Florida Atlantic Owls at Rice Owls

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Florida Atlantic Owls

14-10, 3-6 Away

Rice Owls

10-14, 6-6 Home

Florida Atlantic faces Rice after Moretti's 25-point game

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Florida Atlantic Owls (14-10, 6-5 AAC) at Rice Owls (10-14, 4-7 AAC)

Houston; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Florida Atlantic visits Rice after Niccolo Moretti scored 25 points in Florida Atlantic's 78-76 loss to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.

The Rice Owls are 6-6 in home games. Rice is eighth in the AAC scoring 74.4 points while shooting 42.1% from the field.

The Florida Atlantic Owls are 6-5 against AAC opponents. Florida Atlantic scores 81.4 points and has outscored opponents by 6.6 points per game.

Rice averages 9.0 made 3-pointers per game, 1.4 more made shots than the 7.6 per game Florida Atlantic gives up. Florida Atlantic averages 8.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.5 more made shots on average than the 7.1 per game Rice allows.

The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Trae Broadnax is averaging 15.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists for the Rice Owls. Nick Anderson is averaging 3.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Devin Vanterpool is shooting 43.9% and averaging 15.5 points for the Florida Atlantic Owls. Kanaan Carlyle is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rice Owls: 4-6, averaging 74.8 points, 34.6 rebounds, 11.3 assists, 6.2 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 43.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.4 points per game.

Florida Atlantic Owls: 5-5, averaging 76.5 points, 36.2 rebounds, 13.1 assists, 6.4 steals and 5.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.7 points.

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Rice: 40.3%

Florida Atlantic: 59.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

FAU		RICE
L4	Streak	L1
74.8	Points Against	74.6
81.4	Points Per Game	74.4
47	Field Goal %	42
34	Three Point %	36
39.2	Rebounds Per Game	38.5
13.9	Assists Per Game	12.3
5.7	Blocks Per Game	4.1
6.3	Steals Per Game	7.1
0.3	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.7
13.0	Total Turnovers Per Game	13.3
74.8	Points Against	74.6

Game Information

Venue: Tudor Fieldhouse

Location: Houston, TX
Capacity:

2025-26 American Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Tulsa	8-3	-	20-4
South Florida	8-3	-	16-8
Temple	7-3	0.5	15-8
Wichita State	7-4	1	15-9
Charlotte	7-4	1	13-11
Memphis	7-4	1	12-11
UAB	6-5	2	15-9
Florida Atlantic	6-5	2	14-10
Tulane	4-6	3.5	13-10
North Texas	4-7	4	13-11
Rice	4-7	4	10-14
East Carolina	2-8	5.5	7-16
UTSA	0-11	8	4-19