Men’s Basketball Hosts No. 19 Memphis in American Hoops Showcase Game

HOUSTON — Rice returns home to host 19th-ranked Memphis this Sunday, Feb. 2, in the American Hoops Showcase Game. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT and it will be streamed by ESPN+.

Game 22
What: Rice (11-10, 2-6) vs. No. 19 Memphis (17-4, 7-1)
When: Sunday, February 2 at 2 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208)
Stream: ESPN+
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: Memphis leads 9-2 (5-1 in Memphis)

Scouting Rice
• Rice enters Sunday's game with an 11-10 record, including 2-6 in the AAC. The Owls are looking to snap a six-game losing streak after falling at South Florida on Tuesday, 69-64.
• Rice is led by graduate guard Trae Broadnax, who leads the team with 12.8 points per game and 4.2 assists, which is fourth in the American. He's also second on the team with 5.7 rebounds.
• Junior Denver Anglin is second on the team with 9.7 points. He is connecting on 40.4% from three, good for eighth in the conference, while hitting 82.4% from the free throw line.
• Junior forward Caden Powell is scoring 9.4 points per game while grabbing a team-high 7.0 rebounds, good for 10th in the AAC. He's also fourth in the league in field goal percentage, connecting on 63.0% from the floor, and is ninth with 1.1 blocks per game.
• Graduate student guard/forward Kellen Amos is averaging 8.5 points and 2.8 assists, while grabbing 3.4 rebounds per game.
• Fifth-year senior guard Alem Huseinovic is scoring 8.4 points. He's connecting on 37.4% from three and 2.1 threes per game.
• The Owls are scoring 70.0 points per game while allowing just 68.7, good for third in the American.
• Rice is connecting on 41.7% from the field and 32.4% from three. It is second in the league in field goal percentage defense (40.7%), while allowing just 31.0% from three, good for third in the AAC.
• The Owls are pulling down 39.2 rebounds per game while the opposition is grabbing 34.9, which are second and fourth in the conference, respectively.
• 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 152-145.

Scouting Memphis
• Memphis enters Tuesday's contest with a 17-4 record, including 7-1 in the American. The Tigers have won four straight games and eight of their last 10 after defeating Tulane on Thursday, 68-56.
• The Tigers are currently ranked 19th in the Associated Press poll and 16th in the Coaches poll.
• Redshirt sophomore guard PJ Haggerty is second in the American and fifth in the nation with 21.4 points per game. He's also second in the American in steals (2.1).
• Senior guard Tyrese Hunter is second on the team with 14.5 points, tied for 10th in the conference. He's fourth in the AAC in three-pointers per game (2.6), and sixth in steals (1.6) and three-point percentage (.415).
• Redshirt senior forward Dain Dainja is scoring 12.1 points and leads the team with 6.6 rebounds, while connecting on 58.2% from the field, good for sixth in the league.
• Redshirt senior guard Colby Rogers is scoring 11.4 points and is sixth in the American with 2.3 threes per game, while connecting on 38.9% from beyond the arc.
• Memphis is averaging 78.4 points per game and is allowing 72.4.
• The Tigers are connecting on 47.2% from the floor and 39.5% from three, both of which lead the league. Their opponents are connecting on 41.3% from the field and 31.9% from behind the arc.
• UM is being outrebounding by the opposition, 35.2-to-35.1.
• Head coach Penny Hardaway is in his seventh season at the helm of the Memphis men's basketball program, where he has a 146-66 record.

Rice-Memphis Series History
• Rice and Memphis will meet for the first of two times this year and the 12th time overall.
• The Tigers have won nine of the previous 11 meetings, and are 5-1 in Houston.
• This is the first meeting in Houston since 2013.
• Last year, the Owls earned their first-ever victory in Memphis, defeating the Tigers, 74-71.
• The first two meetings were non-conference games while the next eight meetings came as members of Conference USA (2006-13).

Next Up
• Rice begins a two-game stretch through North Carolina next Wednesday, February 5, when it travels to Greenville, N.C., to face East Carolina. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT and the game will be streamed by ESPN+.

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