| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Lewis Williams (fresh) SG - Ralph Macklin (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Petitt (fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Ehioze Araki (fresh) 6 pts. C - Claude Reece (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ricky Benjamin (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Melvin Alexander (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Nicholas Brown (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Cecil Shedd (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt inbounds the ball | 29-39 |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:41 | Southern Mississippi | Ricky Benjamin takes the ball from Lewis Williams | 29-39 |
| 19:18 | Rice | Gerald Timmons is hacked by Ralph Macklin - foul #1 on Ralph Macklin, team foul #1 | 29-39 |
| 19:00 | Rice | Nicholas Brown connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Ricky Benjamin | 29-42 |
| 18:37 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Cecil Shedd - foul #3 on Cecil Shedd, team foul #1 | 29-42 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Price (C) Cecil Shedd | |
| 18:37 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki misses the 1st free throw | 29-42 |
| 18:37 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki makes the 2nd free throw | 30-42 |
| 18:26 | Rice | Dennis Price double dribbles | 30-42 |
| 18:08 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses short on a runner in the lane | 30-42 |
| 18:07 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin snags the defensive board | 30-42 |
| 17:51 | Rice | Dennis Price is open but comes up short on the jump hook near the basket | 30-42 |
| 17:49 | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin gets the rebound | 30-42 |
| 17:25 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki misses the floater from the left side | 30-42 |
| 17:24 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin gets the rebound | 30-42 |
| 17:02 | Rice | Nicholas Brown hits the front of the rim on the shot in the paint | 30-42 |
| 17:01 | Southern Mississippi | John Petitt snags the defensive board | 30-42 |
| 16:36 | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin double dribbles | 30-42 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Wade Huston (PG) Lewis Williams | |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (SF), Alfred Hankinson (C) Melvin Alexander, Nicholas Brown | |
| 16:16 | Rice | John Doan comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 30-42 |
| 16:14 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin gets the offensive rebound | 30-42 |
| 16:06 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 30-42 |
| 16:04 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Wade Huston | 30-42 |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Wade Huston (fresh) SG - Ralph Macklin (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Petitt (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Ehioze Araki (fairly fresh) 7 pts. C - Claude Reece (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ricky Benjamin (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SF - John Doan (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Dennis Price (fresh) 5 pts. C - Alfred Hankinson (fresh) 2 stl. | |
| 15:45 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses badly on a fadeaway from the left block but he's fouled by Alfred Hankinson - foul #1 on Alfred Hankinson, team foul #2 | 30-42 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll (PG) Wade Huston | |
| Subs | Rice | John Donohue (SG), Chester Mahurin (PF), Cecil Shedd (C) Gerald Timmons, Ricky Benjamin, Alfred Hankinson | |
| 15:45 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the 1st free throw | 31-42 |
| 15:45 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the 2nd free throw | 32-42 |
| 15:24 | Rice | Cecil Shedd knocks in the jump hook in the lane | 32-44 |
| 15:00 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece drills a fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by Grover Carroll | 34-44 |
| 14:46 | Rice | Dennis Price is hacked by Ralph Macklin - foul #2 on Ralph Macklin, team foul #2 | 34-44 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), Ricky Benjamin (SG), Melvin Alexander (SF), Nicholas Brown (PF) John Doan, John Donohue, Dennis Price, Chester Mahurin | |
| 14:32 | Rice | Nicholas Brown comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 34-44 |
| 14:31 | Rice | Gerald Timmons can't tip it in | 34-44 |
| 14:30 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece grabs the defensive rebound | 34-44 |
| 14:06 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki loses the ball out of bounds | 34-44 |
| 13:44 | Rice | Nicholas Brown is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway from close range set up by Ricky Benjamin out of the doubleteam | 34-46 |
| 13:16 | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin is hacked by Ricky Benjamin - foul #1 on Ricky Benjamin, team foul #3 | 34-46 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Charles Williams (SG) Ralph Macklin | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 12:47 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 34-46 |
| 12:32 | Rice | Melvin Alexander hits a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Cecil Shedd | 34-49 |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 12:25 | Southern Mississippi | Cecil Shedd blocks the short jumper by Ehioze Araki | 34-49 |
