| Lineup | Rice | PG - Wayne Woolsey (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Oliver (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tim Condroski (fresh) 6 pts. PF - James Spurgeon (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Gene Mitchel (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Tulane | PG - James Fontaine (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Andrew Jones (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Donald Bruce (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. PF - Dennis Lang (fresh) 2 pts. C - Elvin Brauer (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Tim Condroski inbounds the ball | 31-35 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:38 | Rice | Tim Condroski is fouled on the floor by James Fontaine - foul #3 on James Fontaine, team foul #1 | 31-35 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Tulane | Charles Carpio (SG) James Fontaine | |
| 19:27 | Rice | Wayne Woolsey hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 31-35 |
| 19:25 | Tulane | Donald Bruce gets the rebound | 31-35 |
| 19:17 | Tulane | Charles Carpio scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Donald Bruce | 31-37 |
| 18:56 | Rice | Gene Mitchel misses long on a floater near the basket | 31-37 |
| 18:55 | Tulane | Elvin Brauer snags the defensive board | 31-37 |
| 18:50 | Tulane | Elvin Brauer's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 31-37 |
| 18:34 | Rice | Gene Mitchel comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 31-37 |
| 18:32 | Rice | Robert Oliver grabs the offensive board | 31-37 |
| 18:15 | Rice | Tim Condroski hits a shot from the right side | 33-37 |
| 18:08 | Tulane | Elvin Brauer makes the pull-up jumper from the left side | 33-39 |
| 17:48 | Rice | Wayne Woolsey misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 33-39 |
| 17:46 | Rice | Gene Mitchel grabs the offensive board | 33-39 |
| 17:22 | Rice | Gene Mitchel hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 33-39 |
| 17:20 | Tulane | The rebound goes to Donald Bruce | 33-39 |
| 17:00 | Tulane | Charles Carpio's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 33-39 |
| Subs | Rice | Gordon Burnam (PG), Charles Miles (SG), Richard Bass (SF), Esteban Romero (PF), Arthur Dean (C) Wayne Woolsey, Robert Oliver, Tim Condroski, James Spurgeon, Gene Mitchel | |
| Subs | Tulane | Dave Venable (PG), Murray Thompson (SF), Robert Selzer (PF), Kenneth Fraser (C) Charles Carpio, Donald Bruce, Dennis Lang, Elvin Brauer | |
| 16:44 | Rice | Gordon Burnam lays it up and in on a great pass from Charles Miles | 35-39 |
| 16:26 | Tulane | Esteban Romero steps in front of the Robert Selzer pass | 35-39 |
| 16:18 | Rice | Gordon Burnam can't throw it down | 35-39 |
| 16:16 | Tulane | Andrew Jones snags the defensive board | 35-39 |
| 15:55 | Tulane | Andrew Jones drills a 3 pointer from the right wing | 35-42 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gordon Burnam (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Charles Miles (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Richard Bass (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Esteban Romero (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Arthur Dean (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Tulane | PG - Dave Venable (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Andrew Jones (fairly fresh) 10 pts. SF - Murray Thompson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Selzer (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Kenneth Fraser (fresh) | |
| 15:44 | Rice | Charles Miles hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left wing | 35-42 |
| 15:43 | Tulane | Robert Selzer pulls down the rebound | 35-42 |
| 15:25 | Tulane | Kenneth Fraser lays it up and in on a great pass from Robert Selzer and he's hacked by Gordon Burnam - foul #2 on Gordon Burnam, team foul #1 | 35-44 |
| Subs | Rice | Robert Oliver (SG), Gene Mitchel (C) Charles Miles, Arthur Dean | |
| Subs | Tulane | James Fontaine (PG), Eric Shores (SG), Donald Bruce (SF), Elvin Brauer (C) Dave Venable, Andrew Jones, Murray Thompson, Robert Selzer | |
| 15:25 | Tulane | Kenneth Fraser misses the free throw | 35-44 |
| 15:25 | Rice | Robert Oliver grabs the board | 35-44 |
| 15:11 | Rice | Esteban Romero buries a floater in the paint on a great pass from Gordon Burnam | 37-44 |
| 15:07 | Tulane | Eric Shores hits the front of the rim on the shot from the baseline | 37-44 |
| 15:05 | Rice | Richard Bass snags the defensive board | 37-44 |
