| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Gary Doyle (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Andrew Haliburton (fresh) SF - Daniel Authement (fresh) PF - Robert Carreon (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Taylor Drewski (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sung Xue (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Calvin Caraballo (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Earnest Kelley (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Roger Stacks (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Frank Gold (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Kentucky | Daniel Authement inbounds the ball | 17-18 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:32 | Kentucky | Andrew Haliburton misses the shot from close range | 17-18 |
| 19:30 | Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to Daniel Authement | 17-18 |
| 19:04 | Kentucky | Robert Carreon throws a bad pass out of bounds | 17-18 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Frank Cora (SG), James Collier (C) Calvin Caraballo, Roger Stacks | |
| 18:43 | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 17-18 |
| 18:41 | Kentucky | Taylor Drewski grabs the defensive rebound | 17-18 |
| 18:30 | Kentucky | Taylor Drewski knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 19-18 |
| 18:26 | Mississippi | Frank Cora is hacked by Andrew Haliburton in the backcourt - foul #1 on Andrew Haliburton, team foul #1 | 19-18 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ernest Hermes (C) Taylor Drewski | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco (SG) Frank Cora | |
| 18:01 | Mississippi | Robert Carreon is called for the reach on Frank Gold - foul #1 on Robert Carreon, team foul #2 | 19-18 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Darryl Brown (PF) Robert Carreon | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Calvin Caraballo (SG), Roger Stacks (PF) Giuseppe Greco, James Collier | |
| 17:36 | Mississippi | Sung Xue is open but comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 19-18 |
| 17:35 | Mississippi | Calvin Caraballo pulls down the offensive rebound | 19-18 |
| 17:19 | Mississippi | Calvin Caraballo hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side but the foul's on Andrew Haliburton - foul #2 on Andrew Haliburton, team foul #3 | 19-18 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Linwood Paxton (SG) Andrew Haliburton | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco (SF), James Collier (C) Earnest Kelley, Roger Stacks | |
| 17:19 | Mississippi | Calvin Caraballo misses the 1st free throw | 19-18 |
| 17:19 | Mississippi | Calvin Caraballo makes the 2nd free throw | 19-19 |
| 16:50 | Kentucky | Gary Doyle is fouled on the floor by James Collier - foul #1 on James Collier, team foul #1 | 19-19 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Carreon (PF), Taylor Drewski (C) Darryl Brown, Ernest Hermes | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Frank Cora (SG), Earnest Kelley (SF) Calvin Caraballo, Giuseppe Greco | |
| 16:26 | Kentucky | Gary Doyle blows the layup | 19-19 |
| 16:24 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Frank Gold | 19-19 |
| 16:19 | Mississippi | Sung Xue's pass is intercepted by Daniel Authement in the backcourt | 19-19 |
| 15:57 | Kentucky | Earnest Kelley picks off the pass by Daniel Authement | 19-19 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Gary Doyle (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Linwood Paxton (fresh) SF - Daniel Authement (tiring) PF - Robert Carreon (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Taylor Drewski (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sung Xue (fairly fresh) 4 ast. SG - Frank Cora (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Earnest Kelley (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Frank Gold (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - James Collier (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:28 | Mississippi | James Collier can't finish the layup | 19-19 |
| 15:27 | Mississippi | Frank Gold tips it home | 19-21 |
| 14:58 | Kentucky | Robert Carreon hits a shot from the left side and he's fouled by Frank Gold - foul #3 on Frank Gold, team foul #2 | 21-21 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Murphy (PG), Andrew Haliburton (SG), William Miser (SF), Ernest Hermes (C) Gary Doyle, Linwood Paxton, Daniel Authement, Taylor Drewski | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Calvin Caraballo (SG), Giuseppe Greco (SF), Roger Stacks (PF) Frank Cora, Earnest Kelley, James Collier | |
| 14:58 | Kentucky | Robert Carreon makes the free throw | 22-21 |
| 14:32 | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco misses the runner in the lane | 22-21 |
| 14:30 | Kentucky | Robert Carreon pulls down the rebound | 22-21 |
| 14:14 | Kentucky | Robert Carreon lays it up and in on a great pass from Robert Murphy | 24-21 |
| 13:50 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks misses short on a fadeaway in the paint but he's hacked by Robert Carreon - foul #2 on Robert Carreon, team foul #4 | 24-21 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Darryl Brown (PF) Robert Carreon | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley (SF) Calvin Caraballo | |
| 13:50 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks makes the 1st free throw | 24-22 |
| 13:50 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks makes the 2nd free throw | 24-23 |
| 13:32 | Kentucky | William Miser is hacked by Sung Xue - foul #3 on Sung Xue, team foul #3 | 24-23 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Gary Doyle (PG), Brandon Chesnut (SF) Robert Murphy, William Miser | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 13:17 | Kentucky | Ernest Hermes misses the turnaround from close range | 24-23 |
| 13:16 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks pulls down the rebound | 24-23 |
