| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Charles Mitchell (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Ray Boyd (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Brian Shurtleff (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Cecere (fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Mark Arnold (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Jose Hernandez (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Manuel Button (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Owen Thompson (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Eugene Greenberger (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Raymond Pardee (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff inbounds the ball | 33-30 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:48 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff is denied on a layup by Owen Thompson | 33-30 |
| 19:47 | Ohio State | The rebound goes to Raymond Pardee | 33-30 |
| 19:25 | Ohio State | Raymond Pardee is fouled on the floor by Ray Boyd - foul #2 on Ray Boyd, team foul #1 | 33-30 |
| 19:02 | Ohio State | Manuel Button can't connect on a fadeaway near the basket but the foul's on Mark Arnold - foul #2 on Mark Arnold, team foul #2 | 33-30 |
| 19:02 | Ohio State | Manuel Button makes the 1st free throw | 33-31 |
| 19:02 | Ohio State | Manuel Button makes the 2nd free throw | 33-32 |
| 18:50 | Michigan State | James Cecere misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 33-32 |
| 18:48 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd tips it in | 35-32 |
| 18:25 | Ohio State | Manuel Button drills a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Jose Hernandez | 35-35 |
| 18:08 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff's pass is intercepted by Eugene Greenberger | 35-35 |
| 17:48 | Ohio State | Owen Thompson misses long on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 35-35 |
| 17:47 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold pulls down the rebound | 35-35 |
| 17:34 | Michigan State | James Cecere scores on a shot from close range | 37-35 |
| 17:08 | Ohio State | Raymond Pardee is hacked by Mark Arnold - foul #3 on Mark Arnold, team foul #3 | 37-35 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Lucas Ziek (C) Mark Arnold | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Drazen Zenz (SG), Thomas Royall (SF) Manuel Button, Owen Thompson | |
| 16:47 | Ohio State | Raymond Pardee scores on a jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Jose Hernandez | 37-37 |
| 16:34 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell hits the front of the rim on the shot from the baseline | 37-37 |
| 16:33 | Ohio State | Drazen Zenz pulls down the rebound | 37-37 |
| 16:16 | Ohio State | Drazen Zenz is called for traveling | 37-37 |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Burnett (PG), Kenneth Swanson (SF) Charles Mitchell, Brian Shurtleff | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Gregory Littlefield (PG), Ian Hermann (PF) Jose Hernandez, Eugene Greenberger | |
| 15:52 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd's pass is intercepted by Thomas Royall | 37-37 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - David Burnett (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Ray Boyd (fairly fresh) 12 pts. SF - Kenneth Swanson (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - James Cecere (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Lucas Ziek (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Gregory Littlefield (fresh) SG - Drazen Zenz (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Thomas Royall (fresh) PF - Ian Hermann (fresh) 4 pts. C - Raymond Pardee (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:35 | Ohio State | Thomas Royall makes the floater from the left wing | 37-39 |
| 15:22 | Michigan State | Raymond Pardee denies the turnaround by David Burnett | 37-39 |
| 15:20 | Ohio State | Raymond Pardee grabs the defensive rebound | 37-39 |
| 15:03 | Ohio State | Ian Hermann misses short on a shot from close range but he's hacked by James Cecere - foul #1 on James Cecere, team foul #4 | 37-39 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell (PG), Mark Arnold (C) Ray Boyd, James Cecere | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Manuel Button (SG), Owen Thompson (SF), Charles Patton (C) Drazen Zenz, Thomas Royall, Raymond Pardee | |
| 15:03 | Ohio State | Ian Hermann makes the 1st free throw | 37-40 |
| 15:03 | Ohio State | Ian Hermann makes the 2nd free throw | 37-41 |
| 14:44 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson's layup is rejected by Charles Patton | 37-41 |
| 14:42 | Ohio State | Manuel Button grabs the board | 37-41 |
| 14:36 | Ohio State | Owen Thompson is fouled on the floor by Lucas Ziek - foul #1 on Lucas Ziek, team foul #5 | 37-41 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff (SF), Wilbur Griffin (PF) David Burnett, Lucas Ziek | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Jose Hernandez (PG), Eugene Greenberger (PF) Gregory Littlefield, Ian Hermann | |
| 14:17 | Ohio State | Eugene Greenberger knocks in the shot from just outside the lane | 37-43 |
| 13:56 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold connects on the fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by Kenneth Swanson | 39-43 |
| 13:37 | Ohio State | Manuel Button misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 39-43 |
| 13:36 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold grabs the defensive rebound | 39-43 |
| 13:13 | Michigan State | Wilbur Griffin is whistled for traveling | 39-43 |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Burnett (PG), Ray Boyd (SG), James Cecere (PF) Charles Mitchell, Kenneth Swanson, Wilbur Griffin | |
| Subs | Ohio State | | |
