| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Charles Matias (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Erwin Butler (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Yong Yen (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Justin Jones (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Scotty Scoggin (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Samuel Aden (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Terry Jerez (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Watson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Terry Thornton (fresh) 2 pts. C - Ronald Hickey (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | John Watson inbounds the ball | 29-31 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:50 | Rice | Samuel Aden is hacked by Charles Matias - foul #1 on Charles Matias, team foul #1 | 29-31 |
| 19:39 | Rice | Terry Jerez misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 29-31 |
| 19:38 | Marshall | Scotty Scoggin grabs the board | 29-31 |
| 19:19 | Marshall | Justin Jones misses the shot from the left wing | 29-31 |
| 19:18 | Rice | Samuel Aden grabs the defensive rebound | 29-31 |
| 19:03 | Rice | John Watson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-31 |
| 18:45 | Marshall | Yong Yen drills a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Charles Matias | 31-31 |
| 18:22 | Rice | Ronald Hickey drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Samuel Aden | 31-34 |
| 18:03 | Marshall | Charles Matias comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 31-34 |
| 18:02 | Marshall | Justin Jones grabs the offensive board | 31-34 |
| 17:51 | Marshall | Justin Jones's fadeaway is rejected by Ronald Hickey | 31-34 |
| 17:49 | Rice | The rebound goes to Samuel Aden | 31-34 |
| 17:39 | Rice | Samuel Aden knocks in the jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from John Watson | 31-36 |
| 17:20 | Marshall | Justin Jones throws a bad pass out of bounds | 31-36 |
| Subs | Marshall | Donald Uselton (SG), Michael Young (C) Erwin Butler, Scotty Scoggin | |
| Subs | Rice | James Snow (SF), Raymond Valenti (C) John Watson, Ronald Hickey | |
| 17:07 | Rice | James Snow misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 31-36 |
| 17:05 | Marshall | Donald Uselton grabs the defensive rebound | 31-36 |
| 16:41 | Marshall | Charles Matias knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Michael Young | 34-36 |
| 16:23 | Rice | Samuel Aden can't connect on a driving attempt in the paint but he's hacked by Charles Matias - foul #2 on Charles Matias, team foul #2 | 34-36 |
| Subs | Marshall | Jonathon Keach (C) Yong Yen | |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (SG), Adam Pease (C) Terry Jerez, Terry Thornton | |
| 16:23 | Rice | Samuel Aden makes the 1st free throw | 34-37 |
| 16:23 | Rice | Samuel Aden makes the 2nd free throw | 34-38 |
| 16:10 | Marshall | Michael Young hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 34-38 |
| 16:09 | Rice | Samuel Aden grabs the defensive rebound | 34-38 |
| 15:56 | Rice | Adam Pease drills a jump hook in the paint set up by Samuel Aden and the foul's on Jonathon Keach - foul #1 on Jonathon Keach, team foul #3 | 34-40 |
| Subs | Marshall | Robert Halton (PG), David Cates (SG), Scott Parker (C) Donald Uselton, Charles Matias, Justin Jones | |
| Subs | Rice | Timothy Petty (SG), Ronald Hickey (C) Samuel Aden, Raymond Valenti | |
| 15:56 | Rice | Adam Pease makes the free throw | 34-41 |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Robert Halton (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - David Cates (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Michael Young (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jonathon Keach (fresh) 2 pts. C - Scott Parker (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Blake Jones (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Timothy Petty (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Snow (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Adam Pease (fresh) 3 pts. C - Ronald Hickey (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 15:38 | Marshall | James Snow takes the ball from Scott Parker | 34-41 |
| 15:22 | Rice | Blake Jones hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 34-41 |
| 15:21 | Marshall | David Cates snags the defensive board | 34-41 |
| 15:01 | Marshall | David Cates is hacked by Timothy Petty - foul #1 on Timothy Petty, team foul #1 | 34-41 |
| Subs | Marshall | Yong Yen (SF), Justin Jones (PF), Scotty Scoggin (C) Michael Young, Jonathon Keach, Scott Parker | |
| Subs | Rice | Terry Jerez (SG), John Watson (SF), Terry Thornton (PF) Timothy Petty, James Snow, Adam Pease | |
| 14:44 | Marshall | Yong Yen travels with the ball | 34-41 |
| 14:22 | Rice | Blake Jones hits a shot from the left side set up by Terry Jerez | 34-43 |
| 13:59 | Marshall | Robert Halton misses the runner in the paint | 34-43 |
| 13:57 | Rice | John Watson gets the rebound | 34-43 |
| 13:39 | Rice | Blake Jones scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Terry Thornton | 34-46 |
| 13:14 | Marshall | Yong Yen misses the 3 from the left corner | 34-46 |
| 13:13 | Rice | Terry Thornton snags the defensive board | 34-46 |
| 12:59 | Rice | Terry Thornton misses short on a fadeaway from close range | 34-46 |
