| Lineup | LSU | PG - Jimmy Rockey (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Crawley (fresh) SF - Nicholas Moore (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Scott (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Charles Hintze (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Joseph Yeager (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Jonathan Leach (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Patrick Orcholski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Manuel Spradling (fresh) 4 reb. C - Paul Reading (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | LSU | Nicholas Moore inbounds the ball | 30-25 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (-4) | |
| 19:38 | LSU | Manuel Spradling takes the ball from James Scott | 30-25 |
| 19:16 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager can't connect on a jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by James Scott - foul #2 on James Scott, team foul #1 | 30-25 |
| 19:16 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager makes the 1st free throw | 30-26 |
| 19:16 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager misses the 2nd free throw | 30-26 |
| 19:16 | LSU | Charles Hintze grabs the board | 30-26 |
| 18:50 | LSU | Jimmy Rockey misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 30-26 |
| 18:48 | Tennessee | Patrick Orcholski grabs the board | 30-26 |
| 18:31 | Tennessee | Manuel Spradling misses the lay-in | 30-26 |
| 18:29 | Tennessee | Patrick Orcholski hits the follow up shot | 30-28 |
| 18:00 | LSU | Nicholas Moore misses the shot from the right side but he's hacked by Patrick Orcholski - foul #2 on Patrick Orcholski, team foul #1 | 30-28 |
| 18:00 | LSU | Nicholas Moore misses the 1st free throw | 30-28 |
| 18:00 | LSU | Nicholas Moore misses the 2nd free throw | 30-28 |
| 18:00 | Tennessee | Paul Reading grabs the board | 30-28 |
| 17:43 | Tennessee | Paul Reading buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Patrick Orcholski | 30-31 |
| 17:24 | LSU | Nicholas Moore misses the easy layup | 30-31 |
| 17:23 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Paul Reading | 30-31 |
| 17:10 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 30-34 |
| 16:47 | LSU | Jimmy Rockey's fadeaway is rejected by Manuel Spradling | 30-34 |
| 16:46 | Tennessee | Paul Reading snags the defensive board | 30-34 |
| 16:21 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 30-34 |
| 16:19 | LSU | Nicholas Moore pulls down the rebound | 30-34 |
| 16:05 | LSU | James Scott buries a runner near the basket | 32-34 |
| 16:00 | Tennessee | Patrick Orcholski comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 32-34 |
| 15:59 | Tennessee | Manuel Spradling grabs the offensive board | 32-34 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Jimmy Rockey (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Crawley (fairly fresh) SF - Nicholas Moore (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Scott (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Charles Hintze (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Joseph Yeager (fairly fresh) 10 pts. SG - Jonathan Leach (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Patrick Orcholski (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Manuel Spradling (fairly fresh) 5 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Paul Reading (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:42 | Tennessee | Paul Reading comes up short on the floater from the left side but he's fouled by Charles Hintze - foul #3 on Charles Hintze, team foul #2 | 32-34 |
| Subs | LSU | Stephen Peden (PG), Allen Bilinski (SG), Lucas Scroggs (SF), Timothy Lewis (PF) Jimmy Rockey, James Crawley, Nicholas Moore, James Scott | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Otis Hughes (SG), William Weissman (PF) Jonathan Leach, Manuel Spradling | |
| 15:42 | Tennessee | Paul Reading misses the 1st free throw | 32-34 |
| 15:42 | Tennessee | Paul Reading makes the 2nd free throw | 32-35 |
| 15:17 | LSU | William Weissman takes the ball from Lucas Scroggs | 32-35 |
| 14:57 | Tennessee | Paul Reading misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 32-35 |
| 14:56 | LSU | The rebound goes to Allen Bilinski | 32-35 |
| 14:31 | LSU | Allen Bilinski misses badly on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Otis Hughes - foul #2 on Otis Hughes, team foul #2 | 32-35 |
| Subs | LSU | Jimmy Rockey (PG) Stephen Peden | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 14:31 | LSU | Allen Bilinski makes the 1st free throw | 33-35 |
