| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Aponte (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Josef Kizewski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gregorio Moretti (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Donald Clayton (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Colburn (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Marc Lutz (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Wolf (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Shiver (fresh) 2 stl. C - Robert Delaney (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | John Wolf inbounds the ball | 29-32 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:42 | Louisville | Josef Kizewski is called for the reach on John Wolf - foul #2 on Josef Kizewski, team foul #1 | 29-32 |
| 19:29 | Louisville | Marc Lutz knocks in the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Robert Delaney | 29-34 |
| 19:22 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey misses the floater from just outside the lane | 29-34 |
| 19:21 | Louisville | Marc Lutz snags the defensive board | 29-34 |
| 19:05 | Louisville | John Wolf throws a bad pass out of bounds | 29-34 |
| 18:45 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey misses short on a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by John Wolf - foul #2 on John Wolf, team foul #1 | 29-34 |
| 18:45 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey makes the 1st free throw | 30-34 |
| 18:45 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey makes the 2nd free throw | 31-34 |
| 18:29 | Louisville | Robert Delaney loses the ball out of bounds | 31-34 |
| 18:06 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti loses the dribble to John Wolf | 31-34 |
| 18:02 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn jams it set up by John Wolf | 31-36 |
| 17:47 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey clanks a jumpshot from the left wing | 31-36 |
| 17:45 | Mississippi | John Aponte tips it but misses | 31-36 |
| 17:44 | Louisville | John Wolf pulls down the rebound | 31-36 |
| 17:25 | Louisville | William Shiver makes the floater from the left side | 31-38 |
| 16:56 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton buries a turnaround from the left block | 33-38 |
| 16:43 | Louisville | William Shiver's floater is tipped away by Josef Kizewski | 33-38 |
| 16:41 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton grabs the board | 33-38 |
| 16:21 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski is fouled on the floor by John Wolf - foul #3 on John Wolf, team foul #2 | 33-38 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski (SG), Tim Weisenberg (SF), Clifford Smith (PF), Ronald Rice (C) John Aponte, Josef Kizewski, Gregorio Moretti, Donald Clayton | |
| Subs | Louisville | Peter Alexander (SF) John Wolf | |
| 15:57 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski travels with the ball | 33-38 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Louisville | John Wolf (SF) Peter Alexander | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Milton Libbey (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Christopher Majkowski (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tim Weisenberg (fresh) PF - Clifford Smith (fresh) C - Ronald Rice (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Colburn (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Marc Lutz (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Wolf (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - William Shiver (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. C - Robert Delaney (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:30 | Louisville | Robert Delaney hits the front of the rim on the runner from the right block | 33-38 |
| 15:28 | Louisville | Robert Delaney grabs the offensive rebound | 33-38 |
| 15:09 | Louisville | William Shiver misses the jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Tim Weisenberg - foul #1 on Tim Weisenberg, team foul #2 | 33-38 |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Aponte (SG), Josef Kizewski (SF), Gregorio Moretti (PF) Milton Libbey, Tim Weisenberg, Clifford Smith | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 15:09 | Louisville | William Shiver misses the 1st free throw | 33-38 |
| 15:09 | Louisville | William Shiver misses the 2nd free throw | 33-38 |
| 15:09 | Mississippi | Ronald Rice grabs the defensive rebound | 33-38 |
| 14:49 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti drills a floater from the left block | 35-38 |
| 14:26 | Louisville | William Shiver throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-38 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Donald Clayton (C) Ronald Rice | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 14:02 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski connects on the pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Christopher Majkowski | 37-38 |
