| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Alexander Moore (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Nicholas Visnosky (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. 4 stl. SF - Nathan Cowles (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Lee Baskerville (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Norman Turner (fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Western Carolina | PG - Dustin Hrabovsky (fresh) 8 pts. SG - T-Bone Miles (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Israel Noren (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Lawrence Vogel (fresh) C - Aaron Clarke (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Northwestern | Nathan Cowles inbounds the ball | 39-26 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Western Carolina | Western Carolina is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:43 | Northwestern | Nathan Cowles misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 39-26 |
| 19:42 | Western Carolina | Lawrence Vogel pulls down the rebound | 39-26 |
| 19:27 | Western Carolina | T-Bone Miles makes the 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Dustin Hrabovsky | 39-29 |
| 19:12 | Northwestern | Nicholas Visnosky comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 39-29 |
| 19:11 | Northwestern | Norman Turner tips it but misses | 39-29 |
| 19:10 | Western Carolina | Israel Noren pulls down the rebound | 39-29 |
| 19:03 | Western Carolina | Israel Noren hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the baseline but the foul's on Lee Baskerville - foul #2 on Lee Baskerville, team foul #1 | 39-29 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | Western Carolina | Andre Lanier (PG), Winston Phillips (SG), Travis Williams (PF) Dustin Hrabovsky, T-Bone Miles, Lawrence Vogel | |
| 19:03 | Western Carolina | Israel Noren misses the 1st free throw | 39-29 |
| 19:03 | Western Carolina | Israel Noren misses the 2nd free throw | 39-29 |
| 19:03 | Northwestern | Lee Baskerville pulls down the rebound | 39-29 |
| 18:51 | Northwestern | Alexander Moore is whistled for a carry | 39-29 |
| 18:38 | Western Carolina | Norman Turner blocks the short jumper by Aaron Clarke | 39-29 |
| 18:37 | Northwestern | Norman Turner pulls down the rebound | 39-29 |
| 18:24 | Northwestern | Nicholas Visnosky hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 39-29 |
| 18:23 | Western Carolina | The rebound goes to Travis Williams | 39-29 |
| 17:58 | Western Carolina | Travis Williams hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 39-29 |
| 17:57 | Western Carolina | Aaron Clarke tips it back up and in | 39-31 |
| 17:45 | Northwestern | Alexander Moore knocks in the jumper from the left wing set up by Nathan Cowles | 41-31 |
| 17:20 | Western Carolina | Andre Lanier knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away | 41-34 |
| 17:08 | Northwestern | Lee Baskerville is hacked by Andre Lanier - foul #3 on Andre Lanier, team foul #1 | 41-34 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Charles Ervin (SF), Thomas Thoreson (PF), Timothy Gaines (C) Nathan Cowles, Lee Baskerville, Norman Turner | |
| Subs | Western Carolina | Dustin Hrabovsky (PG), T-Bone Miles (SG), Lawrence Vogel (PF), Michael Ingram (C) Andre Lanier, Winston Phillips, Travis Williams, Aaron Clarke | |
| 16:52 | Northwestern | Dustin Hrabovsky picks off the pass by Charles Ervin | 41-34 |
| 16:30 | Western Carolina | T-Bone Miles misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 41-34 |
| 16:29 | Northwestern | Thomas Thoreson gets the rebound | 41-34 |
| 16:13 | Northwestern | Nicholas Visnosky clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 41-34 |
| 16:11 | Western Carolina | Lawrence Vogel pulls down the rebound | 41-34 |
| 15:56 | Western Carolina | Timothy Gaines swats the shot by Lawrence Vogel | 41-34 |
| 15:54 | Northwestern | Alexander Moore grabs the defensive rebound | 41-34 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Alexander Moore (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Nicholas Visnosky (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. 4 stl. SF - Charles Ervin (fresh) PF - Thomas Thoreson (fresh) 2 reb. C - Timothy Gaines (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Western Carolina | PG - Dustin Hrabovsky (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - T-Bone Miles (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Israel Noren (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Lawrence Vogel (fresh) 3 reb. C - Michael Ingram (fresh) | |
| 15:38 | Northwestern | Charles Ervin hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 41-34 |
| 15:37 | Western Carolina | Lawrence Vogel grabs the defensive rebound | 41-34 |
| 15:16 | Western Carolina | Dustin Hrabovsky drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 41-37 |
