| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - Donald Guzik (fresh) 3 ast. SG - William McDonald (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SF - Willy Mims (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Frank Grams (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - John Oppenheimer (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Carthage | PG - Willie Jordan (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Decicco (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ronald Tran (fresh) PF - James Coles (fresh) 5 reb. C - Steve Kost (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Millsaps | Willy Mims inbounds the ball | 42-32 |
| Game Plan | Millsaps | Millsaps is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Carthage | Carthage is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:43 | Millsaps | Willy Mims can't finish the layup | 42-32 |
| 19:42 | Carthage | James Coles pulls down the rebound | 42-32 |
| 19:24 | Carthage | James Coles drills a jumper near the basket | 42-34 |
| 19:02 | Millsaps | William McDonald misses short on a driving attempt from close range | 42-34 |
| 19:01 | Carthage | Ronald Tran snags the defensive board | 42-34 |
| 18:37 | Carthage | Mark Decicco is fouled on the floor by William McDonald - foul #2 on William McDonald, team foul #1 | 42-34 |
| 18:27 | Carthage | Willy Mims is called for the reach on Ronald Tran - foul #1 on Willy Mims, team foul #2 | 42-34 |
| 18:14 | Carthage | Willie Jordan scores on a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Mark Decicco and the foul's on Willy Mims - foul #2 on Willy Mims, team foul #3 | 42-36 |
| 18:14 | Carthage | Willie Jordan makes the free throw | 42-37 |
| 17:52 | Millsaps | William McDonald connects on the 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Donald Guzik | 45-37 |
| 17:42 | Carthage | Ronald Tran misses the shot from the left wing but he's hacked by John Oppenheimer - foul #1 on John Oppenheimer, team foul #4 | 45-37 |
| 17:42 | Carthage | Ronald Tran makes the 1st free throw | 45-38 |
| 17:42 | Carthage | Ronald Tran makes the 2nd free throw | 45-39 |
| 17:33 | Millsaps | Willy Mims clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 45-39 |
| 17:31 | Carthage | Mark Decicco pulls down the rebound | 45-39 |
| 17:12 | Carthage | James Coles throws a bad pass out of bounds | 45-39 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Patrick Christensen (PG), James Bump (SF), Charles Avery (PF), Robert Reitz (C) Donald Guzik, Willy Mims, Frank Grams, John Oppenheimer | |
| Subs | Carthage | David Thomas (SF), Leonard Fuhr (C) Ronald Tran, Steve Kost | |
| 16:52 | Millsaps | Charles Avery hits the front of the rim on the shot in the paint | 45-39 |
| 16:50 | Millsaps | William McDonald tips it home | 47-39 |
| 16:32 | Carthage | David Thomas connects on the jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Mark Decicco | 47-41 |
| 16:10 | Millsaps | Mark Decicco steals it from Charles Avery | 47-41 |
| 16:07 | Carthage | Willie Jordan lays it up and in on a great pass from Mark Decicco | 47-43 |
| 15:54 | Millsaps | Charles Avery misses short on a turnaround from close range but the foul's on James Coles - foul #3 on James Coles, team foul #1 | 47-43 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Donald Guzik (PG), Willy Mims (SF), Tyler Fast (C) William McDonald, James Bump, Robert Reitz | |
| Subs | Carthage | Michael Stewart (PG), John Dark (SG), Harold Anderson (PF) Willie Jordan, Mark Decicco, James Coles | |
| 15:54 | Millsaps | Charles Avery makes the 1st free throw | 48-43 |
| 15:54 | Millsaps | Charles Avery makes the 2nd free throw | 49-43 |
| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - Donald Guzik (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Patrick Christensen (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Willy Mims (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Charles Avery (fresh) 4 pts. C - Tyler Fast (fresh) 1 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Carthage | PG - Michael Stewart (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Dark (fresh) 7 pts. SF - David Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Harold Anderson (fresh) C - Leonard Fuhr (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:31 | Carthage | Leonard Fuhr is hacked by Tyler Fast - foul #4 on Tyler Fast, team foul #5 | 49-43 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Frank Grams (PF), John Oppenheimer (C) Charles Avery, Tyler Fast | |
