| Lineup | Memphis | PG - Peter Wax (fresh) SG - Willard White (fresh) SF - Julian Loy (fresh) PF - Walter Phillips (fresh) C - Franklin Gifford (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Samuel Aden (fresh) SG - Terry Jerez (fresh) SF - Gregory Freeman (fresh) PF - Lance Richmond (fresh) C - Ronald Hickey (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Memphis | Walter Phillips wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Memphis | Memphis is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:47 | Memphis | Willard White throws a bad pass out of bounds | 0-0 |
| 19:42 | Rice | Terry Jerez's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 0-0 |
| 19:25 | Memphis | Samuel Aden picks off the pass by Willard White | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | Rice | Terry Jerez hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Samuel Aden | 0-2 |
| 19:01 | Memphis | Franklin Gifford's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 0-2 |
| 18:48 | Rice | Samuel Aden connects on the jumper from the right side set up by Ronald Hickey | 0-4 |
| 18:31 | Memphis | Julian Loy misses long on a shot from the left side | 0-4 |
| 18:30 | Memphis | Walter Phillips gets the offensive rebound | 0-4 |
| 18:09 | Memphis | Willard White is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Willard White, team foul #1 | 0-4 |
| 17:54 | Rice | Samuel Aden makes the fadeaway from the left side set up by Lance Richmond and he's fouled by Willard White - foul #2 on Willard White, team foul #2 | 0-6 |
| Subs | Memphis | Gabriel Romano (SG) Willard White | |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (SG), William Toy (SF), Terry Thornton (PF), Raymond Valenti (C) Terry Jerez, Gregory Freeman, Lance Richmond, Ronald Hickey | |
| 17:54 | Rice | Samuel Aden makes the free throw | 0-7 |
| 17:46 | Memphis | Samuel Aden steps in front of the Franklin Gifford pass | 0-7 |
| 17:43 | Rice | Blake Jones lays it in set up by Samuel Aden | 0-9 |
| 17:18 | Memphis | Julian Loy comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 0-9 |
| 17:16 | Memphis | Peter Wax grabs the offensive board | 0-9 |
| 17:02 | Memphis | Julian Loy knocks in the floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Peter Wax | 2-9 |
| 16:42 | Rice | Raymond Valenti comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 2-9 |
| 16:41 | Memphis | The rebound goes to Julian Loy | 2-9 |
| 16:32 | Memphis | Franklin Gifford can't connect on a fadeaway from the right block but he's hacked by Raymond Valenti - foul #1 on Raymond Valenti, team foul #1 | 2-9 |
| Subs | Memphis | Larry Hawkins (PF) Walter Phillips | |
| Subs | Rice | Timothy Petty (PG), Terry Jerez (SG), Lance Richmond (PF) Samuel Aden, Blake Jones, Raymond Valenti | |
| 16:32 | Memphis | Franklin Gifford makes the 1st free throw | 3-9 |
| 16:32 | Memphis | Franklin Gifford makes the 2nd free throw | 4-9 |
| 16:28 | Rice | William Toy is hacked by Peter Wax in the backcourt - foul #1 on Peter Wax, team foul #3 | 4-9 |
| Subs | Memphis | | |
| Subs | Rice | Gregory Freeman (SF) Terry Thornton | |
| 16:19 | Rice | Timothy Petty's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 4-9 |
| Subs | Memphis | David Clary (PG), Kosoko Abdullai (SF), John Solt (C) Peter Wax, Julian Loy, Franklin Gifford | |
| Subs | Rice | Ronald Hickey (C) William Toy | |
| 16:02 | Memphis | John Solt can't throw it down but he's fouled by Ronald Hickey - foul #1 on Ronald Hickey, team foul #2 | 4-9 |
| 16:02 | Memphis | John Solt makes the 1st free throw | 5-9 |
| 16:02 | Memphis | John Solt makes the 2nd free throw | 6-9 |
