| Lineup | Houston | PG - David Poindexter (fresh) SG - Anthony Robinson (fresh) SF - Kenny Nicolas (fresh) PF - Roderick McCoy (fresh) C - James Griggs (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UMBC | PG - Clyde Peterson (fresh) SG - Donald Stewart (fresh) SF - Raymond Yoho (fresh) PF - Glenn Hollingsworth (fresh) C - Steven Ballew (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Houston | James Griggs wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UMBC | UMBC is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:41 | Houston | James Griggs misses the runner from the baseline | 0-0 |
| 19:39 | UMBC | Glenn Hollingsworth grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:19 | UMBC | Donald Stewart lays it in on a great pass from Raymond Yoho and the foul's on Anthony Robinson - foul #1 on Anthony Robinson, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 19:19 | UMBC | Donald Stewart makes the free throw | 0-3 |
| 19:06 | Houston | Anthony Robinson is whistled for a carry | 0-3 |
| 18:55 | UMBC | Glenn Hollingsworth's pass is intercepted by Anthony Robinson | 0-3 |
| 18:37 | Houston | Glenn Hollingsworth steals the ball from James Griggs | 0-3 |
| 18:12 | UMBC | Glenn Hollingsworth slams it home | 0-5 |
| 17:48 | Houston | James Griggs is hacked by Glenn Hollingsworth - foul #1 on Glenn Hollingsworth, team foul #1 | 0-5 |
| 17:30 | Houston | Roderick McCoy drills a 3 from the left wing set up by Kenny Nicolas | 3-5 |
| 17:26 | UMBC | Donald Stewart loses the ball out of bounds | 3-5 |
| 17:18 | Houston | Anthony Robinson misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 3-5 |
| 17:16 | Houston | Roderick McCoy misses the tip | 3-5 |
| 17:15 | UMBC | Raymond Yoho grabs the board | 3-5 |
| 16:59 | UMBC | Raymond Yoho makes the shot from the right block | 3-7 |
| 16:53 | Houston | Roderick McCoy's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 3-7 |
| Subs | Houston | Benjamin Bishop (C) James Griggs | |
| Subs | UMBC | | |
| 16:45 | UMBC | Donald Stewart is hacked by Anthony Robinson - foul #2 on Anthony Robinson, team foul #2 | 3-7 |
| Subs | Houston | Colin Rademacher (PG), Frank Smith (SG), Danny Wells (SF) David Poindexter, Anthony Robinson, Kenny Nicolas | |
| Subs | UMBC | Jon Handley (PG), John Patten (PF) Clyde Peterson, Glenn Hollingsworth | |
| 16:35 | UMBC | Raymond Yoho buries a jump hook from the baseline set up by Steven Ballew | 3-9 |
| 16:22 | Houston | Colin Rademacher misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 3-9 |
| 16:21 | Houston | Benjamin Bishop hits the follow up shot | 5-9 |
| 16:04 | UMBC | John Patten can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 5-9 |
| 16:02 | Houston | Danny Wells pulls down the rebound | 5-9 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Colin Rademacher (fresh) SG - Frank Smith (fresh) SF - Danny Wells (fresh) PF - Roderick McCoy (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Benjamin Bishop (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | UMBC | PG - Jon Handley (fresh) SG - Donald Stewart (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Raymond Yoho (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - John Patten (fresh) C - Steven Ballew (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:56 | Houston | Danny Wells hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the right block | 5-9 |
| 15:54 | UMBC | Steven Ballew grabs the defensive rebound | 5-9 |
| 15:33 | UMBC | Raymond Yoho misses the shot from the right wing but he's fouled by Benjamin Bishop - foul #1 on Benjamin Bishop, team foul #3 | 5-9 |
| Subs | Houston | David Poindexter (PG), Kenny Nicolas (SF), Ronald Manley (PF), James Griggs (C) Colin Rademacher, Danny Wells, Roderick McCoy, Benjamin Bishop | |
