| Lineup | Rice | PG - Craig Chappell (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. SG - Raymond Burns (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Reginald Eller (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Phipps (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Timothy Chavis (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Robert Fowler (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bryan Kale (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Dallas Bair (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. PF - Maurice Hogg (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Ian Warren (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Reginald Eller inbounds the ball | 18-33 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:43 | Rice | Maurice Hogg picks off the pass by Raymond Phipps | 18-33 |
| 19:18 | Rhode Island | Robert Fowler misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 18-33 |
| 19:16 | Rice | The rebound goes to Timothy Chavis | 18-33 |
| 19:10 | Rice | Craig Chappell buries a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Raymond Burns out of a doubleteam | 20-33 |
| 18:45 | Rhode Island | Raymond Phipps is called for the reach on Bryan Kale - foul #1 on Raymond Phipps, team foul #1 | 20-33 |
| 18:22 | Rhode Island | Robert Fowler misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 20-33 |
| 18:21 | Rhode Island | Maurice Hogg snags the offensive board | 20-33 |
| 18:03 | Rhode Island | Robert Fowler scores on a jumper from the right wing | 20-35 |
| 17:48 | Rice | Raymond Burns shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 20-35 |
| 17:46 | Rice | Raymond Burns grabs the offensive rebound | 20-35 |
| 17:29 | Rice | Raymond Burns is hacked by Bryan Kale during a doubleteam - foul #2 on Bryan Kale, team foul #1 | 20-35 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Herbert Bridges (C) Ian Warren | |
| 17:06 | Rice | Craig Chappell scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 23-35 |
| 16:41 | Rhode Island | Robert Fowler loses the dribble to Raymond Burns | 23-35 |
| 16:38 | Rice | Raymond Burns lays it in | 25-35 |
| 16:09 | Rhode Island | Maurice Hogg lays it up and in | 25-37 |
| 15:40 | Rice | Raymond Burns's pass is intercepted by Dallas Bair | 25-37 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Craig Chappell (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 stl. SG - Raymond Burns (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Reginald Eller (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Phipps (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Timothy Chavis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Robert Fowler (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bryan Kale (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Dallas Bair (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. PF - Maurice Hogg (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Herbert Bridges (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:12 | Rhode Island | Bryan Kale is whistled for a carry | 25-37 |
| Subs | Rice | Gregg Moore (PG), Hiram Lyons (SG), Richard Mascarenas (SF), Robert Pearce (PF), William Sedillo (C) Craig Chappell, Raymond Burns, Reginald Eller, Raymond Phipps, Timothy Chavis | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jason Alston (PG), James Zanayed (SG), James Whitlock (PF), Ian Warren (C) Robert Fowler, Bryan Kale, Maurice Hogg, Herbert Bridges | |
| 14:57 | Rice | Robert Pearce misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 25-37 |
| 14:56 | Rice | Richard Mascarenas grabs the offensive board | 25-37 |
| 14:37 | Rice | A charge is called on Gregg Moore - foul #2 on Gregg Moore, team foul #2 | 25-37 |
| 14:11 | Rhode Island | Ian Warren hits the finger roll set up by James Whitlock | 25-39 |
| 13:57 | Rice | Richard Mascarenas lays it in | 27-39 |
| 13:29 | Rhode Island | Ian Warren is hacked by Gregg Moore - foul #3 on Gregg Moore, team foul #3 | 27-39 |
| Subs | Rice | Craig Chappell (PG), Raymond Burns (SG), Raymond Phipps (PF) Gregg Moore, Hiram Lyons, William Sedillo | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Robert Fowler (PG) Jason Alston | |
| 13:04 | Rhode Island | Dallas Bair scores on a shot from close range and the foul's on Richard Mascarenas - foul #1 on Richard Mascarenas, team foul #4 | 27-41 |
| Subs | Rice | Timothy Chavis (C) Robert Pearce | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Maurice Hogg (PF) James Whitlock | |
| 13:04 | Rhode Island | Dallas Bair makes the free throw | 27-42 |
| 12:50 | Rice | Raymond Burns can't finish the layup against a doubleteam but he's fouled by James Zanayed - foul #2 on James Zanayed, team foul #2 | 27-42 |
| Subs | Rice | Reginald Eller (SF) Richard Mascarenas | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | William Diehl (SF), Herbert Bridges (C) Dallas Bair, Ian Warren | |
| 12:50 | Rice | Raymond Burns makes the 1st free throw | 28-42 |
| 12:50 | Rice | Raymond Burns misses the 2nd free throw | 28-42 |
| 12:50 | Rhode Island | William Diehl grabs the board | 28-42 |
| 12:35 | Rhode Island | Robert Fowler knocks in the fadeaway near the basket set up by Maurice Hogg and he's hacked by Craig Chappell - foul #2 on Craig Chappell, team foul #5 | 28-44 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Bryan Kale (SG) James Zanayed | |
| 12:35 | Rhode Island | Robert Fowler makes the free throw | 28-45 |
