| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Terry Larson (fresh) SG - Rickey Rowland (fresh) SF - Lawrence Murray (fresh) PF - Sergio Rodriguez (fresh) C - Brandon Price (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northwestern State | PG - Boris Winiarski (fresh) SG - Walter Luebbert (fresh) SF - Anthony Gass (fresh) PF - Mark Clark (fresh) C - Floyd Hunt (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Northwestern State | Floyd Hunt wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern State | Northwestern State is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:40 | Northwestern State | Anthony Gass connects on the shot from the left wing set up by Walter Luebbert | 0-2 |
| 19:37 | Colorado | Rickey Rowland loses the dribble to Boris Winiarski in the backcourt | 0-2 |
| 19:15 | Northwestern State | Anthony Gass connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 0-5 |
| 18:55 | Colorado | Sergio Rodriguez makes the turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from Terry Larson and he's hacked by Boris Winiarski - foul #1 on Boris Winiarski, team foul #1 | 2-5 |
| 18:55 | Colorado | Sergio Rodriguez makes the free throw | 3-5 |
| 18:44 | Northwestern State | Lawrence Murray steals it from Boris Winiarski | 3-5 |
| 18:20 | Colorado | The short jumper by Sergio Rodriguez is denied by Floyd Hunt | 3-5 |
| 18:19 | Northwestern State | Floyd Hunt grabs the defensive rebound | 3-5 |
| 17:58 | Northwestern State | Mark Clark misses long on a runner from the baseline but he's fouled by Sergio Rodriguez - foul #1 on Sergio Rodriguez, team foul #1 | 3-5 |
| Subs | Colorado | David Hynes (SF), Thomas Munz (C) Lawrence Murray, Brandon Price | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Howard Perrine (PG), James Wilson (SF), Joe Janofsky (C) Boris Winiarski, Anthony Gass, Floyd Hunt | |
| 17:58 | Northwestern State | Mark Clark makes the 1st free throw | 3-6 |
| 17:58 | Northwestern State | Mark Clark makes the 2nd free throw | 3-7 |
| 17:45 | Colorado | Mark Clark steps in front of the Rickey Rowland pass | 3-7 |
| 17:18 | Northwestern State | Howard Perrine misses badly on a shot near the basket | 3-7 |
| 17:16 | Colorado | Sergio Rodriguez gets the rebound | 3-7 |
| 17:11 | Colorado | Terry Larson connects on the open 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Rickey Rowland | 6-7 |
| 16:54 | Northwestern State | Joe Janofsky jams it on a nice dish by Walter Luebbert | 6-9 |
| 16:33 | Colorado | David Hynes comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 6-9 |
| 16:31 | Colorado | David Hynes hits the follow up shot | 8-9 |
| 16:02 | Northwestern State | James Wilson can't connect on a floater from the left block but he's hacked by Terry Larson - foul #1 on Terry Larson, team foul #2 | 8-9 |
| Subs | Colorado | Bruce Utley (PG), Calvin Keels (SG), James Scott (SF), Brandon Price (C) Terry Larson, Rickey Rowland, David Hynes, Thomas Munz | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Albert Vedder (SG), Anthony Gass (SF), Andrew Stephens (PF), Robbie Kyle (C) Howard Perrine, Walter Luebbert, Mark Clark, Joe Janofsky | |
| 16:02 | Northwestern State | James Wilson makes the 1st free throw | 8-10 |
| 16:02 | Northwestern State | James Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 8-11 |
| 15:57 | Colorado | Bruce Utley double dribbles in the backcourt | 8-11 |
| Subs | Colorado | Lawrence Murray (SF) Sergio Rodriguez | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Enlai Chu (PG) James Wilson | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Bruce Utley (fresh) SG - Calvin Keels (fresh) SF - Lawrence Murray (fresh) PF - James Scott (fresh) C - Brandon Price (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northwestern State | PG - Enlai Chu (fresh) SG - Albert Vedder (fresh) SF - Anthony Gass (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Andrew Stephens (fresh) C - Robbie Kyle (fresh) | |
| 15:37 | Northwestern State | Calvin Keels takes the ball from Enlai Chu | 8-11 |
| 15:18 | Colorado | James Scott jams it on a great pass from Lawrence Murray | 10-11 |
