| Lineup | Rice | PG - Robert Moen (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joseph Durst (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Corey Riddle (fresh) 1 pts. 3 pf. PF - Lawrence Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. C - Donald Ivy (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Sean Sowders (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Matt Wynn (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ryan Rine (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. PF - Keith Matthews (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Ryan Rine inbounds the ball | 25-34 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:47 | Louisville | Sean Sowders makes the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Ryan Rine | 25-36 |
| 19:35 | Rice | Donald Ivy is fouled on the floor by Keith Matthews - foul #2 on Keith Matthews, team foul #1 | 25-36 |
| 19:20 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the free throw line but the foul's on Louis Reaves - foul #1 on Louis Reaves, team foul #2 | 25-36 |
| 19:20 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 26-36 |
| 19:20 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 27-36 |
| 19:10 | Louisville | Donald Ivy swats the layup by Keith Matthews | 27-36 |
| 19:08 | Louisville | Louis Reaves grabs the offensive board | 27-36 |
| 18:57 | Louisville | Matt Wynn loses the dribble to Lawrence Johnson | 27-36 |
| 18:31 | Rice | Joseph Durst throws a bad pass out of bounds | 27-36 |
| 18:19 | Louisville | Ryan Rine misses the jumper from the right side | 27-36 |
| 18:17 | Rice | Robert Moen grabs the board | 27-36 |
| 18:03 | Rice | Joseph Durst misses the fadeaway from the right side | 27-36 |
| 18:01 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson tips it back up and in | 29-36 |
| 17:43 | Louisville | Keith Matthews hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left side | 29-36 |
| 17:42 | Rice | Robert Moen grabs the defensive rebound | 29-36 |
| 17:37 | Rice | Robert Moen clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 29-36 |
| 17:35 | Louisville | Louis Reaves grabs the defensive rebound | 29-36 |
| 17:17 | Louisville | Ryan Rine can't connect on a shot from the left block but he's hacked by Corey Riddle - foul #4 on Corey Riddle, team foul #1 | 29-36 |
| Subs | Rice | Darren Shaffer (SF) Corey Riddle | |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (SG), Frederick Byrd (PF), Frank Reppert (C) Matt Wynn, Keith Matthews, Louis Reaves | |
| 17:17 | Louisville | Ryan Rine makes the 1st free throw | 29-37 |
| 17:17 | Louisville | Ryan Rine makes the 2nd free throw | 29-38 |
| 17:03 | Rice | Robert Moen misses short on a floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Sean Sowders - foul #3 on Sean Sowders, team foul #3 | 29-38 |
| Subs | Rice | Cleveland Ladner (SG) Joseph Durst | |
| Subs | Louisville | Edward Drayton (PG), David Harvey (SF) Sean Sowders, Ryan Rine | |
| 17:03 | Rice | Robert Moen makes the 1st free throw | 30-38 |
| 17:03 | Rice | Robert Moen misses the 2nd free throw | 30-38 |
| 17:03 | Louisville | Frank Reppert gets the rebound | 30-38 |
| 16:56 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left side but he's hacked by Lawrence Johnson - foul #1 on Lawrence Johnson, team foul #2 | 30-38 |
| Subs | Rice | Stephen McKinnie (PG) Robert Moen | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 16:56 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd makes the 1st free throw | 30-39 |
| 16:56 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd makes the 2nd free throw | 30-40 |
| 16:40 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 30-40 |
| 16:38 | Louisville | David Harvey grabs the defensive rebound | 30-40 |
| 16:32 | Louisville | Frank Reppert loses the ball out of bounds | 30-40 |
| 16:10 | Rice | Cleveland Ladner clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Edward Drayton - foul #2 on Edward Drayton, team foul #4 | 30-40 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Ryan Rine (SF) David Harvey | |
| 16:10 | Rice | Cleveland Ladner misses the 1st free throw | 30-40 |
| 16:10 | Rice | Cleveland Ladner makes the 2nd free throw | 31-40 |
| 15:57 | Louisville | Frank Reppert throws a bad pass out of bounds | 31-40 |
| Subs | Rice | Joseph Durst (SG), Donald Reavis (C) Cleveland Ladner, Donald Ivy | |
| Subs | Louisville | Sean Sowders (PG), Matt Wynn (SG), Keith Matthews (PF), Louis Reaves (C) Edward Drayton, Arthur Yutzy, Frederick Byrd, Frank Reppert | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Stephen McKinnie (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joseph Durst (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Darren Shaffer (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Lawrence Johnson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Donald Reavis (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Sean Sowders (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SG - Matt Wynn (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ryan Rine (fresh) 15 pts. 4 reb. PF - Keith Matthews (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:42 | Rice | Joseph Durst misses badly on a floater from the right wing but he's hacked by Matt Wynn - foul #1 on Matt Wynn, team foul #5 | 31-40 |
