| Lineup | Houston | PG - Eric Larmon (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence Turcotte (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Davis (fresh) PF - Wesley Kaplan (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - Carter Collins (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Corey Riddle (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Stephen McKinnie (fresh) 4 ast. SF - Joseph Durst (fresh) 14 pts. PF - Lawrence Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Donald Reavis (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Joseph Durst inbounds the ball | 18-34 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| 19:43 | Rice | Lawrence Turcotte steps in front of the Stephen McKinnie pass | 18-34 |
| 19:24 | Houston | Lawrence Johnson doubles Lawrence Turcotte and is called for the reach - foul #3 on Lawrence Johnson, team foul #1 | 18-34 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Rice | Carlos Tedrow (PF) Lawrence Johnson | |
| 19:05 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 20-34 |
| 18:46 | Rice | Corey Riddle loses the ball out of bounds | 20-34 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| 18:20 | Houston | Wesley Kaplan hits the finger roll | 22-34 |
| 18:02 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow's pass is intercepted by Wesley Kaplan | 22-34 |
| 17:48 | Houston | Carter Collins misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 22-34 |
| 17:47 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie grabs the defensive rebound | 22-34 |
| 17:42 | Rice | Donald Reavis is fouled on the floor by Carter Collins - foul #2 on Carter Collins, team foul #1 | 22-34 |
| 17:28 | Rice | Carter Collins is called for the reach on Donald Reavis - foul #3 on Carter Collins, team foul #2 | 22-34 |
| Subs | Houston | Donald Meade (C) Carter Collins | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 17:14 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right wing | 22-34 |
| 17:13 | Houston | John Davis pulls down the rebound | 22-34 |
| 17:07 | Houston | Donald Meade misses short on a floater in the lane | 22-34 |
| 17:05 | Houston | John Davis snags the offensive board | 22-34 |
| 16:46 | Houston | John Davis's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 22-34 |
| Subs | Houston | Samuel Bier (SG), Darryl Christmas (SF) Lawrence Turcotte, John Davis | |
| Subs | Rice | Frank Stephenson (PG) Corey Riddle | |
| 16:33 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie drills a floater near the basket on a great pass from Joseph Durst and he's fouled by Samuel Bier - foul #2 on Samuel Bier, team foul #3 | 22-36 |
| 16:33 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie makes the free throw | 22-37 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| 16:14 | Houston | Donald Meade knocks in the runner from the left block and the foul's on Donald Reavis - foul #1 on Donald Reavis, team foul #2 | 24-37 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Rice | Howard Reed (SF) Joseph Durst | |
| 16:14 | Houston | Donald Meade misses the free throw | 24-37 |
| 16:14 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow grabs the board | 24-37 |
| 15:53 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow is fouled on the floor by Eric Larmon - foul #2 on Eric Larmon, team foul #4 | 24-37 |
| Subs | Houston | Carter Collins (C) Donald Meade | |
| Subs | Rice | Lawrence Johnson (PF), Darren Shaffer (C) Carlos Tedrow, Donald Reavis | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Eric Larmon (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Samuel Bier (fresh) SF - Darryl Christmas (fresh) PF - Wesley Kaplan (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. C - Carter Collins (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Frank Stephenson (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen McKinnie (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SF - Howard Reed (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Lawrence Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Darren Shaffer (fresh) | |
| 15:38 | Rice | Howard Reed misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 24-37 |
| 15:36 | Houston | The rebound goes to Eric Larmon | 24-37 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| 15:20 | Houston | Darryl Christmas misses short on a fadeaway in the lane | 24-37 |
