| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Jonas Adams (fresh) SG - Bobby Tarleton (fresh) SF - Nickolas Arden (fresh) PF - Kendall Blazosky (fresh) C - Allen Krogman (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Damon Gunter (fresh) SG - Raymond Tyler (fresh) SF - David Willson (fresh) PF - William Gordon (fresh) C - Robert Tapia (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Detroit Mercy | William Gordon wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:41 | Detroit Mercy | William Gordon is hacked by Nickolas Arden - foul #1 on Nickolas Arden, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:25 | Detroit Mercy | William Gordon misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | Belmont | Allen Krogman pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:18 | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:17 | Belmont | Nickolas Arden pulls down the offensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:03 | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Nickolas Arden | 3-0 |
| 18:45 | Detroit Mercy | Allen Krogman is called for the reach on Robert Tapia - foul #1 on Allen Krogman, team foul #2 | 3-0 |
| 18:23 | Detroit Mercy | William Gordon misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 3-0 |
| 18:21 | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton grabs the board | 3-0 |
| 18:07 | Belmont | Nickolas Arden makes the runner from the baseline on a nice dish by Jonas Adams | 5-0 |
| 17:56 | Detroit Mercy | David Willson misses the easy layup | 5-0 |
| 17:54 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Tapia tips it in | 5-2 |
| 17:39 | Belmont | Kendall Blazosky throws a bad pass out of bounds | 5-2 |
| 17:37 | Detroit Mercy | Damon Gunter is called for the illegal screen in the backcourt - foul #1 on Damon Gunter, team foul #1 | 5-2 |
| 17:22 | Belmont | Nickolas Arden loses the ball out of bounds | 5-2 |
| 17:05 | Detroit Mercy | David Willson buries a turnaround near the basket | 5-4 |
| 16:47 | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Bobby Tarleton, team foul #3 | 5-4 |
| 16:27 | Detroit Mercy | Damon Gunter comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline but he's hacked by Allen Krogman - foul #2 on Allen Krogman, team foul #4 | 5-4 |
| Subs | Belmont | Edward Saunders (C) Allen Krogman | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 16:27 | Detroit Mercy | Damon Gunter makes the 1st free throw | 5-5 |
| 16:27 | Detroit Mercy | Damon Gunter makes the 2nd free throw | 5-6 |
| 16:15 | Belmont | Edward Saunders blows the layup | 5-6 |
| 16:13 | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton misses the tip | 5-6 |
| 16:11 | Belmont | Kendall Blazosky hits the follow up shot | 7-6 |
| 15:51 | Detroit Mercy | David Willson drills a driving attempt from close range and he's fouled by Nickolas Arden - foul #2 on Nickolas Arden, team foul #5 | 7-8 |
| Subs | Belmont | Oscar Gray (SF) Nickolas Arden | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Clarence Vest (C) Robert Tapia | |
| 15:51 | Detroit Mercy | David Willson makes the free throw | 7-9 |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Jonas Adams (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Bobby Tarleton (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Oscar Gray (fresh) PF - Kendall Blazosky (fresh) 2 pts. C - Edward Saunders (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Damon Gunter (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Raymond Tyler (fresh) SF - David Willson (fresh) 5 pts. PF - William Gordon (fresh) C - Clarence Vest (fresh) | |
| 15:31 | Belmont | Clarence Vest denies the turnaround by Kendall Blazosky | 7-9 |
| 15:29 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Clarence Vest | 7-9 |
| 15:12 | Detroit Mercy | Damon Gunter hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 7-9 |
| 15:10 | Detroit Mercy | Clarence Vest tips it back up and in | 7-11 |
| 14:57 | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton misses badly on a turnaround from the left block | 7-11 |
| 14:55 | Detroit Mercy | William Gordon snags the defensive board | 7-11 |
| 14:41 | Detroit Mercy | David Willson scores on a jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Raymond Tyler | 7-13 |
| 14:28 | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton scores on a turnaround near the basket on a great pass from Jonas Adams and he's fouled by Clarence Vest - foul #1 on Clarence Vest, team foul #2 | 9-13 |
| Subs | Belmont | George Schwartz (PG), Justin Dasilva (C) Jonas Adams, Kendall Blazosky | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Jason Stott (PG), Harry Siegel (SG), Dennis Johnson (PF), Robert Tapia (C) Damon Gunter, Raymond Tyler, David Willson, William Gordon | |
