| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - George White (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Michael Lin (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Juan Morales (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Dennis Baylis (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Kevin Marsala (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - John Mason (fresh) 9 pts. SG - Dustin Edwards (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Norman Jenkins (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Fred Carmona (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - David Halls (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi State | Norman Jenkins inbounds the ball | 20-40 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| 19:42 | Mississippi State | David Halls comes up short on the jump hook in the lane | 20-40 |
| 19:40 | Louisiana Tech | George White snags the defensive board | 20-40 |
| 19:17 | Louisiana Tech | Dennis Baylis shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the turnaround in the paint and he's fouled by Fred Carmona - foul #2 on Fred Carmona, team foul #1 | 22-40 |
| 19:17 | Louisiana Tech | Dennis Baylis misses the free throw | 22-40 |
| 19:17 | Mississippi State | Fred Carmona gets the rebound | 22-40 |
| 18:51 | Mississippi State | Dustin Edwards is fouled on the floor by Michael Lin - foul #1 on Michael Lin, team foul #1 | 22-40 |
| 18:36 | Mississippi State | Fred Carmona is called for traveling | 22-40 |
| 18:23 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Lin is hacked by Fred Carmona - foul #3 on Fred Carmona, team foul #2 | 22-40 |
| 18:09 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Lin hits a 3 from the right corner set up by Juan Morales | 25-40 |
| 17:54 | Mississippi State | Norman Jenkins makes the 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Dustin Edwards | 25-43 |
| 17:46 | Louisiana Tech | Dennis Baylis is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 25-43 |
| 17:29 | Mississippi State | Norman Jenkins misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 25-43 |
| 17:27 | Mississippi State | Dustin Edwards tips it in | 25-45 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| 17:19 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Lin hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 25-45 |
| 17:17 | Louisiana Tech | Dennis Baylis hits the follow up shot | 27-45 |
| 16:51 | Mississippi State | David Halls connects on the floater from the baseline set up by John Mason | 27-47 |
| 16:33 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Lin misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 27-47 |
| 16:31 | Mississippi State | Fred Carmona snags the defensive board | 27-47 |
| 16:19 | Mississippi State | Dustin Edwards misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 27-47 |
| 16:17 | Louisiana Tech | Juan Morales snags the defensive board | 27-47 |
| 16:00 | Louisiana Tech | Kevin Marsala misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Fred Carmona - foul #4 on Fred Carmona, team foul #3 | 27-47 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Dustin Conklin (PG), Mark Scales (SG), Herbert Bellomy (SF), Viktor Kijowski (PF) George White, Michael Lin, Juan Morales, Dennis Baylis | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Thomas Petty (PG), Robert James (SG), Michael Hilbert (PF), Bradly Kelly (C) John Mason, Dustin Edwards, Fred Carmona, David Halls | |
| 16:00 | Louisiana Tech | Kevin Marsala makes the 1st free throw | 28-47 |
| 16:00 | Louisiana Tech | Kevin Marsala makes the 2nd free throw | 29-47 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Dustin Conklin (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Mark Scales (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Herbert Bellomy (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Viktor Kijowski (fresh) C - Kevin Marsala (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Thomas Petty (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert James (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. SF - Norman Jenkins (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Michael Hilbert (fresh) 1 pts. C - Bradly Kelly (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 15:42 | Mississippi State | Thomas Petty is fouled on the floor by Dustin Conklin - foul #3 on Dustin Conklin, team foul #2 | 29-47 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Robert Singleton (SF) Kevin Marsala | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| 15:25 | Mississippi State | Bradly Kelly knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by Norman Jenkins and the foul's on Viktor Kijowski - foul #3 on Viktor Kijowski, team foul #3 | 29-49 |
| 15:25 | Mississippi State | Bradly Kelly makes the free throw | 29-50 |
