| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Patrick Knudtson (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Stevie Cole (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Leonard Horton (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Joe McGruder (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Earl Jeffery (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Ernest Dorsch (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Gary Tolman (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Larry Criswell (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Richard May (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Ernest Jelks (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Kent State | Leonard Horton inbounds the ball | 22-40 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:45 | Kent State | Stevie Cole clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 22-40 |
| 19:44 | Bowling Green | Ernest Jelks snags the defensive board | 22-40 |
| 19:25 | Bowling Green | Gary Tolman knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 22-43 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:08 | Kent State | Patrick Knudtson knocks in the fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Leonard Horton and he's fouled by Richard May - foul #1 on Richard May, team foul #1 | 24-43 |
| 19:08 | Kent State | Patrick Knudtson misses the free throw | 24-43 |
| 19:08 | Bowling Green | Ernest Jelks grabs the defensive rebound | 24-43 |
| 18:55 | Bowling Green | Stevie Cole picks off the pass by Ernest Dorsch | 24-43 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 18:26 | Kent State | Earl Jeffery can't connect on a jump hook from close range | 24-43 |
| 18:24 | Bowling Green | The rebound goes to Richard May | 24-43 |
| 18:06 | Bowling Green | Larry Criswell loses the dribble to Stevie Cole | 24-43 |
| 18:03 | Kent State | Stevie Cole lays it up and in | 26-43 |
| 17:49 | Bowling Green | Larry Criswell misses the easy layup | 26-43 |
| 17:48 | Bowling Green | Richard May tips it but misses | 26-43 |
| 17:47 | Kent State | Leonard Horton grabs the board | 26-43 |
| 17:32 | Kent State | The jumper by Earl Jeffery is denied by Richard May | 26-43 |
| 17:30 | Kent State | The offensive rebound goes to Patrick Knudtson | 26-43 |
| 17:20 | Kent State | Earl Jeffery misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Ernest Jelks - foul #3 on Ernest Jelks, team foul #2 | 26-43 |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Trevor Lusk (C) Ernest Jelks | |
| 17:20 | Kent State | Earl Jeffery misses the 1st free throw | 26-43 |
| 17:20 | Kent State | Earl Jeffery makes the 2nd free throw | 27-43 |
| 17:10 | Bowling Green | Ernest Dorsch can't connect on a jumper from the right wing | 27-43 |
| 17:08 | Bowling Green | Ernest Dorsch snags the offensive board | 27-43 |
| 16:50 | Bowling Green | Ernest Dorsch clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 27-43 |
| 16:48 | Kent State | Stevie Cole grabs the defensive rebound | 27-43 |
| 16:38 | Kent State | Trevor Lusk is called for the reach on Patrick Knudtson - foul #3 on Trevor Lusk, team foul #3 | 27-43 |
| Subs | Kent State | Charles Pace (PG), Robert Reynolds (SF) Patrick Knudtson, Leonard Horton | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Lawrence Braden (PF), Thomas Peach (C) Richard May, Trevor Lusk | |
| 16:19 | Kent State | Charles Pace scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 30-43 |
| 15:51 | Bowling Green | Gary Tolman hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 30-43 |
| 15:50 | Kent State | Earl Jeffery grabs the defensive rebound | 30-43 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Charles Pace (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Stevie Cole (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - Robert Reynolds (fresh) PF - Joe McGruder (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Earl Jeffery (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Ernest Dorsch (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Gary Tolman (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Larry Criswell (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Lawrence Braden (fresh) 5 pts. C - Thomas Peach (fresh) 1 ast. | |
| 15:37 | Kent State | Lawrence Braden denies the turnaround by Robert Reynolds | 30-43 |
| 15:35 | Bowling Green | Larry Criswell pulls down the rebound | 30-43 |
| 15:18 | Bowling Green | Robert Reynolds picks off the pass by Lawrence Braden | 30-43 |
| 14:53 | Kent State | Charles Pace clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 30-43 |
| 14:51 | Bowling Green | Lawrence Braden snags the defensive board | 30-43 |
