| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Clarence Townsel (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Mathew Zoumis (fresh) SF - Jerry Fontenot (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jody Locke (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Frederick Padgett (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Jeremy Macaulay (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Cecil Skinner (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Chuck Mansfield (fresh) 15 pts. 2 reb. PF - Nicholas Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Christopher Spann (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Tennessee | Jerry Fontenot inbounds the ball | 24-32 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:44 | Tennessee | Jody Locke misses long on a jumper in the lane but he's fouled by Nicholas Anderson - foul #1 on Nicholas Anderson, team foul #1 | 24-32 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar (SG) Mathew Zoumis | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 19:44 | Tennessee | Jody Locke makes the 1st free throw | 25-32 |
| 19:44 | Tennessee | Jody Locke makes the 2nd free throw | 26-32 |
| 19:28 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner drills a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Christopher Spann | 26-35 |
| 19:03 | Tennessee | Jeremy Macaulay steps in front of the Clarence Townsel pass | 26-35 |
| 18:44 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner misses badly on a jumper near the basket but he's fouled by Clarence Townsel - foul #1 on Clarence Townsel, team foul #1 | 26-35 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Williams Swanson (SG) Micheal Cesar | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 18:44 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner misses the 1st free throw | 26-35 |
| 18:44 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner makes the 2nd free throw | 26-36 |
| 18:27 | Tennessee | Williams Swanson scores on a floater from the left side on a great pass from Clarence Townsel | 28-36 |
| 18:13 | Mississippi | Jody Locke swats the shot by Cecil Skinner | 28-36 |
| 18:12 | Tennessee | Jody Locke grabs the board | 28-36 |
| 17:57 | Tennessee | Jody Locke knocks in the floater from the free throw line | 30-36 |
| 17:49 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner misses long on a jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Frederick Padgett - foul #3 on Frederick Padgett, team foul #2 | 30-36 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar (SG), Yevgeny Zoltek (C) Williams Swanson, Frederick Padgett | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 17:49 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner makes the 1st free throw | 30-37 |
| 17:49 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner makes the 2nd free throw | 30-38 |
| 17:35 | Tennessee | Clarence Townsel can't finish the layup | 30-38 |
| 17:34 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield grabs the defensive rebound | 30-38 |
| 17:24 | Mississippi | A charge is called on Cecil Skinner - foul #3 on Cecil Skinner, team foul #2 | 30-38 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Laird (SG) Cecil Skinner | |
| 17:07 | Tennessee | Jody Locke connects on the shot from close range | 32-38 |
| 16:48 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird buries a jumper from the right side | 32-40 |
| 16:30 | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar clanks a jumper from the left side | 32-40 |
| 16:29 | Tennessee | Yevgeny Zoltek tips it home | 34-40 |
| 16:14 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird throws a bad pass out of bounds | 34-40 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Williams Swanson (SG), Christopher Grayer (SF) Clarence Townsel, Jerry Fontenot | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 15:49 | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Jody Locke | 37-40 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Micheal Cesar (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Williams Swanson (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Christopher Grayer (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jody Locke (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Yevgeny Zoltek (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Jeremy Macaulay (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Christopher Laird (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. SF - Chuck Mansfield (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 3 reb. PF - Nicholas Anderson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Christopher Spann (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:33 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird drills a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Nicholas Anderson | 37-42 |
| 15:12 | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 37-42 |
| 15:11 | Tennessee | Christopher Grayer tips it home | 39-42 |
| 14:48 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird scores on a jump hook in the paint set up by Jeremy Macaulay | 39-44 |
| 14:26 | Tennessee | Christopher Spann denies the turnaround by Jody Locke | 39-44 |
| 14:25 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird grabs the board | 39-44 |
| 14:03 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield evades the doubleteam but misses long on a jump hook from the right block but he's fouled by Christopher Grayer - foul #1 on Christopher Grayer, team foul #3 | 39-44 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Clarence Townsel (PG), Mathew Zoumis (SG), Jerry Fontenot (SF), Frederick Padgett (C) Micheal Cesar, Williams Swanson, Christopher Grayer, Yevgeny Zoltek | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner (SG) Christopher Laird | |
| 14:03 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield makes the 1st free throw | 39-45 |
| 14:03 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield makes the 2nd free throw | 39-46 |
