| Lineup | UAB | PG - Jason Pereira (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ben Drew (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Donald Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - Geoffrey Browning (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Thomas Minarik (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Charles Kelly (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Nicholas Phillips (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gary Ferguson (fresh) 3 reb. PF - John Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Kevin Neihoff (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 20:00 | UAB | Donald Jones inbounds the ball | 28-28 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:41 | UAB | Donald Jones misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 28-28 |
| 19:40 | UAB | Donald Jones grabs the offensive board | 28-28 |
| 19:35 | UAB | Ben Drew hits a jumper from just outside the lane set up by Jason Pereira | 30-28 |
| 19:11 | Rice | Thomas Minarik steals it from Nicholas Phillips | 30-28 |
| 19:06 | UAB | Jason Pereira clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 30-28 |
| 19:05 | Rice | John Jones snags the defensive board | 30-28 |
| 18:49 | Rice | Gary Ferguson drills a driving attempt near the basket | 30-30 |
| 18:45 | UAB | Jason Pereira's pass is intercepted by Charles Kelly in the backcourt | 30-30 |
| 18:28 | Rice | Gary Ferguson's pass is intercepted by Ben Drew | 30-30 |
| 18:21 | UAB | Geoffrey Browning clanks a shot from the free throw line | 30-30 |
| 18:20 | Rice | John Jones gets the rebound | 30-30 |
| 18:05 | Rice | John Jones's fadeaway is rejected by Thomas Minarik | 30-30 |
| 18:03 | UAB | Ben Drew gets the rebound | 30-30 |
| 17:45 | UAB | Geoffrey Browning misses the jumper near the basket | 30-30 |
| 17:43 | Rice | Kevin Neihoff snags the defensive board | 30-30 |
| 17:22 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 30-30 |
| 17:20 | Rice | Charles Kelly hits the follow up shot | 30-32 |
| 16:56 | UAB | Jason Pereira hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 30-32 |
| 16:54 | Rice | Kevin Neihoff grabs the defensive rebound | 30-32 |
| 16:39 | Rice | Kevin Neihoff hits a shot from the right wing set up by Charles Kelly and the foul's on Thomas Minarik - foul #2 on Thomas Minarik, team foul #1 | 30-34 |
| Subs | UAB | Wade Taylor (PF), William Johnson (C) Geoffrey Browning, Thomas Minarik | |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Greenwalt (PG), Manuel Wall (SF), Paul Polston (PF) Charles Kelly, Gary Ferguson, John Jones | |
| 16:39 | Rice | Kevin Neihoff misses the free throw | 30-34 |
| 16:39 | UAB | Wade Taylor gets the rebound | 30-34 |
| 16:22 | UAB | Donald Jones is hacked by Manuel Wall - foul #1 on Manuel Wall, team foul #1 | 30-34 |
| Subs | UAB | Michael Gamble (SG), Bruce Lindsey (SF) Ben Drew, Donald Jones | |
| Subs | Rice | Joseph Horn (C) Kevin Neihoff | |
| 16:01 | UAB | Wade Taylor misses short on a shot from the baseline but the foul's on Manuel Wall - foul #2 on Manuel Wall, team foul #2 | 30-34 |
| Subs | UAB | David Arceneaux (SG) Jason Pereira | |
| Subs | Rice | William Burakowski (SG) Nicholas Phillips | |
| 16:01 | UAB | Wade Taylor misses the 1st free throw | 30-34 |
| 16:01 | UAB | Wade Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 31-34 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Michael Gamble (fresh) 2 pts. SG - David Arceneaux (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Bruce Lindsey (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Wade Taylor (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - William Johnson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Richard Greenwalt (fresh) SG - William Burakowski (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Manuel Wall (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. PF - Paul Polston (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Horn (fresh) | |
| 15:40 | Rice | Richard Greenwalt knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from Manuel Wall | 31-36 |
| 15:30 | UAB | Wade Taylor misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 31-36 |
| 15:29 | Rice | The rebound goes to Joseph Horn | 31-36 |
| 15:15 | Rice | Joseph Horn makes the shot in the paint set up by Richard Greenwalt | 31-38 |
| 15:00 | UAB | Wade Taylor clanks a floater from the right side | 31-38 |
| 14:58 | Rice | The rebound goes to Joseph Horn | 31-38 |
| 14:35 | Rice | Joseph Horn hits the front of the rim on the runner from the left block | 31-38 |
| 14:33 | UAB | Wade Taylor grabs the board | 31-38 |
| 14:27 | UAB | Wade Taylor clanks a shot in the lane | 31-38 |
