| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Mark Moore (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Oscar Chen (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Joe Bowden (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Elmer Dixon (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Fred Schrecengost (fresh) 9 pts. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Michigan | PG - Michael Zsohar (fresh) SG - Robby Golden (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Clement Henson (fresh) PF - Leonard Karns (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Cory Atwell (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Eastern Michigan | Clement Henson inbounds the ball | 26-24 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Michigan | Eastern Michigan is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:45 | Eastern Michigan | Cory Atwell is whistled for a carry | 26-24 |
| 19:25 | Mississippi | Fred Schrecengost misses short on a jump hook from the right block | 26-24 |
| 19:24 | Eastern Michigan | Cory Atwell pulls down the rebound | 26-24 |
| 19:09 | Eastern Michigan | Cory Atwell can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side | 26-24 |
| 19:07 | Mississippi | Fred Schrecengost gets the rebound | 26-24 |
| 18:50 | Mississippi | Mark Moore scores on a 3 from the right wing | 29-24 |
| 18:41 | Eastern Michigan | Robby Golden throws a bad pass out of bounds | 29-24 |
| 18:19 | Mississippi | Elmer Dixon misses the fadeaway from the left wing but the foul's on Leonard Karns - foul #1 on Leonard Karns, team foul #1 | 29-24 |
| 18:19 | Mississippi | Elmer Dixon makes the 1st free throw | 30-24 |
| 18:19 | Mississippi | Elmer Dixon makes the 2nd free throw | 31-24 |
| 18:06 | Eastern Michigan | Michael Zsohar misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 31-24 |
| 18:04 | Mississippi | Elmer Dixon gets the rebound | 31-24 |
| 17:44 | Mississippi | Robby Golden steals it from Mark Moore | 31-24 |
| 17:40 | Eastern Michigan | Robby Golden banks in the layup | 31-26 |
| 17:19 | Mississippi | Elmer Dixon comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side | 31-26 |
| 17:17 | Eastern Michigan | Clement Henson grabs the board | 31-26 |
| 17:05 | Eastern Michigan | Robby Golden hits a 3 pointer from the right corner | 31-29 |
| 16:41 | Mississippi | Joe Bowden makes the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Oscar Chen | 33-29 |
| 16:24 | Eastern Michigan | The jump hook by Leonard Karns is blocked by Elmer Dixon | 33-29 |
| 16:22 | Mississippi | Elmer Dixon grabs the board | 33-29 |
| 15:53 | Mississippi | Elmer Dixon misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 33-29 |
| 15:52 | Mississippi | Oscar Chen grabs the offensive rebound | 33-29 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Mark Moore (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Oscar Chen (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SF - Joe Bowden (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Elmer Dixon (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. C - Fred Schrecengost (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Michigan | PG - Michael Zsohar (fairly fresh) SG - Robby Golden (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 stl. SF - Clement Henson (fairly fresh) PF - Leonard Karns (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Cory Atwell (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:30 | Mississippi | Joe Bowden banks in the layup set up by Fred Schrecengost | 35-29 |
| 15:16 | Eastern Michigan | Clement Henson is called for 5 seconds | 35-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark McLoone (SG), Ronald Clayton (PF), Carlos Horton (C) Oscar Chen, Elmer Dixon, Fred Schrecengost | |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Frank Easterwood (PG), Earl Brown (SG), Joseph Moore (SF), Donald Dipaolo (PF), Elmer Paul (C) Michael Zsohar, Robby Golden, Clement Henson, Leonard Karns, Cory Atwell | |
| 14:57 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing | 35-29 |
| 14:56 | Mississippi | Carlos Horton gets the offensive rebound | 35-29 |
| 14:43 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Elmer Paul - foul #3 on Elmer Paul, team foul #2 | 35-29 |
| 14:43 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton misses the 1st free throw | 35-29 |
| 14:43 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton makes the 2nd free throw | 36-29 |
| 14:36 | Eastern Michigan | Ronald Clayton takes the ball from Frank Easterwood | 36-29 |
| 14:08 | Mississippi | Mark Moore is fouled on the floor by Joseph Moore - foul #1 on Joseph Moore, team foul #3 | 36-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Elmer Dixon (PF) Joe Bowden | |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | | |
| 13:56 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton can't throw it down but the foul's on Joseph Moore - foul #2 on Joseph Moore, team foul #4 | 36-29 |
| 13:56 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton makes the 1st free throw | 37-29 |
| 13:56 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton makes the 2nd free throw | 38-29 |
| 13:39 | Eastern Michigan | Donald Dipaolo misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 38-29 |
| 13:37 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Ronald Clayton | 38-29 |
| 13:28 | Mississippi | Donald Dipaolo steps in front of the Elmer Dixon pass | 38-29 |
| 13:19 | Eastern Michigan | Earl Brown misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 38-29 |
| 13:17 | Mississippi | Elmer Dixon gets the rebound | 38-29 |
| 12:55 | Mississippi | Mark Moore's floater is knocked away by Elmer Paul | 38-29 |
| 12:54 | Mississippi | Elmer Dixon gets the offensive rebound | 38-29 |
| 12:30 | Mississippi | Mark Moore can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 38-29 |
| 12:29 | Mississippi | Elmer Dixon gets the offensive rebound | 38-29 |
| 12:11 | Mississippi | Elmer Dixon scores on a fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Mark McLoone and he's fouled by Earl Brown - foul #1 on Earl Brown, team foul #5 | 40-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Oscar Chen (PG), Fred Schrecengost (C) Mark Moore, Carlos Horton | |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Michael Zsohar (PG), Robby Golden (SG), Clement Henson (SF), Leonard Karns (PF), Cory Atwell (C) Frank Easterwood, Earl Brown, Joseph Moore, Donald Dipaolo, Elmer Paul | |
| 12:11 | Mississippi | Elmer Dixon makes the free throw | 41-29 |
| 11:51 | Eastern Michigan | Cory Atwell throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Joe Bowden (SF) Ronald Clayton | |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Oscar Chen (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Mark McLoone (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Joe Bowden (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Elmer Dixon (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 11 reb. C - Fred Schrecengost (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Michigan | PG - Michael Zsohar (fresh) SG - Robby Golden (fresh) 9 pts. 2 stl. SF - Clement Henson (fresh) PF - Leonard Karns (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Cory Atwell (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:37 | Mississippi | Joe Bowden misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Clement Henson - foul #3 on Clement Henson, team foul #6 | 41-29 |
| 11:37 | Mississippi | Joe Bowden makes the 1st free throw | 42-29 |
| 11:37 | Mississippi | Joe Bowden makes the 2nd free throw | 43-29 |
| 11:26 | Eastern Michigan | Clement Henson misses short on a jumpshot from the left wing | 43-29 |
| 11:24 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Elmer Dixon | 43-29 |
| 11:04 | Mississippi | Cory Atwell is called for the reach on Mark McLoone - foul #3 on Cory Atwell, team foul #7 | 43-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Carlos Horton (PF) Elmer Dixon | |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | | |
| 11:04 | Mississippi | Mark McLoone makes the 1st free throw | 44-29 |
| 11:04 | Mississippi | Mark McLoone makes the 2nd free throw | 45-29 |
| 10:54 | Eastern Michigan | Cory Atwell's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 45-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Moore (PG) Mark McLoone | |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | | |
| 10:31 | Mississippi | Mark Moore can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 45-29 |
| 10:30 | Eastern Michigan | Cory Atwell gets the rebound | 45-29 |
| 10:09 | Eastern Michigan | Leonard Karns throws a bad pass out of bounds | 45-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton (SF) Joe Bowden | |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Frank Easterwood (SF) Clement Henson | |
| 09:40 | Mississippi | Oscar Chen misses badly on a floater from the left wing but the foul's on Michael Zsohar - foul #3 on Michael Zsohar, team foul #8 | 45-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark McLoone (SG) Mark Moore | |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | | |
| 09:40 | Mississippi | Oscar Chen misses the 1st free throw | 45-29 |
| 09:40 | Mississippi | Oscar Chen makes the 2nd free throw | 46-29 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Michigan | Eastern Michigan is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 09:22 | Eastern Michigan | Fred Schrecengost steals the ball from Leonard Karns | 46-29 |
