| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Steven Chrzanowski (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gary Raymond (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - Travis Taylor (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Laurence Igo (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Robert Crist (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Leo Hutchison (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Rumberger (fresh) 11 pts. SF - William Porter (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Willy Asay (fresh) 5 reb. C - Sydney Cannon (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | William Porter inbounds the ball | 41-26 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 19:43 | Mississippi | Leo Hutchison misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 41-26 |
| 19:42 | Kentucky | Robert Crist pulls down the rebound | 41-26 |
| 19:34 | Kentucky | Travis Taylor comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 41-26 |
| 19:32 | Kentucky | Gary Raymond grabs the offensive rebound | 41-26 |
| 19:06 | Kentucky | Robert Crist scores on a jumper from the right side on a great pass from Steven Chrzanowski | 43-26 |
| 18:49 | Mississippi | Sydney Cannon throws a bad pass out of bounds | 43-26 |
| 18:32 | Kentucky | Robert Crist's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 43-26 |
| 18:18 | Mississippi | William Porter can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 43-26 |
| 18:17 | Kentucky | Gary Raymond pulls down the rebound | 43-26 |
| 17:53 | Kentucky | Robert Crist misses the fadeaway from the right side | 43-26 |
| 17:51 | Kentucky | Robert Crist can't tip it in | 43-26 |
| 17:49 | Kentucky | Gary Raymond grabs the offensive rebound | 43-26 |
| 17:33 | Kentucky | Steven Chrzanowski hits a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Robert Crist | 46-26 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 17:17 | Mississippi | Steven Chrzanowski takes the ball from Mark Rumberger | 46-26 |
| 16:59 | Kentucky | Robert Crist misses badly on a driving attempt from close range | 46-26 |
| 16:57 | Mississippi | Sydney Cannon grabs the defensive rebound | 46-26 |
| 16:46 | Mississippi | Sydney Cannon is open but misses the lay-in | 46-26 |
| 16:45 | Kentucky | Laurence Igo gets the rebound | 46-26 |
| 16:32 | Kentucky | Steven Chrzanowski buries a 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Travis Taylor | 49-26 |
| 16:23 | Mississippi | Willy Asay buries a fadeaway from the left block on a great pass from William Porter | 49-28 |
| 16:08 | Kentucky | Laurence Igo hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 49-28 |
| 16:07 | Kentucky | Travis Taylor pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-28 |
| 15:58 | Kentucky | Robert Crist misses the easy layup | 49-28 |
| 15:57 | Mississippi | Sydney Cannon pulls down the rebound | 49-28 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Steven Chrzanowski (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gary Raymond (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - Travis Taylor (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. PF - Laurence Igo (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. C - Robert Crist (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Leo Hutchison (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Rumberger (fairly fresh) 11 pts. SF - William Porter (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Willy Asay (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Sydney Cannon (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:39 | Mississippi | Mark Rumberger is hacked by Steven Chrzanowski - foul #2 on Steven Chrzanowski, team foul #1 | 49-28 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak (PG), Darryl Horton (SG), Thomas Vanvalkenburg (SF), James Ferguson (PF), Daniel Brown (C) Leo Hutchison, Mark Rumberger, William Porter, Willy Asay, Sydney Cannon | |
| 15:29 | Mississippi | Thomas Vanvalkenburg misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 49-28 |
| 15:28 | Mississippi | Daniel Brown pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-28 |
| 15:13 | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak misses badly on a jumper from the right side | 49-28 |
| 15:12 | Kentucky | Laurence Igo snags the defensive board | 49-28 |
| 15:01 | Kentucky | Steven Chrzanowski makes the driving attempt in the paint | 51-28 |
| 14:58 | Mississippi | Steven Chrzanowski is called for the reach on Ronnie Liptak in the backcourt - foul #3 on Steven Chrzanowski, team foul #2 | 51-28 |
| 14:53 | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak clanks a driving attempt from the baseline | 51-28 |
| 14:51 | Mississippi | James Ferguson tips it home | 51-30 |
