| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Robert Phillips (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SG - Brad Hattaway (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Philip Williams (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Sidney Tiffany (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jon Clark (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Jim Llamas (fresh) SG - Bojan Radosavljevic (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jason Gillis (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Andrew Worley (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - James Hawn (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisiana State | Philip Williams inbounds the ball | 37-18 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:36 | Louisiana State | Philip Williams knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Sidney Tiffany | 40-18 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:22 | Mississippi State | Andrew Worley is fouled on the floor by Sidney Tiffany - foul #1 on Sidney Tiffany, team foul #1 | 40-18 |
| 19:10 | Mississippi State | Philip Williams steals the ball from Jim Llamas | 40-18 |
| 18:51 | Louisiana State | Brad Hattaway misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 40-18 |
| 18:49 | Mississippi State | Andrew Worley grabs the board | 40-18 |
| 18:33 | Mississippi State | The jump hook by Jim Llamas is blocked by Sidney Tiffany | 40-18 |
| 18:31 | Louisiana State | Sidney Tiffany gets the rebound | 40-18 |
| 18:19 | Louisiana State | Jim Llamas is called for the reach on Robert Phillips - foul #1 on Jim Llamas, team foul #1 | 40-18 |
| 18:08 | Louisiana State | Robert Phillips drills a fadeaway jumper from the left wing and he's hacked by Jim Llamas - foul #2 on Jim Llamas, team foul #2 | 42-18 |
| 18:08 | Louisiana State | Robert Phillips makes the free throw | 43-18 |
| 17:48 | Mississippi State | Jim Llamas clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 43-18 |
| 17:47 | Mississippi State | Andrew Worley tips it home | 43-20 |
| 17:28 | Louisiana State | Philip Williams hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-20 |
| 17:27 | Mississippi State | James Hawn pulls down the rebound | 43-20 |
| 17:18 | Mississippi State | Jim Llamas scores on a runner from the baseline on a nice dish by Jason Gillis | 43-22 |
| 17:01 | Louisiana State | Robert Phillips is hacked by Jim Llamas - foul #3 on Jim Llamas, team foul #3 | 43-22 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Andrew Robison (PG), Casey Lamons (SF), Dwight Tye (PF), Lee Alexander (C) Robert Phillips, Philip Williams, Sidney Tiffany, Jon Clark | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Robert Cunningham (PG), Steve Florez (SG), Ivan Smolinski (SF), Donald Goodwin (PF), Morgan Doane (C) Jim Llamas, Bojan Radosavljevic, Jason Gillis, Andrew Worley, James Hawn | |
| 16:54 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons hits a 3 from the left wing set up by Brad Hattaway | 46-22 |
| 16:46 | Mississippi State | Robert Cunningham misses badly on a shot from the right side | 46-22 |
| 16:44 | Mississippi State | Ivan Smolinski grabs the offensive board | 46-22 |
| 16:37 | Mississippi State | Robert Cunningham hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Dwight Tye - foul #1 on Dwight Tye, team foul #2 | 46-22 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Kenneth Henderson (SF) Brad Hattaway | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| 16:37 | Mississippi State | Robert Cunningham misses the 1st free throw | 46-22 |
| 16:37 | Mississippi State | Robert Cunningham makes the 2nd free throw | 46-23 |
| 16:26 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons dunks the ball on a nice dish by Andrew Robison | 48-23 |
| 16:02 | Mississippi State | Andrew Robison is called for the reach on Steve Florez - foul #1 on Andrew Robison, team foul #3 | 48-23 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Philip Williams (SF) Kenneth Henderson | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Bojan Radosavljevic (SG), James Hawn (C) Steve Florez, Morgan Doane | |
| 15:36 | Mississippi State | Ivan Smolinski is whistled for traveling | 48-23 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Robert Phillips (PG), Brad Hattaway (SG) Andrew Robison, Casey Lamons | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Van Fierro (PG), Andrew Worley (PF) Robert Cunningham, Donald Goodwin | |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Robert Phillips (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SG - Brad Hattaway (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Philip Williams (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Dwight Tye (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. C - Lee Alexander (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Van Fierro (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. SG - Bojan Radosavljevic (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Ivan Smolinski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Andrew Worley (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - James Hawn (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 15:19 | Louisiana State | Robert Phillips blows the layup but he's fouled by Bojan Radosavljevic - foul #2 on Bojan Radosavljevic, team foul #4 | 48-23 |
