| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Michael King (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Neal Banks (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Raymond Batchelor (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Louis Adams (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Charlie Kopec (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Charles Church (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Nolting (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Clarence Madrid (fresh) PF - Rodrick Peterson (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Jamie Edwards (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Nicholls State | Raymond Batchelor inbounds the ball | 28-36 |
| Game Plan | Nicholls State | Nicholls State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 19:31 | Nicholls State | Charlie Kopec loses the dribble to Clarence Madrid | 28-36 |
| 19:28 | Southern Mississippi | Clarence Madrid lays it up and in | 28-38 |
| 19:06 | Nicholls State | Neal Banks hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right block | 28-38 |
| 19:04 | Southern Mississippi | Clarence Madrid snags the defensive board | 28-38 |
| 18:57 | Southern Mississippi | Charles Church throws a bad pass out of bounds | 28-38 |
| 18:42 | Nicholls State | Charles Church steps in front of the Charlie Kopec pass | 28-38 |
| 18:28 | Southern Mississippi | Robert Nolting travels with the ball | 28-38 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood (SG) Neal Banks | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Leonard Poulin (PG), Travis Dickinson (SG), Mark Pickett (SF), David Wiest (PF), Gregory Roldan (C) Charles Church, Robert Nolting, Clarence Madrid, Rodrick Peterson, Jamie Edwards | |
| 18:12 | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 28-38 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Wayne Osborne (SF), Nelson Hoffman (PF), Conrad Porter (C) Raymond Batchelor, Louis Adams, Charlie Kopec | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 18:02 | Southern Mississippi | Gregory Roldan makes the shot near the basket on a great pass from Travis Dickinson | 28-40 |
| 18:00 | Nicholls State | Leonard Poulin steps in front of the Michael King pass in the backcourt | 28-40 |
| 17:46 | Southern Mississippi | David Wiest's floater is tipped away by Nelson Hoffman | 28-40 |
| 17:44 | Nicholls State | Wayne Osborne gets the rebound | 28-40 |
| 17:25 | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood banks in the layup set up by Wayne Osborne | 30-40 |
| 17:11 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Dickinson misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 30-40 |
| 17:10 | Southern Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to Mark Pickett | 30-40 |
| 16:52 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Dickinson blows the layup | 30-40 |
| 16:50 | Southern Mississippi | Gregory Roldan gets the offensive rebound | 30-40 |
| 16:30 | Southern Mississippi | Mark Pickett comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Nelson Hoffman - foul #3 on Nelson Hoffman, team foul #1 | 30-40 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers (PG), Neal Banks (SG), Raymond Batchelor (SF), Louis Adams (PF), Charlie Kopec (C) Michael King, Kenneth Lockwood, Wayne Osborne, Nelson Hoffman, Conrad Porter | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Charles Church (PG), Robert Nolting (SG), Rodrick Peterson (PF), Jamie Edwards (C) Leonard Poulin, Travis Dickinson, David Wiest, Gregory Roldan | |
| 16:30 | Southern Mississippi | Mark Pickett makes the 1st free throw | 30-41 |
| 16:30 | Southern Mississippi | Mark Pickett makes the 2nd free throw | 30-42 |
| 16:27 | Nicholls State | Louis Adams is hacked by Rodrick Peterson in the backcourt - foul #1 on Rodrick Peterson, team foul #1 | 30-42 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Clarence Madrid (SF) Mark Pickett | |
| 16:13 | Nicholls State | Raymond Batchelor is open and scores on a fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by Jeffery Fellers | 32-42 |
| 16:01 | Southern Mississippi | Clarence Madrid is hacked by Neal Banks - foul #1 on Neal Banks, team foul #2 | 32-42 |
| 15:47 | Southern Mississippi | Jamie Edwards hits the finger roll | 32-44 |
| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Jeffery Fellers (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Neal Banks (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Raymond Batchelor (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Louis Adams (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Charlie Kopec (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Charles Church (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Robert Nolting (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Clarence Madrid (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Rodrick Peterson (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Jamie Edwards (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:39 | Nicholls State | Rodrick Peterson steals it from Jeffery Fellers | 32-44 |
