| Lineup | Illinois | PG - David Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Sean Tobar (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frank Steiner (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Timothy McDeavitt (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Charles Banks (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Phillip Romo (fresh) 10 pts. SG - Daniel Baumgardner (fresh) SF - Chung Tang (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kenneth Bader (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Oscar Macias (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Illinois | Frank Steiner inbounds the ball | 31-23 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Central Michigan | Central Michigan is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:31 | Illinois | Charles Banks is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Bader - foul #1 on Kenneth Bader, team foul #1 | 31-23 |
| 19:19 | Illinois | Timothy McDeavitt misses the jumper from the left block but the foul's on Daniel Baumgardner - foul #1 on Daniel Baumgardner, team foul #2 | 31-23 |
| 19:19 | Illinois | Timothy McDeavitt misses the 1st free throw | 31-23 |
| 19:19 | Illinois | Timothy McDeavitt makes the 2nd free throw | 32-23 |
| 18:56 | Central Michigan | Oscar Macias misses long on a floater from close range but he's hacked by Charles Banks - foul #1 on Charles Banks, team foul #1 | 32-23 |
| 18:56 | Central Michigan | Oscar Macias makes the 1st free throw | 32-24 |
| 18:56 | Central Michigan | Oscar Macias makes the 2nd free throw | 32-25 |
| 18:27 | Illinois | Sean Tobar slams it home on a nice dish by Timothy McDeavitt | 34-25 |
| 18:14 | Central Michigan | Chung Tang clanks a driving attempt in the paint | 34-25 |
| 18:12 | Illinois | Sean Tobar grabs the board | 34-25 |
| 17:48 | Illinois | Charles Banks can't connect on a fadeaway near the basket but he's fouled by Phillip Romo - foul #2 on Phillip Romo, team foul #3 | 34-25 |
| 17:48 | Illinois | Charles Banks misses the 1st free throw | 34-25 |
| 17:48 | Illinois | Charles Banks makes the 2nd free throw | 35-25 |
| 17:32 | Central Michigan | Phillip Romo is whistled for traveling | 35-25 |
| 17:06 | Illinois | Timothy McDeavitt lays it up and in set up by Charles Banks | 37-25 |
| 16:45 | Central Michigan | Oscar Macias makes the jumpshot from the free throw line | 37-27 |
| 16:22 | Illinois | Sean Tobar misses the jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Oscar Macias - foul #3 on Oscar Macias, team foul #4 | 37-27 |
| Subs | Illinois | Leon Eldredge (PG), James Barnett (SF), Stanford Fay (C) David Smith, Frank Steiner, Charles Banks | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Scott Scott (PG), James Gould (SG), Charles Lawing (SF), Ojore Abdulmuniem (PF), Travis Holtz (C) Phillip Romo, Daniel Baumgardner, Chung Tang, Kenneth Bader, Oscar Macias | |
| 16:22 | Illinois | Sean Tobar makes the 1st free throw | 38-27 |
| 16:22 | Illinois | Sean Tobar makes the 2nd free throw | 39-27 |
| 16:08 | Central Michigan | Scott Scott's pass is intercepted by James Barnett | 39-27 |
| 16:04 | Illinois | James Barnett misses the easy layup | 39-27 |
| 16:02 | Central Michigan | Ojore Abdulmuniem gets the rebound | 39-27 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Leon Eldredge (fresh) SG - Sean Tobar (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Barnett (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Timothy McDeavitt (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Stanford Fay (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Scott Scott (fresh) 1 ast. SG - James Gould (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Charles Lawing (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ojore Abdulmuniem (fresh) 5 reb. C - Travis Holtz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:45 | Central Michigan | James Gould blows the layup | 39-27 |
| 15:43 | Illinois | Timothy McDeavitt pulls down the rebound | 39-27 |
| 15:17 | Illinois | Timothy McDeavitt hits the finger roll on a great pass from Sean Tobar | 41-27 |
| 14:51 | Central Michigan | James Gould's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-27 |
| Subs | Illinois | David Smith (PG), Frank Steiner (SF), Charles Banks (C) Sean Tobar, James Barnett, Stanford Fay | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Phillip Romo (PG), Chung Tang (SF), Kenneth Bader (PF), Oscar Macias (C) Scott Scott, Charles Lawing, Ojore Abdulmuniem, Travis Holtz | |
| 14:33 | Illinois | Charles Banks makes the jump hook from the right block on a great pass from David Smith | 43-27 |
| 14:18 | Central Michigan | Chung Tang clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 43-27 |
| 14:17 | Illinois | Charles Banks gets the rebound | 43-27 |
