| Lineup | Rice | PG - Corey Riddle (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen McKinnie (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joseph Durst (fresh) 2 stl. PF - Darren Shaffer (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Henry Brown (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Gordon Ward (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Robert Higuera (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Kevin Noyes (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - John Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Carter Collins (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Joseph Durst inbounds the ball | 23-36 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:41 | Rice | Corey Riddle loses the dribble to Gordon Ward | 23-36 |
| 19:19 | Houston | Kevin Noyes comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 23-36 |
| 19:17 | Houston | John Davis grabs the offensive rebound | 23-36 |
| 18:56 | Houston | John Davis hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 23-36 |
| 18:55 | Houston | Gordon Ward grabs the offensive rebound | 23-36 |
| 18:36 | Houston | Robert Higuera's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 23-36 |
| 18:18 | Rice | Joseph Durst misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 23-36 |
| 18:17 | Houston | Carter Collins pulls down the rebound | 23-36 |
| 17:56 | Houston | John Davis throws a bad pass out of bounds | 23-36 |
| 17:30 | Rice | Joseph Durst lays it in | 25-36 |
| 17:13 | Houston | Gordon Ward hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 25-36 |
| 17:11 | Rice | Henry Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 25-36 |
| 16:58 | Rice | Carter Collins is called for the reach on Henry Brown - foul #1 on Carter Collins, team foul #1 | 25-36 |
| Subs | Rice | Howard Reed (PG), Carlos Tedrow (PF), Charles Hendricks (C) Corey Riddle, Darren Shaffer, Henry Brown | |
| Subs | Houston | Darryl Christmas (SF), Donald Meade (PF) Kevin Noyes, John Davis | |
| 16:45 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie misses long on a shot from the left side | 25-36 |
| 16:44 | Houston | Carter Collins grabs the defensive rebound | 25-36 |
| 16:17 | Houston | Donald Meade connects on the shot from the baseline on a great pass from Gordon Ward | 25-38 |
| 16:05 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane | 25-38 |
| 16:04 | Houston | Donald Meade grabs the defensive rebound | 25-38 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Howard Reed (fresh) SG - Stephen McKinnie (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joseph Durst (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - Carlos Tedrow (fresh) 2 pts. C - Charles Hendricks (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Gordon Ward (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Robert Higuera (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SF - Darryl Christmas (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Donald Meade (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Carter Collins (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 15:42 | Houston | Donald Meade misses short on a jump hook in the paint but the foul's on Carlos Tedrow - foul #1 on Carlos Tedrow, team foul #1 | 25-38 |
| Subs | Rice | Corey Riddle (PG), Frank Stephenson (SF), Darren Shaffer (PF), Lawrence Johnson (C) Stephen McKinnie, Joseph Durst, Carlos Tedrow, Charles Hendricks | |
| Subs | Houston | Kevin Noyes (SF) Darryl Christmas | |
| 15:42 | Houston | Donald Meade misses the 1st free throw | 25-38 |
| 15:42 | Houston | Donald Meade makes the 2nd free throw | 25-39 |
| 15:31 | Rice | Corey Riddle misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 25-39 |
| 15:30 | Houston | Donald Meade grabs the defensive rebound | 25-39 |
| 15:04 | Houston | Carter Collins connects on the open fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Gordon Ward | 25-41 |
| 14:54 | Rice | Howard Reed can't connect on a floater from the right side | 25-41 |
| 14:52 | Houston | Donald Meade gets the rebound | 25-41 |
| 14:34 | Houston | Kevin Noyes scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 25-44 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 14:19 | Rice | Corey Riddle is hacked by Kevin Noyes - foul #3 on Kevin Noyes, team foul #2 | 25-44 |
