Men’s Basketball Welcomes Tulsa to Close Homestand

HOUSTON — Rice closes its two-game homestand this Saturday, Jan. 24, when it hosts Tulsa. Tip-off is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. CT, and the game, which was moved from Sunday due to expected weather, will be streamed by ESPN+.

Game 20
What: Rice (8-11, 2-4) vs. Tulsa (16-3, 4-2)
When: Saturday, January 24 at 3:30 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208)
Tickets: RiceOwls.com
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: Tulsa leads 31-8 (Leads 10-6 in Houston)

Scouting Rice
• Rice enters Saturday's game with an 8-11 record and is 2-4 in the American. The Owls fell to Temple on Wednesday, 69-65.
• Graduate guard Trae Broadnax leads the team with 14.8 points (tied for 10th in American), 4.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.4 steals. He's also connecting on 79.5% from the free throw line and 32.9% from three.
• Senior guard/forward Nick Anderson is second on the team with 14.2 points per game while adding 3.8 rebounds. He is fifth in the league in three-point percentage (40.7%) and free throw percentage (86.8%), while placing seventh in three-pointers per game (2.4).
• Redshirt senior guard Jalen Smith is scoring 11.2 points per game and is second on the team with 2.3 assists. He is also eighth in the league in three-point field goal percentage (38.8%) from three and is tied for ninth with 2.1 three-pointers per game.
• Redshirt senior center Stephen Giwa is second on the team with 4.7 rebounds and 10th in the league with 1.3 blocks, and junior forward Jimmy Oladokun, Jr., is pulling down 4.5 boards.
• Rice is averaging 73.7 points per game while allowing 73.3.
• The Owls are connecting on 42.0% from the field and 36.1% from beyond the arc, which is third in the conference. Their opponents are connecting on 43.8% from the floor and 34.2% from three.
• Rice is outrebounding its opponents, 37.6-to-36.6.
• The Owls are fourth in the league in three-pointers, making 8.8 per game.
• Head coach Rob Lanier is in his second season at the helm of the Rice men's basketball program.

Scouting Tulsa
• Tulsa enters Saturday's game with a 16-3 record. The Golden Hurricane have won three straight games and 13 of their last 15 after defeating Memphis on Wednesday, 83-66.
• Graduate student forward David Green, the reigning American Conference Player of the Week, is sixth in the league with a team-high 16.6 points, while also leading the team with 5.1 rebounds. He is eighth in the league in field goal percentage (52.4%) and ninth in three-point percentage (38.5%).
• Senior guard Miles Barnstable is second on the team with 14.5 points while adding 3.8 rebounds. He currently leads the league in three-point percentage, connecting on 45.0% from beyond the arc, and is fifth in three-pointers made per game (2.6).
• Junior guard Tylen Riley is averaging 14.4 points. He's second in the conference in free throw percentage (89.2%) and seventh in assists (4.0 apg).
• Junior guard Ade Popoola is scoring 9.1 points and leads the team with 1.5 steals per game.
• Tulsa is second in the league in scoring with 88.0 points per game, while allowing just 71.7.
• The Golden Hurricane lead the conference in both field goal percentage (49.0%) and three-point field goal percentage (39.4%). Their opponents are connecting on 42.3% from the floor 33.3% from three.
• Tulsa is pulling down 38.6 rebounds per game while allowing a league-low 30.4.
• The Golden Hurricane leads the American in free throw percentage, connecting on 79.5% from the charity stripe, as well as three-pointers per game (10.3). It is also second in assists (15.9).
• Head coach Erik Konkel is in his fourth season at the helm of the Tulsa men's basketball program, where he has a 50-63 record. In 11 years as a head coach, Konkel is 202-138.

Rice-Tulsa Series History
• Rice and Tulsa will meet for the second time this year and the 40th time overall.
• The Golden Hurricane hold a 31-8 record in the series and are 10-6 in Houston.
• Tulsa is 18-2 in the last 19 games, but the Owls have won two of the last three meetings.
• All 35 meetings have been as conference opponents, first as members of the Western Athletic Conference (1997-2005), then with Conference USA (2006-14).
• Earlier this year, Rice fell in both team's conference opener in Tulsa.

Next Up
• Rice begins a two-game road swing through North Carolina this Wednesday, Jan. 28, 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 televised by ESPNU.

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