Jenkins misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 28-43 |
| 19:17 | Miami (OH) | John Phillips snags the defensive board | 28-43 |
| 19:01 | Miami (OH) | Kenneth Jenkins steps in front of the Jeffrey McKenzie pass | 28-43 |
| 18:42 | Ball State | Shilin Xie is fouled on the floor by Ricky Ybanez - foul #3 on Ricky Ybanez, team foul #1 | 28-43 |
| Subs | Ball State | | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | Bryan Johnson (C) Ricky Ybanez | |
| 18:28 | Ball State | Todd Parker misses the floater from the left side | 28-43 |
| 18:27 | Miami (OH) | Bryan Johnson pulls down the rebound | 28-43 |
| 18:07 | Miami (OH) | Emerson Moody drills a fadeaway from the right side | 28-45 |
| 17:53 | Ball State | Ernest Conner misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 28-45 |
| 17:51 | Miami (OH) | Jeffrey McKenzie grabs the defensive rebound | 28-45 |
| 17:30 | Miami (OH) | Ryan Clark drills a floater from the baseline set up by Jeffrey McKenzie | 28-47 |
| 17:13 | Ball State | Ernest Conner drills a floater from the right side on a great pass from Kenneth Jenkins | 30-47 |
| 16:48 | Miami (OH) | Emerson Moody scores on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line set up by Jeffrey McKenzie | 30-49 |
| 16:27 | Ball State | Todd Parker hits a fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Neil Gill and the foul's on Ryan Clark - foul #2 on Ryan Clark, team foul #2 | 32-49 |
| Subs | Ball State | Albert Taylor (C) Shilin Xie | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | Michael Jones (PG), John Hildebrandt (SG), Michael Parker (SF), Richard Howze (C) Ryan Clark, Jeffrey McKenzie, John Phillips, Emerson Moody | |
| 16:27 | Ball State | Todd Parker makes the free throw | 33-49 |
| 16:02 | Miami (OH) | Michael Parker misses the easy layup | 33-49 |
| 16:00 | Ball State | Ernest Conner gets the rebound | 33-49 |
| Lineup | Ball State | PG - Ernest Conner (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Todd Parker (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Neil Gill (fairly fresh) 6 pts. PF - Kenneth Jenkins (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Albert Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Miami (OH) | PG - Michael Jones (fresh) 1 ast. SG - John Hildebrandt (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Parker (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Bryan Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Howze (fresh) | |
| 15:54 | Ball State | Neil Gill comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 33-49 |
| 15:52 | Miami (OH) | Bryan Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 33-49 |
| 15:33 | Miami (OH) | Michael Parker travels with the ball | 33-49 |
| Subs | Ball State | Dikembe Sato (PG), David Phillips (SG), Thomas Hicks (PF), Cecil Shelley (C) Ernest Conner, Todd Parker, Neil Gill, Kenneth Jenkins | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | Ricky Ybanez (C) Richard Howze | |
| 15:16 | Ball State | Dikembe Sato clanks a 3 from the left corner | 33-49 |
| 15:14 | Miami (OH) | Ricky Ybanez grabs the board | 33-49 |
| 14:55 | Miami (OH) | Ricky Ybanez's pass is intercepted by Albert Taylor | 33-49 |
| 14:45 | Ball State | Thomas Hicks is fouled on the floor by Bryan Johnson - foul #1 on Bryan Johnson, team foul #3 | 33-49 |
| Subs | Ball State | Shilin Xie (PF) Albert Taylor | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | Ryan Clark (PG), Jeffrey McKenzie (SG), John Phillips (SF), Emerson Moody (PF) Michael Jones, John Hildebrandt, Michael Parker, Bryan Johnson | |
| 14:30 | Ball State | David Phillips knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away | 36-49 |
| 14:15 | Miami (OH) | Jeffrey McKenzie is fouled on the floor by Cecil Shelley - foul #4 on Cecil Shelley, team foul #1 | 36-49 |
| Subs | Ball State | Ernest Conner (PG), Neil Gill (SF) David Phillips, Cecil Shelley | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | | |
| 13:58 | Miami (OH) | Emerson Moody misses the lay-in | 36-49 |
| 13:57 | Miami (OH) | The offensive rebound goes to Ricky Ybanez | 36-49 |
| 13:35 | Miami (OH) | John Phillips clanks a 3 from straight away | 36-49 |
| 13:34 | Miami (OH) | Emerson Moody tips it in | 36-51 |
| 13:26 | Ball State | Shilin Xie clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 36-51 |
| 13:25 | Ball State | Neil Gill tips it in | 38-51 |
