| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Richard Steele (fresh) SG - Johnny Heard (fresh) SF - Stanley Lust (fresh) PF - Ryan Risher (fresh) C - Andrew Alvord (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - James Liu (fresh) SG - Richard Anthony (fresh) SF - John Follis (fresh) PF - John Fudge (fresh) C - Christopher Zito (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Alabama | Christopher Zito wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:49 | Alabama | John Fudge loses the ball out of bounds | 0-0 |
| 19:26 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher hits a shot from the right block | 2-0 |
| 19:04 | Alabama | John Follis scores on a jump hook from the right block and he's hacked by Andrew Alvord - foul #1 on Andrew Alvord, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 19:04 | Alabama | John Follis makes the free throw | 2-3 |
| 18:50 | Mississippi State | John Follis is called for the reach on Richard Steele - foul #1 on John Follis, team foul #1 | 2-3 |
| 18:34 | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 2-3 |
| 18:33 | Alabama | John Follis pulls down the rebound | 2-3 |
| 18:09 | Alabama | Andrew Alvord blocks the short jumper by Christopher Zito | 2-3 |
| 18:07 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher grabs the defensive rebound | 2-3 |
| 17:47 | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust banks in the layup on a nice dish by Richard Steele | 4-3 |
| 17:30 | Alabama | Andrew Alvord blocks the short jumper by Christopher Zito | 4-3 |
| 17:29 | Alabama | James Liu tips it but misses | 4-3 |
| 17:27 | Alabama | James Liu grabs the offensive board | 4-3 |
| 17:07 | Alabama | Christopher Zito throws a bad pass out of bounds | 4-3 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| Subs | Alabama | Matthew Bowden (PG), Ray McGuire (SG), Larry Harris (SF) James Liu, Richard Anthony, John Follis | |
| 16:51 | Mississippi State | John Fudge denies the turnaround by Ryan Risher | 4-3 |
| 16:50 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord grabs the offensive rebound | 4-3 |
| 16:42 | Mississippi State | Richard Steele misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Matthew Bowden - foul #1 on Matthew Bowden, team foul #2 | 4-3 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| Subs | Alabama | Peter Johnson (C) Christopher Zito | |
| 16:42 | Mississippi State | Richard Steele misses the 1st free throw | 4-3 |
| 16:42 | Mississippi State | Richard Steele makes the 2nd free throw | 5-3 |
| 16:24 | Alabama | Larry Harris is hacked by Johnny Heard - foul #1 on Johnny Heard, team foul #2 | 5-3 |
| 16:00 | Alabama | Ryan Risher picks off the pass by Larry Harris | 5-3 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Richard Steele (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Johnny Heard (fresh) SF - Stanley Lust (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Ryan Risher (fresh) 2 pts. C - Andrew Alvord (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Matthew Bowden (fresh) SG - Ray McGuire (fresh) SF - Larry Harris (fresh) PF - John Fudge (fairly fresh) C - Peter Johnson (fresh) | |
| 15:43 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane but the foul's on Matthew Bowden - foul #2 on Matthew Bowden, team foul #3 | 5-3 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo (SF) Stanley Lust | |
| Subs | Alabama | James Liu (PG), John Follis (SF), Christopher Zito (C) Matthew Bowden, Larry Harris, Peter Johnson | |
| 15:43 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher makes the 1st free throw | 6-3 |
| 15:43 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher makes the 2nd free throw | 7-3 |
| 15:17 | Alabama | James Liu scores on a shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Ray McGuire | 7-5 |
| 14:57 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher knocks in the driving attempt near the basket | 9-5 |
| 14:32 | Alabama | James Liu hits a floater from the free throw line | 9-7 |
| 14:14 | Mississippi State | Richard Steele hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 9-7 |
| 14:13 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord pulls down the offensive rebound | 9-7 |
| 14:07 | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard hits a 3 from the left wing set up by Ryan Risher | 12-7 |
| 13:47 | Alabama | Richard Steele steps in front of the James Liu pass | 12-7 |
| 13:26 | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 12-7 |
| 13:24 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord pulls down the offensive rebound | 12-7 |
| 13:12 | Mississippi State | John Follis swats the short shot by Andrew Alvord | 12-7 |
| 13:11 | Alabama | John Follis snags the defensive board | 12-7 |
| 12:53 | Alabama | James Liu clanks a floater in the paint but he's hacked by Johnny Heard - foul #2 on Johnny Heard, team foul #3 | 12-7 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Matthew Rose (PG), Stanley Lust (SF), Ralph Dickens (PF), Brian Messinger (C) Richard Steele, Johnny Heard, Ryan Risher, Andrew Alvord | |
| Subs | Alabama | Richard Anthony (SG), Larry Harris (SF), Stephen Graziano (PF), Peter Johnson (C) Ray McGuire, John Follis, John Fudge, Christopher Zito | |
| 12:53 | Alabama | James Liu misses the 1st free throw | 12-7 |
| 12:53 | Alabama | James Liu misses the 2nd free throw | 12-7 |
| 12:53 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger grabs the defensive rebound | 12-7 |
