| Lineup | Temple | PG - Leroy Abril (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Gouge (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - William Crowder (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Richard Terrell (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Antione Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Seth Bolt (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Michael Siddiqui (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - David Bowersox (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Charlie Leppert (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. C - Drew Jones (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | David Bowersox inbounds the ball | 30-31 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 19:39 | Mississippi | David Bowersox can't connect on a shot from the left side but the foul's on William Crowder - foul #1 on William Crowder, team foul #1 | 30-31 |
| Subs | Temple | Stephen Oden (SG), John Brown (SF) William Gouge, William Crowder | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 19:39 | Mississippi | David Bowersox misses the 1st free throw | 30-31 |
| 19:39 | Mississippi | David Bowersox makes the 2nd free throw | 30-32 |
| 19:12 | Temple | Stephen Oden misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 30-32 |
| 19:10 | Temple | Antione Brown pulls down the offensive rebound | 30-32 |
| 18:55 | Temple | Antione Brown is fouled on the floor by Drew Jones - foul #2 on Drew Jones, team foul #1 | 30-32 |
| Subs | Temple | William Gouge (SG), Martin Kleinschmidt (C) Leroy Abril, Richard Terrell | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 18:40 | Temple | Stephen Oden is fouled on the floor by Drew Jones - foul #3 on Drew Jones, team foul #2 | 30-32 |
| Subs | Temple | William Crowder (SF), Richard Terrell (PF) John Brown, Martin Kleinschmidt | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mike Butler (C) Drew Jones | |
| 18:31 | Temple | Charlie Leppert steps in front of the Stephen Oden pass | 30-32 |
| 18:16 | Mississippi | David Bowersox is hacked by Antione Brown - foul #3 on Antione Brown, team foul #2 | 30-32 |
| Subs | Temple | John Brown (PG), Martin Kleinschmidt (C) Stephen Oden, Antione Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 17:56 | Mississippi | Seth Bolt is fouled on the floor by John Brown - foul #2 on John Brown, team foul #3 | 30-32 |
| Subs | Temple | Leroy Abril (PG), Stephen Oden (SG) William Gouge, William Crowder | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 17:37 | Mississippi | Michael Siddiqui lays it in set up by Mike Butler | 30-34 |
| 17:27 | Temple | Leroy Abril misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 30-34 |
| 17:26 | Mississippi | Mike Butler grabs the board | 30-34 |
| 17:16 | Mississippi | Charlie Leppert misses the floater in the lane | 30-34 |
| 17:15 | Temple | Richard Terrell gets the rebound | 30-34 |
| 17:10 | Temple | Leroy Abril misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 30-34 |
| 17:08 | Temple | Richard Terrell tips it in | 32-34 |
| 16:44 | Mississippi | Michael Siddiqui hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 32-34 |
| 16:42 | Temple | Martin Kleinschmidt pulls down the rebound | 32-34 |
| 16:25 | Temple | Stephen Oden misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 32-34 |
| 16:23 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to David Bowersox | 32-34 |
| 16:04 | Mississippi | David Bowersox scores on a floater from close range on a nice dish by Seth Bolt | 32-36 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Leroy Abril (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen Oden (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Brown (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Richard Terrell (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Martin Kleinschmidt (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Seth Bolt (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Siddiqui (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - David Bowersox (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Charlie Leppert (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Mike Butler (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:45 | Temple | David Bowersox knocks away the 3 by Stephen Oden | 32-36 |
| 15:44 | Mississippi | Charlie Leppert gets the rebound | 32-36 |
| 15:25 | Mississippi | David Bowersox is fouled on the floor by John Brown - foul #3 on John Brown, team foul #4 | 32-36 |
| Subs | Temple | William Gouge (SG), William Crowder (SF), Antione Brown (PF) Leroy Abril, John Brown, Richard Terrell | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Van Ashcroft (PG), Paul Campbell (SG), Gary Lansing (SF), Drew Jones (C) Seth Bolt, Michael Siddiqui, David Bowersox, Mike Butler | |
