| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Paul Fisher (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Thomas Colman (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Mark Leary (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Shawn Garner (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Howard Randolph (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Kenneth Lawson (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Frederick Brown (fresh) 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - William Tighe (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Donald Griffin (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Roy Smith (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Marshall | Mark Leary inbounds the ball | 42-42 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:42 | Marshall | Paul Fisher clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 42-42 |
| 19:41 | Rice | Roy Smith grabs the board | 42-42 |
| 19:35 | Rice | William Tighe drills a jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Roy Smith | 42-44 |
| 19:17 | Marshall | Roy Smith blocks the short jumper by Howard Randolph | 42-44 |
| 19:15 | Rice | Donald Griffin gets the rebound | 42-44 |
| 19:11 | Rice | Kenneth Lawson loses the ball out of bounds | 42-44 |
| 18:58 | Marshall | Paul Fisher buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Thomas Colman | 44-44 |
| 18:43 | Rice | Frederick Brown knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 44-47 |
| 18:30 | Marshall | Howard Randolph is called for traveling | 44-47 |
| 18:12 | Rice | Roy Smith misses the easy layup | 44-47 |
| 18:10 | Rice | William Tighe hits the follow up shot | 44-49 |
| 17:58 | Marshall | Shawn Garner misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 44-49 |
| 17:57 | Rice | William Tighe grabs the board | 44-49 |
| 17:48 | Rice | Roy Smith drills a 3 pointer from the right corner | 44-52 |
| 17:24 | Marshall | Thomas Colman buries a 3pt shot from the right wing | 47-52 |
| 17:22 | Rice | Kenneth Lawson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 47-52 |
| Subs | Marshall | Michael Baumberger (SF), Dale Simmonds (PF), Jeffrey Leu (C) Mark Leary, Shawn Garner, Howard Randolph | |
| Subs | Rice | William Price (SG), Dustin Sasaki (SF), Frank Smith (C) Frederick Brown, William Tighe, Roy Smith | |
| 17:00 | Marshall | Michael Baumberger misses long on a 3 from straight away | 47-52 |
| 16:59 | Rice | William Price snags the defensive board | 47-52 |
| 16:36 | Rice | Thomas Colman is called for the reach on Kenneth Lawson - foul #2 on Thomas Colman, team foul #1 | 47-52 |
| Subs | Marshall | Marvin Kaul (SG), Neil Anderson (SF) Paul Fisher, Thomas Colman | |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Cobbins (SF) Donald Griffin | |
| 16:27 | Rice | Dustin Sasaki comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 47-52 |
| 16:25 | Marshall | Neil Anderson grabs the defensive rebound | 47-52 |
| 16:16 | Marshall | Marvin Kaul throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-52 |
| Subs | Marshall | Mark Leary (SF) Neil Anderson | |
| Subs | Rice | William Tighe (SF), Roy Smith (PF) Kenneth Lawson, Richard Cobbins | |
| 16:06 | Rice | Frank Smith is called for traveling | 47-52 |
| 15:52 | Marshall | William Tighe picks off the pass by Marvin Kaul | 47-52 |
| 15:49 | Rice | William Tighe lays it in | 47-54 |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Michael Baumberger (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Marvin Kaul (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Mark Leary (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dale Simmonds (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Jeffrey Leu (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - William Price (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Dustin Sasaki (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. SF - William Tighe (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Roy Smith (fresh) 6 pts. 2 blk. C - Frank Smith (fresh) 7 pts. | |
| 15:34 | Marshall | Michael Baumberger knocks in the jump hook near the basket | 49-54 |
| 15:13 | Rice | Roy Smith hits the finger roll set up by William Price | 49-56 |
| 14:55 | Marshall | Jeffrey Leu makes the floater near the basket | 51-56 |
