| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Joey Carr (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Patrick Davis (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Ronald Watlington (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Timothy Solomon (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Kyle Wilson (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Ralph Hays (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ronnie Dodge (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Finck (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Paul Baker (fresh) 5 pts. C - Glenn Poling (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington inbounds the ball | 34-28 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:34 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington misses the fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Robert Finck - foul #1 on Robert Finck, team foul #1 | 34-28 |
| 19:34 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington makes the 1st free throw | 35-28 |
| 19:34 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington makes the 2nd free throw | 36-28 |
| 19:18 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Baker's pass is intercepted by Ronald Watlington | 36-28 |
| 18:59 | Northern Iowa | Kyle Wilson clanks a runner from the left block | 36-28 |
| 18:57 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Baker grabs the board | 36-28 |
| 18:39 | Gardner-Webb | Ronnie Dodge knocks in the floater in the paint | 36-30 |
| 18:10 | Northern Iowa | Joey Carr comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 36-30 |
| 18:09 | Gardner-Webb | The rebound goes to Robert Finck | 36-30 |
| 17:53 | Gardner-Webb | Glenn Poling's floater is tipped away by Timothy Solomon | 36-30 |
| 17:52 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Baker hits the follow up shot | 36-32 |
| 17:35 | Northern Iowa | Paul Baker steps in front of the Ronald Watlington pass | 36-32 |
| 17:19 | Gardner-Webb | Ronnie Dodge scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 36-35 |
| 16:58 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Ralph Hays - foul #3 on Ralph Hays, team foul #2 | 36-35 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Troy Swanson (SF) Kyle Wilson | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Frederick Stotler (PG), Daniel McKay (SG), Edwin Nichols (SF), Rusty Coleman (C) Ralph Hays, Ronnie Dodge, Robert Finck, Glenn Poling | |
| 16:58 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington makes the 1st free throw | 37-35 |
| 16:58 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington makes the 2nd free throw | 38-35 |
| 16:38 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Nichols knocks in the runner near the basket set up by Daniel McKay | 38-37 |
| 16:23 | Northern Iowa | Timothy Solomon can't connect on a turnaround in the paint | 38-37 |
| 16:21 | Gardner-Webb | The rebound goes to Edwin Nichols | 38-37 |
| 16:03 | Gardner-Webb | Frederick Stotler throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-37 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Leo Kalinowski (PG), Jack Mertens (SG), Kyle Wilson (C) Joey Carr, Patrick Davis, Timothy Solomon | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Robert Finck (SF) Paul Baker | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Leo Kalinowski (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Jack Mertens (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Troy Swanson (fresh) PF - Ronald Watlington (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Kyle Wilson (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Frederick Stotler (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Daniel McKay (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Finck (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Rusty Coleman (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Edwin Nichols (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:41 | Northern Iowa | Troy Swanson is fouled on the floor by Edwin Nichols - foul #1 on Edwin Nichols, team foul #3 | 38-37 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Ronnie Dodge (SG), Glenn Poling (C) Daniel McKay, Edwin Nichols | |
| 15:31 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington buries a jump hook from the baseline set up by Leo Kalinowski | 40-37 |
| 15:18 | Gardner-Webb | Ronnie Dodge's floater is tipped away by Ronald Watlington | 40-37 |
| 15:16 | Northern Iowa | Troy Swanson grabs the defensive rebound | 40-37 |
| 15:10 | Northern Iowa | Kyle Wilson hits a driving attempt from the right block on a great pass from Leo Kalinowski | 42-37 |