| Subs | UMBC | Clyde Peterson (PG), Marcus Wysong (SG), Glenn Hollingsworth (PF) Jon Handley, Donald Stewart, Steven Ballew | |
| 15:33 | UMBC | Raymond Yoho makes the 1st free throw | 5-10 |
| 15:33 | UMBC | Raymond Yoho makes the 2nd free throw | 5-11 |
| 15:23 | Houston | James Griggs misses badly on a jumper from the baseline but he's hacked by John Patten - foul #1 on John Patten, team foul #2 | 5-11 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | UMBC | Robert Linck (C) Raymond Yoho | |
| 15:23 | Houston | James Griggs makes the 1st free throw | 6-11 |
| 15:23 | Houston | James Griggs makes the 2nd free throw | 7-11 |
| 15:05 | UMBC | Robert Linck hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing | 7-11 |
| 15:04 | Houston | James Griggs gets the rebound | 7-11 |
| 14:59 | Houston | Kenny Nicolas misses long on a runner from the right block but he's fouled by Clyde Peterson - foul #1 on Clyde Peterson, team foul #3 | 7-11 |
| 14:59 | Houston | Kenny Nicolas makes the 1st free throw | 8-11 |
| 14:59 | Houston | Kenny Nicolas makes the 2nd free throw | 9-11 |
| 14:49 | UMBC | Frank Smith is called for the reach on Marcus Wysong - foul #1 on Frank Smith, team foul #4 | 9-11 |
| 14:35 | UMBC | Clyde Peterson hits the front of the rim on the turnaround in the paint | 9-11 |
| 14:33 | Houston | Ronald Manley pulls down the rebound | 9-11 |
| 14:28 | Houston | Kenny Nicolas misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Robert Linck - foul #1 on Robert Linck, team foul #4 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Houston | Thomas Nilsen (SG) Frank Smith | |
| Subs | UMBC | Donald Stewart (SG), Melvin Kirts (SF) Marcus Wysong, John Patten | |
| 14:28 | Houston | Kenny Nicolas makes the 1st free throw | 10-11 |
| 14:28 | Houston | Kenny Nicolas makes the 2nd free throw | 11-11 |
| 14:04 | UMBC | Robert Linck misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Ronald Manley - foul #1 on Ronald Manley, team foul #5 | 11-11 |
| Subs | Houston | Roderick McCoy (PF) Ronald Manley | |
| Subs | UMBC | Jon Handley (PG), Raymond Yoho (SF), Robert Cooper (PF) Clyde Peterson, Melvin Kirts, Glenn Hollingsworth | |
| 14:04 | UMBC | Robert Linck misses the 1st free throw | 11-11 |
| 14:04 | UMBC | Robert Linck misses the 2nd free throw | 11-11 |
| 14:04 | Houston | James Griggs grabs the board | 11-11 |
| 13:48 | Houston | Roderick McCoy scores on a floater from the free throw line set up by David Poindexter | 13-11 |
| 13:30 | UMBC | Jon Handley misses short on a floater from the left wing but he's fouled by David Poindexter - foul #1 on David Poindexter, team foul #6 | 13-11 |
| Subs | Houston | Colin Rademacher (PG), Frank Smith (SG), Danny Wells (SF), Benjamin Bishop (C) David Poindexter, Thomas Nilsen, Kenny Nicolas, James Griggs | |
| Subs | UMBC | Steven Ballew (C) Robert Linck | |
| 13:30 | UMBC | Jon Handley makes the 1st free throw | 13-12 |
| 13:30 | UMBC | Jon Handley makes the 2nd free throw | 13-13 |
| 13:08 | Houston | Roderick McCoy scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Benjamin Bishop | 16-13 |
| 13:04 | UMBC | Donald Stewart misses long on an open shot from the right side but the foul's on Frank Smith - foul #2 on Frank Smith, team foul #7 | 16-13 |
| Subs | Houston | Thomas Nilsen (SG) Frank Smith | |
| Subs | UMBC | John Patten (PF) Robert Cooper | |
| 13:04 | UMBC | Donald Stewart makes the 1st free throw | 16-14 |
| 13:04 | UMBC | Donald Stewart makes the 2nd free throw | 16-15 |
| 12:57 | Houston | Roderick McCoy misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 16-15 |
| 12:56 | UMBC | Raymond Yoho pulls down the rebound | 16-15 |
