Evans leads Rice to 67-54 win over St. Thomas (Texas)
Marcus Evans scored a career-high 32 points and Rice defeated St. Thomas (Texas) 67-54 on Thursday.
NCAA Men's Basketball
FINAL
STTX St. Thomas (TX) Celts
54
– 
Rice Owls
67
| 1st | 2nd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| STTX | 20 | 34 | 54 |
| RICE | 34 | 33 | 67 |
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Match Report
Last five matches
| Date | Opp | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/9/26 | @ Stanford Cardinal | L 73-91 | NCAAM |
| 11/5/26 | vs East Texas A&M Lions | L 71-72 | NCAAM |
| 11/2/26 | vs Dallas Christian Crusaders | W 100-55 | NCAAM |
| Full Schedule | |||
Play by Play
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MadeFreeThrow 0:21 54-67
Marcus Evans made Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 0:21 54-66
Foul on Bridge Lavey.
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LayUpShot 0:42 54-66
Marcus Evans made Layup.
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MadeFreeThrow 1:02 54-64
Jason Brancato made Free Throw.
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MadeFreeThrow 1:02 53-64
Jason Brancato made Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 1:02 52-64
Foul on Egor Koulechov.
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PersonalFoul 1:04 52-64
Foul on Max Guercy.
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MadeFreeThrow 1:17 52-64
Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw.
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MadeFreeThrow 1:17 52-63
Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 1:18 52-62
Foul on Bridge Lavey.
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Three Point Jump Shot 1:52 52-62
Bryon Makel made Three Point Jumper.
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MadeFreeThrow 1:58 49-62
Marcus Evans made Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 1:58 49-61
Foul on Craig Grigsby.
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LayUpShot 1:58 49-61
Marcus Evans made Layup.
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Three Point Jump Shot 2:21 49-59
Marcus Evans made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Connor Cashaw.
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LayUpShot 2:42 49-56
Josh Bearden made Layup. Assisted by Bridge Lavey.
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LayUpShot 2:54 47-56
Egor Koulechov made Layup.
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LayUpShot 3:42 47-54
Craig Grigsby made Layup.
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MadeFreeThrow 4:24 45-54
Bishop Mency made Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 4:24 45-53
Foul on Josh Bearden.
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LayUpShot 4:55 45-53
Geoff Beckham made Layup.
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MadeFreeThrow 5:04 43-53
Egor Koulechov made Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 5:04 43-52
Foul on Bridge Lavey.
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LayUpShot 6:01 43-52
Craig Grigsby made Layup.
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MadeFreeThrow 6:10 41-52
Marcus Evans made Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 6:10 41-51
Foul on Jakobi Nunn.
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MadeFreeThrow 6:57 41-51
Marcus Evans made Free Throw.
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MadeFreeThrow 6:57 41-50
Marcus Evans made Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 6:57 41-49
Foul on Keaton Shaw.
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MadeFreeThrow 8:02 41-49
Marcus Evans made Free Throw.
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MadeFreeThrow 8:02 41-48
Marcus Evans made Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 8:02 41-47
Foul on Jakobi Nunn.
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PersonalFoul 8:26 41-47
Foul on Keaton Shaw.
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PersonalFoul 8:37 41-47
Foul on Keaton Shaw.
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JumpShot 8:51 41-47
Craig Grigsby made Jumper.
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MadeFreeThrow 9:10 39-47
Max Guercy made Free Throw.
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MadeFreeThrow 9:10 39-46
Max Guercy made Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 9:10 39-45
Foul on Evan Doremus.
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PersonalFoul 9:46 39-45
Foul on Jakobi Nunn.
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LayUpShot 10:01 39-45
Keaton Shaw made Layup. Assisted by Craig Grigsby.
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Three Point Jump Shot 10:58 37-45
Bryon Makel made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jakobi Nunn.
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PersonalFoul 11:09 34-45
Foul on Marcus Evans.
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PersonalFoul 11:45 34-45
Foul on Geoff Beckham.
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MadeFreeThrow 11:47 34-45
Marcus Evans made Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 12:05 34-44
Foul on Jason Brancato.
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Three Point Jump Shot 12:52 34-44
Evan Doremus made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Geoff Beckham.
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JumpShot 13:12 31-44
Marcus Evans made Jumper. Assisted by Marquez Letcher-Ellis.
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PersonalFoul 13:24 31-42
Foul on Jason Brancato.
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JumpShot 13:54 31-42
Connor Cashaw made Jumper.
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PersonalFoul 14:13 31-40
Foul on Josh Bearden.
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Three Point Jump Shot 14:55 31-40
Bryon Makel made Three Point Jumper.
