| Lineup | Rice | PG - Samuel Aden (fresh) SG - Terry Jerez (fresh) SF - Gregory Freeman (fresh) PF - Lance Richmond (fresh) C - Ronald Hickey (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Lawrence Sanabria (fresh) SG - Donald Omar (fresh) SF - Timothy Kelley (fresh) PF - Randy Green (fresh) C - Richard Peterson (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Ronald Hickey wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:41 | Rice | Terry Jerez is whistled for a carry | 0-0 |
| 19:24 | Notre Dame | Donald Omar can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | Rice | Ronald Hickey gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:10 | Rice | Gregory Freeman misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:08 | Notre Dame | Randy Green snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 18:52 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria is hacked by Samuel Aden - foul #1 on Samuel Aden, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 18:39 | Notre Dame | Richard Peterson misses the shot from the free throw line | 0-0 |
| 18:37 | Rice | Lance Richmond grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:24 | Rice | The jump hook by Gregory Freeman is blocked by Randy Green | 0-0 |
| 18:23 | Rice | Samuel Aden gets the offensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:11 | Rice | Samuel Aden can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 18:09 | Notre Dame | Donald Omar gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 17:50 | Notre Dame | Ronald Hickey picks off the pass by Donald Omar | 0-0 |
| 17:32 | Rice | Ronald Hickey's layup is rejected by Richard Peterson | 0-0 |
| 17:31 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Randy Green | 0-0 |
| 17:25 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria scores on a jumpshot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Donald Omar | 0-2 |
| 17:13 | Rice | Lance Richmond is hacked by Randy Green - foul #1 on Randy Green, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| Subs | Rice | William Toy (SF), Terry Thornton (C) Gregory Freeman, Ronald Hickey | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams (PG), Gavin Fay (SG), Gary Wells (SF), Dusty Grant (PF), John Desrochers (C) Lawrence Sanabria, Donald Omar, Timothy Kelley, Randy Green, Richard Peterson | |
| 16:55 | Rice | Lance Richmond hits a pull-up jumper from the right side | 2-2 |
| 16:33 | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line | 2-2 |
| 16:32 | Rice | William Toy pulls down the rebound | 2-2 |
| 16:23 | Rice | Terry Thornton misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 2-2 |
| 16:21 | Notre Dame | Gavin Fay pulls down the rebound | 2-2 |
| 16:14 | Notre Dame | Dusty Grant comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 2-2 |
| 16:12 | Notre Dame | Gavin Fay can't tip it in | 2-2 |
| 16:11 | Notre Dame | Gary Wells tips it home | 2-4 |
| 15:52 | Rice | Lance Richmond misses long on a floater from the right side | 2-4 |
| 15:50 | Rice | Lance Richmond tips it in | 4-4 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Samuel Aden (fairly fresh) SG - Terry Jerez (fairly fresh) SF - William Toy (fresh) PF - Lance Richmond (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Terry Thornton (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Douglas Williams (fresh) SG - Gavin Fay (fresh) SF - Gary Wells (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dusty Grant (fresh) C - John Desrochers (fresh) | |
| 15:40 | Notre Dame | Gavin Fay misses the dunk attempt but he's fouled by Terry Jerez - foul #1 on Terry Jerez, team foul #2 | 4-4 |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (PG), Timothy Petty (SG), Gregory Freeman (SF), Ronald Hickey (C) Samuel Aden, Terry Jerez, William Toy, Lance Richmond | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria (PG), Donald Omar (SG), Randy Green (PF) Douglas Williams, Gary Wells, Dusty Grant | |
| 15:40 | Notre Dame | Gavin Fay misses the 1st free throw | 4-4 |
| 15:40 | Notre Dame | Gavin Fay makes the 2nd free throw | 4-5 |
| 15:21 | Rice | Gregory Freeman is whistled for traveling | 4-5 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Gary Wells (SF) Gavin Fay | |
| 15:05 | Notre Dame | Donald Omar can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 4-5 |
| 15:04 | Notre Dame | John Desrochers misses the tip | 4-5 |
| 15:03 | Rice | Terry Thornton pulls down the rebound | 4-5 |
| 14:51 | Rice | Timothy Petty drills a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Gregory Freeman | 7-5 |
| 14:32 | Notre Dame | Donald Omar connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Gary Wells | 7-8 |
| 14:21 | Rice | Ronald Hickey clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 7-8 |
