| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Fred Harris (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Lawrence Corp (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Anthony Wildermuth (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Paul James (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Charles Ben (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Joshua Frisby (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Lewis Cooper (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jing-Sheng Ximines (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - John Parker (fresh) 5 pts. C - Charles Schaefer (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Marquette | Jing-Sheng Ximines inbounds the ball | 37-36 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:40 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby is fouled on the floor by Fred Harris - foul #2 on Fred Harris, team foul #1 | 37-36 |
| 19:23 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 37-36 |
| 19:21 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Ben grabs the board | 37-36 |
| 19:16 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris misses long on a fadeaway near the basket | 37-36 |
| 19:15 | Marquette | John Parker grabs the board | 37-36 |
| 18:53 | Marquette | Charles Schaefer misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 37-36 |
| 18:52 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris pulls down the rebound | 37-36 |
| 18:47 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris connects on the shot from the right wing and the foul's on John Parker - foul #1 on John Parker, team foul #1 | 39-36 |
| 18:47 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris makes the free throw | 40-36 |
| 18:34 | Marquette | John Parker hits a driving attempt in the paint on a nice dish by Joshua Frisby | 40-38 |
| 18:16 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-38 |
| 18:04 | Marquette | Paul James steps in front of the Lewis Cooper pass | 40-38 |
| 17:48 | Detroit Mercy | Anthony Wildermuth is denied on a layup by John Parker | 40-38 |
| 17:47 | Marquette | Charles Schaefer gets the rebound | 40-38 |
| 17:23 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Lewis Cooper | 40-40 |
| 17:08 | Detroit Mercy | Jing-Sheng Ximines is called for the reach on Anthony Wildermuth - foul #3 on Jing-Sheng Ximines, team foul #2 | 40-40 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Noel Berube (SG), Timothy Smith (SF), Ralph Patton (C) Lawrence Corp, Anthony Wildermuth, Charles Ben | |
| Subs | Marquette | Dan Doughty (PG), Clint Nelson (SG), Bob Dowd (SF), Carmelo Guzman (C) Joshua Frisby, Lewis Cooper, Jing-Sheng Ximines, Charles Schaefer | |
| 16:54 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James comes up short on the runner near the basket but the foul's on Dan Doughty - foul #2 on Dan Doughty, team foul #3 | 40-40 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | Marquette | Richard Kang (C) John Parker | |
| 16:54 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James makes the 1st free throw | 41-40 |
| 16:54 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James misses the 2nd free throw | 41-40 |
| 16:54 | Marquette | Richard Kang grabs the board | 41-40 |
| 16:35 | Marquette | Dan Doughty makes the 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Bob Dowd | 41-43 |
| 16:18 | Detroit Mercy | Noel Berube scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 44-43 |
| 15:54 | Marquette | Bob Dowd hits a jump hook from the baseline | 44-45 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Fred Harris (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Noel Berube (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SF - Timothy Smith (fresh) PF - Paul James (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. C - Ralph Patton (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Dan Doughty (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Clint Nelson (fresh) SF - Bob Dowd (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Carmelo Guzman (fresh) C - Richard Kang (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:39 | Detroit Mercy | Richard Kang denies the turnaround by Timothy Smith | 44-45 |
| 15:37 | Marquette | Bob Dowd grabs the board | 44-45 |
| 15:31 | Marquette | Dan Doughty misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 44-45 |
| 15:29 | Marquette | Richard Kang tips it but misses | 44-45 |
| 15:27 | Marquette | The offensive rebound goes to Carmelo Guzman | 44-45 |
| 15:13 | Marquette | Ralph Patton is called for the reach on Carmelo Guzman - foul #2 on Ralph Patton, team foul #2 | 44-45 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Lawrence Corp (SG), Anthony Wildermuth (SF), Charles Ben (C) Fred Harris, Paul James, Ralph Patton | |
| Subs | Marquette | Joshua Frisby (PG), Lewis Cooper (SG), Jing-Sheng Ximines (SF), John Parker (PF), Charles Schaefer (C) Dan Doughty, Clint Nelson, Bob Dowd, Carmelo Guzman, Richard Kang | |
