| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis Woodring (fresh) SG - Stephen Palmer (fresh) SF - Anthony Perdue (fresh) PF - John Schechter (fresh) C - Bart Thomas (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Jeremiah Spiva (fresh) SG - John Venegas (fresh) SF - Denis Heath (fresh) PF - Virgilio Bruno (fresh) C - William Young (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rice | John Schechter wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:44 | Rice | Virgilio Bruno blocks the short jumper by Bart Thomas | 0-0 |
| 19:42 | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:26 | Villanova | Jeremiah Spiva clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 0-0 |
| 19:25 | Rice | Bart Thomas snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 18:56 | Rice | Dennis Woodring can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 0-0 |
| 18:54 | Rice | Bart Thomas tips it home | 2-0 |
| 18:43 | Villanova | John Venegas knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away set up by Virgilio Bruno | 2-3 |
| 18:35 | Rice | Bart Thomas misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 2-3 |
| 18:33 | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno grabs the board | 2-3 |
| 18:07 | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno is fouled on the floor by Bart Thomas - foul #1 on Bart Thomas, team foul #1 | 2-3 |
| 17:47 | Villanova | William Young misses short on a turnaround from the left block but the foul's on Bart Thomas - foul #2 on Bart Thomas, team foul #2 | 2-3 |
| Subs | Rice | Jamie Thrall (C) Bart Thomas | |
| Subs | Villanova | Ardian Zephyr (PF), Long Xiong (C) John Venegas, Virgilio Bruno | |
| 17:47 | Villanova | William Young misses the 1st free throw | 2-3 |
| 17:47 | Villanova | William Young misses the 2nd free throw | 2-3 |
| 17:47 | Rice | Jamie Thrall gets the rebound | 2-3 |
| 17:24 | Rice | Dennis Woodring hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 2-3 |
| 17:23 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Ardian Zephyr | 2-3 |
| 17:18 | Villanova | Denis Heath misses the dunk attempt | 2-3 |
| 17:17 | Villanova | Long Xiong tips it but misses | 2-3 |
| 17:16 | Villanova | Long Xiong snags the offensive board | 2-3 |
| 17:01 | Villanova | William Young lays it in on a nice dish by Long Xiong | 2-5 |
| 16:38 | Rice | Stephen Palmer loses the dribble to Denis Heath | 2-5 |
| 16:34 | Villanova | Jeremiah Spiva banks in the layup set up by Denis Heath | 2-7 |
| 16:27 | Rice | John Schechter is hacked by Ardian Zephyr - foul #1 on Ardian Zephyr, team foul #1 | 2-7 |
| Subs | Rice | Edgar Lisle (PG), Gerald Griffith (SF), Preston Breslin (C) Dennis Woodring, Anthony Perdue, John Schechter | |
| Subs | Villanova | John Venegas (SG), Virgilio Bruno (SF), Karl Duvall (C) William Young, Denis Heath, Long Xiong | |
| 16:17 | Rice | Edgar Lisle can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side | 2-7 |
| 16:15 | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno grabs the defensive rebound | 2-7 |
| 16:02 | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno misses the jump hook from the baseline but the foul's on Gerald Griffith - foul #1 on Gerald Griffith, team foul #3 | 2-7 |
| Subs | Rice | Edward Chapman (SG) Stephen Palmer | |
| Subs | Villanova | Denis Heath (SG) Jeremiah Spiva | |
| 16:02 | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno misses the 1st free throw | 2-7 |
| 16:02 | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno misses the 2nd free throw | 2-7 |
| 16:02 | Rice | Preston Breslin grabs the defensive rebound | 2-7 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Edgar Lisle (fresh) SG - Edward Chapman (fresh) SF - Gerald Griffith (fresh) PF - Jamie Thrall (fresh) C - Preston Breslin (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - John Venegas (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Denis Heath (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Virgilio Bruno (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Ardian Zephyr (fresh) C - Karl Duvall (fresh) | |
| 15:42 | Rice | Edgar Lisle can't connect on a jumper from the right side | 2-7 |
| 15:40 | Rice | Preston Breslin snags the offensive board | 2-7 |
| 15:35 | Rice | Karl Duvall denies the turnaround by Gerald Griffith | 2-7 |
| 15:33 | Villanova | Ardian Zephyr gets the rebound | 2-7 |
| 15:20 | Villanova | Ardian Zephyr dunks the ball on a nice dish by Virgilio Bruno | 2-9 |
| 15:02 | Rice | Gerald Griffith connects on the 3 from the left corner set up by Edgar Lisle | 5-9 |
