| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Donald Kirkland (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Willard Wittig (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Robert Champagne (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. PF - Gregory Allis (fresh) C - George Kramer (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Ben Eby (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Mark Williams (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lawrence Moodie (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Chester Burrage (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Michael Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Purdue | Robert Champagne inbounds the ball | 30-18 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:42 | Purdue | George Kramer clanks a driving attempt from the baseline | 30-18 |
| 19:40 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Wilson snags the defensive board | 30-18 |
| 19:27 | Louisiana Tech | Chester Burrage hits the front of the rim on the shot from close range but he's hacked by George Kramer - foul #1 on George Kramer, team foul #1 | 30-18 |
| 19:27 | Louisiana Tech | Chester Burrage makes the 1st free throw | 30-19 |
| 19:27 | Louisiana Tech | Chester Burrage misses the 2nd free throw | 30-19 |
| 19:27 | Purdue | Robert Champagne snags the defensive board | 30-19 |
| 19:23 | Purdue | Willard Wittig is whistled for a carry | 30-19 |
| 19:13 | Louisiana Tech | Mark Williams clanks a runner from the right block | 30-19 |
| 19:12 | Purdue | The rebound goes to George Kramer | 30-19 |
| 18:48 | Purdue | Willard Wittig misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 30-19 |
| 18:47 | Louisiana Tech | Chester Burrage pulls down the rebound | 30-19 |
| 18:37 | Louisiana Tech | Ben Eby misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 30-19 |
| 18:36 | Purdue | George Kramer gets the rebound | 30-19 |
| 18:32 | Purdue | Ben Eby steps in front of the Donald Kirkland pass in the backcourt | 30-19 |
| 18:30 | Louisiana Tech | Ben Eby lays it in | 30-21 |
| 18:04 | Purdue | Robert Champagne is fouled on the floor by Chester Burrage - foul #1 on Chester Burrage, team foul #1 | 30-21 |
| 17:51 | Purdue | Willard Wittig buries a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Donald Kirkland | 33-21 |
| 17:38 | Louisiana Tech | Ben Eby's pass is intercepted by Robert Champagne | 33-21 |
| 17:09 | Purdue | Robert Champagne connects on the fadeaway from the left side set up by Donald Kirkland | 35-21 |
| 16:47 | Louisiana Tech | Mark Williams misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 35-21 |
| 16:46 | Purdue | Donald Kirkland snags the defensive board | 35-21 |
| 16:41 | Purdue | Gregory Allis throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-21 |
| Subs | Purdue | William Stanford (PG), Terry Wooldridge (SF), Orunjan Ake (PF), Robert Sliva (C) Donald Kirkland, Robert Champagne, Gregory Allis, George Kramer | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | William Severin (PG), Jason Warner (SG), Alonzo Solis (SF), John Mayhall (PF), John Jones (C) Ben Eby, Mark Williams, Lawrence Moodie, Chester Burrage, Michael Wilson | |
| 16:15 | Louisiana Tech | Orunjan Ake steps in front of the Jason Warner pass | 35-21 |
| 15:47 | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 35-21 |
| 15:46 | Louisiana Tech | John Mayhall pulls down the rebound | 35-21 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - William Stanford (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Willard Wittig (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SF - Terry Wooldridge (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Orunjan Ake (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Sliva (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - William Severin (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Jason Warner (fresh) SF - Alonzo Solis (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - John Mayhall (fresh) 3 reb. C - John Jones (fresh) | |
| 15:31 | Louisiana Tech | John Mayhall misses long on a turnaround from the left block but he's hacked by Orunjan Ake - foul #1 on Orunjan Ake, team foul #2 | 35-21 |
| Subs | Purdue | Donald Kirkland (PG) Willard Wittig | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ben Eby (PG), Lawrence Moodie (SF) William Severin, Alonzo Solis | |
| 15:31 | Louisiana Tech | John Mayhall makes the 1st free throw | 35-22 |
| 15:31 | Louisiana Tech | John Mayhall makes the 2nd free throw | 35-23 |
| 15:15 | Purdue | Orunjan Ake misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 35-23 |
| 15:13 | Louisiana Tech | John Jones pulls down the rebound | 35-23 |
| 15:04 | Louisiana Tech | Jason Warner misses badly on a shot from the right wing | 35-23 |
| 15:02 | Louisiana Tech | John Jones tips it home | 35-25 |
| 14:35 | Purdue | Ben Eby is called for the reach on Donald Kirkland - foul #1 on Ben Eby, team foul #2 | 35-25 |
| Subs | Purdue | Robert Champagne (SF), Gregory Allis (PF), George Kramer (C) Terry Wooldridge, Orunjan Ake, Robert Sliva | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Mark Williams (SG), Chester Burrage (PF), Michael Wilson (C) Jason Warner, John Mayhall, John Jones | |
| 14:22 | Purdue | William Stanford is fouled on the floor by Mark Williams - foul #1 on Mark Williams, team foul #3 | 35-25 |
| Subs | Purdue | Willard Wittig (SG) William Stanford | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 14:01 | Purdue | Robert Champagne misses the lay-in | 35-25 |
| 13:59 | Purdue | Donald Kirkland grabs the offensive rebound | 35-25 |
| 13:39 | Purdue | George Kramer misses long on a driving attempt from the right block but he's hacked by Michael Wilson - foul #1 on Michael Wilson, team foul #4 | 35-25 |
| Subs | Purdue | William Stanford (PG) Donald Kirkland | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | William Severin (PG) Ben Eby | |
| 13:39 | Purdue | George Kramer makes the 1st free throw | 36-25 |
| 13:39 | Purdue | George Kramer makes the 2nd free throw | 37-25 |
| 13:22 | Louisiana Tech | William Severin misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 37-25 |
| 13:21 | Purdue | Robert Champagne grabs the board | 37-25 |
| 13:14 | Purdue | George Kramer makes the jumper from close range set up by Willard Wittig | 39-25 |
| 12:53 | Louisiana Tech | William Severin is whistled for traveling | 39-25 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Jason Warner (SF) Lawrence Moodie | |
| 12:31 | Purdue | Willard Wittig throws a bad pass out of bounds | 39-25 |
| Subs | Purdue | Donald Kirkland (PG) Willard Wittig | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ben Eby (PG), Alonzo Solis (SF) William Severin, Mark Williams | |
| 12:14 | Louisiana Tech | Jason Warner comes up short on the floater from the left side but the foul's on William Stanford - foul #1 on William Stanford, team foul #3 | 39-25 |
| 12:14 | Louisiana Tech | Jason Warner misses the 1st free throw | 39-25 |
| 12:14 | Louisiana Tech | Jason Warner misses the 2nd free throw | 39-25 |
| 12:14 | Purdue | George Kramer snags the defensive board | 39-25 |
| 11:53 | Purdue | Robert Champagne knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Donald Kirkland | 42-25 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 11:41 | Louisiana Tech | Chester Burrage drills a turnaround from the baseline | 42-27 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Donald Kirkland (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - William Stanford (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Champagne (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. 3 stl. PF - Gregory Allis (fairly fresh) C - George Kramer (fresh) 15 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Ben Eby (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Jason Warner (fresh) SF - Alonzo Solis (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - Chester Burrage (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Wilson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:17 | Purdue | George Kramer knocks in the runner from close range set up by William Stanford | 44-27 |
| 11:03 | Louisiana Tech | Ben Eby can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by George Kramer - foul #2 on George Kramer, team foul #4 | 44-27 |
| Subs | Purdue | Willard Wittig (SG), Terry Wooldridge (SF), Orunjan Ake (PF), Robert Sliva (C) William Stanford, Robert Champagne, Gregory Allis, George Kramer | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Mark Williams (SG), Lawrence Moodie (SF), John Mayhall (PF), John Jones (C) Jason Warner, Alonzo Solis, Chester Burrage, Michael Wilson | |
| 11:03 | Louisiana Tech | Ben Eby makes the 1st free throw | 44-28 |
| 11:03 | Louisiana Tech | Ben Eby misses the 2nd free throw | 44-28 |
| 11:03 | Purdue | Robert Sliva grabs the defensive rebound | 44-28 |
| 10:34 | Purdue | Willard Wittig can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 44-28 |
| 10:33 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to John Mayhall | 44-28 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 10:28 | Louisiana Tech | Ben Eby hits a floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Lawrence Moodie | 44-30 |
