| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - David Pollard (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Frank Seguin (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Patrick Nevers (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - James Will (fresh) 5 reb. C - Edgar Hickerson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Grover Carroll (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SG - Ralph Macklin (fresh) SF - John Petitt (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ehioze Araki (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Claude Reece (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Nevers inbounds the ball | 29-28 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 19:34 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Seguin misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 29-28 |
| 19:33 | Louisiana Tech | James Will grabs the offensive board | 29-28 |
| 19:14 | Louisiana Tech | David Pollard clanks a jumper from the right side | 29-28 |
| 19:12 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Claude Reece | 29-28 |
| 18:50 | Southern Mississippi | David Pollard is called for the reach on Ralph Macklin - foul #1 on David Pollard, team foul #1 | 29-28 |
| 18:21 | Southern Mississippi | Patrick Nevers steals the ball from Grover Carroll | 29-28 |
| 18:15 | Louisiana Tech | James Will misses short on a runner from the right block | 29-28 |
| 18:14 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki gets the rebound | 29-28 |
| 17:54 | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 29-31 |
| 17:29 | Louisiana Tech | John Petitt steals it from Patrick Nevers | 29-31 |
| 17:09 | Southern Mississippi | David Pollard is called for the reach on Grover Carroll - foul #2 on David Pollard, team foul #2 | 29-31 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Seth Hanes (C) Edgar Hickerson | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 17:03 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki is called for traveling | 29-31 |
| 16:51 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Seguin drills a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by David Pollard | 32-31 |
| 16:33 | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll scores on a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Ralph Macklin | 32-34 |
| 16:14 | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Nevers knocks in the 3 from the right wing set up by David Pollard out of the doubleteam | 35-34 |
| 15:54 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt misses badly on a floater from the left side | 35-34 |
| 15:52 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt tips it but misses | 35-34 |
| 15:50 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Seth Hanes | 35-34 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - David Pollard (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 ast. SG - Frank Seguin (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Patrick Nevers (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - James Will (fairly fresh) 6 reb. C - Seth Hanes (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Grover Carroll (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Ralph Macklin (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Petitt (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ehioze Araki (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Claude Reece (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 15:43 | Louisiana Tech | David Pollard splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 35-34 |
| 15:42 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece grabs the defensive rebound | 35-34 |
| 15:20 | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right side | 35-36 |
| 15:02 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Seguin misses short on a turnaround in the paint | 35-36 |
| 15:00 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Claude Reece | 35-36 |
| 14:47 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki throws it down on a great pass from Grover Carroll | 35-38 |
| 14:36 | Louisiana Tech | Seth Hanes misses short on a floater from the right block | 35-38 |
| 14:34 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki grabs the defensive rebound | 35-38 |
| 14:12 | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing but the foul's on James Will - foul #3 on James Will, team foul #3 | 35-38 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Daley (PG), Nathaniel Mitchell (SG), Shane Lawley (SF), Edgar Hickerson (C) David Pollard, Frank Seguin, Patrick Nevers, James Will | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 14:12 | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin misses the 1st free throw | 35-38 |
| 14:12 | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin makes the 2nd free throw | 35-39 |
| 13:50 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Daley is hacked by Ralph Macklin - foul #3 on Ralph Macklin, team foul #1 | 35-39 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Brian Deering (PF) Seth Hanes | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Charles Williams (SG) Ralph Macklin | |
| 13:39 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Daley is called for traveling | 35-39 |
| 13:10 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki hits a jumper in the paint on a great pass from Grover Carroll and he's hacked by Shane Lawley - foul #4 on Shane Lawley, team foul #4 | 35-41 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Will (PF) Shane Lawley | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 13:10 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki misses the free throw | 35-41 |
| 13:10 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to James Will | 35-41 |
| 12:48 | Louisiana Tech | Edgar Hickerson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-41 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Lewis Williams (PG) Grover Carroll | |
| 12:30 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece drills a runner from the baseline on a great pass from John Petitt | 35-43 |
