| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Johnny Heard (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Edward Mozingo (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Stanley Lust (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ryan Risher (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Brian Messinger (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Arizona | PG - Donald Leamon (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Aaron Eisenberger (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Deeds (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Hans Kalafarski (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Bryan Hohman (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust inbounds the ball | 34-32 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:41 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Bryan Hohman - foul #1 on Bryan Hohman, team foul #1 | 34-32 |
| 19:41 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger makes the 1st free throw | 35-32 |
| 19:41 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger makes the 2nd free throw | 36-32 |
| 19:28 | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski misses long on a turnaround in the lane | 36-32 |
| 19:26 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher pulls down the rebound | 36-32 |
| 19:06 | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo clanks a jumper from the left side | 36-32 |
| 19:04 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger tips it back up and in | 38-32 |
| 18:41 | Northern Arizona | Bryan Hohman is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Bryan Hohman, team foul #2 | 38-32 |
| 18:26 | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing | 38-32 |
| 18:24 | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger grabs the board | 38-32 |
| 18:19 | Northern Arizona | James Deeds's pass is intercepted by Ryan Risher | 38-32 |
| 17:55 | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Edward Mozingo | 41-32 |
| 17:28 | Northern Arizona | Bryan Hohman is fouled on the floor by Edward Mozingo - foul #3 on Edward Mozingo, team foul #1 | 41-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Melvin Bailey (SG), Ralph Dickens (SF) Edward Mozingo, Stanley Lust | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps (SG), Joseph Vallejo (SF), Brian Nelms (PF) Aaron Eisenberger, James Deeds, Hans Kalafarski | |
| 17:08 | Northern Arizona | Brian Nelms clanks a floater near the basket | 41-32 |
| 17:07 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon grabs the offensive board | 41-32 |
| 16:52 | Northern Arizona | Brian Nelms can't connect on a fadeaway from the right block | 41-32 |
| 16:50 | Northern Arizona | Brian Nelms grabs the offensive rebound | 41-32 |
| 16:38 | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps drills a 3pt attempt from straight away | 41-35 |
| 16:24 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger connects on the fadeaway near the basket set up by Johnny Heard and the foul's on Donald Leamon - foul #2 on Donald Leamon, team foul #3 | 43-35 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust (SF) Ryan Risher | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger (SG), James Deeds (SF), Dmitry Zantow (C) Donald Leamon, Curtis Phelps, Bryan Hohman | |
| 16:24 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger makes the free throw | 44-35 |
| 15:58 | Northern Arizona | Joseph Vallejo is hacked by Ralph Dickens - foul #1 on Ralph Dickens, team foul #2 | 44-35 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo (PG), Andrew Alvord (C) Johnny Heard, Brian Messinger | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski (PF) Dmitry Zantow | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Edward Mozingo (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Melvin Bailey (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Stanley Lust (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ralph Dickens (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Andrew Alvord (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Northern Arizona | PG - Joseph Vallejo (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Aaron Eisenberger (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Deeds (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Hans Kalafarski (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Brian Nelms (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:38 | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger is fouled on the floor by Melvin Bailey - foul #2 on Melvin Bailey, team foul #3 | 44-35 |
| 15:25 | Northern Arizona | Joseph Vallejo buries a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from James Deeds | 44-38 |
| 15:01 | Mississippi State | Ralph Dickens buries a jumpshot from the right side | 46-38 |
| 14:36 | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski makes the jumper from the left block on a great pass from Joseph Vallejo | 46-40 |
| 14:14 | Mississippi State | Aaron Eisenberger picks off the pass by Edward Mozingo | 46-40 |
| 14:10 | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger lays it up and in | 46-42 |
| 13:55 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord buries a driving attempt near the basket set up by Edward Mozingo and he's hacked by Brian Nelms - foul #2 on Brian Nelms, team foul #4 | 48-42 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard (PG), Ryan Risher (PF) Melvin Bailey, Ralph Dickens | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon (PG), Curtis Phelps (SG), Dmitry Zantow (PF), Bryan Hohman (C) Joseph Vallejo, Aaron Eisenberger, Hans Kalafarski, Brian Nelms | |
| 13:55 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord makes the free throw | 49-42 |
| 13:28 | Northern Arizona | Edward Mozingo is called for the reach on Curtis Phelps - foul #4 on Edward Mozingo, team foul #4 | 49-42 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Melvin Bailey (SG), Brian Messinger (C) Edward Mozingo, Andrew Alvord | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | | |
| 13:17 | Northern Arizona | Dmitry Zantow misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 49-42 |
| 13:15 | Northern Arizona | James Deeds grabs the offensive board | 49-42 |
| 12:55 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon hits a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by James Deeds | 49-44 |
| 12:33 | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 49-44 |
| 12:31 | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps grabs the board | 49-44 |
| 12:09 | Northern Arizona | Stanley Lust steps in front of the Curtis Phelps pass | 49-44 |
| 12:02 | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard drills a jumpshot from the left wing | 51-44 |