| 13:05 | Ball State | The refs have stopped play. Neil Gill is in a lot of pain and is being checked by the trainers. He's holding his ankle. He appears to have just been shaken up and should be able to return. | 38-51 |
| Subs | Ball State | Kenneth Jenkins (PF) Neil Gill | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | | |
| 12:56 | Miami (OH) | John Phillips misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 38-51 |
| 12:54 | Miami (OH) | Emerson Moody grabs the offensive rebound | 38-51 |
| 12:45 | Miami (OH) | John Phillips connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Ryan Clark | 38-54 |
| 12:31 | Ball State | Shilin Xie banks in the layup | 40-54 |
| 12:24 | Miami (OH) | Ricky Ybanez banks in the layup on a great pass from Ryan Clark | 40-56 |
| 12:20 | Ball State | Dikembe Sato misses long on a driving attempt from the baseline but he's fouled by Ryan Clark - foul #3 on Ryan Clark, team foul #4 | 40-56 |
| Subs | Ball State | Todd Parker (SG), David Phillips (SF), Albert Taylor (C) Ernest Conner, Thomas Hicks, Shilin Xie | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | Michael Jones (PG), Bryan Johnson (PF) Ryan Clark, Emerson Moody | |
| 12:20 | Ball State | Dikembe Sato makes the 1st free throw | 41-56 |
| 12:20 | Ball State | Dikembe Sato makes the 2nd free throw | 42-56 |
| 12:03 | Miami (OH) | John Phillips can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 42-56 |
| 12:02 | Miami (OH) | The offensive rebound goes to John Phillips | 42-56 |
| 11:52 | Miami (OH) | Ricky Ybanez is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Jenkins - foul #1 on Kenneth Jenkins, team foul #2 | 42-56 |
| Subs | Ball State | Ernest Conner (PG) Dikembe Sato | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | Michael Parker (SF) John Phillips | |
| Lineup | Ball State | PG - Ernest Conner (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Todd Parker (fresh) 6 pts. SF - David Phillips (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Kenneth Jenkins (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Albert Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Miami (OH) | PG - Michael Jones (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jeffrey McKenzie (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SF - Michael Parker (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Bryan Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Ricky Ybanez (fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:41 | Miami (OH) | Michael Jones misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 42-56 |
| 11:39 | Ball State | Kenneth Jenkins gets the rebound | 42-56 |
| 11:34 | Ball State | Albert Taylor throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-56 |
| Subs | Ball State | | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | John Hildebrandt (SG), Richard Howze (C) Jeffrey McKenzie, Ricky Ybanez | |
| 11:18 | Miami (OH) | Richard Howze misses the floater from the baseline but he's fouled by David Phillips - foul #1 on David Phillips, team foul #3 | 42-56 |
| Subs | Ball State | | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | Ryan Clark (PG) John Hildebrandt | |
| 11:18 | Miami (OH) | Richard Howze makes the 1st free throw | 42-57 |
| 11:18 | Miami (OH) | Richard Howze makes the 2nd free throw | 42-58 |
| 10:55 | Ball State | David Phillips scores on a floater from the free throw line | 44-58 |
| 10:40 | Miami (OH) | Richard Howze can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 44-58 |
| 10:38 | Ball State | Kenneth Jenkins pulls down the rebound | 44-58 |
| 10:22 | Ball State | Albert Taylor drills a driving attempt from close range set up by Todd Parker | 46-58 |
| 10:08 | Miami (OH) | Kenneth Jenkins swats the short shot by Richard Howze | 46-58 |
| 10:06 | Miami (OH) | Bryan Johnson grabs the offensive board | 46-58 |
| 09:49 | Miami (OH) | Richard Howze misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 46-58 |
| 09:48 | Ball State | David Phillips grabs the board | 46-58 |
| 09:42 | Ball State | Ernest Conner connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Albert Taylor | 49-58 |
| 09:26 | Miami (OH) | Michael Parker drills a shot from the right side | 49-60 |
| 09:07 | Ball State | Ernest Conner misses long on a floater from just outside the lane | 49-60 |
| 09:05 | Ball State | David Phillips pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-60 |
| 08:44 | Ball State | Kenneth Jenkins hits a 3 pointer from the left corner | 52-60 |
