| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Brad Moodie (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Thomas Shorter (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Paul Arno (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. PF - Roy Young (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Denny Ainsworth (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Troy Stovall (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Robert Hawkins (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Rafael Anderson (fresh) 1 pts. PF - John Smith (fresh) 17 pts. C - Craig Wolfe (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Mercer | Paul Arno inbounds the ball | 28-32 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:40 | Mercer | Paul Arno misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 28-32 |
| 19:39 | Purdue | John Smith pulls down the rebound | 28-32 |
| 19:25 | Purdue | Troy Stovall is fouled on the floor by Brad Moodie - foul #3 on Brad Moodie, team foul #1 | 28-32 |
| Subs | Mercer | Julius Bryant (PG) Brad Moodie | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 19:16 | Purdue | Thomas Shorter steals the ball from John Smith | 28-32 |
| 19:13 | Mercer | Thomas Shorter misses the lay-in | 28-32 |
| 19:11 | Purdue | John Smith grabs the board | 28-32 |
| 18:54 | Purdue | Rafael Anderson clanks a floater from the free throw line | 28-32 |
| 18:53 | Purdue | John Smith snags the offensive board | 28-32 |
| 18:40 | Purdue | John Smith blows the layup but the foul's on Roy Young - foul #1 on Roy Young, team foul #2 | 28-32 |
| 18:40 | Purdue | John Smith makes the 1st free throw | 28-33 |
| 18:40 | Purdue | John Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 28-34 |
| 18:16 | Mercer | Julius Bryant hits the front of the rim on the runner from the left block but the foul's on Rafael Anderson - foul #2 on Rafael Anderson, team foul #1 | 28-34 |
| 18:16 | Mercer | Julius Bryant makes the 1st free throw | 29-34 |
| 18:16 | Mercer | Julius Bryant makes the 2nd free throw | 30-34 |
| 18:00 | Purdue | John Smith hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 30-34 |
| 17:58 | Mercer | Paul Arno gets the rebound | 30-34 |
| 17:42 | Mercer | Roy Young can't connect on a jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by John Smith - foul #3 on John Smith, team foul #2 | 30-34 |
| Subs | Mercer | | |
| Subs | Purdue | James Anderson (PF) John Smith | |
| 17:42 | Mercer | Roy Young makes the 1st free throw | 31-34 |
| 17:42 | Mercer | Roy Young makes the 2nd free throw | 32-34 |
| 17:18 | Purdue | James Anderson lays it up and in on a nice dish by Troy Stovall and he's hacked by Roy Young - foul #2 on Roy Young, team foul #3 | 32-36 |
| Subs | Mercer | Ognjen Nowakowski (PG), Troy Tinney (PF) Paul Arno, Roy Young | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 17:18 | Purdue | James Anderson makes the free throw | 32-37 |
| 16:54 | Mercer | Thomas Shorter misses short on a jumpshot from the right side | 32-37 |
| 16:53 | Purdue | James Anderson grabs the defensive rebound | 32-37 |
| 16:40 | Purdue | Robert Hawkins connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by James Anderson | 32-40 |
| 16:28 | Mercer | Julius Bryant misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 32-40 |
| 16:27 | Mercer | The offensive rebound goes to Thomas Shorter | 32-40 |
| 16:17 | Mercer | Thomas Shorter can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 32-40 |
| 16:15 | Purdue | Robert Hawkins grabs the defensive rebound | 32-40 |
| 15:54 | Purdue | Robert Hawkins misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 32-40 |
| 15:52 | Mercer | Julius Bryant pulls down the rebound | 32-40 |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Ognjen Nowakowski (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Thomas Shorter (fairly fresh) 10 pts. SF - Julius Bryant (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Troy Tinney (fresh) C - Denny Ainsworth (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Troy Stovall (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Robert Hawkins (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Rafael Anderson (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - James Anderson (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Craig Wolfe (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 15:42 | Mercer | Troy Tinney misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 32-40 |
| 15:40 | Mercer | Denny Ainsworth gets the offensive rebound | 32-40 |
| 15:25 | Mercer | Thomas Shorter misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 32-40 |
| 15:24 | Purdue | Craig Wolfe grabs the defensive rebound | 32-40 |
| 15:10 | Purdue | James Anderson drills a fadeaway in the paint on a great pass from Rafael Anderson | 32-42 |
