| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Ronald Miller (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Matthew Woods (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Jackson (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Timothy Brunson (fresh) 2 reb. C - Doyle Porter (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Luis Guajardo (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Harvey (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Mark Malone (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Kershner (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Jimmie Lage (fresh) 1 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Gardner-Webb | Mark Malone inbounds the ball | 23-29 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:42 | Gardner-Webb | Luis Guajardo clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 23-29 |
| 19:40 | Northern Iowa | Timothy Brunson pulls down the rebound | 23-29 |
| 19:21 | Northern Iowa | Matthew Woods makes the 3 from the left wing set up by Doyle Porter | 26-29 |
| 19:14 | Gardner-Webb | David Kershner scores on a jump hook from the right block | 26-31 |
| 19:00 | Northern Iowa | Matthew Woods's fadeaway is rejected by David Kershner | 26-31 |
| 18:59 | Gardner-Webb | David Kershner grabs the defensive rebound | 26-31 |
| 18:45 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Harvey is called for traveling | 26-31 |
| 18:22 | Northern Iowa | Matthew Woods can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 26-31 |
| 18:20 | Gardner-Webb | Mark Malone snags the defensive board | 26-31 |
| 17:53 | Gardner-Webb | Jimmie Lage misses badly on a shot from close range | 26-31 |
| 17:52 | Gardner-Webb | Jimmie Lage grabs the offensive rebound | 26-31 |
| 17:39 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Harvey makes the jumper from the right side | 26-33 |
| 17:34 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 26-33 |
| 17:32 | Northern Iowa | Doyle Porter grabs the offensive rebound | 26-33 |
| 17:27 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Mark Malone - foul #1 on Mark Malone, team foul #1 | 26-33 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Edwin Dansereau (C) Doyle Porter | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Bialas Zehrbach (SG), Himeronim Zephier (SF) Michael Harvey, Mark Malone | |
| 17:27 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller makes the 1st free throw | 27-33 |
| 17:27 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller makes the 2nd free throw | 28-33 |
| 17:10 | Gardner-Webb | Luis Guajardo's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 28-33 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Vernon Swarthout (SG), Donald Andrews (PF) Matthew Woods, Timothy Brunson | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Willie Landry (PF), Andrew Stepp (C) David Kershner, Jimmie Lage | |
| 16:51 | Northern Iowa | Robert Jackson misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Willie Landry - foul #2 on Willie Landry, team foul #2 | 28-33 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | John Blaine (SG) Ronald Miller | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | | |
| 16:51 | Northern Iowa | Robert Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 29-33 |
| 16:51 | Northern Iowa | Robert Jackson makes the 2nd free throw | 30-33 |
| 16:35 | Gardner-Webb | Andrew Stepp misses the runner in the lane | 30-33 |
| 16:33 | Gardner-Webb | Bialas Zehrbach gets the offensive rebound | 30-33 |
| 16:14 | Gardner-Webb | Luis Guajardo is hacked by John Blaine - foul #1 on John Blaine, team foul #1 | 30-33 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Timothy Brunson (PF), Doyle Porter (C) Robert Jackson, Edwin Dansereau | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Michael Harvey (SG), Mark Malone (SF) Willie Landry, Andrew Stepp | |
| 15:58 | Gardner-Webb | Bialas Zehrbach scores on a jumper in the paint | 30-35 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Vernon Swarthout (fresh) SG - John Blaine (fresh) SF - Donald Andrews (fresh) PF - Timothy Brunson (fresh) 3 reb. C - Doyle Porter (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Luis Guajardo (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Harvey (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Mark Malone (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Bialas Zehrbach (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Himeronim Zephier (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:46 | Northern Iowa | Doyle Porter misses short on a floater from the baseline but the foul's on Himeronim Zephier - foul #1 on Himeronim Zephier, team foul #3 | 30-35 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller (PG), Matthew Woods (SG) John Blaine, Donald Andrews | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Ronald Pollard (SG), David Kershner (PF), Jimmie Lage (C) Luis Guajardo, Bialas Zehrbach, Himeronim Zephier | |
