| Lineup | Rice | PG - Michael Hardy (fresh) SG - Charles Osbourn (fresh) SF - John Cowling (fresh) PF - Ralph Freitas (fresh) C - Matthew Kerr (fresh) | |
| Lineup | San Jose State | PG - Daniel Leonard (fresh) SG - Chris Mullaney (fresh) SF - Kurt Holz (fresh) PF - Robert Witt (fresh) C - Laurence Ridgley (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | San Jose State | Laurence Ridgley wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | San Jose State | San Jose State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:53 | San Jose State | Chris Mullaney misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:51 | Rice | Ralph Freitas grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:46 | Rice | Kurt Holz denies the turnaround by Charles Osbourn | 0-0 |
| 19:45 | San Jose State | Robert Witt grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:37 | San Jose State | Kurt Holz misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:36 | Rice | Ralph Freitas gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:29 | Rice | John Cowling is called for traveling | 0-0 |
| 19:04 | San Jose State | Robert Witt misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's hacked by John Cowling - foul #1 on John Cowling, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:04 | San Jose State | Robert Witt misses the 1st free throw | 0-0 |
| 19:04 | San Jose State | Robert Witt makes the 2nd free throw | 0-1 |
| 18:45 | Rice | Matthew Kerr loses the dribble to Chris Mullaney | 0-1 |
| 18:39 | San Jose State | Kurt Holz makes the jump hook near the basket and he's fouled by Charles Osbourn - foul #1 on Charles Osbourn, team foul #2 | 0-3 |
| 18:39 | San Jose State | Kurt Holz makes the free throw | 0-4 |
| 18:14 | Rice | Michael Hardy misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 0-4 |
| 18:12 | San Jose State | Laurence Ridgley pulls down the rebound | 0-4 |
| 18:07 | San Jose State | Kurt Holz makes the runner from the baseline set up by Laurence Ridgley | 0-6 |
| 17:51 | Rice | Charles Osbourn loses the dribble to Laurence Ridgley | 0-6 |
| 17:26 | San Jose State | Chris Mullaney throws a bad pass out of bounds | 0-6 |
| Subs | Rice | Carl Lungwitz (SF), Bobby Allison (PF), Richard Thomas (C) John Cowling, Ralph Freitas, Matthew Kerr | |
| Subs | San Jose State | James Sprague (PG), Robert Floyd (SG), William Cox (SF), Leroy Aleman (PF), Earl Sawyer (C) Daniel Leonard, Chris Mullaney, Kurt Holz, Robert Witt, Laurence Ridgley | |
| 17:11 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz clanks a driving attempt from the baseline | 0-6 |
| 17:10 | San Jose State | Robert Floyd grabs the defensive rebound | 0-6 |
| 17:06 | San Jose State | Robert Floyd clanks a 3 from the right wing | 0-6 |
| 17:04 | Rice | Bobby Allison snags the defensive board | 0-6 |
| 16:59 | Rice | Charles Osbourn is hacked by Robert Floyd - foul #1 on Robert Floyd, team foul #1 | 0-6 |
| Subs | Rice | Jeffrey Bone (PG) Michael Hardy | |
| Subs | San Jose State | | |
| 16:43 | Rice | Earl Sawyer takes the ball from Richard Thomas | 0-6 |
| 16:35 | San Jose State | Robert Floyd travels with the ball | 0-6 |
| Subs | Rice | Zachary Hedberg (SG) Charles Osbourn | |
| Subs | San Jose State | | |
| 16:14 | Rice | Zachary Hedberg is hacked by Robert Floyd - foul #2 on Robert Floyd, team foul #2 | 0-6 |
| Subs | Rice | John Cowling (SF) Carl Lungwitz | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Robert Witt (PF) Robert Floyd | |
| 16:03 | Rice | Bobby Allison travels with the ball | 0-6 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Laurence Ridgley (C) Earl Sawyer | |
| 15:44 | San Jose State | Robert Witt is fouled on the floor by Richard Thomas - foul #1 on Richard Thomas, team foul #3 | 0-6 |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Hardy (PG), Charles Osbourn (SG), Ralph Freitas (PF) Jeffrey Bone, Zachary Hedberg, Richard Thomas | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Kurt Holz (SF) Leroy Aleman | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Michael Hardy (fresh) SG - Charles Osbourn (fresh) SF - John Cowling (fresh) PF - Ralph Freitas (fresh) 2 reb. C - Bobby Allison (fresh) | |
