| Lineup | UAB | PG - Gregg Wright (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stanley Monday (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Darwin Schroder (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Eric Parris (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Jeremy Tomita (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Corey Riddle (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen McKinnie (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Joseph Durst (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. PF - Darren Shaffer (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Lawrence Johnson (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Joseph Durst inbounds the ball | 28-38 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:36 | Rice | Darren Shaffer buries a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Corey Riddle | 28-41 |
| 19:31 | UAB | Darwin Schroder misses the wide open floater from the left side | 28-41 |
| 19:30 | Rice | Darren Shaffer grabs the defensive rebound | 28-41 |
| 19:10 | Rice | Joseph Durst misses badly on a floater from the left block | 28-41 |
| 19:09 | UAB | Gregg Wright grabs the defensive rebound | 28-41 |
| 18:46 | UAB | Eric Parris hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt near the basket | 28-41 |
| 18:45 | Rice | Joseph Durst gets the rebound | 28-41 |
| 18:39 | Rice | Darren Shaffer clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 28-41 |
| 18:38 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson misses the tip | 28-41 |
| 18:36 | UAB | Stanley Monday grabs the board | 28-41 |
| 18:22 | UAB | Stanley Monday evades the doubleteam but misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 28-41 |
| 18:20 | UAB | Eric Parris tips it but misses | 28-41 |
| 18:18 | Rice | Darren Shaffer grabs the board | 28-41 |
| 18:01 | Rice | Jeremy Tomita is called for the reach on Darren Shaffer - foul #2 on Jeremy Tomita, team foul #1 | 28-41 |
| 17:52 | Rice | Joseph Durst hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Corey Riddle | 28-44 |
| 17:39 | UAB | Joseph Durst steals it from Eric Parris | 28-44 |
| 17:34 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie is fouled on the floor by Eric Parris - foul #1 on Eric Parris, team foul #2 | 28-44 |
| Subs | UAB | Kenneth Giles (C) Jeremy Tomita | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 17:17 | Rice | The jump hook by Lawrence Johnson is blocked by Kenneth Giles | 28-44 |
| 17:16 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie snags the offensive board | 28-44 |
| 17:09 | Rice | Darren Shaffer makes the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Stephen McKinnie | 28-47 |
| 16:46 | UAB | Corey Riddle is called for the reach on Stanley Monday - foul #1 on Corey Riddle, team foul #1 | 28-47 |
| Subs | UAB | Theodore Bryan (PG), Gabriel Peterson (SG), Carl Hancock (PF), Dennis Hall (C) Gregg Wright, Stanley Monday, Darwin Schroder, Eric Parris | |
| Subs | Rice | Howard Reed (PG), Brian Livingston (SF), Henry Brown (PF), Carlos Tedrow (C) Corey Riddle, Joseph Durst, Darren Shaffer, Lawrence Johnson | |
| 16:27 | UAB | Dennis Hall knocks in the runner in the lane on a nice dish by Carl Hancock | 30-47 |
| 16:14 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie buries a jumper from the left wing set up by Howard Reed | 30-49 |
| 15:56 | UAB | Carl Hancock hits a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 32-49 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Theodore Bryan (fresh) SG - Gabriel Peterson (fresh) SF - Kenneth Giles (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Carl Hancock (fresh) 4 pts. C - Dennis Hall (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Howard Reed (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Stephen McKinnie (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Brian Livingston (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Henry Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Carlos Tedrow (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:43 | Rice | Henry Brown throws it down on a great pass from Howard Reed and he's hacked by Carl Hancock - foul #2 on Carl Hancock, team foul #3 | 32-51 |
| Subs | UAB | Gregg Wright (PG), Darwin Schroder (SF), Jeremy Tomita (C) Gabriel Peterson, Carl Hancock, Dennis Hall | |
