| Lineup | Houston | PG - Bruce Wilcox (fresh) SG - Horace Cirillo (fresh) SF - Bryant Kelly (fresh) PF - David Dana (fresh) C - Robert Mayo (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - James Lebeau (fresh) SG - Richard Grant (fresh) SF - Roberto Delgado (fresh) PF - George Davis (fresh) C - Vito Russo (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Houston | Robert Mayo wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Central Florida | Central Florida is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:44 | Houston | Bryant Kelly shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the floater from the right block | 0-0 |
| 19:43 | Central Florida | George Davis snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:41 | Central Florida | James Lebeau loses the dribble to David Dana in the backcourt | 0-0 |
| 19:29 | Houston | Bruce Wilcox misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:28 | Houston | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Mayo | 0-0 |
| 19:20 | Houston | Horace Cirillo loses the dribble to George Davis | 0-0 |
| 18:56 | Central Florida | Richard Grant clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 0-0 |
| 18:55 | Houston | David Dana snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 18:49 | Houston | Horace Cirillo scores on a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Bryant Kelly and the foul's on James Lebeau - foul #1 on James Lebeau, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:49 | Houston | Horace Cirillo makes the free throw | 3-0 |
| 18:31 | Central Florida | James Lebeau scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 3-3 |
| 18:21 | Houston | Bruce Wilcox misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 3-3 |
| 18:20 | Central Florida | The rebound goes to Richard Grant | 3-3 |
| 18:14 | Central Florida | Bruce Wilcox steals it from James Lebeau in the backcourt | 3-3 |
| 18:12 | Houston | Horace Cirillo lays it in set up by Bruce Wilcox | 5-3 |
| 17:50 | Central Florida | Richard Grant buries a 3pt shot from the right corner | 5-6 |
| 17:35 | Houston | Bryant Kelly makes the contested fadeaway from the baseline set up by Horace Cirillo and he's fouled by Richard Grant - foul #1 on Richard Grant, team foul #2 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Houston | Joey McGraw (PF), Charles Howells (C) David Dana, Robert Mayo | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Jason Bynum (SF), Jeffery Fowler (PF), David Clark (C) Roberto Delgado, George Davis, Vito Russo | |
| 17:35 | Houston | Bryant Kelly makes the free throw | 8-6 |
| 17:17 | Central Florida | Horace Cirillo is called for the reach on Jason Bynum - foul #1 on Horace Cirillo, team foul #1 | 8-6 |
| 17:05 | Central Florida | Bryant Kelly blocks the 3 pointer from the left wing by James Lebeau | 8-6 |
| 17:03 | Houston | Horace Cirillo grabs the defensive rebound | 8-6 |
| 16:51 | Houston | Charles Howells misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 8-6 |
| 16:49 | Houston | Bruce Wilcox misses the tip | 8-6 |
| 16:48 | Central Florida | Jason Bynum snags the defensive board | 8-6 |
| 16:20 | Central Florida | James Lebeau is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on James Lebeau, team foul #3 | 8-6 |
| Subs | Houston | Jackie Kay (PG), Francis Rhodes (PF), Robert Mayo (C) Bruce Wilcox, Joey McGraw, Charles Howells | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Don Holford (PG), Roberto Delgado (SF) James Lebeau, Jason Bynum | |
| 16:04 | Houston | Jeffery Fowler steals it from Francis Rhodes | 8-6 |
| 15:35 | Central Florida | Roberto Delgado drills a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 8-8 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Jackie Kay (fresh) SG - Horace Cirillo (tiring) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bryant Kelly (tiring) 3 pts. PF - Francis Rhodes (fresh) C - Robert Mayo (tiring) | |
| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - Don Holford (fresh) SG - Richard Grant (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Roberto Delgado (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jeffery Fowler (fairly fresh) C - David Clark (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:16 | Houston | Horace Cirillo drills a 3 from the left corner | 11-8 |
| 15:03 | Central Florida | Richard Grant misses the easy layup | 11-8 |
| 15:02 | Central Florida | Don Holford grabs the offensive board | 11-8 |
| 14:46 | Central Florida | Francis Rhodes steals the ball from Don Holford | 11-8 |
| 14:36 | Houston | Don Holford steals it from Horace Cirillo | 11-8 |
| 14:16 | Central Florida | Roberto Delgado misses the lay-in | 11-8 |
| 14:14 | Central Florida | Don Holford tips it back up and in | 11-10 |
| 13:53 | Houston | David Clark is called for the reach on Robert Mayo - foul #1 on David Clark, team foul #4 | 11-10 |
| Subs | Houston | Bruce Wilcox (PG), Jason Conklin (SG), David Dana (PF), Charles Howells (C) Jackie Kay, Horace Cirillo, Francis Rhodes, Robert Mayo | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Jason Bynum (SG), George Davis (PF), Vito Russo (C) Don Holford, Jeffery Fowler, David Clark | |
| 13:39 | Houston | Bruce Wilcox scores on a 3 pointer from straight away | 14-10 |
| 13:16 | Central Florida | Richard Grant clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 14-10 |
| 13:15 | Houston | Charles Howells pulls down the rebound | 14-10 |
| 13:10 | Houston | Bruce Wilcox misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 14-10 |
| 13:08 | Houston | David Dana grabs the offensive board | 14-10 |
| 12:51 | Houston | Bruce Wilcox misses the 3 from the left wing | 14-10 |
| 12:49 | Houston | David Dana tips it but misses | 14-10 |
| 12:47 | Central Florida | Vito Russo grabs the board | 14-10 |
| 12:18 | Central Florida | Jason Bynum can't connect on a floater from the right wing | 14-10 |
| 12:17 | Central Florida | Roberto Delgado grabs the offensive rebound | 14-10 |
| 12:03 | Central Florida | Richard Grant clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 14-10 |
| 12:01 | Houston | Jason Conklin grabs the defensive rebound | 14-10 |
| 11:54 | Houston | Charles Howells misses badly on a floater near the basket | 14-10 |
| 11:52 | Central Florida | Roberto Delgado grabs the board | 14-10 |
| 11:50 | Central Florida | Bruce Wilcox is called for the reach on Jason Bynum in the backcourt - foul #1 on Bruce Wilcox, team foul #2 | 14-10 |
| Subs | Houston | Horace Cirillo (SG), Francis Rhodes (SF), Joey McGraw (PF) Jason Conklin, Bryant Kelly, David Dana | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Don Holford (PG), Darrell Meyer (C) Roberto Delgado, Vito Russo | |
| 11:40 | Central Florida | George Davis buries a floater from the left block | 14-12 |
| 11:34 | Houston | Bruce Wilcox can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 14-12 |
| 11:32 | Central Florida | Jason Bynum snags the defensive board | 14-12 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Bruce Wilcox (tiring) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Horace Cirillo (tired) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Francis Rhodes (fresh) PF - Joey McGraw (fresh) C - Charles Howells (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - Don Holford (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Richard Grant (tiring) 3 pts. SF - Jason Bynum (fairly fresh) PF - George Davis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Darrell Meyer (fresh) | |
| 11:19 | Central Florida | Richard Grant misses the 3 from the right wing | 14-12 |
| 11:17 | Houston | Francis Rhodes snags the defensive board | 14-12 |
| 11:11 | Houston | Jason Bynum steps in front of the Bruce Wilcox pass | 14-12 |
