| Lineup | Southern Utah | PG - David Krolikowski (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Josh Marmolejo (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Richard Armstrong (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Adam Fisher (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Jenkins (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Roy Seifert (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Hubert Gatlin (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Cheshire (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Don Cote (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Gary Pittman (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Richard Cheshire inbounds the ball | 34-30 |
| Game Plan | Southern Utah | Southern Utah is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:43 | Rice | Gary Pittman's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 34-30 |
| 19:29 | Southern Utah | Josh Marmolejo drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by David Krolikowski | 37-30 |
| 19:05 | Rice | Gary Pittman is fouled on the floor by David Krolikowski - foul #3 on David Krolikowski, team foul #1 | 37-30 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke (PG) David Krolikowski | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 18:53 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin drills a jumpshot from the left wing and he's hacked by Josh Marmolejo - foul #3 on Josh Marmolejo, team foul #2 | 37-32 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | John Cortright (SG) Josh Marmolejo | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 18:53 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin misses the free throw | 37-32 |
| 18:53 | Southern Utah | Adam Fisher pulls down the rebound | 37-32 |
| 18:47 | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 37-32 |
| 18:46 | Rice | The rebound goes to Hubert Gatlin | 37-32 |
| 18:28 | Rice | Roy Seifert connects on the shot from the right side on a nice dish by Richard Cheshire | 37-34 |
| 18:24 | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 37-34 |
| 18:22 | Southern Utah | Adam Fisher snags the offensive board | 37-34 |
| 18:06 | Southern Utah | John Cortright drills a pull-up jumper from the left side and he's fouled by Hubert Gatlin - foul #1 on Hubert Gatlin, team foul #1 | 39-34 |
| 18:06 | Southern Utah | John Cortright makes the free throw | 40-34 |
| 17:56 | Rice | The short jumper by Richard Cheshire is denied by Adam Fisher | 40-34 |
| 17:54 | Southern Utah | John Cortright snags the defensive board | 40-34 |
| 17:48 | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke throws a bad pass out of bounds | 40-34 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | Stephen Arnold (SF) Richard Armstrong | |
| Subs | Rice | Johnnie Lovell (SG), Willy Hodges (SF), Charles Krebs (C) Hubert Gatlin, Richard Cheshire, Gary Pittman | |
| 17:34 | Rice | Charles Krebs connects on the fadeaway from the right side | 40-36 |
| 17:12 | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke scores on a shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Robert Jenkins | 42-36 |
| 16:52 | Rice | Roy Seifert is fouled on the floor by Micheal O'Rourke - foul #1 on Micheal O'Rourke, team foul #3 | 42-36 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | Raymond Sutterfield (PF), Arden Newhall (C) Adam Fisher, Robert Jenkins | |
| Subs | Rice | Jesse McCubbins (PG) Roy Seifert | |
| 16:41 | Rice | Jesse McCubbins can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 42-36 |
| 16:40 | Rice | Charles Krebs grabs the offensive rebound | 42-36 |
| 16:18 | Rice | Charles Krebs's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 42-36 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | Richard Armstrong (PG) John Cortright | |
| Subs | Rice | Hubert Gatlin (SG), Richard Cheshire (SF), Gary Pittman (C) Jesse McCubbins, Don Cote, Charles Krebs | |
| 15:58 | Southern Utah | Johnnie Lovell is called for the reach on Richard Armstrong - foul #3 on Johnnie Lovell, team foul #2 | 42-36 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | David Krolikowski (PG), Josh Marmolejo (SG), Dale Spotts (SF) Micheal O'Rourke, Stephen Arnold, Arden Newhall | |
| Subs | Rice | Lawrence Rice (SF) Willy Hodges | |
| Lineup | Southern Utah | PG - David Krolikowski (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Josh Marmolejo (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Dale Spotts (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. PF - Richard Armstrong (fresh) 2 pts. C - Raymond Sutterfield (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Johnnie Lovell (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Hubert Gatlin (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lawrence Rice (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Richard Cheshire (fresh) 2 pts. C - Gary Pittman (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:46 | Southern Utah | Johnnie Lovell picks off the pass by Richard Armstrong | 42-36 |
