| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Leo Kleinberger (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gerald Barbara (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Eugene Hopkins (fresh) PF - Chuma Diop (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Hamilton (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - Raymond Ouellette (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Walter Blankenship (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ramon Ortega (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. PF - Antony Romano (fresh) 3 pts. C - Donald Spaulding (fresh) 9 pts. 2 blk. 2 stl. | |
| 20:00 | Southern Cal | Ramon Ortega inbounds the ball | 33-46 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:43 | Southern Cal | Raymond Ouellette is hacked by Leo Kleinberger - foul #1 on Leo Kleinberger, team foul #1 | 33-46 |
| 19:26 | Southern Cal | Donald Spaulding can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Leo Kleinberger - foul #2 on Leo Kleinberger, team foul #2 | 33-46 |
| 19:26 | Southern Cal | Donald Spaulding makes the 1st free throw | 33-47 |
| 19:26 | Southern Cal | Donald Spaulding makes the 2nd free throw | 33-48 |
| 19:12 | Purdue | Raymond Ouellette steps in front of the Eugene Hopkins pass | 33-48 |
| 18:54 | Southern Cal | Donald Spaulding clanks a runner in the paint | 33-48 |
| 18:53 | Southern Cal | Walter Blankenship misses the tip | 33-48 |
| 18:52 | Purdue | The rebound goes to David Hamilton | 33-48 |
| 18:35 | Purdue | Antony Romano steals it from Chuma Diop | 33-48 |
| 18:17 | Southern Cal | Ramon Ortega misses long on a jumper from the right block | 33-48 |
| 18:15 | Southern Cal | Donald Spaulding pulls down the offensive rebound | 33-48 |
| 18:05 | Southern Cal | Antony Romano hits a fadeaway from close range and he's fouled by Chuma Diop - foul #3 on Chuma Diop, team foul #3 | 33-50 |
| Subs | Purdue | Curtis Duguay (PF) Chuma Diop | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | | |
| 18:05 | Southern Cal | Antony Romano makes the free throw | 33-51 |
| 17:37 | Purdue | Eugene Hopkins buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Leo Kleinberger | 35-51 |
| 17:12 | Southern Cal | Raymond Ouellette can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 35-51 |
| 17:11 | Purdue | David Hamilton snags the defensive board | 35-51 |
| 17:06 | Purdue | Eugene Hopkins misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 35-51 |
| 17:05 | Southern Cal | Donald Spaulding pulls down the rebound | 35-51 |
| 16:52 | Southern Cal | David Hamilton swats the layup by Raymond Ouellette | 35-51 |
| 16:50 | Purdue | Eugene Hopkins grabs the defensive rebound | 35-51 |
| 16:36 | Purdue | Eugene Hopkins hits a 3 from the right wing set up by Curtis Duguay | 38-51 |
| 16:18 | Southern Cal | Raymond Ouellette is hacked by Eugene Hopkins - foul #1 on Eugene Hopkins, team foul #4 | 38-51 |
| Subs | Purdue | Mark Nystrom (PG), Lawrence Berlin (SG), Theodore Wolfe (SF), James Deford (C) Leo Kleinberger, Gerald Barbara, Eugene Hopkins, David Hamilton | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Robin Benge (SG), Victor Kellett (SF), Fernando Colon (PF), Paul Brown (C) Walter Blankenship, Ramon Ortega, Antony Romano, Donald Spaulding | |
| 15:56 | Southern Cal | Paul Brown can't finish the layup but he's fouled by James Deford - foul #1 on James Deford, team foul #5 | 38-51 |
| Subs | Purdue | Chuma Diop (PF) Mark Nystrom | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | | |
| 15:56 | Southern Cal | Paul Brown makes the 1st free throw | 38-52 |
| 15:56 | Southern Cal | Paul Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 38-53 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Lawrence Berlin (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Theodore Wolfe (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Curtis Duguay (fresh) PF - Chuma Diop (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. C - James Deford (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - Raymond Ouellette (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Robin Benge (fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SF - Victor Kellett (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Fernando Colon (fresh) C - Paul Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:35 | Purdue | Curtis Duguay misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 38-53 |
| 15:33 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Fernando Colon | 38-53 |
| 15:10 | Southern Cal | Robin Benge loses the ball out of bounds | 38-53 |
| Subs | Purdue | Gerald Barbara (SG) Curtis Duguay | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Walter Blankenship (SG), Antony Romano (PF) Raymond Ouellette, Fernando Colon | |
