| Lineup | Rice | PG - Richard Sorensen (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Arnold Zeimetz (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Paul Davis (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Manuel Johnson (fresh) C - Bernard Perine (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - Louis Henderson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Earl Burch (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Lawrence Dilday (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Alfredo Diaz (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. C - Marko Zan (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Paul Davis inbounds the ball | 20-22 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Central Florida | Central Florida is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:41 | Rice | Arnold Zeimetz hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right wing | 20-22 |
| 19:39 | Rice | Paul Davis gets the offensive rebound | 20-22 |
| 19:18 | Rice | Manuel Johnson throws it down on a nice dish by Paul Davis | 22-22 |
| 18:54 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 22-22 |
| 18:52 | Central Florida | Alfredo Diaz tips it in | 22-24 |
| 18:39 | Rice | Bernard Perine is whistled for a carry | 22-24 |
| 18:17 | Central Florida | Manuel Johnson is called for the reach on Alfredo Diaz - foul #1 on Manuel Johnson, team foul #1 | 22-24 |
| 17:58 | Central Florida | Alfredo Diaz clanks a driving attempt from the right block but he's fouled by Manuel Johnson - foul #2 on Manuel Johnson, team foul #2 | 22-24 |
| 17:58 | Central Florida | Alfredo Diaz misses the 1st free throw | 22-24 |
| 17:58 | Central Florida | Alfredo Diaz makes the 2nd free throw | 22-25 |
| 17:45 | Rice | Richard Sorensen can't connect on a runner from close range but he's fouled by Louis Henderson - foul #2 on Louis Henderson, team foul #1 | 22-25 |
| 17:45 | Rice | Richard Sorensen misses the 1st free throw | 22-25 |
| 17:45 | Rice | Richard Sorensen makes the 2nd free throw | 23-25 |
| 17:23 | Central Florida | Marko Zan is fouled on the floor by Bernard Perine - foul #2 on Bernard Perine, team foul #3 | 23-25 |
| Subs | Rice | Burton Lee (SF) Paul Davis | |
| Subs | Central Florida | | |
| 17:03 | Central Florida | Earl Burch makes the 3 from the right corner | 23-28 |
| 16:46 | Rice | Manuel Johnson comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 23-28 |
| 16:44 | Central Florida | Marko Zan gets the rebound | 23-28 |
| 16:23 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson is hacked by Richard Sorensen - foul #2 on Richard Sorensen, team foul #4 | 23-28 |
| Subs | Rice | Carl Bivens (SG), Gary Robinson (PF), John Schueler (C) Arnold Zeimetz, Manuel Johnson, Bernard Perine | |
| Subs | Central Florida | | |
| 16:02 | Central Florida | Marko Zan hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Louis Henderson and the foul's on John Schueler - foul #1 on John Schueler, team foul #5 | 23-30 |
| Subs | Rice | Paul Davis (SF) John Schueler | |
| Subs | Central Florida | | |
| 16:02 | Central Florida | Marko Zan makes the free throw | 23-31 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Richard Sorensen (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Carl Bivens (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Paul Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Burton Lee (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Gary Robinson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - Louis Henderson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Earl Burch (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Lawrence Dilday (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Alfredo Diaz (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. C - Marko Zan (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:35 | Rice | Gary Robinson misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 23-31 |
| 15:33 | Central Florida | Alfredo Diaz pulls down the rebound | 23-31 |
| 15:22 | Central Florida | Carl Bivens steps in front of the Marko Zan pass | 23-31 |
| 15:10 | Rice | Lawrence Dilday is called for the reach on Gary Robinson - foul #1 on Lawrence Dilday, team foul #2 | 23-31 |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas Nelson (PG), Bernard Perine (C) Richard Sorensen, Gary Robinson | |
| Subs | Central Florida | | |
| 14:58 | Rice | Bernard Perine misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 23-31 |
| 14:56 | Central Florida | The rebound goes to Marko Zan | 23-31 |
| 14:34 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson buries a jumpshot from the left wing set up by Earl Burch | 23-33 |
| 14:13 | Rice | Burton Lee clanks a 3 from the left wing | 23-33 |
| 14:11 | Rice | Nicholas Nelson snags the offensive board | 23-33 |
