| Lineup | Northern Arizona | PG - Curtis Phelps (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Donald Leamon (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Southerland (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Glen Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. C - Walter Donnell (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - David Ruhland (fresh) SG - Robert Bartram (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - Hamisi Azim (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. PF - Shane Nitz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Bourque (fresh) 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Hamisi Azim inbounds the ball | 29-27 |
| Game Plan | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:39 | Rice | Michael Bourque's pass is intercepted by Walter Donnell | 29-27 |
| 19:28 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 29-27 |
| 19:27 | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps grabs the offensive board | 29-27 |
| 19:08 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon misses the 3 from the left corner | 29-27 |
| 19:07 | Rice | Michael Bourque grabs the defensive rebound | 29-27 |
| 18:43 | Rice | Shane Nitz comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 29-27 |
| 18:41 | Northern Arizona | The rebound goes to Walter Donnell | 29-27 |
| 18:21 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon makes the fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Glen Taylor | 31-27 |
| 18:05 | Rice | Hamisi Azim misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 31-27 |
| 18:03 | Rice | Michael Bourque gets the offensive rebound | 31-27 |
| 17:58 | Rice | Shane Nitz misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 31-27 |
| 17:56 | Northern Arizona | Walter Donnell pulls down the rebound | 31-27 |
| 17:34 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon is hacked by Robert Bartram - foul #1 on Robert Bartram, team foul #1 | 31-27 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Jed Altieri (SF), Peter Robison (PF), Dmitry Zantow (C) James Southerland, Glen Taylor, Walter Donnell | |
| Subs | Rice | Yevgeny Loszynski (PG), Jefferson Ono (PF) David Ruhland, Shane Nitz | |
| 17:20 | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps is fouled on the floor by Yevgeny Loszynski - foul #1 on Yevgeny Loszynski, team foul #2 | 31-27 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger (SG) Jed Altieri | |
| Subs | Rice | William Patrick (SF) Hamisi Azim | |
| 17:01 | Northern Arizona | Yevgeny Loszynski picks off the pass by Dmitry Zantow | 31-27 |
| 16:57 | Rice | Yevgeny Loszynski hits the finger roll | 31-29 |
| 16:38 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 31-29 |
| 16:37 | Northern Arizona | Peter Robison pulls down the offensive rebound | 31-29 |
| 16:22 | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps connects on the 3 from the right wing | 34-29 |
| 16:05 | Rice | Michael Bourque misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 34-29 |
| 16:03 | Rice | Yevgeny Loszynski grabs the offensive rebound | 34-29 |
| 15:44 | Rice | Peter Robison takes the ball from Jefferson Ono | 34-29 |
| Lineup | Northern Arizona | PG - Curtis Phelps (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Aaron Eisenberger (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Leamon (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Peter Robison (fresh) 4 reb. C - Dmitry Zantow (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Yevgeny Loszynski (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Robert Bartram (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - William Patrick (fresh) PF - Jefferson Ono (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Michael Bourque (fairly fresh) 8 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:26 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon banks in the layup on a nice dish by Peter Robison and he's hacked by William Patrick - foul #1 on William Patrick, team foul #3 | 36-29 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | James Southerland (SF), Glen Taylor (PF) Aaron Eisenberger, Peter Robison | |
| Subs | Rice | David Ruhland (PG), Hamisi Azim (SF), Shane Nitz (PF) Robert Bartram, William Patrick, Michael Bourque | |
| 15:26 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon misses the free throw | 36-29 |
| 15:26 | Rice | Shane Nitz gets the rebound | 36-29 |
| 15:11 | Rice | Hamisi Azim misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 36-29 |
| 15:09 | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps pulls down the rebound | 36-29 |
| 14:59 | Northern Arizona | Glen Taylor misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 36-29 |
| 14:58 | Northern Arizona | James Southerland misses the tip | 36-29 |
| 14:57 | Northern Arizona | Dmitry Zantow tips it in | 38-29 |
