| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Kevin Brown (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Milton Cuneo (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Clinton Meyer (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Miladen Zlaten (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Smith (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Libbey (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Louis Stratton (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Theodore McClintock (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Stanley Carnahan (fresh) 3 reb. C - Robert Muszynski (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock inbounds the ball | 34-22 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 19:31 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 34-22 |
| 19:29 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer grabs the defensive rebound | 34-22 |
| 19:11 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer lays it in set up by Milton Cuneo | 36-22 |
| 19:04 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski misses short on a floater from the left wing | 36-22 |
| 19:03 | Mississippi | Robert Smith grabs the board | 36-22 |
| 18:39 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer drills a shot from the left side set up by Milton Cuneo | 38-22 |
| 18:26 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 38-22 |
| 18:24 | Mississippi | Robert Smith gets the rebound | 38-22 |
| 18:06 | Mississippi | Stanley Carnahan swats the short shot by Clinton Meyer | 38-22 |
| 18:05 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to David Libbey | 38-22 |
| 18:00 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton evades the doubleteam and hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from David Libbey | 38-25 |
| 17:44 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer is called for the illegal screen - foul #4 on Clinton Meyer, team foul #1 | 38-25 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William King (SF) Clinton Meyer | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 17:23 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan is open and scores on a turnaround near the basket on a nice dish by Louis Stratton | 38-27 |
| 16:57 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown is fouled on the floor by Theodore McClintock - foul #2 on Theodore McClintock, team foul #1 | 38-27 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald (PF), Thurman Lewis (C) Miladen Zlaten, Robert Smith | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese (C) Robert Muszynski | |
| 16:46 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right side | 38-27 |
| 16:45 | Mississippi | Thurman Lewis grabs the offensive board | 38-27 |
| 16:26 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right block but he's fouled by Michael Pugliese - foul #1 on Michael Pugliese, team foul #2 | 38-27 |
| 16:26 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo makes the 1st free throw | 39-27 |
| 16:26 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo misses the 2nd free throw | 39-27 |
| 16:26 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton grabs the defensive rebound | 39-27 |
| 16:10 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan misses the fadeaway in the lane but the foul's on Charles Fitzgerald - foul #1 on Charles Fitzgerald, team foul #2 | 39-27 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Lore (SG) Milton Cuneo | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 16:10 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan makes the 1st free throw | 39-28 |
| 16:10 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan makes the 2nd free throw | 39-29 |
| 15:59 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald misses short on a shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Stanley Carnahan - foul #3 on Stanley Carnahan, team foul #3 | 39-29 |
| 15:59 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald misses the 1st free throw | 39-29 |
| 15:59 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald makes the 2nd free throw | 40-29 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Kevin Brown (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Lore (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - William King (fresh) PF - Charles Fitzgerald (fresh) 3 pts. C - Thurman Lewis (fresh) | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Libbey (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Louis Stratton (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Theodore McClintock (fairly fresh) 7 pts. PF - Stanley Carnahan (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Michael Pugliese (fresh) | |
| 15:46 | South Carolina | David Libbey comes up short on the driving attempt from the right block but he's fouled by William Lore - foul #1 on William Lore, team foul #3 | 40-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten (PF), Robert Smith (C) Charles Fitzgerald, Thurman Lewis | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski (C) Michael Pugliese | |
| 15:46 | South Carolina | David Libbey makes the 1st free throw | 40-30 |
| 15:46 | South Carolina | David Libbey misses the 2nd free throw | 40-30 |
| 15:46 | Mississippi | William King grabs the defensive rebound | 40-30 |
| 15:23 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten scores on a turnaround in the lane on a great pass from William Lore | 42-30 |
| 14:58 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton splits the doubleteam but misses short on a fadeaway from the left wing | 42-30 |
| 14:57 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten gets the rebound | 42-30 |
| 14:42 | Mississippi | Robert Smith's layup is rejected by Robert Muszynski | 42-30 |
| 14:41 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski grabs the defensive rebound | 42-30 |
| 14:12 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan is called for traveling | 42-30 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Robert Stogner (PG), Milton Cuneo (SF), Thurman Lewis (C) Kevin Brown, William King, Robert Smith | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese (C) Robert Muszynski | |
| 14:03 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten lays it in on a great pass from William Lore | 44-30 |
| 13:42 | South Carolina | David Libbey is hacked by Miladen Zlaten - foul #2 on Miladen Zlaten, team foul #4 | 44-30 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald (PF) Miladen Zlaten | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 13:20 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Michael Pugliese | 44-33 |
| 12:59 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald can't connect on a floater in the paint | 44-33 |