| 14:01 | Rice | Burton Lee's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 23-33 |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Sorensen (PG), Arnold Zeimetz (SG), Gary Robinson (SF), Manuel Johnson (PF) Nicholas Nelson, Carl Bivens, Paul Davis, Burton Lee | |
| Subs | Central Florida | | |
| 13:36 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday lays it in | 23-35 |
| 13:31 | Rice | Richard Sorensen makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Manuel Johnson | 26-35 |
| 13:08 | Central Florida | Arnold Zeimetz is called for the reach on Earl Burch - foul #3 on Arnold Zeimetz, team foul #6 | 26-35 |
| 12:45 | Central Florida | Earl Burch knocks in the shot from the right wing on a great pass from Louis Henderson | 26-37 |
| 12:21 | Rice | Bernard Perine hits the front of the rim on the floater in the paint | 26-37 |
| 12:20 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday snags the defensive board | 26-37 |
| 11:53 | Central Florida | Earl Burch misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 26-37 |
| 11:51 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday snags the offensive board | 26-37 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Richard Sorensen (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Arnold Zeimetz (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. SF - Gary Robinson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Manuel Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. C - Bernard Perine (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - Louis Henderson (tiring) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Earl Burch (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lawrence Dilday (tiring) 7 pts. 6 reb. PF - Alfredo Diaz (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Marko Zan (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:30 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday blows the layup | 26-37 |
| 11:28 | Rice | Arnold Zeimetz grabs the defensive rebound | 26-37 |
| 11:09 | Rice | Manuel Johnson loses the ball out of bounds | 26-37 |
| Subs | Rice | Carl Bivens (PG), Paul Davis (SF), John Schueler (C) Richard Sorensen, Gary Robinson, Bernard Perine | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Salvador Salgado (PG), Malcolm Barone (SF), Alfredo Bermudez (PF), Jason Schonberg (C) Louis Henderson, Lawrence Dilday, Alfredo Diaz, Marko Zan | |
| 10:45 | Central Florida | Malcolm Barone's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 26-37 |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas Nelson (PG), Burton Lee (PF) Arnold Zeimetz, Manuel Johnson | |
| Subs | Central Florida | | |
| 10:27 | Rice | Burton Lee clanks a shot from just outside the lane | 26-37 |
| 10:26 | Central Florida | Salvador Salgado snags the defensive board | 26-37 |
| 10:00 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez knocks in the floater from the left block on a great pass from Salvador Salgado | 26-39 |
| 09:44 | Rice | Paul Davis connects on the runner from the baseline on a great pass from Carl Bivens and he's hacked by Malcolm Barone - foul #1 on Malcolm Barone, team foul #3 | 28-39 |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Sorensen (PG), Arnold Zeimetz (SG), Gary Robinson (C) Nicholas Nelson, Carl Bivens, John Schueler | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Louis Henderson (PG), Alfredo Diaz (PF), Marko Zan (C) Earl Burch, Alfredo Bermudez, Jason Schonberg | |
| 09:44 | Rice | Paul Davis makes the free throw | 29-39 |
| 09:22 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 29-39 |
| 09:21 | Central Florida | Alfredo Diaz grabs the offensive rebound | 29-39 |
| 08:58 | Central Florida | Marko Zan hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 29-39 |
| 08:57 | Rice | Richard Sorensen grabs the board | 29-39 |
| 08:47 | Rice | Burton Lee drills a turnaround near the basket set up by Arnold Zeimetz and he's hacked by Alfredo Diaz - foul #4 on Alfredo Diaz, team foul #4 | 31-39 |
| Subs | Rice | Manuel Johnson (PF), Bernard Perine (C) Paul Davis, Gary Robinson | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday (SF) Malcolm Barone | |
| 08:47 | Rice | Burton Lee misses the free throw | 31-39 |
| 08:47 | Central Florida | Alfredo Diaz pulls down the rebound | 31-39 |
| 08:42 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line | 31-39 |
| 08:40 | Central Florida | Alfredo Diaz tips it in | 31-41 |
| 08:14 | Rice | Richard Sorensen hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from close range but he's hacked by Marko Zan - foul #1 on Marko Zan, team foul #5 | 31-41 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Earl Burch (SG) Louis Henderson | |
| 08:14 | Rice | Richard Sorensen misses the 1st free throw | 31-41 |
| 08:14 | Rice | Richard Sorensen makes the 2nd free throw | 32-41 |
| 07:49 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 32-41 |
