Men’s Basketball Takes to Tulsa to Begin Road Trip

HOUSTON — Rice begins a two-game road swing this Saturday, February 17, when it travels to Tulsa. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT and the game will be streamed by ESPN+.

Game 25
What: Rice (9-15, 3-8) at Tulsa (12-12, 3-9)
When: Saturday, February 17 at 2 p.m. CT
Where: Tulsa, Okla.
Stadium: Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,355)
Stream: ESPN+
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: Tulsa leads 29-6 (15-1 in Tulsa)

Scouting Rice
• Rice enters Saturday afternoon's game with a 9-15 record and 3-8 in the American Athletic Conference. The Owls are coming off a loss against league-leader South Florida, 69-65.
• Rice is led by fifth-year senior guard Travis Evee, who is scoring 15.8 points per game, good for seventh in the American. He's adding 3.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.2 steals while also placing ninth in the league in free throw percentage (.819).
• Sophomore guard Mekhi Mason is second on the team with 14.1 points, and 2.7 assists while placing third with 3.8 rebounds. In conference play, he is seventh in the AAC with 16.1 points per game, sixth in three-point field goal percentage (.421), and ninth in three-pointers made per game (2.2).
• Fifth-year senior forward Max Fiedler is averaging 9.2 points while leading the league with 5.4 assists and 4.1 offensive rebounds, which is also fourth in the nation. He's also second in field goal percentage, connecting on 65.4% from the floor.
• Senior guard Alem Huseinovic is recording 8.1 points per game and is connecting on 45.8% from the field and 43.6% from three, good for third in the AAC.
• Graduate student guard Anthony Selden and freshman forward Keanu Dawes are both scoring 6.5 points and Keanu Dawes is also second on the team with 4.1 rebounds.
• The Owls are scoring 72.9 points per game while allowing 76.0.
• Rice is connecting on 43.9% from the field and 33.6% from three. Its opponents are connecting on 45.5% from the field and 35.9% from beyond the arc.
• The Owls are outrebounding their opponents, 36.0-to-35.7.
• 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 12-12 record and 3-9 in the American Athletic Conference. The Golden Hurricane is looking to snap a four-game losing streak after dropping a 69-50 decision on Wednesday to league-leader South Florida.
• Redshirt freshman guard PJ Haggerty leads the team and is second in the AAC with 19.8 points per game. He is also sixth in the league with 2.0 steals per game and ninth with 3.5 assists per game while placing second on the team with 5.0 rebounds per game.
• Senior guard Cobe Williams is second on the team with 13.2 points per game. He is also third in the conference with 2.1 steals per game and is seventh with 3.7 assists per game.
• Junior forward Jared Garcia is averaging 9.0 points and leads the team with 6.0 rebounds per game while placing eighth in the AAC with 1.4 blocks per game.
• Tulsa is scoring 75.0 points per game while allowing 73.0.
• The Golden Hurricane are connecting on 43.4% from the field and 32.5% from three. Their opponents are hitting 42.1% from the field and 31.8% from three.
• TU is being outrebounded by its opponents, 38.2-to-35.9.
• Head coach Erik Konkol is in his second season leading the Tulsa men's basketball program, where he holds a 17-37 record. In nine years as a head coach, he is 170-112.

Rice-Tulsa Series History
• Rice and Tulsa will meet for the second time this year and the 36th time overall.
• The Golden Hurricane hold a 29-6 record in the series and are 15-1 in Tulsa, including the last six meetings.
• Rice is looking for its first win in the series since 2005, having lost the last 16 meetings.
• The Owls' only win in Tulsa came Feb. 12, 2005, a 71-64 overtime victory.
• All 35 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 wraps up its road trip next Wednesday, Feb. 21, when it travels to Birmingham, Ala., to face UAB. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT and the game will be streamed by ESPN+.

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