| Lineup | Butler | PG - Thomas Lyons (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Goran Kamienski (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ronnie Krone (fresh) PF - Rene Rizzo (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Edward Womack (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Zhuang Xue (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SG - Edward Castrejon (fresh) 12 pts. SF - David Green (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Brian Jackson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Philip Kelley (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Butler | Ronnie Krone inbounds the ball | 26-31 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:42 | Butler | Ronnie Krone hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left side | 26-31 |
| 19:40 | Butler | Rene Rizzo tips it home | 28-31 |
| 19:14 | Houston | Zhuang Xue connects on the driving attempt in the lane on a nice dish by Philip Kelley | 28-33 |
| 19:08 | Butler | Ronnie Krone's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 28-33 |
| 18:45 | Houston | Brian Jackson hits a jumper from the right block on a nice dish by Edward Castrejon | 28-35 |
| 18:31 | Butler | Thomas Lyons hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 28-35 |
| 18:29 | Butler | Edward Womack tips it back up and in | 30-35 |
| 18:06 | Houston | Brian Jackson misses badly on a shot from the baseline but he's hacked by Rene Rizzo - foul #3 on Rene Rizzo, team foul #1 | 30-35 |
| Subs | Butler | Hung Tang (PF) Rene Rizzo | |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| 18:06 | Houston | Brian Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 30-36 |
| 18:06 | Houston | Brian Jackson makes the 2nd free throw | 30-37 |
| 17:37 | Butler | Goran Kamienski misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 30-37 |
| 17:35 | Houston | David Green grabs the board | 30-37 |
| 17:15 | Houston | Brian Jackson is called for traveling | 30-37 |
| 17:01 | Butler | Brian Jackson steps in front of the Goran Kamienski pass | 30-37 |
| 16:35 | Houston | Zhuang Xue misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 30-37 |
| 16:34 | Butler | Goran Kamienski gets the rebound | 30-37 |
| 16:18 | Butler | David Green picks off the pass by Hung Tang | 30-37 |
| 15:50 | Houston | Edward Castrejon misses the lay-in | 30-37 |
| 15:48 | Houston | Philip Kelley tips it home | 30-39 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Thomas Lyons (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Goran Kamienski (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ronnie Krone (fairly fresh) PF - Hung Tang (fresh) C - Edward Womack (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Zhuang Xue (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Edward Castrejon (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Green (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Brian Jackson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Philip Kelley (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:26 | Butler | Thomas Lyons knocks in the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Hung Tang | 33-39 |
| 15:04 | Houston | Philip Kelley blows the layup but he's fouled by Edward Womack - foul #1 on Edward Womack, team foul #2 | 33-39 |
| Subs | Butler | Lewis Maffei (PG), Miladen Jankowski (SG), Manuel Gaughan (SF), Rene Rizzo (PF), Monte Lockwood (C) Thomas Lyons, Goran Kamienski, Ronnie Krone, Hung Tang, Edward Womack | |
| Subs | Houston | Alfred Amos (PG), Thomas Stahlman (SG), Kenny Nicolas (SF), Roderick McCoy (PF) Zhuang Xue, Edward Castrejon, David Green, Brian Jackson | |
| 15:04 | Houston | Philip Kelley misses the 1st free throw | 33-39 |
| 15:04 | Houston | Philip Kelley misses the 2nd free throw | 33-39 |
| 15:04 | Butler | Rene Rizzo grabs the board | 33-39 |
| 14:42 | Butler | Rene Rizzo hits a fadeaway near the basket on a nice dish by Lewis Maffei and the foul's on Kenny Nicolas - foul #1 on Kenny Nicolas, team foul #1 | 35-39 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | Houston | Richard Mackie (PG) Philip Kelley | |
| 14:42 | Butler | Rene Rizzo makes the free throw | 36-39 |
| 14:21 | Houston | Thomas Stahlman can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 36-39 |
| 14:20 | Houston | Richard Mackie tips it back up and in | 36-41 |
| 14:01 | Butler | Lewis Maffei throws a bad pass out of bounds | 36-41 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | Houston | Brian Jackson (PF) Richard Mackie | |
| 13:38 | Houston | Brian Jackson can't connect on a shot from the free throw line but the foul's on Rene Rizzo - foul #4 on Rene Rizzo, team foul #3 | 36-41 |
| Subs | Butler | Goran Kamienski (SG), Hung Tang (PF) Miladen Jankowski, Rene Rizzo | |
| Subs | Houston | Edward Castrejon (SG) Thomas Stahlman | |
| 13:38 | Houston | Brian Jackson misses the 1st free throw | 36-41 |
| 13:38 | Houston | Brian Jackson makes the 2nd free throw | 36-42 |
| 13:20 | Butler | Kenny Nicolas steals it from Manuel Gaughan | 36-42 |
| 13:13 | Houston | Kenny Nicolas is fouled on the floor by Goran Kamienski - foul #3 on Goran Kamienski, team foul #4 | 36-42 |