| 12:20 | Louisiana Tech | Nathaniel Mitchell is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Nathaniel Mitchell, team foul #5 | 35-43 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | David Pollard (PG), Seth Hanes (PF) Nathaniel Mitchell, James Will | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin (SG), Devin Ostroski (SF), Travis Williams (PF) Charles Williams, John Petitt, Ehioze Araki | |
| 11:51 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece is whistled for traveling | 35-43 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Frank Seguin (SG) Leroy Daley | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - David Pollard (fresh) 7 pts. 5 ast. SG - Frank Seguin (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Deering (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Seth Hanes (fresh) 3 reb. C - Edgar Hickerson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Lewis Williams (fresh) SG - Ralph Macklin (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Devin Ostroski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Travis Williams (fresh) 2 pts. C - Claude Reece (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 11:35 | Louisiana Tech | David Pollard evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 35-43 |
| 11:34 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Travis Williams | 35-43 |
| 11:28 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses the floater from the left side | 35-43 |
| 11:26 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Williams tips it in | 35-45 |
| 11:09 | Louisiana Tech | David Pollard works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Frank Seguin | 38-45 |
| 10:49 | Southern Mississippi | Seth Hanes blocks the short jumper by Devin Ostroski | 38-45 |
| 10:48 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Seguin pulls down the rebound | 38-45 |
| 10:33 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Seguin misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Claude Reece - foul #1 on Claude Reece, team foul #2 | 38-45 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Nevers (SF), James Will (PF) Brian Deering, Edgar Hickerson | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll (PG), Charles Williams (SG), John Petitt (SF), Ehioze Araki (PF) Lewis Williams, Ralph Macklin, Devin Ostroski, Travis Williams | |
| 10:33 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Seguin misses the 1st free throw | 38-45 |
| 10:33 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Seguin misses the 2nd free throw | 38-45 |
| 10:33 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki snags the defensive board | 38-45 |
| 10:11 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 38-45 |
| 10:10 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki grabs the offensive board | 38-45 |
| 09:50 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt buries a floater from the left block on a nice dish by Charles Williams | 38-47 |
| 09:43 | Louisiana Tech | Claude Reece blocks the 3 pointer from the right wing by Patrick Nevers | 38-47 |
| 09:42 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki grabs the defensive rebound | 38-47 |
| 09:25 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt near the basket | 38-47 |
| 09:23 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses the tip | 38-47 |
| 09:21 | Louisiana Tech | James Will grabs the defensive rebound | 38-47 |
| 08:59 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Seguin is hacked by Claude Reece - foul #2 on Claude Reece, team foul #3 | 38-47 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Daley (PG), Brian Deering (SF), Edgar Hickerson (C) David Pollard, Frank Seguin, Seth Hanes | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins (C) Claude Reece | |
| 08:41 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Daley scores on a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Brian Deering | 41-47 |
| 08:22 | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins comes up short on the turnaround from the baseline but he's hacked by Edgar Hickerson - foul #1 on Edgar Hickerson, team foul #6 | 41-47 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin (SG) Charles Williams | |
| 08:22 | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins makes the 1st free throw | 41-48 |
| 08:22 | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins makes the 2nd free throw | 41-49 |
| 08:12 | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Nevers scores on a shot near the basket on a great pass from Leroy Daley | 43-49 |
| 07:53 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt hits a 3pt shot from the left wing | 43-52 |
| 07:33 | Louisiana Tech | Brian Deering hits the finger roll set up by Leroy Daley | 45-52 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Leroy Daley (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Patrick Nevers (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Deering (fresh) 8 pts. PF - James Will (fairly fresh) 8 reb. 3 pf. C - Edgar Hickerson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Grover Carroll (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 ast. SG - Ralph Macklin (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - John Petitt (tiring) 15 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ehioze Araki (tiring) 10 pts. 8 reb. C - Shawn Collins (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:07 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki blows the layup | 45-52 |
| 07:05 | Louisiana Tech | Edgar Hickerson grabs the defensive rebound | 45-52 |
| 06:47 | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Nevers can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 45-52 |
| 06:45 | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins grabs the defensive rebound | 45-52 |
| 06:25 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki hits a floater from the left side set up by Grover Carroll | 45-54 |
| 06:07 | Louisiana Tech | Brian Deering is fouled on the floor by John Petitt - foul #2 on John Petitt, team foul #4 | 45-54 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | David Pollard (PG), Frank Seguin (SG), Shane Lawley (SF), Seth Hanes (PF) Leroy Daley, Patrick Nevers, Brian Deering, James Will | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Lewis Williams (PG), Charles Williams (SG), Devin Ostroski (SF), Travis Williams (PF), Claude Reece (C) Grover Carroll, Ralph Macklin, John Petitt, Ehioze Araki, Shawn Collins | |
