| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - David Myers (fresh) 9 pts. SG - Bryan Espey (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Shawn Breaux (fresh) 2 stl. PF - Chad Smith (fresh) C - Thomas Hamilton (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Edward Johns (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - Harold Payne (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Fred Hatfield (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Randall Mosquera (fresh) 2 pts. C - Laurence Mozingo (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield inbounds the ball | 32-33 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 19:44 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera scores on a turnaround in the paint on a nice dish by Edward Johns | 32-35 |
| 19:22 | Mississippi | David Myers comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 32-35 |
| 19:20 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Harold Payne | 32-35 |
| 19:14 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo scores on a driving attempt from the left block set up by Harold Payne | 32-37 |
| 18:54 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey misses the lay-in | 32-37 |
| 18:52 | Mississippi | Chad Smith hits the follow up shot | 34-37 |
| 18:33 | Tennessee | Harold Payne buries a runner near the basket on a great pass from Randall Mosquera | 34-39 |
| 18:25 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton clanks a shot from the baseline but the foul's on Laurence Mozingo - foul #2 on Laurence Mozingo, team foul #1 | 34-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG) David Myers | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 18:25 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton makes the 1st free throw | 35-39 |
| 18:25 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton misses the 2nd free throw | 35-39 |
| 18:25 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Harold Payne | 35-39 |
| 17:56 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the paint | 35-39 |
| 17:55 | Mississippi | Chad Smith gets the rebound | 35-39 |
| 17:29 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 35-39 |
| 17:28 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield grabs the defensive rebound | 35-39 |
| 17:24 | Tennessee | Edward Johns misses the dunk | 35-39 |
| 17:23 | Mississippi | Chad Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 35-39 |
| 16:54 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton is called for a charge - foul #1 on Thomas Hamilton, team foul #1 | 35-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jason Williams (C) Thomas Hamilton | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 16:41 | Tennessee | Edward Johns is hacked by Bryan Espey - foul #2 on Bryan Espey, team foul #2 | 35-39 |
| 16:18 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo drills a shot from the left side on a great pass from Edward Johns | 35-41 |
| 15:54 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey buries a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 37-41 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Bradley Dunning (fresh) SG - Bryan Espey (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Shawn Breaux (fairly fresh) 2 stl. PF - Chad Smith (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Jason Williams (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Edward Johns (fresh) 11 pts. 6 ast. SG - Harold Payne (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Fred Hatfield (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Randall Mosquera (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Laurence Mozingo (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 15:43 | Tennessee | Harold Payne scores on a fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Fred Hatfield | 37-43 |
| 15:19 | Mississippi | Chad Smith hits a floater in the lane | 39-43 |
| 15:08 | Tennessee | Bradley Dunning steals the ball from Harold Payne | 39-43 |
| 15:02 | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 39-43 |
| 15:01 | Mississippi | Chad Smith misses the tip | 39-43 |
| 15:00 | Mississippi | Jason Williams pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-43 |
| 14:37 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux comes up short on the driving attempt from the right block | 39-43 |
| 14:35 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo snags the defensive board | 39-43 |
| 14:29 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo misses long on a driving attempt in the lane but the foul's on Chad Smith - foul #1 on Chad Smith, team foul #3 | 39-43 |
| Subs | Mississippi | David Myers (PG), Dwight Jones (PF) Bradley Dunning, Chad Smith | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Edward Sanders (SG), Stephen Jones (SF) Harold Payne, Fred Hatfield | |
| 14:29 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo makes the 1st free throw | 39-44 |
| 14:29 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo makes the 2nd free throw | 39-45 |
| 14:03 | Mississippi | Jason Williams is hacked by Laurence Mozingo - foul #3 on Laurence Mozingo, team foul #2 | 39-45 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG) David Myers | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 13:45 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 39-45 |
| 13:43 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera gets the rebound | 39-45 |
| 13:38 | Tennessee | Stephen Jones comes up short on the jump hook from the right block | 39-45 |
| 13:36 | Tennessee | Edward Johns tips it in | 39-47 |
| 13:14 | Mississippi | Randall Mosquera steps in front of the Bradley Dunning pass | 39-47 |
| 12:46 | Tennessee | Bryan Espey is called for the reach on Edward Johns - foul #3 on Bryan Espey, team foul #4 | 39-47 |
| Subs | Mississippi | David Myers (PG), Chad Smith (PF), Patrick Sheard (C) Bradley Dunning, Dwight Jones, Jason Williams | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Harold Payne (SG), Fred Hatfield (SF) Edward Sanders, Stephen Jones | |
