| Lineup | Rice | PG - Kenny Garrett (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joe Woods (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Scotty McLaird (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - Lloyd Broome (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - James Pritchard (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - James Christie (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Sergio Lopez (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Bryson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Blake James (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. C - John Evans (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Scotty McLaird inbounds the ball | 30-32 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:45 | Rice | James Pritchard loses the dribble to James Christie | 30-32 |
| 19:18 | Marshall | John Evans misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 30-32 |
| 19:16 | Rice | Scotty McLaird snags the defensive board | 30-32 |
| 18:57 | Rice | Lloyd Broome can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Blake James - foul #1 on Blake James, team foul #1 | 30-32 |
| 18:57 | Rice | Lloyd Broome makes the 1st free throw | 31-32 |
| 18:57 | Rice | Lloyd Broome makes the 2nd free throw | 32-32 |
| 18:37 | Marshall | James Christie scores on a floater from the right wing on a great pass from Sergio Lopez | 32-34 |
| 18:25 | Rice | James Pritchard connects on the shot near the basket | 34-34 |
| 18:10 | Marshall | James Christie misses badly on a floater from the right wing | 34-34 |
| 18:09 | Marshall | The offensive rebound goes to James Bryson | 34-34 |
| 17:50 | Marshall | James Bryson banks in the layup | 34-36 |
| 17:37 | Rice | Joe Woods travels with the ball | 34-36 |
| 17:24 | Marshall | Sergio Lopez misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 34-36 |
| 17:22 | Rice | Kenny Garrett gets the rebound | 34-36 |
| 17:06 | Rice | Joe Woods misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 34-36 |
| 17:04 | Marshall | James Bryson pulls down the rebound | 34-36 |
| 16:50 | Marshall | James Bryson clanks a fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by Joe Woods - foul #3 on Joe Woods, team foul #1 | 34-36 |
| Subs | Rice | Kevin Cassidy (SG), Jake Sitz (PF), Frank Krug (C) Joe Woods, Lloyd Broome, James Pritchard | |
| Subs | Marshall | Joe Mitchell (PG), Joe Bacon (PF), Caleb Yoder (C) James Christie, Blake James, John Evans | |
| 16:50 | Marshall | James Bryson makes the 1st free throw | 34-37 |
| 16:50 | Marshall | James Bryson makes the 2nd free throw | 34-38 |
| 16:33 | Rice | Kenny Garrett hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 34-38 |
| 16:32 | Marshall | The rebound goes to Caleb Yoder | 34-38 |
| 16:19 | Marshall | Sergio Lopez hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 34-38 |
| 16:17 | Marshall | Joe Bacon tips it but misses | 34-38 |
| 16:15 | Rice | Jake Sitz grabs the board | 34-38 |
| 15:58 | Rice | Frank Krug clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Caleb Yoder - foul #1 on Caleb Yoder, team foul #2 | 34-38 |
| Subs | Rice | Billy Davis (SG), Jeremiah Terrill (PF) Kenny Garrett, Scotty McLaird | |
| Subs | Marshall | Curtis Harpster (PG), Larry Mitchell (C) Sergio Lopez, James Bryson | |
| 15:58 | Rice | Frank Krug makes the 1st free throw | 35-38 |
| 15:58 | Rice | Frank Krug misses the 2nd free throw | 35-38 |
| 15:58 | Marshall | Joe Mitchell grabs the board | 35-38 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Kevin Cassidy (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Billy Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frank Krug (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Jeremiah Terrill (fresh) 3 pts. C - Jake Sitz (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Curtis Harpster (fresh) SG - Joe Mitchell (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Joe Bacon (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Caleb Yoder (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Larry Mitchell (fresh) | |
| 15:37 | Marshall | Joe Bacon scores on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line and he's hacked by Frank Krug - foul #2 on Frank Krug, team foul #2 | 35-40 |
| Subs | Rice | Joe Woods (SG), James Pritchard (C) Billy Davis, Jeremiah Terrill | |
| Subs | Marshall | James Christie (PG), John Evans (C) Curtis Harpster, Larry Mitchell | |
| 15:37 | Marshall | Joe Bacon makes the free throw | 35-41 |
| 15:11 | Rice | Kevin Cassidy connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 37-41 |
| 14:53 | Marshall | James Christie misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 37-41 |
