| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Bradley Dunning (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Parker (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Richard Knight (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Chad Smith (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Curtis Hines (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Woodrow Glickman (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Carlos Winters (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Leonard Barnes (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. PF - Harold Morris (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - James Mayne (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Richard Knight inbounds the ball | 22-31 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:32 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by William Parker | 25-31 |
| 19:14 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 25-31 |
| 19:12 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines pulls down the rebound | 25-31 |
| 19:07 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines hits the front of the rim on the shot near the basket but the foul's on Carlos Winters - foul #2 on Carlos Winters, team foul #1 | 25-31 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (SG), Randall Murray (SF) William Parker, Richard Knight | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 19:07 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines makes the 1st free throw | 26-31 |
| 19:07 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines makes the 2nd free throw | 27-31 |
| 18:52 | South Carolina | Harold Morris lays it in set up by Woodrow Glickman and he's fouled by Curtis Hines - foul #1 on Curtis Hines, team foul #1 | 27-33 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Dwight Jones (C) Curtis Hines | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 18:52 | South Carolina | Harold Morris misses the free throw | 27-33 |
| 18:52 | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu grabs the defensive rebound | 27-33 |
| 18:23 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 27-33 |
| 18:22 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Harold Morris | 27-33 |
| 18:04 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 27-33 |
| 18:03 | Mississippi | Dwight Jones snags the defensive board | 27-33 |
| 17:39 | Mississippi | Dwight Jones loses the dribble to Carlos Winters | 27-33 |
| 17:24 | South Carolina | James Mayne makes the fadeaway near the basket on a nice dish by Carlos Winters | 27-35 |
| 17:04 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning drills a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Dwight Jones | 30-35 |
| 16:43 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes can't connect on a jump hook near the basket | 30-35 |
| 16:42 | Mississippi | Dwight Jones grabs the board | 30-35 |
| 16:17 | Mississippi | Randall Murray travels with the ball | 30-35 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Parker (SG), Richard Knight (SF), Jason Williams (PF), Curtis Hines (C) Bradley Dunning, Randall Murray, Chad Smith, Dwight Jones | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (SG) Carlos Winters | |
| 16:04 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng loses the ball out of bounds | 30-35 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Kevin Carter (C) James Mayne | |
| 15:37 | Mississippi | Kevin Carter takes the ball from Jason Williams | 30-35 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Paul Mathieu (fresh) 3 pts. SG - William Parker (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Knight (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Jason Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Curtis Hines (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Woodrow Glickman (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Wei-Quo Meng (fresh) SF - Leonard Barnes (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. PF - Harold Morris (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. C - Kevin Carter (fresh) | |
| 15:20 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes drills a fadeaway from the right side set up by Woodrow Glickman | 30-37 |
| 15:05 | Mississippi | William Parker double dribbles | 30-37 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Chad Smith (PF) Jason Williams | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Carlos Winters (SG), William Pittman (SF), James Mayne (C) Woodrow Glickman, Leonard Barnes, Harold Morris | |
| 14:48 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 30-37 |
| 14:46 | South Carolina | Kevin Carter tips it back up and in | 30-39 |
| 14:25 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines drills a floater in the paint on a great pass from William Parker | 32-39 |
| 14:10 | South Carolina | William Pittman drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 32-42 |
| 13:44 | Mississippi | William Parker comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 32-42 |
| 13:43 | Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to Chad Smith | 32-42 |
| 13:20 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines misses the jumper from the right side | 32-42 |
| 13:19 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to James Mayne | 32-42 |
| 13:05 | South Carolina | James Mayne misses the jumper from the baseline | 32-42 |
| 13:04 | South Carolina | Carlos Winters grabs the offensive rebound | 32-42 |
| 12:50 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng misses long on a jumper from close range but he's hacked by Paul Mathieu - foul #3 on Paul Mathieu, team foul #2 | 32-42 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), Randall Murray (SF), Jason Williams (PF), Randy Quinlan (C) Paul Mathieu, Richard Knight, Chad Smith, Curtis Hines | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes (SF), Harold Morris (PF) William Pittman, James Mayne | |