| 14:26 | UAB | Wade Taylor gets the offensive rebound | 31-38 |
| 14:12 | UAB | Bruce Lindsey misses the jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Richard Greenwalt - foul #2 on Richard Greenwalt, team foul #3 | 31-38 |
| Subs | UAB | Jason Pereira (PG), Ben Drew (SG), Geoffrey Browning (PF), Thomas Minarik (C) Michael Gamble, David Arceneaux, Wade Taylor, William Johnson | |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Kelly (PG), Nicholas Phillips (SG), Gary Ferguson (SF), John Jones (PF), Kevin Neihoff (C) Richard Greenwalt, William Burakowski, Manuel Wall, Paul Polston, Joseph Horn | |
| 14:12 | UAB | Bruce Lindsey makes the 1st free throw | 32-38 |
| 14:12 | UAB | Bruce Lindsey makes the 2nd free throw | 33-38 |
| 14:00 | Rice | Jason Pereira takes the ball from Gary Ferguson | 33-38 |
| 13:56 | UAB | Jason Pereira lays it up and in | 35-38 |
| 13:40 | Rice | John Jones is fouled on the floor by Thomas Minarik - foul #3 on Thomas Minarik, team foul #2 | 35-38 |
| Subs | UAB | Donald Jones (SF) Bruce Lindsey | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 13:31 | Rice | John Jones banks in the layup set up by Charles Kelly and he's fouled by Geoffrey Browning - foul #2 on Geoffrey Browning, team foul #3 | 35-40 |
| 13:31 | Rice | John Jones misses the free throw | 35-40 |
| 13:31 | UAB | Thomas Minarik gets the rebound | 35-40 |
| 13:24 | UAB | Donald Jones is whistled for traveling | 35-40 |
| 13:09 | Rice | Gary Ferguson misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 35-40 |
| 13:07 | Rice | John Jones tips it but misses | 35-40 |
| 13:05 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-40 |
| 12:52 | Rice | John Jones hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the left block | 35-40 |
| 12:51 | Rice | Charles Kelly gets the offensive rebound | 35-40 |
| 12:31 | Rice | The short jumper by John Jones is denied by Geoffrey Browning | 35-40 |
| 12:29 | UAB | Geoffrey Browning gets the rebound | 35-40 |
| 12:16 | UAB | Donald Jones misses the dunk but he's fouled by John Jones - foul #1 on John Jones, team foul #4 | 35-40 |
| 12:16 | UAB | Donald Jones makes the 1st free throw | 36-40 |
| 12:16 | UAB | Donald Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 36-40 |
| 12:16 | Rice | Kevin Neihoff grabs the defensive rebound | 36-40 |
| 12:03 | Rice | Kevin Neihoff banks in the layup on a nice dish by Charles Kelly and he's hacked by Geoffrey Browning - foul #3 on Geoffrey Browning, team foul #4 | 36-42 |
| 12:03 | Rice | Kevin Neihoff makes the free throw | 36-43 |
| 11:45 | UAB | Geoffrey Browning loses the ball out of bounds | 36-43 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Jason Pereira (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ben Drew (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SF - Donald Jones (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. PF - Geoffrey Browning (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Thomas Minarik (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Charles Kelly (fresh) 7 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. SG - Nicholas Phillips (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gary Ferguson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Jones (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Kevin Neihoff (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:28 | Rice | Kevin Neihoff is hacked by Jason Pereira - foul #2 on Jason Pereira, team foul #5 | 36-43 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | Rice | Manuel Wall (SF), Paul Polston (PF) Gary Ferguson, John Jones | |
| 11:08 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 36-43 |
| 11:07 | UAB | Jason Pereira grabs the defensive rebound | 36-43 |
| 11:03 | UAB | Ben Drew is hacked by Nicholas Phillips - foul #1 on Nicholas Phillips, team foul #5 | 36-43 |
| Subs | UAB | Wade Taylor (PF), William Johnson (C) Geoffrey Browning, Thomas Minarik | |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Greenwalt (PG), Joseph Horn (C) Charles Kelly, Kevin Neihoff | |
| 10:51 | UAB | Donald Jones hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Wade Taylor | 38-43 |
| 10:30 | Rice | Joseph Horn is hacked by William Johnson - foul #2 on William Johnson, team foul #6 | 38-43 |
| Subs | UAB | Michael Gamble (SG) Ben Drew | |
| Subs | Rice | Gary Ferguson (SF) Nicholas Phillips | |
| 10:07 | Rice | Joseph Horn is whistled for traveling | 38-43 |
| Subs | UAB | David Arceneaux (SG), Bruce Lindsey (SF), Geoffrey Browning (PF) Jason Pereira, Donald Jones, William Johnson | |
| Subs | Rice | John Jones (PF) Paul Polston | |
| 09:57 | UAB | David Arceneaux buries a pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from Michael Gamble | 40-43 |