| 14:36 | Rice | David Ruhland hits a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Shane Nitz | 38-32 |
| 14:11 | Northern Arizona | James Southerland throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-32 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger (PG), Jed Altieri (SF), Peter Robison (C) Donald Leamon, James Southerland, Dmitry Zantow | |
| Subs | Rice | James Valletta (SG), Chen China (C) Yevgeny Loszynski, Jefferson Ono | |
| 13:46 | Rice | Shane Nitz misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline but he's fouled by Peter Robison - foul #1 on Peter Robison, team foul #1 | 38-32 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon (SG), Walter Donnell (C) Curtis Phelps, Glen Taylor | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 13:46 | Rice | Shane Nitz makes the 1st free throw | 38-33 |
| 13:46 | Rice | Shane Nitz misses the 2nd free throw | 38-33 |
| 13:46 | Northern Arizona | Walter Donnell snags the defensive board | 38-33 |
| 13:27 | Northern Arizona | Hamisi Azim takes the ball from Aaron Eisenberger | 38-33 |
| 13:23 | Rice | James Valletta knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing | 38-35 |
| 13:13 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Aaron Eisenberger | 40-35 |
| 13:00 | Rice | Peter Robison is called for the reach on Shane Nitz - foul #2 on Peter Robison, team foul #2 | 40-35 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps (PG), James Southerland (SF), Glen Taylor (PF), Dmitry Zantow (C) Donald Leamon, Jed Altieri, Peter Robison, Walter Donnell | |
| Subs | Rice | Yevgeny Loszynski (PG), Robert Bartram (SG), Jefferson Ono (PF), Michael Bourque (C) David Ruhland, James Valletta, Shane Nitz, Chen China | |
| 12:48 | Rice | Michael Bourque knocks in the floater from close range on a nice dish by Yevgeny Loszynski | 40-37 |
| 12:31 | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 40-37 |
| 12:29 | Rice | Hamisi Azim grabs the defensive rebound | 40-37 |
| 12:12 | Rice | Jefferson Ono comes up short on the fadeaway near the basket | 40-37 |
| 12:10 | Northern Arizona | The rebound goes to Dmitry Zantow | 40-37 |
| 11:52 | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 40-37 |
| 11:51 | Rice | Hamisi Azim gets the rebound | 40-37 |
| 11:33 | Rice | Dmitry Zantow swats the layup by Michael Bourque | 40-37 |
| 11:32 | Northern Arizona | Glen Taylor snags the defensive board | 40-37 |
| Lineup | Northern Arizona | PG - Curtis Phelps (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Aaron Eisenberger (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Southerland (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Glen Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Dmitry Zantow (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Yevgeny Loszynski (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Bartram (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - Hamisi Azim (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. PF - Jefferson Ono (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Michael Bourque (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:17 | Northern Arizona | James Southerland hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 40-37 |
| 11:15 | Rice | The rebound goes to Jefferson Ono | 40-37 |
| 10:58 | Rice | Yevgeny Loszynski clanks a 3 from the left corner | 40-37 |
| 10:57 | Rice | Michael Bourque pulls down the offensive rebound | 40-37 |
| 10:40 | Rice | Yevgeny Loszynski travels with the ball | 40-37 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon (SG), Jed Altieri (SF), Peter Robison (PF), Walter Donnell (C) Curtis Phelps, James Southerland, Glen Taylor, Dmitry Zantow | |
| Subs | Rice | David Ruhland (PG), James Valletta (SF), Shane Nitz (PF) Yevgeny Loszynski, Hamisi Azim, Jefferson Ono | |
| 10:20 | Northern Arizona | Peter Robison connects on the jump hook from the baseline set up by Donald Leamon and he's fouled by Shane Nitz - foul #3 on Shane Nitz, team foul #4 | 42-37 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps (PG) Aaron Eisenberger | |
| Subs | Rice | Chen China (C) Michael Bourque | |
| 10:20 | Northern Arizona | Peter Robison misses the free throw | 42-37 |
| 10:20 | Rice | Shane Nitz grabs the defensive rebound | 42-37 |
| 09:54 | Rice | Chen China connects on the turnaround from the baseline and he's fouled by Walter Donnell - foul #1 on Walter Donnell, team foul #3 | 42-39 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger (SG) Jed Altieri | |
| Subs | Rice | William Patrick (SF) Robert Bartram | |
| 09:54 | Rice | Chen China misses the free throw | 42-39 |
| 09:54 | Northern Arizona | Peter Robison grabs the board | 42-39 |
| 09:27 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Donald Leamon, team foul #4 | 42-39 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | James Southerland (SF) Aaron Eisenberger | |
