IJH beats Rice, 33-7, at home

Former Rice University baseball coach Wayne Graham passed away Tuesday. He was 88 years old.

U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls in coming decades.

Ryan Langborg scored 12 of his career-high 27 points in overtime, and ninth-seeded Northwestern finally put away No. 8 seed Florida Atlantic 77-65 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

AAC Tournament Champs draw defending national champion Friday at 3 p.m. in NCAA Tourney opener

Rice wide receiver aces combine

Purdue remained atop the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the third straight week while Gonzaga dropped to No. 24 after a loss to San Diego State but managed to keep alive its streak of 142 consecutive weeks in the poll.

Florida Atlantic jumped seven places to No. 7 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll following a double-overtime win over No. 4 Arizona.

Johnell Davis scored 35 points, just one short of his career high, and had nine rebounds to lead No. 14 Florida Atlantic to a 96-95 double-overtime victory over No. 4 Arizona in the Desert Classic.

Houston and Rice are crosstown rivals who will meet for the 45th time in a game where the winner will take home the Bayou Bucket trophy.

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Quincy Olivari scored 30 points, including six in overtime, Max Fiedler had a triple-double and Rice defeated UTSA 88-81.

Damian Dunn drew a foul on a driving layup with 1.1 seconds left and made both free throws to send Temple past No. 16 Villanova 68-64 on Friday night.

Kenneth Lofton Jr. had 16 points and Amorie Archibald scored 14 to lead Louisiana Tech to an 83-79 victory over Rice.

Max Fiedler had 16 points to lead six Rice players in double figures as the Owls rolled past Jarvis Christian 98-63.

Quincy Olivari scored 16 and grabbed 10 rebounds and Max Fiedler scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and the Owls defeated Southern Miss 76-62.

Kenneth Lofton Jr. had 19 points and 13 rebounds as Louisiana Tech topped Rice 80-63.

Rice has announced the postponing of Saturday's women's basketball game with North Texas due to COVID-19 related issues within the Rice program.

Rice University has announced its December 29 women's basketball game against Texas College has been canceled due to COVID-19 cases within the Owls program.

COVID-19 issues within the Owls program has wiped out the Rice basketball schedule for Sunday for both men's and women's basketball teams.

Quincy Olivari had a season-high 27 points as Rice topped Houston Baptist 88-73.

Oakland held off Rice for a 76-73 win in the Gulf Coast Showcase on Tuesday.

Clayton Tune completed 22 of 30 passes for 236 yards and a pair of touchdowns, Alton McCaskill rushed for two TDs and caught a third as Houston walloped crosstown rival Rice 44-7.

(Release from Rice University Athletics)

Rice University and men's basketball head coach Scott Pera have agreed to a contract extension through the end of the 2023-24 season.

Matt Bragga out as Rice baseball coach after three seasons

South Carolina is increasing the allowed attendance for the team’s spring football game later this month from 9,000 to 15,000.

HOUSTON – Rice was the underdog heading into Saturday’s road game against a 7-0 Marshall team. Not only because Marshall is ranked, but because Rice was without their starting quarterback Mike Collins and wide receiver Austin Trammel. But somehow, someway... Mike Bloomgren and the Owls stunned Marshall with a 20-0 win on the road. The Owls defense held Marshall’s offense to just 245 yards. According to the school, Rice shut out a ranked opponent for the first time since 1960.

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HOUSTON – Rice University football fans will have to wait a bit longer to see the Owls take to the gridiron after leaders decided Monday to push back the start of the season to Sept. 26. According to Rice Athletics Director Joe Karlgaard, the move is to allow school administrators more time to monitor the coronavirus pandemic at both the local and national level. The Owls were originally scheduled to start their season at the University of Houston on Sept. 3 and then face Army for the home opener on Sept. 12. Rice was also scheduled to play Louisiana State University on Sept. 19, but that game was canceled after the SEC voted to play only conference games this season. Karlgaard said he is also looking at the schedules of other fall sports such as volleyball and cross country.

The Owls are led in scoring by sophomore Trey Murphy III, a recruit they pulled out of Durham, North Carolina and stuck immediately into the lineup. Murphy has been arguably Rice’s best player in just his second season and is on pace to set records for the Owls. A BASKETBALL FAMILYKenneth (Trey) Murphy III is the son of Kenneth Murphy, Jr., and the grandson of Kenneth Murphy. There was no specific growth spurt, but Murphy grew to be 6 feet 5 inches tall by the time Rice signed him. Murphy shot 42.1% as a freshman on far fewer attempts, and with far less attention.

HOUSTON – The NCAA baseball tournament field is set and there will be plenty of local flavor. The University of Houston, which won the AAC Tournament, will host a regional that will include Texas A&M, Baylor and Iowa. Rice University, which won the C-USA Tournament, is headed to the LSU regional as the third seed. The Owls will open with Southeast Louisiana while Texas Southern University plays LSU. The Texas Longhorns made the field and will play in the Long Beach Regional this weekend.

On Saturday the Owls clinched the series with a quality start from Kubitza and a breakthrough inning in the fifth. Rice had runners reach scoring position in each of the next four innings, including bases-loaded situations in both the eighth and ninth innings. Marshall avoided the shutout with a run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Kubitza and the Rice staff was well-aware Marshall would continue to fight to the end. "We saw from (Reckling's) game Friday that Marshall would be aggressive at the plate and stay that way all game," Kubitza said.

HOUSTON – The Rice baseball team rallied for four runs over a span of four-straight innings, but Lamar regained the lead in the seventh and hung on for a 5-4 win over the Owls Wednesday night at Reckling Park in Houston. A Lamar error on the play, however, allowed Fuda an extra 90 feet to home plate and make it 4-3. Lamar held-off Rice's final at bats in the ninth for the 5-4 final. "Tonight's game was determined by our mental mistakes," said Rice head coach Wayne Graham. By design, a total of six Rice pitchers saw work in the game in advance of the team's upcoming Conference USA league opener.