| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - Harry Pierson (fresh) SG - Terrence Alcocer (fresh) SF - Clyde Challberg (fresh) PF - Randall Cook (fresh) C - Paul Arend (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Hamilton | PG - Paul Crump (fresh) SG - Lynn Davis (fresh) SF - Wayne Ashby (fresh) PF - Travis Young (fresh) C - Dan Smith (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Hamilton | Dan Smith wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Grinnell | Grinnell is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Hamilton | Hamilton is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:42 | Hamilton | Paul Crump misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:41 | Grinnell | Randall Cook pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:34 | Grinnell | Clyde Challberg makes the floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Terrence Alcocer | 2-0 |
| 19:21 | Hamilton | Paul Crump misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 2-0 |
| 19:19 | Grinnell | Paul Arend snags the defensive board | 2-0 |
| 19:03 | Grinnell | Clyde Challberg clanks a jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Paul Crump - foul #1 on Paul Crump, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:03 | Grinnell | Clyde Challberg makes the 1st free throw | 3-0 |
| 19:03 | Grinnell | Clyde Challberg makes the 2nd free throw | 4-0 |
| 18:44 | Hamilton | Wayne Ashby can't finish the layup | 4-0 |
| 18:42 | Grinnell | Clyde Challberg gets the rebound | 4-0 |
| 18:26 | Grinnell | Paul Crump steals the ball from Randall Cook | 4-0 |
| 18:22 | Hamilton | Paul Crump blows the dunk | 4-0 |
| 18:20 | Grinnell | Randall Cook grabs the defensive rebound | 4-0 |
| 18:06 | Grinnell | Clyde Challberg hits a floater from the free throw line set up by Randall Cook | 6-0 |
| 17:52 | Hamilton | Dan Smith is called for traveling | 6-0 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Hamilton | Robert Lashbrook (SG), George Guess (SF), Michael Loiselle (C) Lynn Davis, Wayne Ashby, Dan Smith | |
| 17:37 | Grinnell | Harry Pierson drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 9-0 |
| 17:20 | Hamilton | Robert Lashbrook is fouled on the floor by Clyde Challberg - foul #1 on Clyde Challberg, team foul #1 | 9-0 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Hamilton | Richard Prange (SG), Allan Ringgenberg (C) Paul Crump, Travis Young | |
| 17:03 | Hamilton | Richard Prange misses badly on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Terrence Alcocer - foul #1 on Terrence Alcocer, team foul #2 | 9-0 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Chris Schwartz (PG), Stephen Dolby (SG), Karl Gehrke (SF) Harry Pierson, Terrence Alcocer, Clyde Challberg | |
| Subs | Hamilton | | |
| 17:03 | Hamilton | Richard Prange makes the 1st free throw | 9-1 |
| 17:03 | Hamilton | Richard Prange makes the 2nd free throw | 9-2 |
| 16:43 | Grinnell | Randall Cook blows the layup | 9-2 |
| 16:42 | Grinnell | Paul Arend misses the tip | 9-2 |
| 16:40 | Grinnell | Randall Cook hits the follow up shot | 11-2 |
| 16:20 | Hamilton | George Guess makes the runner from close range | 11-4 |
| 16:03 | Grinnell | Randall Cook lays it in on a great pass from Stephen Dolby and he's fouled by Michael Loiselle - foul #1 on Michael Loiselle, team foul #2 | 13-4 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Terrence Alcocer (SG), Thomas Harrison (C) Stephen Dolby, Paul Arend | |
| Subs | Hamilton | Paul Crump (PG), Lynn Davis (SG), Wayne Ashby (SF), Travis Young (PF), Dan Smith (C) Robert Lashbrook, Richard Prange, George Guess, Michael Loiselle, Allan Ringgenberg | |
| 16:03 | Grinnell | Randall Cook makes the free throw | 14-4 |
| 16:01 | Hamilton | Paul Crump throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 14-4 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Stephen Dolby (PG) Randall Cook | |
| Subs | Hamilton | | |
| 15:48 | Grinnell | Karl Gehrke throws it down set up by Terrence Alcocer and he's hacked by Dan Smith - foul #1 on Dan Smith, team foul #3 | 16-4 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Harry Pierson (PG), Clyde Challberg (SF) Stephen Dolby, Chris Schwartz | |
| Subs | Hamilton | | |
| 15:48 | Grinnell | Karl Gehrke makes the free throw | 17-4 |
| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - Harry Pierson (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Terrence Alcocer (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Clyde Challberg (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Karl Gehrke (fresh) 3 pts. C - Thomas Harrison (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Hamilton | PG - Paul Crump (fresh) SG - Lynn Davis (fresh) SF - Wayne Ashby (fresh) PF - Travis Young (fresh) C - Dan Smith (fresh) | |
| 15:33 | Hamilton | Lynn Davis loses the ball out of bounds | 17-4 |
| 15:20 | Grinnell | Clyde Challberg misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 17-4 |
| 15:18 | Hamilton | Travis Young grabs the board | 17-4 |
| 15:01 | Hamilton | Paul Crump misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 17-4 |
| 15:00 | Hamilton | Lynn Davis tips it back up and in | 17-6 |
| 14:57 | Grinnell | Paul Crump picks off the pass by Harry Pierson in the backcourt | 17-6 |
| 14:55 | Hamilton | Paul Crump lays it up and in | 17-8 |
| 14:44 | Grinnell | Karl Gehrke knocks in the floater in the lane set up by Clyde Challberg and the foul's on Travis Young - foul #1 on Travis Young, team foul #4 | 19-8 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Chris Schwartz (SG), Randall Cook (PF) Terrence Alcocer, Clyde Challberg | |
| Subs | Hamilton | Michael Loiselle (C) Dan Smith | |
| 14:44 | Grinnell | Karl Gehrke makes the free throw | 20-8 |
| 14:24 | Hamilton | Karl Gehrke steps in front of the Lynn Davis pass | 20-8 |
| 14:21 | Grinnell | Karl Gehrke hits the finger roll | 22-8 |
| 13:56 | Hamilton | Travis Young hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right wing | 22-8 |
| 13:55 | Grinnell | The rebound goes to Randall Cook | 22-8 |
| 13:42 | Grinnell | Karl Gehrke's pass is intercepted by Lynn Davis | 22-8 |
| 13:25 | Hamilton | Paul Crump buries a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Lynn Davis | 22-11 |
| 13:06 | Grinnell | Karl Gehrke misses badly on a floater from the right wing | 22-11 |
| 13:04 | Hamilton | The rebound goes to Travis Young | 22-11 |
| 12:45 | Hamilton | Wayne Ashby drills a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Michael Loiselle | 22-14 |
| 12:34 | Grinnell | Randall Cook misses badly on a driving attempt from close range | 22-14 |
| 12:32 | Hamilton | Wayne Ashby pulls down the rebound | 22-14 |
| 12:06 | Hamilton | Travis Young connects on the fadeaway from the left wing | 22-16 |
| 11:49 | Grinnell | Randall Cook comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline but he's hacked by Travis Young - foul #2 on Travis Young, team foul #5 | 22-16 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Stephen Dolby (PG), Terrence Alcocer (SG), Clyde Challberg (SF), Paul Arend (C) Harry Pierson, Chris Schwartz, Karl Gehrke, Thomas Harrison | |
| Subs | Hamilton | Robert Lashbrook (PG), Richard Prange (SG), George Guess (SF), Allan Ringgenberg (PF), Dan Smith (C) Paul Crump, Lynn Davis, Wayne Ashby, Travis Young, Michael Loiselle | |
| 11:49 | Grinnell | Randall Cook makes the 1st free throw | 23-16 |
| 11:49 | Grinnell | Randall Cook makes the 2nd free throw | 24-16 |
| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - Stephen Dolby (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Terrence Alcocer (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Clyde Challberg (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Randall Cook (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Paul Arend (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Hamilton | PG - Robert Lashbrook (fresh) SG - Richard Prange (fresh) 2 pts. SF - George Guess (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Allan Ringgenberg (fresh) C - Dan Smith (fresh) | |
| 11:34 | Hamilton | Richard Prange misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 24-16 |
| 11:33 | Hamilton | Dan Smith tips it in | 24-18 |
| 11:18 | Grinnell | Clyde Challberg misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 24-18 |
| 11:16 | Grinnell | Randall Cook tips it but misses | 24-18 |
| 11:15 | Hamilton | Dan Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 24-18 |
| 10:56 | Hamilton | Robert Lashbrook knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Allan Ringgenberg | 24-21 |
| 10:42 | Grinnell | George Guess steps in front of the Stephen Dolby pass | 24-21 |
