| Lineup | Rice | PG - Joseph Barnhill (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Thomas Ferebee (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SF - Henry Gobin (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Robert Kelly (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Ronald Woodard (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Andrew Savage (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Andrew Ouellette (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - David Hines (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Fred Schwieterman (fresh) 2 reb. C - Michael Allis (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UAB | David Hines inbounds the ball | 29-26 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:46 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 29-26 |
| 19:45 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette grabs the offensive rebound | 29-26 |
| 19:37 | UAB | Andrew Savage's pass is intercepted by Henry Gobin | 29-26 |
| 19:15 | Rice | Thomas Ferebee is whistled for a carry | 29-26 |
| 18:57 | UAB | Andrew Savage misses the easy layup | 29-26 |
| 18:56 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman hits the follow up shot | 29-28 |
| 18:46 | Rice | Robert Kelly comes up short on the shot from the left wing | 29-28 |
| 18:45 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman snags the defensive board | 29-28 |
| 18:32 | UAB | Andrew Savage is called for traveling | 29-28 |
| 18:06 | Rice | Robert Kelly misses short on a turnaround from the baseline but the foul's on Fred Schwieterman - foul #1 on Fred Schwieterman, team foul #1 | 29-28 |
| 18:06 | Rice | Robert Kelly makes the 1st free throw | 30-28 |
| 18:06 | Rice | Robert Kelly makes the 2nd free throw | 31-28 |
| 17:47 | UAB | David Hines connects on the floater from the right wing set up by Andrew Ouellette | 31-30 |
| 17:27 | Rice | Robert Kelly's floater is tipped away by Fred Schwieterman | 31-30 |
| 17:26 | UAB | David Hines grabs the defensive rebound | 31-30 |
| 17:09 | UAB | David Hines comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Joseph Barnhill - foul #2 on Joseph Barnhill, team foul #1 | 31-30 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | UAB | Scott Eck (PF), Donald Clark (C) Fred Schwieterman, Michael Allis | |
| 17:09 | UAB | David Hines makes the 1st free throw | 31-31 |
| 17:09 | UAB | David Hines makes the 2nd free throw | 31-32 |
| 16:41 | Rice | Joseph Barnhill is hacked by Andrew Savage - foul #2 on Andrew Savage, team foul #2 | 31-32 |
| Subs | Rice | Ricky Trudell (PG), Charles Smith (SG), Kenneth Rumble (SF), Harold Caraway (C) Joseph Barnhill, Thomas Ferebee, Henry Gobin, Ronald Woodard | |
| Subs | UAB | Timothy Cotta (SG), Gerald Conn (SF) Andrew Ouellette, David Hines | |
| 16:17 | Rice | Charles Smith hits a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Robert Kelly | 34-32 |
| 15:58 | UAB | Scott Eck hits a driving attempt near the basket on a great pass from Timothy Cotta | 34-34 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Ricky Trudell (fresh) SG - Charles Smith (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SF - Kenneth Rumble (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Robert Kelly (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Harold Caraway (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Andrew Savage (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Timothy Cotta (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gerald Conn (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Scott Eck (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Donald Clark (fresh) | |
| 15:35 | Rice | Charles Smith misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 34-34 |
| 15:34 | Rice | Robert Kelly tips it but misses | 34-34 |
| 15:32 | Rice | Ricky Trudell can't tip it in | 34-34 |
| 15:31 | Rice | Harold Caraway tips it back up and in | 36-34 |
| 15:20 | UAB | Donald Clark misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 36-34 |
| 15:19 | Rice | Kenneth Rumble gets the rebound | 36-34 |
| 14:59 | Rice | Robert Kelly makes the fadeaway in the paint set up by Ricky Trudell | 38-34 |
| 14:35 | UAB | Scott Eck can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Charles Smith - foul #1 on Charles Smith, team foul #2 | 38-34 |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Green (PG), Thomas Ferebee (SG), Henry Gobin (SF), Ronald Woodard (C) Ricky Trudell, Charles Smith, Robert Kelly, Harold Caraway | |
