| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Reginald Jacobs (fresh) SG - Thomas Thomas (fresh) SF - Scott Horning (fresh) PF - George Estep (fresh) C - Juan Velez (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Thomas Mitchell (fresh) SG - John Byrd (fresh) SF - Edward Fonville (fresh) PF - Ken Wicks (fresh) C - Bradley Williams (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Nebraska | Bradley Williams wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Middle Tenn. State | Middle Tenn. State is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:40 | Nebraska | Bradley Williams is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | Middle Tenn. State | Scott Horning buries a pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Thomas Thomas | 2-0 |
| 19:02 | Nebraska | Edward Fonville misses the lay-in | 2-0 |
| 19:00 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks tips it in | 2-2 |
| 18:42 | Middle Tenn. State | Thomas Thomas can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 2-2 |
| 18:41 | Nebraska | The rebound goes to Bradley Williams | 2-2 |
| 18:20 | Nebraska | John Byrd is called for a charge - foul #1 on John Byrd, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 18:06 | Middle Tenn. State | George Estep comes up short on the shot from the left wing but the foul's on Ken Wicks - foul #1 on Ken Wicks, team foul #2 | 2-2 |
| 18:06 | Middle Tenn. State | George Estep makes the 1st free throw | 3-2 |
| 18:06 | Middle Tenn. State | George Estep makes the 2nd free throw | 4-2 |
| 17:42 | Nebraska | Scott Horning is called for the reach on Edward Fonville - foul #1 on Scott Horning, team foul #1 | 4-2 |
| 17:36 | Nebraska | John Byrd is fouled on the floor by George Estep - foul #1 on George Estep, team foul #2 | 4-2 |
| 17:25 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks misses the shot from the baseline | 4-2 |
| 17:23 | Nebraska | John Byrd grabs the offensive rebound | 4-2 |
| 17:06 | Nebraska | Bradley Williams double dribbles | 4-2 |
| 16:51 | Middle Tenn. State | The jump hook by Thomas Thomas is blocked by Ken Wicks | 4-2 |
| 16:50 | Middle Tenn. State | Juan Velez grabs the offensive board | 4-2 |
| 16:42 | Middle Tenn. State | Scott Horning hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the paint but the foul's on Thomas Mitchell - foul #1 on Thomas Mitchell, team foul #3 | 4-2 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic (PG), Randy Goff (PF), Anthony Teal (C) Thomas Mitchell, Ken Wicks, Bradley Williams | |
| 16:42 | Middle Tenn. State | Scott Horning makes the 1st free throw | 5-2 |
| 16:42 | Middle Tenn. State | Scott Horning makes the 2nd free throw | 6-2 |
| 16:27 | Nebraska | John Byrd throws a bad pass out of bounds | 6-2 |
| 16:06 | Middle Tenn. State | Reginald Jacobs is hacked by Czeslaw Pjetrovic - foul #1 on Czeslaw Pjetrovic, team foul #4 | 6-2 |
| 15:50 | Middle Tenn. State | Reginald Jacobs hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the free throw line | 6-2 |
| 15:49 | Nebraska | Randy Goff pulls down the rebound | 6-2 |
| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Reginald Jacobs (fresh) SG - Thomas Thomas (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Scott Horning (fresh) 4 pts. PF - George Estep (fresh) 2 pts. C - Juan Velez (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Czeslaw Pjetrovic (fresh) SG - John Byrd (fresh) SF - Edward Fonville (fresh) PF - Randy Goff (fresh) C - Anthony Teal (fresh) | |
| 15:20 | Nebraska | Randy Goff misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 6-2 |
| 15:19 | Middle Tenn. State | Juan Velez grabs the board | 6-2 |
| 15:04 | Middle Tenn. State | Scott Horning misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 6-2 |
| 15:03 | Nebraska | Randy Goff grabs the defensive rebound | 6-2 |
| 14:38 | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic loses the ball out of bounds | 6-2 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Dikembe Araki (SG), James Ebbert (SF), Edmund Jackson (PF), Laurence Jennings (C) Thomas Thomas, Scott Horning, George Estep, Juan Velez | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Thomas Mitchell (PG), Jerzy Szczepkowski (SF), Ken Wicks (PF), Bradley Williams (C) John Byrd, Edward Fonville, Randy Goff, Anthony Teal | |
| 14:22 | Middle Tenn. State | Laurence Jennings hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Dikembe Araki and he's hacked by Czeslaw Pjetrovic - foul #2 on Czeslaw Pjetrovic, team foul #5 | 8-2 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Joshua Hunt (SF) Czeslaw Pjetrovic | |
| 14:22 | Middle Tenn. State | Laurence Jennings makes the free throw | 9-2 |
