| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Joseph Newman (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Bondurant (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Mark Baron (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Nicholas Crow (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Dustin Barker (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Bradley Dunning (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Parker (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Vernon Fletcher (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jason Williams (fresh) C - Curtis Hines (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Vernon Fletcher inbounds the ball | 19-36 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 19:38 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 19-36 |
| 19:37 | Alabama | Mark Baron grabs the defensive rebound | 19-36 |
| 19:08 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant can't connect on a jumper from the left block | 19-36 |
| 19:07 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines snags the defensive board | 19-36 |
| 19:01 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines can't connect on a floater from the right side but he's hacked by Dustin Barker - foul #2 on Dustin Barker, team foul #1 | 19-36 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (PG), Richard Knight (SG), Randall Murray (SF), Marcus Ludwig (PF) Bradley Dunning, William Parker, Vernon Fletcher, Jason Williams | |
| 19:01 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines misses the 1st free throw | 19-36 |
| 19:01 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines makes the 2nd free throw | 19-37 |
| 18:45 | Alabama | Mark Baron hits the finger roll set up by Robert Bondurant | 21-37 |
| 18:28 | Mississippi | Richard Knight lays it up and in set up by Curtis Hines and he's fouled by Robert Bondurant - foul #3 on Robert Bondurant, team foul #2 | 21-39 |
| Subs | Alabama | Todd Schaffner (SG) Robert Bondurant | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), Dwight Jones (C) Paul Mathieu, Curtis Hines | |
| 18:28 | Mississippi | Richard Knight makes the free throw | 21-40 |
| 18:04 | Alabama | Mark Baron's fadeaway is rejected by Marcus Ludwig | 21-40 |
| 18:03 | Mississippi | Dwight Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 21-40 |
| 17:57 | Mississippi | Richard Knight can't connect on a jump hook from the right block | 21-40 |
| 17:56 | Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to Marcus Ludwig | 21-40 |
| 17:38 | Mississippi | Richard Knight misses badly on a turnaround from close range | 21-40 |
| 17:36 | Alabama | Joseph Newman grabs the board | 21-40 |
| 17:13 | Alabama | Mark Baron is fouled on the floor by Randall Murray - foul #3 on Randall Murray, team foul #1 | 21-40 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (PG), William Parker (SG), Vernon Fletcher (SF), Jason Williams (PF), Curtis Hines (C) Bradley Dunning, Richard Knight, Randall Murray, Marcus Ludwig, Dwight Jones | |
| 16:53 | Alabama | Curtis Hines is called for the reach on Joseph Newman - foul #2 on Curtis Hines, team foul #2 | 21-40 |
| 16:26 | Alabama | Joseph Newman comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by Vernon Fletcher - foul #1 on Vernon Fletcher, team foul #3 | 21-40 |
| Subs | Alabama | George Mole (C) Dustin Barker | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), Richard Knight (SF), Marcus Ludwig (PF) Paul Mathieu, Vernon Fletcher, Jason Williams | |
| 16:26 | Alabama | Joseph Newman misses the 1st free throw | 21-40 |
| 16:26 | Alabama | Joseph Newman makes the 2nd free throw | 22-40 |
| 16:08 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 22-40 |
| 16:06 | Alabama | George Mole grabs the board | 22-40 |
| 15:37 | Alabama | Mark Baron is called for the illegal screen - foul #3 on Mark Baron, team foul #3 | 22-40 |
| Subs | Alabama | Robert Bondurant (SG), Jack Kish (C) Todd Schaffner, George Mole | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (PG), Vernon Fletcher (SF), Chad Smith (PF) Bradley Dunning, Richard Knight, Marcus Ludwig | |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Joseph Newman (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Bondurant (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. SF - Mark Baron (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Nicholas Crow (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Jack Kish (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Paul Mathieu (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Parker (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Vernon Fletcher (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Chad Smith (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Curtis Hines (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:30 | Mississippi | Chad Smith double dribbles | 22-40 |
| 15:06 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow connects on the floater from the baseline | 24-40 |
| 14:47 | Mississippi | William Parker throws a bad pass out of bounds | 24-40 |
| Subs | Alabama | Dustin Barker (PF) Nicholas Crow | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), Randall Murray (SF), Dwight Jones (C) Paul Mathieu, Vernon Fletcher, Curtis Hines | |
| 14:23 | Alabama | Mark Baron drills a turnaround from the left block set up by Joseph Newman | 26-40 |
| 14:05 | Mississippi | William Parker comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 26-40 |
| 14:04 | Alabama | Jack Kish grabs the defensive rebound | 26-40 |
| 13:38 | Alabama | Joseph Newman connects on the floater from the left wing | 28-40 |
| 13:27 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Chad Smith | 28-43 |
| 13:05 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant buries a jump hook from close range | 30-43 |
| 12:42 | Mississippi | William Parker hits a floater from the left side set up by Bradley Dunning | 30-45 |
| 12:20 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant banks in the layup | 32-45 |
| 12:16 | Mississippi | William Parker misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 32-45 |
