NCAAB

Rice Owls at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Rice Owls
6-14, 1-9 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
73 - 87
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
14-5, 8-1 Home

Potts scores 27, Middle Tennessee crushes Rice, 87-73

Perrin Buford had 23 points and eight rebounds and Reggie Upshaw scored 18 points and eight rebounds of his own for the Blue Raiders (14-5, 6-1 Conference USA), who have never lost in their three all-time home games against Rice. Middle Tennessee has won six in a row overall.

Middle Tennessee closed the first half on a 31-11 stretch and led 45-25 at the break. Buford buried a jumper with 16:44 to go which gave the Blue Raiders a 57-32 lead, its largest of the night.

Marquez Letcher-Ellis made a layup for Rice (6-14, 1-6) which capped an 8-0 run that cut the lead to 64-54, but the Owls never managed to trim the lead under 10.

Max Guercy led Rice with 20 points.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 73 - 87
2nd 0:17 Reggie Upshaw Defensive Rebound. 73 - 87
2nd 0:17 Oliver Xu missed Three Point Jumper. 73 - 87
2nd 0:27 Perrin Buford made Free Throw. 73 - 87
2nd 0:27 Perrin Buford made Free Throw. 73 - 86

Statistics

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24-49 FG 34-62
49 Field Goal % 55
5-15 3PT 9-19
33 Three Point % 47
20-29 FT 10-22
69 Free Throw % 45
25 Rebounds 39
5 Offensive Rebounds 14
20 Defensive Rebounds 25
11 Assists 16
9 Steals 11
1 Blocks 2
18 Turnovers 15
0 Team Turnovers 1
18 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
13 Points Off Turnovers 25
6 Fast Break Points 8
34 Points in Paint 38
21 Fouls 20
2 Largest Lead 26

Game Information

Venue: Murphy Center

Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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 Conference USA Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Liberty 17-3 - 26-8
Sam Houston 13-7 4 22-12
Louisiana Tech 11-9 6 20-14
Western Kentucky 11-9 6 18-14
Middle Tennessee 11-9 6 17-15
Kennesaw State 10-10 7 21-14
Jacksonville State 10-10 7 15-17
New Mexico State 8-12 9 16-16
Missouri State 8-12 9 16-18
Florida International 8-12 9 15-17
UTEP 7-13 8 11-20
Delaware 6-14 11 10-21
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