| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis David (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Nicholas Phillips (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gary Ferguson (fresh) 8 pts. PF - John Jones (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Chris Campbell (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Donald Partida (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Larry Kirkpatrick (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SF - Julius Kerr (fresh) 11 pts. PF - Jerome Collins (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Michael Boone (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Gary Ferguson inbounds the ball | 46-38 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:53 | Rice | John Jones comes up short on the floater from the left wing but he's fouled by Julius Kerr - foul #1 on Julius Kerr, team foul #1 | 46-38 |
| 19:53 | Rice | John Jones makes the 1st free throw | 47-38 |
| 19:53 | Rice | John Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 48-38 |
| 19:43 | East Carolina | Michael Boone misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 48-38 |
| 19:41 | Rice | John Jones pulls down the rebound | 48-38 |
| 19:39 | Rice | Dennis David is hacked by Donald Partida in the backcourt - foul #1 on Donald Partida, team foul #2 | 48-38 |
| 19:16 | Rice | John Jones misses long on a turnaround in the lane but he's hacked by Donald Partida - foul #2 on Donald Partida, team foul #3 | 48-38 |
| 19:16 | Rice | John Jones misses the 1st free throw | 48-38 |
| 19:16 | Rice | John Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 49-38 |
| 19:02 | East Carolina | Donald Partida knocks in the jumper from the free throw line | 49-40 |
| 18:51 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by John Jones | 52-40 |
| 18:45 | East Carolina | Michael Boone buries a jump hook from the left block on a nice dish by Larry Kirkpatrick | 52-42 |
| 18:21 | Rice | John Jones hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 52-42 |
| 18:19 | Rice | The offensive rebound goes to Nicholas Phillips | 52-42 |
| 18:07 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 52-42 |
| 18:06 | East Carolina | Donald Partida gets the rebound | 52-42 |
| 17:41 | East Carolina | Larry Kirkpatrick misses the jumpshot from the free throw line | 52-42 |
| 17:39 | Rice | Dennis David snags the defensive board | 52-42 |
| 17:10 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Michael Boone - foul #2 on Michael Boone, team foul #4 | 52-42 |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Greenwalt (PG), Manuel Wall (SF), Paul Polston (PF), Joseph Horn (C) Dennis David, Gary Ferguson, John Jones, Chris Campbell | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Edward Cochran (PG), John Henry (SG), Robert Nipp (SF), Rafael Aguilar (PF), Grady Sulejmanovski (C) Donald Partida, Larry Kirkpatrick, Julius Kerr, Jerome Collins, Michael Boone | |
| 17:10 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips misses the 1st free throw | 52-42 |
| 17:10 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips makes the 2nd free throw | 53-42 |
| 16:47 | East Carolina | Edward Cochran connects on the 3 from the left wing | 53-45 |
| 16:40 | Rice | Joseph Horn hits the finger roll set up by Manuel Wall | 55-45 |
| 16:32 | East Carolina | Robert Nipp can't finish the layup | 55-45 |
| 16:30 | Rice | Paul Polston grabs the defensive rebound | 55-45 |
| 16:16 | Rice | Paul Polston's pass is intercepted by Robert Nipp | 55-45 |
| 16:01 | East Carolina | Robert Nipp is hacked by Manuel Wall - foul #2 on Manuel Wall, team foul #1 | 55-45 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis David (PG), Matthew Nickols (C) Richard Greenwalt, Nicholas Phillips | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 15:41 | East Carolina | Robert Nipp makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 55-48 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis David (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Manuel Wall (fresh) 1 pts. 4 ast. SF - Paul Polston (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Joseph Horn (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Matthew Nickols (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Edward Cochran (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Henry (fresh) SF - Robert Nipp (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Rafael Aguilar (fresh) 7 pts. C - Grady Sulejmanovski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:24 | Rice | Joseph Horn clanks a shot from close range | 55-48 |