| 12:57 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese grabs the defensive rebound | 44-33 |
| 12:31 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 44-33 |
| 12:29 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese snags the offensive board | 44-33 |
| 12:09 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock connects on the open runner in the lane set up by David Libbey out of the doubleteam | 44-35 |
| 11:55 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald scores on a turnaround from close range on a nice dish by Milton Cuneo and he's hacked by Theodore McClintock - foul #3 on Theodore McClintock, team foul #4 | 46-35 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Kevin Brown (PG), Clinton Meyer (SF), Robert Smith (C) Robert Stogner, William Lore, Thurman Lewis | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett (SG), Robert Muszynski (C) Louis Stratton, Michael Pugliese | |
| 11:55 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald makes the free throw | 47-35 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Kevin Brown (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Milton Cuneo (fresh) 5 pts. 6 ast. SF - Clinton Meyer (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. PF - Charles Fitzgerald (fresh) 6 pts. C - Robert Smith (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Libbey (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Bernard Moffett (fresh) SF - Theodore McClintock (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 pf. PF - Stanley Carnahan (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Robert Muszynski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:40 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan makes the wide open shot in the paint | 47-37 |
| 11:32 | Mississippi | Robert Smith throws it down on a great pass from Kevin Brown | 49-37 |
| 11:17 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock hits a fadeaway from the left block on a nice dish by David Libbey | 49-39 |
| 11:03 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald scores on a runner from the right block set up by Milton Cuneo | 51-39 |
| 10:46 | South Carolina | Robert Smith denies the turnaround by Stanley Carnahan | 51-39 |
| 10:45 | South Carolina | David Libbey gets the offensive rebound | 51-39 |
| 10:28 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan clanks a driving attempt in the paint | 51-39 |
| 10:26 | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett tips it in | 51-41 |
| 10:21 | Mississippi | Bernard Moffett steals it from Kevin Brown | 51-41 |
| 10:18 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock jams it on a great pass from Bernard Moffett | 51-43 |
| 09:57 | Mississippi | Robert Smith misses badly on a fadeaway from the right block | 51-43 |
| 09:56 | Mississippi | Robert Smith hits the follow up shot | 53-43 |
| 09:27 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski blows the layup but he's hacked by Charles Fitzgerald - foul #2 on Charles Fitzgerald, team foul #5 | 53-43 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Lore (SG), Miladen Zlaten (PF) Milton Cuneo, Charles Fitzgerald | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez (PG), Louis Stratton (SG), Michael Pugliese (PF) David Libbey, Theodore McClintock, Stanley Carnahan | |
| 09:27 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski makes the 1st free throw | 53-44 |
| 09:27 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski makes the 2nd free throw | 53-45 |
| 09:03 | Mississippi | Robert Smith makes the wide open shot from the right side on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Miladen Zlaten | 55-45 |
| 08:34 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 55-45 |
| 08:32 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton snags the offensive board | 55-45 |
| 08:08 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton knocks in the jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Robert Muszynski and he's hacked by William Lore - foul #2 on William Lore, team foul #6 | 55-47 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo (SG), William King (SF), Thurman Lewis (C) William Lore, Clinton Meyer, Robert Smith | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Frederick Titus (C) Robert Muszynski | |
| 08:08 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton makes the free throw | 55-48 |
| 07:59 | Mississippi | Thurman Lewis can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side | 55-48 |
| 07:57 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez gets the rebound | 55-48 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Kevin Brown (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Milton Cuneo (fresh) 5 pts. 7 ast. SF - William King (fresh) PF - Miladen Zlaten (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Thurman Lewis (fresh) | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Louis Stratton (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Bernard Moffett (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Boris Zanchez (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Pugliese (fresh) 3 reb. C - Frederick Titus (fresh) | |
| 07:35 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 55-48 |
| 07:34 | Mississippi | Thurman Lewis grabs the board | 55-48 |
| 07:29 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo scores on a jumper from the left side on a great pass from Kevin Brown and he's hacked by Bernard Moffett - foul #1 on Bernard Moffett, team foul #5 | 57-48 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Robert Stogner (PG) Kevin Brown | |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Libbey (PG), Theodore McClintock (SF), Stanley Carnahan (PF) Bernard Moffett, Boris Zanchez, Frederick Titus | |
| 07:29 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo misses the free throw | 57-48 |
| 07:29 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese pulls down the rebound | 57-48 |
| 07:10 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the right block | 57-48 |
| 07:08 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten snags the defensive board | 57-48 |
| 06:49 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten is denied on a layup by Theodore McClintock | 57-48 |
| 06:47 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Stanley Carnahan | 57-48 |
| 06:28 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton throws a bad pass out of bounds | 57-48 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Kevin Brown (PG), Clinton Meyer (SF), Charles Fitzgerald (PF), Robert Smith (C) Robert Stogner, William King, Miladen Zlaten, Thurman Lewis | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski (C) Michael Pugliese | |
| 06:12 | Mississippi | Charles Fitzgerald is called for traveling | 57-48 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Lore (SG) Milton Cuneo | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett (SG) Louis Stratton | |
