| Lineup | Drake | PG - Benjamin Bennett (fresh) SG - Russell Schaeffer (fresh) SF - Micheal Harper (fresh) PF - Charles Corlew (fresh) C - Mark Rizzi (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Liberty | PG - Daniel Prater (fresh) SG - Gregory Harriss (fresh) SF - Gary Fenton (fresh) PF - Bernard Duvall (fresh) C - Ted Slawson (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Liberty | Ted Slawson wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Drake | Drake is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Liberty | Liberty is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:39 | Liberty | Gary Fenton misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:38 | Liberty | Gregory Harriss misses the tip | 0-0 |
| 19:37 | Drake | The rebound goes to Mark Rizzi | 0-0 |
| 19:30 | Drake | Mark Rizzi slams it home on a great pass from Benjamin Bennett | 2-0 |
| 19:06 | Liberty | Gregory Harriss is hacked by Russell Schaeffer - foul #1 on Russell Schaeffer, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:50 | Liberty | Gary Fenton misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 2-0 |
| 18:49 | Drake | Charles Corlew snags the defensive board | 2-0 |
| 18:42 | Drake | Micheal Harper misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 2-0 |
| 18:41 | Liberty | Ted Slawson pulls down the rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:29 | Liberty | Gary Fenton misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 2-0 |
| 18:27 | Liberty | Gary Fenton gets the offensive rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:11 | Liberty | Bernard Duvall drills a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Daniel Prater | 2-2 |
| 17:46 | Drake | Micheal Harper can't connect on a jump hook in the paint | 2-2 |
| 17:45 | Liberty | Gary Fenton pulls down the rebound | 2-2 |
| 17:32 | Liberty | Russell Schaeffer steps in front of the Gary Fenton pass | 2-2 |
| 17:15 | Drake | A charge is called on Benjamin Bennett - foul #1 on Benjamin Bennett, team foul #2 | 2-2 |
| Subs | Drake | David Campbell (PG), Jesse Graham (SF), Robert May (C) Benjamin Bennett, Micheal Harper, Mark Rizzi | |
| Subs | Liberty | John Ernst (PG), Philip Taylor (SG), Jason Prosser (PF), James Vance (C) Daniel Prater, Gregory Harriss, Bernard Duvall, Ted Slawson | |
| 16:53 | Liberty | James Vance hits the easy wide open finger roll on a great pass from John Ernst | 2-4 |
| 16:33 | Drake | Charles Corlew drills a jump hook near the basket set up by David Campbell | 4-4 |
| 16:17 | Liberty | Jason Prosser buries a shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Gary Fenton and he's fouled by Robert May - foul #1 on Robert May, team foul #3 | 4-6 |
| Subs | Drake | Edward Ewell (PG), John Winston (PF) Russell Schaeffer, Charles Corlew | |
| Subs | Liberty | James Smith (C) Gary Fenton | |
| 16:17 | Liberty | Jason Prosser misses the free throw | 4-6 |
| 16:17 | Drake | John Winston grabs the defensive rebound | 4-6 |
| 15:54 | Drake | Jesse Graham comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side | 4-6 |
| 15:52 | Liberty | James Vance grabs the defensive rebound | 4-6 |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - Edward Ewell (fresh) SG - David Campbell (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jesse Graham (fresh) PF - John Winston (fresh) C - Robert May (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Liberty | PG - John Ernst (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Philip Taylor (fresh) SF - Jason Prosser (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Vance (fresh) 2 pts. C - James Smith (fresh) | |
| 15:32 | Liberty | John Ernst hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Philip Taylor and he's fouled by Edward Ewell - foul #1 on Edward Ewell, team foul #4 | 4-8 |