| 14:32 | Bowling Green | Thomas Peach comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 30-43 |
| 14:31 | Kent State | The rebound goes to Robert Reynolds | 30-43 |
| 14:23 | Kent State | Earl Jeffery misses the fadeaway in the paint but the foul's on Gary Tolman - foul #2 on Gary Tolman, team foul #4 | 30-43 |
| Subs | Kent State | Patrick Knudtson (PG), Leonard Horton (SF), Harvey Donoghue (PF) Stevie Cole, Robert Reynolds, Joe McGruder | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Denis Lockett (PG), Michael Pye (SF), Richard May (PF), Ernest Jelks (C) Ernest Dorsch, Gary Tolman, Larry Criswell, Lawrence Braden | |
| 14:23 | Kent State | Earl Jeffery makes the 1st free throw | 31-43 |
| 14:23 | Kent State | Earl Jeffery makes the 2nd free throw | 32-43 |
| 14:13 | Bowling Green | Ernest Jelks is fouled on the floor by Earl Jeffery - foul #1 on Earl Jeffery, team foul #1 | 32-43 |
| Subs | Kent State | Craig Loar (C) Earl Jeffery | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | | |
| 13:53 | Bowling Green | Ernest Jelks drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Michael Pye | 32-46 |
| 13:44 | Kent State | Leonard Horton knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Charles Pace | 35-46 |
| 13:31 | Bowling Green | Richard May loses the dribble to Leonard Horton | 35-46 |
| 13:28 | Kent State | Leonard Horton throws it down | 37-46 |
| 13:10 | Bowling Green | Thomas Peach drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Michael Pye | 37-49 |
| 12:51 | Kent State | Charles Pace makes the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Patrick Knudtson and he's hacked by Denis Lockett - foul #1 on Denis Lockett, team foul #5 | 39-49 |
| Subs | Kent State | Stevie Cole (SG) Patrick Knudtson | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Ernest Dorsch (PG), Gary Tolman (SG), Larry Criswell (SF) Denis Lockett, Thomas Peach, Michael Pye | |
| 12:51 | Kent State | Charles Pace makes the free throw | 40-49 |
| 12:34 | Bowling Green | Ernest Jelks misses badly on a jumper from the right wing | 40-49 |
| 12:32 | Kent State | Leonard Horton grabs the defensive rebound | 40-49 |
| 12:23 | Kent State | Ernest Jelks takes the ball from Leonard Horton | 40-49 |
| 11:59 | Bowling Green | Gary Tolman knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Ernest Dorsch | 40-52 |
| 11:45 | Kent State | Richard May swats the layup by Stevie Cole | 40-52 |
| 11:43 | Bowling Green | The rebound goes to Ernest Jelks | 40-52 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Charles Pace (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Stevie Cole (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - Leonard Horton (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Harvey Donoghue (fresh) C - Craig Loar (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Ernest Dorsch (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Gary Tolman (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Larry Criswell (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Richard May (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Ernest Jelks (fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:18 | Bowling Green | Gary Tolman connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Ernest Dorsch | 40-55 |
| 11:10 | Kent State | Charles Pace misses short on a jumpshot from the right side | 40-55 |
| 11:09 | Bowling Green | Richard May grabs the board | 40-55 |
| 11:04 | Bowling Green | Gary Tolman drills a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Ernest Dorsch | 40-58 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 10:48 | Kent State | Stevie Cole knocks in the runner in the paint on a great pass from Charles Pace | 42-58 |
| 10:31 | Bowling Green | Ernest Dorsch misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 42-58 |
| 10:29 | Kent State | Leonard Horton snags the defensive board | 42-58 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 10:24 | Kent State | Stevie Cole scores on a jumper from the free throw line set up by Craig Loar | 44-58 |
| 10:07 | Bowling Green | Richard May is hacked by Harvey Donoghue - foul #3 on Harvey Donoghue, team foul #2 | 44-58 |
| Subs | Kent State | Patrick Knudtson (PG), Robert Reynolds (SG), Walter Rock (SF), Joe McGruder (PF), Earl Jeffery (C) Charles Pace, Stevie Cole, Leonard Horton, Harvey Donoghue, Craig Loar | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Denis Lockett (SF), Trevor Lusk (PF), Lawrence Braden (C) Larry Criswell, Richard May, Ernest Jelks | |
| 09:55 | Bowling Green | Gary Tolman misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 44-58 |
