| Lineup | LSU | PG - Edwin Cassell (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Stephen Updike (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Mike Johnson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Patrick Lamb (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Jared Cameron (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Greg Moon (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Mark Quinn (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Conrad Severson (fresh) 4 reb. PF - Carl Heath (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - David Terrazas (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Conrad Severson inbounds the ball | 29-21 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 19:31 | Mississippi | Stephen Updike is called for the reach on Conrad Severson - foul #2 on Stephen Updike, team foul #1 | 29-21 |
| 19:16 | Mississippi | Greg Moon misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 29-21 |
| 19:14 | LSU | Patrick Lamb grabs the board | 29-21 |
| 18:51 | LSU | Stephen Updike is called for traveling | 29-21 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek (C) Carl Heath | |
| 18:25 | Mississippi | Conrad Severson's fadeaway is rejected by Patrick Lamb | 29-21 |
| 18:24 | LSU | Jared Cameron gets the rebound | 29-21 |
| 18:19 | LSU | Edwin Cassell misses badly on a jumper from the left side | 29-21 |
| 18:18 | LSU | Patrick Lamb tips it back up and in | 31-21 |
| 17:58 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 31-21 |
| 17:56 | LSU | Jared Cameron pulls down the rebound | 31-21 |
| 17:39 | LSU | Edwin Cassell comes up short on the floater from the right wing | 31-21 |
| 17:38 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek gets the rebound | 31-21 |
| 17:12 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek hits a jumpshot from the free throw line | 31-23 |
| 16:57 | LSU | Edwin Cassell's floater is knocked away by Conrad Severson | 31-23 |
| 16:56 | LSU | Jared Cameron hits the follow up shot | 33-23 |
| 16:38 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 33-23 |
| 16:36 | LSU | Stephen Updike grabs the defensive rebound | 33-23 |
| 16:30 | LSU | Mike Johnson is fouled on the floor by Conrad Severson - foul #2 on Conrad Severson, team foul #1 | 33-23 |
| Subs | LSU | Glenn Manning (PG), William Backstrom (SG), Wendell Roy (SF), Kurt Haugland (PF), Michael White (C) Edwin Cassell, Stephen Updike, Mike Johnson, Patrick Lamb, Jared Cameron | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Eggert (PG), Alvin Firth (SG), Russell Goodrich (SF), Carl Heath (PF) Greg Moon, Mark Quinn, Conrad Severson, Freddy Bozek | |
| 16:17 | LSU | Glenn Manning connects on the open 3 from the right corner | 36-23 |
| 16:01 | Mississippi | Wendell Roy picks off the pass by Carl Heath | 36-23 |
| 15:56 | LSU | Glenn Manning misses the lay-in | 36-23 |
| 15:55 | Mississippi | Carl Heath grabs the board | 36-23 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Glenn Manning (fresh) 8 pts. SG - William Backstrom (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Wendell Roy (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. PF - Kurt Haugland (fresh) C - Michael White (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Mark Eggert (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Alvin Firth (fresh) SF - Russell Goodrich (fresh) PF - Carl Heath (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - David Terrazas (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:27 | Mississippi | David Terrazas comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 36-23 |
| 15:25 | LSU | William Backstrom pulls down the rebound | 36-23 |
| 15:14 | LSU | Wendell Roy misses short on a floater from the left block but the foul's on David Terrazas - foul #3 on David Terrazas, team foul #2 | 36-23 |
| Subs | LSU | Edwin Cassell (PG), Jared Cameron (C) William Backstrom, Kurt Haugland | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Moon (PG), Mark Quinn (SG), Conrad Severson (SF), Freddy Bozek (C) Mark Eggert, Alvin Firth, Russell Goodrich, David Terrazas | |
| 15:14 | LSU | Wendell Roy makes the 1st free throw | 37-23 |
| 15:14 | LSU | Wendell Roy makes the 2nd free throw | 38-23 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 14:58 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek buries a shot from the right side | 38-25 |
| 14:49 | LSU | Michael White misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Conrad Severson - foul #3 on Conrad Severson, team foul #3 | 38-25 |