| 14:51 | Purdue | Chuma Diop's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 38-53 |
| Subs | Purdue | Leo Kleinberger (PG), Eugene Hopkins (SF) Lawrence Berlin, Theodore Wolfe | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | | |
| 14:35 | Southern Cal | Walter Blankenship misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 38-53 |
| 14:34 | Southern Cal | Victor Kellett hits the follow up shot | 38-55 |
| 14:16 | Purdue | James Deford drills a floater in the paint on a nice dish by Gerald Barbara | 40-55 |
| 14:04 | Southern Cal | Gerald Barbara is called for the reach on Robin Benge - foul #3 on Gerald Barbara, team foul #6 | 40-55 |
| Subs | Purdue | Clint Jackson (C) James Deford | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Ramon Ortega (SF), Donald Spaulding (C) Victor Kellett, Paul Brown | |
| 13:53 | Southern Cal | Ramon Ortega's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-55 |
| Subs | Purdue | David Hamilton (C) Clint Jackson | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | | |
| 13:42 | Purdue | Gerald Barbara loses the dribble to Donald Spaulding | 40-55 |
| 13:35 | Southern Cal | Donald Spaulding drills a fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from Robin Benge | 40-57 |
| 13:14 | Purdue | Eugene Hopkins hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 40-57 |
| 13:12 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Donald Spaulding | 40-57 |
| 12:57 | Southern Cal | David Hamilton steals it from Ramon Ortega | 40-57 |
| 12:41 | Purdue | Chuma Diop misses badly on a floater from the left wing but he's fouled by Antony Romano - foul #2 on Antony Romano, team foul #1 | 40-57 |
| Subs | Purdue | Lawrence Berlin (PG), Theodore Wolfe (SG), Curtis Duguay (SF), James Deford (C) Leo Kleinberger, Gerald Barbara, Eugene Hopkins, David Hamilton | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Raymond Ouellette (PG), Victor Kellett (PF) Robin Benge, Antony Romano | |
| 12:41 | Purdue | Chuma Diop makes the 1st free throw | 41-57 |
| 12:41 | Purdue | Chuma Diop makes the 2nd free throw | 42-57 |
| 12:24 | Southern Cal | Walter Blankenship misses badly on a jumper from the right side | 42-57 |
| 12:23 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Curtis Duguay | 42-57 |
| 12:09 | Purdue | Lawrence Berlin is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Lawrence Berlin, team foul #7 | 42-57 |
| Subs | Purdue | Mark Nystrom (PG) Chuma Diop | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Fernando Colon (PF), Paul Brown (C) Ramon Ortega, Donald Spaulding | |
| 11:47 | Southern Cal | Paul Brown makes the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Walter Blankenship | 42-60 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Mark Nystrom (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Lawrence Berlin (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Theodore Wolfe (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Curtis Duguay (fresh) C - James Deford (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - Raymond Ouellette (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Walter Blankenship (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Victor Kellett (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Fernando Colon (fresh) C - Paul Brown (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 11:27 | Purdue | Curtis Duguay scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Mark Nystrom | 45-60 |
| 11:17 | Southern Cal | Fernando Colon comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 45-60 |
| 11:16 | Purdue | Theodore Wolfe grabs the defensive rebound | 45-60 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 11:05 | Purdue | James Deford misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right side but the foul's on Fernando Colon - foul #2 on Fernando Colon, team foul #2 | 45-60 |
| Subs | Purdue | Leo Kleinberger (PG), Gerald Barbara (SG), Eugene Hopkins (SF), David Hamilton (C) Mark Nystrom, Lawrence Berlin, Theodore Wolfe, Curtis Duguay | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Robin Benge (SG), Antony Romano (PF) Walter Blankenship, Fernando Colon | |
| 11:05 | Purdue | James Deford makes the 1st free throw | 46-60 |
| 11:05 | Purdue | James Deford makes the 2nd free throw | 47-60 |
| 10:50 | Southern Cal | Antony Romano knocks in the 3 from straight away | 47-63 |
| 10:35 | Purdue | The jump hook by Eugene Hopkins is blocked by Antony Romano | 47-63 |
| 10:34 | Southern Cal | Paul Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 47-63 |
| 10:21 | Southern Cal | Antony Romano lays it up and in on a nice dish by Robin Benge | 47-65 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 10:14 | Purdue | James Deford is fouled on the floor by Antony Romano - foul #3 on Antony Romano, team foul #3 | 47-65 |
