| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Danny Hey (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Landry (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. SF - Michael Dowling (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Robert Thomas (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Edward Hibbard (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Roderick Key (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Roy Lee (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Emory Coletti (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Joseph Lorkowski (fresh) 5 reb. C - Keith Dix (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UNLV | Michael Dowling inbounds the ball | 38-38 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 19:49 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard drills a shot from the right block | 40-38 |
| 19:44 | Texas Southern | Roy Lee can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 40-38 |
| 19:43 | UNLV | Michael Dowling pulls down the rebound | 40-38 |
| 19:29 | UNLV | Michael Dowling misses the lay-in | 40-38 |
| 19:27 | Texas Southern | Roy Lee grabs the defensive rebound | 40-38 |
| 19:21 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key loses the ball out of bounds | 40-38 |
| 19:18 | UNLV | Roderick Key takes the ball from Michael Dowling in the backcourt | 40-38 |
| 19:08 | Texas Southern | Keith Dix hits a floater in the lane on a nice dish by Emory Coletti | 40-40 |
| 19:04 | UNLV | Emory Coletti is called for the reach on Robert Thomas in the backcourt - foul #3 on Emory Coletti, team foul #1 | 40-40 |
| 18:49 | UNLV | Emory Coletti steals the ball from Robert Landry | 40-40 |
| 18:44 | Texas Southern | Emory Coletti hits the finger roll | 40-42 |
| 18:35 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard hits a turnaround in the lane on a nice dish by Danny Hey | 42-42 |
| 18:22 | Texas Southern | Roy Lee clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 42-42 |
| 18:21 | UNLV | The rebound goes to Robert Thomas | 42-42 |
| 18:18 | UNLV | Robert Landry is hacked by Roy Lee in the backcourt - foul #3 on Roy Lee, team foul #2 | 42-42 |
| Subs | UNLV | Mauricio Romano (PG), Gene Reynolds (SG), Richard Gill (SF), Danny Grainger (PF) Danny Hey, Robert Landry, Michael Dowling, Robert Thomas | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins (PG), Thomas Miller (SG), Ralph Hunsaker (SF), Arthur Cunningham (PF), Ron Todd (C) Roderick Key, Roy Lee, Emory Coletti, Joseph Lorkowski, Keith Dix | |
| 18:03 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 42-42 |
| 18:02 | Texas Southern | The rebound goes to Arthur Cunningham | 42-42 |
| 17:34 | Texas Southern | Arthur Cunningham is fouled on the floor by Danny Grainger - foul #1 on Danny Grainger, team foul #1 | 42-42 |
| 17:29 | Texas Southern | Ralph Hunsaker is fouled on the floor by Richard Gill - foul #1 on Richard Gill, team foul #2 | 42-42 |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Joseph Lorkowski (PF) Arthur Cunningham | |
| 17:20 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd hits the front of the rim on the floater near the basket | 42-42 |
| 17:19 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard snags the defensive board | 42-42 |
| 17:02 | UNLV | Ralph Hunsaker is called for the reach on Richard Gill - foul #4 on Ralph Hunsaker, team foul #3 | 42-42 |
| Subs | UNLV | Robert Landry (SG), Michael Dowling (SF), Robert Thomas (PF) Gene Reynolds, Richard Gill, Danny Grainger | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Roderick Key (PG), Emory Coletti (SF), Keith Dix (C) Ben Rankins, Ralph Hunsaker, Ron Todd | |
| 16:50 | UNLV | Robert Thomas is alone and drills a jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Mauricio Romano | 44-42 |
| 16:33 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key scores on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane set up by Keith Dix | 44-44 |
| 16:23 | UNLV | Robert Landry hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Thomas | 47-44 |