| 12:24 | Rice | Cecil Shedd gets the rebound | 34-49 |
| 12:08 | Rice | Cecil Shedd misses badly on a jumper in the lane | 34-49 |
| 12:06 | Rice | Nicholas Brown tips it home | 34-51 |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 11:58 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece misses the driving attempt from close range | 34-51 |
| 11:57 | Rice | Melvin Alexander snags the defensive board | 34-51 |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Grover Carroll (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Charles Williams (fresh) 2 pts. SF - John Petitt (tiring) 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Ehioze Araki (tiring) 7 pts. C - Claude Reece (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ricky Benjamin (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SF - Melvin Alexander (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Nicholas Brown (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. C - Cecil Shedd (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 11:31 | Rice | Melvin Alexander misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 34-51 |
| 11:30 | Southern Mississippi | Charles Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 34-51 |
| 11:24 | Southern Mississippi | The short jumper by Claude Reece is denied by Nicholas Brown | 34-51 |
| 11:22 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki hits the follow up shot | 36-51 |
| 11:02 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Gerald Timmons | 36-54 |
| 10:49 | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll is fouled on the floor by Gerald Timmons - foul #2 on Gerald Timmons, team foul #4 | 36-54 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin (SG), Devin Ostroski (SF), Travis Williams (PF) Charles Williams, John Petitt, Ehioze Araki | |
| 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 | |
| 10:40 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece hits a jump hook in the lane on a great pass from Ralph Macklin | 38-54 |
| 10:25 | Rice | Chester Mahurin clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 38-54 |
| 10:23 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Williams pulls down the rebound | 38-54 |
| 10:12 | Southern Mississippi | Devin Ostroski's pass is intercepted by John Donohue | 38-54 |
| 10:00 | Rice | Alfred Hankinson buries a floater from the baseline on a nice dish by John Donohue | 38-56 |
| 09:54 | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 38-56 |
| 09:52 | Rice | Dennis Price snags the defensive board | 38-56 |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 09:24 | Rice | John Donohue blows the dunk | 38-56 |
| 09:22 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece gets the rebound | 38-56 |
| 09:07 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece knocks in the runner from the baseline set up by Grover Carroll | 40-56 |
| 08:40 | Rice | Chester Mahurin comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 40-56 |
| 08:39 | Rice | Dennis Price gets the offensive rebound | 40-56 |
| 08:23 | Rice | Alfred Hankinson misses the dunk attempt | 40-56 |
| 08:21 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Devin Ostroski | 40-56 |
| 08:06 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece scores on a fadeaway from close range and he's hacked by Alfred Hankinson - foul #2 on Alfred Hankinson, team foul #5 | 42-56 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Lewis Williams (PG), John Petitt (SF), Ehioze Araki (PF) Grover Carroll, Devin Ostroski, Travis Williams | |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), Ricky Benjamin (SG), Melvin Alexander (SF), Nicholas Brown (PF), Cecil Shedd (C) John Doan, John Donohue, Dennis Price, Chester Mahurin, Alfred Hankinson | |
| 08:06 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece makes the free throw | 43-56 |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 07:42 | Rice | Gerald Timmons is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway from the left side set up by Nicholas Brown | 43-58 |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Lewis Williams (fresh) SG - Ralph Macklin (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Petitt (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Ehioze Araki (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Claude Reece (tiring) 20 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ricky Benjamin (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SF - Melvin Alexander (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Nicholas Brown (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Cecil Shedd (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 07:23 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece drills a jump hook from the right block | 45-58 |
| 07:05 | Rice | Nicholas Brown is called for a backcourt violation | 45-58 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Charles Williams (SG), Shawn Collins (C) Ralph Macklin, Claude Reece | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 06:40 | Southern Mississippi | Nicholas Brown denies the turnaround by Ehioze Araki | 45-58 |
| 06:39 | Rice | Nicholas Brown pulls down the rebound | 45-58 |
