| Lineup | Rice | PG - Roderick Coleman (fresh) 6 pts. 6 ast. SG - Jeremy Davis (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Michael Morgan (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Melvin King (fresh) 2 reb. C - James Keen (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Tony Warner (fresh) SG - Richard Brown (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Julian Vance (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Nelson Traylor (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Howard Williams (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Nebraska | Julian Vance inbounds the ball | 49-27 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 19:47 | Nebraska | Julian Vance is called for 5 seconds | 49-27 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 19:19 | Rice | Michael Morgan can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 49-27 |
| 19:18 | Nebraska | Nelson Traylor grabs the defensive rebound | 49-27 |
| 19:05 | Nebraska | Julian Vance misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by Jeremy Davis - foul #2 on Jeremy Davis, team foul #1 | 49-27 |
| 19:05 | Nebraska | Julian Vance makes the 1st free throw | 49-28 |
| 19:05 | Nebraska | Julian Vance makes the 2nd free throw | 49-29 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 18:50 | Rice | Jeremy Davis makes the 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Roderick Coleman | 52-29 |
| 18:36 | Nebraska | Richard Brown throws a bad pass out of bounds | 52-29 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 18:11 | Rice | James Keen hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 52-29 |
| 18:10 | Nebraska | Nelson Traylor grabs the defensive rebound | 52-29 |
| 18:06 | Nebraska | Jeremy Davis picks off the pass by Tony Warner | 52-29 |
| 17:41 | Rice | Roderick Coleman is hacked by Tony Warner - foul #3 on Tony Warner, team foul #1 | 52-29 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Toby Summers (PG) Tony Warner | |
| 17:23 | Rice | Michael Morgan clanks a floater from the left wing but the foul's on Howard Williams - foul #2 on Howard Williams, team foul #2 | 52-29 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), Dennis Price (C) Roderick Coleman, James Keen | |
| Subs | Nebraska | William Coddington (C) Howard Williams | |
| 17:23 | Rice | Michael Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 53-29 |
| 17:23 | Rice | Michael Morgan misses the 2nd free throw | 53-29 |
| 17:23 | Nebraska | William Coddington pulls down the rebound | 53-29 |
| 17:04 | Nebraska | Julian Vance is hacked by Michael Morgan - foul #2 on Michael Morgan, team foul #2 | 53-29 |
| Subs | Rice | Travis Richmond (SF), Nicholas Brown (C) Michael Morgan, Melvin King | |
| Subs | Nebraska | John Thomas (SF) Julian Vance | |
| 16:46 | Nebraska | Nelson Traylor is fouled on the floor by Nicholas Brown - foul #1 on Nicholas Brown, team foul #3 | 53-29 |
| Subs | Rice | James Keen (C) Jeremy Davis | |
| Subs | Nebraska | John Tran (SG) Richard Brown | |
| 16:41 | Nebraska | Toby Summers is whistled for a carry | 53-29 |
| 16:12 | Rice | Dennis Price's layup is rejected by John Thomas | 53-29 |
| 16:10 | Nebraska | Nelson Traylor pulls down the rebound | 53-29 |
| 15:56 | Nebraska | James Keen blocks the jumper by John Tran | 53-29 |
| 15:54 | Rice | James Keen grabs the defensive rebound | 53-29 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Travis Richmond (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. SF - Nicholas Brown (fresh) PF - Dennis Price (fresh) 2 pts. C - James Keen (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Toby Summers (fresh) 4 ast. SG - John Tran (fresh) 1 pts. SF - John Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Nelson Traylor (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - William Coddington (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:47 | Rice | William Coddington steals the ball from Nicholas Brown | 53-29 |
| 15:38 | Nebraska | Toby Summers misses short on a jumper from the left side | 53-29 |
| 15:36 | Nebraska | Toby Summers snags the offensive board | 53-29 |
| 15:22 | Nebraska | William Coddington misses the shot from the right wing | 53-29 |
| 15:21 | Nebraska | John Tran pulls down the offensive rebound | 53-29 |
| 15:13 | Nebraska | John Thomas blows the layup | 53-29 |
| 15:12 | Nebraska | Nelson Traylor tips it but misses | 53-29 |
