| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Lawrence Lamar (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Frederick Turner (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Paul Weber (fresh) PF - Jerry Hebert (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Terry Bush (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Donald Kirkland (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Willard Wittig (fresh) 14 pts. SF - Robert Champagne (fresh) PF - Orunjan Ake (fresh) C - Robert Sliva (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Illinois | Paul Weber inbounds the ball | 31-22 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:48 | Illinois | Donald Kirkland takes the ball from Jerry Hebert | 31-22 |
| 19:44 | Purdue | Donald Kirkland misses the lay-in | 31-22 |
| 19:42 | Illinois | Paul Weber pulls down the rebound | 31-22 |
| 19:26 | Illinois | Lawrence Lamar drills a floater from the right wing set up by Frederick Turner | 33-22 |
| 19:08 | Purdue | Willard Wittig makes the 3pt shot from straight away | 33-25 |
| 18:43 | Illinois | Frederick Turner connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Lawrence Lamar | 36-25 |
| 18:23 | Purdue | Willard Wittig makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Robert Sliva | 36-28 |
| 18:04 | Illinois | Lawrence Lamar scores on a fadeaway near the basket and he's fouled by Orunjan Ake - foul #3 on Orunjan Ake, team foul #1 | 38-28 |
| Subs | Illinois | John Boyd (SG), Edward Scheiber (PF), Terrance Roberts (C) Frederick Turner, Jerry Hebert, Terry Bush | |
| Subs | Purdue | Ronald Estes (PF) Orunjan Ake | |
| 18:04 | Illinois | Lawrence Lamar makes the free throw | 39-28 |
| 17:45 | Purdue | Willard Wittig is whistled for traveling | 39-28 |
| Subs | Illinois | Frederick Turner (SG) Lawrence Lamar | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 17:33 | Illinois | Donald Kirkland swats the shot by John Boyd | 39-28 |
| 17:32 | Purdue | Robert Champagne grabs the board | 39-28 |
| 17:19 | Purdue | Willard Wittig hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3pt jumper from straight away | 39-28 |
| 17:17 | Illinois | Edward Scheiber snags the defensive board | 39-28 |
| 17:13 | Illinois | Frederick Turner misses the driving attempt from close range but he's fouled by Willard Wittig - foul #1 on Willard Wittig, team foul #2 | 39-28 |
| Subs | Illinois | Lawrence Lamar (PG) Paul Weber | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 17:13 | Illinois | Frederick Turner makes the 1st free throw | 40-28 |
| 17:13 | Illinois | Frederick Turner misses the 2nd free throw | 40-28 |
| 17:13 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Robert Sliva | 40-28 |
| 16:44 | Purdue | Willard Wittig's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-28 |
| Subs | Illinois | Paul Weber (SF), Terry Bush (C) Frederick Turner, Terrance Roberts | |
| Subs | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge (SF), William Stanford (C) Robert Champagne, Robert Sliva | |
| 16:26 | Illinois | Paul Weber hits a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Terry Bush | 43-28 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 16:11 | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge scores on a turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by William Stanford | 43-30 |
| 15:50 | Illinois | The short jumper by Edward Scheiber is denied by Ronald Estes | 43-30 |
| 15:49 | Illinois | Edward Scheiber can't tip it in | 43-30 |
| 15:47 | Purdue | Ronald Estes grabs the defensive rebound | 43-30 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Lawrence Lamar (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SG - John Boyd (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Paul Weber (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Edward Scheiber (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Terry Bush (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Donald Kirkland (fairly fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Willard Wittig (fairly fresh) 20 pts. SF - Terry Wooldridge (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Ronald Estes (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - William Stanford (fresh) 3 ast. | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 15:25 | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge misses badly on a shot from the right side but he's fouled by Paul Weber - foul #1 on Paul Weber, team foul #1 | 43-30 |