| 13:48 | Illinois | Timothy McDeavitt knocks in the jumper from just outside the lane | 45-27 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Central Michigan | Central Michigan is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 13:39 | Central Michigan | Kenneth Bader hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 45-27 |
| 13:37 | Illinois | Charles Banks snags the defensive board | 45-27 |
| 13:11 | Illinois | David Smith hits a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Frank Steiner | 48-27 |
| 12:59 | Central Michigan | James Gould hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Kenneth Bader | 48-30 |
| 12:43 | Illinois | David Smith clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Phillip Romo - foul #3 on Phillip Romo, team foul #5 | 48-30 |
| Subs | Illinois | Sean Tobar (SG), Stanford Fay (PF), James Barnett (C) Leon Eldredge, Timothy McDeavitt, Charles Banks | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Daniel Baumgardner (SG), Ojore Abdulmuniem (PF), Travis Holtz (C) James Gould, Kenneth Bader, Oscar Macias | |
| 12:43 | Illinois | David Smith misses the 1st free throw | 48-30 |
| 12:43 | Illinois | David Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 49-30 |
| 12:20 | Central Michigan | Phillip Romo is fouled on the floor by James Barnett - foul #1 on James Barnett, team foul #2 | 49-30 |
| Subs | Illinois | Charles Banks (C) David Smith | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Charles Lawing (SF) Chung Tang | |
| 12:00 | Central Michigan | Ojore Abdulmuniem lays it up and in on a great pass from Charles Lawing | 49-32 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - James Barnett (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Sean Tobar (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Frank Steiner (fairly fresh) 8 pts. PF - Stanford Fay (fresh) C - Charles Banks (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Phillip Romo (fresh) 10 pts. 3 pf. SG - Daniel Baumgardner (fresh) SF - Charles Lawing (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ojore Abdulmuniem (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Travis Holtz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:53 | Illinois | Sean Tobar comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 49-32 |
| 11:52 | Central Michigan | Charles Lawing grabs the defensive rebound | 49-32 |
| 11:33 | Central Michigan | Phillip Romo misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 49-32 |
| 11:32 | Illinois | Stanford Fay gets the rebound | 49-32 |
| 11:14 | Illinois | Frank Steiner misses the fadeaway from the left block | 49-32 |
| 11:12 | Central Michigan | Daniel Baumgardner grabs the board | 49-32 |
| 10:57 | Central Michigan | Ojore Abdulmuniem misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 49-32 |
| 10:56 | Illinois | Charles Banks grabs the defensive rebound | 49-32 |
| 10:51 | Illinois | Sean Tobar can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing | 49-32 |
| 10:49 | Illinois | Frank Steiner pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-32 |
| 10:26 | Illinois | Frank Steiner is denied on a layup by Ojore Abdulmuniem | 49-32 |
| 10:24 | Central Michigan | Phillip Romo pulls down the rebound | 49-32 |
| 10:17 | Central Michigan | The short jumper by Travis Holtz is denied by Charles Banks | 49-32 |
| 10:16 | Illinois | The rebound goes to Charles Banks | 49-32 |
| 10:10 | Illinois | Frank Steiner can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Phillip Romo - foul #4 on Phillip Romo, team foul #6 | 49-32 |
| Subs | Illinois | David Smith (PG), Leon Eldredge (PF) Stanford Fay, Charles Banks | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | James Gould (PG), Chung Tang (SF), Kenneth Bader (PF), Oscar Macias (C) Phillip Romo, Charles Lawing, Ojore Abdulmuniem, Travis Holtz | |
| 10:10 | Illinois | Frank Steiner makes the 1st free throw | 50-32 |
| 10:10 | Illinois | Frank Steiner makes the 2nd free throw | 51-32 |
| 10:00 | Central Michigan | Kenneth Bader misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 51-32 |
| 09:58 | Central Michigan | Kenneth Bader hits the follow up shot | 51-34 |
| 09:40 | Illinois | Frank Steiner knocks in the jumper in the lane on a nice dish by David Smith | 53-34 |
| 09:31 | Central Michigan | Daniel Baumgardner comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Sean Tobar - foul #2 on Sean Tobar, team foul #3 | 53-34 |
| Subs | Illinois | Timothy McDeavitt (PF) James Barnett | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| 09:31 | Central Michigan | Daniel Baumgardner misses the 1st free throw | 53-34 |
| 09:31 | Central Michigan | Daniel Baumgardner makes the 2nd free throw | 53-35 |
| 09:08 | Illinois | Leon Eldredge blows the dunk | 53-35 |
