| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Kirk Brooks (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. SG - Enrique Montes (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Lowell Recio (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Eduardo Gonzales (fresh) 4 pts. C - Donald Rosado (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Mathew Astudillo (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Menard (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Paul Mack (fresh) PF - James Chandler (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Gregory Snyder (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Lowell Recio inbounds the ball | 22-28 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 19:48 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 22-28 |
| 19:47 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks gets the offensive rebound | 22-28 |
| 19:27 | Mississippi | Enrique Montes double dribbles | 22-28 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Auburn | Larry McKinnon (SF), Charles Billups (C) Paul Mack, Gregory Snyder | |
| 19:15 | Auburn | Larry McKinnon misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 22-28 |
| 19:13 | Mississippi | Eduardo Gonzales grabs the board | 22-28 |
| 19:08 | Mississippi | James Chandler is called for the reach on Enrique Montes - foul #4 on James Chandler, team foul #1 | 22-28 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Auburn | Carlos Alvarado (C) James Chandler | |
| 18:50 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 22-28 |
| 18:48 | Auburn | Carlos Alvarado grabs the board | 22-28 |
| 18:28 | Auburn | Mathew Astudillo can't finish the layup | 22-28 |
| 18:27 | Mississippi | Lowell Recio snags the defensive board | 22-28 |
| 18:13 | Mississippi | Eduardo Gonzales is open but comes up short on the turnaround from the right block | 22-28 |
| 18:12 | Auburn | Larry McKinnon snags the defensive board | 22-28 |
| 17:52 | Auburn | John Menard misses the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 22-28 |
| 17:51 | Mississippi | Enrique Montes grabs the defensive rebound | 22-28 |
| 17:32 | Mississippi | Donald Rosado misses long on an open fadeaway from the free throw line | 22-28 |
| 17:31 | Auburn | John Menard grabs the board | 22-28 |
| 17:14 | Auburn | John Menard makes the floater from close range on a great pass from Mathew Astudillo | 22-30 |
| 16:57 | Mississippi | Donald Rosado is hacked by Charles Billups - foul #3 on Charles Billups, team foul #2 | 22-30 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Telek Kucharski (SG), John Rana (PF), Richard Manzer (C) Enrique Montes, Eduardo Gonzales, Donald Rosado | |
| Subs | Auburn | Mark Caraballo (SG), Paul Mack (SF), Gregory Snyder (C) Mathew Astudillo, Larry McKinnon, Carlos Alvarado | |
| 16:36 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks drills a pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Telek Kucharski | 24-30 |
| 16:07 | Auburn | John Menard is hacked by Richard Manzer - foul #1 on Richard Manzer, team foul #1 | 24-30 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Ivan Zwahlen (SG), Jimmy Villalobos (PF) Kirk Brooks, Lowell Recio | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 15:42 | Auburn | Charles Billups's fadeaway is rejected by Richard Manzer | 24-30 |
| 15:41 | Mississippi | Jimmy Villalobos gets the rebound | 24-30 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Telek Kucharski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ivan Zwahlen (fresh) SF - John Rana (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jimmy Villalobos (fresh) 3 reb. C - Richard Manzer (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - John Menard (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mark Caraballo (fresh) SF - Paul Mack (fresh) PF - Charles Billups (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Gregory Snyder (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 15:31 | Mississippi | John Rana can't finish the layup | 24-30 |
| 15:30 | Auburn | Gregory Snyder gets the rebound | 24-30 |
| 15:14 | Auburn | Charles Billups makes the driving attempt in the lane on a great pass from John Menard | 24-32 |
| 15:10 | Mississippi | John Menard is called for the reach on Telek Kucharski in the backcourt - foul #1 on John Menard, team foul #3 | 24-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Enrique Montes (SG), Eduardo Gonzales (PF), Donald Rosado (C) Ivan Zwahlen, Jimmy Villalobos, Richard Manzer | |