| 14:37 | Villanova | John Venegas clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 5-9 |
| 14:35 | Rice | Jamie Thrall grabs the defensive rebound | 5-9 |
| 14:15 | Rice | Jamie Thrall hits a floater from the baseline | 7-9 |
| 14:10 | Villanova | Denis Heath is hacked by Edward Chapman - foul #1 on Edward Chapman, team foul #4 | 7-9 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Woodring (PG), Stephen Palmer (SG), Anthony Perdue (SF), John Schechter (PF) Edgar Lisle, Edward Chapman, Gerald Griffith, Jamie Thrall | |
| Subs | Villanova | Jeremiah Spiva (PG), William Young (PF), Long Xiong (C) Denis Heath, Ardian Zephyr, Karl Duvall | |
| 13:47 | Villanova | John Venegas drills a 3 from the left corner on a great pass from William Young | 7-12 |
| 13:42 | Rice | Anthony Perdue hits a jumper from the right wing set up by Dennis Woodring | 9-12 |
| 13:25 | Villanova | John Venegas clanks a 3 from straight away | 9-12 |
| 13:24 | Rice | Preston Breslin gets the rebound | 9-12 |
| 13:12 | Rice | John Schechter is whistled for a carry | 9-12 |
| Subs | Rice | Kevin Castrejon (C) Preston Breslin | |
| Subs | Villanova | Denis Heath (SF), Ardian Zephyr (PF) Virgilio Bruno, William Young | |
| 12:51 | Villanova | Denis Heath can't connect on a floater from the left wing | 9-12 |
| 12:50 | Villanova | Ardian Zephyr pulls down the offensive rebound | 9-12 |
| 12:34 | Villanova | Ardian Zephyr's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 9-12 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Griffith (PG), Jamie Thrall (C) Dennis Woodring, Kevin Castrejon | |
| Subs | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno (SF), Karl Duvall (C) John Venegas, Long Xiong | |
| 12:20 | Rice | Anthony Perdue hits a turnaround from close range | 11-12 |
| 11:58 | Villanova | Jamie Thrall steals it from Virgilio Bruno | 11-12 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Griffith (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Stephen Palmer (fresh) SF - Anthony Perdue (fresh) 4 pts. PF - John Schechter (fresh) C - Jamie Thrall (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Jeremiah Spiva (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Denis Heath (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Virgilio Bruno (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Ardian Zephyr (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Karl Duvall (fresh) | |
| 11:38 | Rice | Stephen Palmer clanks a floater from close range but the foul's on Jeremiah Spiva - foul #1 on Jeremiah Spiva, team foul #2 | 11-12 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Villanova | John Venegas (SG), William Young (C) Ardian Zephyr, Karl Duvall | |
| 11:38 | Rice | Stephen Palmer misses the 1st free throw | 11-12 |
| 11:38 | Rice | Stephen Palmer makes the 2nd free throw | 12-12 |
| 11:16 | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno connects on the floater near the basket on a great pass from John Venegas | 12-14 |
| 10:50 | Rice | Gerald Griffith misses the floater from the left side | 12-14 |
| 10:48 | Villanova | William Young pulls down the rebound | 12-14 |
| 10:31 | Villanova | Denis Heath scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Jeremiah Spiva | 12-16 |
| 10:16 | Rice | Anthony Perdue is fouled on the floor by Jeremiah Spiva - foul #2 on Jeremiah Spiva, team foul #3 | 12-16 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Woodring (PG), Edward Chapman (SG), Preston Breslin (PF), Kevin Castrejon (C) Stephen Palmer, Anthony Perdue, John Schechter, Jamie Thrall | |
| Subs | Villanova | Ardian Zephyr (PF), Long Xiong (C) Jeremiah Spiva, William Young | |
| 10:00 | Rice | Dennis Woodring is whistled for a carry | 12-16 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Villanova | William Young (C) Long Xiong | |
| 09:39 | Villanova | John Venegas hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Denis Heath | 12-19 |
| 09:25 | Rice | Edward Chapman can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 12-19 |
| 09:23 | Villanova | Ardian Zephyr grabs the defensive rebound | 12-19 |
| 09:09 | Villanova | William Young misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 12-19 |
| 09:07 | Rice | Preston Breslin pulls down the rebound | 12-19 |
| 08:54 | Rice | Kevin Castrejon drills a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Dennis Woodring | 15-19 |
| 08:33 | Villanova | William Young is fouled on the floor by Kevin Castrejon - foul #1 on Kevin Castrejon, team foul #5 | 15-19 |