| Lineup | San Jose State | PG - James Sprague (fresh) SG - William Cox (fresh) SF - Kurt Holz (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Robert Witt (fresh) 1 pts. C - Laurence Ridgley (fresh) | |
| 15:20 | San Jose State | Bobby Allison is called for the reach on James Sprague - foul #1 on Bobby Allison, team foul #4 | 0-6 |
| Subs | Rice | Carl Lungwitz (C) Bobby Allison | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Daniel Leonard (PG), Chris Mullaney (SG) James Sprague, William Cox | |
| 15:10 | San Jose State | Robert Witt can't connect on a shot from the free throw line | 0-6 |
| 15:08 | San Jose State | Laurence Ridgley tips it back up and in | 0-8 |
| 14:49 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz is denied on a layup by Chris Mullaney | 0-8 |
| 14:47 | San Jose State | Laurence Ridgley gets the rebound | 0-8 |
| 14:35 | San Jose State | Chris Mullaney drills a 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Daniel Leonard | 0-11 |
| 14:23 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 0-11 |
| 14:21 | Rice | John Cowling tips it home | 2-11 |
| 14:04 | San Jose State | Robert Witt is hacked by Ralph Freitas - foul #1 on Ralph Freitas, team foul #5 | 2-11 |
| Subs | Rice | Bobby Allison (SF), Richard Thomas (PF), Matthew Kerr (C) John Cowling, Ralph Freitas, Carl Lungwitz | |
| Subs | San Jose State | William Cox (SF), Leroy Aleman (PF), Earl Sawyer (C) Kurt Holz, Robert Witt, Laurence Ridgley | |
| 13:56 | San Jose State | Earl Sawyer misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Matthew Kerr - foul #1 on Matthew Kerr, team foul #6 | 2-11 |
| 13:56 | San Jose State | Earl Sawyer misses the 1st free throw | 2-11 |
| 13:56 | San Jose State | Earl Sawyer makes the 2nd free throw | 2-12 |
| 13:29 | Rice | Bobby Allison is fouled on the floor by Earl Sawyer - foul #1 on Earl Sawyer, team foul #3 | 2-12 |
| Subs | Rice | Jeffrey Bone (PG), Zachary Hedberg (SG) Michael Hardy, Charles Osbourn | |
| Subs | San Jose State | James Sprague (PG) Daniel Leonard | |
| 13:24 | Rice | Richard Thomas misses the 3 from the right corner | 2-12 |
| 13:23 | Rice | Bobby Allison tips it in | 4-12 |
| 13:11 | San Jose State | William Cox's floater is tipped away by Matthew Kerr | 4-12 |
| 13:10 | San Jose State | James Sprague tips it back up and in | 4-14 |
| 12:43 | Rice | Bobby Allison misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 4-14 |
| 12:42 | San Jose State | Leroy Aleman grabs the board | 4-14 |
| 12:38 | San Jose State | William Cox lays it in on a great pass from Chris Mullaney | 4-16 |
| 12:20 | Rice | Bobby Allison can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 4-16 |
| 12:19 | Rice | Richard Thomas hits the follow up shot | 6-16 |
| 12:05 | San Jose State | Leroy Aleman knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 6-19 |
| 11:56 | Rice | Zachary Hedberg makes the 3pt attempt from straight away | 9-19 |
| 11:29 | San Jose State | Leroy Aleman comes up short on the shot from the right side | 9-19 |
| 11:27 | San Jose State | The offensive rebound goes to Earl Sawyer | 9-19 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Jeffrey Bone (fresh) SG - Zachary Hedberg (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Bobby Allison (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Richard Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. C - Matthew Kerr (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | San Jose State | PG - James Sprague (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Chris Mullaney (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Cox (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Leroy Aleman (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Earl Sawyer (fairly fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 11:14 | San Jose State | Leroy Aleman comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 9-19 |
