| Lineup | Texas-Arlington | PG - James Bartolome (fresh) SG - John Lohmann (fresh) SF - Lawrence Spradling (fresh) PF - Lavern Tolbert (fresh) C - Dana Gately (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Sam Houston State | PG - Kenneth Shick (fresh) SG - Shawn Palmieri (fresh) SF - Adam Madden (fresh) PF - Russell McAllister (fresh) C - Fred Oglesby (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Sam Houston State | Fred Oglesby wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Texas-Arlington | Texas-Arlington is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Sam Houston State | Sam Houston State is playing a motion offense and a halfcourt press/man to man (-2) | |
| 19:51 | Sam Houston State | Russell McAllister loses the dribble to Lawrence Spradling | 0-0 |
| 19:24 | Texas-Arlington | John Lohmann drills a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from James Bartolome | 2-0 |
| 19:07 | Sam Houston State | Shawn Palmieri is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Shawn Palmieri, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:52 | Texas-Arlington | Dana Gately's pass is intercepted by Kenneth Shick | 2-0 |
| 18:35 | Sam Houston State | Shawn Palmieri hits a 3pt shot from the right wing | 2-3 |
| 18:13 | Texas-Arlington | Lavern Tolbert can't connect on a jumper near the basket but the foul's on Shawn Palmieri - foul #2 on Shawn Palmieri, team foul #2 | 2-3 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Douglas Terry (SG) Shawn Palmieri | |
| 18:13 | Texas-Arlington | Lavern Tolbert makes the 1st free throw | 3-3 |
| 18:13 | Texas-Arlington | Lavern Tolbert makes the 2nd free throw | 4-3 |
| 17:48 | Sam Houston State | Kenneth Shick misses short on a shot from the left wing | 4-3 |
| 17:46 | Texas-Arlington | Lavern Tolbert pulls down the rebound | 4-3 |
| 17:41 | Texas-Arlington | Douglas Terry steals the ball from Lavern Tolbert | 4-3 |
| 17:37 | Sam Houston State | Adam Madden misses long on a shot from the right block | 4-3 |
| 17:35 | Texas-Arlington | Dana Gately snags the defensive board | 4-3 |
| 17:10 | Texas-Arlington | Russell McAllister steals the ball from James Bartolome | 4-3 |
| 17:01 | Sam Houston State | Douglas Terry misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away but he's fouled by Dana Gately - foul #1 on Dana Gately, team foul #1 | 4-3 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Angelo Colon (PG), James Carino (SG), Nicholas Dowdell (PF), James Miller (C) Kenneth Shick, Adam Madden, Russell McAllister, Fred Oglesby | |
| 17:01 | Sam Houston State | Douglas Terry makes the 1st free throw | 4-4 |
| 17:01 | Sam Houston State | Douglas Terry makes the 2nd free throw | 4-5 |
| 17:01 | Sam Houston State | Douglas Terry makes the 3rd free throw | 4-6 |
| 16:41 | Texas-Arlington | James Bartolome's layup is rejected by Nicholas Dowdell | 4-6 |
| 16:39 | Sam Houston State | Douglas Terry grabs the defensive rebound | 4-6 |
| 16:18 | Sam Houston State | Douglas Terry comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 4-6 |
| 16:16 | Sam Houston State | James Miller tips it in | 4-8 |
| 16:02 | Texas-Arlington | James Bartolome blows the layup but he's hacked by James Miller - foul #1 on James Miller, team foul #3 | 4-8 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | Mosi Banda (SG), Robert Black (SF), Nickolas Marchant (PF), Josh Pointer (C) John Lohmann, Lawrence Spradling, Lavern Tolbert, Dana Gately | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Fred Oglesby (C) James Miller | |
| 16:02 | Texas-Arlington | James Bartolome makes the 1st free throw | 5-8 |
| 16:02 | Texas-Arlington | James Bartolome misses the 2nd free throw | 5-8 |
| 16:02 | Sam Houston State | Fred Oglesby gets the rebound | 5-8 |
