| Lineup | Houston | PG - Patrick Pearce (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Manuel Huggins (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Michael Hulett (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. PF - Ronald Wittman (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Jonathan Vincent (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Nicholas English (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Mark Steinhauer (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Homer Ryan (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Brett Davis (fresh) 6 pts. C - Stanislaus Kucinski (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Houston | Michael Hulett inbounds the ball | 38-36 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:44 | Houston | Jonathan Vincent is hacked by Stanislaus Kucinski - foul #1 on Stanislaus Kucinski, team foul #1 | 38-36 |
| 19:21 | Houston | Michael Hulett misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 38-36 |
| 19:20 | Houston | Patrick Pearce grabs the offensive rebound | 38-36 |
| 19:01 | Houston | Michael Hulett blows the layup | 38-36 |
| 19:00 | Rice | Brett Davis grabs the defensive rebound | 38-36 |
| 18:55 | Rice | Mark Steinhauer misses short on a fadeaway in the lane | 38-36 |
| 18:53 | Houston | Patrick Pearce pulls down the rebound | 38-36 |
| 18:27 | Houston | Michael Hulett buries a jumper from the baseline set up by Patrick Pearce | 40-36 |
| 18:16 | Rice | Homer Ryan's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-36 |
| 18:03 | Houston | Ronald Wittman clanks a jumper near the basket | 40-36 |
| 18:01 | Rice | Homer Ryan snags the defensive board | 40-36 |
| 17:55 | Rice | Nicholas English knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Mark Steinhauer | 40-39 |
| 17:41 | Houston | Michael Hulett is hacked by Brett Davis - foul #2 on Brett Davis, team foul #2 | 40-39 |
| 17:22 | Houston | Jonathan Vincent's pass is intercepted by Nicholas English | 40-39 |
| 17:11 | Rice | Homer Ryan is hacked by Patrick Pearce - foul #1 on Patrick Pearce, team foul #1 | 40-39 |
| Subs | Houston | Gregory Smith (SF), Ronald Mair (PF) Michael Hulett, Ronald Wittman | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 16:59 | Rice | Manuel Huggins is called for the reach on Homer Ryan - foul #1 on Manuel Huggins, team foul #2 | 40-39 |
| Subs | Houston | Irvin Haskell (C) Jonathan Vincent | |
| Subs | Rice | Benjamin Farrish (PG), Eric Stamper (SF) Nicholas English, Homer Ryan | |
| 16:42 | Rice | Eric Stamper misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 40-39 |
| 16:41 | Rice | Mark Steinhauer tips it back up and in | 40-41 |
| 16:19 | Houston | Gregory Smith drills a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Patrick Pearce | 43-41 |
| 16:01 | Rice | Brett Davis throws it down | 43-43 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Patrick Pearce (fairly fresh) 4 ast. SG - Manuel Huggins (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Gregory Smith (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ronald Mair (fresh) 2 pts. C - Irvin Haskell (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Benjamin Farrish (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. SG - Mark Steinhauer (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. SF - Eric Stamper (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Brett Davis (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Stanislaus Kucinski (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:43 | Houston | Benjamin Farrish steals the ball from Gregory Smith | 43-43 |
| 15:40 | Rice | Eric Stamper lays it up and in set up by Benjamin Farrish | 43-45 |
| 15:13 | Houston | Manuel Huggins clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 43-45 |
| 15:12 | Houston | Manuel Huggins pulls down the offensive rebound | 43-45 |
| 14:57 | Houston | Gregory Smith steps out of bounds on the baseline | 43-45 |
| Subs | Houston | Fred Bynoe (SG), Michael Hulett (SF), Ronald Wittman (PF), Jonathan Vincent (C) Patrick Pearce, Manuel Huggins, Ronald Mair, Irvin Haskell | |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas English (PG), Charles Barnes (SG), Homer Ryan (SF) Mark Steinhauer, Brett Davis, Stanislaus Kucinski | |
| 14:38 | Rice | Charles Barnes lays it up and in | 43-47 |
| 14:18 | Houston | Jonathan Vincent hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the lane but he's fouled by Eric Stamper - foul #1 on Eric Stamper, team foul #3 | 43-47 |
