| Lineup | Memphis | PG - Nelson Shumaker (fresh) SG - Michael Jackson (fresh) SF - Mark Hart (fresh) PF - Carl Burk (fresh) C - William Smith (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Leonard Puig (fresh) SG - Albert Horton (fresh) SF - Sidney Rearick (fresh) PF - James Spurgeon (fresh) C - Michael Jones (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Michael Jones wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Memphis | Memphis is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:46 | Rice | Sidney Rearick misses short on a fadeaway from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:44 | Rice | James Spurgeon tips it back up and in | 0-2 |
| 19:27 | Memphis | Michael Jones steals it from Mark Hart | 0-2 |
| 19:04 | Rice | James Spurgeon clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner but he's fouled by Michael Jackson - foul #1 on Michael Jackson, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 19:04 | Rice | James Spurgeon makes the 1st free throw | 0-3 |
| 19:04 | Rice | James Spurgeon makes the 2nd free throw | 0-4 |
| 19:04 | Rice | James Spurgeon makes the 3rd free throw | 0-5 |
| 18:53 | Memphis | Carl Burk scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Mark Hart | 3-5 |
| 18:35 | Rice | Leonard Puig misses short on a jumpshot from the left wing | 3-5 |
| 18:34 | Memphis | Nelson Shumaker gets the rebound | 3-5 |
| 18:17 | Memphis | Carl Burk scores on a driving attempt near the basket set up by William Smith | 5-5 |
| 18:12 | Rice | Leonard Puig makes the 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Albert Horton | 5-8 |
| 17:56 | Memphis | Carl Burk double dribbles | 5-8 |
| Subs | Memphis | | |
| Subs | Rice | Wayne Woolsey (SG), Richard Bass (C) Albert Horton, Michael Jones | |
| 17:39 | Rice | Leonard Puig is fouled on the floor by Nelson Shumaker - foul #1 on Nelson Shumaker, team foul #2 | 5-8 |
| Subs | Memphis | | |
| Subs | Rice | Arthur Dean (C) Sidney Rearick | |
| 17:27 | Rice | James Spurgeon banks in the layup on a nice dish by Wayne Woolsey | 5-10 |
| 17:14 | Memphis | William Smith is fouled on the floor by Arthur Dean - foul #1 on Arthur Dean, team foul #1 | 5-10 |
| Subs | Memphis | Ross Williamson (SF) Mark Hart | |
| Subs | Rice | William Barnes (C) James Spurgeon | |
| 17:06 | Memphis | Carl Burk hits a jump hook in the paint on a great pass from Michael Jackson | 7-10 |
| 16:43 | Rice | Leonard Puig misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 7-10 |
| 16:42 | Memphis | Carl Burk grabs the board | 7-10 |
| 16:35 | Memphis | Nelson Shumaker throws a bad pass out of bounds | 7-10 |
| Subs | Memphis | William Chavis (SG), Robert Caouette (PF), Robert Macy (C) Michael Jackson, Carl Burk, William Smith | |
| Subs | Rice | Albert Horton (SG), Sidney Rearick (SF), Michael Jones (C) Leonard Puig, Arthur Dean, William Barnes | |
| 16:21 | Rice | Wayne Woolsey connects on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Sidney Rearick | 7-12 |
| 16:07 | Memphis | William Chavis can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 7-12 |
| 16:06 | Memphis | Robert Macy tips it in | 9-12 |
| 15:52 | Rice | Sidney Rearick's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 9-12 |
| Subs | Memphis | Terry Jones (PG), Mark Hart (SF) Nelson Shumaker, Robert Caouette | |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Miles (PG), James Spurgeon (PF) Wayne Woolsey, Richard Bass | |
| Lineup | Memphis | PG - Terry Jones (fresh) SG - William Chavis (fresh) SF - Mark Hart (fresh) PF - Ross Williamson (fresh) C - Robert Macy (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Charles Miles (fresh) SG - Albert Horton (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Sidney Rearick (fresh) PF - James Spurgeon (fresh) 7 pts. C - Michael Jones (fresh) | |
| 15:41 | Memphis | The jumper by William Chavis is denied by James Spurgeon | 9-12 |
| 15:39 | Rice | Michael Jones pulls down the rebound | 9-12 |
| 15:22 | Rice | Charles Miles misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 9-12 |
| 15:20 | Memphis | Ross Williamson gets the rebound | 9-12 |
| 15:02 | Memphis | William Chavis drills a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Macy | 12-12 |
| 14:39 | Rice | Charles Miles makes the fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by James Spurgeon | 12-14 |
| 14:31 | Memphis | James Spurgeon swats the layup by Robert Macy | 12-14 |
| 14:29 | Memphis | Robert Macy tips it but misses | 12-14 |
| 14:28 | Memphis | Robert Macy snags the offensive board | 12-14 |
