| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Knudson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Early (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Raymond Isom (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. PF - Michael McDermott (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Joseph Geise (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Bud Cullum (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Huffaker (fresh) 3 pf. SF - Tracy Cruce (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Thomas Mitchell (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Charles White (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Auburn | Tracy Cruce inbounds the ball | 40-27 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:45 | Auburn | Bud Cullum scores on a floater from the right wing set up by Thomas Mitchell | 40-29 |
| 19:26 | LSU | Joseph Geise throws a bad pass out of bounds | 40-29 |
| 19:12 | Auburn | Tracy Cruce is hacked by Raymond Isom - foul #2 on Raymond Isom, team foul #1 | 40-29 |
| 18:57 | Auburn | Joseph Geise swats the short shot by Thomas Mitchell | 40-29 |
| 18:56 | LSU | Joseph Geise snags the defensive board | 40-29 |
| 18:49 | LSU | John Early misses the dunk attempt | 40-29 |
| 18:47 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Thomas Mitchell | 40-29 |
| 18:43 | Auburn | Bud Cullum misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 40-29 |
| 18:41 | Auburn | Charles White hits the follow up shot | 40-31 |
| 18:29 | LSU | Raymond Isom makes the pull-up jumper from the right side | 42-31 |
| 18:23 | Auburn | Bud Cullum misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 42-31 |
| 18:22 | LSU | Raymond Isom snags the defensive board | 42-31 |
| 18:13 | LSU | John Early misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side | 42-31 |
| 18:12 | Auburn | Thomas Mitchell grabs the board | 42-31 |
| 18:08 | Auburn | Bud Cullum can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 42-31 |
| 18:07 | Auburn | Thomas Mitchell hits the follow up shot | 42-33 |
| 17:47 | LSU | Raymond Isom knocks in the floater from close range | 44-33 |
| 17:27 | Auburn | Thomas Mitchell comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 44-33 |
| 17:25 | Auburn | The offensive rebound goes to Bud Cullum | 44-33 |
| 17:08 | Auburn | Bud Cullum clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 44-33 |
| 17:06 | LSU | John Early snags the defensive board | 44-33 |
| 16:44 | LSU | John Early comes up short on the driving attempt in the lane but he's fouled by Tracy Cruce - foul #3 on Tracy Cruce, team foul #1 | 44-33 |
| Subs | LSU | Jacob Loar (SG), Peter Gadomski (SF), James Poythress (PF), Johnny Wall (C) James Knudson, Raymond Isom, Michael McDermott, Joseph Geise | |
| Subs | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury (SG), Wayne Gilbert (SF), Yuri Burakowski (PF), Khamisi Dare (C) Bud Cullum, Tracy Cruce, Thomas Mitchell, Charles White | |
| 16:44 | LSU | John Early makes the 1st free throw | 45-33 |
| 16:44 | LSU | John Early misses the 2nd free throw | 45-33 |
| 16:44 | LSU | James Poythress grabs the offensive rebound | 45-33 |
| 16:25 | LSU | John Early is fouled on the floor by Richard Huffaker - foul #4 on Richard Huffaker, team foul #2 | 45-33 |
| Subs | LSU | James Knudson (PG) John Early | |
| Subs | Auburn | David Tourville (PG), Tracy Cruce (SF) Richard Huffaker, Wayne Gilbert | |
| 16:03 | LSU | James Poythress can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 45-33 |
| 16:02 | LSU | James Knudson misses the tip | 45-33 |
| 16:01 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Tracy Cruce | 45-33 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Knudson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jacob Loar (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Peter Gadomski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Poythress (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Johnny Wall (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - David Tourville (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Stanley Salisbury (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Tracy Cruce (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Yuri Burakowski (fresh) 3 pts. C - Khamisi Dare (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:41 | Auburn | David Tourville drills a driving attempt from the left block | 45-35 |
| 15:23 | LSU | Peter Gadomski clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 45-35 |
| 15:21 | Auburn | David Tourville pulls down the rebound | 45-35 |
