| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Timothy Williams (fresh) SG - Robert Kibbe (fresh) SF - Gary Westmoreland (fresh) PF - Darryl Weller (fresh) C - Jim Trainer (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - William Niles (fresh) SG - Paul Lake (fresh) SF - Lance Mulhern (fresh) PF - William Arellano (fresh) C - Robby Burgan (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Iowa | Jim Trainer wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:38 | Iowa | Darryl Weller can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 0-0 |
| 19:36 | Iowa | Timothy Williams tips it home | 2-0 |
| 19:21 | Notre Dame | Robby Burgan clanks a turnaround from close range | 2-0 |
| 19:20 | Iowa | Robert Kibbe gets the rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:57 | Iowa | Jim Trainer misses the lay-in | 2-0 |
| 18:55 | Iowa | Jim Trainer tips it in | 4-0 |
| 18:35 | Notre Dame | Paul Lake can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 4-0 |
| 18:33 | Iowa | Gary Westmoreland snags the defensive board | 4-0 |
| 18:17 | Iowa | Timothy Williams hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 4-0 |
| 18:16 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Paul Lake | 4-0 |
| 17:58 | Notre Dame | William Niles misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 4-0 |
| 17:57 | Iowa | Jim Trainer grabs the board | 4-0 |
| 17:41 | Iowa | Timothy Williams misses short on a 3 from straight away | 4-0 |
| 17:39 | Iowa | Darryl Weller snags the offensive board | 4-0 |
| 17:28 | Iowa | Robert Kibbe misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 4-0 |
| 17:27 | Notre Dame | William Arellano grabs the defensive rebound | 4-0 |
| 16:58 | Notre Dame | William Niles loses the dribble to Gary Westmoreland | 4-0 |
| 16:42 | Iowa | Timothy Williams knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Gary Westmoreland | 7-0 |
| 16:26 | Notre Dame | Robby Burgan misses the dunk attempt but the foul's on Robert Kibbe - foul #1 on Robert Kibbe, team foul #1 | 7-0 |
| Subs | Iowa | Charles Jones (PG), Kevin Geist (SF), Anthony Coble (PF), Andrew Blythe (C) Timothy Williams, Gary Westmoreland, Darryl Weller, Jim Trainer | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 16:26 | Notre Dame | Robby Burgan makes the 1st free throw | 7-1 |
| 16:26 | Notre Dame | Robby Burgan misses the 2nd free throw | 7-1 |
| 16:26 | Iowa | The rebound goes to Andrew Blythe | 7-1 |
| 16:10 | Iowa | William Arellano picks off the pass by Andrew Blythe | 7-1 |
| 15:49 | Notre Dame | Lance Mulhern clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Kevin Geist - foul #1 on Kevin Geist, team foul #2 | 7-1 |
| Subs | Iowa | Daniel Mathew (SF) Robert Kibbe | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | William Adrian (PF), Al Adkins (C) William Arellano, Robby Burgan | |
| 15:49 | Notre Dame | Lance Mulhern makes the 1st free throw | 7-2 |
| 15:49 | Notre Dame | Lance Mulhern makes the 2nd free throw | 7-3 |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Charles Jones (fresh) SG - Kevin Geist (fresh) SF - Daniel Mathew (fresh) PF - Anthony Coble (fresh) C - Andrew Blythe (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - William Niles (fresh) SG - Paul Lake (fresh) SF - Lance Mulhern (fresh) 2 pts. PF - William Adrian (fresh) C - Al Adkins (fresh) | |
| 15:40 | Iowa | Daniel Mathew misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 7-3 |
| 15:39 | Notre Dame | Al Adkins gets the rebound | 7-3 |
| 15:25 | Notre Dame | William Niles misses the runner from the left block | 7-3 |
| 15:23 | Iowa | Andrew Blythe snags the defensive board | 7-3 |
| 14:56 | Iowa | William Adrian steals the ball from Andrew Blythe | 7-3 |
| 14:39 | Notre Dame | William Adrian lays it in set up by Lance Mulhern | 7-5 |
| 14:17 | Iowa | Kevin Geist makes the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Charles Jones | 10-5 |
| 13:54 | Notre Dame | William Niles misses badly on a runner from close range | 10-5 |
| 13:53 | Notre Dame | Paul Lake snags the offensive board | 10-5 |
| 13:44 | Notre Dame | Anthony Coble is called for the reach on Paul Lake - foul #1 on Anthony Coble, team foul #3 | 10-5 |
| Subs | Iowa | Timothy Williams (PG), Robert Kibbe (SG), Gary Westmoreland (SF), Darryl Weller (PF), Jim Trainer (C) Charles Jones, Kevin Geist, Daniel Mathew, Anthony Coble, Andrew Blythe | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Wilbert Owens (PG), Rafael Sullivan (SG), William Arellano (PF), Robby Burgan (C) William Niles, Paul Lake, Lance Mulhern, Al Adkins | |
| 13:32 | Notre Dame | William Adrian misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 10-5 |
