| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Lee Shufelt (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Read (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Martin Salaam (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. PF - James Haws (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Lee Hilton (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Timothy Scott (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Oliver McCulley (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Clarence Clapper (fresh) PF - Brian Butt (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Sean Havel (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Martin Salaam inbounds the ball | 31-16 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Kansas State | Kansas State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:58 | Mississippi | Lee Shufelt is fouled in the backcourt by Timothy Scott - foul #3 on Timothy Scott, team foul #1 | 31-16 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Joseph Dillingham (PG) Timothy Scott | |
| 19:49 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane | 31-16 |
| 19:47 | Kansas State | The rebound goes to Brian Butt | 31-16 |
| 19:32 | Kansas State | Clarence Clapper misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing | 31-16 |
| 19:30 | Mississippi | James Haws snags the defensive board | 31-16 |
| 19:15 | Mississippi | Martin Salaam hits the finger roll on a great pass from Lee Shufelt | 33-16 |
| 18:54 | Kansas State | Sean Havel loses the dribble to James Haws | 33-16 |
| 18:30 | Mississippi | James Haws clanks a shot from the right block but he's hacked by Oliver McCulley - foul #2 on Oliver McCulley, team foul #2 | 33-16 |
| 18:30 | Mississippi | James Haws misses the 1st free throw | 33-16 |
| 18:30 | Mississippi | James Haws misses the 2nd free throw | 33-16 |
| 18:30 | Kansas State | The rebound goes to Brian Butt | 33-16 |
| 18:11 | Kansas State | Clarence Clapper misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 33-16 |
| 18:09 | Kansas State | The offensive rebound goes to Brian Butt | 33-16 |
| 17:52 | Kansas State | Joseph Dillingham can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 33-16 |
| 17:51 | Mississippi | Martin Salaam snags the defensive board | 33-16 |
| 17:32 | Mississippi | Brian Butt denies the turnaround by Martin Salaam | 33-16 |
| 17:31 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton tips it in | 35-16 |
| 17:11 | Kansas State | Brian Butt can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 35-16 |
| 17:10 | Mississippi | Martin Salaam snags the defensive board | 35-16 |
| 17:06 | Mississippi | Martin Salaam blows the layup but he's fouled by Clarence Clapper - foul #3 on Clarence Clapper, team foul #3 | 35-16 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Kansas State | James Orman (SF) Clarence Clapper | |
| 17:06 | Mississippi | Martin Salaam makes the 1st free throw | 36-16 |
| 17:06 | Mississippi | Martin Salaam makes the 2nd free throw | 37-16 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Kansas State | Kansas State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 16:46 | Kansas State | Joseph Dillingham's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 37-16 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Gary Thomas (PG), Erik Scheele (SG), Michael Nicholson (PF) Joseph Dillingham, Oliver McCulley, Brian Butt | |
| 16:18 | Mississippi | Lee Shufelt knocks in the floater near the basket set up by Martin Salaam | 39-16 |
| 16:08 | Kansas State | James Orman is called for a charge - foul #3 on James Orman, team foul #4 | 39-16 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Douglas Horne (SF) William Read | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Richard Pak (SF), Maurice Bodkin (C) James Orman, Sean Havel | |
| 15:44 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by Martin Salaam | 41-16 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Lee Shufelt (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Martin Salaam (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. SF - Douglas Horne (fresh) PF - James Haws (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Lee Hilton (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Gary Thomas (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Erik Scheele (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Richard Pak (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Michael Nicholson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Maurice Bodkin (fresh) | |
| 15:33 | Kansas State | Michael Nicholson loses the dribble to James Haws | 41-16 |
| 15:09 | Mississippi | Martin Salaam scores on a fadeaway in the lane set up by Lee Shufelt | 43-16 |
