| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Geoffrey Jones (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. SG - Alexander Ison (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Mason (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. PF - Eric Taylor (fresh) 11 pts. C - Darin Ditullio (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Bruce Phillips (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Walter Spann (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Colin Arnstein (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Fred Bush (fresh) 4 pts. C - Thomas Knouse (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Marquette | David Mason inbounds the ball | 39-35 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:38 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones makes the fadeaway in the lane | 41-35 |
| 19:28 | Akron | Colin Arnstein hits a 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Fred Bush | 41-38 |
| 19:11 | Marquette | Eric Taylor misses short on a jumper from close range | 41-38 |
| 19:10 | Akron | Thomas Knouse gets the rebound | 41-38 |
| 19:05 | Akron | Bruce Phillips misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Darin Ditullio - foul #1 on Darin Ditullio, team foul #1 | 41-38 |
| 19:05 | Akron | Bruce Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 41-39 |
| 19:05 | Akron | Bruce Phillips misses the 2nd free throw | 41-39 |
| 19:05 | Marquette | Darin Ditullio grabs the defensive rebound | 41-39 |
| 18:47 | Marquette | Eric Taylor misses the turnaround in the lane | 41-39 |
| 18:46 | Akron | Bruce Phillips grabs the defensive rebound | 41-39 |
| 18:23 | Akron | Thomas Knouse's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-39 |
| 18:02 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones is fouled on the floor by Bruce Phillips - foul #2 on Bruce Phillips, team foul #1 | 41-39 |
| 17:51 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones comes up short on the jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Colin Arnstein - foul #2 on Colin Arnstein, team foul #2 | 41-39 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Akron | Gregory Williams (SF) Colin Arnstein | |
| 17:51 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones misses the 1st free throw | 41-39 |
| 17:51 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 42-39 |
| 17:30 | Akron | Bruce Phillips misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 42-39 |
| 17:28 | Marquette | Darin Ditullio pulls down the rebound | 42-39 |
| 17:05 | Marquette | Darin Ditullio misses badly on a floater from the right wing | 42-39 |
| 17:03 | Akron | The rebound goes to Thomas Knouse | 42-39 |
| 16:44 | Akron | Bruce Phillips is hacked by Geoffrey Jones - foul #1 on Geoffrey Jones, team foul #2 | 42-39 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Sheets (PG), Matt Hobby (SG), Marvin Strouth (C) Geoffrey Jones, Alexander Ison, Darin Ditullio | |
| Subs | Akron | Andrew Brown (PG), Gilberto Arredondo (SG), Colin Arnstein (SF), Andrew Allen (C) Bruce Phillips, Walter Spann, Fred Bush, Thomas Knouse | |
| 16:28 | Akron | Andrew Allen misses the dunk | 42-39 |
| 16:27 | Marquette | Marvin Strouth grabs the defensive rebound | 42-39 |
| 16:09 | Marquette | Matt Hobby hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 42-39 |
| 16:07 | Marquette | Eric Taylor misses the tip | 42-39 |
| 16:05 | Marquette | Matt Hobby grabs the offensive board | 42-39 |
| 15:52 | Marquette | Marvin Strouth misses the dunk attempt | 42-39 |
| 15:51 | Marquette | Matt Hobby gets the offensive rebound | 42-39 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Philip Sheets (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Matt Hobby (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. SF - David Mason (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. PF - Eric Taylor (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. C - Marvin Strouth (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Andrew Brown (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Gilberto Arredondo (fresh) SF - Colin Arnstein (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Gregory Williams (fresh) 2 pts. C - Andrew Allen (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:36 | Marquette | David Mason misses the floater from the free throw line but he's hacked by Gilberto Arredondo - foul #1 on Gilberto Arredondo, team foul #3 | 42-39 |