| 13:30 | Notre Dame | William Arellano tips it home | 10-7 |
| 13:16 | Iowa | Timothy Williams comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side | 10-7 |
| 13:15 | Iowa | Darryl Weller snags the offensive board | 10-7 |
| 13:07 | Iowa | Jim Trainer is hacked by Robby Burgan - foul #1 on Robby Burgan, team foul #1 | 10-7 |
| 12:52 | Iowa | Timothy Williams clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by William Arellano - foul #1 on William Arellano, team foul #2 | 10-7 |
| 12:52 | Iowa | Timothy Williams makes the 1st free throw | 11-7 |
| 12:52 | Iowa | Timothy Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 12-7 |
| 12:44 | Notre Dame | Rafael Sullivan misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 12-7 |
| 12:42 | Iowa | Gary Westmoreland grabs the board | 12-7 |
| 12:31 | Iowa | Wilbert Owens steals it from Darryl Weller | 12-7 |
| 12:27 | Notre Dame | Wilbert Owens lays it in | 12-9 |
| 12:06 | Iowa | Robert Kibbe clanks a shot from the left side | 12-9 |
| 12:05 | Notre Dame | Robby Burgan grabs the board | 12-9 |
| 11:51 | Notre Dame | Rafael Sullivan misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 12-9 |
| 11:49 | Iowa | Jim Trainer gets the rebound | 12-9 |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Timothy Williams (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Robert Kibbe (fresh) SF - Gary Westmoreland (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Darryl Weller (fresh) 2 reb. C - Jim Trainer (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Wilbert Owens (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Rafael Sullivan (fresh) SF - William Adrian (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - William Arellano (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Robby Burgan (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 11:42 | Iowa | Timothy Williams misses the floater from the free throw line | 12-9 |
| 11:40 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Robby Burgan | 12-9 |
| 11:21 | Notre Dame | Robert Kibbe picks off the pass by William Adrian | 12-9 |
| 11:17 | Iowa | Robert Kibbe lays it in | 14-9 |
| 11:07 | Notre Dame | Robby Burgan loses the ball out of bounds | 14-9 |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | William Niles (PG), Paul Lake (SG), Lance Mulhern (SF) Wilbert Owens, Rafael Sullivan, William Adrian | |
| 10:48 | Iowa | Robert Kibbe is fouled on the floor by Paul Lake - foul #1 on Paul Lake, team foul #3 | 14-9 |
| Subs | Iowa | Charles Jones (PG), Andrew Blythe (C) Timothy Williams, Jim Trainer | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | James Kennedy (PF), Al Adkins (C) William Arellano, Robby Burgan | |
| 10:34 | Iowa | Darryl Weller scores on a fadeaway from the left wing | 16-9 |
| 10:22 | Notre Dame | James Kennedy misses badly on a floater from the left wing | 16-9 |
| 10:21 | Notre Dame | Lance Mulhern tips it back up and in | 16-11 |
| 10:02 | Iowa | Andrew Blythe misses the shot from the right block | 16-11 |
| 10:00 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Lance Mulhern | 16-11 |
| 09:38 | Notre Dame | William Niles is fouled on the floor by Charles Jones - foul #1 on Charles Jones, team foul #4 | 16-11 |
| Subs | Iowa | Timothy Williams (PG), Kevin Geist (SG), Daniel Mathew (SF), Anthony Coble (PF), Jim Trainer (C) Charles Jones, Robert Kibbe, Gary Westmoreland, Darryl Weller, Andrew Blythe | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Robby Burgan (C) James Kennedy | |
| 09:31 | Notre Dame | William Niles buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Lance Mulhern | 16-14 |
| 09:05 | Iowa | Kevin Geist misses the floater from the right side | 16-14 |
| 09:03 | Iowa | Anthony Coble can't tip it in | 16-14 |
| 09:02 | Iowa | Anthony Coble tips it in | 18-14 |
| 08:43 | Notre Dame | William Niles scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Lance Mulhern | 18-16 |
| 08:25 | Iowa | Kevin Geist travels with the ball | 18-16 |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | William Arellano (PF) Al Adkins | |
| 08:03 | Notre Dame | William Arellano connects on the jump hook in the lane on a nice dish by Lance Mulhern and he's fouled by Anthony Coble - foul #2 on Anthony Coble, team foul #5 | 18-18 |
| Subs | Iowa | Charles Jones (PG), Robert Kibbe (SG), Andrew Blythe (C) Timothy Williams, Anthony Coble, Jim Trainer | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Wilbert Owens (SG) Paul Lake | |
| 08:03 | Notre Dame | William Arellano makes the free throw | 18-19 |
| 07:49 | Iowa | Robert Kibbe misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 18-19 |
