| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis Woodring (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gerald Griffith (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Keith Styles (fresh) 5 pts. PF - John Schechter (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Bart Thomas (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Loyola (MD) | PG - Kelly Lambert (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Joseph Pate (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Emil Wear (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Aldridge (fresh) 2 blk. C - Peter Russell (fresh) 1 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Keith Styles inbounds the ball | 34-34 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Loyola (MD) | Loyola (MD) is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:36 | Rice | John Schechter connects on the turnaround from the baseline on a nice dish by Dennis Woodring | 36-34 |
| 19:15 | Loyola (MD) | James Aldridge drills a runner in the lane on a nice dish by Kelly Lambert | 36-36 |
| 19:01 | Rice | Bart Thomas can't connect on a shot from the baseline | 36-36 |
| 19:00 | Rice | John Schechter gets the offensive rebound | 36-36 |
| 18:38 | Rice | Dennis Woodring drills a 3pt shot from the left corner | 39-36 |
| 18:16 | Loyola (MD) | Kelly Lambert clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 39-36 |
| 18:15 | Rice | The rebound goes to Bart Thomas | 39-36 |
| 18:01 | Rice | Gerald Griffith is fouled on the floor by James Aldridge - foul #1 on James Aldridge, team foul #1 | 39-36 |
| 17:46 | Rice | James Aldridge is called for the reach on John Schechter - foul #2 on James Aldridge, team foul #2 | 39-36 |
| 17:37 | Rice | Keith Styles hits a jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Dennis Woodring | 41-36 |
| 17:24 | Loyola (MD) | Joseph Pate throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-36 |
| Subs | Rice | Edward Chapman (SG) Dennis Woodring | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | Patrick Smith (SF) Emil Wear | |
| 17:06 | Rice | Keith Styles can't finish the layup | 41-36 |
| 17:05 | Rice | John Schechter tips it in | 43-36 |
| 16:50 | Loyola (MD) | James Aldridge hits a floater from close range and he's hacked by Edward Chapman - foul #3 on Edward Chapman, team foul #1 | 43-38 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Woodring (PG), Anthony Perdue (SG), Homer Eiland (PF), Jamie Thrall (C) Gerald Griffith, Edward Chapman, John Schechter, Bart Thomas | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | Dennis Chamber (SF) Kelly Lambert | |
| 16:50 | Loyola (MD) | James Aldridge makes the free throw | 43-39 |
| 16:35 | Rice | Anthony Perdue is fouled on the floor by Peter Russell - foul #1 on Peter Russell, team foul #3 | 43-39 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | Conrad Lambert (SF), Charles Stack (PF), Marlin Niebuhr (C) Joseph Pate, James Aldridge, Peter Russell | |
| 16:24 | Rice | Keith Styles comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Charles Stack - foul #2 on Charles Stack, team foul #4 | 43-39 |
| 16:24 | Rice | Keith Styles makes the 1st free throw | 44-39 |
| 16:24 | Rice | Keith Styles makes the 2nd free throw | 45-39 |
| 16:07 | Loyola (MD) | Dennis Woodring steals it from Conrad Lambert | 45-39 |
| 16:04 | Rice | Dennis Woodring banks in the layup | 47-39 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis Woodring (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Anthony Perdue (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Keith Styles (fairly fresh) 9 pts. PF - Homer Eiland (fresh) C - Jamie Thrall (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Loyola (MD) | PG - Patrick Smith (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dennis Chamber (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Conrad Lambert (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Charles Stack (fresh) 2 reb. C - Marlin Niebuhr (fresh) | |
| 15:39 | Loyola (MD) | Marlin Niebuhr clanks a shot from the baseline | 47-39 |
| 15:37 | Rice | Jamie Thrall grabs the defensive rebound | 47-39 |
| 15:21 | Rice | Keith Styles misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 47-39 |
| 15:19 | Rice | Jamie Thrall gets the offensive rebound | 47-39 |
| 14:55 | Rice | Jamie Thrall clanks a shot in the paint but he's fouled by Marlin Niebuhr - foul #1 on Marlin Niebuhr, team foul #5 | 47-39 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Griffith (PG), Stephen Palmer (SG), Edward Chapman (SF), Bart Thomas (C) Dennis Woodring, Anthony Perdue, Keith Styles, Homer Eiland | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | Kelly Lambert (PG), Joseph Pate (SG), Emil Wear (SF), James Aldridge (PF), Peter Russell (C) Patrick Smith, Dennis Chamber, Conrad Lambert, Charles Stack, Marlin Niebuhr | |