| 14:52 | Northwestern State | Enlai Chu double dribbles | 10-11 |
| Subs | Colorado | Sergio Rodriguez (PF) Lawrence Murray | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Boris Winiarski (PG), Howard Perrine (SG), Floyd Hunt (C) Enlai Chu, Albert Vedder, Robbie Kyle | |
| 14:41 | Colorado | James Scott can't connect on a turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Anthony Gass - foul #1 on Anthony Gass, team foul #2 | 10-11 |
| Subs | Colorado | Harvey Mills (SG), Arthur Culpepper (C) Calvin Keels, Brandon Price | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | | |
| 14:41 | Colorado | James Scott makes the 1st free throw | 11-11 |
| 14:41 | Colorado | James Scott misses the 2nd free throw | 11-11 |
| 14:41 | Northwestern State | Floyd Hunt grabs the board | 11-11 |
| 14:24 | Northwestern State | Andrew Stephens hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 11-11 |
| 14:22 | Colorado | The rebound goes to James Scott | 11-11 |
| 14:20 | Colorado | James Scott is hacked by Floyd Hunt in the backcourt - foul #1 on Floyd Hunt, team foul #3 | 11-11 |
| Subs | Colorado | Terry Larson (PG), Lawrence Murray (SF) Bruce Utley, James Scott | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Joe Janofsky (PF) Andrew Stephens | |
| 14:12 | Colorado | Sergio Rodriguez misses short on a runner in the lane | 11-11 |
| 14:11 | Northwestern State | Anthony Gass grabs the board | 11-11 |
| 13:53 | Northwestern State | Boris Winiarski connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 11-13 |
| 13:49 | Colorado | Terry Larson comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 11-13 |
| 13:47 | Colorado | Harvey Mills pulls down the offensive rebound | 11-13 |
| 13:39 | Colorado | Lawrence Murray is open and scores on a fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Harvey Mills | 13-13 |
| 13:25 | Northwestern State | Boris Winiarski comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 13-13 |
| 13:23 | Colorado | Terry Larson gets the rebound | 13-13 |
| 13:05 | Colorado | Boris Winiarski steals the ball from Terry Larson | 13-13 |
| 12:58 | Northwestern State | Boris Winiarski is fouled on the floor by Lawrence Murray - foul #1 on Lawrence Murray, team foul #3 | 13-13 |
| Subs | Colorado | Calvin Keels (PG), Rickey Rowland (SG), David Hynes (SF), Thomas Munz (PF), Brandon Price (C) Terry Larson, Harvey Mills, Lawrence Murray, Sergio Rodriguez, Arthur Culpepper | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Enlai Chu (PG), Walter Luebbert (SG), James Wilson (SF), Andrew Stephens (PF), Robbie Kyle (C) Boris Winiarski, Howard Perrine, Anthony Gass, Joe Janofsky, Floyd Hunt | |
| 12:39 | Northwestern State | James Wilson misses the floater in the paint | 13-13 |
| 12:38 | Colorado | Brandon Price gets the rebound | 13-13 |
| 12:22 | Colorado | Calvin Keels makes the pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by David Hynes | 15-13 |
| 12:05 | Northwestern State | Enlai Chu hits the finger roll on a great pass from Walter Luebbert and he's hacked by Thomas Munz - foul #1 on Thomas Munz, team foul #4 | 15-15 |
| Subs | Colorado | Bruce Utley (PG), James Scott (PF) Rickey Rowland, Thomas Munz | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Mark Clark (PF), Floyd Hunt (C) Andrew Stephens, Robbie Kyle | |
| 12:05 | Northwestern State | Enlai Chu misses the free throw | 15-15 |
| 12:05 | Northwestern State | Mark Clark pulls down the offensive rebound | 15-15 |
| 11:43 | Northwestern State | Floyd Hunt's pass is intercepted by Bruce Utley | 15-15 |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Bruce Utley (fresh) SG - Calvin Keels (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - David Hynes (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Scott (fresh) 3 pts. C - Brandon Price (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northwestern State | PG - Enlai Chu (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Walter Luebbert (fresh) 3 ast. SF - James Wilson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Mark Clark (fresh) 2 pts. C - Floyd Hunt (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:35 | Colorado | Calvin Keels is fouled on the floor by Walter Luebbert - foul #1 on Walter Luebbert, team foul #4 | 15-15 |