| 15:00 | Mississippi | Charlie Leppert hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Gary Lansing and he's fouled by William Gouge - foul #2 on William Gouge, team foul #5 | 32-38 |
| Subs | Temple | Leroy Abril (PG) Stephen Oden | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 15:00 | Mississippi | Charlie Leppert makes the free throw | 32-39 |
| 14:39 | Temple | Antione Brown can't connect on a driving attempt from the right block | 32-39 |
| 14:38 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Gary Lansing | 32-39 |
| 14:10 | Mississippi | Drew Jones knocks in the turnaround from close range | 32-41 |
| 13:51 | Temple | William Crowder's floater is tipped away by Drew Jones | 32-41 |
| 13:50 | Mississippi | Drew Jones grabs the board | 32-41 |
| 13:38 | Mississippi | William Crowder steals it from Charlie Leppert | 32-41 |
| 13:33 | Temple | Leroy Abril misses the easy layup | 32-41 |
| 13:31 | Mississippi | Drew Jones gets the rebound | 32-41 |
| 13:08 | Mississippi | Van Ashcroft is fouled on the floor by William Gouge - foul #3 on William Gouge, team foul #6 | 32-41 |
| Subs | Temple | John Brown (PG), Richard Terrell (PF) Leroy Abril, Antione Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Seth Bolt (PG), Michael Siddiqui (SG), David Bowersox (SF), Mike Butler (PF) Van Ashcroft, Paul Campbell, Gary Lansing, Charlie Leppert | |
| 12:49 | Mississippi | Drew Jones hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the baseline | 32-41 |
| 12:47 | Mississippi | Mike Butler grabs the offensive board | 32-41 |
| 12:29 | Mississippi | Michael Siddiqui blows the layup | 32-41 |
| 12:27 | Mississippi | Drew Jones tips it back up and in | 32-43 |
| 12:12 | Temple | William Crowder drills a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane set up by John Brown | 34-43 |
| 11:48 | Mississippi | Michael Siddiqui misses short on a fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by William Crowder - foul #2 on William Crowder, team foul #7 | 34-43 |
| Subs | Temple | Stephen Oden (PG), Antione Brown (PF) John Brown, Richard Terrell | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 11:48 | Mississippi | Michael Siddiqui misses the 1st free throw | 34-43 |
| 11:48 | Mississippi | Michael Siddiqui makes the 2nd free throw | 34-44 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Stephen Oden (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Gouge (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - William Crowder (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Antione Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Martin Kleinschmidt (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Seth Bolt (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Siddiqui (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - David Bowersox (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. PF - Mike Butler (fresh) 3 reb. C - Drew Jones (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:31 | Temple | Antione Brown travels with the ball | 34-44 |
| 11:11 | Mississippi | Drew Jones drills a driving attempt from the baseline on a great pass from Mike Butler | 34-46 |
| 10:50 | Temple | William Gouge throws a bad pass out of bounds | 34-46 |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Terrell (PF) Antione Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 10:30 | Mississippi | Michael Siddiqui makes the floater from the left block on a nice dish by David Bowersox | 34-48 |
| 10:15 | Temple | William Crowder misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 34-48 |
| 10:13 | Mississippi | Drew Jones gets the rebound | 34-48 |
| 09:56 | Mississippi | Michael Siddiqui drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by David Bowersox | 34-51 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 09:39 | Temple | Martin Kleinschmidt is fouled on the floor by Drew Jones - foul #4 on Drew Jones, team foul #3 | 34-51 |
| Subs | Temple | Leroy Abril (PG), John Brown (SF), Antione Brown (PF) Stephen Oden, William Crowder, Richard Terrell | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Campbell (SG), Gary Lansing (SF), Charlie Leppert (C) Michael Siddiqui, Mike Butler, Drew Jones | |
| 09:26 | Temple | William Gouge can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 34-51 |
| 09:25 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell grabs the defensive rebound | 34-51 |
| 09:00 | Mississippi | Seth Bolt comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side | 34-51 |
| 08:59 | Mississippi | David Bowersox misses the tip | 34-51 |
| 08:57 | Temple | John Brown pulls down the rebound | 34-51 |
| 08:40 | Temple | Leroy Abril misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 34-51 |