| 12:18 | Rice | Herbert Bridges swats the short shot by Timothy Chavis | 28-45 |
| 12:17 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to William Diehl | 28-45 |
| 11:53 | Rhode Island | Raymond Phipps is called for the reach on Maurice Hogg - foul #2 on Raymond Phipps, team foul #6 | 28-45 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Dallas Bair (SF) William Diehl | |
| 11:32 | Rhode Island | Dallas Bair is hacked by Timothy Chavis - foul #3 on Timothy Chavis, team foul #7 | 28-45 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | James Whitlock (PF), Ian Warren (C) Maurice Hogg, Herbert Bridges | |
| 11:32 | Rhode Island | Dallas Bair makes the 1st free throw | 28-46 |
| 11:32 | Rhode Island | Dallas Bair makes the 2nd free throw | 28-47 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Craig Chappell (fresh) 9 pts. 2 stl. SG - Raymond Burns (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Reginald Eller (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Phipps (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Timothy Chavis (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Robert Fowler (fresh) 18 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bryan Kale (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Dallas Bair (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. PF - James Whitlock (fresh) C - Ian Warren (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 11:09 | Rice | Timothy Chavis misses long on an open jumper near the basket | 28-47 |
| 11:08 | Rhode Island | James Whitlock grabs the board | 28-47 |
| 11:04 | Rhode Island | Robert Fowler clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 28-47 |
| 11:02 | Rice | Reginald Eller snags the defensive board | 28-47 |
| 10:47 | Rice | Raymond Burns hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 28-47 |
| 10:45 | Rice | Raymond Phipps grabs the offensive rebound | 28-47 |
| 10:35 | Rice | Reginald Eller can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 28-47 |
| 10:33 | Rhode Island | James Whitlock grabs the defensive rebound | 28-47 |
| 10:16 | Rhode Island | James Whitlock misses long on a jumper from the right block but the foul's on Raymond Phipps - foul #3 on Raymond Phipps, team foul #8 | 28-47 |
| Subs | Rice | Gregg Moore (SG), Richard Mascarenas (SF), Robert Pearce (PF), William Sedillo (C) Raymond Burns, Reginald Eller, Raymond Phipps, Timothy Chavis | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | James Zanayed (SG), William Diehl (SF), Herbert Bridges (C) Bryan Kale, Dallas Bair, Ian Warren | |
| 10:16 | Rhode Island | James Whitlock makes the 1st free throw | 28-48 |
| 10:16 | Rhode Island | James Whitlock misses the 2nd free throw | 28-48 |
| 10:16 | Rice | Robert Pearce gets the rebound | 28-48 |
| 10:00 | Rice | Craig Chappell is called for 3 seconds | 28-48 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Maurice Hogg (PF) James Whitlock | |
| 09:35 | Rhode Island | William Sedillo takes the ball from Robert Fowler | 28-48 |
| 09:22 | Rice | Gregg Moore misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 28-48 |
| 09:20 | Rhode Island | William Diehl grabs the board | 28-48 |
| 09:16 | Rhode Island | William Diehl misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 28-48 |
| 09:15 | Rhode Island | James Zanayed grabs the offensive board | 28-48 |
| 08:54 | Rhode Island | Robert Fowler comes up short on the turnaround in the lane | 28-48 |
| 08:53 | Rhode Island | William Diehl gets the offensive rebound | 28-48 |
| 08:28 | Rhode Island | Robert Fowler misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 28-48 |
| 08:26 | Rice | Robert Pearce gets the rebound | 28-48 |
| 08:13 | Rice | William Sedillo comes up short on the turnaround in the lane | 28-48 |
| 08:12 | Rice | William Sedillo grabs the offensive board | 28-48 |
| 08:05 | Rice | Craig Chappell is fouled on the floor by Robert Fowler - foul #2 on Robert Fowler, team foul #3 | 28-48 |
| Subs | Rice | Raymond Burns (SG), Reginald Eller (SF), Raymond Phipps (PF), Timothy Chavis (C) Craig Chappell, Richard Mascarenas, Robert Pearce, William Sedillo | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jason Alston (PG), Bryan Kale (SG), Dallas Bair (SF), Ian Warren (C) Robert Fowler, James Zanayed, William Diehl, Herbert Bridges | |
| 07:54 | Rice | Raymond Phipps is by himself and knocks in the floater from close range | 30-48 |
| 07:49 | Rhode Island | Reginald Eller steals it from Jason Alston | 30-48 |
| 07:36 | Rice | Dallas Bair steps in front of the Timothy Chavis pass | 30-48 |
| 07:09 | Rhode Island | Dallas Bair is hacked by Timothy Chavis - foul #4 on Timothy Chavis, team foul #9 | 30-48 |
| Subs | Rice | Hiram Lyons (PG) Gregg Moore | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | James Whitlock (PF) Maurice Hogg | |
| 07:09 | Rhode Island | Dallas Bair makes the 1st free throw | 30-49 |
| 07:09 | Rhode Island | Dallas Bair misses the 2nd free throw | 30-49 |
| 07:09 | Rice | Reginald Eller grabs the board | 30-49 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Hiram Lyons (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Raymond Burns (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Reginald Eller (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Raymond Phipps (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Timothy Chavis (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Jason Alston (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Bryan Kale (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Dallas Bair (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. 4 stl. PF - James Whitlock (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Ian Warren (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 07:00 | Rice | James Whitlock is called for the reach on Raymond Phipps - foul #2 on James Whitlock, team foul #4 | 30-49 |
