| Lineup | Evansville | PG - James Sisco (fresh) SG - John Brinegar (fresh) SF - Jeffrey Morais (fresh) PF - James Sharp (fresh) C - Floyd Kaiser (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Jerry Wolfsberger (fresh) SG - Donald Stephenson (fresh) SF - Preston Higginbotham (fresh) PF - Kenneth Troche (fresh) C - John Delaney (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Evansville | Floyd Kaiser wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:46 | Evansville | Preston Higginbotham denies the turnaround by Floyd Kaiser | 0-0 |
| 19:45 | Drake | Kenneth Troche grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 19:30 | Drake | John Delaney hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Donald Stephenson and the foul's on Jeffrey Morais - foul #1 on Jeffrey Morais, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 19:30 | Drake | John Delaney makes the free throw | 0-3 |
| 19:13 | Evansville | Floyd Kaiser blows the wide open dunk | 0-3 |
| 19:12 | Evansville | John Brinegar gets the offensive rebound | 0-3 |
| 18:58 | Evansville | John Brinegar hits a floater near the basket on a nice dish by James Sisco and the foul's on Kenneth Troche - foul #1 on Kenneth Troche, team foul #1 | 2-3 |
| 18:58 | Evansville | John Brinegar makes the free throw | 3-3 |
| 18:45 | Drake | Donald Stephenson hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 3-6 |
| 18:24 | Evansville | James Sharp is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Troche - foul #2 on Kenneth Troche, team foul #2 | 3-6 |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| Subs | Drake | Jim Folsom (PF) Kenneth Troche | |
| 18:07 | Evansville | John Brinegar makes the runner from the right block set up by Floyd Kaiser | 5-6 |
| 17:50 | Drake | Preston Higginbotham is fouled on the floor by Floyd Kaiser - foul #1 on Floyd Kaiser, team foul #2 | 5-6 |
| Subs | Evansville | Roy Giddens (PG), Edwin Ayoub (SG), Leon Guice (SF), John Shephard (C) James Sisco, John Brinegar, Jeffrey Morais, Floyd Kaiser | |
| Subs | Drake | Matthew Brown (PG), Ron Bates (SG), Javier Garcia (PF), Patrick Wallace (C) Jerry Wolfsberger, Donald Stephenson, Preston Higginbotham, John Delaney | |
| 17:36 | Drake | Jim Folsom is fouled on the floor by Leon Guice - foul #1 on Leon Guice, team foul #3 | 5-6 |
| 17:19 | Drake | Javier Garcia clanks a 3 from straight away | 5-6 |
| 17:18 | Drake | Patrick Wallace snags the offensive board | 5-6 |
| 16:56 | Drake | Jim Folsom misses the dunk but he's hacked by Leon Guice - foul #2 on Leon Guice, team foul #4 | 5-6 |
| Subs | Evansville | Virgil Mattia (SF), Floyd Kaiser (C) Leon Guice, James Sharp | |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| 16:56 | Drake | Jim Folsom makes the 1st free throw | 5-7 |
| 16:56 | Drake | Jim Folsom misses the 2nd free throw | 5-7 |
| 16:56 | Evansville | Virgil Mattia grabs the defensive rebound | 5-7 |
| 16:37 | Evansville | Edwin Ayoub clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 5-7 |
| 16:35 | Evansville | Floyd Kaiser tips it in | 7-7 |
| 16:17 | Drake | Matthew Brown hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 7-7 |
| 16:15 | Evansville | The rebound goes to John Shephard | 7-7 |
| 16:13 | Evansville | Ron Bates steps in front of the Floyd Kaiser pass in the backcourt | 7-7 |
| 15:56 | Drake | Matthew Brown misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 7-7 |
| 15:55 | Evansville | Floyd Kaiser grabs the defensive rebound | 7-7 |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Roy Giddens (fresh) SG - Edwin Ayoub (fresh) SF - Virgil Mattia (fresh) PF - John Shephard (fresh) C - Floyd Kaiser (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Matthew Brown (fresh) SG - Ron Bates (fresh) SF - Jim Folsom (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - Javier Garcia (fresh) C - Patrick Wallace (fresh) | |
