| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Tracy Flax (fresh) SG - Joseph Allshouse (fresh) SF - Daniel Smith (fresh) PF - Alphonse Marino (fresh) C - Robert Haddix (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Victor Johnson (fresh) SG - Daniel Haider (fresh) SF - George Razo (fresh) PF - Charles Lehmann (fresh) C - Gerard Schroeder (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Illinois | Robert Haddix wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:39 | Illinois | Joseph Allshouse misses the shot from the left side | 0-0 |
| 19:38 | Illinois | Daniel Smith tips it home | 2-0 |
| 19:22 | Purdue | Charles Lehmann banks in the layup on a nice dish by Daniel Haider | 2-2 |
| 19:10 | Illinois | Alphonse Marino knocks in the fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Daniel Smith and he's fouled by Gerard Schroeder - foul #1 on Gerard Schroeder, team foul #1 | 4-2 |
| 19:10 | Illinois | Alphonse Marino misses the free throw | 4-2 |
| 19:10 | Purdue | Charles Lehmann grabs the board | 4-2 |
| 19:05 | Purdue | Victor Johnson misses long on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 4-2 |
| 19:04 | Illinois | Daniel Smith grabs the board | 4-2 |
| 18:50 | Illinois | Joseph Allshouse's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 4-2 |
| 18:35 | Purdue | Daniel Haider misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Alphonse Marino - foul #1 on Alphonse Marino, team foul #1 | 4-2 |
| 18:35 | Purdue | Daniel Haider makes the 1st free throw | 4-3 |
| 18:35 | Purdue | Daniel Haider makes the 2nd free throw | 4-4 |
| 18:16 | Illinois | Robert Haddix misses badly on a runner in the lane | 4-4 |
| 18:15 | Purdue | Gerard Schroeder grabs the defensive rebound | 4-4 |
| 18:02 | Purdue | Daniel Smith steals it from Gerard Schroeder | 4-4 |
| 17:58 | Illinois | Daniel Smith banks in the layup | 6-4 |
| 17:48 | Purdue | Victor Johnson misses long on a fadeaway in the lane but the foul's on Daniel Smith - foul #1 on Daniel Smith, team foul #2 | 6-4 |
| Subs | Illinois | Kevin Davis (PF), Jessie Biddle (C) Alphonse Marino, Robert Haddix | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 17:48 | Purdue | Victor Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 6-5 |
| 17:48 | Purdue | Victor Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 6-6 |
| 17:28 | Illinois | Tracy Flax connects on the jumper from the right wing | 8-6 |
| 17:15 | Purdue | A charge is called on Victor Johnson - foul #1 on Victor Johnson, team foul #2 | 8-6 |
| Subs | Illinois | Darren Blaise (PG), Everett Kinney (SG) Tracy Flax, Joseph Allshouse | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 16:53 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle loses the dribble to Gerard Schroeder | 8-6 |
| 16:42 | Purdue | Kevin Davis is called for the reach on Daniel Haider - foul #1 on Kevin Davis, team foul #3 | 8-6 |
| Subs | Illinois | Dobromierz Lakowski (SF) Daniel Smith | |
| Subs | Purdue | Evan Helfrich (PG), Adam Townsend (SF), Kevin Hill (PF), Czeslaw Grudzinski (C) Victor Johnson, George Razo, Charles Lehmann, Gerard Schroeder | |
| 16:27 | Purdue | Daniel Haider misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 8-6 |
| 16:26 | Illinois | Kevin Davis grabs the board | 8-6 |
| 16:14 | Illinois | Everett Kinney drills a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Dobromierz Lakowski | 11-6 |
| 15:51 | Purdue | Daniel Haider misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 11-6 |
| 15:49 | Illinois | Dobromierz Lakowski gets the rebound | 11-6 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Darren Blaise (fresh) SG - Everett Kinney (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Dobromierz Lakowski (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Kevin Davis (fresh) C - Jessie Biddle (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Evan Helfrich (fresh) SG - Daniel Haider (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Adam Townsend (fresh) PF - Kevin Hill (fresh) C - Czeslaw Grudzinski (fresh) | |
