Overall: 12-16, .429 W-L% (191st of 290)
Conference: 6-8, 4th in MVC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Rich Herrin (12-16)
PS/G: 83.7 (23rd of 290) ▪ PA/G: 85.0 (277th of 290)
SRS: 0.87 (125th of 290) ▪ SOS: 2.16 (100th of 290)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 30, 1987 | REG | @ | Murray State | OVC | W | 77 | 70 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Wed, Dec 2, 1987 | REG | Evansville | MW Coll | L | 69 | 72 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Dec 4, 1987 | REG | N | South Carolina | Metro | L | 77 | 83 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 5, 1987 | REG | N | Colgate | ECACN | W | 105 | 78 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Tue, Dec 8, 1987 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 80 | 76 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Thu, Dec 10, 1987 | REG | @ | Eastern Illinois | Mid-Cont | L | 63 | 67 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 12, 1987 | REG | Missouri State | Mid-Cont | W | 77 | 74 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 21, 1987 | REG | @ | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | L | 73 | 84 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Wed, Dec 30, 1987 | REG | @ | Stetson | A-Sun | L | 96 | 98 | 4 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 2, 1988 | REG | @ | Evansville | MW Coll | L | 77 | 91 | 4 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 11 | Mon, Jan 4, 1988 | REG | Missouri | Big 8 | L | 66 | 86 | 4 | 7 | L 4 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 9, 1988 | REG | @ | Drake | MVC | L | 86 | 99 | 4 | 8 | L 5 | |
| 13 | Mon, Jan 11, 1988 | REG | @ | Creighton | MVC | W | 102 | 98 | 5 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Thu, Jan 21, 1988 | REG | @ | Illinois State | MVC | L | 98 | 102 | 5 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 23, 1988 | REG | @ | Bradley | MVC | L | 93 | 99 | 5 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 16 | Mon, Jan 25, 1988 | REG | Indiana State | MVC | W | 82 | 72 | 6 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 30, 1988 | REG | Creighton | MVC | L | 82 | 87 | 6 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Mon, Feb 1, 1988 | REG | Drake | MVC | W | 99 | 98 | 7 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 6, 1988 | REG | @ | Tulsa | MVC | L | 74 | 93 | 7 | 12 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 8, 1988 | REG | @ | Wichita State | MVC | L | 87 | 89 | 7 | 13 | L 2 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 13, 1988 | REG | Wichita State | MVC | L | 81 | 83 | 7 | 14 | L 3 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 15, 1988 | REG | Tulsa | MVC | W | 77 | 56 | 8 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 18, 1988 | REG | Northern Illinois | Ind | W | 92 | 84 | 9 | 14 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Feb 22, 1988 | REG | @ | Indiana State | MVC | W | 90 | 87 | 10 | 14 | W 3 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 27, 1988 | REG | Illinois State | MVC | W | 68 | 67 | 11 | 14 | W 4 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Mar 1, 1988 | REG | Bradley | MVC | L | 102 | 113 | 11 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 5, 1988 | CTOURN | N | Creighton | MVC | L | 87 | 89 | 11 | 16 | L 2 |