| 14:31 | LSU | Allen Bilinski makes the 2nd free throw | 34-35 |
| 14:16 | Tennessee | Paul Reading can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 34-35 |
| 14:15 | LSU | Timothy Lewis grabs the board | 34-35 |
| 14:10 | LSU | Patrick Orcholski picks off the pass by Charles Hintze | 34-35 |
| 13:57 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager misses short on a floater from the left side | 34-35 |
| 13:55 | LSU | Charles Hintze snags the defensive board | 34-35 |
| 13:34 | LSU | Allen Bilinski comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline | 34-35 |
| 13:32 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager grabs the defensive rebound | 34-35 |
| 13:11 | Tennessee | Paul Reading drills a pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Otis Hughes | 34-37 |
| 12:50 | LSU | Joseph Yeager is called for the reach on Allen Bilinski - foul #1 on Joseph Yeager, team foul #3 | 34-37 |
| Subs | LSU | James Crawley (SG), Nicholas Moore (SF), James Scott (PF) Allen Bilinski, Lucas Scroggs, Timothy Lewis | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Jonathan Leach (SG), David Trinh (SF), Manuel Spradling (PF), Dustin Larrabee (C) Joseph Yeager, Patrick Orcholski, William Weissman, Paul Reading | |
| 12:23 | LSU | Nicholas Moore scores on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 36-37 |
| 12:03 | Tennessee | David Trinh misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 36-37 |
| 12:01 | Tennessee | Manuel Spradling tips it back up and in | 36-39 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Jimmy Rockey (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Crawley (fresh) SF - Nicholas Moore (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Scott (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Charles Hintze (tiring) 3 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Otis Hughes (fairly fresh) 4 ast. SG - Jonathan Leach (fresh) 3 pts. SF - David Trinh (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Manuel Spradling (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Dustin Larrabee (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:43 | LSU | Nicholas Moore hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Jimmy Rockey | 38-39 |
| 11:22 | Tennessee | Dustin Larrabee is whistled for traveling | 38-39 |
| Subs | LSU | Allen Bilinski (PF), Timothy Lewis (C) James Scott, Charles Hintze | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager (PG), Paul Reading (C) Jonathan Leach, Dustin Larrabee | |
| 10:59 | LSU | Allen Bilinski can't connect on a fadeaway from the left block | 38-39 |
| 10:58 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Manuel Spradling | 38-39 |
| 10:33 | Tennessee | Manuel Spradling buries a turnaround from the left block and he's fouled by Allen Bilinski - foul #1 on Allen Bilinski, team foul #3 | 38-41 |
| Subs | LSU | Lucas Scroggs (SF) Jimmy Rockey | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Patrick Orcholski (SF) David Trinh | |
| 10:33 | Tennessee | Manuel Spradling makes the free throw | 38-42 |
| 10:20 | LSU | Patrick Orcholski blocks the short jumper by Timothy Lewis | 38-42 |
| 10:18 | LSU | Timothy Lewis misses the tip | 38-42 |
| 10:16 | Tennessee | Manuel Spradling snags the defensive board | 38-42 |
| 10:09 | Tennessee | Manuel Spradling loses the dribble to Nicholas Moore | 38-42 |
| 09:40 | LSU | Allen Bilinski clanks a floater from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Patrick Orcholski - foul #3 on Patrick Orcholski, team foul #4 | 38-42 |
| Subs | LSU | Jimmy Rockey (PG), James Scott (PF) James Crawley, Lucas Scroggs | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Jonathan Leach (SG), William Weissman (PF) Otis Hughes, Manuel Spradling | |
| 09:40 | LSU | Allen Bilinski misses the 1st free throw | 38-42 |
| 09:40 | LSU | Allen Bilinski makes the 2nd free throw | 39-42 |
| 09:24 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 39-42 |
| 09:22 | LSU | Timothy Lewis snags the defensive board | 39-42 |
| 08:59 | LSU | Jimmy Rockey is fouled on the floor by Jonathan Leach - foul #1 on Jonathan Leach, team foul #5 | 39-42 |
| Subs | LSU | Stephen Peden (SG), Lucas Scroggs (SF) Allen Bilinski, Nicholas Moore | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Dustin Larrabee (C) Paul Reading | |
| 08:37 | LSU | Stephen Peden misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 39-42 |
| 08:36 | Tennessee | Dustin Larrabee gets the rebound | 39-42 |
| 08:13 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Jonathan Leach | 39-44 |
