| Lineup | Rice | PG - Peter Anthony (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Gary Festa (fresh) 1 ast. SF - John Espitia (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Sylvester Hopkins (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Brian Spano (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Florida State | PG - Stanley Kearns (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Don Potter (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Stephen Vandergriff (fresh) 11 pts. PF - Leroy Hall (fresh) C - Ronald Sandlin (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | John Espitia inbounds the ball | 20-32 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:46 | Rice | Peter Anthony buries a jumpshot from the right side set up by Gary Festa and the foul's on Stephen Vandergriff - foul #2 on Stephen Vandergriff, team foul #1 | 22-32 |
| 19:46 | Rice | Peter Anthony misses the free throw | 22-32 |
| 19:46 | Florida State | Stanley Kearns grabs the board | 22-32 |
| 19:39 | Florida State | Stanley Kearns makes the jump hook from close range set up by Leroy Hall and the foul's on Peter Anthony - foul #1 on Peter Anthony, team foul #1 | 22-34 |
| 19:39 | Florida State | Stanley Kearns makes the free throw | 22-35 |
| 19:21 | Rice | John Espitia knocks in the shot from the left wing | 24-35 |
| 19:00 | Florida State | Ronald Sandlin scores on a shot from the right block on a great pass from Stephen Vandergriff | 24-37 |
| 18:43 | Rice | Brian Spano misses short on a jumper from the right side | 24-37 |
| 18:42 | Florida State | Leroy Hall gets the rebound | 24-37 |
| 18:36 | Florida State | Brian Spano denies the turnaround by Ronald Sandlin | 24-37 |
| 18:35 | Florida State | Stanley Kearns tips it home | 24-39 |
| 18:16 | Rice | John Espitia misses the shot from the right side | 24-39 |
| 18:14 | Florida State | Don Potter grabs the defensive rebound | 24-39 |
| 18:01 | Florida State | Leroy Hall connects on the shot from the baseline on a great pass from Stanley Kearns and the foul's on Sylvester Hopkins - foul #3 on Sylvester Hopkins, team foul #2 | 24-41 |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Krouse (PF) Sylvester Hopkins | |
| Subs | Florida State | | |
| 18:01 | Florida State | Leroy Hall makes the free throw | 24-42 |
| 17:49 | Rice | Ronald Sandlin denies the turnaround by Michael Krouse | 24-42 |
| 17:48 | Florida State | Leroy Hall pulls down the rebound | 24-42 |
| 17:35 | Florida State | Stanley Kearns is fouled on the floor by Gary Festa - foul #1 on Gary Festa, team foul #3 | 24-42 |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Holman (PG), Justin Stephen (C) Gary Festa, Brian Spano | |
| Subs | Florida State | Cecil Zygmont (PF), Andy Winder (C) Leroy Hall, Ronald Sandlin | |
| 17:30 | Florida State | Stephen Vandergriff comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 24-42 |
| 17:28 | Rice | The rebound goes to Charles Holman | 24-42 |
| 17:09 | Rice | Michael Krouse scores on a shot from the left block on a great pass from Peter Anthony | 26-42 |
| 16:40 | Florida State | Don Potter hits a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Stephen Vandergriff | 26-45 |
| 16:29 | Rice | Don Potter steals the ball from Charles Holman | 26-45 |
| 16:14 | Florida State | Stanley Kearns scores on a floater from close range on a nice dish by Stephen Vandergriff | 26-47 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 15:56 | Rice | Charles Holman misses badly on a floater from the left block | 26-47 |
| 15:54 | Florida State | Stanley Kearns grabs the board | 26-47 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Charles Holman (fresh) SG - Peter Anthony (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Espitia (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Michael Krouse (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Justin Stephen (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Florida State | PG - Stanley Kearns (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SG - Don Potter (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Stephen Vandergriff (fairly fresh) 11 pts. PF - Cecil Zygmont (fresh) C - Andy Winder (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 15:33 | Florida State | Stephen Vandergriff scores on a fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Don Potter | 26-49 |
| 15:18 | Rice | Justin Stephen misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 26-49 |
