| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Hector Santos (fresh) SG - Mauricio Yazzie (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Dikembe Azim (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. PF - Oleg Lazarevic (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Chris Knight (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Greg Moon (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mark Quinn (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Freddy Bozek (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Carl Heath (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - David Terrazas (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek inbounds the ball | 27-27 |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (0) | |
| 19:46 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek misses short on a shot from the right side | 27-27 |
| 19:45 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek misses the tip | 27-27 |
| 19:43 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn tips it home | 27-29 |
| 19:18 | Auburn | Chris Knight is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Chris Knight, team foul #1 | 27-29 |
| Subs | Auburn | Joseph Lytle (SG), Gene Brown (SF) Mauricio Yazzie, Dikembe Azim | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Eggert (PG), Alvin Firth (SG), Russell Goodrich (SF), Conrad Severson (PF) Greg Moon, Mark Quinn, Freddy Bozek, Carl Heath | |
| 18:50 | Mississippi | Conrad Severson splits the doubleteam and buries a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 27-31 |
| 18:31 | Auburn | Chris Knight misses the easy layup | 27-31 |
| 18:29 | Auburn | Oleg Lazarevic hits the follow up shot | 29-31 |
| 18:07 | Mississippi | Russell Goodrich misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 29-31 |
| 18:06 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Oleg Lazarevic | 29-31 |
| 17:47 | Auburn | Chris Knight can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 29-31 |
| 17:46 | Mississippi | Conrad Severson snags the defensive board | 29-31 |
| 17:41 | Mississippi | Russell Goodrich misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 29-31 |
| 17:39 | Mississippi | David Terrazas can't tip it in | 29-31 |
| 17:38 | Auburn | Gene Brown snags the defensive board | 29-31 |
| 17:09 | Auburn | Joseph Lytle is fouled on the floor by Alvin Firth - foul #3 on Alvin Firth, team foul #1 | 29-31 |
| Subs | Auburn | Rex Hall (PG), Mauricio Yazzie (SG), Dikembe Azim (SF), Chad Laforce (PF), Sonny Davis (C) Hector Santos, Joseph Lytle, Gene Brown, Oleg Lazarevic, Chris Knight | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Moon (PG), Mark Quinn (SG), Freddy Bozek (SF), Carl Heath (PF) Mark Eggert, Alvin Firth, Russell Goodrich, Conrad Severson | |
| 16:49 | Auburn | Mauricio Yazzie misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 29-31 |
| 16:47 | Mississippi | David Terrazas grabs the defensive rebound | 29-31 |
| 16:21 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek can't finish the layup | 29-31 |
| 16:20 | Auburn | Sonny Davis pulls down the rebound | 29-31 |
| 16:02 | Auburn | Sonny Davis is fouled on the floor by David Terrazas - foul #2 on David Terrazas, team foul #2 | 29-31 |
| Subs | Auburn | Chris Knight (C) Sonny Davis | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Conrad Severson (C) David Terrazas | |
| 15:51 | Auburn | Mauricio Yazzie misses badly on a jump hook in the paint | 29-31 |
| 15:49 | Mississippi | Conrad Severson snags the defensive board | 29-31 |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Rex Hall (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Mauricio Yazzie (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Dikembe Azim (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. PF - Chad Laforce (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Chris Knight (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Greg Moon (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mark Quinn (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Freddy Bozek (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Carl Heath (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Conrad Severson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:28 | Mississippi | Chad Laforce steals it from Freddy Bozek | 29-31 |
