| Lineup | Illinois State | PG - Tommie Delucia (fresh) SG - Augustus Bienkowski (fresh) SF - Dan Gavinski (fresh) PF - Jeff Renn (fresh) C - Kyle Lawless (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Bradley | PG - James Walborn (fresh) SG - Dana Anderson (fresh) SF - Lawrence Carroll (fresh) PF - Kirk Foster (fresh) C - Matthew Lemieux (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Bradley | Matthew Lemieux wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Illinois State | Illinois State is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Bradley | Bradley is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:41 | Bradley | Lawrence Carroll makes the wide open 3 pointer from the left corner | 0-3 |
| 19:24 | Illinois State | Kyle Lawless hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left block but he's fouled by Matthew Lemieux - foul #1 on Matthew Lemieux, team foul #1 | 0-3 |
| 19:24 | Illinois State | Kyle Lawless misses the 1st free throw | 0-3 |
| 19:24 | Illinois State | Kyle Lawless makes the 2nd free throw | 1-3 |
| 19:02 | Bradley | James Walborn misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 1-3 |
| 19:01 | Illinois State | The rebound goes to Dan Gavinski | 1-3 |
| 18:38 | Illinois State | Augustus Bienkowski misses short on a floater from the right wing but he's hacked by Lawrence Carroll - foul #1 on Lawrence Carroll, team foul #2 | 1-3 |
| 18:38 | Illinois State | Augustus Bienkowski misses the 1st free throw | 1-3 |
| 18:38 | Illinois State | Augustus Bienkowski makes the 2nd free throw | 2-3 |
| 18:23 | Bradley | Jeff Renn picks off the pass by Lawrence Carroll | 2-3 |
| 18:09 | Illinois State | Tommie Delucia's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 2-3 |
| 18:02 | Bradley | Dana Anderson drills a driving attempt from the left block | 2-5 |
| 17:51 | Illinois State | Kyle Lawless makes the 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Tommie Delucia | 5-5 |
| 17:49 | Bradley | James Walborn is hacked by Kyle Lawless in the backcourt - foul #1 on Kyle Lawless, team foul #1 | 5-5 |
| Subs | Illinois State | | |
| Subs | Bradley | Daniel Thompson (SG), Aleksandar Pellowski (SF), Billy Johnson (PF) Dana Anderson, Lawrence Carroll, Kirk Foster | |
| 17:34 | Bradley | James Walborn misses the 3 from the left corner | 5-5 |
| 17:33 | Illinois State | The rebound goes to Jeff Renn | 5-5 |
| 17:31 | Illinois State | Tommie Delucia double dribbles in the backcourt | 5-5 |
| Subs | Illinois State | James Varley (SG), Michael Atkison (C) Augustus Bienkowski, Kyle Lawless | |
| Subs | Bradley | Aaron Festa (SG) James Walborn | |
| 17:20 | Bradley | Aaron Festa throws a bad pass out of bounds | 5-5 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Dexter Sellers (SG), Neil Adkins (C) Tommie Delucia, Jeff Renn | |
| Subs | Bradley | | |
| 17:02 | Illinois State | Michael Atkison comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 5-5 |
| 17:00 | Bradley | Aleksandar Pellowski snags the defensive board | 5-5 |
| 16:46 | Bradley | Matthew Lemieux hits a floater from the right side on a great pass from Aaron Festa | 5-7 |
| 16:29 | Illinois State | The jump hook by Neil Adkins is blocked by Aleksandar Pellowski | 5-7 |
| 16:28 | Bradley | The rebound goes to Matthew Lemieux | 5-7 |
| 16:12 | Bradley | Matthew Lemieux misses short on a floater in the lane but he's hacked by Michael Atkison - foul #1 on Michael Atkison, team foul #2 | 5-7 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Tommie Delucia (PG), Augustus Bienkowski (SG), Jeff Renn (PF), Kyle Lawless (C) James Varley, Dan Gavinski, Michael Atkison, Neil Adkins | |
| Subs | Bradley | James Walborn (PG), Dana Anderson (SG), Lawrence Carroll (SF), Kirk Foster (PF) Daniel Thompson, Aaron Festa, Aleksandar Pellowski, Billy Johnson | |
| 16:12 | Bradley | Matthew Lemieux makes the 1st free throw | 5-8 |
| 16:12 | Bradley | Matthew Lemieux misses the 2nd free throw | 5-8 |
| 16:12 | Illinois State | Kyle Lawless grabs the board | 5-8 |
