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FINAL
Jan 11, 2023

Game Recap

Middle Tennessee wins 71-68 against Rice. Eli Lawrence scored 21 points as Middle Tennessee beat Rice 71-68 on Wednesday night.

Box Score

12T
MTSU224971
RICE363268
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logoMIDDLE TENNESSEEMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
2Deandre Dishman347-121-12-4101333317
24Camryn Weston272-30-13-42002247
12Teafale Lenard Jr.244-61-30-06132349
4Justin Bufford293-61-30-25204027
5Eli Lawrence338-153-62-350301121
31Jared Coleman-Jones60-00-00-00000010
1Tyler Millin111-30-20-02100102
13TreVon Smith112-22-20-00000106
3Jestin Porter141-50-10-00110012
10Elias King110-40-30-00100000
TOTAL28-5650.0%8-2236.4%7-1353.8%3071011111671
Rice Owls logoRICEMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
15Max Fiedler353-30-00-07811456
2Mekhi Mason285-110-10-020011110
3Travis Evee387-133-61-201201318
5Cameron Sheffield322-80-01-26110325
4Quincy Olivari387-190-56-950204320
13Andrew Akuchie50-00-00-02202010
24Jake Lieppert100-10-00-05100000
23Alem Huseinovic144-41-10-02000009
TOTAL28-5947.5%4-1330.8%8-1361.5%291364131568