| 15:11 | Rice | Nicholas Brown snags the defensive board | 53-29 |
| 14:57 | Rice | Dennis Price loses the dribble to John Thomas | 53-29 |
| 14:54 | Nebraska | John Thomas misses the easy layup | 53-29 |
| 14:52 | Rice | The rebound goes to James Keen | 53-29 |
| 14:27 | Rice | James Keen is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on James Keen, team foul #4 | 53-29 |
| Subs | Rice | Roderick Coleman (PG), Jeremy Davis (SG), Michael Morgan (SF), Rafael Pierce (PF), Melvin King (C) Gerald Timmons, Travis Richmond, Nicholas Brown, Dennis Price, James Keen | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Tony Warner (PG), Richard Brown (SG), Julian Vance (SF), Howard Williams (C) Toby Summers, John Tran, John Thomas, Nelson Traylor | |
| 14:11 | Nebraska | Tony Warner comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 53-29 |
| 14:09 | Nebraska | Howard Williams grabs the offensive rebound | 53-29 |
| 13:55 | Nebraska | William Coddington can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Rafael Pierce - foul #4 on Rafael Pierce, team foul #5 | 53-29 |
| Subs | Rice | James Keen (C) Rafael Pierce | |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| 13:55 | Nebraska | William Coddington makes the 1st free throw | 53-30 |
| 13:55 | Nebraska | William Coddington makes the 2nd free throw | 53-31 |
| 13:35 | Rice | Jeremy Davis misses the 3 from straight away | 53-31 |
| 13:34 | Nebraska | Howard Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 53-31 |
| 13:08 | Nebraska | William Coddington blows the layup but he's hacked by Jeremy Davis - foul #3 on Jeremy Davis, team foul #6 | 53-31 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Price (C) James Keen | |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| 13:08 | Nebraska | William Coddington makes the 1st free throw | 53-32 |
| 13:08 | Nebraska | William Coddington makes the 2nd free throw | 53-33 |
| 12:39 | Rice | Michael Morgan can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 53-33 |
| 12:37 | Nebraska | William Coddington snags the defensive board | 53-33 |
| 12:30 | Nebraska | Richard Brown makes the shot from the left side set up by Julian Vance | 53-35 |
| 12:13 | Rice | Howard Williams swats the layup by Michael Morgan | 53-35 |
| 12:11 | Nebraska | William Coddington grabs the defensive rebound | 53-35 |
| 12:05 | Nebraska | Richard Brown misses short on a floater from the left wing but he's fouled by Melvin King - foul #2 on Melvin King, team foul #7 | 53-35 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Nelson Traylor (PF) William Coddington | |
| 12:05 | Nebraska | Richard Brown makes the 1st free throw | 53-36 |
| 12:05 | Nebraska | Richard Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 53-37 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 11:48 | Rice | Roderick Coleman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 53-37 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), Travis Richmond (SF) Roderick Coleman, Michael Morgan | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Toby Summers (PG), Terry Williams (C) Tony Warner, Howard Williams | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeremy Davis (fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. 3 pf. SF - Travis Richmond (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Melvin King (fresh) 2 reb. C - Dennis Price (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Toby Summers (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Richard Brown (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Julian Vance (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Nelson Traylor (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. C - Terry Williams (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 11:27 | Nebraska | Toby Summers hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 53-37 |
| 11:25 | Rice | Travis Richmond gets the rebound | 53-37 |
| 11:07 | Rice | Melvin King loses the dribble to Terry Williams | 53-37 |
| 10:38 | Nebraska | Travis Richmond takes the ball from Terry Williams | 53-37 |
| 10:14 | Rice | Travis Richmond misses the pull-up jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Julian Vance - foul #1 on Julian Vance, team foul #3 | 53-37 |
| Subs | Rice | Roderick Coleman (PG), Michael Morgan (SF), Nicholas Brown (PF), James Keen (C) Gerald Timmons, Jeremy Davis, Melvin King, Dennis Price | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Tony Warner (PG), John Thomas (SF), Howard Williams (C) Richard Brown, Julian Vance, Terry Williams | |
