| Lineup | Houston | PG - Eric Larmon (fresh) SG - Kevin Noyes (fresh) SF - Armando Rodriguez (fresh) PF - Robert Spier (fresh) C - Kevin Wardle (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Robert Moen (fresh) SG - Corey Riddle (fresh) SF - Joseph Durst (fresh) PF - Donald Ivy (fresh) C - Donald Reavis (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Donald Reavis wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:46 | Rice | Corey Riddle connects on the fadeaway from the right block set up by Donald Ivy | 0-2 |
| 19:35 | Houston | Robert Moen steals the ball from Robert Spier | 0-2 |
| 19:30 | Rice | Robert Moen banks in the layup | 0-4 |
| 19:04 | Houston | Eric Larmon is fouled on the floor by Joseph Durst - foul #1 on Joseph Durst, team foul #1 | 0-4 |
| 18:48 | Houston | Kevin Noyes misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 0-4 |
| 18:46 | Houston | Kevin Wardle misses the tip | 0-4 |
| 18:45 | Rice | Robert Moen gets the rebound | 0-4 |
| 18:34 | Rice | Joseph Durst clanks a jumpshot from the left wing | 0-4 |
| 18:32 | Rice | Donald Reavis gets the offensive rebound | 0-4 |
| 18:09 | Rice | The short jumper by Corey Riddle is denied by Armando Rodriguez | 0-4 |
| 18:07 | Houston | The rebound goes to Robert Spier | 0-4 |
| 17:45 | Houston | Robert Moen takes the ball from Armando Rodriguez | 0-4 |
| 17:42 | Rice | Donald Ivy lays it up and in on a great pass from Robert Moen | 0-6 |
| 17:38 | Houston | Armando Rodriguez buries a floater from the left block on a great pass from Kevin Wardle | 2-6 |
| 17:15 | Rice | Robert Moen loses the dribble to Armando Rodriguez | 2-6 |
| 16:54 | Houston | Armando Rodriguez buries a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Eric Larmon | 5-6 |
| 16:43 | Rice | Donald Ivy misses short on a floater from the right side | 5-6 |
| 16:41 | Houston | Robert Spier snags the defensive board | 5-6 |
| 16:24 | Houston | Kevin Noyes loses the dribble to Donald Ivy | 5-6 |
| 16:00 | Rice | Robert Moen comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 5-6 |
| 15:58 | Houston | Armando Rodriguez gets the rebound | 5-6 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Eric Larmon (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Kevin Noyes (fresh) SF - Armando Rodriguez (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Robert Spier (fresh) 2 reb. C - Kevin Wardle (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Robert Moen (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Corey Riddle (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Joseph Durst (fairly fresh) PF - Donald Ivy (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Donald Reavis (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:52 | Houston | Robert Spier misses the driving attempt from the left block | 5-6 |
| 15:51 | Rice | Donald Reavis pulls down the rebound | 5-6 |
| 15:49 | Rice | Robert Moen's pass is intercepted by Kevin Noyes in the backcourt | 5-6 |
| 15:30 | Houston | Eric Larmon misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 5-6 |
| 15:28 | Houston | Kevin Wardle grabs the offensive rebound | 5-6 |
| 15:11 | Houston | Robert Spier comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 5-6 |
| 15:10 | Rice | Donald Reavis gets the rebound | 5-6 |
| 14:51 | Rice | Kevin Wardle is called for the reach on Donald Ivy - foul #1 on Kevin Wardle, team foul #1 | 5-6 |
| Subs | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte (PG), Gordon Ward (SG), Keith Costello (SF), Wesley Kaplan (PF), Carter Collins (C) Eric Larmon, Kevin Noyes, Armando Rodriguez, Robert Spier, Kevin Wardle | |
| Subs | Rice | Stephen McKinnie (PG), Cleveland Ladner (SG), Darren Shaffer (SF), Lawrence Johnson (C) Robert Moen, Corey Riddle, Joseph Durst, Donald Reavis | |
| 14:37 | Rice | Donald Ivy hits the finger roll on a great pass from Lawrence Johnson | 5-8 |
| 14:32 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte misses the jumper from the right side | 5-8 |
| 14:30 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson pulls down the rebound | 5-8 |
| 14:23 | Rice | Darren Shaffer blows the layup | 5-8 |
| 14:22 | Houston | Carter Collins grabs the board | 5-8 |
| 14:13 | Houston | Gordon Ward can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line | 5-8 |
| 14:11 | Houston | Gordon Ward tips it but misses | 5-8 |