| 08:27 | Miami (OH) | Ryan Clark double dribbles | 52-60 |
| Subs | Ball State | Randy Nix (PG), Dikembe Sato (SG), Neil Gill (SF), Thomas Hicks (PF), Shilin Xie (C) Ernest Conner, Todd Parker, David Phillips, Kenneth Jenkins, Albert Taylor | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | Timmy Prouty (PG), Jeffrey McKenzie (SG), John Phillips (SF), Emerson Moody (PF), Ricky Ybanez (C) Ryan Clark, Michael Jones, Michael Parker, Bryan Johnson, Richard Howze | |
| 08:08 | Ball State | Shilin Xie loses the dribble to Ricky Ybanez | 52-60 |
| 07:47 | Miami (OH) | Jeffrey McKenzie connects on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Ricky Ybanez and the foul's on Dikembe Sato - foul #2 on Dikembe Sato, team foul #4 | 52-62 |
| Subs | Ball State | Cecil Shelley (C) Shilin Xie | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | | |
| 07:47 | Miami (OH) | Jeffrey McKenzie misses the free throw | 52-62 |
| 07:47 | Ball State | The rebound goes to Cecil Shelley | 52-62 |
| Lineup | Ball State | PG - Randy Nix (fresh) SG - Dikembe Sato (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Neil Gill (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Hicks (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Cecil Shelley (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Miami (OH) | PG - Timmy Prouty (fresh) SG - Jeffrey McKenzie (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SF - John Phillips (fresh) 16 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Emerson Moody (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - Ricky Ybanez (fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:22 | Ball State | Dikembe Sato comes up short on the jumper from the left block | 52-62 |
| 07:20 | Miami (OH) | Ricky Ybanez snags the defensive board | 52-62 |
| 07:05 | Miami (OH) | Timmy Prouty misses the easy layup | 52-62 |
| 07:03 | Ball State | Randy Nix snags the defensive board | 52-62 |
| 06:46 | Ball State | Dikembe Sato misses the shot from the free throw line but the foul's on Ricky Ybanez - foul #4 on Ricky Ybanez, team foul #5 | 52-62 |
| Subs | Ball State | Ernest Conner (PG) Randy Nix | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | Ryan Clark (PG) Timmy Prouty | |
| 06:46 | Ball State | Dikembe Sato misses the 1st free throw | 52-62 |
| 06:46 | Ball State | Dikembe Sato makes the 2nd free throw | 53-62 |
| 06:20 | Miami (OH) | John Phillips drills a shot from the right side set up by Ryan Clark | 53-64 |
| 06:02 | Ball State | Dikembe Sato makes the jumpshot from the right wing | 55-64 |
| 05:39 | Miami (OH) | Ricky Ybanez hits the front of the rim on the runner from the right block | 55-64 |
| 05:38 | Ball State | Cecil Shelley grabs the defensive rebound | 55-64 |
| 05:15 | Ball State | Neil Gill drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Ernest Conner | 58-64 |
| 04:58 | Miami (OH) | Ryan Clark comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right side but the foul's on Ernest Conner - foul #2 on Ernest Conner, team foul #5 | 58-64 |
| Subs | Ball State | Todd Parker (SG), Kenneth Jenkins (PF) Dikembe Sato, Thomas Hicks | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | Michael Jones (SG), Michael Parker (SF), Bryan Johnson (PF) Jeffrey McKenzie, John Phillips, Emerson Moody | |
| 04:58 | Miami (OH) | Ryan Clark makes the 1st free throw | 58-65 |
| 04:58 | Miami (OH) | Ryan Clark makes the 2nd free throw | 58-66 |
| 04:34 | Ball State | Kenneth Jenkins misses the dunk attempt | 58-66 |
| 04:33 | Ball State | Kenneth Jenkins grabs the offensive rebound | 58-66 |
| 04:10 | Ball State | Neil Gill travels with the ball | 58-66 |
| Subs | Ball State | Albert Taylor (SF), Shilin Xie (C) Neil Gill, Cecil Shelley | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | John Hildebrandt (SG), Richard Howze (C) Ryan Clark, Ricky Ybanez | |
| 04:01 | Miami (OH) | John Hildebrandt is called for traveling | 58-66 |
| Subs | Ball State | | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | Jeffrey McKenzie (SG) John Hildebrandt | |
| Game Plan | Ball State | Ball State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 03:51 | Ball State | Michael Jones steals it from Kenneth Jenkins | 58-66 |