| 15:46 | Illinois State | Jeff Renn makes the shot from the baseline set up by Augustus Bienkowski | 7-8 |
| Lineup | Illinois State | PG - Tommie Delucia (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Augustus Bienkowski (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Dexter Sellers (fairly fresh) PF - Jeff Renn (fresh) 2 pts. C - Kyle Lawless (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Bradley | PG - James Walborn (fresh) SG - Dana Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Lawrence Carroll (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Kirk Foster (fresh) C - Matthew Lemieux (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:36 | Bradley | Lawrence Carroll connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 7-11 |
| 15:12 | Illinois State | Kyle Lawless is called for traveling | 7-11 |
| Subs | Illinois State | James Varley (SG), James Cusack (SF), John Stahl (C) Augustus Bienkowski, Dexter Sellers, Kyle Lawless | |
| Subs | Bradley | Aleksandar Pellowski (SF) Lawrence Carroll | |
| 15:05 | Bradley | Aleksandar Pellowski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 7-11 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Neil Adkins (PF) Jeff Renn | |
| Subs | Bradley | Daniel Thompson (PG) James Walborn | |
| 14:49 | Illinois State | John Stahl misses the runner in the lane | 7-11 |
| 14:48 | Bradley | Dana Anderson grabs the board | 7-11 |
| 14:29 | Bradley | Matthew Lemieux can't finish the layup but the foul's on James Cusack - foul #1 on James Cusack, team foul #3 | 7-11 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Dan Gavinski (SF), Michael Atkison (PF) Tommie Delucia, Neil Adkins | |
| Subs | Bradley | Aaron Festa (SG), Billy Johnson (PF) Dana Anderson, Kirk Foster | |
| 14:29 | Bradley | Matthew Lemieux makes the 1st free throw | 7-12 |
| 14:29 | Bradley | Matthew Lemieux makes the 2nd free throw | 7-13 |
| 14:01 | Illinois State | Dan Gavinski misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 7-13 |
| 14:00 | Bradley | Billy Johnson pulls down the rebound | 7-13 |
| 13:46 | Bradley | Matthew Lemieux scores on a driving attempt from close range | 7-15 |
| 13:19 | Illinois State | John Stahl clanks a turnaround in the paint | 7-15 |
| 13:18 | Illinois State | Michael Atkison tips it home | 9-15 |
| 13:08 | Bradley | Matthew Lemieux's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 9-15 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Tommie Delucia (PG), Augustus Bienkowski (SG), Dexter Sellers (SF), Jeff Renn (PF), Kyle Lawless (C) James Varley, James Cusack, Dan Gavinski, Michael Atkison, John Stahl | |
| Subs | Bradley | James Walborn (PG), Lawrence Carroll (SF), Kirk Foster (PF) Daniel Thompson, Aleksandar Pellowski, Billy Johnson | |
| 12:50 | Illinois State | Augustus Bienkowski scores on a shot from the baseline on a great pass from Tommie Delucia and the foul's on Lawrence Carroll - foul #2 on Lawrence Carroll, team foul #3 | 11-15 |
| Subs | Illinois State | | |
| Subs | Bradley | Dana Anderson (SG), Billy Johnson (PF) Aaron Festa, Lawrence Carroll | |
| 12:50 | Illinois State | Augustus Bienkowski makes the free throw | 12-15 |
| 12:30 | Bradley | Dana Anderson travels with the ball | 12-15 |
| 12:11 | Illinois State | Augustus Bienkowski makes the pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Tommie Delucia | 14-15 |
| 12:09 | Bradley | Tommie Delucia takes the ball from Dana Anderson in the backcourt | 14-15 |
| 11:53 | Illinois State | Jeff Renn comes up short on the floater from the right wing | 14-15 |
| 11:52 | Illinois State | Jeff Renn grabs the offensive board | 14-15 |
| 11:36 | Illinois State | Augustus Bienkowski clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 14-15 |
| 11:35 | Illinois State | Jeff Renn snags the offensive board | 14-15 |