| Subs | Drake | Benjamin Bennett (PG), Micheal Harper (SF), Mark Rizzi (C) Edward Ewell, Jesse Graham, John Winston | |
| Subs | Liberty | Gregory Harriss (SG), Ted Slawson (C) Philip Taylor, James Vance | |
| 15:32 | Liberty | John Ernst makes the free throw | 4-9 |
| 15:11 | Drake | Robert May misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 4-9 |
| 15:10 | Liberty | John Ernst gets the rebound | 4-9 |
| 14:53 | Liberty | Gregory Harriss clanks a jumper from the left block | 4-9 |
| 14:52 | Drake | The rebound goes to Mark Rizzi | 4-9 |
| 14:28 | Drake | Benjamin Bennett drills a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from David Campbell | 7-9 |
| 14:26 | Liberty | James Smith double dribbles in the backcourt | 7-9 |
| Subs | Drake | Russell Schaeffer (SG), Charles Corlew (PF) David Campbell, Robert May | |
| Subs | Liberty | Daniel Prater (PG), Gary Fenton (SF), Bernard Duvall (PF) John Ernst, Jason Prosser, James Smith | |
| 14:13 | Drake | Mark Rizzi comes up short on the jumper in the lane | 7-9 |
| 14:12 | Drake | Mark Rizzi grabs the offensive rebound | 7-9 |
| 14:02 | Drake | Micheal Harper hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 7-9 |
| 14:00 | Drake | Charles Corlew tips it home | 9-9 |
| 13:58 | Liberty | Micheal Harper is called for the reach on Gary Fenton in the backcourt - foul #1 on Micheal Harper, team foul #5 | 9-9 |
| Subs | Drake | Edward Ewell (PG), Jesse Graham (SF) Benjamin Bennett, Micheal Harper | |
| Subs | Liberty | Philip Taylor (SG), James Vance (C) Gregory Harriss, Ted Slawson | |
| 13:50 | Liberty | Daniel Prater is fouled on the floor by Edward Ewell - foul #2 on Edward Ewell, team foul #6 | 9-9 |
| Subs | Drake | Benjamin Bennett (PG) Edward Ewell | |
| Subs | Liberty | | |
| 13:30 | Liberty | Bernard Duvall is open and scores on a jumper from the left block on a great pass from Philip Taylor | 9-11 |
| 13:17 | Drake | James Vance steals the ball from Mark Rizzi | 9-11 |
| 12:57 | Liberty | James Vance lays it up and in set up by Philip Taylor | 9-13 |
| 12:43 | Drake | Jesse Graham loses the dribble to James Vance | 9-13 |
| 12:31 | Liberty | Bernard Duvall buries a jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Philip Taylor | 9-15 |
| 12:17 | Drake | Jesse Graham hits a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 11-15 |
| 12:03 | Liberty | Bernard Duvall's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 11-15 |
| Subs | Drake | David Campbell (PG), Keith Lehmann (SG), Micheal Harper (SF), John Winston (PF), Robert May (C) Benjamin Bennett, Russell Schaeffer, Jesse Graham, Charles Corlew, Mark Rizzi | |
| Subs | Liberty | John Ernst (PG), Gregory Harriss (SG), Jason Prosser (SF), James Smith (PF), Ted Slawson (C) Daniel Prater, Philip Taylor, Gary Fenton, Bernard Duvall, James Vance | |
| 11:41 | Drake | Robert May misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 11-15 |
| 11:39 | Liberty | James Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 11-15 |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - David Campbell (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Keith Lehmann (fresh) SF - Micheal Harper (fresh) PF - John Winston (fresh) C - Robert May (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Liberty | PG - John Ernst (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gregory Harriss (fresh) SF - Jason Prosser (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Smith (fresh) C - Ted Slawson (fresh) | |
| 11:22 | Liberty | Gregory Harriss hits the easy wide open finger roll on a nice dish by Jason Prosser | 11-17 |
| 11:08 | Drake | David Campbell misses long on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by James Smith - foul #1 on James Smith, team foul #1 | 11-17 |
| 11:08 | Drake | David Campbell misses the 1st free throw | 11-17 |
| 11:08 | Drake | David Campbell makes the 2nd free throw | 12-17 |
