| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Jeffery Brannen (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - Timothy Mayes (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Orville Lange (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Chas Reimann (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. C - Felix Cole (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - Joel Myers (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Wayne Rice (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jeffrey Gwynn (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Sloan (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Andrew Scott (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Northwestern | Orville Lange inbounds the ball | 38-23 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 19:43 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 38-23 |
| 19:42 | BYU | The rebound goes to Andrew Scott | 38-23 |
| 19:19 | BYU | Orville Lange steps in front of the Jeffrey Gwynn pass | 38-23 |
| 19:15 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen lays it up and in set up by Orville Lange | 40-23 |
| 19:00 | BYU | Andrew Scott is whistled for traveling | 40-23 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Chuck Moore (SG), Steven Coulter (SF), Thomas Combs (C) Timothy Mayes, Orville Lange, Felix Cole | |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| 18:41 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs blows the layup | 40-23 |
| 18:39 | BYU | Andrew Scott pulls down the rebound | 40-23 |
| 18:35 | BYU | Joel Myers works out of a doubleteam and scores on a jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Jeffrey Gwynn | 40-25 |
| 18:15 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann is denied on a layup by Andrew Scott | 40-25 |
| 18:14 | BYU | The rebound goes to Thomas Sloan | 40-25 |
| 18:07 | BYU | Thomas Sloan's fadeaway is rejected by Thomas Combs | 40-25 |
| 18:05 | BYU | Jeffrey Gwynn hits the follow up shot | 40-27 |
| 17:44 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann connects on the jumper in the paint on a great pass from Jeffery Brannen | 42-27 |
| 17:32 | BYU | The short jumper by Jeffrey Gwynn is denied by Thomas Combs | 42-27 |
| 17:30 | BYU | Jeffrey Gwynn tips it but misses | 42-27 |
| 17:28 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Chuck Moore | 42-27 |
| 16:59 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann loses the dribble to Thomas Sloan | 42-27 |
| 16:37 | BYU | Jeffrey Gwynn clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 42-27 |
| 16:36 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs pulls down the rebound | 42-27 |
| 16:12 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann connects on the turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Chuck Moore | 44-27 |
| 16:05 | BYU | Andrew Scott clanks a fadeaway from the right side | 44-27 |
| 16:04 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Chas Reimann | 44-27 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Jeffery Brannen (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. SG - Chuck Moore (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Steven Coulter (fresh) PF - Chas Reimann (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. C - Thomas Combs (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - Joel Myers (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Wayne Rice (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jeffrey Gwynn (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Thomas Sloan (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Andrew Scott (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 15:41 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann can't connect on a floater from the right side | 44-27 |
| 15:40 | BYU | Andrew Scott snags the defensive board | 44-27 |
| 15:35 | BYU | Joel Myers hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 44-27 |
| 15:33 | Northwestern | Chuck Moore pulls down the rebound | 44-27 |
| 15:13 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen is called for traveling | 44-27 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes (PG), Darrell Estes (SG), Orville Lange (SF), Felix Cole (C) Jeffery Brannen, Chuck Moore, Chas Reimann, Thomas Combs | |
| Subs | BYU | Michael Luman (PG), Robert Henry (SG), Michael Gran (SF), Ruben Langworthy (PF), Gary Manzi (C) Joel Myers, Wayne Rice, Jeffrey Gwynn, Thomas Sloan, Andrew Scott | |
| 14:58 | BYU | Michael Gran is hacked by Orville Lange - foul #1 on Orville Lange, team foul #1 | 44-27 |
| 14:46 | BYU | Michael Gran misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 44-27 |
| 14:45 | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes pulls down the rebound | 44-27 |
| 14:22 | Northwestern | Felix Cole misses long on a turnaround near the basket | 44-27 |
| 14:20 | Northwestern | The offensive rebound goes to Orville Lange | 44-27 |
| 14:01 | Northwestern | Gary Manzi is called for the reach on Darrell Estes - foul #1 on Gary Manzi, team foul #1 | 44-27 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen (PG) Timothy Mayes | |
| Subs | BYU | Wayne Rice (SG) Michael Gran | |
| 13:37 | Northwestern | Orville Lange makes the jump hook near the basket set up by Darrell Estes | 46-27 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 13:24 | BYU | Gary Manzi misses badly on a driving attempt from the right block but he's hacked by Felix Cole - foul #2 on Felix Cole, team foul #2 | 46-27 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Chas Reimann (PF) Steven Coulter | |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| 13:24 | BYU | Gary Manzi misses the 1st free throw | 46-27 |
| 13:24 | BYU | Gary Manzi makes the 2nd free throw | 46-28 |
