| Lineup | Montana | PG - Otha Niewieroski (fresh) SG - Jose Espinoza (fresh) SF - Charles McCaughan (fresh) PF - Tyler Bilodeau (fresh) C - Garry Taylor (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Ahmed Banas (fresh) SG - Daniel Cheney (fresh) SF - Derrick Hall (fresh) PF - Dale Byers (fresh) C - Robert Taylor (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Creighton | Robert Taylor wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:42 | Creighton | Daniel Cheney can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | Creighton | Derrick Hall tips it but misses | 0-0 |
| 19:38 | Creighton | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Taylor | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | Creighton | Derrick Hall misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 0-0 |
| 19:20 | Montana | Otha Niewieroski grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:58 | Montana | Tyler Bilodeau misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 0-0 |
| 18:57 | Montana | Jose Espinoza tips it home | 2-0 |
| 18:32 | Creighton | The pull-up jumper by Daniel Cheney is blocked by Charles McCaughan | 2-0 |
| 18:31 | Montana | Charles McCaughan pulls down the rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:13 | Montana | Tyler Bilodeau is hacked by Dale Byers - foul #1 on Dale Byers, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:02 | Montana | Tyler Bilodeau is fouled on the floor by Dale Byers - foul #2 on Dale Byers, team foul #2 | 2-0 |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Dominic Cogdell (PF) Dale Byers | |
| 17:39 | Montana | Jose Espinoza is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Jose Espinoza, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 17:16 | Creighton | Robert Taylor is hacked by Tyler Bilodeau - foul #1 on Tyler Bilodeau, team foul #2 | 2-0 |
| 17:06 | Creighton | Tyler Bilodeau is called for the reach on Derrick Hall - foul #2 on Tyler Bilodeau, team foul #3 | 2-0 |
| Subs | Montana | James Fontenot (PF) Tyler Bilodeau | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 16:49 | Creighton | Dominic Cogdell throws a bad pass out of bounds | 2-0 |
| 16:35 | Montana | Jose Espinoza hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Otha Niewieroski | 4-0 |
| 16:22 | Creighton | Ahmed Banas misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side | 4-0 |
| 16:20 | Montana | Charles McCaughan pulls down the rebound | 4-0 |
| 16:10 | Montana | Garry Taylor hits a shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Otha Niewieroski | 6-0 |
| 16:00 | Creighton | Ahmed Banas knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 6-3 |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Otha Niewieroski (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Jose Espinoza (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Charles McCaughan (fresh) 2 reb. PF - James Fontenot (fresh) C - Garry Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Ahmed Banas (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Daniel Cheney (fresh) SF - Derrick Hall (fresh) PF - Dominic Cogdell (fresh) C - Robert Taylor (fresh) | |
| 15:39 | Montana | Charles McCaughan can't connect on a shot from close range | 6-3 |
| 15:38 | Montana | Charles McCaughan pulls down the offensive rebound | 6-3 |
| 15:21 | Montana | Charles McCaughan misses the lay-in but the foul's on Daniel Cheney - foul #1 on Daniel Cheney, team foul #3 | 6-3 |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Lewis Huff (C) Robert Taylor | |
| 15:21 | Montana | Charles McCaughan makes the 1st free throw | 7-3 |
| 15:21 | Montana | Charles McCaughan makes the 2nd free throw | 8-3 |
| 15:08 | Creighton | Derrick Hall scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Lewis Huff | 8-6 |