| 13:37 | Tennessee | Jody Locke clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Nicholas Anderson - foul #2 on Nicholas Anderson, team foul #3 | 39-46 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Ralls (PF) Nicholas Anderson | |
| 13:37 | Tennessee | Jody Locke misses the 1st free throw | 39-46 |
| 13:37 | Tennessee | Jody Locke makes the 2nd free throw | 40-46 |
| 13:20 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Jeremy Macaulay | 40-49 |
| 13:00 | Tennessee | Jody Locke hits a jumper from the free throw line | 42-49 |
| 12:43 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 42-49 |
| 12:42 | Tennessee | Jody Locke grabs the defensive rebound | 42-49 |
| 12:21 | Tennessee | Jody Locke can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 42-49 |
| 12:19 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Christopher Spann | 42-49 |
| 11:53 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 42-49 |
| 11:51 | Mississippi | Christopher Spann pulls down the offensive rebound | 42-49 |
| 11:46 | Mississippi | Frederick Padgett is called for the reach on Jeremy Macaulay - foul #4 on Frederick Padgett, team foul #4 | 42-49 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar (SG), Christopher Grayer (PF), Yevgeny Zoltek (C) Mathew Zoumis, Jody Locke, Frederick Padgett | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jeffrey Zybia (PG), Nicholas Anderson (PF), Ronald Edwards (C) Jeremy Macaulay, John Ralls, Christopher Spann | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Clarence Townsel (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Micheal Cesar (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Jerry Fontenot (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Christopher Grayer (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Yevgeny Zoltek (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Jeffrey Zybia (fresh) SG - Cecil Skinner (fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Chuck Mansfield (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 3 reb. PF - Nicholas Anderson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Ronald Edwards (fresh) | |
| 11:33 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield can't connect on a turnaround in the lane | 42-49 |
| 11:31 | Tennessee | Christopher Grayer grabs the defensive rebound | 42-49 |
| 11:16 | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 42-49 |
| 11:15 | Mississippi | Ronald Edwards gets the rebound | 42-49 |
| 11:07 | Mississippi | Ronald Edwards is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Ronald Edwards, team foul #4 | 42-49 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Jody Locke (PF) Jerry Fontenot | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 10:39 | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 42-49 |
| 10:38 | Mississippi | Ronald Edwards grabs the board | 42-49 |
| 10:21 | Mississippi | Christopher Grayer blocks the jumper by Cecil Skinner | 42-49 |
| 10:20 | Mississippi | Ronald Edwards hits the follow up shot | 42-51 |
| 09:52 | Tennessee | Jody Locke connects on the fadeaway from the right wing | 44-51 |
| 09:40 | Mississippi | Christopher Grayer steps in front of the Chuck Mansfield pass | 44-51 |
| 09:36 | Tennessee | Christopher Grayer lays it in | 46-51 |
| 09:21 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Zybia is alone and drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Chuck Mansfield | 46-54 |
| 08:58 | Tennessee | Clarence Townsel clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 46-54 |
| 08:57 | Tennessee | The offensive rebound goes to Yevgeny Zoltek | 46-54 |
| 08:39 | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar misses long on a jumper from the left side but the foul's on Cecil Skinner - foul #4 on Cecil Skinner, team foul #5 | 46-54 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Mathew Zoumis (SG), Jerry Fontenot (SF), Frederick Padgett (C) Clarence Townsel, Jody Locke, Yevgeny Zoltek | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jeremy Macaulay (PG), Christopher Laird (SG), John Ralls (PF), Christopher Spann (C) Jeffrey Zybia, Cecil Skinner, Nicholas Anderson, Ronald Edwards | |
| 08:39 | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar misses the 1st free throw | 46-54 |
| 08:39 | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar misses the 2nd free throw | 46-54 |
| 08:39 | Mississippi | Christopher Spann pulls down the rebound | 46-54 |
| 08:24 | Mississippi | Christopher Spann drills a shot in the lane on a nice dish by Jeremy Macaulay and he's hacked by Frederick Padgett - foul #5 on Frederick Padgett, team foul #5 | 46-56 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Yevgeny Zoltek (C) Frederick Padgett | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 08:24 | Mississippi | Christopher Spann makes the free throw | 46-57 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 08:19 | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 46-57 |
| 08:10 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a driving attempt from the baseline | 46-57 |
| 08:08 | Tennessee | Yevgeny Zoltek pulls down the rebound | 46-57 |
| 07:52 | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar makes the 3pt shot from straight away | 49-57 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Micheal Cesar (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mathew Zoumis (fresh) SF - Jerry Fontenot (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Christopher Grayer (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Yevgeny Zoltek (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Jeremy Macaulay (fresh) 6 ast. SG - Christopher Laird (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. SF - Chuck Mansfield (tiring) 17 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Ralls (fresh) C - Christopher Spann (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:29 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 49-57 |