| 15:29 | Illinois | Kevin Davis comes up short on the fadeaway from the right block | 11-6 |
| 15:28 | Purdue | Czeslaw Grudzinski gets the rebound | 11-6 |
| 15:16 | Purdue | Adam Townsend misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 11-6 |
| 15:15 | Illinois | Kevin Davis gets the rebound | 11-6 |
| 15:03 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle makes the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 13-6 |
| 14:54 | Purdue | Darren Blaise is called for the reach on Czeslaw Grudzinski - foul #1 on Darren Blaise, team foul #4 | 13-6 |
| Subs | Illinois | Tracy Flax (PG), Joseph Allshouse (SG), Daniel Smith (SF), Alphonse Marino (PF), Robert Haddix (C) Darren Blaise, Everett Kinney, Dobromierz Lakowski, Kevin Davis, Jessie Biddle | |
| Subs | Purdue | Victor Johnson (PG), George Razo (SF), Charles Lehmann (PF), Gerard Schroeder (C) Daniel Haider, Adam Townsend, Kevin Hill, Czeslaw Grudzinski | |
| 14:38 | Purdue | Victor Johnson is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Victor Johnson, team foul #3 | 13-6 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Thomas Bornstein (PG) Victor Johnson | |
| 14:21 | Illinois | Joseph Allshouse is hacked by Evan Helfrich - foul #1 on Evan Helfrich, team foul #4 | 13-6 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Adam Townsend (SG) Thomas Bornstein | |
| 13:59 | Illinois | Robert Haddix loses the ball out of bounds | 13-6 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Thomas Bornstein (PG) Evan Helfrich | |
| 13:43 | Purdue | Gerard Schroeder misses long on a jumper from the right side | 13-6 |
| 13:42 | Purdue | Gerard Schroeder tips it back up and in | 13-8 |
| 13:16 | Illinois | Robert Haddix can't throw it down but he's hacked by Gerard Schroeder - foul #2 on Gerard Schroeder, team foul #5 | 13-8 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Daniel Haider (SG), Kevin Hill (C) Adam Townsend, Gerard Schroeder | |
| 13:16 | Illinois | Robert Haddix makes the 1st free throw | 14-8 |
| 13:16 | Illinois | Robert Haddix misses the 2nd free throw | 14-8 |
| 13:16 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Kevin Hill | 14-8 |
| 13:01 | Purdue | Charles Lehmann clanks a jump hook in the lane | 14-8 |
| 12:59 | Purdue | Kevin Hill hits the follow up shot | 14-10 |
| 12:41 | Illinois | Tracy Flax's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 14-10 |
| Subs | Illinois | Kevin Davis (PF), Jessie Biddle (C) Alphonse Marino, Robert Haddix | |
| Subs | Purdue | Evan Helfrich (PG) Thomas Bornstein | |
| 12:22 | Purdue | George Razo misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Daniel Smith - foul #2 on Daniel Smith, team foul #5 | 14-10 |
| Subs | Illinois | Darren Blaise (PG), Everett Kinney (SG), Dobromierz Lakowski (SF) Tracy Flax, Joseph Allshouse, Daniel Smith | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 12:22 | Purdue | George Razo makes the 1st free throw | 14-11 |
| 12:22 | Purdue | George Razo makes the 2nd free throw | 14-12 |
| 12:02 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 14-12 |
| 12:01 | Purdue | Kevin Hill gets the rebound | 14-12 |
| 11:48 | Purdue | Daniel Haider misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 14-12 |