| Subs | Auburn | Mathew Astudillo (PG), Larry McKinnon (SF), Carlos Alvarado (PF) John Menard, Paul Mack, Charles Billups | |
| 14:54 | Mississippi | Telek Kucharski connects on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 26-32 |
| 14:33 | Auburn | Larry McKinnon travels with the ball | 26-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks (PG), Lowell Recio (SF) Telek Kucharski, John Rana | |
| Subs | Auburn | John Menard (PG), Charles Billups (PF) Mathew Astudillo, Carlos Alvarado | |
| 14:21 | Mississippi | Enrique Montes makes the wide open 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Kirk Brooks | 29-32 |
| 13:52 | Auburn | Mark Caraballo is hacked by Eduardo Gonzales - foul #2 on Eduardo Gonzales, team foul #2 | 29-32 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Auburn | Mathew Astudillo (PG), Paul Mack (SF), Carlos Alvarado (C) John Menard, Larry McKinnon, Gregory Snyder | |
| 13:33 | Auburn | Donald Rosado denies the turnaround by Mathew Astudillo | 29-32 |
| 13:31 | Auburn | Carlos Alvarado snags the offensive board | 29-32 |
| 13:11 | Auburn | Lowell Recio swats the layup by Charles Billups | 29-32 |
| 13:09 | Auburn | Mathew Astudillo pulls down the offensive rebound | 29-32 |
| 12:42 | Auburn | Lowell Recio blocks the short jumper by Charles Billups | 29-32 |
| 12:41 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks grabs the board | 29-32 |
| 12:22 | Mississippi | Enrique Montes buries a jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Kirk Brooks | 31-32 |
| 12:02 | Auburn | Donald Rosado takes the ball from Paul Mack | 31-32 |
| 11:42 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks knocks in the jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Enrique Montes | 33-32 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Kirk Brooks (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Enrique Montes (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Lowell Recio (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. PF - Eduardo Gonzales (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Donald Rosado (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Mathew Astudillo (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mark Caraballo (fairly fresh) SF - Paul Mack (fresh) PF - Charles Billups (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Carlos Alvarado (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 11:21 | Auburn | Carlos Alvarado misses short on a runner from the left block | 33-32 |
| 11:20 | Auburn | Carlos Alvarado tips it but misses | 33-32 |
| 11:18 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks pulls down the rebound | 33-32 |
| 11:11 | Mississippi | Enrique Montes can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 33-32 |
| 11:09 | Mississippi | Donald Rosado tips it in | 35-32 |
| 10:49 | Auburn | Paul Mack misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 35-32 |
| 10:47 | Auburn | Mark Caraballo misses the tip | 35-32 |
| 10:45 | Auburn | Mathew Astudillo grabs the offensive rebound | 35-32 |
| 10:23 | Auburn | Carlos Alvarado buries a jumper from the right block on a great pass from Paul Mack | 35-34 |
| 10:19 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Enrique Montes | 38-34 |
| 09:51 | Auburn | Paul Mack knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner | 38-37 |
| 09:35 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks misses the layup against the doubleteam but the foul's on Mathew Astudillo - foul #1 on Mathew Astudillo, team foul #4 | 38-37 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Telek Kucharski (SG), John Rana (SF), Jimmy Villalobos (PF), Richard Manzer (C) Enrique Montes, Lowell Recio, Eduardo Gonzales, Donald Rosado | |
| Subs | Auburn | Daniel Antle (PG), John Menard (SG), Larry McKinnon (SF), James Chandler (PF), Gregory Snyder (C) Mathew Astudillo, Mark Caraballo, Paul Mack, Charles Billups, Carlos Alvarado | |
| 09:35 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks makes the 1st free throw | 39-37 |
| 09:35 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks misses the 2nd free throw | 39-37 |
| 09:35 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Larry McKinnon | 39-37 |
