| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Roderick Key (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. SG - Ben Rankins (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Ralph Hunsaker (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Arthur Cunningham (fresh) 2 reb. C - Louis Horan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Colin Carnevale (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Leonard Stewart (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Arnulfo Russo (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Wendell Hecht (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Reginald Brown (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | New Mexico | Arnulfo Russo inbounds the ball | 22-29 |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:44 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown lays it up and in on a great pass from Colin Carnevale | 22-31 |
| 19:22 | Texas Southern | Colin Carnevale takes the ball from Arthur Cunningham | 22-31 |
| 19:19 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale hits the finger roll | 22-33 |
| 18:58 | Texas Southern | Arthur Cunningham hits the finger roll on a great pass from Roderick Key | 24-33 |
| 18:54 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 24-33 |
| 18:52 | Texas Southern | Arthur Cunningham pulls down the rebound | 24-33 |
| 18:48 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 24-33 |
| 18:46 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht grabs the board | 24-33 |
| 18:23 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 24-33 |
| 18:22 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht hits the follow up shot | 24-35 |
| 18:02 | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins misses the jumpshot from the left wing | 24-35 |
| 18:01 | Texas Southern | Ralph Hunsaker tips it home | 26-35 |
| 17:37 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 26-38 |
| 17:25 | Texas Southern | Ralph Hunsaker can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 26-38 |
| 17:24 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown grabs the board | 26-38 |
| 17:14 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown is open but comes up short on the shot from the right side | 26-38 |
| 17:13 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht can't tip it in | 26-38 |
| 17:11 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan gets the rebound | 26-38 |
| 16:48 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 26-38 |
| 16:47 | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart grabs the board | 26-38 |
| 16:31 | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart double dribbles | 26-38 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller (PG), Paul Elizondo (SG), Joseph Turner (SF), Randall Mapp (C) Roderick Key, Ben Rankins, Ralph Hunsaker, Louis Horan | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Ivan Stepchinski (PG), Reynaldo Serrano (SF), Stefan Russo (PF), Christopher Castiglione (C) Colin Carnevale, Arnulfo Russo, Wendell Hecht, Reginald Brown | |
| 16:04 | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 26-38 |
| 16:03 | New Mexico | Stefan Russo snags the defensive board | 26-38 |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Thomas Miller (fresh) SG - Paul Elizondo (fresh) SF - Joseph Turner (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Arthur Cunningham (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Randall Mapp (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Ivan Stepchinski (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Leonard Stewart (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Reynaldo Serrano (fresh) PF - Stefan Russo (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. C - Christopher Castiglione (fresh) | |
| 15:46 | New Mexico | Reynaldo Serrano is hacked by Paul Elizondo - foul #1 on Paul Elizondo, team foul #1 | 26-38 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Ron Todd (C) Arthur Cunningham | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale (PG) Leonard Stewart | |
| 15:32 | New Mexico | Ivan Stepchinski is hacked by Paul Elizondo - foul #2 on Paul Elizondo, team foul #2 | 26-38 |
| 15:17 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Ivan Stepchinski | 26-41 |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 14:52 | Texas Southern | Paul Elizondo's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 26-41 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Roderick Key (PG), Ben Rankins (SG), Ralph Hunsaker (SF) Thomas Miller, Paul Elizondo, Joseph Turner | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Arnulfo Russo (SG), Reginald Brown (C) Colin Carnevale, Christopher Castiglione | |
| 14:31 | New Mexico | Ivan Stepchinski connects on the open 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Stefan Russo | 26-44 |
| 14:26 | Texas Southern | Ralph Hunsaker misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 26-44 |
| 14:25 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 26-44 |
| 14:13 | New Mexico | Ivan Stepchinski hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 26-44 |
| 14:12 | Texas Southern | Randall Mapp grabs the defensive rebound | 26-44 |
| 13:54 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key connects on the 3pt shot from straight away | 29-44 |
| 13:52 | New Mexico | Roderick Key is called for the reach on Ivan Stepchinski in the backcourt - foul #3 on Roderick Key, team foul #3 | 29-44 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Joseph Turner (SF) Randall Mapp | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart (SG), Wendell Hecht (PF) Reynaldo Serrano, Stefan Russo | |
| 13:29 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown makes the jump hook in the paint on a great pass from Ivan Stepchinski | 29-46 |
| 13:15 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 29-46 |
| 13:14 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht snags the defensive board | 29-46 |
| 12:56 | New Mexico | Ivan Stepchinski comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 29-46 |
| 12:55 | Texas Southern | The rebound goes to Ralph Hunsaker | 29-46 |
| 12:33 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key buries a 3 from straight away | 32-46 |
| 12:12 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Joseph Turner - foul #1 on Joseph Turner, team foul #4 | 32-46 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller (PG), Paul Elizondo (SG), Arthur Cunningham (PF), Louis Horan (C) Roderick Key, Ben Rankins, Ralph Hunsaker, Ron Todd | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale (PG), Reynaldo Serrano (SF), Christopher Castiglione (PF) Ivan Stepchinski, Arnulfo Russo, Wendell Hecht | |
