GAME THREAD - MBB vs Rice

[Charleston Pony]

Rice's big man Fiedler causing us trouble with screens and defending the low post. Rice up 12-9 at 1st media break

[Charleston Pony]

Rice hits 5 of their 1st 7 FG attempts including 2-2 from three

[Charleston Pony]

18 all inside of 12 minutes. Both teams moving and sharing the ball well and shooting well. This Rice team is playing good basketball lately and undoubtedly got a confidence boost with their win @ Memphis

[Charleston Pony]

Rice now 4-6 from three; SMU 2-6

[Charleston Pony]

SMU now throwing up some ugly three attempts from the left side as Rice doing a good job defending the paint

[highlander]

Every team we play against lately looks like they’re playing with a lot of confidence.

[highlander]

Time to break out the full court press.

[Charleston Pony]

Phelps doing a nice job of getting into the paint for short jumpers but SMU down 5 now under 6 minutes. Owls have hit 6-10 threes

[Charleston Pony]

Rice with 9 assists on 12 made FGs really moving the ball well

[Charleston Pony]

Rice is just making us look bad and we are not a bad team. This game tells me anyone can beat anyone in this conference. Post season tournament could be wild and full of upsets. Of course, we are 2-11 on threes whereas Rice is 6-12 so far

[Charleston Pony]

Wright and Jalen start knocking down threes and just like that SMU finishes the 1st half on a 14-2 run to go up 40-37

[Charleston Pony]

Ricardo Wright leading SMU with 10 points on 3-6 threes. Phelps with 8 points on 4-6 shooting. All but Lanier and Tyreek scored in that 1st half. All 8 Rice players have scored and the Owls have 10 assists on 15 made FGs. Rice really moving and sharing the ball well

[highlander]

Wright and Jalen start knocking down threes and just like that SMU finishes the 1st half on a 14-2 run to go up 40-37

Regression to the mean?

[Charleston Pony]

Guys will need to turn up the defensive intensity like they did against UAB to cool Rice off and pull this one out

[Charleston Pony]

Great response by our guys coming out of the half. Another 15-2 run to get to a 55-39 lead