| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - Richard Harris (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joshua Watson (fresh) 3 pf. SF - Charles Strong (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Herbert Huston (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Brunswick (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sung Xue (fresh) SG - Calvin Caraballo (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Earnest Kelley (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Roger Stacks (fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. C - Frank Gold (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Vanderbilt | Charles Strong inbounds the ball | 24-24 |
| Game Plan | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:31 | Vanderbilt | Richard Harris misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 24-24 |
| 19:29 | Vanderbilt | Herbert Huston hits the follow up shot | 26-24 |
| 19:03 | Mississippi | Herbert Huston blocks the short jumper by Frank Gold | 26-24 |
| 19:01 | Vanderbilt | Charles Strong gets the rebound | 26-24 |
| 18:54 | Vanderbilt | Herbert Huston shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side but the foul's on Roger Stacks - foul #2 on Roger Stacks, team foul #1 | 26-24 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Frank Cora (SG), Giuseppe Greco (SF), James Collier (C) Sung Xue, Calvin Caraballo, Frank Gold | |
| 18:54 | Vanderbilt | Herbert Huston misses the 1st free throw | 26-24 |
| 18:54 | Vanderbilt | Herbert Huston makes the 2nd free throw | 27-24 |
| 18:34 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks misses long on a fadeaway from the right block but the foul's on Herbert Huston - foul #2 on Herbert Huston, team foul #1 | 27-24 |
| 18:34 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks makes the 1st free throw | 27-25 |
| 18:34 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks makes the 2nd free throw | 27-26 |
| 18:16 | Vanderbilt | Charles Strong hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3 from the right corner | 27-26 |
| 18:14 | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley grabs the board | 27-26 |
| 17:52 | Mississippi | James Collier connects on the jumper from the right block | 27-28 |
| 17:41 | Vanderbilt | Charles Strong drills a 3 from the right corner set up by Joshua Watson | 30-28 |
| 17:13 | Mississippi | Herbert Huston takes the ball from James Collier | 30-28 |
| 16:55 | Vanderbilt | Joshua Watson makes the wide open shot from the left wing on a great pass from Richard Harris | 32-28 |
| 16:38 | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco loses the dribble to Richard Harris | 32-28 |
| 16:35 | Vanderbilt | Joshua Watson lays it up and in set up by Richard Harris | 34-28 |
| 16:18 | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco makes the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 34-30 |
| 15:53 | Vanderbilt | Joshua Watson misses long on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Roger Stacks - foul #3 on Roger Stacks, team foul #2 | 34-30 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Nathan Lewis (PG), Malcolm Pascual (SF), Joseph Dockins (PF), Alan Holmes (C) Richard Harris, Charles Strong, Herbert Huston, Michael Brunswick | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG), Calvin Caraballo (SG), Frank Gold (PF) Frank Cora, Giuseppe Greco, Roger Stacks | |
| 15:53 | Vanderbilt | Joshua Watson misses the 1st free throw | 34-30 |
| 15:53 | Vanderbilt | Joshua Watson makes the 2nd free throw | 35-30 |
| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - Nathan Lewis (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joshua Watson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Malcolm Pascual (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joseph Dockins (fresh) C - Alan Holmes (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sung Xue (fresh) SG - Calvin Caraballo (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Earnest Kelley (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Frank Gold (fresh) C - James Collier (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:35 | Mississippi | Calvin Caraballo's pass is intercepted by Alan Holmes | 35-30 |
| 15:08 | Vanderbilt | Alan Holmes hits a fadeaway in the lane set up by Malcolm Pascual | 37-30 |
| 14:49 | Mississippi | Calvin Caraballo hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right side | 37-30 |
| 14:48 | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley tips it in | 37-32 |
