| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Jose Silva (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Clifford Brubaker (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Mark Buchholz (fresh) PF - Mason Quon (fresh) 10 pts. C - Casey Nelson (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Aponte (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Josef Kizewski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gregorio Moretti (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Donald Clayton (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Auburn | Mark Buchholz inbounds the ball | 28-31 |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 19:42 | Auburn | Mark Buchholz loses the ball out of bounds | 28-31 |
| 19:24 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski is fouled on the floor by Mark Buchholz - foul #1 on Mark Buchholz, team foul #1 | 28-31 |
| 19:12 | Mississippi | Casey Nelson is called for the reach on Milton Libbey - foul #2 on Casey Nelson, team foul #2 | 28-31 |
| 18:48 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton's pass is intercepted by Casey Nelson | 28-31 |
| 18:33 | Auburn | Jose Silva can't connect on a driving attempt in the lane but he's hacked by Josef Kizewski - foul #2 on Josef Kizewski, team foul #1 | 28-31 |
| 18:33 | Auburn | Jose Silva makes the 1st free throw | 29-31 |
| 18:33 | Auburn | Jose Silva makes the 2nd free throw | 30-31 |
| 18:23 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey misses long on a shot from the left wing but the foul's on Jose Silva - foul #2 on Jose Silva, team foul #3 | 30-31 |
| 18:23 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey makes the 1st free throw | 30-32 |
| 18:23 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey misses the 2nd free throw | 30-32 |
| 18:23 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti gets the offensive rebound | 30-32 |
| 18:07 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey buries a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 30-34 |
| 17:48 | Auburn | Mason Quon's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 30-34 |
| 17:22 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton is fouled on the floor by Casey Nelson - foul #3 on Casey Nelson, team foul #4 | 30-34 |
| Subs | Auburn | Carl Payton (C) Casey Nelson | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 17:09 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Clifford Brubaker - foul #2 on Clifford Brubaker, team foul #5 | 30-34 |
| 17:09 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski makes the 1st free throw | 30-35 |
| 17:09 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski misses the 2nd free throw | 30-35 |
| 17:09 | Auburn | Carl Payton pulls down the rebound | 30-35 |
| 17:00 | Auburn | Clifford Brubaker connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 33-35 |
| 16:31 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti is hacked by Mason Quon - foul #1 on Mason Quon, team foul #6 | 33-35 |
| Subs | Auburn | Alex Hutton (SF) Mark Buchholz | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Ronald Rice (C) Donald Clayton | |
| 16:11 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti knocks in the jump hook from close range | 33-37 |
| 15:50 | Auburn | Alex Hutton can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 33-37 |
| 15:49 | Mississippi | John Aponte grabs the board | 33-37 |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Jose Silva (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Clifford Brubaker (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Alex Hutton (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Mason Quon (fairly fresh) 10 pts. C - Carl Payton (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Aponte (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Josef Kizewski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Gregorio Moretti (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Ronald Rice (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:43 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti hits the front of the rim on the runner from close range but he's fouled by Mason Quon - foul #2 on Mason Quon, team foul #7 | 33-37 |
| Subs | Auburn | Michael Diep (PG), Malik Battles (SG), Terry Fisher (PF), Casey Nelson (C) Jose Silva, Clifford Brubaker, Mason Quon, Carl Payton | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski (PG), John Guerrier (SF) Milton Libbey, Josef Kizewski | |
| 15:43 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti makes the 1st free throw | 33-38 |
| 15:43 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti makes the 2nd free throw | 33-39 |
| 15:35 | Auburn | Alex Hutton loses the ball out of bounds | 33-39 |
| Subs | Auburn | Mark Buchholz (SF) Alex Hutton | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Clifford Smith (PF) Gregorio Moretti | |
| 15:06 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 33-39 |
| 15:04 | Auburn | Terry Fisher grabs the defensive rebound | 33-39 |
| 14:59 | Auburn | Michael Diep misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 33-39 |
| 14:58 | Mississippi | John Guerrier snags the defensive board | 33-39 |
| 14:44 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski misses short on a floater from the right side | 33-39 |
| 14:42 | Auburn | Mark Buchholz snags the defensive board | 33-39 |
| 14:38 | Auburn | Michael Diep misses the 3 from straight away | 33-39 |