| 14:42 | Rice | Esteban Romero's fadeaway is rejected by Elvin Brauer | 37-44 |
| 14:40 | Tulane | The rebound goes to Eric Shores | 37-44 |
| 14:36 | Tulane | James Fontaine misses the fadeaway jumper from the right side but the foul's on Gordon Burnam - foul #3 on Gordon Burnam, team foul #2 | 37-44 |
| Subs | Rice | Wayne Woolsey (PG), Tim Condroski (SF), James Spurgeon (PF) Gordon Burnam, Richard Bass, Esteban Romero | |
| Subs | Tulane | Dennis Lang (PF) Kenneth Fraser | |
| 14:36 | Tulane | James Fontaine makes the 1st free throw | 37-45 |
| 14:36 | Tulane | James Fontaine makes the 2nd free throw | 37-46 |
| 14:18 | Rice | Robert Oliver is called for the illegal screen - foul #3 on Robert Oliver, team foul #3 | 37-46 |
| 13:53 | Tulane | Dennis Lang scores on a 3pt shot from straight away | 37-49 |
| 13:39 | Rice | Wayne Woolsey misses short on a shot from the right wing | 37-49 |
| 13:38 | Tulane | Elvin Brauer pulls down the rebound | 37-49 |
| 13:15 | Tulane | James Fontaine makes the 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Eric Shores | 37-52 |
| 12:48 | Rice | Tim Condroski misses short on a floater from the free throw line | 37-52 |
| 12:47 | Tulane | Elvin Brauer grabs the defensive rebound | 37-52 |
| 12:30 | Tulane | Dennis Lang's pass is intercepted by James Spurgeon | 37-52 |
| 12:18 | Rice | James Spurgeon hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 37-52 |
| 12:16 | Tulane | Elvin Brauer snags the defensive board | 37-52 |
| 11:56 | Tulane | Donald Bruce comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane but he's fouled by Wayne Woolsey - foul #2 on Wayne Woolsey, team foul #4 | 37-52 |
| Subs | Rice | Gordon Burnam (PG), Charles Miles (SG), Richard Bass (SF), Esteban Romero (PF), Arthur Dean (C) Wayne Woolsey, Robert Oliver, Tim Condroski, James Spurgeon, Gene Mitchel | |
| Subs | Tulane | Andrew Jones (PG), Charles Carpio (SG), Robert Selzer (PF), Kenneth Fraser (C) James Fontaine, Eric Shores, Dennis Lang, Elvin Brauer | |
| 11:56 | Tulane | Donald Bruce makes the 1st free throw | 37-53 |
| 11:56 | Tulane | Donald Bruce makes the 2nd free throw | 37-54 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gordon Burnam (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Charles Miles (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Richard Bass (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Esteban Romero (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Arthur Dean (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Tulane | PG - Andrew Jones (fresh) 10 pts. SG - Charles Carpio (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Donald Bruce (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. PF - Robert Selzer (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Kenneth Fraser (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:37 | Rice | Gordon Burnam misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Kenneth Fraser - foul #1 on Kenneth Fraser, team foul #2 | 37-54 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Tulane | Dave Venable (SF) Donald Bruce | |
| 11:37 | Rice | Gordon Burnam makes the 1st free throw | 38-54 |
| 11:37 | Rice | Gordon Burnam makes the 2nd free throw | 39-54 |
| 11:23 | Tulane | Esteban Romero steps in front of the Andrew Jones pass | 39-54 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 10:59 | Rice | Dave Venable picks off the pass by Gordon Burnam | 39-54 |
| 10:49 | Tulane | Andrew Jones hits a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Charles Carpio | 39-57 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 10:31 | Rice | Gordon Burnam drills a jumper from the right block on a nice dish by Charles Miles and the foul's on Dave Venable - foul #2 on Dave Venable, team foul #3 | 41-57 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Tulane | James Fontaine (PG) Charles Carpio | |
| 10:31 | Rice | Gordon Burnam makes the free throw | 42-57 |
| 10:18 | Tulane | Robert Selzer hits the front of the rim on the shot in the lane but he's fouled by Esteban Romero - foul #1 on Esteban Romero, team foul #5 | 42-57 |
| Subs | Rice | Tim Condroski (SF) Richard Bass | |
| Subs | Tulane | | |
| 10:18 | Tulane | Robert Selzer misses the 1st free throw | 42-57 |
| 10:18 | Tulane | Robert Selzer makes the 2nd free throw | 42-58 |
| 10:07 | Rice | Tim Condroski misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 42-58 |