| 11:46 | Illinois | Kevin Davis gets the rebound | 14-12 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Darren Blaise (fresh) SG - Everett Kinney (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Dobromierz Lakowski (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Kevin Davis (fresh) 3 reb. C - Jessie Biddle (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Evan Helfrich (fresh) SG - Daniel Haider (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - George Razo (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Charles Lehmann (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Kevin Hill (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:38 | Illinois | Dobromierz Lakowski hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 14-12 |
| 11:36 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle tips it back up and in | 16-12 |
| 11:15 | Purdue | George Razo can't connect on a jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Kevin Davis - foul #2 on Kevin Davis, team foul #6 | 16-12 |
| Subs | Illinois | Tracy Flax (PG), Joseph Allshouse (SG), Harry Gill (PF), Robert Haddix (C) Darren Blaise, Dobromierz Lakowski, Kevin Davis, Jessie Biddle | |
| Subs | Purdue | Czeslaw Grudzinski (C) Charles Lehmann | |
| 11:15 | Purdue | George Razo makes the 1st free throw | 16-13 |
| 11:15 | Purdue | George Razo makes the 2nd free throw | 16-14 |
| 10:54 | Illinois | Everett Kinney misses short on a floater from the free throw line but he's hacked by George Razo - foul #1 on George Razo, team foul #6 | 16-14 |
| Subs | Illinois | Alphonse Marino (PF) Harry Gill | |
| Subs | Purdue | Thomas Bornstein (PG), Adam Townsend (SF) Daniel Haider, George Razo | |
| 10:54 | Illinois | Everett Kinney makes the 1st free throw | 17-14 |
| 10:54 | Illinois | Everett Kinney makes the 2nd free throw | 18-14 |
| 10:37 | Purdue | Adam Townsend loses the dribble to Tracy Flax | 18-14 |
| 10:33 | Illinois | Tracy Flax misses the lay-in | 18-14 |
| 10:32 | Purdue | Kevin Hill snags the defensive board | 18-14 |
| 10:19 | Purdue | Kevin Hill knocks in the driving attempt in the paint on a nice dish by Czeslaw Grudzinski | 18-16 |
| 10:03 | Illinois | Everett Kinney is fouled on the floor by Adam Townsend - foul #1 on Adam Townsend, team foul #7 | 18-16 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Daniel Haider (SG), Stanley Fine (C) Evan Helfrich, Kevin Hill | |
| 10:03 | Illinois | Everett Kinney misses the 1st free throw | 18-16 |
| 10:03 | Illinois | Everett Kinney snags the offensive board | 18-16 |
| 09:47 | Illinois | Alphonse Marino misses the shot in the lane | 18-16 |
| 09:46 | Purdue | Adam Townsend grabs the defensive rebound | 18-16 |
| 09:24 | Purdue | Adam Townsend misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Robert Haddix - foul #1 on Robert Haddix, team foul #7 | 18-16 |
| Subs | Illinois | Darren Blaise (PG), Dobromierz Lakowski (SF), Jessie Biddle (PF), Harry Gill (C) Tracy Flax, Everett Kinney, Alphonse Marino, Robert Haddix | |
| Subs | Purdue | George Razo (SF), Charles Lehmann (PF) Thomas Bornstein, Stanley Fine | |
| 09:24 | Purdue | Adam Townsend makes the 1st free throw | 18-17 |
| 09:24 | Purdue | Adam Townsend makes the 2nd free throw | 18-18 |
| 09:04 | Illinois | Harry Gill loses the ball out of bounds | 18-18 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Thomas Bornstein (PG), Kevin Hill (C) Adam Townsend, Czeslaw Grudzinski | |
| 08:48 | Purdue | Daniel Haider comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing | 18-18 |
| 08:47 | Purdue | Charles Lehmann grabs the offensive board | 18-18 |
| 08:30 | Purdue | Kevin Hill's fadeaway is rejected by Jessie Biddle | 18-18 |
| 08:28 | Purdue | Kevin Hill grabs the offensive board | 18-18 |
| 08:16 | Purdue | Charles Lehmann misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 18-18 |
| 08:15 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle grabs the board | 18-18 |
| 08:03 | Illinois | Dobromierz Lakowski is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Dobromierz Lakowski, team foul #8 | 18-18 |