| 15:51 | Evansville | Roy Giddens clanks a jumpshot from the right side | 7-7 |
| 15:49 | Drake | Javier Garcia gets the rebound | 7-7 |
| 15:39 | Drake | Ron Bates misses short on a driving attempt in the lane but he's fouled by Edwin Ayoub - foul #1 on Edwin Ayoub, team foul #5 | 7-7 |
| Subs | Evansville | James Sisco (PG), John Brinegar (SG), Jeffrey Morais (SF), James Sharp (PF) Roy Giddens, Edwin Ayoub, Virgil Mattia, John Shephard | |
| Subs | Drake | Jerry Wolfsberger (PG), Preston Higginbotham (SF), John Delaney (C) Matthew Brown, Jim Folsom, Patrick Wallace | |
| 15:39 | Drake | Ron Bates misses the 1st free throw | 7-7 |
| 15:39 | Drake | Ron Bates makes the 2nd free throw | 7-8 |
| 15:29 | Evansville | James Sharp is open and scores on a fadeaway in the paint on a great pass from Jeffrey Morais | 9-8 |
| 15:08 | Drake | Jerry Wolfsberger hits the finger roll set up by Ron Bates | 9-10 |
| 14:48 | Evansville | Jeffrey Morais misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 9-10 |
| 14:47 | Evansville | The offensive rebound goes to Floyd Kaiser | 9-10 |
| 14:30 | Evansville | Jeffrey Morais misses the easy layup | 9-10 |
| 14:28 | Drake | John Delaney gets the rebound | 9-10 |
| 14:22 | Drake | Jerry Wolfsberger can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line | 9-10 |
| 14:20 | Drake | Javier Garcia snags the offensive board | 9-10 |
| 14:11 | Drake | John Delaney misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 9-10 |
| 14:10 | Evansville | Jeffrey Morais grabs the defensive rebound | 9-10 |
| 13:50 | Evansville | James Sharp makes the wide open floater from the baseline set up by James Sisco | 11-10 |
| 13:32 | Drake | John Delaney banks in the layup | 11-12 |
| 13:30 | Evansville | James Sisco is hacked by Jerry Wolfsberger in the backcourt - foul #1 on Jerry Wolfsberger, team foul #3 | 11-12 |
| Subs | Evansville | Roy Giddens (PG), Edwin Ayoub (SG), Virgil Mattia (SF), John Shephard (C) James Sisco, John Brinegar, Jeffrey Morais, Floyd Kaiser | |
| Subs | Drake | Matthew Brown (PG), Donald Stephenson (SG), Patrick Wallace (PF) Jerry Wolfsberger, Ron Bates, Javier Garcia | |
| 13:16 | Evansville | John Shephard drills a turnaround from close range | 13-12 |
| 12:47 | Drake | Donald Stephenson can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 13-12 |
| 12:46 | Drake | Patrick Wallace misses the tip | 13-12 |
| 12:44 | Evansville | Roy Giddens gets the rebound | 13-12 |
| 12:33 | Evansville | Roy Giddens is hacked by Preston Higginbotham - foul #1 on Preston Higginbotham, team foul #4 | 13-12 |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| Subs | Drake | Jim Folsom (PF) Patrick Wallace | |
| 12:14 | Evansville | Edwin Ayoub hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 13-12 |
| 12:12 | Drake | The rebound goes to John Delaney | 13-12 |
| 12:00 | Drake | Preston Higginbotham's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 13-12 |
| Subs | Evansville | James Sisco (PG), John Brinegar (SG) Edwin Ayoub, James Sharp | |
| Subs | Drake | Jerry Wolfsberger (PG) Matthew Brown | |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - James Sisco (fresh) 2 ast. SG - John Brinegar (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Roy Giddens (fresh) PF - Virgil Mattia (fresh) C - John Shephard (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Jerry Wolfsberger (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Donald Stephenson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Preston Higginbotham (tiring) PF - Jim Folsom (fresh) 1 pts. C - John Delaney (tiring) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:32 | Evansville | Roy Giddens can't connect on a fadeaway from the left block | 13-12 |