| Subs | Rice | Robert Moen (PG) Stephen McKinnie | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 15:42 | Rice | Joseph Durst makes the 1st free throw | 32-40 |
| 15:42 | Rice | Joseph Durst makes the 2nd free throw | 33-40 |
| 15:34 | Louisville | Louis Reaves misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 33-40 |
| 15:32 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 33-40 |
| 15:28 | Rice | Robert Moen makes the runner from the baseline | 35-40 |
| 15:07 | Louisville | Ryan Rine's fadeaway is rejected by Donald Reavis | 35-40 |
| 15:05 | Rice | Robert Moen gets the rebound | 35-40 |
| 14:49 | Rice | Donald Reavis misses badly on a fadeaway from close range but he's fouled by Louis Reaves - foul #2 on Louis Reaves, team foul #6 | 35-40 |
| 14:49 | Rice | Donald Reavis makes the 1st free throw | 36-40 |
| 14:49 | Rice | Donald Reavis makes the 2nd free throw | 37-40 |
| 14:32 | Louisville | Ryan Rine hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 37-40 |
| 14:31 | Louisville | Matt Wynn gets the offensive rebound | 37-40 |
| 14:20 | Louisville | Lawrence Johnson denies the turnaround by Ryan Rine | 37-40 |
| 14:19 | Louisville | Louis Reaves gets the offensive rebound | 37-40 |
| 14:06 | Louisville | Keith Matthews misses the shot in the lane | 37-40 |
| 14:05 | Rice | Joseph Durst gets the rebound | 37-40 |
| 13:43 | Rice | Keith Matthews steps in front of the Darren Shaffer pass | 37-40 |
| 13:30 | Louisville | Louis Reaves knocks in the fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from Matt Wynn | 37-42 |
| 13:15 | Rice | Donald Reavis drills a runner from close range | 39-42 |
| 12:46 | Louisville | Ryan Rine blows the layup | 39-42 |
| 12:44 | Louisville | Louis Reaves pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-42 |
| 12:21 | Louisville | Sean Sowders is called for a charge - foul #4 on Sean Sowders, team foul #7 | 39-42 |
| Subs | Rice | Stephen McKinnie (PG), Cleveland Ladner (SG), Corey Riddle (SF), Donald Ivy (PF) Robert Moen, Joseph Durst, Darren Shaffer, Lawrence Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisville | Edward Drayton (PG), Arthur Yutzy (SG), David Harvey (SF), Frederick Byrd (PF), Frank Reppert (C) Sean Sowders, Matt Wynn, Ryan Rine, Keith Matthews, Louis Reaves | |
| 12:02 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie double dribbles | 39-42 |
| 11:38 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy evades the doubleteam and hits a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Frederick Byrd | 39-45 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Stephen McKinnie (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Cleveland Ladner (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Corey Riddle (fresh) 1 pts. 4 pf. PF - Donald Ivy (fresh) C - Donald Reavis (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Edward Drayton (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Arthur Yutzy (fresh) 3 pts. SF - David Harvey (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Frederick Byrd (fresh) 2 pts. C - Frank Reppert (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:13 | Rice | Corey Riddle knocks in the jumpshot from the right side | 41-45 |
| 10:53 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd scores on a turnaround from close range set up by Edward Drayton | 41-47 |
| 10:38 | Rice | Donald Ivy knocks in the jumper from the right block | 43-47 |
| 10:23 | Louisville | David Harvey hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right side | 43-47 |
| 10:22 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie snags the defensive board | 43-47 |
| 10:05 | Rice | Donald Ivy misses short on a floater from the left side | 43-47 |
| 10:03 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy grabs the defensive rebound | 43-47 |
| 09:56 | Louisville | Frank Reppert makes the contested jumper near the basket on a great pass from Edward Drayton | 43-49 |
| 09:41 | Rice | Corey Riddle hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 46-49 |
| 09:23 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy loses the dribble to Donald Reavis | 46-49 |
| 09:04 | Rice | Cleveland Ladner scores on a jumper from just outside the lane set up by Stephen McKinnie | 48-49 |
| 08:51 | Louisville | David Harvey is hacked by Cleveland Ladner - foul #1 on Cleveland Ladner, team foul #3 | 48-49 |
| Subs | Rice | Robert Moen (PG), Joseph Durst (SG), Darren Shaffer (SF), Lawrence Johnson (PF) Stephen McKinnie, Cleveland Ladner, Corey Riddle, Donald Ivy | |
