| Lineup | UAB | PG - Alan Thomas (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bernie Bourdeau (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Leon Veith (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Larry Cora (fresh) 4 reb. C - Orville Colligan (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Samuel Aden (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Terry Jerez (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gregory Freeman (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Lance Richmond (fresh) 6 pts. C - Ronald Hickey (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UAB | Leon Veith inbounds the ball | 37-35 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:37 | UAB | Leon Veith is called for traveling | 37-35 |
| 19:10 | Rice | Lance Richmond double dribbles | 37-35 |
| 18:44 | UAB | Larry Cora connects on the turnaround from the right block set up by Leon Veith | 39-35 |
| 18:21 | Rice | Ronald Hickey buries a jump hook in the paint on a great pass from Terry Jerez | 39-37 |
| 18:00 | UAB | Leon Veith is hacked by Samuel Aden - foul #3 on Samuel Aden, team foul #1 | 39-37 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (PG) Samuel Aden | |
| 17:51 | UAB | Leon Veith slams it home set up by Bernie Bourdeau | 41-37 |
| 17:45 | Rice | Terry Jerez drills a fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Lance Richmond | 41-39 |
| 17:31 | UAB | Leon Veith is fouled on the floor by Gregory Freeman - foul #1 on Gregory Freeman, team foul #2 | 41-39 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | Rice | William Toy (SF), Terry Thornton (C) Gregory Freeman, Ronald Hickey | |
| 17:16 | UAB | William Toy is called for the reach on Leon Veith - foul #2 on William Toy, team foul #3 | 41-39 |
| Subs | UAB | Rodney Toledo (PF) Larry Cora | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 17:00 | UAB | Bernie Bourdeau comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 41-39 |
| 16:58 | UAB | Rodney Toledo hits the follow up shot | 43-39 |
| 16:29 | Rice | William Toy clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 43-39 |
| 16:28 | Rice | William Toy grabs the offensive rebound | 43-39 |
| 16:06 | Rice | Lance Richmond clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 43-39 |
| 16:04 | UAB | Alan Thomas pulls down the rebound | 43-39 |
| 15:45 | UAB | Terry Jerez takes the ball from Rodney Toledo | 43-39 |
| 15:41 | Rice | Terry Jerez lays it in | 43-41 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Alan Thomas (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bernie Bourdeau (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Leon Veith (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Rodney Toledo (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Orville Colligan (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Blake Jones (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Terry Jerez (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - William Toy (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Lance Richmond (fairly fresh) 6 pts. C - Terry Thornton (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:23 | UAB | Blake Jones takes the ball from Leon Veith | 43-41 |
| 15:17 | Rice | William Toy is fouled on the floor by Leon Veith - foul #1 on Leon Veith, team foul #1 | 43-41 |
| Subs | UAB | Timothy Mullins (PG), James Sobanski (SG), Larry Cora (PF), Keith Avery (C) Alan Thomas, Bernie Bourdeau, Leon Veith, Orville Colligan | |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG), Timothy Petty (SG), Gregory Freeman (SF), Ronald Hickey (C) Blake Jones, Terry Jerez, William Toy, Lance Richmond | |
| 14:59 | Rice | Timothy Petty is called for traveling | 43-41 |
| 14:42 | UAB | Rodney Toledo knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Larry Cora | 46-41 |
| 14:38 | Rice | Timothy Petty hits a jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Samuel Aden | 46-43 |
| 14:10 | UAB | Larry Cora knocks in the jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Timothy Mullins | 48-43 |
| 13:53 | Rice | Terry Thornton misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Larry Cora - foul #1 on Larry Cora, team foul #2 | 48-43 |
| Subs | UAB | Ira Williams (SF), Orville Colligan (C) Rodney Toledo, Keith Avery | |
