| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Raymond Atherton (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Johnny Easterling (fresh) SF - Jonathan Slemp (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jasper Buck (fresh) 3 pts. C - Ian Doris (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Lin Tao (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Joel Simpson (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Ronnie Reed (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Reynolds (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Anthony Behan (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Iowa | Ronnie Reed inbounds the ball | 19-31 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:41 | Iowa | David Reynolds can't connect on a floater in the paint but the foul's on Jasper Buck - foul #1 on Jasper Buck, team foul #1 | 19-31 |
| 19:41 | Iowa | David Reynolds makes the 1st free throw | 19-32 |
| 19:41 | Iowa | David Reynolds makes the 2nd free throw | 19-33 |
| 19:32 | Illinois | Johnny Easterling clanks a floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Joel Simpson - foul #1 on Joel Simpson, team foul #1 | 19-33 |
| 19:32 | Illinois | Johnny Easterling makes the 1st free throw | 20-33 |
| 19:32 | Illinois | Johnny Easterling makes the 2nd free throw | 21-33 |
| 19:10 | Iowa | Johnny Easterling is called for the reach on Ronnie Reed - foul #2 on Johnny Easterling, team foul #2 | 21-33 |
| 19:05 | Iowa | Joel Simpson can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 21-33 |
| 19:04 | Iowa | Anthony Behan grabs the offensive board | 21-33 |
| 18:53 | Iowa | Lin Tao hits a fadeaway from the left side and he's hacked by Ian Doris - foul #3 on Ian Doris, team foul #3 | 21-35 |
| Subs | Illinois | Cecil Edwards (C) Ian Doris | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 18:53 | Iowa | Lin Tao makes the free throw | 21-36 |
| 18:32 | Illinois | Johnny Easterling buries a fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Raymond Atherton | 23-36 |
| 18:14 | Iowa | Lin Tao comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 23-36 |
| 18:12 | Illinois | Cecil Edwards gets the rebound | 23-36 |
| 17:57 | Illinois | Jonathan Slemp hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 23-36 |
| 17:56 | Iowa | Anthony Behan grabs the board | 23-36 |
| 17:34 | Iowa | Lin Tao makes the fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Anthony Behan | 23-38 |
| 17:30 | Illinois | Raymond Atherton misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 23-38 |
| 17:28 | Iowa | David Reynolds pulls down the rebound | 23-38 |
| 17:24 | Iowa | Ronnie Reed knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Anthony Behan | 23-41 |
| 17:07 | Illinois | The jumper by Raymond Atherton is denied by Anthony Behan | 23-41 |
| 17:05 | Iowa | David Reynolds gets the rebound | 23-41 |
| 16:40 | Iowa | The short jumper by David Reynolds is denied by Jasper Buck | 23-41 |
| 16:39 | Illinois | The rebound goes to Jasper Buck | 23-41 |
| 16:33 | Illinois | Raymond Atherton is hacked by David Reynolds - foul #3 on David Reynolds, team foul #2 | 23-41 |
| Subs | Illinois | Chase Blake (SG), Richard Hamilton (SF), Cecil Slate (C) Johnny Easterling, Jonathan Slemp, Jasper Buck | |
| Subs | Iowa | Manuel Lawson (PG), Bob Reed (SG), Daniel Montano (SF), Chester Eddy (PF), James Kinser (C) Lin Tao, Joel Simpson, Ronnie Reed, David Reynolds, Anthony Behan | |
| 16:12 | Illinois | Cecil Slate hits a jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Chase Blake | 25-41 |
| 15:43 | Iowa | James Kinser scores on a fadeaway from close range set up by Chester Eddy | 25-43 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Raymond Atherton (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Chase Blake (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Hamilton (fresh) PF - Cecil Edwards (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Cecil Slate (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Manuel Lawson (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Bob Reed (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Daniel Montano (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Chester Eddy (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - James Kinser (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:27 | Illinois | Chase Blake clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 25-43 |
| 15:26 | Iowa | James Kinser pulls down the rebound | 25-43 |
