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North Texas Mean Green at Rice Owls

· NCAA Men's Basketball
North Texas Mean Green
7-14, 1-8 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
87 - 95
Rice Owls
7-14, 6-5 Home

Rice holds off North Texas 95-87

Egor Koulechov added 19 points for Rice (7-14, 2-6 Conference USA) and Marquez Letcher-Ellis had 15 with nine rebounds. Connor Cashaw and Bishop Mency contributed 11 points each for the Owls, who shot 56 percent from the field to snap a three-game skid.

Rice used a 5-2 spurt at the end of the first half to take a 40-37 advantage into the break and then hung on the rest of the way to avenge a Jan. 9 loss to North Texas. Rice's final score was a season high.

Jeremy Combs led North Texas (7-14, 2-6) with 25 points and 13 rebounds. J-Mychal Reese added 23 points, Eric Katenda had 16, and Ja'Michael Brown and Deckie Johnson 10 apiece.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 87 - 95
2nd 0:15 J-Mychal Reese made Layup. 87 - 95
2nd 0:20 Ja'Michael Brown Steal. 85 - 95
2nd 0:21 Marcus Evans Turnover. 85 - 95
2nd 0:44 Marquez Letcher-Ellis Defensive Rebound. 85 - 95

Statistics

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32-61 FG 30-54
52 Field Goal % 56
7-22 3PT 11-23
32 Three Point % 48
16-22 FT 24-26
73 Free Throw % 92
28 Rebounds 29
11 Offensive Rebounds 8
17 Defensive Rebounds 21
15 Assists 18
8 Steals 4
2 Blocks 3
11 Turnovers 11
0 Team Turnovers 0
11 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
12 Points Off Turnovers 9
2 Fast Break Points 2
44 Points in Paint 26
22 Fouls 17
6 Largest Lead 12

Game Information

Venue: Tudor Fieldhouse

Location: Houston, TX
Attendance: 2,515 | 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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