| 14:55 | Rice | Jamie Thrall misses the 1st free throw | 47-39 |
| 14:55 | Rice | Jamie Thrall makes the 2nd free throw | 48-39 |
| 14:40 | Loyola (MD) | James Aldridge double dribbles | 48-39 |
| Subs | Rice | John Schechter (PF) Jamie Thrall | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | | |
| 14:28 | Rice | Stephen Palmer buries a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Edward Chapman | 51-39 |
| 14:07 | Loyola (MD) | Peter Russell misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 51-39 |
| 14:05 | Rice | John Schechter gets the rebound | 51-39 |
| 13:36 | Rice | Kelly Lambert is called for the reach on Bart Thomas - foul #2 on Kelly Lambert, team foul #6 | 51-39 |
| 13:18 | Rice | Emil Wear takes the ball from Gerald Griffith | 51-39 |
| 12:58 | Loyola (MD) | Emil Wear misses the easy layup | 51-39 |
| 12:57 | Rice | Edward Chapman grabs the defensive rebound | 51-39 |
| 12:45 | Rice | Edward Chapman buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Stephen Palmer | 53-39 |
| 12:42 | Loyola (MD) | Kelly Lambert is hacked by Stephen Palmer in the backcourt - foul #4 on Stephen Palmer, team foul #2 | 53-39 |
| Subs | Rice | Keith Styles (SF) Stephen Palmer | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | Patrick Smith (PG), Charles Stack (PF) Kelly Lambert, James Aldridge | |
| 12:33 | Loyola (MD) | Charles Stack hits a fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Patrick Smith | 53-41 |
| 12:19 | Rice | Edward Chapman buries a shot from the right wing | 55-41 |
| 12:04 | Loyola (MD) | Peter Russell's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 55-41 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Woodring (PG) Gerald Griffith | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | Dennis Chamber (SF) Emil Wear | |
| 11:50 | Rice | Peter Russell denies the turnaround by John Schechter | 55-41 |
| 11:48 | Loyola (MD) | Joseph Pate grabs the defensive rebound | 55-41 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis Woodring (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Edward Chapman (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Keith Styles (fresh) 9 pts. PF - John Schechter (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Bart Thomas (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Loyola (MD) | PG - Patrick Smith (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Joseph Pate (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Dennis Chamber (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Charles Stack (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Peter Russell (fresh) 1 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 11:19 | Loyola (MD) | Keith Styles is called for the reach on Dennis Chamber - foul #2 on Keith Styles, team foul #3 | 55-41 |
| Subs | Rice | Anthony Perdue (SG), Homer Eiland (PF), Jamie Thrall (C) Edward Chapman, John Schechter, Bart Thomas | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | Kelly Lambert (PG), James Aldridge (PF) Joseph Pate, Peter Russell | |
| 11:07 | Loyola (MD) | Keith Styles takes the ball from Charles Stack | 55-41 |
| 10:57 | Rice | Dennis Woodring misses the turnaround in the lane but he's fouled by Kelly Lambert - foul #3 on Kelly Lambert, team foul #7 | 55-41 |
| 10:57 | Rice | Dennis Woodring misses the 1st free throw | 55-41 |
| 10:57 | Rice | Dennis Woodring makes the 2nd free throw | 56-41 |
| 10:45 | Loyola (MD) | Charles Stack hits a floater in the lane on a nice dish by Dennis Chamber | 56-43 |
| 10:34 | Rice | Keith Styles loses the ball out of bounds | 56-43 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Griffith (SG) Anthony Perdue | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | Emil Wear (SF) Dennis Chamber | |
| 10:13 | Loyola (MD) | Dennis Woodring is called for the reach on Charles Stack - foul #1 on Dennis Woodring, team foul #4 | 56-43 |
| Subs | Rice | Anthony Perdue (SF) Keith Styles | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | Joseph Pate (SG), Peter Russell (C) Patrick Smith, Charles Stack | |
| 09:59 | Loyola (MD) | Peter Russell is fouled on the floor by Jamie Thrall - foul #1 on Jamie Thrall, team foul #5 | 56-43 |
| Subs | Rice | Edward Chapman (SG), John Schechter (PF), Bart Thomas (C) Dennis Woodring, Homer Eiland, Jamie Thrall | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | | |
| 09:54 | Loyola (MD) | Kelly Lambert misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 56-43 |
| 09:53 | Rice | The rebound goes to Bart Thomas | 56-43 |
| 09:40 | Rice | Bart Thomas misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 56-43 |
