Rice Owls vs. Tennessee Volunteers

Nov 17, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
RICE	26	40	66
TENN	39	52	91

Game Recap

No. 20 Tennessee beats Rice 91-66, but Estrella injured. Felix Okpara had 20 points and eight rebounds, Nate Ament added 19 points and 10 boards, and No. 20 Tennessee cruised to a 91-66 victory over Rice on Monday night despite an injury to forward J.P. Estrella.

Player Stats

RICE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
24Jimmy Oladokun Jr.	18	1-2	0-0	2-4	3	1	0	0	0	5	4
13Andrew Akuchie	18	0-1	0-0	1-2	2	0	1	0	3	1	1
23Nick Anderson	29	6-16	3-7	4-4	3	1	3	0	0	1	19
12Trae Broadnax	24	0-16	0-8	5-6	4	1	0	0	0	1	5
2Jalen Smith	29	3-9	2-6	2-2	1	1	0	1	3	1	10
8Eternity Eguagie	17	0-0	0-0	2-4	3	0	1	0	0	5	2
21Evan Cochran	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
32Stephen Giwa	18	3-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	3	6
7Bodey Howell	4	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
0Dallas Hobbs	16	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	2	0	3
1Cam Carroll	23	5-7	2-3	2-3	2	3	0	0	1	1	14
14Presley Patterson	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	20-6033.3%	8-2828.6%	18-2572.0%	25	8	7	1	9	18	66

TENNESSEE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
10Nate Ament	25	6-13	0-4	7-9	10	1	3	0	2	4	19
34Felix Okpara	27	8-10	0-1	4-4	8	2	0	0	2	0	20
12Cade Phillips	17	2-3	0-0	1-2	5	0	0	1	0	2	5
0Ja'Kobi Gillespie	33	6-12	3-6	2-4	4	8	1	1	4	3	17
77Amaree Abram	22	1-7	0-2	0-0	4	4	2	0	3	1	2
6DeWayne Brown II	10	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4
13J.P. Estrella	9	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
23Jaylen Carey	17	4-5	0-0	1-1	5	2	0	0	0	0	9
35Ethan Burg	24	3-7	3-5	2-2	4	3	0	0	0	3	11
24Troy Henderson	12	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0
4Clarence Massamba	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Amari Evans	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	34-6552.3%	6-1931.6%	17-2277.3%	44	23	7	2	11	18	91

Play-by-Play

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1st halfRICETENN

(20:00) Start game.
(19:56) Jump Ball won by Tennessee.
(19:56) Jump Ball lost by Rice.
+2 (19:41) Nate Ament made Jumper.
02
(19:07) Trae Broadnax missed Jumper.
(19:07) Rice Deadball Team Rebound.
(19:07) Rice Turnover.
(18:50) Nate Ament missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:49) Felix Okpara Offensive Rebound.
(18:49) Foul on Jimmy Oladokun Jr..
+2 (18:39) Felix Okpara made Layup. Assisted by Amaree Abram.
04
+2 (18:12) Jalen Smith made Jumper.
24
(17:53) Amaree Abram missed Layup.
(17:52) Nick Anderson Defensive Rebound.
(17:52) Foul on Cade Phillips.
(17:47) Trae Broadnax missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:44) Amaree Abram Defensive Rebound.
(17:38) Felix Okpara missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:34) Trae Broadnax Defensive Rebound.
(17:24) Trae Broadnax missed Layup.
(17:24) Jimmy Oladokun Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