Western Kentucky Lady Toppers @ Rice Owls

Western Kentucky Lady ToppersWestern KYWKU

8-5, 0-2 CUSA

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Western KY WKU	17	16	19	13	65
Rice RICE	15	14	20	24	73

Rice OwlsRiceRICE

7-6, 2-0 CUSA

Western Kentucky Lady Toppers

starters
Raneem ElgedawyR. Elgedawy#15
Dee GivensD. Givens#4
Myriah HaywoodM. Haywood#00
Meral AbdelgawadM. Abdelgawad#40
Whitney CreechW. Creech#5
bench
Sandra SkinnerS. Skinner#23
Fatou PouyeF. Pouye#12
Sherry PorterS. Porter#22
Alexis BrewerA. Brewer#11
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
34	23	10-21	1-5	2-3	9	1	3	6	1	4	5	4
37	15	6-16	3-12	0-1	5	1	3	0	0	1	4	2
12	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
22	2	0-2	0-1	2-2	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	2
35	14	6-10	0-0	2-2	2	7	2	3	0	0	2	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
11	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	2	0	0	1	2	1
17	4	1-4	0-0	2-2	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	5
23	5	1-5	1-2	2-4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
9	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	65	25-65	5-22	10-14	31	10	13	12	3	13	18	25
		38%	23%	71%

Rice Owls

starters
Lauren SchwartzL. Schwartz#15
Nancy MulkeyN. Mulkey#32
Jasmine SmithJ. Smith#10
Sydne WigginsS. Wiggins#2
Erica OgwumikeE. Ogwumike#13
bench
Temi AlaoT. Alao#24
Kendall ElligK. Ellig#25
Destiny JacksonD. Jackson#5
Katelyn CrosthwaitK. Crosthwait#3
Haylee SwayzeH. Swayze#11
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
38	21	6-11	1-4	8-11	4	0	5	2	1	0	4	2
34	10	2-5	0-0	6-8	7	0	2	1	4	2	5	2
33	5	2-4	0-0	1-1	4	7	4	1	0	0	4	2
38	17	4-9	3-5	6-9	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
40	18	6-10	1-4	5-7	12	2	7	1	2	3	9	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
8	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	73	21-45	5-15	26-36	38	11	20	7	8	9	29	14
		47%	33%	72%

Game Information

Houston, TX

ESPN+

Referee:Mark Zentz

Referee:Scott Yarbrough

Referee:Laura Morris

NCAA Division I

Conference USA	CONF	GB	OVR
Louisiana Tech	17-1	-	26-7
Florida International	12-6	5	21-12
Missouri State	11-7	6	23-13
Liberty	11-7	6	18-13
Sam Houston	11-7	6	18-13
Middle Tennessee	11-7	6	17-16
Jacksonville State	9-9	8	16-16
Kennesaw State	6-12	11	13-17
Delaware	6-12	11	13-19
UTEP	5-13	12	13-17
New Mexico State	5-13	12	9-21
Western Kentucky	4-14	13	8-21

American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Rice	17-1	-	29-6
East Carolina	14-4	3	22-10
South Florida	13-5	4	20-12
Tulsa	11-7	6	19-12
North Texas	11-7	6	19-14
UTSA	9-9	8	18-16
Temple	8-10	9	15-17
Charlotte	8-10	9	14-18
Florida Atlantic	7-11	10	14-18
Tulane	6-12	11	11-20
Wichita State	5-13	12	8-23
UAB	4-14	13	11-19
Memphis	4-14	13	10-21

Women's College Basketball News

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USC keeps its hold on No. 1, South Carolina slots right behind, as Arizona and Arizona State enter the top 25.

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South Carolina jumps to the top after making key additions, and Duke and USC join the top five.

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