| 11:12 | Rice | Matthew Kerr grabs the defensive rebound | 9-19 |
| 11:02 | Rice | Richard Thomas misses the turnaround in the paint | 9-19 |
| 11:00 | Rice | Matthew Kerr grabs the offensive rebound | 9-19 |
| 10:46 | Rice | Jeffrey Bone hits the finger roll | 11-19 |
| 10:18 | San Jose State | Leroy Aleman misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 11-19 |
| 10:17 | Rice | Matthew Kerr grabs the defensive rebound | 11-19 |
| 10:03 | Rice | Leroy Aleman takes the ball from Richard Thomas | 11-19 |
| 09:41 | San Jose State | William Cox throws a bad pass out of bounds | 11-19 |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Hardy (PG), Charles Osbourn (SG), John Cowling (SF), Ralph Freitas (PF), Carl Lungwitz (C) Jeffrey Bone, Zachary Hedberg, Bobby Allison, Richard Thomas, Matthew Kerr | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Daniel Leonard (PG), Kurt Holz (SF), Robert Witt (PF), Laurence Ridgley (C) James Sprague, William Cox, Leroy Aleman, Earl Sawyer | |
| 09:24 | Rice | Michael Hardy knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Charles Osbourn | 14-19 |
| 08:59 | San Jose State | Chris Mullaney scores on a 3 pointer from the left corner and he's fouled by Charles Osbourn - foul #2 on Charles Osbourn, team foul #7 | 14-22 |
| Subs | Rice | Jeffrey Bone (SG) Charles Osbourn | |
| Subs | San Jose State | | |
| 08:59 | San Jose State | Chris Mullaney misses the free throw | 14-22 |
| 08:59 | Rice | Ralph Freitas grabs the board | 14-22 |
| 08:42 | Rice | John Cowling can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 14-22 |
| 08:40 | San Jose State | Robert Witt gets the rebound | 14-22 |
| 08:35 | San Jose State | Kurt Holz misses badly on a jump hook from close range | 14-22 |
| 08:33 | Rice | Michael Hardy gets the rebound | 14-22 |
| 08:21 | Rice | Jeffrey Bone hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Ralph Freitas | 17-22 |
| 08:01 | San Jose State | Laurence Ridgley knocks in the jumper in the paint set up by Kurt Holz | 17-24 |
| 07:44 | Rice | Michael Hardy comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side | 17-24 |
| 07:42 | San Jose State | Robert Witt snags the defensive board | 17-24 |
| 07:37 | San Jose State | Ralph Freitas denies the turnaround by Kurt Holz | 17-24 |
| 07:35 | Rice | Michael Hardy snags the defensive board | 17-24 |
| 07:22 | Rice | Ralph Freitas misses the lay-in | 17-24 |
| 07:21 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz misses the tip | 17-24 |
| 07:19 | Rice | Ralph Freitas grabs the offensive board | 17-24 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Michael Hardy (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Jeffrey Bone (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - John Cowling (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Ralph Freitas (fresh) 4 reb. C - Carl Lungwitz (fresh) | |
| Lineup | San Jose State | PG - Daniel Leonard (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Chris Mullaney (tiring) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kurt Holz (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Robert Witt (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Laurence Ridgley (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 06:58 | Rice | Michael Hardy misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 17-24 |
| 06:57 | San Jose State | Laurence Ridgley grabs the defensive rebound | 17-24 |
| 06:51 | San Jose State | Daniel Leonard can't connect on a jumper from just outside the lane | 17-24 |
| 06:50 | San Jose State | Daniel Leonard grabs the offensive board | 17-24 |
| 06:38 | San Jose State | Laurence Ridgley can't finish the layup | 17-24 |
| 06:37 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz grabs the board | 17-24 |
| 06:29 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz buries a fadeaway from the baseline and he's hacked by Laurence Ridgley - foul #1 on Laurence Ridgley, team foul #4 | 19-24 |