| 06:06 | South Carolina | Kevin Brown takes the ball from David Libbey in the backcourt | 57-48 |
| 05:59 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer connects on the floater from close range set up by William Lore and he's hacked by Theodore McClintock - foul #4 on Theodore McClintock, team foul #6 | 59-48 |
| 05:59 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer misses the free throw | 59-48 |
| 05:59 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan gets the rebound | 59-48 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 05:43 | South Carolina | William Lore steals it from Robert Muszynski | 59-48 |
| 05:39 | Mississippi | William Lore lays it in | 61-48 |
| 05:22 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock jams it on a nice dish by David Libbey | 61-50 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 05:09 | Mississippi | Robert Smith knocks in the runner from the baseline | 63-50 |
| 04:51 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 63-50 |
| 04:50 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Charles Fitzgerald | 63-50 |
| 04:34 | Mississippi | William Lore is hacked by Bernard Moffett - foul #2 on Bernard Moffett, team foul #7 | 63-50 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William King (SF), Miladen Zlaten (PF), Thurman Lewis (C) Clinton Meyer, Charles Fitzgerald, Robert Smith | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Louis Stratton (SG), Boris Zanchez (SF), Michael Pugliese (C) Bernard Moffett, Theodore McClintock, Robert Muszynski | |
| 04:34 | Mississippi | William Lore makes the 1st free throw | 64-50 |
| 04:34 | Mississippi | William Lore makes the 2nd free throw | 65-50 |
| 04:32 | South Carolina | David Libbey loses the dribble to Kevin Brown in the backcourt | 65-50 |
| 04:22 | Mississippi | William King's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 65-50 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo (SG) William Lore | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Frederick Titus (C) Stanley Carnahan | |
| 04:07 | South Carolina | Milton Cuneo steals it from Louis Stratton out of a doubleteam | 65-50 |
| 04:04 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown misses the dunk attempt | 65-50 |
| 04:03 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown misses the tip | 65-50 |
| 04:02 | South Carolina | Frederick Titus gets the rebound | 65-50 |
| 03:48 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese misses short on an open fadeaway from just outside the lane | 65-50 |
| 03:46 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo grabs the board | 65-50 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Kevin Brown (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Milton Cuneo (fresh) 7 pts. 7 ast. 2 stl. SF - William King (fresh) PF - Miladen Zlaten (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Thurman Lewis (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Libbey (tiring) 10 pts. 5 ast. SG - Louis Stratton (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SF - Boris Zanchez (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Pugliese (fresh) 4 reb. C - Frederick Titus (fresh) | |
| 03:34 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo is hacked by Frederick Titus - foul #1 on Frederick Titus, team foul #8 | 65-50 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett (SF), Stanley Carnahan (PF) David Libbey, Frederick Titus | |
| 03:34 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo makes the 1st free throw | 66-50 |
| 03:34 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo makes the 2nd free throw | 67-50 |
| 03:10 | South Carolina | Milton Cuneo takes the ball from Michael Pugliese | 67-50 |
| 02:41 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 67-50 |
| 02:39 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez pulls down the rebound | 67-50 |
| 02:35 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 67-50 |
| 02:33 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese gets the offensive rebound | 67-50 |
| 02:21 | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 67-50 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Robert Stogner (PG), Clinton Meyer (SF), Robert Smith (C) Kevin Brown, William King, Thurman Lewis | |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Libbey (PG), Theodore McClintock (SF), Robert Muszynski (C) Boris Zanchez, Bernard Moffett, Michael Pugliese | |
| 01:59 | Mississippi | Milton Cuneo hits a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Miladen Zlaten | 70-50 |
| 01:49 | South Carolina | Robert Smith is called for the reach on Robert Muszynski - foul #1 on Robert Smith, team foul #7 | 70-50 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Kevin Brown (PG) Robert Stogner | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 01:49 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski misses the 1st free throw | 70-50 |
| 01:49 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten pulls down the rebound | 70-50 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 01:34 | Mississippi | Robert Smith can't connect on a turnaround from the left block but he's fouled by Robert Muszynski - foul #3 on Robert Muszynski, team foul #9 | 70-50 |
| 01:34 | Mississippi | Robert Smith misses the 1st free throw | 70-50 |
| 01:34 | Mississippi | Robert Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 70-50 |
| 01:34 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer gets the offensive rebound | 70-50 |
| 01:13 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten evades the doubleteam and hits a shot from just outside the lane and he's hacked by David Libbey - foul #2 on David Libbey, team foul #10 | 72-50 |
| 01:13 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten misses the free throw | 72-50 |
| 01:13 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan grabs the defensive rebound | 72-50 |
| 01:05 | South Carolina | Kevin Brown steals the ball from Theodore McClintock | 72-50 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:45 | Mississippi | Clinton Meyer connects on the jump hook near the basket | 74-50 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:40 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock makes the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 74-52 |
| 00:18 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten hits the finger roll and he's hacked by Robert Muszynski - foul #4 on Robert Muszynski, team foul #11 | 76-52 |
| 00:18 | Mississippi | Miladen Zlaten misses the free throw | 76-52 |
| 00:18 | Mississippi | Robert Smith snags the offensive board | 76-52 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | Kevin Brown runs out the clock | 76-52 |