| 13:59 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks is hacked by James Ebbert - foul #1 on James Ebbert, team foul #3 | 9-2 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Jeffery Griffin (SF) Reginald Jacobs | |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| 13:49 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Joshua Hunt and he's fouled by Laurence Jennings - foul #1 on Laurence Jennings, team foul #4 | 9-4 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Edward Fonville (SF) Joshua Hunt | |
| 13:49 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks misses the free throw | 9-4 |
| 13:49 | Middle Tenn. State | Edmund Jackson grabs the defensive rebound | 9-4 |
| 13:42 | Middle Tenn. State | Laurence Jennings comes up short on the driving attempt in the paint | 9-4 |
| 13:41 | Middle Tenn. State | James Ebbert tips it home | 11-4 |
| 13:19 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks knocks in the jump hook near the basket | 11-6 |
| 12:52 | Middle Tenn. State | Laurence Jennings is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 11-6 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Reginald Jacobs (PG), Thomas Thomas (SG), Scott Horning (SF), George Estep (PF), Juan Velez (C) Dikembe Araki, James Ebbert, Jeffery Griffin, Edmund Jackson, Laurence Jennings | |
| Subs | Nebraska | John Byrd (SG) Jerzy Szczepkowski | |
| 12:38 | Nebraska | John Byrd buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Thomas Mitchell | 11-9 |
| 12:28 | Middle Tenn. State | Thomas Thomas travels with the ball | 11-9 |
| 12:18 | Nebraska | Thomas Mitchell misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 11-9 |
| 12:16 | Middle Tenn. State | Scott Horning gets the rebound | 11-9 |
| 12:11 | Middle Tenn. State | Juan Velez throws a bad pass out of bounds | 11-9 |
| 11:45 | Nebraska | John Byrd clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 11-9 |
| 11:43 | Middle Tenn. State | The rebound goes to Reginald Jacobs | 11-9 |
| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Reginald Jacobs (fresh) SG - Thomas Thomas (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Scott Horning (fresh) 4 pts. PF - George Estep (fresh) 2 pts. C - Juan Velez (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Thomas Mitchell (fresh) 1 ast. SG - John Byrd (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Edward Fonville (fresh) PF - Ken Wicks (fresh) 6 pts. C - Bradley Williams (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:38 | Middle Tenn. State | Thomas Thomas misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 11-9 |
| 11:36 | Middle Tenn. State | Juan Velez hits the follow up shot | 13-9 |
| 11:17 | Nebraska | Bradley Williams misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 13-9 |
| 11:15 | Middle Tenn. State | The rebound goes to Juan Velez | 13-9 |
| 11:07 | Middle Tenn. State | George Estep can't connect on a driving attempt from the baseline | 13-9 |
| 11:05 | Nebraska | The rebound goes to John Byrd | 13-9 |
| 10:42 | Nebraska | Edward Fonville misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 13-9 |
| 10:40 | Middle Tenn. State | Juan Velez pulls down the rebound | 13-9 |
| 10:36 | Middle Tenn. State | Scott Horning is hacked by Bradley Williams - foul #1 on Bradley Williams, team foul #6 | 13-9 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Dikembe Araki (SG), Edmund Jackson (PF), Laurence Jennings (C) Thomas Thomas, George Estep, Juan Velez | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Dan Tincher (PG), Jerzy Szczepkowski (SF), Randy Goff (PF), Anthony Teal (C) Thomas Mitchell, Edward Fonville, Ken Wicks, Bradley Williams | |
| 10:31 | Middle Tenn. State | Reginald Jacobs connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Edmund Jackson | 16-9 |
| 10:20 | Nebraska | Anthony Teal misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 16-9 |
| 10:19 | Nebraska | Randy Goff tips it in | 16-11 |
| 10:01 | Middle Tenn. State | Scott Horning can't connect on a shot from the left block but he's fouled by Jerzy Szczepkowski - foul #1 on Jerzy Szczepkowski, team foul #7 | 16-11 |
| 10:01 | Middle Tenn. State | Scott Horning makes the 1st free throw | 17-11 |
| 10:01 | Middle Tenn. State | Scott Horning misses the 2nd free throw | 17-11 |
| 10:01 | Nebraska | Randy Goff snags the defensive board | 17-11 |
| 09:44 | Nebraska | Randy Goff hits the finger roll on a great pass from Dan Tincher and he's hacked by Edmund Jackson - foul #1 on Edmund Jackson, team foul #5 | 17-13 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | James Ebbert (SG), Jeffery Griffin (SF) Reginald Jacobs, Scott Horning | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Joshua Hunt (SF) John Byrd | |
| 09:44 | Nebraska | Randy Goff makes the free throw | 17-14 |
| 09:22 | Middle Tenn. State | Laurence Jennings's floater is tipped away by Anthony Teal | 17-14 |
| 09:21 | Nebraska | Joshua Hunt grabs the defensive rebound | 17-14 |