| 14:36 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Clifford Smith | 33-39 |
| 14:14 | Mississippi | John Guerrier misses the jumpshot from the free throw line | 33-39 |
| 14:13 | Auburn | Mark Buchholz grabs the board | 33-39 |
| 14:06 | Auburn | Casey Nelson comes up short on the jumper from the right block | 33-39 |
| 14:05 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Clifford Smith | 33-39 |
| 13:48 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski misses badly on a shot in the lane but the foul's on Malik Battles - foul #4 on Malik Battles, team foul #8 | 33-39 |
| Subs | Auburn | Jose Silva (PG), Clifford Brubaker (SG), Alex Hutton (SF), Mason Quon (PF) Michael Diep, Malik Battles, Mark Buchholz, Terry Fisher | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Libbey (PG), Josef Kizewski (SF), Gregorio Moretti (PF), Donald Clayton (C) John Aponte, John Guerrier, Clifford Smith, Ronald Rice | |
| 13:48 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski makes the 1st free throw | 33-40 |
| 13:48 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski makes the 2nd free throw | 33-41 |
| 13:35 | Auburn | Alex Hutton knocks in the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 35-41 |
| 13:15 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton's pass is intercepted by Jose Silva | 35-41 |
| 13:02 | Auburn | Jose Silva misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 35-41 |
| 13:00 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton grabs the defensive rebound | 35-41 |
| 12:38 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti drills a runner from the baseline on a great pass from Milton Libbey | 35-43 |
| 12:17 | Auburn | Alex Hutton misses badly on a shot from the left side | 35-43 |
| 12:16 | Auburn | Casey Nelson hits the follow up shot | 37-43 |
| 11:50 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton drills a jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from Milton Libbey | 37-45 |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Jose Silva (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Clifford Brubaker (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Alex Hutton (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Mason Quon (fresh) 10 pts. C - Casey Nelson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Christopher Majkowski (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SF - Josef Kizewski (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Gregorio Moretti (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Donald Clayton (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:32 | Auburn | The pull-up jumper by Mason Quon is blocked by Donald Clayton | 37-45 |
| 11:31 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti grabs the defensive rebound | 37-45 |
| 11:07 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 37-45 |
| 11:05 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton tips it home | 37-47 |
| 10:54 | Auburn | Alex Hutton's floater is knocked away by Gregorio Moretti | 37-47 |
| 10:52 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Josef Kizewski | 37-47 |
| 10:32 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski misses badly on a floater near the basket | 37-47 |
| 10:31 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti tips it back up and in | 37-49 |
| 10:20 | Auburn | Clifford Brubaker hits the front of the rim on the floater from just outside the lane | 37-49 |
| 10:18 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton grabs the defensive rebound | 37-49 |
| 10:05 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Clifford Brubaker - foul #3 on Clifford Brubaker, team foul #9 | 37-49 |
| Subs | Auburn | Michael Diep (PG), Paul Gil (SG), Mark Buchholz (SF), Terry Fisher (PF), Carl Payton (C) Jose Silva, Clifford Brubaker, Alex Hutton, Mason Quon, Casey Nelson | |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Aponte (SG), Ronald Rice (C) Christopher Majkowski, Josef Kizewski | |
| 10:05 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton misses the 1st free throw | 37-49 |
| 10:05 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton makes the 2nd free throw | 37-50 |
| 09:51 | Auburn | Mark Buchholz hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 37-50 |
| 09:50 | Auburn | Terry Fisher pulls down the offensive rebound | 37-50 |
| 09:36 | Auburn | Paul Gil buries a fadeaway from the right wing | 39-50 |
| 09:07 | Mississippi | Carl Payton blocks the short jumper by John Aponte | 39-50 |
| 09:06 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Carl Payton | 39-50 |
| 08:57 | Auburn | Michael Diep misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 39-50 |
| 08:55 | Mississippi | John Aponte snags the defensive board | 39-50 |
| 08:26 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton scores on a floater in the paint set up by Ronald Rice | 39-52 |
| 08:20 | Auburn | Michael Diep misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 39-52 |
| 08:19 | Auburn | Carl Payton pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-52 |
| 08:08 | Auburn | Terry Fisher misses the lay-in | 39-52 |
| 08:07 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Gregorio Moretti | 39-52 |
| 08:00 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton banks in the layup on a nice dish by John Aponte | 39-54 |
| 07:47 | Auburn | Terry Fisher is hacked by Gregorio Moretti - foul #2 on Gregorio Moretti, team foul #2 | 39-54 |
