| Lineup | Houston | PG - Steven Vezina (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Vernon Trollinger (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Joe Lynch (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Eric Dahmen (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - Mark Shellenbarger (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Michael Hardy (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Osbourn (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Cowling (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Ralph Freitas (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Matthew Kerr (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Houston | Joe Lynch inbounds the ball | 45-31 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:49 | Houston | Vernon Trollinger misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 45-31 |
| 19:47 | Rice | Ralph Freitas pulls down the rebound | 45-31 |
| 19:29 | Rice | John Cowling misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 45-31 |
| 19:28 | Houston | Joe Lynch grabs the defensive rebound | 45-31 |
| 19:06 | Houston | Joe Lynch connects on the fadeaway from the right wing set up by Vernon Trollinger | 47-31 |
| 18:44 | Rice | John Cowling is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on John Cowling, team foul #1 | 47-31 |
| 18:28 | Houston | Eric Dahmen double dribbles | 47-31 |
| 18:09 | Rice | John Cowling can't finish the layup | 47-31 |
| 18:08 | Houston | Mark Shellenbarger grabs the board | 47-31 |
| 18:03 | Houston | Steven Vezina misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on John Cowling - foul #2 on John Cowling, team foul #2 | 47-31 |
| 18:03 | Houston | Steven Vezina makes the 1st free throw | 48-31 |
| 18:03 | Houston | Steven Vezina makes the 2nd free throw | 49-31 |
| 17:42 | Rice | Michael Hardy clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 49-31 |
| 17:41 | Rice | Matthew Kerr can't tip it in | 49-31 |
| 17:40 | Houston | Eric Dahmen grabs the defensive rebound | 49-31 |
| 17:24 | Houston | Joe Lynch clanks a jumper near the basket | 49-31 |
| 17:22 | Houston | Mark Shellenbarger grabs the offensive rebound | 49-31 |
| 17:09 | Houston | Ralph Freitas is called for the reach on Joe Lynch - foul #2 on Ralph Freitas, team foul #3 | 49-31 |
| Subs | Houston | Daniel Nelson (SF), Patrick Hall (C) Joe Lynch, Mark Shellenbarger | |
| Subs | Rice | Carl Lungwitz (SF), Bobby Allison (PF), Richard Thomas (C) John Cowling, Ralph Freitas, Matthew Kerr | |
| 17:04 | Houston | Steven Vezina loses the dribble to Carl Lungwitz | 49-31 |
| 16:43 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left wing | 49-31 |
| 16:41 | Houston | Daniel Nelson gets the rebound | 49-31 |
| 16:36 | Houston | Steven Vezina is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Hardy - foul #1 on Michael Hardy, team foul #4 | 49-31 |
| Subs | Houston | Gary Maury (PG), Michael Toland (SG) Steven Vezina, Vernon Trollinger | |
| Subs | Rice | Jeffrey Bone (PG) Michael Hardy | |
| 16:23 | Houston | Daniel Nelson misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 49-31 |
| 16:21 | Rice | Bobby Allison snags the defensive board | 49-31 |
| 15:56 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz clanks a runner in the paint | 49-31 |
| 15:55 | Houston | Michael Toland grabs the board | 49-31 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Gary Maury (fresh) SG - Michael Toland (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Daniel Nelson (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Eric Dahmen (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. C - Patrick Hall (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Jeffrey Bone (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SG - Charles Osbourn (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Carl Lungwitz (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Bobby Allison (fresh) 2 reb. C - Richard Thomas (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 15:45 | Houston | Gary Maury misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 49-31 |
| 15:43 | Houston | Michael Toland misses the tip | 49-31 |
| 15:42 | Houston | Patrick Hall can't tip it in | 49-31 |
| 15:41 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz pulls down the rebound | 49-31 |
| 15:23 | Rice | Bobby Allison misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 49-31 |
| 15:21 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz snags the offensive board | 49-31 |
