| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Jonathan Hart (fresh) SG - Patrick Church (fresh) SF - Lewis Walker (fresh) PF - Jon Aquilar (fresh) C - Frederic Wilson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) SG - Ricky Benjamin (fresh) SF - Melvin Alexander (fresh) PF - Nicholas Brown (fresh) C - Cecil Shedd (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisiana State | Frederic Wilson wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana 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) | |
| 19:38 | Louisiana State | Lewis Walker double dribbles | 0-0 |
| 19:24 | Rice | Nicholas Brown buries a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Melvin Alexander | 0-3 |
| 18:55 | Louisiana State | Jon Aquilar hits a fadeaway from the right block set up by Lewis Walker | 2-3 |
| 18:48 | Rice | Cecil Shedd lays it in | 2-5 |
| 18:42 | Louisiana State | Jonathan Hart misses long on a driving attempt in the paint | 2-5 |
| 18:40 | Rice | Cecil Shedd snags the defensive board | 2-5 |
| 18:25 | Rice | Melvin Alexander hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing | 2-5 |
| 18:23 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin grabs the offensive rebound | 2-5 |
| 18:12 | Rice | Nicholas Brown drills a 3 from the left corner | 2-8 |
| 17:52 | Louisiana State | Jonathan Hart's floater is knocked away by Nicholas Brown | 2-8 |
| 17:50 | Rice | Cecil Shedd snags the defensive board | 2-8 |
| 17:33 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing | 2-8 |
| 17:31 | Louisiana State | Frederic Wilson pulls down the rebound | 2-8 |
| 17:08 | Louisiana State | Jonathan Hart double dribbles | 2-8 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Richard Rutledge (SG), David Washington (SF), David Powell (C) Patrick Church, Lewis Walker, Frederic Wilson | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 16:59 | Rice | Cecil Shedd's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 2-8 |
| 16:44 | Louisiana State | Gerald Timmons is called for the reach on Richard Rutledge - foul #1 on Gerald Timmons, team foul #1 | 2-8 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Ron Murphy (PG), Edward Langenfeld (C) Jonathan Hart, Jon Aquilar | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 16:23 | Louisiana State | Richard Rutledge misses short on a fadeaway from the left wing | 2-8 |
| 16:22 | Louisiana State | Edward Langenfeld tips it in | 4-8 |
| 16:10 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 4-8 |
| 16:08 | Louisiana State | Richard Rutledge snags the defensive board | 4-8 |
| 15:40 | Louisiana State | Melvin Alexander steals the ball from Ron Murphy | 4-8 |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Ron Murphy (fresh) SG - Richard Rutledge (fresh) SF - David Washington (fresh) PF - David Powell (fresh) C - Edward Langenfeld (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fairly fresh) SG - Ricky Benjamin (fairly fresh) SF - Melvin Alexander (fairly fresh) PF - Nicholas Brown (fairly fresh) 6 pts. C - Cecil Shedd (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:26 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin makes the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 4-10 |
| 15:13 | Louisiana State | Richard Rutledge can't connect on a floater from the right wing | 4-10 |
| 15:11 | Rice | Cecil Shedd snags the defensive board | 4-10 |
| 14:53 | Rice | Melvin Alexander can't finish the layup | 4-10 |
| 14:51 | Louisiana State | The rebound goes to David Powell | 4-10 |
| 14:32 | Louisiana State | Richard Rutledge is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Richard Rutledge, team foul #1 | 4-10 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Jonathan Hart (PG), Patrick Church (SG), Lewis Walker (SF), Jon Aquilar (PF), Frederic Wilson (C) Ron Murphy, Richard Rutledge, David Washington, David Powell, Edward Langenfeld | |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (PG), John Donohue (SG), Dennis Price (SF), Chester Mahurin (PF), Alfred Hankinson (C) Gerald Timmons, Ricky Benjamin, Melvin Alexander, Nicholas Brown, Cecil Shedd | |
| 14:15 | Rice | John Donohue misses long on a shot from the right side | 4-10 |
| 14:13 | Rice | Dennis Price hits the follow up shot | 4-12 |
| 14:00 | Louisiana State | Lewis Walker can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing | 4-12 |
| 13:58 | Louisiana State | Lewis Walker snags the offensive board | 4-12 |
