| Lineup | Tulane | PG - Ruben Farr (fresh) SG - Liko Qian (fresh) SF - Thomas Phillips (fresh) PF - Ernest Solomon (fresh) C - Frederick Luxenberg (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - David Leming (fresh) SG - Jeffery Knight (fresh) SF - Thomas Griffin (fresh) PF - Bert Ashley (fresh) C - Fred Jansen (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Houston | Thomas Griffin wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:49 | Houston | Thomas Griffin misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 0-0 |
| 19:48 | Tulane | Frederick Luxenberg gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:27 | Tulane | Ernest Solomon buries a fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Liko Qian | 2-0 |
| 19:08 | Houston | Bert Ashley misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 2-0 |
| 19:07 | Tulane | Thomas Phillips grabs the board | 2-0 |
| 18:54 | Tulane | Frederick Luxenberg hits the finger roll on a great pass from Ernest Solomon | 4-0 |
| 18:35 | Houston | David Leming hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing but the foul's on Ruben Farr - foul #1 on Ruben Farr, team foul #1 | 4-0 |
| 18:35 | Houston | David Leming makes the 1st free throw | 4-1 |
| 18:35 | Houston | David Leming misses the 2nd free throw | 4-1 |
| 18:35 | Tulane | Ernest Solomon gets the rebound | 4-1 |
| 18:19 | Tulane | Frederick Luxenberg misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 4-1 |
| 18:17 | Houston | Fred Jansen snags the defensive board | 4-1 |
| 18:12 | Houston | Thomas Griffin drills a fadeaway in the lane | 4-3 |
| 17:58 | Tulane | Liko Qian hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the lane | 4-3 |
| 17:56 | Houston | David Leming grabs the defensive rebound | 4-3 |
| 17:48 | Houston | Jeffery Knight is hacked by Liko Qian - foul #1 on Liko Qian, team foul #2 | 4-3 |
| 17:41 | Houston | Bert Ashley can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 4-3 |
| 17:40 | Houston | Fred Jansen grabs the offensive rebound | 4-3 |
| 17:33 | Houston | David Leming hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 4-3 |
| 17:32 | Tulane | Frederick Luxenberg grabs the defensive rebound | 4-3 |
| 17:14 | Tulane | Ruben Farr scores on a jumper from the right wing | 6-3 |
| 17:04 | Houston | Thomas Griffin clanks a jumper from the left wing | 6-3 |
| 17:03 | Houston | Bert Ashley snags the offensive board | 6-3 |
| 16:43 | Houston | Bert Ashley drills a 3pt shot from the right corner | 6-6 |
| 16:32 | Tulane | Liko Qian is whistled for traveling | 6-6 |
| Subs | Tulane | Neil Miller (PG), Ralph Degraff (PF) Ruben Farr, Ernest Solomon | |
| Subs | Houston | Bryan Stenger (PG), John Valentine (SG), Max Smith (SF), Donald Lyons (PF), Richard Bradshaw (C) David Leming, Jeffery Knight, Thomas Griffin, Bert Ashley, Fred Jansen | |
| 16:18 | Houston | Bryan Stenger misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 6-6 |
| 16:17 | Houston | Donald Lyons grabs the offensive board | 6-6 |
| 15:58 | Houston | Neil Miller steals it from Bryan Stenger | 6-6 |
| Lineup | Tulane | PG - Neil Miller (fresh) SG - Liko Qian (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Thomas Phillips (fairly fresh) PF - Ralph Degraff (fresh) C - Frederick Luxenberg (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Bryan Stenger (fresh) SG - John Valentine (fresh) SF - Max Smith (fresh) PF - Donald Lyons (fresh) C - Richard Bradshaw (fresh) | |
| 15:37 | Tulane | Ralph Degraff misses the 3 from the left corner | 6-6 |
| 15:36 | Houston | John Valentine pulls down the rebound | 6-6 |
| 15:31 | Houston | John Valentine misses the jumpshot from the free throw line | 6-6 |
| 15:29 | Houston | Max Smith snags the offensive board | 6-6 |
| 15:09 | Houston | John Valentine misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 6-6 |
| 15:08 | Tulane | Frederick Luxenberg pulls down the rebound | 6-6 |
| 14:45 | Tulane | Liko Qian misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 6-6 |
| 14:43 | Houston | Richard Bradshaw grabs the defensive rebound | 6-6 |
| 14:28 | Houston | Bryan Stenger knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 6-9 |