| Subs | Houston | Patrick Pearce (PG) Gregory Smith | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 14:18 | Houston | Jonathan Vincent makes the 1st free throw | 44-47 |
| 14:18 | Houston | Jonathan Vincent misses the 2nd free throw | 44-47 |
| 14:18 | Rice | Eric Stamper snags the defensive board | 44-47 |
| 13:54 | Rice | Charles Barnes can't connect on a fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by Fred Bynoe - foul #1 on Fred Bynoe, team foul #3 | 44-47 |
| Subs | Houston | Ronald Mair (PG) Patrick Pearce | |
| Subs | Rice | Thomas Orosco (PF), Mathew Ferguson (C) Benjamin Farrish, Eric Stamper | |
| 13:54 | Rice | Charles Barnes makes the 1st free throw | 44-48 |
| 13:54 | Rice | Charles Barnes misses the 2nd free throw | 44-48 |
| 13:54 | Houston | Jonathan Vincent snags the defensive board | 44-48 |
| 13:38 | Houston | Jonathan Vincent hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 44-48 |
| 13:36 | Rice | Thomas Orosco grabs the board | 44-48 |
| 13:07 | Rice | Michael Hulett steals the ball from Homer Ryan | 44-48 |
| 12:54 | Houston | Ronald Mair hits a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Ronald Wittman | 47-48 |
| 12:41 | Rice | Jonathan Vincent swats the layup by Mathew Ferguson | 47-48 |
| 12:40 | Rice | Mathew Ferguson pulls down the offensive rebound | 47-48 |
| 12:26 | Rice | Mathew Ferguson misses the easy layup | 47-48 |
| 12:25 | Houston | Jonathan Vincent snags the defensive board | 47-48 |
| 12:08 | Houston | Ronald Wittman knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Michael Hulett | 50-48 |
| 11:51 | Rice | Homer Ryan blows the layup | 50-48 |
| 11:50 | Houston | Michael Hulett pulls down the rebound | 50-48 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Ronald Mair (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Fred Bynoe (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Michael Hulett (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. PF - Ronald Wittman (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Jonathan Vincent (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Nicholas English (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Charles Barnes (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Homer Ryan (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Thomas Orosco (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Mathew Ferguson (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:45 | Houston | Michael Hulett travels with the ball | 50-48 |
| Subs | Houston | Patrick Pearce (PG), Manuel Huggins (SG), Gregory Smith (SF), Keith Bailey (PF), Irvin Haskell (C) Ronald Mair, Fred Bynoe, Michael Hulett, Ronald Wittman, Jonathan Vincent | |
| Subs | Rice | Benjamin Farrish (PG), Mark Steinhauer (SG), Eric Stamper (SF), Brett Davis (PF), Stanislaus Kucinski (C) Nicholas English, Charles Barnes, Homer Ryan, Thomas Orosco, Mathew Ferguson | |
| 11:31 | Rice | Benjamin Farrish misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 50-48 |
| 11:29 | Houston | Irvin Haskell grabs the defensive rebound | 50-48 |
| 11:08 | Houston | Keith Bailey connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 53-48 |
| 10:44 | Rice | Mark Steinhauer clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 53-48 |
| 10:42 | Rice | Brett Davis grabs the offensive rebound | 53-48 |
| 10:27 | Rice | Mark Steinhauer misses short on a shot from the right wing but the foul's on Gregory Smith - foul #1 on Gregory Smith, team foul #4 | 53-48 |
| Subs | Houston | Michael Hulett (SF), Ronald Wittman (PF), Jonathan Vincent (C) Gregory Smith, Keith Bailey, Irvin Haskell | |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas English (PG), Homer Ryan (SF) Benjamin Farrish, Eric Stamper | |
| 10:27 | Rice | Mark Steinhauer makes the 1st free throw | 53-49 |
| 10:27 | Rice | Mark Steinhauer makes the 2nd free throw | 53-50 |
| 10:12 | Houston | Patrick Pearce connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 56-50 |
| 09:52 | Rice | Mark Steinhauer comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 56-50 |
| 09:50 | Rice | Stanislaus Kucinski snags the offensive board | 56-50 |
| 09:45 | Rice | Brett Davis misses the shot from just outside the lane | 56-50 |
| 09:43 | Houston | Michael Hulett pulls down the rebound | 56-50 |
| 09:26 | Houston | Michael Hulett can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 56-50 |
| 09:25 | Rice | Brett Davis grabs the board | 56-50 |
| 09:07 | Rice | Mark Steinhauer can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 56-50 |