| 11:45 | Northern Arizona | Dmitry Zantow misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Brian Messinger - foul #1 on Brian Messinger, team foul #5 | 51-44 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger (SG) James Deeds | |
| 11:45 | Northern Arizona | Dmitry Zantow makes the 1st free throw | 51-45 |
| 11:45 | Northern Arizona | Dmitry Zantow misses the 2nd free throw | 51-45 |
| 11:45 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger grabs the defensive rebound | 51-45 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Johnny Heard (fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SG - Melvin Bailey (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Stanley Lust (tiring) 4 pts. 2 stl. PF - Ryan Risher (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - Brian Messinger (fresh) 9 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Arizona | PG - Donald Leamon (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Aaron Eisenberger (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Curtis Phelps (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Dmitry Zantow (fresh) 4 pts. C - Bryan Hohman (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 11:29 | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard throws a bad pass out of bounds | 51-45 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Ralph Dickens (SF) Stanley Lust | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski (PF) Dmitry Zantow | |
| 11:16 | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski loses the dribble to Brian Messinger | 51-45 |
| 10:56 | Mississippi State | Ralph Dickens hits a jump hook near the basket | 53-45 |
| 10:34 | Northern Arizona | Bryan Hohman jams it set up by Donald Leamon | 53-47 |
| 10:20 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher misses the easy layup | 53-47 |
| 10:18 | Northern Arizona | The rebound goes to Bryan Hohman | 53-47 |
| 09:56 | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 53-47 |
| 09:55 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger snags the defensive board | 53-47 |
| 09:45 | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 53-47 |
| 09:44 | Northern Arizona | Bryan Hohman grabs the defensive rebound | 53-47 |
| 09:28 | Northern Arizona | Bryan Hohman is hacked by Johnny Heard - foul #1 on Johnny Heard, team foul #6 | 53-47 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust (SF), Andrew Alvord (C) Ralph Dickens, Brian Messinger | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Joseph Vallejo (PG), James Deeds (SF), Brian Nelms (C) Donald Leamon, Curtis Phelps, Bryan Hohman | |
| 09:13 | Northern Arizona | James Deeds hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Stanley Lust - foul #2 on Stanley Lust, team foul #7 | 53-47 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Dmitry Zantow (C) Hans Kalafarski | |
| 09:13 | Northern Arizona | James Deeds makes the 1st free throw | 53-48 |
| 09:13 | Northern Arizona | James Deeds misses the 2nd free throw | 53-48 |
| 09:13 | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust grabs the defensive rebound | 53-48 |
| 08:56 | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 53-48 |
| 08:55 | Northern Arizona | James Deeds pulls down the rebound | 53-48 |
| 08:53 | Northern Arizona | Joseph Vallejo travels in the backcourt | 53-48 |
| 08:35 | Mississippi State | Melvin Bailey throws a bad pass out of bounds | 53-48 |
| 08:26 | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger makes the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Brian Nelms and he's hacked by Melvin Bailey - foul #3 on Melvin Bailey, team foul #8 | 53-50 |
| 08:26 | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger misses the free throw | 53-50 |
| 08:26 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher grabs the defensive rebound | 53-50 |
| 08:11 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher is whistled for a carry | 53-50 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger (C) Ryan Risher | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | | |
| 07:49 | Northern Arizona | Joseph Vallejo hits a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a great pass from Aaron Eisenberger and he's fouled by Johnny Heard - foul #2 on Johnny Heard, team foul #9 | 53-52 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo (SG), Ralph Dickens (PF) Melvin Bailey, Andrew Alvord | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps (SG), Hans Kalafarski (PF) Aaron Eisenberger, Dmitry Zantow | |
| 07:49 | Northern Arizona | Joseph Vallejo makes the free throw | 53-53 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Johnny Heard (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SG - Edward Mozingo (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SF - Stanley Lust (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. PF - Ralph Dickens (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Brian Messinger (fresh) 9 pts. 10 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Arizona | PG - Joseph Vallejo (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Curtis Phelps (fresh) 6 pts. SF - James Deeds (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. PF - Hans Kalafarski (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Brian Nelms (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:28 | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard misses the floater from the right wing | 53-53 |
| 07:26 | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski grabs the defensive rebound | 53-53 |
| 07:12 | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski makes the driving attempt in the paint set up by Joseph Vallejo | 53-55 |
| 07:01 | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 53-55 |
| 07:00 | Northern Arizona | Brian Nelms grabs the defensive rebound | 53-55 |
| 06:47 | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski travels with the ball | 53-55 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord (PF) Stanley Lust | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon (PG), Bryan Hohman (C) James Deeds, Brian Nelms | |
| 06:31 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord scores on a jump hook from the baseline | 55-55 |
| 06:18 | Northern Arizona | Joseph Vallejo connects on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 55-57 |
| 06:11 | Mississippi State | Donald Leamon steals it from Ralph Dickens | 55-57 |
| 06:08 | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski lays it in on a great pass from Donald Leamon | 55-59 |
| 05:58 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord is fouled on the floor by Joseph Vallejo - foul #2 on Joseph Vallejo, team foul #5 | 55-59 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Stanley Lust (SF), Ryan Risher (PF) Ralph Dickens, Brian Messinger | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger (SG), James Deeds (SF), Brian Nelms (PF) Curtis Phelps, Joseph Vallejo, Hans Kalafarski | |