| Subs | Rice | Terry Jerez (SG) Timothy Petty | |
| 13:53 | Rice | Terry Thornton makes the 1st free throw | 48-44 |
| 13:53 | Rice | Terry Thornton makes the 2nd free throw | 48-45 |
| 13:30 | UAB | Larry Cora buries a runner in the paint on a great pass from Ira Williams and he's hacked by Terry Thornton - foul #1 on Terry Thornton, team foul #4 | 50-45 |
| Subs | UAB | Alan Thomas (PG), Bernie Bourdeau (SG), Leon Veith (SF) Timothy Mullins, James Sobanski, Ira Williams | |
| Subs | Rice | William Toy (PF) Terry Thornton | |
| 13:30 | UAB | Larry Cora misses the free throw | 50-45 |
| 13:30 | Rice | William Toy pulls down the rebound | 50-45 |
| 13:07 | Rice | Ronald Hickey is hacked by Alan Thomas - foul #2 on Alan Thomas, team foul #3 | 50-45 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | Rice | Lance Richmond (PF) William Toy | |
| 12:54 | Rice | Gregory Freeman can't connect on a jumper in the lane | 50-45 |
| 12:52 | UAB | Leon Veith grabs the board | 50-45 |
| 12:41 | UAB | Orville Colligan drills a driving attempt in the paint set up by Leon Veith and he's fouled by Ronald Hickey - foul #2 on Ronald Hickey, team foul #5 | 52-45 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | Rice | William Toy (SF), Raymond Valenti (C) Gregory Freeman, Ronald Hickey | |
| 12:41 | UAB | Orville Colligan makes the free throw | 53-45 |
| 12:28 | Rice | Terry Jerez makes the turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by William Toy and he's hacked by Bernie Bourdeau - foul #1 on Bernie Bourdeau, team foul #4 | 53-47 |
| Subs | UAB | Rodney Toledo (PF) Larry Cora | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 12:28 | Rice | Terry Jerez makes the free throw | 53-48 |
| 12:11 | UAB | Bernie Bourdeau hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 56-48 |
| 11:51 | Rice | Samuel Aden hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 56-48 |
| 11:50 | Rice | Terry Jerez tips it but misses | 56-48 |
| 11:49 | UAB | Orville Colligan gets the rebound | 56-48 |
| 11:27 | UAB | Orville Colligan makes the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Alan Thomas | 58-48 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Alan Thomas (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bernie Bourdeau (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SF - Leon Veith (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Rodney Toledo (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Orville Colligan (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Samuel Aden (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Terry Jerez (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. SF - William Toy (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. PF - Lance Richmond (fresh) 6 pts. C - Raymond Valenti (fresh) | |
| 11:07 | Rice | Lance Richmond misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 58-48 |
| 11:06 | Rice | Terry Jerez gets the offensive rebound | 58-48 |
| 10:49 | Rice | Samuel Aden knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner | 58-51 |
| 10:35 | UAB | Orville Colligan comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 58-51 |
| 10:33 | Rice | William Toy gets the rebound | 58-51 |
| 10:28 | Rice | Terry Jerez misses short on a fadeaway in the lane | 58-51 |
| 10:26 | UAB | The rebound goes to Leon Veith | 58-51 |
| 10:22 | UAB | Leon Veith lays it in on a nice dish by Orville Colligan and he's fouled by Raymond Valenti - foul #2 on Raymond Valenti, team foul #6 | 60-51 |
| Subs | UAB | Timothy Mullins (PG), James Sobanski (SG), Larry Cora (PF), Keith Avery (C) Alan Thomas, Bernie Bourdeau, Rodney Toledo, Orville Colligan | |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (PG), Timothy Petty (SG), Gregory Freeman (SF), Terry Thornton (PF), Ronald Hickey (C) Samuel Aden, Terry Jerez, William Toy, Lance Richmond, Raymond Valenti | |
| 10:22 | UAB | Leon Veith misses the free throw | 60-51 |
| 10:22 | Rice | Ronald Hickey grabs the defensive rebound | 60-51 |
| 10:08 | Rice | Ronald Hickey hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 60-51 |
| 10:06 | UAB | Larry Cora pulls down the rebound | 60-51 |
| 09:45 | UAB | James Sobanski clanks a 3 from the left wing | 60-51 |
| 09:43 | Rice | Terry Thornton snags the defensive board | 60-51 |
