| Lineup | Denver | PG - Danny Funkhouser (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jerry Lovins (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Albert Boling (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Mario Thomas (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Carl Bonomo (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Chicago State | PG - John Zaragoza (fresh) 3 pts. SG - David Lipps (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Allen Day (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Mitchell McGeachy (fresh) 8 reb. C - Virgil Wiggins (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Chicago State | Allen Day inbounds the ball | 27-17 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Chicago State | Chicago State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:43 | Chicago State | Virgil Wiggins connects on the floater from close range and the foul's on Carl Bonomo - foul #1 on Carl Bonomo, team foul #1 | 27-19 |
| 19:43 | Chicago State | Virgil Wiggins makes the free throw | 27-20 |
| 19:24 | Denver | Albert Boling misses the jumper from just outside the lane | 27-20 |
| 19:23 | Chicago State | John Zaragoza pulls down the rebound | 27-20 |
| 19:02 | Chicago State | Allen Day knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by David Lipps | 27-23 |
| 18:47 | Denver | Mitchell McGeachy steals the ball from Mario Thomas | 27-23 |
| 18:26 | Chicago State | Virgil Wiggins loses the dribble to Danny Funkhouser | 27-23 |
| 18:08 | Denver | Jerry Lovins clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 27-23 |
| 18:06 | Chicago State | Mitchell McGeachy snags the defensive board | 27-23 |
| 17:49 | Chicago State | Allen Day's fadeaway is rejected by Carl Bonomo | 27-23 |
| 17:48 | Denver | The rebound goes to Mario Thomas | 27-23 |
| 17:26 | Denver | Jerry Lovins misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 27-23 |
| 17:25 | Denver | Mario Thomas hits the follow up shot | 29-23 |
| 16:58 | Chicago State | John Zaragoza knocks in the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a great pass from David Lipps | 29-25 |
| 16:38 | Denver | Carl Bonomo misses the easy layup | 29-25 |
| 16:37 | Chicago State | Mitchell McGeachy grabs the board | 29-25 |
| 16:13 | Chicago State | Virgil Wiggins misses the 3 from the left wing | 29-25 |
| 16:12 | Chicago State | Mitchell McGeachy tips it but misses | 29-25 |
| 16:11 | Denver | Jerry Lovins pulls down the rebound | 29-25 |
| 15:57 | Denver | Danny Funkhouser can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 29-25 |
| 15:56 | Chicago State | Allen Day grabs the board | 29-25 |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Danny Funkhouser (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jerry Lovins (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Albert Boling (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Mario Thomas (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. C - Carl Bonomo (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Chicago State | PG - John Zaragoza (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - David Lipps (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Allen Day (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mitchell McGeachy (fairly fresh) 11 reb. C - Virgil Wiggins (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:30 | Chicago State | David Lipps's pass is intercepted by Jerry Lovins | 29-25 |
| 15:23 | Denver | Albert Boling knocks in the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Carl Bonomo | 32-25 |
| 15:14 | Chicago State | David Lipps connects on the runner from the baseline on a nice dish by Allen Day | 32-27 |
| 15:04 | Denver | Jerry Lovins makes the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Danny Funkhouser | 35-27 |
| 14:41 | Chicago State | Allen Day misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 35-27 |
| 14:39 | Denver | Carl Bonomo gets the rebound | 35-27 |
| 14:33 | Denver | Albert Boling's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-27 |
| Subs | Denver | Rudolph Bothwell (PG), Greg Andrews (SG), Peter Bullins (SF), Matthew Lefkowitz (PF), Richard Cook (C) Danny Funkhouser, Jerry Lovins, Albert Boling, Mario Thomas, Carl Bonomo | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Matthew Colletti (PG), Tanner Lake (SG), Ron Chang (SF), Jeffrey Marron (PF), Philip Travis (C) John Zaragoza, David Lipps, Allen Day, Mitchell McGeachy, Virgil Wiggins | |