| 14:41 | Vanderbilt | Joshua Watson hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 40-32 |
| 14:20 | Mississippi | James Collier is hacked by Alan Holmes - foul #1 on Alan Holmes, team foul #2 | 40-32 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Richard Harris (PG), Charles Strong (SG), Herbert Huston (PF) Nathan Lewis, Joshua Watson, Joseph Dockins | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 14:02 | Mississippi | James Collier clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side but the foul's on Alan Holmes - foul #2 on Alan Holmes, team foul #3 | 40-32 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco (SG) Calvin Caraballo | |
| 14:02 | Mississippi | James Collier misses the 1st free throw | 40-32 |
| 14:02 | Mississippi | James Collier makes the 2nd free throw | 40-33 |
| 13:49 | Vanderbilt | Alan Holmes buries a turnaround from the baseline | 42-33 |
| 13:26 | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco can't finish the layup | 42-33 |
| 13:25 | Vanderbilt | Charles Strong pulls down the rebound | 42-33 |
| 12:56 | Vanderbilt | Frank Gold picks off the pass by Herbert Huston out of a doubleteam | 42-33 |
| 12:30 | Mississippi | James Collier can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side | 42-33 |
| 12:28 | Vanderbilt | Alan Holmes grabs the defensive rebound | 42-33 |
| 12:15 | Vanderbilt | Herbert Huston is fouled on the floor by Frank Gold - foul #3 on Frank Gold, team foul #3 | 42-33 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Nathan Lewis (PG), Joshua Watson (SG), Michael Brunswick (C) Richard Harris, Malcolm Pascual, Alan Holmes | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Calvin Caraballo (SG), Roger Stacks (PF) Giuseppe Greco, James Collier | |
| 12:01 | Vanderbilt | Herbert Huston shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jumper near the basket | 42-33 |
| 12:00 | Mississippi | Frank Gold gets the rebound | 42-33 |
| 11:43 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks makes the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 42-35 |
| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - Nathan Lewis (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joshua Watson (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Charles Strong (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Herbert Huston (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Michael Brunswick (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sung Xue (fairly fresh) SG - Calvin Caraballo (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Earnest Kelley (tiring) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Roger Stacks (fresh) 17 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Frank Gold (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:32 | Vanderbilt | Charles Strong comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 42-35 |
| 11:30 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Frank Gold | 42-35 |
| 11:05 | Mississippi | The jumper by Roger Stacks is denied by Joshua Watson | 42-35 |
| 11:03 | Vanderbilt | Herbert Huston pulls down the rebound | 42-35 |
| 10:54 | Vanderbilt | Frank Gold swats the short shot by Joshua Watson | 42-35 |
| 10:52 | Mississippi | Frank Gold grabs the board | 42-35 |
| 10:36 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 42-35 |
| 10:34 | Vanderbilt | Michael Brunswick grabs the defensive rebound | 42-35 |
| 10:07 | Vanderbilt | Herbert Huston splits the doubleteam but misses short on a floater in the lane but he's hacked by Calvin Caraballo - foul #2 on Calvin Caraballo, team foul #4 | 42-35 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Richard Harris (PG), Joseph Dockins (SF) Nathan Lewis, Charles Strong | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Frank Cora (SG), Dave Turner (SF), James Collier (C) Sung Xue, Calvin Caraballo, Frank Gold | |
| 10:07 | Vanderbilt | Herbert Huston makes the 1st free throw | 43-35 |
| 10:07 | Vanderbilt | Herbert Huston makes the 2nd free throw | 44-35 |
| 09:43 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks hits a turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by Dave Turner | 44-37 |
| 09:25 | Vanderbilt | Herbert Huston knocks in the shot from close range on a nice dish by Richard Harris | 46-37 |
| 09:09 | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 46-37 |
| 09:07 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks tips it back up and in | 46-39 |
