| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Ryan Abbey (fresh) SG - James Ebbert (fresh) SF - Victor Schacher (fresh) PF - George Morgan (fresh) C - Giovanni Rossi (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sylvester Stover (fresh) SG - Erik Rockwell (fresh) SF - Junior Hart (fresh) PF - Tommy Simms (fresh) C - Albert Abernethy (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Middle Tenn. State | George Morgan wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Middle Tenn. State | Middle Tenn. State is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:48 | Middle Tenn. State | Albert Abernethy steps in front of the George Morgan pass | 0-0 |
| 19:33 | Mississippi | Sylvester Stover is fouled on the floor by Victor Schacher - foul #1 on Victor Schacher, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:16 | Mississippi | Albert Abernethy misses short on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 0-0 |
| 19:14 | Mississippi | Tommy Simms tips it in | 0-2 |
| 19:02 | Middle Tenn. State | Victor Schacher can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 0-2 |
| 19:01 | Middle Tenn. State | Giovanni Rossi grabs the offensive board | 0-2 |
| 18:38 | Middle Tenn. State | Victor Schacher makes the 3 pointer from the right corner | 3-2 |
| 18:17 | Mississippi | Sylvester Stover comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 3-2 |
| 18:16 | Middle Tenn. State | James Ebbert pulls down the rebound | 3-2 |
| 18:11 | Middle Tenn. State | Victor Schacher is fouled on the floor by Tommy Simms - foul #1 on Tommy Simms, team foul #1 | 3-2 |
| 17:49 | Middle Tenn. State | George Morgan knocks in the driving attempt from the baseline | 5-2 |
| 17:41 | Mississippi | Albert Abernethy comes up short on the jumper from the right wing | 5-2 |
| 17:39 | Middle Tenn. State | James Ebbert gets the rebound | 5-2 |
| 17:24 | Middle Tenn. State | Ryan Abbey connects on the shot from the free throw line on a great pass from James Ebbert | 7-2 |
| 17:08 | Mississippi | Junior Hart misses short on a floater from the right side | 7-2 |
| 17:07 | Middle Tenn. State | James Ebbert grabs the board | 7-2 |
| 16:57 | Middle Tenn. State | James Ebbert knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Ryan Abbey | 10-2 |
| 16:46 | Mississippi | Erik Rockwell knocks in the shot from the right side on a great pass from Tommy Simms | 10-4 |
| 16:34 | Middle Tenn. State | A charge is called on Giovanni Rossi - foul #1 on Giovanni Rossi, team foul #2 | 10-4 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Brian Reed (SG), Lee Elliott (PF) James Ebbert, George Morgan | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 16:12 | Mississippi | Tommy Simms loses the dribble to Ryan Abbey | 10-4 |
| 15:43 | Middle Tenn. State | Brian Reed misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 10-4 |
| 15:41 | Mississippi | Albert Abernethy gets the rebound | 10-4 |
| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Ryan Abbey (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Brian Reed (fresh) SF - Victor Schacher (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Lee Elliott (fresh) C - Giovanni Rossi (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sylvester Stover (fresh) SG - Erik Rockwell (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Junior Hart (fresh) PF - Tommy Simms (fresh) 2 pts. C - Albert Abernethy (fresh) | |
| 15:27 | Mississippi | Tommy Simms lays it up and in on a great pass from Erik Rockwell | 10-6 |
| 15:05 | Middle Tenn. State | Victor Schacher banks in the layup set up by Giovanni Rossi and he's hacked by Junior Hart - foul #1 on Junior Hart, team foul #2 | 12-6 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | James Ebbert (SG), George Morgan (PF) Ryan Abbey, Giovanni Rossi | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jeffrey Strother (SF), Louis Johnson (PF), Max Bond (C) Junior Hart, Tommy Simms, Albert Abernethy | |
| 15:05 | Middle Tenn. State | Victor Schacher misses the free throw | 12-6 |
| 15:05 | Mississippi | Max Bond grabs the board | 12-6 |
| 14:51 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Strother scores on a jumper from the left wing | 12-8 |
| 14:31 | Middle Tenn. State | Victor Schacher clanks a jumper in the paint | 12-8 |
| 14:30 | Middle Tenn. State | Brian Reed grabs the offensive rebound | 12-8 |