| 14:20 | Chicago State | Jeffrey Marron clanks a runner near the basket | 35-27 |
| 14:18 | Denver | Peter Bullins pulls down the rebound | 35-27 |
| 13:59 | Denver | Peter Bullins's fadeaway is rejected by Philip Travis | 35-27 |
| 13:58 | Chicago State | Philip Travis gets the rebound | 35-27 |
| 13:40 | Chicago State | Greg Andrews is called for the reach on Tanner Lake - foul #1 on Greg Andrews, team foul #2 | 35-27 |
| 13:34 | Chicago State | Ron Chang is denied on a layup by Richard Cook | 35-27 |
| 13:33 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz gets the rebound | 35-27 |
| 13:12 | Denver | Philip Travis is called for the reach on Peter Bullins - foul #3 on Philip Travis, team foul #1 | 35-27 |
| 12:50 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-27 |
| 12:33 | Chicago State | Jeffrey Marron is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Jeffrey Marron, team foul #2 | 35-27 |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| Subs | Chicago State | David Iddings (SG) Philip Travis | |
| 12:17 | Denver | Richard Cook misses the lay-in | 35-27 |
| 12:16 | Chicago State | Tanner Lake grabs the board | 35-27 |
| 11:58 | Chicago State | Peter Bullins is called for the reach on Ron Chang - foul #1 on Peter Bullins, team foul #3 | 35-27 |
| Subs | Denver | Albert Boling (SF) Peter Bullins | |
| Subs | Chicago State | John Zaragoza (PG), Allen Day (SF), Mitchell McGeachy (PF), Virgil Wiggins (C) Matthew Colletti, David Iddings, Tanner Lake, Jeffrey Marron | |
| 11:51 | Chicago State | Mitchell McGeachy lays it in set up by Ron Chang | 35-29 |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Rudolph Bothwell (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Greg Andrews (fresh) SF - Albert Boling (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Matthew Lefkowitz (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Richard Cook (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Chicago State | PG - John Zaragoza (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Ron Chang (fresh) SF - Allen Day (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mitchell McGeachy (fresh) 2 pts. 11 reb. C - Virgil Wiggins (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 11:32 | Denver | Albert Boling misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 35-29 |
| 11:30 | Chicago State | Virgil Wiggins grabs the defensive rebound | 35-29 |
| 11:25 | Chicago State | Mitchell McGeachy is hacked by Matthew Lefkowitz - foul #1 on Matthew Lefkowitz, team foul #4 | 35-29 |
| Subs | Denver | Danny Funkhouser (PG), Mario Thomas (PF), Andre Brown (C) Rudolph Bothwell, Greg Andrews, Richard Cook | |
| Subs | Chicago State | David Lipps (SG) Ron Chang | |
| 11:00 | Chicago State | Allen Day connects on the runner from close range and he's hacked by Mario Thomas - foul #1 on Mario Thomas, team foul #5 | 35-31 |
| Subs | Denver | Jerry Lovins (SG) Matthew Lefkowitz | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Philip Travis (C) Virgil Wiggins | |
| 11:00 | Chicago State | Allen Day makes the free throw | 35-32 |
| 10:47 | Denver | Jerry Lovins is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Jerry Lovins, team foul #6 | 35-32 |
| Subs | Denver | Carl Bonomo (C) Andre Brown | |
| Subs | Chicago State | | |
| 10:38 | Chicago State | Allen Day drills a 3pt shot from the left corner | 35-35 |
| 10:13 | Denver | Danny Funkhouser scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 38-35 |
| 10:07 | Chicago State | David Lipps misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 38-35 |
| 10:05 | Denver | Mario Thomas snags the defensive board | 38-35 |
| 09:58 | Denver | Albert Boling connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Danny Funkhouser | 41-35 |
| 09:39 | Chicago State | Mitchell McGeachy drills a shot from the left side | 41-37 |
| 09:32 | Denver | Danny Funkhouser misses short on a jumper from the right wing | 41-37 |
| 09:31 | Chicago State | Mitchell McGeachy snags the defensive board | 41-37 |
| 09:13 | Chicago State | Allen Day can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 41-37 |
| 09:12 | Denver | Danny Funkhouser grabs the board | 41-37 |
