Men’s Basketball Closes Road Trip at Marshall

HOUSTON — Rice looks to earn a split on its road trip when it travels to Huntington, W.V., to face Marshall this Saturday, January 15. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT and will be streamed by ESPN+.

Game 16
What: Rice at Marshall
When: Saturday, January 15 at 6 p.m. CT
Where: Huntington, W.V.
Arena: Cam Henderson Center (9,043)
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: Marshall leads 13-5 (Marshall leads 6-2 in Huntington)

Scouting Rice
• Rice enters Saturday night's contest with a 9-6 record. The Owls are 2-2 in Conference USA after falling at WKU on Thursday, 80-66.
• Guard Travis Evee is leads the team and is 10th in C-USA with 14.8 points per game while adding 3.4 rebounds per game and 2.9 assists per game. Evee leads the league in three-point field goal percentage (43.4%), is second in three-pointers made per game (2.9) and fourth in free throw percentage (86.7%). He's also connecting on 48.6% from the field.
• Guard Carl Pierre is second on the team with 14.3 points per game while pulling down 4.3 rebounds per game. He is second in the league in field goal percentage (48.4%) and three-point field goal percentage (41.0%) and fourth in three-pointers made per game (2.7).
• Guard Chris Mullins is scoring 9.9 points per game while placing third on the team with 2.7 assists per game.
• Sophomore Quincy Olivari is averaging 9.3 points per game and is second on the team with 4.5 rebounds per game.
• Forward Max Fiedler is averaging 8.6 points per game and is second in the conference with 8.4 rebounds per game. He leads the team in field goal percentage, connecting on 58.4% from the field and assists per game (3.4). He's also second in the conference with four double-doubles and ninth in blocks (1.2).
• Rice is averaging 76.6 points per game while allowing 74.2.
• The Owls are connecting on 46.2% from the field and 37.9% from three, which leads the league. They are allowing 42.9% from the floor and 31.1% from beyond the arc, which is third in C-USA.
• Rice is outrebounding the opposition, 37.3-to-35.0.
• Rice is second in the conference in both assists with 16.0 and three-pointers per game with 9.9.
• Head coach Scott Pera is in his fifth season leading the Rice men's basketball program. He holds a record of 59-79.

Scouting Marshall
• Marshall enters Saturday night's tilt with a 7-9 record. The Thundering Herd are looking for their first victory in Conference USA, sitting at 0-3 after falling, 69-65 on Thursday to North Texas.
• Guard Taevion Kinsey leads Conference USA in scoring, averaging 19.9 points per game. He is also ninth in the league in assists (4.1) and 10th in field goal percentage (41.8%) and free throw percentage (76.7%).
• Forward Obinna Anochili-Killen is second on the team with 13.1 points per game while leading the Herd with 6.6 rebounds per game. He's also second in the country in blocks with 65.
• Guard Andrew Taylor is third on the team with 12.3 points per game while placing third in the conference in assists (4.7) and steals (2.2).
• Marshall is averaging 76.1 points per game while allowing 76.0.
• The Thundering Herd are connecting on 43.5% from the field and just 27.8% from three. They are allowing 44.0% from the floor and 33.7% from beyond the arc.
• Marshall is pulling down 39.3 rebounds per game, good for second in the conference, but is allowing 39.4.
• The Thundering Herd are also second in the league with 6.3 blocks per game.
• Head coach Dan D'Antoni is in his eighth season at the helm of the Marshall men's basketball program where he owns a 135-108 record.

Rice-Marshall Series History
• Rice and Marshall will meet for the 19th time overall.
• Marshall holds a 13-5 record in the series.
• The Thundering Herd hold a 6-2 lead in games played in Huntington.
• Last year's series was canceled due to COVID-19. However, the teams met in the second round of the Conference USA Tournament with Rice earning a 72-68 victory.

Next Up
• Rice returns home for a two-game homestand next Thursday, Jan. 20 when it hosts Old Dominion. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT and it will be streamed by CUSAtv.

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