WATCH | LISTEN | GAME NOTES QUICK HITSLAST TIME OUT: Rice erupted for 33 fourth-quarter points and overcame a double-digit deficit to host Tulane to emerge with a 72-64 win on Wednesday afternoon inside Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. The Owls improved to 8-6, while the Green Wave dropped to 8-5. Both teams are now 1-1 in the […]
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LAST TIME OUT: Rice erupted for 33 fourth-quarter points and overcame a double-digit deficit to host Tulane to emerge with a 72-64 win on Wednesday afternoon inside Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse.
The Owls improved to 8-6, while the Green Wave dropped to 8-5. Both teams are now 1-1 in the American Athletic Conference.
Malia Fisher (21) and Dominique Ennis (18) combined for 39 of the Rice’s points and fueled a rally that saw the visitors connect on 10 of their 14 field goal attempts (71.4 percent) in the final period. Fisher also led a balanced attack on the glass with eight rebounds as her team also held a commanding edge (46-31) in that category as well.
For Tulane, Amira Mabry (21) posted her third consecutive 20-point outing and led the way with nine caroms herself. Kendall Sneed added 17 points before fouling out and Kyren Whittington tacked on 14. Whittington (1,011) went over the 1,000-point mark for her Tulane career with a 3-pointer 54 seconds into the game.
The Olive and Blue forced Rice into a season-high 23 turnovers but mustered just a 14-12 edge in points off those miscues.
Sneed made a triple to put the home team up by 10 (51-41) with 8:23 left, but the Owls outscored the Wave 31-13 down the stretch.
Sneed tied the game again at 62 on a layup at the 2:25 mark, but Rice responded with consecutive hoops by Fisher and two free throws by Hailey Adams with 46 seconds left to grab an insurmountable six-point advantage (68-62).
MABRY ON FIRE: Amira Mabry has come up huge for the Green Wave in her last three outings, shooting 66.7 percent from the field (30-for-45) with an average of 22.7 points and 10.7 rebounds per contest. She has also made four of her eight 3-point attempts.
CONFERENCE ROAD OPENERS: The last time Tulane won its first two AAC road games was January 5, 2020 at Wichita State (61-56) and January 15, 2020 at SMU (67-66).
SNEED AND KEENAN: Kendall Sneed is currently sixth in the NCAA freshmen standings in assists per game with 4.2. At the same time, Victoria Keenan ranks 15th in the NCAA in three-point percentage (45.6) and 24th for three-pointers made per game with 2.8.
GETTING DEFENSIVE: Tulane has controlled the defensive glass this season, leading the American Athletic Conference at 28.7 per game (33rd nationally). The Green Wave also paces the conference in field goal percentage defense (36.5-42nd nationally) and 3-point percentage defense (25.5-32nd nationally).
49ERS IN 2024-25: Charlotte dropped its first two AAC games of 2024-25. It fell 64-50 at home versus UTSA on Sunday before South Florida edged it 69-68 on Wednesday. Hayleigh Breland (12.2) in the team’s lone double figure scorer and Keanna Rembert averages 5.6 rebounds per contest. Jayla Kelly leads the league with 20 blocked shots on the inside.