| 12:47 | Ohio State | Charles Patton lays it up and in and he's hacked by Mark Arnold - foul #4 on Mark Arnold, team foul #6 | 39-45 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Lucas Ziek (C) Mark Arnold | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Thomas Royall (SF) Owen Thompson | |
| 12:47 | Ohio State | Charles Patton makes the free throw | 39-46 |
| 12:30 | Michigan State | Charles Patton is called for the reach on David Burnett - foul #4 on Charles Patton, team foul #1 | 39-46 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Raymond Pardee (C) Charles Patton | |
| 12:14 | Michigan State | James Cecere clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 39-46 |
| 12:12 | Ohio State | The rebound goes to Raymond Pardee | 39-46 |
| 11:44 | Ohio State | Raymond Pardee buries a fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from Manuel Button | 39-48 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - David Burnett (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Ray Boyd (fresh) 12 pts. SF - Brian Shurtleff (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Cecere (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Lucas Ziek (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Jose Hernandez (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. SG - Manuel Button (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Thomas Royall (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Eugene Greenberger (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Raymond Pardee (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:20 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd buries a fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from David Burnett | 41-48 |
| 10:53 | Ohio State | Eugene Greenberger loses the ball out of bounds | 41-48 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell (PG), Kenneth Swanson (SG), Marcus Lantz (C) Ray Boyd, Brian Shurtleff, Lucas Ziek | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Gregory Littlefield (PG), Drazen Zenz (SG), Owen Thompson (SF), Ian Hermann (PF) Jose Hernandez, Manuel Button, Thomas Royall, Eugene Greenberger | |
| 10:39 | Michigan State | David Burnett is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on David Burnett, team foul #7 | 41-48 |
| 10:23 | Ohio State | Owen Thompson can't connect on a fadeaway from close range | 41-48 |
| 10:22 | Ohio State | Ian Hermann tips it back up and in | 41-50 |
| 10:06 | Michigan State | James Cecere scores on a jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from Charles Mitchell | 43-50 |
| 09:39 | Ohio State | Raymond Pardee clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 43-50 |
| 09:38 | Michigan State | David Burnett pulls down the rebound | 43-50 |
| 09:23 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson misses badly on a shot from the right block | 43-50 |
| 09:22 | Ohio State | Raymond Pardee snags the defensive board | 43-50 |
| 09:00 | Ohio State | Ian Hermann misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 43-50 |
| 08:58 | Michigan State | James Cecere pulls down the rebound | 43-50 |
| 08:42 | Michigan State | James Cecere hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by Raymond Pardee - foul #1 on Raymond Pardee, team foul #2 | 43-50 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Ray Boyd (SG), Brian Shurtleff (SF), Lucas Ziek (C) Kenneth Swanson, David Burnett, Marcus Lantz | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Jose Hernandez (PG), Manuel Button (SG), Thomas Royall (SF), Eugene Greenberger (PF) Gregory Littlefield, Drazen Zenz, Owen Thompson, Ian Hermann | |
| 08:42 | Michigan State | James Cecere misses the 1st free throw | 43-50 |
| 08:42 | Michigan State | James Cecere makes the 2nd free throw | 44-50 |
| 08:31 | Ohio State | James Cecere steps in front of the Raymond Pardee pass | 44-50 |
| 08:12 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 44-50 |
| 08:11 | Michigan State | James Cecere grabs the offensive board | 44-50 |
| 07:54 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 44-50 |
| 07:52 | Ohio State | Thomas Royall snags the defensive board | 44-50 |
| 07:46 | Ohio State | Ray Boyd picks off the pass by Jose Hernandez | 44-50 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Charles Mitchell (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Ray Boyd (fresh) 14 pts. SF - Brian Shurtleff (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Cecere (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 stl. C - Lucas Ziek (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Jose Hernandez (fresh) 4 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. SG - Manuel Button (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Thomas Royall (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Eugene Greenberger (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Raymond Pardee (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:30 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff misses short on a turnaround in the paint | 44-50 |
| 07:28 | Ohio State | Manuel Button grabs the defensive rebound | 44-50 |
| 07:13 | Ohio State | Manuel Button comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 44-50 |
| 07:11 | Ohio State | Jose Hernandez snags the offensive board | 44-50 |
| 06:49 | Ohio State | Thomas Royall scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Jose Hernandez | 44-52 |
| 06:33 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd misses badly on a driving attempt from close range but he's hacked by Jose Hernandez - foul #1 on Jose Hernandez, team foul #3 | 44-52 |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Burnett (PG), Mark Arnold (C) Charles Mitchell, James Cecere | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Owen Thompson (SF), Charles Patton (C) Thomas Royall, Raymond Pardee | |
| 06:33 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd misses the 1st free throw | 44-52 |
| 06:33 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd makes the 2nd free throw | 45-52 |
