Rice Owls at UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
· NCAA Men's Basketball
82 - 81
Moore’s late layup caps Rice comeback for 82-81 win
Trey Murphy III drained 5 of 8 from deep to finish with 18 points and Moore totaled a career-best 16 for Rice (4-1) which trailed 47-27 at the break.
UC Santa Barbara led 81-80 before Rice's Robert Martin rebounded a Max Heidegger miss and the Owls tore downcourt. Moore took a pass and cut in from the right wing, weaving through two defenders for the winning basket.
The Owls were behind 64-42 with 12:09 left in the game. They trailed 76-63 until Murphy drained a 3 and followed with a dunk to close to 76-68 with 5:11 remaining. Chris Mullins followed with a layup, Drew Peterson dropped in two free throws and Martin had a layup to put Rice within two,76-74 with 3:16 remaining.
The Gauchos finally scored again when Amadou Sow had a layup for a 78-74 advantage with 2:19 left to play.
Heidegger had 21 points for UC Santa Barbara (1-2).
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 1:44 | Rice Timeout | 76 - 78 |
| 2nd 1:44 | Max Heidegger Turnover. | 76 - 78 |
| 2nd 2:02 | Payton Moore made Layup. | 76 - 78 |
| 2nd 2:19 | Chris Mullins Defensive Rebound. | 74 - 78 |
| 2nd 2:19 | Amadou Sow missed Free Throw. | 74 - 78 |
Statistics
 RICE |
 UCSB |
|
|---|---|---|
| 28-53 | FG | 34-61 |
| 53 | Field Goal % | 56 |
| 13-25 | 3PT | 6-15 |
| 52 | Three Point % | 40 |
| 13-18 | FT | 7-11 |
| 72 | Free Throw % | 64 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 6 | Offensive Rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 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 |
| 16 | Fouls | 14 |
| 4 | Largest Lead | 22 |
Game Information
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Attendance: 1,503 | Capacity:
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