| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Ted Pack (fresh) 13 pts. SG - Angel Lombardi (fresh) SF - James Oppenheim (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Drazen Zedian (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - David Forrester (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - John Gilkey (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Marcos Martin (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Dingbang Xyong (fresh) PF - Dennis Noonan (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Bruce Cole (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Penn | Dingbang Xyong inbounds the ball | 34-30 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:38 | Penn | John Gilkey knocks in the floater in the paint set up by Bruce Cole | 34-32 |
| 19:11 | Mississippi | Ted Pack comes up short on the fadeaway from the left block | 34-32 |
| 19:10 | Mississippi | David Forrester snags the offensive board | 34-32 |
| 18:50 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian loses the dribble to Dennis Noonan | 34-32 |
| 18:30 | Penn | John Gilkey can't connect on a turnaround near the basket but he's fouled by Ted Pack - foul #2 on Ted Pack, team foul #1 | 34-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Penn | Tyrone Evans (SG), Earl James (C) Dingbang Xyong, Bruce Cole | |
| 18:30 | Penn | John Gilkey misses the 1st free throw | 34-32 |
| 18:30 | Penn | John Gilkey makes the 2nd free throw | 34-33 |
| 18:01 | Mississippi | Ted Pack misses badly on the uncontested pull-up jumper from the right side | 34-33 |
| 18:00 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian pulls down the offensive rebound | 34-33 |
| 17:33 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 34-33 |
| 17:32 | Mississippi | Ted Pack pulls down the offensive rebound | 34-33 |
| 17:16 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian comes up short on the driving attempt from close range but he's fouled by Earl James - foul #4 on Earl James, team foul #1 | 34-33 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi (C) Earl James | |
| 17:16 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian makes the 1st free throw | 35-33 |
| 17:16 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian misses the 2nd free throw | 35-33 |
| 17:16 | Penn | The rebound goes to Dennis Noonan | 35-33 |
| 17:02 | Penn | Marcos Martin hits a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from John Gilkey | 35-36 |
| 16:33 | Mississippi | David Forrester misses long on a jump hook from the right block but he's fouled by Habimana Ahmadi - foul #1 on Habimana Ahmadi, team foul #2 | 35-36 |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Cobb (SF), Nicholas Romaine (PF) James Oppenheim, Drazen Zedian | |
| Subs | Penn | Bruce Cole (C) Habimana Ahmadi | |
| 16:33 | Mississippi | David Forrester makes the 1st free throw | 36-36 |
| 16:33 | Mississippi | David Forrester misses the 2nd free throw | 36-36 |
| 16:33 | Penn | Dennis Noonan grabs the defensive rebound | 36-36 |
| 16:18 | Penn | Marcos Martin misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 36-36 |
| 16:17 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Ted Pack | 36-36 |
| 15:48 | Mississippi | Nicholas Romaine buries a shot from the left side on a great pass from Ted Pack | 38-36 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Ted Pack (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SG - Angel Lombardi (fairly fresh) SF - James Cobb (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Nicholas Romaine (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Forrester (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - John Gilkey (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Tyrone Evans (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Marcos Martin (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. PF - Dennis Noonan (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Bruce Cole (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:32 | Penn | Marcos Martin misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 38-36 |
| 15:30 | Penn | Bruce Cole misses the tip | 38-36 |
| 15:28 | Penn | Marcos Martin gets the offensive rebound | 38-36 |
| 15:18 | Penn | Bruce Cole misses long on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 38-36 |
| 15:16 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Ted Pack | 38-36 |
| 14:49 | Mississippi | Nicholas Romaine is whistled for a carry | 38-36 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Dwight Ray (PG), Bryan Towers (SG), James Oppenheim (SF), Drazen Zedian (PF), Joseph Walborn (C) Ted Pack, Angel Lombardi, James Cobb, Nicholas Romaine, David Forrester | |