| 14:38 | Kentucky | Steven Chrzanowski misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 51-30 |
| 14:36 | Kentucky | Travis Taylor hits the follow up shot | 53-30 |
| 14:30 | Mississippi | Daniel Brown misses badly on a floater from the right wing | 53-30 |
| 14:29 | Kentucky | Laurence Igo pulls down the rebound | 53-30 |
| 14:13 | Kentucky | Thomas Vanvalkenburg steals the ball from Steven Chrzanowski | 53-30 |
| 14:09 | Mississippi | Thomas Vanvalkenburg lays it up and in | 53-32 |
| 13:49 | Kentucky | Ronnie Liptak is called for the reach on Steven Chrzanowski - foul #1 on Ronnie Liptak, team foul #1 | 53-32 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Lester Tijerina (SF), David Nickelson (PF) Travis Taylor, Laurence Igo | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Leo Hutchison (PG) Darryl Horton | |
| 13:35 | Kentucky | David Nickelson misses short on a jumper in the paint | 53-32 |
| 13:34 | Kentucky | Lester Tijerina grabs the offensive rebound | 53-32 |
| 13:14 | Kentucky | Robert Crist knocks in the jump hook from the right block set up by Steven Chrzanowski and the foul's on Daniel Brown - foul #4 on Daniel Brown, team foul #2 | 55-32 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ronnie Cadogan (PG) Steven Chrzanowski | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Rumberger (SG), Willy Asay (PF), Sydney Cannon (C) Ronnie Liptak, James Ferguson, Daniel Brown | |
| 13:14 | Kentucky | Robert Crist makes the free throw | 56-32 |
| 12:55 | Mississippi | Leo Hutchison works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 56-32 |
| 12:54 | Kentucky | David Nickelson snags the defensive board | 56-32 |
| 12:33 | Kentucky | David Nickelson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 56-32 |
| Subs | Kentucky | James Bryant (SG), Travis Taylor (SF), Jerry Robertson (C) Gary Raymond, Lester Tijerina, Robert Crist | |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Porter (SF) Thomas Vanvalkenburg | |
| 12:20 | Mississippi | Sydney Cannon can't connect on a fadeaway from the right block | 56-32 |
| 12:19 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to James Bryant | 56-32 |
| 11:58 | Kentucky | David Nickelson makes the jumper from the baseline | 58-32 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Ronnie Cadogan (fresh) 4 pts. SG - James Bryant (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Travis Taylor (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. PF - David Nickelson (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. C - Jerry Robertson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Leo Hutchison (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Rumberger (fresh) 11 pts. SF - William Porter (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Willy Asay (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Sydney Cannon (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:44 | Mississippi | Mark Rumberger is fouled on the floor by James Bryant - foul #2 on James Bryant, team foul #3 | 58-32 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Steven Chrzanowski (PG), Laurence Igo (PF) Ronnie Cadogan, Jerry Robertson | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Ferguson (C) Sydney Cannon | |
| 11:36 | Mississippi | Willy Asay hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the baseline | 58-32 |
| 11:35 | Kentucky | David Nickelson grabs the board | 58-32 |
| 11:13 | Kentucky | James Bryant can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 58-32 |
| 11:12 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to William Porter | 58-32 |
| 11:06 | Mississippi | James Ferguson blows the layup | 58-32 |
| 11:04 | Kentucky | Laurence Igo grabs the board | 58-32 |
| 10:47 | Kentucky | David Nickelson misses the easy layup | 58-32 |
| 10:45 | Mississippi | James Ferguson pulls down the rebound | 58-32 |
| 10:38 | Mississippi | William Porter misses long on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 58-32 |
| 10:37 | Kentucky | Laurence Igo snags the defensive board | 58-32 |
| 10:26 | Kentucky | Steven Chrzanowski's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 58-32 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Gary Raymond (SG), Lester Tijerina (SF), Robert Crist (C) James Bryant, Travis Taylor, Laurence Igo | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak (PG), Darryl Horton (SG), Thomas Vanvalkenburg (SF), Sydney Cannon (PF) Leo Hutchison, Mark Rumberger, William Porter, Willy Asay | |
| 10:05 | Mississippi | Sydney Cannon scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Darryl Horton | 58-35 |
| 09:39 | Kentucky | David Nickelson can't connect on a shot in the paint | 58-35 |
| 09:37 | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak snags the defensive board | 58-35 |