| Subs | Rice | Joseph Durst (SF) Stephen McKinnie | |
| 15:43 | Rice | Henry Brown makes the free throw | 32-52 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 15:32 | UAB | Darwin Schroder misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 32-52 |
| 15:30 | Rice | Howard Reed gets the rebound | 32-52 |
| 15:09 | Rice | Joseph Durst comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side | 32-52 |
| 15:07 | Rice | The offensive rebound goes to Howard Reed | 32-52 |
| 14:44 | Rice | Joseph Durst makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Howard Reed | 32-55 |
| 14:26 | UAB | Gregg Wright comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 32-55 |
| 14:25 | UAB | Kenneth Giles gets the offensive rebound | 32-55 |
| 14:10 | UAB | Gregg Wright knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 34-55 |
| 13:48 | Rice | Howard Reed is hacked by Jeremy Tomita - foul #3 on Jeremy Tomita, team foul #4 | 34-55 |
| Subs | UAB | Stanley Monday (SG), Carl Hancock (SF), Eric Parris (PF), Dennis Hall (C) Theodore Bryan, Darwin Schroder, Kenneth Giles, Jeremy Tomita | |
| Subs | Rice | Corey Riddle (PG), Stephen McKinnie (SG), Darren Shaffer (PF), Lawrence Johnson (C) Howard Reed, Brian Livingston, Henry Brown, Carlos Tedrow | |
| 13:33 | Rice | The 3pt attempt by Joseph Durst is denied by Carl Hancock | 34-55 |
| 13:31 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie tips it in | 34-57 |
| 13:16 | UAB | Eric Parris comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 34-57 |
| 13:15 | UAB | Carl Hancock tips it back up and in | 36-57 |
| 12:53 | Rice | Joseph Durst comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 36-57 |
| 12:51 | UAB | The rebound goes to Carl Hancock | 36-57 |
| 12:39 | UAB | Carl Hancock hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 36-57 |
| 12:37 | Rice | Darren Shaffer pulls down the rebound | 36-57 |
| 12:32 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie comes up short on the shot from the left wing | 36-57 |
| 12:30 | UAB | The rebound goes to Eric Parris | 36-57 |
| 12:12 | UAB | Gregg Wright misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 36-57 |
| 12:10 | Rice | Darren Shaffer pulls down the rebound | 36-57 |
| 12:03 | Rice | Joseph Durst misses short on a fadeaway from the right block | 36-57 |
| 12:02 | UAB | Dennis Hall grabs the defensive rebound | 36-57 |
| 11:52 | UAB | Gregg Wright misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 36-57 |
| 11:51 | UAB | Carl Hancock grabs the offensive rebound | 36-57 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Gregg Wright (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stanley Monday (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Carl Hancock (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Eric Parris (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Dennis Hall (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Corey Riddle (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Stephen McKinnie (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Joseph Durst (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Darren Shaffer (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. C - Lawrence Johnson (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:43 | UAB | Stanley Monday travels with the ball | 36-57 |
| Subs | UAB | Theodore Bryan (PG), Darwin Schroder (SF), Jeremy Tomita (C) Gregg Wright, Carl Hancock, Dennis Hall | |
| Subs | Rice | Brian Livingston (SF) Joseph Durst | |
| 11:21 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Corey Riddle | 36-60 |
| 11:05 | UAB | Theodore Bryan makes the 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Darwin Schroder | 39-60 |
| 10:49 | Rice | Darwin Schroder takes the ball from Darren Shaffer | 39-60 |
| 10:37 | UAB | Stanley Monday works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 39-60 |
| 10:35 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 39-60 |
| 10:12 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 39-60 |
| 10:11 | UAB | Darwin Schroder grabs the defensive rebound | 39-60 |
| 10:01 | UAB | Eric Parris blows the layup | 39-60 |
| 10:00 | UAB | Jeremy Tomita hits the follow up shot | 41-60 |
| 09:39 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie hits a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Corey Riddle | 41-62 |