| 14:09 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson pulls down the rebound | 5-8 |
| 13:53 | Rice | Cleveland Ladner misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 5-8 |
| 13:51 | Rice | Donald Ivy gets the offensive rebound | 5-8 |
| 13:33 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Cleveland Ladner | 5-11 |
| 13:25 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte drills a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 7-11 |
| 13:03 | Rice | Donald Ivy misses long on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 7-11 |
| 13:01 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson gets the offensive rebound | 7-11 |
| 12:43 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie knocks in the floater from close range set up by Donald Ivy | 7-13 |
| 12:32 | Houston | Keith Costello scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Lawrence Turcotte | 9-13 |
| 12:16 | Rice | Cleveland Ladner clanks a floater from the right wing | 9-13 |
| 12:15 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte gets the rebound | 9-13 |
| 11:53 | Houston | Keith Costello misses short on a floater near the basket but he's hacked by Darren Shaffer - foul #1 on Darren Shaffer, team foul #2 | 9-13 |
| Subs | Houston | Eric Larmon (PG), Kevin Noyes (SG), Robert Spier (PF), Kevin Wardle (C) Lawrence Turcotte, Gordon Ward, Wesley Kaplan, Carter Collins | |
| Subs | Rice | Robert Moen (PG), Corey Riddle (SG), Joseph Durst (SF), Donald Reavis (C) Stephen McKinnie, Cleveland Ladner, Darren Shaffer, Lawrence Johnson | |
| 11:53 | Houston | Keith Costello misses the 1st free throw | 9-13 |
| 11:53 | Houston | Keith Costello makes the 2nd free throw | 10-13 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Eric Larmon (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Kevin Noyes (fresh) SF - Keith Costello (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Robert Spier (fresh) 2 reb. C - Kevin Wardle (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Robert Moen (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Corey Riddle (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Joseph Durst (fresh) PF - Donald Ivy (tiring) 4 pts. C - Donald Reavis (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:32 | Rice | Kevin Noyes takes the ball from Corey Riddle | 10-13 |
| 11:21 | Houston | Kevin Noyes splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 10-13 |
| 11:20 | Rice | Donald Ivy snags the defensive board | 10-13 |
| 10:57 | Rice | Donald Reavis banks in the layup set up by Corey Riddle | 10-15 |
| 10:44 | Houston | Eric Larmon loses the ball out of bounds | 10-15 |
| Subs | Houston | Armando Rodriguez (SF) Keith Costello | |
| Subs | Rice | Darren Shaffer (SF), Stephen McKinnie (PF) Corey Riddle, Donald Ivy | |
| 10:20 | Rice | Joseph Durst misses badly on a shot from the left block | 10-15 |
| 10:19 | Houston | Kevin Wardle gets the rebound | 10-15 |
| 09:58 | Houston | Robert Spier hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 10-15 |
| 09:57 | Houston | Armando Rodriguez tips it home | 12-15 |
| 09:45 | Rice | Robert Moen knocks in the jumper from the right side | 12-17 |
| 09:28 | Houston | Kevin Wardle misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 12-17 |
| 09:26 | Rice | Joseph Durst gets the rebound | 12-17 |
| 09:22 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 12-17 |
| 09:21 | Houston | Armando Rodriguez grabs the board | 12-17 |
| 09:16 | Houston | Armando Rodriguez blows the layup | 12-17 |
| 09:15 | Rice | Darren Shaffer pulls down the rebound | 12-17 |
| 09:09 | Rice | Donald Reavis misses the turnaround near the basket | 12-17 |
| 09:08 | Houston | Armando Rodriguez gets the rebound | 12-17 |
| 08:45 | Houston | Joseph Durst is called for the reach on Robert Spier - foul #2 on Joseph Durst, team foul #3 | 12-17 |
| Subs | Houston | Gordon Ward (SG), Wesley Kaplan (PF), Keith Costello (C) Kevin Noyes, Robert Spier, Kevin Wardle | |
| Subs | Rice | Cleveland Ladner (PG), Corey Riddle (SG), Lawrence Johnson (SF), Donald Ivy (PF) Robert Moen, Joseph Durst, Darren Shaffer, Stephen McKinnie | |
| 08:32 | Houston | Wesley Kaplan is hacked by Corey Riddle - foul #1 on Corey Riddle, team foul #4 | 12-17 |
| 08:16 | Houston | Keith Costello throws a bad pass out of bounds | 12-17 |
| 08:00 | Rice | Donald Reavis makes the jump hook near the basket on a great pass from Lawrence Johnson and he's hacked by Eric Larmon - foul #1 on Eric Larmon, team foul #2 | 12-19 |