| 06:47 | Rice | Raymond Phipps misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 30-49 |
| 06:46 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Ian Warren | 30-49 |
| 06:17 | Rhode Island | Jason Alston misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 30-49 |
| 06:15 | Rice | Raymond Burns gets the rebound | 30-49 |
| 05:51 | Rice | Raymond Phipps can't connect on a turnaround from the right block | 30-49 |
| 05:49 | Rhode Island | Ian Warren grabs the board | 30-49 |
| 05:28 | Rhode Island | Jason Alston misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 30-49 |
| 05:27 | Rice | The rebound goes to Reginald Eller | 30-49 |
| 05:08 | Rice | Reginald Eller knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Raymond Burns out of a doubleteam and he's fouled by Bryan Kale - foul #3 on Bryan Kale, team foul #5 | 32-49 |
| Subs | Rice | Gregg Moore (PG), Richard Mascarenas (PF), Robert Pearce (C) Raymond Burns, Raymond Phipps, Timothy Chavis | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | James Zanayed (SG), William Diehl (SF), Herbert Bridges (C) Bryan Kale, Dallas Bair, Ian Warren | |
| 05:08 | Rice | Reginald Eller makes the free throw | 33-49 |
| 04:46 | Rhode Island | Herbert Bridges comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline | 33-49 |
| 04:44 | Rice | Robert Pearce grabs the board | 33-49 |
| 04:33 | Rice | Robert Pearce misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Herbert Bridges - foul #2 on Herbert Bridges, team foul #6 | 33-49 |
| Subs | Rice | William Sedillo (C) Reginald Eller | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 04:33 | Rice | Robert Pearce makes the 1st free throw | 34-49 |
| 04:33 | Rice | Robert Pearce makes the 2nd free throw | 35-49 |
| 04:12 | Rhode Island | Richard Mascarenas steals it from James Whitlock | 35-49 |
| 03:48 | Rice | William Sedillo misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 35-49 |
| 03:46 | Rice | Richard Mascarenas grabs the offensive rebound | 35-49 |
| 03:36 | Rice | Richard Mascarenas is hacked by Jason Alston - foul #1 on Jason Alston, team foul #7 | 35-49 |
| Subs | Rice | Derrick Rust (SG) Hiram Lyons | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Sammy Blaise (PF) James Whitlock | |
| 03:36 | Rice | Richard Mascarenas misses the 1st free throw | 35-49 |
| 03:36 | Rhode Island | Herbert Bridges grabs the board | 35-49 |
| 03:16 | Rhode Island | Robert Pearce steps in front of the William Diehl pass | 35-49 |
| 02:56 | Rice | Robert Pearce misses the 3 from the right corner | 35-49 |
| 02:55 | Rhode Island | Herbert Bridges pulls down the rebound | 35-49 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gregg Moore (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SG - Derrick Rust (fresh) SF - Richard Mascarenas (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Pearce (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - William Sedillo (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Jason Alston (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SG - James Zanayed (fresh) 1 ast. SF - William Diehl (fresh) 5 reb. PF - Sammy Blaise (fresh) C - Herbert Bridges (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 02:26 | Rhode Island | William Diehl knocks in the jumper near the basket set up by Jason Alston | 35-51 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 02:08 | Rice | Gregg Moore scores on a jumper from just outside the lane | 37-51 |
| 01:41 | Rhode Island | Sammy Blaise is whistled for traveling | 37-51 |
| Subs | Rice | Hiram Lyons (SG) Derrick Rust | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | James Whitlock (PF) Sammy Blaise | |
| 01:22 | Rice | Hiram Lyons drills a jumper from the left wing set up by Robert Pearce | 39-51 |
| 01:07 | Rhode Island | James Zanayed travels with the ball | 39-51 |
| 00:49 | Rice | Richard Mascarenas misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 39-51 |
| 00:48 | Rice | Hiram Lyons pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-51 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:44 | Rice | Gregg Moore misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 39-51 |
| 00:42 | Rhode Island | Herbert Bridges gets the rebound | 39-51 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:19 | Rhode Island | Jason Alston can't connect on a floater from the right side but he's fouled by Gregg Moore - foul #4 on Gregg Moore, team foul #10 | 39-51 |
| 00:19 | Rhode Island | Jason Alston makes the 1st free throw | 39-52 |
| 00:19 | Rhode Island | Jason Alston makes the 2nd free throw | 39-53 |
| 00:15 | Rice | Hiram Lyons clanks a floater in the lane but the foul's on James Whitlock - foul #3 on James Whitlock, team foul #8 | 39-53 |
| 00:15 | Rice | Hiram Lyons makes the 1st free throw | 40-53 |
| 00:15 | Rice | Hiram Lyons misses the 2nd free throw | 40-53 |
| 00:15 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to James Whitlock | 40-53 |
| 00:00 | Rhode Island | Jason Alston runs out the clock | 40-53 |