| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Glen Sisk (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Grant Glenn (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Charlie Chaffins (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Chacko (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Fred Newbold (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Leigh Reis (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Kristopher Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. SF - Rogelio Marino (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Robert Seward (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Daniel Hughes (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Southern Illinois | Charlie Chaffins inbounds the ball | 28-35 |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:38 | Southern Illinois | Charlie Chaffins can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Daniel Hughes - foul #1 on Daniel Hughes, team foul #1 | 28-35 |
| 19:38 | Southern Illinois | Charlie Chaffins makes the 1st free throw | 29-35 |
| 19:38 | Southern Illinois | Charlie Chaffins makes the 2nd free throw | 30-35 |
| 19:15 | Evansville | Grant Glenn steps in front of the Leigh Reis pass | 30-35 |
| 19:12 | Southern Illinois | Grant Glenn lays it up and in | 32-35 |
| 18:54 | Evansville | Robert Seward's floater is tipped away by James Chacko | 32-35 |
| 18:52 | Southern Illinois | James Chacko snags the defensive board | 32-35 |
| 18:34 | Southern Illinois | Fred Newbold misses badly on a jumper in the paint but the foul's on Daniel Hughes - foul #2 on Daniel Hughes, team foul #2 | 32-35 |
| 18:34 | Southern Illinois | Fred Newbold misses the 1st free throw | 32-35 |
| 18:34 | Southern Illinois | Fred Newbold misses the 2nd free throw | 32-35 |
| 18:34 | Evansville | The rebound goes to Daniel Hughes | 32-35 |
| 18:30 | Evansville | Leigh Reis misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 32-35 |
| 18:29 | Southern Illinois | Fred Newbold grabs the board | 32-35 |
| 18:24 | Southern Illinois | Charlie Chaffins can't finish the layup | 32-35 |
| 18:22 | Southern Illinois | Charlie Chaffins hits the follow up shot | 34-35 |
| 18:02 | Evansville | Daniel Hughes drills a fadeaway in the paint and the foul's on Fred Newbold - foul #1 on Fred Newbold, team foul #1 | 34-37 |
| 18:02 | Evansville | Daniel Hughes makes the free throw | 34-38 |
| 17:45 | Southern Illinois | Robert Seward is called for the reach on Grant Glenn - foul #2 on Robert Seward, team foul #3 | 34-38 |
| 17:27 | Southern Illinois | James Chacko scores on a fadeaway from the baseline set up by Glen Sisk and he's hacked by Robert Seward - foul #3 on Robert Seward, team foul #4 | 36-38 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Walter Parker (SG) Grant Glenn | |
| Subs | Evansville | Drazen Legerski (PF), Wilbur Hooks (C) Robert Seward, Daniel Hughes | |
| 17:27 | Southern Illinois | James Chacko makes the free throw | 37-38 |
| 17:20 | Evansville | Drazen Legerski's layup is rejected by Fred Newbold | 37-38 |
| 17:19 | Evansville | The offensive rebound goes to Kristopher Taylor | 37-38 |
| 17:06 | Evansville | Leigh Reis is called for a charge - foul #2 on Leigh Reis, team foul #5 | 37-38 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Tony Maples (PG), Dwight Woo (SF) Glen Sisk, Charlie Chaffins | |
| Subs | Evansville | Julian Tyree (PG) Leigh Reis | |
| 16:54 | Southern Illinois | Dwight Woo hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 37-38 |
| 16:53 | Southern Illinois | Dwight Woo tips it home | 39-38 |
| 16:44 | Evansville | Rogelio Marino misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 39-38 |
| 16:43 | Evansville | The offensive rebound goes to Julian Tyree | 39-38 |
| 16:19 | Evansville | Drazen Legerski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 39-38 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Grant Glenn (SG), Frankie John (SF), John Schultheis (C) Tony Maples, James Chacko, Fred Newbold | |
| Subs | Evansville | John Bowles (PF), Daniel Hughes (C) Rogelio Marino, Wilbur Hooks | |
| 15:58 | Southern Illinois | Dwight Woo loses the dribble to Kristopher Taylor | 39-38 |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Walter Parker (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Grant Glenn (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frankie John (fresh) PF - Dwight Woo (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - John Schultheis (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Julian Tyree (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Kristopher Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. 3 stl. SF - Drazen Legerski (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Bowles (fresh) C - Daniel Hughes (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:38 | Evansville | Julian Tyree misses badly on a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Grant Glenn - foul #1 on Grant Glenn, team foul #2 | 39-38 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Glen Sisk (PG), Charlie Chaffins (SF) Walter Parker, Frankie John | |
