| Lineup | Nichols | PG - John Lindley (fresh) SG - Robert Poore (fresh) SF - Bryan Plotrowski (fresh) PF - Gregory Chamberlain (fresh) C - Sammy Huck (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - Cody Lindley (fresh) SG - Chris Bohner (fresh) SF - Ryan Stonecipher (fresh) PF - Justin Baldwin (fresh) C - Ruben Saulter (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Millsaps | Ruben Saulter wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Nichols | Nichols is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Millsaps | Millsaps is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:43 | Millsaps | Chris Bohner knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing | 0-3 |
| 19:23 | Nichols | Justin Baldwin takes the ball from Gregory Chamberlain | 0-3 |
| 19:09 | Millsaps | Ruben Saulter misses the pull-up jumper from the right side | 0-3 |
| 19:07 | Nichols | The rebound goes to Gregory Chamberlain | 0-3 |
| 18:49 | Nichols | Robert Poore hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Gregory Chamberlain | 3-3 |
| 18:32 | Millsaps | Chris Bohner misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 3-3 |
| 18:31 | Nichols | Bryan Plotrowski pulls down the rebound | 3-3 |
| 18:06 | Nichols | Sammy Huck makes the fadeaway in the lane set up by John Lindley | 5-3 |
| 17:57 | Millsaps | Ruben Saulter can't connect on a jump hook from the right block | 5-3 |
| 17:55 | Nichols | Sammy Huck grabs the board | 5-3 |
| 17:45 | Nichols | Sammy Huck drills a floater in the lane on a great pass from Robert Poore | 7-3 |
| 17:27 | Millsaps | Ryan Stonecipher's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 7-3 |
| Subs | Nichols | | |
| Subs | Millsaps | Matthew Carr (SG), Dan Leake (SF), Richard Hughes (PF), Thomas Cornelius (C) Chris Bohner, Ryan Stonecipher, Justin Baldwin, Ruben Saulter | |
| 17:06 | Nichols | Bryan Plotrowski drills a floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by John Lindley | 9-3 |
| 16:49 | Millsaps | Dan Leake knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Matthew Carr | 9-6 |
| 16:28 | Nichols | Gregory Chamberlain knocks in the runner in the paint on a nice dish by Robert Poore | 11-6 |
| 16:10 | Millsaps | Cody Lindley hits the finger roll on a great pass from Richard Hughes | 11-8 |
| 15:55 | Nichols | Sammy Huck connects on the jumper from the left side on a great pass from Robert Poore | 13-8 |
| Lineup | Nichols | PG - John Lindley (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Robert Poore (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Bryan Plotrowski (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gregory Chamberlain (fresh) 2 pts. C - Sammy Huck (fairly fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - Cody Lindley (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Matthew Carr (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Dan Leake (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Richard Hughes (fresh) C - Thomas Cornelius (fresh) | |
| 15:35 | Millsaps | Richard Hughes clanks a fadeaway from the right side | 13-8 |
| 15:34 | Nichols | John Lindley grabs the board | 13-8 |
| 15:24 | Nichols | John Lindley connects on the jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Gregory Chamberlain | 15-8 |
| 14:59 | Millsaps | Cody Lindley is hacked by John Lindley - foul #1 on John Lindley, team foul #1 | 15-8 |
