| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - Louis Henderson (fresh) SG - Earl Burch (fresh) SF - Marvin Crump (fresh) PF - Hector Benitez (fresh) C - Alfredo Bermudez (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Alfred Smith (fresh) SG - Alexis Marino (fresh) SF - Burton Lee (fresh) PF - Russell Sutliff (fresh) C - Bernard Perine (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Central Florida | Central Florida is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:46 | Central Florida | Earl Burch comes up short on the floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Alexis Marino - foul #1 on Alexis Marino, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:46 | Central Florida | Earl Burch misses the 1st free throw | 0-0 |
| 19:46 | Central Florida | Earl Burch makes the 2nd free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:31 | Rice | Alexis Marino is hacked by Earl Burch - foul #1 on Earl Burch, team foul #1 | 1-0 |
| 19:21 | Rice | Alexis Marino is fouled on the floor by Louis Henderson - foul #1 on Louis Henderson, team foul #2 | 1-0 |
| 19:15 | Rice | Russell Sutliff misses badly on a fadeaway from the right block | 1-0 |
| 19:13 | Rice | Alexis Marino gets the offensive rebound | 1-0 |
| 18:56 | Rice | Burton Lee misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Marvin Crump - foul #1 on Marvin Crump, team foul #3 | 1-0 |
| 18:56 | Rice | Burton Lee makes the 1st free throw | 1-1 |
| 18:56 | Rice | Burton Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 1-2 |
| 18:35 | Central Florida | Earl Burch can't connect on a driving attempt from the left block but the foul's on Alexis Marino - foul #2 on Alexis Marino, team foul #2 | 1-2 |
| Subs | Central Florida | | |
| Subs | Rice | Cody Cangelosi (SG) Alexis Marino | |
| 18:35 | Central Florida | Earl Burch makes the 1st free throw | 2-2 |
| 18:35 | Central Florida | Earl Burch makes the 2nd free throw | 3-2 |
| 18:18 | Rice | Russell Sutliff misses the floater from the right wing | 3-2 |
| 18:17 | Rice | Burton Lee grabs the offensive rebound | 3-2 |
| 18:04 | Rice | Russell Sutliff buries a turnaround from the left block | 3-4 |
| 17:50 | Central Florida | The short jumper by Earl Burch is denied by Russell Sutliff | 3-4 |
| 17:48 | Rice | Burton Lee pulls down the rebound | 3-4 |
| 17:44 | Rice | Bernard Perine travels with the ball | 3-4 |
| 17:29 | Central Florida | Hector Benitez hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the left block | 3-4 |
| 17:27 | Rice | The rebound goes to Russell Sutliff | 3-4 |
| 17:20 | Rice | Alfred Smith connects on the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Cody Cangelosi | 3-7 |
| 17:06 | Central Florida | Earl Burch's floater is tipped away by Bernard Perine | 3-7 |
| 17:04 | Central Florida | Earl Burch tips it home | 5-7 |
| 16:48 | Rice | Alfredo Bermudez blocks the short jumper by Bernard Perine | 5-7 |
| 16:46 | Central Florida | Hector Benitez snags the defensive board | 5-7 |
| 16:37 | Central Florida | Earl Burch connects on the driving attempt in the lane on a great pass from Hector Benitez and he's hacked by Alfred Smith - foul #1 on Alfred Smith, team foul #3 | 7-7 |
| 16:37 | Central Florida | Earl Burch makes the free throw | 8-7 |
| 16:25 | Rice | Cody Cangelosi misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 8-7 |
| 16:24 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez grabs the defensive rebound | 8-7 |
| 16:19 | Central Florida | Earl Burch lays it in on a nice dish by Louis Henderson | 10-7 |
| 15:56 | Rice | Russell Sutliff misses badly on a jumper near the basket but he's hacked by Hector Benitez - foul #1 on Hector Benitez, team foul #4 | 10-7 |
| Subs | Central Florida | Malcolm Barone (SF) Marvin Crump | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 15:56 | Rice | Russell Sutliff makes the 1st free throw | 10-8 |