| Subs | Purdue | Curtis Duguay (PF) James Deford | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Ramon Ortega (SF), Donald Spaulding (C) Victor Kellett, Paul Brown | |
| 09:53 | Purdue | David Hamilton clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 47-65 |
| 09:51 | Purdue | Curtis Duguay tips it in | 49-65 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 09:39 | Southern Cal | Eugene Hopkins is called for the reach on Ramon Ortega - foul #2 on Eugene Hopkins, team foul #8 | 49-65 |
| Subs | Purdue | Chuma Diop (PF) Curtis Duguay | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | | |
| 09:39 | Southern Cal | Ramon Ortega makes the 1st free throw | 49-66 |
| 09:39 | Southern Cal | Ramon Ortega makes the 2nd free throw | 49-67 |
| 09:23 | Purdue | David Hamilton misses the 3 from the left corner | 49-67 |
| 09:21 | Southern Cal | Robin Benge snags the defensive board | 49-67 |
| 08:54 | Southern Cal | Gerald Barbara steals it from Antony Romano | 49-67 |
| 08:51 | Purdue | Gerald Barbara lays it in | 51-67 |
| 08:30 | Southern Cal | Robin Benge can't connect on a shot from the right side | 51-67 |
| 08:29 | Purdue | Eugene Hopkins pulls down the rebound | 51-67 |
| 08:23 | Purdue | David Hamilton misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 51-67 |
| 08:21 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Ramon Ortega | 51-67 |
| 07:58 | Southern Cal | Ramon Ortega hits the finger roll | 51-69 |
| 07:45 | Purdue | Leo Kleinberger makes the fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a great pass from David Hamilton | 53-69 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Leo Kleinberger (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gerald Barbara (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Eugene Hopkins (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Chuma Diop (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. C - David Hamilton (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - Raymond Ouellette (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Robin Benge (fresh) 16 pts. 4 ast. SF - Ramon Ortega (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Antony Romano (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Donald Spaulding (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 stl. | |
| 07:16 | Southern Cal | Antony Romano lays it in on a great pass from Raymond Ouellette | 53-71 |
| 07:04 | Purdue | David Hamilton hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 53-71 |
| 07:03 | Purdue | Chuma Diop tips it home | 55-71 |
| 06:34 | Southern Cal | Raymond Ouellette can't connect on a jump hook in the paint | 55-71 |
| 06:33 | Southern Cal | Raymond Ouellette tips it back up and in | 55-73 |
| 06:16 | Purdue | Leo Kleinberger misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 55-73 |
| 06:14 | Southern Cal | Ramon Ortega pulls down the rebound | 55-73 |
| 06:10 | Southern Cal | Raymond Ouellette misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Chuma Diop - foul #4 on Chuma Diop, team foul #9 | 55-73 |
| Subs | Purdue | Mark Nystrom (PG), Lawrence Berlin (SG), Theodore Wolfe (SF), Curtis Duguay (PF), James Deford (C) Leo Kleinberger, Gerald Barbara, Eugene Hopkins, Chuma Diop, David Hamilton | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Walter Blankenship (SG), Victor Kellett (SF), Fernando Colon (PF), Paul Brown (C) Robin Benge, Ramon Ortega, Antony Romano, Donald Spaulding | |
| 06:10 | Southern Cal | Raymond Ouellette makes the 1st free throw | 55-74 |
| 06:10 | Southern Cal | Raymond Ouellette makes the 2nd free throw | 55-75 |
| 05:54 | Purdue | Curtis Duguay comes up short on the shot from the left block but he's fouled by Fernando Colon - foul #3 on Fernando Colon, team foul #4 | 55-75 |
| 05:54 | Purdue | Curtis Duguay misses the 1st free throw | 55-75 |
| 05:54 | Purdue | Curtis Duguay misses the 2nd free throw | 55-75 |
| 05:54 | Southern Cal | Fernando Colon grabs the board | 55-75 |
| 05:35 | Southern Cal | James Deford is called for the reach on Paul Brown - foul #2 on James Deford, team foul #10 | 55-75 |
| 05:35 | Southern Cal | Paul Brown makes the 1st free throw | 55-76 |
| 05:35 | Southern Cal | Paul Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 55-76 |
| 05:35 | Purdue | James Deford snags the defensive board | 55-76 |
| 05:20 | Purdue | Curtis Duguay connects on the turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by Theodore Wolfe | 57-76 |
| 04:54 | Southern Cal | Walter Blankenship travels with the ball | 57-76 |
| 04:41 | Purdue | Lawrence Berlin can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 57-76 |
