| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - William Corson (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Woodard (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lucien Costa (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Andrew Costello (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Zlatko Huminski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Gabriel Romano (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dennis Silberberg (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. SF - Reginald Reavis (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Paul Bennett (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Lenz (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Penn State | Reginald Reavis inbounds the ball | 34-28 |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 19:36 | Penn State | Robert Lenz banks in the layup | 34-30 |
| 19:19 | Notre Dame | Robert Lenz steals it from William Corson out of a doubleteam | 34-30 |
| 18:55 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano is hacked by Andrew Costello - foul #1 on Andrew Costello, team foul #1 | 34-30 |
| 18:36 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano's pass is intercepted by Zlatko Huminski | 34-30 |
| 18:32 | Notre Dame | William Corson is fouled in the backcourt by Gabriel Romano - foul #2 on Gabriel Romano, team foul #1 | 34-30 |
| 18:11 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski is whistled for traveling | 34-30 |
| 17:42 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 34-30 |
| 17:40 | Notre Dame | Lucien Costa grabs the defensive rebound | 34-30 |
| 17:30 | Notre Dame | Robert Lenz steals it from David Woodard | 34-30 |
| 17:18 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano makes the 3 from the left wing | 34-33 |
| 17:04 | Notre Dame | William Corson works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from close range but he's fouled by Robert Lenz - foul #3 on Robert Lenz, team foul #2 | 34-33 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Antonio Rodriguez (SG), Ivan Zuehlsdorff (SF), Louis Jackson (PF) David Woodard, Lucien Costa, Andrew Costello | |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| 17:04 | Notre Dame | William Corson misses the 1st free throw | 34-33 |
| 17:04 | Notre Dame | William Corson misses the 2nd free throw | 34-33 |
| 17:04 | Penn State | Robert Lenz grabs the defensive rebound | 34-33 |
| 16:39 | Penn State | Reginald Reavis misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 34-33 |
| 16:37 | Penn State | Paul Bennett hits the follow up shot | 34-35 |
| 16:12 | Notre Dame | William Corson is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway from close range but he's fouled by Reginald Reavis - foul #2 on Reginald Reavis, team foul #3 | 34-35 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Javier Torres (C) Zlatko Huminski | |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| 16:12 | Notre Dame | William Corson makes the 1st free throw | 35-35 |
| 16:12 | Notre Dame | William Corson makes the 2nd free throw | 36-35 |
| 15:53 | Penn State | Louis Jackson steals it from Robert Lenz | 36-35 |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - William Corson (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. SG - Antonio Rodriguez (fresh) SF - Ivan Zuehlsdorff (fresh) PF - Louis Jackson (fresh) C - Javier Torres (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Gabriel Romano (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dennis Silberberg (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. SF - Reginald Reavis (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Paul Bennett (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Lenz (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| 15:40 | Notre Dame | William Corson travels with the ball | 36-35 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | David Woodard (SG), Andrew Costello (PF) Antonio Rodriguez, Javier Torres | |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| 15:26 | Penn State | Robert Lenz misses long on a shot from just outside the lane | 36-35 |
| 15:25 | Notre Dame | Ivan Zuehlsdorff grabs the defensive rebound | 36-35 |
| 15:04 | Notre Dame | William Corson is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a floater from the right side but he's fouled by Gabriel Romano - foul #3 on Gabriel Romano, team foul #4 | 36-35 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Lucien Costa (SF), Zlatko Huminski (C) Ivan Zuehlsdorff, Louis Jackson | |