| 14:55 | Gardner-Webb | Troy Swanson takes the ball from Frederick Stotler | 42-37 |
| 14:27 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington clanks a jumper from the right side | 42-37 |
| 14:25 | Gardner-Webb | Rusty Coleman gets the rebound | 42-37 |
| 14:05 | Gardner-Webb | Glenn Poling misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 42-37 |
| 14:04 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington snags the defensive board | 42-37 |
| 13:41 | Northern Iowa | Leo Kalinowski hits a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Kyle Wilson | 45-37 |
| 13:16 | Gardner-Webb | Frederick Stotler misses long on a floater from the right block but he's fouled by Troy Swanson - foul #2 on Troy Swanson, team foul #1 | 45-37 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Joey Carr (PG), Patrick Davis (SF), Timothy Solomon (PF) Leo Kalinowski, Troy Swanson, Ronald Watlington | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Ralph Hays (PG), Edwin Nichols (SF), Paul Baker (PF), Joshua Elam (C) Ronnie Dodge, Robert Finck, Rusty Coleman, Glenn Poling | |
| 13:16 | Gardner-Webb | Frederick Stotler makes the 1st free throw | 45-38 |
| 13:16 | Gardner-Webb | Frederick Stotler makes the 2nd free throw | 45-39 |
| 12:53 | Northern Iowa | Kyle Wilson knocks in the jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Timothy Solomon | 47-39 |
| 12:37 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Baker misses the easy layup | 47-39 |
| 12:35 | Northern Iowa | Kyle Wilson gets the rebound | 47-39 |
| 12:10 | Northern Iowa | Patrick Davis makes the floater from the free throw line set up by Joey Carr and the foul's on Joshua Elam - foul #1 on Joshua Elam, team foul #4 | 49-39 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington (SF) Jack Mertens | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Daniel McKay (SG) Frederick Stotler | |
| 12:10 | Northern Iowa | Patrick Davis misses the free throw | 49-39 |
| 12:10 | Gardner-Webb | Daniel McKay grabs the defensive rebound | 49-39 |
| 12:05 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Nichols makes the fadeaway from the free throw line | 49-41 |
| 11:43 | Northern Iowa | Joey Carr loses the dribble to Joshua Elam | 49-41 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Joey Carr (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Patrick Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Ronald Watlington (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. PF - Timothy Solomon (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Kyle Wilson (tiring) 11 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Ralph Hays (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Daniel McKay (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edwin Nichols (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Paul Baker (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Joshua Elam (fresh) | |
| 11:19 | Gardner-Webb | Ralph Hays loses the ball out of bounds | 49-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Ronnie Dodge (SG), Robert Finck (SF), Glenn Poling (C) Daniel McKay, Edwin Nichols, Joshua Elam | |
| 10:50 | Northern Iowa | Kyle Wilson misses the jumper from the left block but the foul's on Glenn Poling - foul #2 on Glenn Poling, team foul #5 | 49-41 |
| 10:50 | Northern Iowa | Kyle Wilson makes the 1st free throw | 50-41 |
| 10:50 | Northern Iowa | Kyle Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 51-41 |
| 10:32 | Gardner-Webb | Robert Finck is hacked by Timothy Solomon - foul #3 on Timothy Solomon, team foul #2 | 51-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Troy Swanson (SF) Kyle Wilson | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Daniel McKay (PG) Ralph Hays | |
| 10:18 | Gardner-Webb | Ronnie Dodge is fouled on the floor by Timothy Solomon - foul #4 on Timothy Solomon, team foul #3 | 51-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Kyle Wilson (C) Timothy Solomon | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | | |
| 10:04 | Gardner-Webb | Ronnie Dodge lays it up and in and he's hacked by Patrick Davis - foul #1 on Patrick Davis, team foul #4 | 51-43 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Jack Mertens (SG) Patrick Davis | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | | |
| 10:04 | Gardner-Webb | Ronnie Dodge misses the free throw | 51-43 |
| 10:04 | Northern Iowa | Jack Mertens pulls down the rebound | 51-43 |
| 09:42 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington comes up short on the jumper from the baseline | 51-43 |