| 15:02 | Louisiana Tech | Viktor Kijowski's floater is tipped away by Bradly Kelly | 29-50 |
| 15:00 | Mississippi State | Bradly Kelly pulls down the rebound | 29-50 |
| 14:39 | Mississippi State | Michael Hilbert's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-50 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Michael Lin (SG) Mark Scales | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | John Mason (PG) Norman Jenkins | |
| 14:23 | Louisiana Tech | Dustin Conklin misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 29-50 |
| 14:22 | Mississippi State | The rebound goes to Thomas Petty | 29-50 |
| 13:55 | Mississippi State | Thomas Petty misses short on a 3 from straight away | 29-50 |
| 13:53 | Mississippi State | Robert James grabs the offensive board | 29-50 |
| 13:41 | Mississippi State | Herbert Bellomy takes the ball from Bradly Kelly | 29-50 |
| 13:22 | Louisiana Tech | Bradly Kelly swats the shot by Michael Lin | 29-50 |
| 13:20 | Louisiana Tech | Viktor Kijowski snags the offensive board | 29-50 |
| 13:11 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Singleton misses long on a runner in the paint | 29-50 |
| 13:09 | Mississippi State | Michael Hilbert grabs the board | 29-50 |
| 12:58 | Mississippi State | Viktor Kijowski is called for the reach on Thomas Petty - foul #4 on Viktor Kijowski, team foul #4 | 29-50 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | George White (PG), Juan Morales (SF), Dennis Baylis (PF), Kevin Marsala (C) Dustin Conklin, Robert Singleton, Herbert Bellomy, Viktor Kijowski | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Dustin Edwards (SG), Norman Jenkins (SF), Fred Carmona (PF), David Halls (C) Thomas Petty, Robert James, Michael Hilbert, Bradly Kelly | |
| 12:44 | Mississippi State | David Halls hits the front of the rim on the shot from close range | 29-50 |
| 12:43 | Louisiana Tech | Dennis Baylis grabs the defensive rebound | 29-50 |
| 12:32 | Louisiana Tech | David Halls picks off the pass by George White | 29-50 |
| 12:06 | Mississippi State | John Mason can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 29-50 |
| 12:04 | Louisiana Tech | Dennis Baylis snags the defensive board | 29-50 |
| 11:58 | Louisiana Tech | George White drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 32-50 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - George White (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Lin (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SF - Juan Morales (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Dennis Baylis (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Kevin Marsala (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - John Mason (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dustin Edwards (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Norman Jenkins (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. PF - Fred Carmona (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. C - David Halls (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:37 | Mississippi State | Norman Jenkins is fouled on the floor by Michael Lin - foul #2 on Michael Lin, team foul #5 | 32-50 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Dustin Conklin (SG) Michael Lin | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Thomas Petty (PG) John Mason | |
| 11:23 | Mississippi State | Norman Jenkins buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Thomas Petty | 32-53 |
| 11:03 | Louisiana Tech | Kevin Marsala hits the easy wide open finger roll on a nice dish by Juan Morales | 34-53 |
| 10:49 | Mississippi State | Fred Carmona knocks in the fadeaway from the free throw line | 34-55 |
| 10:32 | Louisiana Tech | Dustin Conklin misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 34-55 |
| 10:31 | Louisiana Tech | Juan Morales gets the offensive rebound | 34-55 |
| 10:06 | Louisiana Tech | Dustin Conklin misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 34-55 |
| 10:04 | Mississippi State | Thomas Petty pulls down the rebound | 34-55 |
| 09:59 | Mississippi State | Norman Jenkins connects on the jumpshot from the right wing and he's fouled by Juan Morales - foul #3 on Juan Morales, team foul #6 | 34-57 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Michael Lin (SG), Robert Singleton (SF), Herbert Bellomy (PF) George White, Juan Morales, Dennis Baylis | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Robert James (SG), Bradly Kelly (C) Dustin Edwards, David Halls | |
| 09:59 | Mississippi State | Norman Jenkins misses the free throw | 34-57 |
| 09:59 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Kevin Marsala | 34-57 |
| 09:51 | Louisiana Tech | Dustin Conklin hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 37-57 |
| 09:35 | Mississippi State | Thomas Petty misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 37-57 |
