| Lineup | Georgia | PG - Charles Berry (fresh) SG - Brian Jones (fresh) SF - Nestor Savage (fresh) PF - Troy Harlan (fresh) C - Richard Nurse (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Eric Korhonen (fresh) SG - Thomas Wolfe (fresh) SF - Steve Abrams (fresh) PF - Jeffrey Cutright (fresh) C - Nathan Wheeler (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Nathan Wheeler wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Georgia | Georgia is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:41 | Mississippi | Eric Korhonen double dribbles | 0-0 |
| 19:34 | Georgia | Steve Abrams is called for the reach on Nestor Savage - foul #1 on Steve Abrams, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:21 | Georgia | Brian Jones misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:20 | Mississippi | Steve Abrams gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:11 | Mississippi | Steve Abrams misses long on a fadeaway near the basket | 0-0 |
| 19:10 | Mississippi | Nathan Wheeler grabs the offensive board | 0-0 |
| 18:57 | Mississippi | Steve Abrams blows the layup but the foul's on Troy Harlan - foul #1 on Troy Harlan, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 18:57 | Mississippi | Steve Abrams makes the 1st free throw | 0-1 |
| 18:57 | Mississippi | Steve Abrams misses the 2nd free throw | 0-1 |
| 18:57 | Georgia | Richard Nurse pulls down the rebound | 0-1 |
| 18:45 | Georgia | Richard Nurse buries a floater from the free throw line | 2-1 |
| 18:30 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Cutright misses the jumper from the left side | 2-1 |
| 18:29 | Georgia | Richard Nurse pulls down the rebound | 2-1 |
| 18:13 | Georgia | Charles Berry hits a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Troy Harlan | 5-1 |
| 17:53 | Mississippi | Eric Korhonen throws a bad pass out of bounds | 5-1 |
| 17:30 | Georgia | Eric Korhonen steals the ball from Troy Harlan | 5-1 |
| 17:10 | Mississippi | Thomas Wolfe misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 5-1 |
| 17:08 | Mississippi | Nathan Wheeler pulls down the offensive rebound | 5-1 |
| 16:55 | Mississippi | Thomas Wolfe is fouled on the floor by Troy Harlan - foul #2 on Troy Harlan, team foul #2 | 5-1 |
| Subs | Georgia | Ben Tucker (PF) Troy Harlan | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 16:38 | Mississippi | Nathan Wheeler misses the fadeaway from the right side | 5-1 |
| 16:36 | Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to Jeffrey Cutright | 5-1 |
| 16:15 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Cutright misses the jumper from the right block | 5-1 |
| 16:13 | Georgia | Ben Tucker snags the defensive board | 5-1 |
| 16:09 | Georgia | Charles Berry buries a runner in the paint on a nice dish by Brian Jones | 7-1 |
| 15:41 | Mississippi | Steve Abrams connects on the turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Thomas Wolfe | 7-3 |
| Lineup | Georgia | PG - Charles Berry (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Brian Jones (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Nestor Savage (fresh) PF - Ben Tucker (fresh) C - Richard Nurse (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Eric Korhonen (fairly fresh) SG - Thomas Wolfe (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Steve Abrams (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Jeffrey Cutright (fairly fresh) C - Nathan Wheeler (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:28 | Georgia | Charles Berry's pass is intercepted by Thomas Wolfe | 7-3 |
| 15:22 | Mississippi | Nathan Wheeler misses the turnaround from close range | 7-3 |
| 15:20 | Georgia | Nestor Savage snags the defensive board | 7-3 |
| 14:59 | Georgia | Eric Korhonen steals it from Brian Jones | 7-3 |
| 14:44 | Mississippi | Nathan Wheeler scores on a shot from close range and he's fouled by Richard Nurse - foul #1 on Richard Nurse, team foul #3 | 7-5 |
| Subs | Georgia | Robert Alexander (SG), Brian Bjornberg (SF), Jamie Espey (C) Brian Jones, Nestor Savage, Richard Nurse | |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Price (PG), Bert Eldridge (SG), Marcus Hester (SF), Bradford Hsieh (PF) Eric Korhonen, Thomas Wolfe, Steve Abrams, Jeffrey Cutright | |
| 14:44 | Mississippi | Nathan Wheeler misses the free throw | 7-5 |
| 14:44 | Georgia | Ben Tucker grabs the board | 7-5 |
| 14:28 | Georgia | Jamie Espey drills a driving attempt in the paint set up by Charles Berry and he's hacked by Nathan Wheeler - foul #1 on Nathan Wheeler, team foul #2 | 9-5 |
| Subs | Georgia | Amos Nelson (PG) Charles Berry | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Lester Regalado (C) Nathan Wheeler | |