| Subs | LSU | Stephen Updike (SG), Mike Johnson (SF) Glenn Manning, Wendell Roy | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 14:49 | LSU | Michael White misses the 1st free throw | 38-25 |
| 14:49 | LSU | Michael White makes the 2nd free throw | 39-25 |
| 14:35 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn makes the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Greg Moon | 39-28 |
| 14:17 | LSU | Jared Cameron hits a jumper near the basket on a great pass from Stephen Updike and the foul's on Conrad Severson - foul #4 on Conrad Severson, team foul #4 | 41-28 |
| Subs | LSU | Patrick Lamb (PF) Michael White | |
| Subs | Mississippi | David Terrazas (C) Conrad Severson | |
| 14:17 | LSU | Jared Cameron misses the free throw | 41-28 |
| 14:17 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Carl Heath | 41-28 |
| 13:54 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 41-28 |
| 13:52 | LSU | Stephen Updike grabs the defensive rebound | 41-28 |
| 13:43 | LSU | Stephen Updike buries a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Edwin Cassell | 44-28 |
| 13:25 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn misses short on a floater from the right side | 44-28 |
| 13:24 | Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to Greg Moon | 44-28 |
| 13:12 | Mississippi | Stephen Updike steals it from Freddy Bozek | 44-28 |
| 13:09 | LSU | Edwin Cassell banks in the layup on a great pass from Stephen Updike | 46-28 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 12:59 | Mississippi | Carl Heath buries a 3pt shot from straight away | 46-31 |
| 12:41 | LSU | Edwin Cassell drills a pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Stephen Updike and the foul's on Greg Moon - foul #1 on Greg Moon, team foul #5 | 48-31 |
| Subs | LSU | Glenn Manning (SG), Wendell Roy (SF), Michael White (C) Stephen Updike, Mike Johnson, Jared Cameron | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Eggert (SG), Russell Goodrich (SF) Mark Quinn, Freddy Bozek | |
| 12:41 | LSU | Edwin Cassell makes the free throw | 49-31 |
| 12:28 | Mississippi | Glenn Manning steals it from Mark Eggert | 49-31 |
| 12:21 | LSU | Patrick Lamb drills a runner from the left block | 51-31 |
| 12:04 | Mississippi | Carl Heath's floater is knocked away by Michael White | 51-31 |
| 12:02 | LSU | Glenn Manning pulls down the rebound | 51-31 |
| 11:49 | LSU | Wendell Roy throws it down on a nice dish by Edwin Cassell | 53-31 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Edwin Cassell (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Glenn Manning (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. SF - Wendell Roy (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. PF - Patrick Lamb (fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. C - Michael White (fresh) 3 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Greg Moon (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Eggert (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Russell Goodrich (fresh) PF - Carl Heath (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - David Terrazas (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:29 | Mississippi | Carl Heath misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 53-31 |
| 11:28 | Mississippi | David Terrazas tips it but misses | 53-31 |
| 11:27 | Mississippi | Russell Goodrich tips it in | 53-33 |
| 11:16 | LSU | Patrick Lamb connects on the fadeaway near the basket set up by Glenn Manning | 55-33 |
| 10:57 | Mississippi | Russell Goodrich can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 55-33 |
| 10:56 | LSU | Michael White grabs the defensive rebound | 55-33 |
| 10:52 | LSU | Edwin Cassell is open and scores on a jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Wendell Roy | 57-33 |
| 10:30 | Mississippi | Mark Eggert misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 57-33 |
| 10:29 | LSU | Glenn Manning grabs the defensive rebound | 57-33 |
| 10:25 | LSU | Edwin Cassell evades the doubleteam and hits a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Glenn Manning | 60-33 |
| 10:15 | Mississippi | Patrick Lamb takes the ball from Russell Goodrich | 60-33 |
| 09:59 | LSU | Glenn Manning connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Edwin Cassell | 63-33 |
| 09:33 | Mississippi | David Terrazas misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 63-33 |
| 09:32 | LSU | Patrick Lamb snags the defensive board | 63-33 |
| 09:16 | LSU | Glenn Manning is fouled on the floor by Carl Heath - foul #3 on Carl Heath, team foul #6 | 63-33 |
