| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Lee Guy (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Albert Gilmartin (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Neal Donnelly (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Claud Zellner (fresh) 2 reb. C - Samuel Walker (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Kevin Brown (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Milton Cuneo (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Clinton Meyer (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Miladen Zlaten (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Smith (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Alabama | Neal Donnelly inbounds the ball | 22-35 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:48 | Alabama | Neal Donnelly scores on a fadeaway near the basket | 24-35 |
| 19:35 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown throws a bad pass out of bounds | 24-35 |
| 19:18 | Alabama | Samuel Walker hits the finger roll set up by Claud Zellner and he's hacked by Robert Smith - foul #1 on Robert Smith, team foul #1 | 26-35 |
| 19:18 | Alabama | Samuel Walker misses the free throw | 26-35 |
| 19:18 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo grabs the board | 26-35 |
| 19:08 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten can't connect on a fadeaway near the basket | 26-35 |
| 19:07 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Neal Donnelly | 26-35 |
| 18:49 | Alabama | Miladen Zlaten denies the turnaround by Neal Donnelly | 26-35 |
| 18:48 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown pulls down the rebound | 26-35 |
| 18:39 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo loses the ball out of bounds | 26-35 |
| 18:23 | Alabama | Lee Guy misses long on a shot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Kevin Brown - foul #2 on Kevin Brown, team foul #2 | 26-35 |
| 18:23 | Alabama | Lee Guy makes the 1st free throw | 27-35 |
| 18:23 | Alabama | Lee Guy misses the 2nd free throw | 27-35 |
| 18:23 | Mississippi | Robert Smith grabs the board | 27-35 |
| 18:07 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten blows the layup | 27-35 |
| 18:06 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer snags the offensive board | 27-35 |
| 17:48 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer is fouled on the floor by Neal Donnelly - foul #2 on Neal Donnelly, team foul #1 | 27-35 |
| 17:34 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Robert Smith | 27-37 |
| 17:05 | Alabama | Albert Gilmartin evades the doubleteam but misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing | 27-37 |
| 17:03 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Robert Smith | 27-37 |
| 16:47 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten double dribbles | 27-37 |
| Subs | Alabama | Larry Lynn (PG), Stephen Dean (SF), Mark Mason (PF), Scott Upshaw (C) Lee Guy, Neal Donnelly, Claud Zellner, Samuel Walker | |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Lore (SG), William King (SF), Charles Fitzgerald (PF), Thurman Lewis (C) Milton Cuneo, Clinton Meyer, Miladen Zlaten, Robert Smith | |
| 16:18 | Alabama | Scott Upshaw misses the shot from the left block but the foul's on Thurman Lewis - foul #1 on Thurman Lewis, team foul #3 | 27-37 |
| Subs | Alabama | Brendan Boatright (SG) Albert Gilmartin | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 16:18 | Alabama | Scott Upshaw makes the 1st free throw | 28-37 |
| 16:18 | Alabama | Scott Upshaw misses the 2nd free throw | 28-37 |
| 16:18 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Thurman Lewis | 28-37 |
| 16:05 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 28-37 |
| 16:04 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald hits the follow up shot | 28-39 |
| 15:40 | Alabama | Mark Mason is whistled for traveling | 28-39 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Robert Stogner (PG), Milton Cuneo (SG) Kevin Brown, William Lore | |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Larry Lynn (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Brendan Boatright (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Stephen Dean (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Mark Mason (fresh) 2 pts. C - Scott Upshaw (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Robert Stogner (fresh) 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Milton Cuneo (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - William King (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Charles Fitzgerald (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Thurman Lewis (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:32 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Robert Stogner | 28-42 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 15:18 | Alabama | Brendan Boatright clanks a 3 from the left wing | 28-42 |
| 15:17 | Mississippi | Thurman Lewis gets the rebound | 28-42 |
