| Lineup | Rice | PG - Vern Booze (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Charles Osbourn (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Paul Zosel (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ralph Freitas (fresh) 3 reb. C - Reyes Garvey (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | VMI | PG - Robert Ormond (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Keith Atwood (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Stewart Dooley (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Robert Juhl (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Cai (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | VMI | Stewart Dooley inbounds the ball | 33-34 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | VMI | VMI is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:43 | VMI | Joseph Cai is hacked by Charles Osbourn - foul #2 on Charles Osbourn, team foul #1 | 33-34 |
| 19:32 | VMI | Joseph Cai misses badly on a driving attempt near the basket | 33-34 |
| 19:31 | Rice | Reyes Garvey grabs the board | 33-34 |
| 19:11 | Rice | Charles Osbourn banks in the layup | 35-34 |
| 18:51 | VMI | Joseph Cai is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Joseph Cai, team foul #1 | 35-34 |
| 18:32 | Rice | Paul Zosel misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 35-34 |
| 18:31 | VMI | Robert Juhl gets the rebound | 35-34 |
| 18:12 | VMI | Stewart Dooley hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the right block | 35-34 |
| 18:10 | Rice | The rebound goes to Paul Zosel | 35-34 |
| 17:55 | Rice | Reyes Garvey can't connect on a runner from the right block but the foul's on Joseph Cai - foul #2 on Joseph Cai, team foul #2 | 35-34 |
| 17:55 | Rice | Reyes Garvey makes the 1st free throw | 36-34 |
| 17:55 | Rice | Reyes Garvey makes the 2nd free throw | 37-34 |
| 17:32 | VMI | Robert Juhl comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 37-34 |
| 17:30 | Rice | Charles Osbourn pulls down the rebound | 37-34 |
| 17:11 | Rice | Vern Booze misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 37-34 |
| 17:10 | Rice | Ralph Freitas misses the tip | 37-34 |
| 17:08 | Rice | The offensive rebound goes to Charles Osbourn | 37-34 |
| 16:54 | Rice | Reyes Garvey buries a runner from the right block on a nice dish by Charles Osbourn | 39-34 |
| 16:42 | VMI | Keith Atwood drills a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Robert Ormond | 39-37 |
| 16:24 | Rice | Ralph Freitas clanks a 3 from straight away | 39-37 |
| 16:23 | VMI | Stewart Dooley snags the defensive board | 39-37 |
| 16:18 | VMI | Robert Ormond misses the floater from the free throw line | 39-37 |
| 16:17 | Rice | Reyes Garvey gets the rebound | 39-37 |
| 15:56 | Rice | Vern Booze can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 39-37 |
| 15:54 | VMI | Joseph Cai grabs the board | 39-37 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Vern Booze (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Charles Osbourn (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Paul Zosel (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ralph Freitas (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Reyes Garvey (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | VMI | PG - Robert Ormond (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Keith Atwood (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Stewart Dooley (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Robert Juhl (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Joseph Cai (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:48 | VMI | Stewart Dooley jams it set up by Robert Ormond | 39-39 |
| 15:35 | Rice | Vern Booze clanks a jumpshot from the left wing | 39-39 |
| 15:33 | VMI | Joseph Cai gets the rebound | 39-39 |
| 15:16 | VMI | Stewart Dooley blows the layup but the foul's on Paul Zosel - foul #3 on Paul Zosel, team foul #2 | 39-39 |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Hardy (PG), Raymon Zyskowski (SG), Bobby Allison (SF), Sean Havens (PF), Carl Lungwitz (C) Vern Booze, Charles Osbourn, Paul Zosel, Ralph Freitas, Reyes Garvey | |
| Subs | VMI | Jamie Huff (PG), Jeremiah Buchanan (SG), James Taylor (PF), Rick Ellis (C) Robert Ormond, Keith Atwood, Robert Juhl, Joseph Cai | |
| 15:16 | VMI | Stewart Dooley misses the 1st free throw | 39-39 |
| 15:16 | VMI | Stewart Dooley misses the 2nd free throw | 39-39 |
| 15:16 | Rice | Sean Havens grabs the defensive rebound | 39-39 |
| 14:48 | Rice | Bobby Allison hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 39-39 |
| 14:46 | Rice | Raymon Zyskowski tips it in | 41-39 |
| 14:28 | VMI | Jamie Huff misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 41-39 |
