| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Paul Murphy (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Edwards (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Paul Duby (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Richard Lewis (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - William Young (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Werner Peabody (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SG - Hubert Gatlin (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Willy Hodges (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - William Quintanilla (fresh) 6 pts. C - Charles Krebs (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Willy Hodges inbounds the ball | 33-41 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:42 | Rice | Paul Murphy steals the ball from Werner Peabody | 33-41 |
| 19:16 | Marshall | William Young hits a shot near the basket on a great pass from Paul Edwards | 35-41 |
| 18:55 | Rice | Willy Hodges can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by William Young - foul #1 on William Young, team foul #1 | 35-41 |
| 18:55 | Rice | Willy Hodges makes the 1st free throw | 35-42 |
| 18:55 | Rice | Willy Hodges makes the 2nd free throw | 35-43 |
| 18:36 | Marshall | Paul Edwards hits a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Paul Duby and he's fouled by Werner Peabody - foul #2 on Werner Peabody, team foul #1 | 37-43 |
| 18:36 | Marshall | Paul Edwards misses the free throw | 37-43 |
| 18:36 | Rice | Willy Hodges grabs the defensive rebound | 37-43 |
| 18:16 | Rice | Willy Hodges comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 37-43 |
| 18:14 | Marshall | The rebound goes to Richard Lewis | 37-43 |
| 18:00 | Marshall | Paul Edwards loses the dribble to William Quintanilla | 37-43 |
| 17:44 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the free throw line | 37-43 |
| 17:43 | Marshall | Paul Duby grabs the defensive rebound | 37-43 |
| 17:32 | Marshall | Paul Murphy clanks a shot from the right wing | 37-43 |
| 17:31 | Rice | Werner Peabody grabs the board | 37-43 |
| 17:19 | Rice | William Quintanilla comes up short on the floater from the left block | 37-43 |
| 17:18 | Marshall | William Young grabs the board | 37-43 |
| 16:56 | Marshall | William Young misses long on a fadeaway near the basket but he's hacked by Werner Peabody - foul #3 on Werner Peabody, team foul #2 | 37-43 |
| Subs | Marshall | Jason Stewart (PG), Simon Cannon (SG), Douglas Flagg (SF), Bernard Hoxie (C) Paul Murphy, Paul Edwards, Paul Duby, Richard Lewis | |
| Subs | Rice | James Barnes (PG), Joseph Enright (SF), Gary Pittman (PF), Jacob Newsom (C) Werner Peabody, Willy Hodges, William Quintanilla, Charles Krebs | |
| 16:56 | Marshall | William Young makes the 1st free throw | 38-43 |
| 16:56 | Marshall | William Young misses the 2nd free throw | 38-43 |
| 16:56 | Rice | The rebound goes to Jacob Newsom | 38-43 |
| 16:44 | Rice | Joseph Enright drills a driving attempt near the basket on a great pass from James Barnes and the foul's on William Young - foul #2 on William Young, team foul #2 | 38-45 |
| Subs | Marshall | | |
| Subs | Rice | Dustin Snow (SF) Hubert Gatlin | |
| 16:44 | Rice | Joseph Enright makes the free throw | 38-46 |
| 16:21 | Marshall | William Young loses the ball out of bounds | 38-46 |
| 16:01 | Rice | Dustin Snow scores on a floater from the right side and he's fouled by Douglas Flagg - foul #1 on Douglas Flagg, team foul #3 | 38-48 |
| Subs | Marshall | Paul Murphy (PG), Paul Duby (SF), David Brown (C) Jason Stewart, Douglas Flagg, William Young | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 16:01 | Rice | Dustin Snow makes the free throw | 38-49 |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Paul Murphy (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Simon Cannon (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Paul Duby (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Bernard Hoxie (fresh) C - David Brown (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - James Barnes (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Joseph Enright (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Dustin Snow (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gary Pittman (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jacob Newsom (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:46 | Marshall | David Brown makes the shot from the right side on a nice dish by Paul Duby | 40-49 |
