| Lineup | Houston | PG - Jon Strand (fresh) SG - John Mitchell (fresh) SF - Buddy Waterhouse (fresh) PF - Matthew Hillyard (fresh) C - Christopher Dunmire (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Claude Williams (fresh) SG - Jasper Stewart (fresh) SF - Felix Rodriguez (fresh) PF - Elbert Brown (fresh) C - Thomas Simmons (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Houston | Christopher Dunmire wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:32 | Houston | Buddy Waterhouse misses long on a jump hook near the basket | 0-0 |
| 19:30 | Marshall | Elbert Brown grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 19:16 | Marshall | Elbert Brown misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Christopher Dunmire - foul #1 on Christopher Dunmire, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:16 | Marshall | Elbert Brown makes the 1st free throw | 0-1 |
| 19:16 | Marshall | Elbert Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 0-2 |
| 19:02 | Houston | Claude Williams is called for the reach on John Mitchell - foul #1 on Claude Williams, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 18:49 | Houston | Matthew Hillyard lays it in despite the doubleteam on a great pass from John Mitchell | 2-2 |
| 18:35 | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez connects on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Claude Williams | 2-4 |
| 18:12 | Houston | John Mitchell scores on a fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Jon Strand | 4-4 |
| 17:55 | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez scores on a shot in the paint set up by Claude Williams | 4-6 |
| 17:28 | Houston | Buddy Waterhouse is hacked by Elbert Brown - foul #1 on Elbert Brown, team foul #2 | 4-6 |
| 17:16 | Houston | John Mitchell works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 4-6 |
| 17:14 | Houston | Matthew Hillyard snags the offensive board | 4-6 |
| 17:00 | Houston | Matthew Hillyard is denied on a layup by Elbert Brown | 4-6 |
| 16:58 | Houston | Matthew Hillyard tips it in | 6-6 |
| 16:33 | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez lays it in on a great pass from Thomas Simmons and he's fouled by Buddy Waterhouse - foul #1 on Buddy Waterhouse, team foul #2 | 6-8 |
| 16:33 | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez makes the free throw | 6-9 |
| 16:08 | Houston | Elbert Brown steals the ball from John Mitchell | 6-9 |
| 15:48 | Marshall | Jasper Stewart misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 6-9 |
| 15:46 | Marshall | Elbert Brown gets the offensive rebound | 6-9 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Jon Strand (fresh) 1 ast. SG - John Mitchell (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Buddy Waterhouse (fairly fresh) PF - Matthew Hillyard (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Christopher Dunmire (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Claude Williams (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Jasper Stewart (fresh) SF - Felix Rodriguez (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Elbert Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Thomas Simmons (fresh) | |
| 15:35 | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 6-9 |
| 15:34 | Marshall | Thomas Simmons tips it home | 6-11 |
| 15:09 | Houston | Buddy Waterhouse makes the shot in the lane on a great pass from John Mitchell and the foul's on Elbert Brown - foul #2 on Elbert Brown, team foul #3 | 8-11 |
| Subs | Houston | Ronald Russell (PG), Yuri Jesiolowski (SG), Lyndon Cable (PF) Jon Strand, John Mitchell, Matthew Hillyard | |
| Subs | Marshall | John Beaudoin (PG), Charles Delavega (SF), Irvin Conroy (PF) Claude Williams, Felix Rodriguez, Elbert Brown | |
| 15:09 | Houston | Buddy Waterhouse makes the free throw | 9-11 |
| 14:52 | Marshall | Jasper Stewart is hacked by Yuri Jesiolowski - foul #1 on Yuri Jesiolowski, team foul #3 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Houston | Edgar Williams (SF) Buddy Waterhouse | |
| Subs | Marshall | Ronald Copland (C) Thomas Simmons | |
| 14:43 | Marshall | John Beaudoin clanks a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Yuri Jesiolowski - foul #2 on Yuri Jesiolowski, team foul #4 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Houston | John Mitchell (SG) Yuri Jesiolowski | |
