| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - David Prosienski (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Arthur Roberts (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Leonel Tate (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Mark Wilson (fresh) 6 pts. C - Mike Legaspi (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Henry Tillman (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donald Hundley (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bryan Holt (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Howard Hayes (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Richard Burns (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Detroit Mercy | Bryan Holt inbounds the ball | 30-27 |
| Game Plan | Loyola Chicago | Loyola Chicago is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:37 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Tillman knocks in the floater from the right side | 30-29 |
| 19:20 | Loyola Chicago | Mark Wilson is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 30-29 |
| 19:02 | Detroit Mercy | Howard Hayes connects on the floater from the right block set up by Bryan Holt | 30-31 |
| 18:56 | Loyola Chicago | David Prosienski throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 30-31 |
| 18:33 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Burns can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 30-31 |
| 18:31 | Loyola Chicago | Mark Wilson gets the rebound | 30-31 |
| 18:26 | Loyola Chicago | David Prosienski comes up short on the driving attempt from the right block but he's hacked by Donald Hundley - foul #3 on Donald Hundley, team foul #1 | 30-31 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Robert Bell (SG) Donald Hundley | |
| 18:26 | Loyola Chicago | David Prosienski makes the 1st free throw | 31-31 |
| 18:26 | Loyola Chicago | David Prosienski makes the 2nd free throw | 32-31 |
| 18:04 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Tillman can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 32-31 |
| 18:03 | Detroit Mercy | Howard Hayes misses the tip | 32-31 |
| 18:02 | Loyola Chicago | Mike Legaspi grabs the defensive rebound | 32-31 |
| 17:44 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate's pass is intercepted by Bryan Holt | 32-31 |
| 17:40 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Tillman banks in the layup on a great pass from Bryan Holt | 32-33 |
| 17:21 | Loyola Chicago | Mark Wilson double dribbles | 32-33 |
| 16:52 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Tillman connects on the 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Bell | 32-36 |
| 16:33 | Loyola Chicago | Mike Legaspi connects on the jumpshot from the free throw line on a great pass from David Prosienski | 34-36 |
| 16:04 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Tillman scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Robert Bell | 34-39 |
| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - David Prosienski (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Arthur Roberts (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Leonel Tate (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Mark Wilson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Mike Legaspi (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Henry Tillman (fairly fresh) 20 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Bell (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Bryan Holt (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Howard Hayes (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. C - Richard Burns (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 15:48 | Loyola Chicago | Arthur Roberts misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 34-39 |
| 15:47 | Detroit Mercy | Howard Hayes snags the defensive board | 34-39 |
| 15:35 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Tillman comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 34-39 |
| 15:33 | Detroit Mercy | Howard Hayes snags the offensive board | 34-39 |
| 15:04 | Detroit Mercy | Howard Hayes misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 34-39 |
| 15:02 | Detroit Mercy | Howard Hayes snags the offensive board | 34-39 |
| 14:41 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Tillman misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 34-39 |
| 14:40 | Loyola Chicago | Mark Wilson snags the defensive board | 34-39 |
| 14:20 | Loyola Chicago | Mike Legaspi scores on a fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Arthur Roberts | 36-39 |
| 13:57 | Detroit Mercy | David Prosienski denies the turnaround by Howard Hayes | 36-39 |
| 13:56 | Detroit Mercy | Bryan Holt snags the offensive board | 36-39 |
| 13:38 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Burns hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Mike Legaspi - foul #1 on Mike Legaspi, team foul #1 | 36-39 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Arthur Murray (PG), Larry Davis (SG), Daniel Strachan (SF), Joe Bills (PF), Mark Vickers (C) David Prosienski, Arthur Roberts, Leonel Tate, Mark Wilson, Mike Legaspi | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Francisco Guzman (PG), Donald Hundley (SG), Henry Hammer (C) Henry Tillman, Robert Bell, Bryan Holt | |
| 13:38 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Burns makes the 1st free throw | 36-40 |
| 13:38 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Burns makes the 2nd free throw | 36-41 |
| 13:31 | Loyola Chicago | Daniel Strachan can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 36-41 |
| 13:29 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Hammer gets the rebound | 36-41 |
| 13:01 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 36-41 |
| 12:59 | Loyola Chicago | Arthur Murray grabs the board | 36-41 |
| 12:46 | Loyola Chicago | Richard Burns takes the ball from Mark Vickers | 36-41 |
| 12:31 | Detroit Mercy | Howard Hayes misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 36-41 |
| 12:29 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley gets the offensive rebound | 36-41 |
| 12:11 | Detroit Mercy | Howard Hayes misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 36-41 |
| 12:10 | Loyola Chicago | Mark Vickers pulls down the rebound | 36-41 |
| 11:52 | Loyola Chicago | The jump hook by Larry Davis is blocked by Henry Hammer | 36-41 |