| 05:47 | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard is whistled for a carry | 55-59 |
| 05:26 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon drills a jumper from the left wing on a great pass from James Deeds | 55-61 |
| 05:13 | Mississippi State | Aaron Eisenberger is called for the reach on Edward Mozingo - foul #3 on Aaron Eisenberger, team foul #6 | 55-61 |
| 05:02 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord misses the jump hook from the baseline | 55-61 |
| 05:01 | Northern Arizona | Brian Nelms grabs the defensive rebound | 55-61 |
| 04:55 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 55-61 |
| 04:54 | Northern Arizona | Brian Nelms grabs the offensive rebound | 55-61 |
| 04:35 | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger is hacked by Stanley Lust - foul #3 on Stanley Lust, team foul #10 | 55-61 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger (C) Ryan Risher | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps (SF), Hans Kalafarski (PF) James Deeds, Brian Nelms | |
| 04:35 | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger makes the 1st free throw | 55-62 |
| 04:35 | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger makes the 2nd free throw | 55-63 |
| 04:19 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger throws a bad pass out of bounds | 55-63 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Melvin Bailey (SG), Ralph Dickens (SF) Edward Mozingo, Stanley Lust | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Joseph Vallejo (SF) Aaron Eisenberger | |
| 03:58 | Northern Arizona | Joseph Vallejo is called for 3 seconds | 55-63 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo (SF) Andrew Alvord | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger (SG), Dmitry Zantow (C) Donald Leamon, Bryan Hohman | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:42 | Mississippi State | Hans Kalafarski steps in front of the Ralph Dickens pass | 55-63 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Johnny Heard (tiring) 15 pts. 2 ast. SG - Melvin Bailey (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SF - Edward Mozingo (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. PF - Ralph Dickens (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Brian Messinger (fresh) 9 pts. 10 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Arizona | PG - Joseph Vallejo (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Aaron Eisenberger (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Curtis Phelps (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Hans Kalafarski (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - Dmitry Zantow (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 03:22 | Northern Arizona | Joseph Vallejo comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 55-63 |
| 03:21 | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps can't tip it in | 55-63 |
| 03:20 | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps snags the offensive board | 55-63 |
| 03:00 | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski misses the runner near the basket but the foul's on Melvin Bailey - foul #4 on Melvin Bailey, team foul #11 | 55-63 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher (PF) Ralph Dickens | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon (PG), Bryan Hohman (C) Aaron Eisenberger, Dmitry Zantow | |
| 03:00 | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski misses the 1st free throw | 55-63 |
| 03:00 | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski makes the 2nd free throw | 55-64 |
| 02:50 | Mississippi State | Curtis Phelps steals the ball from Brian Messinger | 55-64 |
| 02:50 | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-64 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Ralph Dickens (SF) Johnny Heard | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | James Deeds (SF) Joseph Vallejo | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:35 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon scores on a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Curtis Phelps | 55-67 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:29 | Mississippi State | Melvin Bailey drills a shot from the left side | 57-67 |
| 02:14 | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski misses the lay-in | 57-67 |
| 02:13 | Mississippi State | The rebound goes to Brian Messinger | 57-67 |
| 02:08 | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo loses the dribble to Bryan Hohman | 57-67 |
| 01:53 | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 57-67 |
| 01:51 | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo snags the defensive board | 57-67 |
| 01:28 | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo is hacked by James Deeds - foul #2 on James Deeds, team foul #7 | 57-67 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard (PG), Andrew Alvord (C) Ryan Risher, Brian Messinger | |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger (SG) Curtis Phelps | |
| 01:28 | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo misses the 1st free throw | 57-67 |
| 01:28 | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski snags the defensive board | 57-67 |
| 01:10 | Northern Arizona | James Deeds knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Hans Kalafarski | 57-69 |
| 00:59 | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo misses short on a runner from the baseline | 57-69 |
| 00:58 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord misses the tip | 57-69 |
| 00:56 | Mississippi State | Ralph Dickens grabs the offensive rebound | 57-69 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:53 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord's fadeaway is rejected by Hans Kalafarski | 57-69 |
| 00:51 | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard grabs the offensive board | 57-69 |
| 00:49 | Mississippi State | Ralph Dickens can't connect on a jumper from the baseline but he's hacked by Aaron Eisenberger - foul #4 on Aaron Eisenberger, team foul #8 | 57-69 |
| 00:49 | Mississippi State | Ralph Dickens makes the 1st free throw | 58-69 |
| 00:49 | Mississippi State | Ralph Dickens misses the 2nd free throw | 58-69 |
| 00:49 | Northern Arizona | Hans Kalafarski grabs the defensive rebound | 58-69 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:26 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon misses long on a fadeaway from the left side | 58-69 |
| 00:25 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord grabs the board | 58-69 |
| 00:18 | Mississippi State | Edward Mozingo misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 58-69 |
| 00:16 | Northern Arizona | James Deeds gets the rebound | 58-69 |
| 00:00 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon runs out the clock | 58-69 |