| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - David Spero (fresh) SG - Darren Mattison (fresh) SF - Frank McNitt (fresh) PF - William Weir (fresh) C - Lynn Dansby (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Douglas Fisher (fresh) SG - David Allen (fresh) SF - James Young (fresh) PF - Joseph Stubblefield (fresh) C - James Woody (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Grinnell | William Weir wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Grinnell | Grinnell is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:36 | Grinnell | Darren Mattison scores on a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by David Spero | 3-0 |
| 19:15 | Illinois | Joseph Stubblefield hits a runner from the right block on a great pass from Douglas Fisher | 3-2 |
| 19:11 | Grinnell | David Spero hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Darren Mattison | 5-2 |
| 18:42 | Illinois | James Woody misses the shot from just outside the lane | 5-2 |
| 18:41 | Grinnell | The rebound goes to William Weir | 5-2 |
| 18:31 | Grinnell | David Spero is hacked by Douglas Fisher - foul #1 on Douglas Fisher, team foul #1 | 5-2 |
| 18:24 | Grinnell | Darren Mattison drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 8-2 |
| 18:03 | Illinois | James Young throws a bad pass out of bounds | 8-2 |
| 17:51 | Grinnell | William Weir blows the layup | 8-2 |
| 17:49 | Illinois | James Young gets the rebound | 8-2 |
| 17:44 | Illinois | Douglas Fisher is fouled on the floor by William Weir - foul #1 on William Weir, team foul #1 | 8-2 |
| 17:34 | Illinois | Douglas Fisher comes up short on the floater from the right side | 8-2 |
| 17:33 | Illinois | David Allen grabs the offensive rebound | 8-2 |
| 17:19 | Illinois | Joseph Stubblefield makes the 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by David Allen | 8-5 |
| 17:07 | Grinnell | Frank McNitt connects on the floater from just outside the lane set up by Darren Mattison and he's hacked by James Young - foul #1 on James Young, team foul #2 | 10-5 |
| Subs | Grinnell | William Hamner (PG), Thomas Hayashi (C) David Spero, Lynn Dansby | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 17:07 | Grinnell | Frank McNitt makes the free throw | 11-5 |
| 16:46 | Illinois | Douglas Fisher comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 11-5 |
| 16:44 | Grinnell | Thomas Hayashi snags the defensive board | 11-5 |
| 16:24 | Grinnell | Darren Mattison hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Frank McNitt | 13-5 |
| 16:19 | Illinois | James Woody clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 13-5 |
| 16:17 | Grinnell | William Weir grabs the defensive rebound | 13-5 |
| 16:11 | Grinnell | Darren Mattison throws a bad pass out of bounds | 13-5 |
| Subs | Grinnell | David Spero (PG), James Whited (SF), Lynn Dansby (C) William Hamner, Frank McNitt, William Weir | |
| Subs | Illinois | James Markowski (PF) Joseph Stubblefield | |
| 15:56 | Illinois | David Allen hits a fadeaway from the free throw line | 13-7 |
| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - David Spero (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Darren Mattison (fresh) 8 pts. SF - James Whited (fresh) PF - Thomas Hayashi (fresh) C - Lynn Dansby (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Douglas Fisher (fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Allen (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Young (fresh) PF - James Markowski (fresh) C - James Woody (fresh) | |
| 15:45 | Grinnell | James Young swats the short shot by Lynn Dansby | 13-7 |
| 15:44 | Grinnell | Thomas Hayashi grabs the offensive rebound | 13-7 |