| 15:09 | Auburn | James Poythress blocks the short jumper by Khamisi Dare | 45-35 |
| 15:08 | LSU | James Knudson grabs the board | 45-35 |
| 15:03 | LSU | Jacob Loar can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 45-35 |
| 15:02 | Auburn | Yuri Burakowski gets the rebound | 45-35 |
| 14:58 | Auburn | David Tourville is fouled on the floor by James Knudson - foul #1 on James Knudson, team foul #2 | 45-35 |
| Subs | LSU | John Early (PG), Raymond Isom (SF), Joseph Geise (C) James Knudson, Peter Gadomski, Johnny Wall | |
| Subs | Auburn | Bud Cullum (PG), Wayne Gilbert (SF), Thomas Mitchell (PF), Charles White (C) David Tourville, Tracy Cruce, Yuri Burakowski, Khamisi Dare | |
| 14:43 | Auburn | Bud Cullum misses short on a floater near the basket but the foul's on John Early - foul #3 on John Early, team foul #3 | 45-35 |
| 14:43 | Auburn | Bud Cullum misses the 1st free throw | 45-35 |
| 14:43 | Auburn | Bud Cullum makes the 2nd free throw | 45-36 |
| 14:26 | LSU | Raymond Isom can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 45-36 |
| 14:24 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Thomas Mitchell | 45-36 |
| 14:04 | Auburn | Charles White is whistled for a carry | 45-36 |
| Subs | LSU | Aaron Griffith (PG) Jacob Loar | |
| Subs | Auburn | Tracy Cruce (SF) Wayne Gilbert | |
| 13:44 | LSU | John Early misses short on a fadeaway from the right block | 45-36 |
| 13:43 | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury gets the rebound | 45-36 |
| 13:39 | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Aaron Griffith - foul #4 on Aaron Griffith, team foul #4 | 45-36 |
| Subs | LSU | James Knudson (PG), Michael McDermott (PF) Aaron Griffith, James Poythress | |
| Subs | Auburn | Khamisi Dare (C) Charles White | |
| 13:39 | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury misses the 1st free throw | 45-36 |
| 13:39 | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury misses the 2nd free throw | 45-36 |
| 13:39 | LSU | Michael McDermott grabs the board | 45-36 |
| 13:20 | LSU | John Early makes the fadeaway from the left side on a great pass from James Knudson and he's hacked by Stanley Salisbury - foul #1 on Stanley Salisbury, team foul #3 | 47-36 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Auburn | David Tourville (PG), Richard Huffaker (SG), Charles White (C) Bud Cullum, Stanley Salisbury, Khamisi Dare | |
| 13:20 | LSU | John Early misses the free throw | 47-36 |
| 13:20 | Auburn | Charles White gets the rebound | 47-36 |
| 13:05 | Auburn | Charles White misses short on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 47-36 |
| 13:04 | LSU | John Early grabs the defensive rebound | 47-36 |
| 12:37 | LSU | Raymond Isom is denied on a layup by Thomas Mitchell | 47-36 |
| 12:36 | LSU | Raymond Isom hits the follow up shot | 49-36 |
| 12:09 | Auburn | David Tourville misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 49-36 |
| 12:08 | Auburn | Charles White tips it in | 49-38 |
| 11:51 | LSU | David Tourville steals it from Joseph Geise | 49-38 |
| 11:47 | Auburn | David Tourville lays it up and in | 49-40 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Knudson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - John Early (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 pf. SF - Raymond Isom (fresh) 16 pts. 6 reb. PF - Michael McDermott (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Geise (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - David Tourville (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. SG - Richard Huffaker (fresh) 4 pf. SF - Tracy Cruce (fairly fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Thomas Mitchell (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Charles White (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:37 | LSU | John Early hits a jumper near the basket set up by Raymond Isom | 51-40 |
| 11:18 | Auburn | Charles White banks in the layup | 51-42 |
| 10:58 | LSU | John Early can't finish the layup | 51-42 |
| 10:56 | Auburn | Charles White pulls down the rebound | 51-42 |
| 10:33 | Auburn | Thomas Mitchell clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 51-42 |
| 10:32 | LSU | Raymond Isom grabs the board | 51-42 |
| 10:13 | LSU | John Early misses short on a floater from the right side | 51-42 |
| 10:11 | LSU | Joseph Geise tips it back up and in | 53-42 |
| 09:48 | Auburn | Charles White can't connect on a floater from the baseline | 53-42 |
| 09:46 | LSU | James Knudson grabs the board | 53-42 |
| 09:27 | LSU | Joseph Geise can't throw it down but the foul's on Charles White - foul #1 on Charles White, team foul #4 | 53-42 |
