Rice Owls at South Alabama Jaguars
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
67 - 74
67 - 74
South Alabama beats Rice 74-67 on strength of Boyanov
Egor Koulechov hit three free throws after getting fouled on a 3-point attempt to trim South Alabama's lead to 62-60 with 4:27 to play.
Back-to-back layups by Boyanov and Tafari Whittingham pushed the lead to six when Marcus Evans made a 3 to make it 66-63. Wittingham's free throw made it 67-63 before Marquez Letcher-Ellis made one of two free throws and Connor Cashaw's 3-point play tied it at 67 with 1:03 left.
Whttingham made a layup, but Evans missed a chance to tie it and South Alabama (5-6) converted 3 of 4 free throws in the last 29 seconds to hold on for the win.
Evans had 22 points and seven rebounds for Rice (5-7). Max Guercy had six of the Owls' 10 steals on the night.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 67 - 74 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Nick Stover made Dunk. Assisted by Georgi Boyanov. | 67 - 74 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Barrington Stevens Defensive Rebound. | 67 - 72 |
| 2nd 0:07 | Tafari Whittingham Block. | 67 - 72 |
| 2nd 0:07 | Marcus Evans missed Layup. | 67 - 72 |
Statistics
 RICE |
 USA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 25-63 | FG | 28-52 |
| 40 | Field Goal % | 54 |
| 7-23 | 3PT | 7-15 |
| 30 | Three Point % | 47 |
| 10-16 | FT | 11-18 |
| 63 | Free Throw % | 61 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Defensive Rebounds | 32 |
| 12 | Assists | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 10 | Total Turnovers | 20 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 15 | Fouls | 16 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 10 |
Game Information
Mitchell Center
Location: Mobile, AL
Attendance: 1,937 | 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 |
2025-26 Sun Belt Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | 12-6 | - | 22-12 |
| South Alabama | 11-7 | 1 | 21-12 |
| Arkansas State | 11-7 | 1 | 20-12 |
| Texas State | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| Marshall | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| Coastal Carolina | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| App State | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| James Madison | 9-9 | 3 | 18-15 |
| Southern Miss | 9-9 | 3 | 19-16 |
| Georgia Southern | 8-10 | 4 | 21-16 |
| Old Dominion | 7-11 | 5 | 12-21 |
| Louisiana | 7-11 | 5 | 11-22 |
| Georgia State | 7-11 | 5 | 10-22 |
| UL Monroe | 1-17 | 11 | 4-28 |