| Lineup | LSU | PG - Milton Kocher (fresh) SG - Clinton Ragland (fresh) SF - Ronnie Bailey (fresh) PF - Frank Lambert (fresh) C - Victor Moskowitz (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Paul Campbell (fresh) SG - Donald McCraven (fresh) SF - Arnoldo Marino (fresh) PF - Andrew Arviso (fresh) C - Paul Hester (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Paul Hester wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:45 | Mississippi | Paul Hester hits a pull-up jumper from the left side | 0-2 |
| 19:19 | LSU | Ronnie Bailey hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Clinton Ragland | 3-2 |
| 18:58 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven throws a bad pass out of bounds | 3-2 |
| 18:38 | LSU | Frank Lambert misses the shot from the right side | 3-2 |
| 18:37 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Donald McCraven | 3-2 |
| 18:14 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 3-2 |
| 18:12 | Mississippi | Paul Hester misses the tip | 3-2 |
| 18:11 | LSU | Frank Lambert snags the defensive board | 3-2 |
| 18:04 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Paul Hester - foul #1 on Paul Hester, team foul #1 | 3-2 |
| 18:04 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz misses the 1st free throw | 3-2 |
| 18:04 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz misses the 2nd free throw | 3-2 |
| 18:04 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Paul Hester | 3-2 |
| 17:51 | Mississippi | Paul Hester loses the dribble to Milton Kocher | 3-2 |
| 17:33 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz throws a bad pass out of bounds | 3-2 |
| 17:16 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven throws a bad pass out of bounds | 3-2 |
| 17:03 | LSU | Milton Kocher loses the ball out of bounds | 3-2 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Davis (PG), Paul Thompson (SF), Mladen Linkowski (C) Paul Campbell, Arnoldo Marino, Paul Hester | |
| 16:46 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing | 3-5 |
| 16:17 | LSU | Milton Kocher misses short on a fadeaway from the right side | 3-5 |
| 16:15 | LSU | Ronnie Bailey tips it back up and in | 5-5 |
| 15:55 | Mississippi | Frank Lambert steals the ball from James Davis | 5-5 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Milton Kocher (fresh) SG - Clinton Ragland (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ronnie Bailey (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Frank Lambert (fairly fresh) C - Victor Moskowitz (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - James Davis (fresh) SG - Donald McCraven (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Paul Thompson (fresh) PF - Andrew Arviso (fairly fresh) C - Mladen Linkowski (fresh) | |
| 15:40 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz knocks in the jumper in the paint set up by Clinton Ragland | 7-5 |
| 15:25 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven is hacked by Victor Moskowitz - foul #1 on Victor Moskowitz, team foul #1 | 7-5 |
| Subs | LSU | Richard Segura (SG), Robin Arango (SF), Terry Brunswick (PF), Viktor Zalwsky (C) Clinton Ragland, Ronnie Bailey, Frank Lambert, Victor Moskowitz | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Campbell (PG), Arnoldo Marino (SF), Paul Hester (C) James Davis, Donald McCraven, Andrew Arviso | |
| 15:01 | Mississippi | Paul Thompson is hacked by Richard Segura - foul #1 on Richard Segura, team foul #2 | 7-5 |
| 14:48 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell hits a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Paul Thompson | 7-7 |
| 14:30 | LSU | Viktor Zalwsky is hacked by Paul Hester - foul #2 on Paul Hester, team foul #2 | 7-7 |
| Subs | LSU | Clinton Ragland (SG), Ronnie Bailey (SF) Milton Kocher, Viktor Zalwsky | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Davis (SG), Howard Rudd (PF), Fabian Marino (C) Paul Thompson, Mladen Linkowski, Paul Hester | |
| 14:17 | LSU | Robin Arango comes up short on the fadeaway from the left block but the foul's on Fabian Marino - foul #1 on Fabian Marino, team foul #3 | 7-7 |
| 14:17 | LSU | Robin Arango makes the 1st free throw | 8-7 |
| 14:17 | LSU | Robin Arango makes the 2nd free throw | 9-7 |
| 14:10 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 9-7 |
