Men's Basketball Set for Matchup with Rice on Saturday

Saturday, January 11

Houston, Texas

2:00 P.M.

Temple University

Rice

Men's Basketball Set for Matchup with Rice on Saturday

1.10.25 | Men's Basketball

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Game Info: Saturday, January 11 - 2:00 p.m. ET
Location: Tudor Fieldhouse - Houston, Texas
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Opening Tip

The Temple men's basketball team concludes its two-game road swing in American Athletic Conference play on Saturday afternoon with a matchup against Rice.
Temple had its two-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday with a one-point loss at East Carolina.
Jamal Mashburn Jr. led five Owls in double figures with 22 points and added five rebounds.
ECU's Jayshayne Woodard scored the go-ahead bucket with 9.9 seconds remaining and the Owls narrowly missed on a last-second chance to retake the lead on the ensuing possession.
Zion Stanford had 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting from the field and was one of three reserves to reach double figures in scoring.
Elijah Gray added 13 points and Shane Dezonie chipped in with 11. Temple's bench outscored East Carolina's by a 38-28 margin.
The Pirates led the rebounding battle by a 41-31 margin, and scored 25 fast-break points compared to Temple's 7.
Temple narrowly missed hitting the 80-point plateau in the game against the Pirates. The Owls are a perfect 6-0 in games they score 80 or more points.
Last season, the two teams split the season series with each team winning on the road. Temple defeated Rice, 65-43, at Tudor Fieldhouse on the final day of February.
Mashburn Jr. and Steve Settle III are tied for fourth in the AAC in minutes played per game at 34.3.

Scouting Rice

The Owls of Rice have already matched their win total from a season ago and enter with an 11-5 record, 2-1 in AAC play.
Rice is the second-best scoring defense in the league, with opponents averaging 65.8 points per game against them.
Offensively, Trae Broadnax is leading the team in scoring (13.4 ppg) and assists (4.1 apg), and Kellen Amos is the second-leading scorer at 10.0 ppg.