| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - Billy Nixon (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SG - Jason Johnson (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Charles Adams (fresh) PF - Gary Warren (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Nathan Kemper (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Emory | PG - Scott Smithwick (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - John Long (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Bill Beer (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Gale Villarreal (fresh) 5 pts. C - Herman Cross (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Emory | Bill Beer inbounds the ball | 39-33 |
| Game Plan | Millsaps | Millsaps is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Emory | Emory is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:49 | Emory | Bill Beer loses the dribble to Billy Nixon | 39-33 |
| 19:38 | Millsaps | Gary Warren comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 39-33 |
| 19:37 | Millsaps | Nathan Kemper gets the offensive rebound | 39-33 |
| 19:21 | Millsaps | Gary Warren misses short on a turnaround in the lane | 39-33 |
| 19:19 | Emory | John Long snags the defensive board | 39-33 |
| 19:01 | Emory | Scott Smithwick is hacked by Billy Nixon - foul #3 on Billy Nixon, team foul #1 | 39-33 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Perry Yates (PG) Billy Nixon | |
| Subs | Emory | | |
| 18:34 | Emory | Herman Cross misses short on a turnaround in the lane | 39-33 |
| 18:33 | Emory | Herman Cross grabs the offensive rebound | 39-33 |
| 18:19 | Emory | Herman Cross is hacked by Jason Johnson - foul #1 on Jason Johnson, team foul #2 | 39-33 |
| 18:07 | Emory | John Long hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Bill Beer | 39-36 |
| 17:50 | Millsaps | Jason Johnson is fouled on the floor by Herman Cross - foul #3 on Herman Cross, team foul #1 | 39-36 |
| Subs | Millsaps | | |
| Subs | Emory | Peter Hinton (C) Herman Cross | |
| 17:39 | Millsaps | Gale Villarreal steps in front of the Nathan Kemper pass | 39-36 |
| 17:33 | Emory | Scott Smithwick's pass is intercepted by Jason Johnson | 39-36 |
| 17:28 | Millsaps | Jason Johnson banks in the layup | 41-36 |
| 17:06 | Emory | Gale Villarreal blows the layup | 41-36 |
| 17:05 | Millsaps | Gary Warren grabs the defensive rebound | 41-36 |
| 16:49 | Millsaps | Charles Adams's layup is rejected by Gale Villarreal | 41-36 |
| 16:48 | Emory | Gale Villarreal gets the rebound | 41-36 |
| 16:35 | Emory | John Long misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 41-36 |
| 16:33 | Millsaps | Nathan Kemper grabs the board | 41-36 |
| 16:26 | Millsaps | Jason Johnson knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Gary Warren | 44-36 |
| 16:06 | Emory | Scott Smithwick clanks a fadeaway from the free throw line | 44-36 |
| 16:05 | Millsaps | Nathan Kemper grabs the board | 44-36 |
| 15:46 | Millsaps | Perry Yates is called for 5 seconds | 44-36 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Billy Nixon (PG), Sean Purkey (SG), Eddie Barton (SF), Alex Scheid (PF), William Anderson (C) Perry Yates, Jason Johnson, Charles Adams, Gary Warren, Nathan Kemper | |
| Subs | Emory | James Knight (PG), William Westbrook (SG), Paul Shryock (PF), Herman Cross (C) Scott Smithwick, John Long, Bill Beer, Gale Villarreal | |
| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - Billy Nixon (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Sean Purkey (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Eddie Barton (fresh) PF - Alex Scheid (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - William Anderson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Emory | PG - James Knight (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Westbrook (fresh) SF - Peter Hinton (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Paul Shryock (fresh) 2 blk. C - Herman Cross (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 15:26 | Emory | James Knight can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 44-36 |
| 15:25 | Millsaps | Alex Scheid snags the defensive board | 44-36 |
| 15:15 | Millsaps | The jumper by Sean Purkey is denied by Peter Hinton | 44-36 |
| 15:13 | Millsaps | Sean Purkey hits the follow up shot | 46-36 |
| 14:50 | Emory | Herman Cross knocks in the runner near the basket on a nice dish by James Knight | 46-38 |
| 14:31 | Millsaps | Sean Purkey buries a driving attempt near the basket | 48-38 |
| 14:10 | Emory | James Knight can't connect on a shot from the right side | 48-38 |
| 14:08 | Millsaps | Sean Purkey grabs the board | 48-38 |
| 13:58 | Millsaps | Paul Shryock picks off the pass by Eddie Barton | 48-38 |
| 13:47 | Emory | Paul Shryock buries a shot from the left wing on a nice dish by James Knight | 48-40 |