| 14:28 | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton misses the free throw | 9-13 |
| 14:28 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Tapia snags the defensive board | 9-13 |
| 14:04 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Tapia blows the layup but he's fouled by Justin Dasilva - foul #1 on Justin Dasilva, team foul #6 | 9-13 |
| Subs | Belmont | Carlos Waldron (SG) Bobby Tarleton | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 14:04 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Tapia makes the 1st free throw | 9-14 |
| 14:04 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Tapia makes the 2nd free throw | 9-15 |
| 13:50 | Belmont | Clarence Vest steps in front of the Carlos Waldron pass | 9-15 |
| 13:47 | Detroit Mercy | Clarence Vest lays it up and in | 9-17 |
| 13:26 | Belmont | Justin Dasilva can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing | 9-17 |
| 13:25 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Stott grabs the defensive rebound | 9-17 |
| 13:19 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Tapia comes up short on the shot from the left block but he's fouled by Justin Dasilva - foul #2 on Justin Dasilva, team foul #7 | 9-17 |
| Subs | Belmont | Kendall Blazosky (PF), Michael Thomas (C) Edward Saunders, Justin Dasilva | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Damon Gunter (PG), William Gordon (PF) Harry Siegel, Dennis Johnson | |
| 13:19 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Tapia makes the 1st free throw | 9-18 |
| 13:19 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Tapia makes the 2nd free throw | 9-19 |
| 12:57 | Belmont | Carlos Waldron comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 9-19 |
| 12:56 | Detroit Mercy | Clarence Vest snags the defensive board | 9-19 |
| 12:52 | Detroit Mercy | Damon Gunter clanks a 3 from straight away | 9-19 |
| 12:50 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Stott misses the tip | 9-19 |
| 12:48 | Belmont | Kendall Blazosky gets the rebound | 9-19 |
| 12:38 | Belmont | Oscar Gray misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 9-19 |
| 12:36 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to William Gordon | 9-19 |
| 12:30 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Stott comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 9-19 |
| 12:28 | Belmont | Carlos Waldron snags the defensive board | 9-19 |
| 12:07 | Belmont | George Schwartz misses short on a floater near the basket but he's hacked by Clarence Vest - foul #2 on Clarence Vest, team foul #3 | 9-19 |
| Subs | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton (SG), Elmer White (SF), Edward Saunders (PF) Carlos Waldron, Oscar Gray, Kendall Blazosky | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Raymond Tyler (SG), David Willson (SF), Dennis Johnson (C) Jason Stott, Clarence Vest, Robert Tapia | |
| 12:07 | Belmont | George Schwartz makes the 1st free throw | 10-19 |
| 12:07 | Belmont | George Schwartz makes the 2nd free throw | 11-19 |
| 11:56 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Johnson misses the floater from the left wing | 11-19 |
| 11:55 | Belmont | Edward Saunders pulls down the rebound | 11-19 |
| 11:36 | Belmont | Elmer White misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 11-19 |
| 11:35 | Belmont | Elmer White tips it but misses | 11-19 |
| 11:33 | Detroit Mercy | William Gordon snags the defensive board | 11-19 |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - George Schwartz (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Bobby Tarleton (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Elmer White (fresh) PF - Edward Saunders (fresh) C - Michael Thomas (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Damon Gunter (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Raymond Tyler (fresh) 1 ast. SF - David Willson (fresh) 7 pts. PF - William Gordon (fresh) 3 reb. C - Dennis Johnson (fresh) | |
| 11:08 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Johnson misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 11-19 |
| 11:07 | Detroit Mercy | David Willson gets the offensive rebound | 11-19 |
| 10:54 | Detroit Mercy | Michael Thomas steps in front of the William Gordon pass | 11-19 |
| 10:37 | Belmont | George Schwartz makes the fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Elmer White | 13-19 |
| 10:15 | Detroit Mercy | David Willson misses the dunk attempt | 13-19 |
| 10:14 | Belmont | Elmer White pulls down the rebound | 13-19 |