| Subs | Rice | Zachary Hedberg (SG), Richard Thomas (C) Jeffrey Bone, John Cowling | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Frank Rogers (PG), James Sprague (SG), Leroy Aleman (SF), Earl Sawyer (C) Daniel Leonard, Chris Mullaney, Kurt Holz, Laurence Ridgley | |
| 06:29 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz makes the free throw | 20-24 |
| 06:13 | San Jose State | James Sprague scores on a shot from the left block set up by Robert Witt and he's fouled by Ralph Freitas - foul #2 on Ralph Freitas, team foul #8 | 20-26 |
| Subs | Rice | John Cowling (SF), Matthew Kerr (C) Carl Lungwitz, Ralph Freitas | |
| Subs | San Jose State | William Cox (SG) Frank Rogers | |
| 06:13 | San Jose State | James Sprague makes the free throw | 20-27 |
| 06:00 | Rice | John Cowling misses badly on a floater from the left side | 20-27 |
| 05:59 | San Jose State | The rebound goes to Leroy Aleman | 20-27 |
| 05:47 | San Jose State | Leroy Aleman can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Richard Thomas - foul #2 on Richard Thomas, team foul #9 | 20-27 |
| Subs | Rice | Bobby Allison (PF) Richard Thomas | |
| Subs | San Jose State | | |
| 05:47 | San Jose State | Leroy Aleman misses the 1st free throw | 20-27 |
| 05:47 | San Jose State | Leroy Aleman makes the 2nd free throw | 20-28 |
| 05:30 | Rice | Michael Hardy clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on James Sprague - foul #1 on James Sprague, team foul #5 | 20-28 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Laurence Ridgley (C) Robert Witt | |
| 05:30 | Rice | Michael Hardy misses the 1st free throw | 20-28 |
| 05:30 | Rice | Michael Hardy makes the 2nd free throw | 21-28 |
| 05:15 | San Jose State | Laurence Ridgley drills a jumper from the right block on a great pass from Earl Sawyer and he's fouled by Matthew Kerr - foul #2 on Matthew Kerr, team foul #10 | 21-30 |
| Subs | Rice | Carl Lungwitz (C) Matthew Kerr | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Kurt Holz (SF) Earl Sawyer | |
| 05:15 | San Jose State | Laurence Ridgley makes the free throw | 21-31 |
| 04:54 | Rice | James Sprague steals the ball from Zachary Hedberg | 21-31 |
| 04:47 | San Jose State | Zachary Hedberg is called for the reach on Leroy Aleman - foul #1 on Zachary Hedberg, team foul #11 | 21-31 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Daniel Leonard (PG) William Cox | |
| 04:47 | San Jose State | Leroy Aleman makes the 1st free throw | 21-32 |
| 04:47 | San Jose State | Leroy Aleman misses the 2nd free throw | 21-32 |
| 04:47 | Rice | John Cowling pulls down the rebound | 21-32 |
| 04:36 | Rice | Bobby Allison buries a driving attempt from the baseline | 23-32 |
| 04:15 | San Jose State | The short jumper by Laurence Ridgley is denied by Bobby Allison | 23-32 |
| 04:13 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz snags the defensive board | 23-32 |
| 03:54 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Daniel Leonard - foul #1 on Daniel Leonard, team foul #6 | 23-32 |
| Subs | Rice | Jeffrey Bone (PG), Charles Osbourn (SG), Ralph Freitas (PF), Richard Thomas (C) Michael Hardy, Zachary Hedberg, John Cowling, Bobby Allison | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Robert Floyd (SG), Earl Sawyer (SF), Robert Witt (PF) James Sprague, Kurt Holz, Leroy Aleman | |
| 03:54 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz makes the 1st free throw | 24-32 |
| 03:54 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz makes the 2nd free throw | 25-32 |
| 03:44 | San Jose State | Ralph Freitas swats the short shot by Laurence Ridgley | 25-32 |
| 03:42 | Rice | Jeffrey Bone pulls down the rebound | 25-32 |
| 03:34 | Rice | Jeffrey Bone clanks a runner in the lane but the foul's on Robert Floyd - foul #3 on Robert Floyd, team foul #7 | 25-32 |
| Subs | Rice | John Cowling (SF), Matthew Kerr (C) Carl Lungwitz, Richard Thomas | |
| Subs | San Jose State | William Cox (SG), Kurt Holz (SF) Robert Floyd, Laurence Ridgley | |
| 03:34 | Rice | Jeffrey Bone makes the 1st free throw | 26-32 |
| 03:34 | Rice | Jeffrey Bone misses the 2nd free throw | 26-32 |