| 09:41 | Northern Iowa | Kyle Wilson tips it but misses | 51-43 |
| 09:40 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Baker grabs the defensive rebound | 51-43 |
| 09:16 | Gardner-Webb | Ronnie Dodge blows the layup | 51-43 |
| 09:15 | Northern Iowa | Kyle Wilson pulls down the rebound | 51-43 |
| 08:55 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 51-43 |
| 08:53 | Northern Iowa | Kyle Wilson tips it back up and in | 53-43 |
| 08:32 | Gardner-Webb | Robert Finck throws a bad pass out of bounds | 53-43 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Leo Kalinowski (PG), Patrick Davis (SF) Joey Carr, Troy Swanson | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Ralph Hays (PG), Frederick Stotler (SG), Edwin Nichols (SF), Rusty Coleman (PF), Joshua Elam (C) Daniel McKay, Ronnie Dodge, Robert Finck, Paul Baker, Glenn Poling | |
| 08:03 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington is called for 5 seconds | 53-43 |
| 07:49 | Gardner-Webb | Joshua Elam misses the lay-in | 53-43 |
| 07:48 | Gardner-Webb | Rusty Coleman pulls down the offensive rebound | 53-43 |
| 07:37 | Gardner-Webb | Ralph Hays is fouled on the floor by Kyle Wilson - foul #1 on Kyle Wilson, team foul #5 | 53-43 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Timothy Solomon (PF) Kyle Wilson | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Robert Finck (SF) Joshua Elam | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Leo Kalinowski (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jack Mertens (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Patrick Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. PF - Timothy Solomon (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Ronald Watlington (tiring) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Ralph Hays (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Frederick Stotler (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Robert Finck (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Rusty Coleman (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Edwin Nichols (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:26 | Gardner-Webb | Robert Finck clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 53-43 |
| 07:24 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington snags the defensive board | 53-43 |
| 07:02 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington's floater is tipped away by Rusty Coleman | 53-43 |
| 07:00 | Northern Iowa | Patrick Davis tips it home | 55-43 |
| 06:40 | Gardner-Webb | Frederick Stotler comes up short on the driving attempt in the paint | 55-43 |
| 06:38 | Northern Iowa | Patrick Davis pulls down the rebound | 55-43 |
| 06:18 | Northern Iowa | Jack Mertens is fouled on the floor by Frederick Stotler - foul #1 on Frederick Stotler, team foul #6 | 55-43 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Joey Carr (PG), Troy Swanson (SF), Kyle Wilson (C) Leo Kalinowski, Jack Mertens, Ronald Watlington | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Ronnie Dodge (SG), Paul Baker (PF), Glenn Poling (C) Frederick Stotler, Rusty Coleman, Edwin Nichols | |
| 05:56 | Northern Iowa | Timothy Solomon can't finish the layup | 55-43 |
| 05:55 | Gardner-Webb | Robert Finck gets the rebound | 55-43 |
| 05:37 | Gardner-Webb | Robert Finck drills a shot from the right block | 55-45 |
| 05:17 | Northern Iowa | Joey Carr misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 55-45 |
| 05:15 | Gardner-Webb | Glenn Poling gets the rebound | 55-45 |
| 05:01 | Gardner-Webb | Robert Finck misses badly on a jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by Troy Swanson - foul #3 on Troy Swanson, team foul #6 | 55-45 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Jack Mertens (SG), Ronald Watlington (C) Patrick Davis, Kyle Wilson | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Frederick Stotler (PG) Ralph Hays | |
| 05:01 | Gardner-Webb | Robert Finck makes the 1st free throw | 55-46 |
| 05:01 | Gardner-Webb | Robert Finck makes the 2nd free throw | 55-47 |
| 04:45 | Northern Iowa | Joey Carr scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 58-47 |
| 04:31 | Gardner-Webb | Ronnie Dodge clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 58-47 |
| 04:29 | Gardner-Webb | Ronnie Dodge grabs the offensive board | 58-47 |
| 04:17 | Gardner-Webb | Timothy Solomon swats the short shot by Paul Baker | 58-47 |
| 04:15 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Baker grabs the offensive board | 58-47 |
| 04:09 | Gardner-Webb | Robert Finck misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 58-47 |