| 10:04 | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge misses the fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by John Mayhall - foul #1 on John Mayhall, team foul #5 | 44-30 |
| Subs | Purdue | John Sam (PG) Donald Kirkland | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | William Severin (PG) Ben Eby | |
| 10:04 | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge makes the 1st free throw | 45-30 |
| 10:04 | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge makes the 2nd free throw | 46-30 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 09:53 | Louisiana Tech | John Mayhall misses the easy layup | 46-30 |
| 09:51 | Purdue | John Sam grabs the defensive rebound | 46-30 |
| 09:46 | Purdue | Willard Wittig hits a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Terry Wooldridge | 49-30 |
| 09:36 | Louisiana Tech | Mark Williams can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 49-30 |
| 09:34 | Louisiana Tech | Lawrence Moodie snags the offensive board | 49-30 |
| 09:21 | Louisiana Tech | John Mayhall buries a floater from close range on a nice dish by Lawrence Moodie | 49-32 |
| 09:01 | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge scores on a jumper from the left side on a great pass from John Sam | 51-32 |
| 08:44 | Louisiana Tech | John Jones knocks in the shot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by William Severin and he's hacked by Orunjan Ake - foul #2 on Orunjan Ake, team foul #5 | 51-34 |
| Subs | Purdue | Donald Kirkland (PG), Robert Champagne (SF), Gregory Allis (PF), George Kramer (C) John Sam, Terry Wooldridge, Orunjan Ake, Robert Sliva | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ben Eby (PG), Jason Warner (SG), Michael Wilson (C) William Severin, Mark Williams, John Mayhall | |
| 08:44 | Louisiana Tech | John Jones makes the free throw | 51-35 |
| 08:29 | Purdue | George Kramer misses the lay-in but the foul's on Ben Eby - foul #2 on Ben Eby, team foul #6 | 51-35 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Chester Burrage (PF) John Jones | |
| 08:29 | Purdue | George Kramer makes the 1st free throw | 52-35 |
| 08:29 | Purdue | George Kramer makes the 2nd free throw | 53-35 |
| 08:21 | Louisiana Tech | Ben Eby connects on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 53-37 |
| 07:53 | Purdue | George Kramer misses long on a jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Jason Warner - foul #2 on Jason Warner, team foul #7 | 53-37 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Alonzo Solis (SF) Lawrence Moodie | |
| 07:53 | Purdue | George Kramer makes the 1st free throw | 54-37 |
| 07:53 | Purdue | George Kramer makes the 2nd free throw | 55-37 |
| 07:42 | Louisiana Tech | Alonzo Solis makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 55-40 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Donald Kirkland (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Willard Wittig (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Champagne (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. 3 stl. PF - Gregory Allis (fresh) C - George Kramer (fresh) 21 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Ben Eby (fresh) 13 pts. SG - Jason Warner (fresh) SF - Alonzo Solis (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. PF - Chester Burrage (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:13 | Purdue | Robert Champagne can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 55-40 |
| 07:11 | Purdue | George Kramer hits the follow up shot | 57-40 |
| 06:52 | Louisiana Tech | George Kramer is called for the reach on Michael Wilson - foul #3 on George Kramer, team foul #6 | 57-40 |
| Subs | Purdue | William Stanford (PG), Terry Wooldridge (SG) Donald Kirkland, Willard Wittig | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Mark Williams (SG) Alonzo Solis | |
| 06:28 | Louisiana Tech | Terry Wooldridge steals it from Jason Warner | 57-40 |
| 06:10 | Purdue | George Kramer's fadeaway is rejected by Chester Burrage | 57-40 |
| 06:09 | Louisiana Tech | Ben Eby snags the defensive board | 57-40 |
| 06:00 | Louisiana Tech | Ben Eby clanks a jumper from the right wing | 57-40 |
| 05:58 | Louisiana Tech | Chester Burrage snags the offensive board | 57-40 |
| 05:52 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Wilson makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Ben Eby | 57-43 |
| 05:40 | Purdue | William Stanford is hacked by Mark Williams - foul #2 on Mark Williams, team foul #8 | 57-43 |
| Subs | Purdue | Donald Kirkland (PG), Willard Wittig (SG), Orunjan Ake (PF), Robert Sliva (C) Terry Wooldridge, Robert Champagne, Gregory Allis, George Kramer | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | William Severin (PG), Lawrence Moodie (SF), John Mayhall (PF), John Jones (C) Ben Eby, Jason Warner, Chester Burrage, Michael Wilson | |
| 05:40 | Purdue | William Stanford makes the 1st free throw | 58-43 |
| 05:40 | Purdue | William Stanford makes the 2nd free throw | 59-43 |
| 05:23 | Louisiana Tech | Lawrence Moodie comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 59-43 |
| 05:21 | Purdue | Donald Kirkland gets the rebound | 59-43 |
| 04:58 | Purdue | Willard Wittig comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 59-43 |
| 04:57 | Louisiana Tech | Lawrence Moodie grabs the board | 59-43 |
| 04:46 | Louisiana Tech | Lawrence Moodie is fouled on the floor by William Stanford - foul #2 on William Stanford, team foul #7 | 59-43 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Jason Warner (SG) Mark Williams | |
| 04:46 | Louisiana Tech | Lawrence Moodie misses the 1st free throw | 59-43 |
| 04:46 | Louisiana Tech | William Severin grabs the offensive board | 59-43 |
| 04:38 | Louisiana Tech | Jason Warner throws a bad pass out of bounds | 59-43 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Chester Burrage (PF) John Jones | |
| 04:10 | Purdue | Willard Wittig misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 59-43 |
| 04:08 | Louisiana Tech | Lawrence Moodie grabs the defensive rebound | 59-43 |
| 03:44 | Louisiana Tech | William Severin misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 59-43 |
| 03:42 | Purdue | Willard Wittig snags the defensive board | 59-43 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Donald Kirkland (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Willard Wittig (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Stanford (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Orunjan Ake (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Sliva (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - William Severin (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jason Warner (fresh) SF - Lawrence Moodie (fresh) 5 reb. PF - Chester Burrage (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - John Mayhall (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:22 | Purdue | Willard Wittig drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Donald Kirkland | 62-43 |
| 03:13 | Louisiana Tech | Jason Warner misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 62-43 |
| 03:12 | Purdue | Orunjan Ake gets the rebound | 62-43 |
| 02:47 | Purdue | Robert Sliva misses short on a floater from the left block | 62-43 |
| 02:46 | Purdue | Willard Wittig snags the offensive board | 62-43 |
| 02:23 | Purdue | Willard Wittig comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 62-43 |
| 02:21 | Louisiana Tech | Lawrence Moodie pulls down the rebound | 62-43 |
| 02:16 | Louisiana Tech | Donald Kirkland steals it from William Severin | 62-43 |
| 01:55 | Purdue | Willard Wittig knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Donald Kirkland | 65-43 |
| 01:50 | Louisiana Tech | Donald Kirkland steals the ball from Jason Warner | 65-43 |
| 01:47 | Purdue | Willard Wittig hits the finger roll on a great pass from Donald Kirkland | 67-43 |
| 01:38 | Louisiana Tech | John Mayhall hits the finger roll on a great pass from Lawrence Moodie | 67-45 |
| 01:14 | Purdue | Orunjan Ake comes up short on the jump hook in the lane but he's hacked by Chester Burrage - foul #2 on Chester Burrage, team foul #9 | 67-45 |
| Subs | Purdue | Robert Champagne (SF), George Kramer (C) William Stanford, Robert Sliva | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Alonzo Solis (SF), John Jones (C) Lawrence Moodie, Chester Burrage | |
| 01:14 | Purdue | Orunjan Ake makes the 1st free throw | 68-45 |
| 01:14 | Purdue | Orunjan Ake makes the 2nd free throw | 69-45 |
| 01:01 | Louisiana Tech | Alonzo Solis misses long on a shot near the basket | 69-45 |
| 00:59 | Purdue | George Kramer gets the rebound | 69-45 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:39 | Purdue | Willard Wittig is called for traveling | 69-45 |
| Subs | Purdue | Gregory Allis (PF) Orunjan Ake | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:33 | Louisiana Tech | John Mayhall lays it in on a great pass from Jason Warner | 69-47 |
| 00:13 | Purdue | George Kramer jams it on a great pass from Donald Kirkland | 71-47 |
| 00:07 | Louisiana Tech | Gregory Allis takes the ball from Alonzo Solis | 71-47 |
| 00:00 | Purdue | Donald Kirkland runs out the clock | 71-47 |