| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - Rodney Simmons (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Randolph Wallace (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Albert Ensign (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Tracy Parker (fresh) 2 pts. C - Frederick Owens (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Alfred Smith (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Alexis Marino (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SF - Luke Baker (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Harold Singer (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Stephen Baines (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Northern Illinois University | Albert Ensign inbounds the ball | 21-43 |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:46 | Northern Illinois University | Albert Ensign misses the fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Luke Baker - foul #3 on Luke Baker, team foul #1 | 21-43 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | | |
| Subs | Rice | Russell Sutliff (SF) Luke Baker | |
| 19:46 | Northern Illinois University | Albert Ensign makes the 1st free throw | 22-43 |
| 19:46 | Northern Illinois University | Albert Ensign misses the 2nd free throw | 22-43 |
| 19:46 | Northern Illinois University | Tracy Parker snags the offensive board | 22-43 |
| 19:29 | Northern Illinois University | Rodney Simmons throws a bad pass out of bounds | 22-43 |
| 19:05 | Rice | Alfred Smith misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 22-43 |
| 19:03 | Rice | The offensive rebound goes to Stephen Baines | 22-43 |
| 18:45 | Rice | Alfred Smith is fouled on the floor by Albert Ensign - foul #2 on Albert Ensign, team foul #1 | 22-43 |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 18:20 | Rice | Harold Singer buries a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Russell Sutliff | 22-46 |
| 18:05 | Northern Illinois University | Albert Ensign lays it up and in on a nice dish by Randolph Wallace | 24-46 |
| 17:36 | Rice | Harold Singer misses the 3 from straight away | 24-46 |
| 17:34 | Northern Illinois University | Frederick Owens pulls down the rebound | 24-46 |
| 17:29 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Wallace can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Alexis Marino - foul #2 on Alexis Marino, team foul #2 | 24-46 |
| 17:29 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Wallace makes the 1st free throw | 25-46 |
| 17:29 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Wallace makes the 2nd free throw | 26-46 |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 17:14 | Rice | Alexis Marino misses badly on a driving attempt in the lane | 26-46 |
| 17:13 | Northern Illinois University | The rebound goes to Tracy Parker | 26-46 |
| 17:07 | Northern Illinois University | Frederick Owens hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 26-46 |
| 17:06 | Rice | Alexis Marino gets the rebound | 26-46 |
| 17:01 | Rice | Alfred Smith slams it home on a nice dish by Harold Singer | 26-48 |
| 16:54 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Wallace misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 26-48 |
| 16:52 | Rice | Alfred Smith grabs the board | 26-48 |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 16:26 | Rice | Russell Sutliff misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 26-48 |
| 16:24 | Northern Illinois University | Tracy Parker grabs the defensive rebound | 26-48 |
| 16:19 | Northern Illinois University | Rodney Simmons buries a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Frederick Owens | 29-48 |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 16:15 | Rice | Alfred Smith can't finish the layup | 29-48 |
| 16:13 | Rice | Stephen Baines grabs the offensive board | 29-48 |
| 16:00 | Rice | Russell Sutliff comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 29-48 |
| 15:59 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Wallace pulls down the rebound | 29-48 |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - Rodney Simmons (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Randolph Wallace (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Albert Ensign (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. PF - Tracy Parker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Frederick Owens (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Alfred Smith (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SG - Alexis Marino (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SF - Russell Sutliff (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Harold Singer (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Stephen Baines (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:53 | Northern Illinois University | Rodney Simmons clanks a fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by Harold Singer - foul #2 on Harold Singer, team foul #3 | 29-48 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | David Wisnowski (SG), Chris Tay (SF), Charles Tutt (PF), Thomas Putt (C) Randolph Wallace, Albert Ensign, Tracy Parker, Frederick Owens | |
