| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - John Wright (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Junior Rosado (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bruce Curry (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Earl Johnson (fresh) 8 pts. C - Mark Wilson (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cleveland State | PG - Scott McKerley (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Ron Smith (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Roy Peterson (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - David Carleton (fresh) 2 reb. C - David Stone (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 20:00 | Detroit Mercy | Bruce Curry inbounds the ball | 38-22 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cleveland State | Cleveland State is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:52 | Detroit Mercy | John Wright misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 38-22 |
| 19:50 | Cleveland State | David Stone pulls down the rebound | 38-22 |
| 19:45 | Cleveland State | Scott McKerley can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on John Wright - foul #1 on John Wright, team foul #1 | 38-22 |
| 19:45 | Cleveland State | Scott McKerley makes the 1st free throw | 38-23 |
| 19:45 | Cleveland State | Scott McKerley makes the 2nd free throw | 38-24 |
| 19:26 | Detroit Mercy | Earl Johnson misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 38-24 |
| 19:24 | Detroit Mercy | Junior Rosado grabs the offensive board | 38-24 |
| 19:10 | Detroit Mercy | Earl Johnson drills a floater from the right block set up by Junior Rosado | 40-24 |
| 18:58 | Cleveland State | David Carleton comes up short on the floater from the right block but he's fouled by John Wright - foul #2 on John Wright, team foul #2 | 40-24 |
| 18:58 | Cleveland State | David Carleton makes the 1st free throw | 40-25 |
| 18:58 | Cleveland State | David Carleton makes the 2nd free throw | 40-26 |
| 18:41 | Detroit Mercy | Junior Rosado scores on a driving attempt from close range | 42-26 |
| 18:13 | Cleveland State | David Stone is hacked by Earl Johnson - foul #3 on Earl Johnson, team foul #3 | 42-26 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Kevin Nichols (PF) Earl Johnson | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | | |
| 17:59 | Cleveland State | Ron Smith misses the fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by Bruce Curry - foul #1 on Bruce Curry, team foul #4 | 42-26 |
| 17:59 | Cleveland State | Ron Smith makes the 1st free throw | 42-27 |
| 17:59 | Cleveland State | Ron Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 42-28 |
| 17:47 | Detroit Mercy | Kevin Nichols can't connect on a runner from the right block | 42-28 |
| 17:46 | Detroit Mercy | Junior Rosado pulls down the offensive rebound | 42-28 |
| 17:31 | Detroit Mercy | Bruce Curry misses long on a jumper from the free throw line | 42-28 |
| 17:29 | Cleveland State | David Stone gets the rebound | 42-28 |
| 17:15 | Cleveland State | Scott McKerley connects on the jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Ron Smith | 42-30 |
| 17:00 | Detroit Mercy | Junior Rosado buries a 3pt shot from the left wing | 45-30 |
| 16:51 | Cleveland State | Scott McKerley is hacked by Bruce Curry - foul #2 on Bruce Curry, team foul #5 | 45-30 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Ronald Williams (SG), Matthew Stocking (PF) Junior Rosado, Bruce Curry | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | David Sokol (PG), John Campana (SF), James Collado (PF), Robert Wilson (C) Scott McKerley, Roy Peterson, David Carleton, David Stone | |
| 16:42 | Cleveland State | James Collado's pass is intercepted by Mark Wilson | 45-30 |
| 16:19 | Detroit Mercy | Ronald Williams misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 45-30 |
| 16:18 | Cleveland State | Robert Wilson grabs the board | 45-30 |
| 16:10 | Cleveland State | Ron Smith is fouled on the floor by Ronald Williams - foul #1 on Ronald Williams, team foul #6 | 45-30 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Felix Rose (SG), Moises Macias (SF) John Wright, Mark Wilson | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | Willie Jensen (C) Ron Smith | |
| 15:52 | Cleveland State | David Sokol misses short on a shot from the left wing | 45-30 |
| 15:51 | Detroit Mercy | Ronald Williams gets the rebound | 45-30 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Ronald Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Felix Rose (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Moises Macias (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Kevin Nichols (fresh) 2 reb. C - Matthew Stocking (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Cleveland State | PG - David Sokol (fresh) 1 ast. SG - James Collado (fresh) 3 pts. SF - John Campana (fresh) PF - Robert Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Willie Jensen (fresh) | |
| 15:33 | Detroit Mercy | Felix Rose can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 45-30 |
