| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Thurman Harris (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Dennis Posey (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Norman Dye (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. PF - Franklin Cook (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Rene Esposito (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Bud Cullum (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Richard Huffaker (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tracy Cruce (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Thomas Mitchell (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Charles White (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Auburn | Tracy Cruce inbounds the ball | 30-25 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:31 | Auburn | Tracy Cruce buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Richard Huffaker | 30-27 |
| 19:08 | Mississippi State | Thurman Harris misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 30-27 |
| 19:07 | Auburn | Charles White snags the defensive board | 30-27 |
| 19:03 | Auburn | Thomas Mitchell is fouled on the floor by Franklin Cook - foul #3 on Franklin Cook, team foul #1 | 30-27 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo (PF) Franklin Cook | |
| Subs | Auburn | David Tourville (PG), Stanley Salisbury (SG), Khamisi Dare (C) Bud Cullum, Richard Huffaker, Charles White | |
| 18:52 | Auburn | Khamisi Dare comes up short on the runner near the basket but he's fouled by Rene Esposito - foul #2 on Rene Esposito, team foul #2 | 30-27 |
| 18:52 | Auburn | Khamisi Dare misses the 1st free throw | 30-27 |
| 18:52 | Auburn | Khamisi Dare makes the 2nd free throw | 30-28 |
| 18:37 | Mississippi State | Norman Dye misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing | 30-28 |
| 18:35 | Auburn | Khamisi Dare grabs the board | 30-28 |
| 18:14 | Auburn | Khamisi Dare knocks in the shot from the left block on a nice dish by Stanley Salisbury | 30-30 |
| 17:53 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito's fadeaway is rejected by Tracy Cruce | 30-30 |
| 17:52 | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury grabs the defensive rebound | 30-30 |
| 17:37 | Auburn | David Tourville is called for traveling | 30-30 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Randy Hendrix (C) Rene Esposito | |
| Subs | Auburn | Bud Cullum (PG), Richard Huffaker (SG), Yuri Burakowski (PF), Charles White (C) Stanley Salisbury, Tracy Cruce, Thomas Mitchell, Khamisi Dare | |
| 17:16 | Mississippi State | Dennis Posey's pass is intercepted by Yuri Burakowski | 30-30 |
| 17:03 | Auburn | David Tourville throws it down on a nice dish by Richard Huffaker | 30-32 |
| 16:46 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo misses badly on a floater in the lane but the foul's on Yuri Burakowski - foul #1 on Yuri Burakowski, team foul #1 | 30-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Cody Lingerfelt (PG), Scott Tarin (SF) Thurman Harris, Norman Dye | |
| Subs | Auburn | Tracy Cruce (SF), Thomas Mitchell (PF) David Tourville, Yuri Burakowski | |
| 16:46 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo makes the 1st free throw | 31-32 |
| 16:46 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo makes the 2nd free throw | 32-32 |
| 16:33 | Auburn | Peter Angulo is called for the reach on Richard Huffaker - foul #2 on Peter Angulo, team foul #3 | 32-32 |
| 16:20 | Auburn | 3 seconds is called on Richard Huffaker | 32-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| Subs | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury (SG), Khamisi Dare (C) Richard Huffaker, Charles White | |
| 16:05 | Mississippi State | Scott Tarin misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 32-32 |
| 16:04 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Khamisi Dare | 32-32 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Cody Lingerfelt (fresh) SG - Dennis Posey (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Scott Tarin (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Peter Angulo (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Randy Hendrix (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Bud Cullum (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Stanley Salisbury (fresh) 4 ast. SF - Tracy Cruce (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Thomas Mitchell (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Khamisi Dare (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:47 | Auburn | Tracy Cruce can't connect on a jumper from the left side | 32-32 |
| 15:46 | Auburn | The offensive rebound goes to Tracy Cruce | 32-32 |
| 15:29 | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Norman Dye (SF), Franklin Cook (PF), Rene Esposito (C) Dennis Posey, Peter Angulo, Randy Hendrix | |