| 15:18 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson grabs the board | 24-37 |
| 15:12 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie scores on a floater from the left block set up by Frank Stephenson | 24-39 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| 14:52 | Houston | Samuel Bier clanks a shot from just outside the lane | 24-39 |
| 14:50 | Houston | Samuel Bier tips it back up and in | 26-39 |
| 14:30 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 26-39 |
| Subs | Houston | Gordon Ward (PG), Lawrence Turcotte (SG), John Davis (SF) Eric Larmon, Samuel Bier, Darryl Christmas | |
| Subs | Rice | Corey Riddle (PG), Joseph Durst (SF), Donald Reavis (C) Frank Stephenson, Stephen McKinnie, Darren Shaffer | |
| 14:08 | Houston | John Davis misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 26-39 |
| 14:06 | Rice | Donald Reavis pulls down the rebound | 26-39 |
| 13:49 | Rice | Joseph Durst hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 26-39 |
| 13:47 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson misses the tip | 26-39 |
| 13:46 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte grabs the defensive rebound | 26-39 |
| 13:39 | Houston | Howard Reed is called for the reach on Gordon Ward in the backcourt - foul #1 on Howard Reed, team foul #3 | 26-39 |
| 13:22 | Houston | Gordon Ward can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane | 26-39 |
| 13:20 | Rice | The rebound goes to Donald Reavis | 26-39 |
| 13:01 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson makes the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a great pass from Corey Riddle | 26-41 |
| 12:49 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 26-41 |
| 12:47 | Houston | Wesley Kaplan tips it home | 28-41 |
| 12:35 | Rice | The short jumper by Joseph Durst is denied by Carter Collins | 28-41 |
| 12:34 | Houston | John Davis grabs the board | 28-41 |
| 12:19 | Houston | Gordon Ward misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Howard Reed - foul #2 on Howard Reed, team foul #4 | 28-41 |
| Subs | Houston | Donald Meade (C) Carter Collins | |
| Subs | Rice | Stephen McKinnie (SG), Carlos Tedrow (PF) Howard Reed, Lawrence Johnson | |
| 12:19 | Houston | Gordon Ward makes the 1st free throw | 29-41 |
| 12:19 | Houston | Gordon Ward makes the 2nd free throw | 30-41 |
| 11:53 | Rice | Donald Reavis connects on the fadeaway in the lane set up by Carlos Tedrow | 30-43 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Gordon Ward (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Lawrence Turcotte (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Davis (fairly fresh) 3 reb. PF - Wesley Kaplan (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. C - Donald Meade (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Corey Riddle (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Stephen McKinnie (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SF - Joseph Durst (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. PF - Carlos Tedrow (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Donald Reavis (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:40 | Houston | Stephen McKinnie steals the ball from Gordon Ward | 30-43 |
| 11:35 | Rice | Corey Riddle banks in the layup on a nice dish by Stephen McKinnie | 30-45 |
| 11:21 | Houston | John Davis is hacked by Joseph Durst - foul #1 on Joseph Durst, team foul #5 | 30-45 |
| Subs | Houston | Eric Larmon (PG), Samuel Bier (SG), Darryl Christmas (SF), Jack Dawson (PF) Gordon Ward, Lawrence Turcotte, John Davis, Wesley Kaplan | |
| Subs | Rice | Frank Stephenson (PG) Corey Riddle | |
| 11:07 | Houston | Jack Dawson connects on the jumpshot from the left wing | 32-45 |
| 10:42 | Rice | Eric Larmon steals it from Joseph Durst | 32-45 |
| 10:22 | Houston | Jack Dawson is wide open but clanks a fadeaway from the baseline | 32-45 |
| 10:21 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow gets the rebound | 32-45 |
| 10:05 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow hits a fadeaway near the basket set up by Stephen McKinnie | 32-47 |
| 09:46 | Houston | Samuel Bier knocks in the jumpshot from the left side on a great pass from Darryl Christmas | 34-47 |
| 09:30 | Rice | Joseph Durst double dribbles | 34-47 |
