| Lineup | Houston | PG - Olin Wesolowski (fresh) SG - Kevin Knight (fresh) SF - George McCalpane (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Corey Gaudreau (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Jamie Walker (fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Grover Carroll (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ralph Macklin (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Petitt (fresh) PF - Ehioze Araki (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Claude Reece (fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 20:00 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt inbounds the ball | 17-23 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| 19:37 | Southern Mississippi | George McCalpane steals the ball from Ralph Macklin | 17-23 |
| 19:18 | Houston | Olin Wesolowski is fouled on the floor by John Petitt - foul #3 on John Petitt, team foul #1 | 17-23 |
| Subs | Houston | | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski (SF) John Petitt | |
| 19:08 | Houston | Jamie Walker scores on a floater from the left side on a great pass from Olin Wesolowski and he's fouled by Ralph Macklin - foul #2 on Ralph Macklin, team foul #2 | 19-23 |
| 19:08 | Houston | Jamie Walker misses the free throw | 19-23 |
| 19:08 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece snags the defensive board | 19-23 |
| 18:46 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Kevin Knight - foul #3 on Kevin Knight, team foul #1 | 19-23 |
| Subs | Houston | Patrick Burger (SG) Kevin Knight | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 18:46 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the 1st free throw | 19-24 |
| 18:46 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the 2nd free throw | 19-25 |
| 18:25 | Houston | Patrick Burger scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Olin Wesolowski | 22-25 |
| 17:57 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki misses badly on a shot from the baseline | 22-25 |
| 17:56 | Houston | Olin Wesolowski grabs the defensive rebound | 22-25 |
| 17:48 | Houston | Jamie Walker misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 22-25 |
| 17:46 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski grabs the board | 22-25 |
| 17:22 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Ralph Macklin | 22-27 |
| 17:04 | Houston | Claude Reece denies the turnaround by Jamie Walker | 22-27 |
| 17:02 | Houston | Jamie Walker gets the offensive rebound | 22-27 |
| 16:51 | Houston | Patrick Burger knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Olin Wesolowski | 25-27 |
| 16:44 | Southern Mississippi | Patrick Burger picks off the pass by Ehioze Araki | 25-27 |
| 16:19 | Houston | Jamie Walker misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Ehioze Araki - foul #3 on Ehioze Araki, team foul #3 | 25-27 |
| Subs | Houston | Jacob Roberts (SF), Akim Zutell (PF) George McCalpane, Corey Gaudreau | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Travis Williams (PF) Ehioze Araki | |
| 16:19 | Houston | Jamie Walker makes the 1st free throw | 26-27 |
| 16:19 | Houston | Jamie Walker makes the 2nd free throw | 27-27 |
| 15:54 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Williams comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Patrick Burger - foul #1 on Patrick Burger, team foul #2 | 27-27 |
| Subs | Houston | Kevin Knight (SG) Patrick Burger | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt (SF) Devin Ostroski | |
| 15:54 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Williams makes the 1st free throw | 27-28 |
| 15:54 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Williams misses the 2nd free throw | 27-28 |
| 15:54 | Houston | Jamie Walker grabs the defensive rebound | 27-28 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Olin Wesolowski (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Kevin Knight (fresh) 3 pf. SF - Jacob Roberts (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Akim Zutell (fresh) C - Jamie Walker (fresh) 8 pts. 10 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Grover Carroll (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ralph Macklin (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - John Petitt (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Travis Williams (fresh) 5 pts. C - Claude Reece (fresh) 11 pts. 10 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 15:30 | Houston | Grover Carroll takes the ball from Jamie Walker | 27-28 |
| 15:26 | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll banks in the layup | 27-30 |
| 15:10 | Houston | Grover Carroll is called for the reach on Olin Wesolowski - foul #1 on Grover Carroll, team foul #4 | 27-30 |
| Subs | Houston | George McCalpane (SF), Corey Gaudreau (PF) Jacob Roberts, Akim Zutell | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki (PF) Travis Williams | |
| 14:57 | Houston | Jamie Walker misses long on a shot from the right wing | 27-30 |
| 14:56 | Houston | The offensive rebound goes to Corey Gaudreau | 27-30 |
| 14:44 | Houston | Jamie Walker can't connect on a floater in the paint | 27-30 |
| 14:42 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Ralph Macklin | 27-30 |
| 14:13 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses badly on a floater from the baseline but he's fouled by Corey Gaudreau - foul #1 on Corey Gaudreau, team foul #3 | 27-30 |
| 14:13 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the 1st free throw | 27-31 |
| 14:13 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the 2nd free throw | 27-32 |
| 13:57 | Houston | George McCalpane misses short on a shot from the right side | 27-32 |
| 13:55 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece gets the rebound | 27-32 |
| 13:32 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses short on a driving attempt from the left block | 27-32 |
| 13:30 | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll gets the offensive rebound | 27-32 |