| Subs | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones (PG) Philip Sheets | |
| Subs | Akron | Bruce Phillips (PG), Mark Ross (SG), Vincent Ruffin (PF) Andrew Brown, Gilberto Arredondo, Gregory Williams | |
| 15:36 | Marquette | David Mason makes the 1st free throw | 43-39 |
| 15:36 | Marquette | David Mason makes the 2nd free throw | 44-39 |
| 15:19 | Akron | Bruce Phillips is hacked by Geoffrey Jones - foul #2 on Geoffrey Jones, team foul #3 | 44-39 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Akron | Thomas Knouse (C) Colin Arnstein | |
| 15:04 | Akron | Vincent Ruffin scores on a jump hook near the basket on a great pass from Bruce Phillips | 44-41 |
| 14:56 | Marquette | Marvin Strouth is fouled on the floor by Thomas Knouse - foul #3 on Thomas Knouse, team foul #4 | 44-41 |
| Subs | Marquette | Alexander Ison (SG), Darin Ditullio (C) Matt Hobby, Marvin Strouth | |
| Subs | Akron | Fred Bush (PF) Vincent Ruffin | |
| 14:37 | Marquette | Alexander Ison buries a shot from just outside the lane | 46-41 |
| 14:16 | Akron | Eric Taylor is called for the reach on Fred Bush - foul #1 on Eric Taylor, team foul #4 | 46-41 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Akron | Gregory Williams (SF) Andrew Allen | |
| 13:55 | Akron | Gregory Williams blows the dunk | 46-41 |
| 13:54 | Akron | The offensive rebound goes to Mark Ross | 46-41 |
| 13:42 | Akron | Bruce Phillips can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 46-41 |
| 13:41 | Marquette | Eric Taylor grabs the defensive rebound | 46-41 |
| 13:24 | Marquette | Alexander Ison is called for traveling | 46-41 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Sheets (PG), Christopher McClish (PF) Geoffrey Jones, Eric Taylor | |
| Subs | Akron | Colin Arnstein (SF), Andrew Allen (C) Gregory Williams, Thomas Knouse | |
| 13:06 | Akron | Bruce Phillips's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-41 |
| Subs | Marquette | Matt Hobby (SG), Marvin Strouth (C) Alexander Ison, Darin Ditullio | |
| Subs | Akron | Walter Spann (SG), Vincent Ruffin (PF) Mark Ross, Fred Bush | |
| 12:43 | Marquette | Walter Spann steps in front of the Christopher McClish pass | 46-41 |
| 12:40 | Akron | Walter Spann lays it up and in | 46-43 |
| 12:27 | Marquette | Matt Hobby comes up short on the floater from the left side | 46-43 |
| 12:25 | Akron | Vincent Ruffin snags the defensive board | 46-43 |
| 12:09 | Akron | Walter Spann misses long on a floater from the right side | 46-43 |
| 12:07 | Marquette | Philip Sheets gets the rebound | 46-43 |
| 11:50 | Marquette | Marvin Strouth banks in the layup on a nice dish by Matt Hobby | 48-43 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Philip Sheets (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Matt Hobby (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. SF - David Mason (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. PF - Christopher McClish (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Marvin Strouth (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Bruce Phillips (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Walter Spann (fresh) 12 pts. SF - Colin Arnstein (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Vincent Ruffin (fresh) 2 pts. C - Andrew Allen (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Akron | Colin Arnstein buries a jumper from the left wing set up by Bruce Phillips | 48-45 |
| 11:15 | Marquette | Christopher McClish drills a runner in the lane on a great pass from Philip Sheets | 50-45 |
| 11:03 | Akron | Colin Arnstein comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 50-45 |
| 11:02 | Marquette | Marvin Strouth grabs the board | 50-45 |
| 10:38 | Marquette | Christopher McClish's layup is rejected by Andrew Allen | 50-45 |
| 10:36 | Marquette | Christopher McClish hits the follow up shot | 52-45 |
| 10:22 | Akron | Andrew Allen's floater is tipped away by David Mason | 52-45 |
| 10:21 | Marquette | David Mason grabs the defensive rebound | 52-45 |
| 10:01 | Marquette | Marvin Strouth misses badly on a floater in the paint but he's fouled by Walter Spann - foul #3 on Walter Spann, team foul #5 | 52-45 |
| Subs | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones (PG), Alexander Ison (SG), Benjamin Allsop (SF), Eric Taylor (PF) Philip Sheets, Matt Hobby, David Mason, Christopher McClish | |