| 13:41 | Louisiana State | Jonathan Hart clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 4-12 |
| 13:39 | Rice | Dennis Price gets the rebound | 4-12 |
| 13:35 | Rice | Dennis Price comes up short on the shot in the lane | 4-12 |
| 13:34 | Louisiana State | Lewis Walker pulls down the rebound | 4-12 |
| 13:20 | Louisiana State | Jonathan Hart is fouled on the floor by John Doan - foul #1 on John Doan, team foul #2 | 4-12 |
| 13:06 | Louisiana State | Lewis Walker connects on the shot from the right wing on a great pass from Jonathan Hart and he's fouled by Alfred Hankinson - foul #1 on Alfred Hankinson, team foul #3 | 6-12 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), Ricky Benjamin (SG) John Doan, John Donohue | |
| 13:06 | Louisiana State | Lewis Walker makes the free throw | 7-12 |
| 12:46 | Rice | Dennis Price hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 7-12 |
| 12:45 | Louisiana State | Jon Aquilar grabs the board | 7-12 |
| 12:40 | Louisiana State | Jonathan Hart misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 7-12 |
| 12:39 | Louisiana State | Lewis Walker can't tip it in | 7-12 |
| 12:38 | Rice | Chester Mahurin grabs the defensive rebound | 7-12 |
| 12:15 | Rice | Gerald Timmons misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 7-12 |
| 12:13 | Louisiana State | Jon Aquilar gets the rebound | 7-12 |
| 11:51 | Louisiana State | Frederic Wilson misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Chester Mahurin - foul #1 on Chester Mahurin, team foul #4 | 7-12 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Richard Rutledge (SG), David Washington (SF) Patrick Church, Lewis Walker | |
| Subs | Rice | Melvin Alexander (SF), Nicholas Brown (PF), Cecil Shedd (C) Dennis Price, Chester Mahurin, Alfred Hankinson | |
| 11:51 | Louisiana State | Frederic Wilson makes the 1st free throw | 8-12 |
| 11:51 | Louisiana State | Frederic Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 9-12 |
| 11:24 | Rice | Jon Aquilar is called for the reach on Gerald Timmons - foul #1 on Jon Aquilar, team foul #2 | 9-12 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Ron Murphy (PG), David Powell (PF), Edward Langenfeld (C) Jonathan Hart, Jon Aquilar, Frederic Wilson | |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (SG) Ricky Benjamin | |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Ron Murphy (fresh) SG - Richard Rutledge (fresh) SF - David Washington (fresh) PF - David Powell (fresh) C - Edward Langenfeld (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) SG - John Doan (fresh) SF - Melvin Alexander (fresh) PF - Nicholas Brown (fresh) 6 pts. C - Cecil Shedd (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:10 | Rice | John Doan comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 9-12 |
| 11:08 | Louisiana State | David Washington snags the defensive board | 9-12 |
| 10:51 | Louisiana State | Edward Langenfeld's pass is intercepted by Nicholas Brown | 9-12 |
| 10:39 | Rice | Melvin Alexander can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 9-12 |
| 10:38 | Rice | Cecil Shedd grabs the offensive rebound | 9-12 |
| 10:23 | Rice | John Doan's fadeaway is rejected by David Powell | 9-12 |
| 10:22 | Louisiana State | Ron Murphy snags the defensive board | 9-12 |
| 10:08 | Louisiana State | Ron Murphy hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 9-12 |
| 10:06 | Rice | John Doan pulls down the rebound | 9-12 |
| 09:46 | Rice | Edward Langenfeld is called for the reach on Cecil Shedd - foul #1 on Edward Langenfeld, team foul #3 | 9-12 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Jonathan Hart (PG), Patrick Church (SG), Lewis Walker (SF), Jon Aquilar (PF), Frederic Wilson (C) Ron Murphy, Richard Rutledge, David Washington, David Powell, Edward Langenfeld | |
| Subs | Rice | Ricky Benjamin (SG), Dennis Price (SF), Chester Mahurin (PF) Gerald Timmons, Melvin Alexander, Nicholas Brown | |
| 09:26 | Rice | Patrick Church takes the ball from Dennis Price | 9-12 |
| 09:22 | Louisiana State | Jonathan Hart hits the finger roll on a great pass from Patrick Church | 11-12 |
| 09:09 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin misses the shot from the right wing but he's fouled by Patrick Church - foul #1 on Patrick Church, team foul #4 | 11-12 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| Subs | Rice | Alfred Hankinson (C) Cecil Shedd | |
| 09:09 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin makes the 1st free throw | 11-13 |