| 15:17 | Florida State | Cecil Zygmont snags the defensive board | 26-49 |
| 15:00 | Florida State | Andy Winder scores on a turnaround from close range set up by Don Potter | 26-51 |
| 14:47 | Rice | Cecil Zygmont picks off the pass by Peter Anthony | 26-51 |
| 14:32 | Florida State | Stanley Kearns misses long on a turnaround from the right block | 26-51 |
| 14:31 | Rice | The rebound goes to Justin Stephen | 26-51 |
| 14:25 | Rice | Charles Holman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 26-51 |
| Subs | Rice | Thomas Newman (PG), Gary Festa (SG), Sylvester Hopkins (PF), Brian Spano (C) Charles Holman, Peter Anthony, Michael Krouse, Justin Stephen | |
| Subs | Florida State | Alfred Reder (PG), Ashley Daniels (SG), Leroy Hall (PF), Ronald Sandlin (C) Stanley Kearns, Don Potter, Cecil Zygmont, Andy Winder | |
| 14:00 | Florida State | Ashley Daniels hits a floater near the basket on a nice dish by Alfred Reder | 26-53 |
| 13:49 | Rice | Brian Spano clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 26-53 |
| 13:47 | Florida State | Leroy Hall gets the rebound | 26-53 |
| 13:19 | Florida State | Ashley Daniels double dribbles | 26-53 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Florida State | Don Potter (SG) Stephen Vandergriff | |
| 13:12 | Rice | John Espitia misses the floater from the right block | 26-53 |
| 13:10 | Rice | Brian Spano hits the follow up shot | 28-53 |
| 12:55 | Florida State | Alfred Reder makes the 3 pointer from the right corner | 28-56 |
| 12:44 | Rice | Gary Festa scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Thomas Newman | 31-56 |
| 12:21 | Florida State | Don Potter drills a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 31-58 |
| 11:58 | Rice | Alfred Reder is called for the reach on Thomas Newman - foul #2 on Alfred Reder, team foul #2 | 31-58 |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Krouse (SF), Justin Stephen (C) John Espitia, Brian Spano | |
| Subs | Florida State | Stanley Kearns (PG), Cecil Zygmont (SF), Andy Winder (PF), Trenton Gobin (C) Don Potter, Ashley Daniels, Leroy Hall, Ronald Sandlin | |
| 11:50 | Rice | Sylvester Hopkins misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Trenton Gobin - foul #1 on Trenton Gobin, team foul #3 | 31-58 |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Holman (PG) Thomas Newman | |
| Subs | Florida State | Don Potter (SG) Alfred Reder | |
| 11:50 | Rice | Sylvester Hopkins misses the 1st free throw | 31-58 |
| 11:50 | Rice | Sylvester Hopkins makes the 2nd free throw | 32-58 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Charles Holman (fresh) SG - Gary Festa (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Krouse (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Sylvester Hopkins (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Justin Stephen (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Florida State | PG - Stanley Kearns (fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SG - Don Potter (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Cecil Zygmont (fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Andy Winder (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Trenton Gobin (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:28 | Florida State | Andy Winder scores on a jump hook in the paint | 32-60 |
| 11:21 | Rice | Justin Stephen can't finish the layup | 32-60 |
| 11:20 | Florida State | Trenton Gobin grabs the board | 32-60 |
| 11:01 | Florida State | Don Potter misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 32-60 |
| 11:00 | Florida State | Don Potter snags the offensive board | 32-60 |
| 10:45 | Florida State | Cecil Zygmont misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 32-60 |
| 10:43 | Rice | Sylvester Hopkins snags the defensive board | 32-60 |
| 10:38 | Rice | Sylvester Hopkins clanks a shot from the left side | 32-60 |
| 10:37 | Florida State | Andy Winder grabs the defensive rebound | 32-60 |
| 10:21 | Florida State | Gary Festa is called for the reach on Don Potter - foul #2 on Gary Festa, team foul #4 | 32-60 |
| Subs | Rice | Thomas Newman (PG), Peter Anthony (SG), Brian Spano (C) Charles Holman, Gary Festa, Sylvester Hopkins | |
| Subs | Florida State | Alfred Reder (SG), Stephen Vandergriff (SF), Leroy Hall (PF), Ronald Sandlin (C) Don Potter, Cecil Zygmont, Andy Winder, Trenton Gobin | |