| Subs | Nichols | Michael Gaydos (PG), Kevin Faust (SG), Robert Dickey (SF), Warren Digirolamo (PF), Mark Watkins (C) John Lindley, Robert Poore, Bryan Plotrowski, Gregory Chamberlain, Sammy Huck | |
| Subs | Millsaps | Chris Bohner (SG), Ryan Stonecipher (SF), Justin Baldwin (PF), Ruben Saulter (C) Cody Lindley, Dan Leake, Richard Hughes, Thomas Cornelius | |
| 14:47 | Millsaps | Chris Bohner buries a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Ryan Stonecipher | 15-11 |
| 14:23 | Nichols | Michael Gaydos is fouled on the floor by Matthew Carr - foul #1 on Matthew Carr, team foul #1 | 15-11 |
| Subs | Nichols | | |
| Subs | Millsaps | John Kramer (PG) Matthew Carr | |
| 14:12 | Nichols | Kevin Faust banks in the layup | 17-11 |
| 13:58 | Millsaps | Chris Bohner misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 17-11 |
| 13:57 | Millsaps | Ruben Saulter pulls down the offensive rebound | 17-11 |
| 13:44 | Millsaps | Kevin Faust is called for the reach on Justin Baldwin - foul #1 on Kevin Faust, team foul #2 | 17-11 |
| 13:32 | Millsaps | Chris Bohner can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 17-11 |
| 13:31 | Millsaps | The offensive rebound goes to Ryan Stonecipher | 17-11 |
| 13:16 | Millsaps | Chris Bohner is fouled on the floor by Kevin Faust - foul #2 on Kevin Faust, team foul #3 | 17-11 |
| Subs | Nichols | Bernard Yoder (SG), Bryan Plotrowski (SF), Gregory Chamberlain (PF) Kevin Faust, Robert Dickey, Mark Watkins | |
| Subs | Millsaps | Cody Lindley (PG), Richard Hughes (PF) John Kramer, Justin Baldwin | |
| 12:56 | Millsaps | Michael Gaydos steals it from Richard Hughes | 17-11 |
| 12:41 | Nichols | Warren Digirolamo misses long on a runner in the paint | 17-11 |
| 12:39 | Millsaps | Ruben Saulter pulls down the rebound | 17-11 |
| 12:19 | Millsaps | Cody Lindley banks in the layup on a nice dish by Richard Hughes | 17-13 |
| 12:12 | Nichols | Bryan Plotrowski is hacked by Cody Lindley - foul #1 on Cody Lindley, team foul #2 | 17-13 |
| Subs | Nichols | John Lindley (PG), Robert Poore (SG), Sammy Huck (C) Michael Gaydos, Bernard Yoder, Warren Digirolamo | |
| Subs | Millsaps | Matthew Carr (SG), Dan Leake (SF), Thomas Cornelius (C) Chris Bohner, Ryan Stonecipher, Ruben Saulter | |
| 11:55 | Nichols | Bryan Plotrowski hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 17-13 |
| 11:53 | Millsaps | The rebound goes to Richard Hughes | 17-13 |
| Lineup | Nichols | PG - John Lindley (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Poore (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Bryan Plotrowski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gregory Chamberlain (fresh) 2 pts. C - Sammy Huck (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - Cody Lindley (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Matthew Carr (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Dan Leake (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Richard Hughes (fresh) C - Thomas Cornelius (fresh) | |
| 11:29 | Millsaps | Matthew Carr misses badly on a floater from the free throw line but he's fouled by Robert Poore - foul #1 on Robert Poore, team foul #4 | 17-13 |
| Subs | Nichols | | |
| Subs | Millsaps | Justin Baldwin (PF) Richard Hughes | |
| 11:29 | Millsaps | Matthew Carr makes the 1st free throw | 17-14 |
| 11:29 | Millsaps | Matthew Carr misses the 2nd free throw | 17-14 |
| 11:29 | Nichols | Sammy Huck gets the rebound | 17-14 |
| 11:14 | Nichols | Sammy Huck can't throw it down but he's hacked by Thomas Cornelius - foul #1 on Thomas Cornelius, team foul #3 | 17-14 |
