| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Merrill Koga (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Timothy Poole (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Catanzaro (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jarek Buljan (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Henry Moritz (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Ruben Long (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Roy Archibald (fresh) SF - Jeffrey Galloway (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Joshua Coan (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Reddish (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Robert Catanzaro inbounds the ball | 34-22 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:46 | Louisville | Henry Moritz hits the front of the rim on the floater in the paint | 34-22 |
| 19:44 | Northern Iowa | Michael Reddish pulls down the rebound | 34-22 |
| 19:22 | Northern Iowa | Michael Reddish misses long on a driving attempt from the left block | 34-22 |
| 19:20 | Northern Iowa | Ruben Long hits the follow up shot | 34-24 |
| 19:14 | Louisville | Ruben Long is called for the reach on Merrill Koga in the backcourt - foul #2 on Ruben Long, team foul #1 | 34-24 |
| 19:01 | Louisville | Roy Archibald is called for the reach on Timothy Poole - foul #3 on Roy Archibald, team foul #2 | 34-24 |
| 18:35 | Louisville | Henry Moritz misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 34-24 |
| 18:34 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Jeffrey Galloway | 34-24 |
| 18:12 | Northern Iowa | Ruben Long misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 34-24 |
| 18:10 | Louisville | Jarek Buljan grabs the board | 34-24 |
| 17:57 | Louisville | Robert Catanzaro misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 34-24 |
| 17:56 | Northern Iowa | Roy Archibald snags the defensive board | 34-24 |
| 17:34 | Northern Iowa | Robert Catanzaro steals the ball from Jeffrey Galloway | 34-24 |
| 17:29 | Louisville | Timothy Poole hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Robert Catanzaro | 36-24 |
| 17:16 | Northern Iowa | Jeffrey Galloway double dribbles | 36-24 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kong Xiao (PF) Jarek Buljan | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 16:51 | Louisville | Timothy Poole loses the dribble to Jeffrey Galloway | 36-24 |
| 16:29 | Northern Iowa | Michael Reddish's floater is tipped away by Henry Moritz | 36-24 |
| 16:27 | Northern Iowa | Joshua Coan misses the tip | 36-24 |
| 16:26 | Louisville | Robert Catanzaro pulls down the rebound | 36-24 |
| 16:10 | Louisville | Robert Catanzaro drills a jumper from the left block set up by Merrill Koga | 38-24 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 15:53 | Northern Iowa | Jeffrey Galloway misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 38-24 |
| 15:52 | Louisville | Kong Xiao snags the defensive board | 38-24 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Merrill Koga (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Timothy Poole (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Catanzaro (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Kong Xiao (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Henry Moritz (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Ruben Long (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Roy Archibald (fairly fresh) 3 pf. SF - Jeffrey Galloway (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. PF - Joshua Coan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Michael Reddish (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:42 | Louisville | Henry Moritz comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 38-24 |
| 15:40 | Northern Iowa | Ruben Long snags the defensive board | 38-24 |
| 15:17 | Northern Iowa | Jeffrey Galloway misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 38-24 |
| 15:16 | Northern Iowa | Ruben Long grabs the offensive rebound | 38-24 |
| 15:04 | Northern Iowa | Jeffrey Galloway comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side | 38-24 |
| 15:02 | Northern Iowa | Michael Reddish grabs the offensive board | 38-24 |
| 14:40 | Northern Iowa | Jeffrey Galloway connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Ruben Long | 38-27 |
| 14:17 | Louisville | Robert Catanzaro makes the floater from close range | 40-27 |
| 13:59 | Northern Iowa | Jeffrey Galloway can't connect on a shot from the left side | 40-27 |
| 13:58 | Louisville | Merrill Koga snags the defensive board | 40-27 |
| 13:49 | Louisville | Robert Catanzaro comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 40-27 |