| 13:40 | Louisville | John Wolf misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Josef Kizewski - foul #3 on Josef Kizewski, team foul #3 | 37-38 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Libbey (PG) Christopher Majkowski | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 13:40 | Louisville | John Wolf makes the 1st free throw | 37-39 |
| 13:40 | Louisville | John Wolf misses the 2nd free throw | 37-39 |
| 13:40 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Gregorio Moretti | 37-39 |
| 13:17 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski's floater is tipped away by William Shiver | 37-39 |
| 13:15 | Louisville | William Shiver pulls down the rebound | 37-39 |
| 12:51 | Louisville | Josef Kizewski is called for the reach on Robert Delaney - foul #4 on Josef Kizewski, team foul #4 | 37-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Clifford Smith (PF), Ronald Rice (C) Josef Kizewski, Gregorio Moretti | |
| Subs | Louisville | Peter Alexander (C) Robert Delaney | |
| 12:41 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 37-39 |
| 12:39 | Mississippi | Clifford Smith pulls down the rebound | 37-39 |
| 12:22 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the lane | 37-39 |
| 12:21 | Louisville | Marc Lutz snags the defensive board | 37-39 |
| 12:11 | Louisville | William Shiver scores on a shot in the lane on a great pass from John Wolf and he's fouled by Clifford Smith - foul #1 on Clifford Smith, team foul #5 | 37-41 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski (SG), Tim Weisenberg (SF) John Aponte, Donald Clayton | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 12:11 | Louisville | William Shiver makes the free throw | 37-42 |
| 11:45 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski misses short on a driving attempt in the paint | 37-42 |
| 11:44 | Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to Ronald Rice | 37-42 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Christopher Majkowski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Tim Weisenberg (fresh) PF - Clifford Smith (fresh) 2 reb. C - Ronald Rice (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Colburn (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Marc Lutz (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Wolf (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - William Shiver (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Peter Alexander (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 11:34 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey banks in the layup | 39-42 |
| 11:14 | Louisville | The jump hook by John Wolf is blocked by Clifford Smith | 39-42 |
| 11:12 | Louisville | Peter Alexander misses the tip | 39-42 |
| 11:11 | Louisville | Peter Alexander can't tip it in | 39-42 |
| 11:10 | Mississippi | Ronald Rice pulls down the rebound | 39-42 |
| 10:46 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 39-42 |
| 10:45 | Mississippi | Ronald Rice hits the follow up shot | 41-42 |
| 10:26 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn is fouled on the floor by Ronald Rice - foul #2 on Ronald Rice, team foul #6 | 41-42 |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Aponte (SG), Josef Kizewski (SF), Gregorio Moretti (PF), Donald Clayton (C) Milton Libbey, Tim Weisenberg, Clifford Smith, Ronald Rice | |
| Subs | Louisville | Fred Butler (PG), Robert Delaney (C) Timothy Colburn, William Shiver | |
| 10:09 | Louisville | Fred Butler misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 41-42 |
| 10:07 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton pulls down the rebound | 41-42 |
| 09:49 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton misses short on a driving attempt near the basket | 41-42 |
| 09:47 | Louisville | Robert Delaney grabs the defensive rebound | 41-42 |
| 09:30 | Louisville | John Wolf misses long on a jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Josef Kizewski - foul #5 on Josef Kizewski, team foul #7 | 41-42 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Ronald Rice (C) Josef Kizewski | |
| Subs | Louisville | James Harper (SG) Marc Lutz | |
| 09:30 | Louisville | John Wolf makes the 1st free throw | 41-43 |
| 09:30 | Louisville | John Wolf makes the 2nd free throw | 41-44 |
| 09:04 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton makes the fadeaway from the left block and he's hacked by James Harper - foul #1 on James Harper, team foul #3 | 43-44 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Libbey (PG) Christopher Majkowski | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Shiver (PF) John Wolf | |
| 09:04 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton misses the free throw | 43-44 |
| 09:04 | Louisville | Robert Delaney grabs the defensive rebound | 43-44 |
| 08:49 | Louisville | Robert Delaney scores on a runner from close range on a great pass from James Harper | 43-46 |
| 08:29 | Mississippi | Fred Butler steps in front of the John Aponte pass | 43-46 |