| 08:39 | Temple | Antione Brown gets the offensive rebound | 34-51 |
| 08:25 | Temple | Leroy Abril hits a jumper from the right wing set up by William Gouge | 36-51 |
| 08:09 | Mississippi | Charlie Leppert is fouled on the floor by William Gouge - foul #4 on William Gouge, team foul #8 | 36-51 |
| Subs | Temple | Stephen Oden (PG), William Crowder (SF), Richard Terrell (PF) Leroy Abril, William Gouge, Antione Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Van Ashcroft (PG), Michael Siddiqui (SG), Mike Butler (C) Seth Bolt, Paul Campbell, David Bowersox | |
| 08:09 | Mississippi | Charlie Leppert misses the 1st free throw | 36-51 |
| 08:09 | Temple | Martin Kleinschmidt grabs the board | 36-51 |
| 07:53 | Temple | Richard Terrell hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 36-51 |
| 07:51 | Mississippi | Michael Siddiqui pulls down the rebound | 36-51 |
| 07:32 | Mississippi | Charlie Leppert is fouled on the floor by Richard Terrell - foul #2 on Richard Terrell, team foul #9 | 36-51 |
| Subs | Temple | Leroy Abril (PG) John Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 07:32 | Mississippi | Charlie Leppert makes the 1st free throw | 36-52 |
| 07:32 | Mississippi | Charlie Leppert makes the 2nd free throw | 36-53 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Leroy Abril (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen Oden (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Crowder (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Richard Terrell (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Martin Kleinschmidt (tiring) 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Van Ashcroft (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Michael Siddiqui (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SF - Gary Lansing (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Charlie Leppert (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. C - Mike Butler (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:19 | Temple | Leroy Abril misses the jumper from the free throw line | 36-53 |
| 07:18 | Temple | Leroy Abril grabs the offensive rebound | 36-53 |
| 07:00 | Temple | Stephen Oden makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Martin Kleinschmidt | 39-53 |
| 06:44 | Mississippi | Charlie Leppert can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 39-53 |
| 06:42 | Mississippi | Charlie Leppert tips it in | 39-55 |
| 06:34 | Temple | Richard Terrell misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 39-55 |
| 06:32 | Mississippi | Gary Lansing grabs the defensive rebound | 39-55 |
| 06:14 | Mississippi | Stephen Oden steals it from Michael Siddiqui | 39-55 |
| 06:02 | Temple | William Crowder comes up short on the shot from the right block but he's hacked by Charlie Leppert - foul #1 on Charlie Leppert, team foul #4 | 39-55 |
| Subs | Temple | John Brown (PG), William Gouge (SG), Antione Brown (PF) Leroy Abril, Stephen Oden, Richard Terrell | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Seth Bolt (PG), David Bowersox (SF), Drew Jones (C) Van Ashcroft, Gary Lansing, Mike Butler | |
| 06:02 | Temple | William Crowder makes the 1st free throw | 40-55 |
| 06:02 | Temple | William Crowder makes the 2nd free throw | 41-55 |
| 05:36 | Mississippi | Seth Bolt is fouled on the floor by Martin Kleinschmidt - foul #4 on Martin Kleinschmidt, team foul #10 | 41-55 |
| 05:36 | Mississippi | Seth Bolt misses the 1st free throw | 41-55 |
| 05:36 | Mississippi | Seth Bolt makes the 2nd free throw | 41-56 |
| 05:20 | Temple | Antione Brown knocks in the fadeaway in the paint set up by John Brown and he's fouled by Michael Siddiqui - foul #1 on Michael Siddiqui, team foul #5 | 43-56 |
| 05:20 | Temple | Antione Brown misses the free throw | 43-56 |
| 05:20 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Charlie Leppert | 43-56 |
| 05:02 | Mississippi | Drew Jones misses short on a shot from close range but the foul's on Martin Kleinschmidt - foul #5 on Martin Kleinschmidt, team foul #11 | 43-56 |
| Subs | Temple | Stephen Oden (PG), Richard Terrell (PF) William Crowder, Martin Kleinschmidt | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Campbell (SG) Michael Siddiqui | |
| 05:02 | Mississippi | Drew Jones makes the 1st free throw | 43-57 |
| 05:02 | Mississippi | Drew Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 43-57 |
| 05:02 | Temple | Richard Terrell grabs the defensive rebound | 43-57 |
| 04:54 | Temple | William Gouge misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-57 |
| 04:53 | Mississippi | Charlie Leppert pulls down the rebound | 43-57 |
| 04:39 | Mississippi | Seth Bolt makes the 3 from the left wing | 43-60 |
| 04:31 | Temple | Richard Terrell loses the ball out of bounds | 43-60 |