| Subs | LSU | Daniel Estes (PG), William Backstrom (SF), Kurt Haugland (PF) Edwin Cassell, Wendell Roy, Patrick Lamb | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Alvin Firth (PG), Mark Quinn (SG), Freddy Bozek (SF) Greg Moon, Mark Eggert, Russell Goodrich | |
| 08:58 | LSU | Glenn Manning misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 63-33 |
| 08:57 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek pulls down the rebound | 63-33 |
| 08:39 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek misses the driving attempt in the lane | 63-33 |
| 08:37 | LSU | William Backstrom grabs the defensive rebound | 63-33 |
| 08:21 | LSU | Glenn Manning comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 63-33 |
| 08:20 | Mississippi | David Terrazas grabs the defensive rebound | 63-33 |
| 08:01 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn clanks a 3 from straight away | 63-33 |
| 07:59 | LSU | Michael White pulls down the rebound | 63-33 |
| 07:50 | LSU | Michael White loses the dribble to David Terrazas | 63-33 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Daniel Estes (fresh) SG - Glenn Manning (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. SF - William Backstrom (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Kurt Haugland (fresh) C - Michael White (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Alvin Firth (fresh) SG - Mark Quinn (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Freddy Bozek (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. PF - Carl Heath (tiring) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - David Terrazas (tiring) 2 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| 07:34 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn drills a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Carl Heath | 63-35 |
| 07:18 | LSU | William Backstrom is hacked by David Terrazas - foul #4 on David Terrazas, team foul #7 | 63-35 |
| Subs | LSU | Wendell Roy (SF) Glenn Manning | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Moon (PG), Conrad Severson (SF) Alvin Firth, David Terrazas | |
| 07:18 | LSU | William Backstrom makes the 1st free throw | 64-35 |
| 07:18 | LSU | William Backstrom misses the 2nd free throw | 64-35 |
| 07:18 | LSU | The offensive rebound goes to Michael White | 64-35 |
| 06:58 | LSU | Michael White misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 64-35 |
| 06:56 | LSU | Wendell Roy pulls down the offensive rebound | 64-35 |
| 06:49 | LSU | Kurt Haugland misses long on a floater from close range | 64-35 |
| 06:48 | LSU | Kurt Haugland hits the follow up shot | 66-35 |
| 06:41 | Mississippi | Conrad Severson scores on a floater from the right side on a great pass from Mark Quinn | 66-37 |
| 06:32 | LSU | Kurt Haugland is fouled on the floor by Carl Heath - foul #4 on Carl Heath, team foul #8 | 66-37 |
| Subs | LSU | Glenn Manning (PG) Daniel Estes | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 06:32 | LSU | Kurt Haugland makes the 1st free throw | 67-37 |
| 06:32 | LSU | Kurt Haugland makes the 2nd free throw | 68-37 |
| 06:17 | Mississippi | Conrad Severson blows the layup | 68-37 |
| 06:16 | LSU | Glenn Manning pulls down the rebound | 68-37 |
| 06:13 | LSU | Glenn Manning is fouled in the backcourt by Greg Moon - foul #2 on Greg Moon, team foul #9 | 68-37 |
| 06:13 | LSU | Glenn Manning makes the 1st free throw | 69-37 |
| 06:13 | LSU | Glenn Manning makes the 2nd free throw | 70-37 |
| 05:55 | Mississippi | Carl Heath scores on a fadeaway in the paint on a great pass from Greg Moon | 70-39 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 05:31 | LSU | Wendell Roy lays it up and in set up by William Backstrom | 72-39 |
| 05:15 | Mississippi | Greg Moon hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right side | 72-39 |
| 05:13 | LSU | The rebound goes to Kurt Haugland | 72-39 |
| 04:44 | LSU | Kurt Haugland hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 72-39 |
| 04:43 | LSU | Glenn Manning pulls down the offensive rebound | 72-39 |
| 04:21 | LSU | Michael White misses the dunk | 72-39 |
| 04:19 | Mississippi | Conrad Severson snags the defensive board | 72-39 |
| 04:15 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn is called for traveling | 72-39 |
| Subs | LSU | Daniel Estes (PG) William Backstrom | |
| Subs | Mississippi | David Terrazas (C) Carl Heath | |
| 03:52 | LSU | Michael White knocks in the jump hook in the lane set up by Kurt Haugland and he's fouled by David Terrazas - foul #5 on David Terrazas, team foul #10 | 74-39 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Eggert (PG), Carl Heath (PF) Greg Moon, David Terrazas | |