| 09:06 | Houston | Michael Hulett grabs the board | 56-50 |
| 08:52 | Houston | Ronald Wittman comes up short on the floater from the left wing | 56-50 |
| 08:51 | Rice | Mark Steinhauer snags the defensive board | 56-50 |
| 08:33 | Rice | Homer Ryan can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Patrick Pearce - foul #2 on Patrick Pearce, team foul #5 | 56-50 |
| Subs | Houston | Gregory Smith (PG), Ronald Mair (SF), Keith Bailey (PF) Patrick Pearce, Michael Hulett, Ronald Wittman | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 08:33 | Rice | Homer Ryan misses the 1st free throw | 56-50 |
| 08:33 | Rice | Homer Ryan misses the 2nd free throw | 56-50 |
| 08:33 | Houston | Jonathan Vincent snags the defensive board | 56-50 |
| 08:10 | Houston | Manuel Huggins misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 56-50 |
| 08:09 | Houston | Gregory Smith tips it in | 58-50 |
| 07:41 | Rice | Stanislaus Kucinski hits a turnaround near the basket on a great pass from Mark Steinhauer and the foul's on Ronald Mair - foul #1 on Ronald Mair, team foul #6 | 58-52 |
| Subs | Houston | Patrick Pearce (PG), Fred Bynoe (SG), Irvin Haskell (C) Manuel Huggins, Keith Bailey, Jonathan Vincent | |
| Subs | Rice | Thomas Orosco (PG), Charles Barnes (SG), Benjamin Farrish (SF), Eric Stamper (PF) Nicholas English, Mark Steinhauer, Homer Ryan, Brett Davis | |
| 07:41 | Rice | Stanislaus Kucinski makes the free throw | 58-53 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Patrick Pearce (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SG - Fred Bynoe (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Gregory Smith (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. PF - Ronald Mair (fresh) 5 pts. C - Irvin Haskell (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Thomas Orosco (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. SG - Charles Barnes (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Benjamin Farrish (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Eric Stamper (fresh) 6 pts. C - Stanislaus Kucinski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 07:22 | Houston | Patrick Pearce misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 58-53 |
| 07:20 | Rice | Thomas Orosco grabs the board | 58-53 |
| 07:15 | Rice | Stanislaus Kucinski slams it home on a great pass from Benjamin Farrish | 58-55 |
| 06:59 | Houston | Gregory Smith is fouled on the floor by Benjamin Farrish - foul #1 on Benjamin Farrish, team foul #4 | 58-55 |
| Subs | Houston | Michael Hulett (SF), Ronald Wittman (PF) Ronald Mair, Irvin Haskell | |
| Subs | Rice | Mathew Ferguson (C) Stanislaus Kucinski | |
| 06:41 | Houston | Gregory Smith can't throw it down but he's hacked by Eric Stamper - foul #2 on Eric Stamper, team foul #5 | 58-55 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Rice | Brett Davis (PF) Mathew Ferguson | |
| 06:41 | Houston | Gregory Smith misses the 1st free throw | 58-55 |
| 06:41 | Houston | Gregory Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 59-55 |
| 06:22 | Rice | Eric Stamper buries a floater from just outside the lane set up by Thomas Orosco | 59-57 |
| 05:57 | Houston | Ronald Wittman makes the fadeaway from the left wing set up by Patrick Pearce | 61-57 |
| 05:40 | Rice | Gregory Smith steals it from Charles Barnes | 61-57 |
| 05:13 | Houston | Michael Hulett misses the fadeaway in the lane | 61-57 |
| 05:11 | Rice | Benjamin Farrish gets the rebound | 61-57 |
| 05:11 | Rice | Rice calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 61-57 |
| Subs | Houston | Manuel Huggins (SG), Jonathan Vincent (C) Fred Bynoe, Gregory Smith | |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas English (PG), Mark Steinhauer (SG), Homer Ryan (SF), Stanislaus Kucinski (C) Thomas Orosco, Charles Barnes, Benjamin Farrish, Eric Stamper | |
| 04:57 | Rice | Stanislaus Kucinski is called for traveling | 61-57 |
| 04:41 | Houston | Manuel Huggins is called for traveling | 61-57 |
| 04:18 | Rice | Mark Steinhauer connects on the floater from the right side | 61-59 |
| 03:58 | Houston | Brett Davis is called for the reach on Jonathan Vincent - foul #3 on Brett Davis, team foul #6 | 61-59 |
| 03:42 | Houston | Brett Davis is called for the reach on Michael Hulett - foul #4 on Brett Davis, team foul #7 | 61-59 |
| 03:42 | Houston | Michael Hulett makes the 1st free throw | 62-59 |