| 09:09 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin makes the 2nd free throw | 11-14 |
| 08:46 | Louisiana State | Jon Aquilar loses the dribble to Chester Mahurin | 11-14 |
| 08:26 | Rice | Dennis Price can't connect on a jumper in the paint but the foul's on Frederic Wilson - foul #1 on Frederic Wilson, team foul #5 | 11-14 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas Brown (PF) Alfred Hankinson | |
| 08:26 | Rice | Dennis Price misses the 1st free throw | 11-14 |
| 08:26 | Rice | Dennis Price makes the 2nd free throw | 11-15 |
| 08:11 | Louisiana State | Patrick Church is whistled for a carry | 11-15 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | David Powell (C) Frederic Wilson | |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), Melvin Alexander (SF) John Doan, Chester Mahurin | |
| 07:55 | Rice | Gerald Timmons hits a jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Ricky Benjamin | 11-17 |
| 07:41 | Louisiana State | David Powell can't connect on a shot from the left wing but the foul's on Dennis Price - foul #1 on Dennis Price, team foul #5 | 11-17 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Richard Rutledge (SG), David Washington (SF) Patrick Church, Lewis Walker | |
| Subs | Rice | Cecil Shedd (C) Dennis Price | |
| 07:41 | Louisiana State | David Powell misses the 1st free throw | 11-17 |
| 07:41 | Louisiana State | David Powell misses the 2nd free throw | 11-17 |
| 07:41 | Rice | Cecil Shedd pulls down the rebound | 11-17 |
| 07:28 | Rice | Nicholas Brown is hacked by Jon Aquilar - foul #2 on Jon Aquilar, team foul #6 | 11-17 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Edward Langenfeld (C) Jon Aquilar | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 07:08 | Rice | Cecil Shedd comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 11-17 |
| 07:07 | Louisiana State | The rebound goes to Jonathan Hart | 11-17 |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Jonathan Hart (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Rutledge (fresh) SF - David Washington (fresh) PF - David Powell (fresh) C - Edward Langenfeld (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Ricky Benjamin (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Melvin Alexander (fresh) PF - Nicholas Brown (fresh) 6 pts. C - Cecil Shedd (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:01 | Louisiana State | Edward Langenfeld's fadeaway is rejected by Nicholas Brown | 11-17 |
| 06:59 | Rice | Gerald Timmons snags the defensive board | 11-17 |
| 06:40 | Rice | Richard Rutledge steals the ball from Cecil Shedd | 11-17 |
| 06:36 | Louisiana State | Richard Rutledge banks in the layup | 13-17 |
| 06:18 | Rice | Nicholas Brown misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 13-17 |
| 06:17 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin snags the offensive board | 13-17 |
| 06:00 | Rice | Melvin Alexander can't connect on a floater from the right wing | 13-17 |
| 05:58 | Rice | The offensive rebound goes to Gerald Timmons | 13-17 |
| 05:43 | Rice | David Powell is called for the reach on Ricky Benjamin - foul #1 on David Powell, team foul #7 | 13-17 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Ron Murphy (PG), Patrick Church (SG), Lewis Walker (SF), Frederic Wilson (C) Jonathan Hart, Richard Rutledge, David Powell, Edward Langenfeld | |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (PG), Dennis Price (SF), Chester Mahurin (PF) Gerald Timmons, Melvin Alexander, Nicholas Brown | |
| 05:43 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin misses the 1st free throw | 13-17 |
| 05:43 | Louisiana State | David Washington gets the rebound | 13-17 |
| 05:39 | Louisiana State | Lewis Walker misses long on a turnaround in the paint | 13-17 |
| 05:38 | Rice | Chester Mahurin grabs the board | 13-17 |
| 05:25 | Rice | John Doan's layup is rejected by Frederic Wilson | 13-17 |
| 05:24 | Louisiana State | Frederic Wilson gets the rebound | 13-17 |
| 05:06 | Louisiana State | John Doan is called for the reach on Frederic Wilson - foul #2 on John Doan, team foul #6 | 13-17 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | David Powell (PF) David Washington | |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), John Donohue (SG), Alfred Hankinson (C) John Doan, Ricky Benjamin, Cecil Shedd | |
| 04:49 | Louisiana State | Frederic Wilson is hacked by Chester Mahurin - foul #2 on Chester Mahurin, team foul #7 | 13-17 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| Subs | Rice | Cecil Shedd (C) Chester Mahurin | |
