| Lineup | Grambling State | PG - Christopher King (fresh) SG - Sammy Lance (fresh) SF - Brian Quinn (fresh) PF - Victor Richart (fresh) C - Joseph Hudson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Mario Gonzales (fresh) SG - Christopher Fortier (fresh) SF - Steven Richardson (fresh) PF - Baran Gorski (fresh) C - Justin Sims (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Justin Sims wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Grambling State | Grambling State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:42 | Rice | Justin Sims is hacked by Brian Quinn - foul #1 on Brian Quinn, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:24 | Rice | Christopher Fortier misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | Grambling State | The rebound goes to Victor Richart | 0-0 |
| 19:05 | Grambling State | Christopher King misses badly on a fadeaway in the lane | 0-0 |
| 19:03 | Grambling State | Christopher King tips it but misses | 0-0 |
| 19:01 | Rice | Baran Gorski pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:53 | Rice | Steven Richardson clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 18:51 | Grambling State | Victor Richart gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:35 | Grambling State | Sammy Lance misses the floater in the paint but the foul's on Christopher Fortier - foul #1 on Christopher Fortier, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 18:35 | Grambling State | Sammy Lance makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 18:35 | Grambling State | Sammy Lance makes the 2nd free throw | 2-0 |
| 18:12 | Rice | Mario Gonzales is fouled on the floor by Christopher King - foul #1 on Christopher King, team foul #2 | 2-0 |
| 17:56 | Rice | Christopher Fortier comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 2-0 |
| 17:54 | Grambling State | Christopher King grabs the defensive rebound | 2-0 |
| 17:31 | Grambling State | Sammy Lance is fouled on the floor by Steven Richardson - foul #1 on Steven Richardson, team foul #2 | 2-0 |
| 17:16 | Grambling State | Christopher King connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Victor Richart | 5-0 |
| 16:51 | Rice | Baran Gorski is whistled for traveling | 5-0 |
| 16:33 | Grambling State | Christopher Fortier steals the ball from Sammy Lance | 5-0 |
| 16:10 | Rice | Baran Gorski clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 5-0 |
| 16:08 | Rice | Baran Gorski gets the offensive rebound | 5-0 |
| 15:45 | Rice | Christopher Fortier comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 5-0 |
| 15:44 | Rice | The offensive rebound goes to Justin Sims | 5-0 |
| Lineup | Grambling State | PG - Christopher King (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Sammy Lance (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Brian Quinn (fresh) PF - Victor Richart (fresh) 2 reb. C - Joseph Hudson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Mario Gonzales (fairly fresh) SG - Christopher Fortier (fresh) SF - Steven Richardson (fairly fresh) PF - Baran Gorski (fresh) 2 reb. C - Justin Sims (fresh) | |
| 15:26 | Rice | Steven Richardson misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 5-0 |
| 15:24 | Grambling State | Joseph Hudson snags the defensive board | 5-0 |
| 15:19 | Grambling State | Brian Quinn misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 5-0 |
| 15:17 | Grambling State | Sammy Lance grabs the offensive board | 5-0 |
| 15:01 | Grambling State | Sammy Lance comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 5-0 |
| 15:00 | Rice | Baran Gorski grabs the defensive rebound | 5-0 |
| 14:46 | Rice | Baran Gorski is fouled on the floor by Victor Richart - foul #1 on Victor Richart, team foul #3 | 5-0 |
| Subs | Grambling State | Jeremy Gantz (SG), Steven Fisher (SF), Adrian Smith (PF), Richard Krier (C) Sammy Lance, Brian Quinn, Victor Richart, Joseph Hudson | |
| Subs | Rice | He-ping Zheng (SF), Cortez Martin (PF), Larry Villalobos (C) Steven Richardson, Baran Gorski, Justin Sims | |
| 14:34 | Rice | Cortez Martin hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Mario Gonzales | 5-3 |
| 14:14 | Grambling State | Christopher Fortier takes the ball from Christopher King | 5-3 |