| 12:15 | Alabama | Jack Kish grabs the board | 32-45 |
| 11:59 | Alabama | Mark Baron hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 32-45 |
| 11:57 | Alabama | Mark Baron can't tip it in | 32-45 |
| 11:55 | Mississippi | Dwight Jones snags the defensive board | 32-45 |
| 11:49 | Mississippi | Chad Smith is called for a moving pick - foul #4 on Chad Smith, team foul #4 | 32-45 |
| Subs | Alabama | Nicholas Crow (PF), George Mole (C) Dustin Barker, Jack Kish | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (PG), Richard Knight (SG), Vernon Fletcher (SF), Jason Williams (PF), Curtis Hines (C) Bradley Dunning, William Parker, Randall Murray, Chad Smith, Dwight Jones | |
| 11:31 | Alabama | Mark Baron can't throw it down | 32-45 |
| 11:29 | Alabama | Mark Baron pulls down the offensive rebound | 32-45 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Joseph Newman (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Bondurant (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 pf. SF - Mark Baron (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Nicholas Crow (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - George Mole (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Paul Mathieu (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Knight (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Vernon Fletcher (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jason Williams (fresh) C - Curtis Hines (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:07 | Alabama | Joseph Newman knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Bondurant | 34-45 |
| 10:53 | Mississippi | Mark Baron steals the ball from Vernon Fletcher | 34-45 |
| 10:30 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow hits a driving attempt in the lane on a great pass from Robert Bondurant | 36-45 |
| 10:11 | Mississippi | Richard Knight hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 36-45 |
| 10:10 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow gets the rebound | 36-45 |
| 09:47 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow misses the easy layup | 36-45 |
| 09:45 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines grabs the board | 36-45 |
| 09:29 | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 36-45 |
| 09:28 | Alabama | The rebound goes to George Mole | 36-45 |
| 09:23 | Alabama | Joseph Newman comes up short on the floater from the right wing | 36-45 |
| 09:21 | Mississippi | Jason Williams pulls down the rebound | 36-45 |
| 08:57 | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 36-45 |
| 08:55 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow grabs the board | 36-45 |
| 08:31 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow blows the layup but he's hacked by Jason Williams - foul #2 on Jason Williams, team foul #5 | 36-45 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jack Kish (C) George Mole | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), William Parker (SG), Marcus Ludwig (PF) Paul Mathieu, Richard Knight, Jason Williams | |
| 08:31 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow misses the 1st free throw | 36-45 |
| 08:31 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow makes the 2nd free throw | 37-45 |
| 08:07 | Mississippi | Jack Kish is called for the reach on Curtis Hines - foul #4 on Jack Kish, team foul #4 | 37-45 |
| Subs | Alabama | Dustin Barker (C) Jack Kish | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Knight (SF) Vernon Fletcher | |
| 08:01 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines buries a shot in the lane on a nice dish by William Parker | 37-47 |
| 07:36 | Alabama | Mark Baron misses short on a shot near the basket but he's hacked by Marcus Ludwig - foul #1 on Marcus Ludwig, team foul #6 | 37-47 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jack Kish (C) Dustin Barker | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Vernon Fletcher (SF), Chad Smith (PF) Richard Knight, Marcus Ludwig | |
| 07:36 | Alabama | Mark Baron makes the 1st free throw | 38-47 |
| 07:36 | Alabama | Mark Baron makes the 2nd free throw | 39-47 |
| 07:21 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 39-47 |
| 07:19 | Alabama | Joseph Newman grabs the board | 39-47 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Joseph Newman (tiring) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Bondurant (tiring) 9 pts. 3 pf. SF - Mark Baron (tiring) 14 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Nicholas Crow (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Jack Kish (fresh) 3 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Bradley Dunning (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - William Parker (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SF - Vernon Fletcher (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Chad Smith (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. C - Curtis Hines (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 06:50 | Alabama | Mark Baron connects on the jumper from the left wing | 41-47 |
| 06:30 | Mississippi | Joseph Newman is called for the reach on Bradley Dunning - foul #3 on Joseph Newman, team foul #5 | 41-47 |
| Subs | Alabama | Dustin Barker (PF) Nicholas Crow | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Knight (SF) Vernon Fletcher | |
| 06:11 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines loses the ball out of bounds | 41-47 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Randall Murray (SF) Richard Knight | |
| 05:50 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant misses the lay-in | 41-47 |
| 05:49 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines snags the defensive board | 41-47 |
| 05:28 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning connects on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by William Parker and the foul's on Joseph Newman - foul #4 on Joseph Newman, team foul #6 | 41-49 |
| Subs | Alabama | Nicholas Crow (PF) Dustin Barker | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Knight (SF) Randall Murray | |