| 11:31 | Drake | Jim Folsom gets the rebound | 13-12 |
| 11:06 | Drake | Donald Stephenson connects on the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from John Delaney | 13-15 |
| 10:42 | Evansville | Virgil Mattia misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 13-15 |
| 10:40 | Evansville | John Brinegar gets the offensive rebound | 13-15 |
| 10:27 | Evansville | John Shephard can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 13-15 |
| 10:25 | Drake | Donald Stephenson pulls down the rebound | 13-15 |
| 10:00 | Drake | John Delaney misses the dunk attempt | 13-15 |
| 09:59 | Evansville | John Shephard gets the rebound | 13-15 |
| 09:42 | Evansville | Virgil Mattia drills a shot from the right wing on a nice dish by John Brinegar | 15-15 |
| 09:34 | Drake | John Delaney misses long on a jumper from the left block | 15-15 |
| 09:32 | Evansville | Roy Giddens grabs the board | 15-15 |
| 09:30 | Evansville | John Brinegar throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 15-15 |
| Subs | Evansville | Edwin Ayoub (PG), William Almazan (SG), Jeffrey Morais (SF), James Sharp (PF), Floyd Kaiser (C) James Sisco, John Brinegar, Roy Giddens, Virgil Mattia, John Shephard | |
| Subs | Drake | Bryan Farren (PG), Matthew Brown (SG), Ron Bates (SF), Javier Garcia (PF), Patrick Wallace (C) Jerry Wolfsberger, Donald Stephenson, Preston Higginbotham, Jim Folsom, John Delaney | |
| 09:14 | Drake | Javier Garcia hits the front of the rim on the shot from close range | 15-15 |
| 09:12 | Drake | Patrick Wallace hits the follow up shot | 15-17 |
| 08:54 | Evansville | Floyd Kaiser drills a shot near the basket set up by William Almazan | 17-17 |
| 08:36 | Drake | Javier Garcia scores on a floater from the baseline set up by Bryan Farren | 17-19 |
| 08:34 | Evansville | Ron Bates is called for the reach on Jeffrey Morais in the backcourt - foul #1 on Ron Bates, team foul #5 | 17-19 |
| 08:22 | Evansville | Floyd Kaiser is fouled on the floor by Bryan Farren - foul #1 on Bryan Farren, team foul #6 | 17-19 |
| 08:07 | Evansville | Patrick Wallace steals the ball from William Almazan | 17-19 |
| 08:02 | Drake | Ron Bates can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 17-19 |
| 08:01 | Drake | Javier Garcia snags the offensive board | 17-19 |
| 07:47 | Drake | Bryan Farren loses the dribble to Jeffrey Morais | 17-19 |
| 07:44 | Evansville | Jeffrey Morais hits the finger roll | 19-19 |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Edwin Ayoub (fresh) SG - William Almazan (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Morais (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Sharp (fresh) 4 pts. C - Floyd Kaiser (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Bryan Farren (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Matthew Brown (fairly fresh) SF - Ron Bates (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - Javier Garcia (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Patrick Wallace (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:23 | Drake | Bryan Farren throws a bad pass out of bounds | 19-19 |
| Subs | Evansville | James Sisco (PG), John Brinegar (SG) Edwin Ayoub, William Almazan | |
| Subs | Drake | Robert Clark (PG), Donald Stephenson (SG), Preston Higginbotham (SF), Jim Folsom (PF), John Delaney (C) Bryan Farren, Matthew Brown, Ron Bates, Javier Garcia, Patrick Wallace | |
