| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Jeremy Macaulay (fresh) 5 ast. SG - Cecil Skinner (fresh) 16 pts. SF - Chuck Mansfield (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. PF - Nicholas Anderson (fresh) 3 reb. C - Christopher Spann (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Larry Johnson (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Roland Dixon (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Erik Hand (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. PF - Anton Turner (fresh) 3 reb. C - Jesse Boyers (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Kentucky | Erik Hand inbounds the ball | 35-37 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:39 | Kentucky | Larry Johnson hits a jumper from the free throw line | 35-39 |
| 19:31 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 35-39 |
| 19:29 | Mississippi | Christopher Spann tips it in | 37-39 |
| 19:19 | Kentucky | Larry Johnson blows the dunk | 37-39 |
| 19:18 | Kentucky | Roland Dixon tips it back up and in | 37-41 |
| 18:53 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner can't connect on a turnaround from the left block but he's hacked by Jesse Boyers - foul #3 on Jesse Boyers, team foul #1 | 37-41 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Wayne Blocker (C) Jesse Boyers | |
| 18:53 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner makes the 1st free throw | 38-41 |
| 18:53 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner makes the 2nd free throw | 39-41 |
| 18:44 | Kentucky | Larry Johnson is fouled on the floor by Chuck Mansfield - foul #3 on Chuck Mansfield, team foul #1 | 39-41 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Laird (SF) Chuck Mansfield | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 18:26 | Kentucky | Wayne Blocker misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing | 39-41 |
| 18:25 | Kentucky | Larry Johnson hits the follow up shot | 39-43 |
| 18:09 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane | 39-43 |
| 18:07 | Kentucky | Erik Hand pulls down the rebound | 39-43 |
| 17:48 | Kentucky | Larry Johnson is fouled on the floor by Jeremy Macaulay - foul #2 on Jeremy Macaulay, team foul #2 | 39-43 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | William Dawley (PF) Anton Turner | |
| 17:40 | Kentucky | Roland Dixon is fouled on the floor by Jeremy Macaulay - foul #3 on Jeremy Macaulay, team foul #3 | 39-43 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jeffrey Zybia (PG) Jeremy Macaulay | |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Adams (SF) Erik Hand | |
| 17:15 | Kentucky | Wayne Blocker can't throw it down | 39-43 |
| 17:14 | Kentucky | Wayne Blocker tips it but misses | 39-43 |
| 17:12 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Christopher Laird | 39-43 |
| 17:05 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird clanks a driving attempt in the lane but he's hacked by John Adams - foul #1 on John Adams, team foul #2 | 39-43 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis (PG) Larry Johnson | |
| 17:05 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird makes the 1st free throw | 40-43 |
| 17:05 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird makes the 2nd free throw | 41-43 |
| 16:47 | Kentucky | John Adams throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-43 |
| 16:34 | Mississippi | Christopher Spann makes the floater near the basket on a great pass from Jeffrey Zybia | 43-43 |
| 16:21 | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 43-43 |
| 16:19 | Kentucky | Wayne Blocker gets the offensive rebound | 43-43 |
| 15:59 | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 43-46 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Jeffrey Zybia (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Cecil Skinner (fairly fresh) 18 pts. SF - Christopher Laird (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Nicholas Anderson (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Christopher Spann (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Jeffrey Jarvis (fresh) 9 pts. SG - Roland Dixon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Adams (fresh) 5 pts. PF - William Dawley (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Wayne Blocker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:50 | Mississippi | Roland Dixon picks off the pass by Cecil Skinner out of a doubleteam | 43-46 |
| 15:41 | Kentucky | Roland Dixon hits a 3pt shot from the right corner | 43-49 |
| 15:36 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird comes up short on the shot in the paint | 43-49 |
| 15:34 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird gets the offensive rebound | 43-49 |
| 15:17 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird misses short on a jumper in the lane | 43-49 |
| 15:16 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird tips it home | 45-49 |
| 14:54 | Kentucky | Nicholas Anderson is called for the reach on William Dawley - foul #2 on Nicholas Anderson, team foul #4 | 45-49 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jeremy Macaulay (PG), Chuck Mansfield (SF), John Ralls (PF) Jeffrey Zybia, Christopher Laird, Nicholas Anderson | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Larry Johnson (PG), Erik Hand (SF), Anton Turner (PF), Jesse Boyers (C) Jeffrey Jarvis, John Adams, William Dawley, Wayne Blocker | |
| 14:48 | Kentucky | Roland Dixon misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 45-49 |
| 14:47 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield grabs the defensive rebound | 45-49 |
| 14:27 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner clanks a fadeaway from the right wing | 45-49 |
| 14:25 | Mississippi | Christopher Spann snags the offensive board | 45-49 |
| 14:07 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner clanks a fadeaway from the right wing | 45-49 |
| 14:05 | Kentucky | Erik Hand grabs the board | 45-49 |
| 13:50 | Kentucky | Erik Hand misses long on a floater from the right side | 45-49 |
| 13:49 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to John Ralls | 45-49 |
| 13:24 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner hits a floater from the right block | 47-49 |
| 13:18 | Kentucky | Erik Hand can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 47-49 |