| 13:38 | Millsaps | Alex Scheid can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Herman Cross - foul #4 on Herman Cross, team foul #2 | 48-40 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Jason Johnson (SG), Charles Adams (SF), Nathan Kemper (C) Sean Purkey, Eddie Barton, William Anderson | |
| Subs | Emory | Scott Smithwick (PG), John Long (SG), Bill Beer (SF), Gale Villarreal (PF), Eldon Henderson (C) James Knight, William Westbrook, Peter Hinton, Paul Shryock, Herman Cross | |
| 13:38 | Millsaps | Alex Scheid makes the 1st free throw | 49-40 |
| 13:38 | Millsaps | Alex Scheid makes the 2nd free throw | 50-40 |
| 13:16 | Emory | John Long scores on a jumper from the free throw line | 50-42 |
| 13:03 | Millsaps | Charles Adams is whistled for a charge - foul #3 on Charles Adams, team foul #3 | 50-42 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Gary Warren (PF) Alex Scheid | |
| Subs | Emory | | |
| 12:50 | Emory | Gale Villarreal misses short on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Charles Adams - foul #4 on Charles Adams, team foul #4 | 50-42 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Perry Yates (PG), Sean Purkey (SF) Billy Nixon, Charles Adams | |
| Subs | Emory | | |
| 12:50 | Emory | Gale Villarreal makes the 1st free throw | 50-43 |
| 12:50 | Emory | Gale Villarreal makes the 2nd free throw | 50-44 |
| 12:39 | Millsaps | Perry Yates is hacked by John Long - foul #1 on John Long, team foul #3 | 50-44 |
| 12:18 | Millsaps | Gary Warren misses short on a driving attempt from the right block but he's hacked by Eldon Henderson - foul #2 on Eldon Henderson, team foul #4 | 50-44 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Eddie Barton (SF) Jason Johnson | |
| Subs | Emory | | |
| 12:18 | Millsaps | Gary Warren makes the 1st free throw | 51-44 |
| 12:18 | Millsaps | Gary Warren makes the 2nd free throw | 52-44 |
| 12:00 | Emory | John Long misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 52-44 |
| 11:59 | Millsaps | Eddie Barton snags the defensive board | 52-44 |
| 11:55 | Millsaps | Perry Yates can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 52-44 |
| 11:54 | Emory | The rebound goes to Bill Beer | 52-44 |
| 11:42 | Emory | John Long is whistled for traveling | 52-44 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Billy Nixon (PG), Alex Scheid (C) Perry Yates, Nathan Kemper | |
| Subs | Emory | Paul Shryock (SF) Bill Beer | |
| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - Billy Nixon (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Sean Purkey (fresh) 12 pts. SF - Eddie Barton (fresh) PF - Gary Warren (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Alex Scheid (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Emory | PG - Scott Smithwick (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - John Long (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Paul Shryock (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. PF - Gale Villarreal (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Eldon Henderson (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:32 | Millsaps | A charge is called on Sean Purkey - foul #2 on Sean Purkey, team foul #5 | 52-44 |
| Subs | Millsaps | | |
| Subs | Emory | Peter Hinton (SF) Paul Shryock | |
| 11:08 | Emory | Peter Hinton travels with the ball | 52-44 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Jason Johnson (SG) Eddie Barton | |
| Subs | Emory | | |
| 10:47 | Millsaps | Gary Warren misses short on a 3 from straight away | 52-44 |
| 10:46 | Emory | The rebound goes to Eldon Henderson | 52-44 |
| 10:31 | Emory | Scott Smithwick makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by John Long | 52-47 |
| 10:15 | Millsaps | Jason Johnson comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 52-47 |
| 10:14 | Emory | Eldon Henderson snags the defensive board | 52-47 |
| 10:09 | Emory | Gale Villarreal is whistled for a carry | 52-47 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Eddie Barton (SF), William Anderson (PF), Nathan Kemper (C) Sean Purkey, Gary Warren, Alex Scheid | |
| Subs | Emory | James Knight (SG), Bill Beer (SF), Paul Shryock (PF) John Long, Gale Villarreal, Eldon Henderson | |
| 09:40 | Millsaps | Nathan Kemper hits a shot from close range set up by William Anderson | 54-47 |
| 09:20 | Emory | Scott Smithwick misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 54-47 |
| 09:19 | Emory | Paul Shryock snags the offensive board | 54-47 |
| 09:06 | Emory | James Knight misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 54-47 |
| 09:05 | Emory | Peter Hinton gets the offensive rebound | 54-47 |
| 08:45 | Emory | Peter Hinton clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 54-47 |
| 08:44 | Millsaps | Jason Johnson snags the defensive board | 54-47 |
| 08:30 | Millsaps | Eddie Barton scores on a shot from the right side set up by Jason Johnson and he's fouled by Bill Beer - foul #2 on Bill Beer, team foul #5 | 56-47 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Perry Yates (PG), Sean Purkey (SG), Gary Warren (PF) Billy Nixon, Jason Johnson, William Anderson | |