| 10:56 | Liberty | Jason Prosser comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 12-17 |
| 10:55 | Drake | Robert May pulls down the rebound | 12-17 |
| 10:53 | Drake | John Ernst steps in front of the David Campbell pass in the backcourt | 12-17 |
| 10:51 | Liberty | Jason Prosser misses the easy layup | 12-17 |
| 10:50 | Drake | Robert May pulls down the rebound | 12-17 |
| 10:31 | Drake | Keith Lehmann misses badly on a shot from the right side but he's hacked by Gregory Harriss - foul #1 on Gregory Harriss, team foul #2 | 12-17 |
| Subs | Drake | Jesse Graham (SF) Micheal Harper | |
| Subs | Liberty | Philip Taylor (PG), Gary Fenton (SF) John Ernst, James Smith | |
| 10:31 | Drake | Keith Lehmann makes the 1st free throw | 13-17 |
| 10:31 | Drake | Keith Lehmann makes the 2nd free throw | 14-17 |
| 10:24 | Liberty | Ted Slawson loses the ball out of bounds | 14-17 |
| Subs | Drake | Russell Schaeffer (SG), Charles Corlew (PF), Mark Rizzi (C) Keith Lehmann, John Winston, Robert May | |
| Subs | Liberty | Ty Cooper (SG) Gregory Harriss | |
| 10:13 | Drake | Russell Schaeffer connects on the shot near the basket | 16-17 |
| 09:58 | Liberty | Gary Fenton is open and buries a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Philip Taylor | 16-20 |
| 09:46 | Drake | David Campbell misses long on a floater from the right wing | 16-20 |
| 09:45 | Liberty | Ted Slawson grabs the board | 16-20 |
| 09:43 | Liberty | Jesse Graham takes the ball from Philip Taylor in the backcourt | 16-20 |
| 09:19 | Drake | Charles Corlew misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Philip Taylor - foul #1 on Philip Taylor, team foul #3 | 16-20 |
| Subs | Drake | Benjamin Bennett (PG), Micheal Harper (SF), Robert May (C) David Campbell, Jesse Graham, Mark Rizzi | |
| Subs | Liberty | Daniel Prater (PG), Gregory Harriss (SG), Bernard Duvall (PF) Philip Taylor, Ty Cooper, Jason Prosser | |
| 09:19 | Drake | Charles Corlew makes the 1st free throw | 17-20 |
| 09:19 | Drake | Charles Corlew makes the 2nd free throw | 18-20 |
| 09:08 | Liberty | Ted Slawson makes the driving attempt near the basket | 18-22 |
| 08:40 | Drake | Micheal Harper buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Benjamin Bennett | 21-22 |
| 08:38 | Liberty | Russell Schaeffer is called for the reach on Gregory Harriss in the backcourt - foul #2 on Russell Schaeffer, team foul #7 | 21-22 |
| Subs | Drake | Keith Lehmann (SG), John Winston (PF) Russell Schaeffer, Charles Corlew | |
| Subs | Liberty | James Vance (PF), James Smith (C) Bernard Duvall, Ted Slawson | |
| 08:38 | Liberty | Gregory Harriss makes the 1st free throw | 21-23 |
| 08:38 | Liberty | Gregory Harriss makes the 2nd free throw | 21-24 |
| 08:13 | Drake | Micheal Harper connects on the 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Benjamin Bennett | 24-24 |
| 07:57 | Liberty | Gregory Harriss throws a bad pass out of bounds | 24-24 |
| Subs | Drake | Mark Rizzi (C) Robert May | |
| Subs | Liberty | Philip Taylor (SG), Ty Cooper (SF) Gregory Harriss, Gary Fenton | |
| 07:44 | Drake | Benjamin Bennett is hacked by Daniel Prater - foul #1 on Daniel Prater, team foul #4 | 24-24 |
| Subs | Drake | Jesse Graham (SF) Micheal Harper | |
| Subs | Liberty | John Ernst (PG), Bernard Duvall (PF), Ted Slawson (C) Daniel Prater, James Vance, James Smith | |
| 07:29 | Drake | Mark Rizzi comes up short on the floater from close range but he's hacked by Bernard Duvall - foul #1 on Bernard Duvall, team foul #5 | 24-24 |
| Subs | Drake | David Campbell (PG), Charles Corlew (PF) Benjamin Bennett, Keith Lehmann | |
| Subs | Liberty | Jason Prosser (SF) Ty Cooper | |
| 07:29 | Drake | Mark Rizzi makes the 1st free throw | 25-24 |
| 07:29 | Drake | Mark Rizzi misses the 2nd free throw | 25-24 |