| 12:36 | UMBC | Raymond Yoho is doubleteamed and called for traveling | 16-15 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | UMBC | Clyde Peterson (PG), Marcus Wysong (SG), Glenn Hollingsworth (PF) Jon Handley, Donald Stewart, John Patten | |
| 12:20 | Houston | Roderick McCoy is hacked by Glenn Hollingsworth - foul #2 on Glenn Hollingsworth, team foul #5 | 16-15 |
| Subs | Houston | David Poindexter (PG), Kenny Nicolas (SF) Colin Rademacher, Danny Wells | |
| Subs | UMBC | Melvin Kirts (SF), Robert Cooper (PF) Raymond Yoho, Glenn Hollingsworth | |
| 12:03 | Houston | Marcus Wysong picks off the pass by Kenny Nicolas | 16-15 |
| 11:58 | UMBC | Clyde Peterson hits the finger roll set up by Melvin Kirts | 16-17 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - David Poindexter (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Thomas Nilsen (fresh) SF - Kenny Nicolas (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Roderick McCoy (fairly fresh) 8 pts. C - Benjamin Bishop (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | UMBC | PG - Clyde Peterson (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Marcus Wysong (fresh) SF - Melvin Kirts (fresh) PF - Robert Cooper (fresh) C - Steven Ballew (fresh) | |
| 11:41 | Houston | Thomas Nilsen buries a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 18-17 |
| 11:12 | UMBC | Clyde Peterson misses the pull-up jumper from the right side | 18-17 |
| 11:11 | Houston | Roderick McCoy snags the defensive board | 18-17 |
| 10:49 | Houston | Roderick McCoy blows the layup | 18-17 |
| 10:47 | Houston | Roderick McCoy tips it but misses | 18-17 |
| 10:46 | UMBC | Robert Cooper snags the defensive board | 18-17 |
| 10:21 | UMBC | Steven Ballew knocks in the fadeaway from the right side set up by Clyde Peterson | 18-19 |
| 10:11 | Houston | The jump hook by David Poindexter is blocked by Robert Cooper | 18-19 |
| 10:10 | Houston | The offensive rebound goes to Roderick McCoy | 18-19 |
| 09:58 | Houston | Roderick McCoy misses the 3 from straight away | 18-19 |
| 09:56 | UMBC | The rebound goes to Clyde Peterson | 18-19 |
| 09:39 | UMBC | Robert Cooper connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Clyde Peterson | 18-22 |
| 09:24 | Houston | Thomas Nilsen can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 18-22 |
| 09:23 | UMBC | Marcus Wysong grabs the board | 18-22 |
| 09:17 | UMBC | Steven Ballew lays it in set up by Clyde Peterson | 18-24 |
| 09:06 | Houston | Roderick McCoy can't connect on a jumper from the baseline | 18-24 |
| 09:04 | Houston | Benjamin Bishop gets the offensive rebound | 18-24 |
| 08:45 | Houston | Benjamin Bishop misses the lay-in | 18-24 |
| 08:44 | Houston | Roderick McCoy pulls down the offensive rebound | 18-24 |
| 08:31 | Houston | Benjamin Bishop scores on a floater from the left block | 20-24 |
| 08:12 | UMBC | Robert Cooper misses the dunk but he's hacked by Roderick McCoy - foul #1 on Roderick McCoy, team foul #8 | 20-24 |
| Subs | Houston | Colin Rademacher (PG), Danny Wells (SF), Ronald Manley (PF), James Griggs (C) David Poindexter, Kenny Nicolas, Roderick McCoy, Benjamin Bishop | |
| Subs | UMBC | Jon Handley (PG), Donald Stewart (SG), Raymond Yoho (SF), John Patten (C) Clyde Peterson, Marcus Wysong, Melvin Kirts, Steven Ballew | |
| 08:12 | UMBC | Robert Cooper makes the 1st free throw | 20-25 |
| 08:12 | UMBC | Robert Cooper misses the 2nd free throw | 20-25 |
| 08:12 | Houston | Ronald Manley gets the rebound | 20-25 |
| 08:08 | Houston | Colin Rademacher scores on a jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Danny Wells | 22-25 |
| 07:53 | UMBC | John Patten can't connect on an uncontested runner in the paint | 22-25 |