| 04:08 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Baker tips it but misses | 58-47 |
| 04:06 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Joey Carr | 58-47 |
| 03:40 | Northern Iowa | Timothy Solomon's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 58-47 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Patrick Davis (SF), Kyle Wilson (C) Troy Swanson, Ronald Watlington | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Nichols (SF), Rusty Coleman (C) Robert Finck, Glenn Poling | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Joey Carr (fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jack Mertens (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Patrick Davis (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. PF - Timothy Solomon (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. C - Kyle Wilson (tiring) 15 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Frederick Stotler (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Ronnie Dodge (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Edwin Nichols (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Paul Baker (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Rusty Coleman (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:30 | Gardner-Webb | Frederick Stotler misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 58-47 |
| 03:29 | Gardner-Webb | The offensive rebound goes to Rusty Coleman | 58-47 |
| 03:13 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Baker is hacked by Timothy Solomon - foul #5 on Timothy Solomon, team foul #7 | 58-47 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington (PF) Timothy Solomon | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Ralph Hays (PG) Ronnie Dodge | |
| 03:13 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Baker misses the 1st free throw | 58-47 |
| 03:13 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Kyle Wilson | 58-47 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:53 | Northern Iowa | Jack Mertens loses the dribble to Ralph Hays | 58-47 |
| 02:50 | Gardner-Webb | Ralph Hays hits the finger roll | 58-49 |
| 02:23 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington hits a runner from the left block | 60-49 |
| 02:07 | Gardner-Webb | Kyle Wilson steals the ball from Edwin Nichols | 60-49 |
| 01:45 | Northern Iowa | Kyle Wilson can't finish the layup | 60-49 |
| 01:44 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Nichols grabs the board | 60-49 |
| 01:34 | Gardner-Webb | Ronald Watlington is called for the reach on Paul Baker - foul #2 on Ronald Watlington, team foul #8 | 60-49 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Leo Kalinowski (PG), Troy Swanson (SF) Joey Carr, Patrick Davis | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Daniel McKay (SG) Ralph Hays | |
| 01:34 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Baker misses the 1st free throw | 60-49 |
| 01:34 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Watlington grabs the defensive rebound | 60-49 |
| 01:14 | Northern Iowa | Kyle Wilson knocks in the fadeaway from the right side | 62-49 |
| 01:02 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Nichols hits the front of the rim on the runner near the basket but the foul's on Troy Swanson - foul #4 on Troy Swanson, team foul #9 | 62-49 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Joshua Elam (C) Paul Baker | |
| 01:02 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Nichols misses the 1st free throw | 62-49 |
| 01:02 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Nichols misses the 2nd free throw | 62-49 |
| 01:02 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Kyle Wilson | 62-49 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:41 | Northern Iowa | Kyle Wilson scores on a floater from the right block | 64-49 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:37 | Gardner-Webb | Joshua Elam can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 64-49 |
| 00:36 | Northern Iowa | Troy Swanson pulls down the rebound | 64-49 |
| 00:13 | Northern Iowa | Leo Kalinowski is hacked by Daniel McKay - foul #3 on Daniel McKay, team foul #7 | 64-49 |
| 00:13 | Northern Iowa | Leo Kalinowski makes the 1st free throw | 65-49 |
| 00:13 | Northern Iowa | Leo Kalinowski misses the 2nd free throw | 65-49 |
| 00:13 | Gardner-Webb | The rebound goes to Rusty Coleman | 65-49 |
| 00:08 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Nichols connects on the fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from Frederick Stotler | 65-51 |
| 00:00 | Northern Iowa | Leo Kalinowski runs out the clock | 65-51 |