| 14:10 | Rice | He-ping Zheng connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Cortez Martin | 5-5 |
| 13:51 | Grambling State | Steven Fisher misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 5-5 |
| 13:50 | Rice | Larry Villalobos snags the defensive board | 5-5 |
| 13:44 | Rice | He-ping Zheng comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Steven Fisher - foul #1 on Steven Fisher, team foul #4 | 5-5 |
| Subs | Grambling State | Sammy Lance (SG) Christopher King | |
| Subs | Rice | Steven Richardson (SF) Mario Gonzales | |
| 13:44 | Rice | He-ping Zheng makes the 1st free throw | 5-6 |
| 13:44 | Rice | He-ping Zheng misses the 2nd free throw | 5-6 |
| 13:44 | Rice | Cortez Martin grabs the offensive board | 5-6 |
| 13:24 | Rice | Cortez Martin misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Richard Krier - foul #1 on Richard Krier, team foul #5 | 5-6 |
| Subs | Grambling State | Victor Richart (PF), Joseph Hudson (C) Adrian Smith, Richard Krier | |
| Subs | Rice | Baran Gorski (PF), Justin Sims (C) Christopher Fortier, Larry Villalobos | |
| 13:24 | Rice | Cortez Martin makes the 1st free throw | 5-7 |
| 13:24 | Rice | Cortez Martin misses the 2nd free throw | 5-7 |
| 13:24 | Grambling State | Victor Richart gets the rebound | 5-7 |
| 13:07 | Grambling State | Sammy Lance misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 5-7 |
| 13:05 | Grambling State | Joseph Hudson pulls down the offensive rebound | 5-7 |
| 13:00 | Grambling State | Joseph Hudson hits a floater from the baseline and he's fouled by Steven Richardson - foul #2 on Steven Richardson, team foul #3 | 7-7 |
| Subs | Grambling State | Brian Quinn (SF) Steven Fisher | |
| Subs | Rice | Larry Villalobos (PG) Steven Richardson | |
| 13:00 | Grambling State | Joseph Hudson misses the free throw | 7-7 |
| 13:00 | Rice | Baran Gorski pulls down the rebound | 7-7 |
| 12:44 | Rice | Larry Villalobos is fouled on the floor by Jeremy Gantz - foul #1 on Jeremy Gantz, team foul #6 | 7-7 |
| 12:26 | Rice | Larry Villalobos is denied on a dunk by Joseph Hudson | 7-7 |
| 12:25 | Grambling State | Joseph Hudson snags the defensive board | 7-7 |
| 12:15 | Grambling State | Victor Richart can't connect on a fadeaway in the paint but the foul's on Baran Gorski - foul #1 on Baran Gorski, team foul #4 | 7-7 |
| Subs | Grambling State | Christopher King (PG) Jeremy Gantz | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 12:15 | Grambling State | Victor Richart makes the 1st free throw | 8-7 |
| 12:15 | Grambling State | Victor Richart misses the 2nd free throw | 8-7 |
| 12:15 | Rice | Justin Sims pulls down the rebound | 8-7 |
| 12:04 | Rice | Larry Villalobos comes up short on the floater in the lane but he's fouled by Christopher King - foul #2 on Christopher King, team foul #7 | 8-7 |
| Subs | Grambling State | Lawrence Williams (PG) Christopher King | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 12:04 | Rice | Larry Villalobos makes the 1st free throw | 8-8 |
| 12:04 | Rice | Larry Villalobos makes the 2nd free throw | 8-9 |
| 11:37 | Grambling State | Brian Quinn misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 8-9 |
| 11:36 | Rice | Larry Villalobos pulls down the rebound | 8-9 |
| Lineup | Grambling State | PG - Lawrence Williams (fresh) SG - Sammy Lance (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Brian Quinn (fresh) PF - Victor Richart (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Hudson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Larry Villalobos (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. SG - He-ping Zheng (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Cortez Martin (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Baran Gorski (fresh) 4 reb. C - Justin Sims (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:24 | Rice | He-ping Zheng scores on a shot from the right side on a nice dish by Larry Villalobos | 8-11 |
| 11:12 | Grambling State | Joseph Hudson drills a shot near the basket | 10-11 |
| 11:03 | Rice | Larry Villalobos scores on a jump hook from the right block on a great pass from He-ping Zheng | 10-13 |
| 10:48 | Grambling State | Brian Quinn can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but the foul's on Cortez Martin - foul #1 on Cortez Martin, team foul #5 | 10-13 |