| Subs | Rice | Thomas Murray (PG), Dale Steeves (SG), Luke Baker (SF), Jeremy Williams (PF), Steven Walker (C) Alfred Smith, Alexis Marino, Russell Sutliff, Harold Singer, Stephen Baines | |
| 15:53 | Northern Illinois University | Rodney Simmons misses the 1st free throw | 29-48 |
| 15:53 | Northern Illinois University | Rodney Simmons makes the 2nd free throw | 30-48 |
| 15:36 | Rice | Dale Steeves knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Thomas Murray | 30-51 |
| 15:19 | Northern Illinois University | Thomas Putt is hacked by Luke Baker - foul #4 on Luke Baker, team foul #4 | 30-51 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Micheal England (SG) Rodney Simmons | |
| Subs | Rice | Lewis Braswell (PF) Luke Baker | |
| 15:09 | Northern Illinois University | Thomas Putt hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 30-51 |
| 15:07 | Rice | Lewis Braswell pulls down the rebound | 30-51 |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 14:47 | Rice | Jeremy Williams clanks a shot from the right block | 30-51 |
| 14:46 | Northern Illinois University | Charles Tutt grabs the defensive rebound | 30-51 |
| 14:42 | Northern Illinois University | Thomas Putt scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Micheal England | 33-51 |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 14:21 | Rice | Thomas Murray scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 33-53 |
| 14:14 | Northern Illinois University | David Wisnowski's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 33-53 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Wallace (SG), Albert Ensign (SF), Frederick Owens (C) Micheal England, Charles Tutt, Thomas Putt | |
| Subs | Rice | Alfred Smith (PG), Alexis Marino (SG), Russell Sutliff (SF), Harold Singer (PF), Stephen Baines (C) Thomas Murray, Dale Steeves, Jeremy Williams, Lewis Braswell, Steven Walker | |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 13:48 | Rice | Harold Singer misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 33-53 |
| 13:46 | Rice | Alfred Smith tips it home | 33-55 |
| 13:31 | Northern Illinois University | Harold Singer is called for the reach on Chris Tay - foul #3 on Harold Singer, team foul #5 | 33-55 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Tracy Parker (PF) Chris Tay | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 13:18 | Northern Illinois University | The pull-up jumper by Albert Ensign is blocked by Russell Sutliff | 33-55 |
| 13:16 | Northern Illinois University | Albert Ensign misses the tip | 33-55 |
| 13:15 | Rice | The rebound goes to Harold Singer | 33-55 |
| 13:09 | Rice | Harold Singer hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by David Wisnowski - foul #1 on David Wisnowski, team foul #2 | 33-55 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Rodney Simmons (PG) David Wisnowski | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 13:09 | Rice | Harold Singer misses the 1st free throw | 33-55 |
| 13:09 | Rice | Harold Singer misses the 2nd free throw | 33-55 |
| 13:09 | Northern Illinois University | Frederick Owens grabs the defensive rebound | 33-55 |
| 13:02 | Northern Illinois University | Rodney Simmons loses the ball out of bounds | 33-55 |
| 12:40 | Rice | Alexis Marino lays it in set up by Stephen Baines | 33-57 |
| 12:27 | Northern Illinois University | Frederick Owens drills a 3 from the right wing set up by Rodney Simmons | 36-57 |
| 12:05 | Rice | Harold Singer can't finish the layup | 36-57 |
| 12:04 | Northern Illinois University | Randolph Wallace grabs the board | 36-57 |
| 11:52 | Northern Illinois University | Tracy Parker can't connect on a turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Harold Singer - foul #4 on Harold Singer, team foul #6 | 36-57 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | David Wisnowski (SG), Chris Tay (SF), Charles Tutt (C) Randolph Wallace, Albert Ensign, Frederick Owens | |
| Subs | Rice | Thomas Murray (SG), Jeremy Williams (SF), Lewis Braswell (PF), Steven Walker (C) Alexis Marino, Russell Sutliff, Harold Singer, Stephen Baines | |
| 11:52 | Northern Illinois University | Tracy Parker misses the 1st free throw | 36-57 |
| 11:52 | Northern Illinois University | Tracy Parker makes the 2nd free throw | 37-57 |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - Rodney Simmons (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - David Wisnowski (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Chris Tay (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Tracy Parker (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Charles Tutt (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Alfred Smith (fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. SG - Thomas Murray (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jeremy Williams (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Lewis Braswell (fresh) C - Steven Walker (fresh) | |
