| Lineup | Belmont | PG - John Murray (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Patrick Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenneth Root (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Ray Stewart (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. C - Mario Velasquez (fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Antoine Langley (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Dennis Bethea (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Stephen Webb (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - Douglas Rickard (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Morgan Todd (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 20:00 | Belmont | Kenneth Root inbounds the ball | 28-43 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:40 | Belmont | John Murray's pass is intercepted by Dennis Bethea | 28-43 |
| 19:37 | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley lays it up and in on a nice dish by Dennis Bethea | 28-45 |
| 19:21 | Belmont | Patrick Smith comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side | 28-45 |
| 19:20 | Detroit Mercy | Stephen Webb grabs the defensive rebound | 28-45 |
| 18:57 | Detroit Mercy | Kenneth Root takes the ball from Stephen Webb | 28-45 |
| 18:44 | Belmont | Kenneth Root hits a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Patrick Smith | 31-45 |
| 18:28 | Detroit Mercy | Stephen Webb drills a floater in the paint on a nice dish by Dennis Bethea and he's hacked by Ray Stewart - foul #2 on Ray Stewart, team foul #1 | 31-47 |
| 18:28 | Detroit Mercy | Stephen Webb makes the free throw | 31-48 |
| 18:02 | Belmont | Kenneth Root misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 31-48 |
| 18:00 | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley snags the defensive board | 31-48 |
| 17:37 | Detroit Mercy | Douglas Rickard comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 31-48 |
| 17:36 | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley tips it back up and in | 31-50 |
| 17:17 | Belmont | Patrick Smith clanks a 3 from the right wing | 31-50 |
| 17:15 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Antoine Langley | 31-50 |
| 16:59 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 31-50 |
| 16:57 | Belmont | John Murray snags the defensive board | 31-50 |
| 16:46 | Belmont | Mario Velasquez is fouled on the floor by Antoine Langley - foul #1 on Antoine Langley, team foul #1 | 31-50 |
| Subs | Belmont | James Merideth (PG), Michael Nations (PF), Bobby Johnson (C) John Murray, Ray Stewart, Mario Velasquez | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel (SG), James Tamez (PF), Matthew Howard (C) Dennis Bethea, Douglas Rickard, Morgan Todd | |
| 16:30 | Belmont | Patrick Smith's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 31-50 |
| Subs | Belmont | David Amaro (SG), John Sharp (C) Patrick Smith, Kenneth Root | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Bobbie Johns (SF) Stephen Webb | |
| 16:16 | Detroit Mercy | Bobbie Johns misses badly on a shot from the left side | 31-50 |
| 16:15 | Belmont | The rebound goes to Bobby Johnson | 31-50 |
| 16:00 | Belmont | Bobby Johnson loses the ball out of bounds | 31-50 |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea (PG), Clyde Josephson (SG) Antoine Langley, Alfred Noel | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - James Merideth (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Amaro (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Bobby Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Michael Nations (fresh) C - John Sharp (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Dennis Bethea (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Clyde Josephson (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SF - Bobbie Johns (fresh) 3 pts. PF - James Tamez (fresh) 7 pts. C - Matthew Howard (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:44 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea is hacked by James Merideth - foul #1 on James Merideth, team foul #2 | 31-50 |
| Subs | Belmont | Kenneth Root (SF), Ray Stewart (PF), Mario Velasquez (C) Bobby Johnson, Michael Nations, John Sharp | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 15:27 | Detroit Mercy | Mario Velasquez steps in front of the Clyde Josephson pass | 31-50 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 15:13 | Belmont | Mario Velasquez clanks a jumper from close range but the foul's on Matthew Howard - foul #2 on Matthew Howard, team foul #2 | 31-50 |
| Subs | Belmont | John Murray (PG), Patrick Smith (SG) James Merideth, David Amaro | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Stephen Webb (SF), Douglas Rickard (PF), Morgan Todd (C) Bobbie Johns, James Tamez, Matthew Howard | |
| 15:13 | Belmont | Mario Velasquez misses the 1st free throw | 31-50 |
| 15:13 | Belmont | Mario Velasquez misses the 2nd free throw | 31-50 |
| 15:13 | Detroit Mercy | Morgan Todd grabs the board | 31-50 |
| 14:58 | Detroit Mercy | Stephen Webb double dribbles | 31-50 |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley (PG) Dennis Bethea | |
| 14:43 | Belmont | Kenneth Root misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 31-50 |
| 14:42 | Belmont | John Murray snags the offensive board | 31-50 |
| 14:35 | Belmont | Patrick Smith misses the shot from the right side | 31-50 |
| 14:33 | Detroit Mercy | Douglas Rickard snags the defensive board | 31-50 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 14:17 | Detroit Mercy | Stephen Webb's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 31-50 |