| 15:19 | Louisiana State | Robert Phillips misses the 1st free throw | 48-23 |
| 15:19 | Louisiana State | Robert Phillips makes the 2nd free throw | 49-23 |
| 15:03 | Mississippi State | Bojan Radosavljevic buries a turnaround from the right block and the foul's on Dwight Tye - foul #2 on Dwight Tye, team foul #4 | 49-25 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Jon Clark (C) Lee Alexander | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | | |
| 15:03 | Mississippi State | Bojan Radosavljevic makes the free throw | 49-26 |
| 14:48 | Louisiana State | Jon Clark's layup is rejected by James Hawn | 49-26 |
| 14:47 | Louisiana State | Dwight Tye tips it back up and in | 51-26 |
| 14:41 | Mississippi State | Van Fierro makes the 3 from the right corner | 51-29 |
| 14:12 | Louisiana State | Brad Hattaway misses long on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 51-29 |
| 14:11 | Mississippi State | Andrew Worley gets the rebound | 51-29 |
| 13:59 | Mississippi State | Andrew Worley makes the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 51-32 |
| 13:40 | Louisiana State | Bojan Radosavljevic takes the ball from Robert Phillips | 51-32 |
| 13:31 | Mississippi State | Van Fierro hits the finger roll against a doubleteam and he's fouled by Robert Phillips - foul #2 on Robert Phillips, team foul #5 | 51-34 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Andrew Robison (PG), Casey Lamons (SG), Sidney Tiffany (PF), Lee Alexander (C) Robert Phillips, Brad Hattaway, Philip Williams, Jon Clark | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Jim Llamas (SG), Jason Gillis (SF), Donald Goodwin (PF), Morgan Doane (C) Bojan Radosavljevic, Ivan Smolinski, Andrew Worley, James Hawn | |
| 13:31 | Mississippi State | Van Fierro makes the free throw | 51-35 |
| 13:11 | Louisiana State | Dwight Tye makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 53-35 |
| 12:44 | Mississippi State | Morgan Doane misses badly on a shot from the right side | 53-35 |
| 12:42 | Louisiana State | Lee Alexander gets the rebound | 53-35 |
| 12:37 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons buries a jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Andrew Robison | 55-35 |
| 12:19 | Mississippi State | Van Fierro is hacked by Andrew Robison - foul #2 on Andrew Robison, team foul #6 | 55-35 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Robert Phillips (PG), Brad Hattaway (SG) Andrew Robison, Lee Alexander | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Andrew Worley (PF) Morgan Doane | |
| 12:07 | Mississippi State | Van Fierro misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 55-35 |
| 12:06 | Louisiana State | Dwight Tye snags the defensive board | 55-35 |
| 11:59 | Louisiana State | Robert Phillips hits the finger roll | 57-35 |
| 11:52 | Mississippi State | Van Fierro is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 57-35 |
| 11:51 | Louisiana State | The rebound goes to Sidney Tiffany | 57-35 |
| 11:45 | Louisiana State | Brad Hattaway drills a fadeaway from the free throw line set up by Robert Phillips | 59-35 |
| 11:28 | Mississippi State | Jason Gillis's pass is intercepted by Casey Lamons | 59-35 |
| 11:25 | Louisiana State | Robert Phillips dunks the ball set up by Casey Lamons | 61-35 |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Robert Phillips (fresh) 10 pts. 6 ast. SG - Brad Hattaway (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SF - Casey Lamons (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. PF - Sidney Tiffany (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Dwight Tye (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Van Fierro (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 pf. SG - Jim Llamas (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - Jason Gillis (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Andrew Worley (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. C - Donald Goodwin (fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:11 | Mississippi State | Brad Hattaway steps in front of the Andrew Worley pass | 61-35 |
| 10:49 | Louisiana State | Dwight Tye can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 61-35 |
| 10:47 | Louisiana State | Robert Phillips tips it but misses | 61-35 |
| 10:45 | Mississippi State | The rebound goes to Donald Goodwin | 61-35 |
| 10:33 | Mississippi State | Jim Llamas hits a 3 pointer from straight away | 61-38 |
