| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Robert Long (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Wayne Powell (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Clarence Williams (fresh) 2 stl. PF - Lin Xiong (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Curtis Wiedeman (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Lance Ebert (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Travis Craig (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Gallego (fresh) PF - David Mills (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - David West (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi State | Clarence Williams inbounds the ball | 30-24 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a fastbreak offense and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 19:41 | Mississippi State | Lin Xiong drills a turnaround from close range set up by Clarence Williams and he's hacked by David Mills - foul #3 on David Mills, team foul #1 | 32-24 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen (PG), Gene Land (SG) Robert Long, Wayne Powell | |
| Subs | Auburn | Joseph Simon (PF) David Mills | |
| 19:41 | Mississippi State | Lin Xiong misses the free throw | 32-24 |
| 19:41 | Auburn | Joseph Simon gets the rebound | 32-24 |
| 19:22 | Auburn | David West clanks a fadeaway from the left block | 32-24 |
| 19:21 | Mississippi State | Lin Xiong grabs the board | 32-24 |
| 19:16 | Mississippi State | Gene Land clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 32-24 |
| 19:15 | Mississippi State | Lin Xiong gets the offensive rebound | 32-24 |
| 18:54 | Mississippi State | Gene Land throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-24 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Wayne Powell (SG), Danny Carreiro (SF), Li-Liang Zhao (PF), Guadalupe Mendoza (C) Gene Land, Clarence Williams, Lin Xiong, Curtis Wiedeman | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 18:27 | Auburn | David West misses the lay-in | 32-24 |
| 18:25 | Mississippi State | Danny Carreiro snags the defensive board | 32-24 |
| 18:20 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen blows the dunk | 32-24 |
| 18:18 | Auburn | Joseph Simon grabs the defensive rebound | 32-24 |
| 17:58 | Auburn | Guadalupe Mendoza is called for the reach on James Gallego - foul #1 on Guadalupe Mendoza, team foul #1 | 32-24 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Robert Long (PG), Clarence Williams (SF), Curtis Wiedeman (C) Wayne Powell, Li-Liang Zhao, Guadalupe Mendoza | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 17:33 | Auburn | Travis Craig buries a pull-up jumper from the right side | 32-26 |
| 17:14 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Travis Craig - foul #1 on Travis Craig, team foul #2 | 32-26 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Wayne Powell (SG), Li-Liang Zhao (PF), Guadalupe Mendoza (C) Clarence Williams, Danny Carreiro, Curtis Wiedeman | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 17:14 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen misses the 1st free throw | 32-26 |
| 17:14 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen misses the 2nd free throw | 32-26 |
| 17:14 | Auburn | Joseph Simon snags the defensive board | 32-26 |
| 16:57 | Auburn | Travis Craig loses the dribble to Gregory Claassen | 32-26 |
| 16:53 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen jams it | 34-26 |
| 16:25 | Auburn | Lance Ebert misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 34-26 |
| 16:23 | Auburn | Joseph Simon grabs the offensive board | 34-26 |
| 16:08 | Auburn | Wayne Powell picks off the pass by Lance Ebert out of a doubleteam | 34-26 |
| 16:05 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen dunks the ball set up by Wayne Powell | 36-26 |
| 15:43 | Auburn | Lance Ebert connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 36-29 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Robert Long (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Wayne Powell (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gregory Claassen (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Li-Liang Zhao (fresh) C - Guadalupe Mendoza (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Lance Ebert (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Travis Craig (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Gallego (fairly fresh) PF - Joseph Simon (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - David West (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:25 | Mississippi State | Wayne Powell can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 36-29 |
| 15:24 | Auburn | James Gallego pulls down the rebound | 36-29 |
| 15:04 | Auburn | David West misses the jumper from the left side but the foul's on Guadalupe Mendoza - foul #2 on Guadalupe Mendoza, team foul #2 | 36-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Gene Land (SG), Clarence Williams (SF), Danny Carreiro (PF), Curtis Wiedeman (C) Robert Long, Wayne Powell, Li-Liang Zhao, Guadalupe Mendoza | |