| 09:06 | Central Michigan | Chung Tang snags the defensive board | 53-35 |
| 08:49 | Central Michigan | Timothy McDeavitt is called for the reach on Chung Tang - foul #2 on Timothy McDeavitt, team foul #4 | 53-35 |
| Subs | Illinois | Charles Pierce (SG), Stanford Fay (C) Sean Tobar, Frank Steiner | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Charles Lawing (SG) Daniel Baumgardner | |
| 08:37 | Central Michigan | Oscar Macias hits the finger roll on a great pass from Charles Lawing | 53-37 |
| 08:18 | Illinois | Leon Eldredge lays it up and in on a nice dish by David Smith | 55-37 |
| 08:09 | Central Michigan | Chung Tang misses the easy layup | 55-37 |
| 08:08 | Illinois | Stanford Fay grabs the board | 55-37 |
| 07:48 | Illinois | Stanford Fay is hacked by Chung Tang - foul #1 on Chung Tang, team foul #7 | 55-37 |
| Subs | Illinois | Sean Tobar (SG) Charles Pierce | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Phillip Romo (PG) Charles Lawing | |
| 07:48 | Illinois | Stanford Fay misses the 1st free throw | 55-37 |
| 07:48 | Illinois | Leon Eldredge pulls down the offensive rebound | 55-37 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - David Smith (fresh) 9 pts. 6 ast. SG - Sean Tobar (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Leon Eldredge (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Timothy McDeavitt (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Stanford Fay (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Phillip Romo (fresh) 10 pts. 4 pf. SG - James Gould (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Chung Tang (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Kenneth Bader (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Oscar Macias (fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 07:33 | Illinois | David Smith buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Stanford Fay | 57-37 |
| 07:27 | Central Michigan | Sean Tobar steps in front of the Chung Tang pass | 57-37 |
| 07:03 | Illinois | Chung Tang is called for the reach on David Smith - foul #2 on Chung Tang, team foul #8 | 57-37 |
| Subs | Illinois | James Barnett (SF), Charles Banks (C) Leon Eldredge, Stanford Fay | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Charles Lawing (SG), Patrick Rakestraw (SF), Ojore Abdulmuniem (PF), Travis Holtz (C) James Gould, Chung Tang, Kenneth Bader, Oscar Macias | |
| 07:03 | Illinois | David Smith misses the 1st free throw | 57-37 |
| 07:03 | Central Michigan | Travis Holtz grabs the defensive rebound | 57-37 |
| 06:42 | Central Michigan | Travis Holtz travels with the ball | 57-37 |
| Subs | Illinois | Charles Pierce (PG) David Smith | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Daniel Baumgardner (SG) Patrick Rakestraw | |
| 06:15 | Illinois | Charles Banks can't finish the layup | 57-37 |
| 06:13 | Central Michigan | Travis Holtz grabs the defensive rebound | 57-37 |
| 06:08 | Central Michigan | Charles Banks steals the ball from Ojore Abdulmuniem | 57-37 |
| 05:48 | Illinois | Charles Pierce is fouled on the floor by Phillip Romo - foul #5 on Phillip Romo, team foul #9 | 57-37 |
| Subs | Illinois | Frank Steiner (SF), Leon Eldredge (PF) James Barnett, Timothy McDeavitt | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Scott Scott (PG), James Gould (SG) Phillip Romo, Daniel Baumgardner | |
| 05:48 | Illinois | Charles Pierce makes the 1st free throw | 58-37 |
| 05:48 | Illinois | Charles Pierce misses the 2nd free throw | 58-37 |
| 05:48 | Central Michigan | Ojore Abdulmuniem snags the defensive board | 58-37 |
| 05:32 | Central Michigan | Charles Lawing is fouled on the floor by Leon Eldredge - foul #1 on Leon Eldredge, team foul #5 | 58-37 |
| Subs | Illinois | Stanford Fay (PF) Charles Pierce | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| 05:21 | Central Michigan | Travis Holtz comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 58-37 |
| 05:19 | Central Michigan | Charles Lawing snags the offensive board | 58-37 |
| 05:11 | Central Michigan | Charles Lawing can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 58-37 |
| 05:09 | Central Michigan | Ojore Abdulmuniem tips it in | 58-39 |
| 04:53 | Illinois | Sean Tobar is hacked by James Gould - foul #3 on James Gould, team foul #10 | 58-39 |
| Subs | Illinois | David Smith (PG) Stanford Fay | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Patrick Rakestraw (SF) Charles Lawing | |
| 04:53 | Illinois | Sean Tobar makes the 1st free throw | 59-39 |
| 04:53 | Illinois | Sean Tobar makes the 2nd free throw | 60-39 |
| 04:42 | Central Michigan | Patrick Rakestraw hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Charles Banks - foul #2 on Charles Banks, team foul #6 | 60-39 |
