Men’s Basketball Begins Four-Game Road Trip at New Orleans

HOUSTON — Rice begins a four-game road trip this Friday, Nov. 19, when it travels to Louisiana to face New Orleans. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be live streamed at ESPN+.

Game 4
What: Rice at New Orleans
When: Friday, November 19 at 7 p.m.
Where: New Orleans, La.
Arena: Lakefront Arena (8,785)
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: Rice leads 3-0 (First Meeting in New Orleans)

Scouting Rice
• Rice enters Friday night's game with a 2-1 record after defeating Southern, 81-63, on Tuesday
• Guard Travis Evee leads the Owls and is seventh in Conference USA with 17.3 points per game while also tying for the team lead with 3.3 assists. Evee also leads C-USA with 4.0 three-pointers per game and is fifth in three-point field goal percentage, connecting on 52.2% from beyond the arc.
• Guard Carl Pierre is second on the team with 11.0 points per game and is pulling down 2.7 rebounds per game.
• Forward Max Fiedler is averaging nearly a double-double with 9.3 points per game and 10.3 boards per game, which leads C-USA. He is also connecting on 70.6% from the field.
• Guard Terrance McBride leads the squad with 3.3 assists and 2.0 steals.
• Rice is scoring 69.7 points per game while allowing 68.3.
• The Owls are connecting on 44.6% from the field and 33.3% from three while allowing just 39.1% from the floor and 32.4% from beyond the arc.
• Rice is outrebounding the opposition, 40.3-to-34.7.
• Rice is also connecting on 9.0 three-pointers per game, tied for third in the league.
• Head coach Scott Pera is in his fifth season leading the Rice men's basketball program. He holds a record of 52-74.

Scouting New Orleans
• New Orleans enters Friday night's contest with a 1-2 record after falling to Northwestern, 83-67, on Tuesday.
• Guard Derek St. Hilaire is the only Privateer in double-figures, leading the Southland Conference with 21.7 points per game. He is also third in the league in free throw percentage (88.9%), sixth in field goal percentage (47.2%) and tied for ninth in three-pointers made per game (2.3).
• Guard Jamond Vincent and forward Robby Robinson are pulling down 6.5 and 6.0 rebounds per game, respectively.
• Forwards Simeon Kirkland and Tyson Jackson are tied for second on the team with 6.7 points per game.
• New Orleans is scoring 69.0 points per game while allowing 68.7.
• The Privateers are connecting on 43.8% from the field but just 28.9% from three while allowing 42.4% from the floor but just 26.3% from behind the arc, tops in the Southland Conference.
• UNO is outrebounding their opponents, 38.3-to-35.7.
• Head coach Mark Slessinger is in his 11th season at the helm of the New Orleans men's basketball program where he owns a 132-167 (.441) record. In 13 years as a head coach, he is 157-190 (.452).

Rice-New Orleans Series History
• Rice and New Orleans will meet for the second straight year and just the fourth time in history.
• Rice has won all three meetings.
• This will be the first game played at New Orleans.
• Last year's game was added after Rice's scheduled matchup with Incarnate Word was canceled due to COVID-19. The Owls defeated UNO, 73-62.

Rice vs. the Southland Conference
• When the Owls face New Orleans, it will be the 80th meeting against the Southland Conference.
• Rice is 44-35 all-time against the Southland.
• This will be the first of three meetings against the Southland Conference this year. Rice will travel to Houston Baptist on Dec. 11 and host Incarnate Word on Dec. 16.
• This is the ninth straight season that Rice will face at least one team from the Southland Conference and the 15th in the past 16 seasons. Rice is 19-16 against the Southland in the past 12 seasons.

Next Up
• Rice will travel to Fort Myers, Fla., for the Gulf Coast Showcase. The Owls open the tournament on Monday, Nov. 22 against Evansville. Tip-off is scheduled for 10 a.m. CT and the game will be live streamed at FloHoops.

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