| Lineup | Rice | PG - Samuel Aden (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Terry Jerez (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gregory Freeman (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Lance Richmond (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Ronald Hickey (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Stephen Karlson (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SG - Walter Salley (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Ramey (fresh) PF - Nicholas Schreiber (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Eddie Cover (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Gregory Freeman inbounds the ball | 23-34 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 19:40 | Rice | Ronald Hickey misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 23-34 |
| 19:39 | Houston | Stephen Karlson grabs the defensive rebound | 23-34 |
| 19:23 | Houston | Walter Salley can't connect on a jumper from just outside the lane | 23-34 |
| 19:21 | Rice | Ronald Hickey pulls down the rebound | 23-34 |
| 19:03 | Rice | Terry Jerez hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 23-34 |
| 19:01 | Rice | Lance Richmond tips it home | 25-34 |
| 18:43 | Houston | Robert Ramey misses badly on a jump hook near the basket | 25-34 |
| 18:42 | Rice | Ronald Hickey gets the rebound | 25-34 |
| 18:30 | Rice | Terry Jerez misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 25-34 |
| 18:29 | Rice | Ronald Hickey misses the tip | 25-34 |
| 18:27 | Rice | Lance Richmond grabs the offensive rebound | 25-34 |
| 18:07 | Rice | Terry Jerez is fouled on the floor by Nicholas Schreiber - foul #1 on Nicholas Schreiber, team foul #1 | 25-34 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Houston | George Guice (SG), David Squires (SF), Scott Newson (PF) Walter Salley, Robert Ramey, Nicholas Schreiber | |
| 17:55 | Rice | Gregory Freeman misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Scott Newson - foul #3 on Scott Newson, team foul #2 | 25-34 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Houston | Walter Salley (SG), Nicholas Schreiber (PF) George Guice, Scott Newson | |
| 17:55 | Rice | Gregory Freeman makes the 1st free throw | 26-34 |
| 17:55 | Rice | Gregory Freeman makes the 2nd free throw | 27-34 |
| 17:36 | Houston | Stephen Karlson scores on a pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from David Squires | 27-36 |
| 17:20 | Rice | Lance Richmond can't connect on a driving attempt from the right block but he's hacked by Nicholas Schreiber - foul #2 on Nicholas Schreiber, team foul #3 | 27-36 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Houston | George Guice (SG) Walter Salley | |
| 17:20 | Rice | Lance Richmond makes the 1st free throw | 28-36 |
| 17:20 | Rice | Lance Richmond misses the 2nd free throw | 28-36 |
| 17:20 | Houston | Eddie Cover grabs the board | 28-36 |
| 16:56 | Houston | Stephen Karlson makes the floater from the left side on a great pass from George Guice | 28-38 |
| 16:45 | Rice | Samuel Aden is hacked by David Squires - foul #2 on David Squires, team foul #4 | 28-38 |
| Subs | Rice | William Toy (SF), Terry Thornton (C) Gregory Freeman, Ronald Hickey | |
| Subs | Houston | Walter Salley (SG) George Guice | |
| 16:32 | Rice | Terry Thornton misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 28-38 |
| 16:30 | Houston | The rebound goes to Walter Salley | 28-38 |
| 16:13 | Houston | Walter Salley is hacked by Terry Jerez - foul #2 on Terry Jerez, team foul #1 | 28-38 |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (PG), Raymond Valenti (C) Samuel Aden, Lance Richmond | |
| Subs | Houston | Robert Ramey (SF), Richard Tschida (PF) Stephen Karlson, Nicholas Schreiber | |
| 15:52 | Houston | Eddie Cover hits a fadeaway from the left block on a great pass from Robert Ramey | 28-40 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Blake Jones (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Terry Jerez (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Toy (fresh) PF - Terry Thornton (fresh) 2 pts. C - Raymond Valenti (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - David Squires (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Walter Salley (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Ramey (fresh) PF - Richard Tschida (fresh) 2 reb. C - Eddie Cover (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:35 | Rice | William Toy misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 28-40 |
| 15:34 | Rice | Raymond Valenti tips it in | 30-40 |
| 15:12 | Houston | Walter Salley knocks in the shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Eddie Cover and he's hacked by Terry Thornton - foul #3 on Terry Thornton, team foul #2 | 30-42 |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG), Gregory Freeman (SF), Ronald Hickey (C) Terry Jerez, William Toy, Raymond Valenti | |