| 08:53 | Vanderbilt | Frank Cora is called for the reach on Herbert Huston - foul #1 on Frank Cora, team foul #5 | 46-39 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Nathan Lewis (SG), Malcolm Pascual (SF), Alan Holmes (C) Joshua Watson, Herbert Huston, Michael Brunswick | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG), Frank Gold (C) Dave Turner, James Collier | |
| 08:35 | Vanderbilt | Joseph Dockins comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 46-39 |
| 08:34 | Mississippi | Frank Gold grabs the board | 46-39 |
| 08:30 | Mississippi | Malcolm Pascual is called for the reach on Earnest Kelley - foul #2 on Malcolm Pascual, team foul #4 | 46-39 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Charles Strong (SG) Nathan Lewis | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco (SF), James Collier (C) Earnest Kelley, Roger Stacks | |
| 08:12 | Mississippi | Frank Gold misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Charles Strong - foul #2 on Charles Strong, team foul #5 | 46-39 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley (SF) Frank Cora | |
| 08:12 | Mississippi | Frank Gold makes the 1st free throw | 46-40 |
| 08:12 | Mississippi | Frank Gold makes the 2nd free throw | 46-41 |
| 07:43 | Vanderbilt | Alan Holmes misses the lay-in | 46-41 |
| 07:41 | Mississippi | James Collier grabs the board | 46-41 |
| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - Richard Harris (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Charles Strong (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Malcolm Pascual (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joseph Dockins (fresh) C - Alan Holmes (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sung Xue (fairly fresh) SG - Giuseppe Greco (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Earnest Kelley (tiring) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Frank Gold (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - James Collier (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:37 | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley can't connect on a jumper near the basket | 46-41 |
| 07:36 | Vanderbilt | Charles Strong snags the defensive board | 46-41 |
| 07:20 | Vanderbilt | Sung Xue takes the ball from Joseph Dockins | 46-41 |
| 06:51 | Mississippi | Frank Gold connects on the jump hook from the left block and the foul's on Joseph Dockins - foul #2 on Joseph Dockins, team foul #6 | 46-43 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Nathan Lewis (PG), Joshua Watson (SG), Michael Brunswick (C) Richard Harris, Malcolm Pascual, Alan Holmes | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Frank Cora (SG), Dave Turner (SF), Roger Stacks (PF) Giuseppe Greco, Earnest Kelley, James Collier | |
| 06:51 | Mississippi | Frank Gold makes the free throw | 46-44 |
| 06:28 | Vanderbilt | Joshua Watson misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 46-44 |
| 06:26 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks grabs the board | 46-44 |
| 06:08 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks clanks a fadeaway from the left wing | 46-44 |
| 06:06 | Vanderbilt | Charles Strong grabs the defensive rebound | 46-44 |
| 05:49 | Vanderbilt | Michael Brunswick can't finish the layup but the foul's on Frank Gold - foul #4 on Frank Gold, team foul #6 | 46-44 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Richard Harris (PG), Malcolm Pascual (SF), Herbert Huston (PF) Nathan Lewis, Charles Strong, Joseph Dockins | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Calvin Caraballo (SG), Earnest Kelley (SF), James Collier (C) Frank Cora, Dave Turner, Frank Gold | |
| 05:49 | Vanderbilt | Michael Brunswick misses the 1st free throw | 46-44 |
| 05:49 | Vanderbilt | Michael Brunswick makes the 2nd free throw | 47-44 |
| 05:21 | Mississippi | Sung Xue is fouled on the floor by Richard Harris - foul #1 on Richard Harris, team foul #7 | 47-44 |
| 05:21 | Mississippi | Sung Xue makes the 1st free throw | 47-45 |
| 05:21 | Mississippi | Sung Xue makes the 2nd free throw | 47-46 |
| 05:11 | Vanderbilt | Michael Brunswick knocks in the shot from the left wing on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Herbert Huston | 49-46 |
| 04:42 | Mississippi | James Collier hits a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Roger Stacks | 49-48 |
| 04:35 | Vanderbilt | Richard Harris blows the layup | 49-48 |
| 04:33 | Vanderbilt | Michael Brunswick hits the follow up shot | 51-48 |
| 04:10 | Mississippi | James Collier misses the shot from the right side | 51-48 |