| Subs | Illinois | Frederick Turner (PG), Steve Collado (SF), Terrance Roberts (C) Lawrence Lamar, Paul Weber, Terry Bush | |
| Subs | Purdue | Robert Champagne (SF), Orunjan Ake (PF), Robert Sliva (C) Donald Kirkland, Willard Wittig, Ronald Estes | |
| 15:25 | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge misses the 1st free throw | 43-30 |
| 15:25 | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge makes the 2nd free throw | 43-31 |
| 15:03 | Illinois | John Boyd misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Robert Sliva - foul #2 on Robert Sliva, team foul #3 | 43-31 |
| Subs | Illinois | Paul Weber (SF), Jerry Hebert (PF) Steve Collado, Terrance Roberts | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 15:03 | Illinois | John Boyd misses the 1st free throw | 43-31 |
| 15:03 | Illinois | John Boyd makes the 2nd free throw | 44-31 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 14:39 | Purdue | Robert Champagne makes the contested 3pt jumper from the right corner | 44-34 |
| 14:36 | Illinois | William Stanford steps in front of the John Boyd pass in the backcourt | 44-34 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 14:14 | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Robert Champagne | 44-37 |
| 13:58 | Illinois | Paul Weber misses long on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 44-37 |
| 13:56 | Illinois | Frederick Turner tips it home | 46-37 |
| 13:28 | Purdue | Robert Sliva scores on a shot in the lane on a nice dish by William Stanford | 46-39 |
| 13:23 | Illinois | Frederick Turner misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 46-39 |
| 13:21 | Illinois | Paul Weber grabs the offensive board | 46-39 |
| 13:08 | Illinois | Frederick Turner misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 46-39 |
| 13:07 | Illinois | Edward Scheiber hits the follow up shot | 48-39 |
| 12:45 | Purdue | Robert Champagne misses short on a fadeaway in the lane but he's fouled by Paul Weber - foul #2 on Paul Weber, team foul #2 | 48-39 |
| Subs | Illinois | Lawrence Lamar (PG), Steve Collado (SF), Terrance Roberts (PF), Terry Bush (C) Frederick Turner, Paul Weber, Jerry Hebert, Edward Scheiber | |
| Subs | Purdue | Donald Kirkland (PG), Willard Wittig (SG) William Stanford, Terry Wooldridge | |
| 12:45 | Purdue | Robert Champagne misses the 1st free throw | 48-39 |
| 12:45 | Purdue | Robert Champagne makes the 2nd free throw | 48-40 |
| 12:25 | Illinois | John Boyd is fouled on the floor by Orunjan Ake - foul #4 on Orunjan Ake, team foul #4 | 48-40 |
| Subs | Illinois | Frederick Turner (SG), Edward Scheiber (PF) Steve Collado, Terry Bush | |
| Subs | Purdue | Ronald Estes (PF) Orunjan Ake | |
| 12:11 | Illinois | Frederick Turner comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 48-40 |
| 12:09 | Purdue | Ronald Estes grabs the defensive rebound | 48-40 |
| 11:49 | Purdue | Willard Wittig hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 48-40 |
| 11:47 | Illinois | Terrance Roberts pulls down the rebound | 48-40 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Lawrence Lamar (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SG - Frederick Turner (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Boyd (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. PF - Edward Scheiber (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - Terrance Roberts (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Donald Kirkland (fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Willard Wittig (fresh) 20 pts. SF - Robert Champagne (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ronald Estes (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Robert Sliva (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:41 | Illinois | John Boyd comes up short on the floater from the right side | 48-40 |
| 11:39 | Purdue | Ronald Estes grabs the board | 48-40 |
| 11:14 | Purdue | Edward Scheiber is called for the reach on Willard Wittig - foul #1 on Edward Scheiber, team foul #3 | 48-40 |