| Subs | Rice | Stephen McKinnie (SG), Joseph Durst (SF) Howard Reed, Frank Stephenson | |
| Subs | Houston | John Davis (PF) Donald Meade | |
| 14:01 | Rice | Darren Shaffer misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side | 25-44 |
| 13:59 | Houston | John Davis snags the defensive board | 25-44 |
| 13:45 | Houston | Gordon Ward clanks a jump hook in the lane but he's fouled by Darren Shaffer - foul #2 on Darren Shaffer, team foul #2 | 25-44 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte (SG) Robert Higuera | |
| 13:45 | Houston | Gordon Ward makes the 1st free throw | 25-45 |
| 13:45 | Houston | Gordon Ward misses the 2nd free throw | 25-45 |
| 13:45 | Rice | The rebound goes to Darren Shaffer | 25-45 |
| 13:38 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson makes the pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Stephen McKinnie | 27-45 |
| 13:17 | Houston | Gordon Ward buries a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Kevin Noyes out of the doubleteam | 27-48 |
| 13:02 | Rice | Corey Riddle drills a shot from the left wing set up by Joseph Durst | 29-48 |
| 12:34 | Houston | Gordon Ward connects on the floater from the left wing on a great pass from Lawrence Turcotte | 29-50 |
| 12:21 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson can't connect on a floater from the left block but the foul's on Carter Collins - foul #2 on Carter Collins, team foul #3 | 29-50 |
| Subs | Rice | Howard Reed (PG), Frank Stephenson (SF), Henry Brown (PF) Corey Riddle, Joseph Durst, Darren Shaffer | |
| Subs | Houston | Robert Higuera (SG), Darryl Christmas (SF), Donald Meade (C) Lawrence Turcotte, Kevin Noyes, Carter Collins | |
| 12:21 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 30-50 |
| 12:21 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 31-50 |
| 12:00 | Houston | Gordon Ward misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 31-50 |
| 11:59 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson snags the defensive board | 31-50 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Howard Reed (fresh) SG - Stephen McKinnie (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Frank Stephenson (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Henry Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Lawrence Johnson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Gordon Ward (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. SG - Robert Higuera (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SF - Darryl Christmas (fresh) 3 pts. PF - John Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Donald Meade (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:49 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie buries a fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Howard Reed | 33-50 |
| 11:31 | Houston | Donald Meade is denied on a dunk by Lawrence Johnson | 33-50 |
| 11:30 | Houston | Donald Meade snags the offensive board | 33-50 |
| 11:07 | Houston | John Davis comes up short on the jumper from the left wing | 33-50 |
| 11:05 | Houston | Darryl Christmas can't tip it in | 33-50 |
| 11:04 | Rice | The rebound goes to Howard Reed | 33-50 |
| 10:50 | Rice | Gordon Ward steals the ball from Howard Reed | 33-50 |
| 10:46 | Houston | Gordon Ward banks in the layup | 33-52 |
| 10:33 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 33-52 |
| 10:31 | Houston | Donald Meade snags the defensive board | 33-52 |
| 10:10 | Houston | Robert Higuera clanks a shot in the paint but he's fouled by Howard Reed - foul #3 on Howard Reed, team foul #3 | 33-52 |
| Subs | Rice | Corey Riddle (PG), Joseph Durst (SF), Darren Shaffer (PF) Stephen McKinnie, Frank Stephenson, Lawrence Johnson | |
| Subs | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte (PG), Kevin Noyes (SF), Carter Collins (C) Gordon Ward, Darryl Christmas, John Davis | |
| 10:10 | Houston | Robert Higuera makes the 1st free throw | 33-53 |
| 10:10 | Houston | Robert Higuera makes the 2nd free throw | 33-54 |
| 09:56 | Rice | Henry Brown makes the turnaround from the left block | 35-54 |
| 09:31 | Houston | Kevin Noyes makes the contested 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Carter Collins | 35-57 |
