| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Thompson (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Forest Legg (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Everett Hansen (fresh) PF - John Ehrenberg (fresh) 2 pts. C - John Burnett (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Louis Haley (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jonathan Griffin (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Anderson Zwagerman (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Oppenheim (fresh) 12 pts. C - Luther Baker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman inbounds the ball | 34-30 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 19:31 | Mississippi | Luther Baker hits a driving attempt in the paint and the foul's on John Burnett - foul #1 on John Burnett, team foul #1 | 34-32 |
| 19:31 | Mississippi | Luther Baker makes the free throw | 34-33 |
| 19:16 | Kentucky | Forest Legg misses the turnaround from the baseline but he's hacked by Luther Baker - foul #1 on Luther Baker, team foul #1 | 34-33 |
| 19:16 | Kentucky | Forest Legg misses the 1st free throw | 34-33 |
| 19:16 | Kentucky | Forest Legg misses the 2nd free throw | 34-33 |
| 19:16 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim pulls down the rebound | 34-33 |
| 18:53 | Mississippi | Luther Baker can't connect on a fadeaway in the paint | 34-33 |
| 18:51 | Kentucky | John Burnett grabs the board | 34-33 |
| 18:39 | Kentucky | Jonathan Griffin blocks the jumper by Forest Legg | 34-33 |
| 18:37 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to James Oppenheim | 34-33 |
| 18:14 | Mississippi | John Ehrenberg takes the ball from Jonathan Griffin | 34-33 |
| 18:04 | Kentucky | John Ehrenberg clanks a shot from the right wing | 34-33 |
| 18:02 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim grabs the defensive rebound | 34-33 |
| 17:41 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim hits a jumper in the paint on a nice dish by Louis Haley | 34-35 |
| 17:29 | Kentucky | John Ehrenberg misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 34-35 |
| 17:27 | Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to John Burnett | 34-35 |
| 17:13 | Kentucky | John Ehrenberg drills a driving attempt from the left block on a great pass from Robert Thompson and he's hacked by Louis Haley - foul #2 on Louis Haley, team foul #2 | 36-35 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Paul Lavoie (C) John Burnett | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 17:13 | Kentucky | John Ehrenberg makes the free throw | 37-35 |
| 16:45 | Mississippi | Luther Baker can't connect on a fadeaway near the basket | 37-35 |
| 16:43 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim tips it home | 37-37 |
| 16:37 | Kentucky | The jump hook by Robert Thompson is blocked by Luther Baker | 37-37 |
| 16:36 | Kentucky | John Ehrenberg grabs the offensive board | 37-37 |
| 16:24 | Kentucky | Everett Hansen buries a jumper from the left wing | 39-37 |
| 15:59 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim comes up short on the jumper near the basket but the foul's on Everett Hansen - foul #2 on Everett Hansen, team foul #2 | 39-37 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Joseph Thatcher (PG), Christopher Logsdon (SG), Randolph Pung (PF) Robert Thompson, Forest Legg, John Ehrenberg | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Angel Lombardi (SG), James Reny (SF), Jason Zidek (C) Jonathan Griffin, Anderson Zwagerman, Luther Baker | |
| 15:59 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim makes the 1st free throw | 39-38 |
| 15:59 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim makes the 2nd free throw | 39-39 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Joseph Thatcher (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Christopher Logsdon (fresh) 13 pts. SF - Everett Hansen (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Randolph Pung (fresh) C - Paul Lavoie (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Louis Haley (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Angel Lombardi (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Reny (fresh) PF - James Oppenheim (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 5 reb. C - Jason Zidek (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 15:42 | Kentucky | Angel Lombardi picks off the pass by Christopher Logsdon | 39-39 |
| 15:14 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim comes up short on the driving attempt from the baseline | 39-39 |
| 15:13 | Kentucky | Randolph Pung snags the defensive board | 39-39 |
| 14:53 | Kentucky | Everett Hansen misses the easy layup | 39-39 |
| 14:52 | Kentucky | Christopher Logsdon tips it home | 41-39 |
| 14:26 | Mississippi | Louis Haley banks in the layup on a great pass from Angel Lombardi | 41-41 |
| 14:22 | Kentucky | Christopher Logsdon misses long on a fadeaway in the lane | 41-41 |
