| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Mike Clark (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Darryl Daniels (fresh) 2 ast. SF - George Hutchcraft (fresh) PF - Raymond Price (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Cox (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Thomas Hamilton (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Derick Baker (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Harris (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Jackson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Seth Montford (fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. | |
| 20:00 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft inbounds the ball | 33-34 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:33 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft scores on a floater from the right block and the foul's on David Jackson - foul #1 on David Jackson, team foul #1 | 35-34 |
| 19:33 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft misses the free throw | 35-34 |
| 19:33 | Purdue | David Jackson grabs the defensive rebound | 35-34 |
| 19:15 | Purdue | Robert Cox steals it from Jeffrey Harris | 35-34 |
| 18:57 | Northwestern | Mike Clark is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 35-34 |
| 18:56 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Jeffrey Harris | 35-34 |
| 18:50 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-34 |
| 18:48 | Northwestern | Mike Clark travels in the backcourt | 35-34 |
| 18:30 | Purdue | David Jackson misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by George Hutchcraft - foul #3 on George Hutchcraft, team foul #1 | 35-34 |
| 18:30 | Purdue | David Jackson misses the 1st free throw | 35-34 |
| 18:30 | Purdue | David Jackson makes the 2nd free throw | 35-35 |
| 18:15 | Northwestern | Robert Cox lays it in on a great pass from George Hutchcraft | 37-35 |
| 18:08 | Purdue | Seth Montford comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side | 37-35 |
| 18:07 | Northwestern | Robert Cox gets the rebound | 37-35 |
| 17:51 | Northwestern | Robert Cox hits a jump hook in the paint set up by George Hutchcraft | 39-35 |
| 17:23 | Purdue | David Jackson is whistled for a carry | 39-35 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Matthew Foret (SF), James Gregory (PF), Alphonso Valdez (C) George Hutchcraft, Raymond Price, Robert Cox | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 17:07 | Northwestern | Mike Clark comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 39-35 |
| 17:05 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Seth Montford | 39-35 |
| 16:49 | Purdue | Seth Montford buries a fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from Jeffrey Harris | 39-37 |
| 16:30 | Northwestern | Alphonso Valdez hits a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 41-37 |
| 16:17 | Purdue | David Jackson buries a jumper near the basket on a great pass from Jeffrey Harris | 41-39 |
| 16:01 | Northwestern | Matthew Foret is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Matthew Foret, team foul #2 | 41-39 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson (PG), Raymond Price (PF), Robert Cox (C) Mike Clark, James Gregory, Alphonso Valdez | |
| Subs | Purdue | Joey Beverage (SG) Derick Baker | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Jonas Richardson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Darryl Daniels (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SF - Matthew Foret (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Price (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Cox (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Thomas Hamilton (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joey Beverage (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Harris (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Jackson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Seth Montford (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 15:39 | Purdue | Seth Montford is fouled on the floor by Darryl Daniels - foul #3 on Darryl Daniels, team foul #3 | 41-39 |
| Subs | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft (SF) Matthew Foret | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 15:25 | Purdue | Thomas Hamilton buries a pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Joey Beverage | 41-41 |
| 15:13 | Northwestern | Robert Cox hits a jumper from the right wing | 43-41 |
| 14:52 | Purdue | David Jackson clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 43-41 |