| 14:13 | Tulane | Thomas Phillips is hacked by Max Smith - foul #1 on Max Smith, team foul #1 | 6-9 |
| Subs | Tulane | Ruben Farr (PG), Dave Tucker (SG), Ernest Solomon (PF), Clark Pass (C) Neil Miller, Liko Qian, Thomas Phillips, Frederick Luxenberg | |
| Subs | Houston | David Leming (PG), Jeffery Knight (SG), Thomas Griffin (SF), Bert Ashley (PF), Fred Jansen (C) Bryan Stenger, John Valentine, Max Smith, Donald Lyons, Richard Bradshaw | |
| 14:02 | Tulane | Clark Pass misses badly on a jumpshot from the right wing | 6-9 |
| 14:01 | Tulane | Ruben Farr pulls down the offensive rebound | 6-9 |
| 13:51 | Tulane | Ralph Degraff misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 6-9 |
| 13:50 | Tulane | Clark Pass pulls down the offensive rebound | 6-9 |
| 13:28 | Tulane | Dave Tucker misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 6-9 |
| 13:26 | Houston | Bert Ashley grabs the defensive rebound | 6-9 |
| 13:05 | Houston | Jeffery Knight connects on the floater from the right side on a great pass from David Leming | 6-11 |
| 12:50 | Tulane | Ernest Solomon makes the runner from the right block set up by Dave Tucker | 8-11 |
| 12:42 | Houston | David Leming scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Thomas Griffin | 8-14 |
| 12:20 | Tulane | Ralph Degraff is denied on a layup by Bert Ashley | 8-14 |
| 12:19 | Houston | Thomas Griffin grabs the board | 8-14 |
| 11:59 | Houston | Ralph Degraff steals the ball from Thomas Griffin | 8-14 |
| 11:54 | Tulane | Ernest Solomon banks in the layup set up by Ralph Degraff | 10-14 |
| Lineup | Tulane | PG - Ruben Farr (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Dave Tucker (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ralph Degraff (fairly fresh) PF - Ernest Solomon (fairly fresh) 6 pts. C - Clark Pass (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - David Leming (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeffery Knight (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Thomas Griffin (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Bert Ashley (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Fred Jansen (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:39 | Houston | David Leming knocks in the driving attempt in the lane on a nice dish by Jeffery Knight | 10-16 |
| 11:20 | Tulane | Ernest Solomon misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 10-16 |
| 11:18 | Houston | Thomas Griffin grabs the board | 10-16 |
| 10:51 | Houston | Clark Pass is called for the reach on Jeffery Knight - foul #1 on Clark Pass, team foul #3 | 10-16 |
| Subs | Tulane | Neil Miller (PG), Liko Qian (SG), Thomas Phillips (SF), Frederick Luxenberg (C) Ruben Farr, Dave Tucker, Ralph Degraff, Ernest Solomon | |
| Subs | Houston | John Valentine (SG), Donald Lyons (PF), Richard Bradshaw (C) Jeffery Knight, Bert Ashley, Fred Jansen | |
| 10:30 | Houston | Thomas Griffin buries a jump hook in the paint on a great pass from Donald Lyons | 10-18 |
| 10:02 | Tulane | Thomas Phillips can't connect on a jump hook from the baseline | 10-18 |
| 10:00 | Houston | The rebound goes to Thomas Griffin | 10-18 |
| 09:46 | Houston | Liko Qian picks off the pass by Richard Bradshaw | 10-18 |
| 09:29 | Tulane | Frederick Luxenberg is hacked by Richard Bradshaw - foul #1 on Richard Bradshaw, team foul #2 | 10-18 |
| Subs | Tulane | Ruben Farr (PG), Thomas Ackerman (PF) Neil Miller, Clark Pass | |
| Subs | Houston | Bryan Stenger (PG), Jeffery Knight (SG), Bert Ashley (PF), Fred Jansen (C) David Leming, Thomas Griffin, Donald Lyons, Richard Bradshaw | |
| 09:22 | Tulane | Bert Ashley swats the layup by Thomas Phillips | 10-18 |
| 09:21 | Houston | Bert Ashley snags the defensive board | 10-18 |
| 09:16 | Houston | Fred Jansen double dribbles | 10-18 |
| Subs | Tulane | Ralph Degraff (PF) Thomas Ackerman | |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| 09:03 | Tulane | Liko Qian connects on the floater from the right side | 12-18 |
| 08:52 | Houston | Bert Ashley comes up short on the turnaround in the lane | 12-18 |
| 08:51 | Houston | Fred Jansen gets the offensive rebound | 12-18 |