| 15:46 | Northern Iowa | Doyle Porter makes the 1st free throw | 31-35 |
| 15:46 | Northern Iowa | Doyle Porter misses the 2nd free throw | 31-35 |
| 15:46 | Northern Iowa | Timothy Brunson snags the offensive board | 31-35 |
| 15:34 | Northern Iowa | Matthew Woods clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 31-35 |
| 15:33 | Gardner-Webb | Jimmie Lage snags the defensive board | 31-35 |
| 15:13 | Gardner-Webb | David Kershner scores on a shot from the baseline | 31-37 |
| 14:52 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller drills a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Matthew Woods | 34-37 |
| 14:30 | Gardner-Webb | Timothy Brunson swats the shot by Michael Harvey | 34-37 |
| 14:29 | Gardner-Webb | David Kershner grabs the offensive rebound | 34-37 |
| 14:20 | Gardner-Webb | Vernon Swarthout picks off the pass by David Kershner | 34-37 |
| 14:15 | Northern Iowa | Timothy Brunson misses the easy layup | 34-37 |
| 14:13 | Gardner-Webb | Jimmie Lage gets the rebound | 34-37 |
| 13:58 | Gardner-Webb | Ronald Pollard comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 34-37 |
| 13:57 | Northern Iowa | Timothy Brunson pulls down the rebound | 34-37 |
| 13:44 | Northern Iowa | Doyle Porter clanks a fadeaway from the free throw line | 34-37 |
| 13:42 | Northern Iowa | Vernon Swarthout hits the follow up shot | 36-37 |
| 13:27 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Harvey misses long on a shot from the right block | 36-37 |
| 13:25 | Gardner-Webb | Jimmie Lage tips it back up and in | 36-39 |
| 13:09 | Northern Iowa | Timothy Brunson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 36-39 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Richard Phu (PG), John Blaine (SG), Robert Jackson (SF), Donald Andrews (PF), Edwin Dansereau (C) Ronald Miller, Matthew Woods, Vernon Swarthout, Timothy Brunson, Doyle Porter | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Luis Guajardo (PG), Bialas Zehrbach (SF), Himeronim Zephier (PF), Andrew Stepp (C) Michael Harvey, Mark Malone, David Kershner, Jimmie Lage | |
| 12:47 | Gardner-Webb | Ronald Pollard drills a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Luis Guajardo | 36-41 |
| 12:18 | Northern Iowa | John Blaine makes the floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by Donald Andrews and he's hacked by Himeronim Zephier - foul #2 on Himeronim Zephier, team foul #4 | 38-41 |
| 12:18 | Northern Iowa | John Blaine makes the free throw | 39-41 |
| 11:57 | Gardner-Webb | Luis Guajardo misses the jumper in the lane | 39-41 |
| 11:56 | Northern Iowa | Robert Jackson grabs the defensive rebound | 39-41 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Richard Phu (fresh) SG - John Blaine (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Robert Jackson (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Donald Andrews (fresh) C - Edwin Dansereau (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Luis Guajardo (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ronald Pollard (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - Bialas Zehrbach (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Himeronim Zephier (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Andrew Stepp (fresh) | |
| 11:50 | Northern Iowa | Robert Jackson makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Richard Phu | 42-41 |
| 11:35 | Gardner-Webb | Luis Guajardo loses the dribble to Robert Jackson | 42-41 |
| 11:17 | Northern Iowa | Bialas Zehrbach is called for the reach on Robert Jackson - foul #2 on Bialas Zehrbach, team foul #5 | 42-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller (PG), Matthew Woods (SG), Timothy Brunson (PF) Richard Phu, John Blaine, Donald Andrews | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Michael Harvey (SG), David Kershner (PF), Jimmie Lage (C) Ronald Pollard, Himeronim Zephier, Andrew Stepp | |
| 10:57 | Northern Iowa | Robert Jackson travels with the ball | 42-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Doyle Porter (C) Edwin Dansereau | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Mark Malone (SF) Bialas Zehrbach | |
| 10:35 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Harvey clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 42-41 |
| 10:33 | Northern Iowa | Doyle Porter snags the defensive board | 42-41 |
| 10:26 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller misses badly on a runner from the right block but the foul's on Jimmie Lage - foul #2 on Jimmie Lage, team foul #6 | 42-41 |
| 10:26 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller makes the 1st free throw | 43-41 |
