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FINAL
Mar 9, 2017

Box Score

12T
RICE294776
UTEP493786

Game Recap

UTEP uses first-half run to knock off Rice in C-USA tourney. minic Artis scored 20 of his season-high 26 points, and UTEP scored 20 of the last 25, in the first half before holding off Rice for an 86-76 win in the Conference USA Tournament on Thursday.

Player Stats

Rice Owls logoRICEMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
12Marquez Letcher-Ellis243-103-62-851001111
4Egor Koulechov352-51-22-26201257
2Marcus Evans303-112-613-1630201421
0Connor Cashaw275-141-56-776001417
22Marcus Jackson324-113-70-012201111
30Austin Meyer31-10-00-00010012
3Robert Martin20-00-00-00000010
54Andrew Drone132-40-01-33020015
5Ako Adams240-40-20-04100240
21Chad Lott101-20-00-01000152
TOTAL-21-6233.9%10-2835.7%24-3666.7%30127192776
Utep Miners logoUTEPMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
22Paul Thomas152-30-04-64010158
11Jake Flaggert361-41-30-03200253
41Matt Willms105-90-00-160021510
2Omega Harris386-112-37-963107121
15Dominic Artis3710-132-34-7106103226
13Ivan Venegas90-00-02-43000112
54Kelvin Jones151-20-00-06110052
23Deon Barrett90-10-14-40100014
5Chris Barnes10-00-00-00000010
21Trey Touchet303-72-52-231001310
TOTAL-28-5056.0%7-1546.7%23-3369.7%411442162986

