| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Ray Logan (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Daniel Lambert (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Robert Thompson (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Eric Bowyer (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - David Dimick (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Daryl Lauderdale (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Mario Crayton (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Forrest Atkins (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Lowell Bencomo (fresh) 3 reb. C - James Desir (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Belmont | Robert Thompson inbounds the ball | 30-27 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:37 | Belmont | Daniel Lambert makes the pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Robert Thompson | 32-27 |
| 19:24 | Detroit Mercy | Mario Crayton can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 32-27 |
| 19:23 | Belmont | Eric Bowyer gets the rebound | 32-27 |
| 19:17 | Belmont | Lowell Bencomo swats the layup by Robert Thompson | 32-27 |
| 19:15 | Detroit Mercy | Forrest Atkins gets the rebound | 32-27 |
| 19:05 | Detroit Mercy | Lowell Bencomo hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 32-27 |
| 19:04 | Belmont | Ray Logan grabs the defensive rebound | 32-27 |
| 18:39 | Belmont | David Dimick hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 32-27 |
| 18:37 | Detroit Mercy | James Desir grabs the defensive rebound | 32-27 |
| 18:32 | Detroit Mercy | Mario Crayton misses the dunk attempt | 32-27 |
| 18:31 | Belmont | Robert Thompson gets the rebound | 32-27 |
| 18:27 | Belmont | Daryl Lauderdale takes the ball from Daniel Lambert | 32-27 |
| 18:07 | Detroit Mercy | Lowell Bencomo can't finish the layup but the foul's on Eric Bowyer - foul #1 on Eric Bowyer, team foul #1 | 32-27 |
| 18:07 | Detroit Mercy | Lowell Bencomo makes the 1st free throw | 32-28 |
| 18:07 | Detroit Mercy | Lowell Bencomo misses the 2nd free throw | 32-28 |
| 18:07 | Belmont | David Dimick grabs the defensive rebound | 32-28 |
| 17:41 | Belmont | Lowell Bencomo swats the short shot by Eric Bowyer | 32-28 |
| 17:39 | Detroit Mercy | Lowell Bencomo gets the rebound | 32-28 |
| 17:23 | Detroit Mercy | Forrest Atkins clanks a turnaround from the right block | 32-28 |
| 17:21 | Belmont | The rebound goes to Ray Logan | 32-28 |
| 17:15 | Belmont | Robert Thompson can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 32-28 |
| 17:13 | Belmont | The offensive rebound goes to Ray Logan | 32-28 |
| 16:51 | Belmont | Eric Bowyer lays it in set up by Daniel Lambert and he's hacked by James Desir - foul #1 on James Desir, team foul #1 | 34-28 |
| Subs | Belmont | Joe Marguez (SF), Richard Pellot (C) Robert Thompson, David Dimick | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | James Hayes (PF) Lowell Bencomo | |
| 16:51 | Belmont | Eric Bowyer makes the free throw | 35-28 |
| 16:32 | Detroit Mercy | Mario Crayton is fouled on the floor by Daniel Lambert - foul #3 on Daniel Lambert, team foul #2 | 35-28 |
| Subs | Belmont | Willard Kangas (SG), Clifton Sherer (C) Daniel Lambert, Eric Bowyer | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Charles Puleo (PG), Weston Hagedorn (SG), John Vincent (C) Daryl Lauderdale, Mario Crayton, James Desir | |
| 16:17 | Detroit Mercy | Forrest Atkins is whistled for traveling | 35-28 |
| Subs | Belmont | Victor Kershner (SG) Ray Logan | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 16:03 | Belmont | Richard Pellot clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 35-28 |
| 16:02 | Detroit Mercy | John Vincent snags the defensive board | 35-28 |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Willard Kangas (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Victor Kershner (fresh) SF - Joe Marguez (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Richard Pellot (fresh) 3 reb. C - Clifton Sherer (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Charles Puleo (fresh) SG - Weston Hagedorn (fresh) SF - Forrest Atkins (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - James Hayes (fresh) 3 reb. C - John Vincent (fresh) | |
| 15:34 | Detroit Mercy | Joe Marguez steals it from Weston Hagedorn | 35-28 |
| 15:29 | Belmont | Willard Kangas lays it up and in on a nice dish by Joe Marguez | 37-28 |
| 15:13 | Detroit Mercy | Forrest Atkins is hacked by Joe Marguez - foul #2 on Joe Marguez, team foul #3 | 37-28 |