| Subs | Emory | John Long (SG), Gale Villarreal (PF), Eldon Henderson (C) Scott Smithwick, Paul Shryock, Peter Hinton | |
| 08:30 | Millsaps | Eddie Barton misses the free throw | 56-47 |
| 08:30 | Emory | Eldon Henderson grabs the board | 56-47 |
| 08:05 | Emory | Gale Villarreal throws a bad pass out of bounds | 56-47 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Alex Scheid (C) Nathan Kemper | |
| Subs | Emory | | |
| 07:49 | Millsaps | Perry Yates misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 56-47 |
| 07:48 | Millsaps | Alex Scheid misses the tip | 56-47 |
| 07:47 | Emory | James Knight gets the rebound | 56-47 |
| 07:42 | Emory | James Knight is fouled in the backcourt by Perry Yates - foul #2 on Perry Yates, team foul #6 | 56-47 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Charles Adams (SF) Eddie Barton | |
| Subs | Emory | Paul Shryock (SF), Herman Cross (C) Bill Beer, Eldon Henderson | |
| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - Perry Yates (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Sean Purkey (fresh) 12 pts. SF - Charles Adams (fresh) 4 pf. PF - Gary Warren (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Alex Scheid (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Emory | PG - James Knight (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - John Long (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Paul Shryock (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. PF - Gale Villarreal (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Herman Cross (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 07:24 | Emory | Herman Cross's fadeaway is rejected by Gary Warren | 56-47 |
| 07:22 | Emory | James Knight tips it home | 56-49 |
| 07:05 | Millsaps | Charles Adams is hacked by Paul Shryock - foul #1 on Paul Shryock, team foul #6 | 56-49 |
| Subs | Millsaps | | |
| Subs | Emory | Scott Smithwick (PG) James Knight | |
| 06:49 | Millsaps | Gary Warren knocks in the turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Charles Adams | 58-49 |
| 06:47 | Emory | Scott Smithwick is hacked by Perry Yates in the backcourt - foul #3 on Perry Yates, team foul #7 | 58-49 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Nathan Kemper (C) Gary Warren | |
| Subs | Emory | | |
| 06:47 | Emory | Scott Smithwick misses the 1st free throw | 58-49 |
| 06:47 | Millsaps | Alex Scheid grabs the defensive rebound | 58-49 |
| 06:32 | Millsaps | Perry Yates misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 58-49 |
| 06:31 | Emory | Scott Smithwick grabs the defensive rebound | 58-49 |
| 06:05 | Emory | Scott Smithwick comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 58-49 |
| 06:03 | Emory | Gale Villarreal hits the follow up shot | 58-51 |
| 05:46 | Millsaps | Perry Yates's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 58-51 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Billy Nixon (PG), Jason Johnson (SG), William Anderson (PF) Perry Yates, Sean Purkey, Alex Scheid | |
| Subs | Emory | Bill Beer (SF) Paul Shryock | |
| 05:25 | Emory | Scott Smithwick buries a shot from the right wing and he's fouled by Billy Nixon - foul #4 on Billy Nixon, team foul #8 | 58-53 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Gary Warren (PF) William Anderson | |
| Subs | Emory | James Knight (SG) John Long | |
| 05:25 | Emory | Scott Smithwick makes the free throw | 58-54 |
| 05:10 | Millsaps | Nathan Kemper misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 58-54 |
| 05:09 | Emory | Gale Villarreal snags the defensive board | 58-54 |
| 04:47 | Emory | The short jumper by Herman Cross is denied by Gary Warren | 58-54 |
| 04:45 | Emory | James Knight grabs the offensive rebound | 58-54 |
| 04:26 | Emory | Bill Beer buries a jumper from the left side on a nice dish by James Knight | 58-56 |
| 04:02 | Millsaps | Charles Adams scores on a fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Jason Johnson | 60-56 |
| 03:37 | Emory | James Knight is hacked by Billy Nixon - foul #5 on Billy Nixon, team foul #9 | 60-56 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Perry Yates (PG), Sean Purkey (SF), Alex Scheid (PF), William Anderson (C) Billy Nixon, Charles Adams, Gary Warren, Nathan Kemper | |
| Subs | Emory | John Long (SG), Peter Hinton (PF), Eldon Henderson (C) Scott Smithwick, Gale Villarreal, Herman Cross | |
| 03:37 | Emory | James Knight misses the 1st free throw | 60-56 |
| 03:37 | Millsaps | William Anderson snags the defensive board | 60-56 |
| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - Perry Yates (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SG - Jason Johnson (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SF - Sean Purkey (fresh) 12 pts. PF - Alex Scheid (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - William Anderson (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Emory | PG - James Knight (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - John Long (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bill Beer (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Peter Hinton (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Eldon Henderson (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 03:19 | Millsaps | James Knight is called for the reach on Jason Johnson - foul #1 on James Knight, team foul #7 | 60-56 |
| 03:19 | Millsaps | Jason Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 61-56 |
| 03:19 | Millsaps | Jason Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 61-56 |
| 03:19 | Emory | Peter Hinton pulls down the rebound | 61-56 |
| 03:05 | Emory | Bill Beer misses short on a 3 from straight away | 61-56 |
| 03:04 | Emory | Eldon Henderson tips it but misses | 61-56 |
| 03:02 | Millsaps | Perry Yates grabs the defensive rebound | 61-56 |
| 03:00 | Millsaps | Millsaps calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 61-56 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Gary Warren (PF) William Anderson | |
| Subs | Emory | Scott Smithwick (PG), Gale Villarreal (PF), Herman Cross (C) James Knight, Peter Hinton, Eldon Henderson | |
| 02:58 | Millsaps | Alex Scheid misses long on a jump hook near the basket | 61-56 |
| 02:56 | Millsaps | Jason Johnson gets the offensive rebound | 61-56 |
| 02:48 | Millsaps | Perry Yates is fouled on the floor by Scott Smithwick - foul #1 on Scott Smithwick, team foul #8 | 61-56 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Charles Adams (SF), Nathan Kemper (C) Sean Purkey, Alex Scheid | |
| Subs | Emory | | |
| 02:48 | Millsaps | Perry Yates misses the 1st free throw | 61-56 |
| 02:48 | Emory | Bill Beer snags the defensive board | 61-56 |
| 02:22 | Emory | Bill Beer drills a 3pt shot from the right corner | 61-59 |
| 01:59 | Millsaps | Jason Johnson lays it up and in | 63-59 |
| 01:44 | Emory | Herman Cross misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 63-59 |
| 01:42 | Millsaps | The rebound goes to Charles Adams | 63-59 |
| 01:37 | Millsaps | Charles Adams lays it up and in set up by Perry Yates | 65-59 |
| 01:16 | Emory | Charles Adams picks off the pass by Gale Villarreal | 65-59 |
| 01:11 | Millsaps | Perry Yates hits the finger roll set up by Charles Adams | 67-59 |
| Game Plan | Millsaps | Millsaps is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Emory | Emory is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 01:03 | Emory | John Long comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 67-59 |
| 01:02 | Millsaps | Nathan Kemper grabs the defensive rebound | 67-59 |
| Game Plan | Millsaps | Millsaps is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Emory | Emory is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Millsaps | Millsaps is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Emory | Emory is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:55 | Millsaps | John Long is called for the reach on Perry Yates - foul #2 on John Long, team foul #9 | 67-59 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Sean Purkey (SG) Jason Johnson | |
| Subs | Emory | | |
| 00:55 | Millsaps | Perry Yates makes the 1st free throw | 68-59 |
| 00:55 | Millsaps | Perry Yates makes the 2nd free throw | 69-59 |
| Game Plan | Millsaps | Millsaps is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Emory | Emory is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:47 | Emory | Scott Smithwick comes up short on the fadeaway from the left wing | 69-59 |
| 00:45 | Millsaps | Perry Yates grabs the board | 69-59 |
| 00:42 | Millsaps | John Long is called for the reach on Perry Yates in the backcourt - foul #3 on John Long, team foul #10 | 69-59 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Eddie Barton (SF), Alex Scheid (PF), William Anderson (C) Charles Adams, Gary Warren, Nathan Kemper | |
| Subs | Emory | James Knight (PG), William Westbrook (SG), Peter Hinton (SF), Paul Shryock (PF), Eldon Henderson (C) Scott Smithwick, John Long, Bill Beer, Gale Villarreal, Herman Cross | |
| 00:42 | Millsaps | Perry Yates makes the 1st free throw | 70-59 |
| 00:42 | Millsaps | Perry Yates makes the 2nd free throw | 71-59 |
| 00:37 | Emory | Paul Shryock comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 71-59 |
| 00:36 | Millsaps | The rebound goes to William Anderson | 71-59 |
| Game Plan | Millsaps | Millsaps is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Emory | Emory is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:11 | Millsaps | William Anderson drills a jump hook in the paint | 73-59 |
| 00:05 | Emory | James Knight hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 73-59 |
| 00:03 | Emory | James Knight tips it back up and in | 73-61 |
| 00:00 | Millsaps | Perry Yates runs out the clock | 73-61 |