| 14:49 | Mercer | Thomas Shorter hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 32-42 |
| 14:47 | Purdue | James Anderson gets the rebound | 32-42 |
| 14:29 | Purdue | Craig Wolfe throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-42 |
| Subs | Mercer | Brad Moodie (PG), Steven Poe (SG), Paul Arno (SF), Roy Young (PF), Denver Sieberg (C) Ognjen Nowakowski, Thomas Shorter, Julius Bryant, Troy Tinney, Denny Ainsworth | |
| Subs | Purdue | Timothy Sullivan (SF), John Smith (PF) Rafael Anderson, Craig Wolfe | |
| 14:09 | Mercer | Paul Arno is fouled on the floor by Timothy Sullivan - foul #4 on Timothy Sullivan, team foul #3 | 32-42 |
| Subs | Mercer | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Christopher Nee (SF) Timothy Sullivan | |
| 13:59 | Mercer | Brad Moodie can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 32-42 |
| 13:57 | Mercer | Roy Young snags the offensive board | 32-42 |
| 13:38 | Mercer | Roy Young's pass over a doubleteam is off the mark and out of bounds | 32-42 |
| 13:19 | Purdue | Robert Hawkins misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 32-42 |
| 13:18 | Mercer | Paul Arno pulls down the rebound | 32-42 |
| 12:53 | Mercer | James Anderson swats the shot by Denver Sieberg | 32-42 |
| 12:52 | Purdue | John Smith grabs the board | 32-42 |
| 12:48 | Purdue | Christopher Nee clanks a 3 from straight away | 32-42 |
| 12:47 | Mercer | Roy Young gets the rebound | 32-42 |
| 12:29 | Mercer | Brad Moodie scores on a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Steven Poe | 35-42 |
| 12:20 | Purdue | John Smith makes the turnaround from the right block on a great pass from Robert Hawkins | 35-44 |
| 11:54 | Mercer | Roy Young works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right block but he's hacked by James Anderson - foul #2 on James Anderson, team foul #4 | 35-44 |
| Subs | Mercer | Julius Bryant (PG), Thomas Shorter (SG), Troy Tinney (SF), Denny Ainsworth (C) Brad Moodie, Steven Poe, Paul Arno, Denver Sieberg | |
| Subs | Purdue | Robert Bluhm (PG), Rafael Anderson (SF) Troy Stovall, Christopher Nee | |
| 11:54 | Mercer | Roy Young makes the 1st free throw | 36-44 |
| 11:54 | Mercer | Roy Young misses the 2nd free throw | 36-44 |
| 11:54 | Purdue | John Smith gets the rebound | 36-44 |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Julius Bryant (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Shorter (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Troy Tinney (fresh) PF - Roy Young (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Denny Ainsworth (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Robert Bluhm (fresh) SG - Robert Hawkins (tiring) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Rafael Anderson (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. PF - John Smith (fresh) 21 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - James Anderson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:31 | Purdue | John Smith misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 36-44 |
| 11:29 | Mercer | Denny Ainsworth snags the defensive board | 36-44 |
| 11:25 | Mercer | Thomas Shorter buries a 3 pointer from straight away | 39-44 |
| 11:05 | Purdue | John Smith misses long on a shot in the lane | 39-44 |
| 11:03 | Mercer | The rebound goes to Denny Ainsworth | 39-44 |
| 10:46 | Mercer | Thomas Shorter misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 39-44 |
| 10:45 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Rafael Anderson | 39-44 |
| 10:28 | Purdue | John Smith connects on the jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Robert Bluhm | 39-46 |
| 10:07 | Mercer | Roy Young clanks a shot from the left wing | 39-46 |
| 10:05 | Mercer | Denny Ainsworth pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-46 |
| 10:00 | Mercer | Roy Young shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the floater in the lane | 39-46 |
| 09:59 | Purdue | Robert Bluhm grabs the defensive rebound | 39-46 |
| 09:52 | Purdue | John Smith hits a driving attempt in the paint set up by Robert Bluhm | 39-48 |
| 09:29 | Mercer | Denny Ainsworth is open and scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Roy Young out of a doubleteam | 42-48 |
| 09:01 | Purdue | John Smith knocks in the jump hook in the lane on a great pass from Robert Bluhm and he's hacked by Julius Bryant - foul #1 on Julius Bryant, team foul #4 | 42-50 |
| Subs | Mercer | Brad Moodie (PG), Paul Arno (SF), Denver Sieberg (PF) Julius Bryant, Troy Tinney, Roy Young | |
| Subs | Purdue | Troy Stovall (PG), Christopher Nee (SG), Craig Wolfe (C) Robert Bluhm, Robert Hawkins, James Anderson | |
| 09:01 | Purdue | John Smith makes the free throw | 42-51 |
