| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Ricardo Enriquez (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Grant Paulson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - James Cotto (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Robert Lim (fresh) C - Christopher Castiglione (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Paul Elizondo (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Tim Abrams (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Joseph Turner (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Randall Mapp (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Louis Horan (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | New Mexico | James Cotto inbounds the ball | 38-24 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:45 | New Mexico | Ricardo Enriquez comes up short on the runner from the left block | 38-24 |
| 19:44 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan grabs the board | 38-24 |
| 19:26 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan misses the turnaround in the paint but he's fouled by Christopher Castiglione - foul #3 on Christopher Castiglione, team foul #1 | 38-24 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Reynaldo Serrano (SF) Christopher Castiglione | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | | |
| 19:26 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan makes the 1st free throw | 38-25 |
| 19:26 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan makes the 2nd free throw | 38-26 |
| 19:01 | New Mexico | James Cotto misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 38-26 |
| 18:59 | Texas Southern | Randall Mapp grabs the defensive rebound | 38-26 |
| 18:38 | Texas Southern | 3 seconds is called on Joseph Turner | 38-26 |
| 18:20 | New Mexico | James Cotto misses short on a jumper from the right side | 38-26 |
| 18:19 | New Mexico | James Cotto tips it home | 40-26 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 17:56 | Texas Southern | Joseph Turner can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 40-26 |
| 17:55 | New Mexico | Grant Paulson pulls down the rebound | 40-26 |
| 17:40 | New Mexico | James Cotto misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 40-26 |
| 17:38 | New Mexico | Ricardo Enriquez hits the follow up shot | 42-26 |
| 17:22 | Texas Southern | Randall Mapp misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 42-26 |
| 17:21 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan snags the offensive board | 42-26 |
| 17:11 | Texas Southern | Paul Elizondo comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 42-26 |
| 17:10 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan snags the offensive board | 42-26 |
| 16:58 | Texas Southern | Ricardo Enriquez is called for the reach on Paul Elizondo - foul #1 on Ricardo Enriquez, team foul #2 | 42-26 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Warren Adams (PG) Ricardo Enriquez | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | | |
| 16:39 | Texas Southern | Paul Elizondo makes the 3 pointer from the right corner | 42-29 |
| 16:20 | New Mexico | Reynaldo Serrano throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-29 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Peter Odom (SF), Cecil Birdsong (C) Joseph Turner, Louis Horan | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 16:00 | Texas Southern | Randall Mapp is fouled on the floor by Warren Adams - foul #1 on Warren Adams, team foul #3 | 42-29 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht (PF), Christopher Castiglione (C) James Cotto, Robert Lim | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Henry Taylor (SG), Glenn Stubbs (PF) Tim Abrams, Randall Mapp | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Warren Adams (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Grant Paulson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Reynaldo Serrano (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Wendell Hecht (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Christopher Castiglione (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Paul Elizondo (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Henry Taylor (fresh) SF - Peter Odom (fresh) PF - Glenn Stubbs (fresh) 2 pts. C - Cecil Birdsong (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:41 | Texas Southern | Henry Taylor misses the 3 from the right wing | 42-29 |
| 15:39 | New Mexico | Warren Adams grabs the board | 42-29 |
| 15:22 | New Mexico | Warren Adams misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 42-29 |
| 15:21 | Texas Southern | Glenn Stubbs snags the defensive board | 42-29 |
| 14:56 | Texas Southern | Cecil Birdsong scores on a runner from the left block on a nice dish by Peter Odom | 42-31 |
| 14:34 | New Mexico | Grant Paulson misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 42-31 |
