| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Kenneth Smith (fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. SG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Charles Kawakami (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Gregorio Moretti (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Donald Clayton (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Dennis Hess (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Mains (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Wallace Mishler (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Jiao-Long Xyong (fresh) 4 pts. C - Yul Ximines (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Charles Kawakami inbounds the ball | 37-22 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 19:38 | Mississippi | Kenneth Smith buries a 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Milton Libbey | 40-22 |
| 19:17 | Auburn | Jiao-Long Xyong misses the lay-in | 40-22 |
| 19:16 | Auburn | The offensive rebound goes to Yul Ximines | 40-22 |
| 19:06 | Auburn | Gregorio Moretti steals it from Jiao-Long Xyong | 40-22 |
| 18:39 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left block | 40-22 |
| 18:38 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton snags the offensive board | 40-22 |
| 18:14 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 40-22 |
| 18:12 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton hits the follow up shot | 42-22 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 17:55 | Auburn | Yul Ximines blows the layup but the foul's on Donald Clayton - foul #1 on Donald Clayton, team foul #1 | 42-22 |
| 17:55 | Auburn | Yul Ximines makes the 1st free throw | 42-23 |
| 17:55 | Auburn | Yul Ximines makes the 2nd free throw | 42-24 |
| 17:28 | Mississippi | Kenneth Smith buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 45-24 |
| 17:24 | Auburn | Thomas Mains misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 45-24 |
| 17:22 | Auburn | Yul Ximines grabs the offensive rebound | 45-24 |
| 17:17 | Auburn | Dennis Hess can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 45-24 |
| 17:16 | Auburn | Yul Ximines tips it in | 45-26 |
| 16:52 | Mississippi | Kenneth Smith hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Gregorio Moretti | 48-26 |
| 16:49 | Auburn | Kenneth Smith is called for the reach on Dennis Hess in the backcourt - foul #3 on Kenneth Smith, team foul #2 | 48-26 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski (C) Donald Clayton | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 16:43 | Auburn | Dennis Hess buries a shot from the right block and he's hacked by Kenneth Smith - foul #4 on Kenneth Smith, team foul #3 | 48-28 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski (PG) Kenneth Smith | |
| Subs | Auburn | Billy Bridgeforth (C) Yul Ximines | |
| 16:43 | Auburn | Dennis Hess makes the free throw | 48-29 |
| 16:14 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski knocks in the fadeaway from the right side | 50-29 |
| 15:53 | Auburn | Jiao-Long Xyong hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 50-29 |
| 15:52 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Josef Kizewski | 50-29 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Christopher Majkowski (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - Charles Kawakami (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Gregorio Moretti (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Josef Kizewski (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Dennis Hess (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Mains (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Wallace Mishler (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Jiao-Long Xyong (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Billy Bridgeforth (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:31 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey misses the fadeaway from the right side | 50-29 |
| 15:30 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski misses the tip | 50-29 |
| 15:28 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti snags the offensive board | 50-29 |
| 15:06 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey is hacked by Thomas Mains - foul #2 on Thomas Mains, team foul #1 | 50-29 |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Hobbs (PG), Michael Spadaro (SF), Donald Clayton (C) Milton Libbey, Charles Kawakami, Gregorio Moretti | |
| Subs | Auburn | Burton Campbell (PG), Jose Silva (SG), Richard Browning (SF), Yul Ximines (C) Dennis Hess, Thomas Mains, Wallace Mishler, Jiao-Long Xyong | |
| 14:50 | Mississippi | James Hobbs misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 50-29 |