| 15:14 | Southern Mississippi | Jamie Edwards misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Charlie Kopec - foul #2 on Charlie Kopec, team foul #3 | 32-44 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Emory Tilley (SG) Neal Banks | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | James Culbertson (SG), Glenn Nunnery (PF) Robert Nolting, Rodrick Peterson | |
| 15:14 | Southern Mississippi | Jamie Edwards makes the 1st free throw | 32-45 |
| 15:14 | Southern Mississippi | Jamie Edwards makes the 2nd free throw | 32-46 |
| 15:01 | Nicholls State | Charlie Kopec misses short on an open runner from the left block but he's fouled by James Culbertson - foul #3 on James Culbertson, team foul #2 | 32-46 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood (SG) Emory Tilley | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 15:01 | Nicholls State | Charlie Kopec makes the 1st free throw | 33-46 |
| 15:01 | Nicholls State | Charlie Kopec misses the 2nd free throw | 33-46 |
| 15:01 | Southern Mississippi | Glenn Nunnery gets the rebound | 33-46 |
| 14:52 | Southern Mississippi | Charles Church connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 33-49 |
| 14:32 | Nicholls State | Louis Adams misses long on an open fadeaway from the right block | 33-49 |
| 14:30 | Southern Mississippi | Jamie Edwards gets the rebound | 33-49 |
| 14:10 | Southern Mississippi | Glenn Nunnery knocks in the turnaround in the paint on a great pass from Charles Church | 33-51 |
| 13:53 | Nicholls State | Charlie Kopec can't finish the layup | 33-51 |
| 13:51 | Southern Mississippi | Glenn Nunnery pulls down the rebound | 33-51 |
| 13:46 | Southern Mississippi | James Culbertson buries a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Charles Church | 33-54 |
| Game Plan | Nicholls State | Nicholls State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 13:44 | Nicholls State | Charles Church is called for the reach on Raymond Batchelor in the backcourt - foul #3 on Charles Church, team foul #3 | 33-54 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Michael King (PG), Neal Banks (SG), Wayne Osborne (SF), Nelson Hoffman (PF), Conrad Porter (C) Jeffery Fellers, Kenneth Lockwood, Raymond Batchelor, Louis Adams, Charlie Kopec | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Leonard Poulin (PG), Travis Dickinson (SG), Mark Pickett (SF), David Wiest (C) Charles Church, James Culbertson, Clarence Madrid, Jamie Edwards | |
| 13:37 | Nicholls State | Conrad Porter travels with the ball | 33-54 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Gregory Roldan (C) Glenn Nunnery | |
| Game Plan | Nicholls State | Nicholls State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 13:08 | Southern Mississippi | Mark Pickett connects on the fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Leonard Poulin | 33-56 |
| 13:04 | Nicholls State | Michael King's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 33-56 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Rodrick Peterson (PF) Gregory Roldan | |
| 12:37 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Dickinson can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 33-56 |
| 12:35 | Nicholls State | Wayne Osborne grabs the defensive rebound | 33-56 |
| 12:33 | Nicholls State | Mark Pickett steps in front of the Neal Banks pass in the backcourt | 33-56 |
| 12:07 | Southern Mississippi | Leonard Poulin misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 33-56 |
| 12:06 | Nicholls State | Conrad Porter snags the defensive board | 33-56 |
| 11:38 | Nicholls State | Neal Banks misses badly on the uncontested jump hook from the left block | 33-56 |
| 11:37 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to David Wiest | 33-56 |
| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Michael King (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Neal Banks (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Wayne Osborne (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. PF - Nelson Hoffman (fairly fresh) 3 pf. C - Conrad Porter (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Leonard Poulin (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - Travis Dickinson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Mark Pickett (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Rodrick Peterson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - David Wiest (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:30 | Southern Mississippi | Leonard Poulin is fouled in the backcourt by Michael King - foul #2 on Michael King, team foul #4 | 33-56 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers (PG), Kenneth Lockwood (SG), Raymond Batchelor (SF), Louis Adams (PF), Charlie Kopec (C) Michael King, Neal Banks, Wayne Osborne, Nelson Hoffman, Conrad Porter | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Charles Church (PG), Robert Nolting (SG), James Culbertson (SF), Glenn Nunnery (PF), Gregory Roldan (C) Leonard Poulin, Travis Dickinson, Mark Pickett, Rodrick Peterson, David Wiest | |
| 11:10 | Southern Mississippi | James Culbertson connects on the jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Charles Church | 33-58 |
| 10:54 | Nicholls State | Raymond Batchelor can't connect on a jump hook from the left block but the foul's on James Culbertson - foul #4 on James Culbertson, team foul #4 | 33-58 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Clarence Madrid (SF) James Culbertson | |
