Men’s Hoops Faces UTSA in Regular Season Finale

HOUSTON — Rice closes the regular season this Saturday, Mar. 5, when it travels to San Antonio to face UTSA. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT and will be streamed by ESPN+.

Game 30
What: Rice at UTSA
When: Saturday, March 5 at 2 p.m. CT
Where: San Antonio, Texas
Arena: UTSA Convocation Center (2,650)
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: UTSA leads 10-8 (UTSA leads 6-1 in San Antonio)

Scouting Rice
• Rice enters Saturday afternoon's regular season finale with a 15-14 record. The Owls are 7-10 in Conference USA after falling at UTEP on Thursday, 70-67.
• Guard Carl Pierre leads the team and is seventh in C-USA with 15.4 points per game while pulling down 4.6 rebounds per game. He leads C-USA in three-point field goal percentage (41.9%), is second in three-pointers made per game (3.1) and seventh in field goal percentage (46.5%).
• Guard Travis Evee is second on the team with 14.3 points per game while adding 3.1 rebounds per game and 2.9 assists per game. Evee is third in the league in three-pointers made per game (2.8) and sixth in three-point field goal percentage (39.1%) while connecting on 44.3% from the field.
• Forward Max Fiedler is averaging 10.0 points per game and is third in the conference with 7.8 rebounds per game. He leads the team in field goal percentage, connecting on 58.1% from the field. He's also fifth in the conference with seven double-doubles and 10th in assists per game (3.6).
• Guard Chris Mullins is scoring 8.4 points per game while placing third on the team with 2.3 assists per game and forward Mylyjael Poteat is averaging 7.5 points and 3.9 rebounds while connecting on 60.5% from the floor.
• Rice is averaging 75.5 points per game while allowing 74.0.
• The Owls are connecting on 45.9% from the field and lead the conference in three-point field goal percentage (37.8%). They are allowing 45.0% from the floor and 33.6% from beyond the arc.
• Rice is outrebounding the opposition, 35.8-to-34.4.
• Rice leads the league in assists with 16.5 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 65-87.

Scouting UTSA
• UTSA enters Saturday afternoon's contest with a 9-21 record. The Roadrunners are 2-15 in Conference USA and have dropped eight of their last nine games after falling to North Texas on Thursday, 59-48.
• Center Jacob Germany leads the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 14.8 points per game and 7.3 rebounds, which is seventh in the league. He's also fifth in field goal percentage, connecting on 47.8% from the field.
• Guard Dhieu Deing is second on the team with 14.0 points per game and third with 5.5 rebounds per game while averaging 1.4 steals per game.
• Guard Jordan Ivy-Curry is third on the squad with 13.9 points per game while connecting on a team-best 33.8% from three.
• UTSA is averaging just 66.9 points per game and allowing 72.5.
• The Roadrunners are connecting on just 39.0% from the field and 28.8% from three. They are allowing 45.6% from the floor and 35.9% from beyond the arc.
• UTSA leads the conference in rebounding, pulling down 38.7 boards per game while giving up 37.3.
• Head coach Steve Henson is in his sixth season at the helm of the UTSA men's basketball program where he owns an 88-100 record.

Rice-UTSA Series History
• Rice and UTSA will meet for the 19th time overall.
• UTSA holds a 10-8 record in the series, including a 6-1 mark in San Antonio.
• The Owls are seeking just their second victory in San Antonio. Rice's lone victory came on Mar. 5, 2015, a 76-74 decision.
• Earlier this year, Rice earned a 91-78 victory over the Roadrunners in Houston.
• The first six meetings came as non-conference foes. Since 2014, the teams have competed as conference foes when UTSA joined Conference USA. The series is tied at six as conference opponents.

Next Up
• Rice begins postseason play when it heads to Frisco, Texas for the 2022 Heritage Landscape Supply Group Conference USA Tournament, Mar. 8-12.

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