| 10:15 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Brad Hattaway | 64-38 |
| 09:53 | Mississippi State | Andrew Worley lays it up and in set up by Van Fierro | 64-40 |
| 09:38 | Louisiana State | Dwight Tye banks in the layup set up by Robert Phillips | 66-40 |
| 09:26 | Mississippi State | Jason Gillis's pass is intercepted by Brad Hattaway | 66-40 |
| 09:09 | Louisiana State | Dwight Tye can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 66-40 |
| 09:07 | Louisiana State | Sidney Tiffany pulls down the offensive rebound | 66-40 |
| 08:57 | Louisiana State | Brad Hattaway drills a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Robert Phillips | 69-40 |
| 08:33 | Mississippi State | Andrew Worley comes up short on the floater from the right wing | 69-40 |
| 08:32 | Louisiana State | The rebound goes to Brad Hattaway | 69-40 |
| 08:07 | Louisiana State | The jumper by Brad Hattaway is denied by Andrew Worley | 69-40 |
| 08:05 | Mississippi State | Jim Llamas grabs the board | 69-40 |
| 07:54 | Mississippi State | Jason Gillis is called for traveling | 69-40 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Andrew Robison (PG), Philip Williams (SF), Lee Alexander (PF), Jon Clark (C) Robert Phillips, Casey Lamons, Sidney Tiffany, Dwight Tye | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Robert Cunningham (PG), Bojan Radosavljevic (SG), Ivan Smolinski (SF), Morgan Doane (PF), James Hawn (C) Van Fierro, Jim Llamas, Jason Gillis, Andrew Worley, Donald Goodwin | |
| 07:43 | Louisiana State | Robert Cunningham is called for the reach on Andrew Robison - foul #1 on Robert Cunningham, team foul #5 | 69-40 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons (SG), Kenneth Henderson (SF), Dwight Tye (C) Brad Hattaway, Philip Williams, Jon Clark | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Steve Florez (SG), Charles Hodges (SF) Bojan Radosavljevic, James Hawn | |
| 07:26 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Robert Cunningham - foul #2 on Robert Cunningham, team foul #6 | 69-40 |
| 07:26 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons makes the 1st free throw | 70-40 |
| 07:26 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons makes the 2nd free throw | 71-40 |
| 07:26 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons misses the 3rd free throw | 71-40 |
| 07:26 | Louisiana State | Dwight Tye pulls down the offensive rebound | 71-40 |
| 07:08 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 71-40 |
| 07:06 | Mississippi State | Morgan Doane grabs the defensive rebound | 71-40 |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Andrew Robison (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Casey Lamons (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kenneth Henderson (fresh) PF - Lee Alexander (fresh) 4 reb. C - Dwight Tye (tiring) 10 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Robert Cunningham (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Steve Florez (fresh) SF - Charles Hodges (fresh) PF - Morgan Doane (fresh) 2 reb. C - Ivan Smolinski (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 06:59 | Mississippi State | Steve Florez travels with the ball | 71-40 |
| 06:35 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons is hacked by Ivan Smolinski - foul #2 on Ivan Smolinski, team foul #7 | 71-40 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Donald Goodwin (C) Charles Hodges | |
| 06:35 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons makes the 1st free throw | 72-40 |
| 06:35 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons misses the 2nd free throw | 72-40 |
| 06:35 | Mississippi State | Donald Goodwin pulls down the rebound | 72-40 |
| 06:21 | Mississippi State | Donald Goodwin can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Kenneth Henderson - foul #1 on Kenneth Henderson, team foul #7 | 72-40 |
| 06:21 | Mississippi State | Donald Goodwin makes the 1st free throw | 72-41 |
| 06:21 | Mississippi State | Donald Goodwin misses the 2nd free throw | 72-41 |
| 06:21 | Louisiana State | Kenneth Henderson pulls down the rebound | 72-41 |
| 06:03 | Louisiana State | Andrew Robison is hacked by Morgan Doane - foul #1 on Morgan Doane, team foul #8 | 72-41 |
| 06:03 | Louisiana State | Andrew Robison makes the 1st free throw | 73-41 |
| 06:03 | Louisiana State | Andrew Robison makes the 2nd free throw | 74-41 |
| 05:54 | Mississippi State | Andrew Robison steals the ball from Donald Goodwin | 74-41 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 05:35 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons misses the lay-in but the foul's on Steve Florez - foul #1 on Steve Florez, team foul #9 | 74-41 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Jim Llamas (PG), Charles Hodges (SF) Steve Florez, Ivan Smolinski | |
| 05:35 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons misses the 1st free throw | 74-41 |