| Lineup | Illinois State | PG - Tommie Delucia (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Augustus Bienkowski (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Dexter Sellers (fairly fresh) PF - Jeff Renn (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Kyle Lawless (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Bradley | PG - James Walborn (fresh) SG - Dana Anderson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kirk Foster (fairly fresh) PF - Billy Johnson (fairly fresh) C - Matthew Lemieux (tiring) 7 pts. | |
| 11:26 | Illinois State | Matthew Lemieux is called for the reach on Kyle Lawless - foul #2 on Matthew Lemieux, team foul #4 | 14-15 |
| Subs | Illinois State | James Varley (PG), Dan Gavinski (SF), Michael Atkison (PF), Neil Adkins (C) Tommie Delucia, Dexter Sellers, Jeff Renn, Kyle Lawless | |
| Subs | Bradley | Aaron Festa (SG), Aleksandar Pellowski (SF) Dana Anderson, Matthew Lemieux | |
| 11:09 | Illinois State | James Varley is hacked by James Walborn - foul #1 on James Walborn, team foul #5 | 14-15 |
| 10:56 | Illinois State | Michael Atkison misses the easy layup | 14-15 |
| 10:55 | Bradley | Aleksandar Pellowski grabs the board | 14-15 |
| 10:48 | Bradley | James Walborn knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner | 14-18 |
| 10:26 | Illinois State | Augustus Bienkowski can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 14-18 |
| 10:25 | Bradley | Kirk Foster gets the rebound | 14-18 |
| 10:22 | Bradley | Aleksandar Pellowski throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 14-18 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Tommie Delucia (PG), James Cusack (SG), John Stahl (C) James Varley, Augustus Bienkowski, Michael Atkison | |
| Subs | Bradley | Daniel Thompson (PG) James Walborn | |
| 10:05 | Illinois State | Neil Adkins drills a runner from the left block | 16-18 |
| 10:03 | Bradley | John Stahl is called for the reach on Billy Johnson in the backcourt - foul #1 on John Stahl, team foul #4 | 16-18 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Jeff Renn (PF) Neil Adkins | |
| Subs | Bradley | Dana Anderson (SG) Aaron Festa | |
| 09:39 | Bradley | Billy Johnson clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line | 16-18 |
| 09:37 | Bradley | The offensive rebound goes to Kirk Foster | 16-18 |
| 09:27 | Bradley | The jumper by Aleksandar Pellowski is denied by Tommie Delucia | 16-18 |
| 09:25 | Bradley | Aleksandar Pellowski tips it but misses | 16-18 |
| 09:24 | Illinois State | The rebound goes to Jeff Renn | 16-18 |
| 09:09 | Illinois State | John Stahl makes the fadeaway in the lane and he's hacked by Daniel Thompson - foul #1 on Daniel Thompson, team foul #6 | 18-18 |
| Subs | Illinois State | James Varley (PG), Dexter Sellers (SG), Kyle Lawless (C) Tommie Delucia, James Cusack, Jeff Renn | |
| Subs | Bradley | Aaron Festa (SG) Dana Anderson | |
| 09:09 | Illinois State | John Stahl misses the free throw | 18-18 |
| 09:09 | Bradley | Kirk Foster snags the defensive board | 18-18 |
| 09:04 | Bradley | Daniel Thompson throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 18-18 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Michael Atkison (SF), Jeff Renn (PF) Dan Gavinski, John Stahl | |
| Subs | Bradley | | |
| 08:45 | Illinois State | Dexter Sellers misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 18-18 |
| 08:44 | Bradley | Aleksandar Pellowski grabs the board | 18-18 |
| 08:28 | Bradley | Aleksandar Pellowski misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 18-18 |
| 08:26 | Illinois State | Kyle Lawless grabs the board | 18-18 |
| 08:11 | Illinois State | Jeff Renn's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 18-18 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Dan Gavinski (SF), Neil Adkins (PF) Michael Atkison, Jeff Renn | |
| Subs | Bradley | James Walborn (PG), Dana Anderson (SG) Daniel Thompson, Aaron Festa | |
| 08:03 | Bradley | James Walborn hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Dexter Sellers - foul #1 on Dexter Sellers, team foul #5 | 18-18 |
| 08:03 | Bradley | James Walborn misses the 1st free throw | 18-18 |
| 08:03 | Bradley | James Walborn misses the 2nd free throw | 18-18 |
