Rice University
2-3
Lamar
4-0
Lamar Defeats Rice, 61-53
11/25/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 25, 2008
Final Stats
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HOUSTON - Jay Brown scored a career-high 22 points and pulled down 18 rebounds and his Lamar team held Rice to a season-low 29 percent shooting night as the Cardinals posted a 61-53 win in Tudor Fieldhouse here Tuesday.
Brown was one of four Lamar starters to score in double figures. Brandon McThay added 12 points, including a pair of second-half three-pointers that would each extend the Cards' lead to double figures, and the 5-11 guard also grabbed eight rebounds. Kenny Dawkins added 12 points and Tristan Worrell finished with 10 points and seven boards.
Lamar enjoyed a 31-23 lead at halftime, scoring the period's final five points. Brown hit his second of two three-pointers from the top of the key and a Coy Custer layup before the horn gave the Cardinals an eight-point, second-half lead.
With just over 12 minutes to play, Rice would cut Lamar's lead to five.
Bryan Beasley converted a three-point play after a steal by Connor Frizzelle, and Cory Pflieger would come up with a steal on the Cardinals' next offensive possession and Frizzelle made two at the line. Frizzelle's free throws knarrowed Lamar's lead to 41-36 with 12:08 to play but from that point, the Cards would run their lead to as many as 15 points with a 15-5 rally.
Rice did manage one more rally, cutting the lead to seven, 60-53, on a Frizzelle layin with 47 seconds to play with 47 seconds to play. A Dawkins turnover gave the Owls a chance to make it a two-possession game, but Bryan Beasley missed a three-point attempt and a McThay free throw with 24 seconds left gave Lamar a 61-53 lead.
Frizzelle, a freshman on this year's Rice team, set an early career scoring standard with 18 points. Senior forward Aleks Perka recorded his first double-double, scoring 12 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.
With the win, Lamar improved to 4-0 and returns to home to take on Lyon College Saturday. Rice, now 2-3, plays at Texas Sunday. The Rice-Texas game will be broadcast statewide by Fox Sports Net Southwest. The game will also be available on ESPN360.com, including for free to any student on any college campus internet network.