| Subs | Penn State | Daniel Pittman (SG) Dennis Silberberg | |
| 15:04 | Notre Dame | William Corson misses the 1st free throw | 36-35 |
| 15:04 | Notre Dame | William Corson makes the 2nd free throw | 37-35 |
| 14:41 | Penn State | Reginald Reavis knocks in the floater in the paint set up by Daniel Pittman | 37-37 |
| 14:28 | Notre Dame | William Corson misses badly on a shot from the right wing | 37-37 |
| 14:27 | Notre Dame | David Woodard hits the follow up shot | 39-37 |
| 14:14 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 39-37 |
| 14:12 | Penn State | Paul Bennett tips it but misses | 39-37 |
| 14:10 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Zlatko Huminski | 39-37 |
| 14:05 | Notre Dame | William Corson splits the doubleteam but misses short on a fadeaway from the left wing | 39-37 |
| 14:04 | Penn State | Reginald Reavis snags the defensive board | 39-37 |
| 13:45 | Penn State | Reginald Reavis misses the easy layup | 39-37 |
| 13:43 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski grabs the board | 39-37 |
| 13:29 | Notre Dame | Robert Lenz is called for the reach on Lucien Costa - foul #4 on Robert Lenz, team foul #5 | 39-37 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ivan Zuehlsdorff (SG), Louis Jackson (PF) David Woodard, Andrew Costello | |
| Subs | Penn State | Dennis Silberberg (SG), Scott Hutchinson (PF), Young Fang (C) Daniel Pittman, Paul Bennett, Robert Lenz | |
| 13:11 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski connects on the shot from the right wing on a great pass from William Corson out of a doubleteam | 41-37 |
| 12:42 | Penn State | Scott Hutchinson double dribbles | 41-37 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Antonio Rodriguez (SG), Javier Torres (C) Lucien Costa, Zlatko Huminski | |
| Subs | Penn State | Daniel Pittman (PG), Claude Jones (SF) Gabriel Romano, Reginald Reavis | |
| 12:19 | Notre Dame | Javier Torres misses long on a shot in the lane but he's hacked by Scott Hutchinson - foul #1 on Scott Hutchinson, team foul #6 | 41-37 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Andrew Costello (PG), David Woodard (SG) William Corson, Antonio Rodriguez | |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| 12:19 | Notre Dame | Javier Torres misses the 1st free throw | 41-37 |
| 12:19 | Notre Dame | Javier Torres makes the 2nd free throw | 42-37 |
| 11:59 | Penn State | Young Fang blows the dunk but the foul's on Louis Jackson - foul #1 on Louis Jackson, team foul #2 | 42-37 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | William Corson (PG) Javier Torres | |
| Subs | Penn State | Albert Baber (SG), Paul Bennett (PF) Dennis Silberberg, Scott Hutchinson | |
| 11:59 | Penn State | Young Fang makes the 1st free throw | 42-38 |
| 11:59 | Penn State | Young Fang makes the 2nd free throw | 42-39 |
| 11:42 | Notre Dame | Albert Baber steals it from David Woodard | 42-39 |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - William Corson (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Woodard (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ivan Zuehlsdorff (fresh) PF - Andrew Costello (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Louis Jackson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Daniel Pittman (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Albert Baber (fresh) SF - Claude Jones (fresh) PF - Paul Bennett (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Young Fang (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:20 | Penn State | Paul Bennett misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 42-39 |
| 11:19 | Notre Dame | Louis Jackson snags the defensive board | 42-39 |
| 10:51 | Notre Dame | Paul Bennett picks off the pass by William Corson | 42-39 |
| 10:25 | Penn State | Paul Bennett is hacked by Andrew Costello - foul #2 on Andrew Costello, team foul #3 | 42-39 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Lucien Costa (SF), Javier Torres (PF), Zlatko Huminski (C) Ivan Zuehlsdorff, Andrew Costello, Louis Jackson | |
| Subs | Penn State | Gabriel Romano (PG), Dennis Silberberg (SG), Reginald Reavis (SF), Scott Hutchinson (PF), Robert Lenz (C) Daniel Pittman, Albert Baber, Claude Jones, Paul Bennett, Young Fang | |
| 10:03 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano connects on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Scott Hutchinson | 42-41 |
| 09:43 | Notre Dame | William Corson clanks a jumper from the right wing | 42-41 |
| 09:41 | Notre Dame | Javier Torres tips it home | 44-41 |