| 15:03 | Marquette | Charles Schaefer can't connect on a shot from the left side | 44-45 |
| 15:01 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Lawrence Corp | 44-45 |
| 14:56 | Detroit Mercy | Lawrence Corp misses short on a jumpshot from the right side | 44-45 |
| 14:54 | Detroit Mercy | Timothy Smith gets the offensive rebound | 44-45 |
| 14:43 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Ben misses the fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by Charles Schaefer - foul #2 on Charles Schaefer, team foul #4 | 44-45 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Edward Willer (PF) Timothy Smith | |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| 14:43 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Ben misses the 1st free throw | 44-45 |
| 14:43 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Ben misses the 2nd free throw | 44-45 |
| 14:43 | Marquette | John Parker grabs the defensive rebound | 44-45 |
| 14:21 | Marquette | Charles Schaefer's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-45 |
| 14:08 | Detroit Mercy | Noel Berube can't connect on a jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Lewis Cooper - foul #1 on Lewis Cooper, team foul #5 | 44-45 |
| 14:08 | Detroit Mercy | Noel Berube makes the 1st free throw | 45-45 |
| 14:08 | Detroit Mercy | Noel Berube misses the 2nd free throw | 45-45 |
| 14:08 | Marquette | Lewis Cooper grabs the board | 45-45 |
| 13:54 | Marquette | Charles Ben blocks the jumper by Lewis Cooper | 45-45 |
| 13:52 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Ben gets the rebound | 45-45 |
| 13:35 | Detroit Mercy | Edward Willer makes the runner in the lane on a nice dish by Noel Berube | 47-45 |
| 13:25 | Marquette | John Parker blows the layup | 47-45 |
| 13:24 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Ben pulls down the rebound | 47-45 |
| 13:11 | Detroit Mercy | Noel Berube misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 47-45 |
| 13:10 | Detroit Mercy | Edward Willer tips it in | 49-45 |
| 12:50 | Marquette | Jing-Sheng Ximines misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 49-45 |
| 12:48 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Ben snags the defensive board | 49-45 |
| 12:32 | Detroit Mercy | Anthony Wildermuth makes the jumper in the lane set up by Edward Willer | 51-45 |
| 12:10 | Marquette | Jing-Sheng Ximines is hacked by Noel Berube - foul #2 on Noel Berube, team foul #3 | 51-45 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris (PG), Danny Grizzard (SG), Timothy Smith (SF), Paul James (PF), Ralph Patton (C) Noel Berube, Lawrence Corp, Anthony Wildermuth, Edward Willer, Charles Ben | |
| Subs | Marquette | Dan Doughty (PG), Clint Nelson (SG), Bob Dowd (SF), Carmelo Guzman (PF), Richard Kang (C) Joshua Frisby, Lewis Cooper, Jing-Sheng Ximines, John Parker, Charles Schaefer | |
| 11:50 | Marquette | Bob Dowd can't connect on a runner in the lane | 51-45 |
| 11:49 | Marquette | Carmelo Guzman snags the offensive board | 51-45 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Fred Harris (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Danny Grizzard (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Timothy Smith (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Paul James (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. C - Ralph Patton (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Dan Doughty (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Clint Nelson (fresh) SF - Bob Dowd (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Carmelo Guzman (fresh) 3 reb. C - Richard Kang (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:39 | Marquette | Dan Doughty misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 51-45 |
| 11:37 | Marquette | Richard Kang misses the tip | 51-45 |
| 11:35 | Marquette | Dan Doughty tips it in | 51-47 |
| 11:13 | Detroit Mercy | Timothy Smith hits a runner from the baseline set up by Danny Grizzard | 53-47 |
| 10:50 | Marquette | Ralph Patton steals the ball from Bob Dowd | 53-47 |
| 10:30 | Detroit Mercy | Timothy Smith is whistled for traveling | 53-47 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Anthony Wildermuth (SF) Ralph Patton | |
| Subs | Marquette | Joshua Frisby (PG), Lewis Cooper (SG), Jing-Sheng Ximines (SF), John Parker (PF), Charles Schaefer (C) Dan Doughty, Clint Nelson, Bob Dowd, Carmelo Guzman, Richard Kang | |
| 10:18 | Marquette | Charles Schaefer is hacked by Paul James - foul #2 on Paul James, team foul #4 | 53-47 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Noel Berube (SG), Charles Ben (C) Danny Grizzard, Timothy Smith | |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| 09:59 | Marquette | Jing-Sheng Ximines hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 53-47 |
| 09:58 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Ben grabs the board | 53-47 |