| Subs | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte (PG) Eric Larmon | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 08:00 | Rice | Donald Reavis makes the free throw | 12-20 |
| 07:43 | Houston | Keith Costello hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Lawrence Turcotte | 14-20 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Lawrence Turcotte (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gordon Ward (fresh) SF - Armando Rodriguez (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Wesley Kaplan (fresh) C - Keith Costello (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Cleveland Ladner (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Corey Riddle (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lawrence Johnson (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Donald Ivy (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Donald Reavis (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:20 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson can't connect on a shot from the right block | 14-20 |
| 07:19 | Houston | Keith Costello grabs the board | 14-20 |
| 07:11 | Houston | Gordon Ward misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Donald Reavis - foul #1 on Donald Reavis, team foul #5 | 14-20 |
| Subs | Houston | Eric Larmon (PG), Robert Spier (PF), Kevin Wardle (C) Lawrence Turcotte, Armando Rodriguez, Wesley Kaplan | |
| Subs | Rice | Robert Moen (PG), Darren Shaffer (SF), Stephen McKinnie (PF) Cleveland Ladner, Donald Ivy, Donald Reavis | |
| 07:11 | Houston | Gordon Ward makes the 1st free throw | 15-20 |
| 07:11 | Houston | Gordon Ward makes the 2nd free throw | 16-20 |
| 06:50 | Rice | Robert Moen buries a shot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Darren Shaffer and he's hacked by Kevin Wardle - foul #2 on Kevin Wardle, team foul #3 | 16-22 |
| Subs | Houston | Kevin Noyes (SG), Wesley Kaplan (C) Gordon Ward, Kevin Wardle | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 06:50 | Rice | Robert Moen makes the free throw | 16-23 |
| 06:32 | Houston | Robert Spier is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway from the left block | 16-23 |
| 06:31 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson snags the defensive board | 16-23 |
| 06:15 | Rice | Keith Costello denies the turnaround by Lawrence Johnson | 16-23 |
| 06:13 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson grabs the offensive rebound | 16-23 |
| 05:53 | Rice | Robert Moen hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 16-23 |
| 05:51 | Rice | Darren Shaffer tips it back up and in | 16-25 |
| 05:34 | Houston | Robert Spier shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Darren Shaffer - foul #2 on Darren Shaffer, team foul #6 | 16-25 |
| Subs | Houston | Armando Rodriguez (SF) Keith Costello | |
| Subs | Rice | Cleveland Ladner (SG), Donald Reavis (C) Corey Riddle, Darren Shaffer | |
| 05:34 | Houston | Robert Spier makes the 1st free throw | 17-25 |
| 05:34 | Houston | Robert Spier misses the 2nd free throw | 17-25 |
| 05:34 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson grabs the board | 17-25 |
| 05:19 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson makes the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line set up by Stephen McKinnie and he's fouled by Robert Spier - foul #1 on Robert Spier, team foul #4 | 17-27 |
| Subs | Houston | Carter Collins (C) Wesley Kaplan | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 05:19 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson makes the free throw | 17-28 |
| 04:58 | Houston | Robert Spier knocks in the floater from the left wing | 19-28 |
| 04:34 | Rice | Robert Moen is fouled on the floor by Carter Collins - foul #1 on Carter Collins, team foul #5 | 19-28 |
| Subs | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte (PG), Keith Costello (C) Eric Larmon, Carter Collins | |
| Subs | Rice | Donald Ivy (PF) Stephen McKinnie | |
| 04:21 | Rice | Donald Reavis loses the dribble to Keith Costello | 19-28 |
| 04:05 | Houston | Robert Spier scores on a jump hook from the left block and he's hacked by Cleveland Ladner - foul #1 on Cleveland Ladner, team foul #7 | 21-28 |
| Subs | Houston | Wesley Kaplan (C) Keith Costello | |
| Subs | Rice | Corey Riddle (SG) Robert Moen | |