| 08:26 | Louisville | Fred Butler banks in the layup | 43-48 |
| 07:58 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 43-48 |
| 07:57 | Louisville | William Shiver grabs the board | 43-48 |
| 07:38 | Louisville | Peter Alexander misses badly on a jumper from the right wing | 43-48 |
| 07:37 | Louisville | Peter Alexander tips it in | 43-50 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Aponte (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Clayton (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. PF - Gregorio Moretti (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Ronald Rice (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Fred Butler (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SG - James Harper (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Peter Alexander (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - William Shiver (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Robert Delaney (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:16 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey misses the runner in the paint | 43-50 |
| 07:15 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton tips it but misses | 43-50 |
| 07:13 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Robert Delaney | 43-50 |
| 06:54 | Louisville | Peter Alexander is fouled on the floor by Gregorio Moretti - foul #4 on Gregorio Moretti, team foul #8 | 43-50 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Tim Weisenberg (SF), Clifford Smith (C) Donald Clayton, Ronald Rice | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Colburn (PG), Marc Lutz (SG), John Wolf (SF) Fred Butler, James Harper, William Shiver | |
| 06:54 | Louisville | Peter Alexander makes the 1st free throw | 43-51 |
| 06:54 | Louisville | Peter Alexander makes the 2nd free throw | 43-52 |
| 06:31 | Mississippi | Peter Alexander swats the short shot by Gregorio Moretti | 43-52 |
| 06:29 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti pulls down the offensive rebound | 43-52 |
| 06:05 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 43-52 |
| 06:03 | Louisville | John Wolf gets the rebound | 43-52 |
| 05:56 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn buries a floater near the basket on a nice dish by Marc Lutz | 43-54 |
| 05:33 | Mississippi | The short jumper by Gregorio Moretti is denied by Robert Delaney | 43-54 |
| 05:32 | Mississippi | Clifford Smith tips it in | 45-54 |
| 05:23 | Louisville | Peter Alexander makes the fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Timothy Colburn | 45-56 |
| 05:09 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey hits a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Gregorio Moretti and he's fouled by John Wolf - foul #4 on John Wolf, team foul #4 | 47-56 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski (SG), Donald Clayton (C) John Aponte, Gregorio Moretti | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Shiver (PF) Peter Alexander | |
| 05:09 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey makes the free throw | 48-56 |
| 04:49 | Louisville | Marc Lutz is fouled on the floor by Clifford Smith - foul #2 on Clifford Smith, team foul #9 | 48-56 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Ronald Rice (C) Tim Weisenberg | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 04:49 | Louisville | Marc Lutz makes the 1st free throw | 48-57 |
| 04:49 | Louisville | Marc Lutz makes the 2nd free throw | 48-58 |
| 04:30 | Mississippi | Clifford Smith is called for traveling | 48-58 |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Aponte (SG) Milton Libbey | |
| Subs | Louisville | Fred Butler (SF) John Wolf | |
| 04:07 | Louisville | Marc Lutz hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left side | 48-58 |
| 04:06 | Mississippi | Ronald Rice pulls down the rebound | 48-58 |
| 03:39 | Mississippi | Timothy Colburn is called for the reach on John Aponte - foul #3 on Timothy Colburn, team foul #5 | 48-58 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Tim Weisenberg (SF), Gregorio Moretti (PF) Donald Clayton, Clifford Smith | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 03:27 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline | 48-58 |
| 03:26 | Mississippi | Tim Weisenberg snags the offensive board | 48-58 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Christopher Majkowski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Aponte (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tim Weisenberg (fresh) PF - Gregorio Moretti (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. C - Ronald Rice (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Colburn (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Marc Lutz (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Fred Butler (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. PF - William Shiver (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Robert Delaney (tiring) 8 pts. 8 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 03:07 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti knocks in the shot from the right block on a great pass from Christopher Majkowski and the foul's on William Shiver - foul #3 on William Shiver, team foul #6 | 50-58 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Libbey (PG), Donald Clayton (C) John Aponte, Ronald Rice | |