| 15:23 | East Carolina | John Henry gets the rebound | 55-48 |
| 15:18 | East Carolina | Dennis David picks off the pass by Edward Cochran | 55-48 |
| 14:56 | Rice | Manuel Wall hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 55-48 |
| 14:54 | Rice | The offensive rebound goes to Joseph Horn | 55-48 |
| 14:47 | Rice | Joseph Horn throws it down on a nice dish by Manuel Wall and he's hacked by Robert Nipp - foul #3 on Robert Nipp, team foul #5 | 57-48 |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas Phillips (SG), Gary Ferguson (SF), John Jones (PF) Manuel Wall, Paul Polston, Matthew Nickols | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Donald Partida (PG), Larry Kirkpatrick (SG), Julius Kerr (SF), Jerome Collins (PF), Michael Boone (C) Edward Cochran, John Henry, Robert Nipp, Rafael Aguilar, Grady Sulejmanovski | |
| 14:47 | Rice | Joseph Horn misses the free throw | 57-48 |
| 14:47 | East Carolina | Julius Kerr pulls down the rebound | 57-48 |
| 14:35 | East Carolina | Julius Kerr's pass is intercepted by Dennis David | 57-48 |
| 14:11 | Rice | John Jones makes the jumper from the right block on a great pass from Dennis David | 59-48 |
| 13:58 | East Carolina | Donald Partida is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #3 on Donald Partida, team foul #6 | 59-48 |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Greenwalt (PG), Chris Campbell (C) Dennis David, Joseph Horn | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 13:50 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 59-48 |
| 13:48 | Rice | Gary Ferguson hits the follow up shot | 61-48 |
| 13:35 | East Carolina | Julius Kerr misses the lay-in | 61-48 |
| 13:34 | Rice | Richard Greenwalt pulls down the rebound | 61-48 |
| 13:09 | Rice | John Jones is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on John Jones, team foul #2 | 61-48 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis David (PG), Manuel Wall (SG) Richard Greenwalt, Nicholas Phillips | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Edward Cochran (SG) Larry Kirkpatrick | |
| 12:52 | East Carolina | Edward Cochran misses short on a floater from the left side but the foul's on Chris Campbell - foul #3 on Chris Campbell, team foul #3 | 61-48 |
| 12:52 | East Carolina | Edward Cochran misses the 1st free throw | 61-48 |
| 12:52 | East Carolina | Edward Cochran misses the 2nd free throw | 61-48 |
| 12:52 | East Carolina | The offensive rebound goes to Jerome Collins | 61-48 |
| 12:29 | East Carolina | Jerome Collins can't connect on a floater from the right side but the foul's on John Jones - foul #2 on John Jones, team foul #4 | 61-48 |
| Subs | Rice | Paul Polston (SF), Matthew Nickols (PF) Gary Ferguson, John Jones | |
| Subs | East Carolina | John Henry (SG), Robert Nipp (SF), Grady Sulejmanovski (C) Donald Partida, Julius Kerr, Michael Boone | |
| 12:29 | East Carolina | Jerome Collins makes the 1st free throw | 61-49 |
| 12:29 | East Carolina | Jerome Collins makes the 2nd free throw | 61-50 |
| 12:11 | Rice | Paul Polston misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 61-50 |
| 12:10 | East Carolina | Jerome Collins grabs the board | 61-50 |
| 12:05 | East Carolina | Edward Cochran misses the jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Paul Polston - foul #1 on Paul Polston, team foul #5 | 61-50 |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas Phillips (SG) Matthew Nickols | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Rafael Aguilar (PF) Jerome Collins | |
| 12:05 | East Carolina | Edward Cochran makes the 1st free throw | 61-51 |
| 12:05 | East Carolina | Edward Cochran makes the 2nd free throw | 61-52 |