| 14:48 | Auburn | Burton Campbell snags the defensive board | 50-29 |
| 14:41 | Auburn | Christopher Majkowski steps in front of the Burton Campbell pass | 50-29 |
| 14:12 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski banks in the layup on a nice dish by Donald Clayton | 52-29 |
| 14:05 | Auburn | Burton Campbell hits a 3pt shot from the left wing | 52-32 |
| 13:44 | Mississippi | James Hobbs's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 52-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Libbey (SG), Charles Kawakami (SF) James Hobbs, Michael Spadaro | |
| Subs | Auburn | Thomas Mains (SG), Wallace Mishler (SF) Jose Silva, Richard Browning | |
| 13:23 | Auburn | Billy Bridgeforth clanks a fadeaway from the left wing | 52-32 |
| 13:22 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton grabs the defensive rebound | 52-32 |
| 12:53 | Mississippi | Yul Ximines steps in front of the Milton Libbey pass | 52-32 |
| 12:37 | Auburn | Burton Campbell misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 52-32 |
| 12:36 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton pulls down the rebound | 52-32 |
| 12:17 | Mississippi | Charles Kawakami can't finish the layup but the foul's on Billy Bridgeforth - foul #1 on Billy Bridgeforth, team foul #2 | 52-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Kenneth Smith (PG), Gregorio Moretti (PF) Christopher Majkowski, Josef Kizewski | |
| Subs | Auburn | Dennis Hess (PG), Jiao-Long Xyong (PF) Burton Campbell, Billy Bridgeforth | |
| 12:17 | Mississippi | Charles Kawakami makes the 1st free throw | 53-32 |
| 12:17 | Mississippi | Charles Kawakami misses the 2nd free throw | 53-32 |
| 12:17 | Auburn | Jiao-Long Xyong pulls down the rebound | 53-32 |
| 12:09 | Auburn | Gregorio Moretti swats the short shot by Jiao-Long Xyong | 53-32 |
| 12:07 | Auburn | The offensive rebound goes to Jiao-Long Xyong | 53-32 |
| 11:47 | Auburn | Thomas Mains knocks in the 3 from straight away | 53-35 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Kenneth Smith (fresh) 24 pts. 4 ast. 4 pf. SG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - Charles Kawakami (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Gregorio Moretti (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. C - Donald Clayton (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Dennis Hess (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Mains (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Wallace Mishler (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Jiao-Long Xyong (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Yul Ximines (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:24 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton can't connect on a fadeaway from the baseline but the foul's on Thomas Mains - foul #3 on Thomas Mains, team foul #3 | 53-35 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Auburn | Jasper Greening (C) Yul Ximines | |
| 11:24 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton misses the 1st free throw | 53-35 |
| 11:24 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton misses the 2nd free throw | 53-35 |
| 11:24 | Auburn | Jasper Greening grabs the board | 53-35 |
| 11:09 | Auburn | Gregorio Moretti is called for the reach on Jasper Greening - foul #1 on Gregorio Moretti, team foul #4 | 53-35 |
| 10:56 | Auburn | Thomas Mains makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Dennis Hess | 53-38 |
| 10:36 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey drills a driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by Charles Kawakami and the foul's on Jasper Greening - foul #1 on Jasper Greening, team foul #4 | 55-38 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski (C) Donald Clayton | |
| Subs | Auburn | Burton Campbell (SF) Wallace Mishler | |
| 10:36 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey makes the free throw | 56-38 |
| 10:21 | Auburn | Burton Campbell connects on the fadeaway from the left wing | 56-40 |
| 10:00 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey slams it home | 58-40 |
| 09:38 | Auburn | Jasper Greening misses badly on a driving attempt from the right block but he's hacked by Josef Kizewski - foul #1 on Josef Kizewski, team foul #5 | 58-40 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski (SG), Michael Spadaro (SF) Milton Libbey, Charles Kawakami | |
| Subs | Auburn | Wallace Mishler (SF), Yul Ximines (C) Burton Campbell, Jiao-Long Xyong | |
| 09:38 | Auburn | Jasper Greening makes the 1st free throw | 58-41 |
| 09:38 | Auburn | Jasper Greening makes the 2nd free throw | 58-42 |