| Subs | Evansville | Robert Seward (PF), James Morin (C) Kristopher Taylor, Daniel Hughes | |
| 15:38 | Evansville | Julian Tyree makes the 1st free throw | 39-39 |
| 15:38 | Evansville | Julian Tyree makes the 2nd free throw | 39-40 |
| 15:33 | Southern Illinois | John Bowles picks off the pass by Glen Sisk in the backcourt | 39-40 |
| 15:23 | Evansville | Julian Tyree is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Julian Tyree, team foul #6 | 39-40 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | | |
| Subs | Evansville | Leigh Reis (PG), Rogelio Marino (SF) Julian Tyree, Drazen Legerski | |
| 15:04 | Southern Illinois | Dwight Woo misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 39-40 |
| 15:02 | Evansville | James Morin pulls down the rebound | 39-40 |
| 14:45 | Evansville | John Bowles comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 39-40 |
| 14:43 | Southern Illinois | John Schultheis pulls down the rebound | 39-40 |
| 14:26 | Southern Illinois | Dwight Woo hits a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Charlie Chaffins | 42-40 |
| 14:15 | Evansville | Rogelio Marino misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 42-40 |
| 14:13 | Southern Illinois | Glen Sisk grabs the board | 42-40 |
| 13:53 | Southern Illinois | Dwight Woo misses short on a jump hook in the paint | 42-40 |
| 13:51 | Evansville | The rebound goes to Robert Seward | 42-40 |
| 13:47 | Evansville | Leigh Reis knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 42-43 |
| 13:34 | Southern Illinois | John Bowles steals it from Charlie Chaffins | 42-43 |
| 13:18 | Evansville | John Bowles can't finish the layup | 42-43 |
| 13:17 | Southern Illinois | John Schultheis grabs the defensive rebound | 42-43 |
| 13:12 | Southern Illinois | Rogelio Marino picks off the pass by Grant Glenn | 42-43 |
| 12:52 | Evansville | John Bowles knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 42-46 |
| 12:42 | Southern Illinois | Grant Glenn clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 42-46 |
| 12:40 | Evansville | John Bowles grabs the board | 42-46 |
| 12:21 | Evansville | John Bowles drills a shot from just outside the lane | 42-48 |
| 12:04 | Southern Illinois | Grant Glenn comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 42-48 |
| 12:03 | Southern Illinois | Dwight Woo tips it in | 44-48 |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Glen Sisk (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SG - Grant Glenn (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charlie Chaffins (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. PF - Dwight Woo (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - John Schultheis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Leigh Reis (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SG - John Bowles (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. SF - Rogelio Marino (fairly fresh) 10 pts. PF - Robert Seward (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - James Morin (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:42 | Evansville | John Bowles misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 44-48 |
| 11:41 | Evansville | The offensive rebound goes to Rogelio Marino | 44-48 |
| 11:27 | Evansville | Robert Seward knocks in the fadeaway from the left block set up by Rogelio Marino | 44-50 |
| 11:14 | Southern Illinois | Charlie Chaffins drills a runner from the right block set up by Grant Glenn | 46-50 |
| 10:55 | Evansville | Robert Seward hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the right block but the foul's on Dwight Woo - foul #1 on Dwight Woo, team foul #3 | 46-50 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Tony Maples (PG), Walter Parker (SG), Frankie John (SF), James Chacko (PF), Fred Newbold (C) Glen Sisk, Grant Glenn, Charlie Chaffins, Dwight Woo, John Schultheis | |
| Subs | Evansville | Julian Tyree (PG), Kristopher Taylor (SG), Drazen Legerski (SF), Daniel Hughes (C) Leigh Reis, John Bowles, Rogelio Marino, James Morin | |
| 10:55 | Evansville | Robert Seward makes the 1st free throw | 46-51 |
| 10:55 | Evansville | Robert Seward makes the 2nd free throw | 46-52 |
| 10:35 | Southern Illinois | Fred Newbold throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-52 |
| 10:19 | Evansville | Robert Seward loses the ball out of bounds | 46-52 |
| 10:02 | Southern Illinois | James Chacko scores on a jump hook from the left block on a nice dish by Tony Maples | 48-52 |
| 09:43 | Evansville | Drazen Legerski misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing but the foul's on Fred Newbold - foul #2 on Fred Newbold, team foul #4 | 48-52 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | | |
| Subs | Evansville | Rogelio Marino (SF) Robert Seward | |
| 09:43 | Evansville | Drazen Legerski misses the 1st free throw | 48-52 |