| 14:50 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft snags the defensive board | 43-41 |
| 14:42 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft hits a wide open runner from close range on a nice dish by Jonas Richardson | 45-41 |
| 14:26 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing | 45-41 |
| 14:25 | Purdue | David Jackson gets the offensive rebound | 45-41 |
| 14:13 | Purdue | David Jackson hits a jumpshot from the free throw line | 45-43 |
| 13:58 | Northwestern | David Jackson picks off the pass by Jonas Richardson out of a doubleteam | 45-43 |
| 13:53 | Purdue | Thomas Hamilton is called for the illegal screen in the backcourt - foul #3 on Thomas Hamilton, team foul #2 | 45-43 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Mike Clark (PG), Malcolm Archer (SG), Matthew Foret (SF), James Gregory (PF), Alphonso Valdez (C) Jonas Richardson, Darryl Daniels, George Hutchcraft, Raymond Price, Robert Cox | |
| Subs | Purdue | Derick Baker (SG), Jack Parker (SF), Salvatore Giordano (PF), Joe Hayner (C) Joey Beverage, Jeffrey Harris, David Jackson, Seth Montford | |
| 13:34 | Northwestern | Alphonso Valdez dunks the ball on a nice dish by Matthew Foret | 47-43 |
| 13:28 | Purdue | James Gregory steals the ball from Joe Hayner | 47-43 |
| 13:07 | Northwestern | Alphonso Valdez is hacked by Joe Hayner - foul #1 on Joe Hayner, team foul #3 | 47-43 |
| 12:48 | Northwestern | Matthew Foret misses long on a runner in the paint | 47-43 |
| 12:46 | Purdue | Joe Hayner grabs the board | 47-43 |
| 12:38 | Purdue | James Gregory steps in front of the Thomas Hamilton pass | 47-43 |
| 12:13 | Northwestern | James Gregory comes up short on the runner from close range | 47-43 |
| 12:11 | Northwestern | James Gregory tips it but misses | 47-43 |
| 12:09 | Northwestern | James Gregory misses the tip | 47-43 |
| 12:07 | Northwestern | Malcolm Archer tips it home | 49-43 |
| 11:48 | Purdue | Jack Parker hits a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Thomas Hamilton | 49-46 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Mike Clark (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Malcolm Archer (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Matthew Foret (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Gregory (fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Alphonso Valdez (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Thomas Hamilton (tiring) 7 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Derick Baker (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jack Parker (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Salvatore Giordano (fresh) C - Joe Hayner (fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 11:32 | Northwestern | James Gregory clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 49-46 |
| 11:30 | Purdue | Joe Hayner pulls down the rebound | 49-46 |
| 11:04 | Purdue | Salvatore Giordano misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 49-46 |
| 11:03 | Northwestern | Matthew Foret snags the defensive board | 49-46 |
| 10:39 | Northwestern | Matthew Foret's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-46 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson (PG), Darryl Daniels (SG), George Hutchcraft (SF), Raymond Price (PF), Robert Cox (C) Mike Clark, Malcolm Archer, Matthew Foret, James Gregory, Alphonso Valdez | |
| Subs | Purdue | Joey Beverage (SG), Jeffrey Harris (SF), David Jackson (PF), Seth Montford (C) Derick Baker, Jack Parker, Salvatore Giordano, Joe Hayner | |
| 10:23 | Purdue | Thomas Hamilton throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-46 |
| 10:06 | Northwestern | Robert Cox throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-46 |
| 09:56 | Purdue | Joey Beverage is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Joey Beverage, team foul #4 | 49-46 |
| 09:31 | Northwestern | Robert Cox is fouled on the floor by Thomas Hamilton - foul #4 on Thomas Hamilton, team foul #5 | 49-46 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Jack Parker (SF) Thomas Hamilton | |
| 09:21 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 49-46 |
| 09:20 | Purdue | Seth Montford grabs the defensive rebound | 49-46 |
| 09:16 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris drills a shot from the baseline set up by Seth Montford | 49-48 |
| 08:57 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels is hacked by Jeffrey Harris - foul #2 on Jeffrey Harris, team foul #6 | 49-48 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Mike Clark (PG) Jonas Richardson | |