| 09:02 | Nebraska | Dan Tincher clanks a 3 from the left corner | 17-14 |
| 09:01 | Middle Tenn. State | Laurence Jennings grabs the board | 17-14 |
| 08:46 | Middle Tenn. State | Jeffery Griffin scores on a 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Dikembe Araki | 20-14 |
| 08:26 | Nebraska | Anthony Teal clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 20-14 |
| 08:24 | Middle Tenn. State | Jeffery Griffin grabs the defensive rebound | 20-14 |
| 08:08 | Middle Tenn. State | Dikembe Araki hits a 3 from the left wing set up by James Ebbert | 23-14 |
| 07:52 | Nebraska | Anthony Teal banks in the layup set up by Dan Tincher | 23-16 |
| 07:35 | Middle Tenn. State | Edmund Jackson connects on the jumper from the left block set up by Dikembe Araki and he's hacked by Anthony Teal - foul #1 on Anthony Teal, team foul #8 | 25-16 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Reginald Jacobs (PG), Thomas Thomas (SG), Scott Horning (SF), Juan Velez (C) Dikembe Araki, James Ebbert, Jeffery Griffin, Laurence Jennings | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Thomas Mitchell (PG), John Byrd (SG), Edward Fonville (SF), Ken Wicks (PF), Bradley Williams (C) Dan Tincher, Jerzy Szczepkowski, Joshua Hunt, Randy Goff, Anthony Teal | |
| 07:35 | Middle Tenn. State | Edmund Jackson makes the free throw | 26-16 |
| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Reginald Jacobs (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Thomas Thomas (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Scott Horning (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Edmund Jackson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Juan Velez (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Thomas Mitchell (fresh) 1 ast. SG - John Byrd (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Edward Fonville (fresh) PF - Ken Wicks (fresh) 6 pts. C - Bradley Williams (fresh) | |
| 07:19 | Nebraska | Bradley Williams clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 26-16 |
| 07:17 | Middle Tenn. State | Edmund Jackson gets the rebound | 26-16 |
| 07:12 | Middle Tenn. State | Thomas Thomas scores on a shot from the right wing | 28-16 |
| 06:59 | Nebraska | Edward Fonville loses the dribble to Scott Horning | 28-16 |
| 06:55 | Middle Tenn. State | Scott Horning lays it up and in | 30-16 |
| 06:37 | Nebraska | John Byrd connects on the 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Edward Fonville | 30-19 |
| 06:18 | Middle Tenn. State | Juan Velez buries a 3 pointer from the left corner | 33-19 |
| 06:11 | Nebraska | Bradley Williams knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Thomas Mitchell and he's fouled by Juan Velez - foul #1 on Juan Velez, team foul #6 | 33-21 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | George Estep (PF) Edmund Jackson | |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| 06:11 | Nebraska | Bradley Williams makes the free throw | 33-22 |
| 05:58 | Middle Tenn. State | George Estep buries a runner from the baseline and the foul's on Edward Fonville - foul #1 on Edward Fonville, team foul #9 | 35-22 |
| 05:58 | Middle Tenn. State | George Estep makes the free throw | 36-22 |
| 05:51 | Nebraska | A charge is called on Edward Fonville - foul #2 on Edward Fonville, team foul #10 | 36-22 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Jerzy Szczepkowski (SF) Edward Fonville | |
| 05:31 | Middle Tenn. State | Reginald Jacobs can't connect on a jumper from just outside the lane | 36-22 |
| 05:30 | Middle Tenn. State | Scott Horning tips it but misses | 36-22 |
| 05:28 | Nebraska | John Byrd snags the defensive board | 36-22 |
| 05:23 | Nebraska | Thomas Mitchell makes the 3 pointer from straight away | 36-25 |
| 05:00 | Middle Tenn. State | George Estep blows the layup | 36-25 |
| 04:59 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks gets the rebound | 36-25 |
| 04:30 | Nebraska | Bradley Williams throws a bad pass out of bounds | 36-25 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Dikembe Araki (SG), James Ebbert (SF), Laurence Jennings (C) Thomas Thomas, Scott Horning, Juan Velez | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Dan Tincher (PG), Joshua Hunt (SF), Randy Goff (PF), Anthony Teal (C) Thomas Mitchell, John Byrd, Ken Wicks, Bradley Williams | |
| 04:15 | Middle Tenn. State | James Ebbert misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but the foul's on Joshua Hunt - foul #1 on Joshua Hunt, team foul #11 | 36-25 |
| 04:15 | Middle Tenn. State | James Ebbert makes the 1st free throw | 37-25 |
| 04:15 | Middle Tenn. State | James Ebbert makes the 2nd free throw | 38-25 |
| 03:58 | Nebraska | Joshua Hunt misses long on a shot from the left wing | 38-25 |
| 03:57 | Nebraska | Randy Goff gets the offensive rebound | 38-25 |
