| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Mark Long (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Fisher (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - James Spafford (fresh) 6 pts. PF - James Tarwater (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Nathan Jastremski (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Ricky Benjamin (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Travis Richmond (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Rafael Pierce (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Melvin King (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Travis Richmond inbounds the ball | 29-45 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:39 | Rice | Gerald Timmons comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 29-45 |
| 19:37 | East Carolina | James Spafford gets the rebound | 29-45 |
| 19:17 | East Carolina | James Fisher misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 29-45 |
| 19:16 | Rice | Rafael Pierce snags the defensive board | 29-45 |
| 18:58 | Rice | Gerald Timmons loses the ball out of bounds | 29-45 |
| 18:40 | East Carolina | Nathan Jastremski is fouled on the floor by Ricky Benjamin - foul #1 on Ricky Benjamin, team foul #1 | 29-45 |
| 18:23 | East Carolina | Nathan Jastremski knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner set up by James Spafford | 32-45 |
| 18:12 | Rice | Rafael Pierce misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 32-45 |
| 18:10 | East Carolina | James Spafford snags the defensive board | 32-45 |
| 18:04 | East Carolina | James Spafford misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 32-45 |
| 18:02 | Rice | Melvin King grabs the board | 32-45 |
| 17:53 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin knocks in the 3 from the left wing set up by Melvin King | 32-48 |
| 17:35 | East Carolina | James Fisher buries a floater from the left side | 34-48 |
| 17:13 | Rice | Rafael Pierce is denied on a dunk by James Tarwater | 34-48 |
| 17:12 | Rice | Travis Richmond grabs the offensive board | 34-48 |
| 17:04 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 34-51 |
| 16:59 | East Carolina | Mark Long makes the fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a great pass from James Spafford | 36-51 |
| 16:36 | Rice | Travis Richmond is hacked by Mark Long - foul #1 on Mark Long, team foul #1 | 36-51 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Edward Bishop (SG), Carlos Redding (SF), Jay Dejesus (PF), Francis Brown (C) James Fisher, James Spafford, James Tarwater, Nathan Jastremski | |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (PG), Melvin Alexander (SG), Nicholas Brown (SF), Dennis Price (PF), Chester Mahurin (C) Gerald Timmons, Ricky Benjamin, Travis Richmond, Rafael Pierce, Melvin King | |
| 16:31 | Rice | John Doan misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 36-51 |
| 16:29 | Rice | Melvin Alexander can't tip it in | 36-51 |
| 16:28 | Rice | Chester Mahurin grabs the offensive rebound | 36-51 |
| 16:13 | Rice | Nicholas Brown clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 36-51 |
| 16:11 | Rice | Chester Mahurin gets the offensive rebound | 36-51 |
| 15:59 | Rice | Nicholas Brown buries a 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Melvin Alexander | 36-54 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Mark Long (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Edward Bishop (fresh) SF - Carlos Redding (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jay Dejesus (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Francis Brown (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - John Doan (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Melvin Alexander (fresh) SF - Nicholas Brown (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Dennis Price (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Chester Mahurin (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:37 | East Carolina | Carlos Redding connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Mark Long | 39-54 |
| 15:30 | Rice | John Doan buries a floater from the right wing set up by Nicholas Brown | 39-56 |
| 15:04 | East Carolina | Mark Long scores on a 3pt shot from straight away | 42-56 |
| 14:46 | Rice | John Doan travels with the ball | 42-56 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Paul Boyd (PG) Mark Long | |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), Ricky Benjamin (SG), Travis Richmond (SF), Rafael Pierce (PF), Melvin King (C) John Doan, Melvin Alexander, Nicholas Brown, Dennis Price, Chester Mahurin | |
| 14:29 | East Carolina | Edward Bishop hits a 3 pointer from the left corner | 45-56 |
