| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Darrel Villarreal (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Cody Lingerfelt (fresh) SF - Kevin Bonilla (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Peter Angulo (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Rene Esposito (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cal Poly SLO | PG - Dustin Barto (fresh) 11 pts. SG - Fernando Quinones (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. SF - Carlos Williams (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Dikembe Diop (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - David Stamper (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi State | Kevin Bonilla inbounds the ball | 32-29 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cal Poly SLO | Cal Poly SLO is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:42 | Mississippi State | Fernando Quinones steals the ball from Kevin Bonilla | 32-29 |
| 19:21 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 32-29 |
| 19:19 | Cal Poly SLO | David Stamper tips it back up and in | 32-31 |
| 18:57 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo misses short on a runner in the paint | 32-31 |
| 18:55 | Cal Poly SLO | Dikembe Diop grabs the board | 32-31 |
| 18:32 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto is fouled on the floor by Darrel Villarreal - foul #2 on Darrel Villarreal, team foul #1 | 32-31 |
| 18:17 | Cal Poly SLO | Dikembe Diop's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 32-31 |
| 18:03 | Mississippi State | Darrel Villarreal misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 32-31 |
| 18:02 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito tips it home | 34-31 |
| 17:38 | Cal Poly SLO | Carlos Williams banks in the layup | 34-33 |
| 17:11 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 34-33 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Stephen White (PG), William Whaley (SG), Randy Hendrix (SF), Richard Gokey (C) Darrel Villarreal, Cody Lingerfelt, Kevin Bonilla, Rene Esposito | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | Lester McGillivray (SG) Fernando Quinones | |
| 16:50 | Cal Poly SLO | Randy Hendrix steals the ball from David Stamper | 34-33 |
| 16:27 | Mississippi State | William Whaley drills a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 36-33 |
| 16:18 | Cal Poly SLO | David Stamper's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 36-33 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Kenneth Rosas (C) Peter Angulo | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | | |
| 16:09 | Mississippi State | Stephen White misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 36-33 |
| 16:08 | Cal Poly SLO | David Stamper snags the defensive board | 36-33 |
| 15:47 | Cal Poly SLO | Richard Gokey picks off the pass by Dustin Barto | 36-33 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Stephen White (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Whaley (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Randy Hendrix (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Richard Gokey (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Kenneth Rosas (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cal Poly SLO | PG - Dustin Barto (fairly fresh) 11 pts. SG - Lester McGillivray (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Carlos Williams (fairly fresh) 8 pts. PF - Dikembe Diop (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - David Stamper (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 15:30 | Mississippi State | William Whaley drills a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Stephen White | 38-33 |
| 15:06 | Cal Poly SLO | Carlos Williams misses long on a shot from the free throw line | 38-33 |
| 15:04 | Mississippi State | Richard Gokey pulls down the rebound | 38-33 |
| 14:41 | Mississippi State | Randy Hendrix can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 38-33 |
| 14:40 | Cal Poly SLO | Dikembe Diop grabs the defensive rebound | 38-33 |
| 14:26 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto banks in the layup | 38-35 |
| 14:19 | Mississippi State | Stephen White is fouled on the floor by Carlos Williams - foul #1 on Carlos Williams, team foul #1 | 38-35 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Darrel Villarreal (PG), Cody Lingerfelt (SG), Kevin Bonilla (SF), Peter Angulo (PF), Rene Esposito (C) Stephen White, William Whaley, Randy Hendrix, Richard Gokey, Kenneth Rosas | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | Fernando Quinones (SG) Lester McGillivray | |
| 14:08 | Mississippi State | Darrel Villarreal comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 38-35 |
| 14:07 | Cal Poly SLO | Dikembe Diop gets the rebound | 38-35 |
| 13:41 | Cal Poly SLO | Darrel Villarreal is called for the reach on Fernando Quinones - foul #3 on Darrel Villarreal, team foul #2 | 38-35 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | Lester McGillivray (SG) Carlos Williams | |
| 13:24 | Cal Poly SLO | Dikembe Diop travels with the ball | 38-35 |