| Subs | Grambling State | Jeremy Gantz (PG), Adrian Smith (PF), Steven Fisher (C) Sammy Lance, Victor Richart, Joseph Hudson | |
| Subs | Rice | Mario Gonzales (PG), Christopher Fortier (SG), Harry Mendelson (C) Cortez Martin, Baran Gorski, Justin Sims | |
| 10:48 | Grambling State | Brian Quinn misses the 1st free throw | 10-13 |
| 10:48 | Grambling State | Brian Quinn makes the 2nd free throw | 11-13 |
| 10:27 | Rice | Harry Mendelson clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 11-13 |
| 10:25 | Grambling State | Steven Fisher grabs the board | 11-13 |
| 10:10 | Grambling State | Brian Quinn connects on the 3 from straight away | 14-13 |
| 09:50 | Rice | Larry Villalobos hits the finger roll on a great pass from Christopher Fortier | 14-15 |
| 09:32 | Grambling State | Lawrence Williams hits a floater from the free throw line | 16-15 |
| 09:07 | Rice | The short jumper by Larry Villalobos is denied by Steven Fisher | 16-15 |
| 09:05 | Grambling State | The rebound goes to Steven Fisher | 16-15 |
| 08:45 | Grambling State | He-ping Zheng steals the ball from Brian Quinn | 16-15 |
| 08:42 | Rice | He-ping Zheng dunks the ball | 16-17 |
| 08:30 | Grambling State | Adrian Smith is hacked by Larry Villalobos - foul #1 on Larry Villalobos, team foul #6 | 16-17 |
| Subs | Grambling State | Sammy Lance (SG), Victor Richart (PF), Joseph Hudson (C) Lawrence Williams, Brian Quinn, Adrian Smith | |
| Subs | Rice | Cortez Martin (SF), Baran Gorski (PF), Justin Sims (C) He-ping Zheng, Larry Villalobos, Harry Mendelson | |
| 08:06 | Grambling State | Jeremy Gantz drills a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Steven Fisher | 19-17 |
| 07:37 | Rice | Christopher Fortier knocks in the floater from the free throw line set up by Mario Gonzales and the foul's on Jeremy Gantz - foul #2 on Jeremy Gantz, team foul #8 | 19-19 |
| Subs | Grambling State | John Werner (PG), Richard Krier (SF) Jeremy Gantz, Steven Fisher | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 07:37 | Rice | Christopher Fortier makes the free throw | 19-20 |
| Lineup | Grambling State | PG - John Werner (fresh) SG - Sammy Lance (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Richard Krier (fresh) PF - Victor Richart (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Hudson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Mario Gonzales (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Christopher Fortier (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Cortez Martin (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Baran Gorski (fresh) 4 reb. C - Justin Sims (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:24 | Grambling State | Joseph Hudson hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 19-20 |
| 07:23 | Rice | Cortez Martin grabs the defensive rebound | 19-20 |
| 07:03 | Rice | Cortez Martin's pass is intercepted by Richard Krier | 19-20 |
| 06:56 | Grambling State | Richard Krier scores on a 3 from straight away | 22-20 |
| 06:43 | Rice | Baran Gorski makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Mario Gonzales | 22-23 |
| 06:17 | Grambling State | Sammy Lance misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 22-23 |
| 06:16 | Rice | Mario Gonzales gets the rebound | 22-23 |
| 05:55 | Rice | Mario Gonzales is hacked by John Werner - foul #1 on John Werner, team foul #9 | 22-23 |
| Subs | Grambling State | Lawrence Williams (PG), Steven Fisher (SF), Adrian Smith (PF) John Werner, Victor Richart, Joseph Hudson | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 05:55 | Rice | Mario Gonzales misses the 1st free throw | 22-23 |
| 05:55 | Grambling State | Richard Krier gets the rebound | 22-23 |
| 05:39 | Grambling State | Adrian Smith connects on the 3 from the right wing | 25-23 |
| 05:14 | Rice | Richard Krier picks off the pass by Justin Sims | 25-23 |
| 04:55 | Grambling State | Lawrence Williams can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 25-23 |
| 04:53 | Rice | Baran Gorski pulls down the rebound | 25-23 |
| 04:50 | Rice | Mario Gonzales is hacked by Sammy Lance in the backcourt - foul #1 on Sammy Lance, team foul #10 | 25-23 |
