| Lineup | Youngstown State | PG - Morris Clark (fresh) SG - Joseph Lazo (fresh) SF - Johnny Egbert (fresh) PF - Harry Coates (fresh) C - Ricky Hooley (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - David Huggins (fresh) SG - Craig Fragoso (fresh) SF - Herbert Eickhoff (fresh) PF - Antonio Irons (fresh) C - Fred Johnson (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Youngstown State | Harry Coates wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Youngstown State | Youngstown State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:35 | Youngstown State | Johnny Egbert comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:33 | Butler | Fred Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:09 | Butler | Antonio Irons loses the ball out of bounds | 0-0 |
| 18:56 | Youngstown State | Herbert Eickhoff steals the ball from Johnny Egbert | 0-0 |
| 18:52 | Butler | Craig Fragoso lays it in on a nice dish by Herbert Eickhoff | 0-2 |
| 18:35 | Youngstown State | Johnny Egbert lays it up and in on a great pass from Morris Clark | 2-2 |
| 18:15 | Butler | Antonio Irons scores on a jump hook in the paint set up by David Huggins | 2-4 |
| 18:03 | Youngstown State | Joseph Lazo is fouled on the floor by Craig Fragoso - foul #1 on Craig Fragoso, team foul #1 | 2-4 |
| 17:52 | Youngstown State | Morris Clark connects on the fadeaway from the left wing set up by Harry Coates | 4-4 |
| 17:40 | Butler | David Huggins comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 4-4 |
| 17:39 | Youngstown State | Johnny Egbert grabs the board | 4-4 |
| 17:23 | Youngstown State | Johnny Egbert throws a bad pass out of bounds | 4-4 |
| 17:04 | Butler | Antonio Irons misses badly on a shot from the baseline but the foul's on Harry Coates - foul #1 on Harry Coates, team foul #1 | 4-4 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Kevin Dewitz (SG), John Hummell (PF) Joseph Lazo, Harry Coates | |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| 17:04 | Butler | Antonio Irons makes the 1st free throw | 4-5 |
| 17:04 | Butler | Antonio Irons makes the 2nd free throw | 4-6 |
| 16:40 | Youngstown State | Kevin Dewitz connects on the fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Johnny Egbert | 6-6 |
| 16:22 | Butler | David Huggins hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing | 6-6 |
| 16:21 | Youngstown State | Morris Clark snags the defensive board | 6-6 |
| 16:03 | Youngstown State | Ricky Hooley lays it up and in and he's fouled by Fred Johnson - foul #1 on Fred Johnson, team foul #2 | 8-6 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Jerry McBride (PG), Joseph Lazo (SG), Harry Coates (PF) Morris Clark, Johnny Egbert, John Hummell | |
| Subs | Butler | Willard Smith (PG), Leroy Winfield (SF), Leonard Bishop (PF), Kasiya Africa (C) David Huggins, Herbert Eickhoff, Antonio Irons, Fred Johnson | |
| 16:03 | Youngstown State | Ricky Hooley makes the free throw | 9-6 |
| Lineup | Youngstown State | PG - Jerry McBride (fresh) SG - Joseph Lazo (fresh) SF - Kevin Dewitz (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Harry Coates (fresh) C - Ricky Hooley (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Willard Smith (fresh) SG - Craig Fragoso (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Leroy Winfield (fresh) PF - Leonard Bishop (fresh) C - Kasiya Africa (fresh) | |
| 15:45 | Butler | Leonard Bishop's fadeaway is rejected by Ricky Hooley | 9-6 |
| 15:44 | Butler | Leonard Bishop tips it back up and in | 9-8 |
| 15:28 | Youngstown State | Craig Fragoso is called for the reach on Joseph Lazo - foul #2 on Craig Fragoso, team foul #3 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Eric McGee (C) Ricky Hooley | |
| Subs | Butler | Jeffrey Baptiste (SF) Craig Fragoso | |
| 15:10 | Youngstown State | Jerry McBride comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 9-8 |
| 15:08 | Butler | Leonard Bishop grabs the defensive rebound | 9-8 |
| 14:56 | Butler | Jeffrey Baptiste misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 9-8 |
| 14:55 | Youngstown State | Harry Coates pulls down the rebound | 9-8 |
| 14:26 | Youngstown State | Joseph Lazo comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 9-8 |
| 14:25 | Butler | Leonard Bishop grabs the defensive rebound | 9-8 |
| 14:04 | Butler | Leroy Winfield comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 9-8 |