| 15:26 | Rice | James Barnes hits a shot in the paint on a great pass from Joseph Enright and he's hacked by David Brown - foul #1 on David Brown, team foul #4 | 40-51 |
| Subs | Marshall | Paul Edwards (SG), Richard Lewis (PF), Kenneth Foreman (C) Simon Cannon, Bernard Hoxie, David Brown | |
| Subs | Rice | Hubert Gatlin (SG), Willy Hodges (SF), William Quintanilla (PF), Charles Krebs (C) Joseph Enright, Dustin Snow, Gary Pittman, Jacob Newsom | |
| 15:26 | Rice | James Barnes makes the free throw | 40-52 |
| 15:13 | Marshall | Paul Duby misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 40-52 |
| 15:11 | Rice | Charles Krebs grabs the board | 40-52 |
| 15:07 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin is whistled for traveling | 40-52 |
| Subs | Marshall | | |
| Subs | Rice | Werner Peabody (PG) James Barnes | |
| 15:03 | Marshall | Werner Peabody steps in front of the Paul Murphy pass in the backcourt | 40-52 |
| 15:01 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin lays it in set up by Werner Peabody | 40-54 |
| 14:41 | Marshall | Kenneth Foreman drills a fadeaway from the free throw line set up by Richard Lewis | 42-54 |
| 14:26 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin knocks in the floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Werner Peabody | 42-56 |
| 14:14 | Marshall | Richard Lewis's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 42-56 |
| Subs | Marshall | Jason Stewart (PG), Simon Cannon (SF) Paul Murphy, Paul Duby | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 14:12 | Rice | Paul Edwards steals it from Werner Peabody in the backcourt | 42-56 |
| 13:53 | Marshall | Paul Edwards banks in the layup on a great pass from Jason Stewart | 44-56 |
| 13:36 | Rice | William Quintanilla comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 44-56 |
| 13:34 | Rice | Charles Krebs grabs the offensive board | 44-56 |
| 13:20 | Rice | Charles Krebs buries a shot from the baseline | 44-58 |
| 13:00 | Marshall | Simon Cannon is called for a charge - foul #1 on Simon Cannon, team foul #5 | 44-58 |
| Subs | Marshall | Paul Murphy (PG), Paul Duby (SF), William Young (PF) Jason Stewart, Paul Edwards, Richard Lewis | |
| Subs | Rice | James Barnes (SG), Joseph Enright (SF), Gary Pittman (PF), Jacob Newsom (C) Hubert Gatlin, Willy Hodges, William Quintanilla, Charles Krebs | |
| 12:48 | Rice | Joseph Enright scores on a jumper from the left block set up by James Barnes | 44-60 |
| 12:30 | Marshall | William Young clanks a jump hook from close range but he's hacked by James Barnes - foul #2 on James Barnes, team foul #3 | 44-60 |
| Subs | Marshall | Bernard Hoxie (C) Kenneth Foreman | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 12:30 | Marshall | William Young makes the 1st free throw | 45-60 |
| 12:30 | Marshall | William Young makes the 2nd free throw | 46-60 |
| 12:09 | Rice | William Young takes the ball from Werner Peabody | 46-60 |
| 11:51 | Marshall | William Young drills a jump hook near the basket set up by Simon Cannon | 48-60 |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Paul Murphy (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Simon Cannon (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Paul Duby (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Young (fresh) 9 pts. 9 reb. C - Bernard Hoxie (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Werner Peabody (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 6 ast. 3 pf. SG - James Barnes (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Joseph Enright (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Gary Pittman (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jacob Newsom (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 11:25 | Rice | James Barnes throws a bad pass out of bounds | 48-60 |
| Subs | Marshall | Jason Stewart (SG), Kenneth Foreman (C) Simon Cannon, Bernard Hoxie | |
| Subs | Rice | Hubert Gatlin (SG), Willy Hodges (SF), William Quintanilla (PF) Werner Peabody, Joseph Enright, Jacob Newsom | |
| 11:04 | Marshall | Willy Hodges steals the ball from Jason Stewart | 48-60 |
| 10:48 | Rice | Gary Pittman connects on the turnaround from the right block on a great pass from Hubert Gatlin | 48-62 |