| 09:34 | Louisiana Tech | Kevin Marsala grabs the defensive rebound | 37-57 |
| 09:30 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Singleton is called for a charge - foul #2 on Robert Singleton, team foul #7 | 37-57 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Mark Scales (C) Kevin Marsala | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | John Mason (PG) Norman Jenkins | |
| 09:20 | Mississippi State | John Mason hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 37-57 |
| 09:19 | Louisiana Tech | Mark Scales pulls down the rebound | 37-57 |
| 09:12 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Lin's fadeaway is rejected by Fred Carmona | 37-57 |
| 09:10 | Mississippi State | Bradly Kelly snags the defensive board | 37-57 |
| 08:41 | Mississippi State | Thomas Petty is whistled for a carry | 37-57 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | George White (PG), Dennis Baylis (PF) Dustin Conklin, Mark Scales | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Dustin Edwards (SG), David Halls (C) Thomas Petty, Bradly Kelly | |
| 08:26 | Louisiana Tech | Herbert Bellomy makes the 3pt shot from the right corner | 40-57 |
| 08:16 | Mississippi State | John Mason is fouled on the floor by Herbert Bellomy - foul #2 on Herbert Bellomy, team foul #8 | 40-57 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Juan Morales (SF), Kevin Marsala (C) Robert Singleton, Herbert Bellomy | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| 08:16 | Mississippi State | John Mason misses the 1st free throw | 40-57 |
| 08:16 | Louisiana Tech | Dennis Baylis grabs the board | 40-57 |
| 08:01 | Louisiana Tech | George White is open and scores on a floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Juan Morales | 42-57 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - George White (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Lin (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Juan Morales (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Dennis Baylis (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Kevin Marsala (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - John Mason (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dustin Edwards (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Robert James (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Fred Carmona (tiring) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. C - David Halls (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:52 | Mississippi State | Robert James knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Dustin Edwards | 42-60 |
| 07:37 | Louisiana Tech | Kevin Marsala misses long on a jump hook from close range | 42-60 |
| 07:35 | Mississippi State | David Halls grabs the defensive rebound | 42-60 |
| 07:30 | Mississippi State | John Mason can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 42-60 |
| 07:29 | Louisiana Tech | George White pulls down the rebound | 42-60 |
| 07:24 | Louisiana Tech | Juan Morales throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-60 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Dustin Conklin (SG) Michael Lin | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Thomas Petty (PG), Norman Jenkins (SF) John Mason, Robert James | |
| 06:56 | Mississippi State | Dustin Edwards buries a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Thomas Petty | 42-63 |
| 06:41 | Louisiana Tech | Dennis Baylis buries a driving attempt from the left block | 44-63 |
| 06:12 | Mississippi State | David Halls makes the turnaround from the left block and he's fouled by George White - foul #1 on George White, team foul #9 | 44-65 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Michael Lin (SG), Herbert Bellomy (SF), Viktor Kijowski (PF) George White, Juan Morales, Dennis Baylis | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | John Mason (PG) Dustin Edwards | |
| 06:12 | Mississippi State | David Halls misses the free throw | 44-65 |
| 06:12 | Louisiana Tech | Viktor Kijowski snags the defensive board | 44-65 |
| 06:02 | Louisiana Tech | Dustin Conklin clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 44-65 |
| 06:01 | Mississippi State | Thomas Petty snags the defensive board | 44-65 |
| 05:52 | Mississippi State | Fred Carmona connects on the jumper near the basket | 44-67 |
| 05:28 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Lin misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 44-67 |
| 05:27 | Mississippi State | David Halls grabs the board | 44-67 |
| 05:14 | Mississippi State | David Halls can't connect on a runner from the baseline | 44-67 |
| 05:13 | Louisiana Tech | Viktor Kijowski grabs the board | 44-67 |
| 05:05 | Louisiana Tech | Kevin Marsala can't connect on a floater from the right side | 44-67 |
