| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Milford Bissette (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Arvizu (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Grover Carroll (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Graham Johns (fresh) 2 reb. C - Claude Reece (fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Tulsa | PG - Mark Lawrence (fresh) 5 pts. SG - David Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - George Moore (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Fallin (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jeffrey Perdomo (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll inbounds the ball | 30-25 |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Tulsa | Tulsa is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 19:41 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece hits the front of the rim on the wide open shot from the left side | 30-25 |
| 19:40 | Tulsa | George Moore gets the rebound | 30-25 |
| 19:35 | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence misses badly on a floater from the right side but he's hacked by Milford Bissette - foul #1 on Milford Bissette, team foul #1 | 30-25 |
| 19:35 | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence makes the 1st free throw | 30-26 |
| 19:35 | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence misses the 2nd free throw | 30-26 |
| 19:35 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to John Arvizu | 30-26 |
| 19:33 | Southern Mississippi | John Arvizu is hacked by David Brown in the backcourt - foul #3 on David Brown, team foul #1 | 30-26 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Todd Gorman (PG) David Brown | |
| 19:21 | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll makes the wide open jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Milford Bissette | 32-26 |
| 19:07 | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence is whistled for traveling | 32-26 |
| 18:38 | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll misses long on an open fadeaway from the left block but the foul's on Jeffrey Perdomo - foul #1 on Jeffrey Perdomo, team foul #2 | 32-26 |
| 18:38 | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll makes the 1st free throw | 33-26 |
| 18:38 | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll misses the 2nd free throw | 33-26 |
| 18:38 | Tulsa | David Fallin grabs the defensive rebound | 33-26 |
| 18:29 | Tulsa | Jeffrey Perdomo's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 33-26 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Dustin Wright (PF) David Fallin | |
| 18:06 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece clanks a runner from close range but the foul's on Jeffrey Perdomo - foul #2 on Jeffrey Perdomo, team foul #3 | 33-26 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski (SF) Grover Carroll | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Angel Zapata (SG), Al Hicks (C) George Moore, Jeffrey Perdomo | |
| 18:06 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses the 1st free throw | 33-26 |
| 18:06 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses the 2nd free throw | 33-26 |
| 18:06 | Tulsa | Dustin Wright gets the rebound | 33-26 |
| 17:52 | Tulsa | Todd Gorman misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 33-26 |
| 17:50 | Tulsa | Dustin Wright hits the follow up shot | 33-28 |
| 17:32 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece comes up short on the jump hook from close range | 33-28 |
| 17:31 | Tulsa | Todd Gorman grabs the board | 33-28 |
| 17:16 | Tulsa | Al Hicks loses the dribble to Graham Johns | 33-28 |
| 17:11 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns hits a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Milford Bissette | 36-28 |
| 16:53 | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 36-28 |
| 16:52 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns pulls down the rebound | 36-28 |
| 16:23 | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette misses the floater from the right wing | 36-28 |
| 16:21 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski grabs the offensive rebound | 36-28 |
| 15:58 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 36-28 |
| 15:57 | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence grabs the board | 36-28 |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Milford Bissette (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SG - John Arvizu (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Devin Ostroski (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Graham Johns (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Claude Reece (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Tulsa | PG - Mark Lawrence (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SG - Angel Zapata (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Todd Gorman (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Dustin Wright (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Al Hicks (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:38 | Tulsa | Angel Zapata comes up short on the shot from the left wing | 36-28 |