| 15:33 | Grinnell | Lynn Dansby can't connect on a driving attempt in the paint but he's fouled by James Woody - foul #1 on James Woody, team foul #3 | 13-7 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Ronald Sullivan (SG) Darren Mattison | |
| Subs | Illinois | Stephen Mattes (PG), Earl Hutchins (SG), Arthur Zhang (SF), Lowell Cohen (C) Douglas Fisher, David Allen, James Young, James Woody | |
| 15:33 | Grinnell | Lynn Dansby makes the 1st free throw | 14-7 |
| 15:33 | Grinnell | Lynn Dansby makes the 2nd free throw | 15-7 |
| 15:19 | Illinois | Lowell Cohen's floater is knocked away by Thomas Hayashi | 15-7 |
| 15:18 | Illinois | James Markowski tips it home | 15-9 |
| 14:53 | Grinnell | Lynn Dansby loses the ball out of bounds | 15-9 |
| Subs | Grinnell | William Hamner (PG), Frank McNitt (SF), William Weir (PF) David Spero, James Whited, Lynn Dansby | |
| Subs | Illinois | Joseph Stubblefield (PF) Lowell Cohen | |
| 14:37 | Illinois | Ronald Sullivan steals it from Arthur Zhang | 15-9 |
| 14:21 | Grinnell | William Hamner misses the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 15-9 |
| 14:19 | Grinnell | William Weir misses the tip | 15-9 |
| 14:18 | Grinnell | William Weir grabs the offensive rebound | 15-9 |
| 14:07 | Grinnell | William Weir can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 15-9 |
| 14:06 | Illinois | Joseph Stubblefield snags the defensive board | 15-9 |
| 14:02 | Illinois | James Markowski is hacked by Ronald Sullivan - foul #1 on Ronald Sullivan, team foul #2 | 15-9 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Darren Mattison (SG), Lynn Dansby (C) Ronald Sullivan, Thomas Hayashi | |
| Subs | Illinois | Douglas Fisher (PG), David Allen (SG), James Young (SF), James Woody (C) Stephen Mattes, Earl Hutchins, Arthur Zhang, James Markowski | |
| 13:47 | Illinois | James Woody is hacked by Lynn Dansby - foul #1 on Lynn Dansby, team foul #3 | 15-9 |
| 13:33 | Illinois | David Allen can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 15-9 |
| 13:32 | Illinois | Joseph Stubblefield tips it home | 15-11 |
| 13:22 | Grinnell | Lynn Dansby is fouled on the floor by Joseph Stubblefield - foul #1 on Joseph Stubblefield, team foul #4 | 15-11 |
| Subs | Grinnell | David Spero (PG) William Hamner | |
| Subs | Illinois | Lowell Cohen (PF) Joseph Stubblefield | |
| 13:14 | Grinnell | Lynn Dansby's layup is rejected by James Woody | 15-11 |
| 13:12 | Illinois | Lowell Cohen snags the defensive board | 15-11 |
| 13:09 | Illinois | David Spero picks off the pass by Douglas Fisher in the backcourt | 15-11 |
| 13:00 | Grinnell | Lynn Dansby is hacked by James Woody - foul #2 on James Woody, team foul #5 | 15-11 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Illinois | James Markowski (PF) James Woody | |
| 12:45 | Grinnell | Darren Mattison clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 15-11 |
| 12:44 | Illinois | Lowell Cohen gets the rebound | 15-11 |
| 12:40 | Illinois | Douglas Fisher's pass is intercepted by David Spero | 15-11 |
| 12:36 | Grinnell | Frank McNitt banks in the layup on a great pass from David Spero | 17-11 |
| 12:15 | Illinois | James Markowski buries a fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from Douglas Fisher | 17-13 |
| 11:58 | Grinnell | Douglas Fisher is called for the reach on David Spero - foul #2 on Douglas Fisher, team foul #6 | 17-13 |
| Subs | Grinnell | James Whited (SF), Thomas Hayashi (C) Frank McNitt, Lynn Dansby | |
| Subs | Illinois | Stephen Mattes (PG), Earl Hutchins (SG), Arthur Zhang (SF), Joseph Stubblefield (PF) Douglas Fisher, David Allen, James Young, Lowell Cohen | |
| 11:48 | Grinnell | Darren Mattison misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 17-13 |
| 11:47 | Illinois | James Markowski pulls down the rebound | 17-13 |
| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - David Spero (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Darren Mattison (fresh) 8 pts. SF - James Whited (fresh) PF - William Weir (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Thomas Hayashi (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Stephen Mattes (fresh) SG - Earl Hutchins (fresh) SF - Arthur Zhang (fresh) PF - Joseph Stubblefield (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - James Markowski (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:39 | Illinois | Arthur Zhang blows the layup but the foul's on James Whited - foul #1 on James Whited, team foul #4 | 17-13 |
| Subs | Grinnell | William Hamner (PG) David Spero | |
| Subs | Illinois | Lowell Cohen (C) James Markowski | |
| 11:39 | Illinois | Arthur Zhang misses the 1st free throw | 17-13 |
| 11:39 | Illinois | Arthur Zhang misses the 2nd free throw | 17-13 |
| 11:39 | Grinnell | William Weir grabs the board | 17-13 |
| 11:29 | Grinnell | Darren Mattison scores on a 3 from the left corner on a great pass from William Hamner | 20-13 |
| 11:21 | Illinois | Joseph Stubblefield throws a bad pass out of bounds | 20-13 |
| 11:07 | Grinnell | William Weir misses the shot in the paint but he's hacked by Lowell Cohen - foul #1 on Lowell Cohen, team foul #7 | 20-13 |
| 11:07 | Grinnell | William Weir makes the 1st free throw | 21-13 |
| 11:07 | Grinnell | William Weir makes the 2nd free throw | 22-13 |
| 10:49 | Illinois | Lowell Cohen steps out of bounds on the sideline | 22-13 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Frank McNitt (SF), Lynn Dansby (C) James Whited, William Weir | |
| Subs | Illinois | David Allen (SG), James Young (SF) Earl Hutchins, Arthur Zhang | |
| 10:34 | Grinnell | Lynn Dansby slams it home on a nice dish by Frank McNitt | 24-13 |
| 10:16 | Illinois | Joseph Stubblefield misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 24-13 |
| 10:14 | Grinnell | William Hamner snags the defensive board | 24-13 |
| 09:55 | Grinnell | Frank McNitt drills a fadeaway from the left side on a great pass from Thomas Hayashi | 26-13 |
| 09:32 | Illinois | David Allen throws a bad pass out of bounds | 26-13 |
| Subs | Grinnell | David Spero (PG), Ronald Sullivan (SG), William Weir (PF) William Hamner, Darren Mattison, Lynn Dansby | |
| Subs | Illinois | James Markowski (PF), Arthur Zhang (C) Joseph Stubblefield, Lowell Cohen | |
| 09:20 | Grinnell | Frank McNitt is hacked by James Young - foul #2 on James Young, team foul #8 | 26-13 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Lynn Dansby (C) Thomas Hayashi | |
| Subs | Illinois | Joseph Stubblefield (PF) James Young | |
| 09:20 | Grinnell | Frank McNitt makes the 1st free throw | 27-13 |
| 09:20 | Grinnell | Frank McNitt makes the 2nd free throw | 28-13 |
| 09:01 | Illinois | James Markowski can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 28-13 |
| 09:00 | Grinnell | David Spero grabs the defensive rebound | 28-13 |
| 08:52 | Grinnell | Lynn Dansby buries a runner near the basket on a nice dish by Frank McNitt | 30-13 |
| 08:38 | Illinois | Stephen Mattes buries a fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Joseph Stubblefield | 30-15 |
| 08:22 | Grinnell | David Spero hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 30-15 |
| 08:21 | Illinois | David Allen snags the defensive board | 30-15 |
| 07:52 | Illinois | Stephen Mattes is hacked by Lynn Dansby - foul #2 on Lynn Dansby, team foul #5 | 30-15 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Darren Mattison (SG), James Whited (SF), Thomas Hayashi (C) Ronald Sullivan, Frank McNitt, Lynn Dansby | |
| Subs | Illinois | Earl Hutchins (PG), Herman Drozd (SG), Lowell Cohen (C) Stephen Mattes, David Allen, Joseph Stubblefield | |
| 07:34 | Illinois | Lowell Cohen comes up short on the jumper from the right block | 30-15 |