| 09:53 | Bowling Green | Lawrence Braden tips it home | 44-60 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 09:39 | Kent State | Robert Reynolds lays it up and in on a nice dish by Patrick Knudtson and the foul's on Gary Tolman - foul #3 on Gary Tolman, team foul #6 | 46-60 |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Thomas Peach (SF) Ernest Dorsch | |
| 09:39 | Kent State | Robert Reynolds makes the free throw | 47-60 |
| 09:16 | Bowling Green | Thomas Peach clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 47-60 |
| 09:15 | Bowling Green | Trevor Lusk hits the follow up shot | 47-62 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 09:01 | Kent State | Patrick Knudtson double dribbles | 47-62 |
| Subs | Kent State | Stevie Cole (SG) Walter Rock | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Michael Pye (SF) Gary Tolman | |
| 08:39 | Bowling Green | Michael Pye knocks in the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Trevor Lusk | 47-64 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 08:35 | Kent State | Patrick Knudtson is hacked by Michael Pye - foul #1 on Michael Pye, team foul #7 | 47-64 |
| Subs | Kent State | Leonard Horton (SF) Robert Reynolds | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Ernest Dorsch (PG), Larry Criswell (SF), Ernest Jelks (C) Thomas Peach, Michael Pye, Lawrence Braden | |
| 08:35 | Kent State | Patrick Knudtson makes the 1st free throw | 48-64 |
| 08:35 | Kent State | Patrick Knudtson makes the 2nd free throw | 49-64 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 08:24 | Bowling Green | Patrick Knudtson picks off the pass by Ernest Jelks | 49-64 |
| 08:21 | Kent State | Stevie Cole lays it in on a great pass from Patrick Knudtson | 51-64 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 08:06 | Bowling Green | Larry Criswell misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 51-64 |
| 08:05 | Kent State | Stevie Cole grabs the defensive rebound | 51-64 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 07:48 | Kent State | Patrick Knudtson's fadeaway is rejected by Ernest Jelks | 51-64 |
| 07:47 | Bowling Green | Ernest Jelks snags the defensive board | 51-64 |
| 07:43 | Bowling Green | Ernest Dorsch makes the 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Ernest Jelks | 51-67 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Patrick Knudtson (fresh) 7 pts. 5 ast. SG - Stevie Cole (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - Leonard Horton (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. PF - Joe McGruder (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Earl Jeffery (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Ernest Dorsch (fresh) 9 pts. 6 ast. SG - Denis Lockett (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Larry Criswell (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Trevor Lusk (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. C - Ernest Jelks (fresh) 7 pts. 10 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 07:35 | Kent State | Patrick Knudtson connects on the jump hook from the baseline | 53-67 |
| 07:15 | Bowling Green | Larry Criswell misses the easy layup but the foul's on Earl Jeffery - foul #2 on Earl Jeffery, team foul #3 | 53-67 |
| Subs | Kent State | Charles Pace (PG) Patrick Knudtson | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Gary Tolman (SG), Richard May (PF) Denis Lockett, Trevor Lusk | |
| 07:15 | Bowling Green | Larry Criswell makes the 1st free throw | 53-68 |
| 07:15 | Bowling Green | Larry Criswell misses the 2nd free throw | 53-68 |
| 07:15 | Kent State | Leonard Horton pulls down the rebound | 53-68 |
| 06:54 | Kent State | Joe McGruder's floater is tipped away by Richard May | 53-68 |
| 06:52 | Kent State | Stevie Cole gets the offensive rebound | 53-68 |
| 06:42 | Kent State | Stevie Cole clanks a turnaround from close range | 53-68 |
| 06:41 | Bowling Green | Ernest Jelks grabs the defensive rebound | 53-68 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 06:13 | Bowling Green | Ernest Jelks misses badly on a floater from the free throw line but he's hacked by Earl Jeffery - foul #3 on Earl Jeffery, team foul #4 | 53-68 |
| Subs | Kent State | Robert Reynolds (SG), Walter Rock (SF), Harvey Donoghue (PF), Craig Loar (C) Stevie Cole, Leonard Horton, Joe McGruder, Earl Jeffery | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | | |
| 06:13 | Bowling Green | Ernest Jelks makes the 1st free throw | 53-69 |
| 06:13 | Bowling Green | Ernest Jelks makes the 2nd free throw | 53-70 |
| 05:56 | Kent State | Walter Rock comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 53-70 |
| 05:54 | Bowling Green | The rebound goes to Ernest Jelks | 53-70 |