| 07:51 | UMBC | John Patten hits the follow up shot | 22-27 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Colin Rademacher (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Thomas Nilsen (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Danny Wells (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Ronald Manley (fresh) 2 reb. C - James Griggs (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMBC | PG - Jon Handley (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Donald Stewart (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Raymond Yoho (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Cooper (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - John Patten (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:42 | Houston | Colin Rademacher comes up short on the floater from the right wing but he's hacked by Jon Handley - foul #1 on Jon Handley, team foul #6 | 22-27 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | UMBC | Robert Linck (C) Robert Cooper | |
| 07:42 | Houston | Colin Rademacher makes the 1st free throw | 23-27 |
| 07:42 | Houston | Colin Rademacher misses the 2nd free throw | 23-27 |
| 07:42 | UMBC | Robert Linck snags the defensive board | 23-27 |
| 07:20 | UMBC | Raymond Yoho misses the layup against the doubleteam but he's hacked by Danny Wells - foul #1 on Danny Wells, team foul #9 | 23-27 |
| 07:20 | UMBC | Raymond Yoho makes the 1st free throw | 23-28 |
| 07:20 | UMBC | Raymond Yoho makes the 2nd free throw | 23-29 |
| 07:04 | Houston | Colin Rademacher can't connect on a shot from the free throw line | 23-29 |
| 07:03 | UMBC | Donald Stewart gets the rebound | 23-29 |
| 06:44 | UMBC | Donald Stewart is fouled on the floor by James Griggs - foul #1 on James Griggs, team foul #10 | 23-29 |
| 06:44 | UMBC | Donald Stewart makes the 1st free throw | 23-30 |
| 06:44 | UMBC | Donald Stewart makes the 2nd free throw | 23-31 |
| 06:33 | Houston | Raymond Yoho is called for the reach on Thomas Nilsen - foul #1 on Raymond Yoho, team foul #7 | 23-31 |
| 06:33 | Houston | Thomas Nilsen makes the 1st free throw | 24-31 |
| 06:33 | Houston | Thomas Nilsen makes the 2nd free throw | 25-31 |
| 06:17 | UMBC | Raymond Yoho is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway in the lane | 25-31 |
| 06:15 | UMBC | Raymond Yoho gets the offensive rebound | 25-31 |
| 06:00 | UMBC | Donald Stewart misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side | 25-31 |
| 05:59 | UMBC | John Patten hits the follow up shot | 25-33 |
| 05:48 | Houston | James Griggs scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Thomas Nilsen | 27-33 |
| 05:37 | UMBC | Raymond Yoho clanks a floater from the left side | 27-33 |
| 05:35 | Houston | Ronald Manley grabs the board | 27-33 |
| 05:29 | Houston | Danny Wells clanks a floater from the left side | 27-33 |
| 05:27 | Houston | Danny Wells pulls down the offensive rebound | 27-33 |
| 05:11 | Houston | Jon Handley takes the ball from Thomas Nilsen | 27-33 |
| 05:08 | UMBC | Donald Stewart banks in the layup set up by Jon Handley | 27-35 |
| 04:49 | Houston | Danny Wells comes up short on the shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Jon Handley - foul #2 on Jon Handley, team foul #8 | 27-35 |
| Subs | Houston | David Poindexter (PG), Kenny Nicolas (SF), Roderick McCoy (PF), Benjamin Bishop (C) Colin Rademacher, Thomas Nilsen, Ronald Manley, James Griggs | |
| Subs | UMBC | John Burgess (PG), Marcus Wysong (SG), Melvin Kirts (SF), Robert Cooper (PF), Steven Ballew (C) Jon Handley, Donald Stewart, Raymond Yoho, John Patten, Robert Linck | |
| 04:49 | Houston | Danny Wells makes the 1st free throw | 28-35 |
| 04:49 | Houston | Danny Wells makes the 2nd free throw | 29-35 |
| 04:25 | UMBC | Kenny Nicolas is called for the reach on Steven Ballew - foul #1 on Kenny Nicolas, team foul #11 | 29-35 |
| Subs | Houston | Thomas Nilsen (SG) Danny Wells | |
| Subs | UMBC | Clyde Peterson (PG) John Burgess | |