| 04:09 | Vanderbilt | Michael Brunswick snags the defensive board | 51-48 |
| 04:04 | Vanderbilt | Joshua Watson double dribbles | 51-48 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Nathan Lewis (PG), Charles Strong (SF), Alan Holmes (C) Richard Harris, Malcolm Pascual, Michael Brunswick | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Frank Cora (SG), Giuseppe Greco (SF), Frank Gold (C) Sung Xue, Calvin Caraballo, James Collier | |
| 03:37 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks misses the jump hook in the lane | 51-48 |
| 03:35 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks can't tip it in | 51-48 |
| 03:33 | Vanderbilt | Charles Strong grabs the defensive rebound | 51-48 |
| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - Nathan Lewis (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joshua Watson (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Charles Strong (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Herbert Huston (fresh) 15 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Alan Holmes (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Earnest Kelley (tired) 4 pts. 3 reb. SG - Frank Cora (fresh) SF - Giuseppe Greco (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Roger Stacks (fairly fresh) 21 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Frank Gold (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. | |
| 03:13 | Vanderbilt | Alan Holmes misses badly on a jump hook in the lane | 51-48 |
| 03:11 | Mississippi | Frank Gold snags the defensive board | 51-48 |
| 02:42 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks makes the jumper near the basket on a nice dish by Earnest Kelley | 51-50 |
| 02:42 | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-50 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Richard Harris (PG), Michael Brunswick (C) Nathan Lewis, Alan Holmes | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG), Calvin Caraballo (SG), Dave Turner (SF), James Collier (C) Earnest Kelley, Frank Cora, Giuseppe Greco, Roger Stacks | |
| 02:29 | Vanderbilt | Dave Turner is called for the reach on Charles Strong - foul #1 on Dave Turner, team foul #7 | 51-50 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco (SF) Dave Turner | |
| 02:29 | Vanderbilt | Charles Strong misses the 1st free throw | 51-50 |
| 02:29 | Mississippi | James Collier gets the rebound | 51-50 |
| 02:12 | Mississippi | Sung Xue hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left wing | 51-50 |
| 02:11 | Vanderbilt | Herbert Huston snags the defensive board | 51-50 |
| 01:51 | Vanderbilt | Herbert Huston buries a driving attempt near the basket on a great pass from Joshua Watson | 53-50 |
| 01:37 | Mississippi | James Collier buries a jump hook from the left block on a nice dish by Sung Xue | 53-52 |
| 01:25 | Vanderbilt | Richard Harris's fadeaway is rejected by Frank Gold | 53-52 |
| 01:23 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Frank Gold | 53-52 |
| 01:01 | Mississippi | James Collier lays it up and in | 53-54 |
| 00:39 | Vanderbilt | Michael Brunswick loses the ball out of bounds | 53-54 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley (SF), Roger Stacks (PF) Giuseppe Greco, James Collier | |
| Game Plan | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:18 | Mississippi | Sung Xue can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line but the foul's on Herbert Huston - foul #3 on Herbert Huston, team foul #8 | 53-54 |
| 00:18 | Mississippi | Sung Xue misses the 1st free throw | 53-54 |
| 00:18 | Mississippi | Sung Xue makes the 2nd free throw | 53-55 |
| 00:12 | Vanderbilt | Charles Strong misses badly on the uncontested runner from the right block | 53-55 |
| 00:10 | Mississippi | Frank Gold snags the defensive board | 53-55 |
| Game Plan | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:09 | Mississippi | Frank Gold is fouled in the backcourt by Joshua Watson - foul #4 on Joshua Watson, team foul #9 | 53-55 |
| 00:09 | Mississippi | Frank Gold makes the 1st free throw | 53-56 |
| 00:09 | Mississippi | Frank Gold makes the 2nd free throw | 53-57 |
| Game Plan | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt 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) | |
| 00:03 | Vanderbilt | Richard Harris hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 53-57 |
| 00:01 | Vanderbilt | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Brunswick | 53-57 |
| 00:00 | Vanderbilt | The clock runs out | 53-57 |