| 12:32 | Mississippi State | Ralph Dickens is fouled on the floor by Stephen Graziano - foul #1 on Stephen Graziano, team foul #4 | 12-7 |
| 12:10 | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 14-7 |
| 11:41 | Alabama | Larry Harris scores on a fadeaway from the right wing | 14-9 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Matthew Rose (fresh) SG - Edward Mozingo (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Stanley Lust (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Ralph Dickens (fresh) C - Brian Messinger (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - James Liu (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SG - Richard Anthony (fresh) SF - Larry Harris (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Stephen Graziano (fresh) C - Peter Johnson (fresh) | |
| 11:22 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger clanks a turnaround from close range | 14-9 |
| 11:20 | Alabama | Stephen Graziano pulls down the rebound | 14-9 |
| 11:03 | Alabama | James Liu misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 14-9 |
| 11:02 | Mississippi State | The rebound goes to Ralph Dickens | 14-9 |
| 10:44 | Mississippi State | Ralph Dickens hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left side but the foul's on Richard Anthony - foul #1 on Richard Anthony, team foul #5 | 14-9 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Richard Steele (PG), Melvin Bailey (SG) Matthew Rose, Edward Mozingo | |
| Subs | Alabama | Ray McGuire (SG), John Follis (SF), John Fudge (PF), Christopher Zito (C) James Liu, Larry Harris, Stephen Graziano, Peter Johnson | |
| 10:44 | Mississippi State | Ralph Dickens makes the 1st free throw | 15-9 |
| 10:44 | Mississippi State | Ralph Dickens misses the 2nd free throw | 15-9 |
| 10:44 | Alabama | John Fudge grabs the board | 15-9 |
| 10:20 | Alabama | Christopher Zito misses the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 15-9 |
| 10:19 | Mississippi State | Melvin Bailey snags the defensive board | 15-9 |
| 09:58 | Mississippi State | John Follis steps in front of the Brian Messinger pass | 15-9 |
| 09:40 | Alabama | Melvin Bailey is called for the reach on Ray McGuire - foul #1 on Melvin Bailey, team foul #4 | 15-9 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher (PF), Andrew Alvord (C) Ralph Dickens, Brian Messinger | |
| Subs | Alabama | James Liu (PG) Richard Anthony | |
| 09:21 | Alabama | James Liu can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane but the foul's on Richard Steele - foul #1 on Richard Steele, team foul #5 | 15-9 |
| 09:21 | Alabama | James Liu makes the 1st free throw | 15-10 |
| 09:21 | Alabama | James Liu makes the 2nd free throw | 15-11 |
| 09:02 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord is fouled on the floor by John Follis - foul #2 on John Follis, team foul #6 | 15-11 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo (SF) Stanley Lust | |
| Subs | Alabama | Larry Harris (SF) John Follis | |
| 08:44 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord misses the dunk attempt but the foul's on Ray McGuire - foul #1 on Ray McGuire, team foul #7 | 15-11 |
| 08:44 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord makes the 1st free throw | 16-11 |
| 08:44 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord makes the 2nd free throw | 17-11 |
| 08:41 | Alabama | James Liu is fouled in the backcourt by Richard Steele - foul #2 on Richard Steele, team foul #6 | 17-11 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Matthew Rose (PG) Richard Steele | |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| 08:18 | Alabama | James Liu travels with the ball | 17-11 |
| 08:02 | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo misses long on a floater in the paint | 17-11 |
| 08:01 | Alabama | Larry Harris pulls down the rebound | 17-11 |
| 07:37 | Alabama | Christopher Zito scores on a shot from close range and the foul's on Edward Mozingo - foul #1 on Edward Mozingo, team foul #7 | 17-13 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| Subs | Alabama | Richard Anthony (PG), Peter Johnson (C) James Liu, John Fudge | |
| 07:37 | Alabama | Christopher Zito makes the free throw | 17-14 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Matthew Rose (fresh) SG - Melvin Bailey (fresh) SF - Edward Mozingo (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Ryan Risher (fresh) 6 pts. C - Andrew Alvord (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Richard Anthony (fresh) SG - Ray McGuire (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Larry Harris (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Christopher Zito (fresh) 3 pts. C - Peter Johnson (fresh) | |
| 07:22 | Mississippi State | Richard Anthony picks off the pass by Edward Mozingo | 17-14 |
| 06:56 | Alabama | Larry Harris misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 17-14 |
| 06:54 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord gets the rebound | 17-14 |
| 06:40 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher can't finish the layup but the foul's on Richard Anthony - foul #2 on Richard Anthony, team foul #8 | 17-14 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust (SF) Melvin Bailey | |
| Subs | Alabama | James Liu (PG), John Fudge (PF) Richard Anthony, Christopher Zito | |
| 06:40 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher makes the 1st free throw | 18-14 |