| 09:28 | UAB | Stephen McKinnie steps in front of the Darwin Schroder pass | 41-62 |
| 09:24 | Rice | Brian Livingston knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Stephen McKinnie | 41-65 |
| 09:11 | UAB | Stanley Monday is hacked by Lawrence Johnson - foul #1 on Lawrence Johnson, team foul #2 | 41-65 |
| Subs | UAB | Gregg Wright (PG), Kenneth Giles (PF), Carl Hancock (C) Stanley Monday, Eric Parris, Jeremy Tomita | |
| Subs | Rice | Howard Reed (PG), Joseph Durst (SF), Henry Brown (PF), Carlos Tedrow (C) Corey Riddle, Stephen McKinnie, Darren Shaffer, Lawrence Johnson | |
| 08:57 | UAB | Gregg Wright misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 41-65 |
| 08:56 | UAB | Theodore Bryan tips it back up and in | 43-65 |
| 08:43 | Rice | Theodore Bryan is called for the reach on Brian Livingston - foul #2 on Theodore Bryan, team foul #5 | 43-65 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | Rice | Frank Stephenson (SG) Brian Livingston | |
| 08:38 | Rice | Joseph Durst misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 43-65 |
| 08:37 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow tips it but misses | 43-65 |
| 08:36 | UAB | Theodore Bryan pulls down the rebound | 43-65 |
| 08:30 | UAB | Howard Reed steals the ball from Darwin Schroder | 43-65 |
| 08:07 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow drills a jumpshot from the right side set up by Frank Stephenson and he's fouled by Theodore Bryan - foul #3 on Theodore Bryan, team foul #6 | 43-67 |
| Subs | UAB | Gabriel Peterson (SG), Dennis Hall (C) Theodore Bryan, Darwin Schroder | |
| Subs | Rice | Stephen McKinnie (SG) Frank Stephenson | |
| 08:07 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow makes the free throw | 43-68 |
| 07:45 | UAB | Carl Hancock is hacked by Henry Brown - foul #1 on Henry Brown, team foul #3 | 43-68 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Gregg Wright (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gabriel Peterson (fresh) SF - Kenneth Giles (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Carl Hancock (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Dennis Hall (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Howard Reed (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Stephen McKinnie (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. SF - Joseph Durst (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Henry Brown (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Carlos Tedrow (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 07:37 | UAB | Gabriel Peterson connects on the jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Carl Hancock | 45-68 |
| 07:22 | Rice | Howard Reed comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 45-68 |
| 07:21 | UAB | Kenneth Giles snags the defensive board | 45-68 |
| 07:07 | UAB | Gregg Wright buries a fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by Gabriel Peterson | 47-68 |
| 06:59 | Rice | Kenneth Giles takes the ball from Carlos Tedrow | 47-68 |
| 06:41 | UAB | Dennis Hall is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Dennis Hall, team foul #7 | 47-68 |
| Subs | UAB | Stanley Monday (SG), Darwin Schroder (SF), Eric Parris (PF), Jeremy Tomita (C) Gabriel Peterson, Kenneth Giles, Carl Hancock, Dennis Hall | |
| Subs | Rice | Corey Riddle (PG), Darren Shaffer (PF), Lawrence Johnson (C) Howard Reed, Henry Brown, Carlos Tedrow | |
| 06:17 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson misses short on a shot from the right wing but the foul's on Jeremy Tomita - foul #4 on Jeremy Tomita, team foul #8 | 47-68 |
| 06:17 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 47-69 |
| 06:17 | Rice | Lawrence Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 47-69 |
| 06:17 | UAB | Eric Parris grabs the defensive rebound | 47-69 |
| 06:03 | UAB | Eric Parris misses long on an open jump hook from close range | 47-69 |
| 06:02 | UAB | Darwin Schroder tips it back up and in | 49-69 |
| 05:33 | Rice | Darren Shaffer is hacked by Jeremy Tomita - foul #5 on Jeremy Tomita, team foul #9 | 49-69 |
| Subs | UAB | Theodore Bryan (PG), Kenneth Giles (C) Gregg Wright, Jeremy Tomita | |
| Subs | Rice | Brian Livingston (SF) Joseph Durst | |
| 05:33 | Rice | Darren Shaffer makes the 1st free throw | 49-70 |
