| Lineup | Carthage | PG - Nicholas Murray (fresh) SG - Donald Nash (fresh) SF - Reginald Perrodin (fresh) PF - Darrell Springer (fresh) C - Aaron Bell (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Millikin | PG - Brian Woods (fresh) SG - Darin Robinson (fresh) SF - Mark Logsdon (fresh) PF - Marty Lentini (fresh) C - Richard Begay (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Carthage | Darrell Springer wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Carthage | Carthage is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Millikin | Millikin is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:38 | Carthage | Nicholas Murray clanks a shot from the left side but he's hacked by Brian Woods - foul #1 on Brian Woods, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:38 | Carthage | Nicholas Murray misses the 1st free throw | 0-0 |
| 19:38 | Carthage | Nicholas Murray makes the 2nd free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:31 | Millikin | Marty Lentini clanks a shot from the baseline | 1-0 |
| 19:29 | Carthage | Darrell Springer snags the defensive board | 1-0 |
| 19:05 | Carthage | Donald Nash hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 1-0 |
| 19:04 | Carthage | Darrell Springer pulls down the offensive rebound | 1-0 |
| 18:53 | Carthage | Aaron Bell misses the shot from the left side | 1-0 |
| 18:51 | Carthage | Donald Nash tips it home | 3-0 |
| 18:37 | Millikin | Brian Woods hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 3-0 |
| 18:35 | Carthage | The rebound goes to Aaron Bell | 3-0 |
| 18:23 | Carthage | Reginald Perrodin can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 3-0 |
| 18:22 | Millikin | Brian Woods gets the rebound | 3-0 |
| 17:57 | Millikin | Richard Begay is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Richard Begay, team foul #2 | 3-0 |
| 17:45 | Carthage | Aaron Bell loses the dribble to Mark Logsdon | 3-0 |
| 17:30 | Millikin | Marty Lentini connects on the floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Richard Begay | 3-2 |
| 17:08 | Carthage | Darin Robinson is called for the reach on Donald Nash - foul #1 on Darin Robinson, team foul #3 | 3-2 |
| Subs | Carthage | Paul Johnson (PF) Darrell Springer | |
| Subs | Millikin | | |
| 16:52 | Carthage | Reginald Perrodin makes the floater from close range on a great pass from Donald Nash and he's hacked by Darin Robinson - foul #2 on Darin Robinson, team foul #4 | 5-2 |
| Subs | Carthage | | |
| Subs | Millikin | Patrick Reid (SG) Darin Robinson | |
| 16:52 | Carthage | Reginald Perrodin makes the free throw | 6-2 |
| 16:23 | Millikin | Donald Nash steals it from Richard Begay | 6-2 |
| 16:20 | Carthage | Nicholas Murray lays it in on a great pass from Donald Nash | 8-2 |
| 16:15 | Millikin | Reginald Perrodin takes the ball from Brian Woods | 8-2 |
| 16:11 | Carthage | Nicholas Murray hits the finger roll set up by Reginald Perrodin | 10-2 |
| 15:59 | Millikin | Patrick Reid is called for 5 seconds | 10-2 |
| Subs | Carthage | Samuel Holt (PG), Gil Turner (SG), John Taylor (SF), John Hearn (C) Nicholas Murray, Donald Nash, Reginald Perrodin, Aaron Bell | |
| Subs | Millikin | William Shepard (PF) Marty Lentini | |
| Lineup | Carthage | PG - Samuel Holt (fresh) SG - Gil Turner (fresh) SF - John Taylor (fresh) PF - Paul Johnson (fresh) C - John Hearn (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Millikin | PG - Brian Woods (fresh) SG - Patrick Reid (fresh) SF - Mark Logsdon (fresh) PF - William Shepard (fresh) C - Richard Begay (fresh) | |
| 15:41 | Carthage | Paul Johnson hits the finger roll | 12-2 |
| 15:33 | Millikin | Mark Logsdon is fouled on the floor by Gil Turner - foul #1 on Gil Turner, team foul #1 | 12-2 |