| Subs | Rice | Stephen Palmer (SG), John Schechter (PF), Jamie Thrall (C) Edward Chapman, Gerald Griffith, Kevin Castrejon | |
| Subs | Villanova | Jeremiah Spiva (PG), Long Xiong (C) Virgilio Bruno, William Young | |
| 08:15 | Villanova | John Venegas is whistled for traveling | 15-19 |
| Subs | Rice | Anthony Perdue (SF) Preston Breslin | |
| Subs | Villanova | William Young (PF), Karl Duvall (C) Ardian Zephyr, Long Xiong | |
| 07:58 | Rice | Dennis Woodring can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 15-19 |
| 07:56 | Villanova | William Young gets the rebound | 15-19 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis Woodring (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Stephen Palmer (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Anthony Perdue (fresh) 4 pts. PF - John Schechter (fresh) C - Jamie Thrall (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Jeremiah Spiva (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Venegas (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Denis Heath (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - William Young (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Karl Duvall (fresh) | |
| 07:48 | Villanova | Jeremiah Spiva blows the layup but the foul's on Dennis Woodring - foul #1 on Dennis Woodring, team foul #6 | 15-19 |
| Subs | Rice | Edgar Lisle (PG) Dennis Woodring | |
| Subs | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno (SF), Ardian Zephyr (PF), Long Xiong (C) John Venegas, William Young, Karl Duvall | |
| 07:48 | Villanova | Jeremiah Spiva makes the 1st free throw | 15-20 |
| 07:48 | Villanova | Jeremiah Spiva makes the 2nd free throw | 15-21 |
| 07:32 | Rice | Stephen Palmer throws a bad pass out of bounds | 15-21 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Villanova | John Venegas (PG) Jeremiah Spiva | |
| 07:25 | Villanova | Denis Heath is whistled for traveling | 15-21 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Villanova | William Young (PF), Karl Duvall (C) Ardian Zephyr, Long Xiong | |
| 07:07 | Rice | Edgar Lisle is called for traveling | 15-21 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Jeremiah Spiva (PG), Ardian Zephyr (PF), Long Xiong (C) Virgilio Bruno, William Young, Karl Duvall | |
| 06:56 | Villanova | Denis Heath comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Anthony Perdue - foul #1 on Anthony Perdue, team foul #7 | 15-21 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Griffith (PG), Preston Breslin (C) Edgar Lisle, John Schechter | |
| Subs | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno (SF) Jeremiah Spiva | |
| 06:56 | Villanova | Denis Heath makes the 1st free throw | 15-22 |
| 06:56 | Villanova | Denis Heath misses the 2nd free throw | 15-22 |
| 06:56 | Rice | The rebound goes to Jamie Thrall | 15-22 |
| 06:42 | Rice | Stephen Palmer misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 15-22 |
| 06:41 | Rice | Jamie Thrall gets the offensive rebound | 15-22 |
| 06:23 | Rice | Jamie Thrall is hacked by Ardian Zephyr - foul #2 on Ardian Zephyr, team foul #4 | 15-22 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Woodring (PG) Anthony Perdue | |
| Subs | Villanova | Jeremiah Spiva (PG), William Young (PF), Karl Duvall (C) Virgilio Bruno, Ardian Zephyr, Long Xiong | |
| 06:02 | Rice | Gerald Griffith's pass is intercepted by John Venegas | 15-22 |
| 05:58 | Villanova | John Venegas can't throw it down | 15-22 |
| 05:57 | Rice | Preston Breslin gets the rebound | 15-22 |
| 05:34 | Rice | William Young is called for the reach on Jamie Thrall - foul #1 on William Young, team foul #5 | 15-22 |
| Subs | Rice | John Schechter (PF) Jamie Thrall | |
| Subs | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno (SF), Long Xiong (C) John Venegas, Karl Duvall | |
| 05:21 | Rice | Stephen Palmer buries a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Dennis Woodring | 18-22 |
| 05:00 | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno can't connect on a floater from the right side | 18-22 |
| 04:58 | Rice | Stephen Palmer grabs the defensive rebound | 18-22 |
| 04:46 | Rice | Dennis Woodring connects on the 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Preston Breslin | 21-22 |
| 04:30 | Villanova | Denis Heath misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Stephen Palmer - foul #1 on Stephen Palmer, team foul #8 | 21-22 |
| Subs | Rice | Edgar Lisle (PG), Edward Chapman (SG), Anthony Perdue (SF), Jamie Thrall (C) Dennis Woodring, Stephen Palmer, Gerald Griffith, Preston Breslin | |