| 14:37 | Rice | William Tighe lays it in set up by William Price | 51-58 |
| 14:17 | Marshall | Jeffrey Leu throws it down on a great pass from Michael Baumberger | 53-58 |
| 14:05 | Rice | Roy Smith's pass is intercepted by Dale Simmonds | 53-58 |
| 13:48 | Marshall | Michael Baumberger drills a 3pt shot from the right wing | 56-58 |
| 13:33 | Rice | William Tighe blows the layup | 56-58 |
| 13:31 | Marshall | Dale Simmonds gets the rebound | 56-58 |
| 13:19 | Marshall | Mark Leary's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 56-58 |
| Subs | Marshall | Paul Fisher (PG), Thomas Colman (SG), Neil Anderson (SF), Shawn Garner (PF), Howard Randolph (C) Michael Baumberger, Marvin Kaul, Mark Leary, Dale Simmonds, Jeffrey Leu | |
| Subs | Rice | Kenneth Lawson (PG), Frederick Brown (SG), Richard Cobbins (SF), Donald Griffin (PF), Fredrick Cannon (C) William Price, Dustin Sasaki, William Tighe, Roy Smith, Frank Smith | |
| 13:06 | Rice | Donald Griffin lays it in and he's fouled by Shawn Garner - foul #1 on Shawn Garner, team foul #2 | 56-60 |
| 13:06 | Rice | Donald Griffin makes the free throw | 56-61 |
| 12:48 | Marshall | Neil Anderson misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 56-61 |
| 12:46 | Marshall | Howard Randolph snags the offensive board | 56-61 |
| 12:26 | Marshall | Howard Randolph is fouled on the floor by Fredrick Cannon - foul #4 on Fredrick Cannon, team foul #1 | 56-61 |
| Subs | Marshall | | |
| Subs | Rice | Roy Smith (C) Fredrick Cannon | |
| 12:14 | Marshall | Howard Randolph loses the dribble to Roy Smith | 56-61 |
| 11:59 | Rice | Roy Smith can't connect on a shot from the left wing | 56-61 |
| 11:57 | Rice | Kenneth Lawson snags the offensive board | 56-61 |
| 11:41 | Rice | Roy Smith misses badly on a jumper from the baseline but he's hacked by Thomas Colman - foul #3 on Thomas Colman, team foul #3 | 56-61 |
| Subs | Marshall | | |
| Subs | Rice | Dustin Sasaki (SF) Richard Cobbins | |
| 11:41 | Rice | Roy Smith makes the 1st free throw | 56-62 |
| 11:41 | Rice | Roy Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 56-63 |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Paul Fisher (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Thomas Colman (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Neil Anderson (fresh) PF - Shawn Garner (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Howard Randolph (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Kenneth Lawson (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Frederick Brown (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Dustin Sasaki (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Donald Griffin (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. C - Roy Smith (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 11:22 | Marshall | Howard Randolph misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 56-63 |
| 11:21 | Rice | Donald Griffin snags the defensive board | 56-63 |
| 11:04 | Rice | Roy Smith connects on the floater from close range on a great pass from Kenneth Lawson | 56-65 |
| 10:51 | Marshall | Howard Randolph comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 56-65 |
| 10:50 | Rice | The rebound goes to Kenneth Lawson | 56-65 |
| 10:44 | Rice | Kenneth Lawson clanks a fadeaway from the right side | 56-65 |
| 10:43 | Rice | Donald Griffin snags the offensive board | 56-65 |
| 10:22 | Rice | Donald Griffin clanks a fadeaway from the left block | 56-65 |
| 10:21 | Marshall | Shawn Garner pulls down the rebound | 56-65 |
| 10:01 | Marshall | Shawn Garner's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 56-65 |
| Subs | Marshall | Michael Baumberger (PG), Marvin Kaul (SG), Mark Leary (SF), Dale Simmonds (PF), Jeffrey Leu (C) Paul Fisher, Thomas Colman, Neil Anderson, Shawn Garner, Howard Randolph | |
| Subs | Rice | William Price (SG), William Tighe (SF), Frank Smith (C) Frederick Brown, Dustin Sasaki, Roy Smith | |
| 09:59 | Rice | Kenneth Lawson double dribbles in the backcourt | 56-65 |
| 09:45 | Marshall | Mark Leary is denied on a layup by William Tighe | 56-65 |
| 09:43 | Rice | William Price grabs the defensive rebound | 56-65 |
| 09:25 | Rice | Frank Smith hits the finger roll set up by William Price | 56-67 |