Play-by-Play

1st halfmtsurice
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (19:38) Eli Lawrence made Jumper.
    20
  • Rice Owls logo
    (19:16) Cameron Sheffield missed Layup.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (19:16) Deandre Dishman Block.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (19:11) Cameron Sheffield Offensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (19:10) Cameron Sheffield missed Layup.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (19:07) Max Fiedler Offensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (18:58) Cameron Sheffield made Layup.
    22
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (18:58) Foul on Justin Bufford.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (18:58) Cameron Sheffield missed Free Throw.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (18:56) Teafale Lenard Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (18:42) Justin Bufford missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (18:39) Teafale Lenard Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (18:37) Eli Lawrence made Layup.
    42
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (18:15) Quincy Olivari made Layup. Assisted by Max Fiedler.
    44
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (17:42) Teafale Lenard Jr. made Jumper.
    64
  • Rice Owls logo
    (17:08) Cameron Sheffield Turnover.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (17:08) Deandre Dishman Steal.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (16:56) Foul on Cameron Sheffield.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (16:43) Camryn Weston missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (16:40) Quincy Olivari Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (16:36) Mekhi Mason missed Layup.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (16:36) Teafale Lenard Jr. Block.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (16:31) Quincy Olivari Offensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (16:31) Quincy Olivari missed Layup.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (16:27) Deandre Dishman Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (16:10) Tyler Millin missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (16:07) Teafale Lenard Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (16:07) Tyler Millin made Dunk.
    84
  • Rice Owls logo
    (15:44) Quincy Olivari Turnover.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (15:44) Eli Lawrence Steal.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (15:38) Tyler Millin missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (15:34) Mekhi Mason Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (15:18) Travis Evee missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (15:16) Cameron Sheffield Offensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (15:13) Quincy Olivari missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (15:13) Camryn Weston Block.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (15:08) Eli Lawrence Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (15:03) Deandre Dishman made Jumper.
    104
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (14:45) Mekhi Mason made Jumper.
    106
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (14:29) Deandre Dishman Turnover.
  • (14:29) Official TV Timeout
  • Rice Owls logo
    (13:59) Travis Evee missed Layup.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (13:56) Tyler Millin Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (13:29) Max Fiedler Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (13:14) Foul on Jestin Porter.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (12:59) Travis Evee made Layup.
    108
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (12:39) Deandre Dishman missed Layup.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (12:37) Max Fiedler Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (12:19) Travis Evee made Layup. Assisted by Max Fiedler.
    1010
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (11:54) Elias King missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (11:50) Rice Defensive Rebound.
  • (11:50) Official TV Timeout
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (11:28) Alem Huseinovic made Layup. Assisted by Max Fiedler.
    1012
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (11:11) Jestin Porter missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (11:06) Jake Lieppert Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +3 (10:45) Alem Huseinovic made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jake Lieppert.
    1015
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (10:43) Middle Tennessee Timeout
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (10:18) Camryn Weston made Layup.
    1215
  • Rice Owls logo
    (9:57) Quincy Olivari missed Layup.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (9:55) Jake Lieppert Offensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (9:55) Jake Lieppert missed Layup.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (9:55) Rice Offensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +3 (9:36) Travis Evee made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Andrew Akuchie.
    1218
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (9:25) Elias King missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (9:20) Justin Bufford Offensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (9:20) Justin Bufford made Layup.
    1418
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (9:06) Travis Evee made Layup.
    1420
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (9:06) Foul on Camryn Weston.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (9:06) Travis Evee missed Free Throw.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (9:04) Teafale Lenard Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (8:36) Elias King missed Layup.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (8:36) Andrew Akuchie Block.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (8:32) Andrew Akuchie Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +3 (8:07) Travis Evee made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Andrew Akuchie.
    1423
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (7:43) Teafale Lenard Jr. made Dunk. Assisted by Elias King.
    1623
  • Rice Owls logo
    (7:27) Cameron Sheffield missed Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (7:27) Justin Bufford Block.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (7:23) Justin Bufford Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (7:15) Justin Bufford missed Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (7:13) Cameron Sheffield Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (6:57) Cameron Sheffield made Layup.
    1625
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (6:57) Foul on Jared Coleman-Jones.
  • (6:57) Official TV Timeout
  • Rice Owls logo
    +1 (6:57) Cameron Sheffield made Free Throw.
    1626
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (6:44) Deandre Dishman missed Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (6:39) Justin Bufford Offensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (6:37) Eli Lawrence missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (6:34) Alem Huseinovic Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (6:20) Mekhi Mason made Layup.
    1628
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (6:06) Teafale Lenard Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (6:03) Alem Huseinovic Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (5:45) Quincy Olivari made Layup.
    1630
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (5:22) Deandre Dishman Turnover.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (5:22) Max Fiedler Steal.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (5:09) Quincy Olivari missed Layup.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (5:07) Max Fiedler Offensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (5:05) Mekhi Mason missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (5:02) Eli Lawrence Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (4:57) Eli Lawrence made Jumper.
    1830
  • Rice Owls logo
    (4:50) Quincy Olivari Turnover.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (4:38) Eli Lawrence missed Layup.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (4:36) Deandre Dishman Offensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (4:35) Foul on Max Fiedler.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (4:35) Deandre Dishman missed Free Throw.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (4:35) Middle Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +1 (4:35) Deandre Dishman made Free Throw.
    1930
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (4:24) Mekhi Mason made Jumper.
    1932
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (4:09) Foul on Teafale Lenard Jr..
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (4:09) Teafale Lenard Jr. Turnover.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (4:02) Foul on Cameron Sheffield.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (4:02) Cameron Sheffield Turnover.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (3:48) Eli Lawrence missed Layup.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (3:47) Foul on Teafale Lenard Jr..
  • (3:47) Official TV Timeout
  • Rice Owls logo
    (3:46) Jake Lieppert Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (3:16) Rice Turnover.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (3:07) Elias King missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (3:04) Jake Lieppert Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (2:40) Mekhi Mason missed Layup.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (2:40) Camryn Weston Block.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (2:40) Rice Offensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (2:40) Quincy Olivari missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (2:37) Middle Tennessee Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (2:20) Camryn Weston Turnover.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (2:20) Quincy Olivari Steal.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +2 (2:13) Travis Evee made Layup.
    1934
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (2:13) Foul on Camryn Weston.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +1 (2:13) Travis Evee made Free Throw.
    1935
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +2 (1:58) Eli Lawrence made Jumper. Assisted by Jestin Porter.
    2135
  • Rice Owls logo
    (1:41) Mekhi Mason missed Layup.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (1:41) Deandre Dishman Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (1:41) Foul on Max Fiedler.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (1:28) Foul on Andrew Akuchie.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    +1 (1:28) Deandre Dishman made Free Throw.
    2235
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (1:27) Deandre Dishman missed Free Throw.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (1:24) Andrew Akuchie Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (1:06) Quincy Olivari Turnover.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (0:38) Jake Lieppert Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (0:36) Rice Timeout
  • Rice Owls logo
    (0:28) Travis Evee Turnover.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (0:28) Jestin Porter Steal.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (0:23) Jestin Porter missed Layup.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (0:23) Andrew Akuchie Block.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (0:20) Foul on Deandre Dishman.
  • Rice Owls logo
    +1 (0:20) Quincy Olivari made Free Throw.
    2236
  • Rice Owls logo
    (0:20) Quincy Olivari missed Free Throw.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (0:18) Quincy Olivari Defensive Rebound.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (0:16) Eli Lawrence Defensive Rebound.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (0:09) Foul on Travis Evee.
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders logo
    (0:00) Jestin Porter missed Jumper.
  • Rice Owls logo
    (0:00) Rice Defensive Rebound.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

71Points68
28-56(50%)Field Goal(%)28-59(47.5%)
8-22(36.4%)3-Point(%)4-13(30.8%)
7-13(53.8%)Free Throw(%)8-13(61.5%)
33(9)Rebounds(Offensive)34(12)
7Assists13
10Steals6
11Blocks4
11Turnovers14
16(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)
6Largest Lead16

Game Details

Wednesday, January 11, 2023 · 7:00 PM
Tudor Fieldhouse · Houston, TX
attendance: 2,010 (35.0%)
spread: RICE -2.5
over/under: 145.5