| 14:51 | Marshall | The offensive rebound goes to Joe Bacon | 37-41 |
| 14:26 | Marshall | Caleb Yoder can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 37-41 |
| 14:24 | Rice | Jake Sitz grabs the defensive rebound | 37-41 |
| 14:18 | Rice | Joe Woods misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 37-41 |
| 14:17 | Marshall | The rebound goes to Joe Bacon | 37-41 |
| 14:10 | Marshall | Joe Bacon misses long on a floater from the right wing but the foul's on James Pritchard - foul #1 on James Pritchard, team foul #3 | 37-41 |
| Subs | Rice | Kenny Garrett (PG), Scotty McLaird (SF), Lloyd Broome (PF) Kevin Cassidy, Frank Krug, Jake Sitz | |
| Subs | Marshall | Sergio Lopez (SG), Blake James (PF) Joe Mitchell, Caleb Yoder | |
| 14:10 | Marshall | Joe Bacon makes the 1st free throw | 37-42 |
| 14:10 | Marshall | Joe Bacon makes the 2nd free throw | 37-43 |
| 13:57 | Rice | Kenny Garrett connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 40-43 |
| 13:48 | Marshall | John Evans misses badly on a floater from the left side | 40-43 |
| 13:47 | Rice | Scotty McLaird snags the defensive board | 40-43 |
| 13:29 | Rice | Scotty McLaird misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 40-43 |
| 13:28 | Marshall | Blake James gets the rebound | 40-43 |
| 13:24 | Marshall | James Christie is fouled on the floor by Lloyd Broome - foul #2 on Lloyd Broome, team foul #4 | 40-43 |
| Subs | Rice | Kevin Cassidy (SG), Frank Krug (C) Joe Woods, James Pritchard | |
| Subs | Marshall | Curtis Harpster (PG), James Bryson (SF), Larry Mitchell (C) James Christie, Joe Bacon, John Evans | |
| 13:04 | Marshall | James Bryson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-43 |
| Subs | Rice | Jake Sitz (C) Frank Krug | |
| Subs | Marshall | Joe Mitchell (PG), Caleb Yoder (C) Curtis Harpster, Larry Mitchell | |
| 12:48 | Rice | Kevin Cassidy buries a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Kenny Garrett | 43-43 |
| 12:29 | Marshall | Jake Sitz steals it from Sergio Lopez | 43-43 |
| 12:00 | Rice | Scotty McLaird buries a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane set up by Lloyd Broome and he's fouled by Blake James - foul #2 on Blake James, team foul #3 | 45-43 |
| Subs | Rice | Joe Woods (SG), James Pritchard (C) Kevin Cassidy, Jake Sitz | |
| Subs | Marshall | James Christie (PG), John Evans (C) Joe Mitchell, Caleb Yoder | |
| 12:00 | Rice | Scotty McLaird misses the free throw | 45-43 |
| 12:00 | Marshall | Blake James grabs the defensive rebound | 45-43 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Kenny Garrett (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Joe Woods (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. SF - Scotty McLaird (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. PF - Lloyd Broome (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - James Pritchard (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - James Christie (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Sergio Lopez (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Bryson (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. PF - Blake James (fresh) 1 pts. 7 reb. C - John Evans (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:35 | Marshall | Sergio Lopez misses the jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Joe Woods - foul #4 on Joe Woods, team foul #5 | 45-43 |
| Subs | Rice | Billy Davis (SG), Jeremiah Terrill (PF) Joe Woods, Lloyd Broome | |
| Subs | Marshall | Joe Bacon (PF) Blake James | |
| 11:35 | Marshall | Sergio Lopez makes the 1st free throw | 45-44 |
| 11:35 | Marshall | Sergio Lopez makes the 2nd free throw | 45-45 |
| 11:14 | Rice | Kenny Garrett misses the 3 from the left wing | 45-45 |
| 11:12 | Rice | James Pritchard tips it in | 47-45 |
| 10:51 | Marshall | John Evans knocks in the turnaround from close range | 47-47 |
| 10:42 | Rice | Billy Davis misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 47-47 |
| 10:41 | Marshall | The rebound goes to Joe Bacon | 47-47 |
| 10:37 | Marshall | Billy Davis steals it from James Bryson | 47-47 |
| 10:30 | Rice | Kenny Garrett buries a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Scotty McLaird | 50-47 |
| 10:03 | Marshall | James Bryson is hacked by Scotty McLaird - foul #2 on Scotty McLaird, team foul #6 | 50-47 |
| Subs | Rice | Kevin Cassidy (PG), Frank Krug (SF), Lloyd Broome (PF) Kenny Garrett, Scotty McLaird, Jeremiah Terrill | |
| Subs | Marshall | Curtis Harpster (PG), Joe Mitchell (SG), Blake James (PF) James Christie, Sergio Lopez, James Bryson | |
| 09:56 | Marshall | Joe Mitchell comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 50-47 |
| 09:54 | Marshall | John Evans snags the offensive board | 50-47 |