| 14:20 | Rice | Terry Thornton tips it home | 9-8 |
| 13:57 | Notre Dame | Timothy Petty steps in front of the Donald Omar pass | 9-8 |
| 13:54 | Rice | Timothy Petty lays it up and in | 11-8 |
| 13:34 | Notre Dame | Donald Omar is fouled on the floor by Timothy Petty - foul #1 on Timothy Petty, team foul #3 | 11-8 |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG), Terry Jerez (SG), William Toy (SF), Lance Richmond (PF), Raymond Valenti (C) Blake Jones, Timothy Petty, Gregory Freeman, Terry Thornton, Ronald Hickey | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams (PG), Gavin Fay (SG), Timothy Kelley (SF), Dusty Grant (PF), Richard Peterson (C) Lawrence Sanabria, Donald Omar, Gary Wells, Randy Green, John Desrochers | |
| 13:20 | Notre Dame | William Toy swats the shot by Timothy Kelley | 11-8 |
| 13:18 | Notre Dame | Dusty Grant snags the offensive board | 11-8 |
| 13:07 | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams drills a 3 from the right corner | 11-11 |
| 12:48 | Rice | Samuel Aden can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 11-11 |
| 12:47 | Rice | Raymond Valenti misses the tip | 11-11 |
| 12:46 | Rice | Lance Richmond hits the follow up shot | 13-11 |
| 12:23 | Notre Dame | Timothy Kelley misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 13-11 |
| 12:21 | Notre Dame | Richard Peterson grabs the offensive board | 13-11 |
| 12:06 | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams is called for traveling | 13-11 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria (PG), Donald Omar (SG), Randy Green (PF) Douglas Williams, Gavin Fay, Dusty Grant | |
| 11:52 | Rice | Raymond Valenti buries a floater in the paint | 15-11 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Samuel Aden (fresh) SG - Terry Jerez (fresh) SF - William Toy (fresh) PF - Lance Richmond (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Raymond Valenti (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Lawrence Sanabria (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Donald Omar (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Timothy Kelley (fresh) PF - Randy Green (fresh) 2 reb. C - Richard Peterson (fresh) | |
| 11:29 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria makes the turnaround from the right block | 15-13 |
| 11:15 | Rice | William Toy comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 15-13 |
| 11:13 | Notre Dame | Richard Peterson grabs the defensive rebound | 15-13 |
| 11:08 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria loses the ball out of bounds | 15-13 |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (PG), Gregory Freeman (SF), Terry Thornton (PF), Ronald Hickey (C) Samuel Aden, William Toy, Lance Richmond, Raymond Valenti | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Gary Wells (SF), John Desrochers (C) Timothy Kelley, Richard Peterson | |
| 10:58 | Rice | Blake Jones is whistled for a carry | 15-13 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Dusty Grant (C) John Desrochers | |
| 10:42 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria is fouled on the floor by Blake Jones - foul #1 on Blake Jones, team foul #4 | 15-13 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams (PG), John Desrochers (C) Lawrence Sanabria, Randy Green | |
| 10:20 | Notre Dame | Gary Wells is whistled for a carry | 15-13 |
| Subs | Rice | Timothy Petty (SG) Terry Jerez | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria (PG), Timothy Kelley (SF), Randy Green (PF), Richard Peterson (C) Donald Omar, Gary Wells, Dusty Grant, John Desrochers | |
| 09:58 | Rice | Gregory Freeman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 15-13 |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG) Timothy Petty | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Donald Omar (SG), Gary Wells (SF) Douglas Williams, Timothy Kelley | |
| 09:48 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria is fouled on the floor by Ronald Hickey - foul #1 on Ronald Hickey, team foul #5 | 15-13 |
| Subs | Rice | William Toy (SF) Gregory Freeman | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams (PG), Timothy Kelley (SF), Dusty Grant (PF), John Desrochers (C) Lawrence Sanabria, Gary Wells, Randy Green, Richard Peterson | |
| 09:29 | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 15-13 |
| 09:28 | Rice | Terry Thornton pulls down the rebound | 15-13 |
| 08:59 | Rice | Timothy Kelley is called for the reach on Blake Jones - foul #1 on Timothy Kelley, team foul #2 | 15-13 |
| Subs | Rice | Terry Jerez (SG), Lance Richmond (PF), Raymond Valenti (C) Blake Jones, Terry Thornton, Ronald Hickey | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria (PG), Gary Wells (SF), Randy Green (PF), Richard Peterson (C) Donald Omar, Timothy Kelley, Dusty Grant, John Desrochers | |