| 05:39 | Bowling Green | Ernest Jelks makes the floater from close range on a nice dish by Richard May and he's hacked by Charles Pace - foul #3 on Charles Pace, team foul #5 | 53-72 |
| Subs | Kent State | Patrick Knudtson (PG) Walter Rock | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Denis Lockett (PG), Thomas Peach (SF) Ernest Dorsch, Larry Criswell | |
| 05:39 | Bowling Green | Ernest Jelks makes the free throw | 53-73 |
| 05:31 | Kent State | Harvey Donoghue comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 53-73 |
| 05:30 | Kent State | Harvey Donoghue grabs the offensive rebound | 53-73 |
| 05:18 | Kent State | Harvey Donoghue is whistled for traveling | 53-73 |
| Subs | Kent State | Stevie Cole (SG) Charles Pace | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Trevor Lusk (C) Ernest Jelks | |
| 04:59 | Bowling Green | Trevor Lusk hits a jump hook from the right block on a nice dish by Thomas Peach | 53-75 |
| 04:45 | Kent State | Patrick Knudtson knocks in the jumpshot from the right wing | 55-75 |
| 04:16 | Bowling Green | Trevor Lusk misses short on a runner near the basket but he's fouled by Craig Loar - foul #2 on Craig Loar, team foul #6 | 55-75 |
| Subs | Kent State | Charles Pace (PG), Walter Rock (SF) Patrick Knudtson, Stevie Cole | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Michael Pye (SF), Lawrence Braden (C) Gary Tolman, Richard May | |
| 04:16 | Bowling Green | Trevor Lusk makes the 1st free throw | 55-76 |
| 04:16 | Bowling Green | Trevor Lusk makes the 2nd free throw | 55-77 |
| 04:07 | Kent State | Charles Pace misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 55-77 |
| 04:06 | Bowling Green | Michael Pye grabs the board | 55-77 |
| 03:49 | Bowling Green | Lawrence Braden is fouled on the floor by Walter Rock - foul #1 on Walter Rock, team foul #7 | 55-77 |
| 03:49 | Bowling Green | Lawrence Braden makes the 1st free throw | 55-78 |
| 03:49 | Bowling Green | Lawrence Braden misses the 2nd free throw | 55-78 |
| 03:49 | Bowling Green | Trevor Lusk grabs the offensive board | 55-78 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 03:23 | Bowling Green | Denis Lockett connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Trevor Lusk | 55-81 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Charles Pace (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Robert Reynolds (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. SF - Walter Rock (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Harvey Donoghue (fresh) 3 pf. C - Craig Loar (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Denis Lockett (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Peach (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Pye (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Lawrence Braden (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Trevor Lusk (fresh) 11 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 03:13 | Kent State | Robert Reynolds makes the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 57-81 |
| 02:55 | Bowling Green | Thomas Peach's pass is intercepted by Robert Reynolds | 57-81 |
| 02:40 | Kent State | Charles Pace clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 57-81 |
| 02:38 | Bowling Green | Lawrence Braden grabs the defensive rebound | 57-81 |
| 02:19 | Bowling Green | Trevor Lusk clanks a floater from the baseline | 57-81 |
| 02:18 | Kent State | Harvey Donoghue gets the rebound | 57-81 |
| 02:04 | Kent State | Charles Pace's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 57-81 |
| Subs | Kent State | Andrew Rake (SG), Richard Driscoll (SF) Robert Reynolds, Craig Loar | |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Mark Critchlow (PG), Paul Visconti (SG) Denis Lockett, Thomas Peach | |
| 01:35 | Bowling Green | Paul Visconti misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing | 57-81 |
| 01:33 | Kent State | Walter Rock pulls down the rebound | 57-81 |
| 01:15 | Kent State | Richard Driscoll misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 57-81 |
| 01:13 | Bowling Green | Lawrence Braden pulls down the rebound | 57-81 |
| 00:44 | Bowling Green | Paul Visconti misses long on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 57-81 |
| 00:42 | Kent State | Walter Rock pulls down the rebound | 57-81 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:36 | Kent State | Walter Rock makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Andrew Rake | 60-81 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:16 | Bowling Green | Paul Visconti lays it up and in set up by Trevor Lusk | 60-83 |
| 00:08 | Kent State | Andrew Rake makes the 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Walter Rock | 63-83 |
| 00:00 | Bowling Green | Mark Critchlow runs out the clock | 63-83 |