| 14:16 | Middle Tenn. State | James Ebbert makes the pull-up jumper from the right side | 14-8 |
| 14:00 | Mississippi | Louis Johnson hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left wing | 14-8 |
| 13:58 | Middle Tenn. State | Victor Schacher snags the defensive board | 14-8 |
| 13:34 | Middle Tenn. State | Brian Reed comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 14-8 |
| 13:33 | Mississippi | Max Bond pulls down the rebound | 14-8 |
| 13:16 | Mississippi | Brian Reed steps in front of the Erik Rockwell pass | 14-8 |
| 13:02 | Middle Tenn. State | Brian Reed travels with the ball | 14-8 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Ryan Abbey (PG), Frank Marshall (SG), James Washington (SF), Fred Taylor (PF), Giovanni Rossi (C) Brian Reed, James Ebbert, Victor Schacher, George Morgan, Lee Elliott | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Scott Simpson (SG), Junior Hart (SF), Tommy Simms (PF), Albert Abernethy (C) Sylvester Stover, Erik Rockwell, Jeffrey Strother, Louis Johnson | |
| 12:47 | Mississippi | Tommy Simms misses the lay-in but the foul's on Fred Taylor - foul #1 on Fred Taylor, team foul #3 | 14-8 |
| 12:47 | Mississippi | Tommy Simms makes the 1st free throw | 14-9 |
| 12:47 | Mississippi | Tommy Simms makes the 2nd free throw | 14-10 |
| 12:21 | Middle Tenn. State | Giovanni Rossi hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 14-10 |
| 12:20 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Scott Simpson | 14-10 |
| 12:05 | Mississippi | Junior Hart misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 14-10 |
| 12:04 | Mississippi | Tommy Simms tips it but misses | 14-10 |
| 12:02 | Mississippi | Scott Simpson tips it but misses | 14-10 |
| 12:01 | Middle Tenn. State | Fred Taylor grabs the board | 14-10 |
| 11:36 | Middle Tenn. State | Albert Abernethy swats the short shot by Fred Taylor | 14-10 |
| 11:34 | Mississippi | Albert Abernethy grabs the board | 14-10 |
| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Ryan Abbey (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Frank Marshall (fresh) SF - James Washington (fresh) PF - Fred Taylor (fresh) C - Giovanni Rossi (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Max Bond (fresh) SG - Scott Simpson (fresh) SF - Junior Hart (fresh) PF - Tommy Simms (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Albert Abernethy (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:15 | Mississippi | Max Bond makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Scott Simpson | 14-13 |
| 10:53 | Middle Tenn. State | James Washington makes the jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from Ryan Abbey | 16-13 |
| 10:39 | Mississippi | Junior Hart is fouled on the floor by James Washington - foul #1 on James Washington, team foul #4 | 16-13 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | James Ebbert (SG), Victor Schacher (SF), George Morgan (PF), Lee Elliott (C) Frank Marshall, James Washington, Fred Taylor, Giovanni Rossi | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sylvester Stover (PG), Erik Rockwell (SG) Max Bond, Scott Simpson | |
| 10:23 | Mississippi | Tommy Simms can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 16-13 |
| 10:21 | Middle Tenn. State | Lee Elliott grabs the defensive rebound | 16-13 |
| 10:07 | Middle Tenn. State | Victor Schacher is denied on a layup by Albert Abernethy | 16-13 |
| 10:06 | Mississippi | Erik Rockwell gets the rebound | 16-13 |
| 10:02 | Mississippi | Sylvester Stover is hacked by Ryan Abbey in the backcourt - foul #1 on Ryan Abbey, team foul #5 | 16-13 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Louis Johnson (PF), Jeffrey Strother (C) Tommy Simms, Albert Abernethy | |
| 09:41 | Mississippi | Louis Johnson can't finish the layup | 16-13 |
| 09:39 | Middle Tenn. State | George Morgan grabs the defensive rebound | 16-13 |
| 09:19 | Middle Tenn. State | Lee Elliott hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane | 16-13 |
| 09:18 | Mississippi | Erik Rockwell grabs the board | 16-13 |
| 09:13 | Mississippi | Junior Hart hits the finger roll | 16-15 |
| 08:57 | Middle Tenn. State | Victor Schacher is denied on a layup by Jeffrey Strother | 16-15 |
| 08:56 | Middle Tenn. State | George Morgan grabs the offensive board | 16-15 |