| 05:33 | Rice | Darren Shaffer makes the 2nd free throw | 49-71 |
| 05:08 | UAB | Kenneth Giles misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 49-71 |
| 05:07 | Rice | Stephen McKinnie snags the defensive board | 49-71 |
| 04:50 | Rice | Kenneth Giles steps in front of the Darren Shaffer pass | 49-71 |
| 04:26 | UAB | Stanley Monday evades the doubleteam and hits a jumper from the right wing | 51-71 |
| 04:09 | Rice | Darren Shaffer misses badly on a jumper from close range but the foul's on Eric Parris - foul #2 on Eric Parris, team foul #10 | 51-71 |
| Subs | UAB | Gabriel Peterson (SG), Carl Hancock (PF), Dennis Hall (C) Stanley Monday, Darwin Schroder, Eric Parris | |
| Subs | Rice | Howard Reed (PG), Frank Stephenson (SG), Carlos Tedrow (C) Corey Riddle, Stephen McKinnie, Lawrence Johnson | |
| 04:09 | Rice | Darren Shaffer makes the 1st free throw | 51-72 |
| 04:09 | Rice | Darren Shaffer misses the 2nd free throw | 51-72 |
| 04:09 | UAB | Carl Hancock pulls down the rebound | 51-72 |
| 03:59 | UAB | Gabriel Peterson misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 51-72 |
| 03:57 | UAB | Dennis Hall tips it but misses | 51-72 |
| 03:55 | Rice | Darren Shaffer snags the defensive board | 51-72 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:40 | Rice | Howard Reed is called for traveling | 51-72 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | Rice | Henry Brown (PF) Darren Shaffer | |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Theodore Bryan (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. SG - Gabriel Peterson (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenneth Giles (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. PF - Carl Hancock (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Dennis Hall (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Howard Reed (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Frank Stephenson (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Brian Livingston (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Henry Brown (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Carlos Tedrow (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 03:33 | UAB | Dennis Hall misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 51-72 |
| 03:31 | UAB | Kenneth Giles pulls down the offensive rebound | 51-72 |
| 03:26 | UAB | Frank Stephenson picks off the pass by Theodore Bryan | 51-72 |
| 03:05 | Rice | Brian Livingston clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 51-72 |
| 03:04 | Rice | Frank Stephenson pulls down the offensive rebound | 51-72 |
| 02:50 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 51-72 |
| 02:49 | UAB | Kenneth Giles grabs the board | 51-72 |
| 02:30 | UAB | Gabriel Peterson hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane | 51-72 |
| 02:28 | Rice | Brian Livingston snags the defensive board | 51-72 |
| 02:21 | Rice | Frank Stephenson misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 51-72 |
| 02:19 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow tips it back up and in | 51-74 |
| 01:54 | UAB | Frank Stephenson steals the ball from Carl Hancock | 51-74 |
| 01:51 | Rice | Brian Livingston lays it up and in on a great pass from Frank Stephenson | 51-76 |
| 01:47 | UAB | Theodore Bryan is called for the offensive foul in the backcourt - foul #4 on Theodore Bryan, team foul #11 | 51-76 |
| 01:38 | Rice | Carlos Tedrow banks in the layup | 51-78 |
| 01:13 | UAB | Carl Hancock is hacked by Brian Livingston - foul #2 on Brian Livingston, team foul #4 | 51-78 |
| 01:03 | UAB | Theodore Bryan misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 51-78 |
| 01:02 | Rice | Brian Livingston pulls down the rebound | 51-78 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:33 | Rice | Frank Stephenson knocks in the jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from Brian Livingston and he's fouled by Theodore Bryan - foul #5 on Theodore Bryan, team foul #12 | 51-80 |
| Subs | UAB | John Ryan (SG) Theodore Bryan | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 00:33 | Rice | Frank Stephenson makes the free throw | 51-81 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:28 | UAB | Kenneth Giles makes the floater from the left side | 53-81 |
| 00:00 | Rice | Frank Stephenson runs out the clock | 53-81 |