| Lineup | Mount St. Mary's | PG - Wayne Cook (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Thompson (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lamont Waddell (fresh) PF - Pat Pinheiro (fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Russell Mustafa (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Ernest Tyler (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gerald Littles (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Michael Winters (fresh) 5 reb. PF - Samuel Green (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Larry Bunting (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Mount St. Mary's | Lamont Waddell inbounds the ball | 32-17 |
| Game Plan | Mount St. Mary's | Mount St. Mary's is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:52 | Mount St. Mary's | Lamont Waddell comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 32-17 |
| 19:51 | Mount St. Mary's | Wayne Cook can't tip it in | 32-17 |
| 19:50 | Mississippi State | Michael Winters gets the rebound | 32-17 |
| 19:29 | Mississippi State | Larry Bunting hits a driving attempt from the right block set up by Ernest Tyler | 32-19 |
| 19:13 | Mount St. Mary's | Wayne Cook's pass is intercepted by Ernest Tyler | 32-19 |
| 18:58 | Mississippi State | Ernest Tyler hits a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Michael Winters | 32-22 |
| 18:34 | Mount St. Mary's | Pat Pinheiro can't connect on a jump hook from the baseline but the foul's on Ernest Tyler - foul #3 on Ernest Tyler, team foul #1 | 32-22 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Dikembe Abdelaziz (PG) Ernest Tyler | |
| 18:34 | Mount St. Mary's | Pat Pinheiro makes the 1st free throw | 33-22 |
| 18:34 | Mount St. Mary's | Pat Pinheiro makes the 2nd free throw | 34-22 |
| 18:20 | Mississippi State | Larry Bunting banks in the layup on a great pass from Gerald Littles and he's fouled by Lamont Waddell - foul #3 on Lamont Waddell, team foul #1 | 34-24 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | Thomas Bivins (SF) Lamont Waddell | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| 18:20 | Mississippi State | Larry Bunting misses the free throw | 34-24 |
| 18:20 | Mount St. Mary's | The rebound goes to Russell Mustafa | 34-24 |
| 17:51 | Mount St. Mary's | John Thompson makes the jump hook in the lane on a nice dish by Thomas Bivins and the foul's on Samuel Green - foul #3 on Samuel Green, team foul #2 | 36-24 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Aaron Smith (PF) Samuel Green | |
| 17:51 | Mount St. Mary's | John Thompson makes the free throw | 37-24 |
| 17:24 | Mississippi State | Dikembe Abdelaziz throws a bad pass out of bounds | 37-24 |
| 16:58 | Mount St. Mary's | Russell Mustafa clanks a shot near the basket but the foul's on Larry Bunting - foul #2 on Larry Bunting, team foul #3 | 37-24 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | Jimmie Farrington (SF), Markus Oller (PF) John Thompson, Pat Pinheiro | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Mark Hendrix (SG), Marvin Torian (SF) Gerald Littles, Michael Winters | |
| 16:58 | Mount St. Mary's | Russell Mustafa makes the 1st free throw | 38-24 |
| 16:58 | Mount St. Mary's | Russell Mustafa misses the 2nd free throw | 38-24 |
| 16:58 | Mississippi State | Larry Bunting snags the defensive board | 38-24 |
| 16:43 | Mississippi State | Markus Oller steps in front of the Mark Hendrix pass | 38-24 |
| 16:32 | Mount St. Mary's | Russell Mustafa connects on the jumper near the basket on a nice dish by Thomas Bivins | 40-24 |
| 16:11 | Mississippi State | Russell Mustafa is called for the reach on Dikembe Abdelaziz - foul #1 on Russell Mustafa, team foul #2 | 40-24 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | Richard Godbold (C) Russell Mustafa | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Jon Dailey (C) Larry Bunting | |
| 15:54 | Mississippi State | Mark Hendrix misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side | 40-24 |
| 15:52 | Mississippi State | Marvin Torian tips it home | 40-26 |
| Lineup | Mount St. Mary's | PG - Wayne Cook (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Bivins (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Jimmie Farrington (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Markus Oller (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Richard Godbold (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Dikembe Abdelaziz (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Mark Hendrix (fresh) SF - Marvin Torian (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Aaron Smith (fresh) 4 reb. C - Jon Dailey (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:36 | Mount St. Mary's | Thomas Bivins misses long on a driving attempt from close range but the foul's on Mark Hendrix - foul #1 on Mark Hendrix, team foul #4 | 40-26 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | John Thompson (SG), Lamont Waddell (SF), Pat Pinheiro (PF) Wayne Cook, Jimmie Farrington, Richard Godbold | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Ernest Tyler (PG), Gerald Littles (SG), Michael Winters (SF), Samuel Green (PF) Dikembe Abdelaziz, Mark Hendrix, Marvin Torian, Jon Dailey | |