| Subs | Auburn | Richard Huffaker (PG), David Tourville (SF), Charles White (C) Bud Cullum, Tracy Cruce, Khamisi Dare | |
| 15:14 | Mississippi State | Scott Tarin double dribbles | 32-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Thurman Harris (PG) Cody Lingerfelt | |
| Subs | Auburn | Bud Cullum (PG), Tracy Cruce (SF), Yuri Burakowski (PF) Stanley Salisbury, David Tourville, Thomas Mitchell | |
| 14:49 | Auburn | Yuri Burakowski clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 32-32 |
| 14:47 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito pulls down the rebound | 32-32 |
| 14:39 | Mississippi State | Thurman Harris clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 32-32 |
| 14:38 | Auburn | Yuri Burakowski grabs the defensive rebound | 32-32 |
| 14:23 | Auburn | Bud Cullum hits a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Richard Huffaker | 32-34 |
| 14:06 | Mississippi State | Norman Dye double dribbles | 32-34 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Dennis Posey (SG) Scott Tarin | |
| Subs | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury (SG), David Tourville (SF), Thomas Mitchell (PF) Bud Cullum, Tracy Cruce, Yuri Burakowski | |
| 13:52 | Auburn | Richard Huffaker is whistled for a carry | 32-34 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Cody Lingerfelt (PG) Thurman Harris | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 13:45 | Mississippi State | Thomas Mitchell takes the ball from Norman Dye | 32-34 |
| 13:21 | Auburn | Richard Huffaker's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 32-34 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo (C) Rene Esposito | |
| Subs | Auburn | Bud Cullum (PG), Tracy Cruce (SF), Khamisi Dare (C) Richard Huffaker, David Tourville, Charles White | |
| 13:03 | Mississippi State | Norman Dye comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Tracy Cruce - foul #4 on Tracy Cruce, team foul #2 | 32-34 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Scott Tarin (PG) Cody Lingerfelt | |
| Subs | Auburn | Richard Huffaker (SG), Charles White (C) Stanley Salisbury, Khamisi Dare | |
| 13:03 | Mississippi State | Norman Dye misses the 1st free throw | 32-34 |
| 13:03 | Mississippi State | Norman Dye makes the 2nd free throw | 33-34 |
| 12:52 | Auburn | Charles White can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing but the foul's on Scott Tarin - foul #1 on Scott Tarin, team foul #4 | 33-34 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Thurman Harris (PG) Norman Dye | |
| Subs | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury (SG), David Tourville (SF) Richard Huffaker, Tracy Cruce | |
| 12:52 | Auburn | Charles White makes the 1st free throw | 33-35 |
| 12:52 | Auburn | Charles White makes the 2nd free throw | 33-36 |
| 12:35 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo hits the finger roll set up by Dennis Posey | 35-36 |
| 12:11 | Auburn | Charles White buries a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 35-38 |
| 12:06 | Mississippi State | Thurman Harris comes up short on the runner from the baseline but he's fouled by Bud Cullum - foul #1 on Bud Cullum, team foul #3 | 35-38 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Randy Hendrix (C) Franklin Cook | |
| Subs | Auburn | Richard Huffaker (SG), Tracy Cruce (SF), Khamisi Dare (C) Bud Cullum, Stanley Salisbury, Charles White | |
| 12:06 | Mississippi State | Thurman Harris makes the 1st free throw | 36-38 |
| 12:06 | Mississippi State | Thurman Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 37-38 |
| 11:43 | Auburn | David Tourville makes the runner from the right block set up by Thomas Mitchell | 37-40 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Thurman Harris (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Dennis Posey (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Scott Tarin (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Peter Angulo (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Randy Hendrix (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - David Tourville (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. SG - Richard Huffaker (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - Tracy Cruce (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. PF - Thomas Mitchell (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Khamisi Dare (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Mississippi State | Richard Huffaker picks off the pass by Dennis Posey | 37-40 |
| 11:10 | Auburn | Richard Huffaker comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 37-40 |
| 11:08 | Mississippi State | Scott Tarin pulls down the rebound | 37-40 |
| 10:56 | Mississippi State | Thurman Harris comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Thomas Mitchell - foul #3 on Thomas Mitchell, team foul #4 | 37-40 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Norman Dye (SF), Franklin Cook (PF), Rene Esposito (C) Scott Tarin, Peter Angulo, Randy Hendrix | |