| 15:01 | Montana | Otha Niewieroski misses the jumper from just outside the lane | 8-6 |
| 14:59 | Creighton | Lewis Huff grabs the defensive rebound | 8-6 |
| 14:54 | Creighton | Lewis Huff hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Garry Taylor - foul #1 on Garry Taylor, team foul #4 | 8-6 |
| 14:54 | Creighton | Lewis Huff makes the 1st free throw | 8-7 |
| 14:54 | Creighton | Lewis Huff misses the 2nd free throw | 8-7 |
| 14:54 | Montana | The rebound goes to Garry Taylor | 8-7 |
| 14:39 | Montana | Otha Niewieroski loses the ball out of bounds | 8-7 |
| Subs | Montana | Norbert Pelletier (C) Garry Taylor | |
| Subs | Creighton | Timothy Brady (SG), Tom Howard (SF) Daniel Cheney, Derrick Hall | |
| 14:16 | Creighton | Lewis Huff misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 8-7 |
| 14:15 | Creighton | The offensive rebound goes to Tom Howard | 8-7 |
| 14:00 | Creighton | Ahmed Banas scores on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Tom Howard and he's hacked by Norbert Pelletier - foul #1 on Norbert Pelletier, team foul #5 | 8-9 |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Matthew Bhakta (PF) Dominic Cogdell | |
| 14:00 | Creighton | Ahmed Banas makes the free throw | 8-10 |
| 13:36 | Montana | James Fontenot misses long on a fadeaway from the left block | 8-10 |
| 13:34 | Creighton | The rebound goes to Timothy Brady | 8-10 |
| 13:30 | Creighton | Timothy Brady misses the lay-in | 8-10 |
| 13:29 | Montana | Otha Niewieroski grabs the defensive rebound | 8-10 |
| 13:25 | Montana | Ahmed Banas steps in front of the Charles McCaughan pass | 8-10 |
| 13:12 | Creighton | Tom Howard is hacked by Jose Espinoza - foul #2 on Jose Espinoza, team foul #6 | 8-10 |
| Subs | Montana | Eddie Nipper (PG), James Brazelton (SG), Marion Fraizer (SF), Garry Taylor (C) Otha Niewieroski, Jose Espinoza, Charles McCaughan, James Fontenot | |
| Subs | Creighton | Daniel Cheney (SG), Derrick Hall (SF), Robert Taylor (C) Ahmed Banas, Tom Howard, Matthew Bhakta | |
| 12:58 | Creighton | Timothy Brady misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 8-10 |
| 12:56 | Montana | Marion Fraizer gets the rebound | 8-10 |
| 12:31 | Montana | Marion Fraizer can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 8-10 |
| 12:29 | Creighton | Derrick Hall pulls down the rebound | 8-10 |
| 12:24 | Creighton | Derrick Hall is denied on a layup by Garry Taylor | 8-10 |
| 12:22 | Montana | Norbert Pelletier gets the rebound | 8-10 |
| 11:53 | Montana | Garry Taylor blows the layup but the foul's on Robert Taylor - foul #1 on Robert Taylor, team foul #4 | 8-10 |
| Subs | Montana | Otha Niewieroski (PG), Charles McCaughan (SF), James Fontenot (PF) James Brazelton, Marion Fraizer, Norbert Pelletier | |
| Subs | Creighton | Ahmed Banas (PG), Dominic Cogdell (PF) Timothy Brady, Lewis Huff | |
| 11:53 | Montana | Garry Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 9-10 |
| 11:53 | Montana | Garry Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 10-10 |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Otha Niewieroski (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Eddie Nipper (fresh) SF - Charles McCaughan (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Fontenot (fresh) C - Garry Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Ahmed Banas (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Daniel Cheney (fresh) SF - Derrick Hall (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dominic Cogdell (fresh) C - Robert Taylor (fresh) | |
| 11:46 | Creighton | Robert Taylor clanks a jumper from the left wing | 10-10 |
| 11:44 | Creighton | Daniel Cheney pulls down the offensive rebound | 10-10 |