| 15:56 | Rice | Russell Sutliff misses the 2nd free throw | 10-8 |
| 15:56 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez gets the rebound | 10-8 |
| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - Louis Henderson (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Earl Burch (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Malcolm Barone (fresh) PF - Hector Benitez (fairly fresh) C - Alfredo Bermudez (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Alfred Smith (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Cody Cangelosi (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Burton Lee (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Russell Sutliff (fresh) 3 pts. C - Bernard Perine (fresh) | |
| 15:44 | Central Florida | Earl Burch jams it on a nice dish by Louis Henderson | 12-8 |
| 15:21 | Rice | Earl Burch steals it from Bernard Perine | 12-8 |
| 15:02 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez's pass is intercepted by Burton Lee | 12-8 |
| 14:50 | Rice | Burton Lee buries a shot from the left side set up by Alfred Smith | 12-10 |
| 14:29 | Central Florida | Burton Lee steps in front of the Earl Burch pass | 12-10 |
| 14:22 | Rice | Hector Benitez is called for the reach on Bernard Perine - foul #2 on Hector Benitez, team foul #5 | 12-10 |
| Subs | Central Florida | Marvin Crump (SF), Lawrence Dilday (PF) Malcolm Barone, Hector Benitez | |
| Subs | Rice | James Johnson (PG), Larry Amann (SG), Harold Singer (SF), Stephen Baines (PF), Jeremy Williams (C) Alfred Smith, Cody Cangelosi, Burton Lee, Russell Sutliff, Bernard Perine | |
| 14:03 | Rice | Jeremy Williams scores on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 12-12 |
| 13:54 | Central Florida | Earl Burch is fouled on the floor by Larry Amann - foul #1 on Larry Amann, team foul #4 | 12-12 |
| 13:44 | Central Florida | Stephen Baines steps in front of the Alfredo Bermudez pass | 12-12 |
| 13:22 | Rice | Harold Singer is whistled for traveling | 12-12 |
| 13:04 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday drills a jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Louis Henderson and he's fouled by Larry Amann - foul #2 on Larry Amann, team foul #5 | 14-12 |
| Subs | Central Florida | | |
| Subs | Rice | Cody Cangelosi (SG) Larry Amann | |
| 13:04 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday makes the free throw | 15-12 |
| 12:52 | Rice | Harold Singer clanks a 3 from the right corner | 15-12 |
| 12:51 | Central Florida | Earl Burch grabs the board | 15-12 |
| 12:38 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson is fouled on the floor by Cody Cangelosi - foul #1 on Cody Cangelosi, team foul #6 | 15-12 |
| Subs | Central Florida | James Gullett (PG), Malcolm Barone (SF) Louis Henderson, Marvin Crump | |
| Subs | Rice | Bernard Perine (C) Jeremy Williams | |
| 12:24 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez misses the easy layup | 15-12 |
| 12:23 | Rice | Harold Singer grabs the defensive rebound | 15-12 |
| 12:18 | Rice | The jumper by Cody Cangelosi is denied by Alfredo Bermudez | 15-12 |
| 12:17 | Central Florida | The rebound goes to Lawrence Dilday | 15-12 |
| 12:02 | Central Florida | The short jumper by Earl Burch is denied by Stephen Baines | 15-12 |
| 12:01 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday can't tip it in | 15-12 |
| 11:59 | Rice | The rebound goes to Bernard Perine | 15-12 |
| 11:38 | Rice | Lawrence Dilday blocks the jumper by James Johnson | 15-12 |
| 11:37 | Rice | Bernard Perine can't tip it in | 15-12 |
| 11:36 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday gets the rebound | 15-12 |
| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - James Gullett (fresh) SG - Earl Burch (fairly fresh) 12 pts. SF - Malcolm Barone (fresh) PF - Lawrence Dilday (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Alfredo Bermudez (tiring) 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - James Johnson (fairly fresh) SG - Cody Cangelosi (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Harold Singer (fairly fresh) PF - Stephen Baines (fairly fresh) C - Bernard Perine (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:26 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday is fouled on the floor by Stephen Baines - foul #1 on Stephen Baines, team foul #7 | 15-12 |
| Subs | Central Florida | Louis Henderson (PG), Marvin Crump (SF), Reynaldo Hernandez (PF) James Gullett, Malcolm Barone, Alfredo Bermudez | |
| Subs | Rice | Alfred Smith (PG), Burton Lee (SF), Russell Sutliff (PF) James Johnson, Harold Singer, Stephen Baines | |
| 11:26 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday makes the 1st free throw | 16-12 |
| 11:26 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday makes the 2nd free throw | 17-12 |
| 11:03 | Rice | A charge is called on Cody Cangelosi - foul #2 on Cody Cangelosi, team foul #8 | 17-12 |
| Subs | Central Florida | James Gullett (SG) Earl Burch | |
| Subs | Rice | Alexis Marino (SG), Jeremy Williams (C) Cody Cangelosi, Bernard Perine | |
| 10:48 | Central Florida | Burton Lee steals it from Louis Henderson | 17-12 |
| 10:26 | Rice | Alfred Smith loses the dribble to Reynaldo Hernandez | 17-12 |
| 10:07 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday blows the layup but the foul's on Jeremy Williams - foul #1 on Jeremy Williams, team foul #9 | 17-12 |
| Subs | Central Florida | Earl Burch (SG) James Gullett | |
| Subs | Rice | Harold Singer (C) Jeremy Williams | |
| 10:07 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday makes the 1st free throw | 18-12 |
| 10:07 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday makes the 2nd free throw | 19-12 |
| 09:51 | Rice | Alexis Marino comes up short on the floater from the right side | 19-12 |
| 09:49 | Central Florida | Reynaldo Hernandez pulls down the rebound | 19-12 |
| 09:40 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday throws a bad pass out of bounds | 19-12 |
| Subs | Central Florida | Jose Martin (PG), Malcolm Barone (SF), Alfredo Bermudez (C) Louis Henderson, Marvin Crump, Reynaldo Hernandez | |
| Subs | Rice | Bernard Perine (C) Harold Singer | |
| 09:27 | Rice | Burton Lee connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Bernard Perine | 19-15 |
| 09:09 | Central Florida | Malcolm Barone misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 19-15 |
| 09:07 | Central Florida | Earl Burch gets the offensive rebound | 19-15 |
| 08:47 | Central Florida | Malcolm Barone hits the front of the rim on the jump hook near the basket but he's hacked by Alfred Smith - foul #2 on Alfred Smith, team foul #10 | 19-15 |
| Subs | Central Florida | James Gullett (PG) Jose Martin | |
| Subs | Rice | James Johnson (PG), Harold Singer (SF), Stephen Baines (PF) Alfred Smith, Burton Lee, Russell Sutliff | |
| 08:47 | Central Florida | Malcolm Barone misses the 1st free throw | 19-15 |
| 08:47 | Central Florida | Malcolm Barone misses the 2nd free throw | 19-15 |
| 08:47 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday grabs the offensive rebound | 19-15 |
| 08:31 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 19-15 |
| 08:29 | Central Florida | The offensive rebound goes to Malcolm Barone | 19-15 |
| 08:20 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez comes up short on the shot from the right wing | 19-15 |
| 08:18 | Rice | The rebound goes to Bernard Perine | 19-15 |
| 08:14 | Rice | James Johnson loses the dribble to James Gullett in the backcourt | 19-15 |
| 07:55 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez scores on a jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by James Gullett and the foul's on Bernard Perine - foul #1 on Bernard Perine, team foul #11 | 21-15 |