| 15:32 | Cleveland State | John Campana pulls down the rebound | 45-30 |
| 15:20 | Cleveland State | John Campana is hacked by Ronald Williams - foul #2 on Ronald Williams, team foul #7 | 45-30 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John Wright (PG), Junior Rosado (SG), Bruce Curry (SF), Earl Johnson (PF) Ronald Williams, Felix Rose, Moises Macias, Kevin Nichols | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | Ron Smith (SG), Roy Peterson (SF), Jason Dunn (PF), David Stone (C) David Sokol, James Collado, Robert Wilson, Willie Jensen | |
| 15:20 | Cleveland State | John Campana makes the 1st free throw | 45-31 |
| 15:20 | Cleveland State | John Campana makes the 2nd free throw | 45-32 |
| 15:08 | Detroit Mercy | John Wright is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #3 on John Wright, team foul #8 | 45-32 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Mark Wilson (C) Matthew Stocking | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | Scott McKerley (PG) John Campana | |
| 15:00 | Cleveland State | Jason Dunn is whistled for traveling | 45-32 |
| 14:43 | Detroit Mercy | Bruce Curry is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 45-32 |
| 14:14 | Cleveland State | Roy Peterson double dribbles | 45-32 |
| 13:58 | Detroit Mercy | Bruce Curry connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from John Wright and he's fouled by Roy Peterson - foul #1 on Roy Peterson, team foul #1 | 47-32 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | Robert Wilson (C) David Stone | |
| 13:58 | Detroit Mercy | Bruce Curry makes the free throw | 48-32 |
| 13:43 | Cleveland State | Ron Smith is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Ron Smith, team foul #2 | 48-32 |
| 13:22 | Detroit Mercy | Bruce Curry misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 48-32 |
| 13:20 | Detroit Mercy | John Wright pulls down the offensive rebound | 48-32 |
| 12:55 | Detroit Mercy | Junior Rosado's pass is intercepted by Ron Smith | 48-32 |
| 12:29 | Cleveland State | Jason Dunn comes up short on the jumper from the baseline | 48-32 |
| 12:28 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Earl Johnson | 48-32 |
| 12:08 | Detroit Mercy | Junior Rosado clanks a floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Ron Smith - foul #2 on Ron Smith, team foul #3 | 48-32 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Ronald Williams (PG), Moises Macias (SF), Kevin Nichols (PF), Matthew Stocking (C) John Wright, Bruce Curry, Earl Johnson, Mark Wilson | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | David Sokol (PG), James Collado (SG), John Campana (SF), David Carleton (PF), David Stone (C) Scott McKerley, Ron Smith, Roy Peterson, Jason Dunn, Robert Wilson | |
| 12:08 | Detroit Mercy | Junior Rosado makes the 1st free throw | 49-32 |
| 12:08 | Detroit Mercy | Junior Rosado makes the 2nd free throw | 50-32 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cleveland State | Cleveland State is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 11:47 | Cleveland State | Matthew Stocking picks off the pass by David Carleton | 50-32 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Ronald Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Junior Rosado (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SF - Moises Macias (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Kevin Nichols (fresh) 2 reb. C - Matthew Stocking (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Cleveland State | PG - David Sokol (fresh) 1 ast. SG - James Collado (fresh) 3 pts. SF - John Campana (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Carleton (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - David Stone (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cleveland State | Cleveland State is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 11:21 | Detroit Mercy | Kevin Nichols is fouled on the floor by John Campana - foul #1 on John Campana, team foul #4 | 50-32 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Felix Rose (SG) Junior Rosado | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | Jason Dunn (PF) David Carleton | |
| 10:57 | Detroit Mercy | Felix Rose misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 50-32 |
| 10:55 | Cleveland State | The rebound goes to Jason Dunn | 50-32 |
| 10:37 | Cleveland State | Jason Dunn can't connect on a shot from the left side | 50-32 |
| 10:35 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Kevin Nichols | 50-32 |
| 10:16 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Stocking banks in the layup on a nice dish by Felix Rose | 52-32 |
| 09:58 | Cleveland State | Matthew Stocking is called for the reach on David Sokol - foul #1 on Matthew Stocking, team foul #9 | 52-32 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | John Wright (PG), Bruce Curry (SF), Earl Johnson (PF), Mark Wilson (C) Felix Rose, Moises Macias, Kevin Nichols, Matthew Stocking | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | Ron Smith (SG), Roy Peterson (SF) James Collado, John Campana | |