| 08:03 | Illinois State | Neil Adkins gets the rebound | 18-18 |
| 07:42 | Illinois State | Neil Adkins hits the front of the rim on the floater in the paint but the foul's on James Walborn - foul #2 on James Walborn, team foul #7 | 18-18 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Tommie Delucia (PG), Augustus Bienkowski (SG), James Cusack (SF) James Varley, Dexter Sellers, Dan Gavinski | |
| Subs | Bradley | Daniel Thompson (PG) James Walborn | |
| 07:42 | Illinois State | Neil Adkins misses the 1st free throw | 18-18 |
| 07:42 | Illinois State | Neil Adkins makes the 2nd free throw | 19-18 |
| 07:29 | Bradley | Daniel Thompson's fadeaway is rejected by Neil Adkins | 19-18 |
| 07:27 | Bradley | Daniel Thompson gets the offensive rebound | 19-18 |
| Lineup | Illinois State | PG - Tommie Delucia (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Augustus Bienkowski (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Cusack (fresh) PF - Neil Adkins (fresh) 3 pts. C - Kyle Lawless (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Bradley | PG - Daniel Thompson (fairly fresh) SG - Dana Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Aleksandar Pellowski (tiring) 4 reb. PF - Kirk Foster (tired) 3 reb. C - Billy Johnson (tired) | |
| 07:11 | Bradley | Daniel Thompson misses long on an open 3pt jumper from the right wing | 19-18 |
| 07:10 | Bradley | Billy Johnson gets the offensive rebound | 19-18 |
| 07:03 | Bradley | Dana Anderson comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 19-18 |
| 07:02 | Illinois State | The rebound goes to Neil Adkins | 19-18 |
| 06:50 | Illinois State | Kyle Lawless comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 19-18 |
| 06:49 | Illinois State | Neil Adkins grabs the offensive rebound | 19-18 |
| 06:41 | Illinois State | Augustus Bienkowski hits a floater from the left block set up by Tommie Delucia | 21-18 |
| 06:19 | Bradley | Billy Johnson is whistled for a carry | 21-18 |
| Subs | Illinois State | James Varley (PG), Dexter Sellers (SG), Michael Atkison (SF), Jeff Renn (PF), John Stahl (C) Tommie Delucia, Augustus Bienkowski, James Cusack, Neil Adkins, Kyle Lawless | |
| Subs | Bradley | Aaron Festa (SG) Dana Anderson | |
| 06:02 | Illinois State | Michael Atkison is hacked by Aleksandar Pellowski - foul #1 on Aleksandar Pellowski, team foul #8 | 21-18 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Dan Gavinski (SF) John Stahl | |
| Subs | Bradley | | |
| 06:02 | Illinois State | Michael Atkison misses the 1st free throw | 21-18 |
| 06:02 | Illinois State | Jeff Renn grabs the offensive board | 21-18 |
| 05:46 | Illinois State | James Varley can't connect on a jumper from the left side | 21-18 |
| 05:45 | Illinois State | Dan Gavinski grabs the offensive board | 21-18 |
| 05:23 | Illinois State | Michael Atkison comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 21-18 |
| 05:21 | Illinois State | Michael Atkison grabs the offensive rebound | 21-18 |
| 05:14 | Illinois State | Jeff Renn loses the dribble to Aleksandar Pellowski | 21-18 |
| 04:49 | Bradley | Dan Gavinski steps in front of the Aaron Festa pass | 21-18 |
| 04:46 | Illinois State | Dan Gavinski lays it up and in | 23-18 |
| 04:46 | Bradley | Bradley calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 23-18 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Tommie Delucia (PG) Dexter Sellers | |
| Subs | Bradley | Dana Anderson (SG) Aaron Festa | |
| 04:36 | Bradley | Dan Gavinski denies the turnaround by Billy Johnson | 23-18 |
| 04:35 | Illinois State | Jeff Renn snags the defensive board | 23-18 |
| 04:10 | Illinois State | Michael Atkison's fadeaway is rejected by Kirk Foster | 23-18 |
| 04:09 | Illinois State | Dan Gavinski grabs the offensive rebound | 23-18 |
| 04:04 | Illinois State | James Varley connects on the shot from the left side on a great pass from Michael Atkison | 25-18 |
| 03:44 | Bradley | Dana Anderson hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 25-21 |