| 03:42 | Houston | Michael Hulett makes the 2nd free throw | 63-59 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Patrick Pearce (fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - Manuel Huggins (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Michael Hulett (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. 3 stl. PF - Ronald Wittman (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. C - Jonathan Vincent (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Nicholas English (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Mark Steinhauer (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. SF - Homer Ryan (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Brett Davis (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. C - Stanislaus Kucinski (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 03:26 | Rice | Mark Steinhauer knocks in the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 63-61 |
| 03:02 | Houston | Manuel Huggins drills a runner in the paint on a nice dish by Patrick Pearce | 65-61 |
| 02:43 | Rice | Stanislaus Kucinski misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing | 65-61 |
| 02:42 | Rice | Brett Davis pulls down the offensive rebound | 65-61 |
| 02:22 | Rice | Jonathan Vincent swats the shot by Brett Davis | 65-61 |
| 02:21 | Houston | Michael Hulett grabs the defensive rebound | 65-61 |
| 02:05 | Houston | Ronald Wittman buries a jump hook from the left block on a nice dish by Patrick Pearce | 67-61 |
| 01:55 | Rice | Mark Steinhauer misses the 3 from the right wing | 67-61 |
| 01:54 | Rice | Brett Davis grabs the offensive rebound | 67-61 |
| 01:31 | Rice | Homer Ryan misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 67-61 |
| 01:29 | Houston | Jonathan Vincent pulls down the rebound | 67-61 |
| 01:17 | Houston | Michael Hulett can't connect on a runner in the paint | 67-61 |
| 01:15 | Rice | Stanislaus Kucinski gets the rebound | 67-61 |
| 01:08 | Rice | Stanislaus Kucinski misses the fadeaway in the lane | 67-61 |
| 01:06 | Houston | Jonathan Vincent grabs the defensive rebound | 67-61 |
| 00:44 | Houston | Patrick Pearce clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 67-61 |
| 00:43 | Houston | Michael Hulett pulls down the offensive rebound | 67-61 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:40 | Houston | Homer Ryan is called for the reach on Michael Hulett - foul #1 on Homer Ryan, team foul #8 | 67-61 |
| Subs | Houston | Gregory Smith (C) Jonathan Vincent | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 00:40 | Houston | Michael Hulett makes the 1st free throw | 68-61 |
| 00:40 | Houston | Michael Hulett misses the 2nd free throw | 68-61 |
| 00:40 | Rice | Brett Davis grabs the defensive rebound | 68-61 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:36 | Rice | Stanislaus Kucinski scores on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 68-63 |
| 00:33 | Houston | Patrick Pearce is fouled in the backcourt by Nicholas English - foul #3 on Nicholas English, team foul #9 | 68-63 |
| 00:33 | Houston | Patrick Pearce misses the 1st free throw | 68-63 |
| 00:33 | Rice | Stanislaus Kucinski gets the rebound | 68-63 |
| 00:26 | Rice | Homer Ryan misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 68-63 |
| 00:25 | Houston | Gregory Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 68-63 |
| 00:22 | Houston | Mark Steinhauer is called for the reach on Gregory Smith in the backcourt - foul #3 on Mark Steinhauer, team foul #10 | 68-63 |
| 00:22 | Houston | Gregory Smith makes the 1st free throw | 69-63 |
| 00:22 | Houston | Gregory Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 70-63 |
| 00:17 | Rice | Mark Steinhauer scores on a 3pt shot from straight away | 70-66 |
| 00:15 | Houston | Gregory Smith is hacked by Nicholas English in the backcourt - foul #4 on Nicholas English, team foul #11 | 70-66 |
| 00:15 | Houston | Gregory Smith misses the 1st free throw | 70-66 |
| 00:15 | Houston | Gregory Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 71-66 |
| 00:09 | Rice | Mark Steinhauer misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 71-66 |
| 00:07 | Houston | Gregory Smith grabs the board | 71-66 |
| 00:05 | Houston | Mark Steinhauer is called for the reach on Gregory Smith in the backcourt - foul #4 on Mark Steinhauer, team foul #12 | 71-66 |
| 00:05 | Houston | Gregory Smith makes the 1st free throw | 72-66 |
| 00:05 | Houston | Gregory Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 73-66 |
| 00:00 | Rice | Nicholas English comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 73-66 |