NCAAB Game Recap - UTEP at Rice
Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:00 PM EST

Pacif
61
Gonz
82
F
Vill
92
Seton
70
F
Kansas
67
Baylor
65
F
Ariz
76
Wash
68
F
USC
70
UCLA
102
F
Colora
73
Oreg
101
F
VaTec
90
Lou
94
F
TxTch
74
WVU
83
F(2OT)
UVA
41
UNC
65
F
Wake
94
Duke
99
F
KY
82
UGA
77
F
Fla
57
MissSt
52
F
MSU
63
Purd
80
F
FSU
66
Pitt
80
F
Tuls
60
Cin
80
F
SMU
76
Hou
66
F
SouthCar
62
Vand
71
F
StMar
70
BYU
57
F
ND
81
NCSU
72
F
TN-M
61
SEMO
90
F
NrthIA
44
WichSt
73
F
SacHr
82
LIU
83
F
David
79
UMass
74
F
Clem
65
Mia-FL
71
F
Charl
85
NE
71
F
Hartfo
52
UNH
82
F
UMassL
102
UMBC
108
F
Mercer
89
Citad
78
F
Mizzu
70
Tenn
90
F
Army
71
Navy
68
F
Elon
65
Drex
56
F
FlGlf
97
USC-Up
89
F(OT)
WIGB
80
WIMil
56
F
Evans
72
Brad
84
F
Lib
67
Winth
84
F
UNCA
66
Campbl
53
F
BGSU
75
Ohio
95
F
StBon
72
Dayt
76
F
StLou
40
Ford
54
F
KSU
64
Tex
61
F
SoFL
71
Tul
94
F
Ill
70
Iowa
66
F
TexAr
68
GASt
67
F
WriSt
74
Clev
68
F(2OT)
RobM
74
CenCT
64
F
Mia-O
58
Buff
71
F
LSU
72
Bama
90
F
Copp
79
SCSt
84
F
NCC
82
MD-ES
69
F
Hamp
61
BethC
62
F
Savan
75
Morg
83
F
UL
85
ULM
84
F
SHSU
53
InWor
69
F
UNCW
83
Hof
76
F
Stetsn
56
NJIT
60
F
UNCG
73
Furm
52
F
StFPA
75
Bry
79
F
Merrim
73
StFNY
55
F
MtStM
79
FaDi
74
F
NoAZ
68
S UT
84
F
Sac
59
MTSt
62
F
E MI
80
W MI
88
F
UTSA
73
N TX
83
F
StJos
68
LaSal
83
F
URI
77
GMas
74
F
Aub
62
TAMU
81
F
UCF
61
ECU
58
F
ORU
72
SDak
86
F
NFla
68
KennSt
85
F
Toled
88
NIU
80
F(OT)
Longw
72
Radf
79
F
Ball
109
CenMI
100
F(OT)
TxSt
67
GaSo
70
F
CenAR
61
NOrl
84
F
JU
69
Lipsco
81
F
ETSU
65
Chat
51
F
MorSt
73
Belm
89
F
W IL
91
NDSU
100
F(2OT)
AF
78
SJSU
83
F(OT)
FAU
94
USM
82
F
AzSt
71
WaSt
86
F
CoCar
78
Troy
87
F
HiPt
75
ChaSo
76
F
MsVl
69
PVAM
82
F
NCAT
53
How
84
F
SFA
60
SeLA
52
F
Princ
66
Brown
51
F
NM
61
Fres
71
F
Wyo
87
Bois
91
F
Pepp
61
LoyMa
82
F
MTSU
97
Marsh
86
F
TCU
71
IaSt
84
F
Miss
80
Ark
98
F
Rut
65
NW
69
F
Nebras
58
OhSt
57
F
ChiSt
65
UMKC
84
F
AlaAM
64
South
77
F
ASU
67
Alc
75
F
Norf
77
FlaAM
65
F(2OT)
Bingha
55
Stony
76
F
W&M
85
Del
64
F
JMU
65
Tows
75
F
VMI
61
Samf
80
F
WCU
56
Woff
84
F
Colum
79
Dart
80
F(OT)
SDSt
97
IPFW
89
F
NoKY
77
YSU
81
F
Corn
75
Harv
87
F
LongB
66
UCSB
48
F
GWebb
84
Presb
56
F
FIU
61
LaTec
77
F
UNCC
48
ODU
72
F
SIU-E
84
APSU
92
F
(N/A)
78
HCU
92
F
Lamar
63
TXAMC
70
F
NWSt
80
Nich
78
F
NMSt
107
UTRGV
101
F
E IL
82
Murr
65
F
TNTec
79
JSU
78
F(OT)
UtSt
66
Nev
77
F
MOSt
76
Drake
73
F
Niag
70
Sien
76
F
UTEP
79
Rice
71
F
Okla
92
OkSt
96
F
Xav
61
Marq
83
F
App
74
USA
87
F
ArkPB
40
TXSo
78
F
Gram
62
JackSt
59
F(OT)
E KY
66
TNSt
68
F
GrCan
77
UtVal
71
F
UND
77
Web
68
F
PorSt
82
Mont
85
F
N CO
87
IdaSt
81
F
CSBak
51
Seatt
48
F
HI
82
CAPoly
61
F
USF
65
Portl
51
F
UCDav
72
CS-Ful
79
F
USD
60
SCla
58
F(2OT)
UCRiv
60
UCIrv
79
F

UTEP 79, Rice 71

Feb 18, 2017, 8:00 PM EST

Final

1

2

T

UTEP

29

50

79

Rice

24

47

71

Artis, UTEP beat Rice for 7th straight time, 79-71
Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:12 PM

HOUSTON (AP) Dominic Artis had 14 points, six rebounds, seven assists and three steals, Paul Thomas had a double-double and UTEP beat Rice 79-71 on Saturday night for its seventh straight win in the series.

Thomas had 17 points, on 7-of-9 shooting, and 10 rebounds and Omega Harris scored 15 points for UTEP (11-15, 9-5 Conference USA), which has won three in a row, and six of its last seven, overall.

Harris hit a 3 to make it 5-0, added another that capped an 11-1 run and made it 16-6 with 12:36 left in the half and the Miners never trailed. They took a 29-24 lead into halftime, took their largest lead when Jake Flaggert's 3 made it 46-32 with 14:23 to play and had a 12-point advantage with 3:06 remaining. Two free throws by Egor Koulechov cut Rice's deficit to 74-67 with 1:15 left, but the Owls would get no closer.

Koulechov had 13 points and 11 rebounds for Rice (18-9, 8-6), which had won five in a row.

UTEP made 27 of 50 shots, including 9 of 14 (67 percent) from 3-point range.

Leaders

UTEP PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
P. Thomas 17 0 1 11 2 1
D. Artis 16 0 7 6 3 0
Rice PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
C. Lott 13 0 4 7 1 1
E. Koulechov 13 0 1 11 2 0

Team Comparison

UTEP Rice
Points For 79 71
Field Goals 27/50-54% 20/58-34%
Three Pointers 9/14-64% 8/29-28%
Free Throws 16/24-67% 23/31-74%
Offensive Rebounds 6 14
Defensive Rebounds 29 19
Rebounds 37 38
Blocks 2 3
Steals 8 5
Turnovers 14 13
Personal Fouls 23 21
Technical Fouls 1 0
Ejections 0 0

2016-17 Reg Season - UTEP Leads Series 1-0

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Sat Feb 18 UTEP 79 @ Rice 71 P. Thomas 17 C. Lott 13

Game Information

Stadium: Tudor Fieldhouse, Houston, Texas
Attendance: 2,988
Game Time: