| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Cordell Stoehr (fresh) SG - Mathew Kendrick (fresh) SF - Todd Antone (fresh) PF - Gary Ibanez (fresh) C - Cruz Morris (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Predrag Brzuchalski (fresh) SG - Thomas Fuller (fresh) SF - Sergei Sosinski (fresh) PF - Darryl Colson (fresh) C - Brian Thies (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Purdue | Gary Ibanez wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| 19:50 | Purdue | Todd Antone is whistled for a carry | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | Penn State | Thomas Fuller misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | Penn State | Darryl Colson snags the offensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:02 | Penn State | Darryl Colson buries a jumpshot from the right side set up by Thomas Fuller | 0-2 |
| 18:49 | Purdue | Brian Thies denies the turnaround by Todd Antone | 0-2 |
| 18:47 | Purdue | Todd Antone tips it in | 2-2 |
| 18:29 | Penn State | Thomas Fuller connects on the open 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Darryl Colson | 2-5 |
| 18:14 | Purdue | Gary Ibanez misses badly on a jump hook from the left block | 2-5 |
| 18:12 | Purdue | Todd Antone hits the follow up shot | 4-5 |
| 17:59 | Penn State | Thomas Fuller hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 4-5 |
| 17:57 | Purdue | Todd Antone grabs the defensive rebound | 4-5 |
| 17:36 | Purdue | Todd Antone drills a shot in the lane set up by Cordell Stoehr | 6-5 |
| 17:22 | Penn State | Darryl Colson banks in the layup on a nice dish by Predrag Brzuchalski | 6-7 |
| 17:07 | Purdue | Mathew Kendrick can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Sergei Sosinski - foul #1 on Sergei Sosinski, team foul #1 | 6-7 |
| Subs | Purdue | Bobby Harbert (C) Cruz Morris | |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| 17:07 | Purdue | Mathew Kendrick makes the 1st free throw | 7-7 |
| 17:07 | Purdue | Mathew Kendrick makes the 2nd free throw | 8-7 |
| 16:55 | Penn State | Darryl Colson lays it in on a great pass from Thomas Fuller | 8-9 |
| 16:40 | Purdue | Thomas Fuller steals it from Gary Ibanez | 8-9 |
| 16:28 | Penn State | Mathew Kendrick takes the ball from Thomas Fuller | 8-9 |
| 16:13 | Purdue | Cordell Stoehr clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 8-9 |
| 16:12 | Purdue | Bobby Harbert tips it back up and in | 10-9 |
| 15:47 | Penn State | Brian Thies misses short on a floater from the right block but he's hacked by Cordell Stoehr - foul #1 on Cordell Stoehr, team foul #1 | 10-9 |
| Subs | Purdue | Edward Fitzwater (SG), Jeremy Church (SF), Cruz Morris (C) Mathew Kendrick, Todd Antone, Gary Ibanez | |
| Subs | Penn State | Billy Barr (SF), Thomas Michalec (PF) Sergei Sosinski, Darryl Colson | |
| 15:47 | Penn State | Brian Thies makes the 1st free throw | 10-10 |
| 15:47 | Penn State | Brian Thies makes the 2nd free throw | 10-11 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Cordell Stoehr (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Edward Fitzwater (fresh) SF - Jeremy Church (fresh) PF - Bobby Harbert (fresh) 2 pts. C - Cruz Morris (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Predrag Brzuchalski (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Thomas Fuller (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Billy Barr (fresh) PF - Thomas Michalec (fresh) C - Brian Thies (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:26 | Purdue | Jeremy Church comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 10-11 |
| 15:24 | Purdue | Bobby Harbert misses the tip | 10-11 |
| 15:22 | Penn State | Billy Barr pulls down the rebound | 10-11 |