| 07:21 | Evansville | Jeffrey Morais is hacked by Donald Stephenson in the backcourt - foul #1 on Donald Stephenson, team foul #7 | 19-19 |
| 07:21 | Evansville | Jeffrey Morais makes the 1st free throw | 20-19 |
| 07:21 | Evansville | Jeffrey Morais misses the 2nd free throw | 20-19 |
| 07:21 | Drake | John Delaney gets the rebound | 20-19 |
| 07:03 | Drake | Donald Stephenson comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 20-19 |
| 07:02 | Evansville | Floyd Kaiser gets the rebound | 20-19 |
| 06:59 | Evansville | John Brinegar is fouled in the backcourt by Donald Stephenson - foul #2 on Donald Stephenson, team foul #8 | 20-19 |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| Subs | Drake | Jerry Wolfsberger (PG), Matthew Brown (SG) Robert Clark, Donald Stephenson | |
| 06:59 | Evansville | John Brinegar misses the 1st free throw | 20-19 |
| 06:59 | Drake | John Delaney grabs the board | 20-19 |
| 06:49 | Drake | Jim Folsom scores on a shot from the left side | 20-21 |
| 06:28 | Evansville | James Sisco misses badly on a floater from the left block | 20-21 |
| 06:26 | Evansville | Floyd Kaiser tips it in | 22-21 |
| 06:08 | Drake | Jim Folsom can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on James Sharp - foul #1 on James Sharp, team foul #6 | 22-21 |
| Subs | Evansville | Roy Giddens (SF), Virgil Mattia (PF), John Shephard (C) Jeffrey Morais, James Sharp, Floyd Kaiser | |
| Subs | Drake | Javier Garcia (PF) Preston Higginbotham | |
| 06:08 | Drake | Jim Folsom makes the 1st free throw | 22-22 |
| 06:08 | Drake | Jim Folsom makes the 2nd free throw | 22-23 |
| 05:52 | Evansville | James Sisco makes the 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Virgil Mattia | 25-23 |
| 05:30 | Drake | Javier Garcia clanks a jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by Virgil Mattia - foul #1 on Virgil Mattia, team foul #7 | 25-23 |
| Subs | Evansville | Edwin Ayoub (SG), James Sharp (PF) James Sisco, John Brinegar | |
| Subs | Drake | Robert Clark (PG), Bryan Farren (SG), Ron Bates (SF) Jerry Wolfsberger, Matthew Brown, John Delaney | |
| 05:30 | Drake | Javier Garcia misses the 1st free throw | 25-23 |
| 05:30 | Drake | Javier Garcia makes the 2nd free throw | 25-24 |
| 05:06 | Evansville | Jim Folsom steps in front of the James Sharp pass | 25-24 |
| 04:38 | Drake | Robert Clark misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 25-24 |
| 04:36 | Evansville | Virgil Mattia grabs the defensive rebound | 25-24 |
| 04:34 | Evansville | Roy Giddens is called for a moving pick in the backcourt - foul #1 on Roy Giddens, team foul #8 | 25-24 |
| Subs | Evansville | John Brinegar (SG), Floyd Kaiser (C) Roy Giddens, John Shephard | |
| Subs | Drake | Matthew Brown (SG), Preston Higginbotham (SF), Patrick Wallace (PF) Bryan Farren, Ron Bates, Jim Folsom | |
| 04:17 | Drake | Robert Clark's pass is intercepted by Edwin Ayoub | 25-24 |
| 04:08 | Evansville | Floyd Kaiser's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 25-24 |
| Subs | Evansville | Jeffrey Morais (SF) Virgil Mattia | |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| 03:55 | Drake | Robert Clark comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 25-24 |
| 03:54 | Evansville | The rebound goes to James Sharp | 25-24 |
| 03:47 | Evansville | James Sharp is open but comes up short on the runner from close range | 25-24 |