| 09:35 | Rice | John Jones misses long on a floater from the free throw line | 40-43 |
| 09:33 | UAB | Michael Gamble gets the rebound | 40-43 |
| 09:16 | UAB | Wade Taylor hits the finger roll set up by Michael Gamble | 42-43 |
| 09:00 | Rice | Gary Ferguson clanks a jumper from close range but the foul's on Wade Taylor - foul #1 on Wade Taylor, team foul #7 | 42-43 |
| Subs | UAB | Jason Pereira (PG), Ben Drew (SG), Donald Jones (SF), Thomas Minarik (C) Michael Gamble, David Arceneaux, Bruce Lindsey, Wade Taylor | |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Kelly (PG), Nicholas Phillips (SG), Kevin Neihoff (C) Richard Greenwalt, Manuel Wall, Joseph Horn | |
| 09:00 | Rice | Gary Ferguson makes the 1st free throw | 42-44 |
| 09:00 | Rice | Gary Ferguson makes the 2nd free throw | 42-45 |
| 08:56 | UAB | Charles Kelly is called for the reach on Jason Pereira in the backcourt - foul #1 on Charles Kelly, team foul #6 | 42-45 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | Rice | Paul Polston (SF) Gary Ferguson | |
| 08:40 | UAB | The short jumper by Donald Jones is denied by Kevin Neihoff | 42-45 |
| 08:39 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips pulls down the rebound | 42-45 |
| 08:29 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips misses badly on a turnaround in the paint but the foul's on Geoffrey Browning - foul #4 on Geoffrey Browning, team foul #8 | 42-45 |
| Subs | UAB | Wade Taylor (PF) Geoffrey Browning | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 08:29 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 42-46 |
| 08:29 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips misses the 2nd free throw | 42-46 |
| 08:29 | UAB | Wade Taylor grabs the board | 42-46 |
| 08:25 | UAB | Jason Pereira misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 42-46 |
| 08:23 | UAB | Wade Taylor tips it home | 44-46 |
| 08:04 | Rice | Paul Polston throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-46 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | Rice | Manuel Wall (SF) John Jones | |
| 07:47 | UAB | Donald Jones can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 44-46 |
| 07:45 | Rice | Manuel Wall pulls down the rebound | 44-46 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Jason Pereira (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ben Drew (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SF - Donald Jones (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. PF - Wade Taylor (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Thomas Minarik (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Charles Kelly (fresh) 7 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. SG - Nicholas Phillips (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Manuel Wall (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. PF - Paul Polston (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Kevin Neihoff (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:31 | Rice | Manuel Wall makes the jumper from just outside the lane | 44-48 |
| 07:08 | UAB | Donald Jones clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 44-48 |
| 07:06 | Rice | Charles Kelly snags the defensive board | 44-48 |
| 06:56 | Rice | Charles Kelly comes up short on the floater from the right block but he's hacked by Thomas Minarik - foul #4 on Thomas Minarik, team foul #9 | 44-48 |
| Subs | UAB | Geoffrey Browning (PF) Wade Taylor | |
| Subs | Rice | Gary Ferguson (SF), John Jones (PF) Manuel Wall, Paul Polston | |
| 06:56 | Rice | Charles Kelly misses the 1st free throw | 44-48 |
| 06:56 | Rice | Charles Kelly makes the 2nd free throw | 44-49 |
| 06:33 | UAB | Thomas Minarik misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Kevin Neihoff - foul #1 on Kevin Neihoff, team foul #7 | 44-49 |
| Subs | UAB | Bruce Lindsey (SF) Donald Jones | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 06:33 | UAB | Thomas Minarik makes the 1st free throw | 45-49 |
| 06:33 | UAB | Thomas Minarik misses the 2nd free throw | 45-49 |
| 06:33 | Rice | Kevin Neihoff gets the rebound | 45-49 |
| 06:07 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips connects on the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Gary Ferguson | 45-52 |
| 05:46 | UAB | Thomas Minarik double dribbles | 45-52 |
| Subs | UAB | Michael Gamble (PG), David Arceneaux (SG), Wade Taylor (C) Jason Pereira, Ben Drew, Thomas Minarik | |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Greenwalt (PG), Joseph Horn (C) Charles Kelly, Kevin Neihoff | |
| 05:36 | Rice | Joseph Horn is whistled for a carry | 45-52 |
