Men’s Basketball Returns to Tudor to Face North Texas

HOUSTON — Rice returns home this Wednesday, Feb. 4, when it hosts North Texas. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT, and the game will be streamed by ESPN+.

Game 23
What: Rice (9-13, 3-6) vs. North Texas (12-10, 3-6)
When: Wednesday, February 4 at 7 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: North Texas leads 26-9 (Leads 11-6 in Houston)

Scouting Rice
• Rice enters Wednesday's game with a 9-13 record and is 3-6 in the American. The Owls fell to Charlotte last Friday, 80-70.
• Graduate guard Trae Broadnax leads the team with 15.3 points (10th in American), 5.2 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.3 steals. He's also connecting on 77.3% from the free throw line and 33.3% from three.
• Senior guard/forward Nick Anderson is second on the team with 14.7 points per game while adding 3.7 rebounds. He is fourth in the league in both three-point percentage (41.4%) and three-pointers made per game (2.6), while placing ninth in free throw percentage (83.5%).
• Redshirt senior guard Jalen Smith is scoring 12.2 points per game and is third on the team with 2.2 assists. He is also ninth in the league in three-point field goal percentage (39.6%) and tied for seventh with 2.4 three-pointers per game.
• Junior forward Jimmy Oladokun, Jr., is second on the team with 4.9 rebounds, and redshirt senior center Stephen Giwa is pulling down 4.5 boards and placing 10th in the league with 1.1 blocks.
• Rice is averaging 74.3 points per game while allowing 74.4.
• The Owls are connecting on 42.4% from the field and 36.5% from beyond the arc, which is second in the conference. Their opponents are connecting on 44.1% from the floor and 34.7% from three.
• Rice is outrebounding its opponents, 37.5-to-36.0.
• The Owls are third in the league in three-pointers, making 9.0 per game.
• Head coach Rob Lanier is in his second season at the helm of the Rice men's basketball program.

Scouting North Texas
• North Texas enters Wednesday's game with a 12-10 record, including 3-6 in the American. The Mean Green have lost three straight games after falling to UAB on Saturday, 72-68.
• Sophomore guard Je'Shawn Stevenson leads the team and is fifth in the league with 17.3 points per game and is connecting on 81.8% from the free throw line, while placing second in the conference with 2.0 steals.
• Junior guard David Terrell, Jr., is second on the squad with 13.0 points and adds 3.8 rebounds. He's also second in the American in assists (4.9) and tied for fifth in steals (1.6).
• Senior forward Dylan Arnett is third on the team with 8.0 points and leads the team with 5.8 rebounds.
• North Texas is scoring 69.6 points per game, but are allowing a league-low 65.7.
• The Mean Green are connecting on 42.9% from the floor and 31.3% from three. Their opponents are connecting on 41.8% from the floor and 29.6% from three, which are second and first in the league, respectively.
• UNT is being outrebounded, 34.4-to-33.7.
• North Texas is second in the conference in both steals (9.4) and blocked shots (4.7).
• Head coach Daniyal Robinson is in his first season at the helm of the North Texas men's basketball program, where he has a 12-10 record. In four seasons as a head coach, he is 77-52.

Rice-North Texas Series History
• Rice and North Texas will meet for the first time this year and the 36th time overall.
• North Texas holds a 26-9 advantage in the series.
• In Houston, the Mean Green leads 11-6.
• North Texas has won four straight in the series and 14 of the last 16.
• UNT has won five straight in Houston dating back to 2021.
• The teams will also meet in Denton on Mar. 4.

Next Up
• Rice goes back on the road this Sunday, Feb. 8, when it travels to Birmingham, Ala., to face UAB. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT, and the game will be streamed by ESPN+.

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