| 14:17 | Memphis | Robert Macy banks in the layup set up by Mark Hart | 14-14 |
| 14:01 | Rice | Sidney Rearick is called for traveling | 14-14 |
| Subs | Memphis | Nelson Shumaker (PG), Michael Jackson (SG), Carl Burk (PF), William Smith (C) Terry Jones, William Chavis, Mark Hart, Robert Macy | |
| Subs | Rice | Leonard Puig (PG), Wayne Woolsey (SG), Richard Bass (SF), Arthur Dean (PF), William Barnes (C) Charles Miles, Albert Horton, Sidney Rearick, James Spurgeon, Michael Jones | |
| 13:51 | Memphis | Carl Burk misses short on a floater from the free throw line | 14-14 |
| 13:49 | Rice | Arthur Dean grabs the defensive rebound | 14-14 |
| 13:33 | Rice | Richard Bass makes the wide open fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Wayne Woolsey | 14-16 |
| 13:20 | Memphis | William Smith blows the layup but he's fouled by William Barnes - foul #1 on William Barnes, team foul #2 | 14-16 |
| 13:20 | Memphis | William Smith misses the 1st free throw | 14-16 |
| 13:20 | Memphis | William Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 15-16 |
| 13:07 | Rice | The jumper by Richard Bass is denied by William Smith | 15-16 |
| 13:05 | Memphis | William Smith snags the defensive board | 15-16 |
| 12:54 | Memphis | Ross Williamson's pass is intercepted by Wayne Woolsey | 15-16 |
| 12:34 | Rice | Wayne Woolsey scores on a shot from the right side on a nice dish by Leonard Puig | 15-18 |
| 12:18 | Memphis | Michael Jackson can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 15-18 |
| 12:16 | Rice | Richard Bass grabs the board | 15-18 |
| 11:48 | Rice | Richard Bass drills a jump hook near the basket on a great pass from Leonard Puig | 15-20 |
| Lineup | Memphis | PG - Nelson Shumaker (fresh) SG - Michael Jackson (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ross Williamson (tiring) PF - Carl Burk (fairly fresh) 7 pts. C - William Smith (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Leonard Puig (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Wayne Woolsey (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Richard Bass (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Arthur Dean (fresh) C - William Barnes (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:35 | Memphis | Carl Burk misses short on a driving attempt in the lane but he's fouled by Arthur Dean - foul #2 on Arthur Dean, team foul #3 | 15-20 |
| Subs | Memphis | William Chavis (SG), Mark Hart (SF), Robert Macy (C) Michael Jackson, Ross Williamson, William Smith | |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Tabarez (SG), Sidney Rearick (SF), James Spurgeon (PF), Michael Jones (C) Wayne Woolsey, Richard Bass, Arthur Dean, William Barnes | |
| 11:35 | Memphis | Carl Burk makes the 1st free throw | 16-20 |
| 11:35 | Memphis | Carl Burk makes the 2nd free throw | 17-20 |
| 11:21 | Rice | Carl Burk picks off the pass by Leonard Puig | 17-20 |
| 11:13 | Memphis | Carl Burk is fouled on the floor by Michael Jones - foul #1 on Michael Jones, team foul #4 | 17-20 |
| Subs | Memphis | Terry Jones (PG), Robert Caouette (PF) Nelson Shumaker, Carl Burk | |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Miles (PG), Albert Horton (SG) Leonard Puig, Charles Tabarez | |
| 11:05 | Memphis | Mark Hart scores on a jump hook from the left block set up by Robert Macy | 19-20 |
| 10:55 | Rice | Michael Jones drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Charles Miles | 19-23 |
| 10:37 | Memphis | Robert Macy's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 19-23 |
| Subs | Memphis | Michael Jackson (SG), William Smith (C) William Chavis, Robert Macy | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 10:22 | Rice | Mark Hart steals the ball from Michael Jones | 19-23 |
| 10:09 | Memphis | Mark Hart comes up short on the jump hook near the basket but he's fouled by Sidney Rearick - foul #1 on Sidney Rearick, team foul #5 | 19-23 |
| Subs | Memphis | Nelson Shumaker (PG), Ross Williamson (PF) Terry Jones, Robert Caouette | |
| Subs | Rice | Leonard Puig (PG), Charles Tabarez (SG), Richard Bass (C) Charles Miles, Albert Horton, Michael Jones | |
| 10:09 | Memphis | Mark Hart misses the 1st free throw | 19-23 |
| 10:09 | Memphis | Mark Hart makes the 2nd free throw | 20-23 |
| 09:44 | Rice | James Spurgeon is whistled for a carry | 20-23 |
| Subs | Memphis | Robert Caouette (PF) Mark Hart | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 09:25 | Memphis | Michael Jackson misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 20-23 |
