| Lineup | Georgia Tech | PG - Michael Tiano (fresh) SG - Eric Orange (fresh) SF - Jay Moseley (fresh) PF - Bobby Kuehn (fresh) C - Murray Carmen (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Nicholas English (fresh) SG - Larry Dallas (fresh) SF - Homer Ryan (fresh) PF - Clarence Reddick (fresh) C - Allen McBane (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Homer Ryan wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:39 | Rice | Nicholas English's pass is intercepted by Michael Tiano | 0-0 |
| 19:36 | Georgia Tech | Eric Orange hits the finger roll set up by Michael Tiano | 2-0 |
| 19:17 | Rice | Nicholas English is hacked by Eric Orange - foul #1 on Eric Orange, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:02 | Rice | Larry Dallas is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Larry Dallas, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:41 | Georgia Tech | Bobby Kuehn misses badly on a floater near the basket but the foul's on Nicholas English - foul #1 on Nicholas English, team foul #2 | 2-0 |
| 18:41 | Georgia Tech | Bobby Kuehn makes the 1st free throw | 3-0 |
| 18:41 | Georgia Tech | Bobby Kuehn makes the 2nd free throw | 4-0 |
| 18:25 | Rice | Homer Ryan is fouled on the floor by Murray Carmen - foul #1 on Murray Carmen, team foul #2 | 4-0 |
| 18:13 | Rice | Nicholas English's pass is intercepted by Michael Tiano | 4-0 |
| 18:10 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano can't throw it down | 4-0 |
| 18:09 | Rice | Homer Ryan grabs the board | 4-0 |
| 17:46 | Rice | Nicholas English misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 4-0 |
| 17:45 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano snags the defensive board | 4-0 |
| 17:26 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano is whistled for a carry | 4-0 |
| 17:07 | Rice | Nicholas English clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 4-0 |
| 17:05 | Rice | Allen McBane grabs the offensive rebound | 4-0 |
| 16:52 | Rice | Larry Dallas misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 4-0 |
| 16:51 | Rice | Larry Dallas snags the offensive board | 4-0 |
| 16:35 | Rice | Nicholas English scores on a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Homer Ryan | 4-3 |
| 16:19 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 4-3 |
| 16:17 | Rice | Larry Dallas grabs the defensive rebound | 4-3 |
| 16:12 | Rice | Nicholas English can't connect on a fadeaway from the right block | 4-3 |
| 16:10 | Georgia Tech | Bobby Kuehn snags the defensive board | 4-3 |
| 16:04 | Georgia Tech | Jay Moseley connects on the fadeaway from the left side set up by Michael Tiano and he's hacked by Clarence Reddick - foul #1 on Clarence Reddick, team foul #3 | 6-3 |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Samuel Wyble (PF), Angel Bruno (C) Bobby Kuehn, Murray Carmen | |
| Subs | Rice | Brandon Mask (PG), Glenn Liljeberg (SG), Dewayne Costas (SF), Charles Barnes (PF), Jonathan Geyer (C) Nicholas English, Larry Dallas, Homer Ryan, Clarence Reddick, Allen McBane | |
| 16:04 | Georgia Tech | Jay Moseley makes the free throw | 7-3 |
| 15:50 | Rice | Jonathan Geyer misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 7-3 |
| 15:49 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano snags the defensive board | 7-3 |
| Lineup | Georgia Tech | PG - Michael Tiano (fresh) 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Eric Orange (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Jay Moseley (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Samuel Wyble (fresh) C - Angel Bruno (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Brandon Mask (fresh) SG - Glenn Liljeberg (fresh) SF - Dewayne Costas (fresh) PF - Charles Barnes (fresh) C - Jonathan Geyer (fresh) | |
| 15:44 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano knocks in the floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Eric Orange | 9-3 |
| 15:19 | Rice | Dewayne Costas connects on the fadeaway from the left block | 9-5 |
| 15:01 | Georgia Tech | Charles Barnes is called for the reach on Jay Moseley - foul #1 on Charles Barnes, team foul #4 | 9-5 |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Masio Diop (PG), Chad Tober (SG), William Marks (SF) Michael Tiano, Eric Orange, Jay Moseley | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 14:47 | Georgia Tech | Chad Tober comes up short on the shot from the left side | 9-5 |
| 14:45 | Rice | The rebound goes to Dewayne Costas | 9-5 |