| 07:44 | LSU | Timothy Lewis hits a shot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Stephen Peden | 41-44 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Jimmy Rockey (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Stephen Peden (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Lucas Scroggs (fresh) PF - James Scott (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Timothy Lewis (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Joseph Yeager (tiring) 12 pts. SG - Jonathan Leach (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Patrick Orcholski (tiring) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - William Weissman (fresh) 2 pts. C - Dustin Larrabee (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:39 | Tennessee | Patrick Orcholski scores on a shot from the left side on a great pass from Joseph Yeager | 41-46 |
| 07:12 | LSU | Timothy Lewis misses short on an open shot from the left wing | 41-46 |
| 07:11 | Tennessee | Patrick Orcholski pulls down the rebound | 41-46 |
| 06:50 | Tennessee | Dustin Larrabee is fouled on the floor by Timothy Lewis - foul #1 on Timothy Lewis, team foul #4 | 41-46 |
| Subs | LSU | James Crawley (PG), Allen Bilinski (SG), Nicholas Moore (PF), Charles Hintze (C) Jimmy Rockey, Stephen Peden, James Scott, Timothy Lewis | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Otis Hughes (PG), Devon Graham (SG), David Trinh (SF), Manuel Spradling (PF), Paul Reading (C) Joseph Yeager, Jonathan Leach, Patrick Orcholski, William Weissman, Dustin Larrabee | |
| 06:31 | Tennessee | Otis Hughes's dunk attempt is rejected by Charles Hintze | 41-46 |
| 06:30 | Tennessee | Devon Graham can't tip it in | 41-46 |
| 06:28 | LSU | Charles Hintze snags the defensive board | 41-46 |
| 06:13 | LSU | Nicholas Moore connects on the jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from James Crawley | 43-46 |
| 05:56 | Tennessee | Manuel Spradling double dribbles | 43-46 |
| Subs | LSU | Jimmy Rockey (PG) Lucas Scroggs | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 05:27 | LSU | Nicholas Moore misses the easy layup | 43-46 |
| 05:26 | Tennessee | Manuel Spradling grabs the board | 43-46 |
| 05:20 | Tennessee | Paul Reading misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 43-46 |
| 05:19 | LSU | Nicholas Moore gets the rebound | 43-46 |
| 04:53 | LSU | Nicholas Moore is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Nicholas Moore, team foul #5 | 43-46 |
| Subs | LSU | James Scott (PF) Allen Bilinski | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager (PG) Devon Graham | |
| 04:41 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager is fouled on the floor by Charles Hintze - foul #4 on Charles Hintze, team foul #6 | 43-46 |
| Subs | LSU | Timothy Lewis (C) Charles Hintze | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Jonathan Leach (SG) Otis Hughes | |
| 04:17 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager comes up short on the floater from the right wing | 43-46 |
| 04:15 | LSU | Jimmy Rockey gets the rebound | 43-46 |
| 03:48 | LSU | Timothy Lewis hits a driving attempt from the baseline set up by Jimmy Rockey | 45-46 |
| 03:30 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager is fouled on the floor by James Scott - foul #3 on James Scott, team foul #7 | 45-46 |
| Subs | LSU | Stephen Peden (PG), Allen Bilinski (SG), Lucas Scroggs (SF), Charles Hintze (C) Jimmy Rockey, James Crawley, Nicholas Moore, James Scott | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Patrick Orcholski (SF), William Weissman (PF), Dustin Larrabee (C) David Trinh, Manuel Spradling, Paul Reading | |
| 03:30 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager makes the 1st free throw | 45-47 |
| 03:30 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager misses the 2nd free throw | 45-47 |
| 03:30 | LSU | Charles Hintze pulls down the rebound | 45-47 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Stephen Peden (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Allen Bilinski (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Lucas Scroggs (fresh) PF - Timothy Lewis (fresh) 13 pts. 5 reb. C - Charles Hintze (fresh) 3 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Joseph Yeager (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jonathan Leach (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Patrick Orcholski (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - William Weissman (fresh) 2 pts. C - Dustin Larrabee (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:12 | LSU | Lucas Scroggs loses the ball out of bounds | 45-47 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Otis Hughes (SG) Jonathan Leach | |