| 14:09 | LSU | Ronnie Bailey grabs the defensive rebound | 9-7 |
| 13:57 | LSU | Richard Segura hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 9-7 |
| 13:56 | LSU | Terry Brunswick gets the offensive rebound | 9-7 |
| 13:34 | LSU | Ronnie Bailey comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane | 9-7 |
| 13:33 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Paul Campbell | 9-7 |
| 13:29 | Mississippi | The short jumper by Paul Campbell is denied by Robin Arango | 9-7 |
| 13:28 | LSU | Ronnie Bailey pulls down the rebound | 9-7 |
| 13:23 | LSU | James Davis takes the ball from Richard Segura | 9-7 |
| 13:03 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell is whistled for a carry | 9-7 |
| Subs | LSU | Milton Kocher (PG), Frank Lambert (PF), Victor Moskowitz (C) Clinton Ragland, Robin Arango, Terry Brunswick | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Donald McCraven (SG), Andrew Arviso (PF), Mladen Linkowski (C) Paul Campbell, Howard Rudd, Fabian Marino | |
| 12:50 | LSU | Frank Lambert misses badly on a turnaround in the lane | 9-7 |
| 12:49 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven grabs the board | 9-7 |
| 12:43 | Mississippi | Arnoldo Marino misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 9-7 |
| 12:41 | Mississippi | Arnoldo Marino gets the offensive rebound | 9-7 |
| 12:28 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 9-7 |
| 12:26 | Mississippi | Arnoldo Marino pulls down the offensive rebound | 9-7 |
| 12:06 | Mississippi | Milton Kocher is called for the reach on Andrew Arviso - foul #1 on Milton Kocher, team foul #3 | 9-7 |
| Subs | LSU | Clinton Ragland (SG), Robin Arango (SF) Richard Segura, Ronnie Bailey | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Thompson (SF) Arnoldo Marino | |
| 11:52 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane | 9-7 |
| 11:50 | LSU | Frank Lambert pulls down the rebound | 9-7 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Milton Kocher (fresh) SG - Clinton Ragland (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Robin Arango (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Frank Lambert (fresh) 2 reb. C - Victor Moskowitz (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - James Davis (fresh) SG - Donald McCraven (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Paul Thompson (fresh) PF - Andrew Arviso (fresh) C - Mladen Linkowski (fresh) | |
| 11:25 | LSU | Robin Arango scores on a floater from the right side on a great pass from Frank Lambert | 11-7 |
| 11:02 | Mississippi | James Davis misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 11-7 |
| 11:01 | Mississippi | Mladen Linkowski tips it back up and in | 11-9 |
| 10:38 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz double dribbles | 11-9 |
| Subs | LSU | Ronnie Bailey (PG) Milton Kocher | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Campbell (PG), Howard Rudd (PF), Fabian Marino (C) James Davis, Andrew Arviso, Mladen Linkowski | |
| 10:17 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven's dunk attempt is rejected by Victor Moskowitz | 11-9 |
| 10:16 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz pulls down the rebound | 11-9 |
| 10:04 | LSU | Frank Lambert misses short on a jumper from the right block but he's hacked by Howard Rudd - foul #1 on Howard Rudd, team foul #4 | 11-9 |
| Subs | LSU | Richard Segura (PG), Terry Brunswick (C) Robin Arango, Victor Moskowitz | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Arnoldo Marino (SF) Paul Thompson | |
| 10:04 | LSU | Frank Lambert makes the 1st free throw | 12-9 |
| 10:04 | LSU | Frank Lambert makes the 2nd free throw | 13-9 |
| 09:44 | Mississippi | Arnoldo Marino hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 13-9 |
| 09:43 | LSU | Richard Segura pulls down the rebound | 13-9 |
| 09:37 | LSU | Donald McCraven steals the ball from Ronnie Bailey | 13-9 |
| 09:18 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell makes the jumpshot from the left wing | 13-11 |
| 09:04 | LSU | Clinton Ragland banks in the layup on a great pass from Richard Segura | 15-11 |
| 08:44 | Mississippi | Fabian Marino drills a fadeaway near the basket | 15-13 |
| 08:22 | LSU | Ronnie Bailey hits a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Clinton Ragland | 17-13 |