| Subs | Purdue | Derick Baker (PG) Jack Parker | |
| 08:40 | Northwestern | Robert Cox can't connect on a fadeaway from the left block but he's fouled by Seth Montford - foul #1 on Seth Montford, team foul #7 | 49-48 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Joe Hayner (C) David Jackson | |
| 08:40 | Northwestern | Robert Cox makes the 1st free throw | 50-48 |
| 08:40 | Northwestern | Robert Cox makes the 2nd free throw | 51-48 |
| 08:33 | Purdue | Joe Hayner is hacked by Darryl Daniels - foul #4 on Darryl Daniels, team foul #4 | 51-48 |
| 08:04 | Purdue | Seth Montford hits a pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Jeffrey Harris | 51-50 |
| 07:47 | Northwestern | Robert Cox hits a wide open turnaround from close range set up by Raymond Price | 53-50 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Mike Clark (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Darryl Daniels (fairly fresh) 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - George Hutchcraft (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. PF - Raymond Price (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Cox (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Derick Baker (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joey Beverage (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jeffrey Harris (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Seth Montford (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Joe Hayner (fresh) 6 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 07:26 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris buries a fadeaway jumper from the right side and the foul's on George Hutchcraft - foul #4 on George Hutchcraft, team foul #5 | 53-52 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Matthew Foret (SF), James Gregory (PF), Alphonso Valdez (C) George Hutchcraft, Raymond Price, Robert Cox | |
| Subs | Purdue | Thomas Hamilton (PG), Salvatore Giordano (PF) Joey Beverage, Seth Montford | |
| 07:26 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris makes the free throw | 53-53 |
| 06:57 | Northwestern | Mike Clark is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 53-53 |
| 06:55 | Northwestern | The offensive rebound goes to Alphonso Valdez | 53-53 |
| 06:37 | Northwestern | Alphonso Valdez hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 53-53 |
| 06:35 | Purdue | Joe Hayner grabs the defensive rebound | 53-53 |
| 06:19 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris misses the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 53-53 |
| 06:17 | Purdue | Joe Hayner hits the follow up shot | 53-55 |
| 06:04 | Northwestern | Jeffrey Harris picks off the pass by Alphonso Valdez | 53-55 |
| 05:49 | Purdue | Thomas Hamilton clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 53-55 |
| 05:47 | Northwestern | Matthew Foret pulls down the rebound | 53-55 |
| 05:24 | Northwestern | Mike Clark buries a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Darryl Daniels | 56-55 |
| 05:24 | Purdue | Purdue calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-55 |
| Subs | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft (SF), Raymond Price (PF), Robert Cox (C) Matthew Foret, James Gregory, Alphonso Valdez | |
| Subs | Purdue | Jack Parker (SF), David Jackson (PF), Seth Montford (C) Jeffrey Harris, Salvatore Giordano, Joe Hayner | |
| 05:17 | Purdue | Seth Montford blows the layup but he's hacked by Robert Cox - foul #1 on Robert Cox, team foul #6 | 56-55 |
| 05:17 | Purdue | Seth Montford makes the 1st free throw | 56-56 |
| 05:17 | Purdue | Seth Montford misses the 2nd free throw | 56-56 |
| 05:17 | Northwestern | Raymond Price grabs the defensive rebound | 56-56 |
| 05:02 | Northwestern | Robert Cox is wide open but clanks a shot from the right side | 56-56 |
| 05:01 | Northwestern | Robert Cox hits the follow up shot | 58-56 |
| 04:46 | Purdue | Jack Parker drills a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 58-58 |
| 04:26 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left block | 58-58 |
| 04:25 | Purdue | Thomas Hamilton grabs the defensive rebound | 58-58 |
| 04:03 | Purdue | Jack Parker hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 58-58 |
| 04:01 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels pulls down the rebound | 58-58 |