| 12:57 | Marshall | Robert Halton grabs the defensive rebound | 34-46 |
| 12:52 | Marshall | Robert Halton clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 34-46 |
| 12:50 | Rice | Terry Jerez snags the defensive board | 34-46 |
| 12:33 | Rice | Blake Jones hits the finger roll on a great pass from John Watson | 34-48 |
| 12:22 | Marshall | Ronald Hickey steals it from Robert Halton | 34-48 |
| 12:05 | Rice | Ronald Hickey hits a fadeaway from the left side | 34-50 |
| 11:48 | Marshall | Robert Halton makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 37-50 |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Robert Halton (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - David Cates (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Yong Yen (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Justin Jones (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Scotty Scoggin (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Blake Jones (fairly fresh) 15 pts. SG - Terry Jerez (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Watson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Terry Thornton (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Ronald Hickey (fairly fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 11:35 | Rice | Justin Jones is called for the reach on John Watson - foul #1 on Justin Jones, team foul #4 | 37-50 |
| Subs | Marshall | Charles Matias (PG), Erwin Butler (SG), Michael Young (SF), Jonathon Keach (PF), Scott Parker (C) Robert Halton, David Cates, Yong Yen, Justin Jones, Scotty Scoggin | |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG), Timothy Petty (SG), James Snow (SF), Raymond Valenti (PF), Adam Pease (C) Blake Jones, Terry Jerez, John Watson, Terry Thornton, Ronald Hickey | |
| 11:19 | Rice | Samuel Aden is fouled on the floor by Jonathon Keach - foul #2 on Jonathon Keach, team foul #5 | 37-50 |
| 11:11 | Rice | Samuel Aden blows the layup | 37-50 |
| 11:10 | Rice | Raymond Valenti tips it home | 37-52 |
| 10:50 | Marshall | Michael Young drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 40-52 |
| 10:25 | Rice | Timothy Petty makes the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Raymond Valenti | 40-55 |
| 10:13 | Marshall | Jonathon Keach drills a 3 pointer from straight away | 43-55 |
| 10:04 | Rice | Samuel Aden buries a 3 from the right wing set up by James Snow | 43-58 |
| 09:40 | Marshall | Charles Matias misses the 3 from the left corner | 43-58 |
| 09:39 | Rice | Adam Pease pulls down the rebound | 43-58 |
| 09:16 | Rice | Adam Pease makes the jumper near the basket on a great pass from Samuel Aden | 43-60 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 09:00 | Marshall | Michael Young connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Scott Parker | 46-60 |
| 08:35 | Rice | Michael Young steals the ball from James Snow | 46-60 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 08:10 | Marshall | Michael Young comes up short on the runner from the left block | 46-60 |
| 08:08 | Rice | Adam Pease pulls down the rebound | 46-60 |
| 07:53 | Rice | Jonathon Keach is called for the reach on Adam Pease - foul #3 on Jonathon Keach, team foul #6 | 46-60 |
| Subs | Marshall | Robert Halton (PG), David Cates (SG), Yong Yen (SF), Justin Jones (PF), Scotty Scoggin (C) Charles Matias, Erwin Butler, Michael Young, Jonathon Keach, Scott Parker | |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (PG), Terry Jerez (SG), John Watson (SF), Terry Thornton (PF), Ronald Hickey (C) Samuel Aden, Timothy Petty, James Snow, Raymond Valenti, Adam Pease | |
| 07:36 | Rice | David Cates steals the ball from Terry Jerez | 46-60 |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Robert Halton (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - David Cates (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Yong Yen (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Justin Jones (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Scotty Scoggin (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Blake Jones (fresh) 15 pts. SG - Terry Jerez (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Watson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Terry Thornton (fresh) 2 pts. C - Ronald Hickey (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 07:28 | Marshall | Scotty Scoggin hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from close range but he's hacked by Terry Thornton - foul #3 on Terry Thornton, team foul #2 | 46-60 |
| 07:28 | Marshall | Scotty Scoggin misses the 1st free throw | 46-60 |
| 07:28 | Marshall | Scotty Scoggin misses the 2nd free throw | 46-60 |
| 07:28 | Rice | John Watson grabs the board | 46-60 |
| 07:13 | Rice | Ronald Hickey knocks in the shot in the paint | 46-62 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 06:53 | Marshall | Ronald Hickey blocks the short jumper by Yong Yen | 46-62 |
| 06:51 | Marshall | Justin Jones snags the offensive board | 46-62 |
| 06:40 | Marshall | Justin Jones hits a jump hook near the basket on a great pass from Scotty Scoggin | 48-62 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 06:19 | Rice | Blake Jones is fouled on the floor by Scotty Scoggin - foul #2 on Scotty Scoggin, team foul #7 | 48-62 |
| 06:19 | Rice | Blake Jones makes the 1st free throw | 48-63 |
| 06:19 | Rice | Blake Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 48-64 |