| 14:27 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz gets the rebound | 41-39 |
| 14:13 | Rice | Bobby Allison can't connect on a floater from the right side | 41-39 |
| 14:11 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz gets the offensive rebound | 41-39 |
| 13:56 | Rice | Raymon Zyskowski drills a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Michael Hardy | 44-39 |
| 13:38 | VMI | Jamie Huff double dribbles | 44-39 |
| Subs | Rice | Vern Booze (PG) Michael Hardy | |
| Subs | VMI | Dan Skinner (C) Stewart Dooley | |
| 13:12 | Rice | Sean Havens scores on a shot from the right wing on a great pass from Raymon Zyskowski | 46-39 |
| 13:02 | VMI | Jeremiah Buchanan misses badly on a floater from the right side but he's hacked by Bobby Allison - foul #1 on Bobby Allison, team foul #3 | 46-39 |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Osbourn (SG), Paul Zosel (SF), Reyes Garvey (C) Raymon Zyskowski, Bobby Allison, Carl Lungwitz | |
| Subs | VMI | Robert Ormond (PG), Lawrence Thompson (SF) Jamie Huff, James Taylor | |
| 13:02 | VMI | Jeremiah Buchanan makes the 1st free throw | 46-40 |
| 13:02 | VMI | Jeremiah Buchanan makes the 2nd free throw | 46-41 |
| 12:47 | Rice | Vern Booze connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Charles Osbourn | 48-41 |
| 12:24 | VMI | Lawrence Thompson makes the runner from the baseline on a nice dish by Jeremiah Buchanan | 48-43 |
| 12:10 | Rice | Lawrence Thompson steps in front of the Sean Havens pass | 48-43 |
| 11:58 | VMI | Sean Havens picks off the pass by Rick Ellis | 48-43 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Vern Booze (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Charles Osbourn (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SF - Paul Zosel (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Sean Havens (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Reyes Garvey (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | VMI | PG - Robert Ormond (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jeremiah Buchanan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Lawrence Thompson (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Rick Ellis (fairly fresh) C - Dan Skinner (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:36 | Rice | Paul Zosel's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 48-43 |
| Subs | Rice | Ralph Freitas (PF), Bobby Allison (C) Sean Havens, Reyes Garvey | |
| Subs | VMI | Keith Atwood (SG), James Taylor (SF), Robert Juhl (PF), Joseph Cai (C) Jeremiah Buchanan, Lawrence Thompson, Rick Ellis, Dan Skinner | |
| 11:28 | VMI | Robert Ormond misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Vern Booze - foul #1 on Vern Booze, team foul #4 | 48-43 |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Hardy (PG), Raymon Zyskowski (SF) Vern Booze, Paul Zosel | |
| Subs | VMI | | |
| 11:28 | VMI | Robert Ormond misses the 1st free throw | 48-43 |
| 11:28 | VMI | Robert Ormond makes the 2nd free throw | 48-44 |
| 11:15 | Rice | Ralph Freitas can't connect on a runner from the right block | 48-44 |
| 11:13 | VMI | Robert Juhl snags the defensive board | 48-44 |
| 10:53 | VMI | Keith Atwood scores on a runner in the lane and the foul's on Charles Osbourn - foul #3 on Charles Osbourn, team foul #5 | 48-46 |
| Subs | Rice | Carl Lungwitz (C) Charles Osbourn | |
| Subs | VMI | Jamie Huff (PG), Stewart Dooley (SF) Robert Ormond, James Taylor | |
| 10:53 | VMI | Keith Atwood makes the free throw | 48-47 |
| 10:29 | Rice | Ralph Freitas hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 48-47 |
| 10:27 | Rice | Michael Hardy snags the offensive board | 48-47 |
| 10:11 | Rice | Michael Hardy connects on the 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Raymon Zyskowski | 51-47 |
| 09:55 | VMI | Joseph Cai connects on the turnaround in the paint on a nice dish by Jamie Huff and he's hacked by Carl Lungwitz - foul #1 on Carl Lungwitz, team foul #6 | 51-49 |
| Subs | Rice | Vern Booze (PG), Charles Osbourn (SG), Paul Zosel (SF), Reyes Garvey (C) Michael Hardy, Raymon Zyskowski, Bobby Allison, Ralph Freitas | |
| Subs | VMI | Robert Ormond (PG) Jamie Huff | |
| 09:55 | VMI | Joseph Cai makes the free throw | 51-50 |
| 09:34 | Rice | Charles Osbourn misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 51-50 |
| 09:32 | VMI | Robert Ormond gets the rebound | 51-50 |
| 09:08 | VMI | Keith Atwood misses long on a shot from the right wing | 51-50 |
| 09:06 | VMI | Keith Atwood grabs the offensive board | 51-50 |
| 08:52 | VMI | Joseph Cai buries a jumper from the left side on a great pass from Robert Ormond and he's hacked by Reyes Garvey - foul #1 on Reyes Garvey, team foul #7 | 51-52 |