| 12:28 | Tennessee | Edward Johns is hacked by David Myers during a doubleteam - foul #2 on David Myers, team foul #5 | 39-47 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Robert Goss (C) Laurence Mozingo | |
| 12:12 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield misses the driving attempt near the basket but he's hacked by Shawn Breaux - foul #1 on Shawn Breaux, team foul #6 | 39-47 |
| 12:12 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield makes the 1st free throw | 39-48 |
| 12:12 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield makes the 2nd free throw | 39-49 |
| 11:50 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 39-49 |
| 11:49 | Tennessee | Edward Johns grabs the defensive rebound | 39-49 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - David Myers (fresh) 9 pts. SG - Bryan Espey (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. SF - Shawn Breaux (fairly fresh) 2 stl. PF - Chad Smith (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Patrick Sheard (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Edward Johns (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 6 ast. SG - Harold Payne (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Fred Hatfield (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Randall Mosquera (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Goss (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:30 | Tennessee | Edward Johns shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 39-49 |
| 11:29 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera tips it in | 39-51 |
| 11:05 | Mississippi | David Myers drills a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Bryan Espey | 42-51 |
| 10:45 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 42-51 |
| 10:43 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield gets the offensive rebound | 42-51 |
| 10:24 | Tennessee | Harold Payne is fouled on the floor by Patrick Sheard - foul #2 on Patrick Sheard, team foul #7 | 42-51 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (SG), Curtis Hines (PF), Jason Williams (C) Bryan Espey, Chad Smith, Patrick Sheard | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Edward Sanders (SF), Laurence Mozingo (C) Fred Hatfield, Randall Mosquera | |
| 10:24 | Tennessee | Harold Payne makes the 1st free throw | 42-52 |
| 10:24 | Tennessee | Harold Payne misses the 2nd free throw | 42-52 |
| 10:24 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines grabs the board | 42-52 |
| 10:00 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 42-52 |
| 09:59 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines tips it in | 44-52 |
| 09:38 | Tennessee | Edward Johns buries a jumpshot from the free throw line on a great pass from Edward Sanders | 44-54 |
| 09:21 | Mississippi | David Myers misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 44-54 |
| 09:19 | Tennessee | Edward Sanders grabs the board | 44-54 |
| 08:58 | Tennessee | Edward Johns drills a 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Robert Goss | 44-57 |
| 08:37 | Mississippi | Jason Williams double dribbles | 44-57 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), Bryan Espey (SG), Dwight Jones (PF), Thomas Hamilton (C) David Myers, Paul Mathieu, Curtis Hines, Jason Williams | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith (PG), Fred Hatfield (SF), Randall Mosquera (PF) Edward Johns, Harold Payne, Robert Goss | |
| 08:09 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera makes the runner in the paint on a nice dish by Edward Sanders | 44-59 |
| 07:45 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Shawn Breaux, team foul #8 | 44-59 |
| Subs | Mississippi | David Myers (PG), Chad Smith (PF) Bradley Dunning, Dwight Jones | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - David Myers (fresh) 12 pts. SG - Bryan Espey (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Shawn Breaux (tiring) 2 stl. PF - Chad Smith (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Thomas Hamilton (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Cheng-Gong Xayasith (fresh) SG - Edward Sanders (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Fred Hatfield (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Randall Mosquera (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Laurence Mozingo (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 07:25 | Tennessee | Edward Sanders misses the lay-in | 44-59 |
| 07:23 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Thomas Hamilton | 44-59 |
| 06:54 | Mississippi | Chad Smith is hacked by Randall Mosquera - foul #3 on Randall Mosquera, team foul #3 | 44-59 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), Dwight Jones (PF), Patrick Sheard (C) David Myers, Chad Smith, Thomas Hamilton | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Edward Johns (PG), Harold Payne (SG), Robert Goss (C) Cheng-Gong Xayasith, Edward Sanders, Laurence Mozingo | |
| 06:38 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 44-59 |
| 06:36 | Tennessee | Edward Johns snags the defensive board | 44-59 |
| 06:10 | Tennessee | Edward Johns is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 44-59 |
| 06:09 | Tennessee | Robert Goss snags the offensive board | 44-59 |
| 05:52 | Tennessee | Robert Goss can't connect on an uncontested fadeaway from the baseline | 44-59 |
| 05:51 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux snags the defensive board | 44-59 |
| 05:34 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux buries a 3 pointer from the left corner | 47-59 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 05:09 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-59 |
| Subs | Mississippi | David Myers (PG), Paul Mathieu (SG), Randall Murray (SF), Curtis Hines (PF), Thomas Hamilton (C) Bradley Dunning, Bryan Espey, Shawn Breaux, Dwight Jones, Patrick Sheard | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo (C) Randall Mosquera | |