| 14:33 | New Mexico | Christopher Castiglione tips it in | 44-31 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 14:19 | Texas Southern | Glenn Stubbs misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 44-31 |
| 14:18 | New Mexico | The rebound goes to Christopher Castiglione | 44-31 |
| 13:57 | New Mexico | Warren Adams is fouled on the floor by Glenn Stubbs - foul #1 on Glenn Stubbs, team foul #1 | 44-31 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Ricardo Enriquez (PG), James Cotto (SF) Warren Adams, Reynaldo Serrano | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Michael McClaine (PG), Tim Abrams (SG), Joseph Turner (SF), Randall Mapp (PF), Louis Horan (C) Paul Elizondo, Henry Taylor, Peter Odom, Glenn Stubbs, Cecil Birdsong | |
| 13:33 | New Mexico | Tim Abrams takes the ball from Wendell Hecht | 44-31 |
| 13:18 | Texas Southern | Tim Abrams misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 44-31 |
| 13:16 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht gets the rebound | 44-31 |
| 13:02 | New Mexico | James Cotto is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on James Cotto, team foul #4 | 44-31 |
| 13:00 | Texas Southern | Michael McClaine is hacked by Grant Paulson in the backcourt - foul #1 on Grant Paulson, team foul #5 | 44-31 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Paul Elizondo (PG) Michael McClaine | |
| 12:42 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the left block | 44-31 |
| 12:40 | New Mexico | Ricardo Enriquez snags the defensive board | 44-31 |
| 12:27 | New Mexico | Grant Paulson can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 44-31 |
| 12:26 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan grabs the defensive rebound | 44-31 |
| 12:17 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 44-31 |
| 12:15 | Texas Southern | Randall Mapp gets the offensive rebound | 44-31 |
| 12:07 | Texas Southern | Joseph Turner comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 44-31 |
| 12:06 | Texas Southern | Randall Mapp misses the tip | 44-31 |
| 12:05 | New Mexico | James Cotto pulls down the rebound | 44-31 |
| 11:50 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht scores on a floater from close range | 46-31 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Ricardo Enriquez (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Grant Paulson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - James Cotto (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Wendell Hecht (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Christopher Castiglione (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Paul Elizondo (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Tim Abrams (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SF - Joseph Turner (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Randall Mapp (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Louis Horan (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:22 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan knocks in the shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Paul Elizondo and he's hacked by Christopher Castiglione - foul #4 on Christopher Castiglione, team foul #6 | 46-33 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Warren Adams (SG), Reynaldo Serrano (SF), Robert Lim (C) Grant Paulson, James Cotto, Christopher Castiglione | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | | |
| 11:22 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan misses the free throw | 46-33 |
| 11:22 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht snags the defensive board | 46-33 |
| 11:04 | New Mexico | Ricardo Enriquez throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-33 |
| 10:49 | Texas Southern | Ricardo Enriquez is called for the reach on Louis Horan - foul #2 on Ricardo Enriquez, team foul #7 | 46-33 |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Cotto (SF) Ricardo Enriquez | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | | |
| 10:49 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan misses the 1st free throw | 46-33 |
| 10:49 | New Mexico | The rebound goes to Robert Lim | 46-33 |
| 10:34 | New Mexico | Robert Lim misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 46-33 |
| 10:32 | New Mexico | Reynaldo Serrano gets the offensive rebound | 46-33 |
| 10:23 | New Mexico | Tim Abrams steps in front of the James Cotto pass | 46-33 |
| 10:20 | Texas Southern | Paul Elizondo banks in the layup set up by Tim Abrams | 46-35 |
| 10:08 | New Mexico | Louis Horan is called for the reach on Warren Adams - foul #3 on Louis Horan, team foul #2 | 46-35 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Michael McClaine (PG), Peter Odom (SF), Glenn Stubbs (PF), Cecil Birdsong (C) Paul Elizondo, Joseph Turner, Randall Mapp, Louis Horan | |