| 03:46 | Northwestern | George Hutchcraft's pass is intercepted by David Jackson | 58-58 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Mike Clark (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SG - Darryl Daniels (tiring) 3 ast. 4 pf. SF - George Hutchcraft (fresh) 4 pts. 4 pf. PF - Raymond Price (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Robert Cox (fresh) 18 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Thomas Hamilton (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SG - Derick Baker (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jack Parker (fresh) 7 pts. PF - David Jackson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Seth Montford (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 03:35 | Purdue | A charge is called on Jack Parker - foul #2 on Jack Parker, team foul #8 | 58-58 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson (PG), Malcolm Archer (SG) Mike Clark, Darryl Daniels | |
| Subs | Purdue | Joey Beverage (SG), Jeffrey Harris (SF) Derick Baker, Jack Parker | |
| 03:19 | Northwestern | Robert Cox drills a driving attempt in the lane on a nice dish by George Hutchcraft | 60-58 |
| 03:16 | Purdue | Jonas Richardson takes the ball from Thomas Hamilton in the backcourt | 60-58 |
| 03:14 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson lays it up and in | 62-58 |
| 03:08 | Purdue | Robert Cox steals it from Jeffrey Harris | 62-58 |
| 02:45 | Northwestern | Jonas Richardson misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 62-58 |
| 02:44 | Purdue | Jeffrey Harris grabs the board | 62-58 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:26 | Purdue | Seth Montford comes up short on the shot from the right block | 62-58 |
| 02:25 | Northwestern | Raymond Price grabs the board | 62-58 |
| 02:25 | Northwestern | Northwestern calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 62-58 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Mike Clark (PG), Darryl Daniels (SG) Jonas Richardson, Malcolm Archer | |
| Subs | Purdue | Derick Baker (SG) Joey Beverage | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:01 | Northwestern | David Jackson denies the turnaround by Robert Cox | 62-58 |
| 02:00 | Northwestern | Raymond Price tips it back up and in | 64-58 |
| 01:47 | Purdue | Thomas Hamilton's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 64-58 |
| 01:36 | Northwestern | Darryl Daniels hits a jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Mike Clark | 66-58 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 01:19 | Purdue | David Jackson clanks a jumpshot from the right wing | 66-58 |
| 01:17 | Purdue | David Jackson tips it but misses | 66-58 |
| 01:16 | Northwestern | Mike Clark gets the rebound | 66-58 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:54 | Northwestern | Mike Clark is fouled on the floor by Thomas Hamilton - foul #5 on Thomas Hamilton, team foul #9 | 66-58 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Joey Beverage (SG) Thomas Hamilton | |
| 00:54 | Northwestern | Mike Clark misses the 1st free throw | 66-58 |
| 00:54 | Purdue | The rebound goes to David Jackson | 66-58 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:47 | Purdue | Joey Beverage misses the 3 from the left wing | 66-58 |
| 00:46 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Robert Cox | 66-58 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:43 | Northwestern | Robert Cox is fouled in the backcourt by Derick Baker - foul #3 on Derick Baker, team foul #10 | 66-58 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Malcolm Archer (SG), Matthew Foret (SF), James Gregory (PF) Darryl Daniels, George Hutchcraft, Raymond Price | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 00:43 | Northwestern | Robert Cox misses the 1st free throw | 66-58 |
| 00:43 | Northwestern | Robert Cox misses the 2nd free throw | 66-58 |
| 00:43 | Purdue | David Jackson grabs the defensive rebound | 66-58 |
| 00:37 | Purdue | David Jackson is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on David Jackson, team foul #11 | 66-58 |
| 00:36 | Northwestern | Joey Beverage is called for the reach on Malcolm Archer in the backcourt - foul #3 on Joey Beverage, team foul #12 | 66-58 |
| 00:36 | Northwestern | Malcolm Archer makes the 1st free throw | 67-58 |
| 00:36 | Northwestern | Malcolm Archer makes the 2nd free throw | 68-58 |
| 00:30 | Purdue | Derick Baker misses the fadeaway from the right side | 68-58 |
| 00:28 | Northwestern | James Gregory snags the defensive board | 68-58 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:00 | Northwestern | Mike Clark runs out the clock | 68-58 |