| 08:50 | Rice | Lance Richmond knocks in the 3 from the left corner | 18-13 |
| 08:29 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria can't connect on a shot from the right side but he's hacked by Samuel Aden - foul #2 on Samuel Aden, team foul #6 | 18-13 |
| Subs | Rice | Timothy Petty (PG), Gregory Freeman (SF) Samuel Aden, Raymond Valenti | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Donald Omar (SG), Timothy Kelley (SF) Douglas Williams, Gary Wells | |
| 08:29 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria makes the 1st free throw | 18-14 |
| 08:29 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria misses the 2nd free throw | 18-14 |
| 08:29 | Rice | Gregory Freeman gets the rebound | 18-14 |
| 08:16 | Rice | Terry Jerez misses the 3 from straight away | 18-14 |
| 08:15 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria gets the rebound | 18-14 |
| 07:55 | Notre Dame | Terry Jerez is called for the reach on Donald Omar - foul #2 on Terry Jerez, team foul #7 | 18-14 |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (PG) Terry Jerez | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Gary Wells (SF), John Desrochers (C) Timothy Kelley, Richard Peterson | |
| 07:55 | Notre Dame | Donald Omar makes the 1st free throw | 18-15 |
| 07:55 | Notre Dame | Donald Omar makes the 2nd free throw | 18-16 |
| 07:33 | Rice | Lance Richmond's floater is tipped away by John Desrochers | 18-16 |
| 07:32 | Notre Dame | Randy Green pulls down the rebound | 18-16 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Blake Jones (fresh) SG - Timothy Petty (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Gregory Freeman (fresh) PF - Lance Richmond (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - William Toy (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Lawrence Sanabria (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Donald Omar (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gary Wells (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Randy Green (fresh) 3 reb. C - John Desrochers (fresh) | |
| 07:25 | Notre Dame | Donald Omar drills a 3 pointer from the left wing | 18-19 |
| 07:11 | Rice | William Toy lays it in | 20-19 |
| 07:06 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria drills a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Donald Omar | 20-22 |
| 06:56 | Rice | Lance Richmond misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Randy Green - foul #2 on Randy Green, team foul #3 | 20-22 |
| Subs | Rice | Terry Thornton (SF), Ronald Hickey (C) Gregory Freeman, William Toy | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams (SG), Timothy Kelley (SF), Dusty Grant (PF), Richard Peterson (C) Donald Omar, Gary Wells, Randy Green, John Desrochers | |
| 06:56 | Rice | Lance Richmond makes the 1st free throw | 21-22 |
| 06:56 | Rice | Lance Richmond makes the 2nd free throw | 22-22 |
| 06:30 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria scores on a fadeaway from the right wing set up by Douglas Williams | 22-24 |
| 06:01 | Rice | Blake Jones's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 22-24 |
| Subs | Rice | Dominick Goodlett (SG), Gregory Freeman (SF) Blake Jones, Lance Richmond | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Donald Omar (SG), Gary Wells (SF), Randy Green (PF) Lawrence Sanabria, Timothy Kelley, Dusty Grant | |
| 05:43 | Notre Dame | Donald Omar scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Douglas Williams | 22-27 |
| 05:17 | Rice | Dominick Goodlett's pass is intercepted by Gary Wells | 22-27 |
| 05:14 | Notre Dame | Gary Wells lays it in | 22-29 |
| 05:05 | Rice | Dominick Goodlett is hacked by Richard Peterson - foul #1 on Richard Peterson, team foul #4 | 22-29 |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (SG), William Toy (SF), Raymond Valenti (C) Timothy Petty, Gregory Freeman, Ronald Hickey | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria (PG), Timothy Kelley (SF), John Desrochers (C) Donald Omar, Gary Wells, Richard Peterson | |
| 05:00 | Rice | William Toy is whistled for a carry | 22-29 |
| 04:53 | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams drills a floater from the left wing set up by Randy Green | 22-31 |
| 04:32 | Rice | Terry Thornton is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Terry Thornton, team foul #8 | 22-31 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Donald Omar (SG), Dusty Grant (PF), Richard Peterson (C) Lawrence Sanabria, Randy Green, John Desrochers | |
| 04:16 | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams clanks a 3 from straight away | 22-31 |
| 04:14 | Rice | Terry Thornton grabs the defensive rebound | 22-31 |
| 04:10 | Rice | Blake Jones misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 22-31 |
