| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Ricardo Zamora (fresh) SG - Calvin Hassell (fresh) SF - Paul Millis (fresh) PF - Robert McGrath (fresh) C - James Baker (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Donald Seal (fresh) SG - Ricky Weldy (fresh) SF - Leroy O'Shea (fresh) PF - Robert Alligood (fresh) C - Michael Dittmar (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Illinois | Eastern Illinois is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:45 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea misses short on a driving attempt near the basket | 0-0 |
| 19:44 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:32 | Eastern Kentucky | Robert McGrath misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:31 | Eastern Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to Calvin Hassell | 0-0 |
| 19:17 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell buries a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane set up by Ricardo Zamora | 2-0 |
| 18:57 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Donald Seal | 2-3 |
| 18:38 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 2-3 |
| 18:37 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis grabs the offensive rebound | 2-3 |
| 18:28 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker can't connect on a floater near the basket | 2-3 |
| 18:27 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar gets the rebound | 2-3 |
| 18:12 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Donald Seal, team foul #1 | 2-3 |
| 17:53 | Eastern Kentucky | Ricardo Zamora is hacked by Donald Seal - foul #2 on Donald Seal, team foul #2 | 2-3 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla (PG), Kevin Bancroft (SG), Fyodor Kowalski (SF), Brandon Fierro (PF), Gary Young (C) Donald Seal, Ricky Weldy, Leroy O'Shea, Robert Alligood, Michael Dittmar | |
| 17:40 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Ricardo Zamora | 5-3 |
| 17:36 | Eastern Illinois | Fyodor Kowalski misses the turnaround from the left block | 5-3 |
| 17:35 | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla pulls down the offensive rebound | 5-3 |
| 17:16 | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 5-3 |
| 17:15 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell pulls down the rebound | 5-3 |
| 17:05 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker can't connect on a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Gary Young - foul #1 on Gary Young, team foul #3 | 5-3 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy (SG), Robert Alligood (PF) Kevin Bancroft, Brandon Fierro | |
| 17:05 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker makes the 1st free throw | 6-3 |
| 17:05 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker makes the 2nd free throw | 7-3 |
| 16:43 | Eastern Illinois | Fyodor Kowalski clanks a shot from the right wing | 7-3 |
| 16:41 | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla grabs the offensive rebound | 7-3 |
| 16:32 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood is fouled on the floor by Robert McGrath - foul #1 on Robert McGrath, team foul #1 | 7-3 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Kevin Bancroft (SG), Leroy O'Shea (SF) Ricky Weldy, Fyodor Kowalski | |
| 16:18 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea blows the layup | 7-3 |
| 16:17 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis pulls down the rebound | 7-3 |
| 15:54 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker connects on the runner in the paint | 9-3 |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Ricardo Zamora (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Calvin Hassell (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Paul Millis (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Robert McGrath (fresh) C - James Baker (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Mudada Abdulla (fresh) SG - Kevin Bancroft (fresh) SF - Leroy O'Shea (fresh) PF - Robert Alligood (fresh) C - Gary Young (fresh) | |
| 15:30 | Eastern Illinois | Paul Millis is called for the reach on Leroy O'Shea - foul #1 on Paul Millis, team foul #2 | 9-3 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer (PF) Robert McGrath | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy (SG), Fyodor Kowalski (SF), Michael Dittmar (C) Kevin Bancroft, Leroy O'Shea, Robert Alligood | |
| 15:18 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy makes the 3 from the left wing | 9-6 |
| 14:53 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 9-6 |
| 14:51 | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer misses the tip | 9-6 |
| 14:49 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar snags the defensive board | 9-6 |
| 14:33 | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 9-9 |
| 14:20 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 9-9 |
| 14:19 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar snags the defensive board | 9-9 |
| 14:13 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar's layup is rejected by Paul Millis | 9-9 |
| 14:12 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker gets the rebound | 9-9 |
| 13:57 | Eastern Kentucky | Ricky Weldy steps in front of the Ricardo Zamora pass | 9-9 |
| 13:44 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar misses badly on a fadeaway from the right block but the foul's on James Baker - foul #1 on James Baker, team foul #3 | 9-9 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Clifford Roberts (PG), James Dacus (SG), Robert McGrath (PF), Tom Wakefield (C) Ricardo Zamora, Calvin Hassell, Paul Millis, James Baker | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Kevin Bancroft (PG), Leroy O'Shea (SF), Robert Alligood (PF) Mudada Abdulla, Fyodor Kowalski, Gary Young | |
| 13:44 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar makes the 1st free throw | 9-10 |
| 13:44 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar makes the 2nd free throw | 9-11 |
| 13:23 | Eastern Kentucky | Tom Wakefield misses long on a jumper from the right side | 9-11 |