| 09:12 | Marshall | Marvin Kaul can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 56-67 |
| 09:10 | Rice | The rebound goes to Donald Griffin | 56-67 |
| 08:47 | Rice | Kenneth Lawson comes up short on the runner from the baseline | 56-67 |
| 08:46 | Marshall | Mark Leary gets the rebound | 56-67 |
| 08:39 | Marshall | Dale Simmonds can't connect on a jump hook in the paint | 56-67 |
| 08:38 | Rice | Frank Smith grabs the board | 56-67 |
| 08:16 | Rice | Donald Griffin is fouled on the floor by Dale Simmonds - foul #2 on Dale Simmonds, team foul #4 | 56-67 |
| Subs | Marshall | Paul Fisher (PG), Thomas Colman (SG) Michael Baumberger, Marvin Kaul | |
| Subs | Rice | Joel Karn (PG), Dustin Sasaki (PF) Kenneth Lawson, Donald Griffin | |
| 08:09 | Rice | Joel Karn clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 56-67 |
| 08:07 | Marshall | Jeffrey Leu snags the defensive board | 56-67 |
| 07:53 | Marshall | Mark Leary can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side | 56-67 |
| 07:52 | Rice | Joel Karn snags the defensive board | 56-67 |
| 07:39 | Rice | Thomas Colman steals it from William Price | 56-67 |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Paul Fisher (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Thomas Colman (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Mark Leary (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Dale Simmonds (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Jeffrey Leu (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Joel Karn (fresh) 2 ast. SG - William Price (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - William Tighe (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Dustin Sasaki (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Frank Smith (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:19 | Marshall | Dustin Sasaki steps in front of the Thomas Colman pass | 56-67 |
| 07:04 | Rice | Joel Karn misses badly on a driving attempt near the basket but he's fouled by Paul Fisher - foul #3 on Paul Fisher, team foul #5 | 56-67 |
| Subs | Marshall | Michael Baumberger (SF), Shawn Garner (PF), Howard Randolph (C) Mark Leary, Dale Simmonds, Jeffrey Leu | |
| Subs | Rice | Frederick Brown (SG), Roy Smith (SF), Fredrick Cannon (C) William Price, William Tighe, Frank Smith | |
| 07:04 | Rice | Joel Karn makes the 1st free throw | 56-68 |
| 07:04 | Rice | Joel Karn makes the 2nd free throw | 56-69 |
| 06:46 | Marshall | Roy Smith is called for the reach on Michael Baumberger - foul #3 on Roy Smith, team foul #2 | 56-69 |
| Subs | Marshall | | |
| Subs | Rice | Kenneth Lawson (PG) Joel Karn | |
| 06:29 | Marshall | Michael Baumberger misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side | 56-69 |
| 06:28 | Marshall | Shawn Garner grabs the offensive board | 56-69 |
| 06:21 | Marshall | Michael Baumberger comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 56-69 |
| 06:20 | Rice | Fredrick Cannon gets the rebound | 56-69 |
| 05:59 | Rice | Frederick Brown drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 56-72 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 05:38 | Marshall | Michael Baumberger misses the 3 from the right wing | 56-72 |
| 05:36 | Marshall | Michael Baumberger snags the offensive board | 56-72 |
| 05:29 | Marshall | Thomas Colman can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 56-72 |
| 05:28 | Marshall | Paul Fisher can't tip it in | 56-72 |
| 05:27 | Rice | Roy Smith gets the rebound | 56-72 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 05:10 | Rice | Kenneth Lawson connects on the floater from the left block set up by Dustin Sasaki and he's hacked by Paul Fisher - foul #4 on Paul Fisher, team foul #6 | 56-74 |
| Subs | Marshall | Marvin Kaul (SG), Mark Leary (SF) Paul Fisher, Thomas Colman | |
| Subs | Rice | William Tighe (SF), Donald Griffin (PF) Roy Smith, Dustin Sasaki | |
| 05:10 | Rice | Kenneth Lawson misses the free throw | 56-74 |
| 05:10 | Marshall | Howard Randolph pulls down the rebound | 56-74 |
| 04:51 | Marshall | Shawn Garner connects on the fadeaway from the right wing | 58-74 |
| 04:28 | Rice | William Tighe is fouled on the floor by Mark Leary - foul #2 on Mark Leary, team foul #7 | 58-74 |
| Subs | Marshall | Dale Simmonds (PF), Jeffrey Leu (C) Shawn Garner, Howard Randolph | |
