| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Frank Bryan (fresh) SG - Clyde Esposito (fresh) SF - Robert Labadie (fresh) PF - Norbert Dickinson (fresh) C - Charlie Cosenza (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Milton Libbey (fresh) SG - John Aponte (fresh) SF - Josef Kizewski (fresh) PF - Gregorio Moretti (fresh) C - Donald Clayton (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 19:40 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Josef Kizewski | 0-3 |
| 19:23 | Tennessee | Charlie Cosenza misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 0-3 |
| 19:21 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Josef Kizewski | 0-3 |
| 18:57 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti knocks in the jump hook from the left block set up by Milton Libbey | 0-5 |
| 18:35 | Tennessee | Frank Bryan is hacked by Milton Libbey - foul #1 on Milton Libbey, team foul #1 | 0-5 |
| 18:18 | Tennessee | Donald Clayton blocks the jumper by Charlie Cosenza | 0-5 |
| 18:17 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski snags the defensive board | 0-5 |
| 18:11 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski misses the easy layup | 0-5 |
| 18:09 | Tennessee | Robert Labadie pulls down the rebound | 0-5 |
| 17:51 | Tennessee | Clyde Esposito hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 0-5 |
| 17:49 | Mississippi | John Aponte snags the defensive board | 0-5 |
| 17:25 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton makes the fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Milton Libbey | 0-7 |
| 17:07 | Tennessee | Frank Bryan can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 0-7 |
| 17:06 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Gregorio Moretti | 0-7 |
| 16:51 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 0-7 |
| 16:49 | Tennessee | Clyde Esposito snags the defensive board | 0-7 |
| 16:26 | Tennessee | Norbert Dickinson connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Charlie Cosenza | 3-7 |
| 16:08 | Mississippi | John Aponte misses badly on a jumper from the right wing | 3-7 |
| 16:06 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Norbert Dickinson | 3-7 |
| 15:54 | Tennessee | Clyde Esposito travels with the ball | 3-7 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Milton Walker (C) Norbert Dickinson | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski (PG), John Guerrier (SF), Clifford Smith (PF), Ronald Rice (C) Milton Libbey, Josef Kizewski, Gregorio Moretti, Donald Clayton | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Frank Bryan (fresh) SG - Clyde Esposito (fresh) SF - Robert Labadie (fresh) PF - Charlie Cosenza (fresh) C - Milton Walker (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Christopher Majkowski (fresh) SG - John Aponte (fresh) SF - John Guerrier (fresh) PF - Clifford Smith (fresh) C - Ronald Rice (fresh) | |
| 15:27 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski hits a pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from John Guerrier | 3-9 |
| 15:05 | Tennessee | Charlie Cosenza is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Charlie Cosenza, team foul #1 | 3-9 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Donald Hahn (SG), Jon Johnson (SF), Arron Gatewood (PF) Frank Bryan, Robert Labadie, Charlie Cosenza | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Libbey (PG) John Aponte | |
| 14:43 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 3-11 |
| 14:28 | Tennessee | John Guerrier is called for the reach on Jon Johnson - foul #1 on John Guerrier, team foul #2 | 3-11 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Yong Meng (PG), Norbert Dickinson (PF) Clyde Esposito, Arron Gatewood | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski (SF), Gregorio Moretti (PF), Donald Clayton (C) John Guerrier, Clifford Smith, Ronald Rice | |
| 14:12 | Tennessee | Jon Johnson's pass is intercepted by Josef Kizewski | 3-11 |
| 13:56 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski hits the finger roll | 3-13 |
| 13:41 | Tennessee | Jon Johnson misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 3-13 |
| 13:40 | Tennessee | Norbert Dickinson tips it but misses | 3-13 |
| 13:38 | Tennessee | Milton Walker tips it but misses | 3-13 |
| 13:36 | Tennessee | Yong Meng snags the offensive board | 3-13 |
| 13:19 | Tennessee | Donald Clayton swats the layup by Norbert Dickinson | 3-13 |
| 13:18 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski gets the rebound | 3-13 |
| 13:02 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 3-13 |
| 13:01 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski gets the offensive rebound | 3-13 |
| 12:43 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti comes up short on the driving attempt near the basket | 3-13 |
| 12:42 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski misses the tip | 3-13 |
| 12:41 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti hits the follow up shot | 3-15 |
| 12:18 | Tennessee | Donald Hahn throws a bad pass out of bounds | 3-15 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Frank Bryan (PG), Clyde Esposito (SG), Robert Labadie (SF), Arron Gatewood (PF), Charlie Cosenza (C) Yong Meng, Donald Hahn, Jon Johnson, Norbert Dickinson, Milton Walker | |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Aponte (SG), Ronald Rice (C) Milton Libbey, Donald Clayton | |
| 11:57 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski misses the turnaround from the left block but the foul's on Robert Labadie - foul #1 on Robert Labadie, team foul #2 | 3-15 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Libbey (PG) Christopher Majkowski | |