| 07:47 | Notre Dame | Robby Burgan grabs the defensive rebound | 18-19 |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Charles Jones (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Robert Kibbe (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Daniel Mathew (fresh) PF - Kevin Geist (fresh) 3 pts. C - Andrew Blythe (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - William Niles (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Wilbert Owens (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Lance Mulhern (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Arellano (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Robby Burgan (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:37 | Notre Dame | Lance Mulhern hits a turnaround in the lane and he's hacked by Kevin Geist - foul #2 on Kevin Geist, team foul #6 | 18-21 |
| Subs | Iowa | Gary Westmoreland (SF), Darryl Weller (PF) Daniel Mathew, Kevin Geist | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | William Adrian (C) Robby Burgan | |
| 07:37 | Notre Dame | Lance Mulhern misses the free throw | 18-21 |
| 07:37 | Iowa | Darryl Weller grabs the board | 18-21 |
| 07:21 | Iowa | Gary Westmoreland clanks a floater from the left side | 18-21 |
| 07:19 | Notre Dame | William Adrian pulls down the rebound | 18-21 |
| 07:06 | Notre Dame | Lance Mulhern hits a 3pt shot from the right wing | 18-24 |
| 06:44 | Iowa | Darryl Weller lays it in on a nice dish by Charles Jones and he's hacked by William Adrian - foul #1 on William Adrian, team foul #4 | 20-24 |
| Subs | Iowa | Timothy Williams (PG), Jim Trainer (C) Charles Jones, Andrew Blythe | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Paul Lake (SG), Al Adkins (C) William Niles, Lance Mulhern | |
| 06:44 | Iowa | Darryl Weller makes the free throw | 21-24 |
| 06:29 | Notre Dame | Paul Lake misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 21-24 |
| 06:27 | Iowa | Gary Westmoreland grabs the board | 21-24 |
| 06:23 | Iowa | Timothy Williams comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 21-24 |
| 06:21 | Notre Dame | Al Adkins gets the rebound | 21-24 |
| 06:05 | Notre Dame | Paul Lake misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane | 21-24 |
| 06:04 | Notre Dame | Al Adkins tips it back up and in | 21-26 |
| 05:48 | Iowa | Gary Westmoreland is fouled on the floor by William Adrian - foul #2 on William Adrian, team foul #5 | 21-26 |
| Subs | Iowa | Daniel Mathew (SG) Robert Kibbe | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | William Niles (PG), Shaun Matthews (SF), Robby Burgan (C) Wilbert Owens, William Adrian, William Arellano | |
| 05:26 | Iowa | Darryl Weller misses long on a driving attempt in the paint | 21-26 |
| 05:25 | Iowa | Gary Westmoreland gets the offensive rebound | 21-26 |
| 05:18 | Iowa | Shaun Matthews is called for the reach on Gary Westmoreland - foul #1 on Shaun Matthews, team foul #6 | 21-26 |
| Subs | Iowa | Charles Jones (SG), Andrew Blythe (PF) Gary Westmoreland, Darryl Weller | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 05:02 | Iowa | Daniel Mathew clanks a jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Shaun Matthews - foul #2 on Shaun Matthews, team foul #7 | 21-26 |
| Subs | Iowa | Darryl Weller (PF) Jim Trainer | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Lance Mulhern (SF) Shaun Matthews | |
| 05:02 | Iowa | Daniel Mathew makes the 1st free throw | 22-26 |
| 05:02 | Iowa | Daniel Mathew makes the 2nd free throw | 23-26 |
| 04:37 | Notre Dame | Daniel Mathew is called for the reach on William Niles - foul #1 on Daniel Mathew, team foul #7 | 23-26 |
| Subs | Iowa | Robert Kibbe (SG) Timothy Williams | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 04:37 | Notre Dame | William Niles makes the 1st free throw | 23-27 |
| 04:37 | Notre Dame | William Niles makes the 2nd free throw | 23-28 |
| 04:22 | Iowa | Robert Kibbe buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 26-28 |
| 04:03 | Notre Dame | Al Adkins misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 26-28 |
| 04:02 | Notre Dame | Lance Mulhern tips it but misses | 26-28 |
| 04:01 | Notre Dame | Lance Mulhern grabs the offensive board | 26-28 |
| 03:56 | Notre Dame | Robby Burgan misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 26-28 |
| 03:55 | Iowa | Darryl Weller gets the rebound | 26-28 |
| 03:51 | Iowa | Robby Burgan swats the short shot by Charles Jones | 26-28 |