| 15:05 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald comes up short on the shot in the paint but he's hacked by Mark Mason - foul #2 on Mark Mason, team foul #2 | 28-42 |
| Subs | Alabama | Lee Guy (PG), Albert Gilmartin (SG), Neal Donnelly (SF), Samuel Walker (C) Larry Lynn, Brendan Boatright, Stephen Dean, Scott Upshaw | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer (SF), Robert Smith (C) William King, Thurman Lewis | |
| 15:05 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald makes the 1st free throw | 28-43 |
| 15:05 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald makes the 2nd free throw | 28-44 |
| 14:45 | Alabama | Albert Gilmartin comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 28-44 |
| 14:44 | Alabama | Neal Donnelly hits the follow up shot | 30-44 |
| 14:34 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer makes the jumper from the left block on a great pass from Robert Stogner | 30-46 |
| 14:05 | Alabama | Mark Mason is whistled for traveling | 30-46 |
| Subs | Alabama | Claud Zellner (PF) Mark Mason | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Kevin Brown (PG), Miladen Zlaten (PF) Robert Stogner, Charles Fitzgerald | |
| 13:39 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer is hacked by Neal Donnelly - foul #3 on Neal Donnelly, team foul #3 | 30-46 |
| Subs | Alabama | Scott Upshaw (C) Samuel Walker | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Thurman Lewis (C) Robert Smith | |
| 13:19 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo hits a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Miladen Zlaten | 30-49 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 13:09 | Alabama | Albert Gilmartin works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Lee Guy | 33-49 |
| 13:05 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Clinton Meyer | 33-52 |
| 12:57 | Alabama | Albert Gilmartin is fouled on the floor by Kevin Brown as he's doubleteamed - foul #3 on Kevin Brown, team foul #4 | 33-52 |
| Subs | Alabama | Larry Lynn (PG), Stephen Dean (SF) Lee Guy, Neal Donnelly | |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Lore (SG), William King (SF) Milton Cuneo, Clinton Meyer | |
| 12:38 | Alabama | Stephen Dean misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 33-52 |
| 12:36 | Mississippi | Thurman Lewis gets the rebound | 33-52 |
| 12:30 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten misses the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 33-52 |
| 12:29 | Alabama | Claud Zellner pulls down the rebound | 33-52 |
| 12:22 | Alabama | Claud Zellner is alone and drills a turnaround near the basket set up by Albert Gilmartin out of the doubleteam | 35-52 |
| 12:08 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown connects on the 3 from straight away set up by William King | 35-55 |
| 11:45 | Alabama | William Lore steals it from Albert Gilmartin | 35-55 |
| 11:42 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten banks in the layup on a great pass from William Lore | 35-57 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Larry Lynn (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Albert Gilmartin (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Stephen Dean (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Claud Zellner (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Scott Upshaw (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Kevin Brown (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - William Lore (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - William King (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Miladen Zlaten (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Thurman Lewis (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:23 | Alabama | William King steps in front of the Larry Lynn pass | 35-57 |
| 11:19 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown lays it in on a nice dish by William King | 35-59 |
| 10:55 | Alabama | Stephen Dean connects on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Larry Lynn | 37-59 |
| 10:39 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten misses the floater from the right side | 37-59 |
| 10:37 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown can't tip it in | 37-59 |
| 10:35 | Alabama | Albert Gilmartin gets the rebound | 37-59 |
| 10:17 | Alabama | Scott Upshaw's layup is rejected by Miladen Zlaten | 37-59 |
| 10:15 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to William Lore | 37-59 |
| 09:59 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten lays it in set up by William Lore and the foul's on Claud Zellner - foul #2 on Claud Zellner, team foul #4 | 37-61 |
| Subs | Alabama | Lee Guy (PG), Brendan Boatright (SG), Neal Donnelly (SF), Mark Mason (PF), Samuel Walker (C) Larry Lynn, Albert Gilmartin, Stephen Dean, Claud Zellner, Scott Upshaw | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Robert Stogner (PG), Milton Cuneo (SG), Clinton Meyer (SF), Robert Smith (C) Kevin Brown, William Lore, William King, Thurman Lewis | |
| 09:59 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten misses the free throw | 37-61 |