| 07:32 | Grinnell | Thomas Hayashi gets the rebound | 30-15 |
| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - David Spero (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Darren Mattison (fresh) 11 pts. SF - James Whited (fresh) PF - William Weir (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Thomas Hayashi (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Earl Hutchins (fresh) SG - Herman Drozd (fresh) SF - Arthur Zhang (fresh) PF - James Markowski (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Lowell Cohen (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:24 | Grinnell | William Weir throws it down on a great pass from David Spero | 32-15 |
| 07:13 | Illinois | Herman Drozd throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-15 |
| Subs | Grinnell | William Hamner (PG) David Spero | |
| Subs | Illinois | Bruce Cook (SF), Joseph Stubblefield (PF) Arthur Zhang, James Markowski | |
| 06:57 | Grinnell | Thomas Hayashi slams it home set up by Darren Mattison and he's fouled by Lowell Cohen - foul #2 on Lowell Cohen, team foul #9 | 34-15 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Illinois | James Markowski (C) Lowell Cohen | |
| 06:57 | Grinnell | Thomas Hayashi misses the free throw | 34-15 |
| 06:57 | Illinois | Joseph Stubblefield snags the defensive board | 34-15 |
| 06:38 | Illinois | James Markowski buries a fadeaway near the basket | 34-17 |
| 06:26 | Grinnell | William Weir buries a floater in the paint | 36-17 |
| 06:07 | Illinois | Joseph Stubblefield is hacked by William Weir - foul #2 on William Weir, team foul #6 | 36-17 |
| Subs | Grinnell | David Spero (PG), Frank McNitt (SF), Lynn Dansby (C) William Hamner, James Whited, William Weir | |
| Subs | Illinois | Stephen Mattes (PG) Herman Drozd | |
| 05:52 | Illinois | Earl Hutchins buries a floater from the right wing on a great pass from James Markowski | 36-19 |
| 05:28 | Grinnell | Darren Mattison lays it up and in and the foul's on Joseph Stubblefield - foul #2 on Joseph Stubblefield, team foul #10 | 38-19 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Ronald Sullivan (SG) Lynn Dansby | |
| Subs | Illinois | David Allen (SG), Arthur Zhang (PF) Earl Hutchins, Joseph Stubblefield | |
| 05:28 | Grinnell | Darren Mattison makes the free throw | 39-19 |
| 05:17 | Illinois | James Markowski misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 39-19 |
| 05:15 | Grinnell | Frank McNitt snags the defensive board | 39-19 |
| 05:12 | Grinnell | Stephen Mattes steps in front of the David Spero pass in the backcourt | 39-19 |
| 05:11 | Illinois | Stephen Mattes hits the finger roll | 39-21 |
| 04:51 | Grinnell | Thomas Hayashi buries a jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Frank McNitt | 41-21 |
| 04:43 | Illinois | Arthur Zhang misses the easy layup | 41-21 |
| 04:41 | Illinois | Bruce Cook gets the offensive rebound | 41-21 |
| 04:28 | Illinois | Stephen Mattes buries a jumper from the left wing set up by Arthur Zhang and the foul's on David Spero - foul #1 on David Spero, team foul #7 | 41-23 |
| Subs | Grinnell | William Hamner (PG), Lynn Dansby (C) David Spero, Darren Mattison | |
| Subs | Illinois | Herman Drozd (SF) Bruce Cook | |
| 04:28 | Illinois | Stephen Mattes makes the free throw | 41-24 |
| 04:12 | Grinnell | Lynn Dansby lays it up and in on a great pass from Frank McNitt | 43-24 |
| 04:01 | Illinois | Lynn Dansby is called for the reach on James Markowski - foul #3 on Lynn Dansby, team foul #8 | 43-24 |
| Subs | Grinnell | William Weir (PF) Lynn Dansby | |
| Subs | Illinois | Earl Hutchins (PG) Stephen Mattes | |
| 04:01 | Illinois | James Markowski makes the 1st free throw | 43-25 |
| 04:01 | Illinois | James Markowski misses the 2nd free throw | 43-25 |
