| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Bradley Dunning (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Parker (fresh) 12 pts. SF - Vernon Fletcher (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Chad Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Curtis Hines (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Michael Carson (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dana Renteria (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nicholas Moore (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Michael Meinhardt (fresh) 11 pts. C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fresh) 2 stl. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Vernon Fletcher inbounds the ball | 34-21 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:37 | Mississippi | Michael Carson picks off the pass by Chad Smith | 34-21 |
| 19:19 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 34-21 |
| 19:17 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Curtis Hines | 34-21 |
| 18:59 | Mississippi | Chad Smith misses the easy layup | 34-21 |
| 18:58 | Mississippi | William Parker grabs the offensive rebound | 34-21 |
| 18:47 | Mississippi | Vernon Fletcher travels with the ball | 34-21 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (PG), Richard Knight (SG), Randall Murray (SF), Jason Williams (PF), Dwight Jones (C) Bradley Dunning, William Parker, Vernon Fletcher, Chad Smith, Curtis Hines | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 18:27 | LSU | Dwight Jones swats the short shot by Michael Carson | 34-21 |
| 18:25 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt pulls down the offensive rebound | 34-21 |
| 18:08 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt's pass over a doubleteam is off the mark and out of bounds | 34-21 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), Curtis Hines (C) Paul Mathieu, Dwight Jones | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 17:53 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Dana Renteria - foul #3 on Dana Renteria, team foul #1 | 34-21 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Parker (SG), Vernon Fletcher (SF), Chad Smith (PF) Richard Knight, Randall Murray, Jason Williams | |
| Subs | LSU | Todd Pollard (SG) Dana Renteria | |
| 17:53 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning makes the 1st free throw | 35-21 |
| 17:53 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning makes the 2nd free throw | 36-21 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 17:46 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt hits the finger roll on a great pass from Nicholas Moore | 36-23 |
| 17:35 | Mississippi | William Parker knocks in the floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Bradley Dunning | 38-23 |
| 17:21 | LSU | Todd Pollard comes up short on the jumper in the lane | 38-23 |
| 17:19 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Chad Smith | 38-23 |
| 16:51 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning can't connect on a shot from the right side | 38-23 |
| 16:49 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt gets the rebound | 38-23 |
| 16:40 | LSU | William Parker is called for the reach on Todd Pollard - foul #2 on William Parker, team foul #1 | 38-23 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (PG), Richard Knight (SG), Randall Murray (SF), Jason Williams (PF), Dwight Jones (C) Bradley Dunning, William Parker, Vernon Fletcher, Chad Smith, Curtis Hines | |
| Subs | LSU | Timothy Lewis (SF), Charles Flynt (PF), Barry Baldwin (C) Nicholas Moore, Michael Meinhardt, Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| 16:22 | LSU | Randall Murray steals the ball from Barry Baldwin | 38-23 |
| 16:03 | Mississippi | Richard Knight can't connect on a shot from the left wing but the foul's on Timothy Lewis - foul #1 on Timothy Lewis, team foul #2 | 38-23 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), William Parker (SG), Chad Smith (PF), Curtis Hines (C) Paul Mathieu, Randall Murray, Jason Williams, Dwight Jones | |
| Subs | LSU | Jimmy Rockey (SG) Michael Carson | |
| 16:03 | Mississippi | Richard Knight misses the 1st free throw | 38-23 |
| 16:03 | Mississippi | Richard Knight makes the 2nd free throw | 39-23 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Bradley Dunning (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - William Parker (fresh) 14 pts. SF - Richard Knight (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Chad Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Curtis Hines (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Todd Pollard (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jimmy Rockey (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Timothy Lewis (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Charles Flynt (fresh) 1 pts. C - Barry Baldwin (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:44 | LSU | Timothy Lewis can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 39-23 |
