| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Bruce Corkery (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Shaun Johnson (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Williams (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Willy Hamrick (fresh) 4 pts. C - David Conklin (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Yevgeny Zorich (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Matthew Jose (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Donald Mathews (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Chris Sumlin (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Richard Scott (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Mathews inbounds the ball | 37-39 |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Illinois | Eastern Illinois is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 19:43 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Mathews is whistled for a carry | 37-39 |
| 19:34 | Eastern Kentucky | Richard Scott swats the short shot by David Conklin | 37-39 |
| 19:32 | Eastern Kentucky | James Williams pulls down the offensive rebound | 37-39 |
| 19:18 | Eastern Kentucky | Willy Hamrick drills a fadeaway in the paint and he's hacked by Chris Sumlin - foul #2 on Chris Sumlin, team foul #1 | 39-39 |
| 19:18 | Eastern Kentucky | Willy Hamrick makes the free throw | 40-39 |
| 18:54 | Eastern Illinois | Yevgeny Zorich is fouled on the floor by James Williams - foul #1 on James Williams, team foul #1 | 40-39 |
| 18:37 | Eastern Illinois | James Williams picks off the pass by Donald Mathews | 40-39 |
| 18:17 | Eastern Kentucky | David Conklin drills a fadeaway in the paint set up by Bruce Corkery and the foul's on Richard Scott - foul #1 on Richard Scott, team foul #2 | 42-39 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Homer Lane (PG), Donnie Glover (SG), Thomas Hill (SF), George Ferguson (PF) Bruce Corkery, Shaun Johnson, James Williams, Willy Hamrick | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman (PG), Stephen Seddon (SF), Frederick Harper (C) Yevgeny Zorich, Donald Mathews, Richard Scott | |
| 18:17 | Eastern Kentucky | David Conklin makes the free throw | 43-39 |
| 17:55 | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman connects on the jumper near the basket set up by Matthew Jose and he's hacked by Thomas Hill - foul #2 on Thomas Hill, team foul #2 | 43-41 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Richard Burger (SG) David Conklin | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | | |
| 17:55 | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman makes the free throw | 43-42 |
| 17:37 | Eastern Kentucky | Homer Lane buries a jumper from the right side on a nice dish by George Ferguson | 45-42 |
| 17:18 | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman is whistled for traveling | 45-42 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery (PG) Richard Burger | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Yevgeny Zorich (PG), Donald Mathews (SF), Richard Scott (C) Matthew Jose, Stephen Seddon, Chris Sumlin | |
| 16:53 | Eastern Kentucky | Homer Lane connects on the turnaround from the baseline and the foul's on Frederick Harper - foul #1 on Frederick Harper, team foul #3 | 47-42 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Shaun Johnson (SG), James Williams (SF), David Conklin (C) Bruce Corkery, Donnie Glover, George Ferguson | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Matthew Jose (SG), Chris Sumlin (PF) Negasi Suleiman, Frederick Harper | |
| 16:53 | Eastern Kentucky | Homer Lane makes the free throw | 48-42 |
| 16:37 | Eastern Illinois | Yevgeny Zorich hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 48-42 |
| 16:36 | Eastern Kentucky | James Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 48-42 |
| 16:21 | Eastern Kentucky | Homer Lane is by himself and knocks in the floater from the baseline set up by Shaun Johnson and the foul's on Matthew Jose - foul #3 on Matthew Jose, team foul #4 | 50-42 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Willy Hamrick (PF) Thomas Hill | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman (SG) Matthew Jose | |
| 16:21 | Eastern Kentucky | Homer Lane misses the free throw | 50-42 |
| 16:21 | Eastern Illinois | Richard Scott snags the defensive board | 50-42 |
| 16:04 | Eastern Illinois | Yevgeny Zorich is whistled for a carry | 50-42 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery (PG), Donnie Glover (SF) Homer Lane, James Williams | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | | |
| 16:01 | Eastern Kentucky | Willy Hamrick is called for traveling in the backcourt | 50-42 |
| 15:48 | Eastern Illinois | Chris Sumlin hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the lane | 50-42 |
| 15:46 | Eastern Illinois | Richard Scott hits the follow up shot | 50-44 |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Bruce Corkery (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Shaun Johnson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Donnie Glover (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Willy Hamrick (fresh) 7 pts. C - David Conklin (fairly fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Yevgeny Zorich (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Negasi Suleiman (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Mathews (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Chris Sumlin (tiring) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Richard Scott (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 15:42 | Eastern Kentucky | Negasi Suleiman steps in front of the David Conklin pass in the backcourt | 50-44 |