| 15:16 | Penn State | Bobby Harbert is called for the reach on Predrag Brzuchalski - foul #1 on Bobby Harbert, team foul #2 | 10-11 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Penn State | Donald Norman (C) Brian Thies | |
| 15:01 | Penn State | Donald Norman clanks a floater from the left side | 10-11 |
| 14:59 | Penn State | Billy Barr tips it in | 10-13 |
| 14:45 | Purdue | Edward Fitzwater scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Cordell Stoehr | 13-13 |
| 14:29 | Penn State | Predrag Brzuchalski evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 13-13 |
| 14:27 | Penn State | Donald Norman tips it back up and in | 13-15 |
| 14:25 | Purdue | Cordell Stoehr is fouled in the backcourt by Predrag Brzuchalski - foul #1 on Predrag Brzuchalski, team foul #2 | 13-15 |
| Subs | Purdue | Todd Antone (SF), Arthur Davis (PF) Jeremy Church, Bobby Harbert | |
| Subs | Penn State | Sergei Sosinski (SF), Darryl Colson (PF) Billy Barr, Thomas Michalec | |
| 14:12 | Purdue | Edward Fitzwater's pass is intercepted by Thomas Fuller | 13-15 |
| 13:51 | Penn State | Predrag Brzuchalski misses short on a jumper from the left wing | 13-15 |
| 13:49 | Purdue | Arthur Davis grabs the board | 13-15 |
| 13:45 | Purdue | Todd Antone is hacked by Sergei Sosinski - foul #2 on Sergei Sosinski, team foul #3 | 13-15 |
| Subs | Purdue | Mathew Kendrick (SG), Gary Ibanez (PF) Edward Fitzwater, Arthur Davis | |
| Subs | Penn State | Billy Barr (SF), Brian Thies (C) Sergei Sosinski, Donald Norman | |
| 13:32 | Purdue | Cordell Stoehr knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Gary Ibanez | 16-15 |
| 13:10 | Penn State | Billy Barr misses badly on a floater from the right wing but he's hacked by Cordell Stoehr - foul #2 on Cordell Stoehr, team foul #3 | 16-15 |
| Subs | Purdue | Edward Fitzwater (SG), Bobby Harbert (C) Cordell Stoehr, Cruz Morris | |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| 13:10 | Penn State | Billy Barr misses the 1st free throw | 16-15 |
| 13:10 | Penn State | Billy Barr misses the 2nd free throw | 16-15 |
| 13:10 | Purdue | Gary Ibanez gets the rebound | 16-15 |
| 12:57 | Purdue | Todd Antone's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 16-15 |
| 12:39 | Penn State | Brian Thies's floater is tipped away by Gary Ibanez | 16-15 |
| 12:38 | Purdue | Edward Fitzwater pulls down the rebound | 16-15 |
| 12:32 | Purdue | A charge is called on Edward Fitzwater - foul #1 on Edward Fitzwater, team foul #4 | 16-15 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Penn State | Thomas Michalec (PF) Darryl Colson | |
| 12:15 | Penn State | Brian Thies loses the dribble to Edward Fitzwater | 16-15 |
| 12:10 | Purdue | Edward Fitzwater misses the lay-in | 16-15 |
| 12:08 | Penn State | The rebound goes to Brian Thies | 16-15 |
| 11:56 | Penn State | Thomas Fuller drills a 3 from the right corner | 16-18 |
| 11:49 | Purdue | Edward Fitzwater scores on a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Mathew Kendrick | 19-18 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Mathew Kendrick (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Edward Fitzwater (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Todd Antone (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gary Ibanez (fairly fresh) C - Bobby Harbert (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Predrag Brzuchalski (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Thomas Fuller (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Billy Barr (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Michalec (fresh) C - Brian Thies (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:27 | Penn State | Thomas Michalec misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 19-18 |
