Men’s Basketball Begins Final Regular Season Road Trip at Temple

HOUSTON — Rice begins its final regular season road trip this Sunday, Mar. 1, when it travels to Philadelphia, Pa., to face Temple. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT, and the game will be streamed by ESPN+.

Game 29
What: Rice (11-17, 5-10) at Temple (15-13, 7-8)
When: Sunday, March 1 at 1 p.m. CT
Where: Philadelphia, Pa.
Stadium: Liacouras Center (10,206)
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: Temple leads 6-1 (Leads 2-1 in Philadelphia)

Scouting Rice
• Rice enters Sunday's game with an 11-17 record and is 5-10 in the American. The Owls fell to South Florida on Wednesday, 75-56.
• Graduate guard Trae Broadnax leads the team with 16.0 points (9th in American), 5.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 1.3 steals. He's also connecting on 79.5% from the free throw line and 33.3% from three.
• Senior guard/forward Nick Anderson is second on the team with 15.3 points per game while adding 4.3 rebounds. He is second in the league in three-point percentage (39.9%) and fifth in three-pointers made per game (2.6), while placing sixth in free throw percentage (83.0%).
• Redshirt senior guard Jalen Smith is scoring 11.8 points per game and is second on the team with 2.4 assists. He's connecting on 37.5% from three and is seventh in the conference with 2.4 three-pointers per game.
• Junior forward Jimmy Oladokun, Jr., is second on the team with 5.2 rebounds, and redshirt senior center Stephen Giwa is pulling down 4.6 boards and ranks 10th in the league with 1.1 blocks.
• Rice is averaging 74.0 points per game while allowing 75.1.
• The Owls are connecting on 42.0% from the field and 35.6% from beyond the arc, which is third in the conference. Their opponents are connecting on 44.0% from the floor and 33.8% from three.
• Rice is outrebounding its opponents, 37.8-to-36.8.
• The Owls are third in the league in three-pointers, making 9.1 per game, while placing 14th in the nation with 13.7 offensive rebounds per game.
• Head coach Rob Lanier is in his second season at the helm of the Rice men's basketball program.

Scouting Temple
• Temple enters Sunday's game with a 15-13 record, and is 7-8 in the American. The Owls have lost five straight games after falling at Florida Atlantic on Thursday, 77-73.
• Senior guard Derrian Ford leads the Owls and is fourth in the league with 18.0 points per game. He's second on the team with 4.4 rebounds, and is fourth in the conference in free throw percentage (84.7%) and ninth in field goal percentage (42.0%).
• Sophomore guard Aiden Tobaison is second on the team with 15.0 points and is pulling down 3.5 rebounds. He leads the team in field goal percentage, connecting on 46.7% from the field.
• Senior guard Jordan Mason is averaging 11.6 points per game, while leading the team and placing sixth in the league with 4.2 assists.
• Junior guard Gavin Griffiths is averaging 10.8 points and a team-high 5.1 rebounds. He's second in the American in blocks (1.9), and ninth in three-pointers made per game (2.2).
• Temple is scoring 73.9 points per game, while allowing just 70.8, the third fewest in the American.
• The Owls are connecting on 44.4% from the floor and 33.8% from three. Their opponents are connecting on 44.4% from the floor and just 32.1% from three.
• Temple is being outrebounded by the opposition, 34.0-to-33.9.
• The Owls are third in the league in free throw percentage, connecting on 74.2% from the charity stripe.
• Head coach Adam Fisher is in his third season at the helm of the Temple Florida men's basketball program, where he has a 48-48 record.

Rice-Temple Series History
• Rice and Temple will meet for the second time this year and just the eighth time overall.
• Rice is 1-6 in the series.
• Rice is 1-2 when played in Philadelphia.
• The Owls only victory came in 2024, a 69-66 decision in Philadelphia.
• The teams initially met in 1948. They then met in a home series in 2011-12 and 2012-13.
• Temple won the initial meeting this year, a 69-65 win on Jan. 21 in Houston.

Next Up
• Rice closes its regular season road schedule this Wednesday, Mar. 4, when it travels to Denton, Texas to face North Texas. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT, and the game will be streamed by ESPN+.

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