| 10:26 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller makes the 2nd free throw | 44-41 |
| 10:09 | Gardner-Webb | Luis Guajardo is whistled for a carry | 44-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Vernon Swarthout (SF) Robert Jackson | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Ronald Pollard (SG) Luis Guajardo | |
| 09:44 | Northern Iowa | Doyle Porter knocks in the shot from the baseline on a great pass from Vernon Swarthout | 46-41 |
| 09:34 | Gardner-Webb | Mark Malone clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Vernon Swarthout - foul #2 on Vernon Swarthout, team foul #2 | 46-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Donald Andrews (PF) Timothy Brunson | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Bialas Zehrbach (PG) Michael Harvey | |
| 09:34 | Gardner-Webb | Mark Malone misses the 1st free throw | 46-41 |
| 09:34 | Gardner-Webb | Mark Malone misses the 2nd free throw | 46-41 |
| 09:34 | Northern Iowa | Vernon Swarthout pulls down the rebound | 46-41 |
| 09:12 | Northern Iowa | Matthew Woods misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 46-41 |
| 09:11 | Gardner-Webb | David Kershner grabs the board | 46-41 |
| 09:06 | Gardner-Webb | Mark Malone throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Robert Jackson (SF), Edwin Dansereau (C) Matthew Woods, Doyle Porter | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Luis Guajardo (PG) Mark Malone | |
| 08:51 | Northern Iowa | The jump hook by Robert Jackson is blocked by David Kershner | 46-41 |
| 08:49 | Northern Iowa | Donald Andrews tips it back up and in | 48-41 |
| 08:33 | Gardner-Webb | Luis Guajardo misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side | 48-41 |
| 08:31 | Northern Iowa | Donald Andrews grabs the defensive rebound | 48-41 |
| 08:18 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller is hacked by Bialas Zehrbach - foul #3 on Bialas Zehrbach, team foul #7 | 48-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Timothy Brunson (PF) Donald Andrews | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Michael Harvey (SG), Himeronim Zephier (PF), Andrew Stepp (C) Ronald Pollard, David Kershner, Jimmie Lage | |
| 08:18 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller makes the 1st free throw | 49-41 |
| 08:18 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller makes the 2nd free throw | 50-41 |
| 07:52 | Gardner-Webb | Robert Jackson is called for the reach on Bialas Zehrbach - foul #2 on Robert Jackson, team foul #3 | 50-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Matthew Woods (SG), Doyle Porter (C) Ronald Miller, Edwin Dansereau | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Mark Malone (SF) Andrew Stepp | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Vernon Swarthout (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Matthew Woods (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SF - Robert Jackson (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Timothy Brunson (fresh) 5 reb. C - Doyle Porter (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Luis Guajardo (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Harvey (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Mark Malone (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Bialas Zehrbach (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Himeronim Zephier (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:34 | Gardner-Webb | Mark Malone can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 50-41 |
| 07:33 | Northern Iowa | Matthew Woods snags the defensive board | 50-41 |
| 07:15 | Northern Iowa | Bialas Zehrbach swats the short shot by Doyle Porter | 50-41 |
| 07:14 | Gardner-Webb | Himeronim Zephier grabs the defensive rebound | 50-41 |
| 06:51 | Gardner-Webb | Himeronim Zephier is hacked by Doyle Porter - foul #2 on Doyle Porter, team foul #4 | 50-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | John Blaine (PG), Donald Andrews (SF) Vernon Swarthout, Robert Jackson | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Ronald Pollard (SG), David Kershner (PF), Jimmie Lage (C) Luis Guajardo, Michael Harvey, Bialas Zehrbach | |
| 06:35 | Gardner-Webb | Matthew Woods steals the ball from Jimmie Lage | 50-41 |
| 06:22 | Northern Iowa | Matthew Woods is hacked by Ronald Pollard - foul #4 on Ronald Pollard, team foul #8 | 50-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller (PG), Vincent Emig (PF) John Blaine, Timothy Brunson | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | | |
| 06:22 | Northern Iowa | Matthew Woods makes the 1st free throw | 51-41 |
| 06:22 | Northern Iowa | Matthew Woods makes the 2nd free throw | 52-41 |
| 05:56 | Gardner-Webb | Donald Andrews steps in front of the Jimmie Lage pass | 52-41 |