| 11:08 | Central Florida | Richard Grant hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Jason Bynum | 14-14 |
| 10:54 | Houston | Bruce Wilcox comes up short on the floater from the left side | 14-14 |
| 10:53 | Central Florida | The rebound goes to Darrell Meyer | 14-14 |
| 10:34 | Central Florida | Richard Grant hits the front of the rim on the shot from close range | 14-14 |
| 10:32 | Houston | Joey McGraw pulls down the rebound | 14-14 |
| 10:27 | Houston | Bruce Wilcox misses the jump hook near the basket | 14-14 |
| 10:26 | Central Florida | The rebound goes to George Davis | 14-14 |
| 10:24 | Central Florida | Don Holford is fouled in the backcourt by Bruce Wilcox - foul #2 on Bruce Wilcox, team foul #3 | 14-14 |
| Subs | Houston | Jackie Kay (PG), Jason Conklin (SG), Bryant Kelly (SF), David Dana (PF), Robert Mayo (C) Bruce Wilcox, Horace Cirillo, Francis Rhodes, Joey McGraw, Charles Howells | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Roberto Delgado (SF), David Clark (PF), Vito Russo (C) Jason Bynum, George Davis, Darrell Meyer | |
| 10:17 | Central Florida | Roberto Delgado misses badly on the uncontested floater from just outside the lane | 14-14 |
| 10:16 | Houston | David Dana gets the rebound | 14-14 |
| 10:11 | Houston | David Clark denies the turnaround by Bryant Kelly | 14-14 |
| 10:09 | Houston | Robert Mayo tips it back up and in | 16-14 |
| 09:46 | Central Florida | Richard Grant hits a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from David Clark | 16-17 |
| 09:34 | Houston | Bryant Kelly is whistled for traveling | 16-17 |
| Subs | Houston | Horace Cirillo (SG) Jason Conklin | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Jeffery Fowler (PF) Vito Russo | |
| 09:32 | Central Florida | Roberto Delgado is fouled in the backcourt by Bryant Kelly - foul #1 on Bryant Kelly, team foul #4 | 16-17 |
| 09:12 | Central Florida | David Clark can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Robert Mayo - foul #1 on Robert Mayo, team foul #5 | 16-17 |
| Subs | Houston | Francis Rhodes (SF) Bryant Kelly | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Jason Bynum (SF) Roberto Delgado | |
| 09:12 | Central Florida | David Clark misses the 1st free throw | 16-17 |
| 09:12 | Central Florida | David Clark misses the 2nd free throw | 16-17 |
| 09:12 | Houston | Robert Mayo pulls down the rebound | 16-17 |
| 09:00 | Houston | Horace Cirillo is fouled on the floor by Richard Grant - foul #2 on Richard Grant, team foul #5 | 16-17 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Roberto Delgado (SF), Darrell Meyer (C) Richard Grant, David Clark | |
| 08:44 | Houston | Robert Mayo is whistled for traveling | 16-17 |
| Subs | Houston | Jason Conklin (SG), Joey McGraw (PF) Horace Cirillo, David Dana | |
| Subs | Central Florida | | |
| 08:32 | Central Florida | Roberto Delgado misses the easy open layup | 16-17 |
| 08:30 | Central Florida | Darrell Meyer grabs the offensive board | 16-17 |
| 08:06 | Central Florida | Jeffery Fowler can't finish the layup | 16-17 |
| 08:04 | Houston | Joey McGraw grabs the defensive rebound | 16-17 |
| 07:59 | Houston | Jackie Kay buries a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Jason Conklin | 19-17 |
| 07:40 | Central Florida | Roberto Delgado knocks in the jumper near the basket and the foul's on Jason Conklin - foul #1 on Jason Conklin, team foul #6 | 19-19 |
| Subs | Houston | Horace Cirillo (SG), Bryant Kelly (SF), David Dana (PF), Charles Howells (C) Jason Conklin, Francis Rhodes, Joey McGraw, Robert Mayo | |
| Subs | Central Florida | David Clark (PF), Vito Russo (C) Jeffery Fowler, Darrell Meyer | |
| 07:40 | Central Florida | Roberto Delgado makes the free throw | 19-20 |