| 13:47 | Louisville | Timothy Poole grabs the offensive board | 40-27 |
| 13:30 | Louisville | Kong Xiao misses the dunk | 40-27 |
| 13:28 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Kong Xiao | 40-27 |
| 13:06 | Louisville | Robert Catanzaro comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 40-27 |
| 13:04 | Northern Iowa | Joshua Coan gets the rebound | 40-27 |
| 12:59 | Northern Iowa | Ruben Long misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 40-27 |
| 12:57 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Robert Catanzaro | 40-27 |
| 12:38 | Louisville | Henry Moritz is hacked by Joshua Coan - foul #2 on Joshua Coan, team foul #3 | 40-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ramon Gutierrez (PG), Kyle Clausen (SG), Arthur Nitz (SF), Jarek Buljan (PF), Gary Dardar (C) Merrill Koga, Timothy Poole, Robert Catanzaro, Kong Xiao, Henry Moritz | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Carl Pipkin (SG), Paul Bruce (SF), Michael Southworth (PF), Timothy Solomon (C) Roy Archibald, Jeffrey Galloway, Joshua Coan, Michael Reddish | |
| 12:23 | Louisville | Gary Dardar misses the turnaround near the basket but he's fouled by Ruben Long - foul #3 on Ruben Long, team foul #4 | 40-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Patrick Davis (PG) Ruben Long | |
| 12:23 | Louisville | Gary Dardar makes the 1st free throw | 41-27 |
| 12:23 | Louisville | Gary Dardar makes the 2nd free throw | 42-27 |
| 12:04 | Northern Iowa | Paul Bruce knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Patrick Davis | 42-29 |
| 11:46 | Louisville | Jarek Buljan is fouled on the floor by Michael Southworth - foul #1 on Michael Southworth, team foul #5 | 42-29 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ramon Gutierrez (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kyle Clausen (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Arthur Nitz (fresh) PF - Jarek Buljan (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Gary Dardar (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Patrick Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Carl Pipkin (fresh) SF - Paul Bruce (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Southworth (fresh) C - Timothy Solomon (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:35 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen clanks a jumper from the right side but the foul's on Patrick Davis - foul #2 on Patrick Davis, team foul #6 | 42-29 |
| 11:35 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen makes the 1st free throw | 43-29 |
| 11:35 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen makes the 2nd free throw | 44-29 |
| 11:21 | Northern Iowa | Carl Pipkin can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 44-29 |
| 11:20 | Louisville | Gary Dardar snags the defensive board | 44-29 |
| 11:00 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen makes the fadeaway from the left block set up by Ramon Gutierrez | 46-29 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 10:39 | Northern Iowa | Paul Bruce clanks a driving attempt from close range | 46-29 |
| 10:38 | Louisville | Arthur Nitz gets the rebound | 46-29 |
| 10:17 | Louisville | Ramon Gutierrez comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 46-29 |
| 10:15 | Louisville | Gary Dardar tips it home | 48-29 |
| 10:06 | Northern Iowa | Carl Pipkin misses the jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Gary Dardar - foul #2 on Gary Dardar, team foul #1 | 48-29 |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Catanzaro (SF) Arthur Nitz | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Ruben Long (PG), Jeffrey Galloway (SF), Joshua Coan (PF), Michael Reddish (C) Patrick Davis, Paul Bruce, Michael Southworth, Timothy Solomon | |
| 10:06 | Northern Iowa | Carl Pipkin makes the 1st free throw | 48-30 |
| 10:06 | Northern Iowa | Carl Pipkin misses the 2nd free throw | 48-30 |
| 10:06 | Louisville | Jarek Buljan snags the defensive board | 48-30 |
| 09:44 | Louisville | Robert Catanzaro is hacked by Michael Reddish - foul #2 on Michael Reddish, team foul #7 | 48-30 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kong Xiao (PF), Henry Moritz (C) Jarek Buljan, Gary Dardar | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Roy Archibald (SG) Carl Pipkin | |
| 09:44 | Louisville | Robert Catanzaro makes the 1st free throw | 49-30 |
| 09:44 | Louisville | Robert Catanzaro makes the 2nd free throw | 50-30 |
| 09:26 | Northern Iowa | Kong Xiao blocks the short jumper by Jeffrey Galloway | 50-30 |
| 09:24 | Louisville | Henry Moritz grabs the board | 50-30 |