| 07:27 | Tennessee | Yevgeny Zoltek grabs the defensive rebound | 49-57 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 07:06 | Tennessee | Jerry Fontenot's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-57 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Clarence Townsel (PG), Williams Swanson (SG), Jody Locke (PF) Micheal Cesar, Mathew Zoumis, Christopher Grayer | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner (SG) Chuck Mansfield | |
| 06:54 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird knocks in the floater from the left wing set up by Jeremy Macaulay | 49-59 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 06:44 | Tennessee | Christopher Spann swats the short shot by Jody Locke | 49-59 |
| 06:42 | Mississippi | Jeremy Macaulay snags the defensive board | 49-59 |
| 06:28 | Mississippi | John Ralls misses long on a jump hook near the basket | 49-59 |
| 06:26 | Tennessee | Yevgeny Zoltek grabs the board | 49-59 |
| 06:20 | Tennessee | Jody Locke clanks a turnaround in the lane | 49-59 |
| 06:19 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Christopher Spann | 49-59 |
| 05:59 | Mississippi | Yevgeny Zoltek is called for the reach on Christopher Spann - foul #1 on Yevgeny Zoltek, team foul #6 | 49-59 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Mathew Zoumis (SG), Christopher Grayer (SF) Williams Swanson, Jerry Fontenot | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Nicholas Anderson (PF) John Ralls | |
| 05:45 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird misses the shot near the basket | 49-59 |
| 05:43 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Jody Locke | 49-59 |
| 05:29 | Tennessee | Jody Locke drills a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Mathew Zoumis | 51-59 |
| 05:10 | Mississippi | Clarence Townsel takes the ball from Christopher Spann | 51-59 |
| 05:05 | Tennessee | Clarence Townsel hits the finger roll | 53-59 |
| 04:57 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 53-59 |
| 04:55 | Tennessee | Christopher Grayer pulls down the rebound | 53-59 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 04:36 | Tennessee | Jody Locke clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 53-59 |
| 04:34 | Tennessee | Jody Locke can't tip it in | 53-59 |
| 04:32 | Mississippi | Nicholas Anderson grabs the defensive rebound | 53-59 |
| 04:20 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird scores on a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Jeremy Macaulay | 53-61 |
| 03:53 | Tennessee | Jody Locke loses the dribble to Christopher Laird | 53-61 |
| 03:40 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird comes up short on the shot from the right side | 53-61 |
| 03:39 | Tennessee | Jody Locke snags the defensive board | 53-61 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Clarence Townsel (tiring) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mathew Zoumis (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Christopher Grayer (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. PF - Jody Locke (tiring) 17 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Yevgeny Zoltek (tiring) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Jeremy Macaulay (fairly fresh) 8 ast. SG - Cecil Skinner (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Christopher Laird (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Nicholas Anderson (tiring) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Christopher Spann (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 03:15 | Tennessee | Clarence Townsel comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 53-61 |
| 03:14 | Tennessee | Christopher Grayer pulls down the offensive rebound | 53-61 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:57 | Tennessee | Yevgeny Zoltek travels with the ball | 53-61 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar (PG), Williams Swanson (SG), Jerry Fontenot (SF) Clarence Townsel, Mathew Zoumis, Jody Locke | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jeffrey Zybia (PG), Chuck Mansfield (SF), John Ralls (PF) Jeremy Macaulay, Christopher Laird, Nicholas Anderson | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:55 | Mississippi | Mississippi calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-61 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jeremy Macaulay (PG) Jeffrey Zybia | |
| 02:39 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner is open and scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Chuck Mansfield | 53-64 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:26 | Tennessee | Jerry Fontenot hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 53-64 |
| 02:24 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield pulls down the rebound | 53-64 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:05 | Mississippi | Cecil Skinner hits a runner from the baseline on a nice dish by Jeremy Macaulay | 53-66 |
| 01:47 | Tennessee | Chuck Mansfield takes the ball from Christopher Grayer | 53-66 |
| 01:26 | Mississippi | Jerry Fontenot denies the turnaround by Chuck Mansfield | 53-66 |
| 01:24 | Mississippi | John Ralls grabs the offensive rebound | 53-66 |
| 01:04 | Mississippi | Chuck Mansfield buries a shot from the left side set up by Jeremy Macaulay | 53-68 |
| 00:50 | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from close range but he's hacked by Jeremy Macaulay - foul #2 on Jeremy Macaulay, team foul #6 | 53-68 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Ralph Hile (SG) Jerry Fontenot | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jeffrey Zybia (PG), Christopher Laird (SG), Ronald Edwards (C) Jeremy Macaulay, Cecil Skinner, Christopher Spann | |
| 00:50 | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar makes the 1st free throw | 54-68 |
| 00:50 | Tennessee | Micheal Cesar makes the 2nd free throw | 55-68 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:26 | Mississippi | Christopher Laird misses the runner from close range | 55-68 |
| 00:25 | Mississippi | John Ralls grabs the offensive rebound | 55-68 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | Jeffrey Zybia runs out the clock | 55-68 |