| Subs | Auburn | Bud Cullum (PG), Yuri Burakowski (PF), Charles White (C) David Tourville, Thomas Mitchell, Khamisi Dare | |
| 10:56 | Mississippi State | Thurman Harris makes the 1st free throw | 38-40 |
| 10:56 | Mississippi State | Thurman Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 39-40 |
| 10:37 | Auburn | The jump hook by Tracy Cruce is blocked by Rene Esposito | 39-40 |
| 10:36 | Mississippi State | Franklin Cook pulls down the rebound | 39-40 |
| 10:08 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito steps out of bounds on the sideline | 39-40 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Cody Lingerfelt (PG), Kevin Bonilla (SG) Thurman Harris, Dennis Posey | |
| Subs | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury (SG), Thomas Mitchell (PF) Richard Huffaker, Yuri Burakowski | |
| 09:56 | Auburn | Bud Cullum comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line | 39-40 |
| 09:54 | Mississippi State | The rebound goes to Norman Dye | 39-40 |
| 09:37 | Mississippi State | Norman Dye comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 39-40 |
| 09:35 | Mississippi State | Norman Dye tips it but misses | 39-40 |
| 09:33 | Mississippi State | Franklin Cook pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-40 |
| 09:20 | Mississippi State | Norman Dye buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 42-40 |
| 09:01 | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-40 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Scott Tarin (PG), Dennis Posey (SG), Peter Angulo (PF) Cody Lingerfelt, Kevin Bonilla, Franklin Cook | |
| Subs | Auburn | Richard Huffaker (PG), David Tourville (SF), Khamisi Dare (C) Bud Cullum, Tracy Cruce, Charles White | |
| 08:48 | Mississippi State | Dennis Posey knocks in the jumper from just outside the lane | 44-40 |
| 08:23 | Auburn | Khamisi Dare connects on the jumper in the lane on a nice dish by Stanley Salisbury and the foul's on Rene Esposito - foul #3 on Rene Esposito, team foul #5 | 44-42 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Randy Hendrix (C) Rene Esposito | |
| Subs | Auburn | Bud Cullum (PG), Tracy Cruce (SF), Yuri Burakowski (PF) Stanley Salisbury, David Tourville, Thomas Mitchell | |
| 08:23 | Auburn | Khamisi Dare makes the free throw | 44-43 |
| 08:08 | Mississippi State | Randy Hendrix misses badly on a floater from the right wing | 44-43 |
| 08:06 | Auburn | Bud Cullum snags the defensive board | 44-43 |
| 07:46 | Auburn | Khamisi Dare buries a pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Bud Cullum | 44-45 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Scott Tarin (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Dennis Posey (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SF - Norman Dye (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. PF - Peter Angulo (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Randy Hendrix (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Bud Cullum (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Richard Huffaker (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Tracy Cruce (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. PF - Yuri Burakowski (fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Khamisi Dare (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:26 | Mississippi State | Norman Dye can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 44-45 |
| 07:24 | Auburn | Khamisi Dare gets the rebound | 44-45 |
| 07:03 | Auburn | Randy Hendrix swats the dunk try by Yuri Burakowski | 44-45 |
| 07:01 | Mississippi State | Norman Dye grabs the board | 44-45 |
| 06:48 | Mississippi State | Dennis Posey misses short on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 44-45 |
| 06:47 | Auburn | Khamisi Dare pulls down the rebound | 44-45 |
| 06:39 | Auburn | Khamisi Dare can't connect on a turnaround from the right block | 44-45 |
| 06:37 | Mississippi State | Norman Dye pulls down the rebound | 44-45 |
| 06:11 | Mississippi State | Scott Tarin's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-45 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Thurman Harris (PG), Franklin Cook (PF), Rene Esposito (C) Scott Tarin, Norman Dye, Randy Hendrix | |
| Subs | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury (SG), David Tourville (SF), Thomas Mitchell (PF), Charles White (C) Richard Huffaker, Tracy Cruce, Yuri Burakowski, Khamisi Dare | |
| 06:00 | Auburn | David Tourville misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 44-45 |
| 05:59 | Mississippi State | Franklin Cook pulls down the rebound | 44-45 |
| 05:35 | Mississippi State | Thurman Harris misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 44-45 |
| 05:33 | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury gets the rebound | 44-45 |