| 14:28 | Georgia | Jamie Espey makes the free throw | 10-5 |
| 14:15 | Mississippi | Amos Nelson steals the ball from Lester Regalado | 10-5 |
| 14:12 | Georgia | Jamie Espey lays it in on a nice dish by Amos Nelson | 12-5 |
| 13:48 | Mississippi | Marcus Hester lays it up and in | 12-7 |
| 13:33 | Georgia | Jamie Espey loses the dribble to Marcus Hester | 12-7 |
| 13:24 | Mississippi | Marcus Hester misses long on a floater from the right side | 12-7 |
| 13:22 | Georgia | Amos Nelson snags the defensive board | 12-7 |
| 13:03 | Georgia | Robert Alexander misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 12-7 |
| 13:01 | Georgia | The offensive rebound goes to Jamie Espey | 12-7 |
| 12:48 | Georgia | Lester Regalado is called for the reach on Ben Tucker - foul #1 on Lester Regalado, team foul #3 | 12-7 |
| Subs | Georgia | Charles Berry (PG), Brian Jones (SG), Nestor Savage (SF), Richard Nurse (C) Amos Nelson, Robert Alexander, Brian Bjornberg, Ben Tucker | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Eric Korhonen (PG), Thomas Wolfe (SG), Steve Abrams (SF), Jeffrey Cutright (PF) John Price, Bert Eldridge, Marcus Hester, Lester Regalado | |
| 12:27 | Georgia | Brian Jones lays it up and in on a great pass from Nestor Savage | 14-7 |
| 12:19 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Cutright is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Jeffrey Cutright, team foul #4 | 14-7 |
| 11:55 | Georgia | Nestor Savage misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 14-7 |
| 11:54 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Cutright pulls down the rebound | 14-7 |
| 11:36 | Mississippi | Eric Korhonen travels with the ball | 14-7 |
| Subs | Georgia | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Nathan Wheeler (C) Bradford Hsieh | |
| Lineup | Georgia | PG - Charles Berry (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Brian Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nestor Savage (fresh) PF - Jamie Espey (fresh) 5 pts. C - Richard Nurse (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Eric Korhonen (fresh) 2 stl. SG - Thomas Wolfe (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Steve Abrams (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Jeffrey Cutright (fresh) 2 reb. C - Nathan Wheeler (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:10 | Georgia | Jamie Espey hits a shot from the left block on a nice dish by Richard Nurse | 16-7 |
| 11:05 | Mississippi | Thomas Wolfe connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Jeffrey Cutright | 16-10 |
| 10:49 | Georgia | Nestor Savage misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 16-10 |
| 10:47 | Mississippi | Nathan Wheeler pulls down the rebound | 16-10 |
| 10:43 | Mississippi | Steve Abrams drills a runner in the paint | 16-12 |
| 10:20 | Georgia | Jamie Espey misses the easy layup | 16-12 |
| 10:19 | Georgia | Nestor Savage hits the follow up shot | 18-12 |
| 10:02 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Cutright can't connect on a jump hook near the basket but he's hacked by Richard Nurse - foul #2 on Richard Nurse, team foul #4 | 18-12 |
| Subs | Georgia | Robert Alexander (SG), Bruce Dunn (PF), Ben Tucker (C) Brian Jones, Jamie Espey, Richard Nurse | |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Price (PG), Bert Eldridge (SG) Eric Korhonen, Thomas Wolfe | |
| 10:02 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Cutright misses the 1st free throw | 18-12 |
| 10:02 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Cutright makes the 2nd free throw | 18-13 |
| 09:52 | Georgia | Ben Tucker clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line | 18-13 |
| 09:51 | Georgia | Nestor Savage grabs the offensive rebound | 18-13 |
| 09:37 | Georgia | Bruce Dunn is called for traveling | 18-13 |
| Subs | Georgia | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradford Hsieh (PF) Jeffrey Cutright | |
| 09:17 | Mississippi | Steve Abrams misses short on a fadeaway from the left block | 18-13 |
| 09:15 | Georgia | Bruce Dunn pulls down the rebound | 18-13 |
| 09:01 | Georgia | Robert Alexander loses the ball out of bounds | 18-13 |
| Subs | Georgia | Brian Bjornberg (SF) Nestor Savage | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Marcus Hester (SF), Lester Regalado (C) Steve Abrams, Nathan Wheeler | |
| 08:46 | Mississippi | John Price is hacked by Ben Tucker - foul #1 on Ben Tucker, team foul #5 | 18-13 |
| Subs | Georgia | Brian Jones (SG) Charles Berry | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 08:35 | Mississippi | John Price misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 18-13 |