| 15:09 | Iowa | Daniel Montano's pass is intercepted by Cecil Edwards | 25-43 |
| 14:45 | Illinois | Cecil Slate comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 25-43 |
| 14:43 | Illinois | Cecil Edwards tips it but misses | 25-43 |
| 14:41 | Iowa | James Kinser pulls down the rebound | 25-43 |
| 14:27 | Iowa | Manuel Lawson can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 25-43 |
| 14:26 | Iowa | Daniel Montano hits the follow up shot | 25-45 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 14:19 | Illinois | Chase Blake hits a shot near the basket | 27-45 |
| 14:11 | Iowa | James Kinser misses the turnaround in the paint but he's hacked by Cecil Edwards - foul #2 on Cecil Edwards, team foul #4 | 27-45 |
| Subs | Illinois | Johnny Easterling (SG), Jonathan Slemp (SF), Jasper Buck (PF), David Foster (C) Raymond Atherton, Richard Hamilton, Cecil Edwards, Cecil Slate | |
| Subs | Iowa | Lin Tao (PG), Joel Simpson (SG), David Reynolds (PF), Anthony Behan (C) Manuel Lawson, Bob Reed, Daniel Montano, Chester Eddy | |
| 14:11 | Iowa | James Kinser misses the 1st free throw | 27-45 |
| 14:11 | Iowa | James Kinser makes the 2nd free throw | 27-46 |
| 13:58 | Illinois | Jasper Buck knocks in the driving attempt from the right block set up by Jonathan Slemp and he's hacked by Joel Simpson - foul #2 on Joel Simpson, team foul #3 | 29-46 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Iowa | Ronnie Reed (SF) James Kinser | |
| 13:58 | Illinois | Jasper Buck makes the free throw | 30-46 |
| 13:29 | Iowa | Anthony Behan loses the dribble to Jasper Buck | 30-46 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 13:08 | Illinois | Chase Blake scores on a driving attempt from the left block | 32-46 |
| 12:43 | Iowa | Lin Tao drills a fadeaway in the lane set up by Joel Simpson | 32-48 |
| 12:14 | Illinois | Johnny Easterling buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Jonathan Slemp | 35-48 |
| 12:00 | Iowa | Lin Tao drills a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from David Reynolds | 35-51 |
| 11:50 | Illinois | David Reynolds is called for the reach on Jasper Buck - foul #4 on David Reynolds, team foul #4 | 35-51 |
| Subs | Illinois | Raymond Atherton (PG) Chase Blake | |
| Subs | Iowa | Chester Eddy (PF) David Reynolds | |
| 11:37 | Illinois | Jonathan Slemp misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 35-51 |
| 11:35 | Iowa | Anthony Behan gets the rebound | 35-51 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Raymond Atherton (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Johnny Easterling (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Jonathan Slemp (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jasper Buck (fresh) 6 pts. C - David Foster (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Lin Tao (fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. SG - Joel Simpson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Ronnie Reed (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Chester Eddy (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Anthony Behan (fresh) 2 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 11:17 | Iowa | Anthony Behan makes the driving attempt from the right block set up by Lin Tao and the foul's on David Foster - foul #4 on David Foster, team foul #5 | 35-53 |
| Subs | Illinois | James Carpenter (SG), Ian Doris (PF), Cecil Edwards (C) Johnny Easterling, Jasper Buck, David Foster | |
| Subs | Iowa | Bob Reed (SF) Ronnie Reed | |
| 11:17 | Iowa | Anthony Behan makes the free throw | 35-54 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 11:02 | Illinois | James Carpenter buries a 3pt shot from the left wing | 38-54 |
| 10:51 | Iowa | Joel Simpson misses the 3 from the left wing | 38-54 |
| 10:49 | Iowa | Bob Reed misses the tip | 38-54 |
| 10:48 | Illinois | Ian Doris grabs the board | 38-54 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 10:41 | Illinois | Jonathan Slemp knocks in the jumpshot from the right side set up by James Carpenter | 40-54 |
| 10:15 | Iowa | Lin Tao banks in the layup on a great pass from Bob Reed | 40-56 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 10:07 | Illinois | James Carpenter misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 40-56 |
| 10:06 | Iowa | Anthony Behan snags the defensive board | 40-56 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 09:44 | Iowa | Bob Reed misses the easy layup | 40-56 |