| 15:41 | Rice | Lawrence Rice dunks the ball on a great pass from Johnnie Lovell | 42-38 |
| 15:16 | Southern Utah | Dale Spotts's pass is intercepted by Hubert Gatlin | 42-38 |
| 15:13 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin lays it up and in | 42-40 |
| 14:53 | Southern Utah | Dale Spotts makes the jumper from the right wing | 44-40 |
| 14:40 | Rice | Lawrence Rice hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 44-40 |
| 14:39 | Southern Utah | Raymond Sutterfield grabs the board | 44-40 |
| 14:22 | Southern Utah | Josh Marmolejo is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #4 on Josh Marmolejo, team foul #4 | 44-40 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke (SG), Adam Fisher (PF), Robert Jenkins (C) Josh Marmolejo, Richard Armstrong, Raymond Sutterfield | |
| Subs | Rice | Roy Seifert (PG), Willy Hodges (SG), Don Cote (PF), Charles Krebs (C) Johnnie Lovell, Hubert Gatlin, Richard Cheshire, Gary Pittman | |
| 14:05 | Rice | Willy Hodges hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 44-40 |
| 14:04 | Rice | Charles Krebs gets the offensive rebound | 44-40 |
| 13:50 | Rice | Willy Hodges makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Roy Seifert | 44-43 |
| 13:46 | Southern Utah | Roy Seifert picks off the pass by David Krolikowski | 44-43 |
| 13:43 | Rice | Roy Seifert lays it in | 44-45 |
| 13:39 | Southern Utah | Dale Spotts misses badly on a floater from the right side | 44-45 |
| 13:37 | Rice | Lawrence Rice pulls down the rebound | 44-45 |
| 13:18 | Rice | Lawrence Rice connects on the jumper in the paint and he's fouled by Dale Spotts - foul #4 on Dale Spotts, team foul #5 | 44-47 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | Stephen Arnold (SF) Dale Spotts | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 13:18 | Rice | Lawrence Rice misses the free throw | 44-47 |
| 13:18 | Southern Utah | Adam Fisher pulls down the rebound | 44-47 |
| 13:01 | Southern Utah | David Krolikowski scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Adam Fisher and he's hacked by Charles Krebs - foul #2 on Charles Krebs, team foul #3 | 46-47 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | | |
| Subs | Rice | Hubert Gatlin (SG) Willy Hodges | |
| 13:01 | Southern Utah | David Krolikowski makes the free throw | 47-47 |
| 12:50 | Rice | Lawrence Rice connects on the fadeaway from the left wing | 47-49 |
| 12:28 | Southern Utah | David Krolikowski misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 47-49 |
| 12:26 | Rice | The rebound goes to Don Cote | 47-49 |
| 12:13 | Rice | Lawrence Rice blows the dunk | 47-49 |
| 12:12 | Rice | Don Cote can't tip it in | 47-49 |
| 12:10 | Southern Utah | The rebound goes to Adam Fisher | 47-49 |
| 12:06 | Southern Utah | David Krolikowski hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 47-49 |
| 12:05 | Rice | Don Cote grabs the board | 47-49 |
| 11:54 | Rice | Adam Fisher swats the layup by Lawrence Rice | 47-49 |
| 11:53 | Rice | Charles Krebs pulls down the offensive rebound | 47-49 |
| Lineup | Southern Utah | PG - David Krolikowski (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Micheal O'Rourke (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Stephen Arnold (fresh) PF - Adam Fisher (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Robert Jenkins (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Roy Seifert (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Hubert Gatlin (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lawrence Rice (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Don Cote (fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. C - Charles Krebs (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:37 | Rice | Don Cote misses badly on a shot from the left side | 47-49 |
| 11:36 | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke gets the rebound | 47-49 |
| 11:30 | Southern Utah | The jumper by David Krolikowski is denied by Don Cote | 47-49 |
| 11:28 | Southern Utah | The offensive rebound goes to Adam Fisher | 47-49 |
| 11:13 | Southern Utah | Stephen Arnold misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 47-49 |
| 11:11 | Rice | Don Cote snags the defensive board | 47-49 |
| 10:55 | Rice | Lawrence Rice misses long on a runner from the baseline | 47-49 |
| 10:53 | Southern Utah | The rebound goes to Micheal O'Rourke | 47-49 |
| 10:48 | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 47-49 |
| 10:47 | Southern Utah | Robert Jenkins gets the offensive rebound | 47-49 |
| 10:36 | Southern Utah | Charles Krebs swats the layup by Robert Jenkins | 47-49 |
| 10:34 | Southern Utah | Robert Jenkins grabs the offensive rebound | 47-49 |
| 10:17 | Southern Utah | Robert Jenkins is whistled for traveling | 47-49 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | John Cortright (SG), Richard Armstrong (SF), Raymond Sutterfield (PF), Arden Newhall (C) Micheal O'Rourke, Stephen Arnold, Adam Fisher, Robert Jenkins | |