| Subs | Colorado | Harvey Mills (SG), Sergio Rodriguez (PF) Calvin Keels, David Hynes | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Boris Winiarski (PG), Anthony Gass (SF) Enlai Chu, James Wilson | |
| 11:12 | Colorado | Bruce Utley hits a jumpshot from the left wing | 17-15 |
| 10:43 | Northwestern State | Floyd Hunt can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 17-15 |
| 10:41 | Northwestern State | Mark Clark pulls down the offensive rebound | 17-15 |
| 10:30 | Northwestern State | Anthony Gass buries a shot from the left block on a nice dish by Boris Winiarski | 17-17 |
| 10:21 | Colorado | Brandon Price makes the wide open turnaround in the lane on a great pass from Sergio Rodriguez | 19-17 |
| 10:12 | Northwestern State | Walter Luebbert is hacked by Harvey Mills - foul #1 on Harvey Mills, team foul #5 | 19-17 |
| Subs | Colorado | Terry Larson (PG), Rickey Rowland (SG), Thomas Munz (PF), Arthur Culpepper (C) Bruce Utley, James Scott, Sergio Rodriguez, Brandon Price | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Howard Perrine (PG), Albert Vedder (SG), James Wilson (SF), Joe Janofsky (PF), Andrew Stephens (C) Boris Winiarski, Walter Luebbert, Anthony Gass, Mark Clark, Floyd Hunt | |
| 10:01 | Northwestern State | Albert Vedder makes the 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Howard Perrine | 19-20 |
| 09:40 | Colorado | Terry Larson can't connect on a shot from the right side | 19-20 |
| 09:39 | Northwestern State | The rebound goes to Howard Perrine | 19-20 |
| 09:18 | Northwestern State | James Wilson's layup is rejected by Arthur Culpepper | 19-20 |
| 09:16 | Northwestern State | Andrew Stephens hits the follow up shot | 19-22 |
| 08:51 | Colorado | Harvey Mills is hacked by Howard Perrine - foul #1 on Howard Perrine, team foul #5 | 19-22 |
| Subs | Colorado | David Hynes (SF), Sergio Rodriguez (PF) Harvey Mills, Thomas Munz | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Enlai Chu (PG), Walter Luebbert (SG), Robbie Kyle (C) Albert Vedder, James Wilson, Andrew Stephens | |
| 08:39 | Colorado | David Hynes is open and buries a fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Terry Larson | 21-22 |
| 08:29 | Northwestern State | Joe Janofsky misses the dunk attempt but he's fouled by Rickey Rowland - foul #1 on Rickey Rowland, team foul #6 | 21-22 |
| Subs | Colorado | Bruce Utley (SG), Brandon Price (C) Rickey Rowland, Arthur Culpepper | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Mark Clark (PF) Robbie Kyle | |
| 08:29 | Northwestern State | Joe Janofsky misses the 1st free throw | 21-22 |
| 08:29 | Northwestern State | Joe Janofsky makes the 2nd free throw | 21-23 |
| 08:14 | Colorado | David Hynes is fouled on the floor by Joe Janofsky - foul #1 on Joe Janofsky, team foul #6 | 21-23 |
| Subs | Colorado | James Scott (PF) Sergio Rodriguez | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Anthony Gass (SF), Robbie Kyle (C) Howard Perrine, Joe Janofsky | |
| 08:06 | Colorado | Brandon Price misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane | 21-23 |
| 08:04 | Colorado | The offensive rebound goes to Brandon Price | 21-23 |
| 07:48 | Colorado | Bruce Utley misses long on a jumpshot from the left side but he's hacked by Mark Clark - foul #1 on Mark Clark, team foul #7 | 21-23 |
| Subs | Colorado | Calvin Keels (SG), Lawrence Murray (SF) Terry Larson, Brandon Price | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Andrew Stephens (C) Robbie Kyle | |
| 07:48 | Colorado | Bruce Utley makes the 1st free throw | 22-23 |
| 07:48 | Colorado | Bruce Utley makes the 2nd free throw | 23-23 |
| 07:30 | Northwestern State | Andrew Stephens drills a jump hook from the right block and the foul's on David Hynes - foul #1 on David Hynes, team foul #7 | 23-25 |
