| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Scott Phillips (fresh) SG - Harvey King (fresh) SF - Luis Zamora (fresh) PF - Joseph Burgess (fresh) C - Gregory Clyburn (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Arizona State | PG - Matthew Pereyra (fresh) SG - Aaron Hedman (fresh) SF - Mark Meltzer (fresh) PF - Abraham Bruce (fresh) C - Jerry Acres (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Gregory Clyburn wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona State | Arizona State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:46 | Mississippi | Harvey King misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane | 0-0 |
| 19:44 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | Arizona State | Aaron Hedman misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:20 | Mississippi | Luis Zamora grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 19:06 | Mississippi | Luis Zamora is hacked by Mark Meltzer - foul #1 on Mark Meltzer, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 18:52 | Mississippi | Luis Zamora can't connect on a shot from the right side | 0-0 |
| 18:50 | Arizona State | Jerry Acres pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:26 | Arizona State | Matthew Pereyra scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 0-2 |
| 18:22 | Mississippi | Scott Phillips double dribbles | 0-2 |
| 17:58 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce can't finish the layup | 0-2 |
| 17:56 | Arizona State | Aaron Hedman grabs the offensive board | 0-2 |
| 17:32 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce buries a jump hook from the left block and the foul's on Luis Zamora - foul #1 on Luis Zamora, team foul #1 | 0-4 |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Flood (PF), Angel Perez (C) Joseph Burgess, Gregory Clyburn | |
| Subs | Arizona State | | |
| 17:32 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce makes the free throw | 0-5 |
| 17:14 | Mississippi | Harvey King misses long on a jumpshot from the right side but the foul's on Matthew Pereyra - foul #1 on Matthew Pereyra, team foul #2 | 0-5 |
| 17:14 | Mississippi | Harvey King makes the 1st free throw | 1-5 |
| 17:14 | Mississippi | Harvey King makes the 2nd free throw | 2-5 |
| 16:56 | Arizona State | Harvey King picks off the pass by Mark Meltzer | 2-5 |
| 16:42 | Mississippi | Scott Phillips misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 2-5 |
| 16:40 | Arizona State | The rebound goes to Mark Meltzer | 2-5 |
| 16:20 | Arizona State | Jerry Acres drills a floater from the right side set up by Matthew Pereyra | 2-7 |
| 16:02 | Mississippi | Angel Perez makes the floater from the right wing set up by Harvey King | 4-7 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Scott Phillips (fairly fresh) SG - Harvey King (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Luis Zamora (fairly fresh) PF - James Flood (fresh) C - Angel Perez (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Arizona State | PG - Matthew Pereyra (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Aaron Hedman (fairly fresh) SF - Mark Meltzer (fresh) PF - Abraham Bruce (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Jerry Acres (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:41 | Arizona State | Jerry Acres jams it on a nice dish by Mark Meltzer | 4-9 |
| 15:24 | Mississippi | Angel Perez clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 4-9 |
| 15:22 | Arizona State | Jerry Acres pulls down the rebound | 4-9 |
| 14:55 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce can't connect on a jumper from the right block | 4-9 |
| 14:54 | Arizona State | Jerry Acres tips it home | 4-11 |
| 14:39 | Mississippi | Luis Zamora misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 4-11 |
| 14:37 | Mississippi | Harvey King tips it home | 6-11 |
| 14:08 | Arizona State | Aaron Hedman misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 6-11 |
| 14:07 | Mississippi | James Flood grabs the board | 6-11 |
| 13:53 | Mississippi | Scott Phillips's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 6-11 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Andrew Sullivan (PG), Michael Wheeler (SG), Felipe Valadez (SF), Joseph Burgess (PF), Gregory Clyburn (C) Scott Phillips, Harvey King, Luis Zamora, James Flood, Angel Perez | |
| Subs | Arizona State | Robert Stevens (PG), James Young (SG), Christopher Tucker (SF), Salvatore Russo (PF), William Taggart (C) Matthew Pereyra, Aaron Hedman, Mark Meltzer, Abraham Bruce, Jerry Acres | |
| 13:28 | Arizona State | James Young misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 6-11 |