| 16:08 | Texas Southern | Joseph Lorkowski comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 47-44 |
| 16:06 | Texas Southern | Emory Coletti gets the offensive rebound | 47-44 |
| 15:46 | Texas Southern | Emory Coletti throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-44 |
| Subs | UNLV | Danny Hey (PG), Gene Reynolds (SG), Richard Gill (SF), Danny Grainger (PF) Mauricio Romano, Robert Landry, Michael Dowling, Edward Hibbard | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins (PG), Roy Lee (SG), Arthur Cunningham (PF) Roderick Key, Thomas Miller, Joseph Lorkowski | |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Danny Hey (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gene Reynolds (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Richard Gill (fresh) PF - Danny Grainger (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Robert Thomas (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Ben Rankins (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Roy Lee (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Emory Coletti (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. 3 pf. PF - Arthur Cunningham (fresh) C - Keith Dix (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:33 | UNLV | Robert Thomas loses the dribble to Ben Rankins | 47-44 |
| 15:14 | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins is hacked by Gene Reynolds - foul #2 on Gene Reynolds, team foul #3 | 47-44 |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Ron Todd (C) Keith Dix | |
| 14:56 | Texas Southern | Roy Lee scores on a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Ron Todd | 47-47 |
| 14:39 | UNLV | Robert Thomas scores on a floater from the left side | 49-47 |
| 14:26 | Texas Southern | Emory Coletti makes the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Ben Rankins | 49-50 |
| 14:15 | UNLV | Robert Thomas can't finish the layup | 49-50 |
| 14:14 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd snags the defensive board | 49-50 |
| 14:10 | Texas Southern | Emory Coletti is fouled on the floor by Robert Thomas - foul #2 on Robert Thomas, team foul #4 | 49-50 |
| Subs | UNLV | Robert Landry (SG), Michael Dowling (SF), Edward Hibbard (C) Gene Reynolds, Richard Gill, Danny Grainger | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Roderick Key (PG), Joseph Lorkowski (PF), Keith Dix (C) Ben Rankins, Arthur Cunningham, Ron Todd | |
| 14:00 | Texas Southern | Emory Coletti clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 49-50 |
| 13:59 | UNLV | Michael Dowling grabs the defensive rebound | 49-50 |
| 13:57 | UNLV | Robert Landry is fouled in the backcourt by Keith Dix - foul #2 on Keith Dix, team foul #4 | 49-50 |
| Subs | UNLV | Mauricio Romano (PG) Danny Hey | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | | |
| 13:45 | UNLV | Robert Thomas is hacked by Roderick Key - foul #1 on Roderick Key, team foul #5 | 49-50 |
| 13:24 | UNLV | Michael Dowling can't connect on a fadeaway from the right block but he's hacked by Emory Coletti - foul #4 on Emory Coletti, team foul #6 | 49-50 |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Ralph Hunsaker (SF) Emory Coletti | |
| 13:24 | UNLV | Michael Dowling makes the 1st free throw | 50-50 |
| 13:24 | UNLV | Michael Dowling makes the 2nd free throw | 51-50 |
| 13:09 | Texas Southern | Ralph Hunsaker lays it in and he's hacked by Mauricio Romano - foul #3 on Mauricio Romano, team foul #5 | 51-52 |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Ron Todd (C) Keith Dix | |
| 13:09 | Texas Southern | Ralph Hunsaker makes the free throw | 51-53 |
| 12:45 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard drills a jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by Mauricio Romano | 53-53 |
| 12:24 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key is called for a backcourt violation | 53-53 |
| Subs | UNLV | Danny Hey (PG), Richard Gill (SF) Mauricio Romano, Robert Thomas | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins (PG), Thomas Miller (SG), Keith Dix (C) Roderick Key, Roy Lee, Ron Todd | |
