| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Jackson Grant (fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Patrick Safford (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Margarito Herrera (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. PF - Salvador Fuentes (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Tom Cota (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Luke White (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Boling (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jim Rhodes (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Chris McLamb (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Oscar Donahue (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Iowa | Jim Rhodes inbounds the ball | 21-24 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:52 | Iowa | Thomas Boling clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 21-24 |
| 19:51 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to Jackson Grant | 21-24 |
| 19:29 | Minnesota | Jackson Grant makes the 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Salvador Fuentes | 24-24 |
| 19:13 | Iowa | Jim Rhodes is fouled on the floor by Tom Cota - foul #3 on Tom Cota, team foul #1 | 24-24 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Marvin Downing (PF) Salvador Fuentes | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 18:48 | Iowa | Chris McLamb misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 24-24 |
| 18:47 | Minnesota | Margarito Herrera grabs the board | 24-24 |
| 18:23 | Minnesota | Jim Rhodes takes the ball from Margarito Herrera | 24-24 |
| 18:04 | Iowa | Oscar Donahue is hacked by Tom Cota - foul #4 on Tom Cota, team foul #2 | 24-24 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Salvador Fuentes (PF), Mitchell Guay (C) Marvin Downing, Tom Cota | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 17:40 | Iowa | Luke White is hacked by Jackson Grant - foul #1 on Jackson Grant, team foul #3 | 24-24 |
| 17:28 | Iowa | Chris McLamb makes the jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Oscar Donahue | 24-26 |
| 17:06 | Minnesota | Salvador Fuentes misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Chris McLamb - foul #2 on Chris McLamb, team foul #1 | 24-26 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Monty Poarch (PG) Jackson Grant | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 17:06 | Minnesota | Salvador Fuentes misses the 1st free throw | 24-26 |
| 17:06 | Minnesota | Salvador Fuentes makes the 2nd free throw | 25-26 |
| 16:51 | Iowa | Thomas Boling is hacked by Patrick Safford - foul #2 on Patrick Safford, team foul #4 | 25-26 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Jackson Grant (PG), Rolf Ziegler (SG), Marvin Downing (PF) Monty Poarch, Patrick Safford, Salvador Fuentes | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 16:34 | Iowa | Luke White knocks in the floater from the left side on a great pass from Thomas Boling | 25-28 |
| 16:21 | Minnesota | Margarito Herrera connects on the jumper from the left wing and the foul's on Jim Rhodes - foul #1 on Jim Rhodes, team foul #2 | 27-28 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Monty Poarch (PG), Patrick Safford (SG) Jackson Grant, Rolf Ziegler | |
| Subs | Iowa | Kevin Winkles (PG), Kudyauku Alleruzzo (SF), Huang-fu Xiang (PF) Luke White, Jim Rhodes, Chris McLamb | |
| 16:21 | Minnesota | Margarito Herrera makes the free throw | 28-28 |
| 16:01 | Iowa | Thomas Boling hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 28-28 |
| 16:00 | Minnesota | Patrick Safford pulls down the rebound | 28-28 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Monty Poarch (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Patrick Safford (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Margarito Herrera (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Marvin Downing (fresh) C - Mitchell Guay (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Kevin Winkles (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Thomas Boling (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SF - Kudyauku Alleruzzo (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Huang-fu Xiang (fresh) 2 reb. C - Oscar Donahue (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:31 | Minnesota | Patrick Safford is called for a moving pick - foul #3 on Patrick Safford, team foul #5 | 28-28 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Jackson Grant (PG), Rolf Ziegler (SG), Salvador Fuentes (PF) Monty Poarch, Patrick Safford, Marvin Downing | |
