| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Damian Coley (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael West (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kurt Shade (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Gerald Cunningham (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - James Burgess (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Robert Lafollette (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Schaefer (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SF - Alvin Ton (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Carl Bryant (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Daniel Dalton (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Columbia | Alvin Ton inbounds the ball | 29-43 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:46 | Columbia | Gerald Cunningham steps in front of the Robert Lafollette pass | 29-43 |
| 19:25 | Mississippi | James Burgess drills a floater in the paint on a great pass from Michael West and he's fouled by Carl Bryant - foul #1 on Carl Bryant, team foul #1 | 31-43 |
| 19:25 | Mississippi | James Burgess makes the free throw | 32-43 |
| 19:03 | Columbia | Carl Bryant hits the finger roll set up by John Schaefer | 32-45 |
| 18:54 | Mississippi | Damian Coley buries a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Michael West | 35-45 |
| 18:32 | Columbia | Carl Bryant double dribbles | 35-45 |
| 18:13 | Mississippi | Michael West is whistled for a carry | 35-45 |
| 18:00 | Columbia | John Schaefer makes the 3pt shot from the right corner | 35-48 |
| 17:52 | Mississippi | Damian Coley misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 35-48 |
| 17:50 | Columbia | Daniel Dalton pulls down the rebound | 35-48 |
| 17:33 | Columbia | Alvin Ton buries a floater from the free throw line set up by John Schaefer | 35-50 |
| 17:25 | Mississippi | Kurt Shade misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 35-50 |
| 17:24 | Columbia | Daniel Dalton snags the defensive board | 35-50 |
| 17:19 | Columbia | John Schaefer drills a jumper from the right wing set up by Robert Lafollette and he's hacked by Michael West - foul #3 on Michael West, team foul #1 | 35-52 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Michael Butler (PG), Michael Pugh (SG), Hal Warner (SF) Damian Coley, Michael West, Kurt Shade | |
| Subs | Columbia | Nicholas Tedder (PG), Gan Sun (SF), Kenneth Barbee (PF), Walter Atkins (C) Robert Lafollette, Alvin Ton, Carl Bryant, Daniel Dalton | |
| 17:19 | Columbia | John Schaefer makes the free throw | 35-53 |
| 17:02 | Mississippi | Hal Warner hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 35-53 |
| 17:01 | Columbia | Kenneth Barbee pulls down the rebound | 35-53 |
| 16:49 | Columbia | Walter Atkins can't connect on a jumper from the baseline | 35-53 |
| 16:47 | Mississippi | James Burgess pulls down the rebound | 35-53 |
| 16:41 | Mississippi | James Burgess clanks a floater from the left wing | 35-53 |
| 16:40 | Columbia | The rebound goes to Walter Atkins | 35-53 |
| 16:26 | Columbia | John Schaefer comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 35-53 |
| 16:24 | Columbia | Walter Atkins grabs the offensive board | 35-53 |
| 16:09 | Columbia | Walter Atkins comes up short on the fadeaway from the baseline | 35-53 |
| 16:07 | Mississippi | Michael Butler pulls down the rebound | 35-53 |
| 15:54 | Mississippi | Michael Pugh buries a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Michael Butler | 38-53 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Michael Butler (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Michael Pugh (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Hal Warner (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Gerald Cunningham (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - James Burgess (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Nicholas Tedder (fresh) SG - John Schaefer (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 5 ast. SF - Gan Sun (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kenneth Barbee (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Walter Atkins (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:35 | Columbia | John Schaefer hits a jumper from the left block | 38-55 |
| 15:19 | Mississippi | Hal Warner misses the dunk | 38-55 |
| 15:17 | Columbia | Gan Sun snags the defensive board | 38-55 |
| 14:56 | Columbia | The pull-up jumper by John Schaefer is blocked by Hal Warner | 38-55 |
| 14:54 | Columbia | The offensive rebound goes to John Schaefer | 38-55 |
| 14:39 | Columbia | John Schaefer comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 38-55 |