| 09:09 | Mississippi | Kenneth Smith loses the ball out of bounds | 58-42 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Auburn | Jiao-Long Xyong (PF) Jasper Greening | |
| 08:44 | Auburn | Wallace Mishler misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 58-42 |
| 08:43 | Auburn | Yul Ximines tips it but misses | 58-42 |
| 08:42 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti grabs the defensive rebound | 58-42 |
| 08:21 | Mississippi | Wallace Mishler is called for the reach on Gregorio Moretti - foul #2 on Wallace Mishler, team foul #5 | 58-42 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Libbey (SG), Charles Kawakami (PF), Donald Clayton (C) Michael Spadaro, Gregorio Moretti, Josef Kizewski | |
| Subs | Auburn | Burton Campbell (PG), Jose Silva (SG) Dennis Hess, Thomas Mains | |
| 08:00 | Mississippi | Donald Clayton scores on a runner from the left block set up by Kenneth Smith | 60-42 |
| 07:36 | Auburn | A charge is called on Jose Silva - foul #1 on Jose Silva, team foul #6 | 60-42 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti (PF) Kenneth Smith | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Christopher Majkowski (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SF - Charles Kawakami (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Gregorio Moretti (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. 3 blk. C - Donald Clayton (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Burton Campbell (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Jose Silva (fresh) SF - Wallace Mishler (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Jiao-Long Xyong (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Yul Ximines (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:19 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Burton Campbell - foul #1 on Burton Campbell, team foul #7 | 60-42 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Auburn | Dennis Hess (PG), Thomas Mains (SG) Jose Silva, Wallace Mishler | |
| 07:19 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski misses the 1st free throw | 60-42 |
| 07:19 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski misses the 2nd free throw | 60-42 |
| 07:19 | Auburn | Yul Ximines pulls down the rebound | 60-42 |
| 07:05 | Auburn | Jiao-Long Xyong scores on a shot in the paint and he's fouled by Charles Kawakami - foul #3 on Charles Kawakami, team foul #6 | 60-44 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski (C) Donald Clayton | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 07:05 | Auburn | Jiao-Long Xyong misses the free throw | 60-44 |
| 07:05 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski grabs the defensive rebound | 60-44 |
| 06:39 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski comes up short on the driving attempt from the left block | 60-44 |
| 06:38 | Auburn | Jiao-Long Xyong gets the rebound | 60-44 |
| 06:14 | Auburn | Thomas Mains misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Milton Libbey - foul #1 on Milton Libbey, team foul #7 | 60-44 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Kenneth Smith (PG) Gregorio Moretti | |
| Subs | Auburn | Wallace Mishler (SF), Billy Bridgeforth (PF), Jasper Greening (C) Burton Campbell, Jiao-Long Xyong, Yul Ximines | |
| 06:14 | Auburn | Thomas Mains misses the 1st free throw | 60-44 |
| 06:14 | Auburn | Thomas Mains misses the 2nd free throw | 60-44 |
| 06:14 | Mississippi | Charles Kawakami snags the defensive board | 60-44 |
| 05:45 | Mississippi | Kenneth Smith misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 60-44 |
| 05:44 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski grabs the offensive board | 60-44 |
| 05:27 | Mississippi | Kenneth Smith misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Billy Bridgeforth - foul #2 on Billy Bridgeforth, team foul #8 | 60-44 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti (PF) Christopher Majkowski | |
| Subs | Auburn | Burton Campbell (PG) Dennis Hess | |
| 05:27 | Mississippi | Kenneth Smith makes the 1st free throw | 61-44 |
| 05:27 | Mississippi | Kenneth Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 62-44 |
| 05:10 | Auburn | Wallace Mishler can't connect on a runner in the lane | 62-44 |
| 05:09 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti pulls down the rebound | 62-44 |
| 04:57 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski is called for a charge - foul #2 on Josef Kizewski, team foul #8 | 62-44 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Michael Spadaro (SG), James Hobbs (SF), Donald Clayton (C) Milton Libbey, Charles Kawakami, Josef Kizewski | |
| Subs | Auburn | Jiao-Long Xyong (PF) Jasper Greening | |