| 15:29 | Eastern Illinois | Richard Scott can't finish the layup | 50-44 |
| 15:28 | Eastern Kentucky | Willy Hamrick snags the defensive board | 50-44 |
| 15:26 | Eastern Kentucky | Shaun Johnson is fouled in the backcourt by Negasi Suleiman - foul #2 on Negasi Suleiman, team foul #5 | 50-44 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Richard Burger (SG), Li Wang (PF), George Ferguson (C) Shaun Johnson, Willy Hamrick, David Conklin | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Matthew Jose (SG), Quinton Webb (SF), Frederick Harper (PF), Stephen Seddon (C) Negasi Suleiman, Donald Mathews, Chris Sumlin, Richard Scott | |
| 15:18 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery misses the jumper from just outside the lane | 50-44 |
| 15:17 | Eastern Kentucky | George Ferguson tips it home | 52-44 |
| 14:50 | Eastern Illinois | Stephen Seddon hits a fadeaway in the lane | 52-46 |
| 14:31 | Eastern Kentucky | George Ferguson is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on George Ferguson, team foul #3 | 52-46 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Allen Nolan (PG), James Williams (SF), Thomas Hill (C) Bruce Corkery, Donnie Glover, George Ferguson | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Richard Scott (C) Stephen Seddon | |
| 14:18 | Eastern Illinois | Richard Scott's dunk attempt is rejected by Thomas Hill | 52-46 |
| 14:16 | Eastern Illinois | Frederick Harper snags the offensive board | 52-46 |
| 13:59 | Eastern Illinois | Matthew Jose misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 52-46 |
| 13:58 | Eastern Kentucky | James Williams gets the rebound | 52-46 |
| 13:38 | Eastern Kentucky | Li Wang misses short on a jumper from the right block | 52-46 |
| 13:36 | Eastern Illinois | Richard Scott gets the rebound | 52-46 |
| 13:32 | Eastern Illinois | Yevgeny Zorich misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing | 52-46 |
| 13:30 | Eastern Kentucky | Thomas Hill snags the defensive board | 52-46 |
| 13:28 | Eastern Kentucky | Allen Nolan is fouled in the backcourt by Yevgeny Zorich - foul #2 on Yevgeny Zorich, team foul #6 | 52-46 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Shaun Johnson (SG), Willy Hamrick (PF), George Ferguson (C) Richard Burger, James Williams, Li Wang | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman (PG), Chris Sumlin (PF), Donald Mathews (C) Yevgeny Zorich, Frederick Harper, Richard Scott | |
| 13:12 | Eastern Kentucky | Thomas Hill is whistled for a carry | 52-46 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery (PG), Donnie Glover (SF) Allen Nolan, George Ferguson | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | | |
| 12:51 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Mathews hits a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Negasi Suleiman | 52-49 |
| 12:43 | Eastern Kentucky | Willy Hamrick makes the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Shaun Johnson | 54-49 |
| 12:38 | Eastern Illinois | Matthew Jose misses short on a turnaround from the left block but he's fouled by Donnie Glover - foul #1 on Donnie Glover, team foul #4 | 54-49 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | George Ferguson (C) Thomas Hill | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Stephen Seddon (C) Donald Mathews | |
| 12:38 | Eastern Illinois | Matthew Jose misses the 1st free throw | 54-49 |
| 12:38 | Eastern Illinois | Matthew Jose makes the 2nd free throw | 54-50 |
| 12:27 | Eastern Kentucky | Donnie Glover is hacked by Stephen Seddon - foul #3 on Stephen Seddon, team foul #7 | 54-50 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | James Williams (SF), David Conklin (C) Shaun Johnson, Willy Hamrick | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | | |
| 12:27 | Eastern Kentucky | Donnie Glover misses the 1st free throw | 54-50 |
| 12:27 | Eastern Illinois | Stephen Seddon snags the defensive board | 54-50 |
| 12:01 | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman loses the dribble to Donnie Glover | 54-50 |
| 11:57 | Eastern Kentucky | Donnie Glover hits the finger roll | 56-50 |
| 11:36 | Eastern Illinois | Chris Sumlin drills a jump hook near the basket | 56-52 |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Bruce Corkery (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Donnie Glover (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. SF - James Williams (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. PF - George Ferguson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - David Conklin (fairly fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Negasi Suleiman (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Matthew Jose (tiring) 10 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Quinton Webb (tiring) 3 pf. PF - Chris Sumlin (tiring) 10 pts. 2 reb. C - Stephen Seddon (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:19 | Eastern Kentucky | Matthew Jose is called for the reach on David Conklin - foul #4 on Matthew Jose, team foul #8 | 56-52 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Homer Lane (PG), Shaun Johnson (SG), Li Wang (PF) Bruce Corkery, Donnie Glover, George Ferguson | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Yevgeny Zorich (PG), Donald Mathews (SF), Frederick Harper (PF), Richard Scott (C) Matthew Jose, Quinton Webb, Chris Sumlin, Stephen Seddon | |