| 07:59 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven lays it up and in and he's hacked by Ronnie Bailey - foul #1 on Ronnie Bailey, team foul #4 | 17-15 |
| Subs | LSU | Milton Kocher (PG), Robin Arango (SF), Victor Moskowitz (C) Richard Segura, Clinton Ragland, Frank Lambert | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Davis (PG), Andrew Arviso (PF), Mladen Linkowski (C) Paul Campbell, Howard Rudd, Fabian Marino | |
| 07:59 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven makes the free throw | 17-16 |
| 07:50 | LSU | Milton Kocher misses the jump hook near the basket | 17-16 |
| 07:48 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven pulls down the rebound | 17-16 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Milton Kocher (fresh) SG - Ronnie Bailey (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. SF - Robin Arango (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Terry Brunswick (fresh) C - Victor Moskowitz (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - James Davis (fresh) SG - Donald McCraven (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Arnoldo Marino (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Andrew Arviso (fresh) C - Mladen Linkowski (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:30 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 17-16 |
| 07:28 | Mississippi | Arnoldo Marino gets the offensive rebound | 17-16 |
| 07:15 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven is denied on a dunk by Victor Moskowitz | 17-16 |
| 07:14 | LSU | The rebound goes to Terry Brunswick | 17-16 |
| 06:56 | LSU | Terry Brunswick loses the ball out of bounds | 17-16 |
| Subs | LSU | Clinton Ragland (SG), Viktor Zalwsky (PF) Ronnie Bailey, Terry Brunswick | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Campbell (PG), Paul Thompson (SG), Timothy Williams (SF) James Davis, Donald McCraven, Arnoldo Marino | |
| 06:29 | Mississippi | Andrew Arviso is called for traveling | 17-16 |
| Subs | LSU | Richard Segura (SG) Clinton Ragland | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 06:17 | LSU | Milton Kocher scores on a shot from the left side on a nice dish by Robin Arango and he's fouled by Timothy Williams - foul #1 on Timothy Williams, team foul #5 | 19-16 |
| 06:17 | LSU | Milton Kocher makes the free throw | 20-16 |
| 05:58 | Mississippi | Paul Thompson can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 20-16 |
| 05:56 | Mississippi | Mladen Linkowski snags the offensive board | 20-16 |
| 05:37 | Mississippi | Mladen Linkowski connects on the open jumper from the right wing | 20-18 |
| 05:18 | LSU | Robin Arango hits the front of the rim on the shot from the baseline but the foul's on Timothy Williams - foul #2 on Timothy Williams, team foul #6 | 20-18 |
| Subs | LSU | Frank Lambert (PF), Terry Brunswick (C) Viktor Zalwsky, Victor Moskowitz | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Davis (PG), Arnoldo Marino (SF), Howard Rudd (C) Paul Campbell, Timothy Williams, Mladen Linkowski | |
| 05:18 | LSU | Robin Arango misses the 1st free throw | 20-18 |
| 05:18 | LSU | Robin Arango makes the 2nd free throw | 21-18 |
| 05:03 | Mississippi | Richard Segura steals the ball from Arnoldo Marino | 21-18 |
| 04:48 | LSU | Frank Lambert misses the easy layup | 21-18 |
| 04:47 | LSU | Terry Brunswick gets the offensive rebound | 21-18 |
| 04:35 | LSU | A charge is called on Robin Arango - foul #1 on Robin Arango, team foul #5 | 21-18 |
| Subs | LSU | Clinton Ragland (SG), Ronnie Bailey (SF) Richard Segura, Robin Arango | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Donald McCraven (SG), Fabian Marino (C) Paul Thompson, Andrew Arviso | |
| 04:09 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven hits a jumper from the right block | 21-20 |
| 03:45 | LSU | James Davis is called for the reach on Frank Lambert - foul #1 on James Davis, team foul #7 | 21-20 |
| Subs | LSU | Victor Moskowitz (C) Terry Brunswick | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Paul Campbell (PG), Paul Thompson (SF), Mladen Linkowski (PF), Paul Hester (C) James Davis, Arnoldo Marino, Howard Rudd, Fabian Marino | |
| 03:45 | LSU | Frank Lambert makes the 1st free throw | 22-20 |