| 03:52 | LSU | Michael White makes the free throw | 75-39 |
| 03:36 | Mississippi | Daniel Estes is called for the reach on Mark Eggert - foul #2 on Daniel Estes, team foul #2 | 75-39 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Moon (PG) Mark Eggert | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Daniel Estes (fresh) SG - Glenn Manning (tiring) 13 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. SF - Wendell Roy (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Kurt Haugland (tiring) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael White (tiring) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Greg Moon (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mark Quinn (tiring) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Conrad Severson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. PF - Carl Heath (tired) 7 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. C - Freddy Bozek (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:27 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 75-39 |
| 03:25 | LSU | Wendell Roy snags the defensive board | 75-39 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 02:56 | LSU | Daniel Estes throws a bad pass out of bounds | 75-39 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Eggert (PG) Greg Moon | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 02:41 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line but the foul's on Michael White - foul #3 on Michael White, team foul #3 | 75-39 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Moon (PG), Russell Goodrich (SF) Mark Eggert, Carl Heath | |
| 02:41 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek makes the 1st free throw | 75-40 |
| 02:41 | Mississippi | Freddy Bozek misses the 2nd free throw | 75-40 |
| 02:41 | LSU | Michael White grabs the board | 75-40 |
| 02:17 | LSU | Wendell Roy misses badly on a driving attempt in the paint but he's hacked by Russell Goodrich - foul #2 on Russell Goodrich, team foul #11 | 75-40 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Eggert (PG), Carl Heath (PF) Greg Moon, Russell Goodrich | |
| 02:17 | LSU | Wendell Roy makes the 1st free throw | 76-40 |
| 02:17 | LSU | Wendell Roy misses the 2nd free throw | 76-40 |
| 02:17 | LSU | Michael White grabs the offensive board | 76-40 |
| 02:00 | LSU | Glenn Manning hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing but he's hacked by Mark Quinn - foul #2 on Mark Quinn, team foul #12 | 76-40 |
| Subs | LSU | William Backstrom (SG) Daniel Estes | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Moon (PG) Mark Eggert | |
| 02:00 | LSU | Glenn Manning makes the 1st free throw | 77-40 |
| 02:00 | LSU | Glenn Manning misses the 2nd free throw | 77-40 |
| 02:00 | LSU | Glenn Manning makes the 3rd free throw | 78-40 |
| 01:43 | Mississippi | Carl Heath can't connect on a shot from the right block but he's hacked by Kurt Haugland - foul #2 on Kurt Haugland, team foul #4 | 78-40 |
| 01:43 | Mississippi | Carl Heath makes the 1st free throw | 78-41 |
| 01:43 | Mississippi | Carl Heath makes the 2nd free throw | 78-42 |
| 01:39 | LSU | Wendell Roy is fouled in the backcourt by Conrad Severson - foul #5 on Conrad Severson, team foul #13 | 78-42 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Russell Goodrich (SF) Conrad Severson | |
| 01:39 | LSU | Wendell Roy makes the 1st free throw | 79-42 |
| 01:39 | LSU | Wendell Roy makes the 2nd free throw | 80-42 |
| 01:28 | Mississippi | Carl Heath throws a bad pass out of bounds | 80-42 |
| 01:03 | LSU | Wendell Roy clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 80-42 |
| 01:02 | Mississippi | Carl Heath pulls down the rebound | 80-42 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:57 | Mississippi | William Backstrom is called for the reach on Mark Quinn - foul #1 on William Backstrom, team foul #5 | 80-42 |
| 00:54 | Mississippi | Mark Quinn banks in the layup set up by Freddy Bozek | 80-44 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:50 | LSU | Mark Quinn steals it from William Backstrom in the backcourt | 80-44 |
| 00:48 | Mississippi | Greg Moon can't finish the layup | 80-44 |
| 00:46 | LSU | William Backstrom snags the defensive board | 80-44 |
| 00:17 | LSU | Glenn Manning misses long on a fadeaway in the lane | 80-44 |
| 00:16 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Mark Quinn | 80-44 |
| 00:11 | Mississippi | The jump hook by Freddy Bozek is blocked by Kurt Haugland | 80-44 |
| 00:10 | LSU | Glenn Manning grabs the board | 80-44 |
| 00:00 | LSU | Glenn Manning runs out the clock | 80-44 |