| 11:19 | Eastern Kentucky | David Conklin makes the 1st free throw | 57-52 |
| 11:19 | Eastern Kentucky | David Conklin misses the 2nd free throw | 57-52 |
| 11:19 | Eastern Illinois | Frederick Harper grabs the defensive rebound | 57-52 |
| 10:56 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Mathews misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 57-52 |
| 10:55 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Mathews grabs the offensive rebound | 57-52 |
| 10:42 | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by David Conklin - foul #2 on David Conklin, team foul #5 | 57-52 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Thomas Hill (SF), Willy Hamrick (C) James Williams, David Conklin | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | | |
| 10:42 | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman makes the 1st free throw | 57-53 |
| 10:42 | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman makes the 2nd free throw | 57-54 |
| 10:30 | Eastern Kentucky | Homer Lane is called for traveling | 57-54 |
| 10:05 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Mathews makes the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Yevgeny Zorich | 57-57 |
| 09:58 | Eastern Kentucky | Shaun Johnson is wide open but clanks a runner from the right block | 57-57 |
| 09:57 | Eastern Illinois | Frederick Harper gets the rebound | 57-57 |
| 09:52 | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 57-57 |
| 09:50 | Eastern Illinois | Richard Scott grabs the offensive rebound | 57-57 |
| 09:42 | Eastern Illinois | Yevgeny Zorich misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 57-57 |
| 09:41 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Mathews pulls down the offensive rebound | 57-57 |
| 09:26 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Mathews can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 57-57 |
| 09:25 | Eastern Kentucky | Homer Lane grabs the board | 57-57 |
| 09:19 | Eastern Kentucky | Yevgeny Zorich takes the ball from Thomas Hill | 57-57 |
| 08:54 | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman's pass is intercepted by Homer Lane | 57-57 |
| 08:51 | Eastern Kentucky | Donald Mathews is called for the reach on Thomas Hill in the backcourt - foul #3 on Donald Mathews, team foul #9 | 57-57 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery (PG), Richard Burger (SG), Donnie Glover (SF), George Ferguson (C) Homer Lane, Shaun Johnson, Li Wang, Willy Hamrick | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb (SF), Chris Sumlin (PF) Frederick Harper, Richard Scott | |
| 08:51 | Eastern Kentucky | Thomas Hill makes the 1st free throw | 58-57 |
| 08:51 | Eastern Kentucky | Thomas Hill makes the 2nd free throw | 59-57 |
| 08:29 | Eastern Illinois | Chris Sumlin banks in the layup set up by Yevgeny Zorich | 59-59 |
| 08:07 | Eastern Kentucky | Richard Burger misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 59-59 |
| 08:06 | Eastern Kentucky | Thomas Hill tips it in | 61-59 |
| 07:53 | Eastern Illinois | Chris Sumlin is called for the illegal screen - foul #3 on Chris Sumlin, team foul #10 | 61-59 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | James Williams (SF), David Conklin (C) Richard Burger, Thomas Hill | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Matthew Jose (SG), Stephen Seddon (C) Negasi Suleiman, Donald Mathews | |
| 07:33 | Eastern Kentucky | James Williams's pass is intercepted by Stephen Seddon | 61-59 |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Bruce Corkery (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Donnie Glover (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. SF - James Williams (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. PF - George Ferguson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - David Conklin (fresh) 7 pts. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Yevgeny Zorich (tired) 3 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. SG - Matthew Jose (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SF - Quinton Webb (tiring) 3 pf. PF - Chris Sumlin (tiring) 12 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Stephen Seddon (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:18 | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 61-59 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Allen Nolan (PG), Richard Burger (SG), Li Wang (PF) Bruce Corkery, Donnie Glover, George Ferguson | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Richard Scott (C) Stephen Seddon | |
| 07:14 | Eastern Kentucky | James Williams travels in the backcourt | 61-59 |
| 07:02 | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb misses short on a jumper from the left side | 61-59 |
| 07:00 | Eastern Kentucky | Richard Burger gets the rebound | 61-59 |
| 06:39 | Eastern Kentucky | James Williams scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 63-59 |
| 06:35 | Eastern Illinois | Chris Sumlin is denied on a layup by David Conklin | 63-59 |
