| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Kenneth Brodie (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Eric Sappington (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Andrew Longley (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dana Prouty (fresh) C - Joseph Ney (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Robert Munroe (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Devin McNew (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Mauricio Alvarez (fresh) PF - Mauricio Greco (fresh) 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Xiaoping Xiong (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Mauricio Alvarez inbounds the ball | 29-23 |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 19:43 | Mississippi | Mauricio Greco's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-23 |
| 19:33 | Texas Southern | Joseph Ney hits a jumper near the basket | 31-23 |
| 19:13 | Mississippi | Kenneth Brodie is called for the reach on Robert Munroe - foul #1 on Kenneth Brodie, team foul #1 | 31-23 |
| 18:56 | Mississippi | Mauricio Greco misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 31-23 |
| 18:55 | Texas Southern | Joseph Ney grabs the defensive rebound | 31-23 |
| 18:42 | Texas Southern | Eric Sappington misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 31-23 |
| 18:40 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Mauricio Greco | 31-23 |
| 18:20 | Mississippi | Robert Munroe misses the wide open 3pt jumper from the right corner | 31-23 |
| 18:19 | Texas Southern | Joseph Ney pulls down the rebound | 31-23 |
| 18:14 | Texas Southern | Kenneth Brodie hits a floater in the lane on a great pass from Andrew Longley | 33-23 |
| 17:51 | Mississippi | Mauricio Greco makes the 3 from the left wing set up by Robert Munroe | 33-26 |
| 17:25 | Texas Southern | Andrew Longley misses badly on a runner from close range but he's fouled by Devin McNew - foul #2 on Devin McNew, team foul #1 | 33-26 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Donald Rutledge (PG), Micheal Day (SG), Joseph Janssen (PF), David Lapan (C) Kenneth Brodie, Eric Sappington, Dana Prouty, Joseph Ney | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jon Cooper (PG), Stjepan Zents (SF), Pedro Ortiz (PF), Philip Henson (C) Robert Munroe, Mauricio Alvarez, Mauricio Greco, Xiaoping Xiong | |
| 17:25 | Texas Southern | Andrew Longley makes the 1st free throw | 34-26 |
| 17:25 | Texas Southern | Andrew Longley makes the 2nd free throw | 35-26 |
| 17:04 | Mississippi | Jon Cooper connects on the jumper from the left side set up by Devin McNew | 35-28 |
| 16:45 | Texas Southern | Donald Rutledge is hacked by Jon Cooper - foul #2 on Jon Cooper, team foul #2 | 35-28 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | John Mason (SF) Andrew Longley | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mauricio Alvarez (SF) Devin McNew | |
| 16:29 | Texas Southern | Donald Rutledge hits the front of the rim on the runner from the left block | 35-28 |
| 16:28 | Mississippi | Jon Cooper pulls down the rebound | 35-28 |
| 16:03 | Mississippi | Mauricio Alvarez can't connect on a driving attempt from the baseline | 35-28 |
| 16:01 | Texas Southern | Joseph Janssen snags the defensive board | 35-28 |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Donald Rutledge (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Micheal Day (fresh) 2 ast. SF - John Mason (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - Joseph Janssen (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Lapan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Jon Cooper (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. SG - Stjepan Zents (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Mauricio Alvarez (fairly fresh) PF - Pedro Ortiz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Philip Henson (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:42 | Texas Southern | Joseph Janssen misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 35-28 |
| 15:40 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Mauricio Alvarez | 35-28 |
| 15:12 | Mississippi | Jon Cooper loses the dribble to Micheal Day | 35-28 |
| 14:50 | Texas Southern | Micheal Day's fadeaway is rejected by Pedro Ortiz | 35-28 |
| 14:49 | Texas Southern | Joseph Janssen grabs the offensive rebound | 35-28 |
| 14:44 | Texas Southern | John Mason double dribbles | 35-28 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Kenneth Brodie (PG), Eric Sappington (SG), Michael Frazier (SF), Dana Prouty (PF), Joseph Ney (C) Donald Rutledge, Micheal Day, John Mason, Joseph Janssen, David Lapan | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Robert Munroe (PG), Devin McNew (SG), Angel Gonzalez (SF), Mauricio Greco (PF), Xiaoping Xiong (C) Jon Cooper, Stjepan Zents, Mauricio Alvarez, Pedro Ortiz, Philip Henson | |