| 09:52 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht can't connect on a shot from the left block but he's fouled by Glenn Stubbs - foul #2 on Glenn Stubbs, team foul #3 | 46-35 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Henry Taylor (SG) Tim Abrams | |
| 09:52 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht makes the 1st free throw | 47-35 |
| 09:52 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht makes the 2nd free throw | 48-35 |
| 09:27 | Texas Southern | Peter Odom hits a jumpshot from the left side | 48-37 |
| 09:06 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht knocks in the jump hook from close range on a nice dish by Warren Adams | 50-37 |
| 08:50 | Texas Southern | Peter Odom scores on a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Michael McClaine | 50-40 |
| 08:22 | New Mexico | James Cotto scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 53-40 |
| 08:05 | Texas Southern | Michael McClaine hits a 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Glenn Stubbs | 53-43 |
| 07:36 | New Mexico | Cecil Birdsong swats the short shot by James Cotto | 53-43 |
| 07:35 | New Mexico | Robert Lim grabs the offensive board | 53-43 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Warren Adams (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Reynaldo Serrano (fresh) 6 pts. SF - James Cotto (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Wendell Hecht (tiring) 14 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Lim (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Michael McClaine (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Henry Taylor (fresh) SF - Peter Odom (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Glenn Stubbs (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Cecil Birdsong (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:12 | New Mexico | Robert Lim hits the front of the rim on the floater from just outside the lane | 53-43 |
| 07:11 | New Mexico | Robert Lim grabs the offensive rebound | 53-43 |
| 06:56 | New Mexico | James Cotto clanks a turnaround from the right block | 53-43 |
| 06:55 | New Mexico | Reynaldo Serrano snags the offensive board | 53-43 |
| 06:47 | New Mexico | James Cotto is fouled on the floor by Cecil Birdsong - foul #2 on Cecil Birdsong, team foul #4 | 53-43 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Ricardo Enriquez (PG), Grant Paulson (SG), Christopher Castiglione (C) Warren Adams, Reynaldo Serrano, Robert Lim | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | Paul Elizondo (PG), Tim Abrams (SG), Joseph Turner (SF), Randall Mapp (PF), Louis Horan (C) Michael McClaine, Henry Taylor, Peter Odom, Glenn Stubbs, Cecil Birdsong | |
| 06:35 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht can't connect on a jumper from the right block | 53-43 |
| 06:34 | New Mexico | James Cotto pulls down the offensive rebound | 53-43 |
| 06:20 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 53-43 |
| 06:19 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan grabs the board | 53-43 |
| 06:03 | Texas Southern | Randall Mapp is called for a charge - foul #1 on Randall Mapp, team foul #5 | 53-43 |
| 05:35 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht misses the lay-in | 53-43 |
| 05:33 | New Mexico | Grant Paulson snags the offensive board | 53-43 |
| 05:27 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht is hacked by Randall Mapp - foul #2 on Randall Mapp, team foul #6 | 53-43 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Reynaldo Serrano (SF) James Cotto | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | | |
| 05:09 | New Mexico | Reynaldo Serrano clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 53-43 |
| 05:07 | Texas Southern | The rebound goes to Louis Horan | 53-43 |
| 04:49 | Texas Southern | Joseph Turner is fouled on the floor by Christopher Castiglione - foul #5 on Christopher Castiglione, team foul #8 | 53-43 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Robert Lim (C) Christopher Castiglione | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | | |
| 04:49 | Texas Southern | Joseph Turner makes the 1st free throw | 53-44 |
| 04:49 | Texas Southern | Joseph Turner makes the 2nd free throw | 53-45 |
| 04:39 | New Mexico | Joseph Turner steals it from Grant Paulson | 53-45 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 04:16 | Texas Southern | Grant Paulson is called for the reach on Tim Abrams - foul #2 on Grant Paulson, team foul #9 | 53-45 |
| 04:16 | Texas Southern | Tim Abrams makes the 1st free throw | 53-46 |
| 04:16 | Texas Southern | Tim Abrams makes the 2nd free throw | 53-47 |
| 04:07 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left block but he's fouled by Randall Mapp - foul #3 on Randall Mapp, team foul #7 | 53-47 |
| 04:07 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht misses the 1st free throw | 53-47 |