| 06:34 | Eastern Kentucky | Allen Nolan pulls down the rebound | 63-59 |
| 06:13 | Eastern Kentucky | Li Wang misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 63-59 |
| 06:12 | Eastern Illinois | Richard Scott grabs the defensive rebound | 63-59 |
| 06:06 | Eastern Illinois | Allen Nolan takes the ball from Matthew Jose | 63-59 |
| 05:57 | Eastern Kentucky | Richard Burger misses the wide open 3 from the left wing | 63-59 |
| 05:55 | Eastern Kentucky | David Conklin can't tip it in | 63-59 |
| 05:54 | Eastern Illinois | Chris Sumlin gets the rebound | 63-59 |
| 05:48 | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 63-59 |
| 05:46 | Eastern Illinois | Richard Scott pulls down the offensive rebound | 63-59 |
| 05:34 | Eastern Illinois | Matthew Jose hits a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 63-61 |
| 05:34 | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 63-61 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery (PG), Shaun Johnson (SG), Donnie Glover (SF), Willy Hamrick (PF), Thomas Hill (C) Allen Nolan, Richard Burger, James Williams, Li Wang, David Conklin | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman (PG), Donald Mathews (SF), Frederick Harper (PF), Stephen Seddon (C) Yevgeny Zorich, Quinton Webb, Chris Sumlin, Richard Scott | |
| 05:09 | Eastern Kentucky | Shaun Johnson lays it in uncontested on a nice dish by Bruce Corkery | 65-61 |
| 05:05 | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 65-61 |
| 04:50 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery drills a jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Donnie Glover | 67-61 |
| 04:46 | Eastern Illinois | Matthew Jose makes the 3pt shot from the left wing | 67-64 |
| 04:29 | Eastern Kentucky | Stephen Seddon is called for the reach on Thomas Hill - foul #4 on Stephen Seddon, team foul #11 | 67-64 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb (SF) Stephen Seddon | |
| 04:29 | Eastern Kentucky | Thomas Hill makes the 1st free throw | 68-64 |
| 04:29 | Eastern Kentucky | Thomas Hill misses the 2nd free throw | 68-64 |
| 04:29 | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb pulls down the rebound | 68-64 |
| 04:02 | Eastern Illinois | Frederick Harper can't throw it down but he's fouled by Thomas Hill - foul #3 on Thomas Hill, team foul #6 | 68-64 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | James Williams (SF), Li Wang (PF) Shaun Johnson, Willy Hamrick | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | | |
| 04:02 | Eastern Illinois | Frederick Harper makes the 1st free throw | 68-65 |
| 04:02 | Eastern Illinois | Frederick Harper makes the 2nd free throw | 68-66 |
| 03:46 | Eastern Kentucky | Donnie Glover's floater is tipped away by Frederick Harper | 68-66 |
| 03:44 | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb grabs the defensive rebound | 68-66 |
| 03:37 | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Donald Mathews | 68-69 |
| 03:35 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery is fouled in the backcourt by Negasi Suleiman - foul #3 on Negasi Suleiman, team foul #12 | 68-69 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Homer Lane (SG), George Ferguson (C) Donnie Glover, Thomas Hill | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Chris Sumlin (PF) Frederick Harper | |
| 03:35 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery misses the 1st free throw | 68-69 |
| 03:35 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery makes the 2nd free throw | 69-69 |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Bruce Corkery (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Homer Lane (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Williams (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. PF - Li Wang (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - George Ferguson (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Illinois | PG - Negasi Suleiman (tiring) 7 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Matthew Jose (tiring) 15 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SF - Quinton Webb (tiring) 3 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Chris Sumlin (tiring) 12 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Donald Mathews (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:16 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Mathews misses the floater near the basket but he's fouled by James Williams - foul #2 on James Williams, team foul #7 | 69-69 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Richard Burger (SG) Bruce Corkery | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Richard Scott (C) Quinton Webb | |
| 03:16 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Mathews makes the 1st free throw | 69-70 |
| 03:16 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Mathews makes the 2nd free throw | 69-71 |
| 02:52 | Eastern Kentucky | Li Wang makes the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Homer Lane | 72-71 |
| 02:40 | Eastern Illinois | Donald Mathews makes the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line set up by Negasi Suleiman | 72-73 |
| 02:40 | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 72-73 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery (PG), Shaun Johnson (SG), David Conklin (C) Homer Lane, Richard Burger, George Ferguson | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Yevgeny Zorich (PG), Stephen Seddon (SF), Frederick Harper (C) Negasi Suleiman, Donald Mathews, Richard Scott | |