| Subs | Penn | Stevan Winkowski (SG), Jerry Brown (SF), Habimana Ahmadi (C) John Gilkey, Marcos Martin, Bruce Cole | |
| 14:26 | Penn | Dennis Noonan loses the dribble to Dwight Ray | 38-36 |
| 14:07 | Mississippi | Bryan Towers scores on a jumper from the left wing on a great pass from James Oppenheim | 40-36 |
| 14:00 | Penn | Dennis Noonan can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 40-36 |
| 13:59 | Penn | Jerry Brown tips it home | 40-38 |
| 13:30 | Mississippi | Dwight Ray is by himself and knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Bryan Towers | 43-38 |
| 13:20 | Penn | Tyrone Evans buries a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Stevan Winkowski | 43-40 |
| 12:56 | Mississippi | Dwight Ray's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 43-40 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Ted Pack (PG), Angel Lombardi (SG), David Forrester (C) Dwight Ray, Bryan Towers, Joseph Walborn | |
| Subs | Penn | John Gilkey (PG), Marcos Martin (SG), Earl James (PF), Bruce Cole (C) Tyrone Evans, Stevan Winkowski, Dennis Noonan, Habimana Ahmadi | |
| 12:37 | Penn | Earl James can't finish the layup but he's hacked by James Oppenheim - foul #1 on James Oppenheim, team foul #2 | 43-40 |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Cobb (SF) James Oppenheim | |
| Subs | Penn | | |
| 12:37 | Penn | Earl James misses the 1st free throw | 43-40 |
| 12:37 | Penn | Earl James makes the 2nd free throw | 43-41 |
| 12:14 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian scores on a fadeaway from the left side on a great pass from Angel Lombardi and he's fouled by Jerry Brown - foul #4 on Jerry Brown, team foul #3 | 45-41 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Penn | Dingbang Xyong (SF) Jerry Brown | |
| 12:14 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian misses the free throw | 45-41 |
| 12:14 | Penn | Earl James pulls down the rebound | 45-41 |
| 12:06 | Penn | Bruce Cole lays it up and in | 45-43 |
| 11:44 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 45-43 |
| 11:43 | Penn | Earl James gets the rebound | 45-43 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Ted Pack (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SG - Angel Lombardi (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Cobb (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Drazen Zedian (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - David Forrester (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - John Gilkey (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Marcos Martin (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Dingbang Xyong (fresh) PF - Earl James (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. C - Bruce Cole (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:28 | Penn | Bruce Cole connects on the floater in the lane set up by Marcos Martin | 45-45 |
| 11:06 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian is called for a charge against the doubleteam - foul #2 on Drazen Zedian, team foul #3 | 45-45 |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Oppenheim (SF), Nicholas Romaine (PF) James Cobb, Drazen Zedian | |
| Subs | Penn | Tyrone Evans (SG), Dennis Noonan (PF) Dingbang Xyong, Bruce Cole | |
| 10:44 | Penn | Dennis Noonan clanks a floater from close range but the foul's on James Oppenheim - foul #2 on James Oppenheim, team foul #4 | 45-45 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bryan Towers (SG) Angel Lombardi | |
| Subs | Penn | | |
| 10:44 | Penn | Dennis Noonan misses the 1st free throw | 45-45 |
| 10:44 | Penn | Dennis Noonan makes the 2nd free throw | 45-46 |
| 10:25 | Mississippi | Dennis Noonan steals the ball from David Forrester | 45-46 |
| 10:00 | Penn | Marcos Martin clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 45-46 |
| 09:59 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim snags the defensive board | 45-46 |
| 09:37 | Mississippi | Ted Pack's dunk attempt is rejected by Earl James | 45-46 |
| 09:35 | Mississippi | Nicholas Romaine tips it in | 47-46 |
| 09:15 | Penn | John Gilkey buries a floater from the right side on a nice dish by Dennis Noonan | 47-48 |
| 08:55 | Mississippi | David Forrester is hacked by Earl James - foul #5 on Earl James, team foul #4 | 47-48 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Dwight Ray (PG), Angel Lombardi (SG), James Cobb (SF), Drazen Zedian (PF), Joseph Walborn (C) Ted Pack, Bryan Towers, James Oppenheim, Nicholas Romaine, David Forrester | |