| 12:12 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown misses the 1st free throw | 32-46 |
| 12:12 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 32-47 |
| 11:54 | Texas Southern | Paul Elizondo misses short on a turnaround near the basket | 32-47 |
| 11:53 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 32-47 |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Thomas Miller (fresh) SG - Paul Elizondo (fresh) SF - Joseph Turner (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Arthur Cunningham (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Louis Horan (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Colin Carnevale (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Leonard Stewart (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Reynaldo Serrano (fresh) PF - Christopher Castiglione (fresh) C - Reginald Brown (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:37 | New Mexico | Reynaldo Serrano misses the wide open 3pt attempt from the left corner | 32-47 |
| 11:36 | New Mexico | Christopher Castiglione gets the offensive rebound | 32-47 |
| 11:25 | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 32-47 |
| 11:24 | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller snags the defensive board | 32-47 |
| 11:10 | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller buries a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Paul Elizondo | 35-47 |
| 11:01 | New Mexico | Christopher Castiglione is fouled on the floor by Arthur Cunningham - foul #2 on Arthur Cunningham, team foul #5 | 35-47 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Roderick Key (PG), Ben Rankins (SG) Paul Elizondo, Joseph Turner | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht (PF) Reginald Brown | |
| 10:54 | New Mexico | Christopher Castiglione misses the lay-in | 35-47 |
| 10:52 | New Mexico | Christopher Castiglione grabs the offensive board | 35-47 |
| 10:42 | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 35-47 |
| 10:40 | Texas Southern | The rebound goes to Arthur Cunningham | 35-47 |
| 10:22 | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane | 35-47 |
| 10:21 | New Mexico | Reynaldo Serrano grabs the defensive rebound | 35-47 |
| 09:59 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale misses short on a 3 from straight away | 35-47 |
| 09:57 | Texas Southern | Arthur Cunningham grabs the defensive rebound | 35-47 |
| 09:46 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key is hacked by Leonard Stewart - foul #3 on Leonard Stewart, team foul #1 | 35-47 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Ralph Hunsaker (SF), Randall Mapp (PF), Ron Todd (C) Thomas Miller, Arthur Cunningham, Louis Horan | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Ivan Stepchinski (SG), Arnulfo Russo (SF) Leonard Stewart, Reynaldo Serrano | |
| 09:32 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 35-47 |
| 09:31 | New Mexico | Arnulfo Russo grabs the defensive rebound | 35-47 |
| 09:08 | New Mexico | Christopher Castiglione knocks in the jump hook from the left block on a nice dish by Colin Carnevale | 35-49 |
| 08:39 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd misses the fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by Christopher Castiglione - foul #1 on Christopher Castiglione, team foul #2 | 35-49 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller (PG), Paul Elizondo (SG), Arthur Cunningham (PF) Roderick Key, Ben Rankins, Randall Mapp | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Reynaldo Serrano (SF), Stefan Russo (PF), Robert Lim (C) Colin Carnevale, Wendell Hecht, Christopher Castiglione | |
| 08:39 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd makes the 1st free throw | 36-49 |
| 08:39 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd makes the 2nd free throw | 37-49 |
| 08:24 | New Mexico | Reynaldo Serrano's floater is tipped away by Ron Todd | 37-49 |
| 08:23 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd snags the defensive board | 37-49 |
| 08:10 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd is fouled on the floor by Robert Lim - foul #1 on Robert Lim, team foul #3 | 37-49 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Reginald Brown (C) Robert Lim | |
| 07:51 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd blows the layup | 37-49 |
| 07:50 | Texas Southern | The offensive rebound goes to Arthur Cunningham | 37-49 |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Thomas Miller (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Paul Elizondo (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ralph Hunsaker (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Arthur Cunningham (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Ron Todd (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Ivan Stepchinski (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Arnulfo Russo (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Reynaldo Serrano (fresh) PF - Stefan Russo (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. C - Reginald Brown (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:39 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd misses short on a floater from the right side | 37-49 |
| 07:38 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown snags the defensive board | 37-49 |
| 07:34 | New Mexico | Ivan Stepchinski misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 37-49 |
| 07:33 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd pulls down the rebound | 37-49 |
| 07:26 | Texas Southern | Arthur Cunningham misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 37-49 |
| 07:25 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd grabs the offensive rebound | 37-49 |
| 07:11 | Texas Southern | Paul Elizondo makes the jumper from the left wing set up by Thomas Miller | 39-49 |
| 06:53 | New Mexico | Ivan Stepchinski hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 39-49 |
| 06:51 | New Mexico | Reynaldo Serrano tips it home | 39-51 |
| 06:31 | Texas Southern | Paul Elizondo connects on the 3 from the left wing | 42-51 |
| 06:07 | New Mexico | Stefan Russo loses the dribble to Ralph Hunsaker | 42-51 |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 05:39 | Texas Southern | Arthur Cunningham clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side | 42-51 |
| 05:38 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown gets the rebound | 42-51 |