| Subs | Rice | Sean Havens (PF) Carl Lungwitz | |
| Subs | VMI | Jeremiah Buchanan (SG), James Taylor (SF), Rick Ellis (PF) Keith Atwood, Stewart Dooley, Robert Juhl | |
| 08:52 | VMI | Joseph Cai makes the free throw | 51-53 |
| 08:38 | Rice | Vern Booze connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Paul Zosel | 54-53 |
| 08:16 | VMI | Joseph Cai comes up short on the turnaround in the lane | 54-53 |
| 08:14 | VMI | Joseph Cai tips it home | 54-55 |
| 07:56 | Rice | Reyes Garvey banks in the layup on a great pass from Charles Osbourn | 56-55 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Vern Booze (fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. SG - Charles Osbourn (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. 3 pf. SF - Paul Zosel (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Sean Havens (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Reyes Garvey (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | VMI | PG - Robert Ormond (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Jeremiah Buchanan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Taylor (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Rick Ellis (fresh) C - Joseph Cai (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:41 | VMI | Jeremiah Buchanan makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 56-58 |
| 07:28 | Rice | Reyes Garvey misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 56-58 |
| 07:27 | VMI | James Taylor pulls down the rebound | 56-58 |
| 07:23 | VMI | Paul Zosel is called for the reach on Robert Ormond - foul #4 on Paul Zosel, team foul #8 | 56-58 |
| Subs | Rice | Raymon Zyskowski (SG), Ralph Freitas (PF), Bobby Allison (C) Charles Osbourn, Sean Havens, Reyes Garvey | |
| Subs | VMI | Keith Atwood (SG), Stewart Dooley (SF), Robert Juhl (PF) Jeremiah Buchanan, James Taylor, Joseph Cai | |
| 07:23 | VMI | Robert Ormond makes the 1st free throw | 56-59 |
| 07:23 | VMI | Robert Ormond makes the 2nd free throw | 56-60 |
| 07:08 | Rice | Vern Booze hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 56-60 |
| 07:06 | VMI | Robert Juhl pulls down the rebound | 56-60 |
| 06:47 | VMI | Robert Ormond comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 56-60 |
| 06:45 | Rice | Ralph Freitas gets the rebound | 56-60 |
| 06:41 | Rice | Vern Booze clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 56-60 |
| 06:40 | VMI | Robert Juhl gets the rebound | 56-60 |
| 06:34 | VMI | Robert Juhl is hacked by Paul Zosel - foul #5 on Paul Zosel, team foul #9 | 56-60 |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Hardy (PG), Sean Havens (C) Vern Booze, Paul Zosel | |
| Subs | VMI | Jamie Huff (PG), Dan Skinner (C) Robert Ormond, Rick Ellis | |
| 06:34 | VMI | Robert Juhl makes the 1st free throw | 56-61 |
| 06:34 | VMI | Robert Juhl misses the 2nd free throw | 56-61 |
| 06:34 | Rice | The rebound goes to Sean Havens | 56-61 |
| 06:15 | Rice | Bobby Allison hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 56-61 |
| 06:14 | VMI | Jamie Huff snags the defensive board | 56-61 |
| 06:06 | VMI | Dan Skinner's floater is tipped away by Sean Havens | 56-61 |
| 06:05 | Rice | Ralph Freitas grabs the board | 56-61 |
| 05:46 | Rice | Michael Hardy can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side | 56-61 |
| 05:44 | Rice | Ralph Freitas tips it but misses | 56-61 |
| 05:43 | VMI | Jamie Huff snags the defensive board | 56-61 |
| 05:27 | VMI | Keith Atwood can't connect on a fadeaway from the baseline | 56-61 |
| 05:26 | Rice | Ralph Freitas gets the rebound | 56-61 |
| 05:06 | Rice | Michael Hardy misses long on a shot from the left wing | 56-61 |
| 05:05 | VMI | Robert Juhl snags the defensive board | 56-61 |
| 04:43 | VMI | Stewart Dooley misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 56-61 |
| 04:42 | Rice | Sean Havens grabs the board | 56-61 |
| 04:42 | Rice | Rice calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-61 |
| Subs | Rice | Vern Booze (PG), Charles Osbourn (SG), Reyes Garvey (C) Michael Hardy, Raymon Zyskowski, Sean Havens | |
| Subs | VMI | Robert Ormond (PG), Joseph Cai (C) Jamie Huff, Dan Skinner | |
| 04:23 | Rice | Vern Booze hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 56-61 |
| 04:21 | VMI | Joseph Cai snags the defensive board | 56-61 |
| 04:17 | VMI | Stewart Dooley knocks in the floater from the left block on a nice dish by Robert Ormond | 56-63 |
| 03:57 | Rice | Keith Atwood steps in front of the Charles Osbourn pass | 56-63 |
