| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Gary King (fresh) SG - Alberto Russo (fresh) SF - John Jenkins (fresh) PF - Nicolas Devine (fresh) C - Christopher Stephens (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Billy Williams (fresh) SG - James Brown (fresh) SF - Michael Dalzell (fresh) PF - Eugene Burkett (fresh) C - Carlos Parks (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Auburn | Carlos Parks wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 19:58 | Auburn | Gary King steps in front of the Billy Williams pass in the backcourt | 0-0 |
| 19:56 | Mississippi | Gary King lays it in | 2-0 |
| 19:28 | Auburn | James Brown hits a wide open 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Michael Dalzell | 2-3 |
| 19:15 | Mississippi | John Jenkins's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 2-3 |
| 18:52 | Auburn | Carlos Parks knocks in the driving attempt in the lane and the foul's on Christopher Stephens - foul #1 on Christopher Stephens, team foul #1 | 2-5 |
| 18:52 | Auburn | Carlos Parks makes the free throw | 2-6 |
| 18:25 | Mississippi | Nicolas Devine lays it in uncontested set up by John Jenkins | 4-6 |
| 17:59 | Auburn | Billy Williams can't connect on a shot from the free throw line | 4-6 |
| 17:58 | Mississippi | Christopher Stephens pulls down the rebound | 4-6 |
| 17:37 | Mississippi | Alberto Russo is fouled on the floor by James Brown - foul #1 on James Brown, team foul #1 | 4-6 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Owensby (PG), Arthur King (SG), Richard Crawford (SF), Rick Silvey (C) Gary King, Alberto Russo, Nicolas Devine, Christopher Stephens | |
| Subs | Auburn | Jordan Holbrook (PG), Mike Briscoe (SG), Joe Wilson (SF), Michael Snow (PF), David Pellowski (C) Billy Williams, James Brown, Michael Dalzell, Eugene Burkett, Carlos Parks | |
| 17:22 | Mississippi | Richard Crawford can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 4-6 |
| 17:20 | Mississippi | Arthur King misses the tip | 4-6 |
| 17:19 | Auburn | Michael Snow pulls down the rebound | 4-6 |
| 16:55 | Auburn | Jordan Holbrook buries a shot from the left side | 4-8 |
| 16:26 | Mississippi | Arthur King scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Richard Owensby | 7-8 |
| 16:06 | Auburn | Michael Snow comes up short on the fadeaway from the left wing | 7-8 |
| 16:04 | Auburn | Jordan Holbrook tips it but misses | 7-8 |
| 16:02 | Mississippi | Rick Silvey pulls down the rebound | 7-8 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Richard Owensby (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Arthur King (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Richard Crawford (fresh) PF - John Jenkins (fairly fresh) C - Rick Silvey (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Jordan Holbrook (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Mike Briscoe (fresh) SF - Joe Wilson (fresh) PF - Michael Snow (fresh) C - David Pellowski (fresh) | |
| 15:43 | Mississippi | Arthur King misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 7-8 |
| 15:41 | Auburn | Joe Wilson grabs the board | 7-8 |
| 15:36 | Auburn | David Pellowski's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 7-8 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Gary King (PG), Alberto Russo (SG), Nicolas Devine (PF), Christopher Stephens (C) Richard Owensby, Richard Crawford, John Jenkins, Rick Silvey | |
| Subs | Auburn | Billy Williams (PG), James Brown (SG), Eugene Burkett (PF), Carlos Parks (C) Jordan Holbrook, Mike Briscoe, Michael Snow, David Pellowski | |
| 15:13 | Mississippi | Nicolas Devine is called for a backcourt violation | 7-8 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Crawford (SF) Alberto Russo | |
| Subs | Auburn | Michael Dalzell (SF) Joe Wilson | |
| 14:49 | Auburn | Arthur King is called for the reach on James Brown - foul #1 on Arthur King, team foul #2 | 7-8 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Owensby (PG), Alberto Russo (SG) Gary King, Richard Crawford | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 14:34 | Auburn | Eugene Burkett's floater is tipped away by Christopher Stephens | 7-8 |
| 14:32 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Richard Owensby | 7-8 |
| 14:08 | Mississippi | Arthur King loses the ball out of bounds | 7-8 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Gary King (PG), Richard Crawford (PF), Rick Silvey (C) Richard Owensby, Nicolas Devine, Christopher Stephens | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 13:50 | Auburn | Billy Williams misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 7-8 |
| 13:49 | Auburn | The offensive rebound goes to Eugene Burkett | 7-8 |
| 13:24 | Auburn | Rick Silvey is called for the reach on Billy Williams - foul #1 on Rick Silvey, team foul #3 | 7-8 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Owensby (PG), John Jenkins (SF), Nicolas Devine (PF), Christopher Stephens (C) Gary King, Alberto Russo, Richard Crawford, Rick Silvey | |