| 13:12 | Mississippi | Frank Gold's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 24-23 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Taylor Drewski (C) Ernest Hermes | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Frank Cora (SG) Giuseppe Greco | |
| 12:58 | Kentucky | Taylor Drewski hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 24-23 |
| 12:56 | Kentucky | Taylor Drewski tips it home | 26-23 |
| 12:27 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks is fouled on the floor by Darryl Brown - foul #2 on Darryl Brown, team foul #5 | 26-23 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Linwood Paxton (SG), Daniel Authement (SF) Andrew Haliburton, Brandon Chesnut | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Calvin Caraballo (SG), Dave Turner (SF), James Collier (C) Frank Cora, Earnest Kelley, Roger Stacks | |
| 12:06 | Mississippi | James Collier hits a driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by Dave Turner | 26-25 |
| 11:39 | Kentucky | Frank Gold steals it from Darryl Brown | 26-25 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Gary Doyle (tiring) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Linwood Paxton (fresh) SF - Daniel Authement (fairly fresh) PF - Darryl Brown (fairly fresh) 2 stl. C - Taylor Drewski (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sung Xue (tiring) 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Calvin Caraballo (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Dave Turner (fresh) PF - Frank Gold (tiring) 8 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - James Collier (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:19 | Mississippi | Frank Gold scores on a jump hook from the baseline set up by Calvin Caraballo | 26-27 |
| 10:58 | Kentucky | Darryl Brown hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing | 26-27 |
| 10:57 | Mississippi | Sung Xue gets the rebound | 26-27 |
| 10:29 | Mississippi | Linwood Paxton is called for the reach on Dave Turner - foul #2 on Linwood Paxton, team foul #6 | 26-27 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Murphy (PG), Andrew Haliburton (SG), William Miser (SF), Robert Carreon (PF), Ernest Hermes (C) Gary Doyle, Linwood Paxton, Daniel Authement, Darryl Brown, Taylor Drewski | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco (SG), Earnest Kelley (SF), Roger Stacks (PF) Calvin Caraballo, Dave Turner, James Collier | |
| 10:02 | Mississippi | William Miser swats the layup by Frank Gold | 26-27 |
| 10:00 | Kentucky | Robert Carreon pulls down the rebound | 26-27 |
| 09:54 | Kentucky | William Miser's pass is intercepted by Giuseppe Greco | 26-27 |
| 09:51 | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco banks in the layup | 26-29 |
| 09:22 | Kentucky | Robert Murphy misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 26-29 |
| 09:21 | Mississippi | Frank Gold grabs the board | 26-29 |
| 09:00 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks drills a driving attempt from the left block | 26-31 |
| 08:37 | Kentucky | Robert Murphy loses the ball out of bounds | 26-31 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Gary Doyle (PG), Brandon Chesnut (SF), Taylor Drewski (C) Robert Murphy, William Miser, Ernest Hermes | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Frank Cora (SG), James Collier (C) Giuseppe Greco, Frank Gold | |
| 08:08 | Mississippi | Taylor Drewski swats the short shot by Roger Stacks | 26-31 |
| 08:06 | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley hits the follow up shot | 26-33 |
| 07:38 | Kentucky | Robert Carreon misses short on a shot in the lane | 26-33 |
| 07:37 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to James Collier | 26-33 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Gary Doyle (tiring) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Andrew Haliburton (fairly fresh) SF - Brandon Chesnut (fresh) PF - Robert Carreon (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Taylor Drewski (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sung Xue (tired) 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Frank Cora (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Earnest Kelley (tiring) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Roger Stacks (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - James Collier (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:20 | Mississippi | James Collier hits a jumper from the right block | 26-35 |
| 06:59 | Kentucky | Taylor Drewski knocks in the jump hook in the paint | 28-35 |
| 06:57 | Mississippi | Taylor Drewski steals the ball from Sung Xue in the backcourt | 28-35 |
| 06:35 | Kentucky | Andrew Haliburton misses the wide open fadeaway from the right wing | 28-35 |
| 06:33 | Mississippi | Frank Cora gets the rebound | 28-35 |
| 06:05 | Mississippi | Frank Cora misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 28-35 |
| 06:04 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Robert Carreon | 28-35 |
| 05:43 | Kentucky | Taylor Drewski is by himself and knocks in the jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Brandon Chesnut | 30-35 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| 05:18 | Mississippi | James Collier hits the front of the rim on the wide open fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 30-35 |
| 05:16 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks pulls down the offensive rebound | 30-35 |
| 05:05 | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley misses short on a turnaround from the baseline | 30-35 |
| 05:03 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Taylor Drewski | 30-35 |
| 04:36 | Kentucky | Gary Doyle dunks the ball and the foul's on Sung Xue - foul #4 on Sung Xue, team foul #4 | 32-35 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Linwood Paxton (SG), Daniel Authement (SF), Darryl Brown (PF), Ernest Hermes (C) Andrew Haliburton, Brandon Chesnut, Robert Carreon, Taylor Drewski | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Calvin Caraballo (SG), Giuseppe Greco (SF), Frank Gold (PF) Sung Xue, Frank Cora, Roger Stacks | |