| 08:41 | Houston | Bert Ashley is fouled on the floor by Ruben Farr - foul #2 on Ruben Farr, team foul #4 | 12-18 |
| Subs | Tulane | Neil Miller (PG) Ruben Farr | |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| 08:25 | Houston | Bert Ashley hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 12-21 |
| 08:23 | Tulane | Neil Miller throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 12-21 |
| 08:12 | Houston | Fred Jansen misses long on a jump hook in the lane | 12-21 |
| 08:10 | Houston | Fred Jansen grabs the offensive board | 12-21 |
| 07:51 | Houston | Frederick Luxenberg swats the short shot by Fred Jansen | 12-21 |
| 07:50 | Tulane | The rebound goes to Ralph Degraff | 12-21 |
| Lineup | Tulane | PG - Neil Miller (fresh) SG - Liko Qian (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Phillips (fresh) PF - Ralph Degraff (fresh) C - Frederick Luxenberg (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Bryan Stenger (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Jeffery Knight (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Valentine (fresh) PF - Bert Ashley (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Fred Jansen (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 07:40 | Tulane | Thomas Phillips throws a bad pass out of bounds | 12-21 |
| Subs | Tulane | Ernest Solomon (PF) Frederick Luxenberg | |
| Subs | Houston | David Leming (PG), Thomas Griffin (SF) Bryan Stenger, John Valentine | |
| 07:28 | Houston | Jeffery Knight is whistled for a carry | 12-21 |
| 07:10 | Tulane | Ralph Degraff is whistled for a carry | 12-21 |
| Subs | Tulane | Clark Pass (C) Thomas Phillips | |
| Subs | Houston | John Valentine (PF), Richard Bradshaw (C) Bert Ashley, Fred Jansen | |
| 06:51 | Houston | David Leming misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 12-21 |
| 06:50 | Tulane | Ernest Solomon gets the rebound | 12-21 |
| 06:30 | Tulane | Ernest Solomon is hacked by Thomas Griffin - foul #1 on Thomas Griffin, team foul #3 | 12-21 |
| Subs | Tulane | Dave Tucker (SG), Thomas Ackerman (SF), Frederick Luxenberg (C) Liko Qian, Ralph Degraff, Clark Pass | |
| Subs | Houston | Donald Lyons (PF) Jeffery Knight | |
| 06:12 | Tulane | Ernest Solomon misses the easy layup | 12-21 |
| 06:11 | Tulane | Frederick Luxenberg tips it home | 14-21 |
| 05:55 | Houston | David Leming hits a pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Donald Lyons | 14-23 |
| 05:41 | Tulane | Ernest Solomon connects on the 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Frederick Luxenberg | 17-23 |
| 05:17 | Houston | Thomas Griffin misses badly on a jumper in the lane but he's hacked by Thomas Ackerman - foul #1 on Thomas Ackerman, team foul #5 | 17-23 |
| Subs | Tulane | Liko Qian (SG), Thomas Phillips (SF), Ralph Degraff (PF) Neil Miller, Thomas Ackerman, Ernest Solomon | |
| Subs | Houston | Jeffery Knight (SG), Bert Ashley (PF), Fred Jansen (C) John Valentine, Donald Lyons, Richard Bradshaw | |
| 05:17 | Houston | Thomas Griffin misses the 1st free throw | 17-23 |
| 05:17 | Houston | Thomas Griffin makes the 2nd free throw | 17-24 |
| 04:57 | Tulane | Ralph Degraff buries a shot in the paint set up by Liko Qian | 19-24 |
| 04:39 | Houston | Bert Ashley misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side | 19-24 |
| 04:37 | Tulane | Liko Qian pulls down the rebound | 19-24 |
| 04:12 | Tulane | Bert Ashley is called for the reach on Thomas Phillips - foul #1 on Bert Ashley, team foul #4 | 19-24 |
| Subs | Tulane | Clark Pass (C) Frederick Luxenberg | |
| Subs | Houston | Bryan Stenger (PG), John Valentine (SF) David Leming, Thomas Griffin | |
| 03:58 | Tulane | Ralph Degraff is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Ralph Degraff, team foul #6 | 19-24 |
| Subs | Tulane | Ruben Farr (PG) Dave Tucker | |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| 03:44 | Houston | Bert Ashley misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Ralph Degraff - foul #2 on Ralph Degraff, team foul #7 | 19-24 |
| 03:44 | Houston | Bert Ashley misses the 1st free throw | 19-24 |
| 03:44 | Houston | Bert Ashley makes the 2nd free throw | 19-25 |
