| Lineup | LSU | PG - Robert Landry (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Clark (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bradley Ater (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Michael Meinhardt (fresh) C - Manuel Robidoux (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - David Myers (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bryan Espey (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Shawn Breaux (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Chad Smith (fresh) 2 reb. C - Thomas Hamilton (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 20:00 | LSU | Bradley Ater inbounds the ball | 26-20 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:38 | LSU | William Clark misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 26-20 |
| 19:36 | LSU | Manuel Robidoux grabs the offensive board | 26-20 |
| 19:11 | LSU | William Clark clanks a jumpshot from the right wing but he's hacked by Chad Smith - foul #1 on Chad Smith, team foul #1 | 26-20 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Curtis Hines (PF), Jason Williams (C) Chad Smith, Thomas Hamilton | |
| 19:11 | LSU | William Clark makes the 1st free throw | 27-20 |
| 19:11 | LSU | William Clark makes the 2nd free throw | 28-20 |
| 18:51 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux blows the layup but the foul's on Bradley Ater - foul #2 on Bradley Ater, team foul #1 | 28-20 |
| 18:51 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux makes the 1st free throw | 28-21 |
| 18:51 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux misses the 2nd free throw | 28-21 |
| 18:51 | LSU | Manuel Robidoux pulls down the rebound | 28-21 |
| 18:32 | LSU | William Clark misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 28-21 |
| 18:30 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey grabs the defensive rebound | 28-21 |
| 18:16 | Mississippi | William Clark steps in front of the Curtis Hines pass | 28-21 |
| 17:47 | LSU | Robert Landry misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 28-21 |
| 17:45 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines grabs the defensive rebound | 28-21 |
| 17:16 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 28-21 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (SG), Randall Murray (SF), Dwight Jones (PF), Thomas Hamilton (C) Bryan Espey, Shawn Breaux, Curtis Hines, Jason Williams | |
| 16:56 | LSU | William Clark misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 28-21 |
| 16:54 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt tips it in | 30-21 |
| 16:25 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Bradley Ater - foul #3 on Bradley Ater, team foul #2 | 30-21 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael McCoy (SF), Bradley Ziegenbein (C) Bradley Ater, Manuel Robidoux | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), Bryan Espey (SG), Shawn Breaux (SF) David Myers, Paul Mathieu, Randall Murray | |
| 16:25 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton makes the 1st free throw | 30-22 |
| 16:25 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton makes the 2nd free throw | 30-23 |
| 16:00 | LSU | Michael McCoy comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 30-23 |
| 15:59 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton snags the defensive board | 30-23 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Robert Landry (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Clark (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Michael McCoy (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Michael Meinhardt (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Bradley Dunning (fresh) SG - Bryan Espey (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Shawn Breaux (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dwight Jones (fresh) 2 reb. C - Thomas Hamilton (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 15:34 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey is whistled for a carry | 30-23 |
| Subs | LSU | Manuel Robidoux (C) Michael Meinhardt | |
| Subs | Mississippi | David Myers (PG), Paul Mathieu (SG), Chad Smith (PF), Jason Williams (C) Bradley Dunning, Bryan Espey, Dwight Jones, Thomas Hamilton | |
| 15:06 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 30-23 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Curtis Hines (PF) Chad Smith | |
| 14:45 | Mississippi | David Myers scores on a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Jason Williams | 30-26 |
| 14:24 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein knocks in the fadeaway from the left block on a nice dish by Robert Landry | 32-26 |
| 14:10 | Mississippi | David Myers makes the 3 from straight away | 32-29 |
| 13:54 | LSU | Robert Landry misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 32-29 |
| 13:53 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux gets the rebound | 32-29 |
| 13:27 | Mississippi | The jump hook by Curtis Hines is blocked by Manuel Robidoux | 32-29 |
| 13:25 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein grabs the defensive rebound | 32-29 |
| 12:59 | LSU | Robert Landry is fouled on the floor by Jason Williams - foul #2 on Jason Williams, team foul #2 | 32-29 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (SG), Bradley Ater (SF), Michael Meinhardt (PF) William Clark, Michael McCoy, Manuel Robidoux | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), Bryan Espey (SG), Randall Murray (SF), Chad Smith (PF), Thomas Hamilton (C) David Myers, Paul Mathieu, Shawn Breaux, Curtis Hines, Jason Williams | |