| Subs | Colorado | Rickey Rowland (SG) Bruce Utley | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Boris Winiarski (PG), Albert Vedder (SG) Enlai Chu, Walter Luebbert | |
| 07:30 | Northwestern State | Andrew Stephens makes the free throw | 23-26 |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Calvin Keels (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Rickey Rowland (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Lawrence Murray (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Scott (fresh) 3 pts. C - David Hynes (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern State | PG - Boris Winiarski (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Albert Vedder (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Anthony Gass (fairly fresh) 7 pts. PF - Mark Clark (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Andrew Stephens (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 07:23 | Colorado | David Hynes misses badly on a floater from close range | 23-26 |
| 07:22 | Northwestern State | Anthony Gass snags the defensive board | 23-26 |
| 07:17 | Northwestern State | Boris Winiarski buries a 3 from the right wing set up by Albert Vedder | 23-29 |
| 06:57 | Colorado | Lawrence Murray hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 23-29 |
| 06:56 | Northwestern State | Boris Winiarski grabs the defensive rebound | 23-29 |
| 06:41 | Northwestern State | Boris Winiarski misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 23-29 |
| 06:39 | Northwestern State | Mark Clark tips it but misses | 23-29 |
| 06:38 | Colorado | Calvin Keels snags the defensive board | 23-29 |
| 06:36 | Colorado | Calvin Keels is fouled in the backcourt by Boris Winiarski - foul #2 on Boris Winiarski, team foul #8 | 23-29 |
| Subs | Colorado | Terry Larson (PG), Harvey Mills (SF), Sergio Rodriguez (PF), Arthur Culpepper (C) Rickey Rowland, Lawrence Murray, James Scott, David Hynes | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Howard Perrine (PG), Walter Luebbert (SG), James Wilson (SF), Joe Janofsky (PF), Robbie Kyle (C) Boris Winiarski, Albert Vedder, Anthony Gass, Mark Clark, Andrew Stephens | |
| 06:36 | Colorado | Calvin Keels makes the 1st free throw | 24-29 |
| 06:36 | Colorado | Calvin Keels makes the 2nd free throw | 25-29 |
| 06:19 | Northwestern State | Howard Perrine misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 25-29 |
| 06:18 | Colorado | Sergio Rodriguez gets the rebound | 25-29 |
| 05:59 | Colorado | Harvey Mills hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3pt shot from the left wing | 25-29 |
| 05:57 | Northwestern State | Robbie Kyle grabs the board | 25-29 |
| 05:43 | Northwestern State | Joe Janofsky hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the right block | 25-29 |
| 05:42 | Northwestern State | Joe Janofsky gets the offensive rebound | 25-29 |
| 05:26 | Northwestern State | Howard Perrine is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Howard Perrine, team foul #9 | 25-29 |
| Subs | Colorado | Rickey Rowland (SG), Thomas Munz (PF), Brandon Price (C) Calvin Keels, Sergio Rodriguez, Arthur Culpepper | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Enlai Chu (PG), Anthony Gass (SF), Mark Clark (PF), Floyd Hunt (C) Howard Perrine, James Wilson, Joe Janofsky, Robbie Kyle | |
| 05:24 | Colorado | Walter Luebbert picks off the pass by Rickey Rowland in the backcourt | 25-29 |
| 05:13 | Northwestern State | Mark Clark banks in the layup on a nice dish by Enlai Chu | 25-31 |
| 04:59 | Colorado | Rickey Rowland misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 25-31 |
| 04:57 | Colorado | Brandon Price snags the offensive board | 25-31 |
| 04:33 | Colorado | Harvey Mills misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 25-31 |
| 04:31 | Northwestern State | Mark Clark gets the rebound | 25-31 |
| 04:16 | Northwestern State | Walter Luebbert is whistled for traveling | 25-31 |
| Subs | Colorado | Bruce Utley (PG), Lawrence Murray (SF), David Hynes (PF), Arthur Culpepper (C) Terry Larson, Harvey Mills, Thomas Munz, Brandon Price | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Albert Vedder (SG), Andrew Stephens (C) Walter Luebbert, Floyd Hunt | |