| 09:43 | Illinois | Jonathan Slemp pulls down the rebound | 40-56 |
| 09:27 | Illinois | Raymond Atherton comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 40-56 |
| 09:26 | Iowa | Anthony Behan grabs the defensive rebound | 40-56 |
| 09:01 | Iowa | Lin Tao clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Raymond Atherton - foul #2 on Raymond Atherton, team foul #6 | 40-56 |
| Subs | Illinois | Johnny Easterling (SG), Chase Blake (SF), Jasper Buck (PF) James Carpenter, Jonathan Slemp, Cecil Edwards | |
| Subs | Iowa | Manuel Lawson (SG), Ronnie Reed (SF), James Kinser (C) Joel Simpson, Chester Eddy, Anthony Behan | |
| 09:01 | Iowa | Lin Tao makes the 1st free throw | 40-57 |
| 09:01 | Iowa | Lin Tao misses the 2nd free throw | 40-57 |
| 09:01 | Illinois | Ian Doris gets the rebound | 40-57 |
| 08:46 | Illinois | Ian Doris can't finish the layup but he's fouled by James Kinser - foul #1 on James Kinser, team foul #5 | 40-57 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Iowa | Daniel Montano (SG) Lin Tao | |
| 08:46 | Illinois | Ian Doris makes the 1st free throw | 41-57 |
| 08:46 | Illinois | Ian Doris makes the 2nd free throw | 42-57 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 08:29 | Iowa | Daniel Montano scores on a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Bob Reed | 42-59 |
| 08:15 | Illinois | Chase Blake makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 45-59 |
| 08:00 | Iowa | Daniel Montano drills a 3 pointer from the right corner | 45-62 |
| 07:38 | Illinois | Daniel Montano is called for the reach on Chase Blake - foul #1 on Daniel Montano, team foul #6 | 45-62 |
| Subs | Illinois | James Carpenter (SF), David Foster (C) Raymond Atherton, Ian Doris | |
| Subs | Iowa | David Reynolds (PF), Chester Eddy (C) Bob Reed, James Kinser | |
| 07:23 | Illinois | Jasper Buck is hacked by Daniel Montano - foul #2 on Daniel Montano, team foul #7 | 45-62 |
| 07:23 | Illinois | Jasper Buck misses the 1st free throw | 45-62 |
| 07:23 | Iowa | David Reynolds grabs the defensive rebound | 45-62 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Chase Blake (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Johnny Easterling (fresh) 7 pts. SF - James Carpenter (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. PF - Jasper Buck (fresh) 6 pts. C - David Foster (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Manuel Lawson (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Daniel Montano (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Ronnie Reed (fresh) 5 pts. PF - David Reynolds (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. C - Chester Eddy (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 06:54 | Iowa | Ronnie Reed is hacked by James Carpenter - foul #4 on James Carpenter, team foul #7 | 45-62 |
| Subs | Illinois | Jonathan Slemp (SF) Chase Blake | |
| Subs | Iowa | Lin Tao (PG), Joel Simpson (SG) Manuel Lawson, Daniel Montano | |
| 06:54 | Iowa | Ronnie Reed misses the 1st free throw | 45-62 |
| 06:54 | Illinois | Jasper Buck pulls down the rebound | 45-62 |
| 06:47 | Illinois | Lin Tao takes the ball from Johnny Easterling | 45-62 |
| 06:44 | Iowa | Lin Tao slams it home | 45-64 |
| 06:28 | Illinois | Jonathan Slemp is whistled for traveling | 45-64 |
| Subs | Illinois | Raymond Atherton (PG) James Carpenter | |
| Subs | Iowa | Anthony Behan (C) Chester Eddy | |
| 05:59 | Iowa | David Reynolds connects on the jumper in the lane on a great pass from Lin Tao | 45-66 |
| 05:50 | Illinois | Raymond Atherton is hacked by Anthony Behan - foul #1 on Anthony Behan, team foul #8 | 45-66 |
| Subs | Illinois | Chase Blake (SG), Ian Doris (PF) Johnny Easterling, Jasper Buck | |
| Subs | Iowa | Bob Reed (SF) Ronnie Reed | |
| 05:50 | Illinois | Raymond Atherton makes the 1st free throw | 46-66 |
| 05:50 | Illinois | Raymond Atherton makes the 2nd free throw | 47-66 |
| 05:21 | Iowa | Joel Simpson is fouled on the floor by David Foster - foul #5 on David Foster, team foul #8 | 47-66 |
| Subs | Illinois | Cecil Edwards (C) David Foster | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 05:21 | Iowa | Joel Simpson makes the 1st free throw | 47-67 |
| 05:21 | Iowa | Joel Simpson makes the 2nd free throw | 47-68 |
| 05:00 | Illinois | Jonathan Slemp misses the lay-in | 47-68 |
| 04:58 | Illinois | Chase Blake gets the offensive rebound | 47-68 |
| 04:52 | Illinois | Chase Blake can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 47-68 |
