| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Joseph Hensen (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Dunham (fresh) 2 pts. SF - George Kelley (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Richard Watt (fresh) 2 reb. C - Richard Moseley (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Eldon Freeman (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Lynch (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Scott Hurtt (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. PF - Claude Estell (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Donald Davis (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Kentucky | George Kelley inbounds the ball | 20-32 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 19:46 | Kentucky | Richard Watt hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 20-32 |
| 19:44 | Mississippi | Claude Estell snags the defensive board | 20-32 |
| 19:27 | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt misses the jumper from the right side but he's hacked by George Kelley - foul #3 on George Kelley, team foul #1 | 20-32 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jing-Sheng Hong (SF) George Kelley | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 19:27 | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt makes the 1st free throw | 20-33 |
| 19:27 | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt makes the 2nd free throw | 20-34 |
| 19:10 | Kentucky | William Dunham knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Joseph Hensen | 22-34 |
| 18:50 | Mississippi | Donald Davis is fouled on the floor by Richard Watt - foul #2 on Richard Watt, team foul #2 | 22-34 |
| 18:29 | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt buries a runner from the left block on a nice dish by Eldon Freeman | 22-36 |
| 18:13 | Kentucky | Joseph Hensen banks in the layup on a great pass from Richard Moseley | 24-36 |
| 17:51 | Mississippi | Donald Davis knocks in the jump hook from the baseline | 24-38 |
| 17:27 | Kentucky | Richard Watt buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by William Dunham | 27-38 |
| 17:04 | Mississippi | Richard Lynch misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 27-38 |
| 17:02 | Mississippi | Claude Estell tips it in | 27-40 |
| 16:41 | Kentucky | Richard Watt can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 27-40 |
| 16:40 | Mississippi | Eldon Freeman gets the rebound | 27-40 |
| 16:34 | Mississippi | Claude Estell drills a shot near the basket and he's hacked by Richard Watt - foul #3 on Richard Watt, team foul #3 | 27-42 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Thomas Snider (SF), Oktawian Cerny (PF), Daniel Poe (C) William Dunham, Richard Watt, Richard Moseley | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Alphonso Ferrari (PG), Johnny Briones (SG), Greg Stouffer (C) Eldon Freeman, Richard Lynch, Donald Davis | |
| 16:34 | Mississippi | Claude Estell makes the free throw | 27-43 |
| 16:20 | Kentucky | Oktawian Cerny hits a shot from the left side | 29-43 |
| 16:03 | Mississippi | Greg Stouffer comes up short on the fadeaway from the baseline | 29-43 |
| 16:01 | Kentucky | Oktawian Cerny grabs the board | 29-43 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Joseph Hensen (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jing-Sheng Hong (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Thomas Snider (fresh) 5 reb. PF - Oktawian Cerny (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Daniel Poe (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Alphonso Ferrari (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Johnny Briones (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Scott Hurtt (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 6 reb. PF - Claude Estell (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Greg Stouffer (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:38 | Kentucky | Oktawian Cerny hits the front of the rim on the runner from close range but he's hacked by Claude Estell - foul #1 on Claude Estell, team foul #1 | 29-43 |
| Subs | Kentucky | William Dunham (SG), George Kelley (SF), Richard Moseley (C) Jing-Sheng Hong, Thomas Snider, Daniel Poe | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Eldon Freeman (PG), Ralph Franz (SF), Edward Foster (C) Alphonso Ferrari, Scott Hurtt, Claude Estell | |
| 15:38 | Kentucky | Oktawian Cerny makes the 1st free throw | 30-43 |
| 15:38 | Kentucky | Oktawian Cerny makes the 2nd free throw | 31-43 |
| 15:18 | Mississippi | Eldon Freeman misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 31-43 |
| 15:16 | Kentucky | Richard Moseley gets the rebound | 31-43 |
