Sunday, March 10
Fort Worth, TX
6:00 PM
Rice University
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UAB
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No. 10 Rice Owls (15-14, 9-9 AAC) vs. No. 7 UAB Blazers (18-12, 9-9 AAC)
Game 30 • Sunday, March 10, 2024 • 6:00 p.m. CT
Fort Worth, Texas • Dickies Arena
Video Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: Statbroadcast
Twitter Updates: @RiceWBB |
AAC Tournament
The tenth-seeded Owls head to Fort Worth for the AAC Tournament, where they will meet the seventh-seeded UAB Blazers in the second round. The winner of the game will face No. 2 North Texas in the quarterfinals.
Last Time Out
The Owls cut a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit to three points in the final minute, but UTSA prevailed for a 60-54 win last Tuesday night at the Convocation Center. Malia Fisher led the Owls with a career-high 30 points while adding 12 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season.
Gone Fishin'
Malia Fisher was named to the AAC All-Conference Third Team, the league office announced last Friday morning. Fisher leads the team in points per game (12.9) and rebounds per game (6.8). In the last six games, she is averaging 19.1 points per game, surpassing 20+ points in four of those games.
Rice vs. UAB
This is the 24th meeting in the all-time series, with the Owls holding a slight 12-11 series lead. UAB won the only meeting this season 87-74 in Birmingham, while the Owls were winners of the prior seven meetings before this season's matchup.
All About Jazz(y)
Jazzy Owens-Barnett was named the AAC Player of the Week (2-12) 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).
50 Off the Bench
The Owls scored a season-high 50 points from the bench in Rice's win over East Carolina. This marked the most bench points since 2016 (52 against Huston-Tillotson) and most against a DI opponent since 2000 (50 against Iona).
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.
Game 30 • Sunday, March 10, 2024 • 6:00 p.m. CT
Fort Worth, Texas • Dickies Arena
Video Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: Statbroadcast
Twitter Updates: @RiceWBB |
AAC Tournament
The tenth-seeded Owls head to Fort Worth for the AAC Tournament, where they will meet the seventh-seeded UAB Blazers in the second round. The winner of the game will face No. 2 North Texas in the quarterfinals.
Last Time Out
The Owls cut a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit to three points in the final minute, but UTSA prevailed for a 60-54 win last Tuesday night at the Convocation Center. Malia Fisher led the Owls with a career-high 30 points while adding 12 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season.
Gone Fishin'
Malia Fisher was named to the AAC All-Conference Third Team, the league office announced last Friday morning. Fisher leads the team in points per game (12.9) and rebounds per game (6.8). In the last six games, she is averaging 19.1 points per game, surpassing 20+ points in four of those games.
Rice vs. UAB
This is the 24th meeting in the all-time series, with the Owls holding a slight 12-11 series lead. UAB won the only meeting this season 87-74 in Birmingham, while the Owls were winners of the prior seven meetings before this season's matchup.
All About Jazz(y)
Jazzy Owens-Barnett was named the AAC Player of the Week (2-12) 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).
50 Off the Bench
The Owls scored a season-high 50 points from the bench in Rice's win over East Carolina. This marked the most bench points since 2016 (52 against Huston-Tillotson) and most against a DI opponent since 2000 (50 against Iona).
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.
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