| Subs | Iowa | Philip Kriner (PG), Roman Rodriguez (C) Thomas Boling, Oscar Donahue | |
| 15:08 | Iowa | Philip Kriner knocks in the fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Kevin Winkles and the foul's on Mitchell Guay - foul #1 on Mitchell Guay, team foul #6 | 28-30 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Patrick Safford (SG) Rolf Ziegler | |
| Subs | Iowa | Jim Rhodes (SF), Chris McLamb (PF) Kudyauku Alleruzzo, Roman Rodriguez | |
| 15:08 | Iowa | Philip Kriner makes the free throw | 28-31 |
| 14:43 | Minnesota | Patrick Safford misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 28-31 |
| 14:42 | Iowa | Chris McLamb grabs the board | 28-31 |
| 14:25 | Iowa | Jim Rhodes comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 28-31 |
| 14:24 | Iowa | The offensive rebound goes to Jim Rhodes | 28-31 |
| 14:14 | Iowa | Huang-fu Xiang misses the easy layup | 28-31 |
| 14:12 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to Mitchell Guay | 28-31 |
| 14:08 | Minnesota | Patrick Safford connects on the jumper in the lane set up by Mitchell Guay and the foul's on Jim Rhodes - foul #2 on Jim Rhodes, team foul #3 | 30-31 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Monty Poarch (PG), Rolf Ziegler (SG), Marvin Downing (SF) Jackson Grant, Margarito Herrera, Mitchell Guay | |
| Subs | Iowa | Luke White (PG), Thomas Boling (SG), Oscar Donahue (C) Philip Kriner, Kevin Winkles, Huang-fu Xiang | |
| 14:08 | Minnesota | Patrick Safford makes the free throw | 31-31 |
| 13:55 | Iowa | Marvin Downing picks off the pass by Thomas Boling | 31-31 |
| 13:26 | Minnesota | Thomas Boling steals it from Salvador Fuentes | 31-31 |
| 13:04 | Iowa | Chris McLamb makes the fadeaway jumper from the right side on a great pass from Thomas Boling | 31-33 |
| 12:47 | Minnesota | Salvador Fuentes's layup is rejected by Jim Rhodes | 31-33 |
| 12:45 | Iowa | The rebound goes to Oscar Donahue | 31-33 |
| 12:38 | Iowa | Oscar Donahue misses the lay-in | 31-33 |
| 12:36 | Iowa | Thomas Boling tips it but misses | 31-33 |
| 12:34 | Iowa | Thomas Boling tips it back up and in | 31-35 |
| 12:14 | Minnesota | Salvador Fuentes connects on the shot from just outside the lane | 33-35 |
| 12:01 | Iowa | Jim Rhodes misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 33-35 |
| 11:59 | Iowa | Oscar Donahue hits the follow up shot | 33-37 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Monty Poarch (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Rolf Ziegler (fresh) SF - Marvin Downing (fresh) PF - Salvador Fuentes (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Patrick Safford (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Luke White (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Boling (fresh) 10 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. SF - Jim Rhodes (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. PF - Chris McLamb (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Oscar Donahue (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:35 | Minnesota | Patrick Safford misses short on a floater from the right wing | 33-37 |
| 11:34 | Iowa | Chris McLamb gets the rebound | 33-37 |
| 11:07 | Iowa | Jim Rhodes misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 33-37 |
| 11:05 | Minnesota | Patrick Safford snags the defensive board | 33-37 |
| 10:39 | Minnesota | Marvin Downing is fouled on the floor by Thomas Boling - foul #2 on Thomas Boling, team foul #4 | 33-37 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Jackson Grant (PG), Margarito Herrera (SF), Tom Cota (C) Monty Poarch, Salvador Fuentes, Patrick Safford | |
| Subs | Iowa | Philip Kriner (PG), Kevin Winkles (SG), Kudyauku Alleruzzo (SF), Huang-fu Xiang (PF), Roman Rodriguez (C) Luke White, Thomas Boling, Jim Rhodes, Chris McLamb, Oscar Donahue | |