| 11:51 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Hammer snags the defensive board | 36-41 |
| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - Arthur Murray (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Larry Davis (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Daniel Strachan (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Joe Bills (fresh) 3 pts. C - Mark Vickers (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Francisco Guzman (fresh) SG - Donald Hundley (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Richard Burns (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Howard Hayes (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 10 reb. C - Henry Hammer (fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:35 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley throws it down set up by Richard Burns and he's hacked by Larry Davis - foul #1 on Larry Davis, team foul #2 | 36-43 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | David Prosienski (PG), Leonel Tate (SF) Arthur Murray, Larry Davis | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Henry Tillman (PG), Bryan Holt (SF) Francisco Guzman, Richard Burns | |
| 11:35 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley makes the free throw | 36-44 |
| 11:19 | Loyola Chicago | David Prosienski clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line | 36-44 |
| 11:18 | Loyola Chicago | David Prosienski grabs the offensive board | 36-44 |
| 11:06 | Loyola Chicago | Joe Bills is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Joe Bills, team foul #3 | 36-44 |
| 10:40 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Hammer hits the front of the rim on the runner from the baseline but he's hacked by Mark Vickers - foul #1 on Mark Vickers, team foul #4 | 36-44 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Arthur Roberts (SG), Mark Wilson (PF), Mike Legaspi (C) Daniel Strachan, Joe Bills, Mark Vickers | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 10:40 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Hammer makes the 1st free throw | 36-45 |
| 10:40 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Hammer makes the 2nd free throw | 36-46 |
| 10:25 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 36-46 |
| 10:24 | Detroit Mercy | Bryan Holt grabs the defensive rebound | 36-46 |
| 10:08 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing | 36-46 |
| 10:07 | Loyola Chicago | Mark Wilson grabs the defensive rebound | 36-46 |
| 10:02 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate drills a jumpshot from the right wing | 38-46 |
| 09:47 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Tillman can't connect on a jumper from the left side | 38-46 |
| 09:45 | Loyola Chicago | Mark Wilson grabs the board | 38-46 |
| 09:23 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate comes up short on the floater from the right wing | 38-46 |
| 09:22 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Hammer snags the defensive board | 38-46 |
| 09:01 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley is whistled for a carry | 38-46 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Francisco Guzman (PG), Mike Holder (SF) Henry Tillman, Bryan Holt | |
| 08:45 | Loyola Chicago | David Prosienski misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 38-46 |
| 08:44 | Loyola Chicago | Mark Wilson hits the follow up shot | 40-46 |
| 08:15 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 40-46 |
| 08:13 | Loyola Chicago | Mark Wilson snags the defensive board | 40-46 |
| 08:08 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate scores on a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by David Prosienski and he's fouled by Henry Hammer - foul #4 on Henry Hammer, team foul #2 | 42-46 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Daniel Strachan (SG), Joe Bills (PF), Mark Vickers (C) Arthur Roberts, Mark Wilson, Mike Legaspi | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Richard Burns (C) Henry Hammer | |
| 08:08 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate makes the free throw | 43-46 |
| 07:54 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley hits a 3 from the right corner set up by Mike Holder | 43-49 |
| 07:40 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 43-49 |
| 07:39 | Detroit Mercy | Howard Hayes grabs the board | 43-49 |
| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - David Prosienski (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Daniel Strachan (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Leonel Tate (fairly fresh) 12 pts. PF - Joe Bills (fresh) 3 pts. C - Mark Vickers (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Francisco Guzman (fresh) SG - Donald Hundley (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Mike Holder (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Howard Hayes (tiring) 8 pts. 11 reb. C - Richard Burns (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:13 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 43-49 |
| 07:11 | Loyola Chicago | The rebound goes to David Prosienski | 43-49 |
| 06:53 | Loyola Chicago | Mark Vickers misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 43-49 |
| 06:52 | Loyola Chicago | Joe Bills snags the offensive board | 43-49 |
| 06:35 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate blows the layup but he's fouled by Mike Holder - foul #2 on Mike Holder, team foul #3 | 43-49 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Arthur Murray (PG), Arthur Roberts (SG), Mark Wilson (PF), Mike Legaspi (C) David Prosienski, Daniel Strachan, Joe Bills, Mark Vickers | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Henry Tillman (PG), Bryan Holt (SF), Henry Hammer (C) Francisco Guzman, Mike Holder, Howard Hayes | |
| 06:35 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate makes the 1st free throw | 44-49 |
| 06:35 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate makes the 2nd free throw | 45-49 |
| 06:09 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Tillman is hacked by Mark Wilson - foul #3 on Mark Wilson, team foul #5 | 45-49 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Daniel Strachan (SF) Leonel Tate | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 05:50 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley misses the turnaround from the baseline | 45-49 |
| 05:49 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley tips it in | 45-51 |
