| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Mark Eggert (fresh) SG - Mark Quinn (fresh) SF - Pablo Castaneda (fresh) PF - Freddy Bozek (fresh) C - Anthony Cunniff (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - Brian Bigelow (fresh) SG - Billy Jones (fresh) SF - Russell Henderson (fresh) PF - Michael Palm (fresh) C - David Simmons (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Arkansas | David Simmons wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 19:41 | Arkansas | Billy Jones drills a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Brian Bigelow | 0-3 |
| 19:27 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 0-3 |
| 19:25 | Arkansas | Michael Palm snags the defensive board | 0-3 |
| 19:13 | Arkansas | Billy Jones misses the jumper from the left wing | 0-3 |
| 19:12 | Mississippi | Mark Eggert pulls down the rebound | 0-3 |
| 18:59 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 0-3 |
| 18:58 | Arkansas | David Simmons snags the defensive board | 0-3 |
| 18:44 | Arkansas | Pablo Castaneda swats the short shot by Michael Palm | 0-3 |
| 18:43 | Arkansas | David Simmons grabs the offensive rebound | 0-3 |
| 18:37 | Arkansas | Billy Jones loses the ball out of bounds | 0-3 |
| 18:16 | Mississippi | Pablo Castaneda misses short on a shot from the right wing | 0-3 |
| 18:14 | Arkansas | The rebound goes to Russell Henderson | 0-3 |
| 17:55 | Arkansas | Billy Jones buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Brian Bigelow | 0-6 |
| 17:35 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 0-6 |
| 17:33 | Mississippi | Anthony Cunniff grabs the offensive rebound | 0-6 |
| 17:16 | Mississippi | Mark Eggert's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 0-6 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Hank Hanna (SG), Greg Moon (SF), Andrew Wright (C) Mark Quinn, Pablo Castaneda, Anthony Cunniff | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Edwin Mason (PG), Garf Demski (SG), Donald Jones (SF), Randall James (PF), Ellis Reynolds (C) Brian Bigelow, Billy Jones, Russell Henderson, Michael Palm, David Simmons | |
| 16:47 | Arkansas | Garf Demski makes the floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Edwin Mason | 0-8 |
| 16:40 | Mississippi | Edwin Mason picks off the pass by Mark Eggert in the backcourt | 0-8 |
| 16:25 | Arkansas | Andrew Wright is called for the reach on Ellis Reynolds - foul #1 on Andrew Wright, team foul #1 | 0-8 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Walter Wade (SG), Ronald Biller (C) Mark Eggert, Freddy Bozek | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow (PG) Edwin Mason | |
| 16:08 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 0-8 |
| 16:07 | Mississippi | Andrew Wright gets the rebound | 0-8 |
| 16:02 | Mississippi | Walter Wade throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 0-8 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Quinn (SG), Pablo Castaneda (SF), Anthony Cunniff (C) Walter Wade, Andrew Wright, Ronald Biller | |
| Subs | Arkansas | | |
| 15:44 | Arkansas | Randall James buries a floater from the left block on a great pass from Garf Demski | 0-10 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Greg Moon (fresh) SG - Mark Quinn (fresh) SF - Pablo Castaneda (fresh) PF - Hank Hanna (fresh) C - Anthony Cunniff (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - Brian Bigelow (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Garf Demski (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Jones (fresh) PF - Randall James (fresh) 2 pts. C - Ellis Reynolds (fresh) | |
| 15:39 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn is hacked by Garf Demski in the backcourt - foul #1 on Garf Demski, team foul #1 | 0-10 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Eggert (PG) Greg Moon | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Billy Jones (SG) Garf Demski | |
| 15:25 | Mississippi | Ellis Reynolds swats the layup by Anthony Cunniff | 0-10 |
| 15:24 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow grabs the board | 0-10 |
| 15:02 | Arkansas | Billy Jones knocks in the floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Brian Bigelow | 0-12 |
| 14:50 | Mississippi | Pablo Castaneda is alone and drills a fadeaway from the baseline | 2-12 |
| 14:26 | Arkansas | The pull-up jumper by Brian Bigelow is blocked by Pablo Castaneda | 2-12 |
| 14:25 | Mississippi | Anthony Cunniff pulls down the rebound | 2-12 |
| 14:07 | Mississippi | Anthony Cunniff comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 2-12 |
| 14:05 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn pulls down the offensive rebound | 2-12 |
| 14:00 | Mississippi | Pablo Castaneda comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 2-12 |