| Subs | Marshall | | |
| 14:43 | Marshall | John Beaudoin misses the 1st free throw | 9-11 |
| 14:43 | Marshall | John Beaudoin makes the 2nd free throw | 9-12 |
| 14:14 | Houston | John Mitchell can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Jasper Stewart - foul #1 on Jasper Stewart, team foul #4 | 9-12 |
| Subs | Houston | Matthew Hillyard (PF) Christopher Dunmire | |
| Subs | Marshall | Porfirio Esposito (SG), Felix Rodriguez (SF) Jasper Stewart, Irvin Conroy | |
| 14:14 | Houston | John Mitchell makes the 1st free throw | 10-12 |
| 14:14 | Houston | John Mitchell makes the 2nd free throw | 11-12 |
| 14:05 | Marshall | Lyndon Cable swats the short shot by Felix Rodriguez | 11-12 |
| 14:04 | Houston | The rebound goes to Lyndon Cable | 11-12 |
| 13:59 | Houston | John Mitchell splits the doubleteam but misses short on a fadeaway from the left wing | 11-12 |
| 13:58 | Marshall | Charles Delavega grabs the board | 11-12 |
| 13:47 | Marshall | John Beaudoin clanks a 3 from the right corner | 11-12 |
| 13:46 | Houston | Lyndon Cable grabs the defensive rebound | 11-12 |
| 13:28 | Houston | Ronald Russell connects on the floater from close range | 13-12 |
| 13:07 | Marshall | Edgar Williams is called for the reach on Felix Rodriguez - foul #1 on Edgar Williams, team foul #5 | 13-12 |
| Subs | Houston | Jon Strand (SG), Buddy Waterhouse (SF), Christopher Dunmire (C) John Mitchell, Edgar Williams, Matthew Hillyard | |
| Subs | Marshall | Claude Williams (PG), Jasper Stewart (SG), Thomas Simmons (C) John Beaudoin, Porfirio Esposito, Ronald Copland | |
| 12:52 | Marshall | Claude Williams hits a fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Charles Delavega | 13-14 |
| 12:49 | Houston | Claude Williams steals it from Ronald Russell in the backcourt | 13-14 |
| 12:42 | Marshall | Jasper Stewart knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Felix Rodriguez | 13-17 |
| 12:14 | Houston | Buddy Waterhouse misses the floater from the free throw line but he's fouled by Felix Rodriguez - foul #1 on Felix Rodriguez, team foul #5 | 13-17 |
| Subs | Houston | John Mitchell (SG), Matthew Hillyard (PF) Ronald Russell, Lyndon Cable | |
| Subs | Marshall | John Beaudoin (SG) Felix Rodriguez | |
| 12:14 | Houston | Buddy Waterhouse misses the 1st free throw | 13-17 |
| 12:14 | Houston | Buddy Waterhouse makes the 2nd free throw | 14-17 |
| 12:06 | Marshall | John Beaudoin scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Jasper Stewart | 14-20 |
| 11:40 | Houston | Buddy Waterhouse misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 14-20 |
| 11:38 | Marshall | Thomas Simmons pulls down the rebound | 14-20 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Jon Strand (fresh) 1 ast. SG - John Mitchell (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Buddy Waterhouse (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Matthew Hillyard (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Christopher Dunmire (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Claude Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Beaudoin (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Jasper Stewart (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Charles Delavega (fresh) C - Thomas Simmons (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:22 | Marshall | Jon Strand picks off the pass by Jasper Stewart | 14-20 |
| 11:19 | Houston | Jon Strand lays it up and in | 16-20 |
| 11:03 | Marshall | Jasper Stewart knocks in the 3 from the left corner set up by John Beaudoin | 16-23 |
| 10:34 | Houston | Christopher Dunmire hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing | 16-23 |
| 10:32 | Marshall | Thomas Simmons gets the rebound | 16-23 |
| 10:20 | Marshall | John Beaudoin is whistled for a carry | 16-23 |
| Subs | Houston | Ronald Russell (PG), Edgar Williams (SF), Lyndon Cable (C) John Mitchell, Buddy Waterhouse, Christopher Dunmire | |
| Subs | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez (SF), Irvin Conroy (PF) John Beaudoin, Charles Delavega | |
| 10:02 | Houston | Irvin Conroy steals it from Matthew Hillyard out of a doubleteam | 16-23 |
| 09:46 | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez can't finish the layup | 16-23 |
| 09:44 | Houston | Matthew Hillyard grabs the board | 16-23 |
| 09:32 | Houston | Jasper Stewart steps in front of the Lyndon Cable pass | 16-23 |
