| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Ricky Benjamin (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Travis Richmond (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Rafael Pierce (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Melvin King (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Milford Bissette (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - John Arvizu (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Grover Carroll (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Graham Johns (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Claude Reece (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll inbounds the ball | 28-32 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| 19:31 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the baseline | 28-32 |
| 19:29 | Rice | Travis Richmond grabs the board | 28-32 |
| 19:22 | Rice | Gerald Timmons misses the 3 from the right wing | 28-32 |
| 19:21 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Graham Johns | 28-32 |
| 19:17 | Southern Mississippi | John Arvizu loses the ball out of bounds | 28-32 |
| 19:03 | Rice | Travis Richmond's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 28-32 |
| 18:54 | Southern Mississippi | Ricky Benjamin is called for the reach on John Arvizu - foul #2 on Ricky Benjamin, team foul #1 | 28-32 |
| 18:28 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece is denied on a dunk by Ricky Benjamin | 28-32 |
| 18:27 | Rice | Rafael Pierce grabs the defensive rebound | 28-32 |
| 18:08 | Rice | Melvin King drills a 3pt shot from straight away | 31-32 |
| 17:45 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece's pass is intercepted by Gerald Timmons | 31-32 |
| 17:42 | Rice | Gerald Timmons misses the easy layup | 31-32 |
| 17:41 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns grabs the board | 31-32 |
| 17:13 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 31-32 |
| 17:11 | Southern Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to John Arvizu | 31-32 |
| 16:52 | Southern Mississippi | Ricky Benjamin is called for the reach on Milford Bissette - foul #3 on Ricky Benjamin, team foul #2 | 31-32 |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (SG), Nicholas Brown (PF) Ricky Benjamin, Rafael Pierce | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt (SG), Devin Ostroski (SF) John Arvizu, Grover Carroll | |
| 16:39 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski is hacked by Melvin King - foul #3 on Melvin King, team foul #3 | 31-32 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Price (PF), Chester Mahurin (C) Travis Richmond, Melvin King | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 16:10 | Southern Mississippi | Gerald Timmons takes the ball from Devin Ostroski | 31-32 |
| 15:55 | Rice | Gerald Timmons hits a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Nicholas Brown | 34-32 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SG - John Doan (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nicholas Brown (fresh) PF - Dennis Price (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Chester Mahurin (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Milford Bissette (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - John Petitt (fresh) SF - Devin Ostroski (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Graham Johns (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Claude Reece (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:34 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski buries a shot from the right side on a great pass from Milford Bissette | 34-34 |
| 15:10 | Rice | Chester Mahurin hits a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 36-34 |
| 14:49 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns lays it up and in on a great pass from John Petitt | 36-36 |
| 14:44 | Rice | Dennis Price scores on a jumpshot from the left side set up by Nicholas Brown | 38-36 |
| 14:23 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses long on a jumpshot from the right side but the foul's on Chester Mahurin - foul #1 on Chester Mahurin, team foul #4 | 38-36 |
| Subs | Rice | Ricky Benjamin (SG), Travis Richmond (SF), Rafael Pierce (PF), Melvin King (C) Gerald Timmons, Nicholas Brown, Dennis Price, Chester Mahurin | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | John Arvizu (SG), Grover Carroll (SF) John Petitt, Devin Ostroski | |
| 14:23 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses the 1st free throw | 38-36 |
| 14:23 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the 2nd free throw | 38-37 |
| 14:04 | Rice | Rafael Pierce misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 38-37 |
| 14:02 | Rice | John Doan snags the offensive board | 38-37 |
| 13:47 | Rice | Rafael Pierce buries a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 40-37 |
| 13:20 | Southern Mississippi | The jump hook by Claude Reece is blocked by Melvin King | 40-37 |
| 13:18 | Rice | Melvin King pulls down the rebound | 40-37 |
| 13:01 | Rice | Melvin King scores on a floater near the basket | 42-37 |
| 12:35 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece drills a fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by Grover Carroll | 42-39 |
| 12:14 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 42-39 |
| 12:13 | Rice | Rafael Pierce hits the follow up shot | 44-39 |
| 12:02 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns misses badly on a jump hook near the basket but he's hacked by Rafael Pierce - foul #2 on Rafael Pierce, team foul #5 | 44-39 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG) John Doan | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki (C) Claude Reece | |
| 12:02 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns misses the 1st free throw | 44-39 |
| 12:02 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns makes the 2nd free throw | 44-40 |