| Subs | Akron | Andrew Brown (PG), Mark Ross (SG), Gregory Williams (SF), Fred Bush (PF), Thomas Knouse (C) Bruce Phillips, Walter Spann, Colin Arnstein, Vincent Ruffin, Andrew Allen | |
| 10:01 | Marquette | Marvin Strouth makes the 1st free throw | 53-45 |
| 10:01 | Marquette | Marvin Strouth makes the 2nd free throw | 54-45 |
| 09:38 | Akron | Andrew Brown knocks in the 3 from the right wing | 54-48 |
| 09:13 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones's floater is knocked away by Thomas Knouse | 54-48 |
| 09:11 | Akron | Gregory Williams pulls down the rebound | 54-48 |
| 08:54 | Akron | Gregory Williams makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Fred Bush | 54-51 |
| 08:36 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 57-51 |
| 08:16 | Akron | Thomas Knouse can't connect on a jump hook from the left block but he's fouled by Geoffrey Jones - foul #3 on Geoffrey Jones, team foul #5 | 57-51 |
| Subs | Marquette | David Mason (SF), Darin Ditullio (C) Benjamin Allsop, Marvin Strouth | |
| Subs | Akron | Walter Spann (PG) Andrew Brown | |
| 08:16 | Akron | Thomas Knouse makes the 1st free throw | 57-52 |
| 08:16 | Akron | Thomas Knouse makes the 2nd free throw | 57-53 |
| 07:53 | Marquette | Eric Taylor hits a jump hook from the right block | 59-53 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Geoffrey Jones (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Alexander Ison (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Mason (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. PF - Eric Taylor (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. C - Darin Ditullio (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Walter Spann (fresh) 12 pts. 3 pf. SG - Mark Ross (fresh) 3 pf. SF - Gregory Williams (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Fred Bush (fresh) 4 pts. C - Thomas Knouse (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:42 | Akron | Thomas Knouse misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Eric Taylor - foul #2 on Eric Taylor, team foul #6 | 59-53 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Akron | Bruce Phillips (PG), Andrew Allen (SF) Mark Ross, Gregory Williams | |
| 07:42 | Akron | Thomas Knouse makes the 1st free throw | 59-54 |
| 07:42 | Akron | Thomas Knouse makes the 2nd free throw | 59-55 |
| 07:18 | Marquette | Alexander Ison misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 59-55 |
| 07:17 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones tips it home | 61-55 |
| 06:56 | Akron | Fred Bush comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 61-55 |
| 06:55 | Akron | Fred Bush tips it in | 61-57 |
| 06:45 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones scores on a jumper from the right side set up by Darin Ditullio | 63-57 |
| 06:23 | Akron | Fred Bush can't connect on a runner in the lane but he's hacked by Eric Taylor - foul #3 on Eric Taylor, team foul #7 | 63-57 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Sheets (PG), Matt Hobby (SG) Geoffrey Jones, Alexander Ison | |
| Subs | Akron | Mark Ross (SG), Colin Arnstein (SF) Walter Spann, Thomas Knouse | |
| 06:23 | Akron | Fred Bush misses the 1st free throw | 63-57 |
| 06:23 | Akron | Fred Bush makes the 2nd free throw | 63-58 |
| 06:08 | Marquette | Eric Taylor hits the front of the rim on the runner from the right block | 63-58 |
| 06:07 | Marquette | Eric Taylor pulls down the offensive rebound | 63-58 |
| 05:45 | Marquette | Eric Taylor lays it in set up by Philip Sheets and he's hacked by Fred Bush - foul #2 on Fred Bush, team foul #6 | 65-58 |
| Subs | Marquette | Benjamin Allsop (C) Darin Ditullio | |
| Subs | Akron | Gregory Williams (PF) Fred Bush | |
| 05:45 | Marquette | Eric Taylor makes the free throw | 66-58 |
| 05:30 | Akron | Mark Ross hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 66-58 |
| 05:28 | Marquette | David Mason grabs the board | 66-58 |
| 05:22 | Marquette | Philip Sheets is hacked by Mark Ross - foul #4 on Mark Ross, team foul #7 | 66-58 |
| Subs | Marquette | Christopher McClish (PF) Eric Taylor | |
| Subs | Akron | Walter Spann (C) Andrew Allen | |
| 05:22 | Marquette | Philip Sheets makes the 1st free throw | 67-58 |
| 05:22 | Marquette | Philip Sheets makes the 2nd free throw | 68-58 |
| 05:05 | Akron | Mark Ross's pass is intercepted by David Mason | 68-58 |