| 13:26 | Mississippi | Felipe Valadez snags the defensive board | 6-11 |
| 13:04 | Mississippi | Joseph Burgess misses short on a floater from close range but he's hacked by Salvatore Russo - foul #1 on Salvatore Russo, team foul #3 | 6-11 |
| 13:04 | Mississippi | Joseph Burgess makes the 1st free throw | 7-11 |
| 13:04 | Mississippi | Joseph Burgess misses the 2nd free throw | 7-11 |
| 13:04 | Arizona State | Salvatore Russo gets the rebound | 7-11 |
| 12:40 | Arizona State | Robert Stevens throws a bad pass out of bounds | 7-11 |
| 12:19 | Mississippi | Gregory Clyburn lays it in on a great pass from Andrew Sullivan | 9-11 |
| 12:00 | Arizona State | Robert Stevens can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 9-11 |
| 11:59 | Mississippi | Joseph Burgess pulls down the rebound | 9-11 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Andrew Sullivan (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Michael Wheeler (fresh) SF - Felipe Valadez (fresh) PF - Joseph Burgess (fresh) 1 pts. C - Gregory Clyburn (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Arizona State | PG - Robert Stevens (fresh) SG - James Young (fresh) SF - Christopher Tucker (fresh) PF - Salvatore Russo (fresh) C - William Taggart (fresh) | |
| 11:48 | Mississippi | Michael Wheeler can't connect on a floater from the free throw line | 9-11 |
| 11:46 | Mississippi | Gregory Clyburn snags the offensive board | 9-11 |
| 11:34 | Mississippi | Michael Wheeler clanks a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Robert Stevens - foul #1 on Robert Stevens, team foul #4 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Scott Phillips (PG), James Flood (PF) Andrew Sullivan, Joseph Burgess | |
| Subs | Arizona State | Matthew Pereyra (PG), Mark Meltzer (SF), Jerry Acres (PF) James Young, Christopher Tucker, Salvatore Russo | |
| 11:34 | Mississippi | Michael Wheeler makes the 1st free throw | 10-11 |
| 11:34 | Mississippi | Michael Wheeler makes the 2nd free throw | 11-11 |
| 11:15 | Arizona State | William Taggart is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on William Taggart, team foul #5 | 11-11 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Harvey King (SG), John Davis (SF), Angel Perez (C) Michael Wheeler, Felipe Valadez, Gregory Clyburn | |
| Subs | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce (PF) William Taggart | |
| 11:05 | Mississippi | Scott Phillips misses the easy layup | 11-11 |
| 11:03 | Arizona State | Mark Meltzer pulls down the rebound | 11-11 |
| 10:43 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce clanks a jump hook from the right block | 11-11 |
| 10:41 | Arizona State | Jerry Acres tips it back up and in | 11-13 |
| 10:27 | Mississippi | John Davis is hacked by Mark Meltzer - foul #2 on Mark Meltzer, team foul #6 | 11-13 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Luis Zamora (SF) John Davis | |
| Subs | Arizona State | James Young (SG), Christopher Tucker (SF), Salvatore Russo (PF) Robert Stevens, Mark Meltzer, Abraham Bruce | |
| 10:20 | Mississippi | Harvey King makes the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Scott Phillips | 13-13 |
| 09:53 | Arizona State | Salvatore Russo is hacked by James Flood - foul #1 on James Flood, team foul #2 | 13-13 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Joseph Burgess (PF) James Flood | |
| Subs | Arizona State | Aaron Hedman (SG), William Taggart (C) James Young, Salvatore Russo | |
| 09:33 | Arizona State | Matthew Pereyra misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 13-13 |
| 09:32 | Mississippi | Joseph Burgess snags the defensive board | 13-13 |
| 09:27 | Mississippi | Harvey King comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 13-13 |
| 09:26 | Arizona State | Jerry Acres pulls down the rebound | 13-13 |
| 09:13 | Arizona State | Matthew Pereyra hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 13-13 |
| 09:11 | Arizona State | Christopher Tucker tips it home | 13-15 |
| 09:02 | Mississippi | Harvey King's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 13-15 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Gregory Clyburn (C) Angel Perez | |
| Subs | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce (PF) Jerry Acres | |
| 08:35 | Arizona State | Aaron Hedman is fouled on the floor by Harvey King - foul #1 on Harvey King, team foul #3 | 13-15 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Andrew Sullivan (PG), Felipe Valadez (SF) Scott Phillips, Luis Zamora | |
| Subs | Arizona State | Robert Stevens (PG), Salvatore Russo (C) Matthew Pereyra, William Taggart | |
| 08:17 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left block | 13-15 |