| 11:25 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Gary Ibanez | 19-18 |
| 11:05 | Purdue | Todd Antone misses the floater from the right block | 19-18 |
| 11:03 | Penn State | Thomas Michalec grabs the defensive rebound | 19-18 |
| 10:42 | Penn State | Bobby Harbert denies the turnaround by Brian Thies | 19-18 |
| 10:40 | Purdue | Bobby Harbert gets the rebound | 19-18 |
| 10:34 | Purdue | Todd Antone knocks in the fadeaway from the baseline set up by Edward Fitzwater | 21-18 |
| 10:18 | Penn State | Thomas Fuller evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 21-18 |
| 10:17 | Purdue | Bobby Harbert snags the defensive board | 21-18 |
| 10:12 | Purdue | Edward Fitzwater misses the 3 from the left wing | 21-18 |
| 10:10 | Penn State | Thomas Michalec grabs the defensive rebound | 21-18 |
| 09:55 | Penn State | Thomas Fuller shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3 from the left wing set up by Billy Barr | 21-21 |
| 09:51 | Purdue | Mathew Kendrick connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 24-21 |
| 09:34 | Penn State | Billy Barr is hacked by Mathew Kendrick - foul #1 on Mathew Kendrick, team foul #5 | 24-21 |
| Subs | Purdue | Jeremy Church (SG), Arthur Davis (PF), Cruz Morris (C) Mathew Kendrick, Gary Ibanez, Bobby Harbert | |
| Subs | Penn State | John Perry (PG), Lionel Job (SF), Darryl Colson (PF), Donald Norman (C) Predrag Brzuchalski, Billy Barr, Thomas Michalec, Brian Thies | |
| 09:12 | Penn State | Donald Norman hits a runner in the lane set up by John Perry | 24-23 |
| 08:54 | Purdue | Jeremy Church connects on the jumpshot from the left wing set up by Arthur Davis | 26-23 |
| 08:40 | Penn State | 3 seconds is called on Lionel Job | 26-23 |
| 08:30 | Purdue | Jeremy Church is hacked by Donald Norman - foul #1 on Donald Norman, team foul #4 | 26-23 |
| 08:20 | Purdue | Edward Fitzwater misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 26-23 |
| 08:19 | Purdue | Cruz Morris hits the follow up shot | 28-23 |
| 08:15 | Penn State | Thomas Fuller shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the shot from the right side but he's hacked by Edward Fitzwater - foul #2 on Edward Fitzwater, team foul #6 | 28-23 |
| Subs | Purdue | Philip Jones (SG) Edward Fitzwater | |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| 08:15 | Penn State | Thomas Fuller makes the 1st free throw | 28-24 |
| 08:15 | Penn State | Thomas Fuller makes the 2nd free throw | 28-25 |
| 07:50 | Purdue | Todd Antone scores on a jump hook from close range on a great pass from Philip Jones and he's hacked by John Perry - foul #1 on John Perry, team foul #5 | 30-25 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Penn State | Predrag Brzuchalski (PG) Thomas Fuller | |
| 07:50 | Purdue | Todd Antone makes the free throw | 31-25 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Jeremy Church (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Philip Jones (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Todd Antone (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Arthur Davis (fresh) C - Cruz Morris (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Predrag Brzuchalski (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - John Perry (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Lionel Job (fresh) PF - Darryl Colson (fresh) 6 pts. C - Donald Norman (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 07:30 | Penn State | Darryl Colson hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block but the foul's on Jeremy Church - foul #1 on Jeremy Church, team foul #7 | 31-25 |
| Subs | Purdue | Mathew Kendrick (SF), Gary Ibanez (PF) Todd Antone, Arthur Davis | |
| Subs | Penn State | Brian Thies (C) Donald Norman | |