| Subs | UAB | Andrew Ouellette (SG), Fred Schwieterman (PF), Michael Allis (C) Andrew Savage, Gerald Conn, Donald Clark | |
| 14:35 | UAB | Scott Eck makes the 1st free throw | 38-35 |
| 14:35 | UAB | Scott Eck misses the 2nd free throw | 38-35 |
| 14:35 | Rice | Kenneth Rumble grabs the defensive rebound | 38-35 |
| 14:16 | Rice | Thomas Ferebee buries a 3 pointer from the right wing | 41-35 |
| 13:51 | UAB | Timothy Cotta misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 41-35 |
| 13:49 | Rice | Ronald Woodard pulls down the rebound | 41-35 |
| 13:21 | Rice | Thomas Ferebee misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 41-35 |
| 13:19 | Rice | Thomas Ferebee tips it in | 43-35 |
| 12:57 | UAB | Michael Allis lays it in on a nice dish by Timothy Cotta and the foul's on Charles Green - foul #4 on Charles Green, team foul #3 | 43-37 |
| Subs | Rice | Joseph Barnhill (PG), Robert Kelly (PF) Charles Green, Kenneth Rumble | |
| Subs | UAB | Andrew Savage (PG), David Hines (SF) Timothy Cotta, Scott Eck | |
| 12:57 | UAB | Michael Allis makes the free throw | 43-38 |
| 12:37 | Rice | Thomas Ferebee misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 43-38 |
| 12:35 | UAB | David Hines grabs the board | 43-38 |
| 12:19 | UAB | The jump hook by Michael Allis is blocked by Henry Gobin | 43-38 |
| 12:18 | UAB | David Hines grabs the offensive board | 43-38 |
| 12:01 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 43-38 |
| 11:59 | Rice | Joseph Barnhill gets the rebound | 43-38 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Joseph Barnhill (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Thomas Ferebee (fresh) 19 pts. 1 ast. SF - Henry Gobin (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Robert Kelly (fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Ronald Woodard (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Andrew Savage (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Andrew Ouellette (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - David Hines (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. PF - Fred Schwieterman (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Allis (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:37 | Rice | Thomas Ferebee is whistled for a carry | 43-38 |
| Subs | Rice | Kenneth Rumble (C) Ronald Woodard | |
| Subs | UAB | Donald Clark (PF), Philip Lee (C) Fred Schwieterman, Michael Allis | |
| 11:16 | UAB | Philip Lee is whistled for traveling | 43-38 |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Smith (SG), Harold Caraway (C) Thomas Ferebee, Henry Gobin | |
| Subs | UAB | Timothy Cotta (SG) Andrew Ouellette | |
| 10:48 | Rice | Charles Smith is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Charles Smith, team foul #4 | 43-38 |
| 10:41 | UAB | Donald Clark blows the layup | 43-38 |
| 10:39 | Rice | Kenneth Rumble gets the rebound | 43-38 |
| 10:18 | Rice | The short jumper by Robert Kelly is denied by Donald Clark | 43-38 |
| 10:17 | UAB | Timothy Cotta pulls down the rebound | 43-38 |
| 10:01 | UAB | Timothy Cotta connects on the 3 from the right corner | 43-41 |
| 09:32 | Rice | Charles Smith misses the lay-in but the foul's on Timothy Cotta - foul #1 on Timothy Cotta, team foul #3 | 43-41 |
| Subs | Rice | Ricky Trudell (PG), Thomas Ferebee (SG), Henry Gobin (SF), Ronald Woodard (C) Joseph Barnhill, Kenneth Rumble, Robert Kelly, Harold Caraway | |
| Subs | UAB | Andrew Ouellette (SG), Scott Eck (SF), Fred Schwieterman (PF), Michael Allis (C) Andrew Savage, David Hines, Donald Clark, Philip Lee | |
| 09:32 | Rice | Charles Smith makes the 1st free throw | 44-41 |
| 09:32 | Rice | Charles Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 45-41 |
| 09:11 | UAB | Ronald Woodard steals the ball from Michael Allis | 45-41 |
| 08:50 | Rice | Charles Smith hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 45-41 |
| 08:48 | Rice | Ronald Woodard gets the offensive rebound | 45-41 |
| 08:32 | Rice | Ronald Woodard is hacked by Michael Allis - foul #2 on Michael Allis, team foul #4 | 45-41 |
| Subs | Rice | Kenneth Rumble (PF) Charles Smith | |
| Subs | UAB | Andrew Savage (PG), David Hines (SF) Timothy Cotta, Scott Eck | |
| 08:08 | Rice | Thomas Ferebee drills a 3 from the right corner | 48-41 |