| 13:17 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner snags the defensive board | 47-49 |
| 13:00 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 47-49 |
| 12:58 | Kentucky | Larry Johnson gets the rebound | 47-49 |
| 12:49 | Kentucky | Larry Johnson buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Roland Dixon | 47-52 |
| 12:31 | Mississippi | Christopher Spann double dribbles | 47-52 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Laird (SG), Nicholas Anderson (PF), Ronald Edwards (C) Cecil Skinner, John Ralls, Christopher Spann | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ernie Satterwhite (SG), John Adams (SF), William Dawley (PF), Wayne Blocker (C) Roland Dixon, Erik Hand, Anton Turner, Jesse Boyers | |
| 12:19 | Kentucky | Ernie Satterwhite knocks in the shot from the right wing on a great pass from Larry Johnson and the foul's on Christopher Laird - foul #1 on Christopher Laird, team foul #5 | 47-54 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis (PG) Larry Johnson | |
| 12:19 | Kentucky | Ernie Satterwhite makes the free throw | 47-55 |
| 12:05 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Jarvis steals it from Christopher Laird | 47-55 |
| 11:47 | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by John Adams | 47-58 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Jeremy Macaulay (fairly fresh) 5 ast. 3 pf. SG - Christopher Laird (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. SF - Chuck Mansfield (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Nicholas Anderson (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Ronald Edwards (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Jeffrey Jarvis (fresh) 12 pts. SG - Ernie Satterwhite (fresh) 7 pts. SF - John Adams (fresh) 5 pts. PF - William Dawley (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Wayne Blocker (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:25 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield connects on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Jeremy Macaulay | 49-58 |
| 10:56 | Kentucky | Wayne Blocker misses badly on a jump hook near the basket | 49-58 |
| 10:54 | Kentucky | John Adams pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-58 |
| 10:39 | Kentucky | Ernie Satterwhite misses badly on a jumper from the right wing | 49-58 |
| 10:37 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield gets the rebound | 49-58 |
| 10:17 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 49-58 |
| 10:16 | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis grabs the defensive rebound | 49-58 |
| 09:57 | Kentucky | Ernie Satterwhite connects on the jump hook from the right block on a nice dish by Wayne Blocker | 49-60 |
| 09:38 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird blows the layup | 49-60 |
| 09:36 | Kentucky | Ernie Satterwhite snags the defensive board | 49-60 |
| 09:23 | Kentucky | Wayne Blocker connects on the floater from the left block and he's hacked by Ronald Edwards - foul #3 on Ronald Edwards, team foul #6 | 49-62 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner (SG), John Ralls (PF), Christopher Spann (C) Christopher Laird, Nicholas Anderson, Ronald Edwards | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Larry Johnson (PG), Roland Dixon (SG), Erik Hand (SF), Anton Turner (PF) Jeffrey Jarvis, Ernie Satterwhite, John Adams, William Dawley | |
| 09:23 | Kentucky | Wayne Blocker makes the free throw | 49-63 |
| 09:06 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the floater from just outside the lane | 49-63 |
| 09:04 | Kentucky | Wayne Blocker grabs the board | 49-63 |
| 08:45 | Kentucky | Erik Hand makes the 3 pointer from straight away | 49-66 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 08:34 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side | 49-66 |
| 08:33 | Mississippi | John Ralls tips it home | 51-66 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 08:10 | Kentucky | Erik Hand loses the dribble to Cecil Skinner | 51-66 |
| 08:04 | Mississippi | Erik Hand is called for the reach on Chuck Mansfield - foul #2 on Erik Hand, team foul #3 | 51-66 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jeffrey Zybia (PG) Jeremy Macaulay | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jesse Boyers (C) Wayne Blocker | |
| 07:53 | Mississippi | John Ralls is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Chuck Mansfield | 53-66 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 07:30 | Kentucky | Anton Turner misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Chuck Mansfield - foul #4 on Chuck Mansfield, team foul #7 | 53-66 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Nicholas Anderson (PF) John Ralls | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ernie Satterwhite (SG) Roland Dixon | |
| 07:30 | Kentucky | Anton Turner makes the 1st free throw | 53-67 |
| 07:30 | Kentucky | Anton Turner makes the 2nd free throw | 53-68 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Jeffrey Zybia (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Cecil Skinner (fresh) 20 pts. SF - Chuck Mansfield (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. PF - Nicholas Anderson (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Christopher Spann (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Larry Johnson (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. SG - Ernie Satterwhite (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Erik Hand (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. PF - Anton Turner (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Jesse Boyers (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:26 | Mississippi | Larry Johnson steals the ball from Jeffrey Zybia in the backcourt | 53-68 |
| 07:25 | Kentucky | Larry Johnson lays it up and in | 53-70 |
| 07:02 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield is doubleteamed and called for traveling | 53-70 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jeremy Macaulay (PG) Jeffrey Zybia | |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Adams (SF), William Dawley (PF) Erik Hand, Anton Turner | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 06:45 | Kentucky | Jesse Boyers banks in the layup on a nice dish by Larry Johnson | 53-72 |