| 08:49 | Denver | Albert Boling misses badly on a shot from the left block | 41-37 |
| 08:48 | Chicago State | The rebound goes to Allen Day | 41-37 |
| 08:35 | Chicago State | John Zaragoza misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 41-37 |
| 08:34 | Chicago State | Mitchell McGeachy gets the offensive rebound | 41-37 |
| 08:18 | Chicago State | Allen Day throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-37 |
| Subs | Denver | Rudolph Bothwell (PG), Greg Andrews (SG), Peter Bullins (SF), Matthew Lefkowitz (PF), Richard Cook (C) Danny Funkhouser, Jerry Lovins, Albert Boling, Mario Thomas, Carl Bonomo | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Matthew Colletti (PG), Tanner Lake (SG), Ron Chang (SF), Jeffrey Marron (PF), Virgil Wiggins (C) John Zaragoza, David Lipps, Allen Day, Mitchell McGeachy, Philip Travis | |
| 08:06 | Denver | Greg Andrews throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-37 |
| 07:48 | Chicago State | Tanner Lake is hacked by Greg Andrews - foul #2 on Greg Andrews, team foul #7 | 41-37 |
| 07:48 | Chicago State | Tanner Lake makes the 1st free throw | 41-38 |
| 07:48 | Chicago State | Tanner Lake makes the 2nd free throw | 41-39 |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Rudolph Bothwell (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Greg Andrews (fresh) SF - Peter Bullins (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Matthew Lefkowitz (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Richard Cook (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Chicago State | PG - Matthew Colletti (fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Tanner Lake (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. SF - Ron Chang (fresh) PF - Jeffrey Marron (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Virgil Wiggins (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:37 | Denver | Richard Cook comes up short on the jumper from the left block | 41-39 |
| 07:36 | Denver | Peter Bullins grabs the offensive rebound | 41-39 |
| 07:17 | Denver | Rudolph Bothwell connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 44-39 |
| 06:56 | Chicago State | Jeffrey Marron drills a floater from the right wing | 44-41 |
| 06:41 | Denver | Peter Bullins hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 44-41 |
| 06:40 | Chicago State | Virgil Wiggins pulls down the rebound | 44-41 |
| 06:24 | Chicago State | Ron Chang misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 44-41 |
| 06:23 | Chicago State | Jeffrey Marron tips it home | 44-43 |
| 06:15 | Denver | Jeffrey Marron is called for the reach on Matthew Lefkowitz - foul #2 on Jeffrey Marron, team foul #3 | 44-43 |
| Subs | Denver | Danny Funkhouser (PG), Mario Thomas (PF) Rudolph Bothwell, Greg Andrews | |
| Subs | Chicago State | David Lipps (SG), Allen Day (SF), Mitchell McGeachy (PF) Tanner Lake, Ron Chang, Virgil Wiggins | |
| 06:08 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz buries a jump hook near the basket | 46-43 |
| 05:45 | Chicago State | Matthew Colletti misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 46-43 |
| 05:43 | Chicago State | Mitchell McGeachy hits the follow up shot | 46-45 |
| 05:24 | Denver | Peter Bullins misses short on a jumper from the left block but he's hacked by Matthew Colletti - foul #1 on Matthew Colletti, team foul #4 | 46-45 |
| Subs | Denver | Jerry Lovins (SG), Carl Bonomo (C) Matthew Lefkowitz, Richard Cook | |
| Subs | Chicago State | John Zaragoza (PG), Tanner Lake (C) Matthew Colletti, Jeffrey Marron | |
| 05:24 | Denver | Peter Bullins misses the 1st free throw | 46-45 |
| 05:24 | Denver | Peter Bullins makes the 2nd free throw | 47-45 |
| 05:11 | Chicago State | Tanner Lake clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Carl Bonomo - foul #2 on Carl Bonomo, team foul #8 | 47-45 |
| Subs | Denver | Albert Boling (SF) Peter Bullins | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Philip Travis (C) David Lipps | |
| 05:11 | Chicago State | Tanner Lake makes the 1st free throw | 47-46 |
| 05:11 | Chicago State | Tanner Lake makes the 2nd free throw | 47-47 |
| 04:54 | Denver | Danny Funkhouser connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Carl Bonomo | 50-47 |
| 04:31 | Chicago State | Allen Day scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Tanner Lake | 50-50 |
