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UTSA Roadrunners at Rice Owls

· NCAA Men's Basketball
UTSA Roadrunners
8-19, 1-10 Away
Final
84 - 79
Rice Owls
16-10, 10-5 Home

Buggs scores 23 as UTSA knocks off Rice 84-79

Buggs shot 8 for 10, including 5 for 7 from beyond the arc for the Roadrunners (8-19, 2-14 Conference USA). Josh Farmer scored 18 points and added six rebounds and three steals. Jacob Germany recorded 16 points and was 8 of 15 shooting. The Roadrunners broke an 11-game slide.

Mekhi Mason led the way for the Owls (16-10, 7-8) with 20 points, seven rebounds and two steals. Rice also got 15 points and six rebounds from Cameron Sheffield. In addition, Quincy Olivari had 15 points.

UTSA went into halftime ahead of Rice 32-28. Buggs put up 12 points in the half. UTSA used a 7-0 run in the second half to build an 11-point lead at 72-61 with 5:00 left in the half before finishing off the win.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 84 - 79
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 82 - 79
2nd 0:01 Japhet Medor made Free Throw. 84 - 79
2nd 0:01 Japhet Medor made Free Throw. 83 - 79
2nd 0:01 Foul on Travis Evee. 82 - 79

Statistics

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32-61 FG 25-63
52 Field Goal % 40
7-17 3PT 10-30
41 Three Point % 33
13-19 FT 19-25
68 Free Throw % 76
36 Rebounds 38
8 Offensive Rebounds 13
28 Defensive Rebounds 25
10 Assists 15
9 Steals 5
2 Blocks 5
13 Turnovers 15
0 Team Turnovers 0
13 Total Turnovers 15
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
14 Points Off Turnovers 13
16 Fast Break Points 9
34 Points in Paint 22
19 Fouls 18
13 Largest Lead 5

Game Information

Venue: Tudor Fieldhouse

Location: Houston, TX
Attendance: 1,999 | Capacity:

2025-26 American Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
South Florida 15-3 - 25-9
Tulsa 13-5 2 29-7
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
Full Standings