| 09:37 | Rice | Ronald Hickey knocks in the floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Timothy Petty | 60-53 |
| 09:11 | UAB | Leon Veith clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 60-53 |
| 09:09 | UAB | Leon Veith tips it home | 62-53 |
| 08:58 | Rice | Keith Avery takes the ball from Blake Jones | 62-53 |
| 08:44 | UAB | Larry Cora hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 62-53 |
| 08:43 | Rice | Ronald Hickey pulls down the rebound | 62-53 |
| 08:30 | Rice | Terry Thornton misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 62-53 |
| 08:29 | UAB | Keith Avery grabs the board | 62-53 |
| 08:03 | UAB | Keith Avery lays it in set up by Timothy Mullins and he's hacked by Ronald Hickey - foul #3 on Ronald Hickey, team foul #7 | 64-53 |
| Subs | UAB | Alan Thomas (PG), Bernie Bourdeau (SG), Rodney Toledo (SF), Orville Colligan (C) Timothy Mullins, James Sobanski, Leon Veith, Larry Cora | |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG), Terry Jerez (SG), Lance Richmond (PF) Blake Jones, Timothy Petty, Terry Thornton | |
| 08:03 | UAB | Keith Avery misses the free throw | 64-53 |
| 08:03 | Rice | Lance Richmond grabs the board | 64-53 |
| 07:37 | Rice | Samuel Aden connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Gregory Freeman | 64-56 |
| 07:24 | UAB | Keith Avery lays it up and in on a nice dish by Rodney Toledo | 66-56 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Alan Thomas (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bernie Bourdeau (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SF - Rodney Toledo (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Keith Avery (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Orville Colligan (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Samuel Aden (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Terry Jerez (fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. SF - Gregory Freeman (fairly fresh) 3 reb. PF - Lance Richmond (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Ronald Hickey (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:18 | Rice | Lance Richmond hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Keith Avery - foul #1 on Keith Avery, team foul #5 | 66-56 |
| Subs | UAB | Ira Williams (SF) Keith Avery | |
| Subs | Rice | William Toy (SF), Terry Thornton (C) Gregory Freeman, Ronald Hickey | |
| 07:18 | Rice | Lance Richmond makes the 1st free throw | 66-57 |
| 07:18 | Rice | Lance Richmond makes the 2nd free throw | 66-58 |
| 06:57 | UAB | Ira Williams misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 66-58 |
| 06:55 | UAB | Orville Colligan tips it home | 68-58 |
| 06:49 | Rice | William Toy misses the dunk | 68-58 |
| 06:47 | UAB | Orville Colligan pulls down the rebound | 68-58 |
| 06:31 | UAB | Terry Jerez is called for the reach on Ira Williams - foul #2 on Terry Jerez, team foul #8 | 68-58 |
| Subs | UAB | Larry Cora (PF) Bernie Bourdeau | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 06:31 | UAB | Ira Williams makes the 1st free throw | 69-58 |
| 06:31 | UAB | Ira Williams misses the 2nd free throw | 69-58 |
| 06:31 | Rice | Lance Richmond gets the rebound | 69-58 |
| 06:27 | Rice | William Toy misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 69-58 |
| 06:25 | Rice | Terry Thornton tips it but misses | 69-58 |
| 06:23 | UAB | The rebound goes to Larry Cora | 69-58 |
| 06:07 | UAB | Alan Thomas misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 69-58 |
| 06:05 | UAB | Orville Colligan tips it back up and in | 71-58 |
| 05:50 | Rice | Lance Richmond misses badly on a jumper from close range | 71-58 |
| 05:48 | UAB | Larry Cora pulls down the rebound | 71-58 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 05:31 | UAB | Rodney Toledo is fouled on the floor by William Toy - foul #3 on William Toy, team foul #9 | 71-58 |
| Subs | UAB | Bernie Bourdeau (SG) Ira Williams | |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (PG), Gregory Freeman (SF), Ronald Hickey (C) Samuel Aden, William Toy, Terry Thornton | |
| 05:31 | UAB | Rodney Toledo makes the 1st free throw | 72-58 |
| 05:31 | UAB | Rodney Toledo makes the 2nd free throw | 73-58 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 05:21 | Rice | Gregory Freeman travels with the ball | 73-58 |