| 15:36 | Mount St. Mary's | Thomas Bivins makes the 1st free throw | 41-26 |
| 15:36 | Mount St. Mary's | Thomas Bivins makes the 2nd free throw | 42-26 |
| 15:21 | Mississippi State | Michael Winters comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 42-26 |
| 15:19 | Mount St. Mary's | The rebound goes to John Thompson | 42-26 |
| 15:01 | Mount St. Mary's | John Thompson is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on John Thompson, team foul #3 | 42-26 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | Jimmie Farrington (PG) Thomas Bivins | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Larry Bunting (C) Aaron Smith | |
| 14:33 | Mississippi State | Samuel Green hits a floater in the paint on a great pass from Gerald Littles | 42-28 |
| 14:10 | Mount St. Mary's | Jimmie Farrington is whistled for a carry | 42-28 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | Wayne Cook (PG), Russell Mustafa (C) Jimmie Farrington, Markus Oller | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Marvin Torian (SF) Michael Winters | |
| 13:49 | Mississippi State | Gerald Littles drills a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Larry Bunting | 42-31 |
| 13:41 | Mount St. Mary's | Russell Mustafa drills a jump hook in the paint on a great pass from Wayne Cook | 44-31 |
| 13:17 | Mississippi State | Samuel Green misses the fadeaway from the free throw line but he's fouled by Wayne Cook - foul #2 on Wayne Cook, team foul #4 | 44-31 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | Jimmie Farrington (SG), Markus Oller (PF) John Thompson, Pat Pinheiro | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Dikembe Abdelaziz (SG) Gerald Littles | |
| 13:17 | Mississippi State | Samuel Green misses the 1st free throw | 44-31 |
| 13:17 | Mississippi State | Samuel Green makes the 2nd free throw | 44-32 |
| 12:56 | Mount St. Mary's | Wayne Cook connects on the jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Lamont Waddell | 46-32 |
| 12:39 | Mississippi State | Ernest Tyler clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 46-32 |
| 12:38 | Mount St. Mary's | Jimmie Farrington grabs the board | 46-32 |
| 12:31 | Mount St. Mary's | Wayne Cook hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Jimmie Farrington | 48-32 |
| 12:05 | Mississippi State | Ernest Tyler hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 48-32 |
| 12:04 | Mount St. Mary's | The rebound goes to Markus Oller | 48-32 |
| 11:42 | Mount St. Mary's | Wayne Cook knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Jimmie Farrington | 51-32 |
| Lineup | Mount St. Mary's | PG - Wayne Cook (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jimmie Farrington (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Lamont Waddell (fairly fresh) 3 pf. PF - Markus Oller (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Russell Mustafa (fresh) 14 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Ernest Tyler (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Dikembe Abdelaziz (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Marvin Torian (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Samuel Green (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Larry Bunting (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Mount St. Mary's | Mount St. Mary's is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 11:26 | Mississippi State | Samuel Green lays it in on a great pass from Dikembe Abdelaziz | 51-34 |
| Game Plan | Mount St. Mary's | Mount St. Mary's is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 11:04 | Mount St. Mary's | Markus Oller misses short on a floater from the right block | 51-34 |
| 11:02 | Mississippi State | Marvin Torian snags the defensive board | 51-34 |
| 10:56 | Mississippi State | Larry Bunting scores on a jumper from just outside the lane set up by Dikembe Abdelaziz | 51-36 |
| Game Plan | Mount St. Mary's | Mount St. Mary's is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 10:29 | Mount St. Mary's | Jimmie Farrington hits a pull-up jumper from the right side | 53-36 |