| 05:28 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning misses the free throw | 41-49 |
| 05:28 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow gets the rebound | 41-49 |
| 05:09 | Alabama | Chad Smith blocks the short jumper by Robert Bondurant | 41-49 |
| 05:07 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow can't tip it in | 41-49 |
| 05:05 | Alabama | The offensive rebound goes to Jack Kish | 41-49 |
| 04:51 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 41-49 |
| 04:50 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines grabs the defensive rebound | 41-49 |
| 04:34 | Mississippi | Jack Kish is called for the reach on Bradley Dunning - foul #5 on Jack Kish, team foul #7 | 41-49 |
| Subs | Alabama | Dustin Barker (C) Jack Kish | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Vernon Fletcher (SF), Dwight Jones (C) Richard Knight, Curtis Hines | |
| 04:34 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning misses the 1st free throw | 41-49 |
| 04:34 | Alabama | Dustin Barker gets the rebound | 41-49 |
| 04:14 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow scores on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 43-49 |
| 03:56 | Mississippi | William Parker's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 43-49 |
| Subs | Alabama | Todd Schaffner (PG) Joseph Newman | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Knight (SF), Curtis Hines (C) Vernon Fletcher, Dwight Jones | |
| 03:44 | Alabama | Chad Smith takes the ball from Nicholas Crow | 43-49 |
| 03:31 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 43-49 |
| 03:30 | Alabama | Mark Baron pulls down the rebound | 43-49 |
| 03:12 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow misses the lay-in | 43-49 |
| 03:10 | Mississippi | Richard Knight gets the rebound | 43-49 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Todd Schaffner (fresh) SG - Robert Bondurant (tiring) 9 pts. 3 pf. SF - Mark Baron (tiring) 16 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Nicholas Crow (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. C - Dustin Barker (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Bradley Dunning (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SG - William Parker (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SF - Richard Knight (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Chad Smith (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. C - Curtis Hines (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:08 | Mississippi | Robert Bondurant steals the ball from Bradley Dunning in the backcourt | 43-49 |
| 03:05 | Alabama | Todd Schaffner lays it up and in set up by Robert Bondurant | 45-49 |
| 02:47 | Mississippi | Richard Knight makes the jumper from the right block on a nice dish by Bradley Dunning | 45-51 |
| 02:47 | Alabama | Alabama calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 45-51 |
| Subs | Alabama | Joseph Newman (PG) Todd Schaffner | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (PG), Vernon Fletcher (SF), Dwight Jones (C) Bradley Dunning, Richard Knight, Curtis Hines | |
| 02:30 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 45-51 |
| 02:29 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow grabs the offensive rebound | 45-51 |
| 02:13 | Alabama | Mark Baron drills a jump hook from close range set up by Joseph Newman | 47-51 |
| 02:02 | Mississippi | Chad Smith misses badly on a floater from the baseline | 47-51 |
| 02:01 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow snags the defensive board | 47-51 |
| 01:37 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the right block | 47-51 |
| 01:35 | Alabama | Mark Baron snags the offensive board | 47-51 |
| 01:21 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 47-51 |
| 01:20 | Mississippi | Chad Smith snags the defensive board | 47-51 |
| 01:00 | Mississippi | Vernon Fletcher scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by William Parker | 47-53 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 00:52 | Alabama | Joseph Newman hits a fadeaway in the paint | 49-53 |
| 00:52 | Mississippi | Mississippi calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 49-53 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), Curtis Hines (C) Paul Mathieu, Dwight Jones | |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 00:23 | Mississippi | Chad Smith's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-53 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 00:17 | Alabama | Joseph Newman's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-53 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Knight (SF) Vernon Fletcher | |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 00:15 | Mississippi | Richard Knight is fouled in the backcourt by Joseph Newman - foul #5 on Joseph Newman, team foul #8 | 49-53 |
| Subs | Alabama | Todd Schaffner (PG) Joseph Newman | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 00:15 | Mississippi | Richard Knight makes the 1st free throw | 49-54 |
| 00:15 | Mississippi | Richard Knight makes the 2nd free throw | 49-55 |
| 00:12 | Alabama | Alabama calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 49-55 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Vernon Fletcher (SF) Richard Knight | |
| 00:10 | Alabama | Mark Baron throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-55 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (PG), Richard Knight (SF) Bradley Dunning, Vernon Fletcher | |
| 00:07 | Mississippi | Robert Bondurant is called for the reach on Curtis Hines in the backcourt - foul #4 on Robert Bondurant, team foul #9 | 49-55 |
| 00:07 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines makes the 1st free throw | 49-56 |
| 00:07 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines makes the 2nd free throw | 49-57 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:02 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant clanks a 3 from straight away | 49-57 |
| 00:00 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow grabs the offensive board | 49-57 |