| 04:05 | Houston | Robert Spier misses the free throw | 21-28 |
| 04:05 | Rice | Donald Reavis gets the rebound | 21-28 |
| 03:48 | Rice | Corey Riddle clanks a jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Armando Rodriguez - foul #1 on Armando Rodriguez, team foul #6 | 21-28 |
| Subs | Houston | Gordon Ward (SG), Kevin Wardle (C) Kevin Noyes, Robert Spier | |
| Subs | Rice | Joseph Durst (SF), Darren Shaffer (C) Lawrence Johnson, Donald Reavis | |
| 03:48 | Rice | Corey Riddle misses the 1st free throw | 21-28 |
| 03:48 | Rice | Corey Riddle misses the 2nd free throw | 21-28 |
| 03:48 | Houston | Wesley Kaplan pulls down the rebound | 21-28 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Lawrence Turcotte (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gordon Ward (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Armando Rodriguez (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Wesley Kaplan (fresh) C - Kevin Wardle (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Cleveland Ladner (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Corey Riddle (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joseph Durst (fresh) PF - Donald Ivy (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Darren Shaffer (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:34 | Houston | Donald Ivy steps in front of the Gordon Ward pass | 21-28 |
| 03:19 | Rice | Darren Shaffer throws a bad pass out of bounds | 21-28 |
| Subs | Houston | Eric Larmon (PG), Keith Costello (SF) Lawrence Turcotte, Armando Rodriguez | |
| Subs | Rice | Stephen McKinnie (PG) Cleveland Ladner | |
| 03:03 | Houston | Gordon Ward clanks a jumpshot from the right wing | 21-28 |
| 03:01 | Houston | The offensive rebound goes to Gordon Ward | 21-28 |
| 02:53 | Houston | Keith Costello misses badly on a driving attempt from the baseline | 21-28 |
| 02:52 | Houston | Keith Costello can't tip it in | 21-28 |
| 02:51 | Houston | The offensive rebound goes to Wesley Kaplan | 21-28 |
| 02:41 | Houston | Keith Costello drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Wesley Kaplan | 24-28 |
| 02:24 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie is whistled for traveling | 24-28 |
| Subs | Houston | Kevin Noyes (SG), Robert Spier (PF) Gordon Ward, Wesley Kaplan | |
| Subs | Rice | Robert Moen (PG), Donald Reavis (C) Corey Riddle, Donald Ivy | |
| 02:16 | Houston | Kevin Noyes shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the shot from the left wing | 24-28 |
| 02:15 | Rice | Donald Reavis snags the defensive board | 24-28 |
| 02:06 | Rice | Darren Shaffer is fouled on the floor by Keith Costello - foul #1 on Keith Costello, team foul #7 | 24-28 |
| Subs | Houston | Armando Rodriguez (SF) Keith Costello | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 02:06 | Rice | Darren Shaffer misses the 1st free throw | 24-28 |
| 02:06 | Houston | Kevin Wardle pulls down the rebound | 24-28 |
| 01:41 | Houston | Kevin Noyes buries a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Armando Rodriguez | 27-28 |
| 01:22 | Rice | Donald Reavis hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block | 27-28 |
| 01:21 | Houston | The rebound goes to Armando Rodriguez | 27-28 |
| 01:09 | Houston | Armando Rodriguez's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-28 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Rice | Cleveland Ladner (SG), Donald Ivy (PF) Darren Shaffer, Stephen McKinnie | |
| 00:52 | Rice | Donald Reavis double dribbles | 27-28 |
| 00:38 | Houston | Eric Larmon is whistled for traveling | 27-28 |
| Subs | Houston | Wesley Kaplan (C) Kevin Wardle | |
| Subs | Rice | Corey Riddle (SG) Cleveland Ladner | |
| 00:17 | Rice | Donald Ivy misses the floater in the paint | 27-28 |
| 00:16 | Houston | Wesley Kaplan grabs the defensive rebound | 27-28 |
| 00:03 | Houston | Eric Larmon is hacked by Corey Riddle - foul #2 on Corey Riddle, team foul #8 | 27-28 |
| Subs | Houston | Gordon Ward (SG), Keith Costello (SF), Carter Collins (C) Kevin Noyes, Armando Rodriguez, Robert Spier | |
| Subs | Rice | Stephen McKinnie (PG), Darren Shaffer (SF) Robert Moen, Joseph Durst | |
| 00:03 | Houston | Eric Larmon makes the 1st free throw | 28-28 |
| 00:03 | Houston | Eric Larmon makes the 2nd free throw | 29-28 |
| 00:00 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie hits the front of the rim on the halfcourt shot | 29-28 |