Basketball

NCAA football passed two significant milestones this week. On-campus recruiting will resume June 1 and transfer policies have been relaxed. This was a significant week for NCAA football. Two incredibly important announcements went forth from the D1 Council this week. Current and future recruiting cycles have been modified and player freedoms have been expanded. Transfer […]

Rice women’s basketball is on the hunt for a new head coach. With Tina Langley moving on, where will the Owls turn next? In a way, it came out of the blue. One Sunday afternoon, Rice women’s basketball was cutting down the nets at the WNIT. A little more than a week later Athletic Director […]

Rice basketball has added another impactful scoring threat, picking up a commitment from UMass grad transfer Carl Pierre. The Transfer Portal was not kind to Rice basketball last spring. No sooner had the regular season ended than was head coach Scott Pera abruptly met with an exodus of outgoing players. Pera and Co. reloaded, taking […]

Rice women’s basketball capped off a perfect postseason on Sunday, outlasting Ole Miss to win the WNIT Championship. Sunday marked the first-ever WNIT Championship Game appearance for Rice women’s basketball. Winners of four straight WNIT Tournament games, all by double-digits, the eager Owls arrived ready to make history. Rice displayed the same physicality and focus […]

Nothing could stop a Rice women’s basketball program on a mission. The Owls cruised past Delaware, punching their ticket to the 2021 WNIT Championship Game. Early in the first quarter, Rice women’s basketball was deadlocked at 12 points apiece with WNIT semi-final foe Delaware. Then the Owls, who were already shooting at a blistering pace, cranked […]

Rice women’s basketball blew past California Baptist on Monday night, punching their ticket to the 2021 WNIT Final Four. Any of the early rust Rice women’s basketball exhibited in their opening round WNIT matchup against Arizona State is so far in the rearview mirror it can no longer be seen. The Owls traded their offensive […]

Rice women’s basketball exploded out of the gate, leading Fresno State from start to finish to advance in the WNIT. It was clear from the start that the second-round game for Rice women’s basketball against Fresno State was going to be different than the defensive struggle that encapsulated the Owls first-round win over Arizona State. […]

The first round of the WNIT went well for Rice women’s basketball, who beat Arizona State to advance in the winner’s bracket. Rice Women’s Basketball was disappointed to miss out on an at-large NCAA Tournament selection, but their focus pivoted to the WNIT quickly. Head coach Tina Langley had her team focused on preparation for […]

The Rice women’s basketball season ends without an NCAA Tournament selection. Instead, the Owls are headed to WNIT for postseason play. Rice women’s basketball lost a heartbreaker to Middle Tennesse in the Conference USA Championship Game on Saturday. Rice trailed by as many as 10 points in the second half but thundered back to make […]

Rice women’s basketball lost a heartbreaker in the final seconds to Middle Tennesee in 2021 Conference USA Tournament Championship Game. Middle Tennessee was picked to win Conference USA in the preseason polls. Rice women’s basketball were the defending champs and finished with the best record in the regular season. It was only fitting that these […]

Rice Women’s Basketball is headed back to the Conference USA Tournament Finals, escaping Old Dominion with clutch free throws down the stretch. There wasn’t any hesitation when Nancy Mulkey won the opening tip to set up a layup from Lauren Schwartz on the Owls’ opening possession. A day removed from a first quarter deficit against […]

Rice basketball saw their season come to an end with a quarterfinals loss to UAB in the Conference USA Tournament. Perhaps more so than any other season Rice basketball head coach Scott Pera can remember, this past season was filled with highs and lows. Whether by injury, COVID-19 precautions or both, the Owls were very […]

Rice women’s basketball picked up where they left in Conference USA Tournament, roaring past FIU to advance to the semifinals. What ended as another dominant conference win didn’t start that way. Rice women’s basketball found themselves trailing 23-14 at the end of the first quarter in their opening game of the Conference USA Tournament against […]

For the first time in 14 years, Rice basketball has won multiple conference tournament games. On Wednesday, the Owls upset Marshall. Rice basketball head coach Scott Pera cracked a smile and said all the right things following his first Conference USA Tournament win on Tuesday over Southern Miss. In the midst of debriefing the win […]

Rice basketball picked up its first Conference USA Tournament win under head coach Scott Pera, beating Southern Miss in a defensive struggle. The beginnings of the only game of the preliminary round of the Conference USA Tournament didn’t look like most of the other games Rice basketball has played this season. The Owls made just […]

The 2021 Conference USA Basketball Tournament tips off in Frisco, TX on Monday. Here’s a preview of the action. Conference USA Basketball – Men’s Tournament The 2021 Air Force Reserve #CUSAMBB 🏀 Championship Bracket!#HoopsAtTheStar tips off Tuesday at 7pm CT! pic.twitter.com/1AmK7q22hK — Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) March 7, 2021 The Favorite: Western Kentucky The No. 1 […]

Rice women’s basketball clinched Conference USA West over the weekend. For the third consecutive year, the Owls finished the regular season with C-USA’s best record. It’s always a battle when Rice women’s basketball squares off with North Texas. That proved true again this time around when the two teams battled for the best record in […]

The Rice women’s basketball wraps up the regular season with a two-game set with North Texas. Here’s how the Owls stack up with the Mean Green. Time: Thursday, Mar. 4 at 7:00 p.m. CT and Saturday, Mar. 6 at 4:00 p.m. Venue: Thursday – The Super Pit / Saturday – Tudor Fieldhouse Radio: Stretch Internet […]

Rice women’s basketball rebounded from a challenging road trip with an emphatic home sweep of Louisiana Tech. The wins kept the Owls atop C-USA. The lede up to the Marshall games was different for Rice women’s basketball. The team wasn’t able to practice like they’re used to before fleeing a thawing city in the midst […]

Rice basketball dropped both games to Louisiana Tech this weekend, ending the regular season with a 6-10 record in Conference USA play. It was a tough two-game stint for Rice basketball, who were swept by Louisiana Tech on the road this weekend. Rice has lost four in a row after sweeping Southern Miss at home […]

The Rice basketball has both teams back in action last week, taking on Louisiana Tech as the regular season winds down. Time: Feb. 26 at 6:30 p.m. CT and Feb. 27 at 1:00 p.m. Venue: Thomas Assembly Center Radio: Stretch Internet Portal TV: Friday – CUSAtv / Saturday – CBS Sports Network Louisiana Tech 17-6 […]

Rice women’s basketball saw their perfect run come to an end, suffering their first conference loss in a road split at Marshall. Any physical or psychological toll exacted on the Rice women’s basketball team by the events in Houston this week was not apparent in their series opening win against Marshall on Saturday. Almost immediately, the […]

The Rice basketball had both teams in action last week, but only the women remain on schedule to play Marshall this weekend. Time: Feb. 20 at 11:00 a.m. CT and Feb. 21 at 2:00 p.m. Venue: Cam Henderson Center Radio: Stretch Internet Portal TV: Feb. 20 – CUSAtv / Feb. 21 – CUSAtv Originally scheduled […]

Rice Athletics will not host any events on Friday. Winter Storm Uri has altered schedules for multiple sports. Here is the latest. The effects of winter storm Uri continue to impact Houston, stretching beyond the personal impacts and into the upcoming Rice Athletics schedule. Rice baseball’s opening weekend round robin including games against Washington, Arkansas-Little […]

Rice basketball entered the weekend with a two-game winning streak, but Western Kentucky cooled the Owls down quickly with a sweep of their own. It’s been a hectic few weeks for Rice basketball, which wrapped up a tough weekend on the road on Saturday with a second loss to Western Kentucky. It’s now been more […]