| 05:38 | New Mexico | New Mexico calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 42-51 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Roderick Key (PG), Ben Rankins (SG), Joseph Turner (SF), Louis Horan (C) Thomas Miller, Paul Elizondo, Ralph Hunsaker, Ron Todd | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale (PG), Leonard Stewart (SG), Wendell Hecht (PF) Ivan Stepchinski, Reynaldo Serrano, Stefan Russo | |
| 05:21 | New Mexico | Roderick Key steals it from Arnulfo Russo | 42-51 |
| 05:18 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key hits the finger roll | 44-51 |
| 05:01 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown's pass is intercepted by Ben Rankins | 44-51 |
| 04:58 | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins lays it in | 46-51 |
| 04:40 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht scores on a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Colin Carnevale | 46-53 |
| 04:14 | Texas Southern | Joseph Turner hits the finger roll on a great pass from Ben Rankins | 48-53 |
| 03:57 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale drills a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Wendell Hecht | 48-56 |
| 03:36 | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins drills a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Roderick Key | 51-56 |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Roderick Key (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. 3 pf. SG - Ben Rankins (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joseph Turner (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Arthur Cunningham (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Louis Horan (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Colin Carnevale (fresh) 17 pts. 4 ast. SG - Leonard Stewart (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. SF - Arnulfo Russo (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Wendell Hecht (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. C - Reginald Brown (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-4) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:11 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown hits the finger roll set up by Leonard Stewart and he's fouled by Louis Horan - foul #2 on Louis Horan, team foul #6 | 51-58 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Ralph Hunsaker (SF), Randall Mapp (PF), Ron Todd (C) Joseph Turner, Arthur Cunningham, Louis Horan | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Ivan Stepchinski (PG), Reynaldo Serrano (SF), Stefan Russo (PF) Colin Carnevale, Arnulfo Russo, Wendell Hecht | |
| 03:11 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown misses the free throw | 51-58 |
| 03:11 | Texas Southern | Randall Mapp snags the defensive board | 51-58 |
| 02:47 | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins connects on the fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Roderick Key | 53-58 |
| 02:47 | New Mexico | New Mexico calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 53-58 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale (PG), Wendell Hecht (PF), Christopher Castiglione (C) Ivan Stepchinski, Stefan Russo, Reginald Brown | |
| 02:24 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht's fadeaway is rejected by Ron Todd | 53-58 |
| 02:22 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale gets the offensive rebound | 53-58 |
| 02:03 | New Mexico | Christopher Castiglione can't connect on a shot from the left wing | 53-58 |
| 02:01 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd grabs the board | 53-58 |
| 01:54 | Texas Southern | Roderick Key is doubleteamed and loses the dribble to Colin Carnevale | 53-58 |
| 01:54 | New Mexico | New Mexico calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 53-58 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Arthur Cunningham (PF) Randall Mapp | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Arnulfo Russo (SF), Reginald Brown (C) Reynaldo Serrano, Christopher Castiglione | |
| 01:52 | New Mexico | Roderick Key steals the ball from Arnulfo Russo in the backcourt | 53-58 |
| 01:27 | Texas Southern | Ben Rankins is fouled on the floor by Leonard Stewart - foul #4 on Leonard Stewart, team foul #4 | 53-58 |
| 01:03 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd is whistled for traveling | 53-58 |
| 00:59 | New Mexico | Roderick Key is called for the reach on Colin Carnevale in the backcourt - foul #4 on Roderick Key, team foul #7 | 53-58 |
| 00:59 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale makes the 1st free throw | 53-59 |
| 00:59 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale misses the 2nd free throw | 53-59 |
| 00:59 | Texas Southern | The rebound goes to Ron Todd | 53-59 |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-4) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:50 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd can't finish the layup | 53-59 |
| 00:49 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale snags the defensive board | 53-59 |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-4) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:48 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale is fouled in the backcourt by Roderick Key - foul #5 on Roderick Key, team foul #8 | 53-59 |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Thomas Miller (PG) Roderick Key | |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| 00:48 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale makes the 1st free throw | 53-60 |
| 00:48 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale makes the 2nd free throw | 53-61 |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-4) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:42 | Texas Southern | Ralph Hunsaker misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 53-61 |
| 00:40 | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart snags the defensive board | 53-61 |
| 00:38 | New Mexico | Thomas Miller is called for the reach on Leonard Stewart in the backcourt - foul #1 on Thomas Miller, team foul #9 | 53-61 |
| 00:38 | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart makes the 1st free throw | 53-62 |
| 00:38 | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart makes the 2nd free throw | 53-63 |
| 00:32 | Texas Southern | Ron Todd misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 53-63 |
| 00:31 | Texas Southern | Ralph Hunsaker grabs the offensive board | 53-63 |
| 00:27 | Texas Southern | Ralph Hunsaker's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 53-63 |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-4) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:00 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale runs out the clock | 53-63 |