| 09:39 | Detroit Mercy | Noel Berube is whistled for traveling | 53-47 |
| 09:11 | Marquette | Jing-Sheng Ximines misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 53-47 |
| 09:09 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James pulls down the rebound | 53-47 |
| 08:48 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 53-47 |
| 08:46 | Marquette | Jing-Sheng Ximines grabs the board | 53-47 |
| 08:30 | Marquette | Jing-Sheng Ximines buries a 3 from the right wing | 53-50 |
| 08:11 | Detroit Mercy | Jing-Sheng Ximines is called for the reach on Fred Harris - foul #4 on Jing-Sheng Ximines, team foul #6 | 53-50 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Danny Grizzard (PG), Lawrence Corp (SG), Timothy Smith (PF), Ralph Patton (C) Fred Harris, Noel Berube, Paul James, Charles Ben | |
| Subs | Marquette | Clint Nelson (SG), Bob Dowd (SF) Lewis Cooper, Jing-Sheng Ximines | |
| 07:55 | Detroit Mercy | Timothy Smith makes the jumper near the basket and he's fouled by Joshua Frisby - foul #2 on Joshua Frisby, team foul #7 | 55-50 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | Marquette | Dan Doughty (PG), Carmelo Guzman (C) Joshua Frisby, Charles Schaefer | |
| 07:55 | Detroit Mercy | Timothy Smith makes the free throw | 56-50 |
| 07:45 | Marquette | Lawrence Corp steals the ball from Bob Dowd | 56-50 |
| 07:41 | Detroit Mercy | Danny Grizzard banks in the layup on a great pass from Lawrence Corp | 58-50 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Danny Grizzard (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence Corp (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Anthony Wildermuth (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Timothy Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Ralph Patton (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Dan Doughty (fresh) 10 pts. SG - Clint Nelson (fresh) SF - Bob Dowd (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - John Parker (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Carmelo Guzman (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:25 | Marquette | Clint Nelson can't connect on a driving attempt from the right block but he's hacked by Ralph Patton - foul #3 on Ralph Patton, team foul #5 | 58-50 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Edward Willer (PF) Anthony Wildermuth | |
| Subs | Marquette | Richard Kang (C) John Parker | |
| 07:25 | Marquette | Clint Nelson makes the 1st free throw | 58-51 |
| 07:25 | Marquette | Clint Nelson makes the 2nd free throw | 58-52 |
| 07:03 | Detroit Mercy | Danny Grizzard misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 58-52 |
| 07:01 | Detroit Mercy | The offensive rebound goes to Timothy Smith | 58-52 |
| 06:42 | Detroit Mercy | Danny Grizzard clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 58-52 |
| 06:40 | Detroit Mercy | Lawrence Corp grabs the offensive rebound | 58-52 |
| 06:24 | Detroit Mercy | The short jumper by Timothy Smith is denied by Carmelo Guzman | 58-52 |
| 06:22 | Marquette | Dan Doughty snags the defensive board | 58-52 |
| 06:18 | Marquette | Dan Doughty drills a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Clint Nelson | 58-55 |
| 06:01 | Detroit Mercy | Danny Grizzard comes up short on the jumper from the right side | 58-55 |
| 06:00 | Marquette | Bob Dowd grabs the board | 58-55 |
| 06:00 | Marquette | Marquette calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-55 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris (PG), Anthony Wildermuth (SF), Paul James (PF), Charles Ben (C) Danny Grizzard, Timothy Smith, Edward Willer, Ralph Patton | |
| Subs | Marquette | Joshua Frisby (PG), Lewis Cooper (SG), Jing-Sheng Ximines (SF), John Parker (PF), Charles Schaefer (C) Dan Doughty, Clint Nelson, Bob Dowd, Carmelo Guzman, Richard Kang | |
| 05:43 | Marquette | Charles Schaefer makes the shot from the baseline | 58-57 |
| 05:15 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris is called for the illegal screen - foul #3 on Fred Harris, team foul #6 | 58-57 |
| 04:50 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Anthony Wildermuth - foul #2 on Anthony Wildermuth, team foul #7 | 58-57 |
| 04:50 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby misses the 1st free throw | 58-57 |
| 04:50 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby misses the 2nd free throw | 58-57 |
| 04:50 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Ben pulls down the rebound | 58-57 |
| 04:36 | Detroit Mercy | Lawrence Corp comes up short on the shot from the right wing | 58-57 |
| 04:34 | Marquette | John Parker grabs the defensive rebound | 58-57 |
| 04:10 | Marquette | Charles Schaefer knocks in the jumper from the right wing | 58-59 |
| 03:43 | Detroit Mercy | Joshua Frisby steals it from Charles Ben | 58-59 |
| 03:40 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby misses the lay-in | 58-59 |