| 13:58 | Arkansas | Randall James snags the defensive board | 2-12 |
| 13:36 | Arkansas | Donald Jones clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 2-12 |
| 13:34 | Arkansas | The offensive rebound goes to Ellis Reynolds | 2-12 |
| 13:15 | Arkansas | Billy Jones clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing but he's fouled by Mark Quinn - foul #1 on Mark Quinn, team foul #2 | 2-12 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Moon (PG), Walter Wade (SG), Ronald Biller (SF), Freddy Bozek (PF), Andrew Wright (C) Mark Eggert, Mark Quinn, Pablo Castaneda, Hank Hanna, Anthony Cunniff | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Edwin Mason (PG), Russell Henderson (SF), Michael Palm (PF), David Simmons (C) Brian Bigelow, Donald Jones, Randall James, Ellis Reynolds | |
| 13:15 | Arkansas | Billy Jones misses the 1st free throw | 2-12 |
| 13:15 | Arkansas | Billy Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 2-13 |
| 13:15 | Arkansas | Billy Jones makes the 3rd free throw | 2-14 |
| 13:06 | Mississippi | Edwin Mason steps in front of the Walter Wade pass | 2-14 |
| 13:03 | Arkansas | Billy Jones banks in the layup on a great pass from Edwin Mason | 2-16 |
| 12:44 | Mississippi | Andrew Wright's fadeaway is rejected by Michael Palm | 2-16 |
| 12:43 | Arkansas | Billy Jones snags the defensive board | 2-16 |
| 12:26 | Arkansas | Billy Jones clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 2-16 |
| 12:25 | Arkansas | Michael Palm misses the tip | 2-16 |
| 12:24 | Mississippi | Greg Moon gets the rebound | 2-16 |
| 12:22 | Mississippi | Russell Henderson is called for the reach on Ronald Biller in the backcourt - foul #1 on Russell Henderson, team foul #2 | 2-16 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Garf Demski (SG) Billy Jones | |
| 12:01 | Mississippi | Walter Wade comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 2-16 |
| 12:00 | Arkansas | David Simmons grabs the board | 2-16 |
| 11:38 | Arkansas | Garf Demski comes up short on the turnaround near the basket but he's hacked by Ronald Biller - foul #1 on Ronald Biller, team foul #3 | 2-16 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Eggert (PG), Hank Hanna (SG) Walter Wade, Ronald Biller | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow (PG), John Lewis (C) Edwin Mason, David Simmons | |
| 11:38 | Arkansas | Garf Demski makes the 1st free throw | 2-17 |
| 11:38 | Arkansas | Garf Demski misses the 2nd free throw | 2-17 |
| 11:38 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek grabs the board | 2-17 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Mark Eggert (fresh) SG - Hank Hanna (fresh) SF - Greg Moon (fresh) PF - Freddy Bozek (fresh) C - Andrew Wright (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - Brian Bigelow (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Garf Demski (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Russell Henderson (fresh) PF - Michael Palm (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - John Lewis (fresh) | |
| 11:27 | Mississippi | Greg Moon connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Andrew Wright | 5-17 |
| 11:11 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 5-17 |
| 11:10 | Arkansas | Garf Demski grabs the offensive rebound | 5-17 |
| 10:47 | Arkansas | Garf Demski loses the dribble to Hank Hanna | 5-17 |
| 10:44 | Mississippi | Hank Hanna lays it in | 7-17 |
| 10:28 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow hits a 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Garf Demski | 7-20 |
| 10:22 | Mississippi | Hank Hanna can't connect on a jumper from the right side | 7-20 |
| 10:20 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek gets the offensive rebound | 7-20 |
| 09:58 | Mississippi | Andrew Wright misses badly on a runner in the paint | 7-20 |
| 09:56 | Arkansas | John Lewis gets the rebound | 7-20 |
| 09:46 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow hits a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Russell Henderson | 7-23 |
| 09:27 | Mississippi | Greg Moon scores on a jumper near the basket | 9-23 |
| 09:07 | Arkansas | Mark Eggert is called for the reach on Garf Demski - foul #1 on Mark Eggert, team foul #4 | 9-23 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Walter Wade (PG), Mark Quinn (SG), Pablo Castaneda (SF), Ronald Biller (PF), Anthony Cunniff (C) Mark Eggert, Hank Hanna, Greg Moon, Freddy Bozek, Andrew Wright | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Edwin Mason (PG), Billy Jones (SG), Donald Jones (SF), Randall James (PF), David Simmons (C) Brian Bigelow, Garf Demski, Russell Henderson, Michael Palm, John Lewis | |
