| Lineup | Florida | PG - Earl Wilkins (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Jackson (fresh) 18 pts. SF - Jose Olivares (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Emanuel Carter (fresh) 2 reb. C - Bruce Conley (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - David Pagel (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Brian Annunziata (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Brian Fairfield (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Ryan Risher (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Monte Denenberg (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Florida | Jose Olivares inbounds the ball | 31-25 |
| Game Plan | Florida | Florida is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:33 | Florida | Jose Olivares comes up short on the jumper from the right side | 31-25 |
| 19:31 | Mississippi State | Monte Denenberg pulls down the rebound | 31-25 |
| 19:13 | Mississippi State | Brian Annunziata hits a jumpshot from the left side | 31-27 |
| 19:09 | Florida | Earl Wilkins scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Richard Jackson | 34-27 |
| 18:46 | Mississippi State | David Pagel's pass is intercepted by Jose Olivares | 34-27 |
| 18:33 | Florida | Earl Wilkins makes the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Richard Jackson | 37-27 |
| 18:15 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Ryan Risher, team foul #1 | 37-27 |
| 17:57 | Florida | Earl Wilkins hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left wing | 37-27 |
| 17:55 | Florida | Bruce Conley hits the follow up shot | 39-27 |
| 17:31 | Mississippi State | Richard Jackson steps in front of the Ryan Risher pass | 39-27 |
| 17:26 | Florida | Richard Jackson banks in the layup | 41-27 |
| Game Plan | Florida | Florida is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 17:02 | Mississippi State | Brian Annunziata is fouled on the floor by Richard Jackson - foul #2 on Richard Jackson, team foul #1 | 41-27 |
| Subs | Florida | Sylvester Murray (SF), Kory Kendall (PF), Tomas Morphis (C) Jose Olivares, Emanuel Carter, Bruce Conley | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard (PG), Brian Messinger (PF), Andrew Alvord (C) David Pagel, Ryan Risher, Monte Denenberg | |
| 16:51 | Mississippi State | Tomas Morphis is called for the reach on Johnny Heard - foul #1 on Tomas Morphis, team foul #2 | 41-27 |
| 16:46 | Mississippi State | Brian Fairfield clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Kory Kendall - foul #1 on Kory Kendall, team foul #3 | 41-27 |
| Subs | Florida | | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | David Pagel (PG) Brian Annunziata | |
| 16:46 | Mississippi State | Brian Fairfield makes the 1st free throw | 41-28 |
| 16:46 | Mississippi State | Brian Fairfield misses the 2nd free throw | 41-28 |
| 16:46 | Florida | Tomas Morphis gets the rebound | 41-28 |
| 16:25 | Florida | Earl Wilkins misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 41-28 |
| 16:23 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger grabs the board | 41-28 |
| Game Plan | Florida | Florida is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 16:08 | Mississippi State | David Pagel makes the 3 pointer from the left wing | 41-31 |
| 15:51 | Florida | Richard Jackson clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 41-31 |
| 15:49 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger pulls down the rebound | 41-31 |
| Lineup | Florida | PG - Earl Wilkins (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Jackson (fairly fresh) 20 pts. 2 ast. SF - Sylvester Murray (fresh) PF - Kory Kendall (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Tomas Morphis (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - David Pagel (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SG - Johnny Heard (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Brian Fairfield (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Brian Messinger (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Andrew Alvord (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:23 | Mississippi State | Richard Jackson steals it from David Pagel | 41-31 |
| 15:04 | Florida | Sylvester Murray comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 41-31 |
| 15:03 | Florida | Richard Jackson tips it in | 43-31 |
| 15:00 | Mississippi State | David Pagel throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 43-31 |
| Subs | Florida | Kurt Best (PG), Jerry Ingram (SG), Jose Olivares (SF), Emanuel Carter (PF), Bruce Conley (C) Earl Wilkins, Richard Jackson, Sylvester Murray, Kory Kendall, Tomas Morphis | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Richard Steele (PG), Brian Annunziata (SG), Ryan Risher (PF), Monte Denenberg (C) David Pagel, Brian Fairfield, Brian Messinger, Andrew Alvord | |
