The Battle of Owls takes place on Saturday in the City of Brotherly Love when the Rice Owls (6-11, 0-4 AAC) visit the Temple Owls (8-10, 1-4 AAC) for an American Athletic Conference clash. Rice was defeated by the Charlotte 49ers 81-79 on Tuesday night and has lost each of its last five. Temple was defeated by SMU 77-64 on Tuesday night and has lost each of its last three. Rice will play without Cameron Sheffield, while Anthony Seiden is questionable. Temple’s Steve Settle III is questionable.
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Rice is scoring an average of 73.7 points per game which is 216th, while shooting 44.2% overall, which is 218th, 31.8% from 3-point territory which is 289th and 71.3% from the free throw line which is 184th. Travis Evee is the leading scorer for Rice with an average of 16.7 points per game, while Mekhi Mason is the second leading scorer with an average of 13.2 points per game and the only other player averaging double figures in scoring. Max Fielder is the leader in assists with an average of 4.9 per game.
Rice is holding opponents to an average of 76.1 points per game which is 291st, 45.1% shooting overall which is 290th and 36.5% shooting from 3-point land which is 335th. Rice is averaging 36.8 rebounds per game led by Fielder with an average of 9.4 per game. Fielder is the leader in blocked shots with an average of 0.7 per game and Evee is the leader in steals with an average of 1.4 per game.