| Lineup | Memphis | PG - David Clary (fresh) SG - Gabriel Romano (fairly fresh) SF - Kosoko Abdullai (fresh) PF - Larry Hawkins (fresh) C - John Solt (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Timothy Petty (fresh) SG - Terry Jerez (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Gregory Freeman (fairly fresh) PF - Lance Richmond (fresh) C - Ronald Hickey (fresh) | |
| 15:36 | Rice | Terry Jerez hits a turnaround from the left block set up by Timothy Petty | 6-11 |
| 15:27 | Memphis | Kosoko Abdullai comes up short on the jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Ronald Hickey - foul #2 on Ronald Hickey, team foul #3 | 6-11 |
| Subs | Memphis | Peter Wax (PG), Franklin Gifford (C) David Clary, John Solt | |
| Subs | Rice | Terry Thornton (PF), William Toy (C) Lance Richmond, Ronald Hickey | |
| 15:27 | Memphis | Kosoko Abdullai makes the 1st free throw | 7-11 |
| 15:27 | Memphis | Kosoko Abdullai makes the 2nd free throw | 8-11 |
| 15:25 | Rice | Kosoko Abdullai steps in front of the William Toy pass in the backcourt | 8-11 |
| 15:24 | Memphis | Gabriel Romano lays it in set up by Kosoko Abdullai | 10-11 |
| 14:56 | Rice | Timothy Petty hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Peter Wax - foul #2 on Peter Wax, team foul #4 | 10-11 |
| Subs | Memphis | David Clary (PG), Julian Loy (SF), Walter Phillips (PF) Peter Wax, Kosoko Abdullai, Larry Hawkins | |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (SG), Raymond Valenti (C) Terry Jerez, Gregory Freeman | |
| 14:56 | Rice | Timothy Petty misses the 1st free throw | 10-11 |
| 14:56 | Rice | Timothy Petty makes the 2nd free throw | 10-12 |
| 14:41 | Memphis | Walter Phillips drills a fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by David Clary and he's fouled by Timothy Petty - foul #1 on Timothy Petty, team foul #4 | 12-12 |
| Subs | Memphis | | |
| Subs | Rice | Dominick Goodlett (SG), Gregory Freeman (SF) Timothy Petty, William Toy | |
| 14:41 | Memphis | Walter Phillips makes the free throw | 13-12 |
| 14:36 | Rice | Blake Jones is fouled in the backcourt by David Clary - foul #1 on David Clary, team foul #5 | 13-12 |
| Subs | Memphis | John Solt (C) Franklin Gifford | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 14:14 | Rice | Blake Jones comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 13-12 |
| 14:12 | Memphis | John Solt gets the rebound | 13-12 |
| 13:54 | Memphis | Julian Loy can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Gregory Freeman - foul #1 on Gregory Freeman, team foul #5 | 13-12 |
| Subs | Memphis | | |
| Subs | Rice | Terry Jerez (SG), Lance Richmond (PF), William Toy (C) Blake Jones, Terry Thornton, Raymond Valenti | |
| 13:54 | Memphis | Julian Loy misses the 1st free throw | 13-12 |
| 13:54 | Memphis | Julian Loy makes the 2nd free throw | 14-12 |
| 13:31 | Rice | Lance Richmond misses short on a floater from the left side | 14-12 |
| 13:30 | Memphis | Walter Phillips pulls down the rebound | 14-12 |
| 13:13 | Memphis | Julian Loy misses the jump hook from the left block | 14-12 |
| 13:12 | Rice | William Toy pulls down the rebound | 14-12 |
| 12:55 | Rice | Terry Jerez hits a floater in the lane | 14-14 |
| 12:46 | Memphis | Terry Jerez is called for the reach on John Solt - foul #1 on Terry Jerez, team foul #6 | 14-14 |
| Subs | Memphis | Larry Hawkins (SG), Kosoko Abdullai (SF), Franklin Gifford (C) Gabriel Romano, Julian Loy, Walter Phillips | |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG) Dominick Goodlett | |
| 12:26 | Memphis | John Solt clanks a jumper from the right wing | 14-14 |
| 12:25 | Rice | William Toy snags the defensive board | 14-14 |
| 12:01 | Rice | Samuel Aden misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 14-14 |
| 11:59 | Rice | Lance Richmond tips it back up and in | 14-16 |
| 11:42 | Memphis | John Solt is whistled for a carry | 14-16 |
| Subs | Memphis | | |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (SG), Terry Thornton (SF), Raymond Valenti (C) Terry Jerez, Gregory Freeman, William Toy | |