| Lineup | Tulane | PG - Ruben Farr (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Liko Qian (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Thomas Phillips (fresh) PF - Ralph Degraff (fresh) 2 pts. C - Clark Pass (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Bryan Stenger (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Jeffery Knight (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Valentine (fresh) PF - Bert Ashley (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Fred Jansen (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 03:19 | Tulane | Thomas Phillips drills a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Clark Pass | 22-25 |
| 02:59 | Houston | Bryan Stenger misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 22-25 |
| 02:58 | Tulane | Ralph Degraff snags the defensive board | 22-25 |
| 02:46 | Tulane | Ralph Degraff misses long on a jumper from the baseline but he's fouled by Bert Ashley - foul #2 on Bert Ashley, team foul #5 | 22-25 |
| Subs | Tulane | Ernest Solomon (PF), Frederick Luxenberg (C) Thomas Phillips, Clark Pass | |
| Subs | Houston | David Leming (PG), Thomas Griffin (SF) Bryan Stenger, Jeffery Knight | |
| 02:46 | Tulane | Ralph Degraff makes the 1st free throw | 23-25 |
| 02:46 | Tulane | Ralph Degraff misses the 2nd free throw | 23-25 |
| 02:46 | Houston | The rebound goes to Bert Ashley | 23-25 |
| 02:35 | Houston | David Leming knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 23-28 |
| 02:30 | Tulane | Ruben Farr is fouled in the backcourt by David Leming - foul #1 on David Leming, team foul #6 | 23-28 |
| Subs | Tulane | Dave Tucker (SG), Thomas Ackerman (SF) Liko Qian, Ralph Degraff | |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| 02:17 | Tulane | Frederick Luxenberg misses the jump hook from the right block but he's hacked by Fred Jansen - foul #1 on Fred Jansen, team foul #7 | 23-28 |
| Subs | Tulane | Thomas Phillips (SF) Thomas Ackerman | |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| 02:17 | Tulane | Frederick Luxenberg makes the 1st free throw | 24-28 |
| 02:17 | Tulane | Frederick Luxenberg misses the 2nd free throw | 24-28 |
| 02:17 | Houston | Fred Jansen grabs the defensive rebound | 24-28 |
| 01:57 | Houston | Bert Ashley is fouled on the floor by Ruben Farr - foul #3 on Ruben Farr, team foul #8 | 24-28 |
| Subs | Tulane | Neil Miller (PG) Ruben Farr | |
| Subs | Houston | Richard Bradshaw (C) Fred Jansen | |
| 01:57 | Houston | Bert Ashley misses the 1st free throw | 24-28 |
| 01:57 | Tulane | Ernest Solomon grabs the board | 24-28 |
| 01:36 | Tulane | Thomas Phillips scores on a driving attempt from the left block on a great pass from Ernest Solomon and he's hacked by Thomas Griffin - foul #2 on Thomas Griffin, team foul #8 | 26-28 |
| Subs | Tulane | Liko Qian (SG) Dave Tucker | |
| Subs | Houston | Jeffery Knight (SG) Bert Ashley | |
| 01:36 | Tulane | Thomas Phillips makes the free throw | 27-28 |
| 01:24 | Houston | Jeffery Knight comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 27-28 |
| 01:22 | Tulane | The rebound goes to Frederick Luxenberg | 27-28 |
| 01:13 | Tulane | Liko Qian double dribbles | 27-28 |
| 00:57 | Houston | David Leming misses long on a turnaround in the paint but the foul's on Neil Miller - foul #1 on Neil Miller, team foul #9 | 27-28 |
| 00:57 | Houston | David Leming makes the 1st free throw | 27-29 |
| 00:57 | Houston | David Leming makes the 2nd free throw | 27-30 |
| 00:37 | Tulane | Liko Qian misses short on a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Jeffery Knight - foul #1 on Jeffery Knight, team foul #9 | 27-30 |
| Subs | Tulane | Ralph Degraff (PF) Ernest Solomon | |
| Subs | Houston | Donald Lyons (PF), Fred Jansen (C) John Valentine, Richard Bradshaw | |
| 00:37 | Tulane | Liko Qian makes the 1st free throw | 28-30 |
| 00:37 | Tulane | Liko Qian makes the 2nd free throw | 29-30 |
| 00:19 | Houston | Jeffery Knight buries a 3 from the right wing set up by David Leming | 29-33 |
| 00:05 | Tulane | Thomas Phillips misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 29-33 |
| 00:04 | Tulane | Frederick Luxenberg tips it back up and in | 31-33 |
| 00:00 | Houston | David Leming clanks a halfcourt shot | 31-33 |