| Subs | Houston | Stephen Karlson (PG), Nicholas Schreiber (PF), Scott Newson (C) Robert Ramey, Richard Tschida, Eddie Cover | |
| 15:12 | Houston | Walter Salley misses the free throw | 30-42 |
| 15:12 | Rice | Terry Thornton grabs the board | 30-42 |
| 14:49 | Rice | Terry Thornton misses badly on a jump hook from the right block but the foul's on Nicholas Schreiber - foul #3 on Nicholas Schreiber, team foul #5 | 30-42 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Houston | George Guice (SG), Robert Ramey (SF), Roger Pendergrass (PF) Walter Salley, David Squires, Nicholas Schreiber | |
| 14:49 | Rice | Terry Thornton makes the 1st free throw | 31-42 |
| 14:49 | Rice | Terry Thornton misses the 2nd free throw | 31-42 |
| 14:49 | Houston | The rebound goes to Scott Newson | 31-42 |
| 14:27 | Houston | Gregory Freeman is called for the reach on Robert Ramey - foul #1 on Gregory Freeman, team foul #3 | 31-42 |
| Subs | Rice | Lance Richmond (PF) Terry Thornton | |
| Subs | Houston | Walter Salley (SG), Eddie Cover (C) George Guice, Roger Pendergrass | |
| 14:01 | Houston | Scott Newson clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 31-42 |
| 14:00 | Rice | Ronald Hickey gets the rebound | 31-42 |
| 13:56 | Rice | Ronald Hickey misses short on a runner in the lane | 31-42 |
| 13:54 | Rice | Lance Richmond tips it home | 33-42 |
| 13:25 | Houston | Robert Ramey buries a jump hook near the basket set up by Stephen Karlson | 33-44 |
| 13:10 | Rice | Blake Jones is called for traveling | 33-44 |
| Subs | Rice | Timothy Petty (PG), Terry Jerez (SG), William Toy (SF), Terry Thornton (C) Samuel Aden, Blake Jones, Gregory Freeman, Ronald Hickey | |
| Subs | Houston | Edmond Ferguson (PG), David Squires (SF), Nicholas Schreiber (PF) Stephen Karlson, Robert Ramey, Eddie Cover | |
| 12:49 | Houston | Edmond Ferguson comes up short on the shot from the left side but he's hacked by Timothy Petty - foul #1 on Timothy Petty, team foul #4 | 33-44 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Houston | George Guice (SG) Walter Salley | |
| 12:49 | Houston | Edmond Ferguson misses the 1st free throw | 33-44 |
| 12:49 | Houston | Edmond Ferguson makes the 2nd free throw | 33-45 |
| 12:38 | Rice | Lance Richmond scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Timothy Petty | 36-45 |
| 12:19 | Houston | Nicholas Schreiber misses the shot from the baseline | 36-45 |
| 12:18 | Rice | William Toy pulls down the rebound | 36-45 |
| 11:56 | Rice | Terry Jerez makes the jumper from the left wing on a great pass from William Toy and the foul's on Nicholas Schreiber - foul #4 on Nicholas Schreiber, team foul #6 | 38-45 |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG), Gregory Freeman (SF), Ronald Hickey (C) Timothy Petty, William Toy, Terry Thornton | |
| Subs | Houston | Stephen Karlson (PG), Walter Salley (SG), Robert Ramey (SF), Roger Pendergrass (PF) Edmond Ferguson, George Guice, David Squires, Nicholas Schreiber | |
| 11:56 | Rice | Terry Jerez misses the free throw | 38-45 |
| 11:56 | Houston | Scott Newson pulls down the rebound | 38-45 |
| 11:33 | Houston | Walter Salley clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 38-45 |
| 11:31 | Houston | Scott Newson grabs the offensive board | 38-45 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Samuel Aden (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Terry Jerez (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gregory Freeman (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Lance Richmond (fresh) 10 pts. 9 reb. C - Ronald Hickey (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Stephen Karlson (fresh) 11 pts. 5 ast. SG - Walter Salley (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Ramey (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Roger Pendergrass (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. C - Scott Newson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:11 | Houston | Stephen Karlson hits a runner from the baseline set up by Walter Salley | 38-47 |
| 10:55 | Rice | Ronald Hickey comes up short on the runner in the paint | 38-47 |
| 10:54 | Houston | Roger Pendergrass snags the defensive board | 38-47 |
| 10:33 | Houston | Scott Newson is fouled on the floor by Samuel Aden - foul #2 on Samuel Aden, team foul #5 | 38-47 |
| Subs | Rice | Terry Thornton (PF) Lance Richmond | |
| Subs | Houston | David Squires (SF), Eddie Cover (C) Robert Ramey, Roger Pendergrass | |
| 10:09 | Houston | David Squires knocks in the driving attempt from the baseline set up by Walter Salley | 38-49 |
| 09:48 | Rice | Samuel Aden hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 38-49 |