Play-by-Play

1st halfRICEUTEP
  • Utep Miners logo
    +2 (19:37) Matt Willms made Layup.
    02
  • Rice Owls logo
    (19:20) Connor Cashaw missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (19:20) Dominic Artis Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (19:11) Omega Harris missed Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (19:11) Matt Willms Offensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +2 (19:07) Matt Willms made Two Point Tip Shot.
    04
  • Rice Owls logo
    (19:01) Connor Cashaw missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (19:01) Dominic Artis Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (18:53) Matt Willms missed Layup.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (18:53) Matt Willms Offensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +3 (18:45) Dominic Artis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Omega Harris.
    07
  • Utep Miners logo
    (18:33) Foul on Paul Thomas.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (18:33) Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Free Throw.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (18:33) Rice Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (18:33) Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Free Throw.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (18:33) Paul Thomas Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (18:02) Jake Flaggert missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (18:02) Marquez Letcher-Ellis Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (17:59) Foul on Matt Willms.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (17:41) Marcus Evans missed Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (17:41) Matt Willms Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (17:31) Foul on Connor Cashaw.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (17:29) Paul Thomas missed Layup.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (17:29) Matt Willms Offensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +2 (17:26) Matt Willms made Dunk.
    09
  • Rice Owls logo
    (17:19) Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Layup.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (17:19) Matt Willms Block.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (17:18) Marquez Letcher-Ellis Offensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (17:18) Foul on Matt Willms.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (17:18) Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Free Throw.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (17:18) Rice Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +1 (17:18) Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw.
    19
  • Utep Miners logo
    (16:48) Omega Harris missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (16:48) Kelvin Jones Offensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +2 (16:36) Dominic Artis made Layup.
    111
  • Rice Owls logo
    +3 (16:28) Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Connor Cashaw.
    411
  • Utep Miners logo
    (16:09) Omega Harris missed Layup.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (16:09) Kelvin Jones Offensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +3 (15:57) Dominic Artis made Three Point Jumper.
    414
  • Rice Owls logo
    +3 (15:49) Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Connor Cashaw.
    714
  • Utep Miners logo
    +2 (15:31) Paul Thomas made Jumper. Assisted by Dominic Artis.
    716
  • Rice Owls logo
    +3 (15:09) Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Jackson.
    1016
  • Utep Miners logo
    (14:56) Omega Harris Turnover.
  • (14:56) Official TV Timeout
  • Rice Owls logo
    (14:51) Chad Lott missed Layup.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (14:51) Paul Thomas Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (14:49) Dominic Artis Turnover.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (14:48) Marcus Evans Steal.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (14:13) Andrew Drone made Jumper.
    1216
  • Rice Owls logo
    (14:03) Foul on Andrew Drone.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (14:03) Omega Harris missed Free Throw.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (14:03) UTEP Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +1 (14:03) Omega Harris made Free Throw.
    1217
  • Utep Miners logo
    (13:49) Foul on Jake Flaggert.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (13:39) Ako Adams Turnover.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (13:38) Dominic Artis Steal.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +2 (13:35) Dominic Artis made Layup.
    1219
  • Rice Owls logo
    (13:15) Marcus Evans missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (13:15) Paul Thomas Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (13:12) Foul on Egor Koulechov.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (12:46) Omega Harris Turnover.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (12:35) Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (12:35) Dominic Artis Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (12:33) Foul on Marcus Evans.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +2 (12:21) Dominic Artis made Layup.
    1221
  • Rice Owls logo
    (12:21) Foul on Marcus Evans.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (12:21) Dominic Artis missed Free Throw.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (12:21) Marquez Letcher-Ellis Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (11:59) Marcus Jackson missed Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (11:59) Andrew Drone Offensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (11:57) Foul on Paul Thomas.
  • (11:57) Official TV Timeout
  • Rice Owls logo
    (11:44) Ako Adams missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (11:44) Omega Harris Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +3 (11:19) Jake Flaggert made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominic Artis.
    1224
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (11:00) Chad Lott made Layup. Assisted by Marquez Letcher-Ellis.
    1424
  • Utep Miners logo
    (10:43) Jake Flaggert missed Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (10:43) Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (10:36) Ako Adams missed Layup.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (10:36) Ako Adams Offensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (10:32) Foul on Chad Lott.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (10:32) Chad Lott Turnover.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +3 (10:09) Omega Harris made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jake Flaggert.
    1427
  • Rice Owls logo
    (9:45) Ako Adams Turnover.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (9:38) Foul on Trey Touchet.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (9:38) Trey Touchet Turnover.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (9:20) Marcus Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (9:20) Trey Touchet Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (9:03) Kelvin Jones missed Layup.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (9:03) Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (8:49) Foul on Kelvin Jones.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (8:49) Andrew Drone missed Free Throw.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (8:49) Rice Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +1 (8:49) Andrew Drone made Free Throw.