| Subs | Belmont | Ray Logan (PG), Daniel Lambert (SG), Robert Thompson (SF), Eric Bowyer (PF), David Dimick (C) Willard Kangas, Victor Kershner, Joe Marguez, Richard Pellot, Clifton Sherer | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Daryl Lauderdale (PG), Mario Crayton (SG), Kevin Allard (SF), Lowell Bencomo (PF), James Desir (C) Charles Puleo, Weston Hagedorn, Forrest Atkins, James Hayes, John Vincent | |
| 14:57 | Detroit Mercy | Mario Crayton misses the easy layup | 37-28 |
| 14:56 | Belmont | Robert Thompson snags the defensive board | 37-28 |
| 14:36 | Belmont | David Dimick is fouled on the floor by Daryl Lauderdale - foul #2 on Daryl Lauderdale, team foul #2 | 37-28 |
| 14:15 | Belmont | Eric Bowyer's pass is intercepted by Mario Crayton | 37-28 |
| 14:02 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Thompson steals the ball from Lowell Bencomo | 37-28 |
| 13:49 | Belmont | The jump hook by Daniel Lambert is blocked by Lowell Bencomo | 37-28 |
| 13:48 | Detroit Mercy | Mario Crayton pulls down the rebound | 37-28 |
| 13:20 | Detroit Mercy | James Desir makes the jump hook in the paint | 37-30 |
| 13:01 | Belmont | Ray Logan hits a 3 from straight away | 40-30 |
| 12:38 | Detroit Mercy | Mario Crayton throws it down on a nice dish by Kevin Allard | 40-32 |
| 12:24 | Belmont | David Dimick can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 40-32 |
| 12:22 | Belmont | Daniel Lambert can't tip it in | 40-32 |
| 12:21 | Detroit Mercy | Kevin Allard grabs the board | 40-32 |
| 12:03 | Detroit Mercy | Daryl Lauderdale hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 40-32 |
| 12:02 | Detroit Mercy | James Desir pulls down the offensive rebound | 40-32 |
| 11:53 | Detroit Mercy | Daryl Lauderdale's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-32 |
| Subs | Belmont | Willard Kangas (PG), Victor Kershner (SG), Joe Marguez (SF), Richard Pellot (PF), Clifton Sherer (C) Ray Logan, Daniel Lambert, Robert Thompson, Eric Bowyer, David Dimick | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Charles Puleo (PG), Weston Hagedorn (SG), Forrest Atkins (SF), James Hayes (PF), John Vincent (C) Daryl Lauderdale, Mario Crayton, Kevin Allard, Lowell Bencomo, James Desir | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Willard Kangas (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Victor Kershner (fresh) SF - Joe Marguez (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. PF - Richard Pellot (fresh) 3 reb. C - Clifton Sherer (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Charles Puleo (fresh) SG - Weston Hagedorn (fresh) SF - Forrest Atkins (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - James Hayes (fresh) 3 reb. C - John Vincent (fresh) | |
| 11:34 | Belmont | Willard Kangas misses long on a shot from the left wing | 40-32 |
| 11:32 | Detroit Mercy | Weston Hagedorn grabs the board | 40-32 |
| 11:28 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Puleo's pass is intercepted by Clifton Sherer | 40-32 |
| 11:12 | Belmont | Clifton Sherer is whistled for a carry | 40-32 |
| 10:49 | Detroit Mercy | Weston Hagedorn connects on the 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Charles Puleo | 40-35 |
| 10:27 | Belmont | Victor Kershner knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Joe Marguez | 43-35 |
| 10:09 | Detroit Mercy | Forrest Atkins hits the finger roll on a great pass from James Hayes and the foul's on Clifton Sherer - foul #1 on Clifton Sherer, team foul #4 | 43-37 |
| Subs | Belmont | Ray Logan (PG), Daniel Lambert (SG), Robert Thompson (SF), Eric Bowyer (PF), David Dimick (C) Willard Kangas, Victor Kershner, Joe Marguez, Richard Pellot, Clifton Sherer | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Daryl Lauderdale (PG), Mario Crayton (SG), Lowell Bencomo (PF), James Desir (C) Charles Puleo, Weston Hagedorn, James Hayes, John Vincent | |
| 10:09 | Detroit Mercy | Forrest Atkins makes the free throw | 43-38 |
| 09:53 | Belmont | David Dimick misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 43-38 |
| 09:52 | Detroit Mercy | Mario Crayton pulls down the rebound | 43-38 |
| 09:24 | Detroit Mercy | Daryl Lauderdale connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Mario Crayton | 43-41 |
| 09:13 | Belmont | Robert Thompson hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 43-41 |
| 09:12 | Detroit Mercy | Lowell Bencomo grabs the defensive rebound | 43-41 |
| 08:56 | Detroit Mercy | Mario Crayton buries a jump hook from close range set up by Daryl Lauderdale and he's hacked by Ray Logan - foul #2 on Ray Logan, team foul #5 | 43-43 |
