Men’s Basketball Begins AAC Home Slate against Charlotte

HOUSTON — Rice begins its American Athletic Conference home schedule this Saturday, Jan. 4, when it hosts Charlotte. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT and it will be streamed by ESPN+.

Game 15
What: Rice (10-4, 1-0) vs. Charlotte (7-7, 0-1)
When: Saturday, January 4 at 1 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208)
Tickets: RiceOwls.com
Stream: ESPN+
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: Rice leads, 10-9 (Series tied 5-5 in Houston)

Scouting Rice
• Rice enters Saturday's American Athletic Conference home opener with a 10-4 record, including 1-0 in the AAC. The Owls have won three of its last four games after defeating Tulsa in its league-opener on Wednesday, 70-64.
• Rice is led by graduate guard Trae Broadnax, who leads the team with 13.9 points per game and 4.1 assists, which is tied for fourth in the American. He's also second on the team with 6.1 rebounds while connecting on 45.7% from the field.
• Graduate student guard/forward Kellen Amos is second on the team with 10.3 points and 3.2 assists, while grabbing 3.9 rebounds per game.
• Fifth-year senior guard Alem Huseinovic is scoring 9.4 points. He's connecting on 41.9% from three and 2.2 threes per game, which are fifth and eighth in the conference, respectively.
• Junior forward Caden Powell is scoring 9.3 points per game and leads the team with 7.5 rebounds, good for sixth in the league. He's also third in the AAC in field goal percentage, connecting on 60.8% from the floor, and tied for sixth with 1.4 blocks per game.
• Junior Denver Anglin is scoring 8.7 points. He is connecting on 88.9% from the free throw line, while hitting 36.6% from three.
• The Owls are scoring 70.1 points per game while allowing just 65.5, good for second in the American.
• Rice is connecting on 42.2% from the field and 31.6% from three. It is second in the league in field goal percentage defense (38.6%), while leading the conference in three-point field goal percentage defense (28.2%).
• The Owls are second in the AAC in rebounding, pulling down 40.7 rebounds per game, and are allowing 34.6.
• Head coach Rob Lanier is in his first season at the helm of the Rice men's basketball program. In nine years as a head coach, Lanier is 151-140.

Scouting Charlotte
• Charlotte enters Saturday's contest with a 7-7 record, including 0-1 in the American. The 49ers have dropped three of their last four games after falling to Tulane in their conference opener on Tuesday, 83-68.
• Junior guard Nik Graves leads the team and is sixth in the AAC with 17.1 points per game. He also leads the squad with 3.2 assists, and 1.1 steals, while pulling down 4.0 rebounds per game.
• Graduate student forward Robert Braswell IV is second on the team with 12.8 points. He's connecting on 48.1% from the field, while placing fourth in the conference in both three-point field goal percentage (.423) and free throw percentage (.869).
• Graduate student forward Giancarlo Rosado is scoring 12.6 points per game while leading the team with 6.1 rebounds.
• Junior guard Jaehshon Thomas is averaging 11.5 points per game and is seventh in the American in free throw percentage, connecting on 84.6% from the charity stripe.
• Charlotte is scoring 73.4 points per game and is allowing 74.4.
• The 49ers are connecting on 42.6% from the floor and just 29.0% from three. Their opponents are connecting on 46.3% from the field, but just 29.8% from behind the arc, good for third in the league.
• Charlotte is being outrebounded by the opposition, 35.5-to-33.4.
• Head coach Aaron Fearne is in his second season at the helm of the Charlotte men's basketball program, where he has a 26-19 record.

Rice-Charlotte Series History
• Rice and Charlotte will meet for the first of two times this year and the 20th time overall.
• Rice holds a 10-9 advantage in the series.
• In Houston, the series is tied at five.
• Charlotte has won three straight and four of the last six.
• Last year, the 49ers swept the season series, winning in Houston, 81-79, in overtime before taking a 69-64 victory in Charlotte.
• The teams will also meet in Charlotte on Feb. 8.

Next Up
• Rice heads to Denton next Wednesday, Jan. 8, for a nationally-televised tilt at North Texas. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT and the game will be televised by ESPNU.

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