| 09:07 | Rice | Henry Brown can't finish the layup | 35-57 |
| 09:05 | Houston | Kevin Noyes gets the rebound | 35-57 |
| 08:36 | Houston | Donald Meade is whistled for a carry | 35-57 |
| Subs | Rice | Stephen McKinnie (SG), Carlos Tedrow (C) Howard Reed, Henry Brown | |
| Subs | Houston | Darryl Christmas (SF) Robert Higuera | |
| 08:21 | Rice | Joseph Durst is fouled on the floor by Kevin Noyes - foul #4 on Kevin Noyes, team foul #4 | 35-57 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Houston | Gordon Ward (PG), Jack Dawson (C) Kevin Noyes, Carter Collins | |
| 08:10 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie hits a fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Joseph Durst | 37-57 |
| 07:46 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 37-57 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Houston | Kevin Noyes (SF), John Davis (PF) Darryl Christmas, Jack Dawson | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Corey Riddle (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen McKinnie (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joseph Durst (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Darren Shaffer (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Carlos Tedrow (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Gordon Ward (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 4 ast. 4 stl. SG - Lawrence Turcotte (fresh) 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Kevin Noyes (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. PF - John Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Donald Meade (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:32 | Rice | Joseph Durst knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 40-57 |
| 07:09 | Houston | Gordon Ward is hacked by Corey Riddle - foul #2 on Corey Riddle, team foul #4 | 40-57 |
| Subs | Rice | Howard Reed (PG), Lawrence Johnson (C) Corey Riddle, Darren Shaffer | |
| Subs | Houston | Carter Collins (C) Lawrence Turcotte | |
| 06:46 | Houston | John Davis knocks in the turnaround in the lane on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Kevin Noyes | 40-59 |
| 06:24 | Rice | Joseph Durst knocks in the 3 from the left corner set up by Howard Reed | 43-59 |
| 05:56 | Houston | Gordon Ward is fouled on the floor by Joseph Durst - foul #1 on Joseph Durst, team foul #5 | 43-59 |
| Subs | Rice | Corey Riddle (PG), Darren Shaffer (SF), Henry Brown (PF) Howard Reed, Joseph Durst, Carlos Tedrow | |
| Subs | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte (PG), Robert Higuera (SG) Gordon Ward, Donald Meade | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 05:32 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3 from the right corner set up by Carter Collins and he's hacked by Lawrence Johnson - foul #4 on Lawrence Johnson, team foul #6 | 43-62 |
| Subs | Rice | Frank Stephenson (SF) Lawrence Johnson | |
| Subs | Houston | Salvador Garcia (PF) John Davis | |
| 05:32 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte makes the free throw | 43-63 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 05:20 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie lays it up and in on a nice dish by Frank Stephenson | 45-63 |
| 04:56 | Houston | Robert Higuera misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 45-63 |
| 04:55 | Rice | Darren Shaffer grabs the defensive rebound | 45-63 |
| 04:41 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie misses long on a shot from the right side but he's fouled by Lawrence Turcotte - foul #1 on Lawrence Turcotte, team foul #5 | 45-63 |
| Subs | Rice | Joseph Durst (SF) Frank Stephenson | |
| Subs | Houston | Samuel Bier (SG), Darryl Christmas (SF), Jack Dawson (C) Robert Higuera, Kevin Noyes, Carter Collins | |
| 04:41 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie makes the 1st free throw | 46-63 |
| 04:41 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie makes the 2nd free throw | 47-63 |
| 04:21 | Houston | Salvador Garcia is hacked by Darren Shaffer - foul #3 on Darren Shaffer, team foul #7 | 47-63 |
| Subs | Rice | Howard Reed (PG), Brian Livingston (SG), Lawrence Johnson (C) Corey Riddle, Stephen McKinnie, Henry Brown | |
| Subs | Houston | Gordon Ward (PG), John Davis (PF), Donald Meade (C) Samuel Bier, Darryl Christmas, Jack Dawson | |