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LayUpShot 15:05 28-40
Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Layup. Assisted by Marcus Evans.
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DunkShot 16:18 28-38
Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Dunk.
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PersonalFoul 16:23 28-36
Foul on Geoff Beckham.
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TipShot 16:36 28-36
Bridge Lavey made Two Point Tip Shot.
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Three Point Jump Shot 17:08 26-36
Craig Grigsby made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bridge Lavey.
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JumpShot 17:25 23-36
Bishop Mency made Jumper.
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PersonalFoul 17:59 23-34
Foul on Marcus Evans.
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Three Point Jump Shot 18:26 23-34
Bryon Makel made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Craig Grigsby.
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Technical Foul 19:04 20-34
Technical Foul on Bryon Makel.
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End Game 0:00 54-67
End of Game
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Defensive Rebound 0:14 54-67
Oliver Xu Defensive Rebound.
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Three Point Jump Shot 0:14 54-67
Craig Grigsby missed Three Point Jumper.
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MadeFreeThrow 0:21 54-67
Marcus Evans made Free Throw.
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Dead Ball Rebound 0:21 54-66
Rice Deadball Team Rebound.
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MadeFreeThrow 0:21 54-66
Marcus Evans missed Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 0:21 54-66
Foul on Bridge Lavey.
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Defensive Rebound 0:31 54-66
Marquez Letcher-Ellis Defensive Rebound.
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JumpShot 0:31 54-66
Jason Brancato missed Jumper.
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Offensive Rebound 0:35 54-66
Jason Brancato Offensive Rebound.
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Three Point Jump Shot 0:35 54-66
Craig Grigsby missed Three Point Jumper.
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LayUpShot 0:42 54-66
Marcus Evans made Layup.
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MadeFreeThrow 1:02 54-64
Jason Brancato made Free Throw.
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MadeFreeThrow 1:02 53-64
Jason Brancato made Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 1:02 52-64
Foul on Egor Koulechov.
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PersonalFoul 1:04 52-64
Foul on Max Guercy.
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Offensive Rebound 1:07 52-64
Geoff Beckham Offensive Rebound.
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Three Point Jump Shot 1:07 52-64
Jason Brancato missed Three Point Jumper.
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MadeFreeThrow 1:17 52-64
Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw.
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MadeFreeThrow 1:17 52-63
Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 1:18 52-62
Foul on Bridge Lavey.
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ShortTimeOut 1:42 52-62
University of St. Thomas Timeout
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Three Point Jump Shot 1:52 52-62
Bryon Makel made Three Point Jumper.
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MadeFreeThrow 1:58 49-62
Marcus Evans made Free Throw.
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PersonalFoul 1:58 49-61
Foul on Craig Grigsby.
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LayUpShot 1:58 49-61
Marcus Evans made Layup.
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Offensive Rebound 2:00 49-59
Marcus Evans Offensive Rebound.
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TipShot 2:00 49-59
Marcus Evans missed Two Point Tip Shot.
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Offensive Rebound 2:03 49-59
Marcus Evans Offensive Rebound.
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Three Point Jump Shot 2:03 49-59
Egor Koulechov missed Three Point Jumper.
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Defensive Rebound 2:10 49-59
Andrew Drone Defensive Rebound.
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LayUpShot 2:10 49-59
Craig Grigsby missed Layup.
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Three Point Jump Shot 2:21 49-59
Marcus Evans made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Connor Cashaw.
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LayUpShot 2:42 49-56
Josh Bearden made Layup. Assisted by Bridge Lavey.
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LayUpShot 2:54 47-56
Egor Koulechov made Layup.
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Defensive Rebound 3:21 47-54
Connor Cashaw Defensive Rebound.
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Three Point Jump Shot 3:21 47-54
Josh Bearden missed Three Point Jumper.
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OfficialTVTimeOut 3:27 47-54
Official TV Timeout
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Lost Ball Turnover 3:27 47-54
Max Guercy Turnover.
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LayUpShot 3:42 47-54
Craig Grigsby made Layup.
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Team Stats
STTX
RICE
21-60
FG
21-53
35
Field Goal %
40
8-25
3PT
4-25
32
Three Point %
16
4-4
FT
21-37
100
Free Throw %
57
35
Rebounds
42
10
Offensive Rebounds
13
25
Defensive Rebounds
29
11
Assists
12
8
Steals
12
0
Blocks
6
21
Turnovers
14
0
Team Turnovers
1
21
Total Turnovers
14
1
Technical Fouls
0
1
Total Technical Fouls
0
0
Flagrant Fouls
0
9
Points Off Turnovers
19
12
Fast Break Points
0
24
Points in Paint
30
29
Fouls
10
4
Largest Lead
14
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