| 07:48 | Rice | Arnold Zeimetz snags the defensive board | 32-41 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Richard Sorensen (fresh) 9 pts. SG - Arnold Zeimetz (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Burton Lee (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Manuel Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. C - Bernard Perine (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - Salvador Salgado (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Earl Burch (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lawrence Dilday (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. PF - Alfredo Diaz (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. C - Marko Zan (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:28 | Rice | Burton Lee's floater is tipped away by Marko Zan | 32-41 |
| 07:26 | Rice | Manuel Johnson grabs the offensive rebound | 32-41 |
| 07:14 | Rice | Bernard Perine misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 32-41 |
| 07:13 | Rice | Burton Lee grabs the offensive rebound | 32-41 |
| 06:58 | Rice | Bernard Perine hits a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Arnold Zeimetz | 35-41 |
| 06:39 | Central Florida | Alfredo Diaz misses the fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by Burton Lee - foul #1 on Burton Lee, team foul #7 | 35-41 |
| Subs | Rice | Carl Bivens (SG), Paul Davis (SF) Arnold Zeimetz, Burton Lee | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Louis Henderson (PG), Alfredo Bermudez (C) Salvador Salgado, Marko Zan | |
| 06:39 | Central Florida | Alfredo Diaz makes the 1st free throw | 35-42 |
| 06:39 | Central Florida | Alfredo Diaz misses the 2nd free throw | 35-42 |
| 06:39 | Rice | The rebound goes to Bernard Perine | 35-42 |
| 06:21 | Rice | Richard Sorensen hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 35-42 |
| 06:20 | Central Florida | Earl Burch gets the rebound | 35-42 |
| 05:52 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez scores on a floater from the left side | 35-44 |
| 05:34 | Rice | Carl Bivens is called for a charge - foul #1 on Carl Bivens, team foul #8 | 35-44 |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas Nelson (PG), Gary Robinson (PF), John Schueler (C) Richard Sorensen, Manuel Johnson, Bernard Perine | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Malcolm Barone (SF), Marko Zan (C) Lawrence Dilday, Alfredo Diaz | |
| 05:11 | Central Florida | Paul Davis takes the ball from Louis Henderson | 35-44 |
| 04:52 | Rice | Carl Bivens can't connect on a shot from the right wing but the foul's on Marko Zan - foul #2 on Marko Zan, team foul #6 | 35-44 |
| Subs | Rice | Arnold Zeimetz (SG), Burton Lee (PF) Nicholas Nelson, John Schueler | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Salvador Salgado (SG) Earl Burch | |
| 04:52 | Rice | Carl Bivens makes the 1st free throw | 36-44 |
| 04:52 | Rice | Carl Bivens makes the 2nd free throw | 37-44 |
| 04:27 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson is fouled on the floor by Carl Bivens - foul #2 on Carl Bivens, team foul #9 | 37-44 |
| Subs | Rice | Richard Sorensen (PG), Manuel Johnson (PF), Bernard Perine (C) Carl Bivens, Burton Lee, Gary Robinson | |
| Subs | Central Florida | | |
| 04:27 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson makes the 1st free throw | 37-45 |
| 04:27 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson misses the 2nd free throw | 37-45 |
| 04:27 | Rice | Manuel Johnson grabs the board | 37-45 |
| 04:08 | Rice | Alfredo Bermudez swats the short shot by Arnold Zeimetz | 37-45 |
| 04:07 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez grabs the board | 37-45 |
| 03:53 | Central Florida | Salvador Salgado can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 37-45 |
| 03:52 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez gets the offensive rebound | 37-45 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Central Florida | Central Florida is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:38 | Central Florida | Salvador Salgado hits a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Louis Henderson | 37-47 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Richard Sorensen (fresh) 9 pts. SG - Arnold Zeimetz (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Paul Davis (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Manuel Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Bernard Perine (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - Louis Henderson (tiring) 7 pts. 5 ast. SG - Salvador Salgado (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Malcolm Barone (fresh) PF - Alfredo Bermudez (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Marko Zan (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Central Florida | Central Florida is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:25 | Rice | Richard Sorensen is fouled on the floor by Louis Henderson - foul #3 on Louis Henderson, team foul #7 | 37-47 |