| 14:08 | Rice | Gerald Timmons is hacked by Francis Brown - foul #1 on Francis Brown, team foul #2 | 45-56 |
| Subs | East Carolina | James Fisher (SG), James Spafford (SF), James Tarwater (PF), Nathan Jastremski (C) Edward Bishop, Carlos Redding, Jay Dejesus, Francis Brown | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 13:51 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 45-56 |
| 13:50 | East Carolina | James Fisher snags the defensive board | 45-56 |
| 13:26 | East Carolina | James Tarwater drills a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Paul Boyd | 48-56 |
| 13:22 | Rice | Nathan Jastremski is called for the reach on Travis Richmond - foul #2 on Nathan Jastremski, team foul #3 | 48-56 |
| 13:10 | Rice | Gerald Timmons makes the 3 from the left wing | 48-59 |
| 12:52 | East Carolina | James Fisher makes the driving attempt from the baseline | 50-59 |
| 12:48 | Rice | Travis Richmond misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side | 50-59 |
| 12:47 | East Carolina | Nathan Jastremski gets the rebound | 50-59 |
| 12:41 | East Carolina | Nathan Jastremski misses badly on a floater from the left side | 50-59 |
| 12:40 | Rice | Rafael Pierce grabs the board | 50-59 |
| 12:24 | Rice | Rafael Pierce comes up short on the shot from the right side | 50-59 |
| 12:22 | East Carolina | Nathan Jastremski gets the rebound | 50-59 |
| 12:17 | East Carolina | Paul Boyd makes the 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by James Tarwater | 53-59 |
| 11:57 | Rice | James Tarwater is called for the reach on Travis Richmond - foul #2 on James Tarwater, team foul #4 | 53-59 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Mark Long (PG), Edward Bishop (SG), Carlos Redding (SF), Jay Dejesus (PF), Francis Brown (C) Paul Boyd, James Fisher, James Spafford, James Tarwater, Nathan Jastremski | |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (PG), Melvin Alexander (SG), Nicholas Brown (SF), Dennis Price (PF) Gerald Timmons, Ricky Benjamin, Travis Richmond, Rafael Pierce | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Mark Long (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Edward Bishop (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Carlos Redding (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Jay Dejesus (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Francis Brown (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - John Doan (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Melvin Alexander (fresh) SF - Nicholas Brown (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Dennis Price (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Melvin King (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:44 | Rice | John Doan knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Nicholas Brown | 53-62 |
| 11:19 | East Carolina | Jay Dejesus can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 53-62 |
| 11:17 | Rice | John Doan pulls down the rebound | 53-62 |
| 10:59 | Rice | Melvin Alexander misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side but the foul's on Edward Bishop - foul #2 on Edward Bishop, team foul #5 | 53-62 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | Rice | Chester Mahurin (C) Melvin King | |
| 10:59 | Rice | Melvin Alexander makes the 1st free throw | 53-63 |
| 10:59 | Rice | Melvin Alexander misses the 2nd free throw | 53-63 |
| 10:59 | East Carolina | Francis Brown grabs the board | 53-63 |
| 10:53 | East Carolina | Nicholas Brown steals the ball from Francis Brown | 53-63 |
| 10:38 | Rice | John Doan loses the dribble to Jay Dejesus | 53-63 |
| 10:18 | East Carolina | Edward Bishop's pass is intercepted by Nicholas Brown | 53-63 |
| 10:15 | Rice | Nicholas Brown can't throw it down | 53-63 |
| 10:13 | East Carolina | Jay Dejesus grabs the board | 53-63 |
| 10:07 | East Carolina | Carlos Redding is hacked by John Doan - foul #1 on John Doan, team foul #2 | 53-63 |
| Subs | East Carolina | James Fisher (SG), James Spafford (SF), James Tarwater (PF), Nathan Jastremski (C) Edward Bishop, Carlos Redding, Jay Dejesus, Francis Brown | |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), Ricky Benjamin (SG), Travis Richmond (SF), Rafael Pierce (PF) John Doan, Melvin Alexander, Dennis Price, Chester Mahurin | |
| 09:50 | East Carolina | Nathan Jastremski can't finish the layup | 53-63 |
| 09:48 | East Carolina | James Fisher misses the tip | 53-63 |
| 09:47 | Rice | Rafael Pierce gets the rebound | 53-63 |
| 09:25 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin throws a bad pass out of bounds | 53-63 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | Rice | Melvin King (C) Nicholas Brown | |
| 09:07 | East Carolina | Nathan Jastremski loses the dribble to Ricky Benjamin | 53-63 |
