NCAAB

Eastern Kentucky Colonels at Rice Owls

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Eastern Kentucky Colonels
1-0, 1-0 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
73 - 72
Rice Owls
0-1, 0-1 Home

Freshman Boyd hits late FTs, EKU beats Rice 73-72

Trailing 72-70, Boyd got his defender in the air and drew a foul while shooting behind the 3-point line. He buried all three free throws to give the Colonels their first lead of the game.

Eastern got a stop at the other end to seal it.

Nick Mayo led all players with 25 points for EKU, while also grabbing a career-high 12 rebounds. It was his sixth-career double-double. Boyd finished with 20 points and six boards.

The Colonials went on a 17-5 run to cut it to 66-65 with 3:07 left. Mayo tied it at 70 with four straight free throws.

Connor Cashaw paced four Rice players in double figures with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

Rice won 23 games last year and advanced to the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational (CBI).

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2nd 0:00 End of Game 73 - 72
2nd 0:02 Eastern Kentucky Defensive Rebound. 73 - 72
2nd 0:02 Tim Harrison missed Jumper. 73 - 72
2nd 0:02 Tim Harrison Offensive Rebound. 73 - 72
2nd 0:02 Ako Adams missed Jumper. 73 - 72

Statistics

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25-65 FG 21-58
38 Field Goal % 36
6-27 3PT 8-28
22 Three Point % 29
17-19 FT 22-32
89 Free Throw % 69
43 Rebounds 40
13 Offensive Rebounds 12
30 Defensive Rebounds 28
12 Assists 12
4 Steals 4
1 Blocks 2
13 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 0
13 Total Turnovers 13
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Off Turnovers 16
0 Fast Break Points 4
0 Points in Paint 20
20 Fouls 23
1 Largest Lead 13

Game Information

Venue: Tudor Fieldhouse

Location: Houston, TX
Attendance: 2,001 | Capacity:

2025-26 United Athletic Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Utah Valley 14-4 - 25-9
California Baptist 13-5 1 25-9
Utah Tech 11-7 2 19-15
UT Arlington 9-9 5 18-14
Southern Utah 6-12 7 10-22
Tarleton State 5-13 9 14-18
Abilene Christian 5-13 9 14-19

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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