| 13:07 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann comes up short on the turnaround from the baseline | 46-28 |
| 13:05 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann tips it home | 48-28 |
| 12:56 | BYU | Gary Manzi clanks a 3 from the right corner | 48-28 |
| 12:55 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Chas Reimann | 48-28 |
| 12:35 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann is hacked by Michael Luman - foul #1 on Michael Luman, team foul #2 | 48-28 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes (PG), Steven Coulter (PF) Jeffery Brannen, Chas Reimann | |
| Subs | BYU | Joel Myers (PG), Jeffrey Gwynn (SF), Thomas Sloan (PF), Andrew Scott (C) Michael Luman, Ruben Langworthy, Robert Henry, Gary Manzi | |
| 12:09 | Northwestern | Steven Coulter hits the front of the rim on the runner from the baseline but he's fouled by Thomas Sloan - foul #2 on Thomas Sloan, team foul #3 | 48-28 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen (PG) Timothy Mayes | |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| 12:09 | Northwestern | Steven Coulter misses the 1st free throw | 48-28 |
| 12:09 | Northwestern | Steven Coulter makes the 2nd free throw | 49-28 |
| 12:01 | BYU | Thomas Sloan hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 49-28 |
| 11:59 | BYU | Thomas Sloan snags the offensive board | 49-28 |
| 11:47 | BYU | Joel Myers buries a fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Jeffrey Gwynn | 49-30 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Jeffery Brannen (fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. SG - Darrell Estes (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SF - Orville Lange (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Steven Coulter (fairly fresh) 1 pts. C - Felix Cole (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - Joel Myers (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Wayne Rice (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jeffrey Gwynn (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Thomas Sloan (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Andrew Scott (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 11:33 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes misses the easy layup | 49-30 |
| 11:32 | BYU | Andrew Scott grabs the defensive rebound | 49-30 |
| 11:27 | BYU | Wayne Rice is called for a moving pick - foul #3 on Wayne Rice, team foul #4 | 49-30 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Chas Reimann (PF) Steven Coulter | |
| Subs | BYU | Robert Henry (SG) Wayne Rice | |
| 11:08 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann misses badly on a floater from the baseline but he's hacked by Jeffrey Gwynn - foul #1 on Jeffrey Gwynn, team foul #5 | 49-30 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes (PG) Jeffery Brannen | |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| 11:08 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann makes the 1st free throw | 50-30 |
| 11:08 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann makes the 2nd free throw | 51-30 |
| 10:49 | BYU | Jeffrey Gwynn misses badly on a jumper from the left side | 51-30 |
| 10:48 | BYU | Andrew Scott can't tip it in | 51-30 |
| 10:47 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes pulls down the rebound | 51-30 |
| 10:43 | Northwestern | Orville Lange hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Timothy Mayes | 53-30 |
| 10:38 | BYU | Jeffrey Gwynn hits a driving attempt from the right block on a great pass from Joel Myers out of a doubleteam | 53-32 |
| 10:15 | Northwestern | Felix Cole comes up short on the floater from the right side | 53-32 |
| 10:13 | BYU | Andrew Scott grabs the board | 53-32 |
| 10:09 | BYU | Joel Myers loses the dribble to Orville Lange | 53-32 |
| 10:06 | Northwestern | Orville Lange hits the finger roll | 55-32 |
| 09:46 | BYU | Thomas Sloan banks in the layup | 55-34 |
| 09:21 | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes is hacked by Jeffrey Gwynn - foul #2 on Jeffrey Gwynn, team foul #6 | 55-34 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen (PG), Steven Coulter (PF), Thomas Combs (C) Timothy Mayes, Chas Reimann, Felix Cole | |
| Subs | BYU | Michael Luman (PG), Wayne Rice (SG), Ruben Langworthy (SF), Gary Manzi (C) Joel Myers, Jeffrey Gwynn, Thomas Sloan, Andrew Scott | |
| 09:03 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes knocks in the shot from the right wing | 57-34 |
| 08:54 | BYU | Robert Henry can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 57-34 |
| 08:52 | BYU | Wayne Rice grabs the offensive board | 57-34 |
| 08:47 | BYU | Ruben Langworthy loses the ball out of bounds | 57-34 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Felix Cole (PF) Orville Lange | |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| 08:32 | Northwestern | Felix Cole lays it up and in on a nice dish by Jeffery Brannen and he's hacked by Michael Luman - foul #2 on Michael Luman, team foul #7 | 59-34 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Orville Lange (SF) Steven Coulter | |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| 08:32 | Northwestern | Felix Cole misses the free throw | 59-34 |
| 08:32 | BYU | Robert Henry grabs the defensive rebound | 59-34 |
| 08:24 | BYU | Robert Henry travels with the ball | 59-34 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | BYU | Michael Gran (SF) Robert Henry | |
| 07:55 | Northwestern | Felix Cole knocks in the shot in the lane set up by Jeffery Brannen | 61-34 |
| 07:38 | BYU | Michael Luman can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 61-34 |