| 12:58 | Mississippi State | Cody Lingerfelt clanks a 3 from the right wing | 38-35 |
| 12:57 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo tips it back up and in | 40-35 |
| 12:40 | Cal Poly SLO | David Stamper comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline but he's fouled by Rene Esposito - foul #2 on Rene Esposito, team foul #3 | 40-35 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | Micheal Warren (PF) Fernando Quinones | |
| 12:40 | Cal Poly SLO | David Stamper makes the 1st free throw | 40-36 |
| 12:40 | Cal Poly SLO | David Stamper makes the 2nd free throw | 40-37 |
| 12:21 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito knocks in the shot from the left side on a nice dish by Cody Lingerfelt and he's hacked by David Stamper - foul #1 on David Stamper, team foul #2 | 42-37 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Stephen White (PG) Darrel Villarreal | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | Carlos Williams (SF) David Stamper | |
| 12:21 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito misses the free throw | 42-37 |
| 12:21 | Cal Poly SLO | Dikembe Diop grabs the board | 42-37 |
| 12:02 | Cal Poly SLO | Micheal Warren scores on a jumper from the right block set up by Dustin Barto | 42-39 |
| 11:41 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Cody Lingerfelt | 45-39 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Stephen White (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Cody Lingerfelt (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Kevin Bonilla (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Peter Angulo (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. C - Rene Esposito (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cal Poly SLO | PG - Dustin Barto (tiring) 13 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lester McGillivray (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Carlos Williams (fairly fresh) 8 pts. PF - Dikembe Diop (tiring) 2 pts. 8 reb. C - Micheal Warren (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:22 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto misses the jump hook in the lane | 45-39 |
| 11:20 | Cal Poly SLO | Micheal Warren pulls down the offensive rebound | 45-39 |
| 11:01 | Cal Poly SLO | Micheal Warren scores on a jumper from close range | 45-41 |
| 10:41 | Mississippi State | Carlos Williams steps in front of the Rene Esposito pass | 45-41 |
| 10:32 | Cal Poly SLO | Carlos Williams hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right wing | 45-41 |
| 10:31 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto pulls down the offensive rebound | 45-41 |
| 10:20 | Cal Poly SLO | Dikembe Diop banks in the layup | 45-43 |
| 10:04 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito can't connect on a driving attempt from the left block but he's hacked by Micheal Warren - foul #2 on Micheal Warren, team foul #3 | 45-43 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Darrel Villarreal (PG), Randy Hendrix (SF), Richard Gokey (PF) Cody Lingerfelt, Kevin Bonilla, Peter Angulo | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | Fernando Quinones (SF), David Stamper (C) Carlos Williams, Micheal Warren | |
| 10:04 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito makes the 1st free throw | 46-43 |
| 10:04 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito misses the 2nd free throw | 46-43 |
| 10:04 | Cal Poly SLO | David Stamper gets the rebound | 46-43 |
| 09:35 | Cal Poly SLO | Richard Gokey takes the ball from Fernando Quinones | 46-43 |
| 09:13 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt in the lane | 46-43 |
| 09:12 | Cal Poly SLO | David Stamper grabs the defensive rebound | 46-43 |
| 08:51 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto hits a shot from the right side on a nice dish by Fernando Quinones | 46-45 |
| 08:33 | Mississippi State | Richard Gokey connects on the runner from the left block | 48-45 |
| 08:19 | Cal Poly SLO | Randy Hendrix blocks the jumper by Dikembe Diop | 48-45 |
| 08:18 | Cal Poly SLO | Dikembe Diop tips it but misses | 48-45 |
| 08:17 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito gets the rebound | 48-45 |
| 07:58 | Mississippi State | Randy Hendrix drills a shot from the left wing | 50-45 |
| 07:45 | Cal Poly SLO | Randy Hendrix is called for the reach on Fernando Quinones - foul #1 on Randy Hendrix, team foul #4 | 50-45 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | William Whaley (PG), Cody Lingerfelt (SG), Kevin Bonilla (SF), Peter Angulo (PF) Darrel Villarreal, Stephen White, Richard Gokey, Rene Esposito | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | Carlos Williams (SF), Micheal Warren (PF) Fernando Quinones, Dikembe Diop | |
| 07:25 | Cal Poly SLO | Micheal Warren misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 50-45 |