| 15:01 | Kentucky | George Kelley misses long on a fadeaway in the paint but he's hacked by Eldon Freeman - foul #3 on Eldon Freeman, team foul #2 | 31-43 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Micheal Ehrhardt (PG), Richard Watt (PF) Joseph Hensen, Oktawian Cerny | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Lynch (SG), Donald Davis (C) Johnny Briones, Ralph Franz | |
| 15:01 | Kentucky | George Kelley makes the 1st free throw | 32-43 |
| 15:01 | Kentucky | George Kelley makes the 2nd free throw | 33-43 |
| 14:34 | Mississippi | Richard Watt steps in front of the Greg Stouffer pass | 33-43 |
| 14:16 | Kentucky | Richard Moseley connects on the jumper from the baseline | 35-43 |
| 14:02 | Mississippi | Eldon Freeman is fouled on the floor by Richard Watt - foul #4 on Richard Watt, team foul #4 | 35-43 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Joseph Hensen (PG), Oktawian Cerny (PF) Micheal Ehrhardt, Richard Watt | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt (SF) Edward Foster | |
| 13:53 | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt scores on a jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Donald Davis | 35-45 |
| 13:31 | Kentucky | Eldon Freeman picks off the pass by William Dunham | 35-45 |
| 13:09 | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt clanks a runner in the paint but he's fouled by William Dunham - foul #3 on William Dunham, team foul #5 | 35-45 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jing-Sheng Hong (SG), Daniel Poe (C) William Dunham, Richard Moseley | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Alphonso Ferrari (PG), Claude Estell (PF) Eldon Freeman, Greg Stouffer | |
| 13:09 | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt makes the 1st free throw | 35-46 |
| 13:09 | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt misses the 2nd free throw | 35-46 |
| 13:09 | Kentucky | Oktawian Cerny grabs the defensive rebound | 35-46 |
| 13:00 | Kentucky | The short jumper by Joseph Hensen is denied by Claude Estell | 35-46 |
| 12:58 | Mississippi | Donald Davis gets the rebound | 35-46 |
| 12:53 | Mississippi | Richard Lynch buries a jumper from the right side and he's fouled by Jing-Sheng Hong - foul #2 on Jing-Sheng Hong, team foul #6 | 35-48 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Edward Foster (C) Donald Davis | |
| 12:53 | Mississippi | Richard Lynch makes the free throw | 35-49 |
| 12:34 | Kentucky | Daniel Poe is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Daniel Poe, team foul #7 | 35-49 |
| 12:17 | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 35-49 |
| 12:15 | Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to Claude Estell | 35-49 |
| 12:07 | Mississippi | George Kelley steps in front of the Alphonso Ferrari pass | 35-49 |
| 12:04 | Kentucky | Joseph Hensen lays it in on a great pass from George Kelley | 37-49 |
| 11:38 | Mississippi | Jing-Sheng Hong is called for the reach on Alphonso Ferrari - foul #3 on Jing-Sheng Hong, team foul #8 | 37-49 |
| Subs | Kentucky | William Dunham (SG), Richard Moseley (C) George Kelley, Daniel Poe | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Johnny Briones (SG), Donald Davis (C) Richard Lynch, Edward Foster | |
| 11:38 | Mississippi | Alphonso Ferrari makes the 1st free throw | 37-50 |
| 11:38 | Mississippi | Alphonso Ferrari misses the 2nd free throw | 37-50 |
| 11:38 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Oktawian Cerny | 37-50 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Joseph Hensen (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - William Dunham (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. SF - Jing-Sheng Hong (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. PF - Oktawian Cerny (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Richard Moseley (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Alphonso Ferrari (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Johnny Briones (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Scott Hurtt (fresh) 19 pts. 6 reb. PF - Claude Estell (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Donald Davis (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:20 | Kentucky | Alphonso Ferrari picks off the pass by William Dunham | 37-50 |
| 11:16 | Mississippi | Alphonso Ferrari lays it in | 37-52 |
| 11:09 | Kentucky | Jing-Sheng Hong misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 37-52 |
| 11:08 | Mississippi | Johnny Briones snags the defensive board | 37-52 |
| 11:02 | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 37-52 |
| 11:01 | Kentucky | William Dunham gets the rebound | 37-52 |
| 10:49 | Kentucky | Joseph Hensen makes the pull-up jumper from the right side | 39-52 |
| 10:27 | Mississippi | Donald Davis lays it up and in | 39-54 |
| 10:14 | Kentucky | Jing-Sheng Hong can't connect on a floater in the paint but he's fouled by Scott Hurtt - foul #1 on Scott Hurtt, team foul #3 | 39-54 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Micheal Ehrhardt (PG), George Kelley (SF), Daniel Poe (PF) Joseph Hensen, William Dunham, Oktawian Cerny | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Eldon Freeman (PG), Richard Lynch (SG), Greg Stouffer (SF), Edward Foster (PF) Alphonso Ferrari, Johnny Briones, Scott Hurtt, Claude Estell | |