| Subs | Illinois | Paul Weber (SF), Jerry Hebert (PF), Terry Bush (C) Frederick Turner, Edward Scheiber, Terrance Roberts | |
| Subs | Purdue | William Stanford (SF) Robert Champagne | |
| 11:00 | Purdue | Robert Sliva is fouled on the floor by Jerry Hebert - foul #1 on Jerry Hebert, team foul #4 | 48-40 |
| Subs | Illinois | Edward Scheiber (PF) Jerry Hebert | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 10:42 | Purdue | Donald Kirkland is fouled on the floor by Edward Scheiber - foul #2 on Edward Scheiber, team foul #5 | 48-40 |
| Subs | Illinois | Terrance Roberts (PF) Edward Scheiber | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 10:30 | Purdue | Willard Wittig scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 48-43 |
| 10:20 | Illinois | Paul Weber drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Lawrence Lamar | 51-43 |
| 09:56 | Purdue | Willard Wittig misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 51-43 |
| 09:54 | Illinois | Paul Weber gets the rebound | 51-43 |
| 09:33 | Illinois | Paul Weber misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 51-43 |
| 09:32 | Purdue | Robert Sliva snags the defensive board | 51-43 |
| 09:03 | Purdue | Robert Sliva travels with the ball | 51-43 |
| Subs | Illinois | Frederick Turner (SG), Steve Collado (SF), Jerry Hebert (PF), Edward Scheiber (C) John Boyd, Paul Weber, Terrance Roberts, Terry Bush | |
| Subs | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge (SF) Robert Sliva | |
| 08:40 | Illinois | Frederick Turner is whistled for a carry | 51-43 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Robert Champagne (SF) Donald Kirkland | |
| 08:26 | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line | 51-43 |
| 08:25 | Illinois | The rebound goes to Jerry Hebert | 51-43 |
| 07:56 | Illinois | Frederick Turner is fouled on the floor by Ronald Estes - foul #2 on Ronald Estes, team foul #5 | 51-43 |
| Subs | Illinois | John Boyd (SG), Paul Weber (SF), Terry Bush (C) Lawrence Lamar, Steve Collado, Jerry Hebert | |
| Subs | Purdue | Donald Kirkland (PG), Orunjan Ake (PF), Robert Sliva (C) Willard Wittig, Ronald Estes, William Stanford | |
| 07:38 | Illinois | John Boyd drills a jumper near the basket set up by Frederick Turner | 53-43 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Frederick Turner (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Boyd (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Paul Weber (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Edward Scheiber (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - Terry Bush (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Donald Kirkland (fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Terry Wooldridge (fresh) 12 pts. SF - Robert Champagne (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Orunjan Ake (fresh) 4 pf. C - Robert Sliva (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:11 | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge misses short on a floater from the free throw line | 53-43 |
| 07:09 | Purdue | The offensive rebound goes to Orunjan Ake | 53-43 |
| 06:44 | Purdue | Orunjan Ake clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 53-43 |
| 06:43 | Illinois | Terry Bush pulls down the rebound | 53-43 |
| 06:36 | Illinois | Edward Scheiber can't throw it down | 53-43 |
| 06:35 | Purdue | Robert Champagne pulls down the rebound | 53-43 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 06:29 | Purdue | Terry Wooldridge misses short on a 3 from straight away | 53-43 |
| 06:28 | Illinois | Frederick Turner snags the defensive board | 53-43 |
| 06:23 | Illinois | Frederick Turner hits a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Paul Weber | 56-43 |
| 06:05 | Purdue | Donald Kirkland loses the ball out of bounds | 56-43 |
| Subs | Illinois | Lawrence Lamar (PG), Steve Collado (SF), Jerry Hebert (PF), Terrance Roberts (C) John Boyd, Paul Weber, Edward Scheiber, Terry Bush | |
| Subs | Purdue | Willard Wittig (SG), William Stanford (SF) Terry Wooldridge, Robert Champagne | |
| 05:44 | Illinois | Terrance Roberts banks in the layup on a great pass from Steve Collado and the foul's on William Stanford - foul #1 on William Stanford, team foul #6 | 58-43 |