| 06:40 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher makes the 2nd free throw | 19-14 |
| 06:21 | Alabama | Ray McGuire comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 19-14 |
| 06:19 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord snags the defensive board | 19-14 |
| 05:58 | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo drills a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 21-14 |
| 05:34 | Alabama | James Liu hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 21-14 |
| 05:33 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord grabs the board | 21-14 |
| 05:17 | Mississippi State | Peter Johnson steals the ball from Ryan Risher | 21-14 |
| 04:59 | Alabama | The 3pt attempt by James Liu is denied by Andrew Alvord | 21-14 |
| 04:57 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord pulls down the rebound | 21-14 |
| 04:30 | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo is fouled on the floor by Larry Harris - foul #1 on Larry Harris, team foul #9 | 21-14 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Melvin Bailey (SG), Ralph Dickens (PF), Brian Messinger (C) Matthew Rose, Ryan Risher, Andrew Alvord | |
| Subs | Alabama | Christopher Zito (PF) John Fudge | |
| 04:30 | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo misses the 1st free throw | 21-14 |
| 04:30 | Alabama | Peter Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 21-14 |
| 04:25 | Alabama | Larry Harris is fouled on the floor by Ralph Dickens - foul #1 on Ralph Dickens, team foul #8 | 21-14 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Matthew Rose (PG) Edward Mozingo | |
| Subs | Alabama | Stephen Graziano (PF) Peter Johnson | |
| 04:25 | Alabama | Larry Harris makes the 1st free throw | 21-15 |
| 04:25 | Alabama | Larry Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 21-16 |
| 04:02 | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust misses badly on a floater near the basket but he's hacked by Larry Harris - foul #2 on Larry Harris, team foul #10 | 21-16 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| Subs | Alabama | John Follis (SF) Larry Harris | |
| 04:02 | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust misses the 1st free throw | 21-16 |
| 04:02 | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust makes the 2nd free throw | 22-16 |
| 03:47 | Alabama | Ray McGuire misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 22-16 |
| 03:46 | Mississippi State | Ralph Dickens grabs the defensive rebound | 22-16 |
| 03:30 | Mississippi State | The pull-up jumper by Matthew Rose is blocked by Stephen Graziano | 22-16 |
| 03:28 | Alabama | John Follis grabs the board | 22-16 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Matthew Rose (fairly fresh) SG - Melvin Bailey (fresh) SF - Stanley Lust (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Ralph Dickens (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Brian Messinger (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - James Liu (tiring) 6 pts. SG - Ray McGuire (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - John Follis (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Stephen Graziano (fresh) C - Christopher Zito (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 03:04 | Alabama | Christopher Zito misses short on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 22-16 |
| 03:03 | Alabama | Christopher Zito tips it home | 22-18 |
| 02:37 | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust clanks a runner from the baseline | 22-18 |
| 02:36 | Mississippi State | Melvin Bailey pulls down the offensive rebound | 22-18 |
| 02:21 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger misses the runner in the lane | 22-18 |
| 02:20 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Christopher Zito | 22-18 |
| 01:54 | Alabama | James Liu connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by John Follis | 22-21 |
| 01:42 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 22-21 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Richard Steele (PG), Johnny Heard (SG), Edward Mozingo (SF), Ryan Risher (PF), Andrew Alvord (C) Matthew Rose, Melvin Bailey, Stanley Lust, Ralph Dickens, Brian Messinger | |
| Subs | Alabama | Richard Anthony (PG), Matthew Bowden (SG), John Fudge (PF) James Liu, Ray McGuire, Stephen Graziano | |
| 01:20 | Alabama | Ryan Risher denies the turnaround by John Follis | 22-21 |
| 01:18 | Alabama | Christopher Zito hits the follow up shot | 22-23 |
| 00:59 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher scores on a runner near the basket set up by Richard Steele | 24-23 |
| 00:39 | Alabama | John Fudge's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 24-23 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| Subs | Alabama | Larry Harris (SF), Peter Johnson (C) John Follis, Christopher Zito | |
| 00:20 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by John Fudge - foul #1 on John Fudge, team foul #11 | 24-23 |
| 00:20 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord makes the 1st free throw | 25-23 |
| 00:20 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord makes the 2nd free throw | 26-23 |
| 00:03 | Alabama | Larry Harris misses the dunk | 26-23 |
| 00:02 | Alabama | Peter Johnson tips it back up and in | 26-25 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo clanks a fullcourt shot | 26-25 |