| 15:03 | Rice | Bobby Allison clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 49-31 |
| 15:02 | Rice | Richard Thomas tips it home | 49-33 |
| 14:40 | Houston | Michael Toland throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-33 |
| Subs | Houston | Steven Vezina (PG), Vernon Trollinger (SG), Joe Lynch (SF), Mark Shellenbarger (C) Gary Maury, Michael Toland, Daniel Nelson, Eric Dahmen | |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Hardy (PG), John Cowling (SF), Ralph Freitas (PF), Matthew Kerr (C) Charles Osbourn, Carl Lungwitz, Bobby Allison, Richard Thomas | |
| 14:23 | Rice | Matthew Kerr's fadeaway is rejected by Mark Shellenbarger | 49-33 |
| 14:22 | Houston | Vernon Trollinger grabs the board | 49-33 |
| 14:16 | Houston | Steven Vezina lays it in set up by Mark Shellenbarger | 51-33 |
| 14:03 | Rice | John Cowling loses the dribble to Vernon Trollinger | 51-33 |
| 14:00 | Houston | Joe Lynch misses the dunk | 51-33 |
| 13:59 | Houston | Mark Shellenbarger grabs the offensive board | 51-33 |
| 13:35 | Houston | Matthew Kerr is called for the reach on Steven Vezina - foul #3 on Matthew Kerr, team foul #5 | 51-33 |
| Subs | Houston | Michael Toland (PF) Patrick Hall | |
| Subs | Rice | Zachary Hedberg (SG) Jeffrey Bone | |
| 13:15 | Houston | Mark Shellenbarger is hacked by Matthew Kerr - foul #4 on Matthew Kerr, team foul #6 | 51-33 |
| Subs | Houston | Eric Dahmen (PF) Michael Toland | |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Osbourn (SG), Bobby Allison (C) Zachary Hedberg, Matthew Kerr | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 12:56 | Houston | Vernon Trollinger scores on a 3 from straight away set up by Joe Lynch | 54-33 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 12:54 | Rice | Michael Hardy is whistled for traveling in the backcourt | 54-33 |
| 12:39 | Houston | Joe Lynch misses the floater in the paint but he's hacked by Charles Osbourn - foul #2 on Charles Osbourn, team foul #7 | 54-33 |
| 12:39 | Houston | Joe Lynch makes the 1st free throw | 55-33 |
| 12:39 | Houston | Joe Lynch makes the 2nd free throw | 56-33 |
| 12:20 | Rice | Ralph Freitas can't connect on a jumper in the lane but he's fouled by Eric Dahmen - foul #3 on Eric Dahmen, team foul #1 | 56-33 |
| 12:20 | Rice | Ralph Freitas makes the 1st free throw | 56-34 |
| 12:20 | Rice | Ralph Freitas makes the 2nd free throw | 56-35 |
| 11:57 | Houston | Mark Shellenbarger misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Ralph Freitas - foul #3 on Ralph Freitas, team foul #8 | 56-35 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Thomas (C) Ralph Freitas | |
| 11:57 | Houston | Mark Shellenbarger makes the 1st free throw | 57-35 |
| 11:57 | Houston | Mark Shellenbarger makes the 2nd free throw | 58-35 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Steven Vezina (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Vernon Trollinger (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - Joe Lynch (fresh) 14 pts. PF - Eric Dahmen (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Mark Shellenbarger (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Michael Hardy (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Osbourn (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Cowling (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Bobby Allison (fresh) 2 reb. C - Richard Thomas (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:36 | Rice | Charles Osbourn drills a 3 pointer from the right corner | 58-38 |
| 11:19 | Houston | Richard Thomas swats the short shot by Steven Vezina | 58-38 |
| 11:18 | Rice | Richard Thomas grabs the defensive rebound | 58-38 |
| 11:00 | Rice | John Cowling misses long on a floater from the left wing | 58-38 |
| 10:58 | Houston | Joe Lynch gets the rebound | 58-38 |
| 10:48 | Houston | Joe Lynch hits a turnaround near the basket | 60-38 |
| 10:27 | Rice | Michael Hardy is fouled on the floor by Steven Vezina - foul #2 on Steven Vezina, team foul #2 | 60-38 |
| Subs | Houston | Gary Maury (PG), Michael Toland (SG), Daniel Nelson (SF), Patrick Hall (PF), Craig Kohr (C) Steven Vezina, Vernon Trollinger, Joe Lynch, Eric Dahmen, Mark Shellenbarger | |
| Subs | Rice | Jeffrey Bone (PG), Zachary Hedberg (SG), Carl Lungwitz (SF), Ralph Freitas (PF) Michael Hardy, Charles Osbourn, John Cowling, Bobby Allison | |
| 10:19 | Rice | Richard Thomas misses short on a driving attempt near the basket | 60-38 |
| 10:17 | Rice | Richard Thomas snags the offensive board | 60-38 |
