Overall: 12-17, .414 W-L% (213th of 293)
Conference: 6-8, 5th in MVC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Abatemarco (12-17)
PS/G: 69.1 (231st of 293) ▪ PA/G: 70.4 (60th of 293)
SRS: 0.15 (134th of 293) ▪ SOS: 1.43 (120th of 293)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 25, 1988 | REG | N | Northwestern State | Southland | L | 69 | 76 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 26, 1988 | REG | N | Texas A&M | SWC | L | 63 | 69 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Tue, Nov 29, 1988 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 72 | 96 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 3, 1988 | REG | @ | Iowa State | Big 8 | L | 66 | 80 | 0 | 4 | L 4 | |
| 5 | Tue, Dec 6, 1988 | REG | Alabama State | SWAC | W | 99 | 78 | 1 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Dec 9, 1988 | REG | Wright State | Ind | W | 74 | 68 | 2 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 10, 1988 | REG | Georgia Southern | A-Sun | L | 58 | 68 | 2 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Dec 13, 1988 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 66 | 52 | 3 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Dec 23, 1988 | REG | @ | Nebraska | Big 8 | L | 57 | 65 | 3 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Wed, Dec 28, 1988 | REG | Illinois-Chicago | Mid-Cont | W | 94 | 89 | 4 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Fri, Dec 30, 1988 | REG | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | W | 81 | 49 | 5 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Mon, Jan 2, 1989 | REG | @ | Wyoming | WAC | L | 85 | 97 | 5 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Thu, Jan 5, 1989 | REG | Illinois State | MVC | W | 73 | 63 | 6 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Jan 12, 1989 | REG | Wichita State | MVC | L | 57 | 71 | 6 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 14, 1989 | REG | @ | Southern Illinois | MVC | L | 70 | 75 | 6 | 9 | L 2 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 21, 1989 | REG | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 65 | 55 | 7 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Tue, Jan 24, 1989 | REG | @ | Indiana State | MVC | W | 56 | 51 | 8 | 9 | W 2 | |
| 18 | Sat, Jan 28, 1989 | REG | @ | Tulsa | MVC | L | 58 | 61 | 8 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Mon, Jan 30, 1989 | REG | Indiana State | MVC | W | 89 | 72 | 9 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Feb 2, 1989 | REG | @ | Wichita State | MVC | L | 67 | 88 | 9 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 4, 1989 | REG | @ | Creighton | MVC | L | 72 | 74 | 9 | 12 | L 2 | |
| 22 | Tue, Feb 7, 1989 | REG | @ | Northern Iowa | Mid-Cont | L | 72 | 87 | 9 | 13 | L 3 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 11, 1989 | REG | Bradley | MVC | L | 61 | 75 | 9 | 14 | L 4 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Feb 16, 1989 | REG | @ | Illinois State | MVC | W | 58 | 48 | 10 | 14 | W 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 18, 1989 | REG | @ | Bradley | MVC | L | 75 | 76 | 10 | 15 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Mon, Feb 20, 1989 | REG | Tulsa | MVC | W | 62 | 61 | 11 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Mon, Feb 27, 1989 | REG | Creighton | MVC | L | 60 | 69 | 11 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Sun, Mar 5, 1989 | CTOURN | N | Bradley | MVC | W | 77 | 75 | 12 | 16 | W 1 | |
| 29 | Mon, Mar 6, 1989 | CTOURN | N | Creighton | MVC | L | 49 | 54 | 12 | 17 | L 1 |