| Subs | Carthage | Ronald Tran (SF), Steve Kost (C) Harold Anderson, Leonard Fuhr | |
| 15:19 | Carthage | Michael Stewart hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 49-46 |
| 15:00 | Millsaps | John Oppenheimer misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 49-46 |
| 14:58 | Carthage | Michael Stewart gets the rebound | 49-46 |
| 14:41 | Carthage | Donald Guzik is called for the reach on David Thomas - foul #2 on Donald Guzik, team foul #6 | 49-46 |
| Subs | Millsaps | William McDonald (SG) Patrick Christensen | |
| Subs | Carthage | | |
| 14:17 | Carthage | Steve Kost drills a shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by David Thomas | 49-48 |
| 13:50 | Millsaps | Willy Mims misses the floater from the right wing | 49-48 |
| 13:49 | Millsaps | Frank Grams hits the follow up shot | 51-48 |
| 13:39 | Carthage | David Thomas is hacked by William McDonald - foul #3 on William McDonald, team foul #7 | 51-48 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Patrick Christensen (PG), James Bump (SF), Charles Avery (PF), Robert Reitz (C) Donald Guzik, Willy Mims, Frank Grams, John Oppenheimer | |
| Subs | Carthage | Willie Jordan (PG), Mark Decicco (SG), James Coles (PF), Leonard Fuhr (C) Michael Stewart, John Dark, Ronald Tran, Steve Kost | |
| 13:39 | Carthage | David Thomas misses the 1st free throw | 51-48 |
| 13:39 | Carthage | Leonard Fuhr snags the offensive board | 51-48 |
| 13:34 | Carthage | Robert Reitz steals it from David Thomas | 51-48 |
| 13:18 | Millsaps | James Bump clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 51-48 |
| 13:16 | Carthage | James Coles grabs the board | 51-48 |
| 13:10 | Carthage | Willie Jordan's pass is intercepted by Charles Avery | 51-48 |
| 13:06 | Millsaps | Patrick Christensen hits the finger roll on a nice dish by William McDonald | 53-48 |
| 12:49 | Carthage | Mark Decicco connects on the turnaround in the paint set up by David Thomas | 53-50 |
| 12:27 | Millsaps | Robert Reitz lays it up and in set up by James Bump | 55-50 |
| 12:23 | Carthage | Willie Jordan connects on the turnaround from close range on a great pass from Mark Decicco | 55-52 |
| 12:16 | Millsaps | Charles Avery buries a turnaround from close range set up by William McDonald | 57-52 |
| 11:53 | Carthage | James Coles throws a bad pass out of bounds | 57-52 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Donald Guzik (PG), Willy Mims (SF), Frank Grams (PF), John Oppenheimer (C) William McDonald, James Bump, Charles Avery, Robert Reitz | |
| Subs | Carthage | Steve Kost (C) David Thomas | |
| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - Donald Guzik (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Patrick Christensen (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Willy Mims (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Frank Grams (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - John Oppenheimer (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Carthage | PG - Willie Jordan (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Decicco (fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. SF - Leonard Fuhr (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Coles (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. C - Steve Kost (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 11:34 | Millsaps | John Oppenheimer misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Willie Jordan - foul #2 on Willie Jordan, team foul #2 | 57-52 |
| Subs | Millsaps | | |
| Subs | Carthage | Ronald Tran (SF) Leonard Fuhr | |
| 11:34 | Millsaps | John Oppenheimer misses the 1st free throw | 57-52 |
| 11:34 | Millsaps | John Oppenheimer makes the 2nd free throw | 58-52 |
| 11:21 | Carthage | Willie Jordan's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 58-52 |
| Subs | Millsaps | | |
| Subs | Carthage | Harold Anderson (PF) James Coles | |
| 11:11 | Millsaps | John Oppenheimer scores on a jump hook from the left block | 60-52 |
| 10:51 | Carthage | Ronald Tran hits a 3 from the left corner set up by Willie Jordan | 60-55 |
| 10:41 | Millsaps | Willy Mims's fadeaway is rejected by Steve Kost | 60-55 |
| 10:40 | Millsaps | Frank Grams hits the follow up shot | 62-55 |
| 10:16 | Carthage | Ronald Tran is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Ronald Tran, team foul #3 | 62-55 |
| Subs | Millsaps | William McDonald (SG), Charles Avery (C) Patrick Christensen, John Oppenheimer | |