| 12:14 | UNLV | Robert Landry buries a 3pt shot from the left corner | 56-53 |
| 11:58 | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 56-53 |
| 11:56 | Texas Southern | Joseph Lorkowski grabs the offensive rebound | 56-53 |
| 11:39 | Texas Southern | Keith Dix clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Edward Hibbard - foul #2 on Edward Hibbard, team foul #6 | 56-53 |
| Subs | UNLV | Gene Reynolds (SG), Danny Grainger (PF) Robert Landry, Michael Dowling | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Arthur Cunningham (PF), Ron Todd (C) Ralph Hunsaker, Joseph Lorkowski | |
| 11:39 | Texas Southern | Keith Dix makes the 1st free throw | 56-54 |
| 11:39 | Texas Southern | Keith Dix misses the 2nd free throw | 56-54 |
| 11:39 | UNLV | Gene Reynolds pulls down the rebound | 56-54 |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Danny Hey (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gene Reynolds (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Richard Gill (fresh) PF - Danny Grainger (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Edward Hibbard (tired) 10 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Ben Rankins (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Thomas Miller (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Keith Dix (tiring) 12 pts. 4 reb. PF - Arthur Cunningham (fresh) C - Ron Todd (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:22 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard scores on a floater from close range on a nice dish by Danny Hey | 58-54 |
| 11:09 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd misses short on a floater from the left side | 58-54 |
| 11:07 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd grabs the offensive rebound | 58-54 |
| 10:57 | Texas Southern | Keith Dix comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 58-54 |
| 10:55 | UNLV | Gene Reynolds grabs the defensive rebound | 58-54 |
| 10:40 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard scores on a fadeaway from the left side on a great pass from Gene Reynolds | 60-54 |
| 10:29 | Texas Southern | Danny Hey picks off the pass by Ron Todd | 60-54 |
| 10:13 | UNLV | Danny Grainger misses long on a jumper from the free throw line | 60-54 |
| 10:11 | Texas Southern | Keith Dix snags the defensive board | 60-54 |
| 09:58 | Texas Southern | Keith Dix misses long on a shot near the basket | 60-54 |
| 09:56 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard gets the rebound | 60-54 |
| 09:52 | UNLV | Danny Hey is open and scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 62-54 |
| 09:38 | Texas Southern | Danny Hey steps in front of the Ben Rankins pass | 62-54 |
| 09:26 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 62-54 |
| 09:24 | Texas Southern | Arthur Cunningham pulls down the rebound | 62-54 |
| 09:20 | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins is hacked by Danny Hey - foul #1 on Danny Hey, team foul #7 | 62-54 |
| Subs | UNLV | Mauricio Romano (PG), Robert Landry (SG), Michael Dowling (SF), Robert Thomas (C) Danny Hey, Gene Reynolds, Richard Gill, Edward Hibbard | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Roderick Key (PG), Roy Lee (SG), Joseph Lorkowski (PF) Thomas Miller, Keith Dix, Arthur Cunningham | |
| 09:20 | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins makes the 1st free throw | 62-55 |
| 09:20 | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins makes the 2nd free throw | 62-56 |
| 09:17 | UNLV | Roderick Key is called for the reach on Michael Dowling in the backcourt - foul #2 on Roderick Key, team foul #7 | 62-56 |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Emory Coletti (SF) Ben Rankins | |
| 09:17 | UNLV | Michael Dowling makes the 1st free throw | 63-56 |
| 09:17 | UNLV | Michael Dowling makes the 2nd free throw | 64-56 |
| 08:55 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right side on a great pass from Roy Lee | 64-58 |