| 15:42 | Mississippi | Chad Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 39-23 |
| 15:38 | Mississippi | William Parker misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 39-23 |
| 15:36 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines tips it home | 41-23 |
| 15:12 | LSU | Todd Pollard hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 41-23 |
| 15:11 | LSU | Charles Flynt hits the follow up shot | 41-25 |
| 14:54 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 41-25 |
| 14:53 | Mississippi | Richard Knight gets the offensive rebound | 41-25 |
| 14:41 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines is by himself and knocks in the shot from the free throw line on a great pass from William Parker out of a doubleteam | 43-25 |
| 14:20 | LSU | Charles Flynt's pass is intercepted by William Parker | 43-25 |
| 14:02 | Mississippi | William Parker misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 43-25 |
| 14:00 | LSU | Barry Baldwin grabs the board | 43-25 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 13:45 | LSU | Todd Pollard misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Chad Smith - foul #2 on Chad Smith, team foul #2 | 43-25 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (PG), Vernon Fletcher (SG), Randall Murray (SF), Jason Williams (PF), Dwight Jones (C) Bradley Dunning, William Parker, Richard Knight, Chad Smith, Curtis Hines | |
| Subs | LSU | Dana Renteria (SG), Nicholas Moore (SF), Michael Meinhardt (PF), Bradley Ziegenbein (C) Jimmy Rockey, Timothy Lewis, Charles Flynt, Barry Baldwin | |
| 13:45 | LSU | Todd Pollard makes the 1st free throw | 43-26 |
| 13:45 | LSU | Todd Pollard makes the 2nd free throw | 43-27 |
| 13:29 | Mississippi | Bradley Ziegenbein is called for the reach on Dwight Jones - foul #2 on Bradley Ziegenbein, team foul #3 | 43-27 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Parker (SG) Randall Murray | |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (PG) Todd Pollard | |
| 13:17 | Mississippi | Dwight Jones throws a bad pass out of bounds | 43-27 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Marcus Ludwig (C) Dwight Jones | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 12:57 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt hits a shot from the right side set up by Dana Renteria | 43-29 |
| 12:38 | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu's floater is knocked away by Bradley Ziegenbein | 43-29 |
| 12:36 | LSU | Dana Renteria grabs the defensive rebound | 43-29 |
| 12:34 | LSU | Michael Carson is hacked by Paul Mathieu in the backcourt - foul #2 on Paul Mathieu, team foul #3 | 43-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), Randall Murray (SF), Chad Smith (PF), Curtis Hines (C) Paul Mathieu, Vernon Fletcher, Jason Williams, Marcus Ludwig | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 12:29 | LSU | The jump hook by Bradley Ziegenbein is blocked by Chad Smith | 43-29 |
| 12:27 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt can't tip it in | 43-29 |
| 12:25 | LSU | Nicholas Moore tips it back up and in | 43-31 |
| 12:12 | Mississippi | William Parker comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-31 |
| 12:10 | LSU | The rebound goes to Michael Carson | 43-31 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 11:41 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein drills a floater from the left block on a nice dish by Michael Carson and the foul's on Chad Smith - foul #3 on Chad Smith, team foul #4 | 43-33 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (PG), Richard Knight (SG), Vernon Fletcher (SF), Dwight Jones (C) Bradley Dunning, William Parker, Randall Murray, Curtis Hines | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 11:41 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein makes the free throw | 43-34 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Paul Mathieu (fresh) SG - Richard Knight (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Vernon Fletcher (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Chad Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Dwight Jones (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Michael Carson (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Dana Renteria (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Nicholas Moore (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Michael Meinhardt (fresh) 15 pts. 4 reb. C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. | |
| 11:17 | Mississippi | Michael Meinhardt steps in front of the Dwight Jones pass | 43-34 |
| 10:57 | LSU | Michael Carson connects on the shot from the left wing set up by Bradley Ziegenbein | 43-36 |
| 10:35 | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu makes the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Dwight Jones | 46-36 |