| 15:01 | Northwestern | Alexander Moore can't connect on a floater from the left side but he's fouled by Lawrence Vogel - foul #2 on Lawrence Vogel, team foul #2 | 41-37 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Nathan Cowles (SF), Lee Baskerville (PF), Norman Turner (C) Nicholas Visnosky, Thomas Thoreson, Timothy Gaines | |
| Subs | Western Carolina | Andre Lanier (PG), Gary Iler (SF), Travis Williams (PF), Aaron Clarke (C) T-Bone Miles, Israel Noren, Lawrence Vogel, Michael Ingram | |
| 15:01 | Northwestern | Alexander Moore makes the 1st free throw | 42-37 |
| 15:01 | Northwestern | Alexander Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 43-37 |
| 14:37 | Western Carolina | Dustin Hrabovsky hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 43-37 |
| 14:36 | Northwestern | Norman Turner snags the defensive board | 43-37 |
| 14:13 | Northwestern | Alexander Moore's pass is intercepted by Andre Lanier | 43-37 |
| 13:54 | Western Carolina | Aaron Clarke clanks a fadeaway from the left wing but the foul's on Nathan Cowles - foul #1 on Nathan Cowles, team foul #2 | 43-37 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Alexander Howard (PG), George Johnson (SG) Alexander Moore, Charles Ervin | |
| Subs | Western Carolina | T-Bone Miles (SG), Israel Noren (SF), Lawrence Vogel (PF) Andre Lanier, Gary Iler, Travis Williams | |
| 13:54 | Western Carolina | Aaron Clarke makes the 1st free throw | 43-38 |
| 13:54 | Western Carolina | Aaron Clarke makes the 2nd free throw | 43-39 |
| 13:37 | Northwestern | George Johnson misses the jumpshot from the free throw line | 43-39 |
| 13:35 | Western Carolina | Aaron Clarke gets the rebound | 43-39 |
| 13:14 | Western Carolina | T-Bone Miles loses the dribble to Norman Turner | 43-39 |
| 13:08 | Northwestern | Norman Turner's layup is rejected by Israel Noren | 43-39 |
| 13:07 | Western Carolina | Dustin Hrabovsky gets the rebound | 43-39 |
| 12:47 | Western Carolina | Israel Noren makes the 3 pointer from the left wing | 43-42 |
| 12:26 | Northwestern | Alexander Howard's pass is intercepted by Israel Noren | 43-42 |
| 12:09 | Western Carolina | Nathan Cowles takes the ball from T-Bone Miles | 43-42 |
| 11:50 | Northwestern | Lee Baskerville clanks a runner in the lane | 43-42 |
| 11:48 | Northwestern | Norman Turner hits the follow up shot | 45-42 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Alexander Howard (fresh) 3 pts. SG - George Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Nathan Cowles (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Lee Baskerville (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Norman Turner (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 12 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Western Carolina | PG - Dustin Hrabovsky (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - T-Bone Miles (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Israel Noren (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Lawrence Vogel (fresh) 4 reb. C - Aaron Clarke (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:37 | Western Carolina | Lawrence Vogel scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Dustin Hrabovsky and the foul's on George Johnson - foul #1 on George Johnson, team foul #3 | 45-44 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Alexander Moore (PG), Nicholas Visnosky (SG), Charles Ervin (SF), Thomas Thoreson (PF), Timothy Gaines (C) Alexander Howard, George Johnson, Nathan Cowles, Lee Baskerville, Norman Turner | |
| Subs | Western Carolina | Andre Lanier (PG), Winston Phillips (SG), Gary Iler (SF), Travis Williams (C) Dustin Hrabovsky, T-Bone Miles, Israel Noren, Aaron Clarke | |
| 11:37 | Western Carolina | Lawrence Vogel makes the free throw | 45-45 |
| 11:29 | Northwestern | Thomas Thoreson scores on a jump hook from the left block on a nice dish by Alexander Moore | 47-45 |
| 11:14 | Western Carolina | Travis Williams hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 47-45 |
| 11:12 | Western Carolina | Gary Iler grabs the offensive rebound | 47-45 |
| 10:56 | Western Carolina | Alexander Moore steals it from Travis Williams | 47-45 |
| 10:52 | Northwestern | Alexander Moore blows the layup | 47-45 |
| 10:50 | Western Carolina | Andre Lanier grabs the board | 47-45 |
| 10:46 | Western Carolina | Andre Lanier comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 47-45 |
| 10:44 | Northwestern | Thomas Thoreson grabs the board | 47-45 |
| 10:27 | Northwestern | Nicholas Visnosky drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Alexander Moore | 50-45 |
| 10:11 | Western Carolina | Andre Lanier misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 50-45 |
| 10:10 | Northwestern | Thomas Thoreson gets the rebound | 50-45 |
| 09:49 | Northwestern | Nicholas Visnosky misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 50-45 |
| 09:47 | Western Carolina | Gary Iler grabs the defensive rebound | 50-45 |
| 09:43 | Western Carolina | Gary Iler is whistled for a carry | 50-45 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Nathan Cowles (SF), Lee Baskerville (PF), Norman Turner (C) Charles Ervin, Thomas Thoreson, Timothy Gaines | |