| 12:42 | LSU | Robert Landry misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 32-29 |
| 12:40 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein hits the follow up shot | 34-29 |
| 12:12 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 34-29 |
| 12:10 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton snags the offensive board | 34-29 |
| 11:56 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton drills a shot near the basket | 34-31 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Robert Landry (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Carson (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bradley Ater (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Michael Meinhardt (fresh) 2 pts. C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Bradley Dunning (fresh) SG - Bryan Espey (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Randall Murray (fresh) PF - Chad Smith (fresh) 2 reb. C - Thomas Hamilton (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:27 | LSU | Robert Landry clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 34-31 |
| 11:26 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt hits the follow up shot | 36-31 |
| 11:04 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 36-34 |
| 10:38 | LSU | Robert Landry scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Bradley Ater | 39-34 |
| 10:14 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton scores on a turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by Bryan Espey | 39-36 |
| 09:57 | LSU | Robert Landry is called for a charge - foul #3 on Robert Landry, team foul #3 | 39-36 |
| Subs | LSU | William Clark (SG), Manuel Robidoux (C) Michael Carson, Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| Subs | Mississippi | David Myers (PG), Paul Mathieu (SG), Shawn Breaux (SF), Curtis Hines (PF), Patrick Sheard (C) Bradley Dunning, Bryan Espey, Randall Murray, Chad Smith, Thomas Hamilton | |
| 09:33 | Mississippi | David Myers connects on the 3 from straight away set up by Shawn Breaux | 39-39 |
| 09:04 | LSU | Robert Landry buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 42-39 |
| 08:48 | Mississippi | David Myers comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 42-39 |
| 08:46 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux gets the offensive rebound | 42-39 |
| 08:32 | Mississippi | David Myers can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner but he's hacked by Michael Meinhardt - foul #1 on Michael Meinhardt, team foul #4 | 42-39 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (SG), Michael McCoy (SF) Robert Landry, Bradley Ater | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bryan Espey (SG), Dwight Jones (PF), Thomas Hamilton (C) Paul Mathieu, Curtis Hines, Patrick Sheard | |
| 08:32 | Mississippi | David Myers misses the 1st free throw | 42-39 |
| 08:32 | Mississippi | David Myers misses the 2nd free throw | 42-39 |
| 08:32 | Mississippi | David Myers misses the 3rd free throw | 42-39 |
| 08:32 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt grabs the board | 42-39 |
| 08:07 | LSU | Bryan Espey is called for the reach on Michael Carson - foul #2 on Bryan Espey, team foul #3 | 42-39 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Chad Smith (PF) Dwight Jones | |
| 07:47 | LSU | Manuel Robidoux is fouled on the floor by Thomas Hamilton - foul #1 on Thomas Hamilton, team foul #4 | 42-39 |
| Subs | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein (PF) Michael Meinhardt | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Dwight Jones (PF) Chad Smith | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - William Clark (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Carson (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael McCoy (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Bradley Ziegenbein (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Manuel Robidoux (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - David Myers (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bryan Espey (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Shawn Breaux (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Dwight Jones (fresh) 2 reb. C - Thomas Hamilton (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:25 | LSU | Michael McCoy misses the fadeaway from the left wing but he's fouled by Dwight Jones - foul #1 on Dwight Jones, team foul #5 | 42-39 |
| Subs | LSU | Robert Landry (PG) Michael Carson | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Curtis Hines (PF), Jason Williams (C) Dwight Jones, Thomas Hamilton | |
| 07:25 | LSU | Michael McCoy misses the 1st free throw | 42-39 |
| 07:25 | LSU | Michael McCoy makes the 2nd free throw | 43-39 |
| 07:02 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey comes up short on the driving attempt in the paint but he's hacked by William Clark - foul #1 on William Clark, team foul #5 | 43-39 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Chad Smith (PF), Thomas Hamilton (C) Curtis Hines, Jason Williams | |
| 07:02 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey makes the 1st free throw | 43-40 |
| 07:02 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey makes the 2nd free throw | 43-41 |