| 04:39 | Purdue | Theodore Wolfe tips it but misses | 57-76 |
| 04:37 | Purdue | Curtis Duguay hits the follow up shot | 59-76 |
| 04:15 | Southern Cal | Raymond Ouellette hits a jumper from the left side set up by Walter Blankenship | 59-78 |
| 04:06 | Purdue | Curtis Duguay misses the jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Fernando Colon - foul #4 on Fernando Colon, team foul #5 | 59-78 |
| Subs | Purdue | Leo Kleinberger (PG) Mark Nystrom | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Robin Benge (PG), Antony Romano (PF) Raymond Ouellette, Fernando Colon | |
| 04:06 | Purdue | Curtis Duguay makes the 1st free throw | 60-78 |
| 04:06 | Purdue | Curtis Duguay makes the 2nd free throw | 61-78 |
| 03:37 | Southern Cal | Walter Blankenship clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 61-78 |
| 03:36 | Purdue | Curtis Duguay grabs the board | 61-78 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Leo Kleinberger (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence Berlin (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Theodore Wolfe (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Curtis Duguay (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - James Deford (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - Robin Benge (fresh) 16 pts. 4 ast. SG - Walter Blankenship (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SF - Victor Kellett (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Antony Romano (fresh) 13 pts. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Paul Brown (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:32 | Purdue | Victor Kellett is called for the reach on Leo Kleinberger - foul #2 on Victor Kellett, team foul #6 | 61-78 |
| Subs | Purdue | Gerald Barbara (SG), Eugene Hopkins (SF), Chuma Diop (PF), Clint Jackson (C) Lawrence Berlin, Theodore Wolfe, Curtis Duguay, James Deford | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Ramon Ortega (SF), Donald Spaulding (C) Victor Kellett, Paul Brown | |
| 03:21 | Purdue | Eugene Hopkins misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 61-78 |
| 03:19 | Southern Cal | Walter Blankenship pulls down the rebound | 61-78 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:59 | Southern Cal | Walter Blankenship scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Robin Benge | 61-81 |
| 02:41 | Purdue | Chuma Diop misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 61-81 |
| 02:39 | Southern Cal | Ramon Ortega snags the defensive board | 61-81 |
| 02:11 | Southern Cal | Ramon Ortega clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 61-81 |
| 02:10 | Southern Cal | Antony Romano misses the tip | 61-81 |
| 02:09 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Chuma Diop | 61-81 |
| 01:59 | Purdue | Gerald Barbara misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 61-81 |
| 01:58 | Southern Cal | Antony Romano grabs the defensive rebound | 61-81 |
| 01:36 | Southern Cal | Donald Spaulding misses short on a driving attempt near the basket but he's hacked by Clint Jackson - foul #1 on Clint Jackson, team foul #11 | 61-81 |
| Subs | Purdue | Mark Nystrom (PG), Lawrence Berlin (SG), Theodore Wolfe (SF), Curtis Duguay (PF), James Deford (C) Leo Kleinberger, Gerald Barbara, Eugene Hopkins, Chuma Diop, Clint Jackson | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Victor Kellett (SF), Fernando Colon (PF) Walter Blankenship, Antony Romano | |
| 01:36 | Southern Cal | Donald Spaulding misses the 1st free throw | 61-81 |
| 01:36 | Southern Cal | Donald Spaulding misses the 2nd free throw | 61-81 |
| 01:36 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Curtis Duguay | 61-81 |
| 01:16 | Purdue | Fernando Colon is called for the reach on Theodore Wolfe - foul #5 on Fernando Colon, team foul #7 | 61-81 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Walter Blankenship (SG), Paul Brown (C) Fernando Colon, Donald Spaulding | |
| 01:16 | Purdue | Theodore Wolfe misses the 1st free throw | 61-81 |
| 01:16 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Ramon Ortega | 61-81 |
| 00:54 | Southern Cal | Curtis Duguay steps in front of the Victor Kellett pass | 61-81 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:49 | Purdue | Curtis Duguay loses the dribble to Ramon Ortega | 61-81 |
| 00:45 | Southern Cal | Robin Benge misses the easy layup | 61-81 |
| 00:44 | Purdue | Curtis Duguay gets the rebound | 61-81 |
| 00:37 | Purdue | Mark Nystrom hits a jumpshot from the right wing | 63-81 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:12 | Southern Cal | Paul Brown misses the runner from the right block | 63-81 |
| 00:11 | Southern Cal | The offensive rebound goes to Paul Brown | 63-81 |
| 00:00 | Southern Cal | Robin Benge runs out the clock | 63-81 |