| 14:38 | Mississippi | Hal Warner snags the defensive board | 38-55 |
| 14:31 | Mississippi | Michael Butler misses the lay-in | 38-55 |
| 14:29 | Columbia | Kenneth Barbee snags the defensive board | 38-55 |
| 14:09 | Columbia | Kenneth Barbee misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 38-55 |
| 14:07 | Columbia | Gan Sun gets the offensive rebound | 38-55 |
| 13:49 | Columbia | Walter Atkins drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by Nicholas Tedder | 38-58 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 13:42 | Mississippi | James Burgess connects on the fadeaway from the left side and he's hacked by Walter Atkins - foul #1 on Walter Atkins, team foul #2 | 40-58 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Damian Coley (PG), Michael West (SG), Kurt Shade (SF), Daniel Milano (PF) Michael Butler, Michael Pugh, Hal Warner, Gerald Cunningham | |
| Subs | Columbia | Robert Lafollette (PG), Irving Keller (SG), Alvin Ton (SF), Carl Bryant (PF), Daniel Dalton (C) Nicholas Tedder, John Schaefer, Gan Sun, Kenneth Barbee, Walter Atkins | |
| 13:42 | Mississippi | James Burgess makes the free throw | 41-58 |
| 13:22 | Columbia | Robert Lafollette clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 41-58 |
| 13:20 | Columbia | Carl Bryant snags the offensive board | 41-58 |
| 13:11 | Columbia | Carl Bryant clanks a driving attempt in the paint but the foul's on Daniel Milano - foul #1 on Daniel Milano, team foul #2 | 41-58 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Cory Forrest (C) James Burgess | |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| 13:11 | Columbia | Carl Bryant misses the 1st free throw | 41-58 |
| 13:11 | Columbia | Carl Bryant makes the 2nd free throw | 41-59 |
| 12:52 | Mississippi | Alvin Ton steps in front of the Kurt Shade pass | 41-59 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 12:23 | Columbia | Robert Lafollette scores on a fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Daniel Dalton | 41-61 |
| 12:13 | Mississippi | Damian Coley buries a 3 pointer from the left corner | 44-61 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 12:04 | Columbia | Carl Bryant scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 44-63 |
| 11:57 | Mississippi | Alvin Ton steals the ball from Daniel Milano | 44-63 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 11:31 | Columbia | Robert Lafollette hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 44-63 |
| 11:30 | Mississippi | Cory Forrest snags the defensive board | 44-63 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Damian Coley (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael West (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Kurt Shade (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Daniel Milano (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Cory Forrest (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Robert Lafollette (fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SG - Irving Keller (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. 3 pf. SF - Alvin Ton (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. PF - Carl Bryant (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Daniel Dalton (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:13 | Mississippi | Kurt Shade misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 44-63 |
| 11:12 | Mississippi | Cory Forrest hits the follow up shot | 46-63 |
| 10:46 | Columbia | Kurt Shade steps in front of the Irving Keller pass | 46-63 |
| 10:33 | Mississippi | Daniel Milano misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 46-63 |
| 10:31 | Columbia | Robert Lafollette snags the defensive board | 46-63 |
| 10:07 | Columbia | Carl Bryant makes the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Irving Keller | 46-65 |
| 09:57 | Mississippi | Cory Forrest drills a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Daniel Milano | 49-65 |
| 09:33 | Columbia | Daniel Dalton blows the layup but he's hacked by Daniel Milano - foul #2 on Daniel Milano, team foul #3 | 49-65 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Michael Butler (PG), Michael Pugh (SG), Hal Warner (SF), Gerald Cunningham (PF), James Burgess (C) Damian Coley, Michael West, Kurt Shade, Daniel Milano, Cory Forrest | |
| Subs | Columbia | Nicholas Tedder (PG), John Schaefer (SG), Gan Sun (SF), Clint Nehls (PF) Robert Lafollette, Irving Keller, Alvin Ton, Carl Bryant | |
| 09:33 | Columbia | Daniel Dalton makes the 1st free throw | 49-66 |
| 09:33 | Columbia | Daniel Dalton makes the 2nd free throw | 49-67 |