| 11:14 | Nichols | Sammy Huck makes the 1st free throw | 18-14 |
| 11:14 | Nichols | Sammy Huck makes the 2nd free throw | 19-14 |
| 10:51 | Millsaps | Robert Poore takes the ball from Dan Leake | 19-14 |
| 10:46 | Nichols | Robert Poore lays it in | 21-14 |
| 10:40 | Millsaps | Cody Lindley blows the layup | 21-14 |
| 10:38 | Millsaps | Dan Leake misses the tip | 21-14 |
| 10:36 | Millsaps | The offensive rebound goes to Justin Baldwin | 21-14 |
| 10:21 | Millsaps | Dan Leake misses long on a runner from close range | 21-14 |
| 10:19 | Nichols | John Lindley grabs the defensive rebound | 21-14 |
| 10:15 | Nichols | John Lindley knocks in the fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Robert Poore | 23-14 |
| 10:05 | Millsaps | Dan Leake lays it up and in | 23-16 |
| 10:01 | Nichols | Robert Poore blows the layup but he's fouled by Cody Lindley - foul #2 on Cody Lindley, team foul #4 | 23-16 |
| Subs | Nichols | Michael Gaydos (PG), Robert Dickey (SF), Warren Digirolamo (PF) John Lindley, Bryan Plotrowski, Gregory Chamberlain | |
| Subs | Millsaps | Chris Bohner (SG), Ryan Stonecipher (SF), Richard Hughes (PF), Ruben Saulter (C) Cody Lindley, Dan Leake, Justin Baldwin, Thomas Cornelius | |
| 10:01 | Nichols | Robert Poore misses the 1st free throw | 23-16 |
| 10:01 | Nichols | Robert Poore makes the 2nd free throw | 24-16 |
| 09:50 | Millsaps | Richard Hughes misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 24-16 |
| 09:49 | Nichols | Warren Digirolamo snags the defensive board | 24-16 |
| 09:27 | Nichols | Robert Poore misses short on a jumper in the paint but he's fouled by Ryan Stonecipher - foul #1 on Ryan Stonecipher, team foul #5 | 24-16 |
| 09:27 | Nichols | Robert Poore makes the 1st free throw | 25-16 |
| 09:27 | Nichols | Robert Poore makes the 2nd free throw | 26-16 |
| 09:11 | Millsaps | Matthew Carr's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 26-16 |
| Subs | Nichols | Bernard Yoder (SG), Mark Watkins (C) Robert Poore, Sammy Huck | |
| Subs | Millsaps | John Kramer (PG) Matthew Carr | |
| 08:50 | Nichols | Michael Gaydos hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side but he's fouled by Ruben Saulter - foul #1 on Ruben Saulter, team foul #6 | 26-16 |
| Subs | Nichols | John Lindley (PG), Gregory Chamberlain (PF) Bernard Yoder, Mark Watkins | |
| Subs | Millsaps | | |
| 08:50 | Nichols | Michael Gaydos makes the 1st free throw | 27-16 |
| 08:50 | Nichols | Michael Gaydos misses the 2nd free throw | 27-16 |
| 08:50 | Millsaps | Ruben Saulter grabs the defensive rebound | 27-16 |
| 08:28 | Millsaps | Chris Bohner's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-16 |
| Subs | Nichols | Bryan Plotrowski (SF), Mark Watkins (C) Robert Dickey, Warren Digirolamo | |
| Subs | Millsaps | | |
| 07:59 | Nichols | Gregory Chamberlain buries a jumper from close range | 29-16 |
| 07:40 | Millsaps | Ryan Stonecipher misses badly on a runner from the left block | 29-16 |
| 07:39 | Millsaps | Ryan Stonecipher snags the offensive board | 29-16 |
| Lineup | Nichols | PG - John Lindley (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Gaydos (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Bryan Plotrowski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gregory Chamberlain (fresh) 4 pts. C - Mark Watkins (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - John Kramer (fresh) SG - Chris Bohner (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Ryan Stonecipher (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Richard Hughes (fresh) C - Ruben Saulter (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:27 | Millsaps | Chris Bohner comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 29-16 |