| 08:39 | Middle Tenn. State | Lee Elliott is fouled on the floor by Jeffrey Strother - foul #1 on Jeffrey Strother, team foul #3 | 16-15 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Brian Reed (PG), Giovanni Rossi (C) Ryan Abbey, Victor Schacher | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Tommy Simms (PF), Albert Abernethy (C) Junior Hart, Louis Johnson | |
| 08:26 | Middle Tenn. State | Albert Abernethy blocks the jumper by Brian Reed | 16-15 |
| 08:24 | Middle Tenn. State | Lee Elliott gets the offensive rebound | 16-15 |
| 08:16 | Middle Tenn. State | Lee Elliott is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Lee Elliott, team foul #6 | 16-15 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Frank Marshall (PG) George Morgan | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 07:58 | Mississippi | Sylvester Stover comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 16-15 |
| 07:57 | Middle Tenn. State | Giovanni Rossi gets the rebound | 16-15 |
| 07:33 | Middle Tenn. State | Giovanni Rossi misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 16-15 |
| 07:31 | Mississippi | Tommy Simms snags the defensive board | 16-15 |
| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Frank Marshall (fresh) SG - James Ebbert (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Reed (fresh) PF - Lee Elliott (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Giovanni Rossi (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sylvester Stover (fresh) SG - Erik Rockwell (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Strother (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Tommy Simms (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Albert Abernethy (fresh) 2 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 07:19 | Mississippi | Sylvester Stover buries a 3pt jumper from straight away | 16-18 |
| 06:56 | Middle Tenn. State | Frank Marshall's floater is knocked away by Jeffrey Strother | 16-18 |
| 06:54 | Mississippi | Erik Rockwell grabs the defensive rebound | 16-18 |
| 06:31 | Mississippi | Sylvester Stover buries a 3pt shot from the right corner | 16-21 |
| 06:10 | Middle Tenn. State | Giovanni Rossi can't connect on a jumper near the basket but he's fouled by Erik Rockwell - foul #1 on Erik Rockwell, team foul #4 | 16-21 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Ryan Abbey (PG), Victor Schacher (SF), George Morgan (PF) Frank Marshall, James Ebbert, Lee Elliott | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Max Bond (PG), Scott Simpson (SG), Junior Hart (SF), Edward Disalvo (PF), Louis Johnson (C) Sylvester Stover, Erik Rockwell, Jeffrey Strother, Tommy Simms, Albert Abernethy | |
| 06:10 | Middle Tenn. State | Giovanni Rossi makes the 1st free throw | 17-21 |
| 06:10 | Middle Tenn. State | Giovanni Rossi misses the 2nd free throw | 17-21 |
| 06:10 | Mississippi | Edward Disalvo snags the defensive board | 17-21 |
| 05:48 | Mississippi | Max Bond misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 17-21 |
| 05:47 | Mississippi | Louis Johnson tips it in | 17-23 |
| 05:26 | Middle Tenn. State | Brian Reed is hacked by Junior Hart - foul #2 on Junior Hart, team foul #5 | 17-23 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Fred Taylor (C) Giovanni Rossi | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Timothy Crawford (SF) Junior Hart | |
| 05:10 | Middle Tenn. State | Brian Reed misses the 3 from the right corner | 17-23 |
| 05:08 | Middle Tenn. State | Fred Taylor gets the offensive rebound | 17-23 |
| 05:02 | Middle Tenn. State | Fred Taylor blows the layup | 17-23 |
| 05:00 | Mississippi | Timothy Crawford snags the defensive board | 17-23 |
| 04:48 | Mississippi | Max Bond misses short on a jump hook in the lane but he's fouled by Ryan Abbey - foul #2 on Ryan Abbey, team foul #7 | 17-23 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Frank Marshall (PG), John Balch (SG) Ryan Abbey, Brian Reed | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Erik Rockwell (SG), Tommy Simms (PF), Albert Abernethy (C) Scott Simpson, Edward Disalvo, Louis Johnson | |
| 04:48 | Mississippi | Max Bond makes the 1st free throw | 17-24 |
| 04:48 | Mississippi | Max Bond makes the 2nd free throw | 17-25 |
| 04:24 | Middle Tenn. State | Albert Abernethy steals the ball from John Balch | 17-25 |
| 04:01 | Mississippi | Albert Abernethy is hacked by Fred Taylor - foul #2 on Fred Taylor, team foul #8 | 17-25 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Giovanni Rossi (C) Fred Taylor | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sylvester Stover (PG), Jeffrey Strother (SF) Max Bond, Timothy Crawford | |