| 03:32 | Illinois State | Michael Atkison throws it down set up by Tommie Delucia and he's fouled by Billy Johnson - foul #1 on Billy Johnson, team foul #9 | 27-21 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Augustus Bienkowski (SG), Dexter Sellers (SF), Neil Adkins (C) James Varley, Dan Gavinski, Jeff Renn | |
| Subs | Bradley | James Walborn (PG), Lawrence Carroll (SF), Matthew Lemieux (C) Daniel Thompson, Aleksandar Pellowski, Billy Johnson | |
| 03:32 | Illinois State | Michael Atkison makes the free throw | 28-21 |
| Lineup | Illinois State | PG - Tommie Delucia (fresh) 5 ast. SG - Augustus Bienkowski (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Dexter Sellers (fresh) PF - Michael Atkison (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Neil Adkins (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Bradley | PG - James Walborn (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Dana Anderson (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Lawrence Carroll (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Kirk Foster (tired) 3 reb. C - Matthew Lemieux (fresh) 7 pts. | |
| 03:12 | Bradley | Matthew Lemieux hits a turnaround in the paint on a nice dish by James Walborn | 28-23 |
| 03:05 | Illinois State | Neil Adkins is whistled for traveling | 28-23 |
| Subs | Illinois State | James Cusack (SF), Kyle Lawless (C) Tommie Delucia, Michael Atkison | |
| Subs | Bradley | Aaron Festa (SG) Dana Anderson | |
| 02:47 | Bradley | Kirk Foster hits the easy wide open finger roll set up by Matthew Lemieux | 28-25 |
| 02:34 | Illinois State | Matthew Lemieux swats the dunk try by Augustus Bienkowski | 28-25 |
| 02:32 | Bradley | Lawrence Carroll snags the defensive board | 28-25 |
| 02:25 | Bradley | James Walborn is fouled on the floor by Neil Adkins - foul #1 on Neil Adkins, team foul #6 | 28-25 |
| Subs | Illinois State | James Varley (PG), Dan Gavinski (SF) Dexter Sellers, James Cusack | |
| Subs | Bradley | | |
| 02:15 | Bradley | James Walborn can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 28-25 |
| 02:13 | Illinois State | The rebound goes to Kyle Lawless | 28-25 |
| 02:09 | Illinois State | James Varley blows the layup | 28-25 |
| 02:07 | Illinois State | James Varley misses the tip | 28-25 |
| 02:05 | Bradley | Matthew Lemieux gets the rebound | 28-25 |
| 02:00 | Bradley | James Walborn buries a jumper from the left wing and the foul's on James Varley - foul #1 on James Varley, team foul #7 | 28-27 |
| Subs | Illinois State | James Cusack (SG), Jeff Renn (PF), John Stahl (C) Augustus Bienkowski, Neil Adkins, Kyle Lawless | |
| Subs | Bradley | Dana Anderson (SG) Aaron Festa | |
| 02:00 | Bradley | James Walborn makes the free throw | 28-28 |
| 01:45 | Illinois State | James Cusack can't connect on a shot from the left wing | 28-28 |
| 01:43 | Bradley | Matthew Lemieux pulls down the rebound | 28-28 |
| 01:29 | Bradley | James Walborn is whistled for a carry | 28-28 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Tommie Delucia (PG) James Cusack | |
| Subs | Bradley | Billy Johnson (PF) Kirk Foster | |
| 01:04 | Illinois State | Dan Gavinski misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 28-28 |
| 01:03 | Bradley | Lawrence Carroll grabs the board | 28-28 |
| 00:56 | Bradley | Dana Anderson throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 28-28 |
| Subs | Illinois State | Dexter Sellers (SG), James Cusack (SF), Kyle Lawless (C) James Varley, Dan Gavinski, Jeff Renn | |
| Subs | Bradley | Aaron Festa (SG) Dana Anderson | |
| 00:47 | Illinois State | Kyle Lawless clanks a 3 from straight away | 28-28 |
| 00:45 | Illinois State | John Stahl tips it home | 30-28 |
| 00:27 | Bradley | Kyle Lawless blocks the short jumper by Matthew Lemieux | 30-28 |
| 00:26 | Bradley | Matthew Lemieux misses the tip | 30-28 |
| 00:25 | Bradley | Billy Johnson tips it back up and in | 30-30 |
| 00:02 | Illinois State | Tommie Delucia clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 30-30 |
| 00:00 | Illinois State | James Cusack pulls down the offensive rebound | 30-30 |