| 06:48 | LSU | Michael McCoy throws a bad pass out of bounds | 43-41 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (SG) Bryan Espey | |
| 06:19 | Mississippi | Chad Smith is hacked by Manuel Robidoux - foul #2 on Manuel Robidoux, team foul #6 | 43-41 |
| Subs | LSU | Bradley Ater (PF) Manuel Robidoux | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bryan Espey (SG), Curtis Hines (PF), Jason Williams (C) Paul Mathieu, Chad Smith, Thomas Hamilton | |
| 06:02 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey connects on the 3pt shot from straight away | 43-44 |
| 05:33 | LSU | Michael McCoy hits a jumper from the right side | 45-44 |
| 05:12 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey makes the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by David Myers | 45-47 |
| 04:45 | LSU | William Clark misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 45-47 |
| 04:44 | LSU | Michael McCoy pulls down the offensive rebound | 45-47 |
| 04:34 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein is hacked by Jason Williams - foul #3 on Jason Williams, team foul #6 | 45-47 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (SG), Michael Meinhardt (PF), Manuel Robidoux (C) William Clark, Michael McCoy, Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Mathieu (SG), Dwight Jones (SF), Chad Smith (PF), Thomas Hamilton (C) Bryan Espey, Shawn Breaux, Curtis Hines, Jason Williams | |
| 04:19 | LSU | Robert Landry scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 48-47 |
| 03:57 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Bradley Ater - foul #4 on Bradley Ater, team foul #7 | 48-47 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael McCoy (SF) Bradley Ater | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bradley Dunning (PG), Shawn Breaux (SF) David Myers, Dwight Jones | |
| 03:57 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton makes the 1st free throw | 48-48 |
| 03:57 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton misses the 2nd free throw | 48-48 |
| 03:57 | LSU | The rebound goes to Michael Meinhardt | 48-48 |
| 03:31 | LSU | The pull-up jumper by Manuel Robidoux is blocked by Thomas Hamilton | 48-48 |
| 03:29 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Shawn Breaux | 48-48 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Robert Landry (tiring) 21 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Michael Carson (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael McCoy (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Michael Meinhardt (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Manuel Robidoux (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Bradley Dunning (fresh) SG - Paul Mathieu (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Shawn Breaux (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Chad Smith (fresh) 2 reb. C - Thomas Hamilton (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:09 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 48-48 |
| 03:07 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt snags the defensive board | 48-48 |
| 02:44 | LSU | Michael McCoy drills a 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Manuel Robidoux | 51-48 |
| 02:22 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux makes the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Bradley Dunning | 51-50 |
| 02:22 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-50 |
| Subs | LSU | William Clark (SG), Bradley Ater (SF) Michael Carson, Michael McCoy | |
| Subs | Mississippi | David Myers (PG), Bryan Espey (SG), Randall Murray (SF), Curtis Hines (PF) Bradley Dunning, Paul Mathieu, Shawn Breaux, Chad Smith | |
| 01:59 | LSU | William Clark hits a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Bradley Ater | 54-50 |
| 01:43 | Mississippi | Bryan Espey comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 54-50 |
| 01:41 | Mississippi | Thomas Hamilton hits the follow up shot | 54-52 |
| 01:16 | LSU | William Clark misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 54-52 |
| 01:15 | Mississippi | Randall Murray gets the rebound | 54-52 |
| 00:48 | Mississippi | David Myers can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 54-52 |
| 00:46 | Mississippi | Curtis Hines grabs the offensive rebound | 54-52 |
| 00:32 | Mississippi | Manuel Robidoux steps in front of the Randall Murray pass | 54-52 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:31 | LSU | Robert Landry is hacked by David Myers in the backcourt - foul #1 on David Myers, team foul #7 | 54-52 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux (SF), Chad Smith (PF) Randall Murray, Curtis Hines | |
| 00:31 | LSU | Robert Landry makes the 1st free throw | 55-52 |
| 00:31 | LSU | Robert Landry makes the 2nd free throw | 56-52 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:23 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away | 56-55 |
| 00:22 | LSU | Robert Landry is hacked by David Myers in the backcourt - foul #2 on David Myers, team foul #8 | 56-55 |
| 00:22 | LSU | Robert Landry makes the 1st free throw | 57-55 |
| 00:22 | LSU | Robert Landry makes the 2nd free throw | 58-55 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:03 | Mississippi | David Myers misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 58-55 |
| 00:01 | Mississippi | Shawn Breaux pulls down the offensive rebound | 58-55 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | The clock runs out | 58-55 |