| 12:50 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng makes the 1st free throw | 32-43 |
| 12:50 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng makes the 2nd free throw | 32-44 |
| 12:29 | Mississippi | Randall Murray misses the easy layup but the foul's on Wei-Quo Meng - foul #2 on Wei-Quo Meng, team foul #2 | 32-44 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman (PG), William Pittman (SG), Gilberto Molina (C) Wei-Quo Meng, Carlos Winters, Kevin Carter | |
| 12:29 | Mississippi | Randall Murray makes the 1st free throw | 33-44 |
| 12:29 | Mississippi | Randall Murray makes the 2nd free throw | 34-44 |
| 12:15 | South Carolina | Harold Morris makes the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 34-46 |
| 11:52 | Mississippi | William Parker is hacked by William Pittman - foul #1 on William Pittman, team foul #3 | 34-46 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (SG), Curtis Hines (C) William Parker, Randy Quinlan | |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Mayne (C) Gilberto Molina | |
| 11:40 | Mississippi | James Mayne swats the short shot by Curtis Hines | 34-46 |
| 11:39 | South Carolina | Harold Morris grabs the board | 34-46 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Bradley Dunning (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Paul Mathieu (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SF - Randall Murray (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jason Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Curtis Hines (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Woodrow Glickman (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SG - William Pittman (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Leonard Barnes (fresh) 10 pts. 2 stl. PF - Harold Morris (fresh) 9 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. C - James Mayne (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:20 | South Carolina | Harold Morris drills a turnaround near the basket on a nice dish by William Pittman | 34-48 |
| 10:57 | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 34-48 |
| 10:55 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman gets the rebound | 34-48 |
| 10:50 | South Carolina | Harold Morris comes up short on the runner near the basket | 34-48 |
| 10:48 | South Carolina | Harold Morris grabs the offensive rebound | 34-48 |
| 10:23 | South Carolina | William Pittman makes the shot from the baseline | 34-50 |
| 10:19 | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 34-50 |
| 10:18 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Harold Morris | 34-50 |
| 10:13 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 34-50 |
| 10:11 | South Carolina | The offensive rebound goes to Woodrow Glickman | 34-50 |
| 09:59 | South Carolina | William Pittman makes the turnaround from the baseline and the foul's on Paul Mathieu - foul #4 on Paul Mathieu, team foul #3 | 34-52 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Parker (SG), Richard Knight (SF), Chad Smith (PF), Randy Quinlan (C) Paul Mathieu, Randall Murray, Jason Williams, Curtis Hines | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Carlos Winters (SG) Leonard Barnes | |
| 09:59 | South Carolina | William Pittman makes the free throw | 34-53 |
| 09:46 | Mississippi | Richard Knight throws a bad pass out of bounds | 34-53 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Curtis Hines (C) Randy Quinlan | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez (SF), Kevin Carter (C) William Pittman, James Mayne | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 09:20 | South Carolina | Richard Knight steps in front of the Woodrow Glickman pass | 34-53 |
| 08:51 | Mississippi | William Parker clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 34-53 |
| 08:49 | South Carolina | Harold Morris gets the rebound | 34-53 |
| 08:21 | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez makes the 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Kevin Carter | 34-56 |
| 07:52 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 34-56 |
| 07:51 | South Carolina | Kevin Carter snags the defensive board | 34-56 |
| 07:32 | South Carolina | Kevin Carter connects on the jumper in the lane | 34-58 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Bradley Dunning (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Parker (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Richard Knight (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Chad Smith (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Curtis Hines (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Woodrow Glickman (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SG - Carlos Winters (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Oscar Hernandez (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Harold Morris (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 12 reb. 2 blk. C - Kevin Carter (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:17 | Mississippi | Oscar Hernandez is called for the reach on Bradley Dunning - foul #1 on Oscar Hernandez, team foul #4 | 34-58 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (PG), Randall Murray (SF), Dwight Jones (C) Bradley Dunning, Richard Knight, Curtis Hines | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski (PG), Wei-Quo Meng (SG), William Pittman (SF), Gilberto Molina (C) Woodrow Glickman, Carlos Winters, Oscar Hernandez, Harold Morris | |
| 07:04 | Mississippi | Chad Smith hits a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Paul Mathieu | 36-58 |