| 08:16 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce grabs the offensive rebound | 13-15 |
| 07:56 | Arizona State | Christopher Tucker misses the easy layup | 13-15 |
| 07:55 | Arizona State | Salvatore Russo misses the tip | 13-15 |
| 07:53 | Mississippi | Felipe Valadez gets the rebound | 13-15 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Andrew Sullivan (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Harvey King (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Felipe Valadez (fresh) PF - Joseph Burgess (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Gregory Clyburn (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Arizona State | PG - Robert Stevens (fresh) SG - Aaron Hedman (fairly fresh) SF - Christopher Tucker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Abraham Bruce (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Salvatore Russo (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:43 | Mississippi | Harvey King is hacked by Aaron Hedman - foul #1 on Aaron Hedman, team foul #7 | 13-15 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Scott Phillips (PG), James Flood (PF) Andrew Sullivan, Joseph Burgess | |
| Subs | Arizona State | James Young (SG) Aaron Hedman | |
| 07:43 | Mississippi | Harvey King makes the 1st free throw | 14-15 |
| 07:43 | Mississippi | Harvey King makes the 2nd free throw | 15-15 |
| 07:17 | Arizona State | Scott Phillips is called for the reach on Robert Stevens - foul #1 on Scott Phillips, team foul #4 | 15-15 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Michael Wheeler (SG), Luis Zamora (SF) Harvey King, Felipe Valadez | |
| Subs | Arizona State | Matthew Pereyra (PG), Jerry Acres (PF), William Taggart (C) James Young, Abraham Bruce, Salvatore Russo | |
| 06:57 | Arizona State | Christopher Tucker hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 15-15 |
| 06:55 | Mississippi | Scott Phillips snags the defensive board | 15-15 |
| 06:46 | Mississippi | Luis Zamora comes up short on the shot from the right wing | 15-15 |
| 06:45 | Mississippi | Scott Phillips grabs the offensive rebound | 15-15 |
| 06:35 | Mississippi | Scott Phillips clanks a jumper from the right side | 15-15 |
| 06:34 | Arizona State | Christopher Tucker gets the rebound | 15-15 |
| 06:10 | Arizona State | Robert Stevens can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Michael Wheeler - foul #1 on Michael Wheeler, team foul #5 | 15-15 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Angel Perez (C) Gregory Clyburn | |
| Subs | Arizona State | | |
| 06:10 | Arizona State | Robert Stevens makes the 1st free throw | 15-16 |
| 06:10 | Arizona State | Robert Stevens makes the 2nd free throw | 15-17 |
| 05:55 | Mississippi | Angel Perez misses short on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's fouled by William Taggart - foul #2 on William Taggart, team foul #8 | 15-17 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Harvey King (SG) Michael Wheeler | |
| Subs | Arizona State | Aaron Hedman (SG), Salvatore Russo (PF) Robert Stevens, William Taggart | |
| 05:55 | Mississippi | Angel Perez misses the 1st free throw | 15-17 |
| 05:55 | Mississippi | Angel Perez makes the 2nd free throw | 16-17 |
| 05:40 | Arizona State | Aaron Hedman's pass is intercepted by James Flood | 16-17 |
| 05:30 | Mississippi | Luis Zamora double dribbles | 16-17 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Andrew Sullivan (PG), Joseph Burgess (PF) Scott Phillips, James Flood | |
| Subs | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce (SF) Christopher Tucker | |
| 05:01 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce makes the driving attempt from the baseline on a nice dish by Matthew Pereyra and he's hacked by Luis Zamora - foul #2 on Luis Zamora, team foul #6 | 16-19 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Felipe Valadez (SF) Luis Zamora | |
| Subs | Arizona State | James Young (PG), Christopher Tucker (SF) Matthew Pereyra, Jerry Acres | |
| 05:01 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce makes the free throw | 16-20 |
| 04:42 | Mississippi | Angel Perez misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing | 16-20 |
| 04:41 | Mississippi | Joseph Burgess grabs the offensive rebound | 16-20 |
| 04:29 | Mississippi | Angel Perez misses badly on a jump hook from close range but the foul's on Christopher Tucker - foul #1 on Christopher Tucker, team foul #9 | 16-20 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Scott Phillips (PG) Andrew Sullivan | |
| Subs | Arizona State | Robert Stevens (PG) Aaron Hedman | |