| 05:35 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons misses the 2nd free throw | 74-41 |
| 05:35 | Mississippi State | The rebound goes to Donald Goodwin | 74-41 |
| 05:14 | Mississippi State | Morgan Doane misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 74-41 |
| 05:12 | Louisiana State | Andrew Robison grabs the defensive rebound | 74-41 |
| 04:43 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons hits a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Andrew Robison | 77-41 |
| 04:37 | Mississippi State | Jim Llamas misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Andrew Robison - foul #3 on Andrew Robison, team foul #8 | 77-41 |
| 04:37 | Mississippi State | Jim Llamas misses the 1st free throw | 77-41 |
| 04:37 | Mississippi State | Jim Llamas makes the 2nd free throw | 77-42 |
| 04:15 | Louisiana State | Jim Llamas picks off the pass by Casey Lamons | 77-42 |
| 04:01 | Mississippi State | Donald Goodwin's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 77-42 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Ivan Smolinski (PF) Morgan Doane | |
| 03:46 | Louisiana State | Dwight Tye makes the jumpshot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Lee Alexander | 79-42 |
| 03:36 | Mississippi State | Jim Llamas knocks in the jumpshot from the left side on a nice dish by Charles Hodges | 79-44 |
| 03:07 | Louisiana State | Andrew Robison is hacked by Robert Cunningham - foul #3 on Robert Cunningham, team foul #10 | 79-44 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Steve Florez (PG), Morgan Doane (PF) Robert Cunningham, Charles Hodges | |
| 03:07 | Louisiana State | Andrew Robison makes the 1st free throw | 80-44 |
| 03:07 | Louisiana State | Andrew Robison makes the 2nd free throw | 81-44 |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Andrew Robison (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. 4 stl. 3 pf. SG - Casey Lamons (tiring) 16 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kenneth Henderson (fairly fresh) PF - Lee Alexander (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Dwight Tye (tired) 12 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi State | PG - Steve Florez (fresh) SG - Jim Llamas (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. SF - Ivan Smolinski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Morgan Doane (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Donald Goodwin (tiring) 1 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 02:54 | Mississippi State | Ivan Smolinski connects on the shot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Steve Florez | 81-46 |
| 02:28 | Louisiana State | Andrew Robison is fouled on the floor by Steve Florez - foul #2 on Steve Florez, team foul #11 | 81-46 |
| 02:28 | Louisiana State | Andrew Robison misses the 1st free throw | 81-46 |
| 02:28 | Louisiana State | Andrew Robison makes the 2nd free throw | 82-46 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:19 | Mississippi State | Steve Florez misses the jumper from the free throw line | 82-46 |
| 02:17 | Mississippi State | Morgan Doane tips it back up and in | 82-48 |
| 01:55 | Louisiana State | Ivan Smolinski swats the short shot by Dwight Tye | 82-48 |
| 01:54 | Louisiana State | Kenneth Henderson misses the tip | 82-48 |
| 01:52 | Mississippi State | Donald Goodwin snags the defensive board | 82-48 |
| 01:45 | Mississippi State | Morgan Doane hits the front of the rim on the jump hook near the basket but the foul's on Lee Alexander - foul #1 on Lee Alexander, team foul #9 | 82-48 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| Subs | Mississippi State | Robert Cunningham (SG) Steve Florez | |
| 01:45 | Mississippi State | Morgan Doane makes the 1st free throw | 82-49 |
| 01:45 | Mississippi State | Morgan Doane makes the 2nd free throw | 82-50 |
| 01:27 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons connects on the jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Andrew Robison and he's hacked by Donald Goodwin - foul #3 on Donald Goodwin, team foul #12 | 84-50 |
| 01:27 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons makes the free throw | 85-50 |
| 01:12 | Mississippi State | Jim Llamas drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Morgan Doane | 85-53 |
| 00:54 | Louisiana State | Dwight Tye misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 85-53 |
| 00:53 | Louisiana State | Lee Alexander snags the offensive board | 85-53 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:24 | Louisiana State | Casey Lamons's fadeaway is rejected by Ivan Smolinski | 85-53 |
| 00:23 | Mississippi State | Donald Goodwin grabs the defensive rebound | 85-53 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:17 | Mississippi State | Robert Cunningham double dribbles | 85-53 |
| 00:00 | Louisiana State | Andrew Robison runs out the clock | 85-53 |