Men’s Basketball Begins Homestand against Louisiana-Monroe

HOUSTON — Rice begins a two-game homestand this Tuesday, Nov. 12, when it hosts Louisiana-Monroe. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT and the game will be streamed by ESPN+.

Game 3
What: Rice (1-1) vs. Louisiana-Monroe (1-2)
When: Tuesday, November 12 at 7 p.m.
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208)
Stream: ESPN+
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Tickets: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: Louisiana-Monroe leads, 2-0 (First Meeting in Houston)

Scouting Rice
• Rice enters Tuesday night's contest with a 1-1 record after falling to Florida State in the MattressFirm Battleground 2k24 on Saturday.
• The Owls are led by graduate guard Trae Broadnax, who leads the team with 12.5 points per game and 4.5 assists while placing second with 6.5 rebounds, which is 10th in the American.
• Fifth-year senior guard Alem Huseinovic is scoring 11.5 points. He leads the team with 1.5 steals per game and is connecting on 37.5% from three. His 3.0 three-pointers per game is tied for ninth in the league.
• Graduate student guard/forward Kellen Amos is averaging 10.0 points and is second on the team with 2.5 assists.
• Junior forward Caden Powell is scoring 10.0 points per game and is eighth in the conference with 8.0 rebounds. He's also third in free throw percentage, connecting on 88.9% from the floor.
• The Owls are scoring 71.0 points per game while allowing 71.5.
• Rice is connecting on 41.0% from the field and 28.6% from three. It is holding its opponents to just 39.3% from the field and 29.7% from three.
• The Owls are outrebounding their opponents, 40.0-to-38.0.
• Head coach Rob Lanier is in his first season at the helm of the Rice men's basketball program.

Scouting Louisiana-Monroe
• Louisiana-Monroe enters Tuesday's contest with a 1-2 record after falling 80-64 at Tulane last Friday.
• Junior guard Jalen Bolden leads the team with 12.3 points per game while grabbing 4.3 rebounds per game.
• Junior forward Jerry Ngopot is scoring 9.3 points and pulling down 5.0 boards.
• Senior guard Coltie Young and freshman forward Renars Sondors are both averaging 9.0 points while Sondors is eighth in the Sun Belt Conference with 7.7 rebounds per game.
• Senior forward AD Diedhiou is seventh in the league in rebounding with 8.0 per game.
• ULM is averaging 78.3 points per game while allowing 78.7.
• The Warhawks are connecting on 41.7% from the field and 31.6% from three. Their opponents connected on 42.6% from the floor and 29.0% from behind the arc.
• Louisiana-Monroe is second in league with 45.0 rebounds per game, while allowing 39.0.
• Head coach Keith Richard is in his 15th season at the helm of the Louisiana-Monroe men's basketball program, where he has a 164-272 record. In 24 years as a head coach, Richard is 314-390.

Rice-Louisiana-Monroe Series History
• Rice and Louisiana-Monroe will meet for just the third time overall and the first since 2007-08.
• The Owls are looking for their first victory in the series, as ULM has won the previous two meetings.
• The Warhawks took the first meeting, 86-71, in Monroe in 1974-75.
• Rice then dropped an 80-67 decision in the championship game of the 2007 Hawkeye Challenge.
• This is the first meeting in Houston.

Next Up
• Rice closes its homestand this Saturday, Nov. 16, when it hosts Northwestern State. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m., and the game will be streamed at ESPN+.

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