| 10:14 | Rice | Travis Richmond misses the 1st free throw | 53-37 |
| 10:14 | Rice | Travis Richmond makes the 2nd free throw | 54-37 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 10:00 | Nebraska | Tony Warner clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 54-37 |
| 09:59 | Rice | The rebound goes to James Keen | 54-37 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 09:55 | Rice | Michael Morgan scores on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Roderick Coleman | 56-37 |
| 09:41 | Nebraska | Howard Williams makes the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Tony Warner | 56-39 |
| 09:25 | Rice | Michael Morgan hits a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Nicholas Brown | 59-39 |
| 09:16 | Nebraska | Nelson Traylor knocks in the shot near the basket set up by Toby Summers | 59-41 |
| 08:55 | Rice | Nicholas Brown drills a fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Roderick Coleman and he's hacked by Howard Williams - foul #3 on Howard Williams, team foul #4 | 61-41 |
| Subs | Rice | Jeremy Davis (SG) Travis Richmond | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Richard Brown (SG) Toby Summers | |
| 08:55 | Rice | Nicholas Brown misses the free throw | 61-41 |
| 08:55 | Nebraska | Richard Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 61-41 |
| 08:38 | Nebraska | Richard Brown scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Tony Warner | 61-43 |
| 08:09 | Rice | James Keen misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 61-43 |
| 08:08 | Rice | Michael Morgan grabs the offensive rebound | 61-43 |
| 07:51 | Rice | Jeremy Davis knocks in the shot in the paint on a great pass from Michael Morgan | 63-43 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Roderick Coleman (fresh) 6 pts. 9 ast. SG - Jeremy Davis (fresh) 18 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. 3 pf. SF - Michael Morgan (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. PF - Nicholas Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - James Keen (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Tony Warner (fairly fresh) 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Richard Brown (fresh) 10 pts. SF - John Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - Nelson Traylor (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Howard Williams (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:43 | Nebraska | Nelson Traylor is fouled on the floor by Roderick Coleman - foul #1 on Roderick Coleman, team foul #8 | 63-43 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), Travis Richmond (SF), Rafael Pierce (PF) Roderick Coleman, Michael Morgan, Nicholas Brown | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Kenny Craig (PG), Julian Vance (SF), William Coddington (C) Tony Warner, John Thomas, Howard Williams | |
| 07:43 | Nebraska | Nelson Traylor makes the 1st free throw | 63-44 |
| 07:43 | Nebraska | Nelson Traylor makes the 2nd free throw | 63-45 |
| 07:16 | Rice | Travis Richmond misses the driving attempt in the lane | 63-45 |
| 07:15 | Nebraska | Julian Vance snags the defensive board | 63-45 |
| 06:55 | Nebraska | Jeremy Davis steals it from William Coddington | 63-45 |
| 06:26 | Rice | Jeremy Davis drills a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Travis Richmond | 66-45 |
| 06:11 | Nebraska | Richard Brown misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 66-45 |
| 06:09 | Rice | Gerald Timmons grabs the board | 66-45 |
| 05:43 | Rice | Travis Richmond makes the jump hook from close range set up by Gerald Timmons | 68-45 |
| 05:32 | Nebraska | William Coddington makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Julian Vance | 68-47 |
| 05:25 | Rice | Rice calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 68-47 |
| Subs | Rice | Roderick Coleman (PG), Michael Morgan (SF), Melvin King (C) Gerald Timmons, Travis Richmond, James Keen | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Tony Warner (PG), Howard Williams (C) Kenny Craig, Nelson Traylor | |
| 05:09 | Rice | Jeremy Davis clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 68-47 |
| 05:07 | Rice | Rafael Pierce snags the offensive board | 68-47 |
| 04:46 | Rice | Michael Morgan connects on the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Jeremy Davis | 71-47 |