| 08:33 | Mississippi | John Price grabs the offensive board | 18-13 |
| 08:22 | Mississippi | Lester Regalado is whistled for a carry | 18-13 |
| Subs | Georgia | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Eric Korhonen (PG), Thomas Wolfe (SG) John Price, Marcus Hester | |
| 08:15 | Georgia | Robert Alexander hits the front of the rim on the shot near the basket | 18-13 |
| 08:14 | Mississippi | Lester Regalado pulls down the rebound | 18-13 |
| 07:54 | Mississippi | Bert Eldridge loses the dribble to Ben Tucker | 18-13 |
| 07:49 | Georgia | Brian Bjornberg can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 18-13 |
| 07:48 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Lester Regalado | 18-13 |
| 07:35 | Mississippi | Eric Korhonen scores on a shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Thomas Wolfe | 18-15 |
| Lineup | Georgia | PG - Robert Alexander (fresh) SG - Brian Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Bjornberg (fresh) PF - Bruce Dunn (fresh) C - Ben Tucker (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Eric Korhonen (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SG - Thomas Wolfe (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bert Eldridge (fresh) PF - Bradford Hsieh (fresh) C - Lester Regalado (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:19 | Georgia | Lester Regalado takes the ball from Robert Alexander | 18-15 |
| 07:03 | Mississippi | Bert Eldridge drills a jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Thomas Wolfe | 18-17 |
| 06:42 | Georgia | Brian Jones misses long on a jumpshot from the left side | 18-17 |
| 06:41 | Mississippi | Bradford Hsieh grabs the defensive rebound | 18-17 |
| 06:34 | Mississippi | Lester Regalado hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block | 18-17 |
| 06:33 | Georgia | Robert Alexander gets the rebound | 18-17 |
| 06:12 | Georgia | Robert Alexander clanks a runner in the lane but he's fouled by Bradford Hsieh - foul #1 on Bradford Hsieh, team foul #5 | 18-17 |
| Subs | Georgia | Charles Berry (PG), Nestor Savage (SF), Jamie Espey (PF) Brian Jones, Bruce Dunn, Ben Tucker | |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Price (PG), Clifford Simmons (SG), Steve Abrams (SF), Jeffrey Cutright (PF), Nathan Wheeler (C) Eric Korhonen, Thomas Wolfe, Bert Eldridge, Bradford Hsieh, Lester Regalado | |
| 06:12 | Georgia | Robert Alexander makes the 1st free throw | 19-17 |
| 06:12 | Georgia | Robert Alexander makes the 2nd free throw | 20-17 |
| 06:04 | Mississippi | Jamie Espey swats the dunk try by Steve Abrams | 20-17 |
| 06:03 | Georgia | Brian Bjornberg grabs the defensive rebound | 20-17 |
| 05:58 | Georgia | Charles Berry is hacked by Nathan Wheeler - foul #2 on Nathan Wheeler, team foul #6 | 20-17 |
| Subs | Georgia | Ben Tucker (C) Robert Alexander | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Larry Ellerbe (C) Nathan Wheeler | |
| 05:40 | Georgia | Ben Tucker is whistled for a carry | 20-17 |
| 05:24 | Mississippi | John Price knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 20-20 |
| 05:18 | Georgia | Clifford Simmons is called for the reach on Charles Berry - foul #1 on Clifford Simmons, team foul #7 | 20-20 |
| Subs | Georgia | Amos Nelson (SG) Brian Bjornberg | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 05:18 | Georgia | Charles Berry makes the 1st free throw | 21-20 |
| 05:18 | Georgia | Charles Berry misses the 2nd free throw | 21-20 |
| 05:18 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Cutright snags the defensive board | 21-20 |
| 04:53 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Cutright hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Jamie Espey - foul #1 on Jamie Espey, team foul #6 | 21-20 |
| Subs | Georgia | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Eric Korhonen (PG), Thomas Wolfe (SG), Lester Regalado (C) John Price, Clifford Simmons, Larry Ellerbe | |
| 04:53 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Cutright misses the 1st free throw | 21-20 |
| 04:53 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Cutright misses the 2nd free throw | 21-20 |
| 04:53 | Mississippi | Lester Regalado pulls down the offensive rebound | 21-20 |
| 04:33 | Mississippi | Steve Abrams hits the finger roll set up by Thomas Wolfe and he's fouled by Nestor Savage - foul #1 on Nestor Savage, team foul #7 | 21-22 |
| Subs | Georgia | Brian Jones (SG), Robert Alexander (C) Amos Nelson, Ben Tucker | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 04:33 | Mississippi | Steve Abrams makes the free throw | 21-23 |