| 11:54 | Rice | Dennis David can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Robert Nipp - foul #4 on Robert Nipp, team foul #7 | 61-52 |
| Subs | Rice | Matthew Nickols (C) Chris Campbell | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Julius Kerr (SF) Robert Nipp | |
| 11:54 | Rice | Dennis David misses the 1st free throw | 61-52 |
| 11:54 | Rice | Dennis David misses the 2nd free throw | 61-52 |
| 11:54 | East Carolina | Rafael Aguilar gets the rebound | 61-52 |
| 11:50 | East Carolina | Grady Sulejmanovski is hacked by Manuel Wall - foul #3 on Manuel Wall, team foul #6 | 61-52 |
| Subs | Rice | Joseph Horn (C) Matthew Nickols | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 11:33 | East Carolina | Grady Sulejmanovski knocks in the fadeaway from the left block set up by Rafael Aguilar | 61-54 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis David (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Nicholas Phillips (fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. SF - Manuel Wall (fresh) 1 pts. 5 ast. 3 pf. PF - Paul Polston (fresh) 2 reb. C - Joseph Horn (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Edward Cochran (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Henry (fresh) SF - Julius Kerr (fresh) 11 pts. PF - Rafael Aguilar (fresh) 7 pts. C - Grady Sulejmanovski (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:16 | Rice | Paul Polston buries a jumper from the right block set up by Nicholas Phillips and he's hacked by Rafael Aguilar - foul #2 on Rafael Aguilar, team foul #8 | 63-54 |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Greenwalt (PG), John Jones (PF) Dennis David, Manuel Wall | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Donald Partida (PG), Michael Boone (C) John Henry, Grady Sulejmanovski | |
| 11:16 | Rice | Paul Polston makes the free throw | 64-54 |
| 10:55 | East Carolina | Edward Cochran misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 64-54 |
| 10:53 | Rice | The rebound goes to John Jones | 64-54 |
| 10:48 | Rice | Paul Polston hits the finger roll set up by Nicholas Phillips | 66-54 |
| 10:42 | East Carolina | Julius Kerr connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 66-57 |
| 10:31 | Rice | Paul Polston misses badly on a jumper from the right block but the foul's on Rafael Aguilar - foul #3 on Rafael Aguilar, team foul #9 | 66-57 |
| Subs | Rice | Chris Campbell (C) Joseph Horn | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Larry Kirkpatrick (SG), Jerome Collins (PF) Edward Cochran, Julius Kerr | |
| 10:31 | Rice | Paul Polston makes the 1st free throw | 67-57 |
| 10:31 | Rice | Paul Polston makes the 2nd free throw | 68-57 |
| 10:21 | East Carolina | Larry Kirkpatrick is hacked by Chris Campbell - foul #4 on Chris Campbell, team foul #7 | 68-57 |
| Subs | Rice | Gary Ferguson (SF), Matthew Nickols (C) Paul Polston, Chris Campbell | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Julius Kerr (SF) Rafael Aguilar | |
| 10:21 | East Carolina | Larry Kirkpatrick makes the 1st free throw | 68-58 |
| 10:21 | East Carolina | Larry Kirkpatrick makes the 2nd free throw | 68-59 |
| 10:01 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 68-59 |
| 09:59 | East Carolina | Jerome Collins snags the defensive board | 68-59 |
| 09:54 | East Carolina | Donald Partida can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Gary Ferguson - foul #1 on Gary Ferguson, team foul #8 | 68-59 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis David (PG), Manuel Wall (SG) Richard Greenwalt, Nicholas Phillips | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Grady Sulejmanovski (C) Michael Boone | |
| 09:54 | East Carolina | Donald Partida makes the 1st free throw | 68-60 |
| 09:54 | East Carolina | Donald Partida misses the 2nd free throw | 68-60 |
| 09:54 | Rice | John Jones grabs the board | 68-60 |
| 09:41 | Rice | Manuel Wall hits a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Gary Ferguson | 71-60 |
| 09:36 | East Carolina | Donald Partida lays it up and in set up by Julius Kerr | 71-62 |