| 14:06 | Belmont | Patrick Smith buries a fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Ray Stewart | 33-50 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 13:55 | Detroit Mercy | Stephen Webb misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 33-50 |
| 13:54 | Belmont | Patrick Smith gets the rebound | 33-50 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 13:38 | Belmont | Kenneth Root misses the floater from the right side | 33-50 |
| 13:37 | Detroit Mercy | Morgan Todd snags the defensive board | 33-50 |
| 13:12 | Detroit Mercy | Stephen Webb drills a 3 from the left corner set up by Douglas Rickard | 33-53 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 13:04 | Belmont | Ray Stewart lays it in | 35-53 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 12:36 | Detroit Mercy | Mario Velasquez is called for the reach on Stephen Webb - foul #2 on Mario Velasquez, team foul #3 | 35-53 |
| Subs | Belmont | James Merideth (PG), Bobby Johnson (SF), Michael Nations (PF), John Sharp (C) John Murray, Kenneth Root, Ray Stewart, Mario Velasquez | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea (PG), Randy Cardoza (SG), Bobbie Johns (SF), James Tamez (PF), Matthew Howard (C) Antoine Langley, Clyde Josephson, Stephen Webb, Douglas Rickard, Morgan Todd | |
| 12:11 | Detroit Mercy | Bobbie Johns hits a floater from the right side set up by Dennis Bethea | 35-55 |
| 12:03 | Belmont | James Merideth connects on the jumpshot from the left side | 37-55 |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - James Merideth (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Patrick Smith (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bobby Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Michael Nations (fresh) C - John Sharp (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Dennis Bethea (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Randy Cardoza (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. 3 pf. SF - Bobbie Johns (fresh) 5 pts. PF - James Tamez (fresh) 7 pts. C - Matthew Howard (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:41 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Dennis Bethea | 37-58 |
| 11:19 | Belmont | Bobby Johnson clanks a fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by Matthew Howard - foul #3 on Matthew Howard, team foul #3 | 37-58 |
| Subs | Belmont | David Amaro (SG) Patrick Smith | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley (PG), Clyde Josephson (SG), Stephen Webb (SF), Douglas Rickard (PF), Morgan Todd (C) Dennis Bethea, Randy Cardoza, Bobbie Johns, James Tamez, Matthew Howard | |
| 11:19 | Belmont | Bobby Johnson misses the 1st free throw | 37-58 |
| 11:19 | Belmont | Bobby Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 38-58 |
| 10:50 | Detroit Mercy | Morgan Todd connects on the shot from close range set up by Stephen Webb | 38-60 |
| 10:38 | Belmont | Bobby Johnson blows the layup | 38-60 |
| 10:37 | Detroit Mercy | Douglas Rickard grabs the board | 38-60 |
| 10:08 | Detroit Mercy | Morgan Todd misses short on a runner near the basket | 38-60 |
| 10:06 | Belmont | Bobby Johnson grabs the board | 38-60 |
| 09:47 | Belmont | David Amaro drills a jump hook in the lane on a nice dish by James Merideth | 40-60 |
| 09:18 | Detroit Mercy | Douglas Rickard buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Stephen Webb | 40-63 |
| 09:09 | Belmont | Antoine Langley takes the ball from James Merideth | 40-63 |
| 08:52 | Detroit Mercy | Morgan Todd misses long on a turnaround near the basket but he's fouled by Bobby Johnson - foul #2 on Bobby Johnson, team foul #4 | 40-63 |
| Subs | Belmont | John Murray (PG), Patrick Smith (SG), Kenneth Root (SF), Ray Stewart (PF), Mario Velasquez (C) James Merideth, David Amaro, Bobby Johnson, Michael Nations, John Sharp | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea (SG), James Tamez (PF) Clyde Josephson, Douglas Rickard | |
| 08:52 | Detroit Mercy | Morgan Todd makes the 1st free throw | 40-64 |
| 08:52 | Detroit Mercy | Morgan Todd makes the 2nd free throw | 40-65 |
| 08:32 | Belmont | Ray Stewart lays it in | 42-65 |
| 08:04 | Detroit Mercy | Antoine Langley is whistled for traveling | 42-65 |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza (SG), Bobbie Johns (SF), Matthew Howard (C) Antoine Langley, Stephen Webb, Morgan Todd | |
| 07:50 | Belmont | Ray Stewart can't connect on a runner in the paint | 42-65 |
| 07:49 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard grabs the board | 42-65 |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - John Murray (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Patrick Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kenneth Root (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Ray Stewart (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Mario Velasquez (fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Dennis Bethea (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Randy Cardoza (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. 3 pf. SF - Bobbie Johns (fresh) 5 pts. PF - James Tamez (fresh) 7 pts. C - Matthew Howard (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:20 | Detroit Mercy | James Tamez buries a runner in the paint on a nice dish by Dennis Bethea | 42-67 |
| 07:03 | Belmont | Dennis Bethea steals the ball from Ray Stewart | 42-67 |
| 06:34 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-67 |
| Subs | Belmont | James Merideth (PG), David Amaro (SG), Bobby Johnson (SF), Michael Nations (PF), John Sharp (C) John Murray, Patrick Smith, Kenneth Root, Ray Stewart, Mario Velasquez | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 06:24 | Belmont | James Merideth hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 42-67 |