| 11:27 | Rice | Alfred Smith hits the front of the rim on the runner in the paint but the foul's on David Wisnowski - foul #2 on David Wisnowski, team foul #3 | 37-57 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Micheal England (SG), Thomas Putt (C) Rodney Simmons, Tracy Parker | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 11:27 | Rice | Alfred Smith makes the 1st free throw | 37-58 |
| 11:27 | Rice | Alfred Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 37-59 |
| 11:11 | Northern Illinois University | Chris Tay misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 37-59 |
| 11:09 | Rice | Steven Walker pulls down the rebound | 37-59 |
| 10:59 | Rice | Thomas Murray scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Alfred Smith | 37-62 |
| 10:42 | Northern Illinois University | Thomas Putt buries a floater from the left side on a great pass from David Wisnowski and the foul's on Steven Walker - foul #1 on Steven Walker, team foul #7 | 39-62 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Albert Ensign (SF) Micheal England | |
| Subs | Rice | Dale Steeves (SG) Alfred Smith | |
| 10:42 | Northern Illinois University | Thomas Putt makes the free throw | 40-62 |
| 10:13 | Rice | Charles Tutt takes the ball from Dale Steeves | 40-62 |
| 10:03 | Northern Illinois University | Chris Tay comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 40-62 |
| 10:02 | Rice | The rebound goes to Jeremy Williams | 40-62 |
| 09:40 | Rice | Albert Ensign steps in front of the Jeremy Williams pass | 40-62 |
| 09:35 | Northern Illinois University | Thomas Putt hits the finger roll set up by Albert Ensign | 42-62 |
| 09:13 | Rice | Thomas Murray can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 42-62 |
| 09:12 | Northern Illinois University | Albert Ensign pulls down the rebound | 42-62 |
| 09:06 | Northern Illinois University | Thomas Putt double dribbles | 42-62 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Rodney Simmons (PG), Randolph Wallace (SG), Tracy Parker (PF), Frederick Owens (C) Thomas Putt, David Wisnowski, Chris Tay, Charles Tutt | |
| Subs | Rice | Alfred Smith (PG), Alexis Marino (SG), Martin Loper (SF), Russell Sutliff (PF), Stephen Baines (C) Thomas Murray, Dale Steeves, Jeremy Williams, Lewis Braswell, Steven Walker | |
| 08:47 | Rice | Russell Sutliff hits a fadeaway in the lane set up by Alfred Smith and the foul's on Tracy Parker - foul #3 on Tracy Parker, team foul #4 | 42-64 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Micheal England (SF) Albert Ensign | |
| Subs | Rice | | |
| 08:47 | Rice | Russell Sutliff makes the free throw | 42-65 |
| 08:32 | Northern Illinois University | Rodney Simmons misses badly on a runner from the right block | 42-65 |
| 08:31 | Rice | Russell Sutliff grabs the board | 42-65 |
| 08:10 | Rice | Russell Sutliff makes the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Alfred Smith | 42-67 |
| 07:47 | Northern Illinois University | Tracy Parker travels with the ball | 42-67 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Albert Ensign (SF) Micheal England | |
| Subs | Rice | Luke Baker (SF), Harold Singer (PF) Martin Loper, Russell Sutliff | |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - Rodney Simmons (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Randolph Wallace (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Albert Ensign (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. PF - Tracy Parker (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Frederick Owens (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Alfred Smith (fresh) 14 pts. 7 ast. SG - Alexis Marino (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SF - Luke Baker (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. PF - Harold Singer (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 4 pf. C - Stephen Baines (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:25 | Rice | Alexis Marino buries a 3pt shot from the left wing | 42-70 |
| 07:20 | Northern Illinois University | Albert Ensign misses the fadeaway from the left block | 42-70 |
| 07:19 | Rice | Alexis Marino gets the rebound | 42-70 |
| 06:55 | Rice | Alexis Marino travels with the ball | 42-70 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | David Wisnowski (PG), Micheal England (SG), Chris Tay (SF), Charles Tutt (PF), Thomas Putt (C) Rodney Simmons, Randolph Wallace, Albert Ensign, Tracy Parker, Frederick Owens | |
| Subs | Rice | Thomas Murray (PG), Dale Steeves (SG), Russell Sutliff (SF), Jeremy Williams (PF), Steven Walker (C) Alfred Smith, Alexis Marino, Luke Baker, Harold Singer, Stephen Baines | |
| 06:47 | Northern Illinois University | Dale Steeves picks off the pass by Charles Tutt | 42-70 |