| 07:25 | Nichols | Bryan Plotrowski gets the rebound | 29-16 |
| 07:20 | Nichols | John Kramer picks off the pass by Michael Gaydos | 29-16 |
| 07:03 | Millsaps | John Kramer misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 29-16 |
| 07:01 | Millsaps | Richard Hughes tips it in | 29-18 |
| 06:54 | Nichols | Gregory Chamberlain's pass is intercepted by Richard Hughes | 29-18 |
| 06:45 | Millsaps | Ryan Stonecipher clanks a jumper from the right block | 29-18 |
| 06:43 | Nichols | Bryan Plotrowski grabs the board | 29-18 |
| 06:21 | Nichols | John Lindley is hacked by John Kramer - foul #1 on John Kramer, team foul #7 | 29-18 |
| Subs | Nichols | Robert Poore (SG), Warren Digirolamo (PF), Sammy Huck (C) Michael Gaydos, Gregory Chamberlain, Mark Watkins | |
| Subs | Millsaps | Matthew Carr (PG), Howard Staab (SG), Dan Leake (SF), Justin Baldwin (PF), Thomas Cornelius (C) John Kramer, Chris Bohner, Ryan Stonecipher, Richard Hughes, Ruben Saulter | |
| 06:21 | Nichols | John Lindley misses the 1st free throw | 29-18 |
| 06:21 | Millsaps | Dan Leake snags the defensive board | 29-18 |
| 06:05 | Millsaps | Matthew Carr knocks in the jumper from the left side set up by Howard Staab | 29-20 |
| 05:42 | Nichols | Matthew Carr steals it from Warren Digirolamo | 29-20 |
| 05:37 | Millsaps | Matthew Carr banks in the layup | 29-22 |
| 05:18 | Nichols | Dan Leake steals the ball from Robert Poore | 29-22 |
| 04:58 | Millsaps | The jump hook by Howard Staab is blocked by Sammy Huck | 29-22 |
| 04:56 | Nichols | The rebound goes to Warren Digirolamo | 29-22 |
| 04:50 | Nichols | Sammy Huck clanks a jumper from close range | 29-22 |
| 04:49 | Millsaps | Howard Staab pulls down the rebound | 29-22 |
| 04:36 | Millsaps | Dan Leake can't connect on a turnaround in the lane but he's hacked by Bryan Plotrowski - foul #1 on Bryan Plotrowski, team foul #5 | 29-22 |
| Subs | Nichols | Michael Gaydos (PG), Robert Dickey (SF), Gregory Chamberlain (PF) John Lindley, Bryan Plotrowski, Warren Digirolamo | |
| Subs | Millsaps | Richard Hughes (SF) Howard Staab | |
| 04:36 | Millsaps | Dan Leake misses the 1st free throw | 29-22 |
| 04:36 | Millsaps | Dan Leake makes the 2nd free throw | 29-23 |
| 04:21 | Nichols | Michael Gaydos buries a 3 from the right wing | 32-23 |
| 04:05 | Millsaps | A charge is called on Justin Baldwin - foul #1 on Justin Baldwin, team foul #8 | 32-23 |
| Subs | Nichols | | |
| Subs | Millsaps | Ryan Stonecipher (SF), Ruben Saulter (C) Justin Baldwin, Thomas Cornelius | |
| 03:44 | Nichols | Sammy Huck misses badly on a jump hook near the basket but the foul's on Dan Leake - foul #1 on Dan Leake, team foul #9 | 32-23 |
| Subs | Nichols | Kevin Faust (SF) Robert Dickey | |
| Subs | Millsaps | Cody Lindley (PG) Matthew Carr | |
| 03:44 | Nichols | Sammy Huck makes the 1st free throw | 33-23 |
| 03:44 | Nichols | Sammy Huck misses the 2nd free throw | 33-23 |
| 03:44 | Millsaps | Ruben Saulter pulls down the rebound | 33-23 |