| 08:59 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton hits the finger roll | 48-29 |
| 08:51 | Eastern Michigan | Michael Zsohar's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 48-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Moore (PG), Joe Bowden (SF) Oscar Chen, Carlos Horton | |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Earl Brown (SG), Clement Henson (SF), Donald Dipaolo (PF), Elmer Paul (C) Michael Zsohar, Robby Golden, Leonard Karns, Cory Atwell | |
| 08:40 | Mississippi | Mark Moore misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 48-29 |
| 08:39 | Eastern Michigan | Clement Henson snags the defensive board | 48-29 |
| 08:35 | Eastern Michigan | Earl Brown blows the layup | 48-29 |
| 08:34 | Mississippi | Joe Bowden grabs the defensive rebound | 48-29 |
| 08:05 | Mississippi | Frank Easterwood is called for the reach on Joe Bowden - foul #2 on Frank Easterwood, team foul #9 | 48-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Elmer Dixon (PF) Ronald Clayton | |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | | |
| 08:05 | Mississippi | Joe Bowden makes the 1st free throw | 49-29 |
| 08:05 | Mississippi | Joe Bowden makes the 2nd free throw | 50-29 |
| 07:50 | Eastern Michigan | Earl Brown can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 50-29 |
| 07:49 | Mississippi | Fred Schrecengost snags the defensive board | 50-29 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Mark Moore (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Mark McLoone (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Joe Bowden (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. PF - Elmer Dixon (fresh) 9 pts. 12 reb. C - Fred Schrecengost (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Michigan | PG - Frank Easterwood (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Earl Brown (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Clement Henson (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Donald Dipaolo (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Elmer Paul (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:24 | Mississippi | Joe Bowden can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side | 50-29 |
| 07:22 | Eastern Michigan | Elmer Paul gets the rebound | 50-29 |
| 07:15 | Eastern Michigan | Earl Brown misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 50-29 |
| 07:14 | Mississippi | Fred Schrecengost snags the defensive board | 50-29 |
| 06:48 | Mississippi | Mark McLoone clanks a shot from the left wing | 50-29 |
| 06:46 | Eastern Michigan | Clement Henson snags the defensive board | 50-29 |
| 06:30 | Eastern Michigan | Frank Easterwood misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 50-29 |
| 06:29 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Mark Moore | 50-29 |
| 06:23 | Mississippi | Mark Moore misses the 3 from the left corner | 50-29 |
| 06:21 | Eastern Michigan | Donald Dipaolo gets the rebound | 50-29 |
| 06:10 | Eastern Michigan | Earl Brown misses the jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Fred Schrecengost - foul #3 on Fred Schrecengost, team foul #1 | 50-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Oscar Chen (PG), Ronald Clayton (SF), Carlos Horton (C) Mark Moore, Joe Bowden, Fred Schrecengost | |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | James Port (PG), Joseph Moore (SF) Frank Easterwood, Clement Henson | |
| 06:10 | Eastern Michigan | Earl Brown makes the 1st free throw | 50-30 |
| 06:10 | Eastern Michigan | Earl Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 50-30 |
| 06:10 | Mississippi | Carlos Horton snags the defensive board | 50-30 |
| 05:42 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton makes the fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Oscar Chen | 52-30 |
| 05:26 | Eastern Michigan | Elmer Dixon swats the short shot by Donald Dipaolo | 52-30 |
| 05:25 | Eastern Michigan | Donald Dipaolo pulls down the offensive rebound | 52-30 |
| 05:17 | Eastern Michigan | Ronald Clayton takes the ball from Elmer Paul | 52-30 |
| 04:51 | Mississippi | Mark McLoone misses long on a shot from the right side | 52-30 |
| 04:49 | Eastern Michigan | James Port grabs the defensive rebound | 52-30 |
| 04:45 | Eastern Michigan | Earl Brown hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 52-30 |
| 04:43 | Eastern Michigan | Earl Brown grabs the offensive rebound | 52-30 |
| 04:20 | Eastern Michigan | Joseph Moore hits a driving attempt in the paint | 52-32 |
| 03:51 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton misses the dunk | 52-32 |