| 10:06 | Tulane | The rebound goes to Kenneth Fraser | 42-58 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 09:47 | Tulane | Kenneth Fraser comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 42-58 |
| 09:46 | Rice | Arthur Dean pulls down the rebound | 42-58 |
| 09:42 | Rice | Tim Condroski misses long on a jumper from the free throw line | 42-58 |
| 09:41 | Tulane | Robert Selzer snags the defensive board | 42-58 |
| 09:15 | Tulane | Robert Selzer is hacked by Charles Miles - foul #2 on Charles Miles, team foul #6 | 42-58 |
| Subs | Rice | Wayne Woolsey (PG), Robert Oliver (SG), James Spurgeon (PF), Gene Mitchel (C) Gordon Burnam, Charles Miles, Esteban Romero, Arthur Dean | |
| Subs | Tulane | Eric Shores (SG), Murray Thompson (SF), Dennis Lang (PF), Elvin Brauer (C) Andrew Jones, Dave Venable, Robert Selzer, Kenneth Fraser | |
| 08:53 | Tulane | Elvin Brauer can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 42-58 |
| 08:51 | Tulane | Elvin Brauer grabs the offensive board | 42-58 |
| 08:30 | Tulane | Dennis Lang misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 42-58 |
| 08:28 | Tulane | Elvin Brauer snags the offensive board | 42-58 |
| 08:12 | Tulane | Robert Oliver is called for the reach on Eric Shores - foul #4 on Robert Oliver, team foul #7 | 42-58 |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Miles (SG), Richard Bass (SF) Robert Oliver, Tim Condroski | |
| Subs | Tulane | Donald Bruce (SF) Murray Thompson | |
| 08:12 | Tulane | Eric Shores misses the 1st free throw | 42-58 |
| 08:12 | Rice | Gene Mitchel snags the defensive board | 42-58 |
| 07:57 | Rice | Richard Bass hits a shot near the basket set up by Charles Miles | 44-58 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Wayne Woolsey (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Miles (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Richard Bass (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - James Spurgeon (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Gene Mitchel (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Tulane | PG - James Fontaine (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Eric Shores (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Donald Bruce (fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. PF - Dennis Lang (fresh) 5 pts. C - Elvin Brauer (fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:40 | Tulane | Dennis Lang misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 44-58 |
| 07:38 | Rice | Wayne Woolsey snags the defensive board | 44-58 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 07:33 | Rice | Charles Miles's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-58 |
| Subs | Rice | Robert Oliver (SG), Gordon Burnam (SF) Charles Miles, Richard Bass | |
| Subs | Tulane | Andrew Jones (PG) James Fontaine | |
| 07:17 | Tulane | Elvin Brauer hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 44-58 |
| 07:16 | Rice | James Spurgeon pulls down the rebound | 44-58 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 07:00 | Rice | Elvin Brauer blocks the jumper by Gordon Burnam | 44-58 |
| 06:58 | Rice | Gene Mitchel tips it but misses | 44-58 |
| 06:57 | Rice | James Spurgeon gets the offensive rebound | 44-58 |
| 06:50 | Rice | Robert Oliver is hacked by Eric Shores - foul #4 on Eric Shores, team foul #4 | 44-58 |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Bass (SF), Esteban Romero (PF), Arthur Dean (C) Wayne Woolsey, James Spurgeon, Gene Mitchel | |
| Subs | Tulane | Charles Carpio (SG), Robert Selzer (PF), Kenneth Fraser (C) Eric Shores, Dennis Lang, Elvin Brauer | |
| 06:44 | Rice | Arthur Dean misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 44-58 |
| 06:43 | Tulane | Charles Carpio snags the defensive board | 44-58 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 06:18 | Tulane | Robert Selzer lays it in on a great pass from Andrew Jones | 44-60 |
| 06:04 | Rice | Arthur Dean drills a 3pt shot from the right corner | 47-60 |
| 05:45 | Tulane | Andrew Jones is fouled on the floor by Gordon Burnam - foul #4 on Gordon Burnam, team foul #8 | 47-60 |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Miles (PG), Leonard Puig (SG), Tim Condroski (SF) Gordon Burnam, Robert Oliver, Richard Bass | |
| Subs | Tulane | Eric Shores (SG), Dave Venable (SF), Elvin Brauer (C) Charles Carpio, Donald Bruce, Kenneth Fraser | |
| 05:45 | Tulane | Andrew Jones makes the 1st free throw | 47-61 |
| 05:45 | Tulane | Andrew Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 47-62 |