| Subs | Penn | Stevan Winkowski (SG), Bruce Cole (C) Tyrone Evans, Earl James | |
| 08:33 | Mississippi | Dennis Noonan picks off the pass by James Cobb | 47-48 |
| 08:20 | Penn | Bruce Cole can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Joseph Walborn - foul #4 on Joseph Walborn, team foul #5 | 47-48 |
| Subs | Mississippi | David Forrester (C) Joseph Walborn | |
| Subs | Penn | | |
| 08:20 | Penn | Bruce Cole makes the 1st free throw | 47-49 |
| 08:20 | Penn | Bruce Cole misses the 2nd free throw | 47-49 |
| 08:20 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to David Forrester | 47-49 |
| 08:01 | Mississippi | James Cobb connects on the fadeaway in the lane set up by Dwight Ray and he's hacked by John Gilkey - foul #1 on John Gilkey, team foul #5 | 49-49 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Penn | Dingbang Xyong (SF) Marcos Martin | |
| 08:01 | Mississippi | James Cobb misses the free throw | 49-49 |
| 08:01 | Penn | Dennis Noonan gets the rebound | 49-49 |
| 07:40 | Penn | John Gilkey hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 49-49 |
| 07:38 | Penn | Dennis Noonan grabs the offensive board | 49-49 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Dwight Ray (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Angel Lombardi (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Cobb (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Drazen Zedian (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - David Forrester (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - John Gilkey (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SG - Stevan Winkowski (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Dingbang Xyong (fresh) PF - Dennis Noonan (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. 4 stl. C - Bruce Cole (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:23 | Penn | Stevan Winkowski is fouled on the floor by Angel Lombardi - foul #3 on Angel Lombardi, team foul #6 | 49-49 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Ted Pack (PG), James Oppenheim (SF) Dwight Ray, James Cobb | |
| Subs | Penn | Tyrone Evans (PG), Marcos Martin (SG), Jerry Brown (SF) John Gilkey, Stevan Winkowski, Dingbang Xyong | |
| 07:09 | Penn | Bruce Cole blows the layup | 49-49 |
| 07:08 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim pulls down the rebound | 49-49 |
| 06:50 | Mississippi | Ted Pack is hacked by Tyrone Evans - foul #1 on Tyrone Evans, team foul #6 | 49-49 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Joseph Walborn (C) David Forrester | |
| Subs | Penn | John Gilkey (PG) Tyrone Evans | |
| 06:35 | Mississippi | Joseph Walborn comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 49-49 |
| 06:34 | Penn | The rebound goes to Marcos Martin | 49-49 |
| 06:24 | Penn | John Gilkey misses long on a shot from just outside the lane | 49-49 |
| 06:22 | Penn | Dennis Noonan pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-49 |
| 06:10 | Penn | Marcos Martin can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Angel Lombardi - foul #4 on Angel Lombardi, team foul #7 | 49-49 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Nicholas Romaine (PF) Drazen Zedian | |
| Subs | Penn | | |
| 06:10 | Penn | Marcos Martin makes the 1st free throw | 49-50 |
| 06:10 | Penn | Marcos Martin makes the 2nd free throw | 49-51 |
| 05:48 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 49-51 |
| 05:46 | Penn | John Gilkey grabs the board | 49-51 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 05:20 | Penn | Marcos Martin misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 49-51 |
| 05:19 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim gets the rebound | 49-51 |
| 04:55 | Mississippi | Joseph Walborn throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-51 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bryan Towers (SG), James Cobb (SF), Drazen Zedian (PF), David Forrester (C) Angel Lombardi, James Oppenheim, Nicholas Romaine, Joseph Walborn | |
| Subs | Penn | Tyrone Evans (SG) Marcos Martin | |
| 04:33 | Penn | John Gilkey is hacked by Ted Pack - foul #3 on Ted Pack, team foul #8 | 49-51 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi (C) Bruce Cole | |
| 04:33 | Penn | John Gilkey makes the 1st free throw | 49-52 |
| 04:33 | Penn | John Gilkey makes the 2nd free throw | 49-53 |
| 04:05 | Mississippi | David Forrester knocks in the shot from the right block on a nice dish by Ted Pack | 51-53 |
| 03:41 | Penn | John Gilkey hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Tyrone Evans | 51-56 |