| 09:35 | Marshall | Curtis Harpster hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 50-50 |
| 09:12 | Rice | James Pritchard misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane | 50-50 |
| 09:10 | Marshall | Joe Bacon grabs the board | 50-50 |
| 08:51 | Marshall | Joe Bacon misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 50-50 |
| 08:49 | Rice | Frank Krug snags the defensive board | 50-50 |
| 08:36 | Rice | Frank Krug drills a 3 from the left corner | 53-50 |
| 08:21 | Marshall | Joe Mitchell misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 53-50 |
| 08:20 | Rice | James Pritchard grabs the board | 53-50 |
| 07:58 | Rice | Frank Krug loses the dribble to Joe Mitchell | 53-50 |
| 07:55 | Marshall | Joe Bacon hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Joe Mitchell | 53-52 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Kevin Cassidy (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Billy Davis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frank Krug (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Lloyd Broome (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - James Pritchard (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Curtis Harpster (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Joe Mitchell (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Joe Bacon (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. PF - Blake James (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 7 reb. C - John Evans (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:41 | Rice | James Pritchard throws a bad pass out of bounds | 53-52 |
| Subs | Rice | Kenny Garrett (PG), Joe Woods (SG), Scotty McLaird (SF), Jake Sitz (PF) Kevin Cassidy, Billy Davis, Lloyd Broome, James Pritchard | |
| Subs | Marshall | James Christie (PG), Sergio Lopez (SG), James Bryson (SF), Caleb Yoder (PF), Larry Mitchell (C) Curtis Harpster, Joe Mitchell, Joe Bacon, Blake James, John Evans | |
| 07:37 | Marshall | James Christie is called for a charge in the backcourt - foul #1 on James Christie, team foul #4 | 53-52 |
| 07:26 | Rice | Kenny Garrett is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Kenny Garrett, team foul #7 | 53-52 |
| 07:16 | Marshall | James Bryson makes the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 53-55 |
| 07:06 | Rice | Scotty McLaird throws a bad pass out of bounds | 53-55 |
| 06:54 | Marshall | Sergio Lopez misses badly on a jumpshot from the right wing | 53-55 |
| 06:52 | Marshall | Caleb Yoder grabs the offensive board | 53-55 |
| 06:36 | Marshall | Sergio Lopez misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 53-55 |
| 06:34 | Marshall | Caleb Yoder tips it in | 53-57 |
| 06:19 | Rice | Scotty McLaird is hacked by James Bryson - foul #2 on James Bryson, team foul #5 | 53-57 |
| Subs | Rice | Jeremiah Terrill (PF) Frank Krug | |
| Subs | Marshall | Joe Bacon (PF) Larry Mitchell | |
| 06:06 | Rice | Joe Woods buries a 3 from straight away set up by Kenny Garrett | 56-57 |
| 05:47 | Marshall | Sergio Lopez is hacked by Joe Woods - foul #5 on Joe Woods, team foul #8 | 56-57 |
| Subs | Rice | Kevin Cassidy (SG), Lloyd Broome (PF) Joe Woods, Jeremiah Terrill | |
| Subs | Marshall | Blake James (PF) Joe Bacon | |
| 05:47 | Marshall | Sergio Lopez misses the 1st free throw | 56-57 |
| 05:47 | Rice | Jake Sitz gets the rebound | 56-57 |
| 05:39 | Rice | Lloyd Broome's layup is rejected by Caleb Yoder | 56-57 |
| 05:38 | Rice | Lloyd Broome pulls down the offensive rebound | 56-57 |
| 05:20 | Rice | Blake James is called for the reach on Scotty McLaird - foul #3 on Blake James, team foul #6 | 56-57 |
| Subs | Rice | James Pritchard (C) Jake Sitz | |
| Subs | Marshall | John Evans (C) Caleb Yoder | |
| 05:06 | Rice | Kenny Garrett misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 56-57 |
| 05:04 | Marshall | Blake James grabs the defensive rebound | 56-57 |
| 04:53 | Marshall | James Christie is hacked by Kevin Cassidy - foul #1 on Kevin Cassidy, team foul #9 | 56-57 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Marshall | Joe Bacon (SF) James Bryson | |
| 04:53 | Marshall | James Christie misses the 1st free throw | 56-57 |
| 04:53 | Rice | James Pritchard gets the rebound | 56-57 |
| 04:40 | Rice | Kevin Cassidy clanks a jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Blake James - foul #4 on Blake James, team foul #7 | 56-57 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Marshall | Joe Mitchell (PG) James Christie | |
| 04:40 | Rice | Kevin Cassidy misses the 1st free throw | 56-57 |
| 04:40 | Rice | Kevin Cassidy makes the 2nd free throw | 57-57 |
| 04:18 | Marshall | Blake James's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 57-57 |