| 05:56 | Louisiana Tech | Seth Hanes can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane | 45-54 |
| 05:55 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece gets the rebound | 45-54 |
| 05:33 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Williams misses the jumper from the left block | 45-54 |
| 05:31 | Louisiana Tech | Seth Hanes snags the defensive board | 45-54 |
| 05:08 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Seguin is whistled for traveling | 45-54 |
| 04:52 | Southern Mississippi | Charles Williams knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Lewis Williams | 45-57 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 04:43 | Louisiana Tech | Shane Lawley makes the runner in the paint on a nice dish by David Pollard | 47-57 |
| 04:14 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Williams misses badly on a floater in the lane but he's hacked by Seth Hanes - foul #2 on Seth Hanes, team foul #7 | 47-57 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Nevers (C) Edgar Hickerson | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll (PG), Ralph Macklin (SG) Lewis Williams, Charles Williams | |
| 04:14 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Williams makes the 1st free throw | 47-58 |
| 04:14 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 47-59 |
| 03:53 | Louisiana Tech | Claude Reece steps in front of the Frank Seguin pass | 47-59 |
| 03:45 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece loses the ball out of bounds | 47-59 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt (SF), Ehioze Araki (PF) Devin Ostroski, Travis Williams | |
| 03:30 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Seguin misses the easy open layup | 47-59 |
| 03:28 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece snags the defensive board | 47-59 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - David Pollard (fresh) 10 pts. 6 ast. SG - Frank Seguin (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Shane Lawley (fresh) 4 pts. 4 pf. PF - Seth Hanes (fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Patrick Nevers (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Grover Carroll (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 ast. SG - Ralph Macklin (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - John Petitt (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ehioze Araki (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 8 reb. C - Claude Reece (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 12 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:02 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #3 on Claude Reece, team foul #5 | 47-59 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Daley (PG), Perry Holland (SF), Brian Deering (PF) David Pollard, Frank Seguin, Shane Lawley | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Lewis Williams (PG), Charles Williams (SG), Devin Ostroski (SF), Travis Williams (PF), Shawn Collins (C) Grover Carroll, Ralph Macklin, John Petitt, Ehioze Araki, Claude Reece | |
| 02:50 | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Nevers makes the shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Brian Deering | 49-59 |
| 02:50 | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 49-59 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | David Pollard (PG), Frank Seguin (SG), Shane Lawley (SF), James Will (PF) Leroy Daley, Patrick Nevers, Perry Holland, Brian Deering | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll (PG), Ralph Macklin (SG), John Petitt (SF), Ehioze Araki (PF), Claude Reece (C) Lewis Williams, Charles Williams, Devin Ostroski, Travis Williams, Shawn Collins | |
| 02:22 | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin drills a jumpshot from the right side | 49-61 |
| 02:11 | Louisiana Tech | David Pollard is doubleteamed and loses the dribble to Ehioze Araki | 49-61 |
| 01:57 | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin misses the jumper from just outside the lane | 49-61 |
| 01:55 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece hits the follow up shot | 49-63 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| 01:48 | Louisiana Tech | James Will misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 49-63 |
| 01:47 | Louisiana Tech | Shane Lawley tips it back up and in | 51-63 |
| 01:24 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the driving attempt from the right block on a great pass from Grover Carroll and he's hacked by Seth Hanes - foul #3 on Seth Hanes, team foul #8 | 51-65 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Daley (PG), Patrick Nevers (SG), Perry Holland (SF), Brian Deering (PF) David Pollard, Frank Seguin, Shane Lawley, James Will | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Lewis Williams (PG), Charles Williams (SG), Devin Ostroski (SF), Travis Williams (PF) Grover Carroll, Ralph Macklin, John Petitt, Ehioze Araki | |
| 01:24 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the free throw | 51-66 |
| 01:08 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Daley hits a jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Seth Hanes | 53-66 |
| 00:53 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 53-66 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins (C) Claude Reece | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| 00:45 | Louisiana Tech | Patrick Nevers can't connect on a jump hook from close range | 53-66 |
| 00:44 | Louisiana Tech | Perry Holland pulls down the offensive rebound | 53-66 |
| 00:42 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Daley makes the jump hook in the lane | 55-66 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| 00:18 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski makes the driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by Shawn Collins | 55-68 |
| 00:12 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Daley comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 55-68 |
| 00:11 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Travis Williams | 55-68 |
| 00:00 | Southern Mississippi | Lewis Williams runs out the clock | 55-68 |