| 10:12 | Rice | Jeffrey Bone comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 60-38 |
| 10:10 | Houston | The rebound goes to Craig Kohr | 60-38 |
| 09:45 | Houston | Daniel Nelson comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 60-38 |
| 09:44 | Rice | Zachary Hedberg snags the defensive board | 60-38 |
| 09:32 | Rice | Craig Kohr steals the ball from Jeffrey Bone | 60-38 |
| 09:10 | Houston | Daniel Nelson can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Richard Thomas - foul #3 on Richard Thomas, team foul #9 | 60-38 |
| Subs | Houston | Steven Vezina (PG), Vernon Trollinger (SG), Eric Dahmen (PF) Gary Maury, Michael Toland, Craig Kohr | |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Hardy (PG), Charles Osbourn (SG) Jeffrey Bone, Richard Thomas | |
| 09:10 | Houston | Daniel Nelson makes the 1st free throw | 61-38 |
| 09:10 | Houston | Daniel Nelson makes the 2nd free throw | 62-38 |
| 08:50 | Rice | Ralph Freitas misses the runner in the lane | 62-38 |
| 08:49 | Rice | Michael Hardy hits the follow up shot | 62-40 |
| 08:31 | Houston | Zachary Hedberg picks off the pass by Steven Vezina | 62-40 |
| 08:09 | Rice | Ralph Freitas misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 62-40 |
| 08:07 | Rice | Charles Osbourn grabs the offensive rebound | 62-40 |
| 08:02 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 62-40 |
| 08:00 | Rice | Charles Osbourn grabs the offensive board | 62-40 |
| 07:48 | Rice | Carl Lungwitz misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 62-40 |
| 07:46 | Houston | Vernon Trollinger snags the defensive board | 62-40 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Steven Vezina (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Vernon Trollinger (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - Daniel Nelson (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Eric Dahmen (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Patrick Hall (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Michael Hardy (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Osbourn (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Zachary Hedberg (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Ralph Freitas (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Carl Lungwitz (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:42 | Houston | Steven Vezina makes the 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Vernon Trollinger | 65-40 |
| 07:38 | Rice | Charles Osbourn hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Eric Dahmen - foul #4 on Eric Dahmen, team foul #3 | 65-40 |
| Subs | Houston | Joe Lynch (SF), Mark Shellenbarger (C) Daniel Nelson, Patrick Hall | |
| Subs | Rice | John Cowling (SF), Bobby Allison (PF), Matthew Kerr (C) Zachary Hedberg, Ralph Freitas, Carl Lungwitz | |
| 07:38 | Rice | Charles Osbourn makes the 1st free throw | 65-41 |
| 07:38 | Rice | Charles Osbourn misses the 2nd free throw | 65-41 |
| 07:38 | Houston | Mark Shellenbarger grabs the board | 65-41 |
| 07:17 | Houston | Joe Lynch is hacked by John Cowling - foul #3 on John Cowling, team foul #10 | 65-41 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Rice | Jeffrey Bone (PG) Michael Hardy | |
| 07:17 | Houston | Joe Lynch makes the 1st free throw | 66-41 |
| 07:17 | Houston | Joe Lynch misses the 2nd free throw | 66-41 |
| 07:17 | Rice | Matthew Kerr gets the rebound | 66-41 |
| 06:59 | Rice | Matthew Kerr misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 66-41 |
| 06:57 | Rice | Bobby Allison grabs the offensive board | 66-41 |
| 06:47 | Rice | Matthew Kerr is hacked by Vernon Trollinger - foul #1 on Vernon Trollinger, team foul #4 | 66-41 |
| Subs | Houston | Gary Maury (PG) Steven Vezina | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 06:41 | Rice | Jeffrey Bone misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 66-41 |
| 06:40 | Rice | John Cowling grabs the offensive board | 66-41 |
| 06:26 | Rice | Matthew Kerr throws it down set up by John Cowling | 66-43 |
| 05:59 | Houston | Bobby Allison steps in front of the Gary Maury pass | 66-43 |
| 05:43 | Rice | Bobby Allison hits a jump hook from the right block set up by Jeffrey Bone and he's hacked by Eric Dahmen - foul #5 on Eric Dahmen, team foul #5 | 66-45 |
| Subs | Houston | Steven Vezina (PG), Daniel Nelson (SG), Patrick Hall (PF) Gary Maury, Vernon Trollinger, Eric Dahmen | |
| Subs | Rice | Michael Hardy (PG), Ralph Freitas (PF) Jeffrey Bone, John Cowling | |