    1527
  • Utep Miners logo
    (8:31) Jake Flaggert Turnover.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (8:31) Andrew Drone Steal.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (8:21) Andrew Drone missed Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (8:21) Matt Willms Block.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (8:19) Jake Flaggert Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (7:50) Matt Willms missed Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (7:50) Connor Cashaw Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (7:38) Egor Koulechov missed Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (7:38) Rice Offensive Rebound.
  • (7:37) Official TV Timeout
  • Utep Miners logo
    (7:33) Foul on Jake Flaggert.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +1 (7:33) Connor Cashaw made Free Throw.
    1627
  • Rice Owls logo
    +1 (7:33) Connor Cashaw made Free Throw.
    1727
  • Utep Miners logo
    (7:33) Jake Flaggert Turnover.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +3 (7:28) Marcus Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Connor Cashaw.
    2027
  • Utep Miners logo
    (7:03) Trey Touchet missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (7:03) Kelvin Jones Offensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (6:56) Foul on Marquez Letcher-Ellis.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (6:56) Dominic Artis missed Free Throw.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (6:56) UTEP Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +1 (6:56) Dominic Artis made Free Throw.
    2028
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (6:41) Connor Cashaw made Layup.
    2228
  • Rice Owls logo
    (6:25) Foul on Egor Koulechov.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +1 (6:25) Paul Thomas made Free Throw.
    2229
  • Utep Miners logo
    (6:25) Paul Thomas missed Free Throw.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (6:25) Connor Cashaw Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (6:25) Foul on Kelvin Jones.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +1 (6:25) Egor Koulechov made Free Throw.
    2329
  • Rice Owls logo
    +1 (6:25) Egor Koulechov made Free Throw.
    2429
  • Utep Miners logo
    +2 (6:00) Paul Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Kelvin Jones.
    2431
  • Rice Owls logo
    (5:53) Ako Adams missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (5:53) Omega Harris Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (5:38) Dominic Artis Turnover.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (5:36) Andrew Drone Steal.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (5:26) Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (5:26) Omega Harris Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +2 (5:19) Dominic Artis made Layup. Assisted by Omega Harris.
    2433
  • Rice Owls logo
    (5:19) Foul on Ako Adams.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +1 (5:19) Dominic Artis made Free Throw.
    2434
  • Rice Owls logo
    (5:05) Connor Cashaw missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (5:05) Andrew Drone Offensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (4:59) Connor Cashaw missed Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (4:59) Jake Flaggert Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (4:36) Matt Willms missed Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (4:36) Rice Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (4:36) Foul on Paul Thomas.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (4:36) Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Free Throw.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (4:36) Rice Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (4:36) Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Free Throw.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (4:36) Matt Willms Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +2 (4:21) Matt Willms made Dunk. Assisted by Jake Flaggert.
    2436
  • Rice Owls logo
    (4:02) Andrew Drone missed Layup.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (4:02) Matt Willms Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (3:58) Foul on Chad Lott.
  • (3:58) Official TV Timeout
  • Utep Miners logo
    (3:58) Omega Harris missed Free Throw.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (3:58) UTEP Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +1 (3:58) Omega Harris made Free Throw.
    2437
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (3:37) Marcus Jackson made Jumper.
    2637
  • Utep Miners logo
    +3 (3:08) Trey Touchet made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Omega Harris.
    2640
  • Rice Owls logo
    (2:47) Marcus Evans Turnover.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (2:44) Kelvin Jones Steal.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +2 (2:41) Dominic Artis made Layup.
    2642
  • Rice Owls logo
    (2:41) Rice Timeout
  • Rice Owls logo
    (2:31) Marcus Evans missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (2:31) Dominic Artis Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +2 (2:07) Kelvin Jones made Dunk. Assisted by Dominic Artis.
    2644
  • Rice Owls logo
    (1:53) Connor Cashaw missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (1:53) Dominic Artis Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (1:28) Trey Touchet missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (1:28) Connor Cashaw Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (1:27) Foul on Kelvin Jones.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (1:27) Connor Cashaw missed Free Throw.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (1:27) Rice Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +1 (1:27) Connor Cashaw made Free Throw.
    2744
  • Utep Miners logo
    +2 (1:04) Dominic Artis made Jumper.
    2746
  • Rice Owls logo
    (0:54) Connor Cashaw missed Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (0:54) Dominic Artis Defensive Rebound.
  • Utep Miners logo
    +3 (0:25) Omega Harris made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominic Artis.
    2749
  • Utep Miners logo
    (0:23) Foul on Dominic Artis.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +1 (0:23) Marcus Evans made Free Throw.
    2849
  • Rice Owls logo
    +1 (0:23) Marcus Evans made Free Throw.
    2949
  • Utep Miners logo
    (0:05) Omega Harris Turnover.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (0:00) Marcus Jackson missed Jumper.
  • Utep Miners logo
    (0:00) Trey Touchet Defensive Rebound.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

76Points86
21-62(33.9%)Field Goal(%)28-50(56%)
10-28(35.7%)3-Point(%)7-15(46.7%)
24-36(66.7%)Free Throw(%)23-33(69.7%)
33(13)Rebounds(Offensive)41(8)
12Assists14
7Steals4
1Blocks2
9Turnovers17
27(0)Fouls(Technical)29(0)
0Largest Lead23

Game Details

Thursday, March 9, 2017 · 3:00 PM
Don Haskins Center · El Paso, TX
attendance: 3,228 (26.9%)
spread: RICE -3