Mississippi State 64, 
Tennessee 61
1:00 PM ET, March 15, 2009
St. Pete Times Forum
Tampa, FL
| MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Jarvis Varnado, F | 28 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Ravern Johnson, G | 29 | 5-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Dee Bost, G | 37 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Barry Stewart, G | 34 | 1-8 | 1-8 | 8-9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Phil Turner, G | 24 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 6-6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Twany Beckham, G | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Romero Osby, F | 8 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Riley Benock, G | 6 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Kodi Augustus, F | 16 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Brian Johnson, F-C | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 17-47 | 7-28 | 23-32 | 10 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 64 | ||
| 36.2% | 25.0% | 71.9% | ||||||||||
| TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Tyler Smith, F | 33 | 2-14 | 1-2 | 7-8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| Wayne Chism, F | 33 | 5-17 | 2-9 | 3-3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Bobby Maze, G | 22 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J.P. Prince, G | 28 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| Scotty Hopson, G | 22 | 2-8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Renaldo Woolridge, G-F | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Negedu, F | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cameron Tatum, G-F | 18 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Josh Tabb, G | 19 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Williams, C | 20 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 20-69 | 8-27 | 13-19 | 15 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 61 | ||
| 29.0% | 29.6% | 68.4% | ||||||||||
Officials: Mike Nance ,Doug Sirmons ,Tony Greene
Attendance: 10,093