| Subs | Illinois | Tracy Flax (PG) Joseph Allshouse | |
| Subs | Purdue | Evan Helfrich (PG) Thomas Bornstein | |
| 07:44 | Purdue | George Razo can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 18-18 |
| 07:43 | Purdue | Charles Lehmann hits the follow up shot | 18-20 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Tracy Flax (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Darren Blaise (fresh) SF - Dobromierz Lakowski (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Jessie Biddle (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Harry Gill (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Evan Helfrich (fresh) SG - Daniel Haider (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - George Razo (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Charles Lehmann (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Kevin Hill (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:30 | Illinois | Darren Blaise misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 18-20 |
| 07:29 | Purdue | The rebound goes to George Razo | 18-20 |
| 07:15 | Purdue | Kevin Hill dunks the ball on a great pass from Evan Helfrich and the foul's on Harry Gill - foul #1 on Harry Gill, team foul #9 | 18-22 |
| Subs | Illinois | Alphonse Marino (PF), Robert Haddix (C) Jessie Biddle, Harry Gill | |
| Subs | Purdue | Thomas Bornstein (PG), Adam Townsend (SF) Daniel Haider, George Razo | |
| 07:15 | Purdue | Kevin Hill makes the free throw | 18-23 |
| 06:56 | Illinois | Alphonse Marino clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 18-23 |
| 06:54 | Purdue | Adam Townsend gets the rebound | 18-23 |
| 06:42 | Purdue | Evan Helfrich knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Thomas Bornstein | 18-26 |
| 06:29 | Illinois | Evan Helfrich is called for the reach on Tracy Flax - foul #2 on Evan Helfrich, team foul #8 | 18-26 |
| Subs | Illinois | Joseph Allshouse (SG), Everett Kinney (SF) Darren Blaise, Dobromierz Lakowski | |
| Subs | Purdue | Daniel Haider (SG), Czeslaw Grudzinski (PF), Stanley Fine (C) Evan Helfrich, Charles Lehmann, Kevin Hill | |
| 06:29 | Illinois | Tracy Flax makes the 1st free throw | 19-26 |
| 06:29 | Illinois | Tracy Flax makes the 2nd free throw | 20-26 |
| 06:11 | Purdue | Thomas Bornstein scores on a floater from the left side on a nice dish by Stanley Fine and he's fouled by Alphonse Marino - foul #2 on Alphonse Marino, team foul #10 | 20-28 |
| Subs | Illinois | Brad Wynne (PG), Jessie Biddle (PF) Tracy Flax, Alphonse Marino | |
| Subs | Purdue | George Razo (SF) Adam Townsend | |
| 06:11 | Purdue | Thomas Bornstein makes the free throw | 20-29 |
| 05:42 | Illinois | Robert Haddix banks in the layup set up by Joseph Allshouse | 22-29 |
| 05:18 | Purdue | George Razo comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 22-29 |
| 05:16 | Illinois | Robert Haddix grabs the defensive rebound | 22-29 |
| 05:12 | Illinois | Joseph Allshouse connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Brad Wynne | 25-29 |
| 04:51 | Purdue | Daniel Haider hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by George Razo | 25-32 |
| 04:38 | Illinois | A charge is called on Everett Kinney - foul #1 on Everett Kinney, team foul #11 | 25-32 |
| Subs | Illinois | Tracy Flax (PG), Darren Blaise (SG), Dobromierz Lakowski (SF), Harry Gill (PF) Brad Wynne, Joseph Allshouse, Everett Kinney, Jessie Biddle | |
| Subs | Purdue | Adam Townsend (PG), Kevin Hill (SF), Charles Lehmann (PF) Thomas Bornstein, George Razo, Stanley Fine | |
| 04:22 | Purdue | Daniel Haider scores on a shot from the left side set up by Czeslaw Grudzinski | 25-34 |
| 04:10 | Illinois | Robert Haddix lays it up and in | 27-34 |
| 04:06 | Purdue | Adam Townsend comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane | 27-34 |