| Subs | Rice | Jesse McCubbins (PG), Johnnie Lovell (SG), Richard Cheshire (SF), Willy Hodges (PF), Gary Pittman (C) Roy Seifert, Hubert Gatlin, Lawrence Rice, Don Cote, Charles Krebs | |
| 10:04 | Rice | Willy Hodges buries a fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Richard Cheshire | 47-51 |
| 09:38 | Southern Utah | The jumper by Arden Newhall is denied by Willy Hodges | 47-51 |
| 09:37 | Rice | Richard Cheshire snags the defensive board | 47-51 |
| 09:20 | Rice | A charge is called on Richard Cheshire - foul #1 on Richard Cheshire, team foul #4 | 47-51 |
| 09:09 | Southern Utah | Raymond Sutterfield misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 47-51 |
| 09:07 | Southern Utah | Richard Armstrong snags the offensive board | 47-51 |
| 08:54 | Southern Utah | Raymond Sutterfield double dribbles | 47-51 |
| 08:33 | Rice | Gary Pittman is fouled on the floor by Raymond Sutterfield - foul #2 on Raymond Sutterfield, team foul #6 | 47-51 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | | |
| Subs | Rice | Roy Seifert (PG), Lawrence Rice (SF) Jesse McCubbins, Willy Hodges | |
| 08:20 | Rice | Gary Pittman drills a floater near the basket | 47-53 |
| 08:12 | Southern Utah | Johnnie Lovell is called for the reach on John Cortright - foul #4 on Johnnie Lovell, team foul #5 | 47-53 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | Stephen Arnold (SF), Robert Jenkins (C) Richard Armstrong, Arden Newhall | |
| Subs | Rice | Hubert Gatlin (SG), Don Cote (PF) Johnnie Lovell, Gary Pittman | |
| 07:51 | Southern Utah | Stephen Arnold double dribbles | 47-53 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | Josh Marmolejo (SG), Dale Spotts (SF), Adam Fisher (PF) David Krolikowski, Stephen Arnold, Raymond Sutterfield | |
| Subs | Rice | Jacob Newsom (C) Richard Cheshire | |
| Lineup | Southern Utah | PG - John Cortright (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Josh Marmolejo (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - Dale Spotts (fresh) 7 pts. 4 pf. PF - Adam Fisher (fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. C - Robert Jenkins (fresh) 5 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Roy Seifert (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Hubert Gatlin (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lawrence Rice (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Don Cote (fresh) 6 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. C - Jacob Newsom (fresh) | |
| 07:39 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin's pass is intercepted by Robert Jenkins | 47-53 |
| 07:23 | Southern Utah | Dale Spotts misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 47-53 |
| 07:22 | Southern Utah | Adam Fisher grabs the offensive rebound | 47-53 |
| 07:10 | Southern Utah | Adam Fisher clanks a jumper from close range but he's hacked by Don Cote - foul #1 on Don Cote, team foul #6 | 47-53 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke (PG) John Cortright | |
| Subs | Rice | Johnnie Lovell (SG) Hubert Gatlin | |
| 07:10 | Southern Utah | Adam Fisher makes the 1st free throw | 48-53 |
| 07:10 | Southern Utah | Adam Fisher makes the 2nd free throw | 49-53 |
| 06:56 | Rice | Lawrence Rice's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-53 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | | |
| Subs | Rice | Willy Hodges (SG), Gary Pittman (C) Roy Seifert, Jacob Newsom | |
| 06:43 | Southern Utah | Josh Marmolejo connects on the shot from the left side | 51-53 |
| 06:24 | Rice | Lawrence Rice misses long on a shot from the left wing | 51-53 |
| 06:23 | Southern Utah | Robert Jenkins snags the defensive board | 51-53 |
| 06:17 | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke is hacked by Don Cote - foul #2 on Don Cote, team foul #7 | 51-53 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | Richard Armstrong (C) Robert Jenkins | |
| Subs | Rice | Jesse McCubbins (PG), Richard Cheshire (SF) Lawrence Rice, Don Cote | |
| 06:17 | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke makes the 1st free throw | 52-53 |
| 06:17 | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke makes the 2nd free throw | 53-53 |
| 06:10 | Rice | Willy Hodges can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 53-53 |
| 06:09 | Southern Utah | Richard Armstrong snags the defensive board | 53-53 |
| 06:04 | Southern Utah | Josh Marmolejo comes up short on the jump hook from the right block | 53-53 |
| 06:03 | Rice | Gary Pittman grabs the defensive rebound | 53-53 |
| 05:58 | Rice | Adam Fisher takes the ball from Willy Hodges | 53-53 |
| 05:37 | Southern Utah | Dale Spotts misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 53-53 |
| 05:35 | Southern Utah | Adam Fisher snags the offensive board | 53-53 |
| 05:24 | Southern Utah | Adam Fisher connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Micheal O'Rourke | 56-53 |
| 05:06 | Rice | Richard Cheshire connects on the turnaround from the right block | 56-55 |