| Subs | Illinois | Paul Weber (SF) Steve Collado | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 05:44 | Illinois | Terrance Roberts makes the free throw | 59-43 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 05:28 | Purdue | Willard Wittig misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 59-43 |
| 05:27 | Purdue | The offensive rebound goes to Donald Kirkland | 59-43 |
| 05:13 | Purdue | Willard Wittig misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 59-43 |
| 05:11 | Illinois | Jerry Hebert grabs the board | 59-43 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 04:51 | Illinois | Willard Wittig takes the ball from Paul Weber | 59-43 |
| 04:36 | Purdue | Willard Wittig clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 59-43 |
| 04:35 | Illinois | Jerry Hebert gets the rebound | 59-43 |
| 04:19 | Illinois | Frederick Turner hits a 3 from the left wing | 62-43 |
| 03:59 | Purdue | Willard Wittig drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by William Stanford | 62-46 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 03:41 | Illinois | Paul Weber knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Frederick Turner | 65-46 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Lawrence Lamar (fresh) 13 pts. 5 ast. SG - Frederick Turner (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. SF - Paul Weber (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Jerry Hebert (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Terrance Roberts (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Donald Kirkland (fairly fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Willard Wittig (fresh) 26 pts. SF - William Stanford (fresh) 5 ast. PF - Orunjan Ake (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 4 pf. C - Robert Sliva (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:27 | Purdue | Willard Wittig misses short on a 3 from straight away | 65-46 |
| 03:26 | Illinois | Jerry Hebert grabs the defensive rebound | 65-46 |
| 02:58 | Illinois | Frederick Turner hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 65-46 |
| 02:56 | Illinois | The offensive rebound goes to Paul Weber | 65-46 |
| 02:31 | Illinois | William Stanford picks off the pass by Lawrence Lamar | 65-46 |
| 02:19 | Purdue | Willard Wittig misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 65-46 |
| 02:18 | Purdue | The offensive rebound goes to Donald Kirkland | 65-46 |
| 02:10 | Purdue | Willard Wittig drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Donald Kirkland | 65-49 |
| 01:50 | Illinois | Lawrence Lamar is called for traveling | 65-49 |
| Subs | Illinois | Terry Bush (C) Terrance Roberts | |
| Subs | Purdue | Robert Champagne (SF) William Stanford | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 01:41 | Purdue | Robert Champagne splits the doubleteam and buries a floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by Willard Wittig | 65-51 |
| 01:29 | Illinois | Frederick Turner clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 65-51 |
| 01:28 | Purdue | Robert Champagne gets the rebound | 65-51 |
| 01:14 | Purdue | The jump hook by Robert Champagne is blocked by Terry Bush | 65-51 |
| 01:13 | Purdue | Robert Sliva gets the offensive rebound | 65-51 |
| 01:08 | Purdue | The short jumper by Orunjan Ake is denied by Terry Bush | 65-51 |
| 01:06 | Purdue | Robert Sliva hits the follow up shot | 65-53 |
| 00:40 | Illinois | Frederick Turner misses long on a runner from the right block | 65-53 |
| 00:39 | Purdue | Orunjan Ake snags the defensive board | 65-53 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:32 | Purdue | Orunjan Ake misses badly on a jumper from the baseline but the foul's on Paul Weber - foul #3 on Paul Weber, team foul #6 | 65-53 |
| 00:32 | Purdue | Orunjan Ake makes the 1st free throw | 65-54 |
| 00:32 | Purdue | Orunjan Ake misses the 2nd free throw | 65-54 |
| 00:32 | Illinois | Terry Bush snags the defensive board | 65-54 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:08 | Illinois | Frederick Turner can't finish the layup | 65-54 |
| 00:06 | Purdue | Willard Wittig pulls down the rebound | 65-54 |
| 00:02 | Purdue | Terry Bush denies the turnaround by Orunjan Ake | 65-54 |
| 00:00 | Purdue | Donald Kirkland pulls down the offensive rebound | 65-54 |