| 04:49 | Louisiana State | Frederic Wilson makes the 1st free throw | 14-17 |
| 04:49 | Louisiana State | Frederic Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 15-17 |
| 04:31 | Rice | John Donohue scores on a 3 from straight away | 15-20 |
| 04:16 | Louisiana State | Frederic Wilson makes the jumper in the lane on a great pass from Ron Murphy | 17-20 |
| 03:48 | Rice | John Donohue's pass is intercepted by Frederic Wilson | 17-20 |
| 03:31 | Louisiana State | Ron Murphy misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 17-20 |
| 03:29 | Louisiana State | Frederic Wilson pulls down the offensive rebound | 17-20 |
| 03:15 | Louisiana State | Lewis Walker makes the shot from the left block on a nice dish by Ron Murphy and he's hacked by Alfred Hankinson - foul #2 on Alfred Hankinson, team foul #8 | 19-20 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Jonathan Hart (PG), Richard Rutledge (SG), Jon Aquilar (PF) Ron Murphy, Patrick Church, David Powell | |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (PG), Ricky Benjamin (SG), Melvin Alexander (SF), Nicholas Brown (PF) Gerald Timmons, John Donohue, Alfred Hankinson, Cecil Shedd | |
| 03:15 | Louisiana State | Lewis Walker makes the free throw | 20-20 |
| 03:02 | Rice | Nicholas Brown loses the ball out of bounds | 20-20 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | David Washington (SF), Edward Langenfeld (C) Lewis Walker, Frederic Wilson | |
| Subs | Rice | Chester Mahurin (C) Dennis Price | |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Jonathan Hart (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Rutledge (fresh) 2 pts. SF - David Washington (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jon Aquilar (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Edward Langenfeld (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - John Doan (fresh) SG - Ricky Benjamin (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Melvin Alexander (fresh) PF - Nicholas Brown (fresh) 6 pts. 2 blk. C - Chester Mahurin (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 02:34 | Louisiana State | Richard Rutledge misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 20-20 |
| 02:33 | Rice | Chester Mahurin snags the defensive board | 20-20 |
| 02:28 | Rice | Chester Mahurin hits the front of the rim on the turnaround in the paint | 20-20 |
| 02:27 | Rice | Chester Mahurin hits the follow up shot | 20-22 |
| 02:11 | Louisiana State | Richard Rutledge misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 20-22 |
| 02:09 | Louisiana State | Jon Aquilar grabs the offensive board | 20-22 |
| 01:57 | Louisiana State | Chester Mahurin is called for the reach on Richard Rutledge - foul #3 on Chester Mahurin, team foul #9 | 20-22 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Frederic Wilson (C) Edward Langenfeld | |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), Dennis Price (C) John Doan, Chester Mahurin | |
| 01:57 | Louisiana State | Richard Rutledge makes the 1st free throw | 21-22 |
| 01:57 | Louisiana State | Richard Rutledge makes the 2nd free throw | 22-22 |
| 01:36 | Rice | The jump hook by Dennis Price is blocked by Frederic Wilson | 22-22 |
| 01:34 | Louisiana State | The rebound goes to Jon Aquilar | 22-22 |
| 01:21 | Louisiana State | Jonathan Hart scores on a pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Richard Rutledge and he's hacked by Gerald Timmons - foul #2 on Gerald Timmons, team foul #10 | 24-22 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Patrick Church (SG), Lewis Walker (SF) Richard Rutledge, David Washington | |
| Subs | Rice | Cecil Shedd (C) Dennis Price | |
| 01:21 | Louisiana State | Jonathan Hart makes the free throw | 25-22 |
| 01:03 | Rice | Cecil Shedd throws a bad pass out of bounds | 25-22 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Price (SF), Alfred Hankinson (PF) Melvin Alexander, Nicholas Brown | |
| 00:45 | Louisiana State | Jonathan Hart buries a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Lewis Walker | 28-22 |
| 00:22 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 28-22 |
| 00:20 | Louisiana State | Lewis Walker snags the defensive board | 28-22 |
| 00:03 | Louisiana State | Jonathan Hart hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 28-22 |
| 00:01 | Rice | The rebound goes to Dennis Price | 28-22 |
| 00:00 | Rice | Dennis Price can't connect on a fullcourt shot | 28-22 |