| 10:13 | Minnesota | Jackson Grant misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 33-37 |
| 10:11 | Iowa | Kudyauku Alleruzzo gets the rebound | 33-37 |
| 10:00 | Iowa | Huang-fu Xiang misses the lay-in | 33-37 |
| 09:58 | Iowa | Roman Rodriguez tips it home | 33-39 |
| 09:41 | Minnesota | Margarito Herrera misses the easy layup | 33-39 |
| 09:40 | Minnesota | Margarito Herrera grabs the offensive board | 33-39 |
| 09:21 | Minnesota | Jackson Grant misses long on a shot from the right wing | 33-39 |
| 09:20 | Minnesota | Marvin Downing pulls down the offensive rebound | 33-39 |
| 08:56 | Minnesota | Margarito Herrera misses long on a jump hook from the right block | 33-39 |
| 08:55 | Minnesota | Margarito Herrera tips it in | 35-39 |
| 08:29 | Iowa | Kevin Winkles is called for traveling | 35-39 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Patrick Safford (SG), Salvador Fuentes (PF) Rolf Ziegler, Marvin Downing | |
| Subs | Iowa | Luke White (PG), Thomas Boling (SG), Oscar Donahue (C) Philip Kriner, Kevin Winkles, Roman Rodriguez | |
| 08:15 | Minnesota | Patrick Safford drills a jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by Tom Cota | 37-39 |
| 08:00 | Iowa | Huang-fu Xiang hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Thomas Boling and he's hacked by Salvador Fuentes - foul #1 on Salvador Fuentes, team foul #7 | 37-41 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Rolf Ziegler (SG) Patrick Safford | |
| Subs | Iowa | Jim Rhodes (SF) Kudyauku Alleruzzo | |
| 08:00 | Iowa | Huang-fu Xiang misses the free throw | 37-41 |
| 08:00 | Minnesota | Rolf Ziegler grabs the board | 37-41 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Jackson Grant (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Rolf Ziegler (fairly fresh) SF - Margarito Herrera (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Salvador Fuentes (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Tom Cota (fresh) 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Luke White (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Boling (fresh) 10 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. SF - Jim Rhodes (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. PF - Huang-fu Xiang (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Oscar Donahue (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:35 | Minnesota | Salvador Fuentes can't connect on a runner from close range | 37-41 |
| 07:33 | Iowa | Huang-fu Xiang pulls down the rebound | 37-41 |
| 07:11 | Iowa | Oscar Donahue is hacked by Tom Cota - foul #5 on Tom Cota, team foul #8 | 37-41 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Monty Poarch (PG), Patrick Safford (SG), Mitchell Guay (C) Jackson Grant, Rolf Ziegler, Tom Cota | |
| Subs | Iowa | Chris McLamb (PF) Huang-fu Xiang | |
| 07:11 | Iowa | Oscar Donahue makes the 1st free throw | 37-42 |
| 07:11 | Iowa | Oscar Donahue makes the 2nd free throw | 37-43 |
| 06:42 | Minnesota | Monty Poarch misses long on a 3 from straight away | 37-43 |
| 06:41 | Iowa | Chris McLamb grabs the defensive rebound | 37-43 |
| 06:32 | Iowa | Luke White loses the dribble to Monty Poarch | 37-43 |
| 06:07 | Minnesota | Jim Rhodes swats the short shot by Patrick Safford | 37-43 |
| 06:06 | Minnesota | Margarito Herrera grabs the offensive rebound | 37-43 |
| 05:47 | Minnesota | Monty Poarch misses the 3 from the right corner | 37-43 |
| 05:45 | Iowa | Jim Rhodes gets the rebound | 37-43 |
| 05:20 | Iowa | Jim Rhodes clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side | 37-43 |
| 05:19 | Minnesota | Salvador Fuentes grabs the defensive rebound | 37-43 |
| 05:19 | Minnesota | Minnesota calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 37-43 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Jackson Grant (PG), Rolf Ziegler (SG), Marvin Downing (PF) Monty Poarch, Patrick Safford, Salvador Fuentes | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 05:08 | Minnesota | Oscar Donahue is called for the reach on Jackson Grant - foul #1 on Oscar Donahue, team foul #5 | 37-43 |
| 04:50 | Minnesota | Margarito Herrera can't finish the layup | 37-43 |
| 04:49 | Iowa | Oscar Donahue gets the rebound | 37-43 |
