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Rice (6-7 SU, 5-7 ATS) travels to New Orleans to take on Tulane (9-3 SU, 4-6-1 ATS) on Wednesday night at 9pmET in an AAC matchup from Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse. Since Rice just moved from Conference USA to the American Athletic Conference, this is the first meeting between these teams since the 2014 season.
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Rice had won three straight over Incarnate Word (80-57), Northwestern State (76-51) and Prairie View (82-56) before falling at home to Louisiana-Lafayette 84-67 on Dec. 22 in their last game. The Owls shot just 38.2% from the field and were outrebounded by 13 in the game against the Ragin' Cajuns. Max Fiedler and Keanu Dawes led the Owls with 18 points apiece. Trevis Evee added 11 points, three assists and three turnovers.
Evee is a 6-1 senior guard who leads the squad with 16.5 points and 3.4 rebounds on 43.3% shooting (31.7% 3pt). Sophomore guard Mekhi Mason adds 12.5 points and 4.2 rebounds on 38.6% shooting (27.3% 3pt). Fiedler (6-11, 230) averages 10.1 points and 8.7 rebounds, while leading the Owls with 4.8 assists per contest. Overall, KenPom has Rice ranked 195th overall, 195th in strength of schedule, and just 227th in Adjusted Defensive Efficiency. Rice allows 73.8 points per gam e on 44.4% shooting (34.8% 3pt). They average 73.8 points per game on 44.4% shooting and are making just 31% of their three-point attempts (286th).