| 10:10 | LSU | Dana Renteria is called for a pushoff foul - foul #4 on Dana Renteria, team foul #4 | 46-36 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), William Parker (SG), Randall Murray (SF), Jason Williams (PF), Curtis Hines (C) Paul Mathieu, Richard Knight, Vernon Fletcher, Chad Smith, Dwight Jones | |
| Subs | LSU | Todd Pollard (SG), Timothy Lewis (SF), Charles Flynt (PF), Barry Baldwin (C) Dana Renteria, Nicholas Moore, Michael Meinhardt, Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| 09:51 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning is open and buries a jumper from just outside the lane set up by William Parker out of the doubleteam | 48-36 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 09:29 | LSU | Timothy Lewis drills a runner in the paint on a great pass from Michael Carson | 48-38 |
| 09:12 | Mississippi | William Parker can't connect on a driving attempt from the left block but the foul's on Barry Baldwin - foul #1 on Barry Baldwin, team foul #5 | 48-38 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Vernon Fletcher (SF), Chad Smith (PF) Randall Murray, Jason Williams | |
| Subs | LSU | Jimmy Rockey (SG) Michael Carson | |
| 09:12 | Mississippi | William Parker makes the 1st free throw | 49-38 |
| 09:12 | Mississippi | William Parker makes the 2nd free throw | 50-38 |
| 08:58 | LSU | Barry Baldwin misses the fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by Curtis Hines - foul #1 on Curtis Hines, team foul #5 | 50-38 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Meinhardt (PF) Charles Flynt | |
| 08:58 | LSU | Barry Baldwin makes the 1st free throw | 50-39 |
| 08:58 | LSU | Barry Baldwin misses the 2nd free throw | 50-39 |
| 08:58 | Mississippi | Chad Smith snags the defensive board | 50-39 |
| 08:46 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Jimmy Rockey - foul #1 on Jimmy Rockey, team foul #6 | 50-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Randall Murray (SF) Vernon Fletcher | |
| Subs | LSU | Nicholas Moore (SF), Bradley Ziegenbein (C) Timothy Lewis, Barry Baldwin | |
| 08:46 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines makes the 1st free throw | 51-39 |
| 08:46 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines makes the 2nd free throw | 52-39 |
| 08:25 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a turnaround in the paint | 52-39 |
| 08:23 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning grabs the defensive rebound | 52-39 |
| 08:08 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines misses long on a jumper from the free throw line | 52-39 |
| 08:06 | Mississippi | Chad Smith grabs the offensive rebound | 52-39 |
| 07:58 | Mississippi | Chad Smith travels with the ball | 52-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Knight (SG), Vernon Fletcher (SF), Jason Williams (PF) William Parker, Randall Murray, Chad Smith | |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (PG), Dana Renteria (SG) Todd Pollard, Jimmy Rockey | |
| 07:34 | LSU | Dana Renteria is fouled on the floor by Jason Williams - foul #3 on Jason Williams, team foul #6 | 52-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (PG), William Parker (SG), Chad Smith (PF) Bradley Dunning, Richard Knight, Jason Williams | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Paul Mathieu (fresh) 3 pts. SG - William Parker (fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SF - Vernon Fletcher (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Chad Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Curtis Hines (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Michael Carson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Dana Renteria (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - Nicholas Moore (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Michael Meinhardt (fresh) 15 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. | |
| 07:18 | LSU | Dana Renteria misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 52-39 |
| 07:16 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines grabs the defensive rebound | 52-39 |
| 06:58 | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 52-39 |
| 06:56 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein grabs the board | 52-39 |
| 06:34 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein hits the front of the rim on the shot from the baseline | 52-39 |
| 06:33 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to William Parker | 52-39 |
| 06:26 | Mississippi | William Parker works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 52-39 |
| 06:24 | LSU | Michael Carson grabs the board | 52-39 |
| 06:12 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt clanks a turnaround from the left block | 52-39 |
| 06:11 | Mississippi | William Parker snags the defensive board | 52-39 |