| 04:51 | Iowa | Lin Tao grabs the board | 47-68 |
| 04:32 | Iowa | Anthony Behan's pass is intercepted by Raymond Atherton | 47-68 |
| 04:28 | Illinois | Raymond Atherton hits the finger roll | 49-68 |
| 04:24 | Iowa | David Reynolds drills a floater from the left block on a nice dish by Lin Tao | 49-70 |
| 04:17 | Illinois | Ian Doris hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 49-70 |
| 04:16 | Illinois | The offensive rebound goes to Ian Doris | 49-70 |
| 04:03 | Illinois | Ian Doris misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 49-70 |
| 04:01 | Iowa | Bob Reed pulls down the rebound | 49-70 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 03:42 | Iowa | Anthony Behan drills a turnaround from the baseline set up by Lin Tao | 49-72 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 03:22 | Illinois | Raymond Atherton hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 49-72 |
| 03:21 | Iowa | Anthony Behan grabs the defensive rebound | 49-72 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Raymond Atherton (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Chase Blake (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jonathan Slemp (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Ian Doris (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Cecil Edwards (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Lin Tao (fairly fresh) 22 pts. 6 ast. SG - Joel Simpson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Bob Reed (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Reynolds (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. C - Anthony Behan (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 12 reb. | |
| 02:59 | Iowa | Bob Reed misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 49-72 |
| 02:58 | Illinois | Raymond Atherton pulls down the rebound | 49-72 |
| 02:53 | Illinois | Chase Blake can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Joel Simpson - foul #3 on Joel Simpson, team foul #9 | 49-72 |
| Subs | Illinois | James Carpenter (SG), Richard Hamilton (SF), Cecil Slate (C) Raymond Atherton, Jonathan Slemp, Ian Doris | |
| Subs | Iowa | William Richards (PG), Manuel Lawson (SG), Daniel Montano (SF), Chester Eddy (PF), James Kinser (C) Lin Tao, Joel Simpson, Bob Reed, David Reynolds, Anthony Behan | |
| 02:53 | Illinois | Chase Blake makes the 1st free throw | 50-72 |
| 02:53 | Illinois | Chase Blake makes the 2nd free throw | 51-72 |
| 02:31 | Iowa | Manuel Lawson misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 51-72 |
| 02:30 | Illinois | The rebound goes to Richard Hamilton | 51-72 |
| 02:24 | Illinois | Chase Blake is fouled on the floor by James Kinser - foul #2 on James Kinser, team foul #10 | 51-72 |
| Subs | Illinois | Ian Doris (C) Cecil Edwards | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 02:24 | Illinois | Chase Blake makes the 1st free throw | 52-72 |
| 02:24 | Illinois | Chase Blake makes the 2nd free throw | 53-72 |
| 02:01 | Iowa | James Kinser is fouled on the floor by Ian Doris - foul #4 on Ian Doris, team foul #9 | 53-72 |
| Subs | Illinois | Harry Eure (SG) Chase Blake | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 02:01 | Iowa | James Kinser makes the 1st free throw | 53-73 |
| 02:01 | Iowa | James Kinser makes the 2nd free throw | 53-74 |
| 01:46 | Illinois | James Carpenter is called for the offensive foul - foul #5 on James Carpenter, team foul #10 | 53-74 |
| Subs | Illinois | Chase Blake (PG), Cecil Edwards (C) James Carpenter, Cecil Slate | |
| Subs | Iowa | Bob Reed (SG) William Richards | |
| 01:17 | Iowa | James Kinser misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 53-74 |
| 01:16 | Illinois | Ian Doris grabs the board | 53-74 |
| 01:11 | Illinois | Harry Eure misses the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 53-74 |
| 01:10 | Iowa | Bob Reed pulls down the rebound | 53-74 |
| 00:43 | Iowa | Manuel Lawson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 53-74 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:36 | Illinois | Harry Eure makes the 3 pointer from straight away | 56-74 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:13 | Iowa | James Kinser hits a floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Manuel Lawson | 56-76 |
| 00:08 | Illinois | Chase Blake can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 56-76 |
| 00:07 | Iowa | Bob Reed grabs the defensive rebound | 56-76 |
| 00:00 | Iowa | Manuel Lawson runs out the clock | 56-76 |