Rice 69, 
UCF 66
7:00 PM ET, February 25, 2009
UCF Arena
Orlando, FL
| RICE OWLS | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Suleiman Braimoh, F | 17 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Trey Stanton, C | 37 | 6-11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| Connor Frizzelle, G | 33 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| Rodney Foster, G | 34 | 7-14 | 6-11 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| Lawrence Ghoram, G | 17 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Emerson Herndon, F | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bryan Beasley, G | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cory Pflieger, G | 27 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Aleks Perka, F | 20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 27-52 | 12-24 | 3-5 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 69 | ||
| 51.9% | 50.0% | 60.0% | ||||||||||
| UCF KNIGHTS | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| A.J. Tyler, F | 35 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Kenrick Zondervan, F-C | 30 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Jermaine Taylor, G | 34 | 14-29 | 5-13 | 12-13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 45 |
| A.J. Rompza, G | 23 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Taylor Young, G | 32 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Will Weathers, G | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Drew Speraw, G | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Sosa, G | 10 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Chris Baez, G | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| P.J. Gaynor, F | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jean Michel Yotio, F-C | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 24-53 | 6-18 | 12-13 | 9 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 66 | ||
| 45.3% | 33.3% | 92.3% | ||||||||||
Officials: Kevin Mathis ,Brent Barnaky ,Steve Olson
Attendance: 4,010
Men's Basketball Scores
Other Scores:
Wednesday, February 25th
| Marshall | 76 | Final |
| East Carolina | 62 |
| Rice | 69 | Final |
| UCF | 66 |
| Houston | 68 | Final |
| Tulsa | 77 |
| S. Methodist | 58 | Final |
| UTEP | 61 | OT |