| Subs | Louisville | John Wolf (SF), Peter Alexander (C) Fred Butler, Robert Delaney | |
| 03:07 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti makes the free throw | 51-58 |
| 02:47 | Louisville | Peter Alexander clanks a driving attempt from the left block | 51-58 |
| 02:45 | Louisville | William Shiver gets the offensive rebound | 51-58 |
| 02:30 | Louisville | John Wolf loses the dribble to Milton Libbey | 51-58 |
| 02:30 | Mississippi | Mississippi calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-58 |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Aponte (SG), Ronald Rice (C) Christopher Majkowski, Tim Weisenberg | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 02:13 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti drills a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 53-58 |
| 01:50 | Louisville | William Shiver comes up short on the floater from the left wing | 53-58 |
| 01:48 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton pulls down the rebound | 53-58 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:39 | Mississippi | John Aponte misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 53-58 |
| 01:38 | Louisville | William Shiver grabs the board | 53-58 |
| 01:23 | Louisville | William Shiver is whistled for a carry | 53-58 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Delaney (C) Peter Alexander | |
| 01:16 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti misses badly on a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on William Shiver - foul #4 on William Shiver, team foul #7 | 53-58 |
| 01:16 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti misses the 1st free throw | 53-58 |
| 01:16 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti misses the 2nd free throw | 53-58 |
| 01:16 | Louisville | William Shiver grabs the defensive rebound | 53-58 |
| 00:56 | Louisville | William Shiver slams it home | 53-60 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:49 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti lays it in set up by Ronald Rice | 55-60 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:47 | Louisville | Milton Libbey is called for the reach on John Wolf in the backcourt - foul #2 on Milton Libbey, team foul #10 | 55-60 |
| 00:47 | Louisville | John Wolf makes the 1st free throw | 55-61 |
| 00:47 | Louisville | John Wolf makes the 2nd free throw | 55-62 |
| 00:40 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey can't connect on a fadeaway from the left block | 55-62 |
| 00:39 | Louisville | The rebound goes to John Wolf | 55-62 |
| 00:38 | Louisville | John Wolf is fouled in the backcourt by Milton Libbey - foul #3 on Milton Libbey, team foul #11 | 55-62 |
| 00:38 | Louisville | John Wolf makes the 1st free throw | 55-63 |
| 00:38 | Louisville | John Wolf makes the 2nd free throw | 55-64 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:32 | Mississippi | Ronald Rice misses the 3 from the left wing | 55-64 |
| 00:30 | Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to John Aponte | 55-64 |
| 00:27 | Mississippi | Ronald Rice hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 55-64 |
| 00:25 | Louisville | The rebound goes to John Wolf | 55-64 |
| 00:23 | Louisville | Milton Libbey is called for the reach on John Wolf in the backcourt - foul #4 on Milton Libbey, team foul #12 | 55-64 |
| 00:23 | Louisville | John Wolf makes the 1st free throw | 55-65 |
| 00:23 | Louisville | John Wolf misses the 2nd free throw | 55-65 |
| 00:23 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti pulls down the rebound | 55-65 |
| 00:15 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey misses long on a driving attempt in the lane but he's fouled by Timothy Colburn - foul #4 on Timothy Colburn, team foul #8 | 55-65 |
| 00:15 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey misses the 1st free throw | 55-65 |
| 00:15 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey makes the 2nd free throw | 56-65 |
| 00:12 | Louisville | Milton Libbey is called for the reach on Timothy Colburn in the backcourt - foul #5 on Milton Libbey, team foul #13 | 56-65 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski (PG) Milton Libbey | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 00:12 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn makes the 1st free throw | 56-66 |
| 00:12 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn makes the 2nd free throw | 56-67 |
| 00:06 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton can't throw it down | 56-67 |
| 00:05 | Louisville | Marc Lutz snags the defensive board | 56-67 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn runs out the clock | 56-67 |