| 06:26 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a shot from the right side but he's hacked by Jesse Boyers - foul #4 on Jesse Boyers, team foul #4 | 53-72 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Laird (SF) Chuck Mansfield | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis (PG), Roland Dixon (SG) Larry Johnson, Ernie Satterwhite | |
| 06:26 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner misses the 1st free throw | 53-72 |
| 06:26 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner makes the 2nd free throw | 54-72 |
| 06:03 | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis is fouled on the floor by Christopher Spann - foul #3 on Christopher Spann, team foul #8 | 54-72 |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Ralls (PF) Nicholas Anderson | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Erik Hand (SF) John Adams | |
| 06:03 | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis misses the 1st free throw | 54-72 |
| 06:03 | Mississippi | Christopher Spann pulls down the rebound | 54-72 |
| 05:56 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird comes up short on the jump hook from the left block | 54-72 |
| 05:55 | Kentucky | Erik Hand pulls down the rebound | 54-72 |
| 05:28 | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 54-72 |
| 05:26 | Mississippi | John Ralls gets the rebound | 54-72 |
| 05:09 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner scores on a jumpshot from the free throw line on a great pass from Christopher Spann | 56-72 |
| 04:47 | Kentucky | William Dawley is hacked by Christopher Spann - foul #4 on Christopher Spann, team foul #9 | 56-72 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jeffrey Zybia (PG), Chuck Mansfield (SF) Jeremy Macaulay, Christopher Laird | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Larry Johnson (PG), Ernie Satterwhite (SG), John Adams (SF), Wayne Blocker (C) Jeffrey Jarvis, Roland Dixon, Erik Hand, Jesse Boyers | |
| 04:47 | Kentucky | William Dawley makes the 1st free throw | 56-73 |
| 04:47 | Kentucky | William Dawley makes the 2nd free throw | 56-74 |
| 04:31 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 56-74 |
| 04:29 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Larry Johnson | 56-74 |
| 04:00 | Kentucky | Larry Johnson knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Ernie Satterwhite | 56-77 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:44 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 56-77 |
| 03:42 | Mississippi | Christopher Spann tips it but misses | 56-77 |
| 03:40 | Kentucky | Wayne Blocker snags the defensive board | 56-77 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:15 | Kentucky | Larry Johnson misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane | 56-77 |
| 03:14 | Mississippi | Christopher Spann gets the rebound | 56-77 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Jeffrey Zybia (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Cecil Skinner (fairly fresh) 23 pts. SF - Chuck Mansfield (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. PF - John Ralls (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Christopher Spann (tiring) 4 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Larry Johnson (fresh) 15 pts. 4 reb. SG - Ernie Satterwhite (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Adams (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Dawley (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Wayne Blocker (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:09 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 56-77 |
| 03:07 | Kentucky | John Adams gets the rebound | 56-77 |
| 02:38 | Kentucky | William Dawley throws a bad pass out of bounds | 56-77 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Laird (SG), Ronald Edwards (C) Cecil Skinner, Christopher Spann | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis (PG) Larry Johnson | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:29 | Mississippi | Wayne Blocker steals it from Chuck Mansfield | 56-77 |
| 02:06 | Kentucky | Ernie Satterwhite hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 56-77 |
| 02:04 | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis can't tip it in | 56-77 |
| 02:03 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield snags the defensive board | 56-77 |
| 01:53 | Mississippi | Ernie Satterwhite picks off the pass by Chuck Mansfield | 56-77 |
| 01:31 | Kentucky | The refs have stopped play. John Adams is in a lot of pain and is being checked by the trainers. He's holding his shoulder. It doesn't look like he is going to be able to return to the game. | 56-77 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Erik Hand (SF) John Adams | |
| 01:24 | Kentucky | Erik Hand misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 56-77 |
| 01:22 | Kentucky | Ernie Satterwhite tips it in | 56-79 |
| 01:09 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield misses short on a turnaround near the basket but he's fouled by Erik Hand - foul #3 on Erik Hand, team foul #5 | 56-79 |
| 01:09 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield makes the 1st free throw | 57-79 |
| 01:09 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield makes the 2nd free throw | 58-79 |
| 01:07 | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 58-79 |
| 00:57 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird hits a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 60-79 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:33 | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis blows the layup but the foul's on John Ralls - foul #1 on John Ralls, team foul #10 | 60-79 |
| 00:33 | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis makes the 1st free throw | 60-80 |
| 00:33 | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis makes the 2nd free throw | 60-81 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:27 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird misses long on a shot from the right wing | 60-81 |
| 00:25 | Mississippi | Ronald Edwards gets the offensive rebound | 60-81 |
| 00:21 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird scores on a jumper from the left wing | 62-81 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Jeffrey Jarvis runs out the clock | 62-81 |