| 15:36 | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette pulls down the rebound | 36-28 |
| 15:20 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski misses the floater from the left side | 36-28 |
| 15:19 | Tulsa | The rebound goes to Todd Gorman | 36-28 |
| 14:59 | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side | 36-28 |
| 14:58 | Tulsa | Dustin Wright misses the tip | 36-28 |
| 14:56 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece snags the defensive board | 36-28 |
| 14:32 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece banks in the wide open layup on a nice dish by Milford Bissette | 38-28 |
| 14:24 | Tulsa | Todd Gorman is whistled for traveling | 38-28 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt (SG), Grover Carroll (SF), Ehioze Araki (PF), Shawn Collins (C) John Arvizu, Devin Ostroski, Graham Johns, Claude Reece | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Vincent Eshleman (PG), David Brown (SG), George Moore (SF), David Fallin (PF), Jeffrey Perdomo (C) Mark Lawrence, Angel Zapata, Todd Gorman, Dustin Wright, Al Hicks | |
| 14:01 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 38-28 |
| 14:00 | Tulsa | David Fallin pulls down the rebound | 38-28 |
| 13:34 | Tulsa | Vincent Eshleman connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by George Moore | 38-31 |
| 13:08 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki misses long on a turnaround from the left block | 38-31 |
| 13:07 | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll pulls down the offensive rebound | 38-31 |
| 12:41 | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette makes the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Ehioze Araki and the foul's on Vincent Eshleman - foul #4 on Vincent Eshleman, team foul #4 | 40-31 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns (PF) Shawn Collins | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Todd Gorman (PG), Chester Harnois (PF) Vincent Eshleman, David Fallin | |
| 12:41 | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette misses the free throw | 40-31 |
| 12:41 | Tulsa | Chester Harnois grabs the defensive rebound | 40-31 |
| 12:30 | Tulsa | Chester Harnois's floater is knocked away by Ehioze Araki | 40-31 |
| 12:29 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Ehioze Araki | 40-31 |
| 12:12 | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll's floater is tipped away by George Moore | 40-31 |
| 12:11 | Tulsa | Chester Harnois snags the defensive board | 40-31 |
| 11:51 | Tulsa | David Brown misses short on a jumpshot from the right side | 40-31 |
| 11:49 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki gets the rebound | 40-31 |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Milford Bissette (tiring) 5 pts. 5 ast. SG - John Petitt (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Grover Carroll (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Graham Johns (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Ehioze Araki (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tulsa | PG - Todd Gorman (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. SG - David Brown (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - George Moore (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Chester Harnois (fresh) 3 reb. C - Jeffrey Perdomo (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:21 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Todd Gorman - foul #3 on Todd Gorman, team foul #5 | 40-31 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Wade Huston (PG), Charles Williams (SG), Devin Ostroski (SF), Claude Reece (C) Milford Bissette, John Petitt, Grover Carroll, Ehioze Araki | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence (PG), Alfredo Lopez (SG), David Fallin (PF) David Brown, George Moore, Chester Harnois | |
| 11:21 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns misses the 1st free throw | 40-31 |
| 11:21 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns misses the 2nd free throw | 40-31 |
| 11:21 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns gets the offensive rebound | 40-31 |
| 11:00 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski knocks in the jumper from the free throw line | 42-31 |
| 10:46 | Tulsa | Devin Ostroski steals the ball from Todd Gorman | 42-31 |
| 10:43 | Southern Mississippi | Wade Huston's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 42-31 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Angel Zapata (SG), Al Hicks (C) Todd Gorman, Jeffrey Perdomo | |
| 10:33 | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 42-31 |
| 10:31 | Tulsa | Al Hicks tips it home | 42-33 |
| 10:13 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski can't connect on a shot from the left side | 42-33 |
| 10:12 | Tulsa | Al Hicks grabs the board | 42-33 |
| 09:57 | Tulsa | Angel Zapata buries a fadeaway from the right wing and he's fouled by Claude Reece - foul #2 on Claude Reece, team foul #2 | 42-35 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette (PG), John Arvizu (SG), Shawn Collins (PF) Wade Huston, Charles Williams, Graham Johns | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Dustin Wright (PF) David Fallin | |