| 10:11 | Mississippi State | Larry Bunting is fouled on the floor by Lamont Waddell - foul #4 on Lamont Waddell, team foul #5 | 53-36 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | Michael Hamburg (PG), John Thompson (SG), Thomas Bivins (SF), Pat Pinheiro (PF), Richard Godbold (C) Wayne Cook, Jimmie Farrington, Lamont Waddell, Markus Oller, Russell Mustafa | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Gerald Littles (SG), Michael Winters (SF), Aaron Smith (PF), Jon Dailey (C) Ernest Tyler, Marvin Torian, Samuel Green, Larry Bunting | |
| 09:54 | Mississippi State | Dikembe Abdelaziz comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 53-36 |
| 09:53 | Mississippi State | Gerald Littles tips it home | 53-38 |
| 09:51 | Mount St. Mary's | Dikembe Abdelaziz steals the ball from Michael Hamburg in the backcourt | 53-38 |
| Game Plan | Mount St. Mary's | Mount St. Mary's is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 09:32 | Mississippi State | Gerald Littles misses the shot from just outside the lane | 53-38 |
| 09:30 | Mount St. Mary's | Thomas Bivins pulls down the rebound | 53-38 |
| 09:06 | Mount St. Mary's | Richard Godbold loses the dribble to Aaron Smith | 53-38 |
| 08:59 | Mississippi State | Pat Pinheiro is called for the reach on Aaron Smith - foul #1 on Pat Pinheiro, team foul #6 | 53-38 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | Wayne Cook (PG) Michael Hamburg | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Mark Hendrix (PG) Dikembe Abdelaziz | |
| 08:41 | Mississippi State | Richard Godbold steps in front of the Jon Dailey pass | 53-38 |
| Game Plan | Mount St. Mary's | Mount St. Mary's is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 08:24 | Mount St. Mary's | John Thompson misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 53-38 |
| 08:22 | Mississippi State | Jon Dailey gets the rebound | 53-38 |
| Game Plan | Mount St. Mary's | Mount St. Mary's is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 08:09 | Mississippi State | Michael Winters is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Michael Winters, team foul #5 | 53-38 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | Russell Mustafa (C) Richard Godbold | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Larry Bunting (C) Jon Dailey | |
| 07:41 | Mount St. Mary's | John Thompson comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 53-38 |
| 07:40 | Mississippi State | Larry Bunting pulls down the rebound | 53-38 |
| Lineup | Mount St. Mary's | PG - Wayne Cook (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - John Thompson (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Bivins (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Pat Pinheiro (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Russell Mustafa (fresh) 14 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Mark Hendrix (fresh) SG - Gerald Littles (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Michael Winters (fresh) 6 reb. PF - Aaron Smith (fresh) 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Larry Bunting (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:27 | Mississippi State | Mark Hendrix misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 53-38 |
| 07:25 | Mount St. Mary's | Russell Mustafa snags the defensive board | 53-38 |
| 07:00 | Mount St. Mary's | Wayne Cook drills a 3pt shot from straight away | 56-38 |
| 06:52 | Mississippi State | Larry Bunting loses the dribble to John Thompson | 56-38 |
| 06:38 | Mount St. Mary's | Thomas Bivins can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Mark Hendrix - foul #2 on Mark Hendrix, team foul #6 | 56-38 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | Lamont Waddell (SF), Markus Oller (PF) John Thompson, Pat Pinheiro | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Ernest Tyler (PG), Dikembe Abdelaziz (SG), Marvin Torian (SF), Samuel Green (PF) Mark Hendrix, Gerald Littles, Michael Winters, Aaron Smith | |
| 06:38 | Mount St. Mary's | Thomas Bivins makes the 1st free throw | 57-38 |
| 06:38 | Mount St. Mary's | Thomas Bivins makes the 2nd free throw | 58-38 |
| 06:17 | Mississippi State | Samuel Green loses the ball out of bounds | 58-38 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | Jimmie Farrington (SG) Thomas Bivins | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| 05:53 | Mount St. Mary's | Russell Mustafa is called for traveling | 58-38 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | Michael Hamburg (SG), Thomas Bivins (SF), Richard Godbold (C) Wayne Cook, Lamont Waddell, Russell Mustafa | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | David Labrecque (SG), Devon Funk (SF), Jon Dailey (PF) Ernest Tyler, Samuel Green, Larry Bunting | |
| 05:44 | Mississippi State | Devon Funk is hacked by Thomas Bivins - foul #1 on Thomas Bivins, team foul #7 | 58-38 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Mark Hendrix (SG) David Labrecque | |
| 05:44 | Mississippi State | Devon Funk misses the 1st free throw | 58-38 |