| 04:40 | Nebraska | Tony Warner makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Howard Williams | 71-50 |
| 04:13 | Rice | Michael Morgan misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 71-50 |
| 04:11 | Rice | Roderick Coleman misses the tip | 71-50 |
| 04:09 | Nebraska | Howard Williams gets the rebound | 71-50 |
| 03:50 | Nebraska | William Coddington can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 71-50 |
| 03:49 | Rice | Michael Morgan grabs the board | 71-50 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Roderick Coleman (fresh) 6 pts. 9 ast. SG - Jeremy Davis (fairly fresh) 21 pts. 2 ast. 4 stl. 3 pf. SF - Michael Morgan (fresh) 16 pts. 4 reb. PF - Rafael Pierce (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. C - Melvin King (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Tony Warner (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Richard Brown (fairly fresh) 10 pts. SF - Julian Vance (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Coddington (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Howard Williams (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:24 | Rice | Michael Morgan is hacked by Julian Vance - foul #2 on Julian Vance, team foul #5 | 71-50 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), Travis Richmond (SG), Nicholas Brown (SF), Dennis Price (C) Roderick Coleman, Jeremy Davis, Michael Morgan, Rafael Pierce | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Toby Summers (PG), John Tran (SG), John Thomas (SF), Terry Williams (C) Tony Warner, Richard Brown, Julian Vance, Howard Williams | |
| 03:14 | Rice | Travis Richmond's floater is knocked away by John Thomas | 71-50 |
| 03:12 | Nebraska | Terry Williams gets the rebound | 71-50 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:07 | Nebraska | Toby Summers comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Gerald Timmons - foul #1 on Gerald Timmons, team foul #9 | 71-50 |
| 03:07 | Nebraska | Toby Summers makes the 1st free throw | 71-51 |
| 03:07 | Nebraska | Toby Summers misses the 2nd free throw | 71-51 |
| 03:07 | Rice | Dennis Price grabs the defensive rebound | 71-51 |
| 02:44 | Rice | Travis Richmond is hacked by Terry Williams - foul #1 on Terry Williams, team foul #6 | 71-51 |
| 02:21 | Rice | Dennis Price can't connect on a turnaround from the baseline but he's fouled by John Tran - foul #2 on John Tran, team foul #7 | 71-51 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Eugene Franks (C) William Coddington | |
| 02:21 | Rice | Dennis Price makes the 1st free throw | 72-51 |
| 02:21 | Rice | Dennis Price misses the 2nd free throw | 72-51 |
| 02:21 | Nebraska | The rebound goes to Terry Williams | 72-51 |
| 01:56 | Nebraska | Toby Summers connects on the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by John Tran | 72-54 |
| 01:34 | Rice | Dennis Price's pass is intercepted by John Tran | 72-54 |
| 01:21 | Nebraska | John Thomas scores on a jump hook near the basket set up by John Tran | 72-56 |
| 01:00 | Rice | Travis Richmond misses short on a jumper from close range but he's hacked by Terry Williams - foul #2 on Terry Williams, team foul #8 | 72-56 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | William Coddington (PF) Eugene Franks | |
| 01:00 | Rice | Travis Richmond makes the 1st free throw | 73-56 |
| 01:00 | Rice | Travis Richmond makes the 2nd free throw | 74-56 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:54 | Nebraska | Terry Williams connects on the shot near the basket and he's fouled by Nicholas Brown - foul #2 on Nicholas Brown, team foul #10 | 74-58 |
| 00:54 | Nebraska | Terry Williams makes the free throw | 74-59 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:33 | Rice | Melvin King comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 74-59 |
| 00:31 | Nebraska | William Coddington grabs the defensive rebound | 74-59 |
| 00:26 | Nebraska | William Coddington comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline | 74-59 |
| 00:25 | Nebraska | William Coddington can't tip it in | 74-59 |
| 00:23 | Nebraska | William Coddington can't tip it in | 74-59 |
| 00:22 | Nebraska | John Thomas grabs the offensive board | 74-59 |
| 00:19 | Nebraska | Toby Summers misses the jumper from just outside the lane | 74-59 |
| 00:17 | Rice | Dennis Price pulls down the rebound | 74-59 |
| 00:00 | Rice | Gerald Timmons runs out the clock | 74-59 |