| 11:53 | Rice | Melvin King's pass is intercepted by John Arvizu | 44-40 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SG - Ricky Benjamin (fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. SF - Travis Richmond (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. PF - Rafael Pierce (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. C - Melvin King (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Milford Bissette (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SG - John Arvizu (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Grover Carroll (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Graham Johns (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - Ehioze Araki (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:25 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 44-40 |
| 11:24 | Southern Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to Graham Johns | 44-40 |
| 11:05 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns buries a jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by John Arvizu | 44-42 |
| 10:49 | Rice | Melvin King misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane | 44-42 |
| 10:47 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki grabs the board | 44-42 |
| 10:27 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 44-42 |
| 10:26 | Rice | Rafael Pierce snags the defensive board | 44-42 |
| 10:19 | Rice | Travis Richmond misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 44-42 |
| 10:18 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns pulls down the rebound | 44-42 |
| 09:53 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns connects on the driving attempt near the basket on a nice dish by Grover Carroll | 44-44 |
| 09:39 | Rice | Travis Richmond connects on the runner from the left block on a great pass from Melvin King and he's fouled by Grover Carroll - foul #2 on Grover Carroll, team foul #1 | 46-44 |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (SG), Nicholas Brown (PF), Dennis Price (C) Ricky Benjamin, Rafael Pierce, Melvin King | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt (SG), Devin Ostroski (SF), Shawn Collins (C) John Arvizu, Grover Carroll, Graham Johns | |
| 09:39 | Rice | Travis Richmond makes the free throw | 47-44 |
| 09:16 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's hacked by John Doan - foul #1 on John Doan, team foul #6 | 47-44 |
| Subs | Rice | Chester Mahurin (C) Travis Richmond | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Wade Huston (PG), Claude Reece (C) Milford Bissette, Shawn Collins | |
| 09:16 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki makes the 1st free throw | 47-45 |
| 09:16 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki makes the 2nd free throw | 47-46 |
| 09:09 | Rice | Ehioze Araki steps in front of the Nicholas Brown pass | 47-46 |
| 08:41 | Southern Mississippi | Wade Huston loses the dribble to Dennis Price | 47-46 |
| 08:26 | Rice | Nicholas Brown drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Gerald Timmons | 50-46 |
| 08:15 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski misses short on a fadeaway from the right side | 50-46 |
| 08:14 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki tips it home | 50-48 |
| 08:04 | Rice | Gerald Timmons can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 50-48 |
| 08:02 | Rice | Dennis Price gets the offensive rebound | 50-48 |
| 07:56 | Rice | Dennis Price's pass is intercepted by Ehioze Araki | 50-48 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - John Doan (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nicholas Brown (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Dennis Price (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Chester Mahurin (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Wade Huston (fresh) SG - John Petitt (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Devin Ostroski (fresh) 11 pts. PF - Ehioze Araki (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Claude Reece (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:35 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece comes up short on the fadeaway from close range | 50-48 |
| 07:33 | Rice | The rebound goes to Nicholas Brown | 50-48 |
| 07:07 | Rice | John Doan drills a 3pt shot from straight away | 53-48 |
| 07:02 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski can't connect on a shot from the right wing but the foul's on Dennis Price - foul #1 on Dennis Price, team foul #7 | 53-48 |
| Subs | Rice | Ricky Benjamin (SG), Travis Richmond (SF), Rafael Pierce (PF), Melvin King (C) Gerald Timmons, Nicholas Brown, Dennis Price, Chester Mahurin | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette (PG), John Arvizu (SG), Graham Johns (PF) Wade Huston, John Petitt, Ehioze Araki | |
| 07:02 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski misses the 1st free throw | 53-48 |
| 07:02 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski makes the 2nd free throw | 53-49 |
| 06:51 | Rice | Rafael Pierce drills a shot in the lane | 55-49 |
| 06:31 | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette is fouled on the floor by John Doan - foul #2 on John Doan, team foul #8 | 55-49 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll (SF) Devin Ostroski | |
| 06:31 | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette makes the 1st free throw | 55-50 |
| 06:31 | Southern Mississippi | Milford Bissette makes the 2nd free throw | 55-51 |
| 06:11 | Rice | Rafael Pierce is called for 3 seconds | 55-51 |
| Subs | Rice | John Donohue (PG) John Doan | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins (C) Claude Reece | |
| 05:44 | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins knocks in the floater from the baseline | 55-53 |
| 05:40 | Rice | John Arvizu picks off the pass by Rafael Pierce | 55-53 |
