Basketball

Rice women’s basketball entered the fourth quarter in a tied game with Old Dominion, but the Owls couldn’t finish things off, falling to 0-4 in conference play. It wasn’t quite deja-vu, but there was a familiar feel from the opening moments to the final whistle of the road tilt between Rice women’s basketball and Old […]

Rice women’s basketball has endured a challenging month and the road ahead promises to be equally grueling, in part because of the limitations of an extremely thin roster. Head coach Lindsay Edmonds isn’t one to make excuses, but she couldn’t avoid discussing the state of Rice women’s basketball’s current roster following a tough home loss […]

Conference USA Basketball is midway through the month of January. What have we learned so far and where does each team stack up against the rest? Team NET  KenPom Record Charlotte 141 195 9-5 (2-0) FAU 196 193 8-8 (1-2) FIU 251 257 10-7 (0-4) LA Tech 81 73 15-3 (6-0) Marshall 247 205 7-10 […]

Rice basketball outshot Marshall behind a career-night from Carl Pierre, weathering a late run before pulling away late. From start to finish, Rice basketball found ways to put the ball in the basket, typically from long range. The Owls had struggled to find a rhythm from three in recent games but snapped out of that […]

Once again, Rice women’s basketball came out strong but couldn’t stay in step through four quarters, falling to Marshall at home. Rice women’s basketball couldn’t have asked for a much better start at home against Marshall. The Owls hit five of their first six shots to take an 11-0 lead over the visiting Thundering Herd. […]

Rice basketball played a great first half before all but disappearing after the break, falling to Western Kentucky on the road on Thursday night. A tale of two halves might not even do true justice to just how disparate the two periods Rice basketball played against Western Kentucky on the road Thursday night. The Owls […]

Playing in their first home game in almost a month, Rice women’s basketball fell at Tudor Fieldhouse to Western Kentucky. For the second time since mid-December, Rice women’s basketball took the court in a regulation game. The Owls played one game last weekend — and even that contest was delayed — by a snowstorm, rather […]

Knocking off UAB was a big win for the Rice basketball program, but the Owls hope this wild week won’t be the end of their upward ascent. Rice basketball is riding the tail end of one of a rollercoaster week that’s led them through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. They crested […]

Rice basketball upset conference favorite UAB at home on Saturday, earning the marquee win of head coach Scott Pera’s tenure to date. Ranked No. 38 in the NET rankings and No. 48 in KenPom, UAB entered Tudor Fieldhouse on Saturday as the overwhelming favorites in Conference USA. They left with a loss at the hands […]

Rice women’s basketball finally opened conference play this weekend against Middle Tennessee, falling to the Blue Raiders on the road. Head coach Lindsay Edmonds had always known the 2021-2022 Rice women’s basketball season was going to be challenging. Her transition to the school, plus a thinned roster and the seemingly inevitable bouts with COVID-19 posed […]

It wasn’t pretty, but Rice basketball found a way to grind out a home win against Middle Tennessee, improving to 1-1 in Conference USA play. Eager to return to the court, Rice basketball opened the scoring with a jumper from Carl Pierre and quickly worked a five-point lead when Pierre and Travis Evee notched back-to-back […]

Rice women’s basketball has been on a long hiatus because of COVID-19. Here’s where the Owls stand with Conference USA action ahead of them. It’s been a long while since Rice women’s basketball took the court for a game of any kind. The Owls have missed three contests, beginning with a road trip to play […]

Rice basketball has bounced between highs and lows this season. Here’s where the Owls stand with the bulk of Conference USA play ahead. Rice basketball spent most of the winter off the court, and it wasn’t by choice. COVID-19 swept through both the men’s and women’s programs. The men were able to get back in […]

Conference USA Basketball is just beginning conference play. Here’s where each of the teams stands entering the New Year. Team Preseason Pick KenPom ’21-’22 Record Charlotte 7 209 8-5 FAU 9 206 7-6 FIU 13 243 9-4 LA Tech 2 79 11-3 Marshall 4 155 7-7 MTSU 14 200 9-4 North Texas 6 74 8-3 […]

The men’s Rice basketball squad opened conference play on Saturday while the women were delayed. Here’s what we learned from the men’s loss. Rice basketball wasn’t in sync in their return from COVID-19 postponements, falling to North Texas on the road in their first conference game. Things got off to an innocent enough start for […]

2021 was filled with highs and lows for Rice Athletics. The Roost picked out 10 moments that stood out the most along the way. 10. Rice Basketball goes on C-USA Tournament run For the first time since 2007, Rice basketball won multiple games in the Conference USA Tournament. The Owls beat Southern Miss and knocked […]

Both Rice basketball programs have missed multiple games because of COVID-19 issues. Is there an end in sight? It’s been a quiet month on the court for Rice basketball. COVID-19 issues within both the men’s and women’s programs have forced both squads to cancel multiple games. Is there an end in sight? What’s next for […]

COVID-19 related issues within both the men’s and women’s programs have forced all Rice basketball games this weekend to be canceled. The women were set to visit Texas A&M on Sunday while the men would have hosted Saint Thomas. Here are the official statements from Rice Athletics: On Rice women’s basketball: The Rice women’s basketball […]

Both Rice basketball teams were in action on Saturday. Here’s a brief rundown of how the men and women faired and what’s next for both. Rice basketball has won back-to-back games, handling a frisky HBU squad across town and earning a decisive victory on Saturday. Rice basketball caught all green lights on their trip across […]

Both Rice basketball teams were in action this week. Here’s a brief rundown of how the men and women faired and what’s next for both. Rice basketball snapped a three-game losing streak with a dominant home win over Jarvis Christian on Saturday. It was 9-0 in favor of Rice basketball before the visiting Jarvis Christian […]

Both Rice basketball teams were in action this week. Here’s a brief rundown of how the men and women faired and what’s next for both. Rice basketball returned home after a tough loss to Houston and defended home court, leading wire to wire in a victory over Southern on Tuesday. In a game of runs, […]

After an impressive opening win, Rice basketball fell back to earth as Hoston cooled the Owls’ offense and handed Rice its first loss of the season. If there was any remaining early-season rust, the Houston Cougars didn’t show it in their meeting with Rice basketball on Friday night at the Fertitta Center. The Coogs’ defense […]

A stout defensive performance propelled Rice basketball over Pepperdine in decisive fashion to lift the Owls’ to 1-0 on their young season. There wasn’t much about the early goings of the Rice basketball season opener against Pepperdine that seemed unusual. The Owls hit the first shot of the game, a triple from Carl Pierre, then […]

Rice women’s basketball took care of business in their home opener, opening coach Lindsay Edmond’s tenure with a convincing victory. To some extent, early season basketball games are hard to evaluate. Rice Women’s basketball opened their 2021-2022 campaign against St. Edwards, a DII school. Even with so many new pieces to work in and early-season […]

The 2021-2022 Rice women’s basketball season is fast approaching. The team will look different this year and they’ll be learning as they go. The last several months have been what new head coach Lindsay Edmonds dubbed a “whirlwind” for herself and the Rice women’s basketball program, There’s a new staff, what feels like a new […]