| 14:43 | Florida | Jose Olivares hits a 3pt shot from the right corner | 46-31 |
| Game Plan | Florida | Florida is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 14:22 | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 46-31 |
| 14:20 | Florida | Emanuel Carter grabs the board | 46-31 |
| 14:00 | Florida | Jose Olivares makes the jumper from the right side on a great pass from Kurt Best and he's hacked by Brian Annunziata - foul #3 on Brian Annunziata, team foul #2 | 48-31 |
| Subs | Florida | | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Brian Fairfield (SF) Johnny Heard | |
| 14:00 | Florida | Jose Olivares makes the free throw | 49-31 |
| Game Plan | Florida | Florida is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 13:44 | Mississippi State | Brian Annunziata throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-31 |
| Subs | Florida | Earl Wilkins (PG) Kurt Best | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| 13:25 | Florida | Emanuel Carter is fouled on the floor by Ryan Risher - foul #2 on Ryan Risher, team foul #3 | 49-31 |
| Subs | Florida | Richard Jackson (SG) Jerry Ingram | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| 13:17 | Florida | Richard Jackson buries a turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from Earl Wilkins | 51-31 |
| 12:56 | Mississippi State | Brian Fairfield comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 51-31 |
| 12:55 | Florida | Bruce Conley gets the rebound | 51-31 |
| Game Plan | Florida | Florida is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 12:28 | Florida | Jose Olivares buries a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Earl Wilkins | 54-31 |
| 12:12 | Mississippi State | Monte Denenberg is fouled on the floor by Richard Jackson - foul #3 on Richard Jackson, team foul #4 | 54-31 |
| Subs | Florida | Kory Kendall (PF), Tomas Morphis (C) Emanuel Carter, Bruce Conley | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard (SF), Brian Messinger (PF), Andrew Alvord (C) Brian Fairfield, Ryan Risher, Monte Denenberg | |
| 12:01 | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 54-31 |
| 12:00 | Florida | The rebound goes to Kory Kendall | 54-31 |
| 11:31 | Florida | Earl Wilkins drills a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Richard Jackson | 57-31 |
| Lineup | Florida | PG - Earl Wilkins (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SG - Richard Jackson (fresh) 24 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Jose Olivares (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Kory Kendall (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Tomas Morphis (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Richard Steele (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Brian Annunziata (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. SF - Johnny Heard (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Brian Messinger (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Andrew Alvord (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:10 | Mississippi State | Brian Annunziata hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 57-31 |
| 11:09 | Florida | Kory Kendall grabs the defensive rebound | 57-31 |
| 10:48 | Florida | Andrew Alvord is called for the reach on Richard Jackson - foul #2 on Andrew Alvord, team foul #4 | 57-31 |
| Subs | Florida | Kurt Best (PG), Jerry Ingram (SG), Sylvester Murray (SF), Bruce Conley (C) Earl Wilkins, Richard Jackson, Jose Olivares, Tomas Morphis | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | David Pagel (PG), Brian Fairfield (SF), Ryan Risher (PF), Monte Denenberg (C) Richard Steele, Brian Annunziata, Brian Messinger, Andrew Alvord | |
| 10:28 | Florida | Bruce Conley hits a runner from the right block | 59-31 |
| 10:13 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher can't connect on a jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Sylvester Murray - foul #1 on Sylvester Murray, team foul #5 | 59-31 |
| Subs | Florida | Emanuel Carter (PF) Kory Kendall | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| 10:13 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher makes the 1st free throw | 59-32 |
| 10:13 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher makes the 2nd free throw | 59-33 |
| 09:45 | Florida | Bruce Conley jams it on a nice dish by Kurt Best | 61-33 |
| 09:27 | Mississippi State | Ryan Risher drills a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Brian Fairfield | 61-35 |
| 09:06 | Florida | Bruce Conley can't connect on a jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Monte Denenberg - foul #2 on Monte Denenberg, team foul #5 | 61-35 |