| 07:45 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Fred Schwieterman, team foul #5 | 48-41 |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Green (PG), Robert Kelly (PF) Ricky Trudell, Kenneth Rumble | |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Charles Green (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SG - Thomas Ferebee (fresh) 22 pts. 1 ast. SF - Henry Gobin (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Robert Kelly (fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Ronald Woodard (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Andrew Savage (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Andrew Ouellette (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - David Hines (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. PF - Fred Schwieterman (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Allis (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:24 | Rice | Thomas Ferebee knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner | 51-41 |
| 07:15 | UAB | Andrew Savage misses the jumpshot from the left side | 51-41 |
| 07:13 | Rice | Robert Kelly grabs the defensive rebound | 51-41 |
| 06:51 | Rice | Thomas Ferebee misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 51-41 |
| 06:49 | UAB | The rebound goes to Fred Schwieterman | 51-41 |
| 06:35 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Charles Green - foul #5 on Charles Green, team foul #5 | 51-41 |
| Subs | Rice | Joseph Barnhill (PG), Kenneth Rumble (SF) Charles Green, Henry Gobin | |
| Subs | UAB | Scott Eck (PF), Donald Clark (C) Fred Schwieterman, Michael Allis | |
| 06:35 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette makes the 1st free throw | 51-42 |
| 06:35 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette makes the 2nd free throw | 51-43 |
| 06:19 | Rice | Robert Kelly misses the runner from the baseline | 51-43 |
| 06:18 | Rice | Robert Kelly tips it back up and in | 53-43 |
| 06:02 | UAB | Ronald Woodard blocks the jumper by Andrew Ouellette | 53-43 |
| 06:01 | Rice | Robert Kelly gets the rebound | 53-43 |
| 05:45 | Rice | Robert Kelly misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Donald Clark - foul #2 on Donald Clark, team foul #6 | 53-43 |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Smith (SG), Harold Caraway (C) Thomas Ferebee, Ronald Woodard | |
| Subs | UAB | Lawrence Metz (PG), Timothy Cotta (SG), Gerald Conn (SF) Andrew Savage, Andrew Ouellette, David Hines | |
| 05:45 | Rice | Robert Kelly makes the 1st free throw | 54-43 |
| 05:45 | Rice | Robert Kelly makes the 2nd free throw | 55-43 |
| 05:26 | UAB | Harold Caraway steps in front of the Scott Eck pass | 55-43 |
| 05:10 | Rice | Robert Kelly's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 55-43 |
| Subs | Rice | Henry Gobin (SF) Harold Caraway | |
| Subs | UAB | Fred Schwieterman (PF), Michael Allis (C) Lawrence Metz, Donald Clark | |
| 04:44 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman makes the 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Scott Eck | 55-46 |
| 04:27 | Rice | Robert Kelly misses long on a floater from the right wing | 55-46 |
| 04:26 | Rice | Kenneth Rumble gets the offensive rebound | 55-46 |
| 04:07 | Rice | Robert Kelly hits a shot near the basket | 57-46 |
| 03:48 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman hits the front of the rim on the floater in the lane but the foul's on Robert Kelly - foul #2 on Robert Kelly, team foul #6 | 57-46 |
| Subs | Rice | Thomas Ferebee (SG), Ronald Woodard (C) Charles Smith, Robert Kelly | |
| Subs | UAB | Andrew Savage (PG), Andrew Ouellette (SG), David Hines (SF) Timothy Cotta, Gerald Conn, Scott Eck | |
| 03:48 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman misses the 1st free throw | 57-46 |
| 03:48 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman makes the 2nd free throw | 57-47 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:29 | Rice | Joseph Barnhill double dribbles | 57-47 |
| Subs | Rice | Ricky Trudell (PG) Joseph Barnhill | |