| 09:57 | Belmont | George Schwartz is called for a charge - foul #1 on George Schwartz, team foul #8 | 13-19 |
| Subs | Belmont | Jonas Adams (PG), Carlos Waldron (SG), Oscar Gray (SF), Kendall Blazosky (PF) George Schwartz, Bobby Tarleton, Elmer White, Michael Thomas | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Jason Stott (PG), Robert Tapia (C) Damon Gunter, William Gordon | |
| 09:38 | Detroit Mercy | Raymond Tyler is hacked by Kendall Blazosky - foul #1 on Kendall Blazosky, team foul #9 | 13-19 |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Kenneth Duncan (SF), Jeffrey Costin (PF) David Willson, Dennis Johnson | |
| 09:38 | Detroit Mercy | Raymond Tyler makes the 1st free throw | 13-20 |
| 09:38 | Detroit Mercy | Raymond Tyler makes the 2nd free throw | 13-21 |
| 09:22 | Belmont | Carlos Waldron is hacked by Jason Stott - foul #1 on Jason Stott, team foul #4 | 13-21 |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Harry Siegel (SG) Raymond Tyler | |
| 09:12 | Belmont | Jeffrey Costin picks off the pass by Kendall Blazosky | 13-21 |
| 08:44 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Stott hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 13-21 |
| 08:43 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Tapia snags the offensive board | 13-21 |
| 08:32 | Detroit Mercy | Kenneth Duncan is fouled on the floor by Oscar Gray - foul #1 on Oscar Gray, team foul #10 | 13-21 |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Damon Gunter (PG), Dennis Johnson (PF) Harry Siegel, Jeffrey Costin | |
| 08:32 | Detroit Mercy | Kenneth Duncan makes the 1st free throw | 13-22 |
| 08:32 | Detroit Mercy | Kenneth Duncan makes the 2nd free throw | 13-23 |
| 08:17 | Belmont | Oscar Gray drills a fadeaway in the paint set up by Carlos Waldron | 15-23 |
| 08:00 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Johnson blows the layup | 15-23 |
| 07:58 | Detroit Mercy | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Tapia | 15-23 |
| 07:36 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Johnson is fouled on the floor by Edward Saunders - foul #1 on Edward Saunders, team foul #11 | 15-23 |
| Subs | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton (SG), Elmer White (SF) Carlos Waldron, Oscar Gray | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Raymond Tyler (SG), David Willson (SF), William Gordon (PF) Jason Stott, Kenneth Duncan, Robert Tapia | |
| 07:36 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Johnson misses the 1st free throw | 15-23 |
| 07:36 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 15-23 |
| 07:36 | Belmont | Kendall Blazosky grabs the board | 15-23 |
| 07:27 | Belmont | Jonas Adams misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 15-23 |
| 07:25 | Detroit Mercy | William Gordon grabs the defensive rebound | 15-23 |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Jonas Adams (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Bobby Tarleton (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Elmer White (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Kendall Blazosky (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Edward Saunders (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Damon Gunter (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Raymond Tyler (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Willson (fresh) 7 pts. PF - William Gordon (fresh) 4 reb. C - Dennis Johnson (fresh) | |
| 07:05 | Detroit Mercy | David Willson misses the easy layup | 15-23 |
| 07:04 | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton grabs the board | 15-23 |
| 06:45 | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton hits a jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Elmer White | 17-23 |
| 06:25 | Detroit Mercy | Bobby Tarleton takes the ball from David Willson | 17-23 |
| 06:08 | Belmont | Elmer White is fouled on the floor by Dennis Johnson - foul #1 on Dennis Johnson, team foul #5 | 17-23 |
| Subs | Belmont | George Schwartz (PG), Oscar Gray (SF), Michael Thomas (C) Jonas Adams, Elmer White, Edward Saunders | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Jason Stott (PG), Jeffrey Costin (C) Damon Gunter, Dennis Johnson | |
| 05:50 | Belmont | Michael Thomas is fouled on the floor by Jeffrey Costin - foul #1 on Jeffrey Costin, team foul #6 | 17-23 |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Robert Tapia (C) Jeffrey Costin | |
| 05:37 | Belmont | David Willson takes the ball from Oscar Gray | 17-23 |
| 05:34 | Detroit Mercy | William Gordon hits the finger roll set up by David Willson | 17-25 |