| 11:23 | Creighton | James Fontenot steps in front of the Dominic Cogdell pass | 10-10 |
| 11:03 | Montana | Otha Niewieroski misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 10-10 |
| 11:02 | Creighton | Dominic Cogdell snags the defensive board | 10-10 |
| 10:43 | Creighton | Ahmed Banas misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 10-10 |
| 10:41 | Montana | The rebound goes to James Fontenot | 10-10 |
| 10:34 | Montana | Charles McCaughan drills a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 12-10 |
| 10:23 | Creighton | James Fontenot is called for the reach on Derrick Hall - foul #1 on James Fontenot, team foul #7 | 12-10 |
| Subs | Montana | Marion Fraizer (SG), Norbert Pelletier (C) Eddie Nipper, Garry Taylor | |
| Subs | Creighton | Lewis Huff (C) Robert Taylor | |
| 10:23 | Creighton | Derrick Hall makes the 1st free throw | 12-11 |
| 10:23 | Creighton | Derrick Hall misses the 2nd free throw | 12-11 |
| 10:23 | Montana | Norbert Pelletier snags the defensive board | 12-11 |
| 09:55 | Montana | James Fontenot misses short on a floater near the basket | 12-11 |
| 09:53 | Montana | James Fontenot grabs the offensive rebound | 12-11 |
| 09:37 | Montana | Marion Fraizer comes up short on the jump hook near the basket | 12-11 |
| 09:35 | Creighton | Lewis Huff gets the rebound | 12-11 |
| 09:29 | Creighton | Norbert Pelletier picks off the pass by Ahmed Banas | 12-11 |
| 09:10 | Montana | Otha Niewieroski clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 12-11 |
| 09:09 | Creighton | Lewis Huff pulls down the rebound | 12-11 |
| 09:05 | Creighton | Ahmed Banas's pass is intercepted by Otha Niewieroski in the backcourt | 12-11 |
| 08:58 | Montana | Otha Niewieroski hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Marion Fraizer | 15-11 |
| 08:37 | Creighton | Derrick Hall can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 15-11 |
| 08:36 | Montana | James Fontenot grabs the board | 15-11 |
| 08:23 | Montana | Marion Fraizer misses badly on a shot from the right wing but he's hacked by Dominic Cogdell - foul #1 on Dominic Cogdell, team foul #5 | 15-11 |
| Subs | Montana | Eddie Nipper (PG), James Brazelton (SG), Garry Taylor (C) Otha Niewieroski, Charles McCaughan, James Fontenot | |
| Subs | Creighton | Timothy Brady (PG), William Jenkinson (SG), Tom Howard (SF), Matthew Bhakta (PF) Ahmed Banas, Daniel Cheney, Derrick Hall, Dominic Cogdell | |
| 08:23 | Montana | Marion Fraizer makes the 1st free throw | 16-11 |
| 08:23 | Montana | Marion Fraizer makes the 2nd free throw | 17-11 |
| 08:07 | Creighton | Timothy Brady buries a pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Tom Howard | 17-13 |
| 07:43 | Montana | Marion Fraizer can't connect on a 3 from the left corner but he's hacked by Matthew Bhakta - foul #1 on Matthew Bhakta, team foul #6 | 17-13 |
| Subs | Montana | Otha Niewieroski (PG) Norbert Pelletier | |
| Subs | Creighton | Robert Taylor (C) Matthew Bhakta | |
| 07:43 | Montana | Marion Fraizer makes the 1st free throw | 18-13 |
| 07:43 | Montana | Marion Fraizer misses the 2nd free throw | 18-13 |
| 07:43 | Montana | Marion Fraizer misses the 3rd free throw | 18-13 |
| 07:43 | Creighton | Robert Taylor gets the rebound | 18-13 |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Otha Niewieroski (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Eddie Nipper (fresh) SF - James Brazelton (fresh) PF - Marion Fraizer (fresh) 3 pts. C - Garry Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Timothy Brady (fresh) 2 pts. SG - William Jenkinson (fresh) SF - Tom Howard (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Lewis Huff (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Taylor (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:32 | Creighton | Otha Niewieroski picks off the pass by Timothy Brady | 18-13 |
