Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders @ Rice Owls

16-8, 8-4 CUSA

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
MTSU MTSU	8	18	18	16	60
Rice RICE	15	23	21	18	77

Rice OwlsRiceRICE

16-6, 11-0 CUSA

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

starters
Courtney WhitsonC. Whitson#33
Charity SavageC. Savage#35
Aislynn HayesAi. Hayes#11
Taylor SuttonT. Sutton#2
Anastasia HayesAn. Hayes#1
bench
Rellah BootheR. Boothe#30
Kiya TurnerK. Turner#5
Alexis WhittingtonAl. Whittington#23
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
28	3	1-5	1-4	0-2	7	2	1	1	0	3	4	4
24	7	2-8	2-4	1-2	6	0	1	3	0	2	4	4
38	10	3-9	2-6	2-4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	4
37	10	3-9	2-5	2-2	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	2
40	16	7-24	0-5	2-6	4	6	4	2	0	2	2	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
15	11	5-7	1-2	0-1	6	0	1	1	0	1	5	4
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	60	22-65	9-28	7-17	31	13	9	7	2	12	19	21
		34%	32%	41%

Rice Owls

starters
Lauren SchwartzL. Schwartz#15
Nancy MulkeyN. Mulkey#32
Jasmine SmithJ. Smith#10
Sydne WigginsS. Wiggins#2
Erica OgwumikeE. Ogwumike#13
bench
India BellamyI. Bellamy#12
Arianna McCurryA. McCurry#21
Kendall ElligK. Ellig#25
Destiny JacksonD. Jackson#5
Haylee SwayzeH. Swayze#11
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
39	7	2-5	1-2	2-2	4	3	3	0	1	3	1	0
26	20	8-11	0-0	4-6	6	0	1	0	4	1	5	4
32	7	2-4	1-1	2-2	8	8	3	0	0	0	8	2
33	7	3-7	1-4	0-0	5	2	1	2	0	2	3	1
33	25	7-17	1-4	10-12	17	1	4	0	1	6	11	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
12	2	0-2	0-1	2-2	5	4	3	1	0	0	5	2
10	5	2-6	1-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
	77	26-55	5-14	20-24	48	20	16	3	6	13	35	16
		47%	36%	83%

Game Information

Houston, TX

ESPN3

Referee:Doug Knight

Referee:Julie Krommenhoek

Referee:Brian Hall

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

Auriemma reflects on spat with Staley: 'You just feel dumb'

UConn coach Geno Auriemma on Monday reflected on his heated postgame exchange with South Carolina coach Dawn Staley and said he feels "dumb for the way that it played out."

Final 2026 women's basketball recruiting top 25 class rankings

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

Women's Way-Too-Early Top 25: New No. 1, more risers after transfer portal rebuilds

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

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