| 09:12 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano misses the jumper in the paint but he's fouled by William Corson - foul #1 on William Corson, team foul #4 | 44-41 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Andrew Costello (PG), Ivan Zuehlsdorff (SG), Louis Jackson (PF) William Corson, David Woodard, Javier Torres | |
| Subs | Penn State | Paul Bennett (PF) Scott Hutchinson | |
| 09:12 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano misses the 1st free throw | 44-41 |
| 09:12 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano makes the 2nd free throw | 44-42 |
| 08:52 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski misses badly on a jump hook from the baseline but the foul's on Robert Lenz - foul #5 on Robert Lenz, team foul #7 | 44-42 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| Subs | Penn State | Daniel Pittman (SG), Young Fang (C) Dennis Silberberg, Robert Lenz | |
| 08:52 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski makes the 1st free throw | 45-42 |
| 08:52 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski makes the 2nd free throw | 46-42 |
| 08:28 | Penn State | Paul Bennett misses short on a floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Louis Jackson - foul #2 on Louis Jackson, team foul #5 | 46-42 |
| 08:28 | Penn State | Paul Bennett makes the 1st free throw | 46-43 |
| 08:28 | Penn State | Paul Bennett makes the 2nd free throw | 46-44 |
| 08:21 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski misses badly on a fadeaway from close range | 46-44 |
| 08:19 | Penn State | Paul Bennett grabs the defensive rebound | 46-44 |
| 08:05 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano hits a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Daniel Pittman | 46-47 |
| 07:46 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski knocks in the fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Ivan Zuehlsdorff | 48-47 |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Andrew Costello (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. SG - Ivan Zuehlsdorff (fresh) SF - Lucien Costa (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Louis Jackson (fresh) 2 reb. C - Zlatko Huminski (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Gabriel Romano (fairly fresh) 21 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Daniel Pittman (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Reginald Reavis (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. PF - Paul Bennett (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Young Fang (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 07:34 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by Louis Jackson - foul #3 on Louis Jackson, team foul #6 | 48-47 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | William Corson (PG), David Woodard (SG) Andrew Costello, Lucien Costa | |
| Subs | Penn State | Scott Hutchinson (PF) Paul Bennett | |
| 07:34 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano makes the 1st free throw | 48-48 |
| 07:34 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano makes the 2nd free throw | 48-49 |
| 07:14 | Notre Dame | David Woodard misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 48-49 |
| 07:13 | Notre Dame | Louis Jackson grabs the offensive rebound | 48-49 |
| 07:04 | Notre Dame | William Corson works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 48-49 |
| 07:02 | Penn State | Scott Hutchinson grabs the board | 48-49 |
| 06:35 | Penn State | Young Fang buries a shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Gabriel Romano | 48-51 |
| 06:21 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski hits a jump hook from close range | 50-51 |
| 05:59 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 50-51 |
| 05:58 | Penn State | Reginald Reavis grabs the offensive rebound | 50-51 |
| 05:58 | Penn State | Penn State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 50-51 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Lucien Costa (SF), Andrew Costello (PF) Ivan Zuehlsdorff, Louis Jackson | |
| Subs | Penn State | Dennis Silberberg (SG), Paul Bennett (PF) Daniel Pittman, Scott Hutchinson | |
| 05:37 | Penn State | Paul Bennett lays it up and in | 50-53 |
| 05:20 | Notre Dame | Andrew Costello is hacked by Young Fang - foul #1 on Young Fang, team foul #8 | 50-53 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ivan Zuehlsdorff (SG) William Corson | |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| 05:20 | Notre Dame | Andrew Costello misses the 1st free throw | 50-53 |