| 14:30 | Rice | Glenn Liljeberg drills a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Dewayne Costas | 9-8 |
| 14:12 | Georgia Tech | Chad Tober's pass is intercepted by Brandon Mask | 9-8 |
| 13:55 | Rice | Charles Barnes double dribbles | 9-8 |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano (PG), Bobby Kuehn (PF), Murray Carmen (C) Masio Diop, William Marks, Angel Bruno | |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas English (PG), Larry Dallas (SG), Homer Ryan (SF), Clarence Reddick (PF), Allen McBane (C) Brandon Mask, Glenn Liljeberg, Dewayne Costas, Charles Barnes, Jonathan Geyer | |
| 13:31 | Georgia Tech | Clarence Reddick is called for the reach on Michael Tiano - foul #2 on Clarence Reddick, team foul #5 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Eric Orange (SG), Jay Moseley (SF) Chad Tober, Samuel Wyble | |
| Subs | Rice | Jonathan Geyer (PF) Clarence Reddick | |
| 13:17 | Georgia Tech | Jay Moseley misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 9-8 |
| 13:15 | Rice | Jonathan Geyer pulls down the rebound | 9-8 |
| 13:08 | Rice | Nicholas English throws a bad pass out of bounds | 9-8 |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | | |
| Subs | Rice | Dewayne Costas (PF) Jonathan Geyer | |
| 12:48 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 9-8 |
| 12:47 | Georgia Tech | Murray Carmen grabs the offensive rebound | 9-8 |
| 12:29 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano loses the dribble to Nicholas English | 9-8 |
| 12:13 | Rice | Homer Ryan clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 9-8 |
| 12:11 | Georgia Tech | Bobby Kuehn grabs the defensive rebound | 9-8 |
| 11:57 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano scores on a 3 from the left wing | 12-8 |
| 11:44 | Rice | Homer Ryan knocks in the floater from the right block set up by Nicholas English | 12-10 |
| Lineup | Georgia Tech | PG - Michael Tiano (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Eric Orange (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jay Moseley (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Bobby Kuehn (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Murray Carmen (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Nicholas English (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Larry Dallas (fresh) SF - Homer Ryan (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dewayne Costas (fresh) 2 pts. C - Allen McBane (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:27 | Georgia Tech | Bobby Kuehn clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 12-10 |
| 11:25 | Georgia Tech | Murray Carmen tips it back up and in | 14-10 |
| 11:09 | Rice | Allen McBane comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 14-10 |
| 11:08 | Georgia Tech | Bobby Kuehn pulls down the rebound | 14-10 |
| 11:04 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano drills a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Bobby Kuehn | 17-10 |
| 10:59 | Rice | Nicholas English loses the dribble to Michael Tiano in the backcourt | 17-10 |
| 10:42 | Georgia Tech | Bobby Kuehn clanks a 3 from the left corner | 17-10 |
| 10:40 | Rice | Homer Ryan snags the defensive board | 17-10 |
| 10:20 | Rice | Allen McBane drills a shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Homer Ryan | 17-12 |
| 09:55 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano buries a fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Eric Orange | 19-12 |
| 09:40 | Rice | Larry Dallas clanks a 3 from the right corner | 19-12 |
| 09:38 | Rice | Dewayne Costas tips it home | 19-14 |
| 09:16 | Georgia Tech | Bobby Kuehn clanks a shot from the right wing | 19-14 |
| 09:15 | Georgia Tech | Bobby Kuehn tips it but misses | 19-14 |
| 09:13 | Rice | Nicholas English grabs the board | 19-14 |
| 09:01 | Rice | Allen McBane misses the jumper from the left block | 19-14 |
| 09:00 | Georgia Tech | Jay Moseley pulls down the rebound | 19-14 |
| 08:45 | Georgia Tech | Jay Moseley hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 19-14 |
| 08:43 | Rice | Allen McBane snags the defensive board | 19-14 |
| 08:22 | Rice | Homer Ryan throws a bad pass out of bounds | 19-14 |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Masio Diop (PG), Chad Tober (SG), William Marks (SF), Samuel Wyble (PF), Angel Bruno (C) Michael Tiano, Eric Orange, Jay Moseley, Bobby Kuehn, Murray Carmen | |
| Subs | Rice | Brandon Mask (PG), Glenn Liljeberg (SG), Charles Barnes (PF), Jonathan Geyer (C) Nicholas English, Larry Dallas, Dewayne Costas, Allen McBane | |