| 03:39 | Mississippi | Tyrone Evans is called for the reach on Ted Pack in the backcourt - foul #2 on Tyrone Evans, team foul #7 | 51-56 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Angel Lombardi (SG), James Oppenheim (SF) Bryan Towers, James Cobb | |
| Subs | Penn | Marcos Martin (SG), Bruce Cole (C) John Gilkey, Habimana Ahmadi | |
| 03:39 | Mississippi | Ted Pack makes the 1st free throw | 52-56 |
| 03:39 | Mississippi | Ted Pack makes the 2nd free throw | 53-56 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Ted Pack (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Angel Lombardi (fresh) 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - James Oppenheim (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Drazen Zedian (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - David Forrester (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - Tyrone Evans (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Marcos Martin (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SF - Jerry Brown (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. PF - Dennis Noonan (tiring) 5 pts. 8 reb. 4 stl. C - Bruce Cole (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:17 | Penn | Tyrone Evans buries a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Dennis Noonan | 53-59 |
| 02:50 | Mississippi | David Forrester is open but comes up short on the driving attempt from the right block | 53-59 |
| 02:49 | Penn | The rebound goes to Marcos Martin | 53-59 |
| 02:20 | Penn | Bruce Cole scores on a jumper from the right side set up by Marcos Martin | 53-61 |
| 01:51 | Mississippi | Marcos Martin picks off the pass by Ted Pack | 53-61 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 01:48 | Penn | Jerry Brown is fouled in the backcourt by Angel Lombardi - foul #5 on Angel Lombardi, team foul #9 | 53-61 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bryan Towers (SG) Angel Lombardi | |
| Subs | Penn | John Gilkey (PG) Tyrone Evans | |
| 01:48 | Penn | Jerry Brown makes the 1st free throw | 53-62 |
| 01:48 | Penn | Jerry Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 53-62 |
| 01:48 | Mississippi | Bryan Towers gets the rebound | 53-62 |
| 01:31 | Mississippi | Bryan Towers loses the ball out of bounds | 53-62 |
| 01:30 | Penn | Marcos Martin is fouled in the backcourt by Ted Pack - foul #4 on Ted Pack, team foul #10 | 53-62 |
| 01:30 | Penn | Marcos Martin makes the 1st free throw | 53-63 |
| 01:30 | Penn | Marcos Martin misses the 2nd free throw | 53-63 |
| 01:30 | Penn | Dennis Noonan gets the offensive rebound | 53-63 |
| 01:28 | Penn | Dennis Noonan is hacked by Drazen Zedian - foul #3 on Drazen Zedian, team foul #11 | 53-63 |
| 01:28 | Penn | Dennis Noonan makes the 1st free throw | 53-64 |
| 01:28 | Penn | Dennis Noonan makes the 2nd free throw | 53-65 |
| 01:00 | Mississippi | Bryan Towers clanks a fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Dennis Noonan - foul #1 on Dennis Noonan, team foul #8 | 53-65 |
| 01:00 | Mississippi | Bryan Towers makes the 1st free throw | 54-65 |
| 01:00 | Mississippi | Bryan Towers makes the 2nd free throw | 55-65 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:57 | Penn | John Gilkey is fouled in the backcourt by Ted Pack - foul #5 on Ted Pack, team foul #12 | 55-65 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Dwight Ray (PG) Ted Pack | |
| Subs | Penn | | |
| 00:57 | Penn | John Gilkey makes the 1st free throw | 55-66 |
| 00:57 | Penn | John Gilkey misses the 2nd free throw | 55-66 |
| 00:57 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian grabs the defensive rebound | 55-66 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:50 | Mississippi | Bryan Towers clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 55-66 |
| 00:48 | Penn | Jerry Brown snags the defensive board | 55-66 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:20 | Penn | Marcos Martin hits the front of the rim on the jumper from just outside the lane | 55-66 |
| 00:18 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim pulls down the rebound | 55-66 |
| 00:10 | Mississippi | Bryan Towers scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by James Oppenheim | 58-66 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:09 | Penn | John Gilkey is fouled in the backcourt by Bryan Towers - foul #1 on Bryan Towers, team foul #13 | 58-66 |
| 00:09 | Penn | John Gilkey makes the 1st free throw | 58-67 |
| 00:09 | Penn | John Gilkey makes the 2nd free throw | 58-68 |
| 00:04 | Mississippi | John Gilkey steals the ball from David Forrester | 58-68 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:00 | Penn | John Gilkey runs out the clock | 58-68 |