Men’s Basketball Hosts Southern Miss on Senior Day

HOUSTON — Rice concludes its 2021-22 home schedule this Saturday, February 26, when it hosts Southern Miss on Senior Day. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT and will be streamed by CUSAtv.

Game 28
What: Rice vs. Southern Miss
When: Saturday, February 26 at 6 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Arena: Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208)
Watch: CUSAtv
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: Rice leads 16-10 (Rice leads 9-2 in Houston)

Scouting Rice
• Rice enters Saturday night's contest with a 14-13 record. The Owls are 6-9 in Conference USA after falling to Louisiana Tech on Thursday, 83-79.
• Guard Carl Pierre leads the team and is ninth in C-USA with 14.8 points per game while pulling down 4.2 rebounds per game. He leads C-USA in three-point field goal percentage (42.5%), is second in three-pointers made per game (3.0), and seventh in field goal percentage (47.3%).
• Guard Travis Evee is second on the team with 14.7 points per game while adding 3.1 rebounds per game and 2.9 assists per game. Evee is fourth in the league in three-point field goal percentage (40.2%) and three-pointers made per game (2.8) while connecting on 45.6% from the field.
• Forward Max Fiedler is averaging 9.8 points per game and is fourth in the conference with 7.5 rebounds per game. He leads the team in field goal percentage, connecting on 57.5% 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 8.2 points per game while placing third on the team with 2.4 assists per game and forward Mylyjael Poteat is averaging 8.0 points and 4.1 rebounds while connecting on 62.6% from the floor.
• Rice is averaging 75.7 points per game while allowing 74.2.
• The Owls are connecting on 46.3% from the field and lead the conference in three-point field goal percentage (38.3%). They are allowing 44.7% from the floor and 33.6% from beyond the arc.
• Rice is outrebounding the opposition, 35.5-to-34.8.
• Rice leads the league in assists with 16.3 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 64-86.

Scouting Southern Miss
• Southern Miss enters Saturday night's tilt with a 6-22 record. The Golden Eagles are 1-14 in Conference USA and have lost their last 11 games after falling to North Texas on Thursday, 85-61.
• Forward Tyler Stevenson leads the squad with 14.3 points per game while placing third in C-USA in rebounding, pulling down 7.7 boards. He's also fourth in field goal percentage (49.0%).
• Forward Isaih Moore is second on the team with 13.7 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per game and is connecting on 54.6% from the field.
• Guard Jaron Pierre, Jr. and forward DeAndre Pinckney are averaging 10.2 and 8.7 points, respectively.
• Guard Walyn Napper is eighth in the league in assists with 4.0 per game.
• Southern Miss is averaging just 64.0 points per game and allowing 74.8.
• The Golden Eagles are connecting on 42.9% from the field and 31.7% from three. They are allowing 45.0% from the floor and 37.6% from beyond the arc.
• USM is being outrebounded by the opposition, 35.8-to-34.1.
• Head coach Jay Ladner is in his third season at the helm of the Southern Miss men's basketball program where he owns a 24-61 record. In eight seasons as a head coach, he is 99-148.

Rice-Southern Miss Series History
• Rice and Southern Miss will meet for the second time this year and the 27th time overall.
• Rice holds a 16-10 record in the series.
• The Owls have won the last five meetings and 12 of the last 14 dating back to 2015.
• In Houston, Rice leads 9-2 and has won the last six meetings.
• 24 of the 26 meetings have come as members of Conference USA.
• Earlier this year, Rice defeated USM, 76-62, in Hattiesburg.

Next Up
• Rice begins its final road trip of the regular season next Thursday, Mar. 3, when it travels to El Paso to face UTEP. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. and will be televised by CBS Sports Network.

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