Rice faces North Texas on 3-game win streak

Rice Owls (11-4, 2-0 AAC) at North Texas Mean Green (10-4, 1-1 AAC)

Denton, Texas; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Rice will try to continue its three-game win streak with a victory over North Texas.

The Mean Green are 8-0 in home games. North Texas scores 68.4 points while outscoring opponents by 9.8 points per game.

The Owls have gone 2-0 against AAC opponents. Rice is 4-3 against opponents over .500.

North Texas averages 68.4 points per game, 3.6 more points than the 64.8 Rice gives up. Rice has shot at a 42.4% rate from the field this season, 0.1 percentage points higher than the 42.3% shooting opponents of North Texas have averaged.

The Mean Green and Owls face off Wednesday for the first time in AAC play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jasper Floyd is averaging 8.4 points and 4.1 assists for the Mean Green.

Trae Broadnax is shooting 45.8% and averaging 13.6 points for the Owls.

LAST 10 GAMES: Mean Green: 7-3, averaging 68.2 points, 25.8 rebounds, 10.3 assists, 9.3 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 60.1 points per game.

Owls: 7-3, averaging 68.2 points, 36.2 rebounds, 10.0 assists, 4.6 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 42.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.3 points.

___

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

Copyright © 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.

Federal News Network Logo
Log in to your WTOP account for notifications and alerts customized for you.

Sign up