| 05:36 | Rice | Esteban Romero is whistled for traveling | 47-62 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Tulane | James Fontaine (PG), Dennis Lang (PF) Andrew Jones, Robert Selzer | |
| 05:21 | Tulane | Eric Shores's pass is intercepted by Charles Miles | 47-62 |
| 05:05 | Rice | Tim Condroski is hacked by Dennis Lang - foul #1 on Dennis Lang, team foul #5 | 47-62 |
| Subs | Rice | Wayne Woolsey (PG), James Spurgeon (PF), Gene Mitchel (C) Leonard Puig, Esteban Romero, Arthur Dean | |
| Subs | Tulane | | |
| 04:49 | Rice | Tim Condroski can't connect on a runner from the left block | 47-62 |
| 04:47 | Tulane | Dennis Lang pulls down the rebound | 47-62 |
| 04:21 | Tulane | Eric Shores comes up short on the jumper from the baseline but he's fouled by James Spurgeon - foul #1 on James Spurgeon, team foul #9 | 47-62 |
| Subs | Rice | Robert Oliver (SG) Charles Miles | |
| Subs | Tulane | Robert Selzer (PF) Dennis Lang | |
| 04:21 | Tulane | Eric Shores makes the 1st free throw | 47-63 |
| 04:21 | Tulane | Eric Shores makes the 2nd free throw | 47-64 |
| 04:04 | Rice | Robert Oliver comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 47-64 |
| 04:03 | Tulane | Elvin Brauer grabs the defensive rebound | 47-64 |
| 03:47 | Tulane | Elvin Brauer clanks a shot from the right block | 47-64 |
| 03:45 | Rice | Wayne Woolsey snags the defensive board | 47-64 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Wayne Woolsey (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Oliver (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Tim Condroski (fresh) 8 pts. PF - James Spurgeon (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Gene Mitchel (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Tulane | PG - James Fontaine (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Eric Shores (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Dave Venable (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Robert Selzer (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. C - Elvin Brauer (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 9 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:30 | Rice | James Spurgeon drills a floater from the baseline and he's fouled by Eric Shores - foul #5 on Eric Shores, team foul #6 | 49-64 |
| Subs | Rice | Gordon Burnam (PG), Charles Miles (SG), Richard Bass (SF), Esteban Romero (C) Wayne Woolsey, Robert Oliver, Tim Condroski, Gene Mitchel | |
| Subs | Tulane | Andrew Jones (PG), Charles Carpio (SG), Kenneth Fraser (C) James Fontaine, Eric Shores, Elvin Brauer | |
| 03:30 | Rice | James Spurgeon makes the free throw | 50-64 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:07 | Tulane | Kenneth Fraser misses the jump hook near the basket | 50-64 |
| 03:06 | Rice | James Spurgeon pulls down the rebound | 50-64 |
| 02:44 | Rice | The jumper by Gordon Burnam is denied by Robert Selzer | 50-64 |
| 02:43 | Tulane | Robert Selzer pulls down the rebound | 50-64 |
| 02:30 | Tulane | Richard Bass is called for the reach on Dave Venable - foul #1 on Richard Bass, team foul #10 | 50-64 |
| Subs | Rice | Arthur Dean (C) James Spurgeon | |
| Subs | Tulane | | |
| 02:30 | Tulane | Dave Venable makes the 1st free throw | 50-65 |
| 02:30 | Tulane | Dave Venable makes the 2nd free throw | 50-66 |
| 02:12 | Rice | Gordon Burnam's pass is intercepted by Charles Carpio | 50-66 |
| 02:09 | Tulane | Dave Venable blows the dunk | 50-66 |
| 02:07 | Tulane | Kenneth Fraser grabs the offensive board | 50-66 |
| 01:45 | Tulane | Andrew Jones misses short on a floater from the left side | 50-66 |
| 01:44 | Tulane | The offensive rebound goes to Kenneth Fraser | 50-66 |
| 01:25 | Tulane | Charles Carpio misses the fadeaway from the free throw line but he's fouled by Charles Miles - foul #3 on Charles Miles, team foul #11 | 50-66 |
| 01:25 | Tulane | Charles Carpio makes the 1st free throw | 50-67 |
| 01:25 | Tulane | Charles Carpio makes the 2nd free throw | 50-68 |
| 01:10 | Rice | Gordon Burnam comes up short on the jumper near the basket | 50-68 |
| 01:09 | Rice | Esteban Romero gets the offensive rebound | 50-68 |
| 00:52 | Rice | Charles Miles hits a jumpshot from the right wing | 52-68 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:23 | Tulane | The jump hook by Robert Selzer is blocked by Esteban Romero | 52-68 |
| 00:22 | Rice | Arthur Dean pulls down the rebound | 52-68 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:14 | Rice | Robert Selzer denies the turnaround by Richard Bass | 52-68 |
| 00:12 | Rice | Gordon Burnam tips it in | 54-68 |
| 00:00 | Tulane | Charles Carpio runs out the clock | 54-68 |