| 05:09 | Belmont | Oscar Gray's floater is tipped away by William Gordon | 17-25 |
| 05:08 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Tapia snags the defensive board | 17-25 |
| 05:02 | Detroit Mercy | William Gordon clanks a fadeaway from the baseline | 17-25 |
| 05:00 | Belmont | The rebound goes to Oscar Gray | 17-25 |
| 04:39 | Belmont | George Schwartz scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Bobby Tarleton | 20-25 |
| 04:16 | Detroit Mercy | William Gordon banks in the layup on a great pass from Jason Stott | 20-27 |
| 03:52 | Belmont | Oscar Gray misses the 3 from the left wing | 20-27 |
| 03:51 | Detroit Mercy | William Gordon gets the rebound | 20-27 |
| 03:46 | Detroit Mercy | Jason Stott can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing | 20-27 |
| 03:45 | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton snags the defensive board | 20-27 |
| 03:28 | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side but the foul's on Raymond Tyler - foul #1 on Raymond Tyler, team foul #7 | 20-27 |
| Subs | Belmont | Jonas Adams (PG), Nickolas Arden (SF), Justin Dasilva (PF), Allen Krogman (C) George Schwartz, Oscar Gray, Kendall Blazosky, Michael Thomas | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Damon Gunter (PG), Kenneth Duncan (SF), Clarence Vest (PF), Dennis Johnson (C) Raymond Tyler, David Willson, William Gordon, Robert Tapia | |
| 03:28 | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton makes the 1st free throw | 21-27 |
| 03:28 | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton makes the 2nd free throw | 22-27 |
| 03:17 | Detroit Mercy | A charge is called on Damon Gunter - foul #2 on Damon Gunter, team foul #8 | 22-27 |
| Subs | Belmont | Carlos Waldron (SG) Bobby Tarleton | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Jonas Adams (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Carlos Waldron (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Nickolas Arden (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Justin Dasilva (fresh) C - Allen Krogman (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Damon Gunter (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Jason Stott (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Kenneth Duncan (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Clarence Vest (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Dennis Johnson (fresh) | |
| 02:54 | Belmont | Nickolas Arden throws a bad pass out of bounds | 22-27 |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Harry Siegel (SG) Jason Stott | |
| 02:37 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Johnson knocks in the floater near the basket on a great pass from Kenneth Duncan | 22-29 |
| 02:19 | Belmont | Nickolas Arden comes up short on the jumper near the basket but he's hacked by Kenneth Duncan - foul #1 on Kenneth Duncan, team foul #9 | 22-29 |
| Subs | Belmont | George Schwartz (SG) Carlos Waldron | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | William Gordon (PF) Kenneth Duncan | |
| 02:19 | Belmont | Nickolas Arden misses the 1st free throw | 22-29 |
| 02:19 | Belmont | Nickolas Arden makes the 2nd free throw | 23-29 |
| 01:57 | Detroit Mercy | William Gordon comes up short on the fadeaway near the basket | 23-29 |
| 01:55 | Belmont | Jonas Adams pulls down the rebound | 23-29 |
| 01:32 | Belmont | The jump hook by George Schwartz is blocked by Dennis Johnson | 23-29 |
| 01:30 | Belmont | Justin Dasilva can't tip it in | 23-29 |
| 01:28 | Detroit Mercy | Dennis Johnson pulls down the rebound | 23-29 |
| 01:12 | Detroit Mercy | Harry Siegel buries a floater from the left side on a nice dish by Damon Gunter | 23-31 |
| 01:01 | Belmont | Justin Dasilva scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Nickolas Arden | 26-31 |
| 00:47 | Detroit Mercy | Damon Gunter drills a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Harry Siegel | 26-34 |
| 00:28 | Belmont | George Schwartz misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Dennis Johnson - foul #2 on Dennis Johnson, team foul #10 | 26-34 |
| Subs | Belmont | Bobby Tarleton (SG), Edward Saunders (PF), Michael Thomas (C) Jonas Adams, Justin Dasilva, Allen Krogman | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Raymond Tyler (SG), David Willson (SF), Robert Tapia (C) Harry Siegel, Clarence Vest, Dennis Johnson | |
| 00:28 | Belmont | George Schwartz makes the 1st free throw | 27-34 |
| 00:28 | Belmont | George Schwartz makes the 2nd free throw | 28-34 |
| 00:04 | Detroit Mercy | Damon Gunter makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 28-37 |
| 00:00 | Belmont | Nickolas Arden misses badly on a halfcourt shot | 28-37 |