| 09:38 | Loyola (MD) | James Aldridge gets the rebound | 56-43 |
| 09:28 | Loyola (MD) | Kelly Lambert misses the floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Gerald Griffith - foul #2 on Gerald Griffith, team foul #6 | 56-43 |
| 09:28 | Loyola (MD) | Kelly Lambert makes the 1st free throw | 56-44 |
| 09:28 | Loyola (MD) | Kelly Lambert misses the 2nd free throw | 56-44 |
| 09:28 | Rice | Bart Thomas grabs the board | 56-44 |
| 09:05 | Rice | John Schechter comes up short on the floater from the baseline but he's fouled by James Aldridge - foul #3 on James Aldridge, team foul #8 | 56-44 |
| Subs | Rice | Keith Styles (SF) Anthony Perdue | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | Patrick Smith (PG), Charles Stack (PF) Kelly Lambert, James Aldridge | |
| 09:05 | Rice | John Schechter makes the 1st free throw | 57-44 |
| 09:05 | Rice | John Schechter misses the 2nd free throw | 57-44 |
| 09:05 | Loyola (MD) | The rebound goes to Charles Stack | 57-44 |
| 08:46 | Loyola (MD) | Charles Stack can't finish the layup | 57-44 |
| 08:45 | Loyola (MD) | Patrick Smith gets the offensive rebound | 57-44 |
| 08:32 | Loyola (MD) | Peter Russell is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Peter Russell, team foul #9 | 57-44 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Woodring (PG), Homer Eiland (PF) Gerald Griffith, John Schechter | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | Dennis Chamber (SF) Emil Wear | |
| 08:09 | Rice | Keith Styles can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 57-44 |
| 08:08 | Rice | Homer Eiland grabs the offensive board | 57-44 |
| 07:52 | Rice | Bart Thomas makes the runner in the lane set up by Edward Chapman | 59-44 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Loyola (MD) | Loyola (MD) is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 07:45 | Loyola (MD) | Joseph Pate comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 59-44 |
| 07:44 | Rice | Bart Thomas snags the defensive board | 59-44 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis Woodring (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Edward Chapman (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SF - Keith Styles (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Homer Eiland (fresh) 2 reb. C - Bart Thomas (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 10 reb. | |
| Lineup | Loyola (MD) | PG - Patrick Smith (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Joseph Pate (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Dennis Chamber (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Charles Stack (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Peter Russell (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Loyola (MD) | Loyola (MD) is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 07:22 | Rice | Dennis Woodring connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Homer Eiland | 62-44 |
| 07:04 | Loyola (MD) | Patrick Smith knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 62-47 |
| 06:45 | Rice | Keith Styles misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 62-47 |
| 06:44 | Loyola (MD) | The rebound goes to Charles Stack | 62-47 |
| 06:36 | Loyola (MD) | Patrick Smith drills a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Charles Stack and the foul's on Homer Eiland - foul #1 on Homer Eiland, team foul #7 | 62-49 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Griffith (PG), Stephen Palmer (SG), Anthony Perdue (SF), John Schechter (PF) Dennis Woodring, Edward Chapman, Keith Styles, Bart Thomas | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | Kelly Lambert (PG), Emil Wear (SF), James Aldridge (PF), Marlin Niebuhr (C) Joseph Pate, Dennis Chamber, Charles Stack, Peter Russell | |
| 06:36 | Loyola (MD) | Patrick Smith misses the free throw | 62-49 |
| 06:36 | Loyola (MD) | Marlin Niebuhr gets the offensive rebound | 62-49 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Loyola (MD) | Loyola (MD) is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 06:18 | Loyola (MD) | Emil Wear misses short on a floater in the paint but he's fouled by Gerald Griffith - foul #3 on Gerald Griffith, team foul #8 | 62-49 |
| 06:18 | Loyola (MD) | Emil Wear misses the 1st free throw | 62-49 |
| 06:18 | Loyola (MD) | Emil Wear makes the 2nd free throw | 62-50 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Loyola (MD) | Loyola (MD) is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 06:01 | Rice | Stephen Palmer hits a driving attempt from the right block | 64-50 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Loyola (MD) | Loyola (MD) is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 05:54 | Loyola (MD) | Emil Wear clanks a runner from close range | 64-50 |
