A pair of teams from Conference USA take the floor in the Pelican State looking to pick up a victory. The Rice Owls are on the road as they make the trip to face the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Thursday night. Rice was drubbed 70-52 at home in their previous contest by UAB, failing to cover as a 1.5-point underdog, Saturday and look to bounce back here. Louisiana Tech comes in off a 66-55 road win over UTSA in their previous game Saturday, covering the line as an 7.5-point favorite. In the all-time series between the programs, the Bulldogs own a 21-7 advantage and have won the last six meetings. That includes an 88-82 overtime win on the road in the first matchup this season on January 5.
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Rice saw their four-game win streak snapped as they were dumped at home by UAB in their previous contest. The Owls fell to 15-6 overall on the season and stand third in the conference with a 6-4 record this season. Against UAB, Rice was scoreless for the first seven minutes of the game, falling into a 7-0 hole, and never managed to recover. The Owls trailed 33-15 at the half and never cut the gap below 15 the rest of the way en route to the decisive defeat. Rice shot 33.3% from the field, including eight of 26 from three-point range, and lost the battle of the boards by a 44-31 margin. Quincy Olivari led the Owls with 18 points in the loss.
The Owls are putting up 79.3 points per game on the year so far, which is 30th in the nation. Rice is collecting 36.6 boards a night and is dishing out 16.7 assists per contest. The Owls are 276th in the nation in scoring defense as they giv e up 73 points a night. Travis Evee is second on the Owls this season as he puts up an average of 15.4 points per game on the season. Quincy Olivari is one of two other players scoring in double figures as he puts up 19.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists a night. Mekhi Mason, Alem Huseinovic, Max Fiedler (10.7 points, 8.2 rebounds), Cameron Sheffield, Seryee Lewis, Jake Lieppert, Andrew Akuchie and Mason Jones are all looked at to contribute valuable minutes for the Owls. Rice is shooting 48.1% from the field this season. The Owls are averaging 8.8 triples a night despite shooting 35.9% from beyond the arc. Rice is solid at the charity stripe as they are hitting 73.7% of their attempts so far this season.
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