| 07:59 | Georgia Tech | Chad Tober comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 19-14 |
| 07:57 | Rice | The rebound goes to Charles Barnes | 19-14 |
| 07:38 | Rice | Homer Ryan can't finish the layup but the foul's on William Marks - foul #1 on William Marks, team foul #3 | 19-14 |
| 07:38 | Rice | Homer Ryan makes the 1st free throw | 19-15 |
| 07:38 | Rice | Homer Ryan makes the 2nd free throw | 19-16 |
| Lineup | Georgia Tech | PG - Masio Diop (fresh) SG - Chad Tober (fresh) SF - William Marks (fresh) PF - Samuel Wyble (fresh) C - Angel Bruno (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Brandon Mask (fresh) SG - Glenn Liljeberg (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Homer Ryan (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Charles Barnes (fresh) C - Jonathan Geyer (fresh) | |
| 07:20 | Georgia Tech | Angel Bruno misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 19-16 |
| 07:19 | Rice | Glenn Liljeberg pulls down the rebound | 19-16 |
| 07:13 | Rice | Homer Ryan buries a driving attempt from close range | 19-18 |
| 06:55 | Georgia Tech | William Marks can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away but the foul's on Brandon Mask - foul #1 on Brandon Mask, team foul #6 | 19-18 |
| 06:55 | Georgia Tech | William Marks makes the 1st free throw | 20-18 |
| 06:55 | Georgia Tech | William Marks misses the 2nd free throw | 20-18 |
| 06:55 | Georgia Tech | William Marks makes the 3rd free throw | 21-18 |
| 06:37 | Rice | Jonathan Geyer clanks a jump hook in the lane but he's fouled by Angel Bruno - foul #1 on Angel Bruno, team foul #4 | 21-18 |
| 06:37 | Rice | Jonathan Geyer makes the 1st free throw | 21-19 |
| 06:37 | Rice | Jonathan Geyer makes the 2nd free throw | 21-20 |
| 06:18 | Georgia Tech | Jonathan Geyer denies the turnaround by Masio Diop | 21-20 |
| 06:17 | Georgia Tech | Chad Tober can't tip it in | 21-20 |
| 06:15 | Georgia Tech | William Marks grabs the offensive rebound | 21-20 |
| 06:04 | Georgia Tech | Chad Tober is hacked by Glenn Liljeberg - foul #1 on Glenn Liljeberg, team foul #7 | 21-20 |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Murray Carmen (C) Angel Bruno | |
| Subs | Rice | Dewayne Costas (SF) Homer Ryan | |
| 06:04 | Georgia Tech | Chad Tober misses the 1st free throw | 21-20 |
| 06:04 | Rice | Charles Barnes snags the defensive board | 21-20 |
| 05:45 | Rice | Glenn Liljeberg misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 21-20 |
| 05:44 | Georgia Tech | The rebound goes to Samuel Wyble | 21-20 |
| 05:27 | Georgia Tech | Jonathan Geyer steps in front of the Chad Tober pass | 21-20 |
| 05:09 | Rice | Charles Barnes misses the jumper from the right block but the foul's on Murray Carmen - foul #2 on Murray Carmen, team foul #5 | 21-20 |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano (PG), Eric Orange (SG), Jay Moseley (SF), Eric Davenport (PF), Angel Bruno (C) Masio Diop, Chad Tober, William Marks, Samuel Wyble, Murray Carmen | |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas English (PG), Larry Dallas (SG), Joseph Gibbs (C) Brandon Mask, Glenn Liljeberg, Jonathan Geyer | |
| 05:09 | Rice | Charles Barnes makes the 1st free throw | 21-21 |
| 05:09 | Rice | Charles Barnes misses the 2nd free throw | 21-21 |
| 05:09 | Georgia Tech | The rebound goes to Angel Bruno | 21-21 |
| 05:03 | Georgia Tech | Eric Davenport drills a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Michael Tiano | 24-21 |
| 04:58 | Rice | Larry Dallas drills a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Dewayne Costas | 24-24 |
| 04:39 | Georgia Tech | Larry Dallas steps in front of the Jay Moseley pass | 24-24 |
| 04:36 | Rice | Larry Dallas lays it in | 24-26 |
| 04:21 | Georgia Tech | Eric Orange is hacked by Charles Barnes - foul #2 on Charles Barnes, team foul #8 | 24-26 |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Bobby Kuehn (PF) Eric Davenport | |
| Subs | Rice | Homer Ryan (SF) Charles Barnes | |
| 04:21 | Georgia Tech | Eric Orange misses the 1st free throw | 24-26 |
| 04:21 | Rice | Homer Ryan gets the rebound | 24-26 |
| 04:11 | Rice | Joseph Gibbs is called for traveling | 24-26 |
| 03:53 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side but he's hacked by Nicholas English - foul #2 on Nicholas English, team foul #9 | 24-26 |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Samuel Wyble (C) Angel Bruno | |
| Subs | Rice | Clarence Reddick (PF), Allen McBane (C) Dewayne Costas, Joseph Gibbs | |
