| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Michael Knuckles (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Franjo Urbanski (fresh) 12 pts. SF - Austin Tolliver (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Hugo Kardos (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Donald Spivey (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Stanley Storch (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Howard Labarbera (fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. SF - Dana Cooks (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Tom Casillas (fresh) 4 pts. C - Paul Holbert (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | South Carolina | Dana Cooks inbounds the ball | 31-24 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 19:31 | South Carolina | Austin Tolliver takes the ball from Paul Holbert | 31-24 |
| 19:27 | Mississippi | Michael Knuckles hits the finger roll on a great pass from Austin Tolliver | 33-24 |
| 19:20 | South Carolina | Dana Cooks misses long on a floater from the left wing | 33-24 |
| 19:18 | Mississippi | Donald Spivey snags the defensive board | 33-24 |
| 18:58 | Mississippi | Hugo Kardos hits a wide open shot from the left side on a nice dish by Franjo Urbanski | 35-24 |
| 18:44 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 35-24 |
| 18:43 | South Carolina | Howard Labarbera tips it but misses | 35-24 |
| 18:41 | South Carolina | Tom Casillas can't tip it in | 35-24 |
| 18:40 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver snags the defensive board | 35-24 |
| 18:15 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 35-24 |
| 18:14 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch snags the defensive board | 35-24 |
| 17:50 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 35-27 |
| 17:21 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver's pass out of the doubleteam is intercepted by Paul Holbert | 35-27 |
| 17:05 | South Carolina | Austin Tolliver takes the ball from Paul Holbert | 35-27 |
| 17:00 | Mississippi | Hugo Kardos lays it in on a nice dish by Austin Tolliver | 37-27 |
| 16:39 | South Carolina | Tom Casillas hits the finger roll and he's fouled by Michael Knuckles - foul #2 on Michael Knuckles, team foul #1 | 37-29 |
| 16:39 | South Carolina | Tom Casillas makes the free throw | 37-30 |
| 16:23 | Mississippi | Michael Knuckles misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 37-30 |
| 16:22 | South Carolina | Dana Cooks pulls down the rebound | 37-30 |
| 16:01 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 37-30 |
| 16:00 | Mississippi | Donald Spivey grabs the defensive rebound | 37-30 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Michael Knuckles (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Franjo Urbanski (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Austin Tolliver (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Hugo Kardos (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Donald Spivey (fairly fresh) 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Stanley Storch (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Howard Labarbera (fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. SF - Dana Cooks (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Tom Casillas (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Paul Holbert (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:34 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 37-30 |
| 15:33 | South Carolina | Paul Holbert grabs the board | 37-30 |
| 15:27 | South Carolina | Franjo Urbanski is called for the reach on Howard Labarbera - foul #2 on Franjo Urbanski, team foul #2 | 37-30 |
| 15:11 | South Carolina | Dana Cooks clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 37-30 |
| 15:09 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch grabs the offensive board | 37-30 |
| 14:55 | South Carolina | Howard Labarbera misses the lay-in | 37-30 |
| 14:54 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver gets the rebound | 37-30 |
| 14:34 | Mississippi | Tom Casillas takes the ball from Hugo Kardos | 37-30 |
| 14:11 | South Carolina | Dana Cooks hits a fadeaway from the baseline | 37-32 |
| 13:46 | Mississippi | Michael Knuckles misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 37-32 |
| 13:44 | South Carolina | Tom Casillas pulls down the rebound | 37-32 |
| 13:30 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch misses the floater from just outside the lane but the foul's on Michael Knuckles - foul #3 on Michael Knuckles, team foul #3 | 37-32 |
| 13:30 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch misses the 1st free throw | 37-32 |
| 13:30 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch misses the 2nd free throw | 37-32 |
| 13:30 | Mississippi | Franjo Urbanski grabs the board | 37-32 |
| 13:10 | Mississippi | Howard Labarbera steals the ball from Austin Tolliver | 37-32 |
| 12:47 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 37-32 |