| 09:24 | Mississippi | Clint Nehls is called for the reach on Michael Butler - foul #4 on Clint Nehls, team foul #3 | 49-67 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Columbia | Kenneth Barbee (PF), Walter Atkins (C) Clint Nehls, Daniel Dalton | |
| 09:17 | Mississippi | Hal Warner hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right block | 49-67 |
| 09:16 | Columbia | The rebound goes to Nicholas Tedder | 49-67 |
| 08:50 | Columbia | Nicholas Tedder misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 49-67 |
| 08:49 | Mississippi | Hal Warner grabs the defensive rebound | 49-67 |
| 08:39 | Mississippi | Michael Pugh buries a floater from just outside the lane | 51-67 |
| 08:17 | Columbia | John Schaefer makes the 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Nicholas Tedder | 51-70 |
| 08:02 | Mississippi | Michael Pugh misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 51-70 |
| 08:01 | Mississippi | Hal Warner grabs the offensive rebound | 51-70 |
| 07:53 | Mississippi | James Burgess hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 51-70 |
| 07:52 | Mississippi | Hal Warner hits the follow up shot | 53-70 |
| 07:33 | Columbia | Gan Sun hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 53-70 |
| 07:31 | Mississippi | Gerald Cunningham snags the defensive board | 53-70 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Michael Butler (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Michael Pugh (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Hal Warner (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. PF - Gerald Cunningham (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. C - James Burgess (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Nicholas Tedder (fresh) 2 ast. SG - John Schaefer (fresh) 23 pts. 5 ast. SF - Gan Sun (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Kenneth Barbee (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Walter Atkins (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:21 | Mississippi | Hal Warner comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 53-70 |
| 07:20 | Columbia | Walter Atkins grabs the defensive rebound | 53-70 |
| 06:59 | Columbia | Kenneth Barbee double dribbles | 53-70 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Damian Coley (PG), Kurt Shade (SF) Michael Pugh, Hal Warner | |
| Subs | Columbia | Robert Lafollette (PG), Carl Bryant (PF), Clint Nehls (C) Nicholas Tedder, Kenneth Barbee, Walter Atkins | |
| 06:48 | Mississippi | Gerald Cunningham hits a fadeaway jumper from the right side and he's hacked by Carl Bryant - foul #2 on Carl Bryant, team foul #4 | 55-70 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Michael West (SG) Michael Butler | |
| Subs | Columbia | Alvin Ton (SF) Gan Sun | |
| 06:48 | Mississippi | Gerald Cunningham makes the free throw | 56-70 |
| 06:26 | Columbia | Robert Lafollette comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by Damian Coley - foul #2 on Damian Coley, team foul #4 | 56-70 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Cory Forrest (C) James Burgess | |
| Subs | Columbia | Irving Keller (SG), Daniel Dalton (C) John Schaefer, Clint Nehls | |
| 06:26 | Columbia | Robert Lafollette makes the 1st free throw | 56-71 |
| 06:26 | Columbia | Robert Lafollette makes the 2nd free throw | 56-72 |
| 06:11 | Mississippi | Kurt Shade clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 56-72 |
| 06:10 | Columbia | Robert Lafollette pulls down the rebound | 56-72 |
| 05:43 | Columbia | Alvin Ton misses the lay-in | 56-72 |
| 05:42 | Mississippi | Cory Forrest gets the rebound | 56-72 |
| 05:36 | Mississippi | Michael West drills a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Damian Coley | 58-72 |
| 05:14 | Columbia | Carl Bryant makes the driving attempt near the basket | 58-74 |
| 04:53 | Mississippi | Damian Coley is denied on a layup by Alvin Ton | 58-74 |
| 04:52 | Mississippi | Gerald Cunningham gets the offensive rebound | 58-74 |
| 04:44 | Mississippi | Michael West clanks a shot from just outside the lane | 58-74 |
| 04:43 | Columbia | Carl Bryant grabs the defensive rebound | 58-74 |
| 04:19 | Columbia | Carl Bryant misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 58-74 |
| 04:17 | Columbia | Carl Bryant grabs the offensive board | 58-74 |
| 04:00 | Columbia | Daniel Dalton misses short on a driving attempt in the paint | 58-74 |
| 03:59 | Columbia | Robert Lafollette snags the offensive board | 58-74 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:38 | Columbia | Cory Forrest steals it from Alvin Ton | 58-74 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:29 | Mississippi | Cory Forrest clanks a fadeaway from the left wing | 58-74 |
| 03:27 | Mississippi | Kurt Shade can't tip it in | 58-74 |