| 09:18 | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez double dribbles | 16-23 |
| Subs | Houston | John Mitchell (SG), Christopher Dunmire (C) Jon Strand, Matthew Hillyard | |
| Subs | Marshall | John Beaudoin (PG), Porfirio Esposito (SG), Ronald Copland (C) Claude Williams, Jasper Stewart, Thomas Simmons | |
| 08:59 | Houston | Christopher Dunmire travels with the ball | 16-23 |
| 08:44 | Marshall | Porfirio Esposito misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 16-23 |
| 08:42 | Houston | Christopher Dunmire snags the defensive board | 16-23 |
| 08:28 | Houston | Christopher Dunmire can't connect on an uncontested floater from the right side | 16-23 |
| 08:26 | Marshall | Ronald Copland grabs the defensive rebound | 16-23 |
| 08:04 | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez can't connect on a jumper in the lane but he's fouled by Edgar Williams - foul #2 on Edgar Williams, team foul #6 | 16-23 |
| Subs | Houston | Jon Strand (PG), Buddy Waterhouse (SF) Ronald Russell, Edgar Williams | |
| Subs | Marshall | Jasper Stewart (SG), Charles Delavega (PF), Thomas Simmons (C) Porfirio Esposito, Irvin Conroy, Ronald Copland | |
| 08:04 | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez misses the 1st free throw | 16-23 |
| 08:04 | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez misses the 2nd free throw | 16-23 |
| 08:04 | Houston | Christopher Dunmire gets the rebound | 16-23 |
| 07:35 | Houston | Buddy Waterhouse knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Jon Strand | 19-23 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Jon Strand (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Mitchell (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Buddy Waterhouse (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Lyndon Cable (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Christopher Dunmire (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - John Beaudoin (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jasper Stewart (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Felix Rodriguez (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Charles Delavega (fresh) C - Thomas Simmons (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:23 | Marshall | Jasper Stewart clanks a 3 from the left wing | 19-23 |
| 07:22 | Marshall | Thomas Simmons tips it in | 19-25 |
| 07:10 | Houston | John Mitchell makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Jon Strand | 22-25 |
| 06:49 | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez travels with the ball | 22-25 |
| Subs | Houston | Matthew Hillyard (PF) Lyndon Cable | |
| Subs | Marshall | Claude Williams (PG), Irvin Conroy (PF) John Beaudoin, Felix Rodriguez | |
| 06:31 | Houston | Matthew Hillyard misses the fadeaway from the right side | 22-25 |
| 06:29 | Marshall | The rebound goes to Thomas Simmons | 22-25 |
| 06:12 | Marshall | Charles Delavega is hacked by Buddy Waterhouse - foul #2 on Buddy Waterhouse, team foul #7 | 22-25 |
| Subs | Houston | Ronald Russell (PG) Jon Strand | |
| Subs | Marshall | Ronald Copland (C) Thomas Simmons | |
| 06:12 | Marshall | Charles Delavega makes the 1st free throw | 22-26 |
| 06:12 | Marshall | Charles Delavega makes the 2nd free throw | 22-27 |
| 05:52 | Houston | John Mitchell shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 22-27 |
| 05:51 | Houston | Christopher Dunmire grabs the offensive board | 22-27 |
| 05:34 | Houston | Ronald Russell clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 22-27 |
| 05:33 | Houston | Matthew Hillyard grabs the offensive board | 22-27 |
| 05:14 | Houston | John Mitchell can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 22-27 |
| 05:13 | Marshall | Charles Delavega snags the defensive board | 22-27 |
| 05:09 | Marshall | Jasper Stewart buries a 3 from the right corner | 22-30 |
| 04:50 | Houston | Ronald Russell misses short on a runner from the right block | 22-30 |
| 04:48 | Marshall | Ronald Copland pulls down the rebound | 22-30 |
| 04:32 | Marshall | Matthew Hillyard steals it from Charles Delavega | 22-30 |
| 04:27 | Houston | Buddy Waterhouse clanks a 3 from the right corner | 22-30 |
| 04:26 | Marshall | Irvin Conroy snags the defensive board | 22-30 |
| 04:21 | Marshall | Jasper Stewart misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 22-30 |