| Subs | Louisville | Matt Wynn (SG), Ryan Rine (SF), Keith Matthews (PF), Louis Reaves (C) Arthur Yutzy, David Harvey, Frederick Byrd, Frank Reppert | |
| 08:34 | Louisville | Edward Drayton is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #3 on Edward Drayton, team foul #8 | 48-49 |
| 08:20 | Rice | Keith Matthews blocks the short jumper by Donald Reavis | 48-49 |
| 08:18 | Louisville | Louis Reaves gets the rebound | 48-49 |
| 08:01 | Louisville | Louis Reaves is by himself and knocks in the jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Matt Wynn | 48-51 |
| 07:35 | Rice | Darren Shaffer clanks a jumper from the right side | 48-51 |
| 07:34 | Louisville | Keith Matthews gets the rebound | 48-51 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Robert Moen (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joseph Durst (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Darren Shaffer (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Lawrence Johnson (tiring) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Donald Reavis (tiring) 11 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Edward Drayton (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Matt Wynn (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Ryan Rine (fresh) 15 pts. 4 reb. PF - Keith Matthews (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:10 | Louisville | Keith Matthews is whistled for a carry | 48-51 |
| Subs | Rice | Stephen McKinnie (PG), Donald Ivy (C) Lawrence Johnson, Donald Reavis | |
| Subs | Louisville | Sean Sowders (PG) Edward Drayton | |
| 06:54 | Rice | Robert Moen blows the layup but he's fouled by Keith Matthews - foul #3 on Keith Matthews, team foul #9 | 48-51 |
| 06:54 | Rice | Robert Moen misses the 1st free throw | 48-51 |
| 06:54 | Rice | Robert Moen makes the 2nd free throw | 49-51 |
| 06:38 | Louisville | Ryan Rine buries a shot from the right side set up by Sean Sowders | 49-53 |
| 06:12 | Rice | Robert Moen misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 49-53 |
| 06:11 | Louisville | Ryan Rine pulls down the rebound | 49-53 |
| 06:07 | Louisville | Stephen McKinnie is called for the reach on Sean Sowders - foul #2 on Stephen McKinnie, team foul #4 | 49-53 |
| Subs | Rice | Cleveland Ladner (SG), Corey Riddle (SF), Lawrence Johnson (PF) Joseph Durst, Darren Shaffer, Robert Moen | |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (SG), Frederick Byrd (PF), Frank Reppert (C) Matt Wynn, Keith Matthews, Louis Reaves | |
| 05:52 | Louisville | Frank Reppert makes the shot from the right block on a nice dish by Arthur Yutzy and he's hacked by Donald Ivy - foul #2 on Donald Ivy, team foul #5 | 49-55 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Louisville | David Harvey (SF) Ryan Rine | |
| 05:52 | Louisville | Frank Reppert makes the free throw | 49-56 |
| 05:33 | Rice | Cleveland Ladner misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 49-56 |
| 05:31 | Louisville | The rebound goes to David Harvey | 49-56 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 05:25 | Louisville | Sean Sowders is open and buries a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Arthur Yutzy | 49-59 |
| 05:12 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie hits a jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Corey Riddle and he's fouled by David Harvey - foul #3 on David Harvey, team foul #10 | 51-59 |
| Subs | Rice | Joseph Durst (SG), Robert Moen (PF) Cleveland Ladner, Lawrence Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 05:12 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie makes the free throw | 52-59 |
| 05:02 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd misses short on an open turnaround from close range but he's fouled by Joseph Durst - foul #2 on Joseph Durst, team foul #6 | 52-59 |
| Subs | Rice | Lawrence Johnson (PF) Stephen McKinnie | |
| Subs | Louisville | Ryan Rine (SF) David Harvey | |
| 05:02 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd makes the 1st free throw | 52-60 |
| 05:02 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd makes the 2nd free throw | 52-61 |
| 04:45 | Rice | Donald Ivy misses long on a floater in the paint | 52-61 |
| 04:44 | Louisville | Frank Reppert grabs the defensive rebound | 52-61 |
| 04:39 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd is hacked by Lawrence Johnson - foul #2 on Lawrence Johnson, team foul #7 | 52-61 |
| Subs | Rice | Darren Shaffer (C) Lawrence Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisville | Matt Wynn (SG), Louis Reaves (C) Arthur Yutzy, Frank Reppert | |
| 04:39 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd makes the 1st free throw | 52-62 |
| 04:39 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd makes the 2nd free throw | 52-63 |
| 04:26 | Rice | Robert Moen can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 52-63 |
| 04:25 | Rice | Donald Ivy tips it but misses | 52-63 |
| 04:23 | Rice | The offensive rebound goes to Darren Shaffer | 52-63 |
