Men’s Basketball Begins Final Homestand against Louisiana Tech

HOUSTON — Rice begins its final homestand of the regular season this Thursday, February 24, when it hosts Louisiana Tech. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT and will be televised by Stadium.

Game 27
What: Rice vs. Louisiana Tech
When: Thursday, February 24 at 7 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Arena: Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208)
Watch: Stadium
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: Louisiana Tech leads 19-7 (Louisiana Tech leads 7-4 in Houston)

Scouting Rice
• Rice enters Thursday night's contest with a 14-12 record. The Owls are 6-8 in Conference USA after falling at FIU last Saturday, 80-78.
• Guard Carl Pierre leads the team with 14.6 points per game while pulling down 4.2 rebounds per game. He leads C-USA in three-point field goal percentage (42.4%), is second in three-pointers made per game (3.0), and seventh in field goal percentage (47.0%).
• Guard Travis Evee is second on the team with 14.5 points per game while adding 3.2 rebounds per game and 3.0 assists per game. Evee is fourth in the league in three-pointers made per game (2.7) and fifth in three-point field goal percentage (40.1%). He's also connecting on 46.1% from the field.
• Forward Max Fiedler is averaging 9.5 points per game and is third in the conference with 7.7 rebounds per game. He leads the team in field goal percentage, connecting on 57.7% from the field and assists per game (3.4). He's also sixth in the conference with six double-doubles.
• Guard Chris Mullins is scoring 8.5 points per game while placing third on the team with 2.5 assists per game and forward Mylyjael Poteat is averaging 8.0 points and 4.0 rebounds while connecting on 63.8% from the floor.
• Rice is averaging 75.6 points per game while allowing 73.9.
• The Owls are connecting on 46.4% from the field and lead the conference in three-point field goal percentage (38.2%). They are allowing 44.4% from the floor and 33.4% from beyond the arc.
• Rice is outrebounding the opposition, 35.7-to-34.8.
• Rice leads the league in assists with 16.2 while placing second in three-pointers per game with 9.6.
• Head coach Scott Pera is in his fifth season leading the Rice men's basketball program. He holds a record of 64-85.

Scouting Louisiana Tech
• Louisiana Tech enters Thursday night's tilt with a 19-7 record. The Bulldogs are 10-4 in Conference USA after defeating UTSA last Saturday, 95-71.
• Forward Kenneth Lofton, Jr. is the only player in Conference USA averaging a double-double, placing fifth in the league with 16.8 points while leading C-USA with 10.7 rebounds. He also leads the league in field goal percentage, connecting on 54.7%.
• Guard Amorie Archibald is second on the team with 13.2 points per game. He's averaging 3.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists while placing third in the league in free throw percentage (87.6%).
• Guard Keaston Willis is third on the team with 12.3 points. He is second in the conference in three-point field goal percentage (41.0%) and third in three-pointers made per game (2.9).
• Guard Cobe Williams is averaging 11.1 points per game and leads the team in assists with 3.4.
• Louisiana Tech is second in Conference USA in scoring, averaging 78.2 points per game while allowing just 69.0.
• The Bulldogs are connecting on 46.1% from the field and 34.6% from three. They are allowing just 41.5% from the floor, which is second in the league, and 33.8% from beyond the arc.
• La Tech is outrebounding the opposition, 36.6-to-36.1 while placing second in the league in assists per game with 15.1.
• Head coach Erik Konkol is in his seventh season at the helm of the Louisiana Tech men's basketball program where he owns a 148-72 record.

Rice-Louisiana Tech Series History
• Louisiana Tech holds a 19-7 record in the series.
• The Bulldogs have won four straight in the series and 12 of the last 14.
• This is the first meeting in Houston since 2019. Rice is 4-7 in games played in Houston but has won the last two.
• Twenty of the 24 games have come as conference opponents. From 2002-05, the teams met eight times as members of the Western Athletic Conference. The teams have met 11 times since 2014 as members of Conference USA.
• Earlier this year, the Owls fell to La Tech in Ruston, 80-63.

Next Up
• Rice closes its home schedule this Saturday, Feb. 26, when it hosts Southern Miss on Senior Day. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will be streamed by CUSAtv.

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