| 09:58 | Cleveland State | David Sokol makes the 1st free throw | 52-33 |
| 09:58 | Cleveland State | David Sokol makes the 2nd free throw | 52-34 |
| 09:44 | Detroit Mercy | Earl Johnson misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 52-34 |
| 09:43 | Detroit Mercy | John Wright gets the offensive rebound | 52-34 |
| 09:20 | Detroit Mercy | Ronald Williams misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 52-34 |
| 09:18 | Cleveland State | Roy Peterson grabs the defensive rebound | 52-34 |
| 09:07 | Cleveland State | David Sokol can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane | 52-34 |
| 09:05 | Cleveland State | David Stone hits the follow up shot | 52-36 |
| 08:36 | Detroit Mercy | John Wright knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 55-36 |
| 08:18 | Cleveland State | David Stone misses long on a jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by Bruce Curry - foul #3 on Bruce Curry, team foul #10 | 55-36 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Junior Rosado (SG) Ronald Williams | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | Scott McKerley (PG), David Carleton (PF) David Sokol, Jason Dunn | |
| 08:18 | Cleveland State | David Stone makes the 1st free throw | 55-37 |
| 08:18 | Cleveland State | David Stone makes the 2nd free throw | 55-38 |
| 07:53 | Detroit Mercy | Mark Wilson scores on a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by John Wright | 58-38 |
| 07:34 | Cleveland State | Roy Peterson hits a floater from the right block on a nice dish by Scott McKerley and he's hacked by Earl Johnson - foul #4 on Earl Johnson, team foul #11 | 58-40 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Kevin Nichols (SF) Bruce Curry | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | Robert Wilson (C) David Stone | |
| 07:34 | Cleveland State | Roy Peterson makes the free throw | 58-41 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - John Wright (fresh) 9 pts. 5 ast. 3 stl. 3 pf. SG - Junior Rosado (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SF - Kevin Nichols (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Earl Johnson (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. C - Mark Wilson (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cleveland State | PG - Scott McKerley (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Ron Smith (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Roy Peterson (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - David Carleton (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:06 | Detroit Mercy | John Wright misses the 3 from the right corner | 58-41 |
| 07:04 | Cleveland State | Roy Peterson grabs the defensive rebound | 58-41 |
| 06:59 | Cleveland State | Scott McKerley throws a bad pass out of bounds | 58-41 |
| 06:30 | Detroit Mercy | Junior Rosado comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 58-41 |
| 06:28 | Cleveland State | The rebound goes to Roy Peterson | 58-41 |
| 06:23 | Cleveland State | Roy Peterson misses the easy layup | 58-41 |
| 06:21 | Cleveland State | Ron Smith snags the offensive board | 58-41 |
| 06:04 | Cleveland State | Robert Wilson scores on a jump hook in the lane | 58-43 |
| 05:57 | Detroit Mercy | John Wright misses badly on a shot from the left side but he's fouled by Scott McKerley - foul #2 on Scott McKerley, team foul #5 | 58-43 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Bruce Curry (SF), Matthew Stocking (C) Earl Johnson, Mark Wilson | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | James Collado (SG), John Campana (SF), Jason Dunn (PF) Ron Smith, Roy Peterson, David Carleton | |
| 05:57 | Detroit Mercy | John Wright makes the 1st free throw | 59-43 |
| 05:57 | Detroit Mercy | John Wright makes the 2nd free throw | 60-43 |
| 05:36 | Cleveland State | Robert Wilson misses the lay-in | 60-43 |
| 05:35 | Detroit Mercy | Bruce Curry snags the defensive board | 60-43 |
| 05:30 | Detroit Mercy | John Wright hits a floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Bruce Curry | 62-43 |
| 05:12 | Cleveland State | Junior Rosado steps in front of the Robert Wilson pass | 62-43 |
| 04:50 | Detroit Mercy | Kevin Nichols misses short on a runner in the lane but the foul's on James Collado - foul #2 on James Collado, team foul #6 | 62-43 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Ronald Williams (PG), Felix Rose (SG), Moises Macias (SF) John Wright, Junior Rosado, Bruce Curry | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | David Sokol (PG), David Carleton (PF) Scott McKerley, Jason Dunn | |
| 04:50 | Detroit Mercy | Kevin Nichols misses the 1st free throw | 62-43 |
| 04:50 | Detroit Mercy | Kevin Nichols misses the 2nd free throw | 62-43 |
| 04:50 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Stocking pulls down the offensive rebound | 62-43 |
| 04:28 | Detroit Mercy | Felix Rose misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 62-43 |
| 04:26 | Cleveland State | The rebound goes to James Collado | 62-43 |