| Subs | UAB | James Sobanski (SF) Rodney Toledo | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 04:54 | UAB | Bernie Bourdeau can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 73-58 |
| 04:52 | Rice | Ronald Hickey grabs the board | 73-58 |
| 04:44 | Rice | Blake Jones hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 73-58 |
| 04:43 | UAB | The rebound goes to Bernie Bourdeau | 73-58 |
| 04:22 | UAB | James Sobanski misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 73-58 |
| 04:21 | Rice | Lance Richmond grabs the defensive rebound | 73-58 |
| 04:09 | Rice | Lance Richmond hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 73-58 |
| 04:08 | UAB | Orville Colligan pulls down the rebound | 73-58 |
| 03:41 | UAB | Orville Colligan is hacked by Ronald Hickey - foul #4 on Ronald Hickey, team foul #10 | 73-58 |
| Subs | UAB | Timothy Mullins (PG), Leon Veith (SF), Rodney Toledo (PF) Alan Thomas, James Sobanski, Larry Cora | |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG), William Toy (SF), Terry Thornton (PF), Raymond Valenti (C) Terry Jerez, Gregory Freeman, Lance Richmond, Ronald Hickey | |
| 03:41 | UAB | Orville Colligan makes the 1st free throw | 74-58 |
| 03:41 | UAB | Orville Colligan makes the 2nd free throw | 75-58 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:32 | Rice | Blake Jones hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 75-58 |
| 03:31 | UAB | The rebound goes to Rodney Toledo | 75-58 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:04 | UAB | Leon Veith's floater is tipped away by Terry Thornton | 75-58 |
| 03:02 | Rice | Samuel Aden grabs the board | 75-58 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Timothy Mullins (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bernie Bourdeau (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SF - Leon Veith (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Rodney Toledo (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. C - Orville Colligan (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Samuel Aden (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Blake Jones (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - William Toy (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. PF - Terry Thornton (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Raymond Valenti (fresh) | |
| 02:58 | Rice | Samuel Aden throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 75-58 |
| Subs | UAB | James Sobanski (SG), Ira Williams (SF), Keith Avery (C) Bernie Bourdeau, Leon Veith, Orville Colligan | |
| Subs | Rice | Timothy Petty (PG), Dominick Goodlett (SG) Samuel Aden, Blake Jones | |
| 02:37 | UAB | James Sobanski is fouled on the floor by Dominick Goodlett - foul #1 on Dominick Goodlett, team foul #11 | 75-58 |
| 02:37 | UAB | James Sobanski misses the 1st free throw | 75-58 |
| 02:37 | UAB | James Sobanski makes the 2nd free throw | 76-58 |
| 02:20 | Rice | William Toy is fouled on the floor by Ira Williams - foul #2 on Ira Williams, team foul #6 | 76-58 |
| 02:13 | Rice | Dominick Goodlett is fouled on the floor by Rodney Toledo - foul #1 on Rodney Toledo, team foul #7 | 76-58 |
| 02:13 | Rice | Dominick Goodlett misses the 1st free throw | 76-58 |
| 02:13 | UAB | Rodney Toledo grabs the board | 76-58 |
| 01:49 | UAB | Ira Williams is denied on a layup by William Toy | 76-58 |
| 01:47 | Rice | William Toy grabs the defensive rebound | 76-58 |
| 01:24 | Rice | William Toy connects on the floater in the paint and the foul's on Ira Williams - foul #3 on Ira Williams, team foul #8 | 76-60 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (PG) Dominick Goodlett | |
| 01:24 | Rice | William Toy misses the free throw | 76-60 |
| 01:24 | UAB | Keith Avery snags the defensive board | 76-60 |
| 01:05 | UAB | Timothy Mullins connects on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Rodney Toledo | 78-60 |
| 00:56 | Rice | Timothy Petty drills a driving attempt from the left block on a nice dish by Terry Thornton | 78-62 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:31 | UAB | Keith Avery buries a floater from the right wing on a great pass from Timothy Mullins | 80-62 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:26 | Rice | William Toy lays it up and in | 80-64 |
| 00:00 | UAB | Timothy Mullins runs out the clock | 80-64 |