| Subs | Temple | Ronald Bodkin (PF), Michael Gassaway (C) Richard Terrell, Antione Brown | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Van Ashcroft (PG), Gary Lansing (SF), Mike Butler (PF) Seth Bolt, David Bowersox, Charlie Leppert | |
| 04:13 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell connects on the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Mike Butler | 43-63 |
| 03:49 | Temple | Stephen Oden can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-63 |
| 03:47 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell snags the defensive board | 43-63 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 03:25 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 43-63 |
| 03:24 | Mississippi | Van Ashcroft tips it back up and in | 43-65 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Stephen Oden (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Gouge (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. 4 pf. SF - John Brown (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Ronald Bodkin (fresh) C - Michael Gassaway (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Van Ashcroft (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Paul Campbell (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Gary Lansing (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Mike Butler (fresh) 3 reb. C - Drew Jones (fresh) 17 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:02 | Temple | Michael Gassaway scores on a shot from the right side | 45-65 |
| 02:56 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell is called for the offensive foul in the backcourt - foul #1 on Paul Campbell, team foul #6 | 45-65 |
| Subs | Temple | Leroy Abril (PG) William Gouge | |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Luongo (SF), Michael Siddiqui (C) Paul Campbell, Drew Jones | |
| 02:40 | Temple | Stephen Oden can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 45-65 |
| 02:39 | Mississippi | Van Ashcroft grabs the defensive rebound | 45-65 |
| 02:37 | Mississippi | Van Ashcroft is hacked by John Brown in the backcourt - foul #4 on John Brown, team foul #12 | 45-65 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Campbell (SG) Michael Siddiqui | |
| 02:37 | Mississippi | Van Ashcroft makes the 1st free throw | 45-66 |
| 02:37 | Mississippi | Van Ashcroft makes the 2nd free throw | 45-67 |
| 02:27 | Temple | Michael Gassaway drills a driving attempt from the baseline | 47-67 |
| 02:01 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell misses short on an open 3pt shot from the left corner | 47-67 |
| 02:00 | Temple | Ronald Bodkin grabs the defensive rebound | 47-67 |
| 01:54 | Temple | Leroy Abril is hacked by Mike Butler - foul #2 on Mike Butler, team foul #7 | 47-67 |
| Subs | Temple | Antione Brown (PF) Ronald Bodkin | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Drew Jones (C) William Luongo | |
| 01:54 | Temple | Leroy Abril misses the 1st free throw | 47-67 |
| 01:54 | Mississippi | Mike Butler grabs the defensive rebound | 47-67 |
| 01:30 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-67 |
| Subs | Temple | William Gouge (SG) Leroy Abril | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 01:16 | Temple | John Brown misses short on a floater from the left wing but he's hacked by Mike Butler - foul #3 on Mike Butler, team foul #8 | 47-67 |
| 01:16 | Temple | John Brown makes the 1st free throw | 48-67 |
| 01:16 | Temple | John Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 49-67 |
| 01:13 | Mississippi | Van Ashcroft is fouled in the backcourt by Stephen Oden - foul #1 on Stephen Oden, team foul #13 | 49-67 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Luongo (SF) Drew Jones | |
| 01:13 | Mississippi | Van Ashcroft misses the 1st free throw | 49-67 |
| 01:13 | Mississippi | Van Ashcroft misses the 2nd free throw | 49-67 |
| 01:13 | Mississippi | Mike Butler gets the offensive rebound | 49-67 |
| 00:49 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell is alone and drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Gary Lansing | 49-70 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:43 | Temple | William Gouge makes the fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Stephen Oden | 51-70 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:21 | Mississippi | Gary Lansing buries a shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by William Luongo | 51-72 |
| 00:15 | Temple | Stephen Oden misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 51-72 |
| 00:14 | Temple | Antione Brown tips it but misses | 51-72 |
| 00:12 | Temple | Michael Gassaway hits the follow up shot | 53-72 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | Gary Lansing runs out the clock | 53-72 |