| Subs | Auburn | Jose Silva (PG), Malik Battles (SG), Mason Quon (PF) Michael Diep, Paul Gil, Terry Fisher | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski (PG), Josef Kizewski (SF), Clifford Smith (PF) Milton Libbey, Donald Clayton, Gregorio Moretti | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Jose Silva (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Malik Battles (fresh) 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Mark Buchholz (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Mason Quon (fresh) 10 pts. C - Carl Payton (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Christopher Majkowski (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Aponte (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Josef Kizewski (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Clifford Smith (fresh) 6 reb. C - Ronald Rice (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:23 | Auburn | The jump hook by Mason Quon is blocked by Ronald Rice | 39-54 |
| 07:22 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Josef Kizewski | 39-54 |
| 06:53 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski knocks in the floater from the right wing | 39-56 |
| 06:42 | Auburn | Jose Silva scores on a floater from the free throw line set up by Mark Buchholz | 41-56 |
| 06:17 | Mississippi | Carl Payton swats the short shot by Clifford Smith | 41-56 |
| 06:15 | Mississippi | Ronald Rice hits the follow up shot | 41-58 |
| 06:02 | Auburn | Mason Quon's fadeaway is rejected by Clifford Smith | 41-58 |
| 06:01 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski grabs the defensive rebound | 41-58 |
| 05:41 | Mississippi | John Aponte buries a fadeaway from the baseline | 41-60 |
| 05:23 | Auburn | Mason Quon misses badly on a jumper from the right side | 41-60 |
| 05:21 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Christopher Majkowski | 41-60 |
| 04:59 | Mississippi | Clifford Smith knocks in the shot in the paint on a nice dish by Christopher Majkowski | 41-62 |
| 04:39 | Auburn | The jumper by Mason Quon is denied by Clifford Smith | 41-62 |
| 04:38 | Mississippi | John Aponte pulls down the rebound | 41-62 |
| 04:12 | Mississippi | Clifford Smith is hacked by Jose Silva - foul #3 on Jose Silva, team foul #10 | 41-62 |
| Subs | Auburn | Michael Diep (PG), Clifford Brubaker (SG), Alex Hutton (SF), Terry Fisher (PF), Gerald Milliman (C) Jose Silva, Malik Battles, Mark Buchholz, Mason Quon, Carl Payton | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Libbey (PG), Donald Clayton (C) John Aponte, Ronald Rice | |
| 04:12 | Mississippi | Clifford Smith makes the 1st free throw | 41-63 |
| 04:12 | Mississippi | Clifford Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 41-63 |
| 04:12 | Auburn | Clifford Brubaker pulls down the rebound | 41-63 |
| 03:47 | Auburn | Gerald Milliman's fadeaway is rejected by Clifford Smith | 41-63 |
| 03:46 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Josef Kizewski | 41-63 |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Michael Diep (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Clifford Brubaker (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. SF - Alex Hutton (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Terry Fisher (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Gerald Milliman (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Christopher Majkowski (fresh) 15 pts. 3 ast. SF - Josef Kizewski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. PF - Clifford Smith (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. 4 blk. C - Donald Clayton (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 03:25 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton misses the dunk | 41-63 |
| 03:24 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Terry Fisher | 41-63 |
| 03:04 | Auburn | Gerald Milliman knocks in the fadeaway from the baseline set up by Clifford Brubaker | 43-63 |
| 02:35 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 43-63 |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Aponte (SG), Gregorio Moretti (PF), Ronald Rice (C) Christopher Majkowski, Josef Kizewski, Clifford Smith | |
| 02:20 | Auburn | A charge is called on Terry Fisher - foul #2 on Terry Fisher, team foul #11 | 43-63 |
| 01:52 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey drills a 3 pointer from the right corner | 43-66 |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 01:31 | Auburn | Michael Diep makes the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Alex Hutton | 46-66 |
| 01:14 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-66 |
| Subs | Auburn | Carl Payton (C) Gerald Milliman | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski (SF) Ronald Rice | |
| 01:03 | Auburn | Michael Diep misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 46-66 |
| 01:01 | Auburn | Clifford Brubaker tips it but misses | 46-66 |
| 00:59 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey grabs the board | 46-66 |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:34 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton hits the front of the rim on the runner from the left block | 46-66 |
| 00:32 | Auburn | Carl Payton pulls down the rebound | 46-66 |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:27 | Auburn | Alex Hutton hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 46-66 |
| 00:26 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti gets the rebound | 46-66 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey runs out the clock | 46-66 |