NCAAB

UC Riverside Highlanders at Rice Owls

· ROUNDBALL SHOWCASE
UC Riverside Highlanders
3-2, 0-2 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
81 - 87
Rice Owls
2-4, 2-2 Home

Koulechov with 18 points, Rice beats UC Riverside 87-81

Koulechov made three 3-pointers and had eight rebounds. Marquez Letcher-Ellis added 17 points for Rice (2-4). Max Guercy had 12 points and nine assists, and Andrew Drone chipped in 13 points.

Malik Thames scored 16 points to lead UC Riverside (3-2). Jaylen Bland and Secean Johnson added 15 points apiece.

Menno Dijkstra and Steven Jones made field goals to pull the Highlanders to 65-60. Letcher-Ellis scored four points to spark a 9-0 surge to stretch Rice's lead to 74-60 midway through the second half.

The Owls had a 12-point lead with three minutes left. Bland made a 3-pointer, and Thames and Johnson added field goals to pull the Highlanders to 82-77 with 1:28 left. Drone converted a 3-point play and Evans made two free throws to seal it.

It was the first meeting between the schools.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 81 - 87
2nd 0:08 Marquez Letcher-Ellis Defensive Rebound. 81 - 87
2nd 0:08 Jaylen Bland missed Layup. 81 - 87
2nd 0:08 Jaylen Bland Steal. 81 - 87
2nd 0:08 Marcus Evans Turnover. 81 - 87

Statistics

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25-60 FG 26-53
42 Field Goal % 49
9-24 3PT 7-22
38 Three Point % 32
22-33 FT 28-37
67 Free Throw % 76
37 Rebounds 39
14 Offensive Rebounds 9
23 Defensive Rebounds 30
12 Assists 16
6 Steals 4
1 Blocks 3
11 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 1
11 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Off Turnovers 15
0 Fast Break Points 4
32 Points in Paint 32
29 Fouls 23
2 Largest Lead 14

Game Information

Venue: Tudor Fieldhouse

Location: Houston, TX
Attendance: 1,169 | Capacity:

2025-26 Big West Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
UC Irvine 15-5 - 23-12
Hawai'i 14-6 1 24-9
UC San Diego 12-8 3 23-11
Cal State Northridge 12-8 3 20-14
Cal State Fullerton 12-8 3 18-16
UC Davis 11-9 4 19-14
UC Santa Barbara 11-9 4 18-14
Cal Poly 10-10 5 14-19
Long Beach State 6-14 9 10-22
UC Riverside 5-15 10 10-22
Cal State Bakersfield 2-18 13 8-24

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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