| Subs | Auburn | David Mills (PF) Joseph Simon | |
| 15:04 | Auburn | David West misses the 1st free throw | 36-29 |
| 15:04 | Auburn | David West makes the 2nd free throw | 36-30 |
| 14:41 | Mississippi State | Gene Land buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 38-30 |
| 14:26 | Auburn | David Mills misses the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Danny Carreiro - foul #1 on Danny Carreiro, team foul #3 | 38-30 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Robert Long (PG), Lin Xiong (PF) Gregory Claassen, Danny Carreiro | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 14:26 | Auburn | David Mills misses the 1st free throw | 38-30 |
| 14:26 | Auburn | David Mills makes the 2nd free throw | 38-31 |
| 14:09 | Mississippi State | Lin Xiong clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 38-31 |
| 14:08 | Auburn | David West snags the defensive board | 38-31 |
| 14:02 | Auburn | Lance Ebert is hacked by Clarence Williams - foul #2 on Clarence Williams, team foul #4 | 38-31 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen (PG), Wayne Powell (SG), Danny Carreiro (PF) Robert Long, Gene Land, Lin Xiong | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 13:34 | Auburn | David Mills hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 38-31 |
| 13:32 | Auburn | David West grabs the offensive rebound | 38-31 |
| 13:09 | Auburn | Lance Ebert works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 38-31 |
| 13:08 | Auburn | David Mills hits the follow up shot | 38-33 |
| 12:51 | Mississippi State | Clarence Williams is hacked by David West - foul #3 on David West, team foul #3 | 38-33 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Robert Long (PG), Gene Land (SG), Lin Xiong (PF) Gregory Claassen, Wayne Powell, Clarence Williams | |
| Subs | Auburn | Steven Hensley (C) David West | |
| 12:35 | Mississippi State | David Mills swats the short shot by Gene Land | 38-33 |
| 12:33 | Mississippi State | Curtis Wiedeman hits the follow up shot | 40-33 |
| 12:15 | Auburn | David Mills dunks the ball set up by Lance Ebert out of the doubleteam | 40-35 |
| 12:00 | Mississippi State | Gene Land knocks in the jumpshot from the free throw line on a great pass from Robert Long | 42-35 |
| 11:36 | Auburn | David Mills shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the driving attempt in the paint but he's fouled by Lin Xiong - foul #3 on Lin Xiong, team foul #5 | 42-35 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen (PG), Wayne Powell (SG), Clarence Williams (SF), Guadalupe Mendoza (C) Robert Long, Gene Land, Danny Carreiro, Curtis Wiedeman | |
| Subs | Auburn | Rodney Walden (PG), Michael Wagner (SF), David West (C) Lance Ebert, James Gallego, Steven Hensley | |
| 11:36 | Auburn | David Mills misses the 1st free throw | 42-35 |
| 11:36 | Auburn | David Mills makes the 2nd free throw | 42-36 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Gregory Claassen (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Wayne Powell (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Clarence Williams (fresh) 2 stl. PF - Lin Xiong (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Guadalupe Mendoza (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Rodney Walden (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Travis Craig (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Wagner (fresh) PF - David Mills (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. C - David West (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:17 | Mississippi State | Wayne Powell misses the 3 from the left corner | 42-36 |
| 11:15 | Auburn | Michael Wagner grabs the defensive rebound | 42-36 |
| 10:48 | Auburn | A charge is called on David West - foul #4 on David West, team foul #4 | 42-36 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Robert Long (PG), Curtis Wiedeman (C) Gregory Claassen, Guadalupe Mendoza | |
| Subs | Auburn | Samuel Bateman (SG), Steven Hensley (C) Travis Craig, David West | |
| 10:37 | Mississippi State | Lin Xiong can't connect on a shot from the left wing | 42-36 |
| 10:36 | Auburn | David Mills gets the rebound | 42-36 |
| 10:31 | Auburn | Rodney Walden is fouled on the floor by Lin Xiong - foul #4 on Lin Xiong, team foul #6 | 42-36 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Danny Carreiro (PF), Guadalupe Mendoza (C) Lin Xiong, Curtis Wiedeman | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 10:18 | Auburn | Samuel Bateman is fouled on the floor by Robert Long - foul #1 on Robert Long, team foul #7 | 42-36 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen (SG), Curtis Wiedeman (C) Wayne Powell, Guadalupe Mendoza | |
| Subs | Auburn | Lance Ebert (PG) Rodney Walden | |
| 10:18 | Auburn | Samuel Bateman misses the 1st free throw | 42-36 |
| 10:18 | Mississippi State | Danny Carreiro grabs the board | 42-36 |
| 10:05 | Mississippi State | Curtis Wiedeman misses the lay-in | 42-36 |