| 08:35 | UNLV | Michael Dowling hits a turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Robert Landry | 66-58 |
| 08:19 | Texas Southern | Roy Lee misses badly on a jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Robert Thomas - foul #3 on Robert Thomas, team foul #8 | 66-58 |
| Subs | UNLV | Edward Hibbard (C) Danny Grainger | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Keith Dix (C) Ron Todd | |
| 08:19 | Texas Southern | Roy Lee makes the 1st free throw | 66-59 |
| 08:19 | Texas Southern | Roy Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 66-60 |
| 07:59 | UNLV | Michael Dowling is open and buries a runner from the left block set up by Mauricio Romano | 68-60 |
| 07:51 | Texas Southern | Roy Lee misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 68-60 |
| 07:49 | UNLV | Robert Thomas grabs the board | 68-60 |
| 07:38 | UNLV | Robert Thomas lays it in uncontested on a nice dish by Robert Landry | 70-60 |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Mauricio Romano (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Robert Landry (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 4 reb. SF - Michael Dowling (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 7 reb. PF - Robert Thomas (tiring) 17 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Edward Hibbard (tired) 14 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Roderick Key (tiring) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Roy Lee (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Emory Coletti (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. 4 pf. PF - Joseph Lorkowski (fairly fresh) 6 reb. C - Keith Dix (tired) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:20 | Texas Southern | Keith Dix misses the wide open jump hook from close range | 70-60 |
| 07:19 | UNLV | Michael Dowling grabs the board | 70-60 |
| 07:11 | UNLV | Michael Dowling is fouled on the floor by Keith Dix - foul #3 on Keith Dix, team foul #8 | 70-60 |
| Subs | UNLV | Danny Hey (PG), Gene Reynolds (SG) Mauricio Romano, Edward Hibbard | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Ralph Hunsaker (SF) Emory Coletti | |
| 07:11 | UNLV | Michael Dowling makes the 1st free throw | 71-60 |
| 07:11 | UNLV | Michael Dowling makes the 2nd free throw | 72-60 |
| 06:49 | Texas Southern | Roy Lee misses the 3 from the right corner | 72-60 |
| 06:48 | UNLV | The rebound goes to Michael Dowling | 72-60 |
| 06:45 | UNLV | Roderick Key is called for the reach on Danny Hey in the backcourt - foul #3 on Roderick Key, team foul #9 | 72-60 |
| Subs | UNLV | Danny Grainger (PF) Robert Landry | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Ron Todd (C) Keith Dix | |
| 06:45 | UNLV | Danny Hey makes the 1st free throw | 73-60 |
| 06:45 | UNLV | Danny Hey misses the 2nd free throw | 73-60 |
| 06:45 | Texas Southern | Joseph Lorkowski snags the defensive board | 73-60 |
| 06:33 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key buries a 3pt shot from the right corner | 73-63 |
| 06:27 | UNLV | Joseph Lorkowski is called for the reach on Michael Dowling - foul #3 on Joseph Lorkowski, team foul #10 | 73-63 |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins (PG), Thomas Miller (SG) Roderick Key, Roy Lee | |
| 06:27 | UNLV | Michael Dowling makes the 1st free throw | 74-63 |
| 06:27 | UNLV | Michael Dowling makes the 2nd free throw | 75-63 |
| 06:09 | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins connects on the open shot from the free throw line set up by Thomas Miller | 75-65 |
| 05:53 | UNLV | Ben Rankins is called for the reach on Danny Hey - foul #1 on Ben Rankins, team foul #11 | 75-65 |
| Subs | UNLV | Mauricio Romano (SG), Richard Gill (SF) Gene Reynolds, Danny Grainger | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Emory Coletti (SF) Ralph Hunsaker | |
| 05:53 | UNLV | Danny Hey makes the 1st free throw | 76-65 |
| 05:53 | UNLV | Danny Hey misses the 2nd free throw | 76-65 |
| 05:53 | UNLV | Robert Thomas pulls down the offensive rebound | 76-65 |
| 05:31 | UNLV | Michael Dowling misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing | 76-65 |