| Subs | Auburn | Joe Wilson (SF) Michael Dalzell | |
| 13:03 | Auburn | Eugene Burkett misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 7-8 |
| 13:01 | Auburn | Billy Williams pulls down the offensive rebound | 7-8 |
| 12:35 | Auburn | Eugene Burkett scores on a driving attempt from the right block on a great pass from James Brown | 7-10 |
| 12:17 | Mississippi | John Jenkins scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Arthur King | 10-10 |
| 11:57 | Auburn | Carlos Parks clanks a turnaround from the baseline | 10-10 |
| 11:56 | Mississippi | Nicolas Devine grabs the board | 10-10 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Richard Owensby (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Arthur King (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Jenkins (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Nicolas Devine (fresh) 2 pts. C - Christopher Stephens (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Billy Williams (fairly fresh) SG - James Brown (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joe Wilson (fresh) PF - Eugene Burkett (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Carlos Parks (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 11:32 | Mississippi | Arthur King hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 10-10 |
| 11:30 | Mississippi | Nicolas Devine gets the offensive rebound | 10-10 |
| 11:11 | Mississippi | John Jenkins scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Richard Owensby | 12-10 |
| 10:44 | Auburn | Eugene Burkett misses long on a shot near the basket but he's fouled by Nicolas Devine - foul #1 on Nicolas Devine, team foul #4 | 12-10 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Gary King (PG), Alberto Russo (SG), Richard Crawford (SF), Rick Silvey (C) Richard Owensby, Arthur King, Nicolas Devine, Christopher Stephens | |
| Subs | Auburn | Jordan Holbrook (PG), Mike Briscoe (SG), Michael Dalzell (SF), Michael Snow (C) Billy Williams, James Brown, Joe Wilson, Carlos Parks | |
| 10:44 | Auburn | Eugene Burkett misses the 1st free throw | 12-10 |
| 10:44 | Auburn | Eugene Burkett makes the 2nd free throw | 12-11 |
| 10:24 | Mississippi | Gary King evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3 from straight away | 12-11 |
| 10:23 | Auburn | Michael Snow grabs the board | 12-11 |
| 09:54 | Auburn | Eugene Burkett lays it in set up by Mike Briscoe | 12-13 |
| 09:34 | Mississippi | Gary King misses badly on a floater from the left wing but the foul's on Mike Briscoe - foul #1 on Mike Briscoe, team foul #2 | 12-13 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Arthur King (SF), Christopher Stephens (C) John Jenkins, Rick Silvey | |
| Subs | Auburn | David Pellowski (C) Eugene Burkett | |
| 09:34 | Mississippi | Gary King makes the 1st free throw | 13-13 |
| 09:34 | Mississippi | Gary King makes the 2nd free throw | 14-13 |
| 09:14 | Auburn | Richard Crawford steps in front of the Michael Snow pass | 14-13 |
| 08:55 | Mississippi | Mike Briscoe steps in front of the Arthur King pass | 14-13 |
| 08:41 | Auburn | Michael Snow double dribbles | 14-13 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Nicolas Devine (PF), Rick Silvey (C) Richard Crawford, Christopher Stephens | |
| Subs | Auburn | Billy Williams (PG), James Brown (SG) Jordan Holbrook, Mike Briscoe | |
| 08:18 | Mississippi | Arthur King is fouled on the floor by David Pellowski - foul #1 on David Pellowski, team foul #3 | 14-13 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Crawford (SF), John Jenkins (PF) Arthur King, Rick Silvey | |
| Subs | Auburn | Carlos Parks (C) David Pellowski | |
| 07:57 | Mississippi | Richard Crawford misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Michael Dalzell - foul #1 on Michael Dalzell, team foul #4 | 14-13 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Arthur King (SG), Christopher Stephens (C) Alberto Russo, John Jenkins | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 07:57 | Mississippi | Richard Crawford makes the 1st free throw | 15-13 |
| 07:57 | Mississippi | Richard Crawford makes the 2nd free throw | 16-13 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Gary King (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Arthur King (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Crawford (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Nicolas Devine (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Christopher Stephens (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Billy Williams (fresh) SG - James Brown (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Dalzell (fresh) PF - Michael Snow (fresh) 2 reb. C - Carlos Parks (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 07:36 | Auburn | Billy Williams's pass is intercepted by Richard Crawford | 16-13 |
| 07:18 | Mississippi | Carlos Parks denies the turnaround by Christopher Stephens | 16-13 |
| 07:17 | Mississippi | Richard Crawford can't tip it in | 16-13 |