| 07:29 | Liberty | Ted Slawson snags the defensive board | 25-24 |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - David Campbell (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jesse Graham (fresh) 2 pts. SF - John Winston (fresh) PF - Charles Corlew (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Mark Rizzi (tiring) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Liberty | PG - John Ernst (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Philip Taylor (fresh) 5 ast. SF - Jason Prosser (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Bernard Duvall (fresh) 6 pts. C - Ted Slawson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:04 | Liberty | Jason Prosser misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 25-24 |
| 07:03 | Drake | David Campbell snags the defensive board | 25-24 |
| 06:47 | Drake | Charles Corlew comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 25-24 |
| 06:46 | Drake | The offensive rebound goes to Mark Rizzi | 25-24 |
| 06:36 | Drake | Jesse Graham's fadeaway is rejected by Bernard Duvall | 25-24 |
| 06:35 | Drake | John Winston grabs the offensive board | 25-24 |
| 06:27 | Drake | John Winston is whistled for a carry | 25-24 |
| Subs | Drake | Benjamin Bennett (PG), Micheal Harper (SF), Robert May (C) Jesse Graham, John Winston, Mark Rizzi | |
| Subs | Liberty | Daniel Prater (PG), Gregory Harriss (SG), Gary Fenton (SF), James Vance (C) John Ernst, Philip Taylor, Bernard Duvall, Ted Slawson | |
| 06:07 | Liberty | Micheal Harper is called for the reach on Gary Fenton - foul #2 on Micheal Harper, team foul #8 | 25-24 |
| Subs | Drake | Keith Lehmann (SG), Mark Rizzi (C) David Campbell, Micheal Harper | |
| Subs | Liberty | James Smith (C) Jason Prosser | |
| 06:07 | Liberty | Gary Fenton misses the 1st free throw | 25-24 |
| 06:07 | Drake | Charles Corlew pulls down the rebound | 25-24 |
| 05:59 | Drake | Charles Corlew hits a jumpshot from the left wing | 27-24 |
| 05:57 | Liberty | Gregory Harriss's pass is intercepted by Keith Lehmann in the backcourt | 27-24 |
| 05:40 | Drake | Mark Rizzi clanks a driving attempt in the paint | 27-24 |
| 05:38 | Drake | Charles Corlew can't tip it in | 27-24 |
| 05:37 | Liberty | James Vance snags the defensive board | 27-24 |
| 05:35 | Liberty | Daniel Prater is hacked by Benjamin Bennett in the backcourt - foul #2 on Benjamin Bennett, team foul #9 | 27-24 |
| Subs | Drake | David Campbell (PG) Benjamin Bennett | |
| Subs | Liberty | Philip Taylor (SG), Bernard Duvall (PF) Gregory Harriss, James Vance | |
| 05:35 | Liberty | Daniel Prater makes the 1st free throw | 27-25 |
| 05:35 | Liberty | Daniel Prater makes the 2nd free throw | 27-26 |
| 05:20 | Drake | David Campbell misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 27-26 |
| 05:19 | Drake | Charles Corlew hits the follow up shot | 29-26 |
| 05:03 | Liberty | Bernard Duvall comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 29-26 |
| 05:01 | Drake | Charles Corlew grabs the board | 29-26 |
| 04:51 | Drake | Charles Corlew misses long on a shot from the baseline | 29-26 |
| 04:50 | Drake | Charles Corlew gets the offensive rebound | 29-26 |
| 04:43 | Drake | Charles Corlew hits a turnaround in the paint | 31-26 |
| 04:39 | Liberty | Philip Taylor's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 31-26 |
| Subs | Drake | Jesse Graham (SG), John Winston (SF) Keith Lehmann, Mark Rizzi | |
| Subs | Liberty | John Ernst (PG), Gregory Harriss (SG), Ty Cooper (SF), Jason Prosser (PF), Ted Slawson (C) Daniel Prater, Philip Taylor, Gary Fenton, Bernard Duvall, James Smith | |
| 04:18 | Drake | Jesse Graham is fouled on the floor by Ty Cooper - foul #1 on Ty Cooper, team foul #6 | 31-26 |
| 04:05 | Drake | David Campbell misses the floater from the right wing | 31-26 |
| 04:04 | Liberty | Jason Prosser pulls down the rebound | 31-26 |
| 03:45 | Liberty | John Ernst clanks a 3 from the left wing | 31-26 |