| 14:03 | Youngstown State | Joseph Lazo grabs the defensive rebound | 9-8 |
| 13:42 | Youngstown State | Kevin Dewitz can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 9-8 |
| 13:40 | Butler | Leonard Bishop grabs the defensive rebound | 9-8 |
| 13:35 | Butler | Kevin Dewitz steals the ball from Leonard Bishop | 9-8 |
| 13:16 | Youngstown State | Kevin Dewitz hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Kasiya Africa - foul #1 on Kasiya Africa, team foul #4 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Morris Clark (PG), Johnny Egbert (SF), John Hummell (PF), Ricky Hooley (C) Jerry McBride, Joseph Lazo, Harry Coates, Eric McGee | |
| Subs | Butler | David Huggins (PG), Herbert Eickhoff (SF), Antonio Irons (PF), Fred Johnson (C) Willard Smith, Jeffrey Baptiste, Leonard Bishop, Kasiya Africa | |
| 13:16 | Youngstown State | Kevin Dewitz makes the 1st free throw | 10-8 |
| 13:16 | Youngstown State | Kevin Dewitz misses the 2nd free throw | 10-8 |
| 13:16 | Butler | The rebound goes to Fred Johnson | 10-8 |
| 13:02 | Butler | David Huggins drills a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 10-10 |
| 12:40 | Youngstown State | Kevin Dewitz connects on the shot from the free throw line set up by Morris Clark | 12-10 |
| 12:30 | Butler | Leroy Winfield hits a jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by David Huggins | 12-12 |
| 12:09 | Youngstown State | Johnny Egbert hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 12-12 |
| 12:08 | Youngstown State | Ricky Hooley tips it home | 14-12 |
| 11:51 | Butler | David Huggins hits a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Herbert Eickhoff | 14-15 |
| Lineup | Youngstown State | PG - Morris Clark (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Kevin Dewitz (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Johnny Egbert (fresh) 2 pts. PF - John Hummell (fresh) C - Ricky Hooley (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - David Huggins (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Leroy Winfield (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Herbert Eickhoff (fresh) PF - Antonio Irons (fresh) 4 pts. C - Fred Johnson (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:30 | Youngstown State | Kevin Dewitz is denied on a layup by Fred Johnson | 14-15 |
| 11:29 | Butler | Fred Johnson gets the rebound | 14-15 |
| 11:05 | Butler | Leroy Winfield is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Leroy Winfield, team foul #5 | 14-15 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Joseph Lazo (SG), Harry Coates (PF), Eric McGee (C) Kevin Dewitz, John Hummell, Ricky Hooley | |
| Subs | Butler | Willard Smith (SG) Leroy Winfield | |
| 10:50 | Youngstown State | Johnny Egbert is hacked by Fred Johnson - foul #2 on Fred Johnson, team foul #6 | 14-15 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | | |
| Subs | Butler | Leonard Bishop (C) Fred Johnson | |
| 10:32 | Youngstown State | Johnny Egbert misses the jumpshot from the left side | 14-15 |
| 10:30 | Youngstown State | Harry Coates tips it back up and in | 16-15 |
| 10:10 | Butler | Harry Coates is called for the reach on Willard Smith - foul #2 on Harry Coates, team foul #2 | 16-15 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Jerry McBride (PG), John Wright (SF), Thomas Styron (PF) Morris Clark, Johnny Egbert, Harry Coates | |
| Subs | Butler | Thomas Howell (SG), Jeffrey Baptiste (SF), Kasiya Africa (C) David Huggins, Herbert Eickhoff, Antonio Irons | |
| 09:50 | Butler | Thomas Howell hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 16-15 |
| 09:49 | Butler | The offensive rebound goes to Kasiya Africa | 16-15 |
| 09:35 | Butler | Kasiya Africa buries a 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Willard Smith | 16-18 |
| 09:11 | Youngstown State | Eric McGee scores on a jump hook near the basket and the foul's on Kasiya Africa - foul #2 on Kasiya Africa, team foul #7 | 18-18 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Johnny Egbert (SF), John Hummell (PF) Joseph Lazo, Thomas Styron | |
| Subs | Butler | Vincent Gray (C) Kasiya Africa | |
| 09:11 | Youngstown State | Eric McGee makes the free throw | 19-18 |
| 08:55 | Butler | Willard Smith throws a bad pass out of bounds | 19-18 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Morris Clark (PG), Ricky Hooley (C) Jerry McBride, Eric McGee | |