| 08:51 | Arkansas | Anthony Cunniff is called for the reach on David Simmons - foul #1 on Anthony Cunniff, team foul #5 | 9-23 |
| 08:40 | Arkansas | Randall James misses the easy layup | 9-23 |
| 08:39 | Arkansas | Randall James tips it but misses | 9-23 |
| 08:38 | Mississippi | Anthony Cunniff pulls down the rebound | 9-23 |
| 08:35 | Mississippi | Randall James picks off the pass by Walter Wade in the backcourt | 9-23 |
| 08:18 | Arkansas | David Simmons hits the finger roll set up by Billy Jones and the foul's on Anthony Cunniff - foul #2 on Anthony Cunniff, team foul #6 | 9-25 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Eggert (PG), Freddy Bozek (PF) Walter Wade, Anthony Cunniff | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow (PG) Edwin Mason | |
| 08:18 | Arkansas | David Simmons misses the free throw | 9-25 |
| 08:18 | Arkansas | Randall James gets the offensive rebound | 9-25 |
| 08:00 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow buries a shot from the right side on a nice dish by Donald Jones | 9-27 |
| 07:44 | Mississippi | Ronald Biller is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 11-27 |
| 07:40 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow is fouled in the backcourt by Mark Eggert - foul #2 on Mark Eggert, team foul #7 | 11-27 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Walter Wade (PG) Mark Eggert | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Russell Henderson (SF), Ellis Reynolds (PF) Donald Jones, Randall James | |
| 07:40 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow makes the 1st free throw | 11-28 |
| 07:40 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow misses the 2nd free throw | 11-28 |
| 07:40 | Arkansas | The offensive rebound goes to David Simmons | 11-28 |
| 07:27 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow is hacked by Walter Wade - foul #1 on Walter Wade, team foul #8 | 11-28 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Hank Hanna (PF) Freddy Bozek | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Michael Palm (PF) David Simmons | |
| 07:27 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow makes the 1st free throw | 11-29 |
| 07:27 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow makes the 2nd free throw | 11-30 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Walter Wade (fresh) SG - Mark Quinn (fresh) SF - Pablo Castaneda (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. PF - Hank Hanna (fresh) 2 pts. C - Ronald Biller (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - Brian Bigelow (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Billy Jones (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Russell Henderson (fairly fresh) PF - Michael Palm (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Ellis Reynolds (fresh) | |
| 07:07 | Mississippi | Ronald Biller drills a floater from the baseline and he's hacked by Michael Palm - foul #1 on Michael Palm, team foul #3 | 13-30 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Garf Demski (SG), John Lewis (PF) Billy Jones, Michael Palm | |
| 07:07 | Mississippi | Ronald Biller misses the free throw | 13-30 |
| 07:07 | Arkansas | John Lewis gets the rebound | 13-30 |
| 06:53 | Arkansas | Garf Demski knocks in the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Brian Bigelow | 13-33 |
| 06:43 | Mississippi | Walter Wade can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 13-33 |
| 06:41 | Mississippi | Ronald Biller gets the offensive rebound | 13-33 |
| 06:22 | Mississippi | Walter Wade is whistled for traveling | 13-33 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Moon (SF), Andrew Wright (C) Pablo Castaneda, Ronald Biller | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Edwin Mason (PG), Billy Jones (SG), Donald Jones (SF) Brian Bigelow, Garf Demski, Russell Henderson | |
| 06:04 | Arkansas | Ellis Reynolds blows the layup | 13-33 |
| 06:03 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn grabs the board | 13-33 |
| 05:59 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn is fouled in the backcourt by Billy Jones - foul #1 on Billy Jones, team foul #4 | 13-33 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek (PF) Hank Hanna | |
| Subs | Arkansas | David Simmons (C) John Lewis | |
| 05:42 | Mississippi | Ellis Reynolds steals the ball from Walter Wade | 13-33 |
| 05:28 | Arkansas | Ellis Reynolds comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 13-33 |
| 05:27 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Greg Moon | 13-33 |
| 05:12 | Mississippi | Greg Moon clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 13-33 |
| 05:11 | Arkansas | The rebound goes to Billy Jones | 13-33 |