| Subs | Villanova | John Venegas (SG), Karl Duvall (C) William Young, Long Xiong | |
| 04:30 | Villanova | Denis Heath makes the 1st free throw | 21-23 |
| 04:30 | Villanova | Denis Heath makes the 2nd free throw | 21-24 |
| 04:08 | Rice | Edward Chapman can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 21-24 |
| 04:07 | Rice | Anthony Perdue pulls down the offensive rebound | 21-24 |
| 03:50 | Rice | Anthony Perdue is hacked by John Venegas - foul #1 on John Venegas, team foul #6 | 21-24 |
| Subs | Rice | Bart Thomas (C) Jamie Thrall | |
| Subs | Villanova | Ardian Zephyr (PF), William Young (C) Denis Heath, Karl Duvall | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Edgar Lisle (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Edward Chapman (fresh) SF - Anthony Perdue (fresh) 4 pts. PF - John Schechter (fresh) C - Bart Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Jeremiah Spiva (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Venegas (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Virgilio Bruno (tiring) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ardian Zephyr (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - William Young (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:27 | Rice | Edgar Lisle is called for traveling | 21-24 |
| Subs | Rice | Stephen Palmer (SG) Edward Chapman | |
| Subs | Villanova | Denis Heath (SF) Virgilio Bruno | |
| 03:06 | Villanova | Anthony Perdue picks off the pass by John Venegas | 21-24 |
| 02:50 | Rice | Stephen Palmer's pass is intercepted by Jeremiah Spiva | 21-24 |
| 02:42 | Villanova | William Young misses badly on a floater from the baseline | 21-24 |
| 02:40 | Villanova | Ardian Zephyr hits the follow up shot | 21-26 |
| 02:23 | Rice | Stephen Palmer is fouled on the floor by William Young - foul #2 on William Young, team foul #7 | 21-26 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Woodring (PG), Jamie Thrall (PF) Edgar Lisle, John Schechter | |
| Subs | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno (SF), Long Xiong (C) John Venegas, William Young | |
| 02:23 | Rice | Stephen Palmer makes the 1st free throw | 22-26 |
| 02:23 | Rice | Stephen Palmer makes the 2nd free throw | 23-26 |
| 02:08 | Villanova | Jeremiah Spiva comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Stephen Palmer - foul #2 on Stephen Palmer, team foul #9 | 23-26 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Villanova | John Venegas (SG), Karl Duvall (C) Denis Heath, Long Xiong | |
| 02:08 | Villanova | Jeremiah Spiva makes the 1st free throw | 23-27 |
| 02:08 | Villanova | Jeremiah Spiva makes the 2nd free throw | 23-28 |
| 01:43 | Rice | The jump hook by Anthony Perdue is blocked by Karl Duvall | 23-28 |
| 01:41 | Rice | Stephen Palmer grabs the offensive rebound | 23-28 |
| 01:31 | Rice | Dennis Woodring's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 23-28 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Griffith (SF) Anthony Perdue | |
| Subs | Villanova | Denis Heath (SG), Long Xiong (C) John Venegas, Karl Duvall | |
| 01:05 | Villanova | Jamie Thrall is called for the reach on Virgilio Bruno - foul #1 on Jamie Thrall, team foul #10 | 23-28 |
| Subs | Rice | Preston Breslin (SF) Stephen Palmer | |
| Subs | Villanova | John Venegas (SG), William Young (C) Ardian Zephyr, Long Xiong | |
| 01:05 | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno misses the 1st free throw | 23-28 |
| 01:05 | Villanova | Virgilio Bruno misses the 2nd free throw | 23-28 |
| 01:05 | Rice | Gerald Griffith grabs the defensive rebound | 23-28 |
| 00:54 | Rice | Dennis Woodring is hacked by Jeremiah Spiva - foul #3 on Jeremiah Spiva, team foul #8 | 23-28 |
| Subs | Rice | John Schechter (PF) Bart Thomas | |
| Subs | Villanova | Ardian Zephyr (PF) Jeremiah Spiva | |
| 00:54 | Rice | Dennis Woodring makes the 1st free throw | 24-28 |
| 00:54 | Rice | Dennis Woodring misses the 2nd free throw | 24-28 |
| 00:54 | Villanova | The rebound goes to William Young | 24-28 |
| 00:38 | Villanova | Gerald Griffith steps in front of the Ardian Zephyr pass | 24-28 |
| 00:19 | Rice | Dennis Woodring loses the ball out of bounds | 24-28 |
| Subs | Rice | Edward Chapman (SG), Anthony Perdue (SF) Dennis Woodring, Preston Breslin | |
| Subs | Villanova | Long Xiong (C) William Young | |
| 00:02 | Villanova | Jamie Thrall blocks the short jumper by Ardian Zephyr | 24-28 |
| 00:00 | Villanova | John Venegas grabs the offensive board | 24-28 |