| Subs | Rice | Burton Lee (SF) Paul Davis | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Earl Burch (SG), Lawrence Dilday (SF), Alfredo Diaz (PF) Louis Henderson, Malcolm Barone, Marko Zan | |
| 03:25 | Rice | Richard Sorensen makes the 1st free throw | 38-47 |
| 03:25 | Rice | Richard Sorensen makes the 2nd free throw | 39-47 |
| 02:59 | Central Florida | Alfredo Diaz blows the layup | 39-47 |
| 02:58 | Central Florida | Salvador Salgado grabs the offensive rebound | 39-47 |
| 02:58 | Central Florida | Central Florida calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 39-47 |
| Subs | Rice | Paul Davis (SF) Burton Lee | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Louis Henderson (PG), Marko Zan (C) Salvador Salgado, Alfredo Bermudez | |
| 02:40 | Central Florida | Earl Burch is hacked by Bernard Perine - foul #3 on Bernard Perine, team foul #10 | 39-47 |
| 02:40 | Central Florida | Earl Burch misses the 1st free throw | 39-47 |
| 02:40 | Central Florida | Earl Burch makes the 2nd free throw | 39-48 |
| 02:31 | Rice | Bernard Perine buries a fadeaway from the left block on a nice dish by Richard Sorensen and he's hacked by Marko Zan - foul #3 on Marko Zan, team foul #8 | 41-48 |
| 02:31 | Rice | Bernard Perine makes the free throw | 42-48 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Central Florida | Central Florida is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:02 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday buries a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 42-50 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Central Florida | Central Florida is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:43 | Rice | Manuel Johnson comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 42-50 |
| 01:41 | Rice | Paul Davis tips it in | 44-50 |
| 01:27 | Central Florida | Marko Zan hits a shot from the baseline | 44-52 |
| 01:12 | Rice | Alfredo Diaz is called for the reach on Arnold Zeimetz - foul #5 on Alfredo Diaz, team foul #9 | 44-52 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez (PF) Alfredo Diaz | |
| 01:12 | Rice | Arnold Zeimetz misses the 1st free throw | 44-52 |
| 01:12 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez snags the defensive board | 44-52 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Central Florida | Central Florida is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:55 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday knocks in the runner from the right block set up by Louis Henderson | 44-54 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Central Florida | Central Florida is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:50 | Rice | Arnold Zeimetz knocks in the fadeaway in the lane set up by Richard Sorensen and he's fouled by Alfredo Bermudez - foul #2 on Alfredo Bermudez, team foul #10 | 46-54 |
| 00:50 | Rice | Arnold Zeimetz misses the free throw | 46-54 |
| 00:50 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez grabs the defensive rebound | 46-54 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Central Florida | Central Florida is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:48 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez is hacked by Richard Sorensen in the backcourt - foul #3 on Richard Sorensen, team foul #11 | 46-54 |
| 00:48 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez makes the 1st free throw | 46-55 |
| 00:48 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez misses the 2nd free throw | 46-55 |
| 00:48 | Rice | The rebound goes to Manuel Johnson | 46-55 |
| 00:44 | Rice | Louis Henderson steals the ball from Richard Sorensen in the backcourt | 46-55 |
| 00:43 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday hits the finger roll on a great pass from Louis Henderson | 46-57 |
| 00:38 | Rice | Arnold Zeimetz comes up short on the shot from the left wing | 46-57 |
| 00:36 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday pulls down the rebound | 46-57 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Central Florida | Central Florida is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:16 | Central Florida | Marko Zan throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-57 |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas Nelson (PG), Carl Bivens (SG), Burton Lee (SF), Gary Robinson (PF), John Schueler (C) Richard Sorensen, Arnold Zeimetz, Paul Davis, Manuel Johnson, Bernard Perine | |
| Subs | Central Florida | | |
| 00:10 | Rice | Gary Robinson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-57 |
| 00:00 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson runs out the clock | 46-57 |