| 11:57 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski makes the 1st free throw | 3-16 |
| 11:57 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski makes the 2nd free throw | 3-17 |
| 11:36 | Tennessee | Clyde Esposito misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 3-17 |
| 11:34 | Tennessee | Robert Labadie tips it but misses | 3-17 |
| 11:33 | Mississippi | Ronald Rice snags the defensive board | 3-17 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Frank Bryan (fresh) SG - Clyde Esposito (fresh) SF - Robert Labadie (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Arron Gatewood (fresh) C - Charlie Cosenza (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Aponte (fresh) SF - Josef Kizewski (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. PF - Gregorio Moretti (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Ronald Rice (fresh) | |
| 11:09 | Mississippi | John Aponte drills a jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Milton Libbey | 3-19 |
| 11:05 | Tennessee | Frank Bryan travels with the ball | 3-19 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Milton Walker (C) Arron Gatewood | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski (PG), John Guerrier (SF), Clifford Smith (PF) Milton Libbey, Josef Kizewski, Gregorio Moretti | |
| 10:36 | Mississippi | Charlie Cosenza steals the ball from Ronald Rice | 3-19 |
| 10:13 | Tennessee | Ronald Rice blocks the short jumper by Clyde Esposito | 3-19 |
| 10:11 | Mississippi | Clifford Smith grabs the board | 3-19 |
| 09:52 | Mississippi | Ronald Rice is fouled on the floor by Frank Bryan - foul #1 on Frank Bryan, team foul #3 | 3-19 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Norbert Dickinson (PF) Milton Walker | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Libbey (PG), Donald Clayton (SF), Gregorio Moretti (PF) Christopher Majkowski, John Guerrier, Clifford Smith | |
| 09:34 | Mississippi | Ronald Rice is whistled for traveling | 3-19 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski (SF) Ronald Rice | |
| 09:17 | Tennessee | Donald Clayton denies the turnaround by Charlie Cosenza | 3-19 |
| 09:16 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton gets the rebound | 3-19 |
| 09:12 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey is fouled in the backcourt by Frank Bryan - foul #2 on Frank Bryan, team foul #4 | 3-19 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Donald Hahn (SG) Frank Bryan | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 08:52 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton misses the dunk attempt but the foul's on Charlie Cosenza - foul #2 on Charlie Cosenza, team foul #5 | 3-19 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Jon Johnson (SF), Milton Walker (C) Robert Labadie, Charlie Cosenza | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 08:52 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton makes the 1st free throw | 3-20 |
| 08:52 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton makes the 2nd free throw | 3-21 |
| 08:38 | Tennessee | Clyde Esposito misses the floater from the left side | 3-21 |
| 08:36 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski snags the defensive board | 3-21 |
| 08:11 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski loses the dribble to Clyde Esposito | 3-21 |
| 08:00 | Tennessee | Clyde Esposito connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Jon Johnson | 6-21 |
| 07:31 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey makes the fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by John Aponte and he's fouled by Norbert Dickinson - foul #1 on Norbert Dickinson, team foul #6 | 6-23 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Yong Meng (PG), Robert Labadie (SF) Clyde Esposito, Jon Johnson | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski (SG) John Aponte | |
| 07:31 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey makes the free throw | 6-24 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Yong Meng (fresh) SG - Donald Hahn (fresh) SF - Robert Labadie (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Norbert Dickinson (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Milton Walker (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Christopher Majkowski (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Josef Kizewski (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. PF - Gregorio Moretti (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Donald Clayton (fresh) 4 pts. 3 blk. | |
| 07:06 | Tennessee | Norbert Dickinson hits a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Yong Meng | 9-24 |
| 06:41 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Robert Labadie - foul #2 on Robert Labadie, team foul #7 | 9-24 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Jon Johnson (SF), Arron Gatewood (PF) Robert Labadie, Norbert Dickinson | |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Aponte (SG), Clifford Smith (PF), Ronald Rice (C) Milton Libbey, Gregorio Moretti, Donald Clayton | |
| 06:41 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski makes the 1st free throw | 9-25 |
| 06:41 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski misses the 2nd free throw | 9-25 |
| 06:41 | Tennessee | Milton Walker gets the rebound | 9-25 |
| 06:29 | Tennessee | Jon Johnson hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 9-25 |
| 06:27 | Mississippi | John Aponte grabs the board | 9-25 |