| 04:01 | Mississippi | Albert Abernethy makes the 1st free throw | 17-26 |
| 04:01 | Mississippi | Albert Abernethy makes the 2nd free throw | 17-27 |
| 03:51 | Middle Tenn. State | Frank Marshall hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 17-27 |
| 03:50 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Jeffrey Strother | 17-27 |
| 03:27 | Mississippi | Erik Rockwell is fouled on the floor by George Morgan - foul #1 on George Morgan, team foul #9 | 17-27 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Ryan Abbey (PG), James Ebbert (SG), Lee Elliott (PF) Frank Marshall, John Balch, George Morgan | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Junior Hart (SF) Jeffrey Strother | |
| 03:27 | Mississippi | Erik Rockwell makes the 1st free throw | 17-28 |
| 03:27 | Mississippi | Erik Rockwell makes the 2nd free throw | 17-29 |
| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Ryan Abbey (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Ebbert (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Victor Schacher (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Lee Elliott (fresh) 2 reb. C - Giovanni Rossi (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sylvester Stover (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Erik Rockwell (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Junior Hart (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Tommy Simms (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Albert Abernethy (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. 2 stl. | |
| 03:15 | Middle Tenn. State | Victor Schacher misses long on a jumper from the left wing | 17-29 |
| 03:14 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Albert Abernethy | 17-29 |
| 02:59 | Mississippi | Albert Abernethy drills a jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Sylvester Stover and he's fouled by Giovanni Rossi - foul #2 on Giovanni Rossi, team foul #10 | 17-31 |
| 02:59 | Mississippi | Albert Abernethy makes the free throw | 17-32 |
| 02:38 | Middle Tenn. State | Ryan Abbey scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 20-32 |
| 02:25 | Mississippi | Giovanni Rossi denies the turnaround by Tommy Simms | 20-32 |
| 02:23 | Mississippi | Albert Abernethy grabs the offensive rebound | 20-32 |
| 02:10 | Mississippi | Lee Elliott takes the ball from Tommy Simms | 20-32 |
| 01:46 | Middle Tenn. State | James Ebbert clanks a 3 from the right wing | 20-32 |
| 01:45 | Middle Tenn. State | Lee Elliott hits the follow up shot | 22-32 |
| 01:22 | Mississippi | Sylvester Stover misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 22-32 |
| 01:21 | Mississippi | Tommy Simms snags the offensive board | 22-32 |
| 01:10 | Mississippi | Tommy Simms is hacked by Lee Elliott - foul #2 on Lee Elliott, team foul #11 | 22-32 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Frank Marshall (SG), Brian Reed (SF), George Morgan (PF) James Ebbert, Victor Schacher, Giovanni Rossi | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Max Bond (SG), Louis Johnson (C) Erik Rockwell, Albert Abernethy | |
| 01:10 | Mississippi | Tommy Simms misses the 1st free throw | 22-32 |
| 01:10 | Mississippi | Tommy Simms makes the 2nd free throw | 22-33 |
| 00:51 | Middle Tenn. State | Brian Reed misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 22-33 |
| 00:50 | Mississippi | Tommy Simms pulls down the rebound | 22-33 |
| 00:33 | Mississippi | Ryan Abbey is called for the reach on Sylvester Stover - foul #3 on Ryan Abbey, team foul #12 | 22-33 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | James Washington (SF), Fred Taylor (C) Ryan Abbey, Lee Elliott | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jeffrey Strother (C) Tommy Simms | |
| 00:33 | Mississippi | Sylvester Stover makes the 1st free throw | 22-34 |
| 00:33 | Mississippi | Sylvester Stover makes the 2nd free throw | 22-35 |
| 00:10 | Middle Tenn. State | James Washington loses the dribble to Sylvester Stover | 22-35 |
| 00:03 | Mississippi | Junior Hart hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 22-35 |
| 00:01 | Middle Tenn. State | James Washington gets the rebound | 22-35 |
| 00:00 | Middle Tenn. State | James Washington misses long on a fullcourt shot | 22-35 |