| 03:25 | Columbia | Robert Lafollette grabs the defensive rebound | 58-74 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Damian Coley (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael West (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Kurt Shade (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Gerald Cunningham (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. C - Cory Forrest (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Robert Lafollette (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. SG - Irving Keller (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 ast. 3 pf. SF - Alvin Ton (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. PF - Carl Bryant (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Daniel Dalton (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:10 | Columbia | Alvin Ton misses short on a jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Damian Coley - foul #3 on Damian Coley, team foul #5 | 58-74 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Kereenyaga Sow (PG), Michael Pugh (SG), Michael Butler (SF), Daniel Milano (PF), Hal Warner (C) Damian Coley, Michael West, Kurt Shade, Gerald Cunningham, Cory Forrest | |
| Subs | Columbia | Nicholas Tedder (PG), Gan Sun (SG), Clint Nehls (PF), Kenneth Barbee (C) Robert Lafollette, Irving Keller, Carl Bryant, Daniel Dalton | |
| 03:10 | Columbia | Alvin Ton makes the 1st free throw | 58-75 |
| 03:10 | Columbia | Alvin Ton misses the 2nd free throw | 58-75 |
| 03:10 | Mississippi | Hal Warner pulls down the rebound | 58-75 |
| 02:58 | Mississippi | Daniel Milano knocks in the floater from the baseline and he's hacked by Clint Nehls - foul #5 on Clint Nehls, team foul #5 | 60-75 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Columbia | Jack Ford (SF), Walter Atkins (C) Alvin Ton, Clint Nehls | |
| 02:58 | Mississippi | Daniel Milano misses the free throw | 60-75 |
| 02:58 | Columbia | Walter Atkins gets the rebound | 60-75 |
| 02:50 | Columbia | Walter Atkins hits a pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Nicholas Tedder | 60-77 |
| 02:33 | Mississippi | Hal Warner buries a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Kereenyaga Sow | 63-77 |
| 02:21 | Columbia | Gan Sun can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's fouled by Daniel Milano - foul #3 on Daniel Milano, team foul #6 | 63-77 |
| 02:21 | Columbia | Gan Sun misses the 1st free throw | 63-77 |
| 02:21 | Columbia | Gan Sun makes the 2nd free throw | 63-78 |
| 02:06 | Mississippi | Kereenyaga Sow hits the finger roll set up by Michael Butler and he's hacked by Nicholas Tedder - foul #2 on Nicholas Tedder, team foul #6 | 65-78 |
| 02:06 | Mississippi | Kereenyaga Sow makes the free throw | 66-78 |
| 01:38 | Columbia | Jack Ford throws a bad pass out of bounds | 66-78 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Cory Forrest (C) Kereenyaga Sow | |
| Subs | Columbia | Irving Keller (SG) Jack Ford | |
| 01:27 | Mississippi | Hal Warner misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 66-78 |
| 01:25 | Columbia | Irving Keller grabs the board | 66-78 |
| 01:07 | Columbia | Gan Sun can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 66-78 |
| 01:06 | Columbia | The offensive rebound goes to Nicholas Tedder | 66-78 |
| 00:44 | Columbia | Walter Atkins clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 66-78 |
| 00:43 | Mississippi | Daniel Milano gets the rebound | 66-78 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:36 | Mississippi | Michael Butler comes up short on the floater from the baseline but he's fouled by Gan Sun - foul #2 on Gan Sun, team foul #7 | 66-78 |
| 00:36 | Mississippi | Michael Butler makes the 1st free throw | 67-78 |
| 00:36 | Mississippi | Michael Butler makes the 2nd free throw | 68-78 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:15 | Columbia | Nicholas Tedder misses long on a fadeaway in the paint | 68-78 |
| 00:13 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Cory Forrest | 68-78 |
| 00:05 | Mississippi | Michael Butler scores on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 70-78 |
| 00:05 | Columbia | Columbia calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 70-78 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Damian Coley (PG), Michael West (SG), Kurt Shade (SF), Gerald Cunningham (PF), James Burgess (C) Michael Butler, Michael Pugh, Hal Warner, Daniel Milano, Cory Forrest | |
| Subs | Columbia | Robert Lafollette (PG), John Schaefer (SG), Alvin Ton (SF), Carl Bryant (PF), Daniel Dalton (C) Nicholas Tedder, Irving Keller, Gan Sun, Kenneth Barbee, Walter Atkins | |
| 00:00 | Columbia | Robert Lafollette runs out the clock | 70-78 |