| 04:46 | Auburn | Billy Bridgeforth scores on a shot in the lane | 62-46 |
| 04:23 | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti can't finish the layup | 62-46 |
| 04:21 | Auburn | Jiao-Long Xyong pulls down the rebound | 62-46 |
| 03:55 | Auburn | Gregorio Moretti is called for the reach on Burton Campbell - foul #2 on Gregorio Moretti, team foul #9 | 62-46 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Milton Libbey (SG), Christopher Majkowski (SF), Charles Kawakami (PF), Josef Kizewski (C) Michael Spadaro, James Hobbs, Gregorio Moretti, Donald Clayton | |
| Subs | Auburn | Jose Silva (SG), Richard Browning (SF), Jasper Greening (C) Thomas Mains, Wallace Mishler, Jiao-Long Xyong | |
| 03:55 | Auburn | Burton Campbell misses the 1st free throw | 62-46 |
| 03:55 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey gets the rebound | 62-46 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:26 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski is fouled on the floor by Jose Silva - foul #2 on Jose Silva, team foul #9 | 62-46 |
| 03:26 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski makes the 1st free throw | 63-46 |
| 03:26 | Mississippi | Christopher Majkowski makes the 2nd free throw | 64-46 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Kenneth Smith (fresh) 26 pts. 5 ast. 4 pf. SG - Milton Libbey (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SF - Christopher Majkowski (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Charles Kawakami (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Josef Kizewski (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Burton Campbell (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Jose Silva (fresh) SF - Richard Browning (fresh) PF - Billy Bridgeforth (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jasper Greening (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 03:04 | Auburn | Burton Campbell connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 64-49 |
| 02:44 | Mississippi | Burton Campbell is called for the reach on Charles Kawakami - foul #2 on Burton Campbell, team foul #10 | 64-49 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Gregorio Moretti (PF) Kenneth Smith | |
| Subs | Auburn | Jeffrey French (C) Billy Bridgeforth | |
| 02:44 | Mississippi | Charles Kawakami makes the 1st free throw | 65-49 |
| 02:44 | Mississippi | Charles Kawakami misses the 2nd free throw | 65-49 |
| 02:44 | Auburn | Jeffrey French pulls down the rebound | 65-49 |
| 02:36 | Auburn | Jasper Greening misses short on a jumper from the right side | 65-49 |
| 02:34 | Auburn | Richard Browning pulls down the offensive rebound | 65-49 |
| 02:16 | Auburn | Richard Browning hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 65-49 |
| 02:14 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski gets the rebound | 65-49 |
| 01:45 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey misses the dunk attempt | 65-49 |
| 01:44 | Mississippi | Josef Kizewski tips it but misses | 65-49 |
| 01:42 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Jasper Greening | 65-49 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 01:26 | Auburn | Jose Silva hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 65-49 |
| 01:25 | Auburn | Burton Campbell snags the offensive board | 65-49 |
| 01:18 | Auburn | Jeffrey French's pass is intercepted by Gregorio Moretti | 65-49 |
| 00:49 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey is hacked by Jose Silva - foul #3 on Jose Silva, team foul #11 | 65-49 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Kenneth Smith (PG), Donald Clayton (C) Christopher Majkowski, Josef Kizewski | |
| Subs | Auburn | Billy Bridgeforth (PF) Jeffrey French | |
| 00:49 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey makes the 1st free throw | 66-49 |
| 00:49 | Mississippi | Milton Libbey makes the 2nd free throw | 67-49 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:42 | Auburn | Richard Browning makes the 3pt jumper from straight away | 67-52 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:17 | Mississippi | Charles Kawakami misses long on a shot from just outside the lane | 67-52 |
| 00:15 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Jasper Greening | 67-52 |
| 00:10 | Auburn | Burton Campbell misses badly on a driving attempt in the paint | 67-52 |
| 00:08 | Auburn | Burton Campbell grabs the offensive rebound | 67-52 |
| 00:05 | Auburn | Richard Browning comes up short on the floater from the right side | 67-52 |
| 00:04 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Donald Clayton | 67-52 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | Kenneth Smith runs out the clock | 67-52 |