| 10:03 | Mississippi State | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Long | 42-36 |
| 09:55 | Mississippi State | A charge is called on Gregory Claassen - foul #3 on Gregory Claassen, team foul #8 | 42-36 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Wayne Powell (SG), Guadalupe Mendoza (C) Robert Long, Curtis Wiedeman | |
| Subs | Auburn | James Gallego (SF) Michael Wagner | |
| 09:38 | Auburn | Lance Ebert connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 42-38 |
| 09:20 | Mississippi State | Wayne Powell makes the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Guadalupe Mendoza | 45-38 |
| 09:01 | Auburn | Gregory Claassen steals the ball from David Mills | 45-38 |
| 08:57 | Mississippi State | Danny Carreiro can't finish the layup | 45-38 |
| 08:55 | Mississippi State | Clarence Williams pulls down the offensive rebound | 45-38 |
| 08:38 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen knocks in the shot from the left block on a great pass from Guadalupe Mendoza | 47-38 |
| 08:14 | Auburn | Lance Ebert is hacked by Danny Carreiro - foul #2 on Danny Carreiro, team foul #9 | 47-38 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Robert Long (PG), Gene Land (SG), Li-Liang Zhao (PF), Curtis Wiedeman (C) Gregory Claassen, Wayne Powell, Danny Carreiro, Guadalupe Mendoza | |
| Subs | Auburn | Travis Craig (SG), Joseph Simon (C) Samuel Bateman, Steven Hensley | |
| 08:14 | Auburn | Lance Ebert makes the 1st free throw | 47-39 |
| 08:14 | Auburn | Lance Ebert makes the 2nd free throw | 47-40 |
| 07:58 | Mississippi State | Clarence Williams drills a jumpshot from the left wing set up by Robert Long | 49-40 |
| 07:29 | Auburn | David Mills can't finish the layup | 49-40 |
| 07:27 | Mississippi State | Robert Long pulls down the rebound | 49-40 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Robert Long (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Gene Land (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Clarence Williams (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Li-Liang Zhao (fresh) C - Curtis Wiedeman (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Lance Ebert (tiring) 13 pts. 2 ast. SG - Travis Craig (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Gallego (tiring) 2 reb. PF - David Mills (tiring) 10 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. C - Joseph Simon (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 07:20 | Mississippi State | Clarence Williams misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side but the foul's on James Gallego - foul #1 on James Gallego, team foul #5 | 49-40 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Lin Xiong (PF) Li-Liang Zhao | |
| Subs | Auburn | Rodney Walden (PG), Michael Wagner (SF), David West (C) Lance Ebert, James Gallego, David Mills | |
| 07:20 | Mississippi State | Clarence Williams makes the 1st free throw | 50-40 |
| 07:20 | Mississippi State | Clarence Williams misses the 2nd free throw | 50-40 |
| 07:20 | Auburn | Joseph Simon snags the defensive board | 50-40 |
| 06:56 | Auburn | Travis Craig is hacked by Lin Xiong - foul #5 on Lin Xiong, team foul #10 | 50-40 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Wayne Powell (SG), Danny Carreiro (SF), Li-Liang Zhao (PF) Gene Land, Clarence Williams, Lin Xiong | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 06:56 | Auburn | Travis Craig misses the 1st free throw | 50-40 |
| 06:56 | Auburn | Travis Craig misses the 2nd free throw | 50-40 |
| 06:56 | Mississippi State | Li-Liang Zhao pulls down the rebound | 50-40 |
| 06:52 | Mississippi State | Wayne Powell double dribbles | 50-40 |
| 06:23 | Auburn | Travis Craig misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing | 50-40 |
| 06:21 | Auburn | Joseph Simon grabs the offensive board | 50-40 |
| 06:01 | Auburn | Joseph Simon is called for traveling | 50-40 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen (PG), Gene Land (SG), Clarence Williams (SF), Guadalupe Mendoza (C) Robert Long, Wayne Powell, Li-Liang Zhao, Curtis Wiedeman | |
| Subs | Auburn | Lance Ebert (PG), James Gallego (SF), David Mills (PF) Rodney Walden, Michael Wagner, Joseph Simon | |
| 05:49 | Mississippi State | Lance Ebert steals it from Gene Land | 50-40 |
| 05:27 | Auburn | David West hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Travis Craig | 50-42 |
| 05:11 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 50-42 |
| 05:09 | Mississippi State | Clarence Williams misses the tip | 50-42 |
| 05:08 | Auburn | David Mills gets the rebound | 50-42 |
| 04:43 | Auburn | Clarence Williams steps in front of the Lance Ebert pass | 50-42 |
| 04:23 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen hits a floater from the right side | 52-42 |
| 03:59 | Auburn | David West clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 52-42 |