| 09:33 | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak misses short on a jump hook from the baseline but he's hacked by Steven Chrzanowski - foul #4 on Steven Chrzanowski, team foul #4 | 58-35 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ronnie Cadogan (PG) Steven Chrzanowski | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Leo Hutchison (PG) James Ferguson | |
| 09:33 | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak misses the 1st free throw | 58-35 |
| 09:33 | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak makes the 2nd free throw | 58-36 |
| 09:09 | Kentucky | David Nickelson makes the floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Gary Raymond and he's hacked by Thomas Vanvalkenburg - foul #4 on Thomas Vanvalkenburg, team foul #3 | 60-36 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Travis Taylor (SF) Lester Tijerina | |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Porter (SF), Willy Asay (PF) Thomas Vanvalkenburg, Darryl Horton | |
| 09:09 | Kentucky | David Nickelson makes the free throw | 61-36 |
| 08:40 | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 61-36 |
| 08:38 | Mississippi | Sydney Cannon pulls down the offensive rebound | 61-36 |
| 08:29 | Mississippi | Willy Asay clanks a floater from the baseline but the foul's on David Nickelson - foul #1 on David Nickelson, team foul #5 | 61-36 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Laurence Igo (PF) David Nickelson | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Mark Rumberger (SG), Darryl Horton (C) Ronnie Liptak, Sydney Cannon | |
| 08:29 | Mississippi | Willy Asay makes the 1st free throw | 61-37 |
| 08:29 | Mississippi | Willy Asay makes the 2nd free throw | 61-38 |
| 08:04 | Kentucky | Robert Crist hits a jump hook from the baseline set up by Ronnie Cadogan | 63-38 |
| 07:44 | Mississippi | William Porter drills a jumpshot from the left side | 63-40 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Ronnie Cadogan (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gary Raymond (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SF - Travis Taylor (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. PF - Laurence Igo (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 11 reb. C - Robert Crist (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Leo Hutchison (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Rumberger (fresh) 11 pts. SF - William Porter (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Willy Asay (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Darryl Horton (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. | |
| 07:20 | Kentucky | Ronnie Cadogan misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 63-40 |
| 07:19 | Kentucky | Laurence Igo tips it back up and in | 65-40 |
| 07:12 | Mississippi | Mark Rumberger is fouled on the floor by Travis Taylor - foul #1 on Travis Taylor, team foul #6 | 65-40 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Steven Chrzanowski (PG), James Bryant (SG), Lester Tijerina (SF), David Nickelson (C) Ronnie Cadogan, Gary Raymond, Travis Taylor, Robert Crist | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak (PG), Thomas Vanvalkenburg (SF), Sydney Cannon (PF), Daniel Brown (C) Leo Hutchison, William Porter, Willy Asay, Darryl Horton | |
| 07:07 | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 65-40 |
| 07:06 | Mississippi | Daniel Brown grabs the offensive rebound | 65-40 |
| 06:59 | Mississippi | Thomas Vanvalkenburg clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 65-40 |
| 06:58 | Kentucky | Steven Chrzanowski grabs the defensive rebound | 65-40 |
| 06:41 | Kentucky | David Nickelson misses short on a fadeaway from close range | 65-40 |
| 06:39 | Mississippi | Daniel Brown gets the rebound | 65-40 |
| 06:26 | Mississippi | Mark Rumberger comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Laurence Igo - foul #1 on Laurence Igo, team foul #7 | 65-40 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ronnie Cadogan (PG), Jerry Robertson (C) Steven Chrzanowski, Laurence Igo | |
| Subs | Mississippi | William Porter (SF), James Ferguson (C) Thomas Vanvalkenburg, Daniel Brown | |
| 06:26 | Mississippi | Mark Rumberger misses the 1st free throw | 65-40 |
| 06:26 | Mississippi | Mark Rumberger makes the 2nd free throw | 65-41 |
| 06:19 | Kentucky | David Nickelson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 65-41 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Darryl Horton (SG) Mark Rumberger | |
| 06:03 | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak is fouled on the floor by James Bryant - foul #3 on James Bryant, team foul #8 | 65-41 |
| 06:03 | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak misses the 1st free throw | 65-41 |
| 06:03 | Kentucky | David Nickelson snags the defensive board | 65-41 |
| 05:45 | Kentucky | Ronnie Cadogan can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 65-41 |