| Lineup | Texas-Arlington | PG - James Bartolome (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mosi Banda (fresh) SF - Robert Black (fresh) PF - Nickolas Marchant (fresh) C - Josh Pointer (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Sam Houston State | PG - Angelo Colon (fresh) SG - James Carino (fresh) SF - Douglas Terry (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Nicholas Dowdell (fresh) C - Fred Oglesby (fresh) | |
| 15:40 | Sam Houston State | James Bartolome takes the ball from Fred Oglesby | 5-8 |
| 15:34 | Texas-Arlington | Mosi Banda knocks in the jumper from the free throw line | 7-8 |
| 15:17 | Sam Houston State | Nicholas Dowdell drills a jumpshot from the right side set up by James Carino | 7-10 |
| 14:53 | Texas-Arlington | Mosi Banda is fouled on the floor by James Carino - foul #1 on James Carino, team foul #4 | 7-10 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | Rodger Ritter (SG) James Bartolome | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Kenneth Shick (PG), Russell McAllister (PF), James Miller (C) Angelo Colon, James Carino, Fred Oglesby | |
| 14:32 | Texas-Arlington | Rodger Ritter hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 7-10 |
| 14:30 | Texas-Arlington | Josh Pointer grabs the offensive rebound | 7-10 |
| 14:20 | Texas-Arlington | Robert Black is whistled for traveling | 7-10 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | John Lohmann (SG), Lavern Tolbert (PF), Dana Gately (C) Rodger Ritter, Nickolas Marchant, Josh Pointer | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Adam Madden (SF), Fred Oglesby (C) Douglas Terry, James Miller | |
| 14:01 | Sam Houston State | Nicholas Dowdell is hacked by Lavern Tolbert - foul #1 on Lavern Tolbert, team foul #2 | 7-10 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | Lawrence Spradling (SF) Robert Black | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | James Carino (SG) Adam Madden | |
| 13:47 | Sam Houston State | Dana Gately picks off the pass by Nicholas Dowdell | 7-10 |
| 13:27 | Texas-Arlington | Lawrence Spradling clanks a fadeaway from the right side | 7-10 |
| 13:26 | Sam Houston State | The rebound goes to Fred Oglesby | 7-10 |
| 13:17 | Sam Houston State | Fred Oglesby is fouled on the floor by Dana Gately - foul #2 on Dana Gately, team foul #3 | 7-10 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | James Bartolome (PG), Nickolas Marchant (C) Mosi Banda, Dana Gately | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Douglas Terry (SG), James Miller (C) James Carino, Fred Oglesby | |
| 13:05 | Sam Houston State | Russell McAllister dunks the ball on a great pass from Kenneth Shick | 7-12 |
| 12:49 | Texas-Arlington | James Bartolome misses badly on a driving attempt from the baseline | 7-12 |
| 12:47 | Sam Houston State | Russell McAllister grabs the board | 7-12 |
| 12:30 | Sam Houston State | Russell McAllister misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 7-12 |
| 12:29 | Sam Houston State | The offensive rebound goes to James Miller | 7-12 |
| 12:06 | Sam Houston State | Russell McAllister clanks a shot from the right block but he's fouled by Lavern Tolbert - foul #2 on Lavern Tolbert, team foul #4 | 7-12 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | Mosi Banda (SG), Robert Black (SF), Josh Pointer (C) John Lohmann, Lawrence Spradling, Lavern Tolbert | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Angelo Colon (PG), Adam Madden (SF), Fred Oglesby (C) Kenneth Shick, Douglas Terry, James Miller | |
| 12:06 | Sam Houston State | Russell McAllister makes the 1st free throw | 7-13 |
| 12:06 | Sam Houston State | Russell McAllister misses the 2nd free throw | 7-13 |
| 12:06 | Texas-Arlington | Nickolas Marchant grabs the defensive rebound | 7-13 |
| 11:51 | Texas-Arlington | Nickolas Marchant misses the lay-in | 7-13 |
| 11:49 | Texas-Arlington | Mosi Banda gets the offensive rebound | 7-13 |