| 14:34 | Mississippi | Xiaoping Xiong can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side | 35-28 |
| 14:33 | Texas Southern | Kenneth Brodie snags the defensive board | 35-28 |
| 14:10 | Texas Southern | Kenneth Brodie makes the jump hook in the lane on a great pass from Eric Sappington and the foul's on Robert Munroe - foul #3 on Robert Munroe, team foul #3 | 37-28 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Andrew Longley (SF) Michael Frazier | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 14:10 | Texas Southern | Kenneth Brodie makes the free throw | 38-28 |
| 14:08 | Mississippi | Andrew Longley takes the ball from Xiaoping Xiong in the backcourt | 38-28 |
| 13:54 | Texas Southern | Eric Sappington comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 38-28 |
| 13:52 | Texas Southern | Andrew Longley snags the offensive board | 38-28 |
| 13:36 | Texas Southern | Eric Sappington hits a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Kenneth Brodie | 41-28 |
| 13:32 | Mississippi | Dana Prouty is called for the reach on Robert Munroe - foul #1 on Dana Prouty, team foul #2 | 41-28 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Louis Holt (SG), John Mason (PF) Eric Sappington, Dana Prouty | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 13:16 | Mississippi | Mauricio Greco hits the front of the rim on the runner from close range | 41-28 |
| 13:15 | Texas Southern | The rebound goes to Kenneth Brodie | 41-28 |
| 12:58 | Texas Southern | Andrew Longley can't finish the layup | 41-28 |
| 12:56 | Mississippi | Angel Gonzalez pulls down the rebound | 41-28 |
| 12:49 | Mississippi | Andrew Longley takes the ball from Robert Munroe in the backcourt | 41-28 |
| 12:24 | Texas Southern | Kenneth Brodie scores on a turnaround from close range | 43-28 |
| 12:01 | Mississippi | Mauricio Greco scores on a runner in the lane on a nice dish by Robert Munroe and he's hacked by Joseph Ney - foul #1 on Joseph Ney, team foul #3 | 43-30 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Donald Rutledge (PG), Eric Sappington (SG), Michael Frazier (SF), Joseph Janssen (PF), David Lapan (C) Kenneth Brodie, Louis Holt, Andrew Longley, John Mason, Joseph Ney | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jon Cooper (PG), Stjepan Zents (SG), Pedro Ortiz (C) Robert Munroe, Devin McNew, Xiaoping Xiong | |
| 12:01 | Mississippi | Mauricio Greco makes the free throw | 43-31 |
| 11:37 | Texas Southern | Joseph Janssen clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 43-31 |
| 11:35 | Texas Southern | David Lapan gets the offensive rebound | 43-31 |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Donald Rutledge (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Eric Sappington (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Frazier (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Joseph Janssen (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - David Lapan (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Jon Cooper (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. SG - Stjepan Zents (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Angel Gonzalez (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Mauricio Greco (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Pedro Ortiz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:22 | Texas Southern | Mauricio Greco denies the turnaround by Joseph Janssen | 43-31 |
| 11:21 | Mississippi | Pedro Ortiz snags the defensive board | 43-31 |
| 11:03 | Mississippi | Mauricio Greco misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 43-31 |
| 11:02 | Texas Southern | The rebound goes to David Lapan | 43-31 |
| 10:58 | Texas Southern | Michael Frazier misses the floater from the left block | 43-31 |
| 10:56 | Texas Southern | Joseph Janssen tips it home | 45-31 |
| 10:42 | Mississippi | Pedro Ortiz hits the easy wide open finger roll | 45-33 |
| 10:38 | Texas Southern | Donald Rutledge misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side | 45-33 |
| 10:37 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Jon Cooper | 45-33 |
| 10:20 | Mississippi | Pedro Ortiz travels with the ball | 45-33 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Kenneth Brodie (PG), John Mason (SF), Dana Prouty (PF), Joseph Ney (C) Eric Sappington, Michael Frazier, Joseph Janssen, David Lapan | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Devin McNew (SG), Mauricio Alvarez (SF), Philip Henson (PF), Xiaoping Xiong (C) Stjepan Zents, Angel Gonzalez, Mauricio Greco, Pedro Ortiz | |