| 15:04 | Auburn | Chad Laforce's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-31 |
| Subs | Auburn | Oleg Lazarevic (PF), Sonny Davis (C) Chad Laforce, Chris Knight | |
| Subs | Mississippi | David Terrazas (C) Conrad Severson | |
| 14:36 | Mississippi | Greg Moon is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 29-31 |
| 14:35 | Auburn | Oleg Lazarevic snags the defensive board | 29-31 |
| 14:07 | Auburn | Dikembe Azim loses the dribble to Freddy Bozek | 29-31 |
| 13:45 | Mississippi | Greg Moon hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Mark Quinn | 29-34 |
| 13:22 | Auburn | Mark Quinn takes the ball from Sonny Davis | 29-34 |
| 13:05 | Mississippi | David Terrazas is hacked by Sonny Davis - foul #1 on Sonny Davis, team foul #2 | 29-34 |
| Subs | Auburn | Hector Santos (PG), Joseph Lytle (SG), Chad Laforce (PF), Chris Knight (C) Rex Hall, Mauricio Yazzie, Oleg Lazarevic, Sonny Davis | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Russell Goodrich (SF), Conrad Severson (C) Freddy Bozek, David Terrazas | |
| 12:43 | Mississippi | Carl Heath buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Russell Goodrich and the foul's on Chad Laforce - foul #2 on Chad Laforce, team foul #3 | 29-36 |
| 12:43 | Mississippi | Carl Heath misses the free throw | 29-36 |
| 12:43 | Auburn | Chris Knight grabs the board | 29-36 |
| 12:19 | Auburn | Hector Santos is fouled on the floor by Russell Goodrich - foul #1 on Russell Goodrich, team foul #3 | 29-36 |
| Subs | Auburn | Mauricio Yazzie (SG) Joseph Lytle | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 12:04 | Auburn | Chad Laforce misses short on a shot in the lane but he's fouled by Greg Moon - foul #1 on Greg Moon, team foul #4 | 29-36 |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | David Terrazas (C) Carl Heath | |
| 12:04 | Auburn | Chad Laforce makes the 1st free throw | 30-36 |
| 12:04 | Auburn | Chad Laforce makes the 2nd free throw | 31-36 |
| 11:42 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 31-36 |
| 11:41 | Auburn | Dikembe Azim snags the defensive board | 31-36 |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Hector Santos (fresh) SG - Mauricio Yazzie (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Dikembe Azim (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. PF - Chad Laforce (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Chris Knight (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Greg Moon (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mark Quinn (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Russell Goodrich (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Conrad Severson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - David Terrazas (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:16 | Auburn | Mauricio Yazzie buries a turnaround in the paint on a nice dish by Dikembe Azim and he's fouled by Mark Quinn - foul #1 on Mark Quinn, team foul #5 | 33-36 |
| Subs | Auburn | Rex Hall (PG), Oleg Lazarevic (PF) Hector Santos, Chris Knight | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Eggert (PG), Alvin Firth (SG), Freddy Bozek (SF), Carl Heath (PF) Greg Moon, Mark Quinn, Russell Goodrich, David Terrazas | |
| 11:16 | Auburn | Mauricio Yazzie makes the free throw | 34-36 |
| 10:52 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek misses the easy layup | 34-36 |
| 10:50 | Mississippi | Carl Heath hits the follow up shot | 34-38 |
| 10:24 | Auburn | Alvin Firth is called for the reach on Rex Hall - foul #4 on Alvin Firth, team foul #6 | 34-38 |
| Subs | Auburn | Hector Santos (PG), Joseph Lytle (SG), Gene Brown (SF), Chris Knight (C) Rex Hall, Mauricio Yazzie, Dikembe Azim, Oleg Lazarevic | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Moon (PG), Mark Quinn (SG), David Terrazas (C) Mark Eggert, Alvin Firth, Conrad Severson | |
| 10:10 | Auburn | Chad Laforce hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Carl Heath - foul #2 on Carl Heath, team foul #7 | 34-38 |
| Subs | Auburn | Dikembe Azim (SF) Gene Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 10:10 | Auburn | Chad Laforce misses the 1st free throw | 34-38 |
| 10:10 | Auburn | Chad Laforce makes the 2nd free throw | 35-38 |
| 09:51 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right block | 35-38 |
| 09:50 | Auburn | Chris Knight snags the defensive board | 35-38 |