| Subs | Carthage | Darrell Springer (PF) John Hearn | |
| Subs | Millikin | Philip Dealba (SG), Franklin Labonte (C) Brian Woods, Richard Begay | |
| 15:20 | Millikin | Gil Turner steals it from Patrick Reid | 12-2 |
| 15:16 | Carthage | Gil Turner banks in the layup | 14-2 |
| 15:11 | Millikin | Philip Dealba is whistled for a carry | 14-2 |
| Subs | Carthage | | |
| Subs | Millikin | Robert Mills (SF) Mark Logsdon | |
| 15:00 | Carthage | John Taylor's fadeaway is rejected by William Shepard | 14-2 |
| 14:59 | Millikin | The rebound goes to William Shepard | 14-2 |
| 14:55 | Millikin | Robert Mills buries a shot in the lane | 14-4 |
| 14:38 | Carthage | Samuel Holt misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's fouled by William Shepard - foul #1 on William Shepard, team foul #5 | 14-4 |
| Subs | Carthage | Donald Nash (SG), Reginald Perrodin (SF), John Hearn (C) Gil Turner, John Taylor, Paul Johnson | |
| Subs | Millikin | Richard Begay (C) Franklin Labonte | |
| 14:38 | Carthage | Samuel Holt makes the 1st free throw | 15-4 |
| 14:38 | Carthage | Samuel Holt makes the 2nd free throw | 16-4 |
| 14:18 | Millikin | Patrick Reid misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 16-4 |
| 14:17 | Carthage | Darrell Springer grabs the board | 16-4 |
| 13:51 | Carthage | Reginald Perrodin drills a fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from John Hearn | 18-4 |
| 13:30 | Millikin | Richard Begay drills a floater from the left block and he's hacked by John Hearn - foul #1 on John Hearn, team foul #2 | 18-6 |
| Subs | Carthage | Nicholas Murray (PG), Aaron Bell (C) Samuel Holt, Darrell Springer | |
| Subs | Millikin | Brian Woods (PG), Mark Logsdon (SF), Marty Lentini (PF) Patrick Reid, Robert Mills, William Shepard | |
| 13:30 | Millikin | Richard Begay makes the free throw | 18-7 |
| 13:17 | Carthage | John Hearn hits a jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Nicholas Murray | 20-7 |
| 13:04 | Millikin | Brian Woods hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Philip Dealba | 20-9 |
| 12:44 | Carthage | Donald Nash can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 20-9 |
| 12:42 | Millikin | Mark Logsdon pulls down the rebound | 20-9 |
| 12:26 | Millikin | Mark Logsdon loses the dribble to Donald Nash | 20-9 |
| 12:16 | Carthage | Donald Nash hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing but he's fouled by Richard Begay - foul #2 on Richard Begay, team foul #6 | 20-9 |
| Subs | Carthage | John Taylor (SF), Paul Johnson (PF) Reginald Perrodin, John Hearn | |
| Subs | Millikin | Paul Robbs (SG), Franklin Labonte (C) Philip Dealba, Richard Begay | |
| 12:16 | Carthage | Donald Nash misses the 1st free throw | 20-9 |
| 12:16 | Carthage | Donald Nash misses the 2nd free throw | 20-9 |
| 12:16 | Millikin | The rebound goes to Marty Lentini | 20-9 |
| 12:00 | Millikin | Marty Lentini comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 20-9 |
| 11:59 | Millikin | Marty Lentini tips it back up and in | 20-11 |
| Lineup | Carthage | PG - Nicholas Murray (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donald Nash (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - John Taylor (fresh) PF - Paul Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. C - Aaron Bell (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Millikin | PG - Brian Woods (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Paul Robbs (fresh) SF - Mark Logsdon (fresh) PF - Marty Lentini (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Franklin Labonte (fresh) | |
| 11:55 | Carthage | John Taylor clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 20-11 |