| 14:58 | Kansas State | Richard Pak drills a turnaround from the left block and he's hacked by James Haws - foul #1 on James Haws, team foul #1 | 43-18 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Read (SG), Robert Smith (PF) Douglas Horne, James Haws | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Timothy Scott (PG), Oliver McCulley (SG), Clarence Clapper (SF), Brian Butt (PF) Gary Thomas, Erik Scheele, Michael Nicholson, Maurice Bodkin | |
| 14:58 | Kansas State | Richard Pak misses the free throw | 43-18 |
| 14:58 | Mississippi | Robert Smith grabs the board | 43-18 |
| 14:34 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton throws it down | 45-18 |
| 14:13 | Kansas State | Richard Pak comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 45-18 |
| 14:12 | Kansas State | Richard Pak tips it in | 45-20 |
| 13:48 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton clanks a fadeaway in the paint | 45-20 |
| 13:46 | Kansas State | Richard Pak snags the defensive board | 45-20 |
| 13:39 | Kansas State | Timothy Scott hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 45-20 |
| 13:37 | Kansas State | The offensive rebound goes to Richard Pak | 45-20 |
| 13:27 | Kansas State | Clarence Clapper knocks in the shot from the right side on a great pass from Timothy Scott | 45-22 |
| 13:09 | Mississippi | Martin Salaam is hacked by Clarence Clapper - foul #4 on Clarence Clapper, team foul #5 | 45-22 |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Rakoski (PG), James Haws (PF) Lee Shufelt, Lee Hilton | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Joseph Dillingham (SF), Sean Havel (C) Clarence Clapper, Richard Pak | |
| 12:49 | Mississippi | James Haws buries a fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by James Rakoski | 47-22 |
| 12:30 | Kansas State | Joseph Dillingham can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 47-22 |
| 12:29 | Mississippi | James Haws grabs the board | 47-22 |
| 12:12 | Mississippi | Martin Salaam misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 47-22 |
| 12:11 | Kansas State | The rebound goes to Sean Havel | 47-22 |
| 12:03 | Kansas State | Joseph Dillingham knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Oliver McCulley | 47-25 |
| 11:35 | Mississippi | Robert Smith misses the dunk | 47-25 |
| 11:34 | Mississippi | Martin Salaam tips it in | 49-25 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - James Rakoski (fresh) 1 ast. SG - William Read (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Martin Salaam (tiring) 16 pts. 8 reb. PF - James Haws (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Robert Smith (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Timothy Scott (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Oliver McCulley (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SF - Joseph Dillingham (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Brian Butt (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Sean Havel (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Kansas State | Oliver McCulley clanks a 3 from the right wing | 49-25 |
| 11:28 | Mississippi | James Haws pulls down the rebound | 49-25 |
| 11:03 | Mississippi | William Read hits a 3 pointer from the right corner | 52-25 |
| 10:46 | Kansas State | Joseph Dillingham makes the jumpshot from the left side on a nice dish by Timothy Scott and the foul's on Martin Salaam - foul #2 on Martin Salaam, team foul #2 | 52-27 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Lee Shufelt (PG), Douglas Horne (SF), Lee Hilton (C) James Rakoski, Martin Salaam, Robert Smith | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Gary Thomas (SG), James Orman (SF), Michael Nicholson (PF) Timothy Scott, Oliver McCulley, Brian Butt | |
| 10:46 | Kansas State | Joseph Dillingham makes the free throw | 52-28 |
| 10:27 | Mississippi | William Read clanks a runner in the paint but he's fouled by Gary Thomas - foul #2 on Gary Thomas, team foul #6 | 52-28 |
| 10:27 | Mississippi | William Read makes the 1st free throw | 53-28 |
| 10:27 | Mississippi | William Read makes the 2nd free throw | 54-28 |
| 10:09 | Kansas State | Michael Nicholson misses the lay-in but he's hacked by James Haws - foul #2 on James Haws, team foul #3 | 54-28 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Erik Scheele (SG) Joseph Dillingham | |
| 10:09 | Kansas State | Michael Nicholson misses the 1st free throw | 54-28 |
| 10:09 | Kansas State | Michael Nicholson misses the 2nd free throw | 54-28 |
| 10:09 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton grabs the board | 54-28 |
| 09:53 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton is fouled on the floor by James Orman - foul #4 on James Orman, team foul #7 | 54-28 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Robert Smith (PF) James Haws | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Richard Pak (SF), Maurice Bodkin (C) James Orman, Sean Havel | |