| Subs | Central Florida | Louis Henderson (PG), Marvin Crump (SF), Reynaldo Hernandez (PF) Earl Burch, Malcolm Barone, Lawrence Dilday | |
| Subs | Rice | Cody Cangelosi (SG) Alexis Marino | |
| 07:55 | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez makes the free throw | 22-15 |
| 07:35 | Rice | Harold Singer misses badly on a runner from the baseline | 22-15 |
| 07:34 | Central Florida | Marvin Crump snags the defensive board | 22-15 |
| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - Louis Henderson (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - James Gullett (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Marvin Crump (fresh) PF - Reynaldo Hernandez (fresh) C - Alfredo Bermudez (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - James Johnson (fresh) SG - Cody Cangelosi (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Harold Singer (fresh) PF - Stephen Baines (fresh) C - Bernard Perine (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:27 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson buries a 3pt shot from the right wing | 25-15 |
| 07:10 | Rice | Bernard Perine travels with the ball | 25-15 |
| Subs | Central Florida | Earl Burch (SG) James Gullett | |
| Subs | Rice | Burton Lee (SF), Russell Sutliff (PF) Stephen Baines, Bernard Perine | |
| 06:54 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson comes up short on the runner in the paint but the foul's on James Johnson - foul #1 on James Johnson, team foul #12 | 25-15 |
| Subs | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday (C) Alfredo Bermudez | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 06:54 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson makes the 1st free throw | 26-15 |
| 06:54 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson makes the 2nd free throw | 27-15 |
| 06:38 | Rice | Marvin Crump steals it from Russell Sutliff | 27-15 |
| 06:19 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 27-15 |
| 06:18 | Rice | Harold Singer gets the rebound | 27-15 |
| 06:04 | Rice | Burton Lee's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-15 |
| Subs | Central Florida | Roger Smith (PF) Reynaldo Hernandez | |
| Subs | Rice | Alexis Marino (SG), Stephen Baines (C) Cody Cangelosi, Harold Singer | |
| 05:46 | Central Florida | Earl Burch hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the baseline but the foul's on Alexis Marino - foul #3 on Alexis Marino, team foul #13 | 27-15 |
| Subs | Central Florida | Alfredo Bermudez (C) Roger Smith | |
| Subs | Rice | Bernard Perine (C) Stephen Baines | |
| 05:46 | Central Florida | Earl Burch makes the 1st free throw | 28-15 |
| 05:46 | Central Florida | Earl Burch misses the 2nd free throw | 28-15 |
| 05:46 | Rice | Bernard Perine snags the defensive board | 28-15 |
| 05:29 | Rice | Alexis Marino can't connect on a jumper from just outside the lane | 28-15 |
| 05:28 | Rice | Bernard Perine tips it in | 28-17 |
| 05:12 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday is hacked by Russell Sutliff - foul #1 on Russell Sutliff, team foul #14 | 28-17 |
| Subs | Central Florida | James Gullett (PG), Jose Martin (SG), Malcolm Barone (SF) Louis Henderson, Earl Burch, Marvin Crump | |
| Subs | Rice | Cody Cangelosi (SG), Stephen Baines (PF) Alexis Marino, Russell Sutliff | |
| 05:12 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday makes the 1st free throw | 29-17 |
| 05:12 | Central Florida | Lawrence Dilday misses the 2nd free throw | 29-17 |
| 05:12 | Rice | The rebound goes to Bernard Perine | 29-17 |
| 05:00 | Rice | Cody Cangelosi lays it in | 29-19 |
| 04:51 | Central Florida | James Gullett is fouled on the floor by Stephen Baines - foul #2 on Stephen Baines, team foul #15 | 29-19 |