| Subs | Butler | Thomas Lyons (PG) Lewis Maffei | |
| Subs | Houston | Zhuang Xue (PG) Alfred Amos | |
| 12:52 | Houston | Zhuang Xue misses badly on a jump hook from the left block | 36-42 |
| 12:51 | Butler | Monte Lockwood pulls down the rebound | 36-42 |
| 12:30 | Butler | Monte Lockwood misses badly on a driving attempt from the right block | 36-42 |
| 12:29 | Houston | Brian Jackson grabs the board | 36-42 |
| 12:24 | Houston | Edward Castrejon can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 36-42 |
| 12:23 | Houston | Zhuang Xue tips it home | 36-44 |
| 12:02 | Butler | Hung Tang hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 36-44 |
| 12:01 | Houston | Zhuang Xue snags the defensive board | 36-44 |
| 11:43 | Houston | Manuel Gaughan is called for the reach on Edward Castrejon - foul #2 on Manuel Gaughan, team foul #5 | 36-44 |
| Subs | Butler | Miladen Jankowski (SG), Ronnie Krone (SF), Edward Womack (C) Goran Kamienski, Manuel Gaughan, Monte Lockwood | |
| Subs | Houston | David Green (SF), Philip Kelley (C) Kenny Nicolas, Roderick McCoy | |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Thomas Lyons (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Miladen Jankowski (fresh) SF - Ronnie Krone (fresh) PF - Hung Tang (fresh) C - Edward Womack (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Zhuang Xue (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Edward Castrejon (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Green (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Brian Jackson (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Philip Kelley (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:22 | Houston | Edward Castrejon comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 36-44 |
| 11:21 | Butler | Edward Womack pulls down the rebound | 36-44 |
| 11:10 | Butler | Thomas Lyons hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 36-44 |
| 11:08 | Houston | Philip Kelley gets the rebound | 36-44 |
| 10:45 | Houston | Edward Castrejon is called for traveling | 36-44 |
| Subs | Butler | Lewis Maffei (PG), Goran Kamienski (SG) Thomas Lyons, Miladen Jankowski | |
| Subs | Houston | Richard Mackie (PG), Thomas Stahlman (SG), Alfred Amos (PF) Zhuang Xue, Edward Castrejon, Brian Jackson | |
| 10:28 | Butler | Goran Kamienski can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 36-44 |
| 10:26 | Butler | Ronnie Krone snags the offensive board | 36-44 |
| 10:10 | Butler | Ronnie Krone can't finish the layup | 36-44 |
| 10:09 | Butler | Hung Tang tips it back up and in | 38-44 |
| 09:43 | Houston | David Green can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Edward Womack - foul #2 on Edward Womack, team foul #6 | 38-44 |
| Subs | Butler | Jeffrey Roberts (PF) Hung Tang | |
| Subs | Houston | Zhuang Xue (PG), Edward Castrejon (SG), Brian Jackson (PF) Richard Mackie, Thomas Stahlman, Alfred Amos | |
| 09:43 | Houston | David Green misses the 1st free throw | 38-44 |
| 09:43 | Houston | David Green misses the 2nd free throw | 38-44 |
| 09:43 | Butler | Jeffrey Roberts snags the defensive board | 38-44 |
| 09:31 | Butler | Edward Womack can't throw it down | 38-44 |
| 09:30 | Butler | Edward Womack tips it back up and in | 40-44 |
| 09:13 | Houston | Brian Jackson's pass is intercepted by Goran Kamienski | 40-44 |
| 08:50 | Butler | Edward Womack buries a floater from the baseline set up by Lewis Maffei | 42-44 |
| 08:38 | Houston | Brian Jackson is hacked by Jeffrey Roberts - foul #1 on Jeffrey Roberts, team foul #7 | 42-44 |
| Subs | Butler | Thomas Lyons (PG), Miladen Jankowski (SG), Manuel Gaughan (SF), Monte Lockwood (C) Lewis Maffei, Goran Kamienski, Ronnie Krone, Edward Womack | |
| Subs | Houston | Kenny Nicolas (SF) David Green | |
| 08:38 | Houston | Brian Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 42-45 |
| 08:38 | Houston | Brian Jackson makes the 2nd free throw | 42-46 |
| 08:21 | Butler | Thomas Lyons makes the 3pt shot from the left wing | 45-46 |
| 08:02 | Houston | Zhuang Xue's floater is tipped away by Jeffrey Roberts | 45-46 |
| 08:00 | Butler | Jeffrey Roberts grabs the defensive rebound | 45-46 |
| 07:56 | Butler | Thomas Lyons hits a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Miladen Jankowski | 48-46 |
| 07:43 | Houston | Brian Jackson misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 48-46 |
| 07:41 | Butler | Manuel Gaughan pulls down the rebound | 48-46 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Thomas Lyons (fresh) 18 pts. 2 ast. SG - Miladen Jankowski (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Manuel Gaughan (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jeffrey Roberts (fresh) 2 reb. C - Monte Lockwood (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Zhuang Xue (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Edward Castrejon (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenny Nicolas (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Brian Jackson (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Philip Kelley (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:25 | Butler | Philip Kelley denies the turnaround by Manuel Gaughan | 48-46 |