| 05:43 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Sydney Cannon | 65-41 |
| 05:27 | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak makes the jumper from the left wing | 65-43 |
| 05:12 | Kentucky | David Nickelson hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left wing | 65-43 |
| 05:11 | Mississippi | James Ferguson snags the defensive board | 65-43 |
| 04:59 | Mississippi | Sydney Cannon makes the floater from the baseline on a great pass from Darryl Horton and he's fouled by David Nickelson - foul #2 on David Nickelson, team foul #9 | 65-45 |
| 04:59 | Mississippi | Sydney Cannon makes the free throw | 65-46 |
| 04:57 | Kentucky | Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 65-46 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Steven Chrzanowski (PG), Gary Raymond (SG), Travis Taylor (SF), Laurence Igo (PF), Robert Crist (C) Ronnie Cadogan, James Bryant, Lester Tijerina, David Nickelson, Jerry Robertson | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Leo Hutchison (PG), Mark Rumberger (SG), Thomas Vanvalkenburg (SF), Willy Asay (PF), Daniel Brown (C) Ronnie Liptak, Darryl Horton, William Porter, Sydney Cannon, James Ferguson | |
| 04:43 | Kentucky | Robert Crist misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 65-46 |
| 04:42 | Mississippi | Mark Rumberger pulls down the rebound | 65-46 |
| 04:36 | Mississippi | Mark Rumberger misses short on a 3 from straight away | 65-46 |
| 04:34 | Mississippi | Thomas Vanvalkenburg grabs the offensive board | 65-46 |
| 04:29 | Mississippi | Thomas Vanvalkenburg loses the ball out of bounds | 65-46 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ronnie Cadogan (PG), James Bryant (SG), Lester Tijerina (SF), David Nickelson (PF), Jerry Robertson (C) Steven Chrzanowski, Gary Raymond, Travis Taylor, Laurence Igo, Robert Crist | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak (PG), Darryl Horton (SG), William Porter (SF), Sydney Cannon (PF), James Ferguson (C) Leo Hutchison, Mark Rumberger, Thomas Vanvalkenburg, Willy Asay, Daniel Brown | |
| 04:21 | Kentucky | Ronnie Cadogan knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Jerry Robertson | 68-46 |
| 04:06 | Mississippi | James Ferguson buries a turnaround near the basket on a nice dish by Ronnie Liptak | 68-48 |
| 03:46 | Kentucky | David Nickelson can't finish the layup | 68-48 |
| 03:44 | Mississippi | Sydney Cannon grabs the defensive rebound | 68-48 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Ronnie Cadogan (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Bryant (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Lester Tijerina (fresh) PF - David Nickelson (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. C - Jerry Robertson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Ronnie Liptak (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Darryl Horton (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - William Porter (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Sydney Cannon (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - James Ferguson (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:40 | Mississippi | Sydney Cannon is called for traveling | 68-48 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:17 | Kentucky | Sydney Cannon picks off the pass by James Bryant | 68-48 |
| 02:56 | Mississippi | Sydney Cannon comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 68-48 |
| 02:55 | Kentucky | Jerry Robertson grabs the board | 68-48 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 02:36 | Kentucky | Ronnie Liptak picks off the pass by James Bryant | 68-48 |
| 02:32 | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak lays it up and in | 68-50 |
| 02:06 | Kentucky | James Bryant connects on the 3 from the right wing | 71-50 |
| 01:50 | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Darryl Horton | 71-53 |
| 01:23 | Kentucky | David Nickelson misses the easy layup but the foul's on Darryl Horton - foul #1 on Darryl Horton, team foul #4 | 71-53 |
| 01:23 | Kentucky | David Nickelson makes the 1st free throw | 72-53 |
| 01:23 | Kentucky | David Nickelson misses the 2nd free throw | 72-53 |
| 01:23 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to James Ferguson | 72-53 |
| 01:13 | Mississippi | Darryl Horton connects on the jumper from the right wing set up by Ronnie Liptak | 72-55 |
| 00:54 | Kentucky | James Ferguson is called for the reach on Ronnie Cadogan - foul #1 on James Ferguson, team foul #5 | 72-55 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:28 | Kentucky | Darryl Horton takes the ball from James Bryant | 72-55 |
| 00:24 | Mississippi | Ronnie Liptak hits the finger roll set up by Darryl Horton | 72-57 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Ronnie Cadogan runs out the clock | 72-57 |