| 05:21 | Loyola Chicago | Mark Wilson misses badly on a fadeaway in the paint | 45-51 |
| 05:19 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Donald Hundley | 45-51 |
| 04:50 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Henry Tillman | 45-54 |
| 04:26 | Loyola Chicago | Daniel Strachan buries a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Mark Wilson | 48-54 |
| 04:07 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley can't connect on a jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Mark Wilson - foul #4 on Mark Wilson, team foul #6 | 48-54 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | David Prosienski (PG), Leonel Tate (SF), Mark Vickers (C) Arthur Murray, Arthur Roberts, Mike Legaspi | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Howard Hayes (PF) Richard Burns | |
| 04:07 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley makes the 1st free throw | 48-55 |
| 04:07 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley makes the 2nd free throw | 48-56 |
| 03:53 | Loyola Chicago | Mark Vickers misses short on a runner from close range | 48-56 |
| 03:51 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Hammer grabs the defensive rebound | 48-56 |
| Game Plan | Loyola Chicago | Loyola Chicago is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:26 | Detroit Mercy | Howard Hayes loses the dribble to David Prosienski | 48-56 |
| Lineup | Loyola Chicago | PG - David Prosienski (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Daniel Strachan (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Leonel Tate (fresh) 14 pts. PF - Mark Wilson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. 4 pf. C - Mark Vickers (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Henry Tillman (fresh) 20 pts. 2 ast. SG - Donald Hundley (fairly fresh) 24 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Bryan Holt (fresh) 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Howard Hayes (tiring) 8 pts. 11 reb. C - Henry Hammer (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Loyola Chicago | Loyola Chicago is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:18 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate clanks a jumper from close range | 48-56 |
| 03:16 | Loyola Chicago | Mark Vickers tips it but misses | 48-56 |
| 03:14 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Hammer pulls down the rebound | 48-56 |
| 02:49 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Tillman misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 48-56 |
| 02:48 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Hammer tips it back up and in | 48-58 |
| 02:48 | Loyola Chicago | Loyola Chicago calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 48-58 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | Arthur Roberts (SG), Mike Legaspi (C) Daniel Strachan, Mark Vickers | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Richard Burns (C) Henry Hammer | |
| 02:31 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 48-58 |
| 02:29 | Loyola Chicago | Arthur Roberts gets the offensive rebound | 48-58 |
| 02:19 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 48-58 |
| 02:18 | Loyola Chicago | Mark Wilson tips it in | 50-58 |
| 02:05 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 50-58 |
| 02:03 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate grabs the board | 50-58 |
| 01:57 | Loyola Chicago | Mike Legaspi misses the lay-in | 50-58 |
| 01:55 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Tillman snags the defensive board | 50-58 |
| 01:29 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Burns's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 50-58 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Henry Hammer (C) Richard Burns | |
| 01:15 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate is hacked by Bryan Holt - foul #1 on Bryan Holt, team foul #4 | 50-58 |
| 01:06 | Loyola Chicago | Henry Hammer steals it from Arthur Roberts | 50-58 |
| 00:41 | Detroit Mercy | Howard Hayes travels with the ball | 50-58 |
| Game Plan | Loyola Chicago | Loyola Chicago is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:36 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate clanks a 3 from the left wing | 50-58 |
| 00:34 | Loyola Chicago | The offensive rebound goes to Mark Wilson | 50-58 |
| 00:32 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate hits a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Mike Legaspi | 53-58 |
| Game Plan | Loyola Chicago | Loyola Chicago is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:31 | Detroit Mercy | Arthur Roberts is called for the reach on Donald Hundley in the backcourt - foul #1 on Arthur Roberts, team foul #7 | 53-58 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Robert Bell (SG), Mike Holder (SF) Bryan Holt, Howard Hayes | |
| 00:31 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley makes the 1st free throw | 53-59 |
| 00:31 | Detroit Mercy | Donald Hundley makes the 2nd free throw | 53-60 |
| 00:23 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 53-60 |
| 00:21 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Hammer gets the rebound | 53-60 |
| 00:20 | Detroit Mercy | David Prosienski is called for the reach on Henry Hammer in the backcourt - foul #3 on David Prosienski, team foul #8 | 53-60 |
| Subs | Loyola Chicago | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Howard Hayes (PF) Robert Bell | |
| 00:20 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Hammer misses the 1st free throw | 53-60 |
| 00:20 | Loyola Chicago | The rebound goes to Mark Wilson | 53-60 |
| 00:16 | Loyola Chicago | Mike Legaspi is called for a charge - foul #2 on Mike Legaspi, team foul #9 | 53-60 |
| 00:14 | Detroit Mercy | Mike Holder is hacked by David Prosienski in the backcourt - foul #4 on David Prosienski, team foul #10 | 53-60 |
| 00:14 | Detroit Mercy | Mike Holder misses the 1st free throw | 53-60 |
| 00:14 | Detroit Mercy | Mike Holder makes the 2nd free throw | 53-61 |
| 00:07 | Loyola Chicago | Leonel Tate can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 53-61 |
| 00:06 | Detroit Mercy | Howard Hayes grabs the board | 53-61 |
| Game Plan | Loyola Chicago | Loyola Chicago is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:00 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Tillman runs out the clock | 53-61 |