| 09:43 | Evansville | Drazen Legerski misses the 2nd free throw | 48-52 |
| 09:43 | Evansville | Daniel Hughes grabs the offensive rebound | 48-52 |
| 09:32 | Evansville | Daniel Hughes misses the jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Fred Newbold - foul #3 on Fred Newbold, team foul #5 | 48-52 |
| 09:32 | Evansville | Daniel Hughes makes the 1st free throw | 48-53 |
| 09:32 | Evansville | Daniel Hughes makes the 2nd free throw | 48-54 |
| 09:09 | Southern Illinois | Walter Parker scores on a 3 from straight away | 51-54 |
| 09:02 | Evansville | Kristopher Taylor knocks in the jumpshot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Rogelio Marino | 51-56 |
| 08:42 | Southern Illinois | Fred Newbold comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 51-56 |
| 08:41 | Evansville | Rogelio Marino gets the rebound | 51-56 |
| 08:22 | Evansville | Daniel Hughes blows the dunk but the foul's on Walter Parker - foul #2 on Walter Parker, team foul #6 | 51-56 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Glen Sisk (PG), Charlie Chaffins (SF) Tony Maples, Frankie John | |
| Subs | Evansville | Leigh Reis (PG), James Morin (C) Julian Tyree, Rogelio Marino | |
| 08:22 | Evansville | Daniel Hughes misses the 1st free throw | 51-56 |
| 08:22 | Evansville | Daniel Hughes makes the 2nd free throw | 51-57 |
| 08:09 | Southern Illinois | Glen Sisk knocks in the pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by James Chacko | 53-57 |
| 07:46 | Evansville | Daniel Hughes can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 53-57 |
| 07:45 | Evansville | The offensive rebound goes to James Morin | 53-57 |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Glen Sisk (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Walter Parker (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charlie Chaffins (fresh) 15 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Chacko (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. C - Fred Newbold (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Leigh Reis (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Kristopher Taylor (fresh) 6 pts. 3 stl. SF - Daniel Hughes (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Drazen Legerski (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - James Morin (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:31 | Evansville | Drazen Legerski misses the lay-in but he's fouled by James Chacko - foul #3 on James Chacko, team foul #7 | 53-57 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | William Swatzell (SG) Walter Parker | |
| Subs | Evansville | Robert Seward (PF) Daniel Hughes | |
| 07:31 | Evansville | Drazen Legerski makes the 1st free throw | 53-58 |
| 07:31 | Evansville | Drazen Legerski misses the 2nd free throw | 53-58 |
| 07:31 | Evansville | James Morin grabs the offensive rebound | 53-58 |
| 07:11 | Evansville | Drazen Legerski is hacked by Charlie Chaffins - foul #3 on Charlie Chaffins, team foul #8 | 53-58 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Grant Glenn (SG) William Swatzell | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 07:11 | Evansville | Drazen Legerski makes the 1st free throw | 53-59 |
| 07:11 | Evansville | Drazen Legerski makes the 2nd free throw | 53-60 |
| 06:56 | Southern Illinois | Fred Newbold makes the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Glen Sisk | 56-60 |
| 06:33 | Evansville | Robert Seward's floater is tipped away by Fred Newbold | 56-60 |
| 06:32 | Evansville | Robert Seward snags the offensive board | 56-60 |
| 06:20 | Evansville | James Morin misses badly on a turnaround from the baseline but he's fouled by Charlie Chaffins - foul #4 on Charlie Chaffins, team foul #9 | 56-60 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Walter Parker (PG), Frankie John (SF), Dwight Woo (PF), John Schultheis (C) Glen Sisk, Charlie Chaffins, James Chacko, Fred Newbold | |
| Subs | Evansville | John Bowles (SG), Rogelio Marino (SF) Kristopher Taylor, Drazen Legerski | |
| 06:20 | Evansville | James Morin makes the 1st free throw | 56-61 |
| 06:20 | Evansville | James Morin misses the 2nd free throw | 56-61 |
| 06:20 | Southern Illinois | John Schultheis grabs the defensive rebound | 56-61 |
| 06:05 | Southern Illinois | Walter Parker hits a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 58-61 |
| 05:42 | Evansville | Leigh Reis drills a jumper from the right side | 58-63 |
| 05:30 | Southern Illinois | Grant Glenn buries a jumpshot from the right wing set up by Walter Parker and he's fouled by James Morin - foul #4 on James Morin, team foul #7 | 60-63 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | | |
| Subs | Evansville | Julian Tyree (PG), Kristopher Taylor (SG), Daniel Hughes (C) Leigh Reis, John Bowles, James Morin | |
| 05:30 | Southern Illinois | Grant Glenn misses the free throw | 60-63 |
| 05:30 | Evansville | Daniel Hughes grabs the board | 60-63 |
| 05:10 | Evansville | Daniel Hughes's floater is tipped away by John Schultheis | 60-63 |