| Subs | Butler | David Huggins (PG), Herbert Eickhoff (SF), Antonio Irons (PF) Thomas Howell, Jeffrey Baptiste, Vincent Gray | |
| 08:35 | Youngstown State | Johnny Egbert misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 19-18 |
| 08:34 | Youngstown State | Ricky Hooley snags the offensive board | 19-18 |
| 08:22 | Youngstown State | Johnny Egbert connects on the turnaround from the left block on a great pass from John Hummell | 21-18 |
| 08:03 | Butler | Leonard Bishop can't finish the layup but he's hacked by John Hummell - foul #1 on John Hummell, team foul #3 | 21-18 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Kevin Dewitz (SG) John Wright | |
| Subs | Butler | Leroy Winfield (SG) Willard Smith | |
| 08:03 | Butler | Leonard Bishop misses the 1st free throw | 21-18 |
| 08:03 | Butler | Leonard Bishop makes the 2nd free throw | 21-19 |
| 07:45 | Youngstown State | Ricky Hooley scores on a shot near the basket on a great pass from Morris Clark and he's fouled by Leonard Bishop - foul #1 on Leonard Bishop, team foul #8 | 23-19 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Joseph Lazo (SG) John Hummell | |
| Subs | Butler | Vincent Gray (C) Leonard Bishop | |
| 07:45 | Youngstown State | Ricky Hooley misses the free throw | 23-19 |
| 07:45 | Butler | Antonio Irons snags the defensive board | 23-19 |
| Lineup | Youngstown State | PG - Morris Clark (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Joseph Lazo (fresh) SF - Johnny Egbert (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Kevin Dewitz (fresh) 5 pts. C - Ricky Hooley (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - David Huggins (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Leroy Winfield (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Herbert Eickhoff (fresh) PF - Antonio Irons (fresh) 4 pts. C - Vincent Gray (fresh) | |
| 07:28 | Butler | Vincent Gray's floater is tipped away by Kevin Dewitz | 23-19 |
| 07:27 | Butler | Leroy Winfield tips it back up and in | 23-21 |
| 07:14 | Youngstown State | Joseph Lazo can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 23-21 |
| 07:13 | Youngstown State | Morris Clark hits the follow up shot | 25-21 |
| 06:52 | Butler | Joseph Lazo is called for the reach on Leroy Winfield - foul #1 on Joseph Lazo, team foul #4 | 25-21 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Jerry McBride (PG) Morris Clark | |
| Subs | Butler | Willard Smith (PG), Jeffrey Baptiste (SF) David Huggins, Herbert Eickhoff | |
| 06:34 | Butler | Leroy Winfield misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 25-21 |
| 06:33 | Youngstown State | The rebound goes to Johnny Egbert | 25-21 |
| 06:13 | Youngstown State | Jerry McBride scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 28-21 |
| 05:51 | Butler | Leroy Winfield is hacked by Joseph Lazo - foul #2 on Joseph Lazo, team foul #5 | 28-21 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Frederick Calhoun (SG), John Wright (SF), John Hummell (PF), Eric McGee (C) Joseph Lazo, Johnny Egbert, Kevin Dewitz, Ricky Hooley | |
| Subs | Butler | Herbert Eickhoff (SF), Leonard Bishop (PF) Jeffrey Baptiste, Antonio Irons | |
| 05:42 | Butler | Herbert Eickhoff hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 28-21 |
| 05:40 | Butler | The offensive rebound goes to Leroy Winfield | 28-21 |
| 05:33 | Butler | The jump hook by Willard Smith is blocked by John Hummell | 28-21 |
| 05:31 | Butler | Willard Smith snags the offensive board | 28-21 |
| 05:16 | Butler | Herbert Eickhoff comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 28-21 |
| 05:14 | Youngstown State | Frederick Calhoun grabs the board | 28-21 |
| 05:09 | Youngstown State | John Wright can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Willard Smith - foul #1 on Willard Smith, team foul #9 | 28-21 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Morris Clark (PG) Jerry McBride | |
| Subs | Butler | David Huggins (PG), Antonio Irons (PF) Willard Smith, Vincent Gray | |
| 05:09 | Youngstown State | John Wright misses the 1st free throw | 28-21 |
| 05:09 | Youngstown State | John Wright makes the 2nd free throw | 29-21 |
| 04:45 | Butler | Leroy Winfield is hacked by Eric McGee - foul #1 on Eric McGee, team foul #6 | 29-21 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Kevin Dewitz (SG), Johnny Egbert (SF) Frederick Calhoun, John Wright | |