| Subs | Rice | Yevgeny Loszynski (SG), Jefferson Ono (C) William Patrick, Chen China | |
| 09:05 | Rice | Shane Nitz makes the jumpshot from the right side | 42-41 |
| 08:46 | Northern Arizona | Walter Donnell knocks in the 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by James Southerland | 45-41 |
| 08:44 | Rice | Curtis Phelps takes the ball from David Ruhland in the backcourt | 45-41 |
| 08:30 | Northern Arizona | Peter Robison makes the driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from James Southerland | 47-41 |
| 08:16 | Rice | James Valletta's pass is intercepted by Walter Donnell | 47-41 |
| 08:02 | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 47-41 |
| 08:01 | Rice | Jefferson Ono grabs the defensive rebound | 47-41 |
| 07:42 | Rice | David Ruhland comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Donald Leamon - foul #2 on Donald Leamon, team foul #5 | 47-41 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger (PG), Jed Altieri (SF), Glen Taylor (PF), Dmitry Zantow (C) Curtis Phelps, James Southerland, Peter Robison, Walter Donnell | |
| Subs | Rice | Robert Bartram (SG), Hamisi Azim (SF), Michael Bourque (C) Yevgeny Loszynski, James Valletta, Shane Nitz | |
| 07:42 | Rice | David Ruhland makes the 1st free throw | 47-42 |
| 07:42 | Rice | David Ruhland makes the 2nd free throw | 47-43 |
| 07:17 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon comes up short on the jumper from the baseline | 47-43 |
| 07:16 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon grabs the offensive rebound | 47-43 |
| Lineup | Northern Arizona | PG - Aaron Eisenberger (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Donald Leamon (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jed Altieri (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Glen Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Dmitry Zantow (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - David Ruhland (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Robert Bartram (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - Hamisi Azim (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. PF - Jefferson Ono (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Michael Bourque (fresh) 2 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:02 | Northern Arizona | Michael Bourque denies the turnaround by Donald Leamon | 47-43 |
| 07:01 | Rice | Michael Bourque grabs the defensive rebound | 47-43 |
| 06:56 | Rice | Jed Altieri takes the ball from David Ruhland | 47-43 |
| 06:36 | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger misses the jumper from the free throw line | 47-43 |
| 06:35 | Northern Arizona | Jed Altieri snags the offensive board | 47-43 |
| 06:21 | Northern Arizona | Jed Altieri is hacked by Michael Bourque - foul #1 on Michael Bourque, team foul #5 | 47-43 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps (PG), James Southerland (SF), Peter Robison (C) Aaron Eisenberger, Jed Altieri, Dmitry Zantow | |
| Subs | Rice | Yevgeny Loszynski (PG), Chen China (PF) David Ruhland, Jefferson Ono | |
| 06:05 | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps buries a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Peter Robison | 50-43 |
| 05:50 | Rice | Robert Bartram misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 50-43 |
| 05:49 | Rice | Hamisi Azim gets the offensive rebound | 50-43 |
| 05:31 | Rice | Hamisi Azim's pass is intercepted by Donald Leamon | 50-43 |
| 05:14 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon drills a shot from the right side | 52-43 |
| 04:55 | Rice | Yevgeny Loszynski hits the front of the rim on the floater near the basket | 52-43 |
| 04:54 | Rice | Michael Bourque grabs the offensive board | 52-43 |
| 04:39 | Rice | Yevgeny Loszynski connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Robert Bartram | 52-46 |
| 04:14 | Northern Arizona | Robert Bartram is called for the reach on Glen Taylor - foul #2 on Robert Bartram, team foul #6 | 52-46 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger (SG), Jed Altieri (PF), Walter Donnell (C) James Southerland, Glen Taylor, Peter Robison | |
| Subs | Rice | James Valletta (SG), William Patrick (SF), Shane Nitz (PF), Jefferson Ono (C) Robert Bartram, Hamisi Azim, Chen China, Michael Bourque | |
| 03:58 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon is fouled on the floor by William Patrick - foul #2 on William Patrick, team foul #7 | 52-46 |
| 03:58 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon makes the 1st free throw | 53-46 |
| 03:58 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon makes the 2nd free throw | 54-46 |
| Game Plan | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:35 | Rice | James Valletta is hacked by Aaron Eisenberger - foul #1 on Aaron Eisenberger, team foul #6 | 54-46 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Glen Taylor (PF), Dmitry Zantow (C) Jed Altieri, Walter Donnell | |