| 06:02 | Marshall | Robert Halton misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 48-64 |
| 06:00 | Rice | Terry Thornton grabs the board | 48-64 |
| 05:44 | Rice | Blake Jones's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 48-64 |
| Subs | Marshall | Michael Young (C) Scotty Scoggin | |
| Subs | Rice | Samuel Aden (PG), Raymond Valenti (C) Blake Jones, Ronald Hickey | |
| 05:33 | Marshall | Michael Young lays it in set up by David Cates | 50-64 |
| 05:14 | Rice | Samuel Aden hits a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Raymond Valenti | 50-67 |
| 04:53 | Marshall | Michael Young comes up short on the turnaround near the basket but the foul's on Terry Jerez - foul #3 on Terry Jerez, team foul #3 | 50-67 |
| Subs | Marshall | | |
| Subs | Rice | James Snow (SF) John Watson | |
| 04:53 | Marshall | Michael Young makes the 1st free throw | 51-67 |
| 04:53 | Marshall | Michael Young makes the 2nd free throw | 52-67 |
| 04:33 | Rice | Terry Thornton misses short on a floater from the left block but the foul's on Michael Young - foul #1 on Michael Young, team foul #8 | 52-67 |
| Subs | Marshall | Jonathon Keach (C) Yong Yen | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 04:33 | Rice | Terry Thornton misses the 1st free throw | 52-67 |
| 04:33 | Rice | Terry Thornton misses the 2nd free throw | 52-67 |
| 04:33 | Marshall | Michael Young pulls down the rebound | 52-67 |
| 04:16 | Marshall | Jonathon Keach throws a bad pass out of bounds | 52-67 |
| Subs | Marshall | Charles Matias (PG) Robert Halton | |
| Subs | Rice | Blake Jones (SG), Adam Pease (PF), Ronald Hickey (C) Terry Jerez, Terry Thornton, Raymond Valenti | |
| 03:50 | Rice | Blake Jones misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 52-67 |
| 03:48 | Marshall | Justin Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 52-67 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:35 | Marshall | Blake Jones picks off the pass by David Cates | 52-67 |
| 03:31 | Rice | Blake Jones banks in the layup | 52-69 |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Charles Matias (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Cates (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Michael Young (fairly fresh) 14 pts. PF - Justin Jones (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Jonathon Keach (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Samuel Aden (fresh) 15 pts. 5 ast. 3 stl. SG - Blake Jones (fresh) 19 pts. SF - James Snow (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Adam Pease (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Ronald Hickey (fresh) 8 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 03:17 | Marshall | Justin Jones throws a bad pass out of bounds | 52-69 |
| Subs | Marshall | Erwin Butler (SG), Paul Pitts (SF), Scott Parker (C) David Cates, Michael Young, Justin Jones | |
| Subs | Rice | Timothy Petty (SG), Gregory Freeman (PF) Samuel Aden, Ronald Hickey | |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:54 | Rice | Adam Pease misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 52-69 |
| 02:52 | Rice | James Snow pulls down the offensive rebound | 52-69 |
| 02:33 | Rice | Adam Pease hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the paint | 52-69 |
| 02:31 | Rice | Adam Pease snags the offensive board | 52-69 |
| 02:16 | Rice | Paul Pitts is called for the reach on Gregory Freeman - foul #1 on Paul Pitts, team foul #9 | 52-69 |
| Subs | Marshall | Donald Uselton (SG) Jonathon Keach | |
| Subs | Rice | Raymond Valenti (C) Adam Pease | |
| 02:16 | Rice | Gregory Freeman makes the 1st free throw | 52-70 |
| 02:16 | Rice | Gregory Freeman makes the 2nd free throw | 52-71 |
| 02:08 | Marshall | Timothy Petty steps in front of the Scott Parker pass | 52-71 |
| 02:05 | Rice | Blake Jones lays it up and in set up by Timothy Petty | 52-73 |
| 01:55 | Marshall | Charles Matias misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 52-73 |
| 01:53 | Marshall | Paul Pitts can't tip it in | 52-73 |
| 01:51 | Rice | Blake Jones grabs the board | 52-73 |
| 01:37 | Rice | Timothy Petty knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Gregory Freeman | 52-76 |
| 01:24 | Marshall | Paul Pitts can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Timothy Petty - foul #2 on Timothy Petty, team foul #4 | 52-76 |
| Subs | Marshall | Michael Young (PF), Jonathon Keach (C) Donald Uselton, Scott Parker | |
| Subs | Rice | Adam Pease (C) Gregory Freeman | |
| 01:24 | Marshall | Paul Pitts misses the 1st free throw | 52-76 |
| 01:24 | Marshall | Paul Pitts makes the 2nd free throw | 53-76 |
| 01:04 | Rice | James Snow can't connect on a floater from the right side | 53-76 |
| 01:03 | Marshall | Charles Matias gets the rebound | 53-76 |
| 00:52 | Marshall | Erwin Butler misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 53-76 |
| 00:51 | Marshall | Paul Pitts snags the offensive board | 53-76 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:47 | Marshall | Paul Pitts drills a floater from the left block on a nice dish by Michael Young | 55-76 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:25 | Rice | Raymond Valenti hits the front of the rim on the shot in the lane | 55-76 |
| 00:23 | Rice | Raymond Valenti gets the offensive rebound | 55-76 |
| 00:00 | Rice | Blake Jones runs out the clock | 55-76 |