| Subs | Butler | Thomas Howell (SG) Leroy Winfield | |
| 04:35 | Butler | David Huggins misses the pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Morris Clark - foul #1 on Morris Clark, team foul #7 | 29-21 |
| 04:35 | Butler | David Huggins misses the 1st free throw | 29-21 |
| 04:35 | Butler | David Huggins makes the 2nd free throw | 29-22 |
| 04:21 | Youngstown State | Morris Clark misses badly on a shot from the free throw line but the foul's on Antonio Irons - foul #1 on Antonio Irons, team foul #10 | 29-22 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Ricky Hooley (C) Eric McGee | |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| 04:21 | Youngstown State | Morris Clark makes the 1st free throw | 30-22 |
| 04:21 | Youngstown State | Morris Clark misses the 2nd free throw | 30-22 |
| 04:21 | Butler | Leonard Bishop grabs the defensive rebound | 30-22 |
| 04:17 | Butler | Johnny Egbert denies the turnaround by Herbert Eickhoff | 30-22 |
| 04:15 | Youngstown State | Johnny Egbert snags the defensive board | 30-22 |
| 03:53 | Youngstown State | Morris Clark hits a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Kevin Dewitz | 33-22 |
| 03:48 | Butler | John Hummell steals the ball from David Huggins | 33-22 |
| Lineup | Youngstown State | PG - Morris Clark (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Kevin Dewitz (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Johnny Egbert (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Hummell (fresh) C - Ricky Hooley (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - David Huggins (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Howell (fresh) SF - Herbert Eickhoff (fairly fresh) PF - Antonio Irons (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Leonard Bishop (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:21 | Youngstown State | Kevin Dewitz travels with the ball | 33-22 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Joseph Lazo (SG), Harry Coates (PF) Kevin Dewitz, John Hummell | |
| Subs | Butler | Craig Fragoso (SG), Leroy Winfield (SF), Kasiya Africa (PF), Fred Johnson (C) Thomas Howell, Herbert Eickhoff, Antonio Irons, Leonard Bishop | |
| 03:05 | Butler | Fred Johnson can't finish the layup | 33-22 |
| 03:03 | Youngstown State | Johnny Egbert pulls down the rebound | 33-22 |
| 02:46 | Youngstown State | Fred Johnson is called for the reach on Joseph Lazo - foul #3 on Fred Johnson, team foul #11 | 33-22 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | John Wright (SF), Eric McGee (C) Johnny Egbert, Ricky Hooley | |
| Subs | Butler | Jeffrey Baptiste (SF) Fred Johnson | |
| 02:46 | Youngstown State | Joseph Lazo makes the 1st free throw | 34-22 |
| 02:46 | Youngstown State | Joseph Lazo misses the 2nd free throw | 34-22 |
| 02:46 | Butler | Leroy Winfield gets the rebound | 34-22 |
| 02:34 | Butler | Kasiya Africa comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 34-22 |
| 02:33 | Youngstown State | The rebound goes to Harry Coates | 34-22 |
| 02:05 | Youngstown State | John Wright misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 34-22 |
| 02:03 | Butler | Kasiya Africa grabs the board | 34-22 |
| 01:46 | Butler | Leroy Winfield buries a 3 pointer from the left wing | 34-25 |
| 01:36 | Youngstown State | John Wright comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 34-25 |
| 01:34 | Youngstown State | Joseph Lazo snags the offensive board | 34-25 |
| 01:19 | Youngstown State | Eric McGee throws a bad pass out of bounds | 34-25 |
| Subs | Youngstown State | Jerry McBride (PG), Johnny Egbert (SF), Ricky Hooley (C) Morris Clark, John Wright, Eric McGee | |
| Subs | Butler | Willard Smith (PG), Herbert Eickhoff (SF), Leonard Bishop (PF) David Huggins, Jeffrey Baptiste, Leroy Winfield | |
| 00:53 | Butler | Herbert Eickhoff connects on the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Willard Smith | 34-28 |
| 00:36 | Youngstown State | Johnny Egbert scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Jerry McBride | 37-28 |
| 00:15 | Butler | Herbert Eickhoff misses the floater from the free throw line | 37-28 |
| 00:14 | Butler | Craig Fragoso grabs the offensive board | 37-28 |
| 00:02 | Butler | Craig Fragoso misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 37-28 |
| 00:00 | Youngstown State | Ricky Hooley grabs the defensive rebound | 37-28 |