| Lineup | Memphis | PG - David Clary (tiring) 1 ast. SG - Larry Hawkins (fresh) SF - Kosoko Abdullai (fresh) 2 pts. PF - John Solt (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Franklin Gifford (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Samuel Aden (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Blake Jones (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Terry Thornton (fresh) PF - Lance Richmond (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Raymond Valenti (fresh) | |
| 11:40 | Rice | Terry Thornton's pass is intercepted by David Clary in the backcourt | 14-16 |
| 11:27 | Memphis | Kosoko Abdullai can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 14-16 |
| 11:26 | Rice | Raymond Valenti gets the rebound | 14-16 |
| 11:23 | Rice | Blake Jones's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 14-16 |
| Subs | Memphis | Gabriel Romano (SG), Walter Phillips (PF) Larry Hawkins, John Solt | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 11:08 | Memphis | Kosoko Abdullai hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 14-16 |
| 11:07 | Rice | The rebound goes to Lance Richmond | 14-16 |
| 10:50 | Rice | Samuel Aden is fouled on the floor by David Clary - foul #2 on David Clary, team foul #6 | 14-16 |
| Subs | Memphis | Larry Hawkins (SG), Julian Loy (SF) David Clary, Kosoko Abdullai | |
| Subs | Rice | Timothy Petty (SG), William Toy (C) Samuel Aden, Raymond Valenti | |
| 10:25 | Rice | Timothy Petty misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 14-16 |
| 10:23 | Memphis | Julian Loy grabs the board | 14-16 |
| 10:09 | Memphis | Walter Phillips can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 14-16 |
| 10:08 | Rice | William Toy gets the rebound | 14-16 |
| 09:54 | Rice | Timothy Petty hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing | 14-16 |
| 09:53 | Rice | William Toy pulls down the offensive rebound | 14-16 |
| 09:48 | Rice | William Toy lays it in uncontested | 14-18 |
| 09:46 | Memphis | Timothy Petty is called for the reach on Gabriel Romano in the backcourt - foul #2 on Timothy Petty, team foul #7 | 14-18 |
| Subs | Memphis | Kosoko Abdullai (SF), John Solt (C) Walter Phillips, Franklin Gifford | |
| Subs | Rice | Dominick Goodlett (PG), Terry Jerez (SG), Raymond Valenti (C) Blake Jones, Timothy Petty, Lance Richmond | |
| 09:46 | Memphis | Gabriel Romano makes the 1st free throw | 15-18 |
| 09:46 | Memphis | Gabriel Romano misses the 2nd free throw | 15-18 |
| 09:46 | Rice | Terry Jerez pulls down the rebound | 15-18 |
| 09:23 | Rice | William Toy steps out of bounds on the sideline | 15-18 |
| Subs | Memphis | Walter Phillips (PF) Julian Loy | |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG), Gregory Freeman (SF) Dominick Goodlett, William Toy | |
| 09:13 | Memphis | Walter Phillips misses short on a shot from the left side | 15-18 |
| 09:11 | Memphis | John Solt tips it in | 17-18 |
| 09:03 | Rice | Raymond Valenti misses the jumpshot from the right side | 17-18 |
| 09:01 | Memphis | John Solt grabs the defensive rebound | 17-18 |
| 08:46 | Memphis | Walter Phillips loses the dribble to Terry Jerez | 17-18 |
| 08:41 | Rice | Terry Jerez lays it up and in | 17-20 |
| 08:34 | Memphis | Walter Phillips buries a pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Kosoko Abdullai | 19-20 |
| 08:13 | Rice | Terry Jerez misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 19-20 |
| 08:11 | Memphis | John Solt grabs the board | 19-20 |
| 07:44 | Memphis | John Solt misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing but the foul's on Raymond Valenti - foul #2 on Raymond Valenti, team foul #8 | 19-20 |