| 09:52 | Florida State | Ronald Sandlin hits the front of the rim on the floater from close range but he's hacked by Brian Spano - foul #1 on Brian Spano, team foul #5 | 32-60 |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Holman (PF) Michael Krouse | |
| Subs | Florida State | Ashley Daniels (SG) Stanley Kearns | |
| 09:52 | Florida State | Ronald Sandlin makes the 1st free throw | 32-61 |
| 09:52 | Florida State | Ronald Sandlin misses the 2nd free throw | 32-61 |
| 09:52 | Rice | Brian Spano grabs the board | 32-61 |
| 09:34 | Rice | Brian Spano scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Peter Anthony | 34-61 |
| 09:13 | Florida State | Stephen Vandergriff scores on a jumpshot from the right wing set up by Ronald Sandlin | 34-63 |
| 08:58 | Rice | Thomas Newman misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 34-63 |
| 08:57 | Florida State | The rebound goes to Stephen Vandergriff | 34-63 |
| 08:35 | Florida State | Ashley Daniels knocks in the floater in the lane set up by Alfred Reder and he's hacked by Peter Anthony - foul #2 on Peter Anthony, team foul #6 | 34-65 |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Krouse (SF), Richard Romeo (C) Thomas Newman, Brian Spano | |
| Subs | Florida State | Cecil Zygmont (SF), Andy Winder (PF), Trenton Gobin (C) Stephen Vandergriff, Leroy Hall, Ronald Sandlin | |
| 08:35 | Florida State | Ashley Daniels misses the free throw | 34-65 |
| 08:35 | Rice | The rebound goes to Richard Romeo | 34-65 |
| 08:22 | Rice | Michael Krouse hits the finger roll on a great pass from Charles Holman and he's hacked by Trenton Gobin - foul #2 on Trenton Gobin, team foul #4 | 36-65 |
| 08:22 | Rice | Michael Krouse makes the free throw | 37-65 |
| 07:57 | Florida State | Trenton Gobin clanks a turnaround from the baseline but he's fouled by Michael Krouse - foul #1 on Michael Krouse, team foul #7 | 37-65 |
| 07:57 | Florida State | Trenton Gobin misses the 1st free throw | 37-65 |
| 07:57 | Florida State | Trenton Gobin makes the 2nd free throw | 37-66 |
| 07:47 | Rice | Peter Anthony misses the jumpshot from the right side | 37-66 |
| 07:45 | Florida State | The rebound goes to Cecil Zygmont | 37-66 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Charles Holman (fairly fresh) SG - Peter Anthony (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Krouse (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Justin Stephen (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Richard Romeo (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Florida State | PG - Alfred Reder (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 ast. 3 stl. SG - Ashley Daniels (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Cecil Zygmont (fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Andy Winder (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Trenton Gobin (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:21 | Florida State | Cecil Zygmont is called for a charge - foul #1 on Cecil Zygmont, team foul #5 | 37-66 |
| 07:06 | Rice | Peter Anthony buries a jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Charles Holman | 39-66 |
| 06:41 | Florida State | Andy Winder hits the front of the rim on the shot near the basket | 39-66 |
| 06:39 | Rice | Charles Holman gets the rebound | 39-66 |
| 06:35 | Rice | Michael Krouse misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 39-66 |
| 06:34 | Florida State | The rebound goes to Alfred Reder | 39-66 |
| 06:27 | Florida State | Andy Winder double dribbles | 39-66 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Florida State | Michael Dobkowski (PF) Trenton Gobin | |
| 06:19 | Rice | Justin Stephen's fadeaway is rejected by Michael Dobkowski | 39-66 |
| 06:17 | Rice | Michael Krouse tips it in | 41-66 |
| 05:51 | Florida State | Alfred Reder is hacked by Charles Holman - foul #1 on Charles Holman, team foul #8 | 41-66 |
| 05:51 | Florida State | Alfred Reder misses the 1st free throw | 41-66 |
| 05:51 | Rice | Michael Krouse gets the rebound | 41-66 |
| 05:34 | Rice | Justin Stephen hits a floater from the baseline and he's hacked by Andy Winder - foul #2 on Andy Winder, team foul #6 | 43-66 |
| 05:34 | Rice | Justin Stephen misses the free throw | 43-66 |
| 05:34 | Florida State | Andy Winder grabs the defensive rebound | 43-66 |
| 05:12 | Florida State | Ashley Daniels is hacked by Charles Holman - foul #2 on Charles Holman, team foul #9 | 43-66 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Florida State | Trenton Gobin (C) Andy Winder | |