| 05:42 | Mississippi | Vernon Fletcher misses long on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 52-39 |
| 05:40 | Mississippi | Vernon Fletcher tips it in | 54-39 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 05:24 | LSU | Michael Carson comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side | 54-39 |
| 05:23 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines grabs the board | 54-39 |
| 05:19 | Mississippi | William Parker works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 54-39 |
| 05:17 | LSU | Dana Renteria snags the defensive board | 54-39 |
| 05:12 | LSU | Michael Carson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 54-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), Richard Knight (SG), Randall Murray (SF), Jason Williams (PF), Dwight Jones (C) Paul Mathieu, William Parker, Vernon Fletcher, Chad Smith, Curtis Hines | |
| Subs | LSU | Timothy Lewis (SF), Charles Flynt (PF), Barry Baldwin (C) Nicholas Moore, Michael Meinhardt, Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| 05:00 | Mississippi | Barry Baldwin blocks the short jumper by Jason Williams | 54-39 |
| 04:59 | Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to Jason Williams | 54-39 |
| 04:42 | Mississippi | Richard Knight is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Richard Knight, team foul #7 | 54-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | LSU | Todd Pollard (PG) Michael Carson | |
| 04:16 | LSU | Dwight Jones is called for the reach on Charles Flynt - foul #1 on Dwight Jones, team foul #8 | 54-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Parker (SG), Chad Smith (PF) Randall Murray, Jason Williams | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 04:16 | LSU | Charles Flynt makes the 1st free throw | 54-40 |
| 04:16 | LSU | Charles Flynt makes the 2nd free throw | 54-41 |
| 04:09 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning double dribbles | 54-41 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Curtis Hines (C) Dwight Jones | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 03:44 | LSU | Todd Pollard is whistled for a carry | 54-41 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jason Williams (PF), Dwight Jones (C) Chad Smith, Curtis Hines | |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (PG) Dana Renteria | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:19 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning misses the jumper from the left side | 54-41 |
| 03:18 | Mississippi | Dwight Jones snags the offensive board | 54-41 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Bradley Dunning (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SG - William Parker (fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SF - Richard Knight (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Jason Williams (fresh) 3 pf. C - Dwight Jones (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Michael Carson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Todd Pollard (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Timothy Lewis (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Charles Flynt (fresh) 5 pts. C - Barry Baldwin (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 02:54 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 54-41 |
| 02:53 | LSU | Charles Flynt snags the defensive board | 54-41 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 02:33 | LSU | Barry Baldwin clanks a floater from the right wing | 54-41 |
| 02:31 | Mississippi | Dwight Jones grabs the board | 54-41 |
| 02:02 | Mississippi | Richard Knight drills a 3pt shot from the right corner | 57-41 |
| 01:33 | LSU | Timothy Lewis buries a shot from the left wing set up by Michael Carson | 57-43 |
| 01:04 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning misses the 3 from the left wing | 57-43 |
| 01:03 | Mississippi | William Parker tips it but misses | 57-43 |
| 01:02 | LSU | Timothy Lewis gets the rebound | 57-43 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:55 | LSU | Barry Baldwin lays it up and in on a nice dish by Timothy Lewis and the foul's on Dwight Jones - foul #2 on Dwight Jones, team foul #9 | 57-45 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Vernon Fletcher (SF), Chad Smith (PF), Curtis Hines (C) Richard Knight, Jason Williams, Dwight Jones | |
| Subs | LSU | Dana Renteria (SG), Nicholas Moore (SF), Michael Meinhardt (PF) Todd Pollard, Timothy Lewis, Charles Flynt | |
| 00:55 | LSU | Barry Baldwin misses the free throw | 57-45 |
| 00:55 | Mississippi | Chad Smith pulls down the rebound | 57-45 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:28 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning can't connect on a shot from the left wing | 57-45 |
| 00:26 | Mississippi | Vernon Fletcher pulls down the offensive rebound | 57-45 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning runs out the clock | 57-45 |