| 05:09 | Southern Illinois | Frankie John grabs the defensive rebound | 60-63 |
| 04:57 | Southern Illinois | John Schultheis comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 60-63 |
| 04:56 | Southern Illinois | Frankie John grabs the offensive rebound | 60-63 |
| 04:40 | Southern Illinois | Dwight Woo hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 60-63 |
| 04:39 | Evansville | Daniel Hughes pulls down the rebound | 60-63 |
| 04:10 | Evansville | Kristopher Taylor comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 60-63 |
| 04:08 | Southern Illinois | John Schultheis gets the rebound | 60-63 |
| 04:08 | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-63 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Glen Sisk (PG), Charlie Chaffins (SF), James Chacko (PF), Fred Newbold (C) Grant Glenn, Frankie John, Dwight Woo, John Schultheis | |
| Subs | Evansville | Leigh Reis (PG), James Morin (C) Julian Tyree, Daniel Hughes | |
| 03:52 | Southern Illinois | Walter Parker misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 60-63 |
| 03:50 | Evansville | James Morin grabs the board | 60-63 |
| 03:48 | Evansville | Leigh Reis is fouled in the backcourt by Walter Parker - foul #3 on Walter Parker, team foul #10 | 60-63 |
| 03:48 | Evansville | Leigh Reis misses the 1st free throw | 60-63 |
| 03:48 | Evansville | Leigh Reis makes the 2nd free throw | 60-64 |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Glen Sisk (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - Walter Parker (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Charlie Chaffins (fresh) 15 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. PF - James Chacko (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. 3 pf. C - Fred Newbold (fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Leigh Reis (fresh) 11 pts. SG - Kristopher Taylor (fresh) 6 pts. 3 stl. SF - Rogelio Marino (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Seward (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - James Morin (fresh) 3 pts. 8 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:19 | Southern Illinois | Charlie Chaffins is fouled on the floor by Rogelio Marino - foul #1 on Rogelio Marino, team foul #8 | 60-64 |
| 03:19 | Southern Illinois | Charlie Chaffins misses the 1st free throw | 60-64 |
| 03:19 | Evansville | Robert Seward snags the defensive board | 60-64 |
| 02:52 | Evansville | Walter Parker steals it from Robert Seward | 60-64 |
| 02:41 | Southern Illinois | Glen Sisk can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Leigh Reis - foul #3 on Leigh Reis, team foul #9 | 60-64 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Grant Glenn (SG) Walter Parker | |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| 02:41 | Southern Illinois | Glen Sisk makes the 1st free throw | 61-64 |
| 02:41 | Southern Illinois | Glen Sisk makes the 2nd free throw | 62-64 |
| 02:16 | Evansville | Rogelio Marino misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 62-64 |
| 02:14 | Southern Illinois | Fred Newbold grabs the board | 62-64 |
| 02:03 | Southern Illinois | Glen Sisk can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 62-64 |
| 02:02 | Evansville | James Morin grabs the board | 62-64 |
| 01:58 | Evansville | Kristopher Taylor misses the jumper in the paint | 62-64 |
| 01:57 | Southern Illinois | Grant Glenn grabs the defensive rebound | 62-64 |
| 01:37 | Southern Illinois | Charlie Chaffins knocks in the floater from the left side on a nice dish by Glen Sisk | 64-64 |
| 01:19 | Evansville | Kristopher Taylor is hacked by Glen Sisk - foul #1 on Glen Sisk, team foul #11 | 64-64 |
| 01:19 | Evansville | Kristopher Taylor misses the 1st free throw | 64-64 |
| 01:19 | Evansville | Kristopher Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 64-65 |
| 00:57 | Southern Illinois | Fred Newbold clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 64-65 |
| 00:56 | Evansville | Robert Seward snags the defensive board | 64-65 |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:28 | Evansville | Leigh Reis is whistled for a carry | 64-65 |
| 00:10 | Southern Illinois | Fred Newbold is hacked by James Morin - foul #5 on James Morin, team foul #10 | 64-65 |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | | |
| Subs | Evansville | Daniel Hughes (C) James Morin | |
| 00:10 | Southern Illinois | Fred Newbold misses the 1st free throw | 64-65 |
| 00:10 | Southern Illinois | Fred Newbold makes the 2nd free throw | 65-65 |
| 00:10 | Evansville | Evansville calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 65-65 |
| 00:03 | Evansville | Leigh Reis misses long on a jumper in the lane | 65-65 |
| 00:02 | Evansville | Rogelio Marino tips it in | 65-67 |
| 00:02 | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 65-67 |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:00 | Southern Illinois | Charlie Chaffins misses badly on a fullcourt shot | 65-67 |