| 06:41 | South Carolina | William Pittman misses the jumper in the lane | 36-58 |
| 06:39 | Mississippi | Randall Murray grabs the defensive rebound | 36-58 |
| 06:11 | Mississippi | William Parker is hacked by Ivan Derezinski - foul #1 on Ivan Derezinski, team foul #5 | 36-58 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Knight (SG), Jason Williams (PF), Randy Quinlan (C) William Parker, Chad Smith, Dwight Jones | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez (SF) Kevin Carter | |
| 05:49 | Mississippi | Gilberto Molina is called for the reach on Jason Williams - foul #2 on Gilberto Molina, team foul #6 | 36-58 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), Chad Smith (PF), Curtis Hines (C) Richard Knight, Jason Williams, Randy Quinlan | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 05:31 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 36-58 |
| 05:29 | South Carolina | William Pittman gets the rebound | 36-58 |
| 05:11 | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 36-58 |
| 05:10 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng tips it home | 36-60 |
| 04:50 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 36-60 |
| 04:49 | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu grabs the offensive board | 36-60 |
| 04:28 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 36-60 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Parker (SG), Richard Knight (SF), Jason Williams (PF), Dwight Jones (C) Paul Mathieu, Randall Murray, Chad Smith, Curtis Hines | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Kevin Carter (PF) Oscar Hernandez | |
| 04:04 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng can't connect on a floater from the left wing | 36-60 |
| 04:02 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng snags the offensive board | 36-60 |
| 03:49 | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski is fouled on the floor by William Parker - foul #2 on William Parker, team foul #4 | 36-60 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (PG), Chad Smith (PF), Randy Quinlan (C) Bradley Dunning, Jason Williams, Dwight Jones | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez (SF) Ivan Derezinski | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 03:32 | South Carolina | Kevin Carter is called for 5 seconds | 36-60 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Randall Murray (SF), Curtis Hines (C) William Parker, Randy Quinlan | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Paul Mathieu (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - Richard Knight (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Randall Murray (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Chad Smith (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Curtis Hines (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Wei-Quo Meng (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SG - William Pittman (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SF - Oscar Hernandez (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Kevin Carter (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Gilberto Molina (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 03:19 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines drills a jumper near the basket set up by Chad Smith | 38-60 |
| 02:57 | South Carolina | Curtis Hines steals the ball from Kevin Carter | 38-60 |
| 02:41 | Mississippi | Chad Smith's floater is knocked away by Gilberto Molina | 38-60 |
| 02:39 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng snags the defensive board | 38-60 |
| 02:33 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 38-60 |
| 02:32 | Mississippi | Randall Murray grabs the defensive rebound | 38-60 |
| 02:25 | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu's floater is tipped away by Gilberto Molina | 38-60 |
| 02:23 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina gets the rebound | 38-60 |
| 02:08 | South Carolina | Kevin Carter comes up short on the floater from the right block | 38-60 |
| 02:07 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines grabs the board | 38-60 |
| 01:50 | Mississippi | Randall Murray is hacked by Oscar Hernandez - foul #2 on Oscar Hernandez, team foul #7 | 38-60 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), William Parker (SG) Paul Mathieu, Richard Knight | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski (PG) Oscar Hernandez | |
| 01:50 | Mississippi | Randall Murray makes the 1st free throw | 39-60 |
| 01:50 | Mississippi | Randall Murray makes the 2nd free throw | 40-60 |
| 01:32 | South Carolina | The jumper by William Pittman is denied by Curtis Hines | 40-60 |
| 01:31 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines gets the rebound | 40-60 |
| 01:22 | Mississippi | Randall Murray's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-60 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Knight (SF) Randall Murray | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 00:57 | South Carolina | William Pittman clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 40-60 |
| 00:55 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina tips it but misses | 40-60 |
| 00:53 | Mississippi | Chad Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 40-60 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:48 | Mississippi | Wei-Quo Meng picks off the pass by Richard Knight | 40-60 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:25 | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski is called for a charge - foul #2 on Ivan Derezinski, team foul #8 | 40-60 |
| 00:21 | Mississippi | William Parker knocks in the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Bradley Dunning | 43-60 |
| 00:00 | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski runs out the clock | 43-60 |