| 09:59 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Mark Mason | 37-61 |
| 09:40 | Alabama | Samuel Walker can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 37-61 |
| 09:38 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer grabs the defensive rebound | 37-61 |
| 09:16 | Mississippi | Robert Smith can't connect on a jumper from the baseline but he's fouled by Samuel Walker - foul #2 on Samuel Walker, team foul #5 | 37-61 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald (PF) Miladen Zlaten | |
| 09:16 | Mississippi | Robert Smith makes the 1st free throw | 37-62 |
| 09:16 | Mississippi | Robert Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 37-62 |
| 09:16 | Alabama | Samuel Walker grabs the board | 37-62 |
| 08:53 | Alabama | Neal Donnelly's layup is rejected by Milton Cuneo | 37-62 |
| 08:52 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer pulls down the rebound | 37-62 |
| 08:47 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 37-62 |
| 08:46 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald tips it back up and in | 37-64 |
| 08:32 | Alabama | Samuel Walker drills a jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Lee Guy and he's fouled by Robert Smith - foul #2 on Robert Smith, team foul #5 | 39-64 |
| Subs | Alabama | Albert Gilmartin (SG) Brendan Boatright | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Kevin Brown (PG) Robert Stogner | |
| 08:32 | Alabama | Samuel Walker misses the free throw | 39-64 |
| 08:32 | Mississippi | Robert Smith grabs the board | 39-64 |
| 08:12 | Mississippi | Robert Smith lays it up and in on a great pass from Kevin Brown | 39-66 |
| 08:00 | Alabama | Albert Gilmartin is fouled on the floor by Robert Smith - foul #3 on Robert Smith, team foul #6 | 39-66 |
| 07:51 | Alabama | Mark Mason buries a jumper from the left side | 41-66 |
| 07:22 | Mississippi | Robert Smith misses the jumper near the basket but the foul's on Neal Donnelly - foul #4 on Neal Donnelly, team foul #6 | 41-66 |
| Subs | Alabama | Larry Lynn (PG), Stephen Dean (SF), Scott Upshaw (C) Lee Guy, Neal Donnelly, Samuel Walker | |
| Subs | Mississippi | William King (SF) Clinton Meyer | |
| 07:22 | Mississippi | Robert Smith makes the 1st free throw | 41-67 |
| 07:22 | Mississippi | Robert Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 41-67 |
| 07:22 | Alabama | Scott Upshaw snags the defensive board | 41-67 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Larry Lynn (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Albert Gilmartin (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Stephen Dean (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Mark Mason (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Scott Upshaw (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Kevin Brown (fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Milton Cuneo (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - William King (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Charles Fitzgerald (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Smith (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:13 | Alabama | Mark Mason knocks in the jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Albert Gilmartin and he's hacked by Robert Smith - foul #4 on Robert Smith, team foul #7 | 43-67 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Thurman Lewis (C) Robert Smith | |
| 07:13 | Alabama | Mark Mason misses the free throw | 43-67 |
| 07:13 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Thurman Lewis | 43-67 |
| 06:59 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 43-67 |
| 06:58 | Mississippi | William King snags the offensive board | 43-67 |
| 06:39 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by William King | 43-70 |
| 06:31 | Alabama | Stephen Dean misses badly on a shot from the left block | 43-70 |
| 06:29 | Mississippi | William King pulls down the rebound | 43-70 |
| 06:10 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald comes up short on the floater from the left wing | 43-70 |
| 06:08 | Alabama | Stephen Dean gets the rebound | 43-70 |
| 05:50 | Alabama | Mark Mason misses long on a shot from close range but he's fouled by William King - foul #2 on William King, team foul #8 | 43-70 |
| Subs | Alabama | Brendan Boatright (SG) Albert Gilmartin | |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Lore (SG), Clinton Meyer (SF), Miladen Zlaten (PF), Robert Smith (C) Milton Cuneo, William King, Charles Fitzgerald, Thurman Lewis | |
| 05:50 | Alabama | Mark Mason makes the 1st free throw | 44-70 |
| 05:50 | Alabama | Mark Mason makes the 2nd free throw | 45-70 |
| 05:32 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten lays it up and in on a nice dish by Kevin Brown | 45-72 |
| 05:19 | Alabama | Stephen Dean is called for 5 seconds | 45-72 |
| 05:11 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten misses short on a shot from close range | 45-72 |
| 05:09 | Alabama | Mark Mason grabs the board | 45-72 |
| 04:53 | Alabama | Mark Mason scores on a floater from the baseline set up by Stephen Dean | 47-72 |