| 07:28 | Montana | Eddie Nipper lays it in set up by Otha Niewieroski | 20-13 |
| 07:09 | Creighton | Tom Howard banks in the layup on a nice dish by William Jenkinson | 20-15 |
| 06:54 | Montana | Otha Niewieroski hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 20-15 |
| 06:52 | Creighton | Lewis Huff pulls down the rebound | 20-15 |
| 06:47 | Creighton | William Jenkinson misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing but the foul's on Eddie Nipper - foul #1 on Eddie Nipper, team foul #8 | 20-15 |
| Subs | Montana | Charles McCaughan (SF), James Fontenot (PF), Brian Wheeler (C) Otha Niewieroski, Marion Fraizer, Garry Taylor | |
| Subs | Creighton | Ahmed Banas (PG), Matthew Bhakta (PF) Timothy Brady, Lewis Huff | |
| 06:47 | Creighton | William Jenkinson makes the 1st free throw | 20-16 |
| 06:47 | Creighton | William Jenkinson makes the 2nd free throw | 20-17 |
| 06:47 | Creighton | William Jenkinson makes the 3rd free throw | 20-18 |
| 06:30 | Montana | James Fontenot hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 20-18 |
| 06:29 | Creighton | Tom Howard pulls down the rebound | 20-18 |
| 06:25 | Creighton | William Jenkinson clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 20-18 |
| 06:23 | Creighton | The offensive rebound goes to Matthew Bhakta | 20-18 |
| 06:08 | Creighton | Ahmed Banas misses the floater from the right side | 20-18 |
| 06:07 | Montana | The rebound goes to James Fontenot | 20-18 |
| 06:01 | Montana | Eddie Nipper misses the floater from the right side | 20-18 |
| 05:59 | Montana | James Brazelton tips it back up and in | 22-18 |
| 05:43 | Creighton | William Jenkinson travels with the ball | 22-18 |
| Subs | Montana | Otha Niewieroski (PG), Norbert Pelletier (PF) James Brazelton, James Fontenot | |
| Subs | Creighton | Daniel Cheney (SG), Derrick Hall (SF), Dominic Cogdell (PF), Lewis Huff (C) William Jenkinson, Tom Howard, Matthew Bhakta, Robert Taylor | |
| 05:20 | Montana | Brian Wheeler misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 22-18 |
| 05:19 | Creighton | Dominic Cogdell grabs the board | 22-18 |
| 05:15 | Creighton | Derrick Hall is called for traveling | 22-18 |
| Subs | Montana | Garry Taylor (C) Brian Wheeler | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 04:58 | Montana | Charles McCaughan misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 22-18 |
| 04:56 | Creighton | Lewis Huff snags the defensive board | 22-18 |
| 04:52 | Creighton | Ahmed Banas is fouled on the floor by Otha Niewieroski - foul #1 on Otha Niewieroski, team foul #9 | 22-18 |
| Subs | Montana | Marion Fraizer (SG) Eddie Nipper | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 04:52 | Creighton | Ahmed Banas misses the 1st free throw | 22-18 |
| 04:52 | Montana | The rebound goes to Norbert Pelletier | 22-18 |
| 04:37 | Montana | Dominic Cogdell steps in front of the Garry Taylor pass | 22-18 |
| 04:12 | Creighton | Derrick Hall throws a bad pass out of bounds | 22-18 |
| Subs | Montana | James Brazelton (SG) Charles McCaughan | |
| Subs | Creighton | Robert Taylor (C) Dominic Cogdell | |
| 04:04 | Montana | Garry Taylor misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 22-18 |
| 04:03 | Montana | Marion Fraizer hits the follow up shot | 24-18 |
| 03:58 | Creighton | Ahmed Banas makes the shot from just outside the lane | 24-20 |
| 03:34 | Montana | Derrick Hall is called for the reach on James Brazelton - foul #1 on Derrick Hall, team foul #7 | 24-20 |
| Subs | Montana | Jose Espinoza (SG), Tyler Bilodeau (PF), James Fontenot (C) Otha Niewieroski, Norbert Pelletier, Garry Taylor | |
| Subs | Creighton | Dale Byers (PF) Lewis Huff | |