| 13:08 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki is hacked by Jamie Walker - foul #2 on Jamie Walker, team foul #4 | 27-32 |
| Subs | Houston | Jacob Roberts (SF) George McCalpane | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 12:53 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece knocks in the floater from the free throw line | 27-34 |
| 12:33 | Houston | Jamie Walker scores on a jump hook from the right block on a great pass from Olin Wesolowski | 29-34 |
| 12:07 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt hits a shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Ralph Macklin | 29-36 |
| 11:50 | Houston | Olin Wesolowski connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Jacob Roberts | 32-36 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Olin Wesolowski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SG - Kevin Knight (fresh) 3 pf. SF - Jacob Roberts (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Corey Gaudreau (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Jamie Walker (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 10 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Grover Carroll (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Ralph Macklin (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SF - John Petitt (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Ehioze Araki (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Claude Reece (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 11 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:26 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 32-36 |
| 11:24 | Houston | Corey Gaudreau snags the defensive board | 32-36 |
| 11:10 | Houston | Jamie Walker clanks a jumper from the left side | 32-36 |
| 11:09 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt snags the defensive board | 32-36 |
| 11:03 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki scores on a jump hook in the paint on a nice dish by Grover Carroll | 32-38 |
| 10:47 | Houston | Jamie Walker throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-38 |
| Subs | Houston | Patrick Burger (PG), George McCalpane (SF) Olin Wesolowski, Corey Gaudreau | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Lewis Williams (PG), Charles Williams (SG) Grover Carroll, Ralph Macklin | |
| 10:24 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Jacob Roberts - foul #1 on Jacob Roberts, team foul #5 | 32-38 |
| 10:24 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki misses the 1st free throw | 32-38 |
| 10:24 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki makes the 2nd free throw | 32-39 |
| 10:04 | Houston | Jacob Roberts buries a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from George McCalpane | 34-39 |
| 09:35 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 34-39 |
| 09:34 | Houston | George McCalpane gets the rebound | 34-39 |
| 09:20 | Houston | Kevin Knight hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Patrick Burger | 37-39 |
| 08:51 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by George McCalpane - foul #2 on George McCalpane, team foul #6 | 37-39 |
| Subs | Houston | Olin Wesolowski (PG), Charles Oberski (C) Patrick Burger, Jamie Walker | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll (PG), Ralph Macklin (SG) Lewis Williams, Charles Williams | |
| 08:51 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt misses the 1st free throw | 37-39 |
| 08:51 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt makes the 2nd free throw | 37-40 |
| 08:39 | Houston | Olin Wesolowski buries a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Kevin Knight | 40-40 |
| 08:21 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki can't finish the layup | 40-40 |
| 08:19 | Houston | Jacob Roberts gets the rebound | 40-40 |
| 08:00 | Houston | Charles Oberski can't throw it down | 40-40 |
| 07:58 | Houston | Jacob Roberts grabs the offensive rebound | 40-40 |
| 07:41 | Houston | Jacob Roberts lays it up and in on a great pass from Kevin Knight and he's fouled by Ehioze Araki - foul #4 on Ehioze Araki, team foul #5 | 42-40 |
| Subs | Houston | Corey Gaudreau (PF) George McCalpane | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins (C) Claude Reece | |
| 07:41 | Houston | Jacob Roberts misses the free throw | 42-40 |
| 07:41 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki grabs the defensive rebound | 42-40 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Olin Wesolowski (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Kevin Knight (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Jacob Roberts (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Corey Gaudreau (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Charles Oberski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Grover Carroll (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Ralph Macklin (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SF - John Petitt (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. PF - Ehioze Araki (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Shawn Collins (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:36 | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-40 |
| 07:17 | Houston | Charles Oberski clanks a floater from the right side | 42-40 |
| 07:15 | Houston | Corey Gaudreau tips it home | 44-40 |
| 07:01 | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 44-40 |
| 07:00 | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins grabs the offensive rebound | 44-40 |
| 06:36 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 44-40 |
| 06:35 | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins snags the offensive board | 44-40 |
| 06:08 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt buries a shot in the paint and he's fouled by Jacob Roberts - foul #2 on Jacob Roberts, team foul #7 | 44-42 |
| Subs | Houston | George McCalpane (SF), Jamie Walker (C) Jacob Roberts, Charles Oberski | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Charles Williams (SG), Travis Williams (PF), Claude Reece (C) Ralph Macklin, Ehioze Araki, Shawn Collins | |