| 03:43 | Liberty | Ty Cooper snags the offensive board | 31-26 |
| 03:28 | Liberty | John Ernst misses badly on the uncontested jumpshot from the right wing | 31-26 |
| 03:26 | Drake | The rebound goes to Charles Corlew | 31-26 |
| Lineup | Drake | PG - David Campbell (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jesse Graham (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - John Winston (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Charles Corlew (tiring) 12 pts. 8 reb. C - Robert May (tiring) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Liberty | PG - John Ernst (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gregory Harriss (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Ty Cooper (fresh) PF - Jason Prosser (fresh) 2 pts. C - Ted Slawson (tiring) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:10 | Drake | Charles Corlew misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 31-26 |
| 03:09 | Liberty | Jason Prosser grabs the board | 31-26 |
| 02:46 | Liberty | John Ernst misses the wide open 3pt shot from the right corner | 31-26 |
| 02:45 | Liberty | Ty Cooper pulls down the offensive rebound | 31-26 |
| 02:21 | Liberty | Robert May takes the ball from Gregory Harriss | 31-26 |
| 02:10 | Drake | Jesse Graham clanks a floater in the lane | 31-26 |
| 02:08 | Liberty | Ted Slawson grabs the defensive rebound | 31-26 |
| 01:52 | Liberty | David Campbell takes the ball from Ted Slawson | 31-26 |
| 01:48 | Drake | Jesse Graham misses badly on a jumpshot from the right wing | 31-26 |
| 01:46 | Drake | Robert May gets the offensive rebound | 31-26 |
| 01:38 | Drake | David Campbell knocks in the floater from the right wing set up by Robert May | 33-26 |
| 01:31 | Liberty | Gregory Harriss knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by John Ernst | 33-29 |
| 01:21 | Drake | Charles Corlew travels with the ball | 33-29 |
| Subs | Drake | Benjamin Bennett (PG), Russell Schaeffer (SG), Micheal Harper (SF), Mark Rizzi (C) David Campbell, Jesse Graham, John Winston, Robert May | |
| Subs | Liberty | Daniel Prater (PG), Philip Taylor (SG), Gary Fenton (SF), Bernard Duvall (PF), James Vance (C) John Ernst, Gregory Harriss, Ty Cooper, Jason Prosser, Ted Slawson | |
| 00:59 | Liberty | Bernard Duvall hits the front of the rim on the wide open jump hook in the lane but the foul's on Charles Corlew - foul #1 on Charles Corlew, team foul #10 | 33-29 |
| 00:59 | Liberty | Bernard Duvall misses the 1st free throw | 33-29 |
| 00:59 | Liberty | Bernard Duvall makes the 2nd free throw | 33-30 |
| 00:48 | Drake | Benjamin Bennett misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 33-30 |
| 00:47 | Liberty | Philip Taylor grabs the board | 33-30 |
| 00:43 | Liberty | Philip Taylor is hacked by Russell Schaeffer in the backcourt - foul #3 on Russell Schaeffer, team foul #11 | 33-30 |
| Subs | Drake | Keith Lehmann (SG), Robert May (PF) Russell Schaeffer, Charles Corlew | |
| Subs | Liberty | | |
| 00:43 | Liberty | Philip Taylor misses the 1st free throw | 33-30 |
| 00:43 | Liberty | Philip Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 33-31 |
| 00:26 | Drake | Micheal Harper can't finish the layup | 33-31 |
| 00:25 | Liberty | James Vance pulls down the rebound | 33-31 |
| 00:22 | Liberty | Keith Lehmann is called for the reach on Gary Fenton in the backcourt - foul #1 on Keith Lehmann, team foul #12 | 33-31 |
| Subs | Drake | | |
| Subs | Liberty | James Smith (C) Bernard Duvall | |
| 00:22 | Liberty | Gary Fenton makes the 1st free throw | 33-32 |
| 00:22 | Liberty | Gary Fenton misses the 2nd free throw | 33-32 |
| 00:22 | Drake | Keith Lehmann gets the rebound | 33-32 |
| 00:02 | Drake | Benjamin Bennett hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 33-32 |
| 00:00 | Liberty | James Vance pulls down the rebound | 33-32 |