| 10:34 | Hamilton | Richard Prange is hacked by Terrence Alcocer - foul #2 on Terrence Alcocer, team foul #3 | 24-21 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Roger Scott (SG), Bill Poole (PF) Terrence Alcocer, Randall Cook | |
| Subs | Hamilton | | |
| 10:19 | Hamilton | Richard Prange can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side | 24-21 |
| 10:17 | Hamilton | George Guess snags the offensive board | 24-21 |
| 10:06 | Hamilton | Clyde Challberg steals it from Allan Ringgenberg | 24-21 |
| 10:03 | Grinnell | Stephen Dolby hits the finger roll set up by Clyde Challberg | 26-21 |
| 09:37 | Hamilton | Allan Ringgenberg misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 26-21 |
| 09:36 | Grinnell | Paul Arend pulls down the rebound | 26-21 |
| 09:13 | Grinnell | Bill Poole is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Bill Poole, team foul #4 | 26-21 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Chris Schwartz (PG) Stephen Dolby | |
| Subs | Hamilton | Paul Crump (PG), Lynn Davis (SG), Michael Sena (SF), Michael Loiselle (PF) Robert Lashbrook, Richard Prange, George Guess, Allan Ringgenberg | |
| 08:53 | Hamilton | Paul Crump is whistled for a carry | 26-21 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Randall Cook (PF) Clyde Challberg | |
| Subs | Hamilton | Wayne Ashby (SF) Dan Smith | |
| 08:36 | Grinnell | Roger Scott misses long on a turnaround from the baseline | 26-21 |
| 08:35 | Hamilton | The rebound goes to Wayne Ashby | 26-21 |
| 08:17 | Hamilton | Paul Crump misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 26-21 |
| 08:16 | Grinnell | Paul Arend grabs the board | 26-21 |
| 08:09 | Grinnell | Bill Poole misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 26-21 |
| 08:08 | Hamilton | Wayne Ashby grabs the defensive rebound | 26-21 |
| 07:47 | Hamilton | Wayne Ashby misses the floater from the left wing | 26-21 |
| 07:46 | Grinnell | Paul Arend gets the rebound | 26-21 |
| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - Chris Schwartz (fresh) SG - Roger Scott (fairly fresh) SF - Bill Poole (fairly fresh) PF - Randall Cook (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Paul Arend (fairly fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Hamilton | PG - Paul Crump (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. SG - Lynn Davis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Wayne Ashby (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Michael Sena (fresh) C - Michael Loiselle (fresh) | |
| 07:41 | Grinnell | Wayne Ashby steps in front of the Roger Scott pass | 26-21 |
| 07:17 | Hamilton | Michael Sena misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 26-21 |
| 07:15 | Grinnell | The rebound goes to Chris Schwartz | 26-21 |
| 06:59 | Grinnell | Bill Poole misses the shot from close range | 26-21 |
| 06:57 | Grinnell | Randall Cook grabs the offensive board | 26-21 |
| 06:36 | Grinnell | Randall Cook buries a turnaround in the lane on a nice dish by Roger Scott | 28-21 |
| 06:22 | Hamilton | Wayne Ashby clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 28-21 |
| 06:20 | Hamilton | Michael Loiselle tips it in | 28-23 |
| 05:56 | Grinnell | Wayne Ashby denies the turnaround by Bill Poole | 28-23 |
| 05:55 | Grinnell | Paul Arend grabs the offensive rebound | 28-23 |
| 05:45 | Grinnell | Paul Arend comes up short on the jumper from close range | 28-23 |
| 05:43 | Hamilton | The rebound goes to Michael Sena | 28-23 |
| 05:37 | Hamilton | Michael Loiselle is fouled on the floor by Roger Scott - foul #1 on Roger Scott, team foul #5 | 28-23 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Harry Pierson (PG), Stephen Dolby (SG), Clyde Challberg (SF), Thomas Harrison (PF), Karl Gehrke (C) Chris Schwartz, Roger Scott, Bill Poole, Randall Cook, Paul Arend | |
| Subs | Hamilton | Robert Lashbrook (PG), Richard Prange (SG), George Guess (SF), Allan Ringgenberg (PF), Dan Smith (C) Paul Crump, Lynn Davis, Wayne Ashby, Michael Sena, Michael Loiselle | |
| 05:17 | Hamilton | Allan Ringgenberg lays it in | 28-25 |
| 05:10 | Grinnell | Clyde Challberg's pass is intercepted by George Guess | 28-25 |
| 04:56 | Hamilton | Allan Ringgenberg can't finish the layup | 28-25 |
| 04:54 | Hamilton | George Guess grabs the offensive rebound | 28-25 |
| 04:43 | Hamilton | George Guess scores on a driving attempt from close range | 28-27 |