| Subs | Western Carolina | Dustin Hrabovsky (PG), T-Bone Miles (SG), Israel Noren (SF), Aaron Clarke (C) Andre Lanier, Winston Phillips, Gary Iler, Lawrence Vogel | |
| 09:26 | Northwestern | Norman Turner lays it in on a nice dish by Nicholas Visnosky and the foul's on Israel Noren - foul #3 on Israel Noren, team foul #3 | 52-45 |
| 09:26 | Northwestern | Norman Turner makes the free throw | 53-45 |
| 09:09 | Western Carolina | Dustin Hrabovsky comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 53-45 |
| 09:07 | Western Carolina | Travis Williams gets the offensive rebound | 53-45 |
| 08:53 | Western Carolina | Israel Noren double dribbles | 53-45 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Alexander Howard (PG) Alexander Moore | |
| Subs | Western Carolina | | |
| 08:44 | Northwestern | Nathan Cowles misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 53-45 |
| 08:43 | Northwestern | Lee Baskerville grabs the offensive board | 53-45 |
| 08:30 | Northwestern | Nicholas Visnosky makes the 3pt attempt from straight away | 56-45 |
| 08:11 | Western Carolina | T-Bone Miles makes the 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Israel Noren | 56-48 |
| 07:54 | Northwestern | Nathan Cowles makes the 3 pointer from the right wing | 59-48 |
| 07:30 | Western Carolina | Travis Williams drills a shot from the left side | 59-50 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Alexander Howard (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Nicholas Visnosky (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 4 ast. 4 stl. SF - Nathan Cowles (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Lee Baskerville (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. C - Norman Turner (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 12 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Western Carolina | PG - Dustin Hrabovsky (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - T-Bone Miles (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Israel Noren (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Travis Williams (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Aaron Clarke (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:10 | Northwestern | Nicholas Visnosky drills a 3pt shot from the left corner | 62-50 |
| 06:51 | Western Carolina | Dustin Hrabovsky misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 62-50 |
| 06:50 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Alexander Howard | 62-50 |
| 06:32 | Northwestern | Nicholas Visnosky connects on the 3 pointer from straight away | 65-50 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Western Carolina | Western Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 06:19 | Western Carolina | Travis Williams hits a floater from the left block on a great pass from Israel Noren | 65-52 |
| 06:09 | Northwestern | Nicholas Visnosky misses the 3 from the left corner | 65-52 |
| 06:08 | Northwestern | The offensive rebound goes to Nicholas Visnosky | 65-52 |
| 06:01 | Northwestern | Dustin Hrabovsky is called for the reach on Lee Baskerville - foul #1 on Dustin Hrabovsky, team foul #4 | 65-52 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Alexander Moore (PG), Charles Ervin (SG), Thomas Thoreson (PF), Timothy Gaines (C) Nicholas Visnosky, Nathan Cowles, Lee Baskerville, Norman Turner | |
| Subs | Western Carolina | Andre Lanier (PG), Winston Phillips (SG), Gary Iler (SF), Lawrence Vogel (PF), Michael Ingram (C) Dustin Hrabovsky, T-Bone Miles, Israel Noren, Travis Williams, Aaron Clarke | |
| 05:45 | Northwestern | Charles Ervin scores on a fadeaway from the left block set up by Timothy Gaines and he's fouled by Winston Phillips - foul #1 on Winston Phillips, team foul #5 | 67-52 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Nathan Cowles (SF) Alexander Howard | |
| Subs | Western Carolina | | |
| 05:45 | Northwestern | Charles Ervin makes the free throw | 68-52 |
| 05:37 | Western Carolina | Andre Lanier hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Michael Ingram | 68-55 |
| 05:19 | Northwestern | Charles Ervin makes the 3 from the left wing | 71-55 |
| 05:11 | Western Carolina | Lawrence Vogel can't connect on a floater near the basket | 71-55 |
| 05:09 | Western Carolina | Michael Ingram hits the follow up shot | 71-57 |
| 04:49 | Northwestern | Nathan Cowles throws a bad pass out of bounds | 71-57 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Lee Baskerville (PF) Nathan Cowles | |
| Subs | Western Carolina | Dustin Hrabovsky (SG), Israel Noren (SF), Travis Williams (PF), Aaron Clarke (C) Winston Phillips, Gary Iler, Lawrence Vogel, Michael Ingram | |
| 04:33 | Western Carolina | Dustin Hrabovsky misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 71-57 |
| 04:32 | Western Carolina | Travis Williams tips it home | 71-59 |