| 07:15 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Michael Snow | 16-13 |
| 07:08 | Auburn | Billy Williams misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 16-13 |
| 07:06 | Mississippi | Richard Crawford grabs the defensive rebound | 16-13 |
| 06:37 | Mississippi | Nicolas Devine misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 16-13 |
| 06:36 | Mississippi | Nicolas Devine snags the offensive board | 16-13 |
| 06:21 | Mississippi | Arthur King scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 19-13 |
| 06:05 | Auburn | Billy Williams's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 19-13 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Owensby (PG), Alberto Russo (SG), John Jenkins (PF), Rick Silvey (C) Gary King, Richard Crawford, Nicolas Devine, Christopher Stephens | |
| Subs | Auburn | Jordan Holbrook (PG), Joe Wilson (SF), Eugene Burkett (PF) Billy Williams, Michael Dalzell, Michael Snow | |
| 05:48 | Mississippi | Arthur King comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 19-13 |
| 05:46 | Auburn | Carlos Parks pulls down the rebound | 19-13 |
| 05:21 | Auburn | Carlos Parks connects on the runner in the lane | 19-15 |
| 04:52 | Mississippi | Rick Silvey is whistled for traveling | 19-15 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Gary King (PG), Nicolas Devine (PF), Christopher Stephens (C) Richard Owensby, Arthur King, Rick Silvey | |
| Subs | Auburn | Billy Williams (PG), Mike Briscoe (SG), Michael Snow (C) Jordan Holbrook, James Brown, Carlos Parks | |
| 04:24 | Auburn | Billy Williams hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 19-15 |
| 04:23 | Mississippi | Alberto Russo grabs the defensive rebound | 19-15 |
| 03:56 | Mississippi | John Jenkins misses long on a runner from the left block | 19-15 |
| 03:55 | Auburn | Joe Wilson pulls down the rebound | 19-15 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Gary King (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Alberto Russo (fresh) SF - John Jenkins (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Nicolas Devine (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Christopher Stephens (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Billy Williams (fresh) SG - Mike Briscoe (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Joe Wilson (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Eugene Burkett (fresh) 5 pts. C - Michael Snow (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 03:37 | Auburn | Michael Snow misses short on a shot from the left wing | 19-15 |
| 03:36 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Nicolas Devine | 19-15 |
| 03:17 | Mississippi | Nicolas Devine loses the ball out of bounds | 19-15 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Owensby (PG), Arthur King (SG), Richard Crawford (SF), Rick Silvey (C) Gary King, Alberto Russo, Nicolas Devine, Christopher Stephens | |
| Subs | Auburn | James Brown (SG), Michael Dalzell (SF), Carlos Parks (C) Mike Briscoe, Joe Wilson, Michael Snow | |
| 02:52 | Auburn | John Jenkins steps in front of the Eugene Burkett pass | 19-15 |
| 02:31 | Mississippi | Arthur King misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 19-15 |
| 02:30 | Auburn | Carlos Parks snags the defensive board | 19-15 |
| 02:11 | Auburn | Eugene Burkett connects on the jumper in the lane | 19-17 |
| 01:57 | Mississippi | Richard Crawford clanks a floater from the free throw line | 19-17 |
| 01:55 | Auburn | Carlos Parks snags the defensive board | 19-17 |
| 01:48 | Auburn | Richard Owensby is called for the reach on Billy Williams - foul #1 on Richard Owensby, team foul #5 | 19-17 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Gary King (PG), Alberto Russo (SG), Nicolas Devine (PF), Christopher Stephens (C) Richard Owensby, Arthur King, Richard Crawford, Rick Silvey | |
| Subs | Auburn | Jordan Holbrook (PG), Michael Snow (PF) Billy Williams, Eugene Burkett | |
| 01:28 | Auburn | Michael Snow misses the dunk | 19-17 |
| 01:26 | Auburn | Jordan Holbrook grabs the offensive board | 19-17 |
| 01:12 | Auburn | Michael Snow misses badly on a jumper from the right block | 19-17 |
| 01:10 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Nicolas Devine | 19-17 |
| 01:06 | Mississippi | John Jenkins knocks in the runner from the right block set up by Christopher Stephens | 21-17 |
| 00:46 | Auburn | James Brown is fouled on the floor by Christopher Stephens - foul #2 on Christopher Stephens, team foul #6 | 21-17 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Owensby (PG), Arthur King (SF) Gary King, John Jenkins | |
| Subs | Auburn | Mike Briscoe (SG), Joe Wilson (SF), David Pellowski (C) James Brown, Michael Dalzell, Carlos Parks | |
| 00:24 | Auburn | Alberto Russo picks off the pass by Michael Snow | 21-17 |
| 00:04 | Mississippi | Arthur King makes the 3pt attempt from straight away | 24-17 |
| 00:00 | Auburn | Joe Wilson misses long on a halfcourt shot | 24-17 |