| 04:20 | Georgia | Brian Jones is fouled on the floor by Thomas Wolfe - foul #1 on Thomas Wolfe, team foul #8 | 21-23 |
| Subs | Georgia | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradford Hsieh (C) Lester Regalado | |
| 04:20 | Georgia | Brian Jones makes the 1st free throw | 22-23 |
| 04:20 | Georgia | Brian Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 22-23 |
| 04:20 | Mississippi | Bradford Hsieh grabs the board | 22-23 |
| 04:02 | Mississippi | Bradford Hsieh clanks a shot from the left wing | 22-23 |
| 04:01 | Mississippi | Bradford Hsieh tips it home | 22-25 |
| 03:43 | Georgia | Charles Berry can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 22-25 |
| 03:41 | Mississippi | Bradford Hsieh pulls down the rebound | 22-25 |
| 03:34 | Mississippi | Jamie Espey steps in front of the Bradford Hsieh pass | 22-25 |
| Lineup | Georgia | PG - Charles Berry (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Brian Jones (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nestor Savage (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jamie Espey (fresh) 7 pts. C - Robert Alexander (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Eric Korhonen (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SG - Thomas Wolfe (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SF - Steve Abrams (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Jeffrey Cutright (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Bradford Hsieh (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:21 | Georgia | Robert Alexander misses short on a jumper from the right side | 22-25 |
| 03:19 | Georgia | Jamie Espey gets the offensive rebound | 22-25 |
| 03:06 | Georgia | Brian Jones makes the jumper from the left side set up by Charles Berry | 24-25 |
| 02:57 | Mississippi | Eric Korhonen misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Jamie Espey - foul #2 on Jamie Espey, team foul #8 | 24-25 |
| Subs | Georgia | Brian Bjornberg (SF), Troy Harlan (PF), Richard Nurse (C) Nestor Savage, Jamie Espey, Robert Alexander | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bert Eldridge (SG), Nathan Wheeler (C) Thomas Wolfe, Jeffrey Cutright | |
| 02:57 | Mississippi | Eric Korhonen makes the 1st free throw | 24-26 |
| 02:57 | Mississippi | Eric Korhonen makes the 2nd free throw | 24-27 |
| 02:35 | Georgia | Brian Bjornberg misses the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 24-27 |
| 02:33 | Mississippi | Nathan Wheeler pulls down the rebound | 24-27 |
| 02:15 | Mississippi | Eric Korhonen's pass is intercepted by Brian Jones | 24-27 |
| 02:11 | Georgia | Brian Bjornberg lays it in set up by Brian Jones | 26-27 |
| 01:49 | Mississippi | Eric Korhonen can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 26-27 |
| 01:47 | Georgia | Richard Nurse grabs the board | 26-27 |
| 01:27 | Georgia | Brian Jones clanks a shot from the left side | 26-27 |
| 01:26 | Georgia | Troy Harlan grabs the offensive board | 26-27 |
| 01:14 | Georgia | Charles Berry clanks a floater from the right side but the foul's on Steve Abrams - foul #2 on Steve Abrams, team foul #9 | 26-27 |
| Subs | Georgia | Robert Alexander (SG), Nestor Savage (SF) Brian Jones, Brian Bjornberg | |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Price (PG), Thomas Wolfe (SG), Jeffrey Cutright (PF) Eric Korhonen, Steve Abrams, Bradford Hsieh | |
| 01:14 | Georgia | Charles Berry misses the 1st free throw | 26-27 |
| 01:14 | Georgia | Charles Berry misses the 2nd free throw | 26-27 |
| 01:14 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Nathan Wheeler | 26-27 |
| 01:11 | Mississippi | Charles Berry steals it from John Price in the backcourt | 26-27 |
| 00:57 | Georgia | Nestor Savage knocks in the 3 from the right wing set up by Charles Berry | 29-27 |
| 00:38 | Mississippi | John Price clanks a 3 from the right wing | 29-27 |
| 00:37 | Georgia | The rebound goes to Nestor Savage | 29-27 |
| 00:13 | Georgia | Charles Berry misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 29-27 |
| 00:11 | Georgia | Troy Harlan tips it back up and in | 31-27 |
| 00:03 | Mississippi | Thomas Wolfe misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Robert Alexander - foul #1 on Robert Alexander, team foul #9 | 31-27 |
| Subs | Georgia | Brian Bjornberg (SG) Charles Berry | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Marcus Hester (SF), Lester Regalado (C) Bert Eldridge, Nathan Wheeler | |
| 00:03 | Mississippi | Thomas Wolfe misses the 1st free throw | 31-27 |
| 00:03 | Mississippi | Thomas Wolfe makes the 2nd free throw | 31-28 |
| 00:00 | Georgia | Brian Bjornberg misses long on a fullcourt shot | 31-28 |