| Subs | UAB | Donald Clark (PF) Fred Schwieterman | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Ricky Trudell (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Thomas Ferebee (fresh) 25 pts. 1 ast. SF - Henry Gobin (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Kenneth Rumble (fresh) 6 reb. C - Ronald Woodard (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Andrew Savage (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Andrew Ouellette (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - David Hines (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. PF - Donald Clark (fresh) C - Michael Allis (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:12 | UAB | Andrew Savage misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line but the foul's on Thomas Ferebee - foul #2 on Thomas Ferebee, team foul #7 | 57-47 |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Smith (SF), Harold Caraway (PF) Henry Gobin, Kenneth Rumble | |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| 03:12 | UAB | Andrew Savage makes the 1st free throw | 57-48 |
| 03:12 | UAB | Andrew Savage makes the 2nd free throw | 57-49 |
| 02:54 | Rice | Harold Caraway throws a bad pass out of bounds | 57-49 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | UAB | Philip Lee (C) Michael Allis | |
| 02:52 | UAB | UAB calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-49 |
| Subs | Rice | Joseph Barnhill (PG), Henry Gobin (SF), Robert Kelly (PF) Ricky Trudell, Charles Smith, Harold Caraway | |
| Subs | UAB | Fred Schwieterman (PF), Michael Allis (C) Donald Clark, Philip Lee | |
| 02:43 | UAB | Andrew Savage comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 57-49 |
| 02:42 | Rice | Ronald Woodard grabs the defensive rebound | 57-49 |
| 02:22 | Rice | Joseph Barnhill is hacked by Andrew Savage - foul #3 on Andrew Savage, team foul #7 | 57-49 |
| 02:22 | Rice | Joseph Barnhill misses the 1st free throw | 57-49 |
| 02:22 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman grabs the board | 57-49 |
| 02:11 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman comes up short on the shot from the right wing | 57-49 |
| 02:10 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman tips it back up and in | 57-51 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 01:41 | Rice | Thomas Ferebee clanks a 3 from the right wing | 57-51 |
| 01:40 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman snags the defensive board | 57-51 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 01:35 | UAB | Andrew Savage misses the runner from the right block but he's fouled by Joseph Barnhill - foul #3 on Joseph Barnhill, team foul #8 | 57-51 |
| 01:35 | UAB | Andrew Savage makes the 1st free throw | 57-52 |
| 01:35 | UAB | Andrew Savage makes the 2nd free throw | 57-53 |
| 01:13 | Rice | Thomas Ferebee buries a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Joseph Barnhill | 60-53 |
| 00:48 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman hits the front of the rim on the runner from close range but he's hacked by Ronald Woodard - foul #1 on Ronald Woodard, team foul #9 | 60-53 |
| 00:48 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman makes the 1st free throw | 60-54 |
| 00:48 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman misses the 2nd free throw | 60-54 |
| 00:48 | UAB | Fred Schwieterman pulls down the offensive rebound | 60-54 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:44 | UAB | David Hines banks in the layup on a nice dish by Andrew Ouellette and he's fouled by Henry Gobin - foul #2 on Henry Gobin, team foul #10 | 60-56 |
| 00:44 | UAB | David Hines makes the free throw | 60-57 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:16 | Rice | Robert Kelly knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 62-57 |
| 00:08 | UAB | Andrew Savage connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Andrew Ouellette | 62-60 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:07 | Rice | Robert Kelly is hacked by Andrew Ouellette in the backcourt - foul #2 on Andrew Ouellette, team foul #8 | 62-60 |
| 00:07 | Rice | Robert Kelly makes the 1st free throw | 63-60 |
| 00:07 | Rice | Robert Kelly misses the 2nd free throw | 63-60 |
| 00:07 | Rice | Henry Gobin grabs the offensive rebound | 63-60 |
| 00:05 | Rice | Henry Gobin is hacked by David Hines - foul #1 on David Hines, team foul #9 | 63-60 |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Smith (PF) Robert Kelly | |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| 00:05 | Rice | Henry Gobin makes the 1st free throw | 64-60 |
| 00:05 | Rice | Henry Gobin makes the 2nd free throw | 65-60 |
| 00:01 | UAB | Andrew Ouellette makes the 3 pointer from the right wing | 65-63 |
| 00:01 | Rice | Rice calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 65-63 |
| Subs | Rice | Robert Kelly (PF) Charles Smith | |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| 00:00 | Rice | Joseph Barnhill runs out the clock | 65-63 |