| 07:22 | Houston | Horace Cirillo connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 22-20 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Jackie Kay (tiring) 3 pts. SG - Horace Cirillo (tired) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bryant Kelly (tired) 3 pts. PF - David Dana (tiring) 4 reb. C - Charles Howells (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - Don Holford (tiring) 2 pts. SG - Jason Bynum (tiring) 1 ast. SF - Roberto Delgado (tired) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Clark (fresh) C - Vito Russo (fresh) | |
| 06:53 | Central Florida | Roberto Delgado scores on a turnaround from the right block on a great pass from Don Holford | 22-22 |
| 06:51 | Houston | Houston calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 22-22 |
| Subs | Houston | Jason Conklin (SG) Horace Cirillo | |
| Subs | Central Florida | George Davis (SF), Jeffery Fowler (PF) Roberto Delgado, David Clark | |
| 06:32 | Houston | Bryant Kelly works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left side | 22-22 |
| 06:30 | Houston | Jason Conklin snags the offensive board | 22-22 |
| 06:14 | Houston | David Dana misses the easy layup | 22-22 |
| 06:13 | Central Florida | Jason Bynum grabs the board | 22-22 |
| 05:44 | Central Florida | Vito Russo misses short on a shot from the left block but he's hacked by Jason Conklin - foul #2 on Jason Conklin, team foul #7 | 22-22 |
| Subs | Houston | Francis Rhodes (PG), Horace Cirillo (SG), Joey McGraw (PF) Jackie Kay, Jason Conklin, David Dana | |
| Subs | Central Florida | | |
| 05:44 | Central Florida | Vito Russo makes the 1st free throw | 22-23 |
| 05:44 | Central Florida | Vito Russo makes the 2nd free throw | 22-24 |
| 05:37 | Houston | Bryant Kelly makes the jumpshot from the right side and he's hacked by Jason Bynum - foul #1 on Jason Bynum, team foul #6 | 24-24 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Central Florida | David Clark (C) Vito Russo | |
| 05:37 | Houston | Bryant Kelly makes the free throw | 25-24 |
| 05:12 | Central Florida | George Davis clanks a floater in the lane but he's hacked by Bryant Kelly - foul #2 on Bryant Kelly, team foul #8 | 25-24 |
| Subs | Houston | Jackie Kay (PG), Robert Mayo (C) Bryant Kelly, Charles Howells | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Darrell Meyer (C) Jeffery Fowler | |
| 05:12 | Central Florida | George Davis makes the 1st free throw | 25-25 |
| 05:12 | Central Florida | George Davis misses the 2nd free throw | 25-25 |
| 05:12 | Houston | Joey McGraw gets the rebound | 25-25 |
| 04:50 | Houston | Horace Cirillo clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 25-25 |
| 04:49 | Houston | Joey McGraw pulls down the offensive rebound | 25-25 |
| 04:33 | Houston | Horace Cirillo misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 25-25 |
| 04:31 | Central Florida | Don Holford grabs the defensive rebound | 25-25 |
| 04:10 | Central Florida | George Davis is denied on a layup by Joey McGraw | 25-25 |
| 04:08 | Houston | Robert Mayo snags the defensive board | 25-25 |
| 03:55 | Houston | Robert Mayo clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 25-25 |
| 03:53 | Houston | The offensive rebound goes to Joey McGraw | 25-25 |
| 03:36 | Houston | Robert Mayo's floater is knocked away by George Davis | 25-25 |
| 03:35 | Central Florida | David Clark grabs the defensive rebound | 25-25 |
| 03:25 | Central Florida | Don Holford is called for 10 seconds | 25-25 |
| Subs | Houston | Bruce Wilcox (PG), Jason Conklin (SG), Bryant Kelly (SF), David Dana (PF), Charles Howells (C) Jackie Kay, Horace Cirillo, Francis Rhodes, Joey McGraw, Robert Mayo | |
| Subs | Central Florida | James Lebeau (PG), Richard Grant (SG), Roberto Delgado (SF), Jeffery Fowler (PF), Vito Russo (C) Don Holford, Jason Bynum, George Davis, David Clark, Darrell Meyer | |
| 03:12 | Houston | Jason Conklin is hacked by James Lebeau - foul #3 on James Lebeau, team foul #7 | 25-25 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Don Holford (PG) James Lebeau | |