| Subs | Carthage | Michael Stewart (PG), John Dark (SG), James Coles (PF), Leonard Fuhr (C) Willie Jordan, Mark Decicco, Harold Anderson, Steve Kost | |
| 09:55 | Millsaps | James Coles swats the short shot by Willy Mims | 62-55 |
| 09:54 | Carthage | Michael Stewart grabs the board | 62-55 |
| 09:43 | Carthage | John Dark misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 62-55 |
| 09:42 | Millsaps | Charles Avery snags the defensive board | 62-55 |
| 09:27 | Millsaps | William McDonald buries a floater from the free throw line | 64-55 |
| 09:01 | Carthage | Ronald Tran misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 64-55 |
| 09:00 | Millsaps | Charles Avery grabs the defensive rebound | 64-55 |
| 08:42 | Millsaps | John Dark takes the ball from William McDonald | 64-55 |
| 08:39 | Carthage | John Dark lays it in | 64-57 |
| 08:16 | Millsaps | Frank Grams misses long on a jumper in the lane | 64-57 |
| 08:14 | Carthage | The rebound goes to Ronald Tran | 64-57 |
| 08:03 | Carthage | James Coles clanks a turnaround from close range but he's fouled by Donald Guzik - foul #3 on Donald Guzik, team foul #8 | 64-57 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Patrick Christensen (PG), James Bump (SF), John Oppenheimer (PF) Donald Guzik, Willy Mims, Frank Grams | |
| Subs | Carthage | Willie Jordan (PG), Mark Decicco (SG), David Thomas (SF), Steve Kost (C) Michael Stewart, John Dark, Ronald Tran, Leonard Fuhr | |
| 08:03 | Carthage | James Coles makes the 1st free throw | 64-58 |
| 08:03 | Carthage | James Coles makes the 2nd free throw | 64-59 |
| 07:45 | Millsaps | Patrick Christensen misses the easy layup but he's hacked by James Coles - foul #4 on James Coles, team foul #4 | 64-59 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Tyler Fast (C) Charles Avery | |
| Subs | Carthage | Harold Anderson (PF) James Coles | |
| 07:45 | Millsaps | Patrick Christensen misses the 1st free throw | 64-59 |
| 07:45 | Millsaps | Patrick Christensen makes the 2nd free throw | 65-59 |
| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - Patrick Christensen (fresh) 7 pts. SG - William McDonald (fresh) 20 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - James Bump (fresh) 6 pts. PF - John Oppenheimer (fresh) 6 pts. C - Tyler Fast (fresh) 1 pts. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Carthage | PG - Willie Jordan (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mark Decicco (fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. SF - David Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Harold Anderson (fresh) C - Steve Kost (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 07:31 | Carthage | Mark Decicco's layup is rejected by Tyler Fast | 65-59 |
| 07:29 | Millsaps | John Oppenheimer snags the defensive board | 65-59 |
| 07:22 | Millsaps | Willie Jordan steals it from James Bump | 65-59 |
| 07:08 | Carthage | Willie Jordan connects on the pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Mark Decicco | 65-61 |
| 06:54 | Millsaps | Tyler Fast connects on the floater from the left side on a great pass from William McDonald | 67-61 |
| 06:44 | Carthage | Mark Decicco misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 67-61 |
| 06:43 | Millsaps | The rebound goes to James Bump | 67-61 |
| 06:18 | Millsaps | Tyler Fast misses short on a floater from the right side | 67-61 |
| 06:17 | Carthage | Steve Kost pulls down the rebound | 67-61 |
| 05:50 | Carthage | Harold Anderson comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 67-61 |
| 05:48 | Carthage | The offensive rebound goes to Steve Kost | 67-61 |
| 05:32 | Carthage | Harold Anderson can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 67-61 |
| 05:31 | Carthage | Harold Anderson gets the offensive rebound | 67-61 |
| 05:14 | Carthage | Tyler Fast swats the layup by David Thomas | 67-61 |
| 05:13 | Millsaps | John Oppenheimer snags the defensive board | 67-61 |
| 04:50 | Millsaps | Tyler Fast is fouled on the floor by Steve Kost - foul #2 on Steve Kost, team foul #5 | 67-61 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Donald Guzik (PG), Samuel Young (SG), Willy Mims (SF), Frank Grams (PF), Charles Avery (C) Patrick Christensen, William McDonald, James Bump, John Oppenheimer, Tyler Fast | |
| Subs | Carthage | Gary Parker (PG), Michael Stewart (SG), Leonard Fuhr (SF), James Coles (PF), John Dark (C) Willie Jordan, Mark Decicco, David Thomas, Harold Anderson, Steve Kost | |