| 08:41 | Mercer | Paul Arno's floater is tipped away by Craig Wolfe | 42-51 |
| 08:39 | Mercer | Paul Arno can't tip it in | 42-51 |
| 08:37 | Purdue | Craig Wolfe gets the rebound | 42-51 |
| 08:17 | Purdue | Craig Wolfe is fouled on the floor by Denver Sieberg - foul #4 on Denver Sieberg, team foul #5 | 42-51 |
| Subs | Mercer | Julius Bryant (SG), Warren Ertl (PF), Eric Shain (C) Thomas Shorter, Denver Sieberg, Denny Ainsworth | |
| Subs | Purdue | Robert Hawkins (SG) Rafael Anderson | |
| 08:00 | Purdue | John Smith misses the easy layup | 42-51 |
| 07:58 | Purdue | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Hawkins | 42-51 |
| 07:36 | Purdue | Christopher Nee is hacked by Eric Shain - foul #1 on Eric Shain, team foul #6 | 42-51 |
| Subs | Mercer | Denver Sieberg (PF) Eric Shain | |
| Subs | Purdue | Timothy Sullivan (SF) Robert Hawkins | |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Brad Moodie (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Julius Bryant (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Paul Arno (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. PF - Denver Sieberg (fresh) 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Warren Ertl (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Troy Stovall (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Christopher Nee (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Timothy Sullivan (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 4 pf. PF - John Smith (fairly fresh) 28 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Craig Wolfe (fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:30 | Purdue | John Smith clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 42-51 |
| 07:29 | Mercer | Denver Sieberg gets the rebound | 42-51 |
| 07:22 | Mercer | Brad Moodie makes the 3 from straight away on a great pass from Julius Bryant | 45-51 |
| 06:55 | Purdue | Brad Moodie steals the ball from John Smith | 45-51 |
| 06:43 | Mercer | Paul Arno drills a shot in the lane and the foul's on Timothy Sullivan - foul #5 on Timothy Sullivan, team foul #5 | 47-51 |
| Subs | Mercer | Thomas Shorter (SG), Denny Ainsworth (C) Julius Bryant, Warren Ertl | |
| Subs | Purdue | Robert Hawkins (SG), Rafael Anderson (SF) Christopher Nee, Timothy Sullivan | |
| 06:43 | Mercer | Paul Arno misses the free throw | 47-51 |
| 06:43 | Purdue | Craig Wolfe grabs the board | 47-51 |
| 06:24 | Purdue | Craig Wolfe clanks a floater from the left block | 47-51 |
| 06:23 | Purdue | The offensive rebound goes to John Smith | 47-51 |
| 06:05 | Purdue | John Smith comes up short on the runner from close range | 47-51 |
| 06:03 | Mercer | Denver Sieberg grabs the defensive rebound | 47-51 |
| 05:43 | Mercer | Paul Arno can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 47-51 |
| 05:41 | Purdue | Craig Wolfe pulls down the rebound | 47-51 |
| 05:23 | Purdue | Robert Hawkins clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 47-51 |
| 05:22 | Purdue | Craig Wolfe tips it back up and in | 47-53 |
| 05:11 | Mercer | Paul Arno buries a floater from the right side on a great pass from Brad Moodie | 49-53 |
| 04:55 | Purdue | John Smith can't throw it down but he's hacked by Thomas Shorter - foul #2 on Thomas Shorter, team foul #7 | 49-53 |
| Subs | Mercer | Julius Bryant (PG), Troy Tinney (SF), Roy Young (PF) Brad Moodie, Paul Arno, Denver Sieberg | |
| Subs | Purdue | Christopher Nee (SF), James Anderson (C) Rafael Anderson, Craig Wolfe | |
| 04:55 | Purdue | John Smith makes the 1st free throw | 49-54 |
| 04:55 | Purdue | John Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 49-55 |
| 04:37 | Mercer | Troy Tinney buries a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Julius Bryant | 52-55 |
| 04:25 | Purdue | John Smith hits the finger roll on a great pass from Christopher Nee | 52-57 |
| 04:04 | Mercer | Troy Tinney is fouled on the floor by John Smith - foul #4 on John Smith, team foul #6 | 52-57 |
| Subs | Mercer | Ognjen Nowakowski (SG) Thomas Shorter | |
| Subs | Purdue | Craig Wolfe (C) John Smith | |
| 03:47 | Mercer | Troy Tinney clanks a runner in the paint | 52-57 |
| 03:45 | Purdue | Craig Wolfe grabs the defensive rebound | 52-57 |
| 03:33 | Purdue | James Anderson connects on the fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Robert Hawkins | 52-59 |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Julius Bryant (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Ognjen Nowakowski (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Troy Tinney (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Roy Young (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Denny Ainsworth (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Troy Stovall (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Robert Hawkins (tiring) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Christopher Nee (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - James Anderson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Craig Wolfe (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 13 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:21 | Mercer | Julius Bryant blows the layup but he's fouled by Robert Hawkins - foul #1 on Robert Hawkins, team foul #7 | 52-59 |