| 03:34 | Montana | James Brazelton makes the 1st free throw | 25-20 |
| 03:34 | Montana | James Brazelton makes the 2nd free throw | 26-20 |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - James Brazelton (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Jose Espinoza (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Marion Fraizer (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Tyler Bilodeau (fresh) C - James Fontenot (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Ahmed Banas (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Daniel Cheney (fresh) SF - Derrick Hall (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dale Byers (fresh) C - Robert Taylor (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:15 | Creighton | Marion Fraizer is called for the reach on Derrick Hall - foul #1 on Marion Fraizer, team foul #10 | 26-20 |
| Subs | Montana | Charles McCaughan (SF) Marion Fraizer | |
| Subs | Creighton | Timothy Brady (PG) Ahmed Banas | |
| 03:15 | Creighton | Derrick Hall makes the 1st free throw | 26-21 |
| 03:15 | Creighton | Derrick Hall makes the 2nd free throw | 26-22 |
| 02:55 | Montana | Charles McCaughan is fouled on the floor by Robert Taylor - foul #2 on Robert Taylor, team foul #8 | 26-22 |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| Subs | Creighton | William Jenkinson (SG), Tom Howard (SF), Lewis Huff (C) Daniel Cheney, Derrick Hall, Robert Taylor | |
| 02:55 | Montana | Charles McCaughan makes the 1st free throw | 27-22 |
| 02:55 | Montana | Charles McCaughan makes the 2nd free throw | 28-22 |
| 02:40 | Creighton | William Jenkinson misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 28-22 |
| 02:39 | Montana | The rebound goes to Charles McCaughan | 28-22 |
| 02:21 | Montana | Charles McCaughan makes the driving attempt in the paint | 30-22 |
| 02:09 | Creighton | Lewis Huff can't connect on a fadeaway from the left block but he's hacked by James Fontenot - foul #2 on James Fontenot, team foul #11 | 30-22 |
| Subs | Montana | Otha Niewieroski (PG), Marion Fraizer (SF), Garry Taylor (C) James Brazelton, Charles McCaughan, James Fontenot | |
| Subs | Creighton | Ahmed Banas (PG), Dominic Cogdell (C) William Jenkinson, Tom Howard | |
| 02:09 | Creighton | Lewis Huff misses the 1st free throw | 30-22 |
| 02:09 | Creighton | Lewis Huff makes the 2nd free throw | 30-23 |
| 01:56 | Montana | Marion Fraizer misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 30-23 |
| 01:55 | Creighton | Timothy Brady snags the defensive board | 30-23 |
| 01:43 | Creighton | Ahmed Banas connects on the jumper from the left wing set up by Dale Byers | 30-25 |
| 01:22 | Montana | Otha Niewieroski's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 30-25 |
| Subs | Montana | James Fontenot (PF) Tyler Bilodeau | |
| Subs | Creighton | Daniel Cheney (SG), Derrick Hall (SF), Robert Taylor (C) Timothy Brady, Lewis Huff, Dale Byers | |
| 01:01 | Creighton | Daniel Cheney drills a jumper from the left side on a great pass from Robert Taylor | 30-27 |
| 00:52 | Montana | Jose Espinoza can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 30-27 |
| 00:50 | Montana | The offensive rebound goes to Marion Fraizer | 30-27 |
| 00:36 | Montana | Otha Niewieroski makes the fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Marion Fraizer | 32-27 |
| 00:32 | Creighton | Derrick Hall hits the front of the rim on the runner from the left block | 32-27 |
| 00:30 | Montana | James Fontenot gets the rebound | 32-27 |
| 00:03 | Montana | Marion Fraizer misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 32-27 |
| 00:02 | Creighton | Dominic Cogdell gets the rebound | 32-27 |
| 00:00 | Creighton | Dominic Cogdell clanks a fullcourt shot | 32-27 |