| 07:23 | Butler | Monte Lockwood misses the tip | 48-46 |
| 07:22 | Houston | Philip Kelley grabs the board | 48-46 |
| 06:53 | Houston | Edward Castrejon connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Kenny Nicolas | 48-49 |
| 06:35 | Butler | Thomas Lyons hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 48-49 |
| 06:33 | Houston | The rebound goes to Brian Jackson | 48-49 |
| 06:29 | Houston | Thomas Lyons takes the ball from Zhuang Xue in the backcourt | 48-49 |
| 06:27 | Butler | Manuel Gaughan blows the layup | 48-49 |
| 06:25 | Houston | The rebound goes to Philip Kelley | 48-49 |
| 06:00 | Houston | Edward Castrejon knocks in the shot from the right side on a nice dish by Philip Kelley | 48-51 |
| 06:00 | Butler | Butler calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 48-51 |
| Subs | Butler | Goran Kamienski (SG), Ronnie Krone (SF), Rene Rizzo (PF), Edward Womack (C) Miladen Jankowski, Manuel Gaughan, Jeffrey Roberts, Monte Lockwood | |
| Subs | Houston | David Green (SF) Kenny Nicolas | |
| 05:49 | Butler | Rene Rizzo is fouled on the floor by Brian Jackson - foul #3 on Brian Jackson, team foul #2 | 48-51 |
| 05:29 | Butler | Goran Kamienski drills a jumper from the right side set up by Rene Rizzo | 50-51 |
| 05:11 | Houston | Edward Castrejon misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 50-51 |
| 05:10 | Butler | Rene Rizzo grabs the defensive rebound | 50-51 |
| 04:53 | Butler | Goran Kamienski is fouled on the floor by David Green - foul #2 on David Green, team foul #3 | 50-51 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | Houston | Alfred Amos (PG), Kenny Nicolas (SF) Zhuang Xue, Philip Kelley | |
| 04:28 | Butler | Edward Womack scores on a jump hook from the baseline | 52-51 |
| 04:05 | Houston | Brian Jackson's floater is tipped away by Edward Womack | 52-51 |
| 04:04 | Houston | Brian Jackson tips it home | 52-53 |
| 03:50 | Butler | Goran Kamienski misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 52-53 |
| 03:49 | Houston | The rebound goes to David Green | 52-53 |
| 03:22 | Houston | Edward Castrejon clanks a floater from the left wing | 52-53 |
| 03:21 | Butler | Thomas Lyons grabs the board | 52-53 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Thomas Lyons (fresh) 18 pts. 2 ast. SG - Goran Kamienski (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Ronnie Krone (fresh) PF - Rene Rizzo (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. C - Edward Womack (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Alfred Amos (fresh) 3 reb. SG - Edward Castrejon (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenny Nicolas (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Brian Jackson (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - David Green (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:04 | Butler | Rene Rizzo slams it home on a nice dish by Goran Kamienski | 54-53 |
| 02:42 | Houston | Brian Jackson clanks a shot near the basket | 54-53 |
| 02:40 | Houston | The offensive rebound goes to Kenny Nicolas | 54-53 |
| 02:40 | Houston | Houston calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 54-53 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | Houston | Zhuang Xue (PG), Philip Kelley (C) Alfred Amos, Kenny Nicolas | |
| 02:20 | Houston | Brian Jackson is called for a moving pick - foul #4 on Brian Jackson, team foul #4 | 54-53 |
| 01:58 | Butler | Edward Castrejon steps in front of the Goran Kamienski pass | 54-53 |
| 01:54 | Houston | Edward Castrejon banks in the layup | 54-55 |
| 01:41 | Butler | Thomas Lyons scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Ronnie Krone | 57-55 |
| 01:20 | Houston | David Green misses badly on a shot from the left side | 57-55 |
| 01:18 | Butler | Rene Rizzo gets the rebound | 57-55 |
| 00:55 | Butler | Goran Kamienski hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Edward Castrejon - foul #2 on Edward Castrejon, team foul #5 | 57-55 |
| 00:55 | Butler | Goran Kamienski makes the 1st free throw | 58-55 |
| 00:55 | Butler | Goran Kamienski makes the 2nd free throw | 59-55 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:42 | Houston | Edward Castrejon comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Ronnie Krone - foul #1 on Ronnie Krone, team foul #8 | 59-55 |
| 00:42 | Houston | Edward Castrejon makes the 1st free throw | 59-56 |
| 00:42 | Houston | Edward Castrejon makes the 2nd free throw | 59-57 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:14 | Butler | Ronnie Krone misses long on a jumper from the left side but he's fouled by David Green - foul #3 on David Green, team foul #6 | 59-57 |
| 00:14 | Butler | Ronnie Krone makes the 1st free throw | 60-57 |
| 00:14 | Butler | Ronnie Krone makes the 2nd free throw | 61-57 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:07 | Houston | Edward Castrejon misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 61-57 |
| 00:06 | Houston | David Green gets the offensive rebound | 61-57 |
| 00:03 | Houston | Edward Castrejon misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 61-57 |
| 00:01 | Butler | Edward Womack snags the defensive board | 61-57 |
| 00:00 | Butler | Edward Womack runs out the clock | 61-57 |