| 04:57 | Arkansas | Billy Jones misses short on a floater from the right side but he's hacked by Walter Wade - foul #2 on Walter Wade, team foul #9 | 13-33 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Hank Hanna (SG), Pablo Castaneda (SF) Walter Wade, Mark Quinn | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow (PG), Russell Henderson (SF), Randall James (PF) Edwin Mason, Donald Jones, Ellis Reynolds | |
| 04:57 | Arkansas | Billy Jones makes the 1st free throw | 13-34 |
| 04:57 | Arkansas | Billy Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 13-35 |
| 04:45 | Mississippi | Pablo Castaneda can't connect on a driving attempt from close range | 13-35 |
| 04:44 | Mississippi | Pablo Castaneda tips it in | 15-35 |
| 04:24 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow misses long on a floater from the left wing but he's fouled by Andrew Wright - foul #2 on Andrew Wright, team foul #10 | 15-35 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Ronald Biller (C) Andrew Wright | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Garf Demski (SG), John Lewis (C) Billy Jones, David Simmons | |
| 04:24 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow makes the 1st free throw | 15-36 |
| 04:24 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow makes the 2nd free throw | 15-37 |
| 04:04 | Mississippi | Pablo Castaneda misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 15-37 |
| 04:03 | Arkansas | John Lewis gets the rebound | 15-37 |
| 03:39 | Arkansas | Garf Demski's pass is intercepted by Pablo Castaneda | 15-37 |
| 03:36 | Mississippi | Pablo Castaneda lays it in | 17-37 |
| 03:16 | Arkansas | Garf Demski comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 17-37 |
| 03:15 | Arkansas | The offensive rebound goes to John Lewis | 17-37 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Greg Moon (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Hank Hanna (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Pablo Castaneda (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 blk. PF - Freddy Bozek (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Ronald Biller (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - Brian Bigelow (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SG - Garf Demski (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Russell Henderson (tiring) PF - Randall James (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - John Lewis (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 03:06 | Arkansas | Brian Bigelow drills a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 17-39 |
| 03:04 | Mississippi | Hank Hanna throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 17-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Eggert (PG), Walter Wade (SG), Andrew Wright (PF), Anthony Cunniff (C) Greg Moon, Hank Hanna, Freddy Bozek, Ronald Biller | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Donald Jones (SF), Michael Palm (PF), Ellis Reynolds (C) Russell Henderson, Randall James, John Lewis | |
| 02:42 | Arkansas | Walter Wade is called for the reach on Garf Demski - foul #3 on Walter Wade, team foul #11 | 17-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Quinn (SG) Walter Wade | |
| Subs | Arkansas | | |
| 02:42 | Arkansas | Garf Demski makes the 1st free throw | 17-40 |
| 02:42 | Arkansas | Garf Demski misses the 2nd free throw | 17-40 |
| 02:42 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn pulls down the rebound | 17-40 |
| 02:19 | Mississippi | Brian Bigelow is called for the reach on Mark Eggert - foul #1 on Brian Bigelow, team foul #5 | 17-40 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Edwin Mason (PG), Billy Jones (SG), David Simmons (C) Brian Bigelow, Garf Demski, Ellis Reynolds | |
| 02:14 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn knocks in the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Mark Eggert | 19-40 |
| 01:53 | Arkansas | Billy Jones comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 19-40 |
| 01:52 | Mississippi | Anthony Cunniff gets the rebound | 19-40 |
| 01:46 | Mississippi | Pablo Castaneda connects on the 3 from straight away | 22-40 |
| 01:23 | Arkansas | Billy Jones misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 22-40 |
| 01:21 | Mississippi | Anthony Cunniff gets the rebound | 22-40 |
| 01:01 | Mississippi | David Simmons blocks the short jumper by Anthony Cunniff | 22-40 |
| 01:00 | Mississippi | Pablo Castaneda snags the offensive board | 22-40 |
| 00:45 | Mississippi | Anthony Cunniff drills a jumper from close range | 24-40 |
| 00:17 | Arkansas | Billy Jones hits a 3 from the right corner set up by Michael Palm | 24-43 |
| 00:02 | Mississippi | Pablo Castaneda misses badly on a turnaround near the basket | 24-43 |
| 00:00 | Arkansas | Edwin Mason snags the defensive board | 24-43 |