| 14:20 | Mississippi | Angel Lombardi grabs the board | 41-41 |
| 13:58 | Mississippi | Louis Haley is fouled on the floor by Randolph Pung - foul #3 on Randolph Pung, team foul #3 | 41-41 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Thompson (PG), Forest Legg (SG), John Ehrenberg (PF), John Burnett (C) Joseph Thatcher, Everett Hansen, Randolph Pung, Paul Lavoie | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin (SG), Anderson Zwagerman (SF), Luther Baker (C) Louis Haley, James Reny, James Oppenheim | |
| 13:37 | Mississippi | Luther Baker makes the jumper near the basket | 41-43 |
| 13:23 | Kentucky | Christopher Logsdon clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 41-43 |
| 13:22 | Kentucky | John Burnett pulls down the offensive rebound | 41-43 |
| 13:05 | Kentucky | John Ehrenberg misses short on a shot from the left wing but he's hacked by Jason Zidek - foul #2 on Jason Zidek, team foul #3 | 41-43 |
| 13:05 | Kentucky | John Ehrenberg makes the 1st free throw | 42-43 |
| 13:05 | Kentucky | John Ehrenberg makes the 2nd free throw | 43-43 |
| 12:44 | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 43-43 |
| 12:42 | Mississippi | Jason Zidek grabs the offensive rebound | 43-43 |
| 12:23 | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 43-43 |
| 12:21 | Mississippi | Jason Zidek snags the offensive board | 43-43 |
| 11:58 | Mississippi | Forest Legg is called for the reach on Jonathan Griffin - foul #2 on Forest Legg, team foul #4 | 43-43 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Joseph Thatcher (SG), Randolph Pung (SF) Forest Legg, Christopher Logsdon | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Louis Haley (PG), James Oppenheim (PF) Angel Lombardi, Jason Zidek | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Thompson (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Joseph Thatcher (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Randolph Pung (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - John Ehrenberg (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - John Burnett (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Louis Haley (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jonathan Griffin (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Anderson Zwagerman (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Oppenheim (fresh) 18 pts. 5 reb. C - Luther Baker (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 4 blk. | |
| 11:46 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim loses the ball out of bounds | 43-43 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Everett Hansen (SF) Randolph Pung | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 11:35 | Kentucky | John Ehrenberg dunks the ball set up by Robert Thompson | 45-43 |
| 11:11 | Mississippi | Everett Hansen steals it from Luther Baker | 45-43 |
| 11:01 | Kentucky | Anderson Zwagerman swats the shot by Everett Hansen | 45-43 |
| 10:59 | Mississippi | Luther Baker grabs the defensive rebound | 45-43 |
| 10:39 | Mississippi | Luther Baker is hacked by John Burnett - foul #2 on John Burnett, team foul #5 | 45-43 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Forest Legg (SG), Randolph Pung (PF), Paul Lavoie (C) Robert Thompson, John Ehrenberg, John Burnett | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 10:22 | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Luther Baker | 45-45 |
| 10:09 | Kentucky | Everett Hansen loses the dribble to Louis Haley | 45-45 |
| 09:40 | Mississippi | Louis Haley comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Paul Lavoie - foul #2 on Paul Lavoie, team foul #6 | 45-45 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Christopher Logsdon (SF) Everett Hansen | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Angel Lombardi (SG), James Reny (SF), Jason Zidek (C) Jonathan Griffin, Anderson Zwagerman, Luther Baker | |
| 09:40 | Mississippi | Louis Haley makes the 1st free throw | 45-46 |
| 09:40 | Mississippi | Louis Haley misses the 2nd free throw | 45-46 |
| 09:40 | Kentucky | Randolph Pung gets the rebound | 45-46 |
| 09:26 | Kentucky | Christopher Logsdon is hacked by James Reny - foul #2 on James Reny, team foul #4 | 45-46 |
| 09:19 | Kentucky | Jason Zidek blocks the jumper by Christopher Logsdon | 45-46 |
| 09:17 | Mississippi | Jason Zidek gets the rebound | 45-46 |
| 08:52 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by James Reny | 45-48 |
| 08:38 | Kentucky | Randolph Pung clanks a floater in the lane | 45-48 |
| 08:36 | Kentucky | Randolph Pung tips it home | 47-48 |
| 08:15 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim clanks a runner near the basket | 47-48 |
| 08:14 | Kentucky | Randolph Pung snags the defensive board | 47-48 |
| 07:59 | Kentucky | Randolph Pung comes up short on the jumper near the basket but he's hacked by James Oppenheim - foul #2 on James Oppenheim, team foul #5 | 47-48 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Thompson (PG), Everett Hansen (SF), John Burnett (C) Joseph Thatcher, Forest Legg, Paul Lavoie | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin (SG), Anderson Zwagerman (PF) Angel Lombardi, James Oppenheim | |