| 08:56 | Detroit Mercy | Mario Crayton misses the free throw | 43-43 |
| 08:56 | Belmont | David Dimick pulls down the rebound | 43-43 |
| 08:42 | Belmont | James Desir blocks the jumper by Daniel Lambert | 43-43 |
| 08:40 | Detroit Mercy | James Desir snags the defensive board | 43-43 |
| 08:18 | Detroit Mercy | Eric Bowyer swats the short shot by Forrest Atkins | 43-43 |
| 08:16 | Detroit Mercy | Lowell Bencomo tips it but misses | 43-43 |
| 08:15 | Detroit Mercy | Forrest Atkins snags the offensive board | 43-43 |
| 08:10 | Detroit Mercy | Forrest Atkins misses long on a jumper from the left wing | 43-43 |
| 08:08 | Belmont | The rebound goes to Eric Bowyer | 43-43 |
| 07:51 | Belmont | Ray Logan misses the shot from the right side | 43-43 |
| 07:50 | Detroit Mercy | Lowell Bencomo grabs the defensive rebound | 43-43 |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Ray Logan (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Daniel Lambert (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Robert Thompson (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Eric Bowyer (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - David Dimick (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Daryl Lauderdale (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Mario Crayton (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Forrest Atkins (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. PF - Lowell Bencomo (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 7 reb. 3 blk. C - James Desir (fresh) 12 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:43 | Detroit Mercy | Mario Crayton misses the dunk attempt | 43-43 |
| 07:41 | Belmont | Robert Thompson pulls down the rebound | 43-43 |
| 07:24 | Belmont | Daniel Lambert is fouled on the floor by Mario Crayton - foul #1 on Mario Crayton, team foul #3 | 43-43 |
| Subs | Belmont | Joe Marguez (SF) Robert Thompson | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Kevin Allard (SF), James Hayes (PF) Forrest Atkins, Lowell Bencomo | |
| 07:07 | Belmont | David Dimick can't connect on a driving attempt from the left block | 43-43 |
| 07:06 | Belmont | The offensive rebound goes to Joe Marguez | 43-43 |
| 06:49 | Belmont | Eric Bowyer knocks in the driving attempt from the baseline on a nice dish by Daniel Lambert | 45-43 |
| 06:27 | Detroit Mercy | James Hayes can't connect on a floater from the baseline | 45-43 |
| 06:26 | Belmont | David Dimick pulls down the rebound | 45-43 |
| 06:14 | Belmont | Eric Bowyer hits the front of the rim on the shot in the lane | 45-43 |
| 06:13 | Belmont | Eric Bowyer tips it back up and in | 47-43 |
| 05:51 | Detroit Mercy | Kevin Allard's pass is intercepted by Eric Bowyer | 47-43 |
| 05:31 | Belmont | David Dimick connects on the 3 from the left corner | 50-43 |
| 05:21 | Detroit Mercy | Daryl Lauderdale is called for 10 seconds | 50-43 |
| Subs | Belmont | Willard Kangas (PG), Victor Kershner (SG), Robert Thompson (SF), Richard Pellot (PF), Clifton Sherer (C) Ray Logan, Daniel Lambert, Joe Marguez, Eric Bowyer, David Dimick | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Charles Puleo (PG), Weston Hagedorn (SG), Forrest Atkins (SF), Lowell Bencomo (PF) Daryl Lauderdale, Mario Crayton, Kevin Allard, James Desir | |
| 05:08 | Belmont | Willard Kangas makes the 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Victor Kershner | 53-43 |
| 04:50 | Detroit Mercy | James Hayes is fouled on the floor by Clifton Sherer - foul #2 on Clifton Sherer, team foul #6 | 53-43 |
| 04:35 | Detroit Mercy | Weston Hagedorn clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 53-43 |
| 04:34 | Detroit Mercy | Forrest Atkins pulls down the offensive rebound | 53-43 |
| 04:27 | Detroit Mercy | James Hayes misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 53-43 |
| 04:26 | Detroit Mercy | The offensive rebound goes to Weston Hagedorn | 53-43 |
| 04:12 | Detroit Mercy | Forrest Atkins misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 53-43 |
| 04:11 | Detroit Mercy | James Hayes tips it home | 53-45 |
| 04:02 | Belmont | Robert Thompson can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 53-45 |
| 04:01 | Detroit Mercy | James Hayes gets the rebound | 53-45 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:56 | Detroit Mercy | Charles Puleo misses short on a jumper from close range | 53-45 |