| 09:57 | Tulsa | Angel Zapata makes the free throw | 42-36 |
| 09:31 | Southern Mississippi | Dustin Wright is called for the reach on Claude Reece - foul #2 on Dustin Wright, team foul #6 | 42-36 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll (SF) Devin Ostroski | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Todd Gorman (PG), David Brown (SG), George Moore (SF), Chester Harnois (PF) Angel Zapata, Mark Lawrence, Alfredo Lopez, Al Hicks | |
| 09:09 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 42-36 |
| 09:08 | Tulsa | Chester Harnois grabs the board | 42-36 |
| 08:56 | Tulsa | Todd Gorman comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 42-36 |
| 08:54 | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins grabs the defensive rebound | 42-36 |
| 08:25 | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll's layup is rejected by Chester Harnois | 42-36 |
| 08:24 | Tulsa | Chester Harnois grabs the defensive rebound | 42-36 |
| 08:01 | Tulsa | 3 seconds is called on Dustin Wright | 42-36 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Wade Huston (PG), John Petitt (SG), Devin Ostroski (SF), Graham Johns (PF), Ehioze Araki (C) Milford Bissette, John Arvizu, Grover Carroll, Shawn Collins, Claude Reece | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence (PG), Angel Zapata (SG), Alfredo Lopez (SF), David Fallin (PF), Al Hicks (C) Todd Gorman, David Brown, George Moore, Chester Harnois, Dustin Wright | |
| 07:34 | Southern Mississippi | Wade Huston is open and buries a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Ehioze Araki | 45-36 |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Wade Huston (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Petitt (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Devin Ostroski (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Graham Johns (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Ehioze Araki (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tulsa | PG - Mark Lawrence (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SG - Angel Zapata (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Alfredo Lopez (fresh) PF - David Fallin (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Al Hicks (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:18 | Tulsa | Alfredo Lopez connects on the shot from the right side on a great pass from Mark Lawrence and he's hacked by Ehioze Araki - foul #1 on Ehioze Araki, team foul #3 | 45-38 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Vincent Eshleman (PG), Jeffrey Perdomo (C) Angel Zapata, Al Hicks | |
| 07:18 | Tulsa | Alfredo Lopez makes the free throw | 45-39 |
| 06:49 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns blows the layup | 45-39 |
| 06:48 | Tulsa | Alfredo Lopez grabs the board | 45-39 |
| 06:28 | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence makes the 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from David Fallin | 45-42 |
| 06:15 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski can't finish the layup | 45-42 |
| 06:13 | Tulsa | Alfredo Lopez grabs the board | 45-42 |
| 06:08 | Tulsa | Vincent Eshleman connects on the runner near the basket set up by David Fallin | 45-44 |
| 05:48 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Graham Johns, team foul #4 | 45-44 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette (PG), John Arvizu (SG), Grover Carroll (SF), Claude Reece (C) Wade Huston, John Petitt, Devin Ostroski, Ehioze Araki | |
| Subs | Tulsa | David Brown (SG), George Moore (SF), Dustin Wright (PF) Mark Lawrence, Alfredo Lopez, David Fallin | |
| 05:34 | Tulsa | Vincent Eshleman is fouled on the floor by John Arvizu - foul #1 on John Arvizu, team foul #5 | 45-44 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Todd Gorman (PG), Al Hicks (C) Vincent Eshleman, Jeffrey Perdomo | |
| 05:11 | Tulsa | Dustin Wright misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 45-44 |
| 05:10 | Tulsa | George Moore gets the offensive rebound | 45-44 |
| 05:00 | Tulsa | Todd Gorman misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 45-44 |
| 04:59 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece snags the defensive board | 45-44 |
| 04:54 | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette makes the floater from the left side on a great pass from John Arvizu | 47-44 |
| 04:25 | Tulsa | George Moore comes up short on the driving attempt in the lane but the foul's on Graham Johns - foul #2 on Graham Johns, team foul #6 | 47-44 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki (PF) Graham Johns | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Vincent Eshleman (PG), Chester Harnois (PF), Jeffrey Perdomo (C) Todd Gorman, Dustin Wright, Al Hicks | |
| 04:25 | Tulsa | George Moore makes the 1st free throw | 47-45 |
| 04:25 | Tulsa | George Moore misses the 2nd free throw | 47-45 |
| 04:25 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki grabs the defensive rebound | 47-45 |
| 04:03 | Southern Mississippi | Vincent Eshleman steals it from John Arvizu | 47-45 |