| 07:30 | Penn State | Darryl Colson makes the 1st free throw | 31-26 |
| 07:30 | Penn State | Darryl Colson misses the 2nd free throw | 31-26 |
| 07:30 | Purdue | Gary Ibanez grabs the defensive rebound | 31-26 |
| 07:12 | Purdue | Gary Ibanez comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Lionel Job - foul #1 on Lionel Job, team foul #6 | 31-26 |
| Subs | Purdue | Bobby Harbert (C) Cruz Morris | |
| Subs | Penn State | Thomas Fuller (SG), Thomas Michalec (PF) John Perry, Darryl Colson | |
| 07:12 | Purdue | Gary Ibanez makes the 1st free throw | 32-26 |
| 07:12 | Purdue | Gary Ibanez makes the 2nd free throw | 33-26 |
| 06:54 | Penn State | Predrag Brzuchalski shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3 from the left wing | 33-29 |
| 06:40 | Purdue | Jeremy Church misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 33-29 |
| 06:39 | Penn State | Thomas Fuller grabs the board | 33-29 |
| 06:11 | Penn State | Predrag Brzuchalski is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 33-29 |
| 06:09 | Purdue | Gary Ibanez grabs the board | 33-29 |
| 06:02 | Purdue | Gary Ibanez misses badly on a jumper from close range but he's fouled by Thomas Michalec - foul #1 on Thomas Michalec, team foul #7 | 33-29 |
| Subs | Purdue | Cordell Stoehr (PG), Edward Fitzwater (SG), Todd Antone (SF), Cruz Morris (C) Mathew Kendrick, Philip Jones, Jeremy Church, Bobby Harbert | |
| Subs | Penn State | John Perry (PG), Billy Barr (SF), Darryl Colson (PF), Donald Norman (C) Predrag Brzuchalski, Lionel Job, Thomas Michalec, Brian Thies | |
| 06:02 | Purdue | Gary Ibanez makes the 1st free throw | 34-29 |
| 06:02 | Purdue | Gary Ibanez makes the 2nd free throw | 35-29 |
| 05:45 | Penn State | Donald Norman scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Thomas Fuller | 35-31 |
| 05:25 | Purdue | Gary Ibanez drills a fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Cordell Stoehr | 37-31 |
| 05:12 | Penn State | Darryl Colson is hacked by Gary Ibanez - foul #1 on Gary Ibanez, team foul #8 | 37-31 |
| Subs | Purdue | Bobby Harbert (PF) Gary Ibanez | |
| Subs | Penn State | Predrag Brzuchalski (PG) Thomas Fuller | |
| 05:12 | Penn State | Darryl Colson misses the 1st free throw | 37-31 |
| 05:12 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Todd Antone | 37-31 |
| 05:02 | Purdue | Bobby Harbert buries a pull-up jumper from the right side | 39-31 |
| 04:41 | Penn State | Darryl Colson can't finish the layup | 39-31 |
| 04:40 | Purdue | Cruz Morris snags the defensive board | 39-31 |
| 04:31 | Purdue | Bobby Harbert is fouled on the floor by Darryl Colson - foul #1 on Darryl Colson, team foul #8 | 39-31 |
| Subs | Purdue | Mathew Kendrick (SG), Arthur Davis (PF) Todd Antone, Cruz Morris | |
| Subs | Penn State | Thomas Michalec (PF), Brian Thies (C) Darryl Colson, Donald Norman | |
| 04:31 | Purdue | Bobby Harbert makes the 1st free throw | 40-31 |
| 04:31 | Purdue | Bobby Harbert misses the 2nd free throw | 40-31 |
| 04:31 | Penn State | Thomas Michalec gets the rebound | 40-31 |
| 04:02 | Penn State | Brian Thies lays it up and in | 40-33 |
| 03:41 | Purdue | Mathew Kendrick scores on a shot from the right side | 42-33 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Cordell Stoehr (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Mathew Kendrick (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Fitzwater (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Arthur Davis (fresh) C - Bobby Harbert (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Predrag Brzuchalski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Perry (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Billy Barr (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Michalec (fresh) 3 reb. C - Brian Thies (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 03:17 | Penn State | Bobby Harbert picks off the pass by John Perry | 42-33 |
