Rice visits No. 2 Texas following Olivari's 30-point performance

Published Dec. 11, 2022 2:42 a.m. ET

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Rice Owls (6-2, 0-1 C-USA) at Texas Longhorns (7-1)

Austin, Texas; Monday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Rice visits the No. 2 Texas Longhorns after Quincy Olivari scored 30 points in Rice's 83-71 victory against the Texas State Bobcats.

The Longhorns are 6-0 in home games. Texas is third in the Big 12 in rebounding with 36.1 rebounds. Timmy Allen leads the Longhorns with 6.8 boards.

The Owls are 1-2 in road games. Rice is sixth in C-USA scoring 76.4 points per game and is shooting 47.4%.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tyrese Hunter is shooting 51.8% and averaging 14.1 points for the Longhorns. Marcus Carr is averaging 13.9 points for Texas.

Travis Evee is shooting 39.0% from beyond the arc with 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Owls, while averaging 16.9 points. Olivari is averaging 16.3 points and 5.5 rebounds for Rice.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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