| 03:12 | Houston | Jason Conklin makes the 1st free throw | 26-25 |
| 03:12 | Houston | Jason Conklin makes the 2nd free throw | 27-25 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Bruce Wilcox (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jason Conklin (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bryant Kelly (tired) 6 pts. PF - David Dana (tiring) 4 reb. C - Charles Howells (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - Don Holford (tired) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Grant (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SF - Roberto Delgado (tiring) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jeffery Fowler (fresh) C - Vito Russo (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:08 | Central Florida | Jason Conklin steps in front of the Don Holford pass in the backcourt | 27-25 |
| 03:07 | Houston | Bruce Wilcox banks in the layup set up by Jason Conklin | 29-25 |
| 03:04 | Central Florida | Jason Conklin picks off the pass by Don Holford in the backcourt | 29-25 |
| 03:03 | Houston | Jason Conklin dunks the ball | 31-25 |
| 02:44 | Central Florida | Richard Grant hits a fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Don Holford | 31-27 |
| 02:23 | Houston | The short jumper by Bryant Kelly is denied by Vito Russo | 31-27 |
| 02:22 | Houston | Bruce Wilcox grabs the offensive rebound | 31-27 |
| 02:10 | Houston | Bryant Kelly is denied on a layup by Jeffery Fowler | 31-27 |
| 02:08 | Houston | Charles Howells pulls down the offensive rebound | 31-27 |
| 01:54 | Houston | Bryant Kelly's floater is knocked away by Jeffery Fowler | 31-27 |
| 01:52 | Central Florida | Jeffery Fowler grabs the board | 31-27 |
| 01:45 | Central Florida | Richard Grant clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by David Dana - foul #1 on David Dana, team foul #9 | 31-27 |
| Subs | Houston | Horace Cirillo (SG), Francis Rhodes (SF), Joey McGraw (PF) Jason Conklin, Bryant Kelly, David Dana | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Jason Bynum (SG), David Clark (PF) Don Holford, Jeffery Fowler | |
| 01:45 | Central Florida | Richard Grant misses the 1st free throw | 31-27 |
| 01:45 | Central Florida | Richard Grant makes the 2nd free throw | 31-28 |
| 01:29 | Houston | Bruce Wilcox misses short on a turnaround from the baseline | 31-28 |
| 01:27 | Central Florida | David Clark pulls down the rebound | 31-28 |
| 01:07 | Central Florida | David Clark misses the jumper from the left wing | 31-28 |
| 01:06 | Houston | Charles Howells grabs the defensive rebound | 31-28 |
| 01:01 | Houston | Horace Cirillo misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 31-28 |
| 00:59 | Central Florida | Richard Grant grabs the board | 31-28 |
| 00:55 | Central Florida | Richard Grant is fouled in the backcourt by Bruce Wilcox - foul #3 on Bruce Wilcox, team foul #10 | 31-28 |
| Subs | Houston | Jason Conklin (SG), Bryant Kelly (SF), Robert Mayo (C) Bruce Wilcox, Horace Cirillo, Charles Howells | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Don Holford (PG), George Davis (SF), Darrell Meyer (C) Jason Bynum, Roberto Delgado, Vito Russo | |
| 00:55 | Central Florida | Richard Grant misses the 1st free throw | 31-28 |
| 00:55 | Central Florida | Richard Grant makes the 2nd free throw | 31-29 |
| 00:30 | Houston | Bryant Kelly is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 31-29 |
| 00:29 | Central Florida | Don Holford gets the rebound | 31-29 |
| 00:05 | Central Florida | George Davis is whistled for a carry | 31-29 |
| Subs | Houston | Jackie Kay (PG), David Dana (PF) Francis Rhodes, Joey McGraw | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Jeffery Fowler (PF) David Clark | |
| 00:01 | Houston | Bryant Kelly can't connect on a jumper from the baseline | 31-29 |
| 00:00 | Central Florida | George Davis pulls down the rebound | 31-29 |