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Rice Football Recruiting: 2022 National Signing Day Live Blog

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The 2022 Rice Football Recruiting class is winding down. Follow all the action here as the Owls close out another quality class.

The recruiting front has been one of the most successful facets of this program in recent years. The 2022 Rice Football recruiting class hopes to continue on that newly established tradition of successes. This live tracker will follow all the latest news and updates through the day, with further updates on the class as its finalized. If you’re not a subscriber yet, here’s your chance.

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As we did during the Early Signing Period, we’ll have a Live Blog up and running with updates throughout the day. (Not a subscriber, we’ve unlocked this post to give you a flavor of what to expect — live updates, when we get them).

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Which newcomers are program-changing talents? Who is the diamond in the rough? More to come. For the time being, let’s dig into the latest from National Signing Day, below.

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Rice Football Recruiting: What to expect from 2022 National Signing Day

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The 2022 Rice Football recruiting class will be nearly complete on Wednesday. Here’s what we’re watching on National Signing Day and beyond.

National Signing Day is on Wednesday, February 2. As we did during the Early Signing Period, we’ll have a Live Blog up and running with updates throughout the day. (Not a subscriber, we’ve unlocked this post to give you a flavor of what to expect — live updates, when we get them).

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After the dust settles, there will be more. Make sure you’re subscribed to The Roost Podcast wherever you listen to your podcast and stay locked in here for further recruiting notes in the coming weeks. Our subscribers will get breakdowns of both sides of the balls well as details on how the new Owls will fit into the existing roster and who could make an immediate impact on the field this fall.

For those checking in for the first time, or those returning, a quick programming note. Recruiting updates like this are reserved for our subscribers. Get access to all practice notes, special features and more like this one when you subscribe on Patreon today.

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Rice Basketball surges past Southern Miss on the road

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Rice basketball showed great composure, weathering a second-half cold snap to secure a comfortable win at Southern Miss.

A pair of three-point baskets from Southern Miss signaled the beginning of a shotgun start in their Saturday tilt with Rice basketball. Both programs shot well early on with Rice carving out a modest six-point halftime lead thanks in part to a blistering 64 percent field goal percentage in the first half that dwarfed a respectable 40 percent showing from the floor by Southern Miss.

The offenses would cool off in the second half, but the margin would grow. The streaky Owls endured a 1-for-10 cold snap in the middle of the half but somehow were able to fend off the Golden Eagles who endured an equally frustrating 3-for-10 stretch over the same span. With neither offense moving, defenses and free throws took over.

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The win ensures Rice basketball their fourth consecutive Conference USA weekend with no worse than a split in their Thursday/Saturday contest. The Owls sit at 5-4 in conference play with a set of four consecutive home games on the horizon.

Player Spotlight | Max Fiedler

The rise of Mylyjael Poteat has led to a couple of quiet weeks from Rice center Max Fiedler. Coming into this game, he hadn’t played more than 25 minutes since Nov. 30 against Texas State and he hadn’t reached double-digit points since Rice played Jarvis Christian on Dec. 4.

Fiedler surpassed both marks on Saturday, scoring 14 points in 33 minutes, adding 10 rebounds. It was his fifth double-double of the season. It might be no coincidence the Owls are 5-0 in those games.

Stat Corner | Multi-dimensional offense

Rice basketball produced their most anemic three-point shooting performance on the season on Thursday against Louisiana Tech. The Owls were unable to overcome a lagging showing from beyond the arc in part because they didn’t complement it with a particularly dangerous offense from inside the arc. They flipped that script on Saturday.

The Owls shot a mediocre 33.3 percent from three-point land, but were 52.9 percent overall from the floor and scored 32 points in the paint. Being able to still find success shooting the basketball on slower nights from the team as a whole will be crucial going forward. As for the deep shooters, Carl Pierre and Quincy Olivari both shot .500 from three. That’ll be good enough on most nights.