| 09:11 | Rice | Gary Ferguson misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 71-62 |
| 09:10 | East Carolina | Donald Partida snags the defensive board | 71-62 |
| 08:52 | East Carolina | Larry Kirkpatrick can't connect on a jumper in the lane but he's hacked by Manuel Wall - foul #4 on Manuel Wall, team foul #9 | 71-62 |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas Phillips (SG), Paul Polston (PF), Joseph Horn (C) Manuel Wall, John Jones, Matthew Nickols | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Edward Cochran (PG), Rafael Aguilar (SF) Donald Partida, Julius Kerr | |
| 08:52 | East Carolina | Larry Kirkpatrick makes the 1st free throw | 71-63 |
| 08:52 | East Carolina | Larry Kirkpatrick makes the 2nd free throw | 71-64 |
| 08:43 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips misses the 3 from the left corner | 71-64 |
| 08:42 | East Carolina | Rafael Aguilar pulls down the rebound | 71-64 |
| 08:35 | East Carolina | Grady Sulejmanovski double dribbles | 71-64 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | East Carolina | John Henry (SG), Julius Kerr (SF), Michael Boone (C) Larry Kirkpatrick, Jerome Collins, Grady Sulejmanovski | |
| 08:14 | Rice | Dennis David scores on a shot from the left wing set up by Gary Ferguson | 73-64 |
| 07:58 | East Carolina | Julius Kerr comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing | 73-64 |
| 07:56 | East Carolina | Edward Cochran tips it in | 73-66 |
| 07:38 | Rice | Julius Kerr steals it from Nicholas Phillips | 73-66 |
| 07:18 | East Carolina | Rafael Aguilar hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt in the paint | 73-66 |
| 07:17 | East Carolina | Edward Cochran pulls down the offensive rebound | 73-66 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis David (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Nicholas Phillips (fresh) 17 pts. 4 ast. SF - Gary Ferguson (fairly fresh) 10 pts. PF - Paul Polston (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Joseph Horn (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Edward Cochran (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Henry (fresh) SF - Julius Kerr (tiring) 14 pts. PF - Rafael Aguilar (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Michael Boone (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 07:08 | East Carolina | Julius Kerr comes up short on the floater from the baseline | 73-66 |
| 07:06 | East Carolina | Michael Boone tips it but misses | 73-66 |
| 07:05 | Rice | Gary Ferguson grabs the board | 73-66 |
| 06:40 | Rice | Gary Ferguson misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 73-66 |
| 06:38 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to Rafael Aguilar | 73-66 |
| 06:33 | East Carolina | Nicholas Phillips steps in front of the Edward Cochran pass | 73-66 |
| 06:09 | Rice | Rafael Aguilar steals it from Joseph Horn | 73-66 |
| 05:54 | East Carolina | Julius Kerr comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 73-66 |
| 05:53 | East Carolina | John Henry tips it home | 73-68 |
| 05:53 | Rice | Rice calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 73-68 |
| Subs | Rice | Manuel Wall (SF), John Jones (PF), Chris Campbell (C) Gary Ferguson, Paul Polston, Joseph Horn | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Donald Partida (PG), Larry Kirkpatrick (SG), Robert Nipp (SF), Jerome Collins (PF) Edward Cochran, John Henry, Julius Kerr, Rafael Aguilar | |
| 05:33 | Rice | Manuel Wall drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Nicholas Phillips | 76-68 |
| 05:21 | East Carolina | Robert Nipp is hacked by Manuel Wall - foul #5 on Manuel Wall, team foul #10 | 76-68 |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Greenwalt (PG), Gary Ferguson (SF) Dennis David, Manuel Wall | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Grady Sulejmanovski (C) Michael Boone | |
| 05:21 | East Carolina | Robert Nipp makes the 1st free throw | 76-69 |
| 05:21 | East Carolina | Robert Nipp misses the 2nd free throw | 76-69 |
| 05:21 | Rice | Chris Campbell grabs the defensive rebound | 76-69 |