| 06:22 | Belmont | Michael Nations pulls down the offensive rebound | 42-67 |
| 06:09 | Belmont | David Amaro misses the floater from just outside the lane | 42-67 |
| 06:07 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to James Tamez | 42-67 |
| 05:48 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard scores on a runner from the right block on a great pass from Bobbie Johns | 42-69 |
| 05:31 | Belmont | James Tamez is called for the reach on David Amaro - foul #1 on James Tamez, team foul #4 | 42-69 |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel (SG) Dennis Bethea | |
| 05:06 | Belmont | John Sharp hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 42-69 |
| 05:05 | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel snags the defensive board | 42-69 |
| 05:01 | Detroit Mercy | Bobbie Johns double dribbles | 42-69 |
| Subs | Belmont | David Redd (PF) Michael Nations | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea (SG) Randy Cardoza | |
| 04:54 | Belmont | Bobby Johnson makes the shot from close range and the foul's on Matthew Howard - foul #4 on Matthew Howard, team foul #5 | 44-69 |
| 04:54 | Belmont | Bobby Johnson misses the free throw | 44-69 |
| 04:54 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Howard pulls down the rebound | 44-69 |
| 04:28 | Detroit Mercy | Bobbie Johns misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 44-69 |
| 04:27 | Belmont | John Sharp grabs the board | 44-69 |
| 04:04 | Belmont | John Sharp is denied on a layup by James Tamez | 44-69 |
| 04:02 | Belmont | David Redd snags the offensive board | 44-69 |
| 03:54 | Belmont | David Amaro hits a 3 from the left corner | 47-69 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:36 | Detroit Mercy | Alfred Noel is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 47-69 |
| Subs | Belmont | Matthew Guinn (SG), Michael Nations (C) David Amaro, John Sharp | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza (PG) Dennis Bethea | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - James Merideth (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Matthew Guinn (fresh) SF - Bobby Johnson (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - David Redd (fresh) C - Michael Nations (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Randy Cardoza (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. 3 pf. SG - Alfred Noel (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Bobbie Johns (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - James Tamez (fairly fresh) 9 pts. C - Matthew Howard (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:28 | Belmont | Randy Cardoza picks off the pass by David Redd | 47-69 |
| 03:06 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza misses badly on a runner from close range but the foul's on James Merideth - foul #2 on James Merideth, team foul #5 | 47-69 |
| Subs | Belmont | David Amaro (SG) James Merideth | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 03:06 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza misses the 1st free throw | 47-69 |
| 03:06 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza makes the 2nd free throw | 47-70 |
| 02:53 | Belmont | Matthew Guinn hits a fadeaway from the left wing | 49-70 |
| 02:29 | Detroit Mercy | James Tamez comes up short on the runner from the left block but he's fouled by David Redd - foul #1 on David Redd, team foul #6 | 49-70 |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea (PG) Alfred Noel | |
| 02:29 | Detroit Mercy | James Tamez makes the 1st free throw | 49-71 |
| 02:29 | Detroit Mercy | James Tamez makes the 2nd free throw | 49-72 |
| 02:14 | Belmont | Bobby Johnson connects on the floater from close range | 51-72 |
| 01:50 | Detroit Mercy | Bobbie Johns clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 51-72 |
| 01:48 | Belmont | Matthew Guinn pulls down the rebound | 51-72 |
| 01:42 | Belmont | Bobby Johnson misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 51-72 |
| 01:41 | Belmont | David Redd grabs the offensive rebound | 51-72 |
| 01:36 | Belmont | Michael Nations knocks in the jumper from the left side and he's fouled by James Tamez - foul #2 on James Tamez, team foul #6 | 53-72 |
| Subs | Belmont | James Merideth (PG), John Sharp (C) Matthew Guinn, David Redd | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 01:36 | Belmont | Michael Nations makes the free throw | 54-72 |
| 01:12 | Detroit Mercy | Bobbie Johns banks in the layup on a nice dish by James Tamez | 54-74 |
| 01:05 | Belmont | The jumper by David Amaro is denied by James Tamez | 54-74 |
| 01:03 | Detroit Mercy | Bobbie Johns grabs the defensive rebound | 54-74 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:42 | Detroit Mercy | Michael Nations blocks the short jumper by James Tamez | 54-74 |
| 00:41 | Belmont | James Merideth gets the rebound | 54-74 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:34 | Belmont | David Amaro is hacked by Randy Cardoza - foul #4 on Randy Cardoza, team foul #7 | 54-74 |
| 00:34 | Belmont | David Amaro makes the 1st free throw | 55-74 |
| 00:34 | Belmont | David Amaro makes the 2nd free throw | 56-74 |
| 00:12 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Cardoza hits a turnaround in the lane on a nice dish by James Tamez | 56-76 |
| 00:06 | Belmont | John Sharp clanks a jump hook from close range but he's hacked by Dennis Bethea - foul #3 on Dennis Bethea, team foul #8 | 56-76 |
| 00:06 | Belmont | John Sharp makes the 1st free throw | 57-76 |
| 00:06 | Belmont | John Sharp makes the 2nd free throw | 58-76 |
| 00:00 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Bethea runs out the clock | 58-76 |