| 10:14 | Kentucky | Jing-Sheng Hong misses the 1st free throw | 39-54 |
| 10:14 | Kentucky | Jing-Sheng Hong makes the 2nd free throw | 40-54 |
| 09:47 | Mississippi | Greg Stouffer makes the fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Donald Davis | 40-56 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 09:31 | Kentucky | George Kelley misses badly on a jumper in the lane | 40-56 |
| 09:29 | Mississippi | Greg Stouffer grabs the defensive rebound | 40-56 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 09:05 | Mississippi | Donald Davis hits the front of the rim on the runner in the lane | 40-56 |
| 09:04 | Kentucky | Richard Moseley snags the defensive board | 40-56 |
| 08:48 | Kentucky | Jing-Sheng Hong can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 40-56 |
| 08:47 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Donald Davis | 40-56 |
| 08:24 | Mississippi | Donald Davis buries a floater from close range and he's fouled by Richard Moseley - foul #1 on Richard Moseley, team foul #9 | 40-58 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Joseph Hensen (PG), William Dunham (SG), Oktawian Cerny (PF) Micheal Ehrhardt, Jing-Sheng Hong, Richard Moseley | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt (SF), Claude Estell (PF) Greg Stouffer, Edward Foster | |
| 08:24 | Mississippi | Donald Davis makes the free throw | 40-59 |
| 08:13 | Kentucky | George Kelley's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-59 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Johnny Briones (SG), Edward Foster (C) Richard Lynch, Donald Davis | |
| 07:49 | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt travels with the ball | 40-59 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Richard Watt (PF) Daniel Poe | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Stouffer (C) Edward Foster | |
| 07:38 | Kentucky | Claude Estell blocks the jumper by Joseph Hensen | 40-59 |
| 07:36 | Mississippi | Johnny Briones grabs the board | 40-59 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Joseph Hensen (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - William Dunham (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. SF - George Kelley (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. PF - Richard Watt (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. C - Oktawian Cerny (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Eldon Freeman (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Johnny Briones (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Scott Hurtt (fresh) 19 pts. 6 reb. PF - Claude Estell (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. C - Greg Stouffer (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:21 | Mississippi | Johnny Briones is fouled on the floor by Joseph Hensen - foul #1 on Joseph Hensen, team foul #10 | 40-59 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Thomas Snider (SF) George Kelley | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 07:21 | Mississippi | Johnny Briones makes the 1st free throw | 40-60 |
| 07:21 | Mississippi | Johnny Briones misses the 2nd free throw | 40-60 |
| 07:21 | Kentucky | Oktawian Cerny pulls down the rebound | 40-60 |
| 07:05 | Kentucky | Thomas Snider misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 40-60 |
| 07:04 | Mississippi | Greg Stouffer pulls down the rebound | 40-60 |
| 06:44 | Mississippi | Oktawian Cerny blocks the jumper by Eldon Freeman | 40-60 |
| 06:43 | Kentucky | William Dunham snags the defensive board | 40-60 |
| 06:35 | Kentucky | Richard Watt can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 40-60 |
| 06:34 | Kentucky | Oktawian Cerny misses the tip | 40-60 |
| 06:32 | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt pulls down the rebound | 40-60 |
| 06:15 | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt hits the front of the rim on the shot in the lane | 40-60 |
| 06:14 | Mississippi | Claude Estell misses the tip | 40-60 |
| 06:13 | Mississippi | Greg Stouffer pulls down the offensive rebound | 40-60 |
| 05:56 | Mississippi | Joseph Hensen takes the ball from Eldon Freeman | 40-60 |
| 05:39 | Kentucky | William Dunham knocks in the 3 from the right corner | 43-60 |
| 05:29 | Mississippi | Eldon Freeman can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 43-60 |
| 05:27 | Kentucky | Thomas Snider snags the defensive board | 43-60 |
| 05:27 | Kentucky | Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 43-60 |
| Subs | Kentucky | George Kelley (SF), Richard Moseley (C) Thomas Snider, Oktawian Cerny | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Richard Lynch (SG), Donald Davis (C) Johnny Briones, Greg Stouffer | |
