| Lineup | Penn | PG - Jerry Brown (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Michael Swartz (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Dingbang Xyong (fresh) PF - Bruce Cole (fresh) 6 pts. C - Earl James (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Angel Lombardi (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Jonathan Griffin (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Anderson Zwagerman (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Drazen Zedian (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Joseph Walborn (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Penn | Dingbang Xyong inbounds the ball | 32-24 |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 19:31 | Penn | Michael Swartz scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Dingbang Xyong | 35-24 |
| 19:08 | Mississippi | Earl James swats the short shot by Joseph Walborn | 35-24 |
| 19:07 | Penn | Michael Swartz snags the defensive board | 35-24 |
| 18:38 | Penn | Bruce Cole loses the ball out of bounds | 35-24 |
| Subs | Penn | Tyrone Evans (PG), Stevan Winkowski (SG), Habimana Ahmadi (PF), James Brown (C) Michael Swartz, Dingbang Xyong, Bruce Cole, Earl James | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 18:09 | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin is wide open but clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 35-24 |
| 18:08 | Mississippi | Joseph Walborn tips it back up and in | 35-26 |
| 17:40 | Penn | Joseph Walborn blocks the short jumper by Habimana Ahmadi | 35-26 |
| 17:38 | Penn | Jerry Brown hits the follow up shot | 37-26 |
| 17:14 | Mississippi | Joseph Walborn makes the runner from the baseline set up by Anderson Zwagerman | 37-28 |
| 17:03 | Penn | Jerry Brown is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Jerry Brown, team foul #1 | 37-28 |
| Subs | Penn | Michael Swartz (SG), Dingbang Xyong (SF), Bruce Cole (PF), Earl James (C) Stevan Winkowski, Jerry Brown, Habimana Ahmadi, James Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Cobb (SF) Anderson Zwagerman | |
| 16:54 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Bruce Cole - foul #1 on Bruce Cole, team foul #2 | 37-28 |
| 16:54 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian makes the 1st free throw | 37-29 |
| 16:54 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian makes the 2nd free throw | 37-30 |
| 16:38 | Penn | Earl James misses badly on a jump hook from the baseline | 37-30 |
| 16:36 | Mississippi | Joseph Walborn grabs the defensive rebound | 37-30 |
| 16:10 | Mississippi | James Cobb hits a 3pt shot from the left corner | 37-33 |
| 15:50 | Penn | Earl James jams it on a great pass from Michael Swartz | 39-33 |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - Tyrone Evans (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Swartz (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Dingbang Xyong (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Bruce Cole (fresh) 6 pts. C - Earl James (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Angel Lombardi (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SG - Jonathan Griffin (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Cobb (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Drazen Zedian (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Joseph Walborn (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:32 | Mississippi | Michael Swartz is called for the reach on Jonathan Griffin - foul #1 on Michael Swartz, team foul #3 | 39-33 |
| Subs | Penn | Jerry Brown (PG) Tyrone Evans | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Louis Haley (PG), Bryan Towers (SG), Anderson Zwagerman (SF), James Oppenheim (PF), Nicholas Romaine (C) Angel Lombardi, Jonathan Griffin, James Cobb, Drazen Zedian, Joseph Walborn | |
| 15:19 | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman splits the doubleteam and buries a turnaround from close range on a nice dish by James Oppenheim and he's fouled by Dingbang Xyong - foul #3 on Dingbang Xyong, team foul #4 | 39-35 |
| Subs | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi (PF) Bruce Cole | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 15:19 | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman makes the free throw | 39-36 |
| 14:56 | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi is fouled on the floor by James Oppenheim - foul #2 on James Oppenheim, team foul #1 | 39-36 |
| Subs | Penn | Stevan Winkowski (SG), Bruce Cole (SF) Michael Swartz, Dingbang Xyong | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 14:38 | Penn | Nicholas Romaine blocks the short jumper by Earl James | 39-36 |