| 07:23 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo pulls down the rebound | 50-45 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - William Whaley (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Cody Lingerfelt (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Kevin Bonilla (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Peter Angulo (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. C - Randy Hendrix (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cal Poly SLO | PG - Dustin Barto (tiring) 15 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lester McGillivray (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Carlos Williams (fairly fresh) 8 pts. PF - Micheal Warren (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - David Stamper (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 10 reb. | |
| 07:10 | Mississippi State | Randy Hendrix misses short on a floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Dustin Barto - foul #2 on Dustin Barto, team foul #4 | 50-45 |
| 07:10 | Mississippi State | Randy Hendrix misses the 1st free throw | 50-45 |
| 07:10 | Mississippi State | Randy Hendrix makes the 2nd free throw | 51-45 |
| 06:56 | Cal Poly SLO | David Stamper connects on the floater from the right side | 51-47 |
| 06:40 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo connects on the jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Cody Lingerfelt | 53-47 |
| 06:27 | Cal Poly SLO | William Whaley steps in front of the Carlos Williams pass | 53-47 |
| 06:12 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo clanks a shot from the right block but he's fouled by David Stamper - foul #2 on David Stamper, team foul #5 | 53-47 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Darrel Villarreal (PG), Richard Gokey (C) William Whaley, Randy Hendrix | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | Kenneth Hammons (PG), Brett Waldroup (SG), Joseph Harvey (C) Dustin Barto, Lester McGillivray, David Stamper | |
| 06:12 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo makes the 1st free throw | 54-47 |
| 06:12 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo makes the 2nd free throw | 55-47 |
| 05:53 | Cal Poly SLO | The short jumper by Carlos Williams is denied by Peter Angulo | 55-47 |
| 05:51 | Mississippi State | The rebound goes to Peter Angulo | 55-47 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cal Poly SLO | Cal Poly SLO is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 05:27 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo throws a bad pass out of bounds | 55-47 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Stephen White (SG), William Whaley (SF) Cody Lingerfelt, Kevin Bonilla | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | Fernando Quinones (SF), Dikembe Diop (PF) Carlos Williams, Joseph Harvey | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cal Poly SLO | Cal Poly SLO is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 05:14 | Cal Poly SLO | Micheal Warren comes up short on the jump hook from the right block but he's hacked by Stephen White - foul #3 on Stephen White, team foul #5 | 55-47 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Terry Koerner (SF) Darrel Villarreal | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto (PG), David Stamper (C) Kenneth Hammons, Brett Waldroup | |
| 05:14 | Cal Poly SLO | Micheal Warren makes the 1st free throw | 55-48 |
| 05:14 | Cal Poly SLO | Micheal Warren makes the 2nd free throw | 55-49 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cal Poly SLO | Cal Poly SLO is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 05:00 | Mississippi State | Stephen White hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 55-49 |
| 04:59 | Cal Poly SLO | Micheal Warren gets the rebound | 55-49 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cal Poly SLO | Cal Poly SLO is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 04:38 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 55-52 |
| 04:23 | Mississippi State | Terry Koerner misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing but the foul's on Micheal Warren - foul #3 on Micheal Warren, team foul #6 | 55-52 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Randy Hendrix (PF), Kenneth Rosas (C) Peter Angulo, Richard Gokey | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | Lester McGillivray (SG), Carlos Williams (SF) Fernando Quinones, Dikembe Diop | |
| 04:23 | Mississippi State | Terry Koerner makes the 1st free throw | 56-52 |
| 04:23 | Mississippi State | Terry Koerner misses the 2nd free throw | 56-52 |
| 04:23 | Cal Poly SLO | The rebound goes to Micheal Warren | 56-52 |
| 04:13 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto can't throw it down but the foul's on Stephen White - foul #4 on Stephen White, team foul #6 | 56-52 |
| 04:13 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto makes the 1st free throw | 56-53 |
| 04:13 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto makes the 2nd free throw | 56-54 |
| 03:56 | Mississippi State | Terry Koerner is hacked by Dustin Barto - foul #3 on Dustin Barto, team foul #7 | 56-54 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Darrel Villarreal (PG), Cody Lingerfelt (SG) Stephen White, William Whaley | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | | |
| 03:56 | Mississippi State | Terry Koerner makes the 1st free throw | 57-54 |