| 09:25 | Auburn | Chad Laforce slams it home set up by Chris Knight | 37-38 |
| 09:07 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn hits a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Greg Moon | 37-41 |
| 08:45 | Auburn | Chris Knight is open and scores on a jumpshot from the left wing set up by Chad Laforce out of the doubleteam | 39-41 |
| 08:26 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek is alone and drills a jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Mark Quinn | 39-43 |
| 08:03 | Auburn | Dikembe Azim throws a bad pass out of bounds | 39-43 |
| Subs | Auburn | Rex Hall (PG), Mauricio Yazzie (SG), Gene Brown (SF), Oleg Lazarevic (PF), Sonny Davis (C) Hector Santos, Joseph Lytle, Dikembe Azim, Chad Laforce, Chris Knight | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Russell Goodrich (SF), Conrad Severson (PF) Freddy Bozek, Carl Heath | |
| 07:44 | Mississippi | Sonny Davis picks off the pass by David Terrazas | 39-43 |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Rex Hall (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Mauricio Yazzie (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Gene Brown (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Oleg Lazarevic (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. C - Sonny Davis (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Greg Moon (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mark Quinn (tiring) 7 pts. 4 ast. SF - Russell Goodrich (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Conrad Severson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - David Terrazas (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:16 | Auburn | Sonny Davis misses short on a jump hook from close range | 39-43 |
| 07:15 | Mississippi | Russell Goodrich grabs the board | 39-43 |
| 06:51 | Mississippi | David Terrazas's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 39-43 |
| Subs | Auburn | Dikembe Azim (SF) Gene Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Eggert (PG), Alvin Firth (SG), Carl Heath (PF), Freddy Bozek (C) Greg Moon, Mark Quinn, Conrad Severson, David Terrazas | |
| 06:26 | Auburn | Dikembe Azim works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Mark Eggert - foul #1 on Mark Eggert, team foul #8 | 39-43 |
| Subs | Auburn | Chris Knight (C) Sonny Davis | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Moon (PG), Mark Quinn (SG) Mark Eggert, Alvin Firth | |
| 06:26 | Auburn | Dikembe Azim misses the 1st free throw | 39-43 |
| 06:26 | Auburn | Dikembe Azim makes the 2nd free throw | 40-43 |
| 06:04 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek knocks in the jumper in the lane on a nice dish by Mark Quinn and the foul's on Chris Knight - foul #3 on Chris Knight, team foul #4 | 40-45 |
| Subs | Auburn | Sonny Davis (C) Chris Knight | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Eggert (PG), Alvin Firth (SG), David Terrazas (C) Greg Moon, Mark Quinn, Russell Goodrich | |
| 06:04 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek makes the free throw | 40-46 |
| 05:38 | Auburn | Sonny Davis blows the layup | 40-46 |
| 05:37 | Auburn | Oleg Lazarevic grabs the offensive board | 40-46 |
| 05:12 | Auburn | Rex Hall is hacked by Carl Heath - foul #3 on Carl Heath, team foul #9 | 40-46 |
| Subs | Auburn | Chad Laforce (PF), Chris Knight (C) Oleg Lazarevic, Sonny Davis | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Moon (PG), Mark Quinn (SG), Russell Goodrich (SF), Conrad Severson (PF) Mark Eggert, Alvin Firth, Carl Heath, David Terrazas | |
| 05:12 | Auburn | Rex Hall misses the 1st free throw | 40-46 |
| 05:12 | Mississippi | Conrad Severson pulls down the rebound | 40-46 |
| 04:50 | Mississippi | Greg Moon misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 40-46 |
| 04:48 | Auburn | Chris Knight pulls down the rebound | 40-46 |
| 04:29 | Auburn | Chad Laforce misses the jumpshot from the right wing | 40-46 |
| 04:27 | Mississippi | Conrad Severson snags the defensive board | 40-46 |
| 04:04 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek loses the dribble to Dikembe Azim | 40-46 |