| 05:05 | Rice | Richard Greenwalt comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 76-69 |
| 05:03 | East Carolina | Jerome Collins grabs the defensive rebound | 76-69 |
| 04:57 | East Carolina | Jerome Collins hits a pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Larry Kirkpatrick | 76-71 |
| 04:45 | Rice | John Jones buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Nicholas Phillips | 79-71 |
| 04:30 | East Carolina | Jerome Collins hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 79-71 |
| 04:28 | Rice | The rebound goes to Chris Campbell | 79-71 |
| 04:21 | Rice | Gary Ferguson lays it up and in on a nice dish by John Jones | 81-71 |
| 03:59 | East Carolina | Robert Nipp can't finish the layup | 81-71 |
| 03:57 | Rice | John Jones snags the defensive board | 81-71 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:40 | Rice | John Jones misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 81-71 |
| 03:38 | East Carolina | Robert Nipp snags the defensive board | 81-71 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:33 | East Carolina | Gary Ferguson is called for the reach on Larry Kirkpatrick - foul #2 on Gary Ferguson, team foul #11 | 81-71 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis David (PG), Paul Polston (SF), Joseph Horn (PF), Matthew Nickols (C) Nicholas Phillips, Gary Ferguson, John Jones, Chris Campbell | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Edward Cochran (PG), Julius Kerr (SF), Rafael Aguilar (PF), Michael Boone (C) Donald Partida, Robert Nipp, Jerome Collins, Grady Sulejmanovski | |
| 03:33 | East Carolina | Larry Kirkpatrick misses the 1st free throw | 81-71 |
| 03:33 | East Carolina | Larry Kirkpatrick makes the 2nd free throw | 81-72 |
| 03:11 | Rice | Richard Greenwalt is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on Richard Greenwalt, team foul #12 | 81-72 |
| Subs | Rice | William Burakowski (SG) Richard Greenwalt | |
| Subs | East Carolina | John Henry (SG) Larry Kirkpatrick | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis David (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - William Burakowski (fresh) SF - Paul Polston (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joseph Horn (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - Matthew Nickols (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Edward Cochran (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Henry (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Julius Kerr (fairly fresh) 14 pts. PF - Rafael Aguilar (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Michael Boone (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 02:58 | East Carolina | Michael Boone banks in the layup set up by Rafael Aguilar | 81-74 |
| 02:58 | Rice | Rice calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 81-74 |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas Phillips (SG), John Jones (PF), Chris Campbell (C) William Burakowski, Joseph Horn, Matthew Nickols | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Donald Partida (PG), Jerome Collins (PF) John Henry, Rafael Aguilar | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:36 | Rice | Nicholas Phillips misses long on a runner from the baseline | 81-74 |
| 02:34 | Rice | Paul Polston can't tip it in | 81-74 |
| 02:33 | East Carolina | Jerome Collins snags the defensive board | 81-74 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:27 | East Carolina | Jerome Collins lays it up and in set up by Edward Cochran and the foul's on John Jones - foul #3 on John Jones, team foul #13 | 81-76 |
| 02:27 | East Carolina | Jerome Collins makes the free throw | 81-77 |
| 02:05 | Rice | Paul Polston banks in the layup set up by Dennis David | 83-77 |
| 01:47 | East Carolina | Michael Boone travels with the ball | 83-77 |
| Subs | Rice | Gary Ferguson (SF) Paul Polston | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Larry Kirkpatrick (SG) Edward Cochran | |
| 01:35 | Rice | Dennis David connects on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 86-77 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:31 | East Carolina | Michael Boone is hacked by John Jones - foul #4 on John Jones, team foul #14 | 86-77 |