Final Box | Rice 76 – Southern Miss 62

Up Next | Full Schedule

Following this brief two-game road trip, Rice basketball heads back to Tudor Fieldhouse for a four-game homestand beginning next Thursday night against UTSA. Then they’ll play UTEP on Saturday, Feb. 5 before finishing the stretch with North American on Tuesday, Feb. 8 and North Texas on Saturday, Feb. 12.

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Rice Women’s Basketball comes up just short in 4OT game at Charlotte

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Rice women’s basketball came harrowingly close to their first C-USA victory season on Saturday, falling in quadruple overtime on the road at Charlotte.

From the moment the ball was tipped, Rice women’s basketball traded blows with Charlotte from Saturday afternoon into the early evening. The 49ers took an early advantage, leading 16-10 at the end of the first quarter. The shots didn’t seem to be falling for Rice at the start of the contest, but the team stayed composed, leaning on a strong defensive performance to erase the early deficit and go into halftime tied.

Charlotte shot 43.8 percent from the field in the first quarter. In the second Rice held the home team to just two field goals and six total points. Rice trailed for the majority of that time, leading by one point for 12 seconds before Charlotte knocked down a free throw in the final seconds before the halftime break.

Last Time Out: Rice Women’s Basketball fizzles late, falls to Old Dominion

It was all Charlotte at the onset of the third quarter. The 49ers came out firing, jumping out to an 11-point lead thanks to a 16-6 run to start the second half. Rather than fold, the Owls dug deep and went on a 12-5 run of their own to put themselves in striking distance entering the fourth. From there, Rice closed the gap and Haylee Swayze gave Rice their first lead of the game on a jumper with 3:42 to go in the fourth quarter.

Charlotte would tie it up and send the game to overtime. Rice took the lead, then Charlotte hit a runner at the buzzer to force double overtime. Rice took the lead, then Charlotte hit a triple in the final seconds to force a third extra period. The Owls missed what would have been the game-winner at the close of the third overtime before Charlotte was able to wrestle the game away in the fourth and final overtime period.

Player Spotlight | Ashlee Austin

Ashlee Austin was one of the most productive scorers in Conference USA before the Owls almost month-long hiatus in late December. Before that break, Austin was averaging 18.1 points per game. In the four games following, she averaged 7.3 points per game. That’s part of what made her 30 point outburst on Saturday so impactful.

Austin was 10-0f-19 from the field, tallying 17 of those 30 points in regulation before a series of key buckets in overtime. In double overtime, it was Austin who put Rice ahead with less than two minutes to play. She added a pair of shots in the third overtime as the Owls traded blows with the 49ers. Finally, she rounded out her final box score with seven rebounds and two assists.

Stat Corner | Five

Five different Owls played more than 40 minutes to earn the win against Charlotte, that includes Destiny Jackson who fouled out of the game. Short benches mean more minutes for everyone, including a brief appearance from Savannah May, a student manager who was added to the roster on Friday the day before the game.

Stretching players that thin can’t be the recipe every outing, but with a five-day break looming and a real chance to earn the team’s first conference win of the year, everything was on the table. If recent weeks are any indication, the starting five are going to have to carry a heavy load the rest of the way.

Final Box | Charlotte 88 – Rice 83 (4 OT)

Up Next | Full Schedule

Rice women’s basketball wrapped up their road trip on Saturday and will head home for a two-game stint next weekend. They’ll host Louisiana Tech on Thursday before playing Southern Miss on Saturday.

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“Tough Cards”: Rice Women’s Basketball forced to deal with extremely thin roster

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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 to Western Kentucky last week. The game was the first home contest for the Owls since December 11, more than a month ago. Part of the reason for the lengthy delay was the sheer quantity (or lack thereof) of bodies the program had available to put on the court.

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Rice women’s basketball faces severe depth issues, further amplified by two recent injuries. Alexis Stover tore her ACL and had surgery last week. She will miss the remainder of the season. Katelyn Crosthwait will have surgery on her meniscus this week and will be out for at least four weeks. There’s some optimism she’ll be able to return by late February or early March. At a minimum, she’ll miss the majority of the Owls’ remaining season.

“We looked over at Western Kentucky warming up…

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