| 04:22 | Cleveland State | John Campana can't connect on a floater from the right side | 62-43 |
| 04:21 | Cleveland State | James Collado grabs the offensive rebound | 62-43 |
| 04:12 | Cleveland State | John Campana hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 62-43 |
| 04:10 | Detroit Mercy | Kevin Nichols gets the rebound | 62-43 |
| 03:45 | Detroit Mercy | Matthew Stocking travels with the ball | 62-43 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Angel Russo (SF) Kevin Nichols | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | Willie Jensen (C) Robert Wilson | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Cleveland State | Cleveland State is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:34 | Cleveland State | David Sokol connects on the floater from the right wing and he's fouled by Ronald Williams - foul #3 on Ronald Williams, team foul #12 | 62-45 |
| 03:34 | Cleveland State | David Sokol misses the free throw | 62-45 |
| 03:34 | Detroit Mercy | Moises Macias grabs the board | 62-45 |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Ronald Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Felix Rose (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Angel Russo (fresh) PF - Moises Macias (fresh) 3 reb. C - Matthew Stocking (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cleveland State | PG - David Sokol (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Collado (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. SF - John Campana (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Carleton (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Willie Jensen (fresh) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Cleveland State | Cleveland State is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:07 | Detroit Mercy | Ronald Williams clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 62-45 |
| 03:06 | Cleveland State | John Campana grabs the board | 62-45 |
| 03:02 | Cleveland State | David Carleton's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 62-45 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Stanislaus Golaszewski (SG) Matthew Stocking | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | Brian Edwards (PG) John Campana | |
| 02:40 | Detroit Mercy | Ronald Williams buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by Angel Russo | 65-45 |
| 02:33 | Cleveland State | David Carleton lays it in on a great pass from David Sokol | 65-47 |
| 02:14 | Detroit Mercy | Moises Macias connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Felix Rose | 67-47 |
| 02:07 | Cleveland State | David Carleton misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 67-47 |
| 02:06 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Angel Russo | 67-47 |
| 01:42 | Detroit Mercy | James Collado is called for the reach on Ronald Williams - foul #3 on James Collado, team foul #7 | 67-47 |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Kevin Nichols (PF), Matthew Stocking (C) Stanislaus Golaszewski, Angel Russo | |
| Subs | Cleveland State | John Campana (SF), Robert Wilson (C) Brian Edwards, Willie Jensen | |
| 01:42 | Detroit Mercy | Ronald Williams makes the 1st free throw | 68-47 |
| 01:42 | Detroit Mercy | Ronald Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 69-47 |
| 01:35 | Cleveland State | David Carleton drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 69-50 |
| 01:17 | Detroit Mercy | Kevin Nichols misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 69-50 |
| 01:16 | Cleveland State | John Campana pulls down the rebound | 69-50 |
| 01:11 | Cleveland State | James Collado misses badly on a shot from the free throw line but the foul's on Felix Rose - foul #1 on Felix Rose, team foul #13 | 69-50 |
| 01:11 | Cleveland State | James Collado makes the 1st free throw | 69-51 |
| 01:11 | Cleveland State | James Collado makes the 2nd free throw | 69-52 |
| 00:50 | Detroit Mercy | Ronald Williams misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on John Campana - foul #2 on John Campana, team foul #8 | 69-52 |
| 00:50 | Detroit Mercy | Ronald Williams makes the 1st free throw | 70-52 |
| 00:50 | Detroit Mercy | Ronald Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 71-52 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Cleveland State | Cleveland State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:44 | Cleveland State | Kevin Nichols steals the ball from James Collado | 71-52 |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Cleveland State | Cleveland State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:17 | Detroit Mercy | John Campana steals it from Felix Rose | 71-52 |
| 00:12 | Cleveland State | John Campana clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Moises Macias - foul #2 on Moises Macias, team foul #14 | 71-52 |
| 00:12 | Cleveland State | John Campana misses the 1st free throw | 71-52 |
| 00:12 | Cleveland State | John Campana makes the 2nd free throw | 71-53 |
| 00:00 | Detroit Mercy | Ronald Williams runs out the clock | 71-53 |