| 12:46 | Mississippi | Donald Spivey gets the rebound | 37-32 |
| 12:23 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver misses the dunk over the doubleteam | 37-32 |
| 12:21 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver hits the follow up shot | 39-32 |
| 12:02 | South Carolina | Tom Casillas misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 39-32 |
| 12:01 | Mississippi | Franjo Urbanski gets the rebound | 39-32 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Michael Knuckles (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Franjo Urbanski (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Austin Tolliver (tiring) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Hugo Kardos (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Donald Spivey (tiring) 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Stanley Storch (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Howard Labarbera (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 stl. SF - Dana Cooks (tiring) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Tom Casillas (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Paul Holbert (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:38 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right side | 39-32 |
| 11:37 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch grabs the defensive rebound | 39-32 |
| 11:31 | South Carolina | Austin Tolliver picks off the pass by Howard Labarbera | 39-32 |
| 11:10 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver is fouled on the floor by Paul Holbert - foul #3 on Paul Holbert, team foul #1 | 39-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Funchess (PG), Bernard Pearson (SG), Nicholas Brook (PF), Michael Hendrickson (C) Franjo Urbanski, Austin Tolliver, Hugo Kardos, Donald Spivey | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Dorsett (SF), Timothy Jones (PF) Dana Cooks, Tom Casillas | |
| 10:50 | Mississippi | Howard Labarbera steals the ball from James Funchess | 39-32 |
| 10:45 | South Carolina | Howard Labarbera misses the lay-in | 39-32 |
| 10:44 | South Carolina | Timothy Jones tips it back up and in | 39-34 |
| 10:30 | Mississippi | Bernard Pearson misses long on a 3 from straight away | 39-34 |
| 10:29 | Mississippi | James Funchess pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-34 |
| 10:11 | Mississippi | James Funchess is hacked by Stanley Storch - foul #3 on Stanley Storch, team foul #2 | 39-34 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Villalpando (SF) Michael Knuckles | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Jim Whitaker (SG), Danny Sangster (SF), Michael Kilgo (C) Stanley Storch, Howard Labarbera, Paul Holbert | |
| 09:48 | Mississippi | Nicholas Brook blows the layup | 39-34 |
| 09:47 | South Carolina | Jim Whitaker pulls down the rebound | 39-34 |
| 09:29 | South Carolina | Michael Kilgo comes up short on the turnaround from the baseline but the foul's on Michael Hendrickson - foul #2 on Michael Hendrickson, team foul #4 | 39-34 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Franjo Urbanski (SG), Hugo Kardos (PF) Bernard Pearson, Michael Hendrickson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Tom Casillas (SF) Danny Sangster | |
| 09:29 | South Carolina | Michael Kilgo misses the 1st free throw | 39-34 |
| 09:29 | South Carolina | Michael Kilgo misses the 2nd free throw | 39-34 |
| 09:29 | Mississippi | Hugo Kardos grabs the defensive rebound | 39-34 |
| 09:07 | Mississippi | Franjo Urbanski drills a fadeaway near the basket | 41-34 |
| 08:50 | South Carolina | The short jumper by Tom Casillas is denied by Nicholas Brook | 41-34 |
| 08:49 | Mississippi | Hugo Kardos grabs the board | 41-34 |
| 08:24 | Mississippi | Franjo Urbanski clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 41-34 |
| 08:23 | Mississippi | Hugo Kardos tips it back up and in | 43-34 |
| 08:18 | South Carolina | Jim Whitaker travels with the ball | 43-34 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Michael Knuckles (PG), Austin Tolliver (SF), Donald Spivey (C) James Funchess, William Villalpando, Nicholas Brook | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Stanley Storch (PG), Howard Labarbera (SG), Dana Cooks (SF), Paul Holbert (C) Michael Dorsett, Jim Whitaker, Timothy Jones, Michael Kilgo | |
| 07:54 | Mississippi | Hugo Kardos hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing but he's hacked by Tom Casillas - foul #2 on Tom Casillas, team foul #3 | 43-34 |
| 07:54 | Mississippi | Hugo Kardos misses the 1st free throw | 43-34 |
| 07:54 | Mississippi | Hugo Kardos misses the 2nd free throw | 43-34 |