| 08:47 | Rice | James Fisher is called for the reach on Gerald Timmons - foul #1 on James Fisher, team foul #6 | 53-63 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Paul Boyd (PG), Jay Dejesus (C) Mark Long, Nathan Jastremski | |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Price (PF) Rafael Pierce | |
| 08:34 | Rice | Travis Richmond hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the free throw line but he's hacked by James Spafford - foul #2 on James Spafford, team foul #7 | 53-63 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Edward Bishop (SG) James Fisher | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 08:34 | Rice | Travis Richmond makes the 1st free throw | 53-64 |
| 08:34 | Rice | Travis Richmond makes the 2nd free throw | 53-65 |
| 08:13 | East Carolina | Paul Boyd misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 53-65 |
| 08:11 | Rice | Travis Richmond grabs the defensive rebound | 53-65 |
| 08:05 | Rice | Gerald Timmons scores on a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Ricky Benjamin | 53-68 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 07:51 | East Carolina | James Tarwater makes the driving attempt from the left block on a great pass from Paul Boyd | 55-68 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Paul Boyd (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Edward Bishop (fresh) 3 pts. SF - James Spafford (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Tarwater (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Jay Dejesus (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Ricky Benjamin (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SF - Travis Richmond (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Dennis Price (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Melvin King (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:33 | Rice | Travis Richmond comes up short on the turnaround from the baseline but the foul's on James Spafford - foul #3 on James Spafford, team foul #8 | 55-68 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Mark Long (PG), James Fisher (SG), Nathan Jastremski (C) Paul Boyd, James Spafford, James Tarwater | |
| Subs | Rice | Rafael Pierce (PF) Dennis Price | |
| 07:33 | Rice | Travis Richmond makes the 1st free throw | 55-69 |
| 07:33 | Rice | Travis Richmond misses the 2nd free throw | 55-69 |
| 07:33 | East Carolina | Nathan Jastremski pulls down the rebound | 55-69 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 07:17 | East Carolina | James Fisher is fouled on the floor by Melvin King - foul #1 on Melvin King, team foul #3 | 55-69 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (PG), Melvin Alexander (SG), Nicholas Brown (SF) Gerald Timmons, Ricky Benjamin, Travis Richmond | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 07:08 | East Carolina | Nathan Jastremski can't connect on a shot from the left wing | 55-69 |
| 07:07 | Rice | The rebound goes to Rafael Pierce | 55-69 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 06:40 | Rice | Nicholas Brown is hacked by Edward Bishop - foul #3 on Edward Bishop, team foul #9 | 55-69 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Francis Brown (PF) Jay Dejesus | |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Price (C) Melvin King | |
| 06:40 | Rice | Nicholas Brown makes the 1st free throw | 55-70 |
| 06:40 | Rice | Nicholas Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 55-71 |
| 06:29 | East Carolina | Francis Brown is hacked by John Doan - foul #2 on John Doan, team foul #4 | 55-71 |
| 06:10 | East Carolina | Melvin Alexander takes the ball from Mark Long | 55-71 |
| 06:07 | Rice | Nicholas Brown banks in the layup on a nice dish by Melvin Alexander | 55-73 |
| 05:49 | East Carolina | Mark Long comes up short on the fadeaway from the left wing but he's fouled by John Doan - foul #3 on John Doan, team foul #5 | 55-73 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Paul Boyd (SG), James Spafford (SF), James Tarwater (PF) James Fisher, Edward Bishop, Nathan Jastremski | |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), Ricky Benjamin (SG), Travis Richmond (SF) John Doan, Melvin Alexander, Rafael Pierce | |
| 05:49 | East Carolina | Mark Long makes the 1st free throw | 56-73 |
| 05:49 | East Carolina | Mark Long makes the 2nd free throw | 57-73 |
| 05:25 | Rice | Nicholas Brown hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 57-73 |
| 05:23 | Rice | Travis Richmond tips it home | 57-75 |
| 05:13 | East Carolina | James Spafford hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 57-75 |
| 05:11 | East Carolina | The offensive rebound goes to Francis Brown | 57-75 |