| 13:22 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea grabs the defensive rebound | 9-11 |
| 13:06 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea is fouled on the floor by James Dacus - foul #1 on James Dacus, team foul #4 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla (PG), Gary Young (C) Kevin Bancroft, Michael Dittmar | |
| 12:56 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 9-11 |
| 12:54 | Eastern Kentucky | Tom Wakefield grabs the defensive rebound | 9-11 |
| 12:36 | Eastern Kentucky | Tom Wakefield clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 9-11 |
| 12:35 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea pulls down the rebound | 9-11 |
| 12:31 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 9-11 |
| 12:29 | Eastern Kentucky | Robert McGrath grabs the board | 9-11 |
| 12:13 | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer hits the front of the rim on the jumper from just outside the lane | 9-11 |
| 12:12 | Eastern Illinois | The rebound goes to Robert Alligood | 9-11 |
| 12:01 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood scores on a jump hook from the right block set up by Leroy O'Shea | 9-13 |
| 11:52 | Eastern Kentucky | Clifford Roberts lays it up and in on a great pass from James Dacus | 11-13 |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Clifford Roberts (fresh) 2 pts. SG - James Dacus (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Michael Washer (fairly fresh) PF - Robert McGrath (fresh) C - Tom Wakefield (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Mudada Abdulla (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Ricky Weldy (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Leroy O'Shea (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Robert Alligood (fresh) 2 pts. C - Gary Young (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:35 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy knocks in the 3 from the right wing | 11-16 |
| 11:22 | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 11-16 |
| 11:21 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood pulls down the rebound | 11-16 |
| 11:04 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy's pass is intercepted by Tom Wakefield | 11-16 |
| 10:48 | Eastern Kentucky | James Dacus loses the ball out of bounds | 11-16 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Ricardo Zamora (PG), Calvin Hassell (SG), Paul Millis (SF), Micheal Wiggs (PF), James Baker (C) Clifford Roberts, James Dacus, Michael Washer, Robert McGrath, Tom Wakefield | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Kevin Bancroft (PG), Michael Dittmar (C) Mudada Abdulla, Gary Young | |
| 10:32 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 11-16 |
| 10:31 | Eastern Illinois | Kevin Bancroft tips it in | 11-18 |
| 10:17 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis knocks in the 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Calvin Hassell | 14-18 |
| 10:01 | Eastern Illinois | Micheal Wiggs steps in front of the Ricky Weldy pass | 14-18 |
| 09:41 | Eastern Kentucky | Micheal Wiggs misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 14-18 |
| 09:40 | Eastern Kentucky | Ricardo Zamora misses the tip | 14-18 |
| 09:39 | Eastern Kentucky | Micheal Wiggs gets the offensive rebound | 14-18 |
| 09:24 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 17-18 |
| 09:13 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 17-18 |
| 09:11 | Eastern Kentucky | Micheal Wiggs gets the rebound | 17-18 |
| 08:48 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 17-18 |
| 08:46 | Eastern Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to James Baker | 17-18 |
| 08:37 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Paul Millis | 20-18 |
| 08:21 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood is called for traveling | 20-18 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Robert McGrath (PF) Micheal Wiggs | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla (PG), Fyodor Kowalski (SF), Gary Young (C) Kevin Bancroft, Leroy O'Shea, Michael Dittmar | |
| 07:52 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker is fouled on the floor by Mudada Abdulla - foul #1 on Mudada Abdulla, team foul #4 | 20-18 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Clifford Roberts (PG), Michael Washer (SF) Ricardo Zamora, Paul Millis | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal (PG), Michael Dittmar (C) Ricky Weldy, Gary Young | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Clifford Roberts (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Calvin Hassell (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Washer (fresh) PF - Robert McGrath (fresh) C - James Baker (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Donald Seal (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Mudada Abdulla (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Fyodor Kowalski (fresh) PF - Robert Alligood (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Dittmar (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:39 | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer is hacked by Donald Seal - foul #3 on Donald Seal, team foul #5 | 20-18 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Tom Wakefield (C) James Baker | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy (SG), Leroy O'Shea (SF), Gary Young (C) Donald Seal, Fyodor Kowalski, Michael Dittmar | |
| 07:32 | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Clifford Roberts | 23-18 |
| 07:13 | Eastern Illinois | Ricky Weldy drills a 3 from the right wing set up by Gary Young | 23-21 |
| 06:56 | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 23-21 |
| 06:55 | Eastern Illinois | Gary Young grabs the defensive rebound | 23-21 |
| 06:31 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood buries a pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Mudada Abdulla | 23-23 |
| 06:14 | Eastern Kentucky | Robert Alligood picks off the pass by Clifford Roberts | 23-23 |
| 05:57 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 23-23 |