| 03:39 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Anthony Wildermuth | 58-59 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Fred Harris (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Lawrence Corp (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Anthony Wildermuth (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Paul James (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. C - Charles Ben (fresh) 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Joshua Frisby (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. 3 stl. SG - Lewis Cooper (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jing-Sheng Ximines (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. PF - John Parker (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Charles Schaefer (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 03:20 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line | 58-59 |
| 03:18 | Marquette | The rebound goes to John Parker | 58-59 |
| 03:00 | Marquette | Lewis Cooper scores on a jumper from the left side set up by Joshua Frisby and he's fouled by Paul James - foul #3 on Paul James, team foul #8 | 58-61 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Noel Berube (SG), Timothy Smith (SF), Ralph Patton (C) Lawrence Corp, Anthony Wildermuth, Charles Ben | |
| Subs | Marquette | Dan Doughty (PG), Bob Dowd (SF), Carmelo Guzman (C) Joshua Frisby, Jing-Sheng Ximines, Charles Schaefer | |
| 03:00 | Marquette | Lewis Cooper makes the free throw | 58-62 |
| 02:57 | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-62 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Anthony Wildermuth (SF) Ralph Patton | |
| Subs | Marquette | Joshua Frisby (PG), Jing-Sheng Ximines (SF), Charles Schaefer (C) Dan Doughty, Bob Dowd, Carmelo Guzman | |
| 02:43 | Detroit Mercy | Timothy Smith misses the easy layup | 58-62 |
| 02:41 | Marquette | Lewis Cooper snags the defensive board | 58-62 |
| 02:24 | Marquette | Jing-Sheng Ximines drills a jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Charles Schaefer | 58-64 |
| 02:24 | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 58-64 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Lawrence Corp (SG), Charles Ben (C) Noel Berube, Timothy Smith | |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| 02:02 | Detroit Mercy | Anthony Wildermuth misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 58-64 |
| 02:00 | Marquette | Charles Schaefer gets the rebound | 58-64 |
| 01:48 | Marquette | Paul James swats the layup by Lewis Cooper | 58-64 |
| 01:47 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James grabs the board | 58-64 |
| 01:35 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris is hacked by John Parker - foul #2 on John Parker, team foul #8 | 58-64 |
| 01:35 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris makes the 1st free throw | 59-64 |
| 01:35 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 60-64 |
| 01:17 | Marquette | Jing-Sheng Ximines can't connect on a turnaround from the baseline | 60-64 |
| 01:15 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James snags the defensive board | 60-64 |
| 01:12 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris is fouled in the backcourt by Joshua Frisby - foul #3 on Joshua Frisby, team foul #9 | 60-64 |
| 01:12 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris makes the 1st free throw | 61-64 |
| 01:12 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 62-64 |
| 00:57 | Marquette | John Parker makes the floater from the left block on a nice dish by Joshua Frisby | 62-66 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:51 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 62-66 |
| 00:50 | Marquette | The rebound goes to John Parker | 62-66 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:22 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby can't finish the layup | 62-66 |
| 00:20 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Ben pulls down the rebound | 62-66 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:15 | Detroit Mercy | Lawrence Corp misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 62-66 |
| 00:14 | Marquette | Jing-Sheng Ximines gets the rebound | 62-66 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:12 | Marquette | Fred Harris is called for the reach on Jing-Sheng Ximines in the backcourt - foul #4 on Fred Harris, team foul #9 | 62-66 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | Marquette | Dan Doughty (PG) Joshua Frisby | |
| 00:12 | Marquette | Jing-Sheng Ximines makes the 1st free throw | 62-67 |
| 00:12 | Marquette | Jing-Sheng Ximines makes the 2nd free throw | 62-68 |
| 00:07 | Detroit Mercy | Lawrence Corp misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 62-68 |
| 00:05 | Detroit Mercy | Paul James pulls down the offensive rebound | 62-68 |
| 00:01 | Detroit Mercy | Fred Harris misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 62-68 |
| 00:00 | Marquette | The rebound goes to John Parker | 62-68 |