| 09:05 | Louisville | Michael Reddish is called for the reach on Kong Xiao - foul #3 on Michael Reddish, team foul #8 | 50-30 |
| Subs | Louisville | Merrill Koga (PG), Timothy Poole (SG) Ramon Gutierrez, Kyle Clausen | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 09:05 | Louisville | Kong Xiao makes the 1st free throw | 51-30 |
| 09:05 | Louisville | Kong Xiao makes the 2nd free throw | 52-30 |
| 08:47 | Northern Iowa | Michael Reddish clanks a jumpshot from the left wing | 52-30 |
| 08:46 | Louisville | Merrill Koga snags the defensive board | 52-30 |
| 08:19 | Louisville | Henry Moritz buries a turnaround from the baseline on a nice dish by Robert Catanzaro | 54-30 |
| 08:04 | Northern Iowa | Michael Reddish is hacked by Timothy Poole - foul #3 on Timothy Poole, team foul #2 | 54-30 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ramon Gutierrez (PG), Kyle Clausen (SG), Arthur Nitz (SF), Gary Dardar (C) Merrill Koga, Timothy Poole, Robert Catanzaro, Henry Moritz | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 07:43 | Northern Iowa | Michael Reddish connects on the shot from the baseline and the foul's on Kong Xiao - foul #1 on Kong Xiao, team foul #3 | 54-32 |
| Subs | Louisville | Merrill Koga (PG), Jarek Buljan (PF) Ramon Gutierrez, Kong Xiao | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 07:43 | Northern Iowa | Michael Reddish makes the free throw | 54-33 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Merrill Koga (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kyle Clausen (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Arthur Nitz (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jarek Buljan (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Gary Dardar (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Ruben Long (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Roy Archibald (fairly fresh) 3 pf. SF - Jeffrey Galloway (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. PF - Joshua Coan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Michael Reddish (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:20 | Louisville | Jarek Buljan misses the lay-in | 54-33 |
| 07:19 | Northern Iowa | Joshua Coan grabs the board | 54-33 |
| 07:07 | Northern Iowa | Ruben Long's pass is intercepted by Jarek Buljan | 54-33 |
| 06:46 | Louisville | Jarek Buljan is whistled for a carry | 54-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ramon Gutierrez (PG), Kong Xiao (PF) Merrill Koga, Jarek Buljan | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Paul Bruce (SF), Michael Southworth (PF), Timothy Solomon (C) Jeffrey Galloway, Joshua Coan, Michael Reddish | |
| 06:44 | Northern Iowa | Ruben Long is whistled for traveling in the backcourt | 54-33 |
| 06:25 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Ruben Long - foul #4 on Ruben Long, team foul #9 | 54-33 |
| 06:25 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen makes the 1st free throw | 55-33 |
| 06:25 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen makes the 2nd free throw | 56-33 |
| 06:10 | Northern Iowa | Roy Archibald drills a 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Ruben Long | 56-36 |
| 05:53 | Louisville | Gary Dardar is fouled on the floor by Roy Archibald - foul #4 on Roy Archibald, team foul #10 | 56-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Patrick Davis (PG) Ruben Long | |
| 05:53 | Louisville | Gary Dardar misses the 1st free throw | 56-36 |
| 05:53 | Louisville | Gary Dardar makes the 2nd free throw | 57-36 |
| 05:46 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Nitz steals it from Paul Bruce | 57-36 |
| 05:40 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 57-36 |
| 05:39 | Louisville | Ramon Gutierrez misses the tip | 57-36 |
| 05:38 | Louisville | Kong Xiao can't tip it in | 57-36 |
| 05:36 | Louisville | Ramon Gutierrez tips it home | 59-36 |
| 05:24 | Northern Iowa | Patrick Davis is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on Patrick Davis, team foul #11 | 59-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Carl Pipkin (SG) Roy Archibald | |
| 05:06 | Louisville | Kong Xiao clanks a turnaround in the paint | 59-36 |
| 05:05 | Northern Iowa | Carl Pipkin snags the defensive board | 59-36 |
| 04:54 | Northern Iowa | Kong Xiao denies the turnaround by Paul Bruce | 59-36 |
| 04:52 | Louisville | Kong Xiao grabs the defensive rebound | 59-36 |
| 04:45 | Louisville | Kong Xiao hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt in the lane | 59-36 |
| 04:43 | Louisville | Gary Dardar gets the offensive rebound | 59-36 |