| 07:59 | Kentucky | Randolph Pung makes the 1st free throw | 48-48 |
| 07:59 | Kentucky | Randolph Pung makes the 2nd free throw | 49-48 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Thompson (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Christopher Logsdon (fresh) 15 pts. SF - Everett Hansen (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - Randolph Pung (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - John Burnett (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Louis Haley (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jonathan Griffin (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Reny (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Anderson Zwagerman (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Jason Zidek (fresh) 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:40 | Mississippi | James Reny misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 49-48 |
| 07:38 | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin hits the follow up shot | 49-50 |
| 07:28 | Kentucky | Robert Thompson lays it up and in on a great pass from Christopher Logsdon | 51-50 |
| 07:07 | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin is hacked by Everett Hansen - foul #3 on Everett Hansen, team foul #7 | 51-50 |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Ehrenberg (PF) Randolph Pung | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Angel Lombardi (PG), Luther Baker (C) Louis Haley, Jason Zidek | |
| 07:07 | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin misses the 1st free throw | 51-50 |
| 07:07 | Kentucky | John Ehrenberg pulls down the rebound | 51-50 |
| 06:49 | Kentucky | Christopher Logsdon connects on the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Robert Thompson | 53-50 |
| 06:26 | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman misses the jump hook from the left block but he's fouled by John Ehrenberg - foul #2 on John Ehrenberg, team foul #8 | 53-50 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Forest Legg (SG) Christopher Logsdon | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 06:26 | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman makes the 1st free throw | 53-51 |
| 06:26 | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman makes the 2nd free throw | 53-52 |
| 06:19 | Kentucky | John Ehrenberg throws a bad pass out of bounds | 53-52 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Oppenheim (PF) James Reny | |
| 05:53 | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin hits a fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from Angel Lombardi | 53-54 |
| 05:35 | Kentucky | Everett Hansen misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 53-54 |
| 05:33 | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin snags the defensive board | 53-54 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 05:31 | Mississippi | Forest Legg steals the ball from Anderson Zwagerman in the backcourt | 53-54 |
| 05:15 | Kentucky | Robert Thompson hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right side | 53-54 |
| 05:14 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim grabs the board | 53-54 |
| 05:03 | Mississippi | John Ehrenberg takes the ball from James Oppenheim | 53-54 |
| 04:43 | Kentucky | John Burnett is called for traveling | 53-54 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Joseph Thatcher (PG), Christopher Logsdon (SG), Randolph Pung (PF), Paul Lavoie (C) Robert Thompson, Forest Legg, John Ehrenberg, John Burnett | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Louis Haley (PG), Jason Zidek (PF) Jonathan Griffin, James Oppenheim | |
| 04:20 | Mississippi | Paul Lavoie picks off the pass by Jason Zidek | 53-54 |
| 04:07 | Kentucky | Christopher Logsdon lays it up and in on a nice dish by Joseph Thatcher | 55-54 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 03:46 | Mississippi | Luther Baker makes the jump hook from the right block | 55-56 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Joseph Thatcher (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Christopher Logsdon (fresh) 19 pts. 1 ast. SF - Everett Hansen (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - Randolph Pung (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Paul Lavoie (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Louis Haley (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Angel Lombardi (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SF - Anderson Zwagerman (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jason Zidek (fresh) 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Luther Baker (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 4 blk. | |