| Subs | Rice | William Price (SG), Frank Smith (C) Frederick Brown, Fredrick Cannon | |
| 04:28 | Rice | William Tighe misses the 1st free throw | 58-74 |
| 04:28 | Marshall | The rebound goes to Jeffrey Leu | 58-74 |
| 04:06 | Marshall | Frank Smith steals the ball from Mark Leary | 58-74 |
| 03:41 | Rice | Donald Griffin misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 58-74 |
| 03:40 | Marshall | Jeffrey Leu pulls down the rebound | 58-74 |
| 03:40 | Marshall | Marshall calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-74 |
| Subs | Marshall | Paul Fisher (PG), Thomas Colman (SG), Shawn Garner (PF), Howard Randolph (C) Michael Baumberger, Marvin Kaul, Dale Simmonds, Jeffrey Leu | |
| Subs | Rice | Frederick Brown (SG), Fredrick Cannon (C) William Price, Frank Smith | |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Paul Fisher (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 4 pf. SG - Thomas Colman (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Mark Leary (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Shawn Garner (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - Howard Randolph (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Kenneth Lawson (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SG - Frederick Brown (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - William Tighe (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Donald Griffin (fresh) 9 pts. 10 reb. C - Fredrick Cannon (fresh) 4 pf. | |
| 03:26 | Marshall | Thomas Colman is hacked by Frederick Brown - foul #2 on Frederick Brown, team foul #3 | 58-74 |
| 03:21 | Marshall | Thomas Colman is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Lawson - foul #2 on Kenneth Lawson, team foul #4 | 58-74 |
| Subs | Marshall | Michael Baumberger (PG), Marvin Kaul (SG), Neil Anderson (SF), Dale Simmonds (PF), Jeffrey Leu (C) Paul Fisher, Thomas Colman, Mark Leary, Shawn Garner, Howard Randolph | |
| Subs | Rice | Joel Karn (PG), William Price (SG), Roy Smith (SF), Dustin Sasaki (PF), Frank Smith (C) Kenneth Lawson, Frederick Brown, William Tighe, Donald Griffin, Fredrick Cannon | |
| 03:14 | Marshall | Neil Anderson misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 58-74 |
| 03:13 | Rice | Frank Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 58-74 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:08 | Rice | William Price scores on a jumper from the free throw line set up by Roy Smith | 58-76 |
| 02:57 | Marshall | Dale Simmonds is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 58-76 |
| 02:39 | Rice | William Price clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 58-76 |
| 02:37 | Rice | Joel Karn hits the follow up shot | 58-78 |
| 02:30 | Marshall | Marvin Kaul drills a jumpshot from the left wing set up by Neil Anderson | 60-78 |
| 02:04 | Rice | Roy Smith misses the lay-in | 60-78 |
| 02:03 | Rice | Roy Smith hits the follow up shot | 60-80 |
| 01:56 | Marshall | Marvin Kaul comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 60-80 |
| 01:54 | Marshall | Michael Baumberger pulls down the offensive rebound | 60-80 |
| 01:40 | Marshall | Dale Simmonds makes the 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Michael Baumberger | 63-80 |
| 01:11 | Rice | Frank Smith is denied on a layup by Dale Simmonds | 63-80 |
| 01:09 | Marshall | Dale Simmonds grabs the board | 63-80 |
| 00:55 | Marshall | Jeffrey Leu clanks a shot from the right wing but he's fouled by Frank Smith - foul #2 on Frank Smith, team foul #5 | 63-80 |
| 00:55 | Marshall | Jeffrey Leu makes the 1st free throw | 64-80 |
| 00:55 | Marshall | Jeffrey Leu misses the 2nd free throw | 64-80 |
| 00:55 | Rice | Dustin Sasaki pulls down the rebound | 64-80 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle 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) | |
| 00:31 | Rice | Dustin Sasaki hits a runner near the basket on a nice dish by Joel Karn | 64-82 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall 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) | |
| 00:24 | Marshall | Marvin Kaul is hacked by Frank Smith - foul #3 on Frank Smith, team foul #6 | 64-82 |
| 00:21 | Marshall | Jeffrey Leu is called for traveling | 64-82 |
| 00:00 | Rice | Joel Karn runs out the clock | 64-82 |