| 03:45 | LSU | Frank Lambert misses the 2nd free throw | 22-20 |
| 03:45 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Mladen Linkowski | 22-20 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Milton Kocher (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Clinton Ragland (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Ronnie Bailey (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Frank Lambert (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Victor Moskowitz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Paul Campbell (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Donald McCraven (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Paul Thompson (fresh) PF - Mladen Linkowski (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Paul Hester (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:19 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 22-20 |
| 03:18 | LSU | Frank Lambert gets the rebound | 22-20 |
| 02:56 | LSU | Mladen Linkowski is called for the reach on Victor Moskowitz - foul #1 on Mladen Linkowski, team foul #8 | 22-20 |
| Subs | LSU | Richard Segura (PG), Terry Brunswick (PF) Milton Kocher, Frank Lambert | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Andrew Arviso (PF) Mladen Linkowski | |
| 02:56 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz misses the 1st free throw | 22-20 |
| 02:56 | Mississippi | Donald McCraven gets the rebound | 22-20 |
| 02:34 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane | 22-20 |
| 02:32 | LSU | Terry Brunswick grabs the board | 22-20 |
| 02:10 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the baseline but he's fouled by Paul Campbell - foul #1 on Paul Campbell, team foul #9 | 22-20 |
| Subs | LSU | Robin Arango (SF) Clinton Ragland | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Davis (SG), Arnoldo Marino (SF) Donald McCraven, Paul Thompson | |
| 02:10 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz misses the 1st free throw | 22-20 |
| 02:10 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz makes the 2nd free throw | 23-20 |
| 01:55 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Richard Segura - foul #2 on Richard Segura, team foul #6 | 23-20 |
| 01:55 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell makes the 1st free throw | 23-21 |
| 01:55 | Mississippi | Paul Campbell misses the 2nd free throw | 23-21 |
| 01:55 | Mississippi | Andrew Arviso gets the offensive rebound | 23-21 |
| 01:39 | Mississippi | Andrew Arviso misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 23-21 |
| 01:38 | LSU | Richard Segura grabs the defensive rebound | 23-21 |
| 01:14 | LSU | Ronnie Bailey is hacked by Arnoldo Marino - foul #1 on Arnoldo Marino, team foul #10 | 23-21 |
| Subs | LSU | Milton Kocher (PG), Frank Lambert (PF) Robin Arango, Victor Moskowitz | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Donald McCraven (SG) Paul Campbell | |
| 01:14 | LSU | Ronnie Bailey makes the 1st free throw | 24-21 |
| 01:14 | LSU | Ronnie Bailey makes the 2nd free throw | 25-21 |
| 01:04 | Mississippi | Paul Hester comes up short on the jump hook near the basket but the foul's on Terry Brunswick - foul #1 on Terry Brunswick, team foul #7 | 25-21 |
| Subs | LSU | Clinton Ragland (SG), Robin Arango (SF) Richard Segura, Ronnie Bailey | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mladen Linkowski (PF) Andrew Arviso | |
| 01:04 | Mississippi | Paul Hester makes the 1st free throw | 25-22 |
| 01:04 | Mississippi | Paul Hester misses the 2nd free throw | 25-22 |
| 01:04 | LSU | Terry Brunswick grabs the defensive rebound | 25-22 |
| 00:45 | LSU | Milton Kocher comes up short on the floater from the left side | 25-22 |
| 00:44 | LSU | Frank Lambert tips it in | 27-22 |
| 00:27 | Mississippi | Mladen Linkowski connects on the fadeaway near the basket on a nice dish by Donald McCraven and the foul's on Terry Brunswick - foul #2 on Terry Brunswick, team foul #8 | 27-24 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Howard Rudd (C) Paul Hester | |
| 00:27 | Mississippi | Mladen Linkowski makes the free throw | 27-25 |
| 00:02 | LSU | Frank Lambert scores on a jumper near the basket | 29-25 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | James Davis misses badly on a fullcourt shot | 29-25 |