| 05:17 | Auburn | Bud Cullum is hacked by Thurman Harris - foul #1 on Thurman Harris, team foul #6 | 44-45 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Cody Lingerfelt (SG), Kevin Bonilla (SF) Dennis Posey, Peter Angulo | |
| Subs | Auburn | Richard Huffaker (PG) Bud Cullum | |
| 05:05 | Auburn | David Tourville drills a shot from the left side on a nice dish by Stanley Salisbury | 44-47 |
| 04:47 | Mississippi State | Kevin Bonilla hits a fadeaway from the left block set up by Thurman Harris | 46-47 |
| 04:28 | Auburn | Thomas Mitchell lays it up and in set up by Charles White | 46-49 |
| 04:10 | Mississippi State | Franklin Cook misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 46-49 |
| 04:09 | Auburn | The rebound goes to David Tourville | 46-49 |
| 03:51 | Auburn | Thomas Mitchell misses the turnaround in the paint | 46-49 |
| 03:49 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito gets the rebound | 46-49 |
| 03:34 | Mississippi State | Cody Lingerfelt misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 46-49 |
| 03:33 | Mississippi State | Thurman Harris hits the follow up shot | 48-49 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Thurman Harris (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Cody Lingerfelt (fresh) SF - Kevin Bonilla (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Franklin Cook (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Rene Esposito (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Richard Huffaker (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Stanley Salisbury (fairly fresh) 6 ast. SF - David Tourville (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Thomas Mitchell (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Charles White (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:12 | Auburn | Charles White hits a fadeaway from close range set up by Richard Huffaker | 48-51 |
| 03:12 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 48-51 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Dennis Posey (SG), Norman Dye (SF), Peter Angulo (C) Cody Lingerfelt, Kevin Bonilla, Rene Esposito | |
| Subs | Auburn | Bud Cullum (PG), Tracy Cruce (SF) Stanley Salisbury, David Tourville | |
| 02:55 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Thurman Harris | 51-51 |
| 02:35 | Auburn | Thomas Mitchell misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 51-51 |
| 02:33 | Mississippi State | Norman Dye grabs the defensive rebound | 51-51 |
| 02:16 | Mississippi State | Tracy Cruce steals it from Franklin Cook | 51-51 |
| 02:13 | Auburn | Tracy Cruce jams it | 51-53 |
| 02:04 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo's floater is tipped away by Charles White | 51-53 |
| 02:02 | Auburn | Thomas Mitchell gets the rebound | 51-53 |
| 01:57 | Auburn | Bud Cullum misses long on a jumper from the free throw line | 51-53 |
| 01:56 | Mississippi State | Dennis Posey grabs the board | 51-53 |
| 01:28 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo misses short on a 3 from straight away | 51-53 |
| 01:26 | Mississippi State | Dennis Posey gets the offensive rebound | 51-53 |
| 01:17 | Mississippi State | Richard Huffaker is called for the reach on Dennis Posey - foul #2 on Richard Huffaker, team foul #5 | 51-53 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito (C) Peter Angulo | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 01:04 | Mississippi State | Franklin Cook misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 51-53 |
| 01:02 | Mississippi State | Franklin Cook grabs the offensive board | 51-53 |
| 00:44 | Mississippi State | Norman Dye can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 51-53 |
| 00:43 | Auburn | Charles White gets the rebound | 51-53 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:15 | Auburn | Bud Cullum is hacked by Thurman Harris - foul #2 on Thurman Harris, team foul #7 | 51-53 |
| 00:15 | Auburn | Bud Cullum misses the 1st free throw | 51-53 |
| 00:15 | Mississippi State | Franklin Cook grabs the defensive rebound | 51-53 |
| 00:11 | Mississippi State | Dennis Posey is fouled on the floor by Bud Cullum - foul #2 on Bud Cullum, team foul #6 | 51-53 |
| 00:09 | Mississippi State | Franklin Cook is hacked by Thomas Mitchell - foul #4 on Thomas Mitchell, team foul #7 | 51-53 |
| 00:09 | Mississippi State | Franklin Cook makes the 1st free throw | 52-53 |
| 00:09 | Mississippi State | Franklin Cook makes the 2nd free throw | 53-53 |
| 00:09 | Auburn | Auburn calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 53-53 |
| 00:05 | Auburn | Richard Huffaker knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Charles White | 53-56 |
| 00:05 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-56 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:00 | Mississippi State | Dennis Posey hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 53-56 |