| 04:46 | Marquette | Matt Hobby misses long on a floater from the baseline | 68-58 |
| 04:44 | Marquette | Christopher McClish grabs the offensive rebound | 68-58 |
| 04:34 | Marquette | David Mason hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by Philip Sheets | 71-58 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 04:29 | Akron | Gregory Williams loses the ball out of bounds | 71-58 |
| Subs | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones (PG), Alexander Ison (SG), Darin Ditullio (C) Philip Sheets, David Mason, Benjamin Allsop | |
| Subs | Akron | Andrew Brown (SG), Thomas Knouse (C) Bruce Phillips, Mark Ross | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 04:06 | Marquette | Matt Hobby misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 71-58 |
| 04:05 | Akron | The rebound goes to Thomas Knouse | 71-58 |
| 03:48 | Akron | Colin Arnstein hits the front of the rim on the wide open pull-up jumper from the left wing | 71-58 |
| 03:47 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones snags the defensive board | 71-58 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Geoffrey Jones (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Alexander Ison (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Matt Hobby (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Christopher McClish (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Darin Ditullio (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Walter Spann (fresh) 12 pts. 3 pf. SG - Andrew Brown (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Colin Arnstein (fairly fresh) 10 pts. PF - Gregory Williams (fresh) 5 pts. C - Thomas Knouse (fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:26 | Marquette | Colin Arnstein steals it from Matt Hobby | 71-58 |
| 03:13 | Akron | Walter Spann hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 71-58 |
| 03:11 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Christopher McClish | 71-58 |
| 03:06 | Marquette | Marquette calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 71-58 |
| Subs | Marquette | David Mason (SF), Eric Taylor (PF) Matt Hobby, Christopher McClish | |
| Subs | Akron | Bruce Phillips (PG), Mark Ross (SG), Fred Bush (PF) Walter Spann, Andrew Brown, Gregory Williams | |
| 02:53 | Marquette | Eric Taylor misses the easy layup | 71-58 |
| 02:51 | Marquette | David Mason tips it but misses | 71-58 |
| 02:50 | Marquette | Alexander Ison snags the offensive board | 71-58 |
| 02:31 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 71-58 |
| 02:30 | Akron | Fred Bush gets the rebound | 71-58 |
| 02:07 | Akron | Fred Bush is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on Fred Bush, team foul #8 | 71-58 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Akron | Walter Spann (PG), Andrew Brown (SG), Gregory Williams (SF), Vincent Ruffin (PF), Andrew Allen (C) Bruce Phillips, Mark Ross, Colin Arnstein, Fred Bush, Thomas Knouse | |
| 01:46 | Marquette | Eric Taylor misses short on a floater from the right block but he's fouled by Vincent Ruffin - foul #1 on Vincent Ruffin, team foul #9 | 71-58 |
| 01:46 | Marquette | Eric Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 72-58 |
| 01:46 | Marquette | Eric Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 73-58 |
| 01:24 | Akron | Gregory Williams hits a wide open fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Walter Spann and the foul's on Darin Ditullio - foul #2 on Darin Ditullio, team foul #8 | 73-60 |
| 01:24 | Akron | Gregory Williams makes the free throw | 73-61 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:05 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones can't connect on a floater in the lane but the foul's on Andrew Allen - foul #1 on Andrew Allen, team foul #10 | 73-61 |
| 01:05 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones makes the 1st free throw | 74-61 |
| 01:05 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 75-61 |
| 00:56 | Akron | Andrew Brown clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 75-61 |
| 00:55 | Marquette | Darin Ditullio snags the defensive board | 75-61 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:28 | Marquette | Andrew Brown steps in front of the Eric Taylor pass | 75-61 |
| 00:25 | Akron | Gregory Williams hits the finger roll on a great pass from Andrew Brown | 75-63 |
| 00:00 | Marquette | Geoffrey Jones runs out the clock | 75-63 |