| 05:56 | Eastern Illinois | Gary Young gets the offensive rebound | 23-23 |
| 05:47 | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla drills a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Robert Alligood | 23-26 |
| 05:28 | Eastern Kentucky | Clifford Roberts can't finish the layup | 23-26 |
| 05:27 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea grabs the defensive rebound | 23-26 |
| 05:12 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Mudada Abdulla | 23-29 |
| 04:53 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 23-29 |
| 04:51 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea grabs the board | 23-29 |
| 04:40 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea misses long on a shot from the left wing but the foul's on Robert McGrath - foul #2 on Robert McGrath, team foul #5 | 23-29 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Ricardo Zamora (PG), Paul Millis (SF), Micheal Wiggs (PF), James Baker (C) Calvin Hassell, Michael Washer, Robert McGrath, Tom Wakefield | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Kevin Bancroft (SG), Fyodor Kowalski (SF), Brandon Fierro (PF), Michael Dittmar (C) Mudada Abdulla, Ricky Weldy, Robert Alligood, Gary Young | |
| 04:40 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea makes the 1st free throw | 23-30 |
| 04:40 | Eastern Illinois | Leroy O'Shea misses the 2nd free throw | 23-30 |
| 04:40 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker snags the defensive board | 23-30 |
| 04:18 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker misses the dunk attempt but the foul's on Michael Dittmar - foul #1 on Michael Dittmar, team foul #6 | 23-30 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | James Dacus (SG) Clifford Roberts | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal (PG), Ricky Weldy (SG) Leroy O'Shea, Kevin Bancroft | |
| 04:18 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker makes the 1st free throw | 24-30 |
| 04:18 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker misses the 2nd free throw | 24-30 |
| 04:18 | Eastern Illinois | Brandon Fierro grabs the board | 24-30 |
| 03:51 | Eastern Illinois | Fyodor Kowalski clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 24-30 |
| 03:50 | Eastern Kentucky | The rebound goes to Paul Millis | 24-30 |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Ricardo Zamora (fresh) 2 ast. SG - James Dacus (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Paul Millis (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Micheal Wiggs (fresh) 2 reb. C - James Baker (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Donald Seal (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Ricky Weldy (tiring) 12 pts. SF - Fyodor Kowalski (fresh) PF - Brandon Fierro (fresh) C - Michael Dittmar (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:35 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis is called for traveling | 24-30 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood (PF) Brandon Fierro | |
| 03:19 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood lays it up and in set up by Donald Seal and he's hacked by Ricardo Zamora - foul #1 on Ricardo Zamora, team foul #6 | 24-32 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Michael Washer (SG) James Dacus | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Kevin Bancroft (SG), Brandon Fierro (PF) Donald Seal, Ricky Weldy | |
| 03:19 | Eastern Illinois | Robert Alligood misses the free throw | 24-32 |
| 03:19 | Eastern Kentucky | James Baker pulls down the rebound | 24-32 |
| 03:00 | Eastern Kentucky | Kevin Bancroft is called for the reach on Ricardo Zamora - foul #1 on Kevin Bancroft, team foul #7 | 24-32 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal (PG), Ricky Weldy (SG), Leroy O'Shea (SF) Kevin Bancroft, Fyodor Kowalski, Brandon Fierro | |
| 03:00 | Eastern Kentucky | Ricardo Zamora makes the 1st free throw | 25-32 |
| 03:00 | Eastern Kentucky | Ricardo Zamora misses the 2nd free throw | 25-32 |
| 03:00 | Eastern Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to James Baker | 25-32 |
| 02:47 | Eastern Kentucky | Ricardo Zamora hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt in the lane | 25-32 |
| 02:46 | Eastern Kentucky | Micheal Wiggs grabs the offensive rebound | 25-32 |
| 02:33 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis buries a 3pt shot from the right wing | 28-32 |
| 02:12 | Eastern Illinois | Micheal Wiggs steals it from Ricky Weldy | 28-32 |
| 01:43 | Eastern Kentucky | Donald Seal picks off the pass by Paul Millis | 28-32 |
| 01:25 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal knocks in the floater from the right side | 28-34 |
| 01:09 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 28-34 |
| 01:07 | Eastern Kentucky | Ricardo Zamora grabs the offensive board | 28-34 |
| 00:48 | Eastern Kentucky | Paul Millis misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 28-34 |
| 00:47 | Eastern Illinois | Michael Dittmar snags the defensive board | 28-34 |
| 00:25 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal is fouled on the floor by James Baker - foul #2 on James Baker, team foul #7 | 28-34 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | James Dacus (PG), Calvin Hassell (SG), Clifford Roberts (SF), Robert McGrath (PF), Tom Wakefield (C) Ricardo Zamora, Michael Washer, Paul Millis, Micheal Wiggs, James Baker | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Mudada Abdulla (SG), Fyodor Kowalski (SF), Brandon Fierro (PF), Gary Young (C) Ricky Weldy, Leroy O'Shea, Robert Alligood, Michael Dittmar | |
| 00:25 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal makes the 1st free throw | 28-35 |
| 00:25 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal misses the 2nd free throw | 28-35 |
| 00:25 | Eastern Kentucky | Calvin Hassell snags the defensive board | 28-35 |
| 00:02 | Eastern Kentucky | Robert McGrath connects on the jump hook in the paint | 30-35 |
| 00:00 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Seal can't connect on a fullcourt shot | 30-35 |