| Subs | Mercer | Denver Sieberg (C) Denny Ainsworth | |
| Subs | Purdue | Rafael Anderson (SF) Robert Hawkins | |
| 03:21 | Mercer | Julius Bryant makes the 1st free throw | 53-59 |
| 03:21 | Mercer | Julius Bryant makes the 2nd free throw | 54-59 |
| 03:03 | Purdue | Rafael Anderson is hacked by Troy Tinney - foul #1 on Troy Tinney, team foul #8 | 54-59 |
| Subs | Mercer | Thomas Shorter (SG), Warren Ertl (C) Ognjen Nowakowski, Roy Young | |
| Subs | Purdue | Robert Bluhm (PG), Robert Hawkins (SG) Troy Stovall, Christopher Nee | |
| 03:03 | Purdue | Rafael Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 54-60 |
| 03:03 | Purdue | Rafael Anderson makes the 2nd free throw | 54-61 |
| 03:00 | Mercer | Mercer calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 54-61 |
| Subs | Mercer | Brad Moodie (PG), Paul Arno (SF), Roy Young (PF), Denny Ainsworth (C) Julius Bryant, Troy Tinney, Denver Sieberg, Warren Ertl | |
| Subs | Purdue | Troy Stovall (PG), Christopher Nee (SF), John Smith (PF) Robert Bluhm, Robert Hawkins, James Anderson | |
| 02:49 | Mercer | Paul Arno hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left side but the foul's on Christopher Nee - foul #2 on Christopher Nee, team foul #8 | 54-61 |
| 02:49 | Mercer | Paul Arno makes the 1st free throw | 55-61 |
| 02:49 | Mercer | Paul Arno makes the 2nd free throw | 56-61 |
| 02:45 | Purdue | Purdue calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-61 |
| 02:27 | Purdue | Rafael Anderson double dribbles | 56-61 |
| 02:06 | Mercer | Roy Young is fouled on the floor by Troy Stovall - foul #1 on Troy Stovall, team foul #9 | 56-61 |
| 02:06 | Mercer | Roy Young makes the 1st free throw | 57-61 |
| 02:06 | Mercer | Roy Young makes the 2nd free throw | 58-61 |
| 02:04 | Purdue | Purdue calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 58-61 |
| Subs | Mercer | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Robert Hawkins (SG) Christopher Nee | |
| 01:52 | Purdue | John Smith hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block | 58-61 |
| 01:51 | Purdue | John Smith grabs the offensive rebound | 58-61 |
| 01:38 | Purdue | John Smith connects on the driving attempt from the baseline on a great pass from Rafael Anderson | 58-63 |
| 01:22 | Mercer | Roy Young works out of a doubleteam and scores on a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Brad Moodie | 60-63 |
| 01:16 | Purdue | Robert Hawkins scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Troy Stovall | 60-65 |
| 01:04 | Mercer | John Smith steals it from Paul Arno | 60-65 |
| 00:56 | Purdue | Craig Wolfe can't connect on a jumper from the left side | 60-65 |
| 00:54 | Mercer | The rebound goes to Roy Young | 60-65 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:49 | Mercer | Thomas Shorter hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 60-65 |
| 00:48 | Purdue | John Smith grabs the board | 60-65 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:45 | Purdue | John Smith is fouled in the backcourt by Thomas Shorter - foul #3 on Thomas Shorter, team foul #9 | 60-65 |
| 00:45 | Purdue | John Smith misses the 1st free throw | 60-65 |
| 00:45 | Mercer | Denny Ainsworth pulls down the rebound | 60-65 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:39 | Mercer | Brad Moodie knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Denny Ainsworth | 63-65 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:10 | Purdue | Robert Hawkins scores on a driving attempt from the left block and he's fouled by Denny Ainsworth - foul #3 on Denny Ainsworth, team foul #10 | 63-67 |
| Subs | Mercer | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Christopher Nee (PG) Troy Stovall | |
| 00:10 | Purdue | Robert Hawkins misses the free throw | 63-67 |
| 00:10 | Mercer | Roy Young grabs the defensive rebound | 63-67 |
| 00:06 | Mercer | Brad Moodie's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 63-67 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:03 | Purdue | Rafael Anderson is hacked by Brad Moodie in the backcourt - foul #4 on Brad Moodie, team foul #11 | 63-67 |
| 00:03 | Purdue | Rafael Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 63-68 |
| 00:03 | Purdue | Rafael Anderson makes the 2nd free throw | 63-69 |
| 00:00 | Mercer | Thomas Shorter misses the halfcourt shot | 63-69 |