| 01:31 | East Carolina | Michael Boone makes the 1st free throw | 86-78 |
| 01:31 | East Carolina | Michael Boone misses the 2nd free throw | 86-78 |
| 01:31 | Rice | Chris Campbell gets the rebound | 86-78 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:02 | Rice | Chris Campbell hits a driving attempt from close range on a nice dish by Dennis David | 88-78 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:57 | East Carolina | Julius Kerr clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Nicholas Phillips - foul #1 on Nicholas Phillips, team foul #15 | 88-78 |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Greenwalt (PG), William Burakowski (SG), Paul Polston (SF), Joseph Horn (PF), Matthew Nickols (C) Dennis David, Nicholas Phillips, Gary Ferguson, John Jones, Chris Campbell | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Edward Cochran (PG), John Henry (SG), Robert Nipp (PF), Grady Sulejmanovski (C) Donald Partida, Larry Kirkpatrick, Jerome Collins, Michael Boone | |
| 00:57 | East Carolina | Julius Kerr makes the 1st free throw | 88-79 |
| 00:57 | East Carolina | Julius Kerr makes the 2nd free throw | 88-80 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:55 | Rice | William Burakowski is hacked by Edward Cochran in the backcourt - foul #3 on Edward Cochran, team foul #10 | 88-80 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis David (PG), Gary Ferguson (SF) Richard Greenwalt, Matthew Nickols | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Donald Partida (PG), Larry Kirkpatrick (SG), Jerome Collins (PF), Michael Boone (C) Edward Cochran, John Henry, Robert Nipp, Grady Sulejmanovski | |
| 00:55 | Rice | William Burakowski misses the 1st free throw | 88-80 |
| 00:55 | Rice | William Burakowski makes the 2nd free throw | 89-80 |
| 00:51 | East Carolina | Julius Kerr clanks a 3 from the left corner | 89-80 |
| 00:50 | Rice | The rebound goes to Joseph Horn | 89-80 |
| 00:50 | Rice | Rice calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 89-80 |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Greenwalt (SG) William Burakowski | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 00:48 | Rice | Paul Polston is hacked by Donald Partida in the backcourt - foul #4 on Donald Partida, team foul #11 | 89-80 |
| 00:48 | Rice | Paul Polston makes the 1st free throw | 90-80 |
| 00:48 | Rice | Paul Polston makes the 2nd free throw | 91-80 |
| 00:45 | East Carolina | Dennis David is called for the reach on Donald Partida in the backcourt - foul #1 on Dennis David, team foul #16 | 91-80 |
| Subs | Rice | William Burakowski (SG), Matthew Nickols (C) Dennis David, Gary Ferguson | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Edward Cochran (SG), Robert Nipp (SF), Rafael Aguilar (PF), Grady Sulejmanovski (C) Larry Kirkpatrick, Julius Kerr, Jerome Collins, Michael Boone | |
| 00:45 | East Carolina | Donald Partida makes the 1st free throw | 91-81 |
| 00:45 | East Carolina | Donald Partida misses the 2nd free throw | 91-81 |
| 00:45 | Rice | Joseph Horn grabs the board | 91-81 |
| 00:44 | Rice | Donald Partida is called for the reach on Joseph Horn in the backcourt - foul #5 on Donald Partida, team foul #12 | 91-81 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | East Carolina | John Henry (SG) Donald Partida | |
| 00:44 | Rice | Joseph Horn makes the 1st free throw | 92-81 |
| 00:44 | Rice | Joseph Horn makes the 2nd free throw | 93-81 |
| 00:38 | East Carolina | William Burakowski is called for the reach on John Henry - foul #2 on William Burakowski, team foul #17 | 93-81 |
| 00:38 | East Carolina | John Henry makes the 1st free throw | 93-82 |
| 00:38 | East Carolina | John Henry makes the 2nd free throw | 93-83 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:16 | Rice | Richard Greenwalt misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 93-83 |
| 00:14 | East Carolina | Rafael Aguilar gets the rebound | 93-83 |
| 00:07 | East Carolina | William Burakowski steals the ball from Edward Cochran | 93-83 |
| 00:00 | Rice | Richard Greenwalt runs out the clock | 93-83 |