| 07:54 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Paul Holbert | 43-34 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Michael Knuckles (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Franjo Urbanski (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SF - Austin Tolliver (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 3 stl. PF - Hugo Kardos (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. C - Donald Spivey (fairly fresh) 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Stanley Storch (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Howard Labarbera (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 stl. SF - Dana Cooks (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Tom Casillas (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Paul Holbert (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:36 | South Carolina | Michael Knuckles is called for the reach on Stanley Storch - foul #4 on Michael Knuckles, team foul #5 | 43-34 |
| 07:07 | South Carolina | Tom Casillas buries a jumper in the paint | 43-36 |
| 06:45 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver throws a bad pass out of bounds | 43-36 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bernard Pearson (SG) Franjo Urbanski | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Timothy Jones (PF) Tom Casillas | |
| 06:24 | South Carolina | Dana Cooks makes the 3pt shot from the right corner | 43-39 |
| 06:03 | Mississippi | Michael Knuckles's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 43-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Nicholas Brook (PF) Hugo Kardos | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 05:38 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch loses the ball out of bounds | 43-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Franjo Urbanski (SG) Bernard Pearson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Dorsett (SF) Dana Cooks | |
| 05:21 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the jumper in the paint set up by Franjo Urbanski | 45-39 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 05:03 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 45-39 |
| 05:01 | South Carolina | Michael Dorsett grabs the offensive board | 45-39 |
| 04:55 | South Carolina | Howard Labarbera misses long on a shot from the right block | 45-39 |
| 04:53 | Mississippi | Donald Spivey pulls down the rebound | 45-39 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 04:24 | Mississippi | Franjo Urbanski misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 45-39 |
| 04:22 | Mississippi | Nicholas Brook tips it back up and in | 47-39 |
| 04:13 | South Carolina | Austin Tolliver steps in front of the Michael Dorsett pass | 47-39 |
| 04:08 | Mississippi | Franjo Urbanski hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Austin Tolliver | 49-39 |
| 03:53 | South Carolina | Paul Holbert comes up short on the floater from close range but he's fouled by Nicholas Brook - foul #2 on Nicholas Brook, team foul #6 | 49-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Funchess (PG), Hugo Kardos (PF) Austin Tolliver, Donald Spivey | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Dana Cooks (SF), Tom Casillas (PF) Stanley Storch, Timothy Jones | |
| 03:53 | South Carolina | Paul Holbert misses the 1st free throw | 49-39 |
| 03:53 | South Carolina | Paul Holbert misses the 2nd free throw | 49-39 |
| 03:53 | Mississippi | Nicholas Brook grabs the board | 49-39 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - James Funchess (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Franjo Urbanski (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Knuckles (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. PF - Hugo Kardos (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. C - Nicholas Brook (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Michael Dorsett (fresh) 3 pf. SG - Howard Labarbera (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 stl. SF - Dana Cooks (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Tom Casillas (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Paul Holbert (tiring) 4 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:33 | Mississippi | James Funchess misses long on a jumper from the right side | 49-39 |
| 03:32 | South Carolina | Michael Dorsett gets the rebound | 49-39 |
| 03:22 | South Carolina | Tom Casillas's floater is tipped away by Hugo Kardos | 49-39 |
| 03:21 | Mississippi | Nicholas Brook grabs the board | 49-39 |
| 02:52 | Mississippi | Franjo Urbanski buries a jump hook in the paint set up by Hugo Kardos | 51-39 |
| 02:47 | South Carolina | Howard Labarbera is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Howard Labarbera, team foul #4 | 51-39 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bernard Pearson (SG), William Villalpando (SF), Michael Hendrickson (C) Franjo Urbanski, Michael Knuckles, Nicholas Brook | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Stanley Storch (PG), Jim Whitaker (SG), Timothy Jones (C) Michael Dorsett, Howard Labarbera, Paul Holbert | |
| 02:36 | Mississippi | Hugo Kardos clanks a shot in the paint | 51-39 |
| 02:35 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch pulls down the rebound | 51-39 |