| Subs | Central Florida | Roger Smith (PF) Lawrence Dilday | |
| Subs | Rice | Harold Singer (SF), Jeremy Williams (PF) Burton Lee, Stephen Baines | |
| 04:51 | Central Florida | James Gullett makes the 1st free throw | 30-19 |
| 04:51 | Central Florida | James Gullett misses the 2nd free throw | 30-19 |
| 04:51 | Rice | Jeremy Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 30-19 |
| 04:32 | Rice | James Johnson comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 30-19 |
| 04:31 | Central Florida | Roger Smith gets the rebound | 30-19 |
| 04:27 | Central Florida | Malcolm Barone makes the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from James Gullett | 32-19 |
| 04:11 | Rice | Harold Singer misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 32-19 |
| 04:10 | Central Florida | Jose Martin pulls down the rebound | 32-19 |
| 03:44 | Central Florida | Malcolm Barone hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing but he's fouled by Cody Cangelosi - foul #3 on Cody Cangelosi, team foul #16 | 32-19 |
| Subs | Central Florida | Louis Henderson (PG), Earl Burch (SG), Hector Benitez (PF), Reynaldo Hernandez (C) James Gullett, Jose Martin, Roger Smith, Alfredo Bermudez | |
| Subs | Rice | Alfred Smith (PG), Larry Amann (SG), Russell Sutliff (PF), Stephen Baines (C) James Johnson, Cody Cangelosi, Jeremy Williams, Bernard Perine | |
| 03:44 | Central Florida | Malcolm Barone makes the 1st free throw | 33-19 |
| 03:44 | Central Florida | Malcolm Barone makes the 2nd free throw | 34-19 |
| 03:25 | Rice | Harold Singer scores on a 3 from the right corner set up by Russell Sutliff | 34-22 |
| Lineup | Central Florida | PG - Louis Henderson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Earl Burch (fairly fresh) 13 pts. SF - Malcolm Barone (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Hector Benitez (fresh) C - Reynaldo Hernandez (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Alfred Smith (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Larry Amann (fresh) SF - Harold Singer (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Russell Sutliff (fresh) 3 pts. C - Stephen Baines (fresh) | |
| 03:06 | Central Florida | Earl Burch hits a turnaround near the basket set up by Hector Benitez | 36-22 |
| 02:51 | Rice | Larry Amann buries a 3 from straight away | 36-25 |
| 02:30 | Central Florida | Louis Henderson can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 36-25 |
| 02:29 | Rice | Stephen Baines snags the defensive board | 36-25 |
| 02:02 | Rice | Harold Singer misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 36-25 |
| 02:00 | Central Florida | Reynaldo Hernandez gets the rebound | 36-25 |
| 01:45 | Central Florida | Earl Burch lays it up and in on a nice dish by Reynaldo Hernandez | 38-25 |
| 01:26 | Rice | Larry Amann is hacked by Louis Henderson - foul #2 on Louis Henderson, team foul #6 | 38-25 |
| Subs | Central Florida | James Gullett (PG), Marvin Crump (SF), Alfredo Bermudez (C) Louis Henderson, Malcolm Barone, Reynaldo Hernandez | |
| Subs | Rice | Burton Lee (SF), Bernard Perine (C) Harold Singer, Russell Sutliff | |
| 01:11 | Rice | James Gullett steals it from Larry Amann | 38-25 |
| 00:59 | Central Florida | Marvin Crump misses long on a floater from the right side | 38-25 |
| 00:57 | Central Florida | Hector Benitez tips it home | 40-25 |
| 00:46 | Rice | Larry Amann misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 40-25 |
| 00:45 | Rice | Burton Lee hits the follow up shot | 40-27 |
| 00:29 | Central Florida | Earl Burch connects on the fadeaway from the free throw line set up by James Gullett | 42-27 |
| 00:04 | Rice | Stephen Baines clanks a jump hook in the paint | 42-27 |
| 00:03 | Central Florida | Earl Burch grabs the defensive rebound | 42-27 |
| 00:00 | Central Florida | Earl Burch misses short on a halfcourt shot | 42-27 |