| 04:40 | Millsaps | Samuel Young loses the ball out of bounds | 67-61 |
| 04:16 | Carthage | Gary Parker hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 67-61 |
| 04:14 | Carthage | James Coles hits the follow up shot | 67-63 |
| 03:54 | Millsaps | John Dark is called for the reach on Willy Mims - foul #1 on John Dark, team foul #6 | 67-63 |
| Subs | Millsaps | | |
| Subs | Carthage | Mark Decicco (SG), Ronald Tran (SF) Gary Parker, John Dark | |
| 03:40 | Millsaps | Willy Mims misses long on a jumper near the basket | 67-63 |
| 03:38 | Carthage | Leonard Fuhr grabs the board | 67-63 |
| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - Donald Guzik (fresh) 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Samuel Young (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Willy Mims (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Frank Grams (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. C - Charles Avery (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Carthage | PG - Michael Stewart (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Decicco (fresh) 8 pts. 7 ast. SF - Ronald Tran (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Coles (fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. 4 pf. C - Leonard Fuhr (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:24 | Carthage | Mark Decicco misses the jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Frank Grams - foul #2 on Frank Grams, team foul #9 | 67-63 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Patrick Christensen (SG), Robert Reitz (C) Samuel Young, Frank Grams | |
| Subs | Carthage | Willie Jordan (PG) Michael Stewart | |
| 03:24 | Carthage | Mark Decicco misses the 1st free throw | 67-63 |
| 03:24 | Carthage | Mark Decicco makes the 2nd free throw | 67-64 |
| 03:10 | Millsaps | Donald Guzik is fouled on the floor by Willie Jordan - foul #3 on Willie Jordan, team foul #7 | 67-64 |
| Subs | Millsaps | William McDonald (SG), Tyler Fast (C) Patrick Christensen, Robert Reitz | |
| Subs | Carthage | | |
| 03:10 | Millsaps | Donald Guzik misses the 1st free throw | 67-64 |
| 03:10 | Carthage | The rebound goes to James Coles | 67-64 |
| 03:00 | Carthage | Willie Jordan clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 67-64 |
| 02:59 | Carthage | The offensive rebound goes to Leonard Fuhr | 67-64 |
| 02:54 | Carthage | Mark Decicco is fouled on the floor by William McDonald - foul #4 on William McDonald, team foul #10 | 67-64 |
| 02:54 | Carthage | Mark Decicco misses the 1st free throw | 67-64 |
| 02:54 | Carthage | Mark Decicco makes the 2nd free throw | 67-65 |
| 02:47 | Millsaps | Tyler Fast hits a jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Donald Guzik | 69-65 |
| 02:31 | Carthage | James Coles comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 69-65 |
| 02:29 | Millsaps | The rebound goes to Tyler Fast | 69-65 |
| 02:05 | Millsaps | William McDonald misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 69-65 |
| 02:03 | Millsaps | Willy Mims tips it home | 71-65 |
| 01:35 | Carthage | Charles Avery is called for the reach on James Coles - foul #3 on Charles Avery, team foul #11 | 71-65 |
| Subs | Millsaps | Frank Grams (PF) Charles Avery | |
| Subs | Carthage | Steve Kost (C) Leonard Fuhr | |
| 01:35 | Carthage | James Coles makes the 1st free throw | 71-66 |
| 01:35 | Carthage | James Coles misses the 2nd free throw | 71-66 |
| 01:35 | Millsaps | Tyler Fast pulls down the rebound | 71-66 |
| 01:25 | Millsaps | William McDonald misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 71-66 |
| 01:24 | Carthage | Steve Kost grabs the defensive rebound | 71-66 |
| 01:08 | Carthage | Steve Kost hits a driving attempt in the paint set up by Willie Jordan and the foul's on Tyler Fast - foul #5 on Tyler Fast, team foul #12 | 71-68 |
| Subs | Millsaps | John Oppenheimer (C) Tyler Fast | |
| Subs | Carthage | | |
| 01:08 | Carthage | Steve Kost makes the free throw | 71-69 |
| 00:52 | Millsaps | Willy Mims can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 71-69 |
| 00:51 | Carthage | Mark Decicco gets the rebound | 71-69 |
| 00:23 | Carthage | Mark Decicco drills a fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Steve Kost | 71-71 |
| Game Plan | Millsaps | Millsaps is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Carthage | Carthage is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:00 | Millsaps | Willy Mims buries a fadeaway from the right block | 73-71 |