| Subs | Memphis | Julian Loy (SF), Franklin Gifford (C) Kosoko Abdullai, Walter Phillips | |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (PG), Dominick Goodlett (SG), Lance Richmond (PF), William Toy (C) Samuel Aden, Terry Jerez, Terry Thornton, Raymond Valenti | |
| 07:44 | Memphis | John Solt makes the 1st free throw | 20-20 |
| 07:44 | Memphis | John Solt makes the 2nd free throw | 21-20 |
| Lineup | Memphis | PG - Gabriel Romano (very tired) 3 pts. SG - Larry Hawkins (tiring) SF - Julian Loy (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - John Solt (tiring) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Franklin Gifford (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Blake Jones (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Dominick Goodlett (fresh) SF - Gregory Freeman (tiring) PF - Lance Richmond (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - William Toy (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:27 | Rice | Lance Richmond is called for traveling | 21-20 |
| Subs | Memphis | Kosoko Abdullai (SF) John Solt | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 07:10 | Memphis | Kosoko Abdullai buries a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Franklin Gifford | 24-20 |
| 06:59 | Rice | Dominick Goodlett hits a floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Gregory Freeman | 24-22 |
| 06:34 | Memphis | Julian Loy can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 24-22 |
| 06:32 | Memphis | Franklin Gifford tips it back up and in | 26-22 |
| 06:19 | Rice | William Toy misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 26-22 |
| 06:17 | Memphis | The rebound goes to Kosoko Abdullai | 26-22 |
| 05:57 | Memphis | The jump hook by Franklin Gifford is blocked by Lance Richmond | 26-22 |
| 05:55 | Rice | The rebound goes to Gregory Freeman | 26-22 |
| 05:51 | Rice | Blake Jones is fouled in the backcourt by Gabriel Romano - foul #1 on Gabriel Romano, team foul #7 | 26-22 |
| Subs | Memphis | Walter Phillips (PF) Kosoko Abdullai | |
| Subs | Rice | Terry Jerez (SG), Terry Thornton (C) Dominick Goodlett, Gregory Freeman | |
| 05:51 | Rice | Blake Jones misses the 1st free throw | 26-22 |
| 05:51 | Memphis | Franklin Gifford snags the defensive board | 26-22 |
| 05:30 | Memphis | Walter Phillips is fouled on the floor by Terry Thornton - foul #1 on Terry Thornton, team foul #9 | 26-22 |
| Subs | Memphis | John Solt (C) Franklin Gifford | |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG) Blake Jones | |
| 05:30 | Memphis | Walter Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 27-22 |
| 05:30 | Memphis | Walter Phillips makes the 2nd free throw | 28-22 |
| 05:18 | Rice | Walter Phillips steps in front of the William Toy pass | 28-22 |
| 05:18 | Memphis | Memphis calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 28-22 |
| Subs | Memphis | Kosoko Abdullai (SF) Walter Phillips | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 05:14 | Memphis | Gabriel Romano is called for the illegal screen in the backcourt - foul #2 on Gabriel Romano, team foul #8 | 28-22 |
| Subs | Memphis | Peter Wax (PG) Gabriel Romano | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 05:02 | Rice | William Toy's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 28-22 |
| 04:54 | Memphis | John Solt clanks a jumpshot from the right side | 28-22 |
| 04:53 | Rice | William Toy grabs the defensive rebound | 28-22 |
| 04:43 | Rice | Terry Jerez is called for 10 seconds | 28-22 |
| Subs | Memphis | Franklin Gifford (C) Kosoko Abdullai | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 04:30 | Memphis | Franklin Gifford connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 30-22 |
| 04:08 | Rice | Samuel Aden comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 30-22 |
| 04:06 | Memphis | The rebound goes to John Solt | 30-22 |