| 04:20 | Houston | The rebound goes to Christopher Dunmire | 22-30 |
| 04:16 | Houston | Ronald Russell loses the dribble to Claude Williams in the backcourt | 22-30 |
| 03:57 | Marshall | Charles Delavega lays it in | 22-32 |
| 03:46 | Houston | Christopher Dunmire is alone and drills a floater from the right wing set up by Matthew Hillyard out of the doubleteam | 24-32 |
| 03:25 | Marshall | Charles Delavega misses badly on a jumper from the baseline | 24-32 |
| 03:23 | Houston | Matthew Hillyard snags the defensive board | 24-32 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Ronald Russell (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - John Mitchell (tiring) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Buddy Waterhouse (fairly fresh) 7 pts. PF - Matthew Hillyard (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Christopher Dunmire (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Claude Williams (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jasper Stewart (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Delavega (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Irvin Conroy (fairly fresh) C - Ronald Copland (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 02:59 | Houston | Matthew Hillyard lays it up and in set up by Ronald Russell and he's hacked by Claude Williams - foul #2 on Claude Williams, team foul #6 | 26-32 |
| Subs | Houston | Jon Strand (PG), Yuri Jesiolowski (SG), Edgar Williams (SF), Lyndon Cable (C) Ronald Russell, John Mitchell, Buddy Waterhouse, Christopher Dunmire | |
| Subs | Marshall | John Beaudoin (PG), Porfirio Esposito (SG), Felix Rodriguez (SF), Elbert Brown (PF), Thomas Simmons (C) Claude Williams, Jasper Stewart, Charles Delavega, Irvin Conroy, Ronald Copland | |
| 02:59 | Houston | Matthew Hillyard makes the free throw | 27-32 |
| 02:50 | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez misses short on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Edgar Williams - foul #3 on Edgar Williams, team foul #8 | 27-32 |
| Subs | Houston | Buddy Waterhouse (SF) Edgar Williams | |
| Subs | Marshall | | |
| 02:50 | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez makes the 1st free throw | 27-33 |
| 02:50 | Marshall | Felix Rodriguez makes the 2nd free throw | 27-34 |
| 02:33 | Houston | Jon Strand is fouled on the floor by Elbert Brown - foul #3 on Elbert Brown, team foul #7 | 27-34 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Marshall | Willis Oscar (SF) Elbert Brown | |
| 02:33 | Houston | Jon Strand makes the 1st free throw | 28-34 |
| 02:33 | Houston | Jon Strand makes the 2nd free throw | 29-34 |
| 02:23 | Marshall | Thomas Simmons knocks in the floater from close range set up by Felix Rodriguez | 29-36 |
| 01:55 | Houston | The jump hook by Buddy Waterhouse is blocked by Thomas Simmons | 29-36 |
| 01:54 | Houston | Matthew Hillyard tips it in | 31-36 |
| 01:46 | Marshall | Thomas Simmons is fouled on the floor by Lyndon Cable - foul #1 on Lyndon Cable, team foul #9 | 31-36 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Marshall | Irvin Conroy (PF) Willis Oscar | |
| 01:46 | Marshall | Thomas Simmons makes the 1st free throw | 31-37 |
| 01:46 | Marshall | Thomas Simmons makes the 2nd free throw | 31-38 |
| 01:43 | Houston | Jon Strand is hacked by Porfirio Esposito in the backcourt - foul #1 on Porfirio Esposito, team foul #8 | 31-38 |
| 01:43 | Houston | Jon Strand makes the 1st free throw | 32-38 |
| 01:43 | Houston | Jon Strand makes the 2nd free throw | 33-38 |
| 01:20 | Marshall | Thomas Simmons buries a runner in the paint on a great pass from Porfirio Esposito | 33-40 |
| 01:04 | Houston | Buddy Waterhouse can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 33-40 |
| 01:03 | Marshall | Irvin Conroy pulls down the rebound | 33-40 |
| 00:57 | Marshall | John Beaudoin scores on a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Porfirio Esposito | 33-43 |
| 00:36 | Houston | The pull-up jumper by Matthew Hillyard is blocked by Irvin Conroy | 33-43 |
| 00:35 | Marshall | Thomas Simmons grabs the board | 33-43 |
| 00:19 | Marshall | John Beaudoin misses short on a floater from the left wing | 33-43 |
| 00:17 | Houston | Lyndon Cable snags the defensive board | 33-43 |
| 00:00 | Houston | Irvin Conroy swats the short shot by Matthew Hillyard | 33-43 |