| 04:04 | Illinois | Dobromierz Lakowski pulls down the rebound | 27-34 |
| 03:59 | Illinois | Tracy Flax hits a fadeaway near the basket set up by Dobromierz Lakowski | 29-34 |
| 03:43 | Purdue | Adam Townsend misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 29-34 |
| 03:42 | Illinois | Tracy Flax gets the rebound | 29-34 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Tracy Flax (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Darren Blaise (fresh) SF - Dobromierz Lakowski (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Harry Gill (fresh) C - Robert Haddix (fairly fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Adam Townsend (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Daniel Haider (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kevin Hill (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. PF - Charles Lehmann (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Czeslaw Grudzinski (fairly fresh) | |
| 03:20 | Illinois | Darren Blaise misses the jumper from the left side | 29-34 |
| 03:19 | Purdue | Czeslaw Grudzinski pulls down the rebound | 29-34 |
| 03:14 | Purdue | Darren Blaise picks off the pass by Adam Townsend | 29-34 |
| 03:10 | Illinois | Tracy Flax lays it up and in on a nice dish by Darren Blaise | 31-34 |
| 02:57 | Purdue | Kevin Hill misses the lay-in | 31-34 |
| 02:55 | Illinois | Harry Gill gets the rebound | 31-34 |
| 02:40 | Illinois | Robert Haddix is hacked by Czeslaw Grudzinski - foul #1 on Czeslaw Grudzinski, team foul #9 | 31-34 |
| Subs | Illinois | Joseph Allshouse (SG), Daniel Smith (SF), Alphonse Marino (PF) Darren Blaise, Dobromierz Lakowski, Harry Gill | |
| Subs | Purdue | Victor Johnson (PG), Evan Helfrich (SG), George Razo (SF), Gerard Schroeder (C) Adam Townsend, Daniel Haider, Kevin Hill, Czeslaw Grudzinski | |
| 02:40 | Illinois | Robert Haddix makes the 1st free throw | 32-34 |
| 02:40 | Illinois | Robert Haddix makes the 2nd free throw | 33-34 |
| 02:23 | Purdue | George Razo loses the dribble to Alphonse Marino | 33-34 |
| 02:02 | Illinois | Alphonse Marino hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 33-34 |
| 02:00 | Illinois | Daniel Smith hits the follow up shot | 35-34 |
| 01:47 | Purdue | George Razo is hacked by Alphonse Marino - foul #3 on Alphonse Marino, team foul #12 | 35-34 |
| Subs | Illinois | Darren Blaise (PG), Kevin Davis (PF), Jessie Biddle (C) Tracy Flax, Alphonse Marino, Robert Haddix | |
| Subs | Purdue | Kevin Hill (PF) Charles Lehmann | |
| 01:47 | Purdue | George Razo makes the 1st free throw | 35-35 |
| 01:47 | Purdue | George Razo makes the 2nd free throw | 35-36 |
| 01:27 | Illinois | Kevin Davis misses short on a runner in the lane but he's hacked by Kevin Hill - foul #1 on Kevin Hill, team foul #10 | 35-36 |
| 01:27 | Illinois | Kevin Davis makes the 1st free throw | 36-36 |
| 01:27 | Illinois | Kevin Davis makes the 2nd free throw | 37-36 |
| 01:13 | Purdue | Gerard Schroeder makes the fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Victor Johnson | 37-38 |
| 00:58 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle misses long on a jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Kevin Hill - foul #2 on Kevin Hill, team foul #11 | 37-38 |
| 00:58 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle makes the 1st free throw | 38-38 |
| 00:58 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle makes the 2nd free throw | 39-38 |
| 00:40 | Purdue | George Razo buries a 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Victor Johnson | 39-41 |
| 00:20 | Illinois | Kevin Hill takes the ball from Jessie Biddle | 39-41 |
| 00:01 | Purdue | Kevin Davis swats the layup by George Razo | 39-41 |
| 00:00 | Purdue | Kevin Hill grabs the offensive rebound | 39-41 |