| 03:46 | Memphis | Terry Thornton is called for the reach on Franklin Gifford - foul #2 on Terry Thornton, team foul #10 | 30-22 |
| Subs | Memphis | Willard White (SG), Kosoko Abdullai (SF) Larry Hawkins, Julian Loy | |
| Subs | Rice | Timothy Petty (PG), Raymond Valenti (PF), Ronald Hickey (C) Samuel Aden, Lance Richmond, Terry Thornton | |
| 03:46 | Memphis | Franklin Gifford makes the 1st free throw | 31-22 |
| 03:46 | Memphis | Franklin Gifford makes the 2nd free throw | 32-22 |
| 03:24 | Rice | William Toy clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Kosoko Abdullai - foul #1 on Kosoko Abdullai, team foul #9 | 32-22 |
| Subs | Memphis | Walter Phillips (PF) John Solt | |
| Subs | Rice | Dominick Goodlett (SG) Terry Jerez | |
| 03:24 | Rice | William Toy makes the 1st free throw | 32-23 |
| 03:24 | Rice | William Toy makes the 2nd free throw | 32-24 |
| Lineup | Memphis | PG - Peter Wax (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Willard White (fresh) SF - Kosoko Abdullai (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Walter Phillips (tiring) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Franklin Gifford (tiring) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Timothy Petty (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dominick Goodlett (fresh) 2 pts. SF - William Toy (tiring) 4 pts. 5 reb. PF - Raymond Valenti (fresh) C - Ronald Hickey (fresh) | |
| 03:03 | Memphis | Willard White misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 32-24 |
| 03:01 | Rice | Timothy Petty pulls down the rebound | 32-24 |
| 02:37 | Rice | Timothy Petty misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 32-24 |
| 02:35 | Memphis | Willard White pulls down the rebound | 32-24 |
| 02:20 | Memphis | Walter Phillips comes up short on the driving attempt from the left block | 32-24 |
| 02:19 | Rice | Ronald Hickey snags the defensive board | 32-24 |
| 01:54 | Rice | Raymond Valenti misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 32-24 |
| 01:52 | Rice | The offensive rebound goes to William Toy | 32-24 |
| 01:34 | Rice | Kosoko Abdullai steps in front of the William Toy pass | 32-24 |
| 01:18 | Memphis | Walter Phillips knocks in the jump hook from close range on a great pass from Peter Wax | 34-24 |
| 01:01 | Rice | Dominick Goodlett scores on a pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Timothy Petty | 34-26 |
| 00:42 | Memphis | Franklin Gifford is fouled on the floor by Dominick Goodlett - foul #1 on Dominick Goodlett, team foul #11 | 34-26 |
| Subs | Memphis | David Clary (PG), Julian Loy (SF), John Solt (PF) Peter Wax, Kosoko Abdullai, Walter Phillips | |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG), Terry Jerez (SG), Gregory Freeman (SF), Terry Thornton (PF) Timothy Petty, Dominick Goodlett, William Toy, Raymond Valenti | |
| 00:42 | Memphis | Franklin Gifford makes the 1st free throw | 35-26 |
| 00:42 | Memphis | Franklin Gifford makes the 2nd free throw | 36-26 |
| 00:40 | Rice | Samuel Aden is called for the illegal screen in the backcourt - foul #1 on Samuel Aden, team foul #12 | 36-26 |
| Subs | Memphis | Walter Phillips (PF) Franklin Gifford | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 00:22 | Memphis | Walter Phillips misses the floater from the left wing | 36-26 |
| 00:20 | Rice | Terry Thornton pulls down the rebound | 36-26 |
| 00:15 | Rice | Terry Jerez is open but comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 36-26 |
| 00:13 | Rice | Ronald Hickey can't tip it in | 36-26 |
| 00:11 | Rice | Samuel Aden gets the offensive rebound | 36-26 |
| 00:05 | Rice | Terry Thornton scores on a runner in the lane | 36-28 |
| 00:01 | Memphis | Walter Phillips can't finish the layup | 36-28 |
| 00:00 | Rice | Terry Jerez snags the defensive board | 36-28 |