| 03:49 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Al Adkins | 26-28 |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Charles Jones (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Robert Kibbe (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Daniel Mathew (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Darryl Weller (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Andrew Blythe (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - William Niles (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Paul Lake (fairly fresh) SF - Lance Mulhern (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Al Adkins (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Robby Burgan (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:28 | Notre Dame | Al Adkins misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 26-28 |
| 03:27 | Notre Dame | Lance Mulhern pulls down the offensive rebound | 26-28 |
| 03:10 | Notre Dame | William Niles makes the fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Lance Mulhern and he's hacked by Daniel Mathew - foul #2 on Daniel Mathew, team foul #8 | 26-30 |
| Subs | Iowa | Timothy Williams (PG), Gary Westmoreland (SF), Kevin Geist (PF), Jim Trainer (C) Charles Jones, Daniel Mathew, Darryl Weller, Andrew Blythe | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Wilbert Owens (SG), Shaun Matthews (SF), William Arellano (PF), William Adrian (C) Paul Lake, Lance Mulhern, Al Adkins, Robby Burgan | |
| 03:10 | Notre Dame | William Niles makes the free throw | 26-31 |
| 02:46 | Iowa | Kevin Geist hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 26-31 |
| 02:44 | Iowa | Jim Trainer tips it back up and in | 28-31 |
| 02:20 | Notre Dame | William Arellano misses the jump hook from the right block | 28-31 |
| 02:19 | Iowa | Jim Trainer grabs the defensive rebound | 28-31 |
| 02:12 | Iowa | Kevin Geist misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 28-31 |
| 02:10 | Notre Dame | William Adrian snags the defensive board | 28-31 |
| 01:56 | Notre Dame | William Niles is hacked by Timothy Williams - foul #1 on Timothy Williams, team foul #9 | 28-31 |
| Subs | Iowa | Anthony Coble (PF) Robert Kibbe | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Lance Mulhern (SF) Shaun Matthews | |
| 01:56 | Notre Dame | William Niles makes the 1st free throw | 28-32 |
| 01:56 | Notre Dame | William Niles makes the 2nd free throw | 28-33 |
| 01:43 | Iowa | Jim Trainer misses the lay-in but the foul's on Lance Mulhern - foul #1 on Lance Mulhern, team foul #8 | 28-33 |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Rafael Sullivan (SG), Robby Burgan (C) William Niles, William Adrian | |
| 01:43 | Iowa | Jim Trainer makes the 1st free throw | 29-33 |
| 01:43 | Iowa | Jim Trainer makes the 2nd free throw | 30-33 |
| 01:24 | Notre Dame | Robby Burgan's pass is intercepted by Jim Trainer | 30-33 |
| 01:07 | Iowa | Jim Trainer is hacked by William Arellano - foul #2 on William Arellano, team foul #9 | 30-33 |
| Subs | Iowa | Charles Jones (PG), Darryl Weller (PF) Timothy Williams, Anthony Coble | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Paul Lake (SG) Rafael Sullivan | |
| 01:07 | Iowa | Jim Trainer misses the 1st free throw | 30-33 |
| 01:07 | Notre Dame | Robby Burgan snags the defensive board | 30-33 |
| 00:47 | Notre Dame | Wilbert Owens can't connect on a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Charles Jones - foul #2 on Charles Jones, team foul #10 | 30-33 |
| Subs | Iowa | Robert Kibbe (SG) Kevin Geist | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 00:47 | Notre Dame | Wilbert Owens makes the 1st free throw | 30-34 |
| 00:47 | Notre Dame | Wilbert Owens makes the 2nd free throw | 30-35 |
| 00:42 | Iowa | Charles Jones is hacked by Wilbert Owens in the backcourt - foul #1 on Wilbert Owens, team foul #10 | 30-35 |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | William Adrian (PF) William Arellano | |
| 00:42 | Iowa | Charles Jones makes the 1st free throw | 31-35 |
| 00:42 | Iowa | Charles Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 31-35 |
| 00:42 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to William Adrian | 31-35 |
| 00:18 | Notre Dame | Robby Burgan misses short on a jumper from the right side but the foul's on Jim Trainer - foul #1 on Jim Trainer, team foul #11 | 31-35 |
| Subs | Iowa | Kevin Geist (SF), Andrew Blythe (C) Gary Westmoreland, Jim Trainer | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | William Niles (PG) Wilbert Owens | |
| 00:18 | Notre Dame | Robby Burgan misses the 1st free throw | 31-35 |
| 00:18 | Notre Dame | Robby Burgan misses the 2nd free throw | 31-35 |
| 00:18 | Iowa | The rebound goes to Andrew Blythe | 31-35 |
| 00:02 | Iowa | Kevin Geist hits a floater from just outside the lane | 33-35 |
| 00:00 | Notre Dame | William Niles misses long on a fullcourt shot | 33-35 |