| 04:23 | Northwestern | Thomas Thoreson is hacked by Travis Williams - foul #1 on Travis Williams, team foul #6 | 71-59 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Nicholas Visnosky (SG) Lee Baskerville | |
| Subs | Western Carolina | T-Bone Miles (SG), Lawrence Vogel (PF), Michael Ingram (C) Dustin Hrabovsky, Travis Williams, Aaron Clarke | |
| 04:09 | Northwestern | Nicholas Visnosky knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Alexander Moore | 74-59 |
| 03:50 | Western Carolina | Israel Noren misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 74-59 |
| 03:48 | Northwestern | Thomas Thoreson gets the rebound | 74-59 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Western Carolina | Western Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:24 | Northwestern | Alexander Moore hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 74-59 |
| 03:23 | Western Carolina | Michael Ingram snags the defensive board | 74-59 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Alexander Moore (fresh) 10 pts. 5 ast. SG - Nicholas Visnosky (fresh) 27 pts. 4 ast. 4 stl. SF - Charles Ervin (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Thomas Thoreson (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Timothy Gaines (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Western Carolina | PG - Andre Lanier (fresh) 10 pts. 3 pf. SG - T-Bone Miles (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Israel Noren (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Lawrence Vogel (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Ingram (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:06 | Western Carolina | Michael Ingram misses short on a floater from the left side | 74-59 |
| 03:05 | Northwestern | Nicholas Visnosky gets the rebound | 74-59 |
| 02:50 | Northwestern | Alexander Moore drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Nicholas Visnosky | 77-59 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Western Carolina | Western Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:48 | Western Carolina | Alexander Moore is called for the reach on Andre Lanier in the backcourt - foul #2 on Alexander Moore, team foul #4 | 77-59 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Alexander Howard (PG), George Johnson (SG) Alexander Moore, Nicholas Visnosky | |
| Subs | Western Carolina | Winston Phillips (SG), Gary Iler (SF), Travis Williams (PF) T-Bone Miles, Israel Noren, Lawrence Vogel | |
| 02:43 | Western Carolina | Gary Iler makes the jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Travis Williams | 77-61 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Western Carolina | Western Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:22 | Northwestern | George Johnson drills a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Alexander Howard | 80-61 |
| 02:11 | Western Carolina | Andre Lanier is fouled on the floor by Alexander Howard - foul #1 on Alexander Howard, team foul #5 | 80-61 |
| 01:55 | Western Carolina | Andre Lanier misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 80-61 |
| 01:53 | Northwestern | Thomas Thoreson pulls down the rebound | 80-61 |
| 01:33 | Northwestern | George Johnson's layup is rejected by Travis Williams | 80-61 |
| 01:31 | Northwestern | Timothy Gaines tips it but misses | 80-61 |
| 01:30 | Western Carolina | Gary Iler gets the rebound | 80-61 |
| 01:06 | Western Carolina | Travis Williams misses short on a fadeaway from the left wing | 80-61 |
| 01:05 | Northwestern | Timothy Gaines grabs the defensive rebound | 80-61 |
| 00:44 | Northwestern | George Johnson misses the dunk but the foul's on Winston Phillips - foul #2 on Winston Phillips, team foul #7 | 80-61 |
| 00:44 | Northwestern | George Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 81-61 |
| 00:44 | Northwestern | George Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 82-61 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Western Carolina | Western Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:36 | Western Carolina | Michael Ingram comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side | 82-61 |
| 00:34 | Northwestern | Charles Ervin gets the rebound | 82-61 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Western Carolina | Western Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:14 | Northwestern | Thomas Thoreson misses short on a jumpshot from the left side but the foul's on Gary Iler - foul #1 on Gary Iler, team foul #8 | 82-61 |
| 00:14 | Northwestern | Thomas Thoreson misses the 1st free throw | 82-61 |
| 00:14 | Northwestern | Thomas Thoreson misses the 2nd free throw | 82-61 |
| 00:14 | Western Carolina | Winston Phillips grabs the board | 82-61 |
| 00:09 | Western Carolina | Gary Iler misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 82-61 |
| 00:07 | Western Carolina | Travis Williams tips it but misses | 82-61 |
| 00:06 | Northwestern | Alexander Howard grabs the board | 82-61 |
| 00:00 | Northwestern | Alexander Howard runs out the clock | 82-61 |