| 05:12 | Florida State | Ashley Daniels makes the 1st free throw | 43-67 |
| 05:12 | Florida State | Ashley Daniels makes the 2nd free throw | 43-68 |
| 04:59 | Rice | Richard Romeo misses badly on a jumpshot from the right wing | 43-68 |
| 04:57 | Florida State | Michael Dobkowski grabs the board | 43-68 |
| 04:32 | Florida State | Cecil Zygmont blows the layup | 43-68 |
| 04:30 | Florida State | Cecil Zygmont hits the follow up shot | 43-70 |
| 04:14 | Rice | Justin Stephen knocks in the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 45-70 |
| 03:53 | Florida State | Cecil Zygmont knocks in the fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Ashley Daniels and the foul's on Justin Stephen - foul #2 on Justin Stephen, team foul #10 | 45-72 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Florida State | Andy Winder (PF) Michael Dobkowski | |
| 03:53 | Florida State | Cecil Zygmont misses the free throw | 45-72 |
| 03:53 | Rice | Richard Romeo snags the defensive board | 45-72 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:36 | Rice | Ashley Daniels picks off the pass by Charles Holman | 45-72 |
| 03:33 | Florida State | Alfred Reder banks in the layup on a great pass from Ashley Daniels | 45-74 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Charles Holman (tiring) 2 reb. SG - Peter Anthony (tiring) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Krouse (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. PF - Justin Stephen (tiring) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Richard Romeo (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Florida State | PG - Alfred Reder (tiring) 9 pts. 5 ast. 3 stl. SG - Ashley Daniels (tiring) 9 pts. SF - Cecil Zygmont (tiring) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Andy Winder (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Trenton Gobin (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:20 | Rice | A charge is called on Peter Anthony - foul #3 on Peter Anthony, team foul #11 | 45-74 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Florida State | Michael Dobkowski (PF) Trenton Gobin | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:06 | Florida State | Alfred Reder can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 45-74 |
| 03:04 | Florida State | Andy Winder tips it home | 45-76 |
| 02:35 | Rice | Justin Stephen misses long on a jumper near the basket | 45-76 |
| 02:34 | Rice | Charles Holman tips it home | 47-76 |
| 02:18 | Florida State | Michael Dobkowski banks in the layup | 47-78 |
| 02:09 | Rice | Michael Krouse can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 47-78 |
| 02:07 | Florida State | Cecil Zygmont grabs the defensive rebound | 47-78 |
| 01:52 | Florida State | Richard Romeo is called for the reach on Cecil Zygmont - foul #1 on Richard Romeo, team foul #12 | 47-78 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Florida State | Trenton Gobin (C) Michael Dobkowski | |
| 01:52 | Florida State | Cecil Zygmont makes the 1st free throw | 47-79 |
| 01:52 | Florida State | Cecil Zygmont misses the 2nd free throw | 47-79 |
| 01:52 | Rice | Richard Romeo gets the rebound | 47-79 |
| 01:33 | Rice | Peter Anthony can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 47-79 |
| 01:31 | Rice | Charles Holman snags the offensive board | 47-79 |
| 01:19 | Rice | Charles Holman misses badly on a fadeaway from the baseline but the foul's on Cecil Zygmont - foul #2 on Cecil Zygmont, team foul #7 | 47-79 |
| 01:19 | Rice | Charles Holman makes the 1st free throw | 48-79 |
| 01:19 | Rice | Charles Holman makes the 2nd free throw | 49-79 |
| 00:55 | Florida State | Andy Winder knocks in the jump hook from the baseline | 49-81 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:49 | Rice | Richard Romeo knocks in the shot from close range and he's hacked by Andy Winder - foul #3 on Andy Winder, team foul #8 | 51-81 |
| 00:49 | Rice | Richard Romeo makes the free throw | 52-81 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Florida State | Florida State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:23 | Florida State | Justin Stephen denies the turnaround by Cecil Zygmont | 52-81 |
| 00:21 | Florida State | The offensive rebound goes to Trenton Gobin | 52-81 |
| 00:00 | Florida State | Alfred Reder runs out the clock | 52-81 |