| Lineup | Texas-Arlington | PG - James Bartolome (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mosi Banda (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Robert Black (fresh) PF - Nickolas Marchant (fresh) C - Josh Pointer (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Sam Houston State | PG - Angelo Colon (fresh) SG - Nicholas Dowdell (tiring) 2 pts. SF - Adam Madden (fresh) PF - Russell McAllister (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Fred Oglesby (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:37 | Texas-Arlington | James Bartolome makes the fadeaway from just outside the lane and the foul's on Nicholas Dowdell - foul #1 on Nicholas Dowdell, team foul #5 | 9-13 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | John Murphy (PG) Angelo Colon | |
| 11:37 | Texas-Arlington | James Bartolome makes the free throw | 10-13 |
| 11:21 | Sam Houston State | Russell McAllister hits a floater in the lane on a great pass from Nicholas Dowdell | 10-15 |
| 11:03 | Texas-Arlington | James Bartolome scores on a turnaround from the right block | 12-15 |
| 10:44 | Sam Houston State | Fred Oglesby can't connect on a jumper from just outside the lane | 12-15 |
| 10:43 | Texas-Arlington | Robert Black grabs the defensive rebound | 12-15 |
| 10:26 | Texas-Arlington | Mosi Banda misses badly on a runner in the lane | 12-15 |
| 10:25 | Texas-Arlington | Nickolas Marchant snags the offensive board | 12-15 |
| 10:14 | Texas-Arlington | Robert Black misses long on a floater from the right side | 12-15 |
| 10:12 | Sam Houston State | Nicholas Dowdell gets the rebound | 12-15 |
| 10:00 | Sam Houston State | Nicholas Dowdell connects on the shot from the right wing | 12-17 |
| 09:42 | Texas-Arlington | Mosi Banda knocks in the floater from close range on a nice dish by James Bartolome | 14-17 |
| 09:19 | Sam Houston State | Nicholas Dowdell can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Mosi Banda - foul #1 on Mosi Banda, team foul #5 | 14-17 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | Rodger Ritter (PG), John Lohmann (SG), Lawrence Spradling (SF), John Smith (C) James Bartolome, Mosi Banda, Robert Black, Josh Pointer | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Kenneth Shick (PG), James Carino (SG), Douglas Terry (SF) John Murphy, Adam Madden, Russell McAllister | |
| 09:19 | Sam Houston State | Nicholas Dowdell makes the 1st free throw | 14-18 |
| 09:19 | Sam Houston State | Nicholas Dowdell makes the 2nd free throw | 14-19 |
| 09:10 | Texas-Arlington | Rodger Ritter misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 14-19 |
| 09:09 | Texas-Arlington | John Smith tips it back up and in | 16-19 |
| 08:55 | Sam Houston State | James Carino throws a bad pass out of bounds | 16-19 |
| 08:26 | Texas-Arlington | Nickolas Marchant misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 16-19 |
| 08:24 | Sam Houston State | Fred Oglesby grabs the defensive rebound | 16-19 |
| 08:11 | Sam Houston State | Kenneth Shick buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from James Carino | 16-21 |
| 07:53 | Texas-Arlington | Nickolas Marchant is fouled on the floor by James Carino - foul #2 on James Carino, team foul #6 | 16-21 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | Josh Pointer (PF) Nickolas Marchant | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Russell McAllister (PF), James Miller (C) James Carino, Fred Oglesby | |
| 07:32 | Texas-Arlington | Rodger Ritter is fouled on the floor by James Miller - foul #2 on James Miller, team foul #7 | 16-21 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Fred Oglesby (C) James Miller | |
| 07:32 | Texas-Arlington | Rodger Ritter makes the 1st free throw | 17-21 |
| 07:32 | Texas-Arlington | Rodger Ritter misses the 2nd free throw | 17-21 |
| 07:32 | Sam Houston State | The rebound goes to Russell McAllister | 17-21 |