| Subs | Rice | David Ruhland (PG) William Patrick | |
| 03:21 | Rice | James Valletta lays it up and in | 54-48 |
| 02:58 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon connects on the turnaround from the baseline set up by Curtis Phelps | 56-48 |
| 02:58 | Rice | Rice calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-48 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Jed Altieri (PF), Walter Donnell (C) Glen Taylor, Dmitry Zantow | |
| Subs | Rice | Robert Bartram (SG), Hamisi Azim (SF), Michael Bourque (C) Yevgeny Loszynski, James Valletta, Jefferson Ono | |
| Lineup | Northern Arizona | PG - Curtis Phelps (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Aaron Eisenberger (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Donald Leamon (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. PF - Jed Altieri (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Walter Donnell (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - David Ruhland (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Robert Bartram (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SF - Hamisi Azim (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. PF - Shane Nitz (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Michael Bourque (fresh) 2 pts. 11 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 02:44 | Rice | Shane Nitz misses the jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Jed Altieri - foul #1 on Jed Altieri, team foul #7 | 56-48 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | James Southerland (SF), Glen Taylor (PF) Curtis Phelps, Jed Altieri | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 02:44 | Rice | Shane Nitz makes the 1st free throw | 56-49 |
| 02:44 | Rice | Shane Nitz makes the 2nd free throw | 56-50 |
| 02:34 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon is hacked by David Ruhland - foul #3 on David Ruhland, team foul #8 | 56-50 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps (PG), Jed Altieri (PF) James Southerland, Glen Taylor | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 02:34 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon misses the 1st free throw | 56-50 |
| 02:34 | Rice | Robert Bartram gets the rebound | 56-50 |
| Game Plan | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 02:11 | Rice | David Ruhland misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 56-50 |
| 02:09 | Northern Arizona | Jed Altieri gets the rebound | 56-50 |
| 01:50 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon throws it down | 58-50 |
| Game Plan | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:38 | Rice | Hamisi Azim comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 58-50 |
| 01:37 | Rice | Michael Bourque snags the offensive board | 58-50 |
| 01:24 | Rice | David Ruhland can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 58-50 |
| 01:22 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon grabs the board | 58-50 |
| Game Plan | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:53 | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Shane Nitz - foul #4 on Shane Nitz, team foul #9 | 58-50 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | James Southerland (SF), Glen Taylor (PF) Curtis Phelps, Jed Altieri | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 00:53 | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger makes the 1st free throw | 59-50 |
| 00:53 | Northern Arizona | Aaron Eisenberger makes the 2nd free throw | 60-50 |
| Game Plan | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:48 | Rice | Hamisi Azim misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 60-50 |
| 00:47 | Northern Arizona | Walter Donnell snags the defensive board | 60-50 |
| Game Plan | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:45 | Northern Arizona | Walter Donnell is hacked by David Ruhland in the backcourt - foul #4 on David Ruhland, team foul #10 | 60-50 |
| Subs | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps (PG) James Southerland | |
| Subs | Rice | Yevgeny Loszynski (PG), James Valletta (SG), William Patrick (SF), Jefferson Ono (PF), Chen China (C) David Ruhland, Robert Bartram, Hamisi Azim, Shane Nitz, Michael Bourque | |
| 00:45 | Northern Arizona | Walter Donnell makes the 1st free throw | 61-50 |
| 00:45 | Northern Arizona | Walter Donnell makes the 2nd free throw | 62-50 |
| 00:39 | Rice | Walter Donnell takes the ball from Chen China | 62-50 |
| Game Plan | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:14 | Northern Arizona | Donald Leamon misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 62-50 |
| 00:13 | Northern Arizona | Walter Donnell gets the offensive rebound | 62-50 |
| 00:00 | Northern Arizona | Curtis Phelps runs out the clock | 62-50 |