| 04:47 | Southern Utah | Josh Marmolejo misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 56-55 |
| 04:45 | Rice | Gary Pittman grabs the defensive rebound | 56-55 |
| 04:45 | Rice | Rice calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-55 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | David Krolikowski (PG), Robert Jenkins (C) Micheal O'Rourke, Richard Armstrong | |
| Subs | Rice | Roy Seifert (PG), Hubert Gatlin (SG), Lawrence Rice (SF), Don Cote (PF) Jesse McCubbins, Johnnie Lovell, Richard Cheshire, Willy Hodges | |
| 04:19 | Rice | Don Cote hits a fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Hubert Gatlin | 56-57 |
| 03:58 | Southern Utah | David Krolikowski connects on the 3 from the left wing | 59-57 |
| 03:44 | Rice | David Krolikowski is called for the reach on Roy Seifert - foul #4 on David Krolikowski, team foul #7 | 59-57 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke (SG), Richard Armstrong (SF), Raymond Sutterfield (PF) Josh Marmolejo, Dale Spotts, Adam Fisher | |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Cheshire (C) Gary Pittman | |
| 03:44 | Rice | Roy Seifert misses the 1st free throw | 59-57 |
| 03:44 | Southern Utah | The rebound goes to Raymond Sutterfield | 59-57 |
| Lineup | Southern Utah | PG - David Krolikowski (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. 4 pf. SG - Micheal O'Rourke (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Armstrong (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Sutterfield (fresh) 5 reb. C - Robert Jenkins (fresh) 5 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Roy Seifert (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Hubert Gatlin (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Lawrence Rice (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Don Cote (fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. C - Richard Cheshire (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 03:27 | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Hubert Gatlin - foul #2 on Hubert Gatlin, team foul #8 | 59-57 |
| 03:27 | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke misses the 1st free throw | 59-57 |
| 03:27 | Southern Utah | Micheal O'Rourke misses the 2nd free throw | 59-57 |
| 03:27 | Rice | Don Cote gets the rebound | 59-57 |
| 03:13 | Rice | Don Cote scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Roy Seifert | 59-60 |
| 02:53 | Southern Utah | David Krolikowski hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 59-60 |
| 02:51 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin snags the defensive board | 59-60 |
| 02:36 | Rice | Roy Seifert hits a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Hubert Gatlin | 59-63 |
| 02:36 | Southern Utah | Southern Utah calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 59-63 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | Josh Marmolejo (SG), Dale Spotts (SF), Adam Fisher (PF) Micheal O'Rourke, Richard Armstrong, Raymond Sutterfield | |
| Subs | Rice | Gary Pittman (C) Richard Cheshire | |
| 02:17 | Southern Utah | Josh Marmolejo knocks in the fadeaway from close range set up by Robert Jenkins and he's fouled by Roy Seifert - foul #1 on Roy Seifert, team foul #9 | 61-63 |
| 02:17 | Southern Utah | Josh Marmolejo misses the free throw | 61-63 |
| 02:17 | Rice | Gary Pittman grabs the board | 61-63 |
| 02:01 | Rice | Don Cote comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 61-63 |
| 02:00 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin grabs the offensive board | 61-63 |
| 01:53 | Rice | Dale Spotts is called for the reach on Roy Seifert - foul #5 on Dale Spotts, team foul #8 | 61-63 |
| Subs | Southern Utah | Richard Armstrong (SF) Dale Spotts | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 01:53 | Rice | Roy Seifert misses the 1st free throw | 61-63 |
| 01:53 | Southern Utah | The rebound goes to Adam Fisher | 61-63 |
| 01:34 | Southern Utah | Josh Marmolejo connects on the fadeaway near the basket | 63-63 |
| 01:24 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin buries a floater from the right side | 63-65 |
| 01:20 | Southern Utah | Lawrence Rice steals the ball from David Krolikowski | 63-65 |
| 00:59 | Rice | Roy Seifert's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 63-65 |
| 00:46 | Southern Utah | Richard Armstrong's floater is tipped away by Gary Pittman | 63-65 |
| 00:45 | Southern Utah | Adam Fisher tips it in | 65-65 |
| 00:26 | Rice | Don Cote's fadeaway is rejected by Adam Fisher | 65-65 |
| 00:24 | Southern Utah | Robert Jenkins snags the defensive board | 65-65 |
| Game Plan | Southern Utah | Southern Utah is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:02 | Southern Utah | Adam Fisher buries a jumper in the lane | 67-65 |
| 00:02 | Rice | Rice calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 67-65 |
| Game Plan | Southern Utah | Southern Utah is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:00 | Rice | Lawrence Rice misses the halfcourt shot | 67-65 |