| 10:54 | Nicholls State | Raymond Batchelor makes the 1st free throw | 34-58 |
| 10:54 | Nicholls State | Raymond Batchelor misses the 2nd free throw | 34-58 |
| 10:54 | Southern Mississippi | Glenn Nunnery snags the defensive board | 34-58 |
| 10:37 | Southern Mississippi | The jumper by Glenn Nunnery is denied by Raymond Batchelor | 34-58 |
| 10:36 | Nicholls State | Louis Adams grabs the defensive rebound | 34-58 |
| 10:31 | Nicholls State | Gregory Roldan picks off the pass by Kenneth Lockwood | 34-58 |
| 10:17 | Southern Mississippi | Gregory Roldan throws a bad pass out of bounds | 34-58 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Emory Tilley (PG), Matthew Beardsley (SF) Jeffery Fellers, Raymond Batchelor | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Jamie Edwards (C) Gregory Roldan | |
| 09:55 | Nicholls State | Louis Adams buries a shot in the lane | 36-58 |
| 09:30 | Southern Mississippi | Charles Church is whistled for a carry | 36-58 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Michael King (PG), Wayne Osborne (PF), Nelson Hoffman (C) Kenneth Lockwood, Louis Adams, Charlie Kopec | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Leonard Poulin (PG) Charles Church | |
| 09:18 | Nicholls State | Nelson Hoffman hits a fadeaway from the baseline | 38-58 |
| 08:58 | Southern Mississippi | Jamie Edwards comes up short on the runner from the right block but the foul's on Nelson Hoffman - foul #4 on Nelson Hoffman, team foul #5 | 38-58 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers (SG), Raymond Batchelor (SF), Louis Adams (PF) Emory Tilley, Matthew Beardsley, Nelson Hoffman | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Charles Church (PG), Travis Dickinson (SF), Gregory Roldan (PF) Robert Nolting, Clarence Madrid, Glenn Nunnery | |
| 08:58 | Southern Mississippi | Jamie Edwards makes the 1st free throw | 38-59 |
| 08:58 | Southern Mississippi | Jamie Edwards makes the 2nd free throw | 38-60 |
| 08:36 | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers buries a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Wayne Osborne | 41-60 |
| 08:17 | Southern Mississippi | Gregory Roldan misses short on a floater from the right wing | 41-60 |
| 08:16 | Southern Mississippi | Jamie Edwards grabs the offensive board | 41-60 |
| 07:57 | Southern Mississippi | Charles Church knocks in the jumpshot from the right side set up by Gregory Roldan | 41-62 |
| 07:44 | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers makes the wide open 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Wayne Osborne | 44-62 |
| 07:40 | Southern Mississippi | Charles Church is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 44-62 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Emory Tilley (PG), Neal Banks (SG), Kenneth Lockwood (SF), Nelson Hoffman (PF), Conrad Porter (C) Michael King, Jeffery Fellers, Raymond Batchelor, Louis Adams, Wayne Osborne | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | James Culbertson (SG), Mark Pickett (SF), Rodrick Peterson (PF), David Wiest (C) Leonard Poulin, Travis Dickinson, Gregory Roldan, Jamie Edwards | |
| 07:28 | Nicholls State | Neal Banks can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 44-62 |
| 07:26 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Rodrick Peterson | 44-62 |
| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Emory Tilley (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Neal Banks (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Kenneth Lockwood (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Nelson Hoffman (fresh) 2 pts. 4 pf. C - Conrad Porter (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Charles Church (tiring) 9 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - James Culbertson (fresh) 10 pts. 4 pf. SF - Mark Pickett (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Rodrick Peterson (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - David Wiest (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:03 | Southern Mississippi | David Wiest knocks in the fadeaway from the left wing | 44-64 |
| 06:45 | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood makes the shot from the right wing set up by Conrad Porter | 46-64 |
| 06:16 | Southern Mississippi | Rodrick Peterson's pass is intercepted by Emory Tilley | 46-64 |
| 05:55 | Nicholls State | Nelson Hoffman loses the dribble to James Culbertson | 46-64 |
| 05:26 | Southern Mississippi | Rodrick Peterson knocks in the driving attempt near the basket on a nice dish by Mark Pickett | 46-66 |
| 05:26 | Nicholls State | Nicholls State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 46-66 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Michael King (PG), Jeffery Fellers (SG), Raymond Batchelor (SF), Louis Adams (PF), Charlie Kopec (C) Emory Tilley, Neal Banks, Kenneth Lockwood, Nelson Hoffman, Conrad Porter | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Leonard Poulin (PG), Robert Nolting (SG), Travis Dickinson (SF), Glenn Nunnery (PF), Gregory Roldan (C) Charles Church, James Culbertson, Mark Pickett, Rodrick Peterson, David Wiest | |
| 05:06 | Nicholls State | Leonard Poulin is called for the reach on Raymond Batchelor - foul #1 on Leonard Poulin, team foul #5 | 46-66 |