| 07:37 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Thomas Combs | 61-34 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Jeffery Brannen (fresh) 8 pts. 8 ast. SG - Darrell Estes (tiring) 5 pts. 3 pf. SF - Orville Lange (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Felix Cole (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Thomas Combs (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - Michael Luman (fresh) SG - Wayne Rice (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SF - Michael Gran (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Ruben Langworthy (fresh) C - Gary Manzi (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 07:08 | Northwestern | Ruben Langworthy takes the ball from Felix Cole | 61-34 |
| 06:52 | BYU | Wayne Rice makes the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Gary Manzi | 61-37 |
| 06:39 | Northwestern | Orville Lange can't connect on a jump hook near the basket | 61-37 |
| 06:38 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs snags the offensive board | 61-37 |
| 06:21 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes hits a fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Jeffery Brannen | 63-37 |
| 06:11 | BYU | Darrell Estes picks off the pass by Michael Luman | 63-37 |
| 05:55 | Northwestern | Michael Luman picks off the pass by Thomas Combs | 63-37 |
| 05:42 | BYU | Wayne Rice shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the floater from the right wing | 63-37 |
| 05:41 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen pulls down the rebound | 63-37 |
| 05:23 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Orville Lange | 65-37 |
| 04:57 | BYU | Wayne Rice makes the floater from the right side | 65-39 |
| 04:33 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes drills a jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Jeffery Brannen | 67-39 |
| 04:15 | BYU | Felix Cole steals it from Wayne Rice | 67-39 |
| 03:46 | Northwestern | Felix Cole misses short on a runner in the paint | 67-39 |
| 03:45 | Northwestern | Felix Cole tips it but misses | 67-39 |
| 03:43 | BYU | The rebound goes to Gary Manzi | 67-39 |
| 03:38 | BYU | Michael Luman hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 67-39 |
| 03:36 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes grabs the board | 67-39 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Jeffery Brannen (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 10 ast. SG - Darrell Estes (tiring) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. SF - Orville Lange (tiring) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Felix Cole (tiring) 8 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Thomas Combs (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - Michael Luman (fairly fresh) SG - Wayne Rice (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. SF - Michael Gran (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Ruben Langworthy (fairly fresh) C - Gary Manzi (fairly fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:14 | Northwestern | Gary Manzi takes the ball from Darrell Estes | 67-39 |
| 02:59 | BYU | Wayne Rice makes the contested floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Michael Luman | 67-41 |
| 02:33 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Michael Luman - foul #3 on Michael Luman, team foul #8 | 67-41 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Timothy Mayes (PG), Chuck Moore (SG), Steven Coulter (SF), Chas Reimann (PF) Jeffery Brannen, Darrell Estes, Orville Lange, Felix Cole | |
| Subs | BYU | Carl Nolette (PG), Silas Cleveland (SG), Robert Henry (SF) Michael Luman, Wayne Rice, Michael Gran | |
| 02:33 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs misses the 1st free throw | 67-41 |
| 02:33 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs misses the 2nd free throw | 67-41 |
| 02:33 | BYU | Ruben Langworthy gets the rebound | 67-41 |
| 02:18 | BYU | The jump hook by Carl Nolette is blocked by Thomas Combs | 67-41 |
| 02:17 | Northwestern | Thomas Combs snags the defensive board | 67-41 |
| 01:58 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann is whistled for a carry | 67-41 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen (PG), Darrell Estes (SG), Orville Lange (SF), Felix Cole (C) Timothy Mayes, Chuck Moore, Steven Coulter, Thomas Combs | |
| Subs | BYU | Michael Luman (PG), Michael Gran (SF) Carl Nolette, Silas Cleveland | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 01:49 | BYU | Robert Henry drills a 3 from the right wing | 67-44 |
| 01:31 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right block | 67-44 |
| 01:30 | BYU | Michael Luman snags the defensive board | 67-44 |
| 01:25 | BYU | Gary Manzi lays it in on a great pass from Michael Luman | 67-46 |
| 01:19 | Northwestern | Chas Reimann connects on the driving attempt near the basket on a nice dish by Jeffery Brannen | 69-46 |
| 01:11 | BYU | Michael Luman knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Robert Henry | 69-49 |
| 00:45 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes is hacked by Gary Manzi - foul #2 on Gary Manzi, team foul #9 | 69-49 |
| 00:45 | Northwestern | Darrell Estes misses the 1st free throw | 69-49 |
| 00:45 | BYU | The rebound goes to Ruben Langworthy | 69-49 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:38 | BYU | Gary Manzi loses the ball out of bounds | 69-49 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:11 | Northwestern | Orville Lange makes the jumper from the left side set up by Darrell Estes | 71-49 |
| 00:06 | BYU | Robert Henry hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 71-49 |
| 00:05 | BYU | Gary Manzi tips it but misses | 71-49 |
| 00:03 | Northwestern | Orville Lange grabs the board | 71-49 |
| 00:00 | Northwestern | Jeffery Brannen runs out the clock | 71-49 |