Men’s Basketball Welcomes Tulsa to Tudor for Nationally-Televised Tilt

HOUSTON — Rice closes its homestand this Saturday, January 27, when it hosts Tulsa in a nationally-televised tilt. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT and the game will be televised by ESPNU.

Game 20
What: Rice (7-12, 1-5) vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (10-8, 1-5)
When: Saturday, January 27 at 7 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208)
Tickets: RiceOwls.com
Television: ESPNU
Stream: ESPN+
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: Tulsa leads 28-6 (9-5 in Houston)

Scouting Rice
• Rice enters Saturday night's game with a 7-12 record, and 1-5 in the American Athletic Conference. The Owls are coming off a 69-56 defeat to No. 22 Florida Atlantic on Wednesday.
• Rice is led by fifth-year senior guard Travis Evee, who is scoring 15.7 points per game, good for eighth in the American. He's adding 3.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.3 steals while placing fourth in the league in free throw percentage (.848).
• Sophomore guard Mekhi Mason is second on the team with 13.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists.
• Fifth-year senior forward Max Fiedler is averaging 9.5 points while leading the conference with 9.8 rebounds. He's also second with 5.3 assists and fourth in field goal percentage, connecting on 62.8% from the floor. Fiedler also leads the league and is fourth in the nation with 4.2 offensive rebounds per game.
• Senior guard Alem Huseinovic is recording 7.5 points per game and is connecting on 47.7% from the field and 41.8% from three and freshman Keanu Dawes is scoring 6.3 points per game and is third on the team with 4.2 rebounds.
• The Owls are scoring 72.5 points per game while allowing 75.2.
• Rice is connecting on 43.5% from the field and 31.8% from three. Its opponents are connecting on 44.8% from the field and 36.1% from beyond the arc.
• The Owls are outrebounding their opponents, 36.8-to-35.8.
• Head coach Scott Pera is in his seventh season leading the Rice men's basketball program.

Scouting Tulsa
• Tulsa enters Saturday's game with a 10-8 record and 1-5 in the American Athletic Conference. The Golden Hurricane have lost five of their last six games after falling at SMU last Saturday, 103-70.
• Redshirt freshman guard PJ Haggerty leads the team and is second in the AAC with 19.2 points per game. He is also third in the league with 2.1 steals per game while placing second on the team with 4.7 rebounds per game and 3.4 assists per game.
• Senior guard Cobe Williams is second on the team with 13.1 points per game. He is also second in the conference with 2.2 steals per game and is seventh with 3.8 assists per game.
• Junior forward Jared Garcia is averaging 9.6 points and leads the team with 5.9 rebounds per game while placing eighth in the AAC with 1.2 blocks per game.
• Tulsa is scoring 77.7 points per game while allowing 71.8.
• The Golden Hurricane are connecting on 44.0% from the field and 33.9% from three. Their opponents are hitting 41.1% from the field and 29.4% from three, which are third and second in the conference, respectively.
• TU is being outrebounded by its opponents, 38.7-to-36.8.
• Tulsa is also third in the league in steals with 8.5 per game.
• Head coach Erik Konkol is in his second season leading the Tulsa men's basketball program, where he holds a 15-32 record. In nine years as a head coach, he is 168-108.

Rice-Tulsa Series History
• Rice and Tulsa will meet for the 35th time, but the first time since 2014.
• The Golden Hurricane hold a 28-6 record in the series and 9-5 in Houston.
• Rice is looking for its first win in the series since 2005, having lost the last 15 meetings.
• All 34 meetings have been as conference opponents, first as members of the Western Athletic Conference (1997-2005) and then with Conference USA (2006-14).

Next Up
• Rice begins a two-game road trip next Wednesday, Jan. 31, when it travels to No. 19 Memphis. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT and the game will be streamed by ESPN+.

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