| Subs | Florida | Earl Wilkins (PG), Richard Jackson (SG), Jose Olivares (SF) Kurt Best, Jerry Ingram, Sylvester Murray | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Richard Steele (PG), Brian Annunziata (SG) Johnny Heard, Brian Fairfield | |
| 09:06 | Florida | Bruce Conley makes the 1st free throw | 62-35 |
| 09:06 | Florida | Bruce Conley misses the 2nd free throw | 62-35 |
| 09:06 | Mississippi State | Monte Denenberg grabs the defensive rebound | 62-35 |
| 08:51 | Mississippi State | Brian Annunziata comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 62-35 |
| 08:50 | Florida | Bruce Conley grabs the defensive rebound | 62-35 |
| 08:26 | Florida | Bruce Conley misses the dunk attempt but the foul's on David Pagel - foul #1 on David Pagel, team foul #6 | 62-35 |
| Subs | Florida | Kory Kendall (PF) Emanuel Carter | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Brian Fairfield (SF), Brian Messinger (PF), Andrew Alvord (C) David Pagel, Ryan Risher, Monte Denenberg | |
| 08:26 | Florida | Bruce Conley makes the 1st free throw | 63-35 |
| 08:26 | Florida | Bruce Conley misses the 2nd free throw | 63-35 |
| 08:26 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger grabs the defensive rebound | 63-35 |
| 08:19 | Mississippi State | Brian Annunziata hits a 3pt shot from the right corner | 63-38 |
| 07:56 | Florida | Earl Wilkins scores on a shot from the right side set up by Kory Kendall | 65-38 |
| 07:40 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger scores on a shot from the left wing on a great pass from Richard Steele | 65-40 |
| 07:24 | Florida | Earl Wilkins misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 65-40 |
| 07:22 | Florida | Jose Olivares gets the offensive rebound | 65-40 |
| Lineup | Florida | PG - Earl Wilkins (fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. SG - Richard Jackson (fresh) 24 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Jose Olivares (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Kory Kendall (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Bruce Conley (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Richard Steele (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Brian Annunziata (fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. SF - Brian Fairfield (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Brian Messinger (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Andrew Alvord (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 06:59 | Florida | Bruce Conley comes up short on the jump hook from the right block | 65-40 |
| 06:58 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord gets the rebound | 65-40 |
| 06:41 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord misses short on a fadeaway in the paint but the foul's on Earl Wilkins - foul #2 on Earl Wilkins, team foul #6 | 65-40 |
| Subs | Florida | Sylvester Murray (SF), Emanuel Carter (PF), Tomas Morphis (C) Jose Olivares, Kory Kendall, Bruce Conley | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | David Pagel (PG), Johnny Heard (SG) Richard Steele, Brian Annunziata | |
| 06:41 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord makes the 1st free throw | 65-41 |
| 06:41 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord makes the 2nd free throw | 65-42 |
| 06:21 | Florida | Tomas Morphis's pass is intercepted by Brian Fairfield | 65-42 |
| 06:00 | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard's floater is knocked away by Richard Jackson | 65-42 |
| 05:59 | Florida | Tomas Morphis grabs the defensive rebound | 65-42 |
| 05:55 | Florida | Richard Jackson jams it on a great pass from Emanuel Carter | 67-42 |
| 05:31 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord scores on a runner from the baseline set up by David Pagel and the foul's on Emanuel Carter - foul #2 on Emanuel Carter, team foul #7 | 67-44 |
| Subs | Florida | Jerry Ingram (SG) Richard Jackson | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Richard Steele (PG) Brian Fairfield | |
| 05:31 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord makes the free throw | 67-45 |
| 05:03 | Florida | Earl Wilkins comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 67-45 |
| 05:01 | Florida | Tomas Morphis tips it but misses | 67-45 |
| 04:59 | Mississippi State | The rebound goes to Richard Steele | 67-45 |
| 04:52 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger jams it and he's fouled by Sylvester Murray - foul #2 on Sylvester Murray, team foul #8 | 67-47 |
| Subs | Florida | Kurt Best (PG), Jose Olivares (SF) Earl Wilkins, Sylvester Murray | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| 04:52 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger misses the free throw | 67-47 |