| 04:26 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer is fouled on the floor by Stephen Dean - foul #2 on Stephen Dean, team foul #7 | 47-72 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Robert Stogner (PG), Thurman Lewis (C) Kevin Brown, Robert Smith | |
| 04:26 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer makes the 1st free throw | 47-73 |
| 04:26 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer makes the 2nd free throw | 47-74 |
| 04:14 | Alabama | Scott Upshaw is fouled on the floor by Miladen Zlaten - foul #2 on Miladen Zlaten, team foul #9 | 47-74 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo (SG) William Lore | |
| 04:14 | Alabama | Scott Upshaw makes the 1st free throw | 48-74 |
| 04:14 | Alabama | Scott Upshaw makes the 2nd free throw | 49-74 |
| 03:56 | Mississippi | Larry Lynn is called for the reach on Robert Stogner - foul #1 on Larry Lynn, team foul #8 | 49-74 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | William King (SF) Clinton Meyer | |
| 03:56 | Mississippi | Robert Stogner makes the 1st free throw | 49-75 |
| 03:56 | Mississippi | Robert Stogner misses the 2nd free throw | 49-75 |
| 03:56 | Alabama | Mark Mason grabs the defensive rebound | 49-75 |
| 03:38 | Alabama | Scott Upshaw misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 49-75 |
| 03:36 | Mississippi | Thurman Lewis grabs the board | 49-75 |
| 03:28 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo hits a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Robert Stogner | 49-78 |
| 03:04 | Alabama | Miladen Zlaten denies the turnaround by Larry Lynn | 49-78 |
| 03:02 | Alabama | Mark Mason tips it but misses | 49-78 |
| 03:01 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten snags the defensive board | 49-78 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Larry Lynn (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Brendan Boatright (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Stephen Dean (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Mark Mason (tiring) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - Scott Upshaw (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Robert Stogner (fresh) 1 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. SG - Milton Cuneo (fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - William King (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Miladen Zlaten (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. C - Thurman Lewis (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:33 | Mississippi | William King clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 49-78 |
| 02:32 | Mississippi | Thurman Lewis pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-78 |
| 02:16 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten connects on the jump hook from the left block on a great pass from Milton Cuneo | 49-80 |
| 02:06 | Alabama | Larry Lynn misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 49-80 |
| 02:04 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo grabs the defensive rebound | 49-80 |
| 01:49 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 49-80 |
| 01:48 | Alabama | Mark Mason gets the rebound | 49-80 |
| 01:31 | Alabama | Larry Lynn is hacked by Thurman Lewis - foul #2 on Thurman Lewis, team foul #10 | 49-80 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Kevin Brown (PG), Clinton Meyer (SF), Robert Smith (C) Robert Stogner, William King, Thurman Lewis | |
| 01:31 | Alabama | Larry Lynn misses the 1st free throw | 49-80 |
| 01:31 | Alabama | Larry Lynn misses the 2nd free throw | 49-80 |
| 01:31 | Mississippi | Robert Smith pulls down the rebound | 49-80 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:02 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten blows the layup but the foul's on Mark Mason - foul #3 on Mark Mason, team foul #9 | 49-80 |
| 01:02 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten misses the 1st free throw | 49-80 |
| 01:02 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten makes the 2nd free throw | 49-81 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:56 | Alabama | Larry Lynn misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Milton Cuneo - foul #2 on Milton Cuneo, team foul #11 | 49-81 |
| 00:56 | Alabama | Larry Lynn makes the 1st free throw | 50-81 |
| 00:56 | Alabama | Larry Lynn makes the 2nd free throw | 51-81 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:33 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown is hacked by Larry Lynn - foul #2 on Larry Lynn, team foul #10 | 51-81 |
| 00:33 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown makes the 1st free throw | 51-82 |
| 00:33 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 51-83 |
| 00:28 | Alabama | Brendan Boatright's fadeaway is rejected by Miladen Zlaten | 51-83 |
| 00:27 | Alabama | Brendan Boatright misses the tip | 51-83 |
| 00:26 | Mississippi | Robert Smith grabs the board | 51-83 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown runs out the clock | 51-83 |