| Subs | Illinois | James Barnett (SG) Sean Tobar | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| 04:42 | Central Michigan | Patrick Rakestraw makes the 1st free throw | 60-40 |
| 04:42 | Central Michigan | Patrick Rakestraw makes the 2nd free throw | 60-41 |
| 04:19 | Illinois | David Smith can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing | 60-41 |
| 04:18 | Central Michigan | Ojore Abdulmuniem snags the defensive board | 60-41 |
| 03:56 | Central Michigan | James Barnett is called for the reach on James Gould - foul #2 on James Barnett, team foul #7 | 60-41 |
| Subs | Illinois | Sean Tobar (SG), Stanford Fay (PF) Leon Eldredge, Charles Banks | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Raymond Boone (C) Travis Holtz | |
| 03:56 | Central Michigan | James Gould misses the 1st free throw | 60-41 |
| 03:56 | Illinois | Stanford Fay grabs the board | 60-41 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Central Michigan | Central Michigan is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:28 | Illinois | Ojore Abdulmuniem picks off the pass by Frank Steiner | 60-41 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - David Smith (fresh) 11 pts. 6 ast. SG - Sean Tobar (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Frank Steiner (fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. PF - Stanford Fay (fresh) 4 reb. C - James Barnett (fresh) 1 ast. | |
| Lineup | Central Michigan | PG - Scott Scott (fresh) 1 ast. SG - James Gould (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Patrick Rakestraw (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Ojore Abdulmuniem (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. C - Raymond Boone (fresh) | |
| 03:13 | Central Michigan | James Gould is fouled on the floor by James Barnett - foul #3 on James Barnett, team foul #8 | 60-41 |
| Subs | Illinois | Timothy McDeavitt (PF) Frank Steiner | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Charles Lawing (SG) Scott Scott | |
| 03:13 | Central Michigan | James Gould misses the 1st free throw | 60-41 |
| 03:13 | Illinois | Stanford Fay pulls down the rebound | 60-41 |
| 02:57 | Illinois | David Smith loses the dribble to Patrick Rakestraw | 60-41 |
| 02:49 | Central Michigan | Ojore Abdulmuniem throws a bad pass out of bounds | 60-41 |
| Subs | Illinois | Leon Eldredge (SF) James Barnett | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| 02:24 | Illinois | Ojore Abdulmuniem is called for the reach on Timothy McDeavitt - foul #3 on Ojore Abdulmuniem, team foul #11 | 60-41 |
| Subs | Illinois | James Barnett (SF) David Smith | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Travis Holtz (PF) Ojore Abdulmuniem | |
| 02:24 | Illinois | Timothy McDeavitt misses the 1st free throw | 60-41 |
| 02:24 | Illinois | Timothy McDeavitt makes the 2nd free throw | 61-41 |
| 02:14 | Central Michigan | Charles Lawing is fouled on the floor by James Barnett - foul #4 on James Barnett, team foul #9 | 61-41 |
| Subs | Illinois | Frank Steiner (SF), Charles Banks (C) James Barnett, Timothy McDeavitt | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | | |
| 02:14 | Central Michigan | Charles Lawing misses the 1st free throw | 61-41 |
| 02:14 | Central Michigan | Raymond Boone grabs the offensive rebound | 61-41 |
| 02:05 | Central Michigan | Sean Tobar picks off the pass by Patrick Rakestraw | 61-41 |
| 02:03 | Illinois | Patrick Rakestraw steals the ball from Leon Eldredge in the backcourt | 61-41 |
| 01:58 | Central Michigan | Raymond Boone scores on a jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Patrick Rakestraw | 61-43 |
| 01:38 | Illinois | Frank Steiner clanks a floater from the right block | 61-43 |
| 01:36 | Illinois | Frank Steiner grabs the offensive board | 61-43 |
| 01:17 | Illinois | Charles Banks drills a shot in the paint | 63-43 |
| 00:58 | Central Michigan | Charles Lawing misses long on a floater from the left wing | 63-43 |
| 00:57 | Illinois | Sean Tobar snags the defensive board | 63-43 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Central Michigan | Central Michigan is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:33 | Illinois | Leon Eldredge dunks the ball set up by Frank Steiner and he's hacked by Patrick Rakestraw - foul #2 on Patrick Rakestraw, team foul #12 | 65-43 |
| Subs | Illinois | Timothy McDeavitt (PF) Stanford Fay | |
| Subs | Central Michigan | Scott Scott (PG), Ojore Abdulmuniem (PF) Patrick Rakestraw, Raymond Boone | |
| 00:33 | Illinois | Leon Eldredge makes the free throw | 66-43 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Central Michigan | Central Michigan is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:28 | Central Michigan | Travis Holtz blows the layup | 66-43 |
| 00:26 | Illinois | Timothy McDeavitt grabs the board | 66-43 |
| 00:00 | Illinois | Leon Eldredge runs out the clock | 66-43 |