| 04:36 | Kentucky | Gary Doyle makes the free throw | 33-35 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| 04:12 | Mississippi | Frank Gold can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 33-35 |
| 04:10 | Kentucky | Gary Doyle snags the defensive board | 33-35 |
| 03:48 | Kentucky | Gary Doyle can't connect on a runner in the lane | 33-35 |
| 03:46 | Mississippi | James Collier pulls down the rebound | 33-35 |
| 03:32 | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley's pass is intercepted by Ernest Hermes | 33-35 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Gary Doyle (tired) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Linwood Paxton (fresh) SF - Daniel Authement (fresh) PF - Darryl Brown (fresh) 2 stl. C - Ernest Hermes (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Earnest Kelley (tired) 4 pts. 3 reb. SG - Calvin Caraballo (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Giuseppe Greco (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Frank Gold (tiring) 10 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - James Collier (tiring) 8 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 03:11 | Kentucky | Ernest Hermes can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by James Collier - foul #2 on James Collier, team foul #5 | 33-35 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Murphy (PG) Gary Doyle | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG), Roger Stacks (PF) Earnest Kelley, James Collier | |
| 03:11 | Kentucky | Ernest Hermes makes the 1st free throw | 34-35 |
| 03:11 | Kentucky | Ernest Hermes makes the 2nd free throw | 35-35 |
| 02:50 | Mississippi | Frank Gold misses long on a fadeaway near the basket | 35-35 |
| 02:49 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks snags the offensive board | 35-35 |
| 02:33 | Mississippi | Frank Gold hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the right block | 35-35 |
| 02:31 | Mississippi | Frank Gold gets the offensive rebound | 35-35 |
| 02:12 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks misses short on a fadeaway near the basket | 35-35 |
| 02:11 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks hits the follow up shot | 35-37 |
| 02:11 | Kentucky | Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 35-37 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Andrew Haliburton (SG) Linwood Paxton | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley (PG) Sung Xue | |
| 01:57 | Kentucky | Ernest Hermes hits a floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Daniel Authement | 37-37 |
| 01:39 | Mississippi | Calvin Caraballo makes the driving attempt from the left block on a great pass from Earnest Kelley and he's fouled by Robert Murphy - foul #1 on Robert Murphy, team foul #7 | 37-39 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Gary Doyle (PG), Robert Carreon (PF), Taylor Drewski (C) Robert Murphy, Darryl Brown, Ernest Hermes | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG) Giuseppe Greco | |
| 01:39 | Mississippi | Calvin Caraballo makes the free throw | 37-40 |
| 01:17 | Kentucky | Gary Doyle is fouled on the floor by Roger Stacks - foul #2 on Roger Stacks, team foul #6 | 37-40 |
| 01:01 | Kentucky | Taylor Drewski comes up short on the driving attempt in the lane but the foul's on Sung Xue - foul #5 on Sung Xue, team foul #7 | 37-40 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco (SF) Sung Xue | |
| 01:01 | Kentucky | Taylor Drewski makes the 1st free throw | 38-40 |
| 01:01 | Kentucky | Taylor Drewski misses the 2nd free throw | 38-40 |
| 01:01 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks grabs the board | 38-40 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:34 | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco banks in the layup on a nice dish by Calvin Caraballo and he's hacked by Gary Doyle - foul #1 on Gary Doyle, team foul #8 | 38-42 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Frank Cora (PG) Earnest Kelley | |
| 00:34 | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco makes the free throw | 38-43 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:28 | Kentucky | Taylor Drewski can't connect on a driving attempt from close range | 38-43 |
| 00:27 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks grabs the board | 38-43 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:26 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks is fouled in the backcourt by Gary Doyle - foul #2 on Gary Doyle, team foul #9 | 38-43 |
| 00:26 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks misses the 1st free throw | 38-43 |
| 00:26 | Kentucky | Andrew Haliburton snags the defensive board | 38-43 |
| 00:20 | Kentucky | Daniel Authement is wide open but clanks a 3 from the right corner | 38-43 |
| 00:18 | Kentucky | Robert Carreon pulls down the offensive rebound | 38-43 |
| 00:14 | Kentucky | Robert Carreon misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 38-43 |
| 00:12 | Mississippi | Frank Cora gets the rebound | 38-43 |
| 00:09 | Mississippi | Frank Cora is fouled in the backcourt by Gary Doyle - foul #3 on Gary Doyle, team foul #10 | 38-43 |
| 00:09 | Mississippi | Frank Cora makes the 1st free throw | 38-44 |
| 00:09 | Mississippi | Frank Cora makes the 2nd free throw | 38-45 |
| 00:04 | Kentucky | Andrew Haliburton drills a 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Daniel Authement | 41-45 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:02 | Mississippi | Frank Cora is fouled in the backcourt by Gary Doyle - foul #4 on Gary Doyle, team foul #11 | 41-45 |
| 00:02 | Mississippi | Frank Cora misses the 1st free throw | 41-45 |
| 00:02 | Mississippi | Frank Cora misses the 2nd free throw | 41-45 |
| 00:02 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Robert Carreon | 41-45 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Robert Carreon can't connect on a fullcourt shot | 41-45 |