| 03:57 | Mississippi State | Danny Carreiro gets the rebound | 52-42 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a fastbreak offense and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 03:54 | Mississippi State | Clarence Williams double dribbles in the backcourt | 52-42 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Robert Long (PG), Wayne Powell (SG), Li-Liang Zhao (PF), Curtis Wiedeman (C) Gene Land, Clarence Williams, Danny Carreiro, Guadalupe Mendoza | |
| Subs | Auburn | Rodney Walden (PG), Michael Wagner (SF), Joseph Simon (PF) Lance Ebert, James Gallego, David Mills | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a fastbreak offense and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 03:40 | Auburn | David West can't connect on a fadeaway in the paint | 52-42 |
| 03:38 | Mississippi State | Li-Liang Zhao snags the defensive board | 52-42 |
| 03:34 | Mississippi State | David West denies the turnaround by Gregory Claassen | 52-42 |
| 03:32 | Mississippi State | Robert Long snags the offensive board | 52-42 |
| 03:16 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen lays it in on a great pass from Wayne Powell and he's fouled by Michael Wagner - foul #1 on Michael Wagner, team foul #6 | 54-42 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Gene Land (SG), Danny Carreiro (SF), Ernest Catoe (PF), Guadalupe Mendoza (C) Robert Long, Wayne Powell, Li-Liang Zhao, Curtis Wiedeman | |
| Subs | Auburn | Samuel Bateman (SG), Steven Hensley (C) Travis Craig, David West | |
| 03:16 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen misses the free throw | 54-42 |
| 03:16 | Auburn | Steven Hensley snags the defensive board | 54-42 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Gregory Claassen (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Gene Land (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Danny Carreiro (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. PF - Ernest Catoe (fresh) C - Guadalupe Mendoza (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Rodney Walden (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Samuel Bateman (fresh) SF - Michael Wagner (fresh) PF - Joseph Simon (fresh) 6 reb. C - Steven Hensley (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:01 | Auburn | Rodney Walden's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 54-42 |
| 02:41 | Mississippi State | Danny Carreiro knocks in the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Gene Land | 56-42 |
| 02:32 | Auburn | Joseph Simon misses the floater from the left side but the foul's on Ernest Catoe - foul #1 on Ernest Catoe, team foul #11 | 56-42 |
| 02:32 | Auburn | Joseph Simon misses the 1st free throw | 56-42 |
| 02:32 | Auburn | Joseph Simon makes the 2nd free throw | 56-43 |
| 02:08 | Mississippi State | Guadalupe Mendoza is called for traveling | 56-43 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| Subs | Auburn | Elmer Mills (PG), Leo Hatten (SF) Rodney Walden, Michael Wagner | |
| 01:53 | Auburn | Samuel Bateman misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 56-43 |
| 01:52 | Mississippi State | Gene Land pulls down the rebound | 56-43 |
| 01:47 | Mississippi State | Gene Land misses the lay-in | 56-43 |
| 01:46 | Mississippi State | Danny Carreiro grabs the offensive rebound | 56-43 |
| 01:28 | Mississippi State | Joseph Simon swats the layup by Gregory Claassen | 56-43 |
| 01:26 | Auburn | Elmer Mills grabs the defensive rebound | 56-43 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a fastbreak offense and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 01:08 | Auburn | Joseph Simon is called for traveling | 56-43 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Li-Liang Zhao (PF) Ernest Catoe | |
| Subs | Auburn | Rodney Walden (PG), Michael Wagner (SF) Elmer Mills, Leo Hatten | |
| 00:58 | Mississippi State | Danny Carreiro misses short on a shot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Samuel Bateman - foul #2 on Samuel Bateman, team foul #7 | 56-43 |
| 00:58 | Mississippi State | Danny Carreiro makes the 1st free throw | 57-43 |
| 00:58 | Mississippi State | Danny Carreiro makes the 2nd free throw | 58-43 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a fastbreak offense and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 00:52 | Auburn | Steven Hensley travels with the ball | 58-43 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 00:24 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen misses the shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Joseph Simon - foul #2 on Joseph Simon, team foul #8 | 58-43 |
| 00:24 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen makes the 1st free throw | 59-43 |
| 00:24 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen makes the 2nd free throw | 60-43 |
| 00:19 | Auburn | The short jumper by Michael Wagner is denied by Guadalupe Mendoza | 60-43 |
| 00:18 | Auburn | Joseph Simon gets the offensive rebound | 60-43 |
| 00:14 | Auburn | Rodney Walden misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 60-43 |
| 00:13 | Mississippi State | Guadalupe Mendoza grabs the board | 60-43 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi State | Gregory Claassen runs out the clock | 60-43 |