| 11:53 | Millikin | Franklin Labonte pulls down the rebound | 20-11 |
| 11:48 | Millikin | Brian Woods clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 20-11 |
| 11:47 | Millikin | Mark Logsdon misses the tip | 20-11 |
| 11:45 | Millikin | The offensive rebound goes to Franklin Labonte | 20-11 |
| 11:30 | Millikin | Mark Logsdon misses long on a floater from the left wing but the foul's on Paul Johnson - foul #1 on Paul Johnson, team foul #3 | 20-11 |
| Subs | Carthage | Samuel Holt (SG) Donald Nash | |
| Subs | Millikin | Patrick Reid (SG), William Shepard (PF) Paul Robbs, Marty Lentini | |
| 11:30 | Millikin | Mark Logsdon makes the 1st free throw | 20-12 |
| 11:30 | Millikin | Mark Logsdon makes the 2nd free throw | 20-13 |
| 11:21 | Carthage | Samuel Holt drills a fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Nicholas Murray | 22-13 |
| 11:00 | Millikin | William Shepard can't connect on a floater in the paint | 22-13 |
| 10:58 | Carthage | The rebound goes to Aaron Bell | 22-13 |
| 10:44 | Carthage | William Shepard steals it from Paul Johnson | 22-13 |
| 10:28 | Millikin | Brian Woods misses the jumper from the left wing | 22-13 |
| 10:27 | Carthage | The rebound goes to Paul Johnson | 22-13 |
| 10:16 | Carthage | Aaron Bell misses long on a jumper from the right side | 22-13 |
| 10:14 | Millikin | The rebound goes to Mark Logsdon | 22-13 |
| 09:56 | Millikin | Brian Woods misses long on a driving attempt in the lane but he's fouled by Nicholas Murray - foul #1 on Nicholas Murray, team foul #4 | 22-13 |
| Subs | Carthage | Gil Turner (SG), Reginald Perrodin (SF), Darrell Springer (PF), John Hearn (C) Nicholas Murray, John Taylor, Paul Johnson, Aaron Bell | |
| Subs | Millikin | Philip Dealba (SG), Robert Mills (SF), Marty Lentini (PF) Patrick Reid, Mark Logsdon, Franklin Labonte | |
| 09:56 | Millikin | Brian Woods makes the 1st free throw | 22-14 |
| 09:56 | Millikin | Brian Woods makes the 2nd free throw | 22-15 |
| 09:45 | Carthage | Samuel Holt is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Samuel Holt, team foul #5 | 22-15 |
| Subs | Carthage | | |
| Subs | Millikin | Paul Robbs (PG) Brian Woods | |
| 09:23 | Millikin | Marty Lentini scores on a shot from the left block | 22-17 |
| 09:03 | Carthage | Samuel Holt is fouled on the floor by Paul Robbs - foul #1 on Paul Robbs, team foul #7 | 22-17 |
| Subs | Carthage | Donald Nash (SG) Gil Turner | |
| Subs | Millikin | John Harville (C) William Shepard | |
| 09:03 | Carthage | Samuel Holt makes the 1st free throw | 23-17 |
| 09:03 | Carthage | Samuel Holt makes the 2nd free throw | 24-17 |
| 08:45 | Millikin | Paul Robbs hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 24-17 |
| 08:43 | Carthage | John Hearn pulls down the rebound | 24-17 |
| 08:24 | Carthage | John Harville takes the ball from Reginald Perrodin | 24-17 |
| 08:15 | Millikin | Robert Mills connects on the driving attempt from the right block set up by Paul Robbs and he's hacked by Reginald Perrodin - foul #1 on Reginald Perrodin, team foul #6 | 24-19 |
| Subs | Carthage | John Taylor (PG), Paul Johnson (C) Samuel Holt, John Hearn | |
| Subs | Millikin | Patrick Reid (SG), Mark Logsdon (SF) Philip Dealba, Marty Lentini | |
| 08:15 | Millikin | Robert Mills makes the free throw | 24-20 |
| 07:52 | Carthage | John Taylor misses long on a 3 from straight away | 24-20 |
| 07:50 | Millikin | John Harville pulls down the rebound | 24-20 |