| 05:20 | Penn State | Young Fang grabs the board | 50-53 |
| 04:53 | Penn State | Dennis Silberberg hits a pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Paul Bennett | 50-55 |
| 04:34 | Notre Dame | Andrew Costello buries a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by David Woodard | 52-55 |
| 04:11 | Penn State | Zlatko Huminski blocks the jumper by Paul Bennett | 52-55 |
| 04:09 | Penn State | Gabriel Romano misses the tip | 52-55 |
| 04:08 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski pulls down the rebound | 52-55 |
| 03:51 | Notre Dame | David Woodard misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 52-55 |
| 03:50 | Notre Dame | Andrew Costello tips it back up and in | 54-55 |
| 03:30 | Penn State | Young Fang can't connect on a jumper from close range | 54-55 |
| 03:29 | Notre Dame | Ivan Zuehlsdorff grabs the defensive rebound | 54-55 |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - David Woodard (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ivan Zuehlsdorff (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Lucien Costa (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Andrew Costello (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Zlatko Huminski (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Gabriel Romano (tiring) 23 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Dennis Silberberg (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SF - Reginald Reavis (tiring) 7 pts. 7 reb. PF - Paul Bennett (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - Young Fang (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:14 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski buries a runner in the lane on a nice dish by Ivan Zuehlsdorff and the foul's on Reginald Reavis - foul #3 on Reginald Reavis, team foul #9 | 56-55 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | William Corson (PG), Antonio Rodriguez (SG), Louis Jackson (PF) David Woodard, Ivan Zuehlsdorff, Lucien Costa | |
| Subs | Penn State | Daniel Pittman (PG), Claude Jones (SF) Gabriel Romano, Reginald Reavis | |
| 03:14 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski makes the free throw | 57-55 |
| 02:48 | Penn State | Daniel Pittman can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 57-55 |
| 02:47 | Penn State | Young Fang tips it back up and in | 57-57 |
| 02:47 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-57 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | David Woodard (SG), Lucien Costa (SF) Antonio Rodriguez, Louis Jackson | |
| Subs | Penn State | Reginald Reavis (SF) Claude Jones | |
| 02:39 | Notre Dame | David Woodard can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 57-57 |
| 02:38 | Notre Dame | Andrew Costello tips it but misses | 57-57 |
| 02:36 | Penn State | Reginald Reavis grabs the defensive rebound | 57-57 |
| 02:36 | Penn State | Penn State calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 57-57 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| Subs | Penn State | Gabriel Romano (PG) Daniel Pittman | |
| 02:10 | Penn State | Young Fang misses the floater from just outside the lane | 57-57 |
| 02:09 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Zlatko Huminski | 57-57 |
| 01:50 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski comes up short on the jumper from the left side but the foul's on Young Fang - foul #2 on Young Fang, team foul #10 | 57-57 |
| 01:50 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski misses the 1st free throw | 57-57 |
| 01:50 | Notre Dame | Zlatko Huminski makes the 2nd free throw | 58-57 |
| 01:34 | Penn State | Young Fang hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Andrew Costello - foul #3 on Andrew Costello, team foul #7 | 58-57 |
| 01:34 | Penn State | Young Fang makes the 1st free throw | 58-58 |
| 01:34 | Penn State | Young Fang makes the 2nd free throw | 58-59 |
| 01:07 | Notre Dame | David Woodard can't connect on an uncontested 3pt attempt from the left corner | 58-59 |
| 01:06 | Notre Dame | Lucien Costa pulls down the offensive rebound | 58-59 |
| 00:49 | Notre Dame | William Corson evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 58-59 |
| 00:47 | Penn State | Young Fang snags the defensive board | 58-59 |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:18 | Penn State | Paul Bennett scores on a fadeaway in the paint | 58-61 |
| 00:01 | Notre Dame | Paul Bennett steals it from William Corson | 58-61 |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:00 | Penn State | Paul Bennett runs out the clock | 58-61 |