| 04:17 | Denver | Albert Boling misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 50-50 |
| 04:16 | Chicago State | Philip Travis snags the defensive board | 50-50 |
| 03:59 | Chicago State | Tanner Lake misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 50-50 |
| 03:57 | Denver | The rebound goes to Carl Bonomo | 50-50 |
| 03:36 | Denver | Mario Thomas connects on the shot from the right block on a nice dish by Albert Boling and the foul's on John Zaragoza - foul #3 on John Zaragoza, team foul #5 | 52-50 |
| Subs | Denver | Rudolph Bothwell (PG), Richard Cook (C) Danny Funkhouser, Carl Bonomo | |
| Subs | Chicago State | David Lipps (SG), Ron Chang (SF), Virgil Wiggins (C) Tanner Lake, Allen Day, Philip Travis | |
| 03:36 | Denver | Mario Thomas makes the free throw | 53-50 |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Rudolph Bothwell (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jerry Lovins (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - Albert Boling (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mario Thomas (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. C - Richard Cook (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Chicago State | PG - John Zaragoza (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. SG - David Lipps (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ron Chang (fresh) PF - Mitchell McGeachy (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 14 reb. C - Virgil Wiggins (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:15 | Chicago State | John Zaragoza scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 53-52 |
| 03:10 | Denver | Jerry Lovins is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on Jerry Lovins, team foul #9 | 53-52 |
| Subs | Denver | Greg Andrews (SG), Matthew Lefkowitz (PF) Jerry Lovins, Mario Thomas | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Jeffrey Marron (PF) Mitchell McGeachy | |
| 02:55 | Chicago State | David Lipps can't connect on a floater from the free throw line | 53-52 |
| 02:53 | Denver | Richard Cook pulls down the rebound | 53-52 |
| 02:53 | Denver | Denver calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-52 |
| Subs | Denver | Danny Funkhouser (PG), Jerry Lovins (SG) Rudolph Bothwell, Greg Andrews | |
| Subs | Chicago State | Allen Day (SF), Mitchell McGeachy (PF) Ron Chang, Jeffrey Marron | |
| 02:28 | Denver | John Zaragoza takes the ball from Matthew Lefkowitz | 53-52 |
| 02:05 | Chicago State | Virgil Wiggins scores on a fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by David Lipps | 53-54 |
| 01:51 | Denver | Allen Day steals it from Richard Cook | 53-54 |
| 01:35 | Chicago State | Allen Day misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 53-54 |
| 01:33 | Denver | Jerry Lovins snags the defensive board | 53-54 |
| 01:22 | Denver | Jerry Lovins buries a floater from the baseline on a great pass from Danny Funkhouser | 55-54 |
| 01:04 | Chicago State | Allen Day misses the easy layup | 55-54 |
| 01:03 | Denver | Richard Cook pulls down the rebound | 55-54 |
| 00:49 | Denver | Richard Cook misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 55-54 |
| 00:47 | Denver | Danny Funkhouser tips it but misses | 55-54 |
| 00:46 | Chicago State | Virgil Wiggins snags the defensive board | 55-54 |
| 00:37 | Chicago State | Mitchell McGeachy blows the layup but he's hacked by Richard Cook - foul #4 on Richard Cook, team foul #10 | 55-54 |
| Subs | Denver | Mario Thomas (PF) Matthew Lefkowitz | |
| Subs | Chicago State | | |
| 00:37 | Chicago State | Mitchell McGeachy makes the 1st free throw | 55-55 |
| 00:37 | Chicago State | Mitchell McGeachy makes the 2nd free throw | 55-56 |
| 00:28 | Denver | Jerry Lovins misses the fadeaway in the paint but he's fouled by Mitchell McGeachy - foul #2 on Mitchell McGeachy, team foul #6 | 55-56 |
| 00:28 | Denver | Jerry Lovins makes the 1st free throw | 56-56 |
| 00:28 | Denver | Jerry Lovins makes the 2nd free throw | 57-56 |
| 00:06 | Chicago State | Virgil Wiggins connects on the 3 from the right corner on a great pass from John Zaragoza | 57-59 |
| 00:06 | Denver | Denver calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-59 |
| 00:02 | Denver | The jump hook by Albert Boling is blocked by Mitchell McGeachy | 57-59 |
| 00:00 | Chicago State | Virgil Wiggins grabs the defensive rebound | 57-59 |