| 03:54 | Belmont | Clifton Sherer pulls down the rebound | 53-45 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:25 | Belmont | Robert Thompson comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 53-45 |
| 03:23 | Detroit Mercy | James Hayes grabs the defensive rebound | 53-45 |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Willard Kangas (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Victor Kershner (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Thompson (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Richard Pellot (fresh) 3 reb. C - Clifton Sherer (fresh) 3 pts. 3 stl. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Charles Puleo (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Weston Hagedorn (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. SF - Forrest Atkins (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. PF - Lowell Bencomo (fresh) 1 pts. 7 reb. 3 blk. C - James Hayes (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:01 | Detroit Mercy | Forrest Atkins misses the dunk attempt | 53-45 |
| 02:59 | Belmont | Richard Pellot gets the rebound | 53-45 |
| 02:59 | Belmont | Belmont calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-45 |
| Subs | Belmont | Ray Logan (PG), Daniel Lambert (SG), Eric Bowyer (PF), David Dimick (C) Willard Kangas, Victor Kershner, Richard Pellot, Clifton Sherer | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Daryl Lauderdale (PG), Mario Crayton (SG), James Desir (C) Charles Puleo, Weston Hagedorn, James Hayes | |
| 02:35 | Belmont | David Dimick's pass is intercepted by James Desir | 53-45 |
| 02:18 | Detroit Mercy | David Dimick denies the turnaround by Forrest Atkins | 53-45 |
| 02:17 | Belmont | Ray Logan grabs the defensive rebound | 53-45 |
| 02:01 | Belmont | Robert Thompson is whistled for a charge - foul #3 on Robert Thompson, team foul #7 | 53-45 |
| 01:41 | Detroit Mercy | Daryl Lauderdale's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 53-45 |
| 01:18 | Belmont | Forrest Atkins is called for the reach on Eric Bowyer - foul #2 on Forrest Atkins, team foul #4 | 53-45 |
| 00:56 | Belmont | David Dimick misses badly on a floater from the right side | 53-45 |
| 00:54 | Detroit Mercy | Lowell Bencomo grabs the defensive rebound | 53-45 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:47 | Detroit Mercy | Daryl Lauderdale misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 53-45 |
| 00:46 | Belmont | Ray Logan grabs the board | 53-45 |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:44 | Belmont | Daryl Lauderdale is called for the reach on Ray Logan in the backcourt - foul #3 on Daryl Lauderdale, team foul #5 | 53-45 |
| Subs | Belmont | Willard Kangas (SG), Joe Marguez (C) Daniel Lambert, David Dimick | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 00:41 | Belmont | Joe Marguez is fouled on the floor by James Desir - foul #2 on James Desir, team foul #6 | 53-45 |
| 00:38 | Belmont | Ray Logan is hacked by Lowell Bencomo - foul #2 on Lowell Bencomo, team foul #7 | 53-45 |
| 00:38 | Belmont | Ray Logan makes the 1st free throw | 54-45 |
| 00:38 | Belmont | Ray Logan makes the 2nd free throw | 55-45 |
| 00:31 | Detroit Mercy | Lowell Bencomo can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 55-45 |
| 00:29 | Detroit Mercy | Forrest Atkins misses the tip | 55-45 |
| 00:27 | Detroit Mercy | Mario Crayton pulls down the offensive rebound | 55-45 |
| 00:23 | Detroit Mercy | Mario Crayton misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 55-45 |
| 00:22 | Detroit Mercy | Forrest Atkins grabs the offensive rebound | 55-45 |
| 00:20 | Detroit Mercy | Daryl Lauderdale clanks a jumpshot from the right wing | 55-45 |
| 00:18 | Detroit Mercy | Lowell Bencomo tips it home | 55-47 |
| 00:18 | Belmont | Belmont calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 55-47 |
| 00:17 | Belmont | Daryl Lauderdale is called for the reach on Willard Kangas in the backcourt - foul #4 on Daryl Lauderdale, team foul #8 | 55-47 |
| 00:17 | Belmont | Willard Kangas misses the 1st free throw | 55-47 |
| 00:17 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Lowell Bencomo | 55-47 |
| 00:11 | Detroit Mercy | Forrest Atkins misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 55-47 |
| 00:09 | Detroit Mercy | Daryl Lauderdale snags the offensive board | 55-47 |
| 00:05 | Detroit Mercy | Ray Logan picks off the pass by Forrest Atkins | 55-47 |
| 00:01 | Belmont | Willard Kangas lays it up and in on a nice dish by Ray Logan | 57-47 |
| 00:00 | Detroit Mercy | Daryl Lauderdale misses badly on a fullcourt shot | 57-47 |