| 05:38 | Northern Iowa | Donald Andrews makes the 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Matthew Woods | 55-41 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 05:18 | Gardner-Webb | Himeronim Zephier can't finish the layup but the foul's on Doyle Porter - foul #3 on Doyle Porter, team foul #5 | 55-41 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Vernon Swarthout (SG), Robert Jackson (SF), Timothy Brunson (PF), Edwin Dansereau (C) Matthew Woods, Donald Andrews, Vincent Emig, Doyle Porter | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Luis Guajardo (PG), Bialas Zehrbach (C) Mark Malone, Jimmie Lage | |
| 05:18 | Gardner-Webb | Himeronim Zephier makes the 1st free throw | 55-42 |
| 05:18 | Gardner-Webb | Himeronim Zephier makes the 2nd free throw | 55-43 |
| 04:57 | Northern Iowa | Vernon Swarthout connects on the 3 from straight away | 58-43 |
| 04:36 | Gardner-Webb | Bialas Zehrbach is fouled on the floor by Timothy Brunson - foul #2 on Timothy Brunson, team foul #6 | 58-43 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Willie Landry (PF), Andrew Stepp (C) Himeronim Zephier, David Kershner | |
| 04:31 | Gardner-Webb | Luis Guajardo misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 58-43 |
| 04:29 | Northern Iowa | Robert Jackson snags the defensive board | 58-43 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 04:02 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing | 58-43 |
| 04:00 | Northern Iowa | Ronald Miller misses the tip | 58-43 |
| 03:58 | Northern Iowa | Timothy Brunson hits the follow up shot | 60-43 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:35 | Gardner-Webb | Luis Guajardo connects on the jumper from the left wing set up by Ronald Pollard | 60-45 |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Ronald Miller (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SG - Vernon Swarthout (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Robert Jackson (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Timothy Brunson (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Edwin Dansereau (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Luis Guajardo (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ronald Pollard (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Bialas Zehrbach (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Willie Landry (fresh) C - Andrew Stepp (fresh) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:07 | Northern Iowa | Timothy Brunson hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 60-45 |
| 03:05 | Gardner-Webb | Bialas Zehrbach snags the defensive board | 60-45 |
| 02:56 | Gardner-Webb | Andrew Stepp is called for traveling | 60-45 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | John Blaine (SG), Duane Johnson (SF), Donald Andrews (PF), Vincent Emig (C) Ronald Miller, Robert Jackson, Timothy Brunson, Edwin Dansereau | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Michael Harvey (PG), Himeronim Zephier (SG) Luis Guajardo, Ronald Pollard | |
| 02:27 | Northern Iowa | Donald Andrews throws a bad pass out of bounds | 60-45 |
| 02:12 | Gardner-Webb | Himeronim Zephier makes the driving attempt from the baseline on a nice dish by Michael Harvey | 60-47 |
| 01:52 | Northern Iowa | Vincent Emig knocks in the fadeaway near the basket and he's hacked by Willie Landry - foul #3 on Willie Landry, team foul #9 | 62-47 |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Edwin Dansereau (C) Duane Johnson | |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | | |
| 01:52 | Northern Iowa | Vincent Emig makes the free throw | 63-47 |
| 01:31 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Dansereau swats the short shot by Willie Landry | 63-47 |
| 01:30 | Gardner-Webb | Willie Landry pulls down the offensive rebound | 63-47 |
| 01:20 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Harvey makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 63-50 |
| 00:51 | Northern Iowa | Bialas Zehrbach is called for the reach on Vernon Swarthout - foul #4 on Bialas Zehrbach, team foul #10 | 63-50 |
| 00:51 | Northern Iowa | Vernon Swarthout misses the 1st free throw | 63-50 |
| 00:51 | Northern Iowa | Vernon Swarthout makes the 2nd free throw | 64-50 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:45 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Harvey misses long on a jump hook from close range | 64-50 |
| 00:43 | Northern Iowa | Vernon Swarthout snags the defensive board | 64-50 |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:17 | Northern Iowa | Himeronim Zephier takes the ball from Donald Andrews | 64-50 |
| 00:13 | Gardner-Webb | Himeronim Zephier hits the front of the rim on the shot from the baseline | 64-50 |
| 00:11 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to John Blaine | 64-50 |
| 00:00 | Northern Iowa | Vernon Swarthout runs out the clock | 64-50 |