| 03:49 | Tulsa | Vincent Eshleman hits the finger roll set up by Chester Harnois | 47-47 |
| 03:47 | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette is fouled in the backcourt by Vincent Eshleman - foul #5 on Vincent Eshleman, team foul #7 | 47-47 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt (SG), Devin Ostroski (SF) John Arvizu, Grover Carroll | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence (PG), Angel Zapata (SG), Todd Gorman (SF) Vincent Eshleman, David Brown, George Moore | |
| 03:47 | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette makes the 1st free throw | 48-47 |
| 03:47 | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette makes the 2nd free throw | 49-47 |
| 03:24 | Tulsa | Todd Gorman makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Angel Zapata | 49-50 |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Milford Bissette (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 ast. SG - John Petitt (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Devin Ostroski (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ehioze Araki (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Claude Reece (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Tulsa | PG - Mark Lawrence (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Angel Zapata (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Todd Gorman (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - Chester Harnois (fresh) 5 reb. C - Jeffrey Perdomo (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 02:55 | Southern Mississippi | Mark Lawrence is called for the reach on Milford Bissette - foul #3 on Mark Lawrence, team foul #8 | 49-50 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | John Arvizu (SG), Graham Johns (PF), Shawn Collins (C) John Petitt, Ehioze Araki, Claude Reece | |
| Subs | Tulsa | David Fallin (PF), Dustin Wright (C) Chester Harnois, Jeffrey Perdomo | |
| 02:55 | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette makes the 1st free throw | 50-50 |
| 02:55 | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette makes the 2nd free throw | 51-50 |
| 02:52 | Tulsa | Tulsa calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-50 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll (SF), Claude Reece (C) Devin Ostroski, Shawn Collins | |
| Subs | Tulsa | David Brown (SG), George Moore (SF) Angel Zapata, Todd Gorman | |
| 02:40 | Tulsa | David Fallin is whistled for traveling | 51-50 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Tulsa | Jeffrey Perdomo (C) Dustin Wright | |
| 02:11 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece knocks in the jumper from close range | 53-50 |
| 02:00 | Tulsa | David Brown is fouled on the floor by Milford Bissette - foul #2 on Milford Bissette, team foul #7 | 53-50 |
| 02:00 | Tulsa | David Brown makes the 1st free throw | 53-51 |
| 02:00 | Tulsa | David Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 53-52 |
| 01:39 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns misses the wide open shot near the basket | 53-52 |
| 01:37 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece snags the offensive board | 53-52 |
| 01:14 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece is hacked by Jeffrey Perdomo - foul #3 on Jeffrey Perdomo, team foul #9 | 53-52 |
| 01:14 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the 1st free throw | 54-52 |
| 01:14 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the 2nd free throw | 55-52 |
| 00:46 | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 55-52 |
| 00:44 | Tulsa | Jeffrey Perdomo misses the tip | 55-52 |
| 00:42 | Tulsa | David Brown tips it home | 55-54 |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Tulsa | Tulsa is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:19 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns makes the wide open runner near the basket and he's fouled by David Brown - foul #4 on David Brown, team foul #10 | 57-54 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Wade Huston (PG) Milford Bissette | |
| Subs | Tulsa | | |
| 00:19 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns makes the free throw | 58-54 |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Tulsa | Tulsa is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:13 | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 58-54 |
| 00:12 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Claude Reece | 58-54 |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Tulsa | Tulsa is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:11 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece is fouled in the backcourt by Mark Lawrence - foul #4 on Mark Lawrence, team foul #11 | 58-54 |
| 00:11 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the 1st free throw | 59-54 |
| 00:11 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the 2nd free throw | 60-54 |
| 00:04 | Tulsa | Mark Lawrence misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 60-54 |
| 00:02 | Tulsa | The offensive rebound goes to David Fallin | 60-54 |
| 00:00 | Tulsa | The clock runs out | 60-54 |