| 03:50 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton pulls down the offensive rebound | 52-32 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Michigan | Eastern Michigan is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:26 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton misses the jumper from the left block but he's fouled by Joseph Moore - foul #3 on Joseph Moore, team foul #10 | 52-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Moore (PG), Joe Bowden (SF) Oscar Chen, Elmer Dixon | |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Frank Easterwood (PG), Christopher Welch (C) James Port, Elmer Paul | |
| 03:26 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton makes the 1st free throw | 53-32 |
| 03:26 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton misses the 2nd free throw | 53-32 |
| 03:26 | Eastern Michigan | Christopher Welch grabs the board | 53-32 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Mark Moore (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Mark McLoone (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Joe Bowden (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. PF - Ronald Clayton (fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. C - Carlos Horton (fresh) 3 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Michigan | PG - Frank Easterwood (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Joseph Moore (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - Earl Brown (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Donald Dipaolo (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Christopher Welch (fresh) | |
| 03:20 | Eastern Michigan | Christopher Welch misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 53-32 |
| 03:19 | Eastern Michigan | Earl Brown gets the offensive rebound | 53-32 |
| 03:07 | Eastern Michigan | Earl Brown misses the 3 from straight away | 53-32 |
| 03:06 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton pulls down the rebound | 53-32 |
| 02:48 | Mississippi | Joe Bowden can't throw it down | 53-32 |
| 02:47 | Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to Ronald Clayton | 53-32 |
| 02:29 | Mississippi | Joe Bowden misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing | 53-32 |
| 02:27 | Eastern Michigan | Frank Easterwood grabs the board | 53-32 |
| 02:05 | Eastern Michigan | Christopher Welch comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 53-32 |
| 02:04 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton snags the defensive board | 53-32 |
| 01:56 | Mississippi | Joe Bowden hits a driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from Mark Moore and the foul's on Christopher Welch - foul #1 on Christopher Welch, team foul #11 | 55-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | Elmer Paul (C) Christopher Welch | |
| 01:56 | Mississippi | Joe Bowden makes the free throw | 56-32 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Michigan | Eastern Michigan is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:48 | Eastern Michigan | Mark McLoone takes the ball from Joseph Moore | 56-32 |
| 01:25 | Mississippi | Mark McLoone misses short on a shot from the left wing but he's hacked by Donald Dipaolo - foul #2 on Donald Dipaolo, team foul #12 | 56-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Fred Schrecengost (C) Joe Bowden | |
| Subs | Eastern Michigan | | |
| 01:25 | Mississippi | Mark McLoone makes the 1st free throw | 57-32 |
| 01:25 | Mississippi | Mark McLoone makes the 2nd free throw | 58-32 |
| 01:13 | Eastern Michigan | Donald Dipaolo's floater is tipped away by Fred Schrecengost | 58-32 |
| 01:12 | Mississippi | Fred Schrecengost gets the rebound | 58-32 |
| 00:43 | Mississippi | Earl Brown takes the ball from Fred Schrecengost | 58-32 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Michigan | Eastern Michigan is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:37 | Eastern Michigan | Donald Dipaolo is denied on a layup by Carlos Horton | 58-32 |
| 00:36 | Mississippi | Ronald Clayton grabs the defensive rebound | 58-32 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Michigan | Eastern Michigan is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:16 | Mississippi | Mark McLoone is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Mark McLoone, team foul #2 | 58-32 |
| 00:11 | Eastern Michigan | Frank Easterwood is fouled on the floor by Mark Moore - foul #2 on Mark Moore, team foul #3 | 58-32 |
| 00:09 | Eastern Michigan | Frank Easterwood can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 58-32 |
| 00:07 | Mississippi | Fred Schrecengost grabs the defensive rebound | 58-32 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | Mark Moore runs out the clock | 58-32 |