| 14:37 | Mississippi | Nicholas Romaine snags the defensive board | 39-36 |
| 14:19 | Mississippi | Nicholas Romaine can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 39-36 |
| 14:17 | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi grabs the defensive rebound | 39-36 |
| 13:57 | Penn | James Oppenheim takes the ball from Bruce Cole | 39-36 |
| 13:37 | Mississippi | Nicholas Romaine is hacked by Habimana Ahmadi - foul #2 on Habimana Ahmadi, team foul #5 | 39-36 |
| Subs | Penn | Michael Swartz (SG), Dingbang Xyong (SF), James Brown (C) Stevan Winkowski, Habimana Ahmadi, Earl James | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin (SG), James Cobb (SF), Drazen Zedian (PF), Joseph Walborn (C) Bryan Towers, Anderson Zwagerman, James Oppenheim, Nicholas Romaine | |
| 13:21 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 39-36 |
| 13:19 | Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to Joseph Walborn | 39-36 |
| 12:50 | Mississippi | Joseph Walborn hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left block but the foul's on Jerry Brown - foul #3 on Jerry Brown, team foul #6 | 39-36 |
| Subs | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi (PF), Earl James (C) Bruce Cole, James Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 12:50 | Mississippi | Joseph Walborn makes the 1st free throw | 39-37 |
| 12:50 | Mississippi | Joseph Walborn makes the 2nd free throw | 39-38 |
| 12:24 | Penn | Michael Swartz clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 39-38 |
| 12:22 | Penn | Dingbang Xyong can't tip it in | 39-38 |
| 12:21 | Mississippi | Louis Haley grabs the board | 39-38 |
| 11:52 | Mississippi | Michael Swartz steals it from Jonathan Griffin | 39-38 |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - Jerry Brown (fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. SG - Michael Swartz (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Dingbang Xyong (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Habimana Ahmadi (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Earl James (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Louis Haley (fairly fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Jonathan Griffin (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Cobb (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Drazen Zedian (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Joseph Walborn (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:25 | Penn | Earl James hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the baseline but the foul's on Joseph Walborn - foul #2 on Joseph Walborn, team foul #2 | 39-38 |
| Subs | Penn | Tyrone Evans (PG), Bruce Cole (PF) Jerry Brown, Habimana Ahmadi | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Angel Lombardi (PG), Anderson Zwagerman (SF) Louis Haley, James Cobb | |
| 11:25 | Penn | Earl James makes the 1st free throw | 40-38 |
| 11:25 | Penn | Earl James makes the 2nd free throw | 41-38 |
| 11:01 | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Michael Swartz - foul #2 on Michael Swartz, team foul #7 | 41-38 |
| Subs | Penn | Jerry Brown (PG), Stevan Winkowski (SG), James Brown (C) Tyrone Evans, Michael Swartz, Earl James | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 11:01 | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin makes the 1st free throw | 41-39 |
| 11:01 | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin makes the 2nd free throw | 41-40 |
| 10:32 | Penn | Stevan Winkowski makes the driving attempt from the right block and he's fouled by Angel Lombardi - foul #1 on Angel Lombardi, team foul #3 | 43-40 |
| Subs | Penn | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Oppenheim (PF) Drazen Zedian | |
| 10:32 | Penn | Stevan Winkowski makes the free throw | 44-40 |
| 10:07 | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway in the lane but he's fouled by Stevan Winkowski - foul #1 on Stevan Winkowski, team foul #8 | 44-40 |
| Subs | Penn | Michael Swartz (SG), Habimana Ahmadi (PF), Earl James (C) Stevan Winkowski, Dingbang Xyong, James Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Nicholas Romaine (C) Joseph Walborn | |
| 10:07 | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman makes the 1st free throw | 44-41 |
| 10:07 | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman makes the 2nd free throw | 44-42 |
| 09:45 | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi misses badly on a jumper from the baseline but he's hacked by Nicholas Romaine - foul #1 on Nicholas Romaine, team foul #4 | 44-42 |