| 03:39 | Nebraska | Joshua Hunt hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing | 38-25 |
| 03:38 | Nebraska | Randy Goff gets the offensive rebound | 38-25 |
| 03:23 | Nebraska | Joshua Hunt can't connect on a shot from the right wing but he's fouled by George Estep - foul #2 on George Estep, team foul #7 | 38-25 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Jeffery Griffin (SF), Edmund Jackson (PF) Reginald Jacobs, George Estep | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic (PG), John Byrd (SG) Dan Tincher, Jerzy Szczepkowski | |
| 03:23 | Nebraska | Joshua Hunt misses the 1st free throw | 38-25 |
| 03:23 | Nebraska | Joshua Hunt makes the 2nd free throw | 38-26 |
| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Dikembe Araki (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Ebbert (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffery Griffin (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Edmund Jackson (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Laurence Jennings (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Czeslaw Pjetrovic (fresh) SG - John Byrd (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Joshua Hunt (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Randy Goff (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Anthony Teal (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:15 | Middle Tenn. State | Edmund Jackson hits the finger roll set up by Dikembe Araki and he's fouled by Randy Goff - foul #1 on Randy Goff, team foul #12 | 40-26 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Edward Fonville (SF) Joshua Hunt | |
| 03:15 | Middle Tenn. State | Edmund Jackson makes the free throw | 41-26 |
| 02:55 | Nebraska | Laurence Jennings is called for the reach on Anthony Teal - foul #2 on Laurence Jennings, team foul #8 | 41-26 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Thomas Thomas (SG), Scott Horning (SF), Juan Velez (C) James Ebbert, Jeffery Griffin, Laurence Jennings | |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| 02:55 | Nebraska | Anthony Teal makes the 1st free throw | 41-27 |
| 02:55 | Nebraska | Anthony Teal makes the 2nd free throw | 41-28 |
| 02:39 | Middle Tenn. State | Scott Horning's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-28 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Thomas Mitchell (PG), Ken Wicks (PF) Czeslaw Pjetrovic, Anthony Teal | |
| 02:21 | Nebraska | John Byrd can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 41-28 |
| 02:19 | Nebraska | John Byrd gets the offensive rebound | 41-28 |
| 02:06 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks is hacked by Juan Velez - foul #2 on Juan Velez, team foul #9 | 41-28 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Reginald Jacobs (PG), George Estep (PF) Dikembe Araki, Edmund Jackson | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Bradley Williams (C) Randy Goff | |
| 02:06 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks misses the 1st free throw | 41-28 |
| 02:06 | Middle Tenn. State | Juan Velez grabs the board | 41-28 |
| 02:01 | Middle Tenn. State | Thomas Thomas makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Reginald Jacobs | 44-28 |
| 01:39 | Nebraska | John Byrd buries a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 44-30 |
| 01:26 | Middle Tenn. State | Thomas Thomas is hacked by John Byrd - foul #2 on John Byrd, team foul #13 | 44-30 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | James Ebbert (SF), Laurence Jennings (C) Scott Horning, Juan Velez | |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| 01:26 | Middle Tenn. State | Thomas Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 45-30 |
| 01:26 | Middle Tenn. State | Thomas Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 46-30 |
| 01:10 | Nebraska | John Byrd hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 46-30 |
| 01:09 | Middle Tenn. State | George Estep grabs the defensive rebound | 46-30 |
| 00:44 | Middle Tenn. State | Reginald Jacobs's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-30 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Dikembe Araki (SG), Edmund Jackson (PF) Thomas Thomas, George Estep | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic (PG), Jerzy Szczepkowski (SG), Randy Goff (PF) Thomas Mitchell, John Byrd, Ken Wicks | |
| 00:25 | Nebraska | Edward Fonville misses long on a jump hook from the baseline | 46-30 |
| 00:24 | Nebraska | Jerzy Szczepkowski pulls down the offensive rebound | 46-30 |
| 00:05 | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic clanks a 3 from the right corner | 46-30 |
| 00:03 | Middle Tenn. State | Laurence Jennings grabs the board | 46-30 |
| 00:00 | Middle Tenn. State | Laurence Jennings scores on a halfcourt shot | 49-30 |