| Subs | Rice | Frank Krug (SF), Jake Sitz (PF) Scotty McLaird, Lloyd Broome | |
| Subs | Marshall | Caleb Yoder (PF) Blake James | |
| 03:49 | Rice | Jake Sitz throws a bad pass out of bounds | 57-57 |
| Subs | Rice | Billy Davis (SG) Kenny Garrett | |
| Subs | Marshall | Curtis Harpster (PG), James Bryson (SF) Sergio Lopez, Caleb Yoder | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Kevin Cassidy (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Billy Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frank Krug (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Jake Sitz (fresh) 5 reb. C - James Pritchard (fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marshall | PG - Curtis Harpster (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Joe Mitchell (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - James Bryson (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. PF - Joe Bacon (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - John Evans (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 03:41 | Marshall | Joe Mitchell's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 57-57 |
| 03:24 | Rice | Frank Krug knocks in the jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Billy Davis | 59-57 |
| 03:03 | Marshall | Joe Mitchell hits a jumpshot from the left side | 59-59 |
| 02:53 | Rice | Jake Sitz can't connect on a fadeaway in the lane | 59-59 |
| 02:51 | Rice | James Pritchard tips it but misses | 59-59 |
| 02:50 | Rice | James Pritchard misses the tip | 59-59 |
| 02:48 | Marshall | Joe Bacon gets the rebound | 59-59 |
| 02:48 | Marshall | Marshall calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 59-59 |
| Subs | Rice | Kenny Garrett (PG), Scotty McLaird (SF), Lloyd Broome (PF) Billy Davis, Frank Krug, Jake Sitz | |
| Subs | Marshall | James Christie (PG), Sergio Lopez (SG), Blake James (PF) Curtis Harpster, Joe Mitchell, Joe Bacon | |
| 02:40 | Marshall | John Evans clanks a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's fouled by James Pritchard - foul #2 on James Pritchard, team foul #10 | 59-59 |
| 02:40 | Marshall | John Evans makes the 1st free throw | 59-60 |
| 02:40 | Marshall | John Evans makes the 2nd free throw | 59-61 |
| 02:25 | Rice | James Pritchard misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 59-61 |
| 02:23 | Rice | Kenny Garrett grabs the offensive rebound | 59-61 |
| 02:14 | Rice | Scotty McLaird is fouled on the floor by James Bryson - foul #3 on James Bryson, team foul #8 | 59-61 |
| 02:14 | Rice | Scotty McLaird makes the 1st free throw | 60-61 |
| 02:14 | Rice | Scotty McLaird misses the 2nd free throw | 60-61 |
| 02:14 | Marshall | Blake James gets the rebound | 60-61 |
| 01:47 | Marshall | Blake James is fouled on the floor by Lloyd Broome - foul #3 on Lloyd Broome, team foul #11 | 60-61 |
| 01:47 | Marshall | Blake James misses the 1st free throw | 60-61 |
| 01:47 | Marshall | Blake James misses the 2nd free throw | 60-61 |
| 01:47 | Rice | Lloyd Broome snags the defensive board | 60-61 |
| 01:31 | Rice | Scotty McLaird is whistled for a carry | 60-61 |
| 01:17 | Marshall | James Bryson is hacked by Lloyd Broome - foul #4 on Lloyd Broome, team foul #12 | 60-61 |
| 01:17 | Marshall | James Bryson makes the 1st free throw | 60-62 |
| 01:17 | Marshall | James Bryson misses the 2nd free throw | 60-62 |
| 01:17 | Rice | Lloyd Broome gets the rebound | 60-62 |
| 01:09 | Rice | Kevin Cassidy comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 60-62 |
| 01:07 | Rice | Kenny Garrett grabs the offensive rebound | 60-62 |
| 00:58 | Rice | Kenny Garrett buries a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Lloyd Broome | 63-62 |
| 00:29 | Marshall | Blake James hits a jump hook from close range on a great pass from James Christie | 63-64 |
| 00:15 | Rice | James Pritchard drills a jumper near the basket | 65-64 |
| 00:11 | Marshall | Sergio Lopez's floater is knocked away by James Pritchard | 65-64 |
| 00:10 | Rice | The rebound goes to James Pritchard | 65-64 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:07 | Rice | Sergio Lopez is called for the reach on James Pritchard in the backcourt - foul #2 on Sergio Lopez, team foul #9 | 65-64 |
| 00:07 | Rice | James Pritchard misses the 1st free throw | 65-64 |
| 00:07 | Marshall | John Evans pulls down the rebound | 65-64 |
| 00:07 | Marshall | Marshall calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 65-64 |
| 00:01 | Marshall | Sergio Lopez lays it up and in | 65-66 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marshall | Marshall is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:00 | Rice | Kenny Garrett clanks a fullcourt shot | 65-66 |