| 03:56 | Mississippi State | Terry Koerner misses the 2nd free throw | 57-54 |
| 03:56 | Cal Poly SLO | David Stamper grabs the defensive rebound | 57-54 |
| 03:30 | Cal Poly SLO | Micheal Warren buries a shot from just outside the lane set up by Lester McGillivray | 57-56 |
| 03:02 | Mississippi State | Cody Lingerfelt hits a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Darrel Villarreal | 60-56 |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Darrel Villarreal (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Cody Lingerfelt (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Terry Koerner (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Randy Hendrix (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Kenneth Rosas (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cal Poly SLO | PG - Dustin Barto (tired) 20 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Lester McGillivray (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Carlos Williams (tiring) 8 pts. PF - Micheal Warren (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - David Stamper (tiring) 9 pts. 11 reb. | |
| 03:00 | Cal Poly SLO | Cal Poly SLO calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-56 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Kevin Bonilla (SF), Peter Angulo (PF) Terry Koerner, Kenneth Rosas | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | Fernando Quinones (SG), Dikembe Diop (PF) Lester McGillivray, Micheal Warren | |
| 02:44 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto loses the ball out of bounds | 60-56 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito (C) Randy Hendrix | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | | |
| 02:27 | Mississippi State | Kevin Bonilla misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 60-56 |
| 02:25 | Cal Poly SLO | The rebound goes to Dustin Barto | 60-56 |
| 02:06 | Cal Poly SLO | Dikembe Diop misses the fadeaway from close range but he's fouled by Peter Angulo - foul #2 on Peter Angulo, team foul #7 | 60-56 |
| 02:06 | Cal Poly SLO | Dikembe Diop makes the 1st free throw | 60-57 |
| 02:06 | Cal Poly SLO | Dikembe Diop makes the 2nd free throw | 60-58 |
| 01:46 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 60-58 |
| 01:44 | Cal Poly SLO | The rebound goes to Carlos Williams | 60-58 |
| 01:39 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto knocks in the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Fernando Quinones | 60-61 |
| 01:23 | Mississippi State | Kevin Bonilla clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 60-61 |
| 01:21 | Mississippi State | Rene Esposito gets the offensive rebound | 60-61 |
| 01:16 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo clanks a turnaround from the baseline | 60-61 |
| 01:15 | Cal Poly SLO | Dikembe Diop pulls down the rebound | 60-61 |
| 01:02 | Cal Poly SLO | David Stamper scores on a jumper in the lane | 60-63 |
| 00:41 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on David Stamper - foul #3 on David Stamper, team foul #8 | 60-63 |
| 00:41 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo makes the 1st free throw | 61-63 |
| 00:41 | Mississippi State | Peter Angulo makes the 2nd free throw | 62-63 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cal Poly SLO | Cal Poly SLO is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:12 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto clanks a floater from the free throw line | 62-63 |
| 00:10 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto snags the offensive board | 62-63 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cal Poly SLO | Cal Poly SLO is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:09 | Cal Poly SLO | Darrel Villarreal is called for the reach on Dustin Barto - foul #4 on Darrel Villarreal, team foul #8 | 62-63 |
| 00:09 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto makes the 1st free throw | 62-64 |
| 00:09 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto makes the 2nd free throw | 62-65 |
| 00:09 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 62-65 |
| 00:04 | Mississippi State | Darrel Villarreal is hacked by Fernando Quinones - foul #2 on Fernando Quinones, team foul #9 | 62-65 |
| 00:04 | Mississippi State | Darrel Villarreal makes the 1st free throw | 63-65 |
| 00:04 | Mississippi State | Darrel Villarreal makes the 2nd free throw | 64-65 |
| 00:02 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto is fouled in the backcourt by Darrel Villarreal - foul #5 on Darrel Villarreal, team foul #9 | 64-65 |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Stephen White (PG) Darrel Villarreal | |
| Subs | Cal Poly SLO | | |
| 00:02 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto makes the 1st free throw | 64-66 |
| 00:02 | Cal Poly SLO | Dustin Barto makes the 2nd free throw | 64-67 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cal Poly SLO | Cal Poly SLO is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:00 | Mississippi State | Cody Lingerfelt hits the front of the rim on the halfcourt shot | 64-67 |