| 10:35 | Marshall | Paul Murphy misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 48-62 |
| 10:33 | Marshall | Jason Stewart pulls down the offensive rebound | 48-62 |
| 10:18 | Marshall | Paul Duby clanks a jump hook from close range | 48-62 |
| 10:17 | Rice | Willy Hodges grabs the defensive rebound | 48-62 |
| 10:01 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Jason Stewart - foul #1 on Jason Stewart, team foul #6 | 48-62 |
| Subs | Marshall | Paul Edwards (SG), Simon Cannon (SF), Richard Lewis (PF) Paul Murphy, Paul Duby, William Young | |
| Subs | Rice | Werner Peabody (PG), Charles Krebs (C) James Barnes, Gary Pittman | |
| 10:01 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin misses the 1st free throw | 48-62 |
| 10:01 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin makes the 2nd free throw | 48-63 |
| 09:53 | Marshall | Paul Edwards blows the layup but he's fouled by William Quintanilla - foul #1 on William Quintanilla, team foul #4 | 48-63 |
| 09:53 | Marshall | Paul Edwards makes the 1st free throw | 49-63 |
| 09:53 | Marshall | Paul Edwards makes the 2nd free throw | 50-63 |
| 09:31 | Rice | Werner Peabody misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 50-63 |
| 09:29 | Marshall | Richard Lewis pulls down the rebound | 50-63 |
| 09:03 | Marshall | Paul Edwards hits a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Jason Stewart | 53-63 |
| 08:39 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 53-63 |
| 08:37 | Marshall | Richard Lewis pulls down the rebound | 53-63 |
| 08:31 | Marshall | Simon Cannon misses long on a runner from close range | 53-63 |
| 08:30 | Marshall | Richard Lewis gets the offensive rebound | 53-63 |
| 08:11 | Marshall | Jason Stewart hits a turnaround in the lane set up by Paul Edwards | 55-63 |
| 07:59 | Rice | Charles Krebs blows the layup | 55-63 |
| 07:57 | Rice | William Quintanilla tips it in | 55-65 |
| 07:28 | Marshall | Charles Krebs takes the ball from Simon Cannon | 55-65 |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Jason Stewart (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Paul Edwards (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SF - Simon Cannon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Richard Lewis (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Kenneth Foreman (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Werner Peabody (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 6 ast. 3 pf. SG - Hubert Gatlin (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Willy Hodges (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. PF - William Quintanilla (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Charles Krebs (fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 07:05 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin misses the dunk attempt | 55-65 |
| 07:04 | Rice | Werner Peabody pulls down the offensive rebound | 55-65 |
| 06:54 | Rice | Willy Hodges drills a jump hook from the left block set up by William Quintanilla | 55-67 |
| 06:42 | Marshall | Simon Cannon scores on a jump hook from the left block | 57-67 |
| 06:26 | Rice | Willy Hodges can't connect on a fadeaway in the paint | 57-67 |
| 06:24 | Marshall | Kenneth Foreman pulls down the rebound | 57-67 |
| 05:57 | Marshall | Richard Lewis misses badly on a driving attempt from the right block but he's hacked by Hubert Gatlin - foul #3 on Hubert Gatlin, team foul #5 | 57-67 |
| Subs | Marshall | Paul Murphy (PG), Douglas Flagg (SG), Paul Duby (SF), William Young (C) Jason Stewart, Paul Edwards, Simon Cannon, Kenneth Foreman | |
| Subs | Rice | James Barnes (PG), Joseph Enright (SG), Dustin Snow (SF), Gary Pittman (PF), Jacob Newsom (C) Werner Peabody, Hubert Gatlin, Willy Hodges, William Quintanilla, Charles Krebs | |
| 05:57 | Marshall | Richard Lewis makes the 1st free throw | 58-67 |
| 05:57 | Marshall | Richard Lewis makes the 2nd free throw | 59-67 |
| 05:46 | Rice | Dustin Snow throws a bad pass out of bounds | 59-67 |
| Subs | Marshall | Bernard Hoxie (C) Richard Lewis | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 05:30 | Marshall | Bernard Hoxie's pass is intercepted by James Barnes | 59-67 |
| 05:26 | Rice | James Barnes hits the finger roll | 59-69 |