| 05:30 | UNLV | Michael Dowling pulls down the offensive rebound | 76-65 |
| 05:20 | UNLV | Mauricio Romano connects on the fadeaway from the free throw line set up by Danny Hey and he's hacked by Thomas Miller - foul #1 on Thomas Miller, team foul #12 | 78-65 |
| Subs | UNLV | Robert Landry (SG), Edward Hibbard (C) Danny Hey, Michael Dowling | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Roderick Key (PG), Roy Lee (SG), Arthur Cunningham (PF), Keith Dix (C) Ben Rankins, Thomas Miller, Joseph Lorkowski, Ron Todd | |
| 05:20 | UNLV | Mauricio Romano makes the free throw | 79-65 |
| 05:13 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 79-65 |
| 05:11 | UNLV | Robert Landry grabs the defensive rebound | 79-65 |
| 04:54 | UNLV | Robert Landry misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 79-65 |
| 04:53 | Texas Southern | The rebound goes to Keith Dix | 79-65 |
| 04:46 | Texas Southern | Keith Dix drills a pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Roderick Key | 79-67 |
| 04:27 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard can't connect on an uncontested driving attempt from close range but the foul's on Keith Dix - foul #4 on Keith Dix, team foul #13 | 79-67 |
| Subs | UNLV | Michael Dowling (SF), Danny Grainger (PF) Richard Gill, Robert Thomas | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Joseph Lorkowski (PF) Arthur Cunningham | |
| 04:27 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard makes the 1st free throw | 80-67 |
| 04:27 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard makes the 2nd free throw | 81-67 |
| 04:12 | Texas Southern | Emory Coletti hits a wide open 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Roy Lee | 81-70 |
| 04:08 | UNLV | Mauricio Romano is fouled in the backcourt by Joseph Lorkowski - foul #4 on Joseph Lorkowski, team foul #14 | 81-70 |
| Subs | UNLV | Gene Reynolds (SG) Robert Landry | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins (PG), Thomas Miller (SG), Ralph Hunsaker (SF) Roderick Key, Roy Lee, Emory Coletti | |
| 04:08 | UNLV | Mauricio Romano misses the 1st free throw | 81-70 |
| 04:08 | UNLV | Mauricio Romano makes the 2nd free throw | 82-70 |
| 03:56 | Texas Southern | Michael Dowling takes the ball from Ralph Hunsaker | 82-70 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-4) | |
| 03:32 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard misses the easy layup | 82-70 |
| 03:30 | Texas Southern | The rebound goes to Ben Rankins | 82-70 |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Mauricio Romano (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Gene Reynolds (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Michael Dowling (tiring) 17 pts. 10 reb. 2 stl. PF - Danny Grainger (tiring) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Edward Hibbard (very tired) 16 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Ben Rankins (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Thomas Miller (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ralph Hunsaker (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. 4 pf. PF - Joseph Lorkowski (fairly fresh) 7 reb. 4 pf. C - Keith Dix (tired) 14 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:26 | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller is hacked by Edward Hibbard - foul #3 on Edward Hibbard, team foul #9 | 82-70 |
| Subs | UNLV | Danny Hey (PG), Richard Gill (SF), Robert Thomas (PF) Mauricio Romano, Danny Grainger, Edward Hibbard | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Emory Coletti (SF), Arthur Cunningham (PF), Ron Todd (C) Ralph Hunsaker, Joseph Lorkowski, Keith Dix | |
| 03:26 | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller makes the 1st free throw | 82-71 |
| 03:26 | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller misses the 2nd free throw | 82-71 |
| 03:26 | UNLV | Michael Dowling snags the defensive board | 82-71 |
| 03:24 | UNLV | Gene Reynolds is hacked by Ron Todd in the backcourt - foul #2 on Ron Todd, team foul #15 | 82-71 |