| 09:47 | Houston | Eddie Cover gets the rebound | 38-49 |
| 09:18 | Houston | Walter Salley knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner | 38-52 |
| 08:58 | Rice | Gregory Freeman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-52 |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (PG), Timothy Petty (SG), William Toy (SF), Lance Richmond (PF) Samuel Aden, Terry Jerez, Gregory Freeman, Ronald Hickey | |
| Subs | Houston | Edmond Ferguson (PG), Robert Ramey (SF), Richard Tschida (C) Stephen Karlson, David Squires, Eddie Cover | |
| 08:47 | Houston | Walter Salley knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away | 38-55 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 08:28 | Rice | Lance Richmond can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 38-55 |
| 08:26 | Houston | Scott Newson snags the defensive board | 38-55 |
| 08:02 | Houston | Walter Salley comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 38-55 |
| 08:01 | Rice | Terry Thornton grabs the board | 38-55 |
| 07:51 | Rice | Blake Jones misses short on a jump hook near the basket | 38-55 |
| 07:50 | Houston | Edmond Ferguson pulls down the rebound | 38-55 |
| 07:21 | Houston | Edmond Ferguson connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Walter Salley | 38-57 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Blake Jones (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Timothy Petty (fresh) 1 ast. SF - William Toy (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Lance Richmond (fresh) 10 pts. 9 reb. C - Terry Thornton (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Edmond Ferguson (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Walter Salley (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 5 ast. SF - Robert Ramey (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Scott Newson (tiring) 3 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Richard Tschida (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:02 | Rice | Blake Jones is fouled on the floor by Edmond Ferguson - foul #1 on Edmond Ferguson, team foul #7 | 38-57 |
| Subs | Rice | Terry Jerez (SG), Raymond Valenti (C) Timothy Petty, Terry Thornton | |
| Subs | Houston | Stephen Karlson (PG), George Guice (SG), David Squires (SF), Nicholas Schreiber (PF) Edmond Ferguson, Walter Salley, Robert Ramey, Richard Tschida | |
| 07:02 | Rice | Blake Jones makes the 1st free throw | 39-57 |
| 07:02 | Rice | Blake Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 39-57 |
| 07:02 | Houston | Nicholas Schreiber pulls down the rebound | 39-57 |
| 06:42 | Houston | George Guice clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 39-57 |
| 06:40 | Houston | Scott Newson grabs the offensive board | 39-57 |
| 06:19 | Houston | Stephen Karlson is hacked by Blake Jones - foul #1 on Blake Jones, team foul #6 | 39-57 |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG), Gregory Freeman (SF), Ronald Hickey (C) Blake Jones, Lance Richmond, Raymond Valenti | |
| Subs | Houston | Walter Salley (SG), Eddie Cover (C) George Guice, Nicholas Schreiber | |
| 05:54 | Houston | Stephen Karlson connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 39-60 |
| 05:39 | Rice | Terry Jerez knocks in the fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Samuel Aden | 41-60 |
| 05:16 | Houston | Eddie Cover misses the dunk attempt | 41-60 |
| 05:15 | Houston | Eddie Cover grabs the offensive board | 41-60 |
| 04:55 | Houston | Eddie Cover double dribbles | 41-60 |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (PG), Timothy Petty (SG), Terry Thornton (PF), Raymond Valenti (C) Samuel Aden, Terry Jerez, Gregory Freeman, Ronald Hickey | |
| Subs | Houston | Edmond Ferguson (PG), George Guice (SG), Roger Pendergrass (PF) Stephen Karlson, Walter Salley, Eddie Cover | |
| 04:40 | Rice | William Toy knocks in the floater from the left wing on a great pass from Blake Jones | 43-60 |
| 04:11 | Houston | Scott Newson can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 43-60 |
| 04:09 | Rice | Terry Thornton snags the defensive board | 43-60 |
| 03:54 | Rice | William Toy hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-60 |
| 03:53 | Houston | Roger Pendergrass pulls down the rebound | 43-60 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 03:28 | Houston | David Squires misses short on a jumper from the left side | 43-60 |
| 03:27 | Rice | Blake Jones gets the rebound | 43-60 |
| 03:15 | Rice | Raymond Valenti can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Scott Newson - foul #4 on Scott Newson, team foul #8 | 43-60 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Houston | Richard Tschida (C) Roger Pendergrass | |
| 03:15 | Rice | Raymond Valenti makes the 1st free throw | 44-60 |