| 10:18 | Texas Southern | Jon Cooper is called for the reach on Kenneth Brodie in the backcourt - foul #3 on Jon Cooper, team foul #4 | 45-33 |
| 09:51 | Texas Southern | John Mason knocks in the runner near the basket on a nice dish by Kenneth Brodie | 47-33 |
| 09:40 | Mississippi | Philip Henson is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Brodie - foul #2 on Kenneth Brodie, team foul #4 | 47-33 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Micheal Day (SG), Andrew Longley (SF) Donald Rutledge, John Mason | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Robert Munroe (PG) Jon Cooper | |
| 09:25 | Mississippi | Micheal Day is called for the reach on Xiaoping Xiong - foul #2 on Micheal Day, team foul #5 | 47-33 |
| 09:16 | Mississippi | Micheal Day steals the ball from Mauricio Alvarez | 47-33 |
| 09:04 | Texas Southern | Andrew Longley knocks in the 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Micheal Day | 50-33 |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 08:48 | Mississippi | Xiaoping Xiong is hacked by Joseph Ney - foul #2 on Joseph Ney, team foul #6 | 50-33 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | John Mason (PF), Michael Frazier (C) Dana Prouty, Joseph Ney | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 08:37 | Mississippi | Xiaoping Xiong hits a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 50-36 |
| 08:11 | Texas Southern | Andrew Longley comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 50-36 |
| 08:10 | Texas Southern | Michael Frazier hits the follow up shot | 52-36 |
| 07:58 | Mississippi | Philip Henson makes the wide open turnaround from close range on a nice dish by Robert Munroe | 52-38 |
| 07:43 | Texas Southern | John Mason drills a 3 from the right corner set up by Kenneth Brodie | 55-38 |
| 07:31 | Mississippi | Andrew Longley swats the layup by Philip Henson | 55-38 |
| 07:29 | Texas Southern | Michael Frazier pulls down the rebound | 55-38 |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Kenneth Brodie (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. SG - Micheal Day (fairly fresh) 3 ast. 3 stl. SF - Andrew Longley (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. PF - John Mason (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Michael Frazier (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Robert Munroe (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. 3 pf. SG - Devin McNew (tiring) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Mauricio Alvarez (fairly fresh) PF - Philip Henson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Xiaoping Xiong (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 07:16 | Texas Southern | John Mason misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 55-38 |
| 07:14 | Mississippi | Philip Henson grabs the board | 55-38 |
| 07:12 | Mississippi | Robert Munroe is fouled in the backcourt by Kenneth Brodie - foul #3 on Kenneth Brodie, team foul #7 | 55-38 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Donald Rutledge (PG), Eric Sappington (SG), Dana Prouty (PF), Joseph Ney (C) Kenneth Brodie, Micheal Day, Andrew Longley, Michael Frazier | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Stjepan Zents (SG), Jon Cooper (SF), Mauricio Greco (PF), Pedro Ortiz (C) Devin McNew, Mauricio Alvarez, Philip Henson, Xiaoping Xiong | |
| 07:12 | Mississippi | Robert Munroe misses the 1st free throw | 55-38 |
| 07:12 | Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to Pedro Ortiz | 55-38 |
| 06:59 | Mississippi | Stjepan Zents makes the shot from just outside the lane set up by Robert Munroe | 55-40 |
| 06:31 | Texas Southern | Pedro Ortiz takes the ball from Donald Rutledge | 55-40 |
| 06:23 | Mississippi | Pedro Ortiz hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 55-40 |
| 06:21 | Texas Southern | Donald Rutledge gets the rebound | 55-40 |
| 05:52 | Texas Southern | Eric Sappington misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 55-40 |
| 05:50 | Texas Southern | Joseph Ney grabs the offensive rebound | 55-40 |
| 05:29 | Texas Southern | Dana Prouty knocks in the fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by John Mason | 57-40 |
| 05:21 | Mississippi | Stjepan Zents banks in the layup on a nice dish by Robert Munroe | 57-42 |
| 05:03 | Texas Southern | Dana Prouty loses the dribble to Robert Munroe | 57-42 |
| 04:47 | Mississippi | Stjepan Zents loses the ball out of bounds | 57-42 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Kenneth Brodie (PG), Micheal Day (SG), Andrew Longley (SF), Joseph Janssen (PF), David Lapan (C) Donald Rutledge, Eric Sappington, John Mason, Dana Prouty, Joseph Ney | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Devin McNew (SG), Angel Gonzalez (SF), Mauricio Alvarez (PF), Xiaoping Xiong (C) Robert Munroe, Stjepan Zents, Mauricio Greco, Pedro Ortiz | |