| 02:19 | Eastern Kentucky | Chris Sumlin blocks the short jumper by Shaun Johnson | 72-73 |
| 02:17 | Eastern Illinois | The rebound goes to Matthew Jose | 72-73 |
| 02:12 | Eastern Illinois | Yevgeny Zorich misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on David Conklin - foul #3 on David Conklin, team foul #8 | 72-73 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Donnie Glover (SF) James Williams | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb (SF) Chris Sumlin | |
| 02:12 | Eastern Illinois | Yevgeny Zorich makes the 1st free throw | 72-74 |
| 02:12 | Eastern Illinois | Yevgeny Zorich makes the 2nd free throw | 72-75 |
| 01:55 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery misses short on an open pull-up jumper from the left wing | 72-75 |
| 01:53 | Eastern Illinois | Matthew Jose snags the defensive board | 72-75 |
| 01:48 | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb lays it up and in on a nice dish by Frederick Harper | 72-77 |
| 01:39 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery loses the dribble to Quinton Webb | 72-77 |
| 01:15 | Eastern Illinois | Donnie Glover steps in front of the Yevgeny Zorich pass | 72-77 |
| 01:11 | Eastern Kentucky | Donnie Glover misses the lay-in | 72-77 |
| 01:09 | Eastern Illinois | Frederick Harper grabs the defensive rebound | 72-77 |
| 01:03 | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb misses the runner in the lane | 72-77 |
| 01:01 | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb tips it in | 72-79 |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Illinois | Eastern Illinois is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 00:37 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery misses short on a jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Matthew Jose - foul #5 on Matthew Jose, team foul #13 | 72-79 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | James Williams (SF) Donnie Glover | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman (SG), Chris Sumlin (PF), Richard Scott (C) Matthew Jose, Frederick Harper, Stephen Seddon | |
| 00:37 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery makes the 1st free throw | 73-79 |
| 00:37 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery misses the 2nd free throw | 73-79 |
| 00:37 | Eastern Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to Bruce Corkery | 73-79 |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Illinois | Eastern Illinois is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 00:34 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 73-79 |
| 00:32 | Eastern Kentucky | Li Wang grabs the offensive rebound | 73-79 |
| 00:28 | Eastern Kentucky | Li Wang is hacked by Chris Sumlin - foul #4 on Chris Sumlin, team foul #14 | 73-79 |
| 00:28 | Eastern Kentucky | Li Wang makes the 1st free throw | 74-79 |
| 00:28 | Eastern Kentucky | Li Wang makes the 2nd free throw | 75-79 |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Illinois | Eastern Illinois is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 00:26 | Eastern Illinois | Shaun Johnson is called for the reach on Negasi Suleiman in the backcourt - foul #1 on Shaun Johnson, team foul #9 | 75-79 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Donald Mathews (PF) Chris Sumlin | |
| 00:26 | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman makes the 1st free throw | 75-80 |
| 00:26 | Eastern Illinois | Negasi Suleiman makes the 2nd free throw | 75-81 |
| 00:22 | Eastern Kentucky | Yevgeny Zorich is called for the reach on Bruce Corkery in the backcourt - foul #3 on Yevgeny Zorich, team foul #15 | 75-81 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Chris Sumlin (PF) Donald Mathews | |
| 00:22 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery misses the 1st free throw | 75-81 |
| 00:22 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery misses the 2nd free throw | 75-81 |
| 00:22 | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb snags the defensive board | 75-81 |
| 00:21 | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb is fouled in the backcourt by Bruce Corkery - foul #1 on Bruce Corkery, team foul #10 | 75-81 |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Eastern Illinois | Donald Mathews (PF) Chris Sumlin | |
| 00:21 | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb makes the 1st free throw | 75-82 |
| 00:21 | Eastern Illinois | Quinton Webb misses the 2nd free throw | 75-82 |
| 00:21 | Eastern Kentucky | The rebound goes to Li Wang | 75-82 |
| 00:13 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 75-82 |
| 00:11 | Eastern Kentucky | David Conklin gets the offensive rebound | 75-82 |
| 00:08 | Eastern Kentucky | Bruce Corkery knocks in the 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Li Wang | 78-82 |
| 00:05 | Eastern Illinois | Yevgeny Zorich is fouled in the backcourt by Bruce Corkery - foul #2 on Bruce Corkery, team foul #11 | 78-82 |
| 00:05 | Eastern Illinois | Yevgeny Zorich misses the 1st free throw | 78-82 |
| 00:05 | Eastern Illinois | Yevgeny Zorich makes the 2nd free throw | 78-83 |
| 00:00 | Eastern Kentucky | Shaun Johnson connects on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 81-83 |