| 03:34 | San Jose State | Robert Witt grabs the board | 26-32 |
| 03:14 | San Jose State | Kurt Holz can't connect on a runner near the basket but the foul's on Jeffrey Bone - foul #1 on Jeffrey Bone, team foul #12 | 26-32 |
| 03:14 | San Jose State | Kurt Holz makes the 1st free throw | 26-33 |
| 03:14 | San Jose State | Kurt Holz makes the 2nd free throw | 26-34 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Jeffrey Bone (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Charles Osbourn (fresh) 1 ast. SF - John Cowling (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ralph Freitas (fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Matthew Kerr (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | San Jose State | PG - Daniel Leonard (fresh) 1 ast. SG - William Cox (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kurt Holz (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Robert Witt (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. C - Earl Sawyer (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 02:54 | Rice | Ralph Freitas is fouled on the floor by William Cox - foul #1 on William Cox, team foul #8 | 26-34 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | San Jose State | James Sprague (PG) Daniel Leonard | |
| 02:54 | Rice | Ralph Freitas makes the 1st free throw | 27-34 |
| 02:54 | Rice | Ralph Freitas misses the 2nd free throw | 27-34 |
| 02:54 | San Jose State | Robert Witt snags the defensive board | 27-34 |
| 02:33 | San Jose State | Robert Witt misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Matthew Kerr - foul #3 on Matthew Kerr, team foul #13 | 27-34 |
| Subs | Rice | Bobby Allison (SF), Richard Thomas (C) John Cowling, Matthew Kerr | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Leroy Aleman (SF), Laurence Ridgley (C) Kurt Holz, Earl Sawyer | |
| 02:33 | San Jose State | Robert Witt misses the 1st free throw | 27-34 |
| 02:33 | San Jose State | Robert Witt makes the 2nd free throw | 27-35 |
| 02:16 | Rice | Jeffrey Bone loses the dribble to James Sprague | 27-35 |
| 02:13 | San Jose State | Leroy Aleman misses the lay-in | 27-35 |
| 02:11 | Rice | Ralph Freitas gets the rebound | 27-35 |
| 01:56 | Rice | Bobby Allison hits the finger roll | 29-35 |
| 01:39 | San Jose State | Richard Thomas is called for the reach on James Sprague - foul #3 on Richard Thomas, team foul #14 | 29-35 |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Hardy (PG), Zachary Hedberg (SF) Jeffrey Bone, Richard Thomas | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Daniel Leonard (PG) William Cox | |
| 01:39 | San Jose State | James Sprague misses the 1st free throw | 29-35 |
| 01:39 | San Jose State | James Sprague makes the 2nd free throw | 29-36 |
| 01:19 | Rice | Bobby Allison misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Robert Witt - foul #1 on Robert Witt, team foul #9 | 29-36 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Chris Mullaney (SG), Earl Sawyer (PF) James Sprague, Robert Witt | |
| 01:19 | Rice | Bobby Allison makes the 1st free throw | 30-36 |
| 01:19 | Rice | Bobby Allison misses the 2nd free throw | 30-36 |
| 01:19 | San Jose State | Earl Sawyer grabs the defensive rebound | 30-36 |
| 01:01 | San Jose State | Laurence Ridgley loses the ball out of bounds | 30-36 |
| Subs | Rice | Carl Lungwitz (C) Bobby Allison | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Kurt Holz (SF) Earl Sawyer | |
| 00:45 | Rice | Zachary Hedberg's layup is rejected by Laurence Ridgley | 30-36 |
| 00:44 | San Jose State | Laurence Ridgley gets the rebound | 30-36 |
| 00:39 | San Jose State | Carl Lungwitz steals the ball from Chris Mullaney | 30-36 |
| 00:22 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz's layup is rejected by Leroy Aleman | 30-36 |
| 00:20 | Rice | Ralph Freitas gets the offensive rebound | 30-36 |
| 00:02 | Rice | Charles Osbourn drills a 3pt jumper from straight away | 33-36 |
| 00:00 | San Jose State | Chris Mullaney can't connect on a fullcourt shot | 33-36 |