| 05:43 | Rice | Bobby Allison makes the free throw | 66-46 |
| 05:14 | Houston | Steven Vezina is fouled on the floor by Michael Hardy - foul #2 on Michael Hardy, team foul #11 | 66-46 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Rice | Jeffrey Bone (SG), John Cowling (SF), Richard Thomas (C) Charles Osbourn, Bobby Allison, Matthew Kerr | |
| 05:14 | Houston | Steven Vezina misses the 1st free throw | 66-46 |
| 05:14 | Houston | Steven Vezina misses the 2nd free throw | 66-46 |
| 05:14 | Rice | The rebound goes to Ralph Freitas | 66-46 |
| 04:54 | Rice | Richard Thomas misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 66-46 |
| 04:53 | Houston | Patrick Hall snags the defensive board | 66-46 |
| 04:35 | Houston | Ralph Freitas blocks the short jumper by Mark Shellenbarger | 66-46 |
| 04:33 | Houston | Patrick Hall snags the offensive board | 66-46 |
| 04:14 | Houston | Daniel Nelson misses the 3 from the right corner | 66-46 |
| 04:12 | Houston | Joe Lynch snags the offensive board | 66-46 |
| 03:47 | Houston | Mark Shellenbarger makes the floater in the lane on a great pass from Daniel Nelson | 68-46 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Steven Vezina (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SG - Daniel Nelson (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joe Lynch (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 3 reb. PF - Patrick Hall (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Mark Shellenbarger (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Michael Hardy (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jeffrey Bone (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - John Cowling (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Ralph Freitas (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Richard Thomas (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 03:42 | Rice | John Cowling hits the front of the rim on the floater from close range | 68-46 |
| 03:40 | Houston | Mark Shellenbarger pulls down the rebound | 68-46 |
| 03:22 | Houston | Daniel Nelson is hacked by Jeffrey Bone - foul #1 on Jeffrey Bone, team foul #12 | 68-46 |
| Subs | Houston | Gary Maury (PG), Michael Toland (SG), Craig Kohr (C) Steven Vezina, Joe Lynch, Mark Shellenbarger | |
| Subs | Rice | Zachary Hedberg (SG), Carl Lungwitz (SF), Bobby Allison (PF) Michael Hardy, John Cowling, Ralph Freitas | |
| 03:22 | Houston | Daniel Nelson makes the 1st free throw | 69-46 |
| 03:22 | Houston | Daniel Nelson misses the 2nd free throw | 69-46 |
| 03:22 | Rice | Richard Thomas pulls down the rebound | 69-46 |
| 03:15 | Rice | Richard Thomas hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right side | 69-46 |
| 03:14 | Houston | Patrick Hall grabs the board | 69-46 |
| 02:56 | Houston | Patrick Hall is denied on a layup by Richard Thomas | 69-46 |
| 02:55 | Rice | Jeffrey Bone gets the rebound | 69-46 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:47 | Rice | Richard Thomas hits a turnaround from the baseline on a nice dish by Carl Lungwitz | 69-48 |
| 02:19 | Houston | Daniel Nelson is whistled for traveling | 69-48 |
| 01:53 | Rice | Bobby Allison scores on a 3 pointer from straight away | 69-51 |
| 01:33 | Houston | Daniel Nelson is hacked by Carl Lungwitz - foul #2 on Carl Lungwitz, team foul #13 | 69-51 |
| 01:33 | Houston | Daniel Nelson makes the 1st free throw | 70-51 |
| 01:33 | Houston | Daniel Nelson makes the 2nd free throw | 71-51 |
| 01:24 | Rice | Zachary Hedberg is whistled for traveling | 71-51 |
| 01:06 | Houston | Daniel Nelson can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line | 71-51 |
| 01:05 | Rice | Bobby Allison grabs the board | 71-51 |
| 01:00 | Rice | Bobby Allison can't connect on a shot from the right side | 71-51 |
| 00:58 | Rice | Bobby Allison grabs the offensive board | 71-51 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:56 | Rice | Bobby Allison misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 71-51 |
| 00:54 | Rice | Bobby Allison pulls down the offensive rebound | 71-51 |
| 00:51 | Rice | The jump hook by Richard Thomas is blocked by Patrick Hall | 71-51 |
| 00:50 | Houston | Daniel Nelson pulls down the rebound | 71-51 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:26 | Houston | Richard Thomas denies the turnaround by Michael Toland | 71-51 |
| 00:25 | Houston | Patrick Hall hits the follow up shot | 73-51 |
| 00:18 | Rice | Jeffrey Bone double dribbles | 73-51 |
| 00:00 | Houston | Gary Maury runs out the clock | 73-51 |