| 04:11 | Colorado | Bruce Utley travels in the backcourt | 25-31 |
| 03:56 | Northwestern State | Albert Vedder comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 25-31 |
| 03:55 | Colorado | The rebound goes to David Hynes | 25-31 |
| 03:49 | Colorado | Bruce Utley hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 25-31 |
| 03:47 | Colorado | David Hynes tips it home | 27-31 |
| 03:28 | Northwestern State | Albert Vedder can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 27-31 |
| 03:26 | Northwestern State | Andrew Stephens tips it back up and in | 27-33 |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Bruce Utley (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Rickey Rowland (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Lawrence Murray (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Hynes (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Arthur Culpepper (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northwestern State | PG - Enlai Chu (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Albert Vedder (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Anthony Gass (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mark Clark (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Andrew Stephens (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:03 | Colorado | Rickey Rowland misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 27-33 |
| 03:01 | Northwestern State | Andrew Stephens grabs the board | 27-33 |
| 02:56 | Northwestern State | Mark Clark misses badly on a floater from the right block | 27-33 |
| 02:54 | Colorado | David Hynes grabs the defensive rebound | 27-33 |
| 02:41 | Colorado | Rickey Rowland's pass is intercepted by Mark Clark | 27-33 |
| 02:19 | Northwestern State | Albert Vedder knocks in the shot from close range on a nice dish by Anthony Gass | 27-35 |
| 02:17 | Colorado | Mark Clark steals the ball from Bruce Utley in the backcourt | 27-35 |
| 02:12 | Northwestern State | Enlai Chu misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 27-35 |
| 02:10 | Colorado | David Hynes snags the defensive board | 27-35 |
| 01:47 | Colorado | Arthur Culpepper can't throw it down | 27-35 |
| 01:45 | Northwestern State | Mark Clark grabs the board | 27-35 |
| 01:35 | Northwestern State | Albert Vedder makes the 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Enlai Chu | 27-38 |
| 01:15 | Colorado | Enlai Chu picks off the pass by Bruce Utley | 27-38 |
| 00:55 | Northwestern State | Anthony Gass misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 27-38 |
| 00:54 | Colorado | David Hynes pulls down the rebound | 27-38 |
| 00:52 | Colorado | Bruce Utley is hacked by Enlai Chu in the backcourt - foul #1 on Enlai Chu, team foul #10 | 27-38 |
| Subs | Colorado | Terry Larson (PG), James Scott (SF), Sergio Rodriguez (PF), Brandon Price (C) Rickey Rowland, Lawrence Murray, David Hynes, Arthur Culpepper | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | Boris Winiarski (PG), Walter Luebbert (SG), Howard Perrine (SF), Joe Janofsky (PF), Robbie Kyle (C) Enlai Chu, Albert Vedder, Anthony Gass, Mark Clark, Andrew Stephens | |
| 00:52 | Colorado | Bruce Utley makes the 1st free throw | 28-38 |
| 00:52 | Colorado | Bruce Utley makes the 2nd free throw | 29-38 |
| 00:34 | Northwestern State | Howard Perrine is hacked by James Scott - foul #1 on James Scott, team foul #8 | 29-38 |
| Subs | Colorado | Calvin Keels (SG) Bruce Utley | |
| Subs | Northwestern State | | |
| 00:34 | Northwestern State | Howard Perrine makes the 1st free throw | 29-39 |
| 00:34 | Northwestern State | Howard Perrine makes the 2nd free throw | 29-40 |
| 00:13 | Colorado | James Scott misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 29-40 |
| 00:11 | Colorado | James Scott grabs the offensive rebound | 29-40 |
| 00:01 | Colorado | Terry Larson misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 29-40 |
| 00:00 | Northwestern State | Walter Luebbert gets the rebound | 29-40 |