| 02:29 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch connects on the 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Tom Casillas | 51-42 |
| 02:29 | Mississippi | Mississippi calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-42 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Michael Knuckles (PG), Franjo Urbanski (SG), Austin Tolliver (SF), Donald Spivey (C) James Funchess, Bernard Pearson, William Villalpando, Michael Hendrickson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Howard Labarbera (SG) Jim Whitaker | |
| 02:06 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver splits the doubleteam and buries a jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Michael Knuckles | 53-42 |
| 01:52 | South Carolina | Michael Knuckles is called for the reach on Tom Casillas - foul #5 on Michael Knuckles, team foul #7 | 53-42 |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Funchess (PG) Michael Knuckles | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Paul Holbert (C) Timothy Jones | |
| 01:52 | South Carolina | Tom Casillas makes the 1st free throw | 53-43 |
| 01:52 | South Carolina | Tom Casillas misses the 2nd free throw | 53-43 |
| 01:52 | Mississippi | Donald Spivey pulls down the rebound | 53-43 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 01:51 | Mississippi | Donald Spivey is hacked by Howard Labarbera in the backcourt - foul #3 on Howard Labarbera, team foul #5 | 53-43 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bernard Pearson (SG) Franjo Urbanski | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 01:48 | Mississippi | Dana Cooks is called for the reach on Austin Tolliver - foul #1 on Dana Cooks, team foul #6 | 53-43 |
| 01:46 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver is hacked by Paul Holbert - foul #4 on Paul Holbert, team foul #7 | 53-43 |
| 01:46 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver makes the 1st free throw | 54-43 |
| 01:46 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver makes the 2nd free throw | 55-43 |
| 01:31 | South Carolina | Stanley Storch makes the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Dana Cooks | 55-46 |
| 01:31 | Mississippi | Mississippi calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 55-46 |
| 01:29 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver is fouled in the backcourt by Stanley Storch - foul #4 on Stanley Storch, team foul #8 | 55-46 |
| 01:29 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver makes the 1st free throw | 56-46 |
| 01:29 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver makes the 2nd free throw | 57-46 |
| 01:15 | South Carolina | Dana Cooks misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Hugo Kardos - foul #2 on Hugo Kardos, team foul #8 | 57-46 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Franjo Urbanski (SG) Bernard Pearson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 01:15 | South Carolina | Dana Cooks makes the 1st free throw | 57-47 |
| 01:15 | South Carolina | Dana Cooks makes the 2nd free throw | 57-48 |
| 01:14 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver is hacked by Howard Labarbera in the backcourt - foul #4 on Howard Labarbera, team foul #9 | 57-48 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Bernard Pearson (SG) Franjo Urbanski | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 01:14 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver makes the 1st free throw | 58-48 |
| 01:14 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver makes the 2nd free throw | 59-48 |
| 01:03 | South Carolina | Dana Cooks loses the dribble to Austin Tolliver | 59-48 |
| 01:01 | Mississippi | Bernard Pearson is fouled in the backcourt by Stanley Storch - foul #5 on Stanley Storch, team foul #10 | 59-48 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Dorsett (PG) Stanley Storch | |
| 01:01 | Mississippi | Bernard Pearson makes the 1st free throw | 60-48 |
| 01:01 | Mississippi | Bernard Pearson makes the 2nd free throw | 61-48 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:54 | South Carolina | Dana Cooks misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Austin Tolliver - foul #1 on Austin Tolliver, team foul #9 | 61-48 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Franjo Urbanski (SG) Bernard Pearson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 00:54 | South Carolina | Dana Cooks makes the 1st free throw | 61-49 |
| 00:54 | South Carolina | Dana Cooks misses the 2nd free throw | 61-49 |
| 00:54 | Mississippi | Franjo Urbanski gets the rebound | 61-49 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 00:31 | Mississippi | Franjo Urbanski is open and buries a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Austin Tolliver | 63-49 |
| 00:23 | South Carolina | Donald Spivey denies the turnaround by Tom Casillas | 63-49 |
| 00:21 | Mississippi | Austin Tolliver grabs the board | 63-49 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | James Funchess runs out the clock | 63-49 |