| 06:23 | Rice | Nicholas Brown hits the finger roll on a great pass from Melvin Alexander and the foul's on Shawn Collins - foul #1 on Shawn Collins, team foul #3 | 45-60 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Grover Carroll (PG) Lewis Williams | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 06:23 | Rice | Nicholas Brown makes the free throw | 45-61 |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 06:03 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki hits a floater in the paint | 47-61 |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 05:40 | Rice | Nicholas Brown is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 47-61 |
| 05:38 | Southern Mississippi | Shawn Collins grabs the board | 47-61 |
| 05:13 | Southern Mississippi | Gerald Timmons is called for the reach on Ehioze Araki - foul #3 on Gerald Timmons, team foul #6 | 47-61 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Ralph Macklin (SG), Claude Reece (C) Charles Williams, Shawn Collins | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 05:03 | Southern Mississippi | The short jumper by Claude Reece is denied by Nicholas Brown | 47-61 |
| 05:01 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece pulls down the offensive rebound | 47-61 |
| 04:48 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece's floater is tipped away by Melvin Alexander | 47-61 |
| 04:47 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki misses the tip | 47-61 |
| 04:45 | Rice | Gerald Timmons snags the defensive board | 47-61 |
| 04:19 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 47-61 |
| 04:17 | Rice | Melvin Alexander misses the tip | 47-61 |
| 04:15 | Rice | Nicholas Brown tips it but misses | 47-61 |
| 04:14 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece pulls down the rebound | 47-61 |
| 04:06 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 47-61 |
| 04:05 | Rice | Melvin Alexander grabs the board | 47-61 |
| 03:47 | Rice | Gerald Timmons can't connect on a jumper in the paint | 47-61 |
| 03:45 | Rice | Cecil Shedd tips it home | 47-63 |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Grover Carroll (tiring) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Ralph Macklin (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Petitt (tiring) 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Ehioze Araki (tiring) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - Claude Reece (fairly fresh) 22 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Ricky Benjamin (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SF - Melvin Alexander (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Nicholas Brown (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 8 reb. 4 blk. C - Cecil Shedd (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 03:34 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki misses the shot from the free throw line | 47-63 |
| 03:32 | Rice | Gerald Timmons pulls down the rebound | 47-63 |
| 03:17 | Rice | Nicholas Brown works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 47-63 |
| 03:16 | Rice | Cecil Shedd grabs the offensive board | 47-63 |
| 03:00 | Rice | Gerald Timmons hits a fadeaway from the right side | 47-65 |
| 02:50 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece hits a jumpshot from the right side set up by Grover Carroll | 49-65 |
| 02:22 | Rice | The short jumper by Cecil Shedd is denied by Claude Reece | 49-65 |
| 02:21 | Rice | Cecil Shedd misses the tip | 49-65 |
| 02:19 | Southern Mississippi | Ehioze Araki grabs the board | 49-65 |
| 02:13 | Southern Mississippi | Claude Reece lays it in on a nice dish by Ralph Macklin | 51-65 |
| 01:57 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin can't connect on a jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Ralph Macklin - foul #3 on Ralph Macklin, team foul #4 | 51-65 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Lewis Williams (PG), Charles Williams (SG), Devin Ostroski (SF), Travis Williams (PF), Shawn Collins (C) Grover Carroll, Ralph Macklin, John Petitt, Ehioze Araki, Claude Reece | |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (PG), Dennis Price (SF), Chester Mahurin (PF), Alfred Hankinson (C) Gerald Timmons, Melvin Alexander, Nicholas Brown, Cecil Shedd | |
| 01:57 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin makes the 1st free throw | 51-66 |
| 01:57 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin misses the 2nd free throw | 51-66 |
| 01:57 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 51-66 |
| 01:49 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Williams can't connect on a shot from the left side | 51-66 |
| 01:48 | Rice | The rebound goes to Chester Mahurin | 51-66 |
| 01:19 | Rice | John Doan comes up short on the runner from the right block but the foul's on Lewis Williams - foul #1 on Lewis Williams, team foul #5 | 51-66 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| Subs | Rice | John Donohue (SG) Ricky Benjamin | |
| 01:19 | Rice | John Doan makes the 1st free throw | 51-67 |
| 01:19 | Rice | John Doan makes the 2nd free throw | 51-68 |
| 01:08 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Williams loses the ball out of bounds | 51-68 |
| 00:40 | Rice | Lewis Williams steals the ball from John Donohue | 51-68 |
| 00:35 | Southern Mississippi | Lewis Williams lays it in | 53-68 |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:14 | Rice | Chester Mahurin is fouled on the floor by Travis Williams - foul #1 on Travis Williams, team foul #6 | 53-68 |
| 00:00 | Rice | John Doan runs out the clock | 53-68 |