| 06:08 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt makes the free throw | 44-43 |
| 05:48 | Houston | Jamie Walker buries a turnaround from the left block | 46-43 |
| 05:32 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses badly on a floater from the left block | 46-43 |
| 05:31 | Houston | Corey Gaudreau grabs the defensive rebound | 46-43 |
| 05:26 | Houston | Olin Wesolowski hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 46-43 |
| 05:25 | Houston | George McCalpane tips it but misses | 46-43 |
| 05:23 | Houston | Kevin Knight gets the offensive rebound | 46-43 |
| 05:11 | Houston | George McCalpane comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by John Petitt - foul #4 on John Petitt, team foul #6 | 46-43 |
| Subs | Houston | Patrick Burger (SG) Kevin Knight | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Lewis Williams (PG), Devin Ostroski (SF) Grover Carroll, John Petitt | |
| 05:11 | Houston | George McCalpane misses the 1st free throw | 46-43 |
| 05:11 | Houston | George McCalpane misses the 2nd free throw | 46-43 |
| 05:11 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece grabs the defensive rebound | 46-43 |
| 04:42 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski misses the lay-in but he's hacked by George McCalpane - foul #3 on George McCalpane, team foul #8 | 46-43 |
| Subs | Houston | Robert Wysocki (SG) Olin Wesolowski | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki (PF) Travis Williams | |
| 04:42 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski misses the 1st free throw | 46-43 |
| 04:42 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski misses the 2nd free throw | 46-43 |
| 04:42 | Houston | Corey Gaudreau snags the defensive board | 46-43 |
| 04:26 | Houston | Charles Williams steps in front of the Patrick Burger pass | 46-43 |
| 04:10 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Devin Ostroski | 46-45 |
| 03:52 | Houston | Corey Gaudreau makes the pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Patrick Burger | 48-45 |
| 03:26 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece drills a driving attempt from the right block set up by Charles Williams | 48-47 |
| Lineup | Houston | PG - Patrick Burger (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Wysocki (fresh) 3 pts. SF - George McCalpane (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - Corey Gaudreau (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. C - Jamie Walker (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 10 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Lewis Williams (fresh) SG - Charles Williams (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Devin Ostroski (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Ehioze Araki (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Claude Reece (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 12 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 03:07 | Houston | Robert Wysocki can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 48-47 |
| 03:06 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece grabs the board | 48-47 |
| 02:45 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski travels with the ball | 48-47 |
| Subs | Houston | Olin Wesolowski (PG), Kevin Knight (SG), Jacob Roberts (SF), Akim Zutell (PF) Patrick Burger, Robert Wysocki, George McCalpane, Corey Gaudreau | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll (PG), Ralph Macklin (SG), John Petitt (SF) Lewis Williams, Charles Williams, Devin Ostroski | |
| 02:41 | Houston | Houston calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 48-47 |
| Subs | Houston | George McCalpane (SF) Akim Zutell | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 02:26 | Houston | George McCalpane hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 48-47 |
| 02:25 | Houston | Kevin Knight tips it but misses | 48-47 |
| 02:23 | Houston | Kevin Knight grabs the offensive board | 48-47 |
| 02:09 | Houston | Olin Wesolowski misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 48-47 |
| 02:08 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Ralph Macklin | 48-47 |
| 01:53 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece jams it on a great pass from John Petitt | 48-49 |
| 01:51 | Houston | Ralph Macklin steals the ball from Olin Wesolowski in the backcourt | 48-49 |
| 01:32 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 48-49 |
| 01:30 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece gets the offensive rebound | 48-49 |
| 01:10 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt misses the pull-up jumper from the right side | 48-49 |
| 01:08 | Houston | George McCalpane gets the rebound | 48-49 |
| 01:04 | Houston | Kevin Knight's pass is intercepted by Grover Carroll | 48-49 |
| 00:41 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 48-49 |
| 00:39 | Houston | Jacob Roberts snags the defensive board | 48-49 |
| 00:35 | Houston | George McCalpane scores on a turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Olin Wesolowski | 50-49 |
| 00:14 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki can't connect on a shot from the right block | 50-49 |
| 00:12 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki tips it but misses | 50-49 |
| 00:10 | Houston | The rebound goes to Jamie Walker | 50-49 |
| Game Plan | Houston | Houston is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:08 | Houston | Jamie Walker is hacked by Ralph Macklin in the backcourt - foul #3 on Ralph Macklin, team foul #7 | 50-49 |
| Subs | Houston | Corey Gaudreau (PF) Jacob Roberts | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 00:08 | Houston | Jamie Walker makes the 1st free throw | 51-49 |
| 00:08 | Houston | Jamie Walker makes the 2nd free throw | 52-49 |
| 00:08 | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 52-49 |
| 00:01 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 52-49 |
| 00:00 | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin gets the offensive rebound | 52-49 |