| 05:52 | Rice | Gerald Griffith gets the rebound | 64-50 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Loyola (MD) | Loyola (MD) is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 05:28 | Rice | John Schechter misses the jump hook in the paint | 64-50 |
| 05:27 | Rice | Homer Eiland tips it back up and in | 66-50 |
| 05:18 | Loyola (MD) | Emil Wear can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 66-50 |
| 05:16 | Rice | Homer Eiland grabs the board | 66-50 |
| 04:50 | Rice | John Schechter makes the turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by Gerald Griffith | 68-50 |
| 04:35 | Loyola (MD) | Kelly Lambert misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 68-50 |
| 04:34 | Rice | John Schechter gets the rebound | 68-50 |
| 04:08 | Rice | Stephen Palmer misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 68-50 |
| 04:07 | Loyola (MD) | Marlin Niebuhr pulls down the rebound | 68-50 |
| 03:54 | Loyola (MD) | Emil Wear knocks in the floater from the right block on a nice dish by Kelly Lambert | 68-52 |
| 03:54 | Rice | Rice calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 68-52 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Woodring (PG), Keith Styles (SF), Bart Thomas (C) Gerald Griffith, Anthony Perdue, Homer Eiland | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | Joseph Pate (SG), Peter Russell (C) Patrick Smith, Marlin Niebuhr | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Loyola (MD) | Loyola (MD) is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:27 | Rice | Bart Thomas dunks the ball on a great pass from Dennis Woodring | 70-52 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis Woodring (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SG - Stephen Palmer (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - Keith Styles (fresh) 9 pts. PF - John Schechter (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. C - Bart Thomas (fresh) 9 pts. 10 reb. | |
| Lineup | Loyola (MD) | PG - Kelly Lambert (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Joseph Pate (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Emil Wear (fresh) 5 pts. PF - James Aldridge (fresh) 5 pts. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Peter Russell (fresh) 1 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 03:19 | Loyola (MD) | James Aldridge misses long on a floater from the left wing | 70-52 |
| 03:17 | Loyola (MD) | Emil Wear gets the offensive rebound | 70-52 |
| 03:10 | Loyola (MD) | Joseph Pate clanks a driving attempt from the baseline | 70-52 |
| 03:08 | Rice | Bart Thomas gets the rebound | 70-52 |
| 03:02 | Rice | Bart Thomas scores on a runner in the lane set up by Stephen Palmer | 72-52 |
| 02:49 | Loyola (MD) | Kelly Lambert connects on the pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Emil Wear | 72-54 |
| 02:22 | Rice | Bart Thomas misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 72-54 |
| 02:20 | Rice | Stephen Palmer hits the follow up shot | 74-54 |
| 02:08 | Loyola (MD) | John Schechter swats the short shot by James Aldridge | 74-54 |
| 02:06 | Loyola (MD) | Peter Russell pulls down the offensive rebound | 74-54 |
| 01:55 | Loyola (MD) | Joseph Pate hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 74-54 |
| 01:53 | Rice | John Schechter snags the defensive board | 74-54 |
| 01:24 | Rice | James Aldridge takes the ball from Bart Thomas | 74-54 |
| 01:09 | Loyola (MD) | Emil Wear hits a turnaround near the basket | 74-56 |
| 00:49 | Rice | Keith Styles connects on the floater from the left side set up by Dennis Woodring | 76-56 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Loyola (MD) | Loyola (MD) is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:43 | Loyola (MD) | Peter Russell drills a jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Kelly Lambert | 76-58 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Loyola (MD) | Loyola (MD) is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:17 | Rice | Keith Styles banks in the layup set up by Dennis Woodring | 78-58 |
| 00:13 | Loyola (MD) | James Aldridge is called for traveling | 78-58 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Griffith (PG), Edward Chapman (SG), Anthony Perdue (SF), Homer Eiland (PF), Jamie Thrall (C) Dennis Woodring, Stephen Palmer, Keith Styles, John Schechter, Bart Thomas | |
| Subs | Loyola (MD) | Patrick Smith (PG), Dennis Chamber (SG), Conrad Lambert (SF), Charles Stack (PF), Marlin Niebuhr (C) Kelly Lambert, Joseph Pate, Emil Wear, James Aldridge, Peter Russell | |
| 00:00 | Rice | Gerald Griffith runs out the clock | 78-58 |