Each of the Rice Basketball teams saw winning streaks snapped against Old Dominion. They’ll look to get back on track against Charlotte. Here’s a preview of those games.
Time: Feb. 15 at 2:00 p.m. CT
Venue: Tudor Fieldhouse
Radio: Stretch Internet Portal
TV: ESPN+ (If you don’t have ESPN+ you can access a free trial or subscribe here.)
Charlotte 14-10 (8-5), Last 5 (2-3)
- 72-59 (L) at Louisiana Tech
- 74-68 OT (L) at Southern Miss
- 68-64 (W) vs UTEP
- 91-84 (W) vs UTSA
- 81-72 (L) at North Texas
Rice 12-14 (4-9), Last 5 (3-2)
- 90-88 (L) vs UTSA
- 84-75 (W) vs North Texas
- 86-72 (W) at UAB
- 91-83 (W) at MTSU
- 73-70 (L) vs Old Dominion
Charlotte statistical leaders
- Scoring | Jordan Shepherd – 14.2 per game
- Rebounds | Jahmir Young- 5.2 per game
- Assists | Jordan Shepherd – 4.2 per game
- Steals | Cooper Robb – 1.6 per game
- Blocks | Amidou Bamba – 1.0 per game
Rice keys to victory
The Owls’ shooting pace entering the Old Dominion game was unsustainable. They’d hit more than 50 percent of their shots from the field in each of their three prior games — all victories. Dropping back down below that mark was expected. Falling all the way to 36.1 % was a bit more than regression to the mean. A stunning 8-for-37 from three was the culprit. Rice needs to find a way to be a bit more effective inside against Charlotte which ranks fourth in C-USA in three-point defense.
Time: Feb. 15 at 3:00 p.m. CT
Venue: Halton Arena
TV: ESPN+ (If you don’t have ESPN+ you can access a free trial or subscribe here.)
Charlotte 16-7 (7-5), Last 5 (4-1)
- 55-37 (W) vs Louisiana Tech
- 63-59 (W) vs Southern Miss
- 82-76 OT (L) at UTEP
- 67-47 (W) at UTSA
- 72-59 (W) vs North Texas
Rice 16-6 (11-0), Last 5 (5-0)
- 74-62 (W) at UTSA
- 67-52 (W) at North Texas
- 64-53 (W) vs UAB
- 77-60 (W) vs MTSU
- 66-59 OT (L) at Old Dominion
Charlotte statistical leaders
- Scoring | Jade Phillips – 15.5 per game
- Rebounds | Jade Phillips – 9.7 per game
- Assists | Jada McMillian – 3.4 per game
- Steals | Jade Phillips – 1.5 per game
- Blocks | Jazmin Harris – 0.8 per game
Rice keys to victory
Rice women’s basketball has no streak to uphold when they hit the court in Charlotte on Saturday. The Owls played hard against Old Dominion, but the focus was lacking at times. The free throw shooting was sub-par and the thin lineup wasn’t able to bounce back in a tough environment. It was an off night. Every team has those.
The Owls can put any thoughts of a drop off to bed by playing their physical brand of basketball and eliminating some of those unforced errors. To this point, Rice has proven they’re a hard to beat when they don’t beat themselves.