| 09:53 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton misses the 1st free throw | 54-28 |
| 09:53 | Kansas State | Maurice Bodkin pulls down the rebound | 54-28 |
| 09:37 | Kansas State | Erik Scheele misses the shot from the right wing | 54-28 |
| 09:36 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton snags the defensive board | 54-28 |
| 09:18 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton double dribbles | 54-28 |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Rakoski (PG), Martin Salaam (SG) Lee Shufelt, William Read | |
| Subs | Kansas State | | |
| 09:06 | Kansas State | Gary Thomas is hacked by Robert Smith - foul #4 on Robert Smith, team foul #4 | 54-28 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Joseph Dillingham (SF) Maurice Bodkin | |
| 08:52 | Kansas State | Douglas Horne swats the short shot by Erik Scheele | 54-28 |
| 08:50 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton gets the rebound | 54-28 |
| 08:31 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton double dribbles | 54-28 |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Haws (PF) Robert Smith | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Maurice Bodkin (C) Michael Nicholson | |
| 08:14 | Kansas State | Gary Thomas comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 54-28 |
| 08:13 | Mississippi | James Rakoski gets the rebound | 54-28 |
| 07:53 | Mississippi | Martin Salaam makes the floater from the baseline | 56-28 |
| 07:45 | Kansas State | Joseph Dillingham knocks in the floater from the free throw line set up by Gary Thomas | 56-30 |
| 07:16 | Mississippi | Richard Pak is called for the reach on Lee Hilton - foul #2 on Richard Pak, team foul #8 | 56-30 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Read (SG), Robert Smith (PF) Martin Salaam, James Haws | |
| Subs | Kansas State | James Orman (SF), Michael Nicholson (PF) Gary Thomas, Richard Pak | |
| 07:16 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton makes the 1st free throw | 57-30 |
| 07:16 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton misses the 2nd free throw | 57-30 |
| 07:16 | Kansas State | Maurice Bodkin snags the defensive board | 57-30 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - James Rakoski (fresh) 1 ast. SG - William Read (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Douglas Horne (fairly fresh) PF - Robert Smith (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Lee Hilton (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Erik Scheele (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Joseph Dillingham (fresh) 8 pts. SF - James Orman (fresh) 4 pf. PF - Michael Nicholson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Maurice Bodkin (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 06:58 | Kansas State | James Rakoski takes the ball from Joseph Dillingham | 57-30 |
| 06:36 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton misses the lay-in | 57-30 |
| 06:34 | Kansas State | The rebound goes to Michael Nicholson | 57-30 |
| 06:16 | Kansas State | Douglas Horne takes the ball from Maurice Bodkin | 57-30 |
| 06:13 | Mississippi | James Rakoski slams it home on a great pass from Douglas Horne | 59-30 |
| 06:03 | Kansas State | Maurice Bodkin lays it up and in on a nice dish by Joseph Dillingham and he's fouled by Lee Hilton - foul #1 on Lee Hilton, team foul #5 | 59-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Gary Thomas (SG) Erik Scheele | |
| 06:03 | Kansas State | Maurice Bodkin makes the free throw | 59-33 |
| 05:40 | Mississippi | William Read is fouled on the floor by Gary Thomas - foul #3 on Gary Thomas, team foul #9 | 59-33 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Richard Pak (C) Maurice Bodkin | |
| 05:40 | Mississippi | William Read makes the 1st free throw | 60-33 |
| 05:40 | Mississippi | William Read misses the 2nd free throw | 60-33 |
| 05:40 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton pulls down the offensive rebound | 60-33 |
| 05:33 | Mississippi | A charge is called on Lee Hilton - foul #2 on Lee Hilton, team foul #6 | 60-33 |
| 05:08 | Kansas State | Michael Nicholson hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right wing but the foul's on Robert Smith - foul #5 on Robert Smith, team foul #7 | 60-33 |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Haws (PF) Robert Smith | |
| Subs | Kansas State | | |
| 05:08 | Kansas State | Michael Nicholson misses the 1st free throw | 60-33 |
| 05:08 | Kansas State | Michael Nicholson makes the 2nd free throw | 60-34 |
| 05:00 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton is fouled on the floor by James Orman - foul #5 on James Orman, team foul #10 | 60-34 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Erik Scheele (SG) James Orman | |