| 04:23 | Grinnell | Clyde Challberg can't connect on a shot from the left side | 28-27 |
| 04:21 | Grinnell | Clyde Challberg grabs the offensive board | 28-27 |
| 04:05 | Grinnell | Clyde Challberg connects on the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Harry Pierson | 31-27 |
| 03:45 | Hamilton | George Guess misses the lay-in but the foul's on Stephen Dolby - foul #1 on Stephen Dolby, team foul #6 | 31-27 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Terrence Alcocer (SG), Randall Cook (PF) Stephen Dolby, Thomas Harrison | |
| Subs | Hamilton | Paul Crump (PG), Travis Young (PF) Richard Prange, Dan Smith | |
| 03:45 | Hamilton | George Guess makes the 1st free throw | 31-28 |
| 03:45 | Hamilton | George Guess makes the 2nd free throw | 31-29 |
| Lineup | Grinnell | PG - Harry Pierson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Terrence Alcocer (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Clyde Challberg (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Randall Cook (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - Karl Gehrke (fresh) 8 pts. | |
| Lineup | Hamilton | PG - Paul Crump (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. SG - Robert Lashbrook (fresh) 3 pts. SF - George Guess (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. PF - Travis Young (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Allan Ringgenberg (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:31 | Grinnell | Karl Gehrke misses the jump hook from close range | 31-29 |
| 03:30 | Grinnell | Clyde Challberg grabs the offensive rebound | 31-29 |
| 03:17 | Grinnell | Paul Crump picks off the pass by Harry Pierson | 31-29 |
| 02:58 | Hamilton | George Guess is hacked by Terrence Alcocer - foul #3 on Terrence Alcocer, team foul #7 | 31-29 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Stephen Dolby (SG), Chris Schwartz (SF), Paul Arend (C) Terrence Alcocer, Clyde Challberg, Karl Gehrke | |
| Subs | Hamilton | Lynn Davis (SG), Michael Loiselle (C) Robert Lashbrook, Allan Ringgenberg | |
| 02:58 | Hamilton | George Guess makes the 1st free throw | 31-30 |
| 02:58 | Hamilton | George Guess makes the 2nd free throw | 31-31 |
| 02:45 | Grinnell | Stephen Dolby misses badly on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 31-31 |
| 02:43 | Hamilton | Paul Crump pulls down the rebound | 31-31 |
| 02:28 | Hamilton | Michael Loiselle loses the ball out of bounds | 31-31 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Hamilton | Richard Prange (SG), Michael Sena (SF), Dan Smith (C) Lynn Davis, George Guess, Michael Loiselle | |
| 02:09 | Grinnell | Chris Schwartz buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Paul Arend | 34-31 |
| 01:53 | Hamilton | Michael Sena throws a bad pass out of bounds | 34-31 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Roger Scott (SG) Harry Pierson | |
| Subs | Hamilton | | |
| 01:38 | Grinnell | Paul Arend is fouled on the floor by Travis Young - foul #3 on Travis Young, team foul #6 | 34-31 |
| Subs | Grinnell | | |
| Subs | Hamilton | Robert Lashbrook (PG), Wayne Ashby (SF), Michael Loiselle (PF) Paul Crump, Michael Sena, Travis Young | |
| 01:17 | Grinnell | Randall Cook is hacked by Michael Loiselle - foul #2 on Michael Loiselle, team foul #7 | 34-31 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Harry Pierson (PG), Clyde Challberg (SF) Stephen Dolby, Chris Schwartz | |
| Subs | Hamilton | Allan Ringgenberg (C) Dan Smith | |
| 01:17 | Grinnell | Randall Cook makes the 1st free throw | 35-31 |
| 01:17 | Grinnell | Randall Cook makes the 2nd free throw | 36-31 |
| 01:08 | Hamilton | Michael Loiselle connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 36-34 |
| 01:00 | Grinnell | Harry Pierson buries a 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Randall Cook | 39-34 |
| 00:44 | Hamilton | Robert Lashbrook misses the fadeaway from the right side | 39-34 |
| 00:42 | Grinnell | Randall Cook snags the defensive board | 39-34 |
| 00:26 | Grinnell | Paul Arend loses the ball out of bounds | 39-34 |
| Subs | Grinnell | Thomas Harrison (PF), Karl Gehrke (C) Randall Cook, Paul Arend | |
| Subs | Hamilton | Paul Crump (PG), Lynn Davis (SG), George Guess (SF) Robert Lashbrook, Richard Prange, Wayne Ashby | |
| 00:02 | Hamilton | George Guess misses the turnaround from the right block | 39-34 |
| 00:00 | Hamilton | The clock runs out | 39-34 |