| 05:11 | Marshall | Douglas Flagg is fouled on the floor by Jacob Newsom - foul #2 on Jacob Newsom, team foul #6 | 59-69 |
| 05:02 | Marshall | Paul Duby can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 59-69 |
| 05:01 | Rice | Jacob Newsom grabs the board | 59-69 |
| 04:57 | Rice | James Barnes clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 59-69 |
| 04:55 | Marshall | Paul Duby snags the defensive board | 59-69 |
| 04:29 | Marshall | Paul Duby drills a 3 pointer from straight away | 62-69 |
| 04:02 | Rice | The jump hook by Jacob Newsom is blocked by Bernard Hoxie | 62-69 |
| 04:00 | Rice | Gary Pittman pulls down the offensive rebound | 62-69 |
| 03:42 | Rice | Gary Pittman hits a 3 pointer from the right corner | 62-72 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:24 | Marshall | Paul Duby clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 62-72 |
| 03:23 | Rice | Jacob Newsom snags the defensive board | 62-72 |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Paul Murphy (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Douglas Flagg (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Paul Duby (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. PF - William Young (fresh) 9 pts. 9 reb. C - Bernard Hoxie (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - James Barnes (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Joseph Enright (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SF - Dustin Snow (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gary Pittman (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Jacob Newsom (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:59 | Rice | James Barnes is hacked by Paul Murphy - foul #3 on Paul Murphy, team foul #7 | 62-72 |
| Subs | Marshall | Simon Cannon (PG), Paul Edwards (SG), Richard Lewis (PF) Paul Murphy, Douglas Flagg, Bernard Hoxie | |
| Subs | Rice | Hubert Gatlin (SG), Paul Burns (PF), Charles Krebs (C) Joseph Enright, Gary Pittman, Jacob Newsom | |
| 02:59 | Rice | James Barnes makes the 1st free throw | 62-73 |
| 02:59 | Rice | James Barnes makes the 2nd free throw | 62-74 |
| 02:56 | Marshall | Marshall calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 62-74 |
| Subs | Marshall | Paul Murphy (PG), Kenneth Foreman (C) Simon Cannon, William Young | |
| Subs | Rice | Werner Peabody (PG), Willy Hodges (SF), William Quintanilla (PF) James Barnes, Dustin Snow, Paul Burns | |
| 02:49 | Marshall | Paul Duby makes the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Paul Murphy | 65-74 |
| 02:44 | Rice | Willy Hodges drills a floater from the left wing on a great pass from William Quintanilla | 65-76 |
| 02:30 | Marshall | Richard Lewis comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 65-76 |
| 02:28 | Rice | The rebound goes to Charles Krebs | 65-76 |
| 02:12 | Rice | Willy Hodges comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 65-76 |
| 02:11 | Marshall | Paul Duby grabs the defensive rebound | 65-76 |
| 01:56 | Marshall | Paul Murphy misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 65-76 |
| 01:54 | Marshall | Paul Murphy misses the tip | 65-76 |
| 01:53 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin grabs the defensive rebound | 65-76 |
| 01:42 | Rice | Willy Hodges hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left side | 65-76 |
| 01:40 | Marshall | Paul Edwards gets the rebound | 65-76 |
| 01:34 | Marshall | Richard Lewis misses the easy layup | 65-76 |
| 01:33 | Rice | William Quintanilla snags the defensive board | 65-76 |
| 01:09 | Rice | William Quintanilla comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 65-76 |
| 01:07 | Rice | Werner Peabody grabs the offensive rebound | 65-76 |
| 00:45 | Rice | Werner Peabody hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 65-76 |
| 00:44 | Rice | Charles Krebs misses the tip | 65-76 |
| 00:43 | Rice | Willy Hodges hits the follow up shot | 65-78 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:36 | Marshall | Charles Krebs steps in front of the Richard Lewis pass | 65-78 |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:09 | Rice | Hubert Gatlin can't connect on a shot from the left wing | 65-78 |
| 00:08 | Rice | Willy Hodges hits the follow up shot | 65-80 |
| 00:03 | Marshall | Werner Peabody steps in front of the Paul Murphy pass | 65-80 |
| 00:00 | Rice | Werner Peabody runs out the clock | 65-80 |