| 04:07 | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht misses the 2nd free throw | 53-47 |
| 04:07 | Texas Southern | The rebound goes to Louis Horan | 53-47 |
| 03:38 | Texas Southern | Randall Mapp misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 53-47 |
| 03:37 | New Mexico | Robert Lim grabs the defensive rebound | 53-47 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Ricardo Enriquez (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Grant Paulson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Reynaldo Serrano (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Wendell Hecht (tiring) 14 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Lim (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Texas Southern | PG - Paul Elizondo (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Tim Abrams (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - Joseph Turner (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Randall Mapp (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Louis Horan (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:19 | New Mexico | Grant Paulson connects on the shot from the right wing | 55-47 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 02:58 | Texas Southern | Tim Abrams clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 55-47 |
| 02:56 | Texas Southern | Paul Elizondo grabs the offensive board | 55-47 |
| 02:44 | Texas Southern | Randall Mapp connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Paul Elizondo | 55-50 |
| 02:44 | New Mexico | New Mexico calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-50 |
| Subs | New Mexico | James Cotto (PF) Wendell Hecht | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | | |
| 02:32 | New Mexico | Grant Paulson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 55-50 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 02:08 | Texas Southern | Tim Abrams hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the paint | 55-50 |
| 02:07 | New Mexico | Robert Lim gets the rebound | 55-50 |
| 01:45 | New Mexico | James Cotto hits a driving attempt near the basket set up by Grant Paulson | 57-50 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 01:27 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan loses the dribble to Grant Paulson | 57-50 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (-3) | |
| 01:00 | New Mexico | James Cotto misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 57-50 |
| 00:58 | Texas Southern | Tim Abrams gets the rebound | 57-50 |
| 00:53 | Texas Southern | Tim Abrams is fouled on the floor by Robert Lim - foul #2 on Robert Lim, team foul #10 | 57-50 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Wendell Hecht (PF) Reynaldo Serrano | |
| Subs | Texas Southern | | |
| 00:53 | Texas Southern | Tim Abrams makes the 1st free throw | 57-51 |
| 00:53 | Texas Southern | Tim Abrams makes the 2nd free throw | 57-52 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:50 | New Mexico | Ricardo Enriquez is fouled in the backcourt by Paul Elizondo - foul #2 on Paul Elizondo, team foul #8 | 57-52 |
| 00:50 | New Mexico | Ricardo Enriquez misses the 1st free throw | 57-52 |
| 00:50 | Texas Southern | The rebound goes to Louis Horan | 57-52 |
| 00:21 | Texas Southern | Grant Paulson takes the ball from Paul Elizondo | 57-52 |
| 00:18 | New Mexico | Ricardo Enriquez is hacked by Paul Elizondo in the backcourt - foul #3 on Paul Elizondo, team foul #9 | 57-52 |
| 00:18 | New Mexico | Ricardo Enriquez makes the 1st free throw | 58-52 |
| 00:18 | New Mexico | Ricardo Enriquez makes the 2nd free throw | 59-52 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Southern | Texas Southern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:12 | Texas Southern | Tim Abrams is hacked by Ricardo Enriquez - foul #3 on Ricardo Enriquez, team foul #11 | 59-52 |
| 00:12 | Texas Southern | Tim Abrams makes the 1st free throw | 59-53 |
| 00:12 | Texas Southern | Tim Abrams makes the 2nd free throw | 59-54 |
| 00:11 | New Mexico | Grant Paulson is hacked by Paul Elizondo in the backcourt - foul #4 on Paul Elizondo, team foul #10 | 59-54 |
| 00:11 | New Mexico | Grant Paulson makes the 1st free throw | 60-54 |
| 00:11 | New Mexico | Grant Paulson misses the 2nd free throw | 60-54 |
| 00:11 | Texas Southern | Louis Horan grabs the defensive rebound | 60-54 |
| 00:05 | Texas Southern | Randall Mapp hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 60-54 |
| 00:03 | New Mexico | James Cotto gets the rebound | 60-54 |
| 00:01 | New Mexico | James Cotto is fouled in the backcourt by Tim Abrams - foul #2 on Tim Abrams, team foul #11 | 60-54 |
| 00:01 | New Mexico | James Cotto misses the 1st free throw | 60-54 |
| 00:01 | New Mexico | James Cotto makes the 2nd free throw | 61-54 |
| 00:00 | Texas Southern | Paul Elizondo misses short on a fullcourt shot | 61-54 |