| Game Plan | Ball State | Ball State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Lineup | Ball State | PG - Ernest Conner (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Todd Parker (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Albert Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kenneth Jenkins (fresh) 13 pts. 9 reb. 3 blk. 2 stl. C - Shilin Xie (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Miami (OH) | PG - Michael Jones (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jeffrey McKenzie (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SF - Michael Parker (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Bryan Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Richard Howze (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:25 | Miami (OH) | Bryan Johnson lays it in set up by Michael Jones | 58-68 |
| 03:07 | Ball State | Ernest Conner drills a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Albert Taylor | 61-68 |
| Game Plan | Ball State | Ball State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 02:41 | Miami (OH) | Jeffrey McKenzie clanks a 3 from the left corner | 61-68 |
| 02:40 | Ball State | Kenneth Jenkins grabs the board | 61-68 |
| 02:40 | Ball State | Ball State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 61-68 |
| Subs | Ball State | Neil Gill (SF), Cecil Shelley (C) Albert Taylor, Shilin Xie | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | Ryan Clark (PG), John Phillips (SF), Emerson Moody (PF), Ricky Ybanez (C) Michael Jones, Michael Parker, Bryan Johnson, Richard Howze | |
| Game Plan | Ball State | Ball State is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 02:26 | Ball State | Todd Parker misses the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 61-68 |
| 02:24 | Miami (OH) | Ricky Ybanez grabs the board | 61-68 |
| 02:11 | Miami (OH) | Neil Gill blocks the 3 pointer from the left wing by John Phillips | 61-68 |
| 02:09 | Ball State | Kenneth Jenkins gets the rebound | 61-68 |
| 02:03 | Ball State | John Phillips steals it from Neil Gill | 61-68 |
| 01:46 | Miami (OH) | Emerson Moody buries a shot from the baseline on a great pass from John Phillips and he's hacked by Cecil Shelley - foul #5 on Cecil Shelley, team foul #6 | 61-70 |
| Subs | Ball State | Thomas Hicks (C) Cecil Shelley | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | | |
| 01:46 | Miami (OH) | Emerson Moody makes the free throw | 61-71 |
| Game Plan | Ball State | Ball State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 01:30 | Ball State | Thomas Hicks knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away set up by Todd Parker | 64-71 |
| 01:09 | Miami (OH) | Jeffrey McKenzie misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 64-71 |
| 01:07 | Ball State | Ernest Conner pulls down the rebound | 64-71 |
| Game Plan | Ball State | Ball State is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:50 | Ball State | Todd Parker makes the jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Ernest Conner | 66-71 |
| Game Plan | Ball State | Ball State is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:26 | Miami (OH) | Emerson Moody hits a turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Jeffrey McKenzie | 66-73 |
| Game Plan | Ball State | Ball State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:19 | Ball State | Todd Parker can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 66-73 |
| 00:18 | Miami (OH) | Ricky Ybanez snags the defensive board | 66-73 |
| Game Plan | Ball State | Ball State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:16 | Miami (OH) | Ricky Ybanez is fouled in the backcourt by Todd Parker - foul #1 on Todd Parker, team foul #7 | 66-73 |
| Subs | Ball State | | |
| Subs | Miami (OH) | Timmy Prouty (PG), Michael Jones (SF) Ryan Clark, John Phillips | |
| 00:16 | Miami (OH) | Ricky Ybanez makes the 1st free throw | 66-74 |
| 00:16 | Miami (OH) | Ricky Ybanez makes the 2nd free throw | 66-75 |
| Game Plan | Ball State | Ball State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:10 | Ball State | Ernest Conner comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 66-75 |
| 00:09 | Ball State | The offensive rebound goes to Thomas Hicks | 66-75 |
| 00:07 | Ball State | Neil Gill misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 66-75 |
| 00:05 | Miami (OH) | Jeffrey McKenzie snags the defensive board | 66-75 |
| 00:05 | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 66-75 |
| Game Plan | Ball State | Ball State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:00 | Miami (OH) | Timmy Prouty runs out the clock | 66-75 |