| 04:01 | Grinnell | William Weir snags the defensive board | 43-25 |
| 03:48 | Grinnell | Frank McNitt scores on a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Ronald Sullivan | 46-25 |
| 03:33 | Illinois | Arthur Zhang misses the lay-in | 46-25 |
| 03:32 | Illinois | David Allen pulls down the offensive rebound | 46-25 |
| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - William Hamner (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ronald Sullivan (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Frank McNitt (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 ast. PF - William Weir (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Thomas Hayashi (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Earl Hutchins (fresh) 2 pts. SG - David Allen (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Herman Drozd (fresh) PF - James Markowski (tiring) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Arthur Zhang (fairly fresh) | |
| 03:16 | Illinois | Arthur Zhang can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 46-25 |
| 03:15 | Grinnell | Thomas Hayashi grabs the defensive rebound | 46-25 |
| 03:10 | Grinnell | Ronald Sullivan scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Frank McNitt | 49-25 |
| 02:41 | Illinois | James Markowski is whistled for traveling | 49-25 |
| Subs | Grinnell | David Spero (PG), Darren Mattison (SG), James Whited (SF) William Hamner, Ronald Sullivan, Frank McNitt | |
| Subs | Illinois | Douglas Fisher (PG), Stephen Mattes (SG), James Young (SF), Lowell Cohen (PF), James Woody (C) Earl Hutchins, David Allen, Herman Drozd, James Markowski, Arthur Zhang | |
| 02:23 | Grinnell | James Whited drills a turnaround near the basket on a great pass from Darren Mattison | 51-25 |
| 02:11 | Illinois | Douglas Fisher knocks in the shot from the left wing set up by Stephen Mattes | 51-27 |
| 02:03 | Grinnell | Darren Mattison comes up short on the floater from the left wing | 51-27 |
| 02:02 | Grinnell | William Weir tips it in | 53-27 |
| 01:46 | Illinois | Douglas Fisher's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 53-27 |
| 01:33 | Grinnell | David Spero is hacked by James Woody - foul #3 on James Woody, team foul #11 | 53-27 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Joseph Stubblefield (PF) James Woody | |
| 01:33 | Grinnell | David Spero makes the 1st free throw | 54-27 |
| 01:33 | Grinnell | David Spero makes the 2nd free throw | 55-27 |
| 01:24 | Illinois | William Weir steals it from Stephen Mattes | 55-27 |
| 01:09 | Grinnell | James Young takes the ball from William Weir | 55-27 |
| 01:06 | Illinois | James Young hits the finger roll | 55-29 |
| 00:52 | Grinnell | William Weir misses the floater from the right side but he's hacked by Joseph Stubblefield - foul #3 on Joseph Stubblefield, team foul #12 | 55-29 |
| Subs | Grinnell | William Hamner (PG), Frank McNitt (SF) David Spero, James Whited | |
| Subs | Illinois | David Allen (SG), James Markowski (C) Stephen Mattes, Joseph Stubblefield | |
| 00:52 | Grinnell | William Weir makes the 1st free throw | 56-29 |
| 00:52 | Grinnell | William Weir makes the 2nd free throw | 57-29 |
| 00:40 | Illinois | Lowell Cohen can't connect on a fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by William Weir - foul #3 on William Weir, team foul #9 | 57-29 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Lynn Dansby (C) William Weir | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 00:40 | Illinois | Lowell Cohen misses the 1st free throw | 57-29 |
| 00:40 | Illinois | Lowell Cohen makes the 2nd free throw | 57-30 |
| 00:28 | Grinnell | William Hamner knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Darren Mattison | 59-30 |
| 00:00 | Illinois | James Markowski scores on a 3 from the right wing | 59-33 |