| Subs | LSU | Jacob Loar (SG), Peter Gadomski (SF), James Poythress (PF) John Early, Raymond Isom, Michael McDermott | |
| Subs | Auburn | Bud Cullum (PG), Wayne Gilbert (SF), Yuri Burakowski (PF), Khamisi Dare (C) David Tourville, Tracy Cruce, Thomas Mitchell, Charles White | |
| 09:27 | LSU | Joseph Geise makes the 1st free throw | 54-42 |
| 09:27 | LSU | Joseph Geise misses the 2nd free throw | 54-42 |
| 09:27 | LSU | Joseph Geise grabs the offensive rebound | 54-42 |
| 09:11 | LSU | Jacob Loar loses the ball out of bounds | 54-42 |
| Subs | LSU | Johnny Wall (C) Joseph Geise | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 08:56 | Auburn | Johnny Wall is called for the reach on Yuri Burakowski - foul #1 on Johnny Wall, team foul #5 | 54-42 |
| 08:37 | Auburn | Bud Cullum misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 54-42 |
| 08:36 | Auburn | Yuri Burakowski grabs the offensive rebound | 54-42 |
| 08:22 | Auburn | Bud Cullum can't connect on a floater from the right side | 54-42 |
| 08:21 | LSU | Johnny Wall grabs the defensive rebound | 54-42 |
| 08:05 | LSU | Peter Gadomski hits a jumpshot from the left wing | 56-42 |
| 07:53 | Auburn | James Knudson picks off the pass by Yuri Burakowski | 56-42 |
| 07:49 | LSU | James Knudson hits the finger roll | 58-42 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Knudson (tiring) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jacob Loar (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Peter Gadomski (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Poythress (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Johnny Wall (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Bud Cullum (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Huffaker (fairly fresh) 4 pf. SF - Wayne Gilbert (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Yuri Burakowski (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Khamisi Dare (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:31 | Auburn | Bud Cullum's pass is intercepted by James Knudson | 58-42 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 07:15 | LSU | Peter Gadomski knocks in the shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Johnny Wall | 60-42 |
| 07:10 | Auburn | Wayne Gilbert can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 60-42 |
| 07:08 | LSU | Johnny Wall snags the defensive board | 60-42 |
| 06:44 | LSU | Peter Gadomski misses short on a shot from the left block but he's hacked by Wayne Gilbert - foul #3 on Wayne Gilbert, team foul #5 | 60-42 |
| Subs | LSU | Aaron Griffith (PG), Daniel Foushee (SG), Joseph Geise (C) James Knudson, Jacob Loar, Johnny Wall | |
| Subs | Auburn | Tracy Cruce (SF), Thomas Mitchell (PF), Charles White (C) Wayne Gilbert, Yuri Burakowski, Khamisi Dare | |
| 06:44 | LSU | Peter Gadomski makes the 1st free throw | 61-42 |
| 06:44 | LSU | Peter Gadomski misses the 2nd free throw | 61-42 |
| 06:44 | Auburn | Thomas Mitchell grabs the defensive rebound | 61-42 |
| 06:39 | Auburn | Richard Huffaker misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 61-42 |
| 06:38 | LSU | James Poythress grabs the board | 61-42 |
| 06:09 | LSU | Aaron Griffith misses the fadeaway from the free throw line but the foul's on Thomas Mitchell - foul #3 on Thomas Mitchell, team foul #6 | 61-42 |
| Subs | LSU | John Early (SG), Raymond Isom (SF), Michael McDermott (PF) Daniel Foushee, Peter Gadomski, James Poythress | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 06:09 | LSU | Aaron Griffith misses the 1st free throw | 61-42 |
| 06:09 | LSU | Aaron Griffith makes the 2nd free throw | 62-42 |
| 05:45 | Auburn | Charles White buries a runner in the lane set up by Richard Huffaker | 62-44 |
| 05:28 | LSU | John Early is fouled on the floor by Richard Huffaker - foul #5 on Richard Huffaker, team foul #7 | 62-44 |
| Subs | LSU | Jacob Loar (SG) Aaron Griffith | |
| Subs | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury (SG) Richard Huffaker | |
| 05:28 | LSU | John Early makes the 1st free throw | 63-44 |
| 05:28 | LSU | John Early makes the 2nd free throw | 64-44 |
| 05:10 | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury buries a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 64-46 |
| 04:43 | LSU | Stanley Salisbury denies the turnaround by John Early | 64-46 |
| 04:41 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Tracy Cruce | 64-46 |
| 04:32 | Auburn | Jacob Loar is called for the reach on Stanley Salisbury - foul #1 on Jacob Loar, team foul #6 | 64-46 |
| Subs | LSU | James Poythress (PF) Michael McDermott | |
| Subs | Auburn | Khamisi Dare (C) Charles White | |