| Lineup | Carthage | PG - John Taylor (fresh) SG - Donald Nash (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Reginald Perrodin (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Darrell Springer (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Paul Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Millikin | PG - Paul Robbs (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Patrick Reid (fresh) SF - Mark Logsdon (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Mills (fresh) 5 pts. C - John Harville (fresh) | |
| 07:28 | Millikin | Donald Nash takes the ball from Patrick Reid | 24-20 |
| 07:15 | Carthage | Reginald Perrodin drills a shot from the left block set up by John Taylor and he's hacked by Robert Mills - foul #1 on Robert Mills, team foul #8 | 26-20 |
| Subs | Carthage | Nicholas Murray (PG), Aaron Bell (C) John Taylor, Darrell Springer | |
| Subs | Millikin | Brian Woods (PG), William Shepard (PF), Franklin Labonte (C) Paul Robbs, Robert Mills, John Harville | |
| 07:15 | Carthage | Reginald Perrodin makes the free throw | 27-20 |
| 07:08 | Millikin | Brian Woods misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing but the foul's on Aaron Bell - foul #1 on Aaron Bell, team foul #7 | 27-20 |
| Subs | Carthage | John Hearn (PF) Reginald Perrodin | |
| Subs | Millikin | | |
| 07:08 | Millikin | Brian Woods makes the 1st free throw | 27-21 |
| 07:08 | Millikin | Brian Woods misses the 2nd free throw | 27-21 |
| 07:08 | Millikin | Brian Woods misses the 3rd free throw | 27-21 |
| 07:08 | Carthage | Aaron Bell pulls down the rebound | 27-21 |
| 06:53 | Carthage | John Hearn's pass is intercepted by Brian Woods | 27-21 |
| 06:37 | Millikin | Brian Woods hits a 3pt attempt from straight away | 27-24 |
| 06:19 | Carthage | John Hearn's layup is rejected by Franklin Labonte | 27-24 |
| 06:17 | Millikin | Mark Logsdon grabs the defensive rebound | 27-24 |
| 05:55 | Millikin | Mark Logsdon can't connect on a jumper from just outside the lane | 27-24 |
| 05:53 | Carthage | John Hearn snags the defensive board | 27-24 |
| 05:33 | Carthage | Aaron Bell buries a shot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Paul Johnson and he's fouled by Franklin Labonte - foul #1 on Franklin Labonte, team foul #9 | 29-24 |
| Subs | Carthage | Samuel Holt (PG), Gil Turner (SG), John Taylor (SF), Darrell Springer (PF) Nicholas Murray, Donald Nash, Paul Johnson, John Hearn | |
| Subs | Millikin | Philip Dealba (SG), Robert Mills (SF), Marty Lentini (PF), John Harville (C) Patrick Reid, Mark Logsdon, William Shepard, Franklin Labonte | |
| 05:33 | Carthage | Aaron Bell makes the free throw | 30-24 |
| 05:10 | Millikin | Marty Lentini misses the shot from the right block but the foul's on Darrell Springer - foul #1 on Darrell Springer, team foul #8 | 30-24 |
| Subs | Carthage | Reginald Perrodin (SF) Gil Turner | |
| Subs | Millikin | Paul Robbs (PG) Brian Woods | |
| 05:10 | Millikin | Marty Lentini makes the 1st free throw | 30-25 |
| 05:10 | Millikin | Marty Lentini makes the 2nd free throw | 30-26 |
| 04:55 | Carthage | Reginald Perrodin's fadeaway is rejected by Marty Lentini | 30-26 |
| 04:54 | Carthage | Darrell Springer tips it but misses | 30-26 |
| 04:52 | Millikin | John Harville pulls down the rebound | 30-26 |
| 04:39 | Millikin | John Taylor steals the ball from John Harville | 30-26 |
| 04:35 | Carthage | Samuel Holt hits the finger roll on a nice dish by John Taylor | 32-26 |
| 04:18 | Millikin | Robert Mills clanks a jumper in the paint | 32-26 |
| 04:17 | Millikin | Philip Dealba grabs the offensive board | 32-26 |
| 04:12 | Millikin | Philip Dealba loses the dribble to Aaron Bell | 32-26 |
| 03:58 | Carthage | Paul Robbs is called for the reach on John Taylor - foul #2 on Paul Robbs, team foul #10 | 32-26 |
| Subs | Carthage | Nicholas Murray (PG) Samuel Holt | |
| Subs | Millikin | Brian Woods (PG), Darin Robinson (SG), Mark Logsdon (SF), Richard Begay (C) Paul Robbs, Philip Dealba, Robert Mills, John Harville | |