| 04:33 | Louisville | Ramon Gutierrez comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 59-36 |
| 04:32 | Louisville | Arthur Nitz snags the offensive board | 59-36 |
| 04:22 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen is fouled on the floor by Patrick Davis - foul #4 on Patrick Davis, team foul #12 | 59-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | Julio Ruiz (C) Gary Dardar | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Ruben Long (PG), Jeffrey Galloway (SF), Joshua Coan (PF), Michael Reddish (C) Patrick Davis, Paul Bruce, Michael Southworth, Timothy Solomon | |
| 04:22 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen makes the 1st free throw | 60-36 |
| 04:22 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen makes the 2nd free throw | 61-36 |
| 04:02 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Nitz is called for the reach on Carl Pipkin - foul #2 on Arthur Nitz, team foul #4 | 61-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Roy Archibald (SG) Carl Pipkin | |
| 03:56 | Northern Iowa | Roy Archibald is fouled on the floor by Kyle Clausen - foul #1 on Kyle Clausen, team foul #5 | 61-36 |
| 03:51 | Northern Iowa | Roy Archibald's pass is intercepted by Kong Xiao | 61-36 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:23 | Louisville | Kong Xiao misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Roy Archibald - foul #5 on Roy Archibald, team foul #13 | 61-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Carl Pipkin (SG) Roy Archibald | |
| 03:23 | Louisville | Kong Xiao misses the 1st free throw | 61-36 |
| 03:23 | Louisville | Kong Xiao misses the 2nd free throw | 61-36 |
| 03:23 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Joshua Coan | 61-36 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ramon Gutierrez (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Kyle Clausen (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Arthur Nitz (fairly fresh) 3 reb. PF - Kong Xiao (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Julio Ruiz (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Ruben Long (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SG - Carl Pipkin (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Jeffrey Galloway (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. PF - Joshua Coan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. C - Michael Reddish (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:14 | Northern Iowa | Michael Reddish banks in the layup | 61-38 |
| 02:53 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen double dribbles | 61-38 |
| Subs | Louisville | Gary Dardar (C) Kong Xiao | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 02:38 | Northern Iowa | Michael Reddish's pass is intercepted by Arthur Nitz | 61-38 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:15 | Louisville | Ramon Gutierrez scores on a floater from the right side set up by Julio Ruiz | 63-38 |
| 02:05 | Northern Iowa | Michael Reddish hits a turnaround from the right block | 63-40 |
| 01:47 | Louisville | Ramon Gutierrez loses the dribble to Carl Pipkin | 63-40 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 01:33 | Northern Iowa | Joshua Coan's pass is intercepted by Ramon Gutierrez | 63-40 |
| 01:13 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen clanks a shot from the right block but he's hacked by Jeffrey Galloway - foul #1 on Jeffrey Galloway, team foul #14 | 63-40 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kong Xiao (PF) Julio Ruiz | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 01:13 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen makes the 1st free throw | 64-40 |
| 01:13 | Louisville | Kyle Clausen makes the 2nd free throw | 65-40 |
| 00:49 | Northern Iowa | Joshua Coan misses long on a jump hook in the paint but he's fouled by Kong Xiao - foul #2 on Kong Xiao, team foul #6 | 65-40 |
| 00:49 | Northern Iowa | Joshua Coan makes the 1st free throw | 65-41 |
| 00:49 | Northern Iowa | Joshua Coan misses the 2nd free throw | 65-41 |
| 00:49 | Louisville | Gary Dardar pulls down the rebound | 65-41 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:25 | Louisville | Kong Xiao clanks a turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Joshua Coan - foul #3 on Joshua Coan, team foul #15 | 65-41 |
| 00:25 | Louisville | Kong Xiao makes the 1st free throw | 66-41 |
| 00:25 | Louisville | Kong Xiao makes the 2nd free throw | 67-41 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:17 | Northern Iowa | Kong Xiao picks off the pass by Carl Pipkin | 67-41 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Ramon Gutierrez runs out the clock | 67-41 |