| 09:16 | Auburn | Larry McKinnon slams it home set up by Gregory Snyder | 39-39 |
| 08:59 | Mississippi | Jimmy Villalobos makes the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Kirk Brooks | 41-39 |
| 08:43 | Auburn | Larry McKinnon drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 41-42 |
| 08:24 | Mississippi | John Rana can't connect on an uncontested 3 pointer from the right wing | 41-42 |
| 08:23 | Auburn | The rebound goes to Gregory Snyder | 41-42 |
| 07:56 | Auburn | Larry McKinnon hits a pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by John Menard and he's fouled by Jimmy Villalobos - foul #1 on Jimmy Villalobos, team foul #3 | 41-44 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Ivan Zwahlen (SG) Kirk Brooks | |
| Subs | Auburn | Mark Caraballo (SG) Daniel Antle | |
| 07:56 | Auburn | Larry McKinnon makes the free throw | 41-45 |
| 07:41 | Mississippi | Telek Kucharski shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3 from the left corner | 44-45 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Telek Kucharski (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ivan Zwahlen (fresh) SF - John Rana (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jimmy Villalobos (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Manzer (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - John Menard (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mark Caraballo (fairly fresh) SF - Larry McKinnon (fresh) 16 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Chandler (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. C - Gregory Snyder (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:18 | Auburn | Gregory Snyder is whistled for traveling | 44-45 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Lowell Recio (SF) Jimmy Villalobos | |
| Subs | Auburn | Mathew Astudillo (PG), Charles Billups (C) Mark Caraballo, Gregory Snyder | |
| 07:01 | Mississippi | Ivan Zwahlen can't connect on an uncontested shot from the left side | 44-45 |
| 06:59 | Auburn | Mathew Astudillo snags the defensive board | 44-45 |
| 06:33 | Auburn | Larry McKinnon buries a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Mathew Astudillo | 44-48 |
| 06:15 | Mississippi | John Rana loses the ball out of bounds | 44-48 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Enrique Montes (SG), Jimmy Villalobos (PF), Donald Rosado (C) Ivan Zwahlen, John Rana, Richard Manzer | |
| Subs | Auburn | Mark Caraballo (SG), Gregory Snyder (C) Mathew Astudillo, Charles Billups | |
| 05:54 | Auburn | Gregory Snyder buries a fadeaway from the free throw line | 44-50 |
| 05:33 | Mississippi | Enrique Montes misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 44-50 |
| 05:32 | Auburn | James Chandler snags the defensive board | 44-50 |
| 05:05 | Auburn | Larry McKinnon misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 44-50 |
| 05:03 | Mississippi | Jimmy Villalobos snags the defensive board | 44-50 |
| 04:43 | Mississippi | Jimmy Villalobos is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Jimmy Villalobos, team foul #4 | 44-50 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks (PG), Eduardo Gonzales (PF), John Rana (C) Telek Kucharski, Lowell Recio, Donald Rosado | |
| Subs | Auburn | Mathew Astudillo (PG), Charles Billups (C) Mark Caraballo, Gregory Snyder | |
| 04:22 | Auburn | Larry McKinnon misses badly on a floater from the left side | 44-50 |
| 04:21 | Auburn | Mathew Astudillo hits the follow up shot | 44-52 |
| 04:08 | Mississippi | Eduardo Gonzales misses long on a runner from the right block but he's fouled by Charles Billups - foul #4 on Charles Billups, team foul #5 | 44-52 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Manzer (C) Jimmy Villalobos | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 04:08 | Mississippi | Eduardo Gonzales misses the 1st free throw | 44-52 |
| 04:08 | Mississippi | Eduardo Gonzales makes the 2nd free throw | 45-52 |
| 03:47 | Auburn | John Menard makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from James Chandler | 45-55 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 03:35 | Mississippi | Richard Manzer's pass is intercepted by Larry McKinnon | 45-55 |