| Lineup | Nichols | PG - Michael Gaydos (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Robert Poore (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SF - Kevin Faust (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gregory Chamberlain (fresh) 4 pts. C - Sammy Huck (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Millsaps | PG - Cody Lindley (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Dan Leake (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. SF - Ryan Stonecipher (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Richard Hughes (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Ruben Saulter (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 03:30 | Millsaps | Cody Lindley is fouled on the floor by Robert Poore - foul #2 on Robert Poore, team foul #6 | 33-23 |
| Subs | Nichols | Robert Dickey (SF), Warren Digirolamo (C) Robert Poore, Sammy Huck | |
| Subs | Millsaps | Chris Bohner (SG) Dan Leake | |
| 03:07 | Millsaps | Ryan Stonecipher scores on a floater in the lane set up by Cody Lindley and the foul's on Kevin Faust - foul #3 on Kevin Faust, team foul #7 | 33-25 |
| Subs | Nichols | Bernard Yoder (SG) Kevin Faust | |
| Subs | Millsaps | Justin Baldwin (PF) Richard Hughes | |
| 03:07 | Millsaps | Ryan Stonecipher makes the free throw | 33-26 |
| 02:49 | Nichols | Robert Dickey misses long on a floater in the lane | 33-26 |
| 02:47 | Nichols | Warren Digirolamo tips it home | 35-26 |
| 02:28 | Millsaps | Chris Bohner knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Ryan Stonecipher | 35-29 |
| 02:12 | Nichols | Gregory Chamberlain clanks a jump hook in the lane but he's fouled by Ruben Saulter - foul #2 on Ruben Saulter, team foul #10 | 35-29 |
| Subs | Nichols | Robert Poore (SG), Bryan Plotrowski (SF), Sammy Huck (C) Bernard Yoder, Robert Dickey, Warren Digirolamo | |
| Subs | Millsaps | Matthew Carr (SG), Dan Leake (SF), Thomas Cornelius (C) Chris Bohner, Ryan Stonecipher, Ruben Saulter | |
| 02:12 | Nichols | Gregory Chamberlain misses the 1st free throw | 35-29 |
| 02:12 | Nichols | Gregory Chamberlain makes the 2nd free throw | 36-29 |
| 01:49 | Millsaps | Dan Leake buries a 3 from the left corner set up by Justin Baldwin | 36-32 |
| 01:47 | Nichols | Cody Lindley is called for the reach on Michael Gaydos in the backcourt - foul #3 on Cody Lindley, team foul #11 | 36-32 |
| Subs | Nichols | Mark Watkins (PF) Gregory Chamberlain | |
| Subs | Millsaps | John Kramer (SF), Richard Hughes (PF) Cody Lindley, Justin Baldwin | |
| 01:47 | Nichols | Michael Gaydos makes the 1st free throw | 37-32 |
| 01:47 | Nichols | Michael Gaydos makes the 2nd free throw | 38-32 |
| 01:34 | Millsaps | Matthew Carr knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Thomas Cornelius | 38-34 |
| 01:16 | Nichols | Sammy Huck double dribbles | 38-34 |
| Subs | Nichols | John Lindley (PG) Michael Gaydos | |
| Subs | Millsaps | | |
| 01:02 | Millsaps | Dan Leake hits the finger roll on a great pass from John Kramer | 38-36 |
| 00:46 | Nichols | Mark Watkins can't connect on a runner from the right block | 38-36 |
| 00:44 | Nichols | The offensive rebound goes to Sammy Huck | 38-36 |
| 00:31 | Nichols | John Kramer steals the ball from Bryan Plotrowski | 38-36 |
| 00:12 | Millsaps | Dan Leake misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 38-36 |
| 00:10 | Nichols | Sammy Huck grabs the board | 38-36 |
| 00:03 | Nichols | Robert Poore misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 38-36 |
| 00:01 | Millsaps | Thomas Cornelius grabs the defensive rebound | 38-36 |
| 00:00 | Millsaps | Thomas Cornelius misses badly on a fullcourt shot | 38-36 |