| 03:15 | Rice | Raymond Valenti makes the 2nd free throw | 45-60 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Blake Jones (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Timothy Petty (fresh) 1 ast. SF - William Toy (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Terry Thornton (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Raymond Valenti (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Edmond Ferguson (fresh) 3 pts. SG - George Guice (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Squires (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Scott Newson (tiring) 3 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. C - Richard Tschida (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 02:46 | Houston | Scott Newson misses short on a floater from the right side but he's fouled by Blake Jones - foul #2 on Blake Jones, team foul #7 | 45-60 |
| 02:46 | Houston | Scott Newson makes the 1st free throw | 45-61 |
| 02:46 | Houston | Scott Newson misses the 2nd free throw | 45-61 |
| 02:46 | Rice | The rebound goes to William Toy | 45-61 |
| 02:26 | Rice | Terry Thornton can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 45-61 |
| 02:25 | Rice | William Toy grabs the offensive rebound | 45-61 |
| 02:14 | Rice | William Toy drills a 3pt shot from the right corner | 48-61 |
| 01:48 | Houston | Scott Newson is fouled on the floor by Terry Thornton - foul #4 on Terry Thornton, team foul #8 | 48-61 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Houston | Roger Pendergrass (SF) Edmond Ferguson | |
| 01:48 | Houston | Scott Newson makes the 1st free throw | 48-62 |
| 01:48 | Houston | Scott Newson misses the 2nd free throw | 48-62 |
| 01:48 | Rice | William Toy gets the rebound | 48-62 |
| 01:33 | Rice | Blake Jones comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 48-62 |
| 01:32 | Rice | Terry Thornton tips it back up and in | 50-62 |
| 01:12 | Houston | George Guice is called for a charge - foul #2 on George Guice, team foul #9 | 50-62 |
| 01:00 | Rice | Raymond Valenti is denied on a layup by Roger Pendergrass | 50-62 |
| 00:59 | Houston | Scott Newson grabs the defensive rebound | 50-62 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:33 | Houston | Scott Newson is called for traveling | 50-62 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:25 | Rice | Blake Jones scores on a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Timothy Petty | 53-62 |
| 00:25 | Houston | Houston calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-62 |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG), Terry Jerez (SG), Gregory Freeman (SF), Lance Richmond (PF), Ronald Hickey (C) Blake Jones, Timothy Petty, William Toy, Terry Thornton, Raymond Valenti | |
| Subs | Houston | Stephen Karlson (PG), Walter Salley (SG), Robert Ramey (SF), Nicholas Schreiber (PF), Eddie Cover (C) David Squires, George Guice, Roger Pendergrass, Scott Newson, Richard Tschida | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:23 | Houston | Stephen Karlson is hacked by Samuel Aden in the backcourt - foul #3 on Samuel Aden, team foul #9 | 53-62 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Houston | David Squires (SG), Roger Pendergrass (PF) Walter Salley, Nicholas Schreiber | |
| 00:23 | Houston | Stephen Karlson misses the 1st free throw | 53-62 |
| 00:23 | Rice | The rebound goes to Ronald Hickey | 53-62 |
| 00:16 | Rice | Lance Richmond drills a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Samuel Aden | 56-62 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:13 | Houston | Terry Jerez is called for the reach on Roger Pendergrass in the backcourt - foul #3 on Terry Jerez, team foul #10 | 56-62 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Houston | Walter Salley (SG), Nicholas Schreiber (PF) Robert Ramey, Eddie Cover | |
| 00:13 | Houston | Roger Pendergrass misses the 1st free throw | 56-62 |
| 00:13 | Houston | Roger Pendergrass makes the 2nd free throw | 56-63 |
| 00:09 | Rice | Lance Richmond drills a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Terry Jerez | 59-63 |
| 00:09 | Houston | Houston calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 59-63 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Houston | Eddie Cover (C) Roger Pendergrass | |
| 00:07 | Houston | Samuel Aden is called for the reach on David Squires in the backcourt - foul #4 on Samuel Aden, team foul #11 | 59-63 |
| 00:07 | Houston | David Squires misses the 1st free throw | 59-63 |
| 00:07 | Houston | David Squires misses the 2nd free throw | 59-63 |
| 00:07 | Rice | Ronald Hickey grabs the board | 59-63 |
| 00:01 | Rice | Lance Richmond misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 59-63 |
| 00:00 | Houston | David Squires pulls down the rebound | 59-63 |