| 04:55 | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers lays it in on a great pass from Michael King | 48-66 |
| 04:33 | Southern Mississippi | Leonard Poulin misses short on a 3 from straight away | 48-66 |
| 04:31 | Nicholls State | The rebound goes to Charlie Kopec | 48-66 |
| 04:18 | Nicholls State | Raymond Batchelor banks in the layup set up by Michael King | 50-66 |
| 03:59 | Southern Mississippi | Glenn Nunnery makes the shot from just outside the lane | 50-68 |
| 03:32 | Nicholls State | Raymond Batchelor blows the dunk | 50-68 |
| 03:30 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Dickinson snags the defensive board | 50-68 |
| Game Plan | Nicholls State | Nicholls State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 03:15 | Southern Mississippi | Robert Nolting is hacked by Michael King - foul #3 on Michael King, team foul #6 | 50-68 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Emory Tilley (PG), Kenneth Lockwood (SG), Wayne Osborne (SF), Nelson Hoffman (PF), Conrad Porter (C) Michael King, Jeffery Fellers, Raymond Batchelor, Louis Adams, Charlie Kopec | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | James Culbertson (SG), Mark Pickett (SF), Rodrick Peterson (PF), David Wiest (C) Robert Nolting, Travis Dickinson, Glenn Nunnery, Gregory Roldan | |
| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Emory Tilley (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. SG - Kenneth Lockwood (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SF - Wayne Osborne (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. PF - Nelson Hoffman (fresh) 2 pts. 4 pf. C - Conrad Porter (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Leonard Poulin (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - James Culbertson (fresh) 10 pts. 4 pf. SF - Mark Pickett (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Rodrick Peterson (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - David Wiest (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 02:59 | Southern Mississippi | Leonard Poulin comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 50-68 |
| 02:58 | Nicholls State | Nelson Hoffman grabs the defensive rebound | 50-68 |
| 02:54 | Nicholls State | Wayne Osborne connects on the open 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Emory Tilley | 53-68 |
| 02:30 | Southern Mississippi | Rodrick Peterson's layup is rejected by Conrad Porter | 53-68 |
| 02:28 | Southern Mississippi | Rodrick Peterson tips it back up and in | 53-70 |
| 02:18 | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood is called for a charge - foul #1 on Kenneth Lockwood, team foul #7 | 53-70 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Matthew Beardsley (SF) Conrad Porter | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Travis Dickinson (SG) James Culbertson | |
| 01:50 | Southern Mississippi | Kenneth Lockwood steals the ball from Travis Dickinson | 53-70 |
| 01:46 | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood hits the finger roll | 55-70 |
| 01:28 | Southern Mississippi | Rodrick Peterson is hacked by Emory Tilley - foul #1 on Emory Tilley, team foul #8 | 55-70 |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers (PG), Conrad Porter (C) Emory Tilley, Matthew Beardsley | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 01:28 | Southern Mississippi | Rodrick Peterson makes the 1st free throw | 55-71 |
| 01:28 | Southern Mississippi | Rodrick Peterson makes the 2nd free throw | 55-72 |
| 01:24 | Nicholls State | Mark Pickett is called for the reach on Wayne Osborne in the backcourt - foul #2 on Mark Pickett, team foul #6 | 55-72 |
| 01:19 | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood blows the layup but he's fouled by David Wiest - foul #1 on David Wiest, team foul #7 | 55-72 |
| 01:19 | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood makes the 1st free throw | 56-72 |
| 01:19 | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood misses the 2nd free throw | 56-72 |
| 01:19 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Dickinson snags the defensive board | 56-72 |
| 00:58 | Southern Mississippi | Mark Pickett's layup is rejected by Wayne Osborne | 56-72 |
| 00:57 | Southern Mississippi | David Wiest tips it home | 56-74 |
| Game Plan | Nicholls State | Nicholls State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 00:54 | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 56-74 |
| Game Plan | Nicholls State | Nicholls State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 00:34 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Dickinson loses the ball out of bounds | 56-74 |
| 00:32 | Nicholls State | Leonard Poulin is called for the reach on Jeffery Fellers in the backcourt - foul #2 on Leonard Poulin, team foul #8 | 56-74 |
| 00:32 | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers makes the 1st free throw | 57-74 |
| 00:32 | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers makes the 2nd free throw | 58-74 |
| 00:07 | Southern Mississippi | Mark Pickett throws a bad pass out of bounds | 58-74 |
| 00:02 | Nicholls State | Conrad Porter misses the easy layup | 58-74 |
| 00:00 | Southern Mississippi | Mark Pickett gets the rebound | 58-74 |