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North Texas Mean Green at Rice Owls

· NCAA Men's Basketball
North Texas Mean Green
7-8, 1-4 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
66 - 63
Rice Owls
4-10, 4-4 Home

Combs, Williams lead North Texas past Rice 66-63

The Mean Green (7-8, 1-2 Conference USA) shot 60 percent in the second half to finish at 50 percent for the game but couldn't put away the Owls (4-10, 1-2), who shot 39.6 percent and had 20 turnovers.

Williams opened the second half with a jumper and two free throws as the Mean Green scored the first eight points for a 40-29 lead. The lead was still at 10 with less than 4 minutes remaining but a Marcus Jackson 3 cut it to 65-61 and his layup with six seconds left made it 66-63. After North Texas missed two free throws with five seconds left the Owls couldn't get up a final shot.

Jackson had 22 points and four of the 12 3-pointers Rice hit. Max Guercy added 15 points.

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2nd 0:00 End of Game 66 - 63
2nd 0:05 Bishop Mency Defensive Rebound. 66 - 63
2nd 0:05 DeAndre Harris missed Free Throw. 66 - 63
2nd 0:05 North Texas Deadball Team Rebound. 66 - 63
2nd 0:05 DeAndre Harris missed Free Throw. 66 - 63

Statistics

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25-50 FG 19-48
50 Field Goal % 40
4-12 3PT 12-31
33 Three Point % 39
12-28 FT 13-18
43 Free Throw % 72
31 Rebounds 37
7 Offensive Rebounds 9
24 Defensive Rebounds 28
11 Assists 14
12 Steals 6
5 Blocks 1
13 Turnovers 20
0 Team Turnovers 1
13 Total Turnovers 20
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
23 Points Off Turnovers 15
8 Fast Break Points 0
34 Points in Paint 12
20 Fouls 20

Game Information

Venue: Tudor Fieldhouse

Location: Houston, TX
Attendance: 1,230 | Capacity:

2025-26 American Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
South Florida 15-3 - 25-9
Tulsa 13-5 2 30-8
Wichita State 13-5 2 24-12
UAB 11-7 4 20-12
North Texas 9-9 6 19-14
Florida Atlantic 9-9 6 18-15
Charlotte 9-9 6 17-17
Tulane 8-10 7 18-15
Temple 8-10 7 16-16
Memphis 8-10 7 13-19
Rice 7-11 8 13-18
East Carolina 6-12 9 11-20
UTSA 1-17 14 5-25
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