| 05:44 | Mount St. Mary's | Markus Oller snags the defensive board | 58-38 |
| 05:22 | Mount St. Mary's | Richard Godbold misses short on a shot from the left side | 58-38 |
| 05:21 | Mississippi State | Jon Dailey grabs the defensive rebound | 58-38 |
| 05:15 | Mississippi State | Devon Funk's layup is rejected by Markus Oller | 58-38 |
| 05:14 | Mississippi State | Jon Dailey pulls down the offensive rebound | 58-38 |
| 05:07 | Mississippi State | Jon Dailey can't connect on a driving attempt from the left block but he's hacked by Markus Oller - foul #1 on Markus Oller, team foul #8 | 58-38 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Aaron Smith (C) Devon Funk | |
| 05:07 | Mississippi State | Jon Dailey makes the 1st free throw | 58-39 |
| 05:07 | Mississippi State | Jon Dailey makes the 2nd free throw | 58-40 |
| 04:46 | Mount St. Mary's | Richard Godbold's floater is tipped away by Aaron Smith | 58-40 |
| 04:45 | Mount St. Mary's | Michael Hamburg tips it in | 60-40 |
| 04:28 | Mississippi State | Jon Dailey is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Jon Dailey, team foul #7 | 60-40 |
| 04:12 | Mount St. Mary's | Richard Godbold hits the front of the rim on the jumper from just outside the lane | 60-40 |
| 04:11 | Mississippi State | The rebound goes to Aaron Smith | 60-40 |
| 04:06 | Mississippi State | Mark Hendrix makes the 3 pointer from straight away set up by Jon Dailey | 60-43 |
| 03:42 | Mount St. Mary's | Richard Godbold connects on the floater from the right wing set up by Jimmie Farrington and he's fouled by Jon Dailey - foul #3 on Jon Dailey, team foul #8 | 62-43 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | David Labrecque (SG), Devon Funk (SF) Mark Hendrix, Marvin Torian | |
| 03:42 | Mount St. Mary's | Richard Godbold makes the free throw | 63-43 |
| Game Plan | Mount St. Mary's | Mount St. Mary's is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Lineup | Mount St. Mary's | PG - Jimmie Farrington (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Michael Hamburg (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. SF - Thomas Bivins (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Markus Oller (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Richard Godbold (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Dikembe Abdelaziz (fresh) 3 ast. SG - David Labrecque (fresh) SF - Devon Funk (fresh) PF - Aaron Smith (fresh) 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Jon Dailey (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:33 | Mississippi State | Dikembe Abdelaziz misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 63-43 |
| 03:32 | Mount St. Mary's | Michael Hamburg gets the rebound | 63-43 |
| 03:09 | Mount St. Mary's | The jump hook by Markus Oller is blocked by Devon Funk | 63-43 |
| 03:08 | Mount St. Mary's | Thomas Bivins grabs the offensive board | 63-43 |
| 02:58 | Mount St. Mary's | Jon Dailey steps in front of the Thomas Bivins pass | 63-43 |
| 02:45 | Mississippi State | Aaron Smith hits a fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Jon Dailey | 63-45 |
| 02:16 | Mount St. Mary's | Markus Oller makes the fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Jimmie Farrington | 65-45 |
| 02:01 | Mississippi State | Aaron Smith misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 65-45 |
| 02:00 | Mount St. Mary's | Michael Hamburg grabs the board | 65-45 |
| 01:40 | Mount St. Mary's | Thomas Bivins makes the floater from the left wing set up by Jimmie Farrington | 67-45 |
| 01:35 | Mississippi State | Dikembe Abdelaziz buries a 3 from the left corner set up by Devon Funk | 67-48 |
| 01:14 | Mount St. Mary's | David Labrecque is called for the reach on Michael Hamburg - foul #1 on David Labrecque, team foul #9 | 67-48 |
| Subs | Mount St. Mary's | | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Mark Hendrix (SG), Marvin Torian (SF) David Labrecque, Devon Funk | |
| 01:14 | Mount St. Mary's | Michael Hamburg makes the 1st free throw | 68-48 |
| 01:14 | Mount St. Mary's | Michael Hamburg makes the 2nd free throw | 69-48 |
| 00:55 | Mississippi State | Mark Hendrix knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 69-51 |
| Game Plan | Mount St. Mary's | Mount St. Mary's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:31 | Mount St. Mary's | Richard Godbold knocks in the fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by Michael Hamburg | 71-51 |
| Game Plan | Mount St. Mary's | Mount St. Mary's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:24 | Mississippi State | Aaron Smith makes the shot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Dikembe Abdelaziz | 71-53 |
| 00:00 | Mount St. Mary's | Jimmie Farrington runs out the clock | 71-53 |