| 06:12 | Ohio State | Jose Hernandez is fouled on the floor by Ray Boyd - foul #3 on Ray Boyd, team foul #8 | 45-52 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson (SF), Wilbur Griffin (PF) Brian Shurtleff, Lucas Ziek | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Drazen Zenz (SG) Manuel Button | |
| 06:12 | Ohio State | Jose Hernandez makes the 1st free throw | 45-53 |
| 06:12 | Ohio State | Jose Hernandez makes the 2nd free throw | 45-54 |
| 05:54 | Michigan State | David Burnett is fouled on the floor by Charles Patton - foul #5 on Charles Patton, team foul #4 | 45-54 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Gregory Littlefield (PG), Raymond Pardee (C) Jose Hernandez, Charles Patton | |
| 05:35 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 45-54 |
| 05:33 | Michigan State | David Burnett can't tip it in | 45-54 |
| 05:31 | Ohio State | Raymond Pardee pulls down the rebound | 45-54 |
| 05:21 | Ohio State | Drazen Zenz hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 45-54 |
| 05:19 | Ohio State | Drazen Zenz tips it back up and in | 45-56 |
| 05:09 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold scores on a jumper from the right side | 47-56 |
| 05:04 | Ohio State | Mark Arnold steals the ball from Owen Thompson | 47-56 |
| 04:44 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold blows the layup but he's hacked by Gregory Littlefield - foul #2 on Gregory Littlefield, team foul #5 | 47-56 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell (PG), Brian Shurtleff (SF), James Cecere (PF) David Burnett, Ray Boyd, Wilbur Griffin | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Jose Hernandez (PG), Manuel Button (SG), Ian Hermann (PF) Gregory Littlefield, Drazen Zenz, Eugene Greenberger | |
| 04:44 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold misses the 1st free throw | 47-56 |
| 04:44 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold makes the 2nd free throw | 48-56 |
| 04:27 | Ohio State | Jose Hernandez buries a 3 from straight away | 48-59 |
| 04:08 | Michigan State | Jose Hernandez blocks the 3 pointer from the right wing by Charles Mitchell | 48-59 |
| 04:06 | Michigan State | James Cecere tips it in | 50-59 |
| 03:42 | Ohio State | Ian Hermann is fouled on the floor by Mark Arnold - foul #5 on Mark Arnold, team foul #9 | 50-59 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Lucas Ziek (C) Mark Arnold | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Thomas Royall (SF) Owen Thompson | |
| 03:42 | Ohio State | Ian Hermann misses the 1st free throw | 50-59 |
| 03:42 | Michigan State | James Cecere pulls down the rebound | 50-59 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Charles Mitchell (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Kenneth Swanson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Brian Shurtleff (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Cecere (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 3 stl. C - Lucas Ziek (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Jose Hernandez (fresh) 9 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. SG - Manuel Button (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Thomas Royall (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ian Hermann (fresh) 8 pts. C - Raymond Pardee (tiring) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:26 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell knocks in the fadeaway from the right side set up by Kenneth Swanson | 52-59 |
| 03:06 | Ohio State | Ian Hermann loses the ball out of bounds | 52-59 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Ray Boyd (SG) Kenneth Swanson | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Gregory Littlefield (PG), Eugene Greenberger (PF) Jose Hernandez, Ian Hermann | |
| 02:49 | Michigan State | James Cecere clanks a turnaround in the paint but he's fouled by Thomas Royall - foul #1 on Thomas Royall, team foul #6 | 52-59 |
| 02:49 | Michigan State | James Cecere misses the 1st free throw | 52-59 |
| 02:49 | Michigan State | James Cecere misses the 2nd free throw | 52-59 |
| 02:49 | Ohio State | Eugene Greenberger gets the rebound | 52-59 |
| 02:49 | Ohio State | Ohio State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-59 |
| 02:26 | Ohio State | Manuel Button clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 52-59 |
| 02:24 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell pulls down the rebound | 52-59 |
| 02:11 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 55-59 |
| 02:11 | Ohio State | Ohio State calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 55-59 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Jose Hernandez (PG), Owen Thompson (SF) Gregory Littlefield, Thomas Royall | |
| 01:49 | Ohio State | James Cecere steps in front of the Eugene Greenberger pass | 55-59 |
| 01:20 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff hits a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Ray Boyd | 58-59 |
| 00:52 | Ohio State | Owen Thompson buries a shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Jose Hernandez | 58-61 |
| 00:40 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell banks in the layup on a great pass from James Cecere | 60-61 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:15 | Ohio State | Manuel Button misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 60-61 |
| 00:14 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd pulls down the rebound | 60-61 |
| 00:07 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd's pass is intercepted by Owen Thompson | 60-61 |
| 00:04 | Ohio State | Manuel Button blows the layup | 60-61 |
| 00:03 | Michigan State | Lucas Ziek gets the rebound | 60-61 |
| 00:03 | Michigan State | Michigan State calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 60-61 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:00 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd misses short on a halfcourt shot | 60-61 |