| 03:46 | Drake | The rebound goes to Patrick Wallace | 25-24 |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Edwin Ayoub (fresh) SG - John Brinegar (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Morais (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - James Sharp (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Floyd Kaiser (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Robert Clark (fairly fresh) SG - Matthew Brown (fairly fresh) SF - Preston Higginbotham (tiring) PF - Patrick Wallace (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Javier Garcia (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:25 | Drake | Matthew Brown hits a jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Robert Clark | 25-26 |
| 03:07 | Evansville | Floyd Kaiser drills a jump hook from close range on a great pass from James Sharp and he's hacked by Robert Clark - foul #1 on Robert Clark, team foul #9 | 27-26 |
| Subs | Evansville | James Sisco (PG), Roy Giddens (SG), Leon Guice (SF), John Shephard (PF) Edwin Ayoub, John Brinegar, Jeffrey Morais, James Sharp | |
| Subs | Drake | Jerry Wolfsberger (PG), Donald Stephenson (SG), Ron Bates (SF), Kenneth Troche (PF), John Delaney (C) Robert Clark, Matthew Brown, Preston Higginbotham, Patrick Wallace, Javier Garcia | |
| 03:07 | Evansville | Floyd Kaiser misses the free throw | 27-26 |
| 03:07 | Evansville | Leon Guice pulls down the offensive rebound | 27-26 |
| 02:50 | Evansville | John Shephard blows the layup | 27-26 |
| 02:49 | Evansville | Leon Guice hits the follow up shot | 29-26 |
| 02:28 | Drake | Jerry Wolfsberger misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 29-26 |
| 02:27 | Evansville | Leon Guice grabs the defensive rebound | 29-26 |
| 02:15 | Evansville | Roy Giddens buries a jumper from the free throw line set up by Floyd Kaiser | 31-26 |
| 02:10 | Drake | Roy Giddens steals the ball from Donald Stephenson | 31-26 |
| 01:56 | Evansville | Roy Giddens loses the dribble to John Delaney | 31-26 |
| 01:42 | Drake | Kenneth Troche's layup is rejected by Floyd Kaiser | 31-26 |
| 01:41 | Drake | Kenneth Troche tips it back up and in | 31-28 |
| 01:39 | Evansville | Donald Stephenson is called for the reach on Leon Guice in the backcourt - foul #3 on Donald Stephenson, team foul #10 | 31-28 |
| Subs | Evansville | John Brinegar (SG), Virgil Mattia (SF), James Sharp (PF) Roy Giddens, John Shephard, Floyd Kaiser | |
| Subs | Drake | Bryan Farren (SG), Preston Higginbotham (SF), Jim Folsom (C) Donald Stephenson, Ron Bates, John Delaney | |
| 01:39 | Evansville | Leon Guice misses the 1st free throw | 31-28 |
| 01:39 | Evansville | Leon Guice misses the 2nd free throw | 31-28 |
| 01:39 | Drake | Kenneth Troche grabs the defensive rebound | 31-28 |
| 01:12 | Drake | Bryan Farren's layup is rejected by Leon Guice | 31-28 |
| 01:10 | Evansville | The rebound goes to John Brinegar | 31-28 |
| 00:50 | Evansville | John Brinegar is alone and drills a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Virgil Mattia | 34-28 |
| 00:42 | Drake | Jim Folsom misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 34-28 |
| 00:40 | Evansville | Virgil Mattia grabs the board | 34-28 |
| 00:38 | Evansville | John Brinegar's pass is intercepted by Bryan Farren in the backcourt | 34-28 |
| 00:22 | Drake | Jerry Wolfsberger is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Jerry Wolfsberger, team foul #11 | 34-28 |
| Subs | Evansville | Roy Giddens (PG), Edwin Ayoub (SG), Jeffrey Morais (SF), Floyd Kaiser (C) James Sisco, John Brinegar, James Sharp, Leon Guice | |
| Subs | Drake | Robert Clark (PG), Matthew Brown (SG), Javier Garcia (SF), Patrick Wallace (C) Jerry Wolfsberger, Bryan Farren, Preston Higginbotham, Jim Folsom | |
| 00:03 | Evansville | Roy Giddens misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 34-28 |
| 00:02 | Drake | Javier Garcia gets the rebound | 34-28 |
| 00:00 | Drake | Javier Garcia comes up short on the fullcourt shot | 34-28 |