| 03:27 | Kentucky | Everett Hansen throws a bad pass out of bounds | 55-56 |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Ehrenberg (PF) Everett Hansen | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin (SG), James Reny (SF), James Oppenheim (PF) Angel Lombardi, Anderson Zwagerman, Luther Baker | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 03:07 | Mississippi | James Reny is hacked by Randolph Pung - foul #4 on Randolph Pung, team foul #9 | 55-56 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Thompson (PG), Forest Legg (SG) Joseph Thatcher, Randolph Pung | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 03:07 | Mississippi | James Reny makes the 1st free throw | 55-57 |
| 03:07 | Mississippi | James Reny makes the 2nd free throw | 55-58 |
| 02:54 | Kentucky | The short jumper by Robert Thompson is denied by James Oppenheim | 55-58 |
| 02:53 | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin gets the rebound | 55-58 |
| 02:53 | Mississippi | Mississippi calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-58 |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Burnett (C) Paul Lavoie | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman (SF), Luther Baker (C) James Reny, Jason Zidek | |
| 02:24 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim's layup is rejected by John Burnett | 55-58 |
| 02:22 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to John Ehrenberg | 55-58 |
| 02:06 | Kentucky | Robert Thompson hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 55-58 |
| 02:05 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim snags the defensive board | 55-58 |
| 01:45 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim drills a runner near the basket on a nice dish by Jonathan Griffin | 55-60 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 01:32 | Kentucky | John Burnett connects on the floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by John Ehrenberg | 57-60 |
| 01:04 | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin misses badly on the uncontested jumpshot from the right wing | 57-60 |
| 01:02 | Mississippi | Jonathan Griffin tips it back up and in | 57-62 |
| 00:48 | Kentucky | John Burnett blows the layup | 57-62 |
| 00:47 | Mississippi | Luther Baker snags the defensive board | 57-62 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 00:44 | Mississippi | Luther Baker is hacked by Forest Legg in the backcourt - foul #3 on Forest Legg, team foul #10 | 57-62 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Everett Hansen (SF) Christopher Logsdon | |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Hacker (SF) Anderson Zwagerman | |
| 00:44 | Mississippi | Luther Baker makes the 1st free throw | 57-63 |
| 00:44 | Mississippi | Luther Baker makes the 2nd free throw | 57-64 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 00:36 | Kentucky | Robert Thompson blows the dunk but he's fouled by Jonathan Griffin - foul #1 on Jonathan Griffin, team foul #6 | 57-64 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Anderson Zwagerman (SF) William Hacker | |
| 00:36 | Kentucky | Robert Thompson misses the 1st free throw | 57-64 |
| 00:36 | Kentucky | Robert Thompson misses the 2nd free throw | 57-64 |
| 00:36 | Mississippi | Luther Baker pulls down the rebound | 57-64 |
| 00:35 | Mississippi | Luther Baker is hacked by Forest Legg in the backcourt - foul #4 on Forest Legg, team foul #11 | 57-64 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Hacker (SF) Anderson Zwagerman | |
| 00:35 | Mississippi | Luther Baker makes the 1st free throw | 57-65 |
| 00:35 | Mississippi | Luther Baker makes the 2nd free throw | 57-66 |
| 00:29 | Kentucky | Forest Legg buries a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Robert Thompson | 60-66 |
| 00:26 | Mississippi | Louis Haley is hacked by Robert Thompson in the backcourt - foul #1 on Robert Thompson, team foul #12 | 60-66 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Reny (SF) William Hacker | |
| 00:26 | Mississippi | Louis Haley makes the 1st free throw | 60-67 |
| 00:26 | Mississippi | Louis Haley makes the 2nd free throw | 60-68 |
| 00:20 | Kentucky | Robert Thompson comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 60-68 |
| 00:19 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim grabs the defensive rebound | 60-68 |
| 00:17 | Mississippi | Robert Thompson is called for the reach on James Oppenheim in the backcourt - foul #2 on Robert Thompson, team foul #13 | 60-68 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Hacker (SF) James Reny | |
| 00:17 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim makes the 1st free throw | 60-69 |
| 00:17 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim makes the 2nd free throw | 60-70 |
| 00:11 | Kentucky | Everett Hansen comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 60-70 |
| 00:10 | Mississippi | James Oppenheim gets the rebound | 60-70 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | Louis Haley runs out the clock | 60-70 |