| Lineup | Texas-Arlington | PG - Rodger Ritter (fresh) 1 pts. SG - John Lohmann (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Lawrence Spradling (fresh) PF - Josh Pointer (fresh) C - John Smith (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Sam Houston State | PG - Kenneth Shick (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Douglas Terry (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Nicholas Dowdell (tiring) 6 pts. PF - Russell McAllister (tiring) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Fred Oglesby (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:25 | Sam Houston State | Russell McAllister comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 17-21 |
| 07:23 | Texas-Arlington | John Smith pulls down the rebound | 17-21 |
| 07:13 | Texas-Arlington | John Lohmann misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 17-21 |
| 07:12 | Sam Houston State | Russell McAllister snags the defensive board | 17-21 |
| 06:53 | Sam Houston State | Nicholas Dowdell comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 17-21 |
| 06:51 | Texas-Arlington | The rebound goes to John Smith | 17-21 |
| 06:49 | Texas-Arlington | Kenneth Shick picks off the pass by Rodger Ritter in the backcourt | 17-21 |
| 06:35 | Sam Houston State | John Lohmann steps in front of the Fred Oglesby pass | 17-21 |
| 06:30 | Texas-Arlington | John Lohmann lays it up and in | 19-21 |
| 06:13 | Sam Houston State | Douglas Terry misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 19-21 |
| 06:12 | Texas-Arlington | Josh Pointer grabs the defensive rebound | 19-21 |
| 05:43 | Texas-Arlington | Rodger Ritter connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from John Lohmann | 22-21 |
| 05:22 | Sam Houston State | Nicholas Dowdell misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 22-21 |
| 05:20 | Texas-Arlington | Josh Pointer grabs the board | 22-21 |
| 04:56 | Texas-Arlington | Lawrence Spradling misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 22-21 |
| 04:55 | Sam Houston State | Fred Oglesby grabs the defensive rebound | 22-21 |
| 04:37 | Sam Houston State | Fred Oglesby hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 22-21 |
| 04:36 | Sam Houston State | Fred Oglesby tips it but misses | 22-21 |
| 04:34 | Texas-Arlington | Josh Pointer snags the defensive board | 22-21 |
| 04:29 | Texas-Arlington | John Lohmann hits a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Lawrence Spradling | 25-21 |
| 04:11 | Sam Houston State | Fred Oglesby makes the shot from just outside the lane set up by Douglas Terry | 25-23 |
| 03:53 | Texas-Arlington | Nicholas Dowdell steals it from Lawrence Spradling | 25-23 |
| 03:39 | Sam Houston State | Russell McAllister makes the pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Kenneth Shick and the foul's on Josh Pointer - foul #1 on Josh Pointer, team foul #6 | 25-25 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | James Bartolome (PG), Mosi Banda (SG), Robert Black (SF), Lavern Tolbert (PF), Dana Gately (C) Rodger Ritter, John Lohmann, Lawrence Spradling, Josh Pointer, John Smith | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Angelo Colon (PG), Shawn Palmieri (SG), Adam Madden (SF), James Miller (C) Kenneth Shick, Douglas Terry, Nicholas Dowdell, Fred Oglesby | |
| 03:39 | Sam Houston State | Russell McAllister misses the free throw | 25-25 |
| 03:39 | Texas-Arlington | Lavern Tolbert grabs the board | 25-25 |
| 03:20 | Texas-Arlington | Lavern Tolbert makes the fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from Dana Gately and he's fouled by Russell McAllister - foul #1 on Russell McAllister, team foul #8 | 27-25 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Nicholas Dowdell (PF) Russell McAllister | |
| 03:20 | Texas-Arlington | Lavern Tolbert misses the free throw | 27-25 |
| 03:20 | Sam Houston State | James Miller grabs the defensive rebound | 27-25 |