| 04:26 | Texas Southern | David Lapan knocks in the 3 from straight away on a great pass from Kenneth Brodie | 60-42 |
| 04:14 | Mississippi | Mauricio Alvarez is hacked by David Lapan - foul #1 on David Lapan, team foul #8 | 60-42 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Louis Holt (SG), Michael Frazier (SF) Kenneth Brodie, Andrew Longley | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Stjepan Zents (SG), Philip Henson (PF), Raymond Lee (C) Devin McNew, Angel Gonzalez, Xiaoping Xiong | |
| 04:14 | Mississippi | Mauricio Alvarez misses the 1st free throw | 60-42 |
| 04:14 | Texas Southern | David Lapan grabs the board | 60-42 |
| 03:45 | Texas Southern | Michael Frazier comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 60-42 |
| 03:44 | Mississippi | Raymond Lee pulls down the rebound | 60-42 |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 03:42 | Mississippi | Mauricio Alvarez is fouled in the backcourt by Micheal Day - foul #3 on Micheal Day, team foul #9 | 60-42 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Donald Rutledge (PG) Louis Holt | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 03:42 | Mississippi | Mauricio Alvarez misses the 1st free throw | 60-42 |
| 03:42 | Texas Southern | Joseph Janssen pulls down the rebound | 60-42 |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:16 | Texas Southern | Mauricio Alvarez takes the ball from David Lapan | 60-42 |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Donald Rutledge (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Micheal Day (fresh) 3 ast. 3 stl. 3 pf. SF - Michael Frazier (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Joseph Janssen (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - David Lapan (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Jon Cooper (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. SG - Stjepan Zents (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Mauricio Alvarez (fairly fresh) 2 stl. PF - Philip Henson (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Raymond Lee (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:14 | Mississippi | Donald Rutledge steals the ball from Mauricio Alvarez in the backcourt | 60-42 |
| 02:51 | Texas Southern | David Lapan hits the front of the rim on the runner from the right block but he's hacked by Mauricio Alvarez - foul #1 on Mauricio Alvarez, team foul #5 | 60-42 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Louis Holt (SG) Micheal Day | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 02:51 | Texas Southern | David Lapan misses the 1st free throw | 60-42 |
| 02:51 | Texas Southern | David Lapan makes the 2nd free throw | 61-42 |
| 02:36 | Mississippi | Mauricio Alvarez knocks in the jumper in the paint | 61-44 |
| 02:22 | Texas Southern | Donald Rutledge connects on the turnaround near the basket on a nice dish by Louis Holt | 63-44 |
| 02:08 | Mississippi | Stjepan Zents can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 63-44 |
| 02:07 | Texas Southern | Joseph Janssen gets the rebound | 63-44 |
| 01:48 | Texas Southern | Louis Holt clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 63-44 |
| 01:46 | Mississippi | Mauricio Alvarez grabs the board | 63-44 |
| 01:34 | Mississippi | Mauricio Alvarez buries a fadeaway from the left block set up by Jon Cooper | 63-46 |
| 01:14 | Texas Southern | Joseph Janssen misses badly on a shot from the right side but he's fouled by Philip Henson - foul #3 on Philip Henson, team foul #6 | 63-46 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Micheal Day (SG), John Mason (SF) Louis Holt, Michael Frazier | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Pedro Ortiz (PF) Raymond Lee | |
| 01:14 | Texas Southern | Joseph Janssen makes the 1st free throw | 64-46 |
| 01:14 | Texas Southern | Joseph Janssen makes the 2nd free throw | 65-46 |
| 00:59 | Mississippi | Jon Cooper hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Donald Rutledge - foul #1 on Donald Rutledge, team foul #10 | 65-46 |
| 00:59 | Mississippi | Jon Cooper makes the 1st free throw | 65-47 |
| 00:59 | Mississippi | Jon Cooper makes the 2nd free throw | 65-48 |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:31 | Texas Southern | Micheal Day dunks the ball | 67-48 |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:25 | Mississippi | Pedro Ortiz is open and buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Jon Cooper | 67-50 |
| 00:00 | Texas Southern | Donald Rutledge runs out the clock | 67-50 |