| 03:36 | VMI | Joseph Cai lays it in | 56-65 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Vern Booze (fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. SG - Charles Osbourn (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. 3 pf. SF - Bobby Allison (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ralph Freitas (fairly fresh) 8 reb. C - Reyes Garvey (fresh) 11 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | VMI | PG - Robert Ormond (fresh) 10 pts. 5 ast. SG - Keith Atwood (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Stewart Dooley (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Robert Juhl (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. C - Joseph Cai (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | VMI | VMI is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:18 | Rice | Ralph Freitas's pass is intercepted by Joseph Cai | 56-65 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | VMI | VMI is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:56 | VMI | Stewart Dooley scores on a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Robert Ormond | 56-68 |
| 02:44 | Rice | Robert Ormond is called for the reach on Charles Osbourn - foul #3 on Robert Ormond, team foul #3 | 56-68 |
| Subs | Rice | Raymon Zyskowski (SF), Sean Havens (PF) Bobby Allison, Ralph Freitas | |
| Subs | VMI | Jeremiah Buchanan (SG), James Taylor (PF), Rick Ellis (C) Keith Atwood, Robert Juhl, Joseph Cai | |
| 02:39 | Rice | Charles Osbourn is hacked by Rick Ellis - foul #3 on Rick Ellis, team foul #4 | 56-68 |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Hardy (PG), Jeffrey Bone (SG), Carl Lungwitz (C) Vern Booze, Charles Osbourn, Reyes Garvey | |
| Subs | VMI | Jamie Huff (PG), Dan Skinner (C) Robert Ormond, Stewart Dooley | |
| 02:31 | Rice | Michael Hardy misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 56-68 |
| 02:30 | Rice | Raymon Zyskowski grabs the offensive board | 56-68 |
| 02:18 | Rice | Jeffrey Bone makes the shot from the left wing on a great pass from Carl Lungwitz | 58-68 |
| 02:18 | VMI | VMI calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-68 |
| Subs | Rice | Vern Booze (PG), Charles Osbourn (SG), Reyes Garvey (C) Michael Hardy, Jeffrey Bone, Carl Lungwitz | |
| Subs | VMI | Robert Ormond (PG), Keith Atwood (SG), Stewart Dooley (SF), Robert Juhl (PF), Joseph Cai (C) Jamie Huff, Jeremiah Buchanan, James Taylor, Rick Ellis, Dan Skinner | |
| 02:02 | VMI | Joseph Cai hits the front of the rim on the jumper from close range but the foul's on Reyes Garvey - foul #2 on Reyes Garvey, team foul #10 | 58-68 |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Hardy (PG), Jeffrey Bone (SG), Carl Lungwitz (C) Vern Booze, Charles Osbourn, Reyes Garvey | |
| Subs | VMI | Jamie Huff (PG), Jeremiah Buchanan (SG), James Taylor (SF), Rick Ellis (PF) Robert Ormond, Keith Atwood, Stewart Dooley, Robert Juhl | |
| 02:02 | VMI | Joseph Cai misses the 1st free throw | 58-68 |
| 02:02 | VMI | Joseph Cai misses the 2nd free throw | 58-68 |
| 02:02 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz grabs the board | 58-68 |
| 01:53 | Rice | Michael Hardy misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 58-68 |
| 01:52 | VMI | The rebound goes to James Taylor | 58-68 |
| 01:28 | VMI | Rick Ellis comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 58-68 |
| 01:26 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz grabs the defensive rebound | 58-68 |
| 01:10 | Rice | Raymon Zyskowski can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 58-68 |
| 01:08 | VMI | Jeremiah Buchanan grabs the board | 58-68 |
| 00:50 | VMI | Rick Ellis can't connect on a jumper from close range but he's fouled by Carl Lungwitz - foul #2 on Carl Lungwitz, team foul #11 | 58-68 |
| Subs | Rice | Bobby Allison (SF) Jeffrey Bone | |
| Subs | VMI | Dan Skinner (C) Joseph Cai | |
| 00:50 | VMI | Rick Ellis misses the 1st free throw | 58-68 |
| 00:50 | VMI | Rick Ellis makes the 2nd free throw | 58-69 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | VMI | VMI is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:45 | Rice | Bobby Allison misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 58-69 |
| 00:43 | VMI | Dan Skinner grabs the board | 58-69 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | VMI | VMI is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:14 | VMI | James Taylor hits a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Jamie Huff and he's hacked by Sean Havens - foul #1 on Sean Havens, team foul #12 | 58-71 |
| 00:14 | VMI | James Taylor makes the free throw | 58-72 |
| 00:08 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz can't finish the layup | 58-72 |
| 00:06 | Rice | Michael Hardy gets the offensive rebound | 58-72 |
| 00:04 | Rice | Bobby Allison hits a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Michael Hardy | 61-72 |
| 00:00 | VMI | Jamie Huff runs out the clock | 61-72 |