| 02:57 | Tennessee | Otis Hughes misses long on a floater from just outside the lane but the foul's on Timothy Lewis - foul #2 on Timothy Lewis, team foul #8 | 45-47 |
| Subs | LSU | James Scott (PF) Timothy Lewis | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Devon Graham (SG) Joseph Yeager | |
| 02:57 | Tennessee | Otis Hughes misses the 1st free throw | 45-47 |
| 02:57 | Tennessee | Otis Hughes misses the 2nd free throw | 45-47 |
| 02:57 | LSU | James Scott snags the defensive board | 45-47 |
| 02:57 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 45-47 |
| 02:32 | LSU | Allen Bilinski slams it home and he's hacked by William Weissman - foul #3 on William Weissman, team foul #6 | 47-47 |
| Subs | LSU | Jimmy Rockey (PG), Nicholas Moore (SF) Stephen Peden, Lucas Scroggs | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager (PG), Jonathan Leach (SG), Manuel Spradling (PF), Paul Reading (C) Otis Hughes, Devon Graham, William Weissman, Dustin Larrabee | |
| 02:32 | LSU | Allen Bilinski makes the free throw | 48-47 |
| 02:16 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager is fouled on the floor by Charles Hintze - foul #5 on Charles Hintze, team foul #9 | 48-47 |
| Subs | LSU | James Crawley (SG), Timothy Lewis (C) Allen Bilinski, Charles Hintze | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 02:16 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager misses the 1st free throw | 48-47 |
| 02:16 | Tennessee | Paul Reading snags the offensive board | 48-47 |
| 02:06 | Tennessee | Patrick Orcholski clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line | 48-47 |
| 02:05 | LSU | Nicholas Moore grabs the board | 48-47 |
| 01:59 | LSU | James Crawley connects on the shot from the baseline on a great pass from Jimmy Rockey | 50-47 |
| 01:55 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 50-47 |
| 01:54 | Tennessee | Paul Reading misses the tip | 50-47 |
| 01:52 | LSU | James Crawley gets the rebound | 50-47 |
| 01:39 | LSU | James Scott can't connect on a driving attempt in the lane but he's fouled by Manuel Spradling - foul #1 on Manuel Spradling, team foul #7 | 50-47 |
| 01:39 | LSU | James Scott makes the 1st free throw | 51-47 |
| 01:39 | LSU | James Scott makes the 2nd free throw | 52-47 |
| 01:12 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager throws a bad pass out of bounds | 52-47 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (-3) | |
| 00:44 | LSU | James Scott is fouled on the floor by Manuel Spradling - foul #2 on Manuel Spradling, team foul #8 | 52-47 |
| 00:44 | LSU | James Scott makes the 1st free throw | 53-47 |
| 00:44 | LSU | James Scott misses the 2nd free throw | 53-47 |
| 00:44 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Paul Reading | 53-47 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-3) | |
| 00:39 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 53-47 |
| 00:37 | LSU | Nicholas Moore grabs the board | 53-47 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:34 | LSU | Joseph Yeager is called for the reach on Nicholas Moore in the backcourt - foul #2 on Joseph Yeager, team foul #9 | 53-47 |
| 00:34 | LSU | Nicholas Moore makes the 1st free throw | 54-47 |
| 00:34 | LSU | Nicholas Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 55-47 |
| 00:30 | Tennessee | Manuel Spradling throws a bad pass out of bounds | 55-47 |
| 00:29 | LSU | Jonathan Leach is called for the reach on Nicholas Moore in the backcourt - foul #2 on Jonathan Leach, team foul #10 | 55-47 |
| 00:29 | LSU | Nicholas Moore makes the 1st free throw | 56-47 |
| 00:29 | LSU | Nicholas Moore misses the 2nd free throw | 56-47 |
| 00:29 | Tennessee | Manuel Spradling grabs the board | 56-47 |
| 00:21 | Tennessee | Paul Reading throws a bad pass out of bounds | 56-47 |
| 00:19 | LSU | Joseph Yeager is called for the reach on Jimmy Rockey in the backcourt - foul #3 on Joseph Yeager, team foul #11 | 56-47 |
| 00:19 | LSU | Jimmy Rockey makes the 1st free throw | 57-47 |
| 00:19 | LSU | Jimmy Rockey makes the 2nd free throw | 58-47 |
| 00:12 | Tennessee | Manuel Spradling misses the jumpshot from the right side | 58-47 |
| 00:10 | Tennessee | Joseph Yeager tips it in | 58-49 |
| 00:07 | LSU | Jimmy Rockey is hacked by Joseph Yeager in the backcourt - foul #4 on Joseph Yeager, team foul #12 | 58-49 |
| 00:07 | LSU | Jimmy Rockey makes the 1st free throw | 59-49 |
| 00:07 | LSU | Jimmy Rockey makes the 2nd free throw | 60-49 |
| 00:01 | Tennessee | Jonathan Leach knocks in the shot near the basket | 60-51 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-3) | |
| 00:00 | LSU | Jimmy Rockey runs out the clock | 60-51 |