| 04:33 | Iowa | Luke White clanks a shot from the right side | 37-43 |
| 04:31 | Minnesota | Margarito Herrera grabs the board | 37-43 |
| 04:14 | Minnesota | Margarito Herrera can't throw it down | 37-43 |
| 04:13 | Minnesota | Marvin Downing pulls down the offensive rebound | 37-43 |
| 03:53 | Minnesota | Oscar Donahue swats the shot by Jackson Grant | 37-43 |
| 03:52 | Minnesota | Marvin Downing pulls down the offensive rebound | 37-43 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Jackson Grant (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Rolf Ziegler (fresh) SF - Margarito Herrera (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. PF - Marvin Downing (fresh) 4 reb. C - Mitchell Guay (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Luke White (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Boling (fresh) 10 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. SF - Jim Rhodes (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. PF - Chris McLamb (fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. C - Oscar Donahue (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:34 | Minnesota | Margarito Herrera can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane | 37-43 |
| 03:32 | Iowa | Jim Rhodes pulls down the rebound | 37-43 |
| 03:11 | Iowa | Mitchell Guay is called for the reach on Jim Rhodes - foul #2 on Mitchell Guay, team foul #9 | 37-43 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Monty Poarch (PG), Patrick Safford (SG), Salvador Fuentes (PF) Jackson Grant, Rolf Ziegler, Margarito Herrera | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 03:11 | Iowa | Jim Rhodes makes the 1st free throw | 37-44 |
| 03:11 | Iowa | Jim Rhodes makes the 2nd free throw | 37-45 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 02:58 | Minnesota | Patrick Safford is hacked by Oscar Donahue - foul #2 on Oscar Donahue, team foul #6 | 37-45 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Jackson Grant (PG), Margarito Herrera (SF) Monty Poarch, Marvin Downing | |
| Subs | Iowa | Kevin Winkles (PG), Kudyauku Alleruzzo (SF) Luke White, Jim Rhodes | |
| 02:53 | Minnesota | Patrick Safford connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Margarito Herrera | 39-45 |
| 02:53 | Iowa | Iowa calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 39-45 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Iowa | Luke White (PG) Kevin Winkles | |
| 02:47 | Iowa | Jackson Grant steps in front of the Luke White pass in the backcourt | 39-45 |
| 02:45 | Minnesota | Margarito Herrera hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Jackson Grant | 41-45 |
| 02:19 | Iowa | Luke White clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side but the foul's on Jackson Grant - foul #2 on Jackson Grant, team foul #10 | 41-45 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Monty Poarch (PG), Marvin Downing (SF) Jackson Grant, Margarito Herrera | |
| Subs | Iowa | Jim Rhodes (SF) Kudyauku Alleruzzo | |
| 02:19 | Iowa | Luke White makes the 1st free throw | 41-46 |
| 02:19 | Iowa | Luke White makes the 2nd free throw | 41-47 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 01:55 | Minnesota | Monty Poarch knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Salvador Fuentes | 44-47 |
| 01:37 | Iowa | Luke White is called for traveling | 44-47 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Jackson Grant (PG), Margarito Herrera (SF) Monty Poarch, Marvin Downing | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 01:16 | Minnesota | Margarito Herrera hits a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Jackson Grant | 46-47 |
| 00:50 | Iowa | Jim Rhodes buries a fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Luke White | 46-49 |
| 00:25 | Minnesota | Jim Rhodes steps in front of the Mitchell Guay pass | 46-49 |
| 00:21 | Iowa | Jim Rhodes can't throw it down | 46-49 |
| 00:20 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to Salvador Fuentes | 46-49 |
| 00:07 | Minnesota | Jackson Grant's pass is intercepted by Jim Rhodes | 46-49 |
| 00:02 | Iowa | Jim Rhodes can't finish the layup | 46-49 |
| 00:01 | Iowa | Oscar Donahue grabs the offensive rebound | 46-49 |
| 00:00 | Iowa | The clock runs out | 46-49 |