| Subs | UAB | Donald Jones (SF) Bruce Lindsey | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 05:21 | UAB | David Arceneaux misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 45-52 |
| 05:19 | Rice | John Jones pulls down the rebound | 45-52 |
| 04:57 | Rice | Gary Ferguson hits a jumper near the basket set up by Joseph Horn | 45-54 |
| 04:46 | UAB | Donald Jones knocks in the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a great pass from Michael Gamble and he's hacked by John Jones - foul #2 on John Jones, team foul #8 | 47-54 |
| Subs | UAB | Jason Pereira (PG), Ben Drew (SG) Michael Gamble, David Arceneaux | |
| Subs | Rice | Manuel Wall (SG), Paul Polston (PF) Nicholas Phillips, John Jones | |
| 04:46 | UAB | Donald Jones makes the free throw | 48-54 |
| 04:32 | Rice | Gary Ferguson misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 48-54 |
| 04:30 | UAB | Ben Drew grabs the board | 48-54 |
| 04:08 | UAB | Wade Taylor makes the jumper from close range on a nice dish by Jason Pereira | 50-54 |
| 03:48 | Rice | Gary Ferguson drills a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Joseph Horn | 50-57 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Jason Pereira (fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. SG - Ben Drew (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SF - Donald Jones (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. PF - Geoffrey Browning (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. C - Wade Taylor (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Richard Greenwalt (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Manuel Wall (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SF - Gary Ferguson (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Paul Polston (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Horn (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:35 | UAB | Geoffrey Browning misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 50-57 |
| 03:34 | UAB | Jason Pereira grabs the offensive rebound | 50-57 |
| 03:20 | UAB | Ben Drew can't connect on a fadeaway from the left block but the foul's on Manuel Wall - foul #3 on Manuel Wall, team foul #9 | 50-57 |
| Subs | UAB | Bruce Lindsey (SF), Thomas Minarik (C) Donald Jones, Geoffrey Browning | |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Kelly (PG), Nicholas Phillips (SG), Kevin Neihoff (C) Richard Greenwalt, Gary Ferguson, Joseph Horn | |
| 03:20 | UAB | Ben Drew makes the 1st free throw | 51-57 |
| 03:20 | UAB | Ben Drew makes the 2nd free throw | 52-57 |
| 03:07 | Rice | Manuel Wall clanks a fadeaway from close range | 52-57 |
| 03:05 | UAB | The rebound goes to Jason Pereira | 52-57 |
| 02:59 | UAB | Bruce Lindsey makes the floater from the right wing on a great pass from Jason Pereira | 54-57 |
| 02:59 | Rice | Rice calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 54-57 |
| Subs | UAB | Donald Jones (SF), Geoffrey Browning (PF) Bruce Lindsey, Wade Taylor | |
| Subs | Rice | Gary Ferguson (SF), John Jones (PF) Manuel Wall, Paul Polston | |
| 02:44 | Rice | Charles Kelly hits a jumper in the lane set up by Gary Ferguson | 54-59 |
| 02:25 | UAB | Donald Jones scores on a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Jason Pereira | 57-59 |
| 02:08 | Rice | Charles Kelly is whistled for traveling | 57-59 |
| 01:52 | UAB | Jason Pereira buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 60-59 |
| 01:35 | Rice | Charles Kelly comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 60-59 |
| 01:34 | UAB | Thomas Minarik gets the rebound | 60-59 |
| 01:14 | UAB | Jason Pereira hits a floater from the right side on a nice dish by Ben Drew | 62-59 |
| 00:58 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips misses short on a fadeaway from close range | 62-59 |
| 00:57 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips snags the offensive board | 62-59 |
| 00:42 | Rice | Gary Ferguson knocks in the jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Nicholas Phillips and he's fouled by Donald Jones - foul #2 on Donald Jones, team foul #10 | 62-61 |
| 00:42 | Rice | Gary Ferguson makes the free throw | 62-62 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:16 | UAB | Geoffrey Browning comes up short on the fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by Gary Ferguson - foul #1 on Gary Ferguson, team foul #10 | 62-62 |
| 00:16 | UAB | Geoffrey Browning misses the 1st free throw | 62-62 |
| 00:16 | UAB | Geoffrey Browning makes the 2nd free throw | 63-62 |
| 00:02 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips can't connect on a jumper from the left side | 63-62 |
| 00:01 | Rice | John Jones grabs the offensive board | 63-62 |
| 00:00 | Rice | The clock runs out | 63-62 |