| 03:42 | Auburn | Mauricio Yazzie scores on a jumpshot from the left side | 42-46 |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Rex Hall (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Mauricio Yazzie (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SF - Dikembe Azim (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. PF - Chad Laforce (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Chris Knight (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Greg Moon (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mark Quinn (tiring) 7 pts. 5 ast. SF - Russell Goodrich (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - Conrad Severson (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Freddy Bozek (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:31 | Mississippi | Greg Moon hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 42-46 |
| 03:29 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek misses the tip | 42-46 |
| 03:28 | Mississippi | Russell Goodrich tips it but misses | 42-46 |
| 03:27 | Auburn | Rex Hall grabs the board | 42-46 |
| 03:08 | Auburn | Mauricio Yazzie drills a 3 from the left wing | 45-46 |
| 02:53 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Mauricio Yazzie - foul #2 on Mauricio Yazzie, team foul #5 | 45-46 |
| Subs | Auburn | Hector Santos (PG), Joseph Lytle (SG), Gene Brown (SF), Oleg Lazarevic (PF), Sonny Davis (C) Rex Hall, Mauricio Yazzie, Dikembe Azim, Chad Laforce, Chris Knight | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Carl Heath (PF), David Terrazas (C) Russell Goodrich, Conrad Severson | |
| 02:53 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek misses the 1st free throw | 45-46 |
| 02:53 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek misses the 2nd free throw | 45-46 |
| 02:53 | Mississippi | David Terrazas grabs the offensive board | 45-46 |
| 02:32 | Mississippi | David Terrazas misses the wide open shot from the left side | 45-46 |
| 02:30 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek grabs the offensive rebound | 45-46 |
| 02:06 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn misses badly on a jumper from the right block but the foul's on Oleg Lazarevic - foul #1 on Oleg Lazarevic, team foul #6 | 45-46 |
| Subs | Auburn | Mauricio Yazzie (SG), Dikembe Azim (SF) Joseph Lytle, Gene Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Eggert (PG), Conrad Severson (SF) Greg Moon, Freddy Bozek | |
| 02:06 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn makes the 1st free throw | 45-47 |
| 02:06 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn misses the 2nd free throw | 45-47 |
| 02:06 | Auburn | Oleg Lazarevic pulls down the rebound | 45-47 |
| 01:40 | Auburn | Oleg Lazarevic makes the floater near the basket set up by Hector Santos | 47-47 |
| 01:20 | Mississippi | Mauricio Yazzie is called for the reach on Carl Heath - foul #3 on Mauricio Yazzie, team foul #7 | 47-47 |
| Subs | Auburn | Chris Knight (C) Sonny Davis | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Moon (PG), Freddy Bozek (SF) Mark Eggert, Conrad Severson | |
| 01:20 | Mississippi | Carl Heath makes the 1st free throw | 47-48 |
| 01:20 | Mississippi | Carl Heath misses the 2nd free throw | 47-48 |
| 01:20 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Oleg Lazarevic | 47-48 |
| 01:15 | Auburn | Mauricio Yazzie is doubleteamed and loses the dribble to David Terrazas | 47-48 |
| 00:56 | Mississippi | David Terrazas misses long on an open pull-up jumper from the left wing | 47-48 |
| 00:54 | Auburn | Chris Knight gets the rebound | 47-48 |
| 00:34 | Auburn | Chris Knight throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-48 |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (0) | |
| 00:33 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn is fouled in the backcourt by Mauricio Yazzie - foul #4 on Mauricio Yazzie, team foul #8 | 47-48 |
| 00:33 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn misses the 1st free throw | 47-48 |
| 00:33 | Auburn | Oleg Lazarevic grabs the defensive rebound | 47-48 |
| 00:13 | Auburn | Greg Moon is called for the reach on Chris Knight - foul #2 on Greg Moon, team foul #10 | 47-48 |
| 00:13 | Auburn | Chris Knight makes the 1st free throw | 48-48 |
| 00:13 | Auburn | Chris Knight makes the 2nd free throw | 49-48 |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (0) | |
| 00:01 | Mississippi | David Terrazas misses short on a fadeaway from the left wing | 49-48 |
| 00:00 | Auburn | Oleg Lazarevic snags the defensive board | 49-48 |