| Lineup | Rice | PG - Gerald Timmons (fresh) SG - Ricky Benjamin (fresh) SF - Melvin Alexander (fresh) PF - Nicholas Brown (fresh) C - Cecil Shedd (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Washington State | PG - Stephen Jurgensen (fresh) SG - Terry Horne (fresh) SF - Patrick Farnum (fresh) PF - Bruce Plasencia (fresh) C - Steven Jiles (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rice | Cecil Shedd wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Washington State | Washington State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:35 | Rice | Melvin Alexander misses the shot from close range | 0-0 |
| 19:34 | Washington State | Bruce Plasencia snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:05 | Washington State | Terry Horne misses long on a shot in the lane but he's fouled by Ricky Benjamin - foul #1 on Ricky Benjamin, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:05 | Washington State | Terry Horne misses the 1st free throw | 0-0 |
| 19:05 | Washington State | Terry Horne misses the 2nd free throw | 0-0 |
| 19:05 | Rice | Melvin Alexander gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:43 | Rice | 3 seconds is called on Ricky Benjamin | 0-0 |
| 18:24 | Washington State | Patrick Farnum hits a driving attempt from the baseline set up by Stephen Jurgensen | 0-2 |
| 18:14 | Rice | Stephen Jurgensen picks off the pass by Melvin Alexander | 0-2 |
| 18:03 | Washington State | Terry Horne buries a fadeaway from the free throw line | 0-4 |
| 17:43 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin hits a 3 from the left corner | 3-4 |
| 17:37 | Washington State | Patrick Farnum scores on a shot in the lane on a nice dish by Stephen Jurgensen and the foul's on Gerald Timmons - foul #1 on Gerald Timmons, team foul #2 | 3-6 |
| 17:37 | Washington State | Patrick Farnum makes the free throw | 3-7 |
| 17:22 | Rice | Cecil Shedd makes the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 5-7 |
| 17:03 | Washington State | Terry Horne is hacked by Ricky Benjamin - foul #2 on Ricky Benjamin, team foul #3 | 5-7 |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (SG) Ricky Benjamin | |
| Subs | Washington State | | |
| 16:42 | Washington State | Patrick Farnum misses the jumper from close range | 5-7 |
| 16:41 | Rice | The rebound goes to Nicholas Brown | 5-7 |
| 16:29 | Rice | Cecil Shedd travels with the ball | 5-7 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Price (SF), Chester Mahurin (PF), Alfred Hankinson (C) Melvin Alexander, Nicholas Brown, Cecil Shedd | |
| Subs | Washington State | | |
| 16:19 | Washington State | Bruce Plasencia comes up short on the runner from the baseline | 5-7 |
| 16:18 | Washington State | The offensive rebound goes to Terry Horne | 5-7 |
| 16:06 | Washington State | Patrick Farnum travels with the ball | 5-7 |
| Subs | Rice | John Donohue (SG) Gerald Timmons | |
| Subs | Washington State | Jimmy Tarpley (PF) Bruce Plasencia | |
| 15:48 | Rice | Alfred Hankinson clanks a turnaround from the baseline | 5-7 |
| 15:47 | Washington State | The rebound goes to Jimmy Tarpley | 5-7 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - John Doan (fresh) SG - John Donohue (fresh) SF - Dennis Price (fresh) PF - Chester Mahurin (fresh) C - Alfred Hankinson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Washington State | PG - Stephen Jurgensen (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Terry Horne (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Patrick Farnum (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Jimmy Tarpley (fresh) C - Steven Jiles (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:37 | Washington State | Patrick Farnum comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 5-7 |
| 15:36 | Rice | Chester Mahurin snags the defensive board | 5-7 |
| 15:08 | Rice | Patrick Farnum is called for the reach on John Donohue - foul #1 on Patrick Farnum, team foul #1 | 5-7 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), Melvin Alexander (SF), Nicholas Brown (PF), Cecil Shedd (C) John Donohue, Dennis Price, Chester Mahurin, Alfred Hankinson | |
| Subs | Washington State | Jim McMillan (SF) Patrick Farnum | |
| 14:56 | Rice | The short jumper by Cecil Shedd is denied by Jimmy Tarpley | 5-7 |
| 14:54 | Washington State | Jimmy Tarpley grabs the board | 5-7 |
| 14:45 | Washington State | Terry Horne's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 5-7 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Washington State | Bruce Plasencia (PF) Jimmy Tarpley | |
| 14:19 | Rice | Gerald Timmons misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 5-7 |
| 14:17 | Washington State | Steven Jiles grabs the board | 5-7 |
| 14:02 | Washington State | Stephen Jurgensen misses badly on a floater from the right side | 5-7 |
| 14:00 | Washington State | Steven Jiles grabs the offensive rebound | 5-7 |
| 13:40 | Washington State | Terry Horne misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 5-7 |
| 13:39 | Washington State | Jim McMillan hits the follow up shot | 5-9 |
| 13:33 | Rice | Melvin Alexander misses the jumper from the right wing | 5-9 |
| 13:32 | Rice | Melvin Alexander snags the offensive board | 5-9 |
| 13:22 | Rice | Melvin Alexander misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 5-9 |
| 13:21 | Rice | Nicholas Brown misses the tip | 5-9 |
| 13:19 | Washington State | Steven Jiles pulls down the rebound | 5-9 |
| 13:02 | Washington State | Jim McMillan is fouled on the floor by Gerald Timmons - foul #2 on Gerald Timmons, team foul #4 | 5-9 |
| Subs | Rice | John Donohue (PG), Dennis Price (SF), Chester Mahurin (PF), Alfred Hankinson (C) Gerald Timmons, Melvin Alexander, Nicholas Brown, Cecil Shedd | |
| Subs | Washington State | Patrick Farnum (SF), Jimmy Tarpley (PF) Jim McMillan, Bruce Plasencia | |
| 12:57 | Washington State | Jimmy Tarpley comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 5-9 |
| 12:56 | Rice | Chester Mahurin gets the rebound | 5-9 |
| 12:39 | Rice | Chester Mahurin misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 5-9 |
| 12:37 | Washington State | Patrick Farnum gets the rebound | 5-9 |
| 12:32 | Washington State | Patrick Farnum clanks a shot from the right block | 5-9 |
| 12:31 | Rice | Chester Mahurin grabs the board | 5-9 |
| 12:25 | Rice | Chester Mahurin hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side | 5-9 |
| 12:23 | Rice | The offensive rebound goes to Chester Mahurin | 5-9 |
| 12:12 | Rice | Alfred Hankinson lays it in set up by Dennis Price | 7-9 |
| 11:48 | Washington State | Steven Jiles drills a jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from Stephen Jurgensen and he's hacked by Alfred Hankinson - foul #1 on Alfred Hankinson, team foul #5 | 7-11 |
| Subs | Rice | Melvin Alexander (SF), Cecil Shedd (C) John Doan, Alfred Hankinson | |
| Subs | Washington State | Aaron Capps (PG), Jim McMillan (SG) Stephen Jurgensen, Terry Horne | |
| 11:48 | Washington State | Steven Jiles makes the free throw | 7-12 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - John Donohue (fresh) SG - Dennis Price (fresh) SF - Melvin Alexander (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Chester Mahurin (fresh) 4 reb. C - Cecil Shedd (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Washington State | PG - Aaron Capps (fresh) SG - Jim McMillan (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Patrick Farnum (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Jimmy Tarpley (fresh) 2 reb. C - Steven Jiles (tiring) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:33 | Rice | Jimmy Tarpley takes the ball from Chester Mahurin | 7-12 |
| 11:04 | Washington State | Aaron Capps is hacked by Dennis Price - foul #1 on Dennis Price, team foul #6 | 7-12 |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas Brown (PF) Chester Mahurin | |
| Subs | Washington State | Bruce Plasencia (PF), William Ward (C) Jimmy Tarpley, Steven Jiles | |
| 10:57 | Washington State | Aaron Capps hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 7-12 |
| 10:56 | Rice | Nicholas Brown snags the defensive board | 7-12 |
| 10:44 | Rice | Melvin Alexander misses the 3 from the left wing | 7-12 |
| 10:43 | Washington State | Jim McMillan grabs the board | 7-12 |
| 10:25 | Washington State | Patrick Farnum misses the floater in the lane but he's fouled by Melvin Alexander - foul #1 on Melvin Alexander, team foul #7 | 7-12 |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (PG) Dennis Price | |
| Subs | Washington State | Stephen Jurgensen (PG), Terry Horne (SG) Aaron Capps, Jim McMillan | |
| 10:25 | Washington State | Patrick Farnum makes the 1st free throw | 7-13 |
| 10:25 | Washington State | Patrick Farnum makes the 2nd free throw | 7-14 |
| 10:10 | Rice | Cecil Shedd hits a shot from the baseline set up by Melvin Alexander and he's fouled by Stephen Jurgensen - foul #1 on Stephen Jurgensen, team foul #2 | 9-14 |
| Subs | Rice | Chester Mahurin (SF) Melvin Alexander | |
| Subs | Washington State | | |
| 10:10 | Rice | Cecil Shedd misses the free throw | 9-14 |
| 10:10 | Washington State | Patrick Farnum gets the rebound | 9-14 |
| 09:46 | Washington State | William Ward is fouled on the floor by Cecil Shedd - foul #1 on Cecil Shedd, team foul #8 | 9-14 |
| Subs | Rice | Alfred Hankinson (C) Cecil Shedd | |
| Subs | Washington State | Jim McMillan (SF) Patrick Farnum | |
| 09:46 | Washington State | William Ward misses the 1st free throw | 9-14 |
| 09:46 | Rice | Nicholas Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 9-14 |
| 09:30 | Rice | John Donohue is fouled on the floor by William Ward - foul #1 on William Ward, team foul #3 | 9-14 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Price (SG) John Donohue | |
| Subs | Washington State | Jimmy Tarpley (PF) Bruce Plasencia | |
| 09:22 | Rice | Nicholas Brown comes up short on the shot from the left side | 9-14 |
| 09:20 | Rice | Dennis Price grabs the offensive board | 9-14 |
| 09:12 | Rice | The short jumper by Chester Mahurin is denied by William Ward | 9-14 |
| 09:11 | Washington State | The rebound goes to Jim McMillan | 9-14 |
| 08:42 | Washington State | Terry Horne clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 9-14 |
| 08:40 | Rice | Alfred Hankinson pulls down the rebound | 9-14 |
| 08:30 | Rice | Chester Mahurin misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 9-14 |
| 08:29 | Washington State | Jim McMillan gets the rebound | 9-14 |
| 08:06 | Washington State | Jim McMillan hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 9-14 |
| 08:05 | Rice | Dennis Price grabs the defensive rebound | 9-14 |
| 07:47 | Rice | Chester Mahurin scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by John Doan | 12-14 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - John Doan (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dennis Price (fairly fresh) 2 reb. SF - Chester Mahurin (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Nicholas Brown (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Alfred Hankinson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Washington State | PG - Stephen Jurgensen (tiring) 3 ast. SG - Terry Horne (tiring) 2 pts. SF - Jim McMillan (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Jimmy Tarpley (fresh) 2 reb. C - William Ward (fresh) | |
| 07:28 | Washington State | The short jumper by Jim McMillan is denied by Alfred Hankinson | 12-14 |
| 07:27 | Rice | Alfred Hankinson snags the defensive board | 12-14 |
| 07:03 | Rice | Alfred Hankinson is whistled for traveling | 12-14 |
| Subs | Rice | John Donohue (PG), Melvin Alexander (SF), Cecil Shedd (C) Dennis Price, Chester Mahurin, Alfred Hankinson | |
| Subs | Washington State | Aaron Capps (PG), Patrick Farnum (SF), Bruce Plasencia (PF), Steven Jiles (C) Stephen Jurgensen, Terry Horne, Jimmy Tarpley, William Ward | |
| 06:48 | Washington State | Steven Jiles is whistled for traveling | 12-14 |
| 06:35 | Rice | Melvin Alexander is fouled on the floor by Patrick Farnum - foul #2 on Patrick Farnum, team foul #4 | 12-14 |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| Subs | Washington State | Jimmy Tarpley (SF) Patrick Farnum | |
| 06:21 | Rice | Jim McMillan steals the ball from Melvin Alexander | 12-14 |
| 06:18 | Washington State | Jim McMillan lays it up and in | 12-16 |
| 05:54 | Rice | Cecil Shedd lays it in | 14-16 |
| 05:47 | Washington State | Aaron Capps comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 14-16 |
| 05:45 | Washington State | Jimmy Tarpley grabs the offensive board | 14-16 |
| 05:26 | Washington State | Aaron Capps can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 14-16 |
| 05:24 | Washington State | Steven Jiles misses the tip | 14-16 |
| 05:22 | Rice | Nicholas Brown gets the rebound | 14-16 |
| 04:57 | Rice | Melvin Alexander buries a 3 from the right wing set up by John Donohue | 17-16 |
| 04:55 | Washington State | Aaron Capps's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 17-16 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Price (SG), Chester Mahurin (PF) John Doan, Nicholas Brown | |
| Subs | Washington State | Stephen Jurgensen (PG), Terry Horne (SG) Aaron Capps, Jimmy Tarpley | |
| 04:35 | Rice | Chester Mahurin clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 17-16 |
| 04:34 | Rice | Melvin Alexander grabs the offensive rebound | 17-16 |
| 04:16 | Rice | Melvin Alexander misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Jim McMillan - foul #1 on Jim McMillan, team foul #5 | 17-16 |
| Subs | Rice | John Doan (SG), Alfred Hankinson (C) John Donohue, Cecil Shedd | |
| Subs | Washington State | Jimmy Tarpley (PF) Bruce Plasencia | |
| 04:16 | Rice | Melvin Alexander makes the 1st free throw | 18-16 |
| 04:16 | Rice | Melvin Alexander makes the 2nd free throw | 19-16 |
| 03:59 | Washington State | Melvin Alexander picks off the pass by Jim McMillan | 19-16 |
| 03:30 | Rice | Alfred Hankinson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 19-16 |
| 03:29 | Washington State | Jimmy Tarpley grabs the board | 19-16 |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis Price (fresh) 2 reb. SG - John Doan (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Melvin Alexander (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Chester Mahurin (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Alfred Hankinson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Washington State | PG - Stephen Jurgensen (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Terry Horne (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Jim McMillan (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Jimmy Tarpley (fresh) 4 reb. C - Steven Jiles (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:12 | Washington State | Terry Horne comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by John Doan - foul #1 on John Doan, team foul #9 | 19-16 |
| Subs | Rice | Gerald Timmons (PG), Ricky Benjamin (SG), Cecil Shedd (C) John Doan, Melvin Alexander, Alfred Hankinson | |
| Subs | Washington State | Aaron Capps (PG), Patrick Farnum (SF) Stephen Jurgensen, Jim McMillan | |
| 03:12 | Washington State | Terry Horne makes the 1st free throw | 19-17 |
| 03:12 | Washington State | Terry Horne makes the 2nd free throw | 19-18 |
| 02:51 | Rice | Dennis Price is hacked by Jimmy Tarpley - foul #1 on Jimmy Tarpley, team foul #6 | 19-18 |
| Subs | Rice | Alfred Hankinson (PF) Dennis Price | |
| Subs | Washington State | Jim McMillan (SG) Terry Horne | |
| 02:44 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin's fadeaway is rejected by Steven Jiles | 19-18 |
| 02:43 | Rice | Cecil Shedd hits the follow up shot | 21-18 |
| 02:36 | Washington State | Cecil Shedd steps in front of the Jim McMillan pass | 21-18 |
| 02:23 | Rice | Ricky Benjamin's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 21-18 |
| Subs | Rice | Melvin Alexander (SF) Chester Mahurin | |
| Subs | Washington State | Bruce Plasencia (PF) Jimmy Tarpley | |
| 02:08 | Washington State | Patrick Farnum misses short on a turnaround from the baseline | 21-18 |
| 02:07 | Rice | Gerald Timmons gets the rebound | 21-18 |
| 01:57 | Rice | Cecil Shedd connects on the fadeaway from the left side | 23-18 |
| 01:33 | Washington State | Steven Jiles's floater is tipped away by Melvin Alexander | 23-18 |
| 01:32 | Washington State | Steven Jiles snags the offensive board | 23-18 |
| 01:25 | Washington State | Aaron Capps is fouled on the floor by Melvin Alexander - foul #2 on Melvin Alexander, team foul #10 | 23-18 |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis Price (SF), Chester Mahurin (PF) Melvin Alexander, Cecil Shedd | |
| Subs | Washington State | Terry Horne (SG), William Ward (C) Jim McMillan, Steven Jiles | |
| 01:25 | Washington State | Aaron Capps misses the 1st free throw | 23-18 |
| 01:25 | Washington State | Aaron Capps makes the 2nd free throw | 23-19 |
| 01:13 | Rice | Dennis Price knocks in the turnaround in the paint | 25-19 |
| 00:59 | Washington State | Terry Horne hits a floater from just outside the lane | 25-21 |
| 00:40 | Rice | Alfred Hankinson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 25-21 |
| Subs | Rice | Nicholas Brown (PF) Alfred Hankinson | |
| Subs | Washington State | Stephen Jurgensen (PG), Jimmy Tarpley (PF) Aaron Capps, Bruce Plasencia | |
| 00:14 | Washington State | Patrick Farnum buries a turnaround from close range on a great pass from Stephen Jurgensen | 25-23 |
| 00:05 | Rice | Jimmy Tarpley denies the turnaround by Chester Mahurin | 25-23 |
| 00:04 | Washington State | Terry Horne snags the defensive board | 25-23 |
| 00:00 | Washington State | Terry Horne hits the front of the rim on the halfcourt shot | 25-23 |