| 05:14 | Kentucky | Richard Moseley misses long on a fadeaway from the baseline | 43-60 |
| 05:13 | Kentucky | William Dunham grabs the offensive board | 43-60 |
| 05:08 | Kentucky | George Kelley connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing set up by William Dunham | 46-60 |
| 04:55 | Mississippi | Eldon Freeman misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 46-60 |
| 04:54 | Mississippi | Claude Estell tips it back up and in | 46-62 |
| 04:37 | Kentucky | William Dunham hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 46-62 |
| 04:35 | Mississippi | Scott Hurtt grabs the defensive rebound | 46-62 |
| 04:10 | Mississippi | Eldon Freeman misses short on a floater from the right side but the foul's on Joseph Hensen - foul #2 on Joseph Hensen, team foul #11 | 46-62 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Stouffer (PF) Claude Estell | |
| 04:10 | Mississippi | Eldon Freeman misses the 1st free throw | 46-62 |
| 04:10 | Mississippi | Eldon Freeman makes the 2nd free throw | 46-63 |
| 03:58 | Kentucky | Richard Moseley misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 46-63 |
| 03:56 | Mississippi | Richard Lynch gets the rebound | 46-63 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 03:42 | Mississippi | Greg Stouffer connects on the shot from the right block set up by Scott Hurtt | 46-65 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 03:27 | Kentucky | Richard Moseley is fouled on the floor by Eldon Freeman - foul #4 on Eldon Freeman, team foul #4 | 46-65 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Micheal Ehrhardt (PG), Jing-Sheng Hong (SG), Thomas Snider (SF), Oktawian Cerny (PF), Daniel Poe (C) Joseph Hensen, William Dunham, George Kelley, Richard Watt, Richard Moseley | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Alphonso Ferrari (PG), Johnny Briones (SG), Ralph Franz (SF), Edward Foster (C) Eldon Freeman, Richard Lynch, Scott Hurtt, Donald Davis | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Micheal Ehrhardt (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jing-Sheng Hong (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. SF - Thomas Snider (fresh) 6 reb. PF - Oktawian Cerny (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Daniel Poe (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Alphonso Ferrari (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. SG - Johnny Briones (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ralph Franz (fresh) PF - Greg Stouffer (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Edward Foster (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:10 | Kentucky | Jing-Sheng Hong can't connect on a shot in the paint | 46-65 |
| 03:08 | Mississippi | Edward Foster snags the defensive board | 46-65 |
| 03:02 | Mississippi | Thomas Snider steals it from Johnny Briones | 46-65 |
| 02:42 | Kentucky | Thomas Snider clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Alphonso Ferrari - foul #2 on Alphonso Ferrari, team foul #5 | 46-65 |
| 02:42 | Kentucky | Thomas Snider makes the 1st free throw | 47-65 |
| 02:42 | Kentucky | Thomas Snider makes the 2nd free throw | 48-65 |
| 02:23 | Mississippi | Greg Stouffer misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 48-65 |
| 02:22 | Mississippi | Edward Foster tips it back up and in | 48-67 |
| 02:04 | Kentucky | Jing-Sheng Hong is fouled on the floor by Ralph Franz - foul #2 on Ralph Franz, team foul #6 | 48-67 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Cecil Schneider (SF) Greg Stouffer | |
| 01:41 | Kentucky | Oktawian Cerny misses badly on a shot from the left side | 48-67 |
| 01:40 | Mississippi | Edward Foster snags the defensive board | 48-67 |
| 01:34 | Mississippi | Ralph Franz misses badly on a jumper from the right block | 48-67 |
| 01:33 | Kentucky | Daniel Poe gets the rebound | 48-67 |
| 01:11 | Kentucky | Micheal Ehrhardt knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 51-67 |
| 00:50 | Mississippi | Ralph Franz lays it in on a nice dish by Johnny Briones and he's hacked by Thomas Snider - foul #2 on Thomas Snider, team foul #12 | 51-69 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Greg Stouffer (PF) Cecil Schneider | |
| 00:50 | Mississippi | Ralph Franz makes the free throw | 51-70 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:44 | Kentucky | Jing-Sheng Hong clanks a 3 from the right wing | 51-70 |
| 00:43 | Kentucky | Oktawian Cerny tips it in | 53-70 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:22 | Mississippi | Ralph Franz misses the runner in the lane | 53-70 |
| 00:20 | Kentucky | Daniel Poe pulls down the rebound | 53-70 |
| 00:13 | Kentucky | Jing-Sheng Hong buries a jump hook in the paint set up by Thomas Snider | 55-70 |
| 00:00 | Mississippi | Alphonso Ferrari runs out the clock | 55-70 |