| 04:25 | UMBC | Steven Ballew makes the 1st free throw | 29-36 |
| 04:25 | UMBC | Steven Ballew makes the 2nd free throw | 29-37 |
| 04:01 | Houston | Kenny Nicolas lays it up and in on a nice dish by Benjamin Bishop | 31-37 |
| 03:37 | UMBC | Clyde Peterson comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 31-37 |
| 03:36 | Houston | Kenny Nicolas pulls down the rebound | 31-37 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - David Poindexter (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Thomas Nilsen (tiring) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenny Nicolas (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Roderick McCoy (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Benjamin Bishop (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMBC | PG - Clyde Peterson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Marcus Wysong (fresh) SF - Melvin Kirts (fresh) PF - Robert Cooper (fresh) 4 pts. C - Steven Ballew (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 03:30 | Houston | Kenny Nicolas loses the dribble to Steven Ballew | 31-37 |
| 03:04 | UMBC | Clyde Peterson drills a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Marcus Wysong | 31-40 |
| 02:43 | Houston | Roderick McCoy can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 31-40 |
| 02:42 | UMBC | The rebound goes to Clyde Peterson | 31-40 |
| 02:31 | UMBC | Melvin Kirts misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 31-40 |
| 02:30 | Houston | Roderick McCoy grabs the defensive rebound | 31-40 |
| 02:25 | Houston | Thomas Nilsen misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Marcus Wysong - foul #1 on Marcus Wysong, team foul #9 | 31-40 |
| Subs | Houston | James Griggs (C) Benjamin Bishop | |
| Subs | UMBC | Jon Handley (PG), Donald Stewart (SG), Raymond Yoho (SF), Glenn Hollingsworth (PF) Clyde Peterson, Marcus Wysong, Melvin Kirts, Robert Cooper | |
| 02:25 | Houston | Thomas Nilsen makes the 1st free throw | 32-40 |
| 02:25 | Houston | Thomas Nilsen makes the 2nd free throw | 33-40 |
| 02:06 | UMBC | David Poindexter picks off the pass by Donald Stewart out of a doubleteam | 33-40 |
| 01:50 | Houston | James Griggs hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block | 33-40 |
| 01:48 | UMBC | Steven Ballew grabs the defensive rebound | 33-40 |
| 01:24 | UMBC | Donald Stewart hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the right block but the foul's on David Poindexter - foul #2 on David Poindexter, team foul #12 | 33-40 |
| Subs | Houston | Colin Rademacher (PG), Anthony Robinson (SG), Danny Wells (SF), Ronald Manley (PF) David Poindexter, Thomas Nilsen, Kenny Nicolas, Roderick McCoy | |
| Subs | UMBC | John Patten (C) Steven Ballew | |
| 01:24 | UMBC | Donald Stewart makes the 1st free throw | 33-41 |
| 01:24 | UMBC | Donald Stewart makes the 2nd free throw | 33-42 |
| 01:09 | Houston | Anthony Robinson misses the 3 from the left corner | 33-42 |
| 01:08 | UMBC | Glenn Hollingsworth pulls down the rebound | 33-42 |
| 00:49 | UMBC | Jon Handley banks in the layup set up by Donald Stewart and he's hacked by Ronald Manley - foul #2 on Ronald Manley, team foul #13 | 33-44 |
| 00:49 | UMBC | Jon Handley makes the free throw | 33-45 |
| 00:30 | Houston | Danny Wells is fouled on the floor by Raymond Yoho - foul #2 on Raymond Yoho, team foul #10 | 33-45 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | UMBC | Clyde Peterson (PG) Jon Handley | |
| 00:30 | Houston | Danny Wells makes the 1st free throw | 34-45 |
| 00:30 | Houston | Danny Wells makes the 2nd free throw | 35-45 |
| 00:03 | UMBC | John Patten is open and scores on a floater from the right block on a great pass from Clyde Peterson | 35-47 |
| 00:00 | Houston | Colin Rademacher misses short on a halfcourt shot | 35-47 |