| 02:59 | Purdue | Bobby Harbert makes the turnaround from the baseline | 44-33 |
| 02:41 | Penn State | Predrag Brzuchalski splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 44-33 |
| 02:40 | Purdue | Bobby Harbert gets the rebound | 44-33 |
| 02:34 | Purdue | Edward Fitzwater knocks in the jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Cordell Stoehr | 46-33 |
| 02:29 | Penn State | Predrag Brzuchalski misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 46-33 |
| 02:27 | Penn State | Billy Barr snags the offensive board | 46-33 |
| 02:20 | Penn State | Predrag Brzuchalski shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by Mathew Kendrick - foul #2 on Mathew Kendrick, team foul #9 | 46-33 |
| Subs | Purdue | Todd Antone (SF), Gary Ibanez (PF), Cruz Morris (C) Mathew Kendrick, Arthur Davis, Bobby Harbert | |
| Subs | Penn State | Lionel Job (SG), Sergei Sosinski (SF), Darryl Colson (PF) John Perry, Billy Barr, Thomas Michalec | |
| 02:20 | Penn State | Predrag Brzuchalski makes the 1st free throw | 46-34 |
| 02:20 | Penn State | Predrag Brzuchalski makes the 2nd free throw | 46-35 |
| 02:05 | Purdue | Edward Fitzwater hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 46-35 |
| 02:03 | Purdue | Gary Ibanez grabs the offensive rebound | 46-35 |
| 01:54 | Purdue | Cordell Stoehr misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 46-35 |
| 01:53 | Penn State | Sergei Sosinski grabs the board | 46-35 |
| 01:35 | Penn State | Brian Thies comes up short on the jumper near the basket | 46-35 |
| 01:33 | Penn State | Darryl Colson snags the offensive board | 46-35 |
| 01:14 | Penn State | Predrag Brzuchalski makes the contested floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Lionel Job | 46-37 |
| 01:07 | Purdue | Gary Ibanez clanks a jumper from the baseline | 46-37 |
| 01:06 | Penn State | The rebound goes to Brian Thies | 46-37 |
| 01:02 | Penn State | Lionel Job comes up short on the shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Edward Fitzwater - foul #3 on Edward Fitzwater, team foul #10 | 46-37 |
| Subs | Purdue | Mathew Kendrick (SG) Edward Fitzwater | |
| Subs | Penn State | Thomas Fuller (PG), Donald Norman (C) Predrag Brzuchalski, Brian Thies | |
| 01:02 | Penn State | Lionel Job makes the 1st free throw | 46-38 |
| 01:02 | Penn State | Lionel Job misses the 2nd free throw | 46-38 |
| 01:02 | Penn State | Lionel Job gets the offensive rebound | 46-38 |
| 00:56 | Penn State | Sergei Sosinski comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 46-38 |
| 00:54 | Purdue | Cruz Morris snags the defensive board | 46-38 |
| 00:42 | Purdue | Mathew Kendrick buries a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Gary Ibanez | 49-38 |
| 00:27 | Penn State | Darryl Colson is fouled on the floor by Gary Ibanez - foul #2 on Gary Ibanez, team foul #11 | 49-38 |
| Subs | Purdue | Jeremy Church (SF), Bobby Harbert (PF) Todd Antone, Gary Ibanez | |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| 00:27 | Penn State | Darryl Colson misses the 1st free throw | 49-38 |
| 00:27 | Penn State | Darryl Colson makes the 2nd free throw | 49-39 |
| 00:03 | Purdue | Cordell Stoehr is hacked by Donald Norman - foul #2 on Donald Norman, team foul #9 | 49-39 |
| Subs | Purdue | Arthur Davis (PF) Cruz Morris | |
| Subs | Penn State | Billy Barr (SG), Thomas Michalec (PF) Sergei Sosinski, Darryl Colson | |
| 00:03 | Purdue | Cordell Stoehr makes the 1st free throw | 50-39 |
| 00:03 | Purdue | Cordell Stoehr makes the 2nd free throw | 51-39 |
| 00:00 | Penn State | Lionel Job hits the front of the rim on the halfcourt shot | 51-39 |