| 05:00 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton makes the 1st free throw | 61-34 |
| 05:00 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton makes the 2nd free throw | 62-34 |
| 04:39 | Kansas State | Gary Thomas hits a jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Joseph Dillingham | 62-36 |
| 04:15 | Mississippi | William Read hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by James Rakoski | 65-36 |
| 04:02 | Kansas State | Richard Pak clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 65-36 |
| 04:00 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton pulls down the rebound | 65-36 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Kansas State | Kansas State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:37 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton throws it down set up by James Rakoski and the foul's on Richard Pak - foul #3 on Richard Pak, team foul #11 | 67-36 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Martin Salaam (SG) William Read | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Maurice Bodkin (C) Richard Pak | |
| 03:37 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton misses the free throw | 67-36 |
| 03:37 | Kansas State | The rebound goes to Maurice Bodkin | 67-36 |
| 03:24 | Kansas State | Gary Thomas drills a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line and he's hacked by James Rakoski - foul #1 on James Rakoski, team foul #8 | 67-38 |
| 03:24 | Kansas State | Gary Thomas makes the free throw | 67-39 |
| 02:59 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton misses badly on a jump hook from close range | 67-39 |
| 02:58 | Kansas State | The rebound goes to Michael Nicholson | 67-39 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - James Rakoski (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Martin Salaam (fresh) 18 pts. 8 reb. SF - Douglas Horne (tiring) 2 stl. PF - James Haws (tiring) 6 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Lee Hilton (tiring) 19 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Gary Thomas (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Erik Scheele (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SF - Joseph Dillingham (tiring) 8 pts. 2 ast. PF - Michael Nicholson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Maurice Bodkin (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 02:51 | Kansas State | Martin Salaam steps in front of the Michael Nicholson pass | 67-39 |
| 02:46 | Mississippi | Martin Salaam clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 67-39 |
| 02:45 | Kansas State | Maurice Bodkin grabs the board | 67-39 |
| 02:29 | Kansas State | Michael Nicholson lays it in set up by Maurice Bodkin | 67-41 |
| 02:13 | Mississippi | Lee Hilton blows the layup | 67-41 |
| 02:11 | Kansas State | Maurice Bodkin grabs the defensive rebound | 67-41 |
| 01:55 | Kansas State | Erik Scheele connects on the turnaround near the basket on a great pass from Gary Thomas | 67-43 |
| 01:32 | Mississippi | Martin Salaam misses the lay-in | 67-43 |
| 01:31 | Kansas State | Joseph Dillingham grabs the board | 67-43 |
| 01:26 | Kansas State | Joseph Dillingham hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Erik Scheele | 67-45 |
| 01:05 | Mississippi | Gary Thomas steals the ball from Douglas Horne | 67-45 |
| 00:52 | Kansas State | Michael Nicholson misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Douglas Horne - foul #1 on Douglas Horne, team foul #9 | 67-45 |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Read (SG) Martin Salaam | |
| Subs | Kansas State | Richard Pak (C) Maurice Bodkin | |
| 00:52 | Kansas State | Michael Nicholson misses the 1st free throw | 67-45 |
| 00:52 | Kansas State | Michael Nicholson makes the 2nd free throw | 67-46 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Kansas State | Kansas State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:28 | Mississippi | Michael Nicholson is called for the reach on William Read - foul #1 on Michael Nicholson, team foul #12 | 67-46 |
| 00:28 | Mississippi | William Read makes the 1st free throw | 68-46 |
| 00:28 | Mississippi | William Read makes the 2nd free throw | 69-46 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Kansas State | Kansas State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:23 | Kansas State | Gary Thomas clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 69-46 |
| 00:21 | Kansas State | Richard Pak snags the offensive board | 69-46 |
| 00:18 | Kansas State | Erik Scheele makes the jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Gary Thomas | 69-48 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | James Rakoski runs out the clock | 69-48 |