Wednesday, February 14
Houston, TX
7 p.m.
Rice University
vs
East Carolina
Photo by: Maria Lysaker | Rice Athletics
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Rice Owls (14-9, 8-4 AAC) vs. East Carolina Pirates (14-8, 7-4 AAC)
Game 24 • Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 • 7:00 p.m. CT
Houston, Texas • Tudor Fieldhouse
Video Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: LiveStats
Twitter Updates: @RiceWBB |
Valentine's at Tudor
The Owls conclude their short homestand on Valentine's Day Wednesday night against East Carolina. The game will be Rice's Play4Kay game. The Owls will be on the road Saturday to face UAB.
Last Time Out
Jazzy Owens-Barnett and Hailey Adams both dropped 17 points to power the Owls to a 78-66 win over Tulsa last Saturday. Emily Klaczek added 13 points for Rice while Destiny Jackson became the all-time games played leader at Rice with 131 games.
All About Jazz(y)
Jazzy Owens-Barnett was named the AAC Player of the Week after netting a career-high 21 points at South Florida and 17 points against Tulsa, leading Rice to both wins. She also had a stretch of six-consecutive made three-pointers between the two games. This is her first career conference honor and Rice's first player of the week honor this season. Rice has had three AAC Honor Roll honorees (Dominique Ennis x2, Destiny Jackson).
Rice vs. East Carolina
This is the 13th meeting in the series, with the series being tied at 6-6. Rice won the first meeting earlier this season 80-67 in Greenville behind Dominique Ennis' 19 points. Rice's win marked the first road win for either team in the series.
50 in the Books
Shelley Pennington and Friends Head Coach Lindsay Edmonds earned her 50th career win last Saturday at South Florida. She became the fastest coach to reach the milestone, doing so in just 81 games.
Weekly Honors (1/22)
Dominique Ennis earned her second weekly conference honor, being named to the AAC Honor Roll. Ennis led the Owls to a 2-0 week, averaging 17.5 points per game on the week, with 19 at East Carolina and 16 at Tulane.
DJ's World (We're Just Living in it)
After hitting the game-winning layup as time expired in Rice's 65-63 win at SMU, Destiny Jackson was named to the weekly AAC Honor Roll. Jackson finished the game with a season-high 17 points, a season-high seven assists, six rebounds, a block and a steal. She finished with 12 points, three rebounds and three assists in Rice's 76-64 win against Wichita State.
Dom-inant
Dominique Ennis earned the first AAC Honor for the Owls, being named to the AAC Honor Roll after dropping a career-high 25 points, with six three-pointers, while adding a career-high five assists, five rebounds and four steals in Rice's 74-44 win over Texas Southern. Ennis added another 14 points at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Maya Buckets
Maya Bokunewicz drained seven threes in Rice's 73-62 win over Saint Mary's, tying the school record for threes in a game (fourth time, second for Maya). Bokunewicz joins Jenny Cafferty (Fresno State 1-27-00), Kara Liggett (San Jose State 2-17-00), Katelyn Crosthwait (UTSA 1-16-23) and herself (UAB 3-5-22) with seven in a game.
Fisher Tabbed for Preseason Honors, Owls Picked Third
Junior forward Malia Fisher was named to the 2023 Preseason All-AAC Second Team. Fisher, an All-C-USA Second Teamer last season, was second on the team with 11.8 points per game while leading the team with 6.3 rebounds per game. She also had a team-high five double-doubles on the season. Fisher had a career-high 22 points, including the game-winning steal and layup against Louisiana Tech. Rice was selected third in the team's AAC debut, finishing behind preseason favorite South Florida and last season's champion East Carolina.
Traffic Advisory:
Due to ongoing repairs to a section of a water pipe near the intersection of Main and University, which will result in the closure of sections of University, all fans attending upcoming home games are strongly encouraged to avoid this intersection and approach the Rice campus from the west side of campus, using Kirby or Greenbriar.
Game 24 • Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 • 7:00 p.m. CT
Houston, Texas • Tudor Fieldhouse
Video Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: LiveStats
Twitter Updates: @RiceWBB |
Valentine's at Tudor
The Owls conclude their short homestand on Valentine's Day Wednesday night against East Carolina. The game will be Rice's Play4Kay game. The Owls will be on the road Saturday to face UAB.
Last Time Out
Jazzy Owens-Barnett and Hailey Adams both dropped 17 points to power the Owls to a 78-66 win over Tulsa last Saturday. Emily Klaczek added 13 points for Rice while Destiny Jackson became the all-time games played leader at Rice with 131 games.
All About Jazz(y)
Jazzy Owens-Barnett was named the AAC Player of the Week after netting a career-high 21 points at South Florida and 17 points against Tulsa, leading Rice to both wins. She also had a stretch of six-consecutive made three-pointers between the two games. This is her first career conference honor and Rice's first player of the week honor this season. Rice has had three AAC Honor Roll honorees (Dominique Ennis x2, Destiny Jackson).
Rice vs. East Carolina
This is the 13th meeting in the series, with the series being tied at 6-6. Rice won the first meeting earlier this season 80-67 in Greenville behind Dominique Ennis' 19 points. Rice's win marked the first road win for either team in the series.
50 in the Books
Shelley Pennington and Friends Head Coach Lindsay Edmonds earned her 50th career win last Saturday at South Florida. She became the fastest coach to reach the milestone, doing so in just 81 games.
Weekly Honors (1/22)
Dominique Ennis earned her second weekly conference honor, being named to the AAC Honor Roll. Ennis led the Owls to a 2-0 week, averaging 17.5 points per game on the week, with 19 at East Carolina and 16 at Tulane.
DJ's World (We're Just Living in it)
After hitting the game-winning layup as time expired in Rice's 65-63 win at SMU, Destiny Jackson was named to the weekly AAC Honor Roll. Jackson finished the game with a season-high 17 points, a season-high seven assists, six rebounds, a block and a steal. She finished with 12 points, three rebounds and three assists in Rice's 76-64 win against Wichita State.
Dom-inant
Dominique Ennis earned the first AAC Honor for the Owls, being named to the AAC Honor Roll after dropping a career-high 25 points, with six three-pointers, while adding a career-high five assists, five rebounds and four steals in Rice's 74-44 win over Texas Southern. Ennis added another 14 points at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Maya Buckets
Maya Bokunewicz drained seven threes in Rice's 73-62 win over Saint Mary's, tying the school record for threes in a game (fourth time, second for Maya). Bokunewicz joins Jenny Cafferty (Fresno State 1-27-00), Kara Liggett (San Jose State 2-17-00), Katelyn Crosthwait (UTSA 1-16-23) and herself (UAB 3-5-22) with seven in a game.
Fisher Tabbed for Preseason Honors, Owls Picked Third
Junior forward Malia Fisher was named to the 2023 Preseason All-AAC Second Team. Fisher, an All-C-USA Second Teamer last season, was second on the team with 11.8 points per game while leading the team with 6.3 rebounds per game. She also had a team-high five double-doubles on the season. Fisher had a career-high 22 points, including the game-winning steal and layup against Louisiana Tech. Rice was selected third in the team's AAC debut, finishing behind preseason favorite South Florida and last season's champion East Carolina.
Traffic Advisory:
Due to ongoing repairs to a section of a water pipe near the intersection of Main and University, which will result in the closure of sections of University, all fans attending upcoming home games are strongly encouraged to avoid this intersection and approach the Rice campus from the west side of campus, using Kirby or Greenbriar.
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