| 06:06 | Mississippi | John Aponte clanks a shot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Donald Hahn - foul #1 on Donald Hahn, team foul #8 | 9-25 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Clyde Esposito (SG) Donald Hahn | |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Guerrier (SF) Josef Kizewski | |
| 06:06 | Mississippi | John Aponte makes the 1st free throw | 9-26 |
| 06:06 | Mississippi | John Aponte makes the 2nd free throw | 9-27 |
| 05:48 | Tennessee | Arron Gatewood buries a floater from just outside the lane set up by Milton Walker | 11-27 |
| 05:26 | Mississippi | John Aponte drills a jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by Ronald Rice | 11-29 |
| 05:13 | Tennessee | Clyde Esposito misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 11-29 |
| 05:12 | Tennessee | Clyde Esposito tips it in | 13-29 |
| 04:51 | Mississippi | John Aponte throws a bad pass out of bounds | 13-29 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Donald Hahn (SG), Norbert Dickinson (PF) Yong Meng, Milton Walker | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Libbey (PG), Donald Clayton (SF), Gregorio Moretti (PF) John Aponte, John Guerrier, Clifford Smith | |
| 04:27 | Tennessee | Clyde Esposito knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 16-29 |
| 04:22 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 16-29 |
| 04:20 | Tennessee | Jon Johnson snags the defensive board | 16-29 |
| 04:04 | Tennessee | Donald Hahn hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 16-29 |
| 04:03 | Mississippi | Ronald Rice grabs the defensive rebound | 16-29 |
| 03:35 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey blows the layup | 16-29 |
| 03:33 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Norbert Dickinson | 16-29 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Clyde Esposito (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Donald Hahn (fresh) SF - Jon Johnson (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Norbert Dickinson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Arron Gatewood (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Christopher Majkowski (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Donald Clayton (fresh) 4 pts. 3 blk. PF - Gregorio Moretti (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Ronald Rice (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:22 | Tennessee | Norbert Dickinson misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Christopher Majkowski - foul #1 on Christopher Majkowski, team foul #3 | 16-29 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Frank Bryan (PG), Robert Labadie (SF), Charlie Cosenza (C) Clyde Esposito, Jon Johnson, Arron Gatewood | |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Aponte (SG), Josef Kizewski (SF) Christopher Majkowski, Ronald Rice | |
| 03:22 | Tennessee | Norbert Dickinson makes the 1st free throw | 17-29 |
| 03:22 | Tennessee | Norbert Dickinson misses the 2nd free throw | 17-29 |
| 03:22 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti grabs the defensive rebound | 17-29 |
| 02:59 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti is hacked by Robert Labadie - foul #3 on Robert Labadie, team foul #9 | 17-29 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Clyde Esposito (SG), Yong Meng (SF), Milton Walker (C) Donald Hahn, Robert Labadie, Norbert Dickinson | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 02:59 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti makes the 1st free throw | 17-30 |
| 02:59 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti makes the 2nd free throw | 17-31 |
| 02:36 | Tennessee | Frank Bryan drills a 3 pointer from the left wing | 20-31 |
| 02:12 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti clanks a jumper in the paint | 20-31 |
| 02:10 | Tennessee | Charlie Cosenza pulls down the rebound | 20-31 |
| 01:56 | Tennessee | Frank Bryan connects on the pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Yong Meng | 22-31 |
| 01:35 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton makes the jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Gregorio Moretti | 22-33 |
| 01:20 | Tennessee | Yong Meng scores on a fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from Charlie Cosenza | 24-33 |
| 01:03 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski is fouled on the floor by Charlie Cosenza - foul #3 on Charlie Cosenza, team foul #10 | 24-33 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Donald Hahn (SG), Jon Johnson (SF), Norbert Dickinson (PF) Clyde Esposito, Yong Meng, Charlie Cosenza | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski (PG), Clifford Smith (PF), Ronald Rice (C) Milton Libbey, Gregorio Moretti, Donald Clayton | |
| 01:03 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski misses the 1st free throw | 24-33 |
| 01:03 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski makes the 2nd free throw | 24-34 |
| 00:39 | Tennessee | Norbert Dickinson hits a shot from close range set up by Donald Hahn | 26-34 |
| 00:16 | Mississippi | Clifford Smith is fouled on the floor by Norbert Dickinson - foul #2 on Norbert Dickinson, team foul #11 | 26-34 |
| 00:16 | Mississippi | Clifford Smith makes the 1st free throw | 26-35 |
| 00:16 | Mississippi | Clifford Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 26-36 |
| 00:04 | Tennessee | Josef Kizewski is called for the reach on Donald Hahn - foul #1 on Josef Kizewski, team foul #4 | 26-36 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Libbey (PG), John Guerrier (SF) John Aponte, Josef Kizewski | |
| 00:02 | Tennessee | Donald Hahn misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 26-36 |
| 00:00 | Tennessee | The clock runs out | 26-36 |