| Lineup | Texas-Arlington | PG - James Bartolome (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mosi Banda (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Robert Black (fresh) PF - Lavern Tolbert (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Dana Gately (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Sam Houston State | PG - Angelo Colon (fresh) SG - Shawn Palmieri (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Adam Madden (fresh) PF - Nicholas Dowdell (tired) 6 pts. C - James Miller (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:11 | Sam Houston State | Nicholas Dowdell is hacked by Lavern Tolbert - foul #3 on Lavern Tolbert, team foul #7 | 27-25 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | Nickolas Marchant (PF) Lavern Tolbert | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | | |
| 03:11 | Sam Houston State | Nicholas Dowdell misses the 1st free throw | 27-25 |
| 03:11 | Texas-Arlington | Dana Gately grabs the defensive rebound | 27-25 |
| 03:00 | Texas-Arlington | Dana Gately connects on the shot in the lane on a great pass from James Bartolome | 29-25 |
| 02:46 | Sam Houston State | Nicholas Dowdell's corner 3pt jumper is blocked by Nickolas Marchant | 29-25 |
| 02:45 | Texas-Arlington | James Bartolome snags the defensive board | 29-25 |
| 02:26 | Texas-Arlington | Nicholas Dowdell is called for the reach on Robert Black - foul #2 on Nicholas Dowdell, team foul #9 | 29-25 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Kenneth Shick (PG), Fred Oglesby (C) Angelo Colon, James Miller | |
| 02:26 | Texas-Arlington | Robert Black makes the 1st free throw | 30-25 |
| 02:26 | Texas-Arlington | Robert Black misses the 2nd free throw | 30-25 |
| 02:26 | Sam Houston State | Fred Oglesby grabs the defensive rebound | 30-25 |
| 02:12 | Sam Houston State | Adam Madden misses badly on a shot near the basket but he's hacked by Robert Black - foul #1 on Robert Black, team foul #8 | 30-25 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Russell McAllister (C) Fred Oglesby | |
| 02:12 | Sam Houston State | Adam Madden makes the 1st free throw | 30-26 |
| 02:12 | Sam Houston State | Adam Madden misses the 2nd free throw | 30-26 |
| 02:12 | Texas-Arlington | Dana Gately snags the defensive board | 30-26 |
| 01:51 | Texas-Arlington | James Bartolome hits a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Black and the foul's on Kenneth Shick - foul #1 on Kenneth Shick, team foul #10 | 32-26 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Fred Oglesby (C) Russell McAllister | |
| 01:51 | Texas-Arlington | James Bartolome misses the free throw | 32-26 |
| 01:51 | Sam Houston State | The rebound goes to Fred Oglesby | 32-26 |
| 01:35 | Sam Houston State | Nicholas Dowdell misses the floater from the free throw line | 32-26 |
| 01:33 | Texas-Arlington | Robert Black pulls down the rebound | 32-26 |
| 01:16 | Texas-Arlington | Robert Black makes the 3 from straight away | 35-26 |
| 00:59 | Sam Houston State | Adam Madden's floater is tipped away by Nickolas Marchant | 35-26 |
| 00:57 | Texas-Arlington | The rebound goes to Dana Gately | 35-26 |
| 00:38 | Texas-Arlington | James Bartolome misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 35-26 |
| 00:36 | Sam Houston State | Fred Oglesby pulls down the rebound | 35-26 |
| 00:29 | Sam Houston State | Dana Gately blocks the jumper by Nicholas Dowdell | 35-26 |
| 00:28 | Texas-Arlington | The rebound goes to James Bartolome | 35-26 |
| 00:05 | Texas-Arlington | Robert Black is fouled on the floor by Nicholas Dowdell - foul #3 on Nicholas Dowdell, team foul #11 | 35-26 |
| Subs | Texas-Arlington | John Lohmann (SG), Josh Pointer (PF) Mosi Banda, Nickolas Marchant | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Angelo Colon (PG), Douglas Terry (SF), Russell McAllister (PF), James Miller (C) Kenneth Shick, Adam Madden, Nicholas Dowdell, Fred Oglesby | |
| 00:05 | Texas-Arlington | Robert Black misses the 1st free throw | 35-26 |
| 00:05 | Texas-Arlington | Robert Black makes the 2nd free throw | 36-26 |
| 00:01 | Sam Houston State | Shawn Palmieri knocks in the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 36-28 |
| 00:00 | Texas-Arlington | John Lohmann misses short on a fullcourt shot | 36-28 |