| 05:07 | Mississippi | Edward Johns takes the ball from David Myers in the backcourt | 47-59 |
| 04:50 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo lays it up and in | 47-61 |
| 04:33 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton misses short on a shot from the baseline | 47-61 |
| 04:31 | Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to David Myers | 47-61 |
| 04:11 | Mississippi | David Myers misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 47-61 |
| 04:10 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines tips it in | 49-61 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 04:02 | Tennessee | Edward Johns works out of a doubleteam and scores on a fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Harold Payne | 49-63 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 03:50 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 49-63 |
| 03:49 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield gets the rebound | 49-63 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 03:20 | Tennessee | Edward Johns is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 49-63 |
| 03:19 | Mississippi | Randall Murray snags the defensive board | 49-63 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - David Myers (fresh) 12 pts. SG - Paul Mathieu (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SF - Randall Murray (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Curtis Hines (fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. C - Thomas Hamilton (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Edward Johns (tiring) 20 pts. 6 ast. SG - Harold Payne (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Fred Hatfield (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Robert Goss (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Laurence Mozingo (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 03:10 | Mississippi | David Myers drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 52-63 |
| 02:46 | Tennessee | Curtis Hines steals the ball from Laurence Mozingo | 52-63 |
| 02:46 | Mississippi | Mississippi calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-63 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bryan Espey (SG), Shawn Breaux (SF), Chad Smith (PF), Jason Williams (C) Paul Mathieu, Randall Murray, Curtis Hines, Thomas Hamilton | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera (PF) Robert Goss | |
| 02:34 | Mississippi | David Myers connects on the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Bryan Espey | 55-63 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 02:16 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left block | 55-63 |
| 02:14 | Mississippi | Chad Smith gets the rebound | 55-63 |
| 02:02 | Mississippi | David Myers misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 55-63 |
| 02:00 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux tips it home | 57-63 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 01:51 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera misses short on a driving attempt in the lane | 57-63 |
| 01:49 | Mississippi | Chad Smith pulls down the rebound | 57-63 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 01:32 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 57-63 |
| 01:30 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Randall Mosquera | 57-63 |
| 01:26 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield is fouled on the floor by Jason Williams - foul #1 on Jason Williams, team foul #9 | 57-63 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton (C) Jason Williams | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 01:26 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield makes the 1st free throw | 57-64 |
| 01:26 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield makes the 2nd free throw | 57-65 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 01:10 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 57-65 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 00:59 | Tennessee | Edward Johns evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 57-65 |
| 00:57 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo tips it home | 57-67 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:51 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 57-67 |
| 00:50 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera pulls down the rebound | 57-67 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:48 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera is hacked by David Myers in the backcourt - foul #3 on David Myers, team foul #10 | 57-67 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Edward Sanders (SF), Stephen Jones (C) Fred Hatfield, Laurence Mozingo | |
| 00:48 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera misses the 1st free throw | 57-67 |
| 00:48 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera makes the 2nd free throw | 57-68 |
| 00:43 | Mississippi | David Myers's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 57-68 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | David Morgan (C) Randall Mosquera | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:20 | Tennessee | The short jumper by Edward Johns is denied by Chad Smith | 57-68 |
| 00:18 | Tennessee | David Morgan tips it but misses | 57-68 |
| 00:17 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux pulls down the rebound | 57-68 |
| 00:11 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 57-68 |
| 00:10 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux snags the offensive board | 57-68 |
| 00:07 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey connects on the jumper in the lane and he's hacked by Harold Payne - foul #2 on Harold Payne, team foul #4 | 59-68 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield (SF), Randall Mosquera (PF), Laurence Mozingo (C) Edward Sanders, Stephen Jones, David Morgan | |
| 00:07 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey makes the free throw | 60-68 |
| 00:00 | Tennessee | Edward Johns runs out the clock | 60-68 |