| 04:08 | Notre Dame | Dusty Grant grabs the board | 22-31 |
| 03:41 | Notre Dame | Timothy Kelley is hacked by Dominick Goodlett - foul #1 on Dominick Goodlett, team foul #9 | 22-31 |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG), Terry Jerez (SG), Lance Richmond (PF) Dominick Goodlett, Blake Jones, Terry Thornton | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria (PG), Randy Green (PF), John Desrochers (C) Donald Omar, Dusty Grant, Richard Peterson | |
| 03:41 | Notre Dame | Timothy Kelley makes the 1st free throw | 22-32 |
| 03:41 | Notre Dame | Timothy Kelley makes the 2nd free throw | 22-33 |
| 03:25 | Rice | Lance Richmond can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 22-33 |
| 03:24 | Notre Dame | John Desrochers pulls down the rebound | 22-33 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Samuel Aden (fresh) SG - Terry Jerez (fresh) SF - William Toy (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Lance Richmond (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - Raymond Valenti (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Lawrence Sanabria (fresh) 10 pts. SG - Douglas Williams (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Timothy Kelley (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Randy Green (fresh) 3 reb. C - John Desrochers (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:06 | Notre Dame | Randy Green hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Lawrence Sanabria | 22-35 |
| 02:48 | Rice | Raymond Valenti misses long on a jumper from the left block | 22-35 |
| 02:46 | Notre Dame | Randy Green snags the defensive board | 22-35 |
| 02:36 | Notre Dame | Randy Green scores on a fadeaway from the baseline set up by Douglas Williams | 22-37 |
| 02:22 | Rice | William Toy misses badly on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 22-37 |
| 02:21 | Notre Dame | Timothy Kelley snags the defensive board | 22-37 |
| 02:06 | Notre Dame | Randy Green misses long on a jumper in the paint but the foul's on Lance Richmond - foul #1 on Lance Richmond, team foul #10 | 22-37 |
| Subs | Rice | Gregory Freeman (SF), Ronald Hickey (C) William Toy, Raymond Valenti | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Donald Omar (SG), Gary Wells (SF), Richard Peterson (C) Douglas Williams, Timothy Kelley, John Desrochers | |
| 02:06 | Notre Dame | Randy Green misses the 1st free throw | 22-37 |
| 02:06 | Notre Dame | Randy Green misses the 2nd free throw | 22-37 |
| 02:06 | Notre Dame | The offensive rebound goes to Richard Peterson | 22-37 |
| 01:50 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria clanks a turnaround in the paint but he's hacked by Gregory Freeman - foul #1 on Gregory Freeman, team foul #11 | 22-37 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Dusty Grant (PF) Randy Green | |
| 01:50 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria makes the 1st free throw | 22-38 |
| 01:50 | Notre Dame | Lawrence Sanabria misses the 2nd free throw | 22-38 |
| 01:50 | Rice | Ronald Hickey grabs the defensive rebound | 22-38 |
| 01:38 | Rice | Ronald Hickey misses the easy layup | 22-38 |
| 01:37 | Rice | Lance Richmond tips it but misses | 22-38 |
| 01:36 | Rice | Ronald Hickey tips it home | 24-38 |
| 01:17 | Notre Dame | Richard Peterson knocks in the floater from the right side | 24-40 |
| 01:10 | Rice | Gregory Freeman hits a fadeaway from the left block and the foul's on Gary Wells - foul #1 on Gary Wells, team foul #5 | 26-40 |
| Subs | Rice | Terry Thornton (PF) Lance Richmond | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams (PG), Randy Green (PF) Lawrence Sanabria, Dusty Grant | |
| 01:10 | Rice | Gregory Freeman makes the free throw | 27-40 |
| 00:50 | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's fouled by Gregory Freeman - foul #2 on Gregory Freeman, team foul #12 | 27-40 |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (PG) Samuel Aden | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Dusty Grant (C) Richard Peterson | |
| 00:50 | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams makes the 1st free throw | 27-41 |
| 00:50 | Notre Dame | Douglas Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 27-42 |
| 00:40 | Rice | Gregory Freeman misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 27-42 |
| 00:38 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Donald Omar | 27-42 |
| 00:25 | Notre Dame | Donald Omar scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 27-44 |
| 00:04 | Rice | The jump hook by Gregory Freeman is blocked by Dusty Grant | 27-44 |
| 00:03 | Rice | The offensive rebound goes to Gregory Freeman | 27-44 |
| 00:01 | Rice | Gregory Freeman banks in the layup | 29-44 |
| 00:00 | Notre Dame | Donald Omar can't connect on a fullcourt shot | 29-44 |