| 04:52 | Florida | The rebound goes to Tomas Morphis | 67-47 |
| 04:28 | Florida | Jose Olivares's corner 3pt jumper is blocked by Richard Steele | 67-47 |
| 04:26 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord grabs the board | 67-47 |
| 04:24 | Mississippi State | Richard Steele is fouled in the backcourt by Kurt Best - foul #1 on Kurt Best, team foul #9 | 67-47 |
| Subs | Florida | Richard Jackson (SG), Kory Kendall (PF) Jerry Ingram, Emanuel Carter | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| 04:24 | Mississippi State | Richard Steele makes the 1st free throw | 67-48 |
| 04:24 | Mississippi State | Richard Steele makes the 2nd free throw | 67-49 |
| 04:02 | Florida | Brian Messinger picks off the pass by Jose Olivares | 67-49 |
| 03:40 | Mississippi State | David Pagel misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 67-49 |
| 03:39 | Florida | Tomas Morphis pulls down the rebound | 67-49 |
| 03:22 | Florida | Richard Jackson connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Jose Olivares | 69-49 |
| Lineup | Florida | PG - Kurt Best (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Richard Jackson (fresh) 28 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Jose Olivares (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Kory Kendall (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Tomas Morphis (fairly fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Richard Steele (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Johnny Heard (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - David Pagel (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Brian Messinger (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Andrew Alvord (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:04 | Mississippi State | Richard Steele is hacked by Kory Kendall - foul #2 on Kory Kendall, team foul #10 | 69-49 |
| Subs | Florida | Earl Wilkins (PG), Emanuel Carter (PF), Bruce Conley (C) Kurt Best, Kory Kendall, Tomas Morphis | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| 03:04 | Mississippi State | Richard Steele makes the 1st free throw | 69-50 |
| 03:04 | Mississippi State | Richard Steele makes the 2nd free throw | 69-51 |
| 03:02 | Florida | Earl Wilkins is hacked by Richard Steele in the backcourt - foul #4 on Richard Steele, team foul #7 | 69-51 |
| Subs | Florida | | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Brian Annunziata (SG) Richard Steele | |
| 03:02 | Florida | Earl Wilkins misses the 1st free throw | 69-51 |
| 03:02 | Florida | Bruce Conley pulls down the offensive rebound | 69-51 |
| 02:40 | Florida | Richard Jackson loses the dribble to Andrew Alvord | 69-51 |
| Game Plan | Florida | Florida is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:32 | Mississippi State | Brian Messinger loses the dribble to Richard Jackson | 69-51 |
| 02:29 | Florida | Jose Olivares lays it in on a great pass from Richard Jackson | 71-51 |
| 02:14 | Mississippi State | Bruce Conley steals the ball from Andrew Alvord | 71-51 |
| 02:09 | Florida | Richard Jackson misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Brian Annunziata - foul #4 on Brian Annunziata, team foul #8 | 71-51 |
| Subs | Florida | Sylvester Murray (SF) Jose Olivares | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| 02:09 | Florida | Richard Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 72-51 |
| 02:09 | Florida | Richard Jackson misses the 2nd free throw | 72-51 |
| 02:09 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord snags the defensive board | 72-51 |
| 02:01 | Mississippi State | Johnny Heard scores on a 3pt shot from straight away | 72-54 |
| 01:32 | Florida | Emanuel Carter loses the ball out of bounds | 72-54 |
| Subs | Florida | Jose Olivares (SF) Sylvester Murray | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Brian Fairfield (SF) Brian Annunziata | |
| 01:05 | Mississippi State | Andrew Alvord makes the runner from the baseline | 72-56 |
| 00:44 | Florida | Brian Messinger is called for the reach on Jose Olivares - foul #1 on Brian Messinger, team foul #9 | 72-56 |
| 00:44 | Florida | Jose Olivares misses the 1st free throw | 72-56 |
| 00:44 | Florida | Emanuel Carter gets the offensive rebound | 72-56 |
| Game Plan | Florida | Florida is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:21 | Florida | Earl Wilkins connects on the fadeaway from the left wing set up by Jose Olivares | 74-56 |
| Game Plan | Florida | Florida is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:13 | Mississippi State | The pull-up jumper by David Pagel is blocked by Bruce Conley | 74-56 |
| 00:12 | Florida | Emanuel Carter pulls down the rebound | 74-56 |
| 00:00 | Florida | Earl Wilkins runs out the clock | 74-56 |