| 04:21 | Houston | Salvador Garcia misses the 1st free throw | 47-63 |
| 04:21 | Rice | Darren Shaffer pulls down the rebound | 47-63 |
| 04:06 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 47-63 |
| 04:04 | Rice | Brian Livingston tips it but misses | 47-63 |
| 04:03 | Houston | Donald Meade grabs the defensive rebound | 47-63 |
| 03:38 | Houston | John Davis buries a 3pt shot from straight away | 47-66 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Howard Reed (fresh) 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Brian Livingston (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Joseph Durst (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Darren Shaffer (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Lawrence Johnson (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Gordon Ward (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 4 ast. 4 stl. SG - Lawrence Turcotte (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Salvador Garcia (fresh) PF - John Davis (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Donald Meade (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 03:29 | Rice | Brian Livingston's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 47-66 |
| Subs | Rice | Corey Riddle (PG), Stephen McKinnie (SG), Carlos Tedrow (PF) Howard Reed, Brian Livingston, Darren Shaffer | |
| Subs | Houston | Samuel Bier (PG), Darryl Christmas (SF), Jack Dawson (C) Gordon Ward, Salvador Garcia, John Davis | |
| 03:04 | Houston | Jack Dawson splits the doubleteam but misses short on a runner from the baseline but he's fouled by Carlos Tedrow - foul #2 on Carlos Tedrow, team foul #8 | 47-66 |
| Subs | Rice | Henry Brown (PF) Carlos Tedrow | |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| 03:04 | Houston | Jack Dawson makes the 1st free throw | 47-67 |
| 03:04 | Houston | Jack Dawson misses the 2nd free throw | 47-67 |
| 03:04 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson snags the defensive board | 47-67 |
| 02:47 | Rice | Corey Riddle is hacked by Darryl Christmas - foul #1 on Darryl Christmas, team foul #6 | 47-67 |
| Subs | Rice | Frank Stephenson (SF) Joseph Durst | |
| Subs | Houston | Salvador Garcia (PF) Donald Meade | |
| 02:35 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie knocks in the turnaround from the baseline | 49-67 |
| 02:18 | Houston | Jack Dawson hits the front of the rim on the floater from close range | 49-67 |
| 02:16 | Rice | Frank Stephenson grabs the board | 49-67 |
| 01:54 | Rice | The 3pt attempt by Frank Stephenson is denied by Samuel Bier | 49-67 |
| 01:53 | Rice | Henry Brown grabs the offensive board | 49-67 |
| 01:37 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Corey Riddle | 52-67 |
| 01:09 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 52-67 |
| 01:07 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 52-67 |
| 00:48 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 52-67 |
| 00:46 | Rice | The offensive rebound goes to Corey Riddle | 52-67 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 00:43 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie misses the shot from the right side | 52-67 |
| 00:42 | Rice | Frank Stephenson pulls down the offensive rebound | 52-67 |
| 00:40 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie hits a floater from the left side set up by Frank Stephenson and he's hacked by Jack Dawson - foul #2 on Jack Dawson, team foul #7 | 54-67 |
| Subs | Rice | Joseph Durst (SF), Darren Shaffer (PF) Frank Stephenson, Henry Brown | |
| Subs | Houston | Donald Meade (PF) Salvador Garcia | |
| 00:40 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie makes the free throw | 55-67 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 00:18 | Houston | Darryl Christmas banks in the layup set up by Lawrence Turcotte out of the doubleteam | 55-69 |
| 00:12 | Rice | Corey Riddle misses the easy layup but the foul's on Lawrence Turcotte - foul #2 on Lawrence Turcotte, team foul #8 | 55-69 |
| 00:12 | Rice | Corey Riddle makes the 1st free throw | 56-69 |
| 00:12 | Rice | Corey Riddle misses the 2nd free throw | 56-69 |
| 00:12 | Houston | Donald Meade grabs the defensive rebound | 56-69 |
| 00:00 | Houston | Lawrence Turcotte runs out the clock | 56-69 |