Men’s Hoops Takes to UTSA for Final Regular Season Road Game

HOUSTON — Rice concludes its regular season road schedule this Sunday, Mar. 2, when it travels to San Antonio to face UTSA. Tip-off is scheduled for 5 p.m. CT and the game will be streamed by ESPN+.

Game 30
What: Rice (13-16, 4-12) at UTSA (10-17, 4-11)
When: Sunday, March 2 at 5 p.m. CT
Where: San Antonio, Texas
Stadium: UTSA Convocation Center (4,080)
Stream: ESPN+
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: UTSA leads 14-11 (7-3 in San Antonio)

Scouting Rice
• Rice enters Sunday's game with a 13-16 record, including 4-12 in the AAC. The Owls fell at 18th-ranked Memphis on Wednesday, 84-72.
• Rice is led by graduate guard Trae Broadnax with 12.6 points per game and 4.3 assists, which is fourth in the American. He's also second on the team with 5.3 rebounds.
• Junior forward Caden Powell is second on the team with 10.2 points per game while grabbing a team-high 7.0 rebounds, which is eighth in the AAC. He's also fifth in the league in field goal percentage, connecting on 59.7% from the floor.
• Graduate student guard/forward Kellen Amos is averaging 9.2 points and 3.7 rebounds, while adding 2.6 assists per game.
• Junior Denver Anglin is averaging 9.0 points. He is connecting on 39.0% from three, good for ninth in the league, and 79.5% from the free throw line.
• Fifth-year senior guard Alem Huseinovic is scoring 7.9 points and connecting on 37.9% from three.
• Junior guard/forward Jacob Dar is averaging 7.6 points while connecting on a team-high 40.7% from three. In conference play, he is second on the team with 11.0 points, and is fourth in the league in three-point field goal percentage (44.8%).
• The Owls are scoring 71.5 points per game while allowing just 70.3, good for third in the American.
• Rice is connecting on 42.6% from the field and 34.4% from three. It is allowing just 42.0% from the field, good for third in the conference, and 32.4% from three, which is fourth.
• The Owls are pulling down 38.3 rebounds per game while the opposition is grabbing 34.7, which are third and fourth in the conference, respectively.
• In conference play, Rice is third in the league in three-pointers, connecting on 8.2 per game.
• 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 154-151.

Scouting UTSA
• UTSA enters Sunday's contest with a 10-17 record, including a 4-11 record in the American. The Roadrunners have lost six straight games after falling in overtime at East Carolina last Sunday, 96-89.
• Senior guard Primo Spears leads a group of four players averaging double-figure scoring with 19.8 points per game, which is third in the AAC. He's also sixth in free throw percentage (.872) and steals (1.7), and seventh in assists (3.9).
• Sophomore guard Marcus Millender is averaging 13.9 points. He's second in the league in three-point field goal percentage (.430), and seventh in three-pointers per game (2.3).
• Senior guard/forward Raekwon Horton is scoring 12.6 points and is second on the team with 5.9 rebounds.
• Graduate guard Damari Monsanto is averaging 11.0 points. He leads the league in three-pointers made per game (3.3) and is third in three-point field goal percentage (.424).
• Redshirt senior forward/center Jonnivius Smith is leads the team and is second in the conference with 7.5 rebounds per game.
• UTSA is averaging 79.6 points per game while allowing 73.0.
• The Roadrunners are connecting on 42.1% from the floor and 35.6% from three. Their opponents are hitting 46.9% from the field and 36.3% from behind the arc.
• UTSA is being outrebounded, 37.6-to-32.3.
• UTSA leads the AAC in free throw percentage (81.3%), steals (9.7) and three-pointers made per game (9.9).
• Head coach Austin Claunch is in his first season at the helm of the UTSA men's basketball program. In six years as a head coach, Claunch is 100-78.

Rice-UTSA Series History
• Rice and UTSA will meet for second time this year and the 26th time overall.
• UTSA holds a 14-11 record in the series, and 7-3 when played in San Antonio.
• Earlier this year, the Roadrunners earned a 90-84 win in Houston.
• The Owls have won seven of the last 10 meetings.
• The first six meetings came as non-conference foes. Since 2014, the teams have competed as conference foes when UTSA joined Conference USA. The Roadrunners hold a 10-9 advantage as conference opponents.

Next Up
• Rice closes its regular season next Thursday, March 6, when it hosts Wichita State on Senior Day. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT and the game will be streamed by ESPN+.

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