| 09:23 | Rice | Richard Bass gets the rebound | 20-23 |
| 09:04 | Rice | James Spurgeon can't connect on a driving attempt from the baseline but the foul's on Robert Caouette - foul #1 on Robert Caouette, team foul #3 | 20-23 |
| Subs | Memphis | William Chavis (SG), Carl Burk (PF), Robert Macy (C) Michael Jackson, Robert Caouette, William Smith | |
| Subs | Rice | Albert Horton (SG), William Barnes (C) Charles Tabarez, Sidney Rearick | |
| 09:04 | Rice | James Spurgeon makes the 1st free throw | 20-24 |
| 09:04 | Rice | James Spurgeon misses the 2nd free throw | 20-24 |
| 09:04 | Memphis | Carl Burk grabs the defensive rebound | 20-24 |
| 08:50 | Memphis | Albert Horton is called for the reach on William Chavis - foul #1 on Albert Horton, team foul #6 | 20-24 |
| Subs | Memphis | Terry Jones (PG) Ross Williamson | |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Jones (C) James Spurgeon | |
| 08:45 | Memphis | Robert Macy can't connect on a turnaround from the right block but the foul's on Michael Jones - foul #2 on Michael Jones, team foul #7 | 20-24 |
| Subs | Memphis | | |
| Subs | Rice | Sidney Rearick (SF) Michael Jones | |
| 08:45 | Memphis | Robert Macy makes the 1st free throw | 21-24 |
| 08:45 | Memphis | Robert Macy makes the 2nd free throw | 22-24 |
| 08:23 | Rice | Sidney Rearick buries a 3pt jumper from straight away | 22-27 |
| 08:05 | Memphis | Carl Burk makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Nelson Shumaker | 25-27 |
| 07:41 | Rice | William Barnes drills a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Leonard Puig | 25-30 |
| Lineup | Memphis | PG - Terry Jones (fresh) SG - William Chavis (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Nelson Shumaker (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Carl Burk (fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Macy (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Leonard Puig (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Albert Horton (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Sidney Rearick (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Richard Bass (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - William Barnes (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 07:30 | Memphis | Carl Burk clanks a runner from the baseline | 25-30 |
| 07:29 | Rice | Richard Bass snags the defensive board | 25-30 |
| 07:08 | Rice | Albert Horton misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 25-30 |
| 07:07 | Rice | Richard Bass snags the offensive board | 25-30 |
| 06:56 | Rice | Richard Bass misses short on a floater from the right side | 25-30 |
| 06:55 | Memphis | Carl Burk snags the defensive board | 25-30 |
| 06:50 | Memphis | William Chavis banks in the layup on a nice dish by Nelson Shumaker | 27-30 |
| 06:33 | Rice | Leonard Puig comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 27-30 |
| 06:32 | Memphis | William Chavis grabs the board | 27-30 |
| 06:27 | Memphis | Nelson Shumaker drills a fadeaway from the left side set up by Carl Burk and he's fouled by Sidney Rearick - foul #2 on Sidney Rearick, team foul #8 | 29-30 |
| Subs | Memphis | Michael Jackson (SG), Mark Hart (SF), Ross Williamson (PF), William Smith (C) Terry Jones, William Chavis, Carl Burk, Robert Macy | |
| Subs | Rice | Wayne Woolsey (PG), Charles Tabarez (SG), James Spurgeon (PF) Leonard Puig, Albert Horton, Sidney Rearick | |
| 06:27 | Memphis | Nelson Shumaker misses the free throw | 29-30 |
| 06:27 | Rice | William Barnes gets the rebound | 29-30 |
| 06:12 | Rice | Wayne Woolsey hits a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Richard Bass | 29-33 |
| 06:00 | Memphis | Ross Williamson misses short on a shot from the left wing | 29-33 |
| 05:59 | Memphis | Michael Jackson grabs the offensive rebound | 29-33 |
| 05:53 | Memphis | Nelson Shumaker drills a shot from the right side on a nice dish by Ross Williamson | 31-33 |
| 05:44 | Rice | Michael Jackson takes the ball from William Barnes | 31-33 |
| 05:25 | Memphis | William Smith can't connect on a fadeaway from the right block | 31-33 |
| 05:23 | Rice | Richard Bass grabs the defensive rebound | 31-33 |
| 05:20 | Rice | Nelson Shumaker steps in front of the Wayne Woolsey pass in the backcourt | 31-33 |
| 05:07 | Memphis | Ross Williamson drills a shot from just outside the lane | 33-33 |
| 04:47 | Rice | William Barnes is whistled for traveling | 33-33 |
| Subs | Memphis | Terry Jones (PG), Robert Caouette (PF) Nelson Shumaker, Mark Hart | |
| Subs | Rice | Leonard Puig (PG) Wayne Woolsey | |