| 03:58 | Carthage | John Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 33-26 |
| 03:58 | Carthage | John Taylor misses the 2nd free throw | 33-26 |
| 03:58 | Millikin | Richard Begay snags the defensive board | 33-26 |
| 03:39 | Millikin | Brian Woods is hacked by Nicholas Murray - foul #2 on Nicholas Murray, team foul #9 | 33-26 |
| Subs | Carthage | Donald Nash (SG), John Hearn (PF) Reginald Perrodin, Darrell Springer | |
| Subs | Millikin | | |
| 03:39 | Millikin | Brian Woods makes the 1st free throw | 33-27 |
| 03:39 | Millikin | Brian Woods makes the 2nd free throw | 33-28 |
| Lineup | Carthage | PG - Nicholas Murray (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Donald Nash (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SF - John Taylor (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. PF - John Hearn (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Aaron Bell (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Millikin | PG - Brian Woods (fresh) 10 pts. SG - Darin Robinson (fresh) SF - Mark Logsdon (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Marty Lentini (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Richard Begay (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 03:17 | Carthage | Aaron Bell can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 33-28 |
| 03:16 | Carthage | Nicholas Murray grabs the offensive board | 33-28 |
| 03:02 | Carthage | John Taylor loses the ball out of bounds | 33-28 |
| Subs | Carthage | Reginald Perrodin (SF), Paul Johnson (PF) John Taylor, Aaron Bell | |
| Subs | Millikin | William Shepard (PF) Marty Lentini | |
| 02:44 | Millikin | Mark Logsdon connects on the jumper from the left block on a great pass from Brian Woods and he's hacked by Reginald Perrodin - foul #2 on Reginald Perrodin, team foul #10 | 33-30 |
| 02:44 | Millikin | Mark Logsdon makes the free throw | 33-31 |
| 02:21 | Carthage | Paul Johnson is denied on a layup by William Shepard | 33-31 |
| 02:20 | Millikin | Richard Begay pulls down the rebound | 33-31 |
| 02:00 | Millikin | William Shepard can't throw it down | 33-31 |
| 01:58 | Millikin | Brian Woods snags the offensive board | 33-31 |
| 01:46 | Millikin | William Shepard hits a jumpshot from the left side set up by Brian Woods | 33-33 |
| 01:36 | Carthage | Donald Nash is fouled on the floor by Richard Begay - foul #3 on Richard Begay, team foul #11 | 33-33 |
| Subs | Carthage | Samuel Holt (PG), John Taylor (SF), Darrell Springer (PF), Aaron Bell (C) Nicholas Murray, Reginald Perrodin, Paul Johnson, John Hearn | |
| Subs | Millikin | Patrick Reid (PG), Franklin Labonte (C) Brian Woods, Richard Begay | |
| 01:36 | Carthage | Donald Nash makes the 1st free throw | 34-33 |
| 01:36 | Carthage | Donald Nash makes the 2nd free throw | 35-33 |
| 01:23 | Millikin | Mark Logsdon is called for traveling | 35-33 |
| Subs | Carthage | Gil Turner (SG) Donald Nash | |
| Subs | Millikin | | |
| 01:06 | Carthage | Gil Turner hits a shot from the right side on a great pass from Samuel Holt | 37-33 |
| 00:45 | Millikin | Mark Logsdon misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 37-33 |
| 00:43 | Millikin | William Shepard tips it back up and in | 37-35 |
| 00:36 | Carthage | John Taylor connects on the 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Samuel Holt | 40-35 |
| 00:07 | Millikin | Patrick Reid drills a shot near the basket | 40-37 |
| 00:03 | Carthage | Samuel Holt clanks a floater from the right wing | 40-37 |
| 00:01 | Millikin | Franklin Labonte grabs the defensive rebound | 40-37 |
| 00:00 | Millikin | Franklin Labonte misses short on a fullcourt shot | 40-37 |