| Subs | Grambling State | John Werner (SG), Brian Quinn (SF), Victor Richart (PF) Sammy Lance, Steven Fisher, Richard Krier | |
| Subs | Rice | He-ping Zheng (SF), Larry Villalobos (PF), Harry Mendelson (C) Cortez Martin, Baran Gorski, Justin Sims | |
| 04:50 | Rice | Mario Gonzales makes the 1st free throw | 25-24 |
| 04:50 | Rice | Mario Gonzales makes the 2nd free throw | 25-25 |
| 04:32 | Grambling State | John Werner is whistled for traveling | 25-25 |
| 04:03 | Rice | John Werner is called for the reach on He-ping Zheng - foul #2 on John Werner, team foul #11 | 25-25 |
| Subs | Grambling State | Sammy Lance (SG), Joseph Hudson (C) John Werner, Adrian Smith | |
| Subs | Rice | Kevin Quijada (PF) Mario Gonzales | |
| 04:03 | Rice | He-ping Zheng makes the 1st free throw | 25-26 |
| 04:03 | Rice | He-ping Zheng makes the 2nd free throw | 25-27 |
| 03:42 | Grambling State | Sammy Lance knocks in the floater from the right side on a great pass from Joseph Hudson and he's hacked by Christopher Fortier - foul #2 on Christopher Fortier, team foul #7 | 27-27 |
| Subs | Grambling State | Christopher King (PG) Lawrence Williams | |
| Subs | Rice | Steven Richardson (SF), Cortez Martin (PF) Kevin Quijada, Harry Mendelson | |
| 03:42 | Grambling State | Sammy Lance makes the free throw | 28-27 |
| 03:19 | Rice | Steven Richardson buries a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by He-ping Zheng | 28-30 |
| Lineup | Grambling State | PG - Christopher King (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Sammy Lance (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Brian Quinn (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Victor Richart (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Hudson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - He-ping Zheng (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Christopher Fortier (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Steven Richardson (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Cortez Martin (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Larry Villalobos (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:04 | Grambling State | Sammy Lance can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 28-30 |
| 03:02 | Grambling State | Joseph Hudson misses the tip | 28-30 |
| 03:00 | Grambling State | Christopher King snags the offensive board | 28-30 |
| 02:50 | Grambling State | Sammy Lance comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 28-30 |
| 02:49 | Rice | Cortez Martin pulls down the rebound | 28-30 |
| 02:35 | Rice | Christopher Fortier connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Cortez Martin | 28-33 |
| 02:10 | Grambling State | Victor Richart comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 28-33 |
| 02:08 | Grambling State | Christopher King grabs the offensive rebound | 28-33 |
| 01:50 | Grambling State | Christopher King misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 28-33 |
| 01:49 | Rice | Steven Richardson snags the defensive board | 28-33 |
| 01:36 | Rice | Steven Richardson clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 28-33 |
| 01:35 | Grambling State | Joseph Hudson grabs the defensive rebound | 28-33 |
| 01:13 | Grambling State | Christopher King buries a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Brian Quinn | 30-33 |
| 00:55 | Rice | Cortez Martin misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 30-33 |
| 00:53 | Rice | The offensive rebound goes to Cortez Martin | 30-33 |
| 00:41 | Rice | Larry Villalobos is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Larry Villalobos, team foul #8 | 30-33 |
| Subs | Grambling State | Jeremy Gantz (PG), Lawrence Williams (SG), Steven Fisher (SF), Adrian Smith (PF), Richard Krier (C) Christopher King, Sammy Lance, Brian Quinn, Victor Richart, Joseph Hudson | |
| Subs | Rice | Mario Gonzales (PG), Baran Gorski (PF), Justin Sims (C) He-ping Zheng, Cortez Martin, Larry Villalobos | |
| 00:19 | Grambling State | Lawrence Williams misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 30-33 |
| 00:17 | Rice | The rebound goes to Justin Sims | 30-33 |
| 00:00 | Rice | Christopher Fortier hits a jump hook near the basket | 30-35 |