| 05:37 | Southern Mississippi | John Arvizu hits the finger roll | 55-55 |
| 05:32 | Rice | John Donohue misses long on a turnaround in the lane but he's fouled by Shawn Collins - foul #1 on Shawn Collins, team foul #2 | 55-55 |
| 05:32 | Rice | John Donohue misses the 1st free throw | 55-55 |
| 05:32 | Rice | John Donohue makes the 2nd free throw | 56-55 |
| 05:04 | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from close range but he's fouled by Melvin King - foul #4 on Melvin King, team foul #9 | 56-55 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG) John Donohue | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece (C) Graham Johns | |
| 05:04 | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins makes the 1st free throw | 56-56 |
| 05:04 | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins misses the 2nd free throw | 56-56 |
| 05:04 | Rice | Rafael Pierce snags the defensive board | 56-56 |
| 04:51 | Rice | Travis Richmond hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 56-56 |
| 04:49 | Rice | Travis Richmond hits the follow up shot | 58-56 |
| 04:37 | Southern Mississippi | Melvin King swats the dunk try by Claude Reece | 58-56 |
| 04:36 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece hits the follow up shot | 58-58 |
| 04:30 | Rice | Travis Richmond misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Shawn Collins - foul #2 on Shawn Collins, team foul #3 | 58-58 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns (PF) Shawn Collins | |
| 04:30 | Rice | Travis Richmond misses the 1st free throw | 58-58 |
| 04:30 | Rice | Travis Richmond makes the 2nd free throw | 59-58 |
| 04:07 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Milford Bissette | 59-61 |
| 03:59 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 59-61 |
| 03:58 | Rice | Rafael Pierce grabs the offensive board | 59-61 |
| 03:40 | Rice | Gerald Timmons clanks a 3 from the right corner | 59-61 |
| 03:38 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Graham Johns | 59-61 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Ricky Benjamin (fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. SF - Travis Richmond (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. PF - Rafael Pierce (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 8 reb. C - Melvin King (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Milford Bissette (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - John Arvizu (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Grover Carroll (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. PF - Graham Johns (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 9 reb. C - Claude Reece (fresh) 15 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:10 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece is whistled for traveling | 59-61 |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (SG), Nicholas Brown (SF), Dennis Price (PF), Chester Mahurin (C) Ricky Benjamin, Travis Richmond, Rafael Pierce, Melvin King | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt (SG), Devin Ostroski (SF) John Arvizu, Grover Carroll | |
| 02:53 | Rice | John Doan connects on the floater from close range set up by Nicholas Brown | 61-61 |
| 02:53 | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 61-61 |
| Subs | Rice | Ricky Benjamin (SG), Travis Richmond (SF), Rafael Pierce (PF), Melvin King (C) John Doan, Nicholas Brown, Dennis Price, Chester Mahurin | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | John Arvizu (SG), Grover Carroll (SF) John Petitt, Devin Ostroski | |
| 02:34 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns misses the jumpshot from the right side but the foul's on Rafael Pierce - foul #3 on Rafael Pierce, team foul #10 | 61-61 |
| 02:34 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns misses the 1st free throw | 61-61 |
| 02:34 | Southern Mississippi | Graham Johns makes the 2nd free throw | 61-62 |
| 02:21 | Rice | Rafael Pierce is fouled on the floor by Graham Johns - foul #2 on Graham Johns, team foul #4 | 61-62 |
| 02:07 | Rice | Travis Richmond misses the jumper from the free throw line | 61-62 |
| 02:06 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece grabs the defensive rebound | 61-62 |
| 01:39 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses the fadeaway from the right wing | 61-62 |
| 01:38 | Rice | Travis Richmond gets the rebound | 61-62 |
| 01:18 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin is fouled on the floor by John Arvizu - foul #3 on John Arvizu, team foul #5 | 61-62 |
| 01:05 | Rice | Melvin King misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Claude Reece - foul #1 on Claude Reece, team foul #6 | 61-62 |
| 01:05 | Rice | Melvin King makes the 1st free throw | 62-62 |
| 01:05 | Rice | Melvin King makes the 2nd free throw | 63-62 |
| 00:38 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece jams it set up by Milford Bissette and he's fouled by Travis Richmond - foul #1 on Travis Richmond, team foul #11 | 63-64 |
| 00:38 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the free throw | 63-65 |
| 00:15 | Rice | Travis Richmond scores on a jumper from close range | 65-65 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| 00:05 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Grover Carroll and the foul's on Ricky Benjamin - foul #4 on Ricky Benjamin, team foul #12 | 65-67 |
| 00:05 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses the free throw | 65-67 |
| 00:05 | Rice | Rafael Pierce gets the rebound | 65-67 |
| 00:05 | Rice | Rice calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 65-67 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| 00:01 | Rice | Claude Reece blocks the short jumper by Rafael Pierce | 65-67 |
| 00:00 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece snags the defensive board | 65-67 |