| 05:04 | Mississippi State | David Halls grabs the board | 44-67 |
| 04:48 | Mississippi State | Norman Jenkins comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 44-67 |
| 04:46 | Mississippi State | David Halls grabs the offensive board | 44-67 |
| 04:31 | Mississippi State | Kevin Marsala is called for the reach on John Mason - foul #3 on Kevin Marsala, team foul #10 | 44-67 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Mark Scales (PG), Alex Presson (SG), Robert Singleton (SF) Dustin Conklin, Michael Lin, Kevin Marsala | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Dustin Edwards (SG), Robert James (SF), Michael Hilbert (PF), Bradly Kelly (C) Thomas Petty, Norman Jenkins, Fred Carmona, David Halls | |
| 04:31 | Mississippi State | John Mason makes the 1st free throw | 44-68 |
| 04:31 | Mississippi State | John Mason makes the 2nd free throw | 44-69 |
| 04:18 | Louisiana Tech | Viktor Kijowski misses badly on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 44-69 |
| 04:17 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Singleton grabs the offensive rebound | 44-69 |
| 03:54 | Louisiana Tech | Alex Presson misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 44-69 |
| 03:53 | Louisiana Tech | Mark Scales grabs the offensive board | 44-69 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Mark Scales (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Alex Presson (fresh) SF - Robert Singleton (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Herbert Bellomy (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Viktor Kijowski (fresh) 3 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - John Mason (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dustin Edwards (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SF - Robert James (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Michael Hilbert (fresh) 1 pts. C - Bradly Kelly (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 03:30 | Louisiana Tech | Alex Presson is fouled on the floor by Michael Hilbert - foul #1 on Michael Hilbert, team foul #4 | 44-69 |
| 03:15 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Singleton is fouled on the floor by Robert James - foul #1 on Robert James, team foul #5 | 44-69 |
| 03:04 | Louisiana Tech | Herbert Bellomy loses the dribble to John Mason | 44-69 |
| 03:01 | Mississippi State | Robert James hits the finger roll on a nice dish by John Mason | 44-71 |
| 02:54 | Louisiana Tech | Herbert Bellomy misses badly on a jumper from the baseline | 44-71 |
| 02:52 | Mississippi State | Michael Hilbert grabs the defensive rebound | 44-71 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| 02:36 | Mississippi State | The short jumper by John Mason is denied by Robert Singleton | 44-71 |
| 02:35 | Mississippi State | Bradly Kelly snags the offensive board | 44-71 |
| 02:19 | Mississippi State | Dustin Edwards misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 44-71 |
| 02:17 | Mississippi State | Bradly Kelly hits the follow up shot | 44-73 |
| 02:12 | Louisiana Tech | Alex Presson makes the 3pt shot from the right wing | 47-73 |
| 02:05 | Mississippi State | Mark Scales steals the ball from Michael Hilbert | 47-73 |
| 02:01 | Louisiana Tech | Robert James steals the ball from Herbert Bellomy | 47-73 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 01:37 | Mississippi State | Bradly Kelly makes the fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by John Mason | 47-75 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:18 | Louisiana Tech | John Mason steals the ball from Alex Presson | 47-75 |
| 01:14 | Mississippi State | Dustin Edwards misses the easy layup | 47-75 |
| 01:13 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Singleton snags the defensive board | 47-75 |
| 00:47 | Louisiana Tech | Alex Presson misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 47-75 |
| 00:46 | Mississippi State | Michael Hilbert grabs the defensive rebound | 47-75 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:17 | Mississippi State | Michael Hilbert misses long on a turnaround in the paint but the foul's on Herbert Bellomy - foul #3 on Herbert Bellomy, team foul #11 | 47-75 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Dustin Conklin (PG) Alex Presson | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Norman Jenkins (SF), David Halls (C) Robert James, Bradly Kelly | |
| 00:17 | Mississippi State | Michael Hilbert misses the 1st free throw | 47-75 |
| 00:17 | Mississippi State | Michael Hilbert makes the 2nd free throw | 47-76 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:11 | Louisiana Tech | Mark Scales buries a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Herbert Bellomy | 50-76 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi State | John Mason runs out the clock | 50-76 |