| 04:29 | Mississippi | Angel Perez misses the 1st free throw | 16-20 |
| 04:29 | Mississippi | Angel Perez makes the 2nd free throw | 17-20 |
| 04:08 | Arizona State | James Young can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 17-20 |
| 04:06 | Arizona State | Salvatore Russo misses the tip | 17-20 |
| 04:05 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Joseph Burgess | 17-20 |
| 03:59 | Mississippi | Harvey King's floater is knocked away by Abraham Bruce | 17-20 |
| 03:57 | Arizona State | The rebound goes to Christopher Tucker | 17-20 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Scott Phillips (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Harvey King (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Felipe Valadez (fresh) PF - Joseph Burgess (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. C - Angel Perez (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Arizona State | PG - Robert Stevens (fresh) 2 pts. SG - James Young (fresh) SF - Christopher Tucker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Abraham Bruce (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Salvatore Russo (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 03:37 | Arizona State | Robert Stevens misses short on an open 3 pointer from the right corner | 17-20 |
| 03:36 | Arizona State | Christopher Tucker pulls down the offensive rebound | 17-20 |
| 03:13 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce banks in the layup set up by James Young | 17-22 |
| 02:57 | Mississippi | Scott Phillips is denied on a dunk by Abraham Bruce | 17-22 |
| 02:55 | Arizona State | The rebound goes to Christopher Tucker | 17-22 |
| 02:37 | Arizona State | Christopher Tucker loses the dribble to Joseph Burgess | 17-22 |
| 02:23 | Mississippi | Harvey King knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Joseph Burgess | 20-22 |
| 01:54 | Arizona State | Christopher Tucker knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Abraham Bruce out of a doubleteam | 20-25 |
| 01:50 | Mississippi | Scott Phillips lays it up and in on a great pass from Joseph Burgess and he's hacked by James Young - foul #1 on James Young, team foul #10 | 22-25 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Michael Wheeler (SG), Luis Zamora (SF), James Flood (PF), Gregory Clyburn (C) Harvey King, Felipe Valadez, Joseph Burgess, Angel Perez | |
| Subs | Arizona State | Matthew Pereyra (PG), Aaron Hedman (SG), Mark Meltzer (SF), Jerry Acres (PF), William Taggart (C) Robert Stevens, James Young, Christopher Tucker, Abraham Bruce, Salvatore Russo | |
| 01:50 | Mississippi | Scott Phillips misses the free throw | 22-25 |
| 01:50 | Arizona State | William Taggart snags the defensive board | 22-25 |
| 01:27 | Arizona State | James Flood is called for the reach on Matthew Pereyra - foul #2 on James Flood, team foul #7 | 22-25 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Andrew Sullivan (PG) Scott Phillips | |
| Subs | Arizona State | | |
| 01:27 | Arizona State | Matthew Pereyra makes the 1st free throw | 22-26 |
| 01:27 | Arizona State | Matthew Pereyra makes the 2nd free throw | 22-27 |
| 01:15 | Mississippi | Michael Wheeler is hacked by William Taggart - foul #3 on William Taggart, team foul #11 | 22-27 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce (PF) William Taggart | |
| 01:15 | Mississippi | Michael Wheeler makes the 1st free throw | 23-27 |
| 01:15 | Mississippi | Michael Wheeler makes the 2nd free throw | 24-27 |
| 00:53 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce can't connect on a shot from the right side but the foul's on James Flood - foul #3 on James Flood, team foul #8 | 24-27 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Joseph Burgess (PF) James Flood | |
| Subs | Arizona State | | |
| 00:53 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce makes the 1st free throw | 24-28 |
| 00:53 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce misses the 2nd free throw | 24-28 |
| 00:53 | Mississippi | Joseph Burgess pulls down the rebound | 24-28 |
| 00:37 | Mississippi | Gregory Clyburn hits a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Michael Wheeler and he's hacked by Jerry Acres - foul #1 on Jerry Acres, team foul #12 | 26-28 |
| 00:37 | Mississippi | Gregory Clyburn makes the free throw | 27-28 |
| 00:08 | Arizona State | Michael Wheeler steals it from Abraham Bruce | 27-28 |
| 00:03 | Mississippi | Joseph Burgess misses short on a jumpshot from the right side | 27-28 |
| 00:01 | Arizona State | The rebound goes to Abraham Bruce | 27-28 |
| 00:00 | Arizona State | Abraham Bruce hits the front of the rim on the fullcourt shot | 27-28 |