UTEP 67, 
Rice 58
8:00 PM ET, February 18, 2009
Tudor Fieldhouse
Houston, TX
| UTEP MINERS | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Arnett Moultrie, F | 22 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| Claude Britten, C | 11 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jason Jones, G-F | 11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Julyan Stone, G | 33 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Stefon Jackson, G | 34 | 8-15 | 0-1 | 7-9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Randy Culpepper, G | 34 | 5-16 | 2-8 | 8-9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Blaise Ffrench, G | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Portalatin, C | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Gabriel McCulley, G-F | 7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tavaris Watts, F | 31 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 21-57 | 2-13 | 23-30 | 11 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 67 | ||
| 36.8% | 15.4% | 76.7% | ||||||||||
| RICE OWLS | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Suleiman Braimoh, F | 28 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Trey Stanton, C | 36 | 9-11 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Connor Frizzelle, G | 25 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Rodney Foster, G | 38 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 6-6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| Lawrence Ghoram, G | 28 | 3-10 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Nate Schwarze, G | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emerson Herndon, F | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Bryan Beasley, G | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cory Pflieger, G | 30 | 2-7 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 21-51 | 5-17 | 11-13 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 58 | ||
| 41.2% | 29.4% | 84.6% | ||||||||||
Officials: Terry Davis ,Hal Lusk ,Terry Oglesby
Attendance: 1,873
Men's Basketball Scores
Other Scores:
Wednesday, February 18th
| S. Methodist | 47 | Final |
| 6 Memphis | 90 |
| Houston | 83 | Final |
| Marshall | 88 |
| UTEP | 67 | Final |
| Rice | 58 |
| UAB | 76 | Final |
| Tulane | 70 |