| 04:11 | Rice | Robert Moen makes the fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Corey Riddle | 54-63 |
| 03:54 | Louisville | Louis Reaves is hacked by Darren Shaffer - foul #2 on Darren Shaffer, team foul #8 | 54-63 |
| Subs | Rice | Lawrence Johnson (PF), Donald Reavis (C) Corey Riddle, Donald Ivy | |
| Subs | Louisville | Edward Drayton (PG), Keith Matthews (PF) Sean Sowders, Frederick Byrd | |
| 03:54 | Louisville | Louis Reaves misses the 1st free throw | 54-63 |
| 03:54 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson gets the rebound | 54-63 |
| 03:34 | Rice | Robert Moen is hacked by Edward Drayton - foul #4 on Edward Drayton, team foul #11 | 54-63 |
| Subs | Rice | Stephen McKinnie (PG), Cleveland Ladner (SG) Joseph Durst, Lawrence Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisville | David Harvey (SF) Ryan Rine | |
| 03:34 | Rice | Robert Moen misses the 1st free throw | 54-63 |
| 03:34 | Rice | Robert Moen makes the 2nd free throw | 55-63 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Stephen McKinnie (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Cleveland Ladner (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Darren Shaffer (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Moen (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. C - Donald Reavis (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Edward Drayton (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 4 pf. SG - Matt Wynn (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - David Harvey (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Keith Matthews (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:08 | Louisville | Keith Matthews connects on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 55-65 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:52 | Rice | Robert Moen comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 55-65 |
| 02:51 | Rice | Cleveland Ladner tips it but misses | 55-65 |
| 02:50 | Louisville | Louis Reaves pulls down the rebound | 55-65 |
| 02:50 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-65 |
| Subs | Rice | Joseph Durst (SG), Corey Riddle (SF), Donald Ivy (C) Stephen McKinnie, Cleveland Ladner, Darren Shaffer | |
| Subs | Louisville | Sean Sowders (PG), Ryan Rine (SF) Edward Drayton, David Harvey | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:35 | Louisville | Matt Wynn hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 55-65 |
| 02:33 | Rice | Donald Reavis grabs the board | 55-65 |
| 02:22 | Rice | Corey Riddle is called for the illegal screen - foul #5 on Corey Riddle, team foul #9 | 55-65 |
| Subs | Rice | Darren Shaffer (SF) Corey Riddle | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 02:09 | Louisville | Matt Wynn is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Matt Wynn, team foul #12 | 55-65 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Edward Drayton (PG), Arthur Yutzy (SG), David Harvey (SF), Frederick Byrd (PF), Frank Reppert (C) Sean Sowders, Matt Wynn, Ryan Rine, Keith Matthews, Louis Reaves | |
| 01:55 | Rice | Darren Shaffer misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 55-65 |
| 01:53 | Rice | Donald Ivy misses the tip | 55-65 |
| 01:51 | Louisville | David Harvey grabs the board | 55-65 |
| 01:47 | Louisville | Edward Drayton misses the shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Darren Shaffer - foul #3 on Darren Shaffer, team foul #10 | 55-65 |
| Subs | Rice | Lawrence Johnson (PF) Donald Ivy | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 01:47 | Louisville | Edward Drayton makes the 1st free throw | 55-66 |
| 01:47 | Louisville | Edward Drayton makes the 2nd free throw | 55-67 |
| 01:29 | Rice | Darren Shaffer's layup is rejected by Frederick Byrd | 55-67 |
| 01:27 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd grabs the defensive rebound | 55-67 |
| 01:13 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd connects on the jump hook near the basket on a great pass from Edward Drayton | 55-69 |
| 01:01 | Rice | Donald Reavis misses long on a shot from the baseline | 55-69 |
| 00:59 | Louisville | Frank Reppert gets the rebound | 55-69 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:36 | Louisville | David Harvey buries a turnaround from the right block set up by Arthur Yutzy and he's hacked by Donald Reavis - foul #4 on Donald Reavis, team foul #11 | 55-71 |
| 00:36 | Louisville | David Harvey makes the free throw | 55-72 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:30 | Rice | Donald Reavis drills a turnaround from close range on a nice dish by Darren Shaffer and the foul's on Frank Reppert - foul #1 on Frank Reppert, team foul #13 | 57-72 |
| 00:30 | Rice | Donald Reavis misses the free throw | 57-72 |
| 00:30 | Louisville | Frank Reppert gets the rebound | 57-72 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Edward Drayton runs out the clock | 57-72 |