| 04:24 | Auburn | Khamisi Dare throws a bad pass out of bounds | 64-46 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Auburn | Charles White (C) Khamisi Dare | |
| 03:55 | LSU | Raymond Isom misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Thomas Mitchell - foul #4 on Thomas Mitchell, team foul #8 | 64-46 |
| Subs | LSU | Aaron Griffith (PG), Johnny Wall (C) Jacob Loar, Joseph Geise | |
| Subs | Auburn | Wayne Gilbert (SF), Yuri Burakowski (PF), Khamisi Dare (C) Tracy Cruce, Thomas Mitchell, Charles White | |
| 03:55 | LSU | Raymond Isom makes the 1st free throw | 65-46 |
| 03:55 | LSU | Raymond Isom makes the 2nd free throw | 66-46 |
| 03:37 | Auburn | Aaron Griffith picks off the pass by Bud Cullum | 66-46 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Aaron Griffith (fresh) 3 pts. 4 pf. SG - John Early (fresh) 15 pts. 3 pf. SF - Raymond Isom (fresh) 18 pts. 7 reb. PF - James Poythress (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. C - Johnny Wall (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Bud Cullum (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stanley Salisbury (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Wayne Gilbert (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Yuri Burakowski (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Khamisi Dare (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:22 | LSU | James Poythress misses badly on a shot from the left side | 66-46 |
| 03:20 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Yuri Burakowski | 66-46 |
| 03:12 | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury is fouled on the floor by John Early - foul #4 on John Early, team foul #7 | 66-46 |
| Subs | LSU | Daniel Foushee (SG) John Early | |
| Subs | Auburn | Tracy Cruce (SF), Thomas Mitchell (PF), Charles White (C) Wayne Gilbert, Yuri Burakowski, Khamisi Dare | |
| 03:12 | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury makes the 1st free throw | 66-47 |
| 03:12 | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury makes the 2nd free throw | 66-48 |
| 02:48 | LSU | Aaron Griffith is fouled on the floor by Bud Cullum - foul #2 on Bud Cullum, team foul #9 | 66-48 |
| Subs | LSU | Peter Gadomski (SF), Joseph Geise (C) Raymond Isom, Johnny Wall | |
| Subs | Auburn | David Tourville (SF) Tracy Cruce | |
| 02:48 | LSU | Aaron Griffith makes the 1st free throw | 67-48 |
| 02:48 | LSU | Aaron Griffith makes the 2nd free throw | 68-48 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:37 | Auburn | David Tourville misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 68-48 |
| 02:36 | LSU | Joseph Geise snags the defensive board | 68-48 |
| 02:11 | LSU | Peter Gadomski drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 71-48 |
| 01:45 | Auburn | Bud Cullum misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 71-48 |
| 01:44 | Auburn | Thomas Mitchell grabs the offensive rebound | 71-48 |
| 01:30 | Auburn | Thomas Mitchell drills a jump hook in the lane and he's fouled by Daniel Foushee - foul #1 on Daniel Foushee, team foul #8 | 71-50 |
| Subs | LSU | James Knudson (PG), John Early (SG), Raymond Isom (SF), Michael McDermott (PF) Aaron Griffith, Daniel Foushee, Peter Gadomski, James Poythress | |
| Subs | Auburn | Tracy Cruce (SF) David Tourville | |
| 01:30 | Auburn | Thomas Mitchell makes the free throw | 71-51 |
| 01:26 | LSU | James Knudson loses the dribble to Bud Cullum in the backcourt | 71-51 |
| 01:19 | Auburn | Tracy Cruce scores on a pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Bud Cullum | 71-53 |
| 00:57 | LSU | James Knudson is hacked by Bud Cullum - foul #3 on Bud Cullum, team foul #10 | 71-53 |
| 00:57 | LSU | James Knudson makes the 1st free throw | 72-53 |
| 00:57 | LSU | James Knudson makes the 2nd free throw | 73-53 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:51 | Auburn | Joseph Geise is called for the reach on Thomas Mitchell - foul #2 on Joseph Geise, team foul #9 | 73-53 |
| 00:51 | Auburn | Thomas Mitchell misses the 1st free throw | 73-53 |
| 00:51 | Auburn | The offensive rebound goes to Charles White | 73-53 |
| 00:48 | Auburn | Bud Cullum hits a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Thomas Mitchell | 73-56 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:26 | LSU | A charge is called on Raymond Isom - foul #3 on Raymond Isom, team foul #10 | 73-56 |
| 00:21 | Auburn | Stanley Salisbury hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing | 73-56 |
| 00:20 | LSU | John Early grabs the defensive rebound | 73-56 |
| 00:00 | LSU | James Knudson runs out the clock | 73-56 |