| Subs | Penn | Dingbang Xyong (SF) Bruce Cole | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bryan Towers (SG) Jonathan Griffin | |
| 09:45 | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi misses the 1st free throw | 44-42 |
| 09:45 | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi makes the 2nd free throw | 45-42 |
| 09:26 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim is fouled on the floor by Habimana Ahmadi - foul #3 on Habimana Ahmadi, team foul #9 | 45-42 |
| Subs | Penn | Tyrone Evans (PG), Bruce Cole (PF), James Brown (C) Jerry Brown, Habimana Ahmadi, Earl James | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Louis Haley (PG) Angel Lombardi | |
| 09:26 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim makes the 1st free throw | 45-43 |
| 09:26 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim makes the 2nd free throw | 45-44 |
| 09:08 | Penn | Bruce Cole drills a runner from the baseline | 47-44 |
| 08:47 | Mississippi | Bryan Towers is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Bryan Towers, team foul #5 | 47-44 |
| Subs | Penn | Jerry Brown (PG), Habimana Ahmadi (PF), Earl James (C) Tyrone Evans, Dingbang Xyong, James Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin (SG), Drazen Zedian (PF), Joseph Walborn (C) Bryan Towers, James Oppenheim, Nicholas Romaine | |
| 08:29 | Penn | Joseph Walborn picks off the pass by Earl James | 47-44 |
| 08:13 | Mississippi | Joseph Walborn connects on the fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Jonathan Griffin | 47-46 |
| 07:47 | Penn | Joseph Walborn swats the short shot by Habimana Ahmadi | 47-46 |
| 07:46 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian grabs the defensive rebound | 47-46 |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - Jerry Brown (fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. SG - Michael Swartz (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bruce Cole (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Habimana Ahmadi (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Earl James (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Louis Haley (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Jonathan Griffin (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Anderson Zwagerman (fairly fresh) 7 pts. PF - Drazen Zedian (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Walborn (fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:41 | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman loses the ball out of bounds | 47-46 |
| Subs | Penn | Stevan Winkowski (SG), Dingbang Xyong (SF), James Brown (C) Michael Swartz, Habimana Ahmadi, Earl James | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Cobb (SF) Anderson Zwagerman | |
| 07:15 | Penn | Bruce Cole misses the jumper from just outside the lane | 47-46 |
| 07:13 | Penn | Bruce Cole gets the offensive rebound | 47-46 |
| 06:54 | Penn | Bruce Cole hits the front of the rim on the floater from close range | 47-46 |
| 06:53 | Mississippi | Joseph Walborn grabs the board | 47-46 |
| 06:30 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian throws it down and he's hacked by Dingbang Xyong - foul #4 on Dingbang Xyong, team foul #10 | 47-48 |
| Subs | Penn | Michael Swartz (SG), Habimana Ahmadi (PF), Earl James (C) Stevan Winkowski, Bruce Cole, James Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Angel Lombardi (PG) Louis Haley | |
| 06:30 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian makes the free throw | 47-49 |
| 06:14 | Penn | Dingbang Xyong hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the right block but he's hacked by Drazen Zedian - foul #1 on Drazen Zedian, team foul #6 | 47-49 |
| Subs | Penn | Tyrone Evans (PG) Jerry Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bryan Towers (SG) Jonathan Griffin | |
| 06:14 | Penn | Dingbang Xyong makes the 1st free throw | 48-49 |
| 06:14 | Penn | Dingbang Xyong makes the 2nd free throw | 49-49 |
| 05:49 | Mississippi | Angel Lombardi is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Angel Lombardi, team foul #7 | 49-49 |
| Subs | Penn | Jerry Brown (PG), Bruce Cole (PF) Tyrone Evans, Habimana Ahmadi | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman (SF), Nicholas Romaine (C) James Cobb, Joseph Walborn | |
| 05:30 | Penn | Jerry Brown misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 49-49 |
| 05:29 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Anderson Zwagerman | 49-49 |
| 05:09 | Mississippi | Earl James denies the turnaround by Nicholas Romaine | 49-49 |