| 05:06 | East Carolina | Travis Richmond steals the ball from James Tarwater | 57-75 |
| 04:41 | Rice | Nicholas Brown comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 57-75 |
| 04:40 | Rice | Dennis Price tips it but misses | 57-75 |
| 04:38 | East Carolina | Francis Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 57-75 |
| 04:30 | East Carolina | Mark Long is fouled on the floor by Ricky Benjamin - foul #2 on Ricky Benjamin, team foul #6 | 57-75 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Edward Bishop (SG), Jay Dejesus (PF), Nathan Jastremski (C) Mark Long, James Tarwater, Francis Brown | |
| Subs | Rice | Rafael Pierce (PF), Melvin King (C) Nicholas Brown, Dennis Price | |
| 04:22 | East Carolina | Edward Bishop misses the jumper from the free throw line | 57-75 |
| 04:21 | Rice | Melvin King snags the defensive board | 57-75 |
| 04:05 | Rice | Melvin King knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 57-77 |
| 03:45 | East Carolina | James Spafford hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 57-77 |
| 03:44 | Rice | The rebound goes to Rafael Pierce | 57-77 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Paul Boyd (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Edward Bishop (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SF - James Spafford (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Jay Dejesus (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Nathan Jastremski (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Ricky Benjamin (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SF - Travis Richmond (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. PF - Rafael Pierce (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. C - Melvin King (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:30 | Rice | Paul Boyd picks off the pass by Travis Richmond | 57-77 |
| 03:27 | East Carolina | Edward Bishop misses the easy layup | 57-77 |
| 03:26 | Rice | Melvin King snags the defensive board | 57-77 |
| 03:06 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Gerald Timmons | 57-80 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:04 | East Carolina | Paul Boyd loses the dribble to Gerald Timmons in the backcourt | 57-80 |
| 02:46 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 57-80 |
| 02:45 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to James Spafford | 57-80 |
| 02:38 | East Carolina | Jay Dejesus buries a shot from the right block on a great pass from Paul Boyd | 59-80 |
| 02:21 | Rice | Travis Richmond hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 59-80 |
| 02:19 | Rice | Gerald Timmons grabs the offensive rebound | 59-80 |
| 02:05 | Rice | Travis Richmond lays it in on a great pass from Ricky Benjamin | 59-82 |
| 01:52 | East Carolina | James Spafford misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 59-82 |
| 01:51 | Rice | Melvin King snags the defensive board | 59-82 |
| 01:44 | Rice | Rafael Pierce is called for traveling | 59-82 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Carlos Redding (SF), Francis Brown (C) James Spafford, Nathan Jastremski | |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (PG), Melvin Alexander (SG), Nicholas Brown (SF), Dennis Price (PF), Chester Mahurin (C) Gerald Timmons, Ricky Benjamin, Travis Richmond, Rafael Pierce, Melvin King | |
| 01:34 | East Carolina | Carlos Redding comes up short on the jumper near the basket but the foul's on Dennis Price - foul #1 on Dennis Price, team foul #7 | 59-82 |
| 01:34 | East Carolina | Carlos Redding makes the 1st free throw | 60-82 |
| 01:34 | East Carolina | Carlos Redding makes the 2nd free throw | 61-82 |
| 01:14 | Rice | Chester Mahurin can't connect on a shot from the right block | 61-82 |
| 01:12 | East Carolina | Francis Brown pulls down the rebound | 61-82 |
| 01:06 | East Carolina | Paul Boyd's layup is rejected by Chester Mahurin | 61-82 |
| 01:05 | Rice | Chester Mahurin pulls down the rebound | 61-82 |
| 00:48 | Rice | Chester Mahurin is hacked by Jay Dejesus - foul #2 on Jay Dejesus, team foul #10 | 61-82 |
| 00:48 | Rice | Chester Mahurin makes the 1st free throw | 61-83 |
| 00:48 | Rice | Chester Mahurin makes the 2nd free throw | 61-84 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:42 | East Carolina | Paul Boyd hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Edward Bishop | 63-84 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:21 | Rice | Carlos Redding steals it from Nicholas Brown | 63-84 |
| 00:16 | East Carolina | Carlos Redding misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 63-84 |
| 00:14 | Rice | Dennis Price snags the defensive board | 63-84 |
| 00:00 | Rice | John Doan runs out the clock | 63-84 |