| 03:31 | Auburn | Mathew Astudillo lays it in on a great pass from Larry McKinnon | 45-57 |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Kirk Brooks (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Enrique Montes (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SF - John Rana (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Eduardo Gonzales (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Richard Manzer (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Auburn | PG - Mathew Astudillo (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - John Menard (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Larry McKinnon (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Chandler (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Charles Billups (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:28 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks is hacked by Mathew Astudillo in the backcourt - foul #2 on Mathew Astudillo, team foul #6 | 45-57 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Telek Kucharski (SG), Lowell Recio (SF), Donald Rosado (C) Enrique Montes, John Rana, Richard Manzer | |
| Subs | Auburn | Mark Caraballo (SG), Paul Mack (SF) Mathew Astudillo, Larry McKinnon | |
| 03:11 | Mississippi | Telek Kucharski misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 45-57 |
| 03:09 | Mississippi | Donald Rosado grabs the offensive rebound | 45-57 |
| 02:50 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 45-57 |
| 02:48 | Mississippi | Lowell Recio grabs the offensive rebound | 45-57 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:39 | Mississippi | Eduardo Gonzales scores on a floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Telek Kucharski | 47-57 |
| 02:10 | Auburn | John Menard knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 47-60 |
| 02:00 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by James Chandler - foul #5 on James Chandler, team foul #7 | 47-60 |
| Subs | Mississippi | John Rana (SF), Jimmy Villalobos (PF), Richard Manzer (C) Lowell Recio, Eduardo Gonzales, Donald Rosado | |
| Subs | Auburn | Daniel Antle (PG), Larry McKinnon (SF), Carlos Alvarado (C) John Menard, Paul Mack, James Chandler | |
| 02:00 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks makes the 1st free throw | 48-60 |
| 02:00 | Mississippi | Kirk Brooks misses the 2nd free throw | 48-60 |
| 02:00 | Auburn | Carlos Alvarado snags the defensive board | 48-60 |
| 01:39 | Auburn | Charles Billups connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Daniel Antle | 48-62 |
| 01:30 | Mississippi | Telek Kucharski is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Mark Caraballo - foul #1 on Mark Caraballo, team foul #8 | 48-62 |
| Subs | Mississippi | Ivan Zwahlen (SG) Kirk Brooks | |
| Subs | Auburn | | |
| 01:30 | Mississippi | Telek Kucharski makes the 1st free throw | 49-62 |
| 01:30 | Mississippi | Telek Kucharski misses the 2nd free throw | 49-62 |
| 01:30 | Auburn | Larry McKinnon pulls down the rebound | 49-62 |
| 01:25 | Auburn | Larry McKinnon misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 49-62 |
| 01:23 | Auburn | Carlos Alvarado pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-62 |
| 01:04 | Auburn | Larry McKinnon scores on a 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Daniel Antle | 49-65 |
| 00:56 | Mississippi | Richard Manzer can't connect on a turnaround near the basket | 49-65 |
| 00:55 | Auburn | Carlos Alvarado snags the defensive board | 49-65 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:26 | Auburn | Charles Billups's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-65 |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Auburn | Auburn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:20 | Mississippi | Charles Billups swats the short shot by Richard Manzer | 49-65 |
| 00:18 | Mississippi | John Rana pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-65 |
| 00:16 | Mississippi | Telek Kucharski evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 49-65 |
| 00:14 | Mississippi | John Rana gets the offensive rebound | 49-65 |
| 00:12 | Mississippi | Charles Billups is called for the reach on John Rana - foul #5 on Charles Billups, team foul #9 | 49-65 |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Auburn | Gregory Snyder (C) Charles Billups | |
| 00:12 | Mississippi | John Rana makes the 1st free throw | 50-65 |
| 00:12 | Mississippi | John Rana makes the 2nd free throw | 51-65 |
| 00:00 | Auburn | Daniel Antle runs out the clock | 51-65 |