| 04:38 | Memphis | William Smith banks in the layup on a nice dish by Terry Jones | 35-33 |
| 04:22 | Rice | James Spurgeon misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 35-33 |
| 04:21 | Rice | Charles Tabarez pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-33 |
| 04:08 | Rice | Charles Tabarez misses the floater from the free throw line | 35-33 |
| 04:07 | Rice | William Barnes pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-33 |
| 03:46 | Rice | Leonard Puig comes up short on the jumper from the left side but he's hacked by William Smith - foul #1 on William Smith, team foul #4 | 35-33 |
| Subs | Memphis | Howard Fulcher (PG), William Chavis (SG), Mark Hart (SF), Carl Burk (PF), Robert Macy (C) Terry Jones, Michael Jackson, Ross Williamson, Robert Caouette, William Smith | |
| Subs | Rice | Albert Horton (SG), Sidney Rearick (SF), Arthur Dean (PF), Michael Jones (C) Charles Tabarez, Richard Bass, James Spurgeon, William Barnes | |
| 03:46 | Rice | Leonard Puig makes the 1st free throw | 35-34 |
| 03:46 | Rice | Leonard Puig makes the 2nd free throw | 35-35 |
| 03:30 | Memphis | Carl Burk misses the shot from the left block | 35-35 |
| 03:29 | Rice | Michael Jones snags the defensive board | 35-35 |
| Lineup | Memphis | PG - Howard Fulcher (fresh) SG - William Chavis (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Mark Hart (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Carl Burk (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Macy (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Leonard Puig (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Albert Horton (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Sidney Rearick (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Arthur Dean (fresh) C - Michael Jones (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:22 | Rice | Arthur Dean loses the ball out of bounds | 35-35 |
| 03:08 | Memphis | Carl Burk clanks a jumpshot from the right side | 35-35 |
| 03:06 | Rice | Michael Jones gets the rebound | 35-35 |
| 02:49 | Rice | Arthur Dean blows the layup but the foul's on Carl Burk - foul #1 on Carl Burk, team foul #5 | 35-35 |
| Subs | Memphis | Ross Williamson (SF) Mark Hart | |
| Subs | Rice | Wayne Woolsey (SG) Albert Horton | |
| 02:49 | Rice | Arthur Dean makes the 1st free throw | 35-36 |
| 02:49 | Rice | Arthur Dean makes the 2nd free throw | 35-37 |
| 02:34 | Memphis | Robert Macy hits a jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Howard Fulcher | 37-37 |
| 02:16 | Rice | Wayne Woolsey is fouled on the floor by Carl Burk - foul #2 on Carl Burk, team foul #6 | 37-37 |
| Subs | Memphis | Nelson Shumaker (PG), Michael Jackson (SG), William Smith (C) Howard Fulcher, William Chavis, Robert Macy | |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Miles (PG), James Spurgeon (PF) Leonard Puig, Sidney Rearick | |
| 02:02 | Rice | James Spurgeon hits a turnaround from the left block on a great pass from Charles Miles | 37-39 |
| 01:44 | Memphis | Carl Burk misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 37-39 |
| 01:43 | Rice | Michael Jones snags the defensive board | 37-39 |
| 01:29 | Rice | James Spurgeon is whistled for traveling | 37-39 |
| Subs | Memphis | Mark Hart (SF), Robert Caouette (PF) Ross Williamson, Carl Burk | |
| Subs | Rice | Albert Horton (SG), Sidney Rearick (SF) Charles Miles, Arthur Dean | |
| 01:18 | Memphis | Mark Hart is hacked by Sidney Rearick - foul #3 on Sidney Rearick, team foul #9 | 37-39 |
| Subs | Memphis | | |
| Subs | Rice | Leonard Puig (PG), Richard Bass (SF) Wayne Woolsey, Sidney Rearick | |
| 01:18 | Memphis | Mark Hart makes the 1st free throw | 38-39 |
| 01:18 | Memphis | Mark Hart makes the 2nd free throw | 39-39 |
| 01:04 | Rice | Albert Horton double dribbles | 39-39 |
| 00:53 | Memphis | Leonard Puig is called for the reach on Robert Caouette - foul #1 on Leonard Puig, team foul #10 | 39-39 |
| 00:53 | Memphis | Robert Caouette makes the 1st free throw | 40-39 |
| 00:53 | Memphis | Robert Caouette makes the 2nd free throw | 41-39 |
| 00:36 | Rice | Michael Jones misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 41-39 |
| 00:35 | Memphis | Robert Caouette grabs the board | 41-39 |
| 00:29 | Memphis | William Smith lays it in on a nice dish by Nelson Shumaker | 43-39 |
| 00:03 | Rice | Leonard Puig misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 43-39 |
| 00:02 | Memphis | The rebound goes to William Smith | 43-39 |
| 00:00 | Memphis | William Smith can't connect on a fullcourt shot | 43-39 |