| 03:53 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano misses the 1st free throw | 24-26 |
| 03:53 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano makes the 2nd free throw | 25-26 |
| 03:44 | Rice | Allen McBane buries a floater near the basket set up by Larry Dallas and he's fouled by Bobby Kuehn - foul #1 on Bobby Kuehn, team foul #6 | 25-28 |
| 03:44 | Rice | Allen McBane makes the free throw | 25-29 |
| 03:36 | Georgia Tech | Eric Orange misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 25-29 |
| 03:34 | Rice | The rebound goes to Clarence Reddick | 25-29 |
| Lineup | Georgia Tech | PG - Michael Tiano (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Eric Orange (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jay Moseley (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Bobby Kuehn (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Samuel Wyble (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Nicholas English (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Larry Dallas (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Homer Ryan (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Clarence Reddick (fresh) C - Allen McBane (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:13 | Rice | Allen McBane hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 25-29 |
| 03:12 | Georgia Tech | Jay Moseley snags the defensive board | 25-29 |
| 03:08 | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano misses the jumper from the right wing | 25-29 |
| 03:07 | Rice | Homer Ryan snags the defensive board | 25-29 |
| 02:42 | Rice | Homer Ryan loses the ball out of bounds | 25-29 |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Murray Carmen (C) Bobby Kuehn | |
| Subs | Rice | Brandon Mask (SG), Jonathan Geyer (C) Larry Dallas, Allen McBane | |
| 02:26 | Georgia Tech | Eric Orange misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 25-29 |
| 02:25 | Rice | The rebound goes to Brandon Mask | 25-29 |
| 02:20 | Rice | Nicholas English misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 25-29 |
| 02:19 | Georgia Tech | Samuel Wyble pulls down the rebound | 25-29 |
| 02:14 | Georgia Tech | Jonathan Geyer steals the ball from Eric Orange | 25-29 |
| 01:54 | Rice | Brandon Mask can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing but he's hacked by Eric Orange - foul #2 on Eric Orange, team foul #7 | 25-29 |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Masio Diop (PG), Chad Tober (SG), William Marks (SF), Angel Bruno (PF) Michael Tiano, Eric Orange, Jay Moseley, Samuel Wyble | |
| Subs | Rice | Glenn Liljeberg (SG), Dewayne Costas (SF) Nicholas English, Homer Ryan | |
| 01:54 | Rice | Brandon Mask makes the 1st free throw | 25-30 |
| 01:54 | Rice | Brandon Mask misses the 2nd free throw | 25-30 |
| 01:54 | Rice | Clarence Reddick snags the offensive board | 25-30 |
| 01:37 | Rice | Brandon Mask misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 25-30 |
| 01:36 | Georgia Tech | Murray Carmen snags the defensive board | 25-30 |
| 01:23 | Georgia Tech | Chad Tober clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 25-30 |
| 01:22 | Rice | Clarence Reddick grabs the board | 25-30 |
| 01:13 | Rice | Brandon Mask clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 25-30 |
| 01:12 | Rice | The offensive rebound goes to Clarence Reddick | 25-30 |
| 00:53 | Rice | Clarence Reddick clanks a fadeaway from the right side | 25-30 |
| 00:51 | Georgia Tech | The rebound goes to William Marks | 25-30 |
| 00:45 | Georgia Tech | Chad Tober misses long on a jumper in the paint but he's hacked by Glenn Liljeberg - foul #2 on Glenn Liljeberg, team foul #10 | 25-30 |
| Subs | Georgia Tech | Michael Tiano (PG), Jay Moseley (SF), Bobby Kuehn (PF) Masio Diop, William Marks, Murray Carmen | |
| Subs | Rice | Larry Dallas (SG), Charles Barnes (SF), Allen McBane (C) Glenn Liljeberg, Dewayne Costas, Clarence Reddick | |
| 00:45 | Georgia Tech | Chad Tober misses the 1st free throw | 25-30 |
| 00:45 | Georgia Tech | Chad Tober makes the 2nd free throw | 26-30 |
| 00:34 | Rice | Jonathan Geyer misses long on a floater from the right side | 26-30 |
| 00:32 | Rice | Allen McBane tips it back up and in | 26-32 |
| 00:15 | Georgia Tech | Charles Barnes steals it from Bobby Kuehn | 26-32 |
| 00:12 | Rice | Charles Barnes banks in the layup | 26-34 |
| 00:00 | Georgia Tech | Bobby Kuehn connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 28-34 |