| 03:24 | UNLV | Gene Reynolds makes the 1st free throw | 83-71 |
| 03:24 | UNLV | Gene Reynolds misses the 2nd free throw | 83-71 |
| 03:24 | Texas Southern | Emory Coletti grabs the board | 83-71 |
| 03:19 | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller makes the shot from the left side on a great pass from Ben Rankins | 83-73 |
| 03:01 | UNLV | Michael Dowling misses the jumper near the basket | 83-73 |
| 02:59 | Texas Southern | The rebound goes to Emory Coletti | 83-73 |
| 02:52 | Texas Southern | Emory Coletti misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 83-73 |
| 02:51 | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller grabs the offensive board | 83-73 |
| 02:45 | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 83-73 |
| 02:44 | Texas Southern | Arthur Cunningham can't tip it in | 83-73 |
| 02:42 | UNLV | Danny Hey grabs the defensive rebound | 83-73 |
| 02:21 | UNLV | Robert Thomas can't finish the layup | 83-73 |
| 02:20 | UNLV | Michael Dowling grabs the offensive board | 83-73 |
| 01:58 | UNLV | Robert Thomas can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 83-73 |
| 01:57 | UNLV | Richard Gill grabs the offensive board | 83-73 |
| 01:35 | UNLV | Richard Gill throws a bad pass out of bounds | 83-73 |
| Subs | UNLV | Robert Landry (SG), Edward Hibbard (C) Gene Reynolds, Richard Gill | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Roderick Key (PG), Roy Lee (SG), Joseph Lorkowski (PF), Keith Dix (C) Ben Rankins, Thomas Miller, Arthur Cunningham, Ron Todd | |
| 01:17 | Texas Southern | Keith Dix hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 83-73 |
| 01:16 | Texas Southern | The offensive rebound goes to Keith Dix | 83-73 |
| 01:03 | Texas Southern | Edward Hibbard is called for the reach on Joseph Lorkowski - foul #4 on Edward Hibbard, team foul #10 | 83-73 |
| 01:03 | Texas Southern | Joseph Lorkowski makes the 1st free throw | 83-74 |
| 01:03 | Texas Southern | Joseph Lorkowski makes the 2nd free throw | 83-75 |
| 01:03 | UNLV | UNLV calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 83-75 |
| 00:38 | UNLV | Emory Coletti picks off the pass by Danny Hey | 83-75 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-4) | |
| 00:30 | Texas Southern | Roy Lee clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 83-75 |
| 00:28 | UNLV | Robert Thomas grabs the defensive rebound | 83-75 |
| 00:28 | UNLV | UNLV calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 83-75 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-4) | |
| 00:26 | UNLV | Robert Landry is fouled in the backcourt by Roy Lee - foul #4 on Roy Lee, team foul #16 | 83-75 |
| Subs | UNLV | Danny Grainger (PF) Robert Thomas | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | | |
| 00:26 | UNLV | Robert Landry makes the 1st free throw | 84-75 |
| 00:26 | UNLV | Robert Landry makes the 2nd free throw | 85-75 |
| 00:20 | Texas Southern | Keith Dix knocks in the fadeaway from the right block | 85-77 |
| 00:18 | UNLV | Michael Dowling is fouled in the backcourt by Roy Lee - foul #5 on Roy Lee, team foul #17 | 85-77 |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller (SG) Roy Lee | |
| 00:18 | UNLV | Michael Dowling makes the 1st free throw | 86-77 |
| 00:18 | UNLV | Michael Dowling misses the 2nd free throw | 86-77 |
| 00:18 | Texas Southern | Keith Dix gets the rebound | 86-77 |
| 00:12 | Texas Southern | Joseph Lorkowski misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 86-77 |
| 00:11 | UNLV | Danny Grainger pulls down the rebound | 86-77 |
| 00:09 | UNLV | Danny Grainger is hacked by Roderick Key in the backcourt - foul #4 on Roderick Key, team foul #18 | 86-77 |
| 00:09 | UNLV | Danny Grainger makes the 1st free throw | 87-77 |
| 00:09 | UNLV | Danny Grainger makes the 2nd free throw | 88-77 |
| 00:04 | Texas Southern | Emory Coletti makes the wide open 3 from the right corner | 88-80 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-4) | |
| 00:00 | UNLV | Danny Hey runs out the clock | 88-80 |