| 05:07 | Penn | Bruce Cole snags the defensive board | 49-49 |
| 04:49 | Penn | Angel Lombardi is called for the reach on Jerry Brown - foul #3 on Angel Lombardi, team foul #8 | 49-49 |
| Subs | Penn | Stevan Winkowski (SG), Habimana Ahmadi (PF) Michael Swartz, Bruce Cole | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin (SG), James Oppenheim (PF), Joseph Walborn (C) Bryan Towers, Drazen Zedian, Nicholas Romaine | |
| 04:49 | Penn | Jerry Brown makes the 1st free throw | 50-49 |
| 04:49 | Penn | Jerry Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 51-49 |
| 04:36 | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman is denied on a dunk by Habimana Ahmadi | 51-49 |
| 04:35 | Mississippi | Joseph Walborn snags the offensive board | 51-49 |
| 04:06 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim misses short on a runner in the lane but he's hacked by Stevan Winkowski - foul #2 on Stevan Winkowski, team foul #11 | 51-49 |
| Subs | Penn | Tyrone Evans (PG), Michael Swartz (SG), Bruce Cole (SF), James Brown (C) Jerry Brown, Stevan Winkowski, Dingbang Xyong, Earl James | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Louis Haley (PG), James Cobb (SF) Angel Lombardi, Anderson Zwagerman | |
| 04:06 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim makes the 1st free throw | 51-50 |
| 04:06 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim makes the 2nd free throw | 51-51 |
| 03:46 | Penn | Michael Swartz can't connect on a jumper from the right side but he's fouled by James Cobb - foul #2 on James Cobb, team foul #9 | 51-51 |
| Subs | Penn | Jerry Brown (PG), Earl James (C) Tyrone Evans, James Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 03:46 | Penn | Michael Swartz misses the 1st free throw | 51-51 |
| 03:46 | Penn | Michael Swartz makes the 2nd free throw | 52-51 |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - Jerry Brown (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 pf. SG - Michael Swartz (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bruce Cole (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Habimana Ahmadi (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Earl James (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 4 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Louis Haley (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Jonathan Griffin (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Cobb (fresh) 6 pts. PF - James Oppenheim (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Joseph Walborn (fresh) 14 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:21 | Mississippi | James Cobb knocks in the runner from close range on a nice dish by Jonathan Griffin | 52-53 |
| 03:00 | Penn | James Oppenheim denies the turnaround by Habimana Ahmadi | 52-53 |
| 02:59 | Penn | Earl James tips it in | 54-53 |
| 02:59 | Mississippi | Mississippi calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 54-53 |
| Subs | Penn | Dingbang Xyong (SF), James Brown (C) Habimana Ahmadi, Earl James | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman (SF), Drazen Zedian (PF) James Cobb, James Oppenheim | |
| 02:38 | Mississippi | Louis Haley throws a bad pass out of bounds | 54-53 |
| Subs | Penn | Tyrone Evans (PG), Stevan Winkowski (SG), Habimana Ahmadi (PF), Earl James (C) Jerry Brown, Michael Swartz, Bruce Cole, James Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 02:15 | Penn | Drazen Zedian takes the ball from Habimana Ahmadi | 54-53 |
| 01:52 | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Louis Haley | 54-56 |
| 01:29 | Penn | Habimana Ahmadi connects on the shot in the paint | 56-56 |
| 01:08 | Mississippi | Drazen Zedian makes the shot from the right block on a nice dish by Jonathan Griffin | 56-58 |
| 01:08 | Penn | Penn calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-58 |
| Subs | Penn | Jerry Brown (PG), Michael Swartz (SG), Bruce Cole (PF) Tyrone Evans, Stevan Winkowski, Habimana Ahmadi | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 00:47 | Penn | Earl James knocks in the driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by Dingbang Xyong | 58-58 |
| 00:23 | Mississippi | Michael Swartz steps in front of the Louis Haley pass | 58-58 |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:04 | Penn | Michael Swartz buries a pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Jerry Brown | 60-58 |
| 00:04 | Mississippi | Mississippi calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-58 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin can't connect on a halfcourt shot | 60-58 |