| Subs | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte (SG), John Davis (SF), Wesley Kaplan (PF), Carter Collins (C) Samuel Bier, Darryl Christmas, Jack Dawson, Donald Meade | |
| Subs | Rice | Corey Riddle (PG), Howard Reed (SF), Lawrence Johnson (PF) Frank Stephenson, Joseph Durst, Donald Reavis | |
| 09:13 | Houston | Wesley Kaplan is hacked by Lawrence Johnson - foul #4 on Lawrence Johnson, team foul #6 | 34-47 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Rice | Darren Shaffer (PF), Donald Reavis (C) Lawrence Johnson, Carlos Tedrow | |
| 09:02 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte misses the jumpshot from the right wing | 34-47 |
| 09:00 | Rice | Howard Reed pulls down the rebound | 34-47 |
| 08:39 | Rice | Corey Riddle hits the finger roll set up by Howard Reed | 34-49 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| 08:34 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 34-49 |
| 08:33 | Rice | Donald Reavis pulls down the rebound | 34-49 |
| 08:21 | Rice | Donald Reavis buries a turnaround in the paint set up by Corey Riddle and he's fouled by Eric Larmon - foul #3 on Eric Larmon, team foul #5 | 34-51 |
| 08:21 | Rice | Donald Reavis makes the free throw | 34-52 |
| 08:12 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 36-52 |
| 08:06 | Rice | Carter Collins denies the turnaround by Donald Reavis | 36-52 |
| 08:04 | Houston | Wesley Kaplan pulls down the rebound | 36-52 |
| 07:51 | Houston | Eric Larmon shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by John Davis | 39-52 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Eric Larmon (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Lawrence Turcotte (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Davis (fairly fresh) 3 reb. PF - Wesley Kaplan (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 6 reb. C - Carter Collins (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Corey Riddle (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - Stephen McKinnie (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. SF - Howard Reed (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Darren Shaffer (fresh) C - Donald Reavis (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:32 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie's pass is intercepted by Wesley Kaplan | 39-52 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| 07:22 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte evades the doubleteam but misses long on a shot from the left block | 39-52 |
| 07:20 | Houston | John Davis tips it back up and in | 41-52 |
| 07:10 | Rice | Donald Reavis hits the finger roll set up by Stephen McKinnie | 41-54 |
| 06:48 | Houston | Eric Larmon is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 41-54 |
| 06:46 | Rice | Donald Reavis gets the rebound | 41-54 |
| 06:29 | Rice | Darren Shaffer misses long on a floater from just outside the lane | 41-54 |
| 06:27 | Houston | The rebound goes to Carter Collins | 41-54 |
| 06:23 | Houston | Eric Larmon is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 41-54 |
| 06:22 | Houston | Carter Collins can't tip it in | 41-54 |
| 06:20 | Rice | Howard Reed gets the rebound | 41-54 |
| 06:00 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie scores on a jump hook from the right block set up by Corey Riddle and the foul's on John Davis - foul #2 on John Davis, team foul #6 | 41-56 |
| Subs | Houston | Gordon Ward (PG), Samuel Bier (SG), Darryl Christmas (SF), Jack Dawson (PF), Donald Meade (C) Eric Larmon, Lawrence Turcotte, John Davis, Wesley Kaplan, Carter Collins | |
| Subs | Rice | Frank Stephenson (PG), Joseph Durst (SF), Lawrence Johnson (PF), Carlos Tedrow (C) Corey Riddle, Howard Reed, Darren Shaffer, Donald Reavis | |
| 06:00 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie makes the free throw | 41-57 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| 05:42 | Houston | Frank Stephenson takes the ball from Donald Meade | 41-57 |
| 05:31 | Rice | Jack Dawson steals the ball from Joseph Durst | 41-57 |
| 05:16 | Houston | Samuel Bier comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 41-57 |
| 05:14 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow snags the defensive board | 41-57 |
| 04:57 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie comes up short on the driving attempt from the left block | 41-57 |
| 04:56 | Rice | Joseph Durst gets the offensive rebound | 41-57 |
| 04:35 | Rice | Joseph Durst is denied on a layup by Jack Dawson | 41-57 |
| 04:33 | Houston | Darryl Christmas pulls down the rebound | 41-57 |
| 04:16 | Houston | Joseph Durst is called for the reach on Gordon Ward - foul #2 on Joseph Durst, team foul #7 | 41-57 |
| Subs | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte (SG) Samuel Bier | |
| Subs | Rice | Cleveland Ladner (SG), Howard Reed (SF), Darren Shaffer (C) Stephen McKinnie, Joseph Durst, Lawrence Johnson | |
| 04:16 | Houston | Gordon Ward makes the 1st free throw | 42-57 |
| 04:16 | Houston | Gordon Ward makes the 2nd free throw | 43-57 |
| 03:57 | Rice | Jack Dawson is called for the reach on Carlos Tedrow - foul #2 on Jack Dawson, team foul #7 | 43-57 |
| Subs | Houston | Eric Larmon (PG), Wesley Kaplan (PF), Carter Collins (C) Gordon Ward, Jack Dawson, Donald Meade | |
| Subs | Rice | Corey Riddle (PG), Joseph Durst (SF), Lawrence Johnson (PF) Frank Stephenson, Cleveland Ladner, Darren Shaffer | |
| 03:57 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow makes the 1st free throw | 43-58 |
| 03:57 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow makes the 2nd free throw | 43-59 |
| 03:49 | Houston | Carter Collins loses the dribble to Carlos Tedrow | 43-59 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Eric Larmon (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Lawrence Turcotte (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Darryl Christmas (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Wesley Kaplan (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Carter Collins (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 3 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Corey Riddle (fresh) 6 pts. 6 ast. SG - Howard Reed (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joseph Durst (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. PF - Lawrence Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. C - Carlos Tedrow (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| 03:26 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow connects on the jumper in the lane on a great pass from Joseph Durst | 43-61 |
| 03:14 | Houston | 3 seconds is called on Darryl Christmas | 43-61 |
| Subs | Houston | Gordon Ward (PG), Jack Dawson (PF), Donald Meade (C) Eric Larmon, Wesley Kaplan, Carter Collins | |
| Subs | Rice | Frank Stephenson (PG), Cleveland Ladner (SG), Darren Shaffer (C) Corey Riddle, Joseph Durst, Lawrence Johnson | |
| 02:47 | Rice | Frank Stephenson misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 43-61 |
| 02:46 | Houston | Donald Meade gets the rebound | 43-61 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:41 | Houston | Jack Dawson misses long on an open 3pt shot from the left wing | 43-61 |
| 02:40 | Houston | Darryl Christmas tips it home | 45-61 |
| 02:17 | Rice | Frank Stephenson hits a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Howard Reed | 45-64 |
| 02:12 | Houston | Cleveland Ladner is called for the reach on Lawrence Turcotte - foul #1 on Cleveland Ladner, team foul #8 | 45-64 |
| Subs | Houston | Samuel Bier (SF) Darryl Christmas | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 02:12 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte makes the 1st free throw | 46-64 |
| 02:12 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte misses the 2nd free throw | 46-64 |
| 02:12 | Rice | The rebound goes to Carlos Tedrow | 46-64 |
| 01:46 | Rice | Lawrence Turcotte steps in front of the Cleveland Ladner pass | 46-64 |
| 01:28 | Houston | Donald Meade hits a fadeaway in the paint on a great pass from Lawrence Turcotte | 48-64 |
| 01:12 | Rice | Howard Reed makes the 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Frank Stephenson | 48-67 |
| 01:00 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 48-67 |
| 00:59 | Rice | The rebound goes to Carlos Tedrow | 48-67 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:34 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow blows the layup | 48-67 |
| 00:33 | Houston | Donald Meade grabs the defensive rebound | 48-67 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:27 | Houston | Jack Dawson's pass is intercepted by Darren Shaffer | 48-67 |
| 00:00 | Rice | Frank Stephenson runs out the clock | 48-67 |