| 06:43 | Rice | Thomas Murray lays it up and in on a great pass from Dale Steeves | 42-72 |
| 06:35 | Northern Illinois University | Chris Tay misses the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 42-72 |
| 06:33 | Rice | Russell Sutliff grabs the defensive rebound | 42-72 |
| 06:15 | Rice | Thomas Murray misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 42-72 |
| 06:14 | Rice | Russell Sutliff tips it back up and in | 42-74 |
| 05:46 | Northern Illinois University | Chris Tay hits a turnaround in the lane on a great pass from Thomas Putt and he's hacked by Dale Steeves - foul #1 on Dale Steeves, team foul #8 | 44-74 |
| 05:46 | Northern Illinois University | Chris Tay misses the free throw | 44-74 |
| 05:46 | Rice | Jeremy Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 44-74 |
| 05:17 | Rice | Russell Sutliff misses the jumper from the baseline | 44-74 |
| 05:16 | Rice | Thomas Murray tips it back up and in | 44-76 |
| 05:12 | Northern Illinois University | Chris Tay scores on a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Micheal England | 47-76 |
| 04:44 | Rice | Russell Sutliff clanks a runner near the basket | 47-76 |
| 04:43 | Northern Illinois University | Micheal England grabs the defensive rebound | 47-76 |
| 04:38 | Northern Illinois University | David Wisnowski's fadeaway is rejected by Steven Walker | 47-76 |
| 04:37 | Northern Illinois University | Charles Tutt tips it back up and in | 49-76 |
| 04:09 | Rice | Jeremy Williams can't connect on a driving attempt from the right block but the foul's on Chris Tay - foul #1 on Chris Tay, team foul #5 | 49-76 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Ronald Moye (SG) Micheal England | |
| Subs | Rice | Martin Loper (SG), Lewis Braswell (PF) Dale Steeves, Steven Walker | |
| 04:09 | Rice | Jeremy Williams makes the 1st free throw | 49-77 |
| 04:09 | Rice | Jeremy Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 49-78 |
| 03:57 | Northern Illinois University | David Wisnowski can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 49-78 |
| 03:56 | Northern Illinois University | Charles Tutt snags the offensive board | 49-78 |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:40 | Northern Illinois University | Chris Tay scores on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 51-78 |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - David Wisnowski (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Ronald Moye (fresh) SF - Chris Tay (fairly fresh) 12 pts. PF - Thomas Putt (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 pf. C - Charles Tutt (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Thomas Murray (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SG - Martin Loper (fresh) SF - Jeremy Williams (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Lewis Braswell (fresh) C - Russell Sutliff (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:21 | Rice | Jeremy Williams knocks in the turnaround from the right block set up by Russell Sutliff | 51-80 |
| 03:05 | Northern Illinois University | David Wisnowski buries a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 53-80 |
| 02:51 | Rice | Lewis Braswell comes up short on the jumper from the right wing | 53-80 |
| 02:49 | Rice | Lewis Braswell pulls down the offensive rebound | 53-80 |
| 02:31 | Rice | Jeremy Williams misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 53-80 |
| 02:29 | Northern Illinois University | Charles Tutt snags the defensive board | 53-80 |
| 02:16 | Northern Illinois University | David Wisnowski knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Ronald Moye | 56-80 |
| 01:50 | Rice | Martin Loper hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Russell Sutliff | 56-82 |
| 01:37 | Northern Illinois University | David Wisnowski knocks in the floater from the left side on a great pass from Ronald Moye and he's hacked by Jeremy Williams - foul #1 on Jeremy Williams, team foul #9 | 58-82 |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Micheal England (SG) Ronald Moye | |
| Subs | Rice | Dale Steeves (SG), Steven Walker (C) Martin Loper, Lewis Braswell | |
| 01:37 | Northern Illinois University | David Wisnowski makes the free throw | 59-82 |
| 01:08 | Rice | The short jumper by Steven Walker is denied by Thomas Putt | 59-82 |
| 01:06 | Northern Illinois University | Micheal England gets the rebound | 59-82 |
| 01:00 | Northern Illinois University | Charles Tutt can't connect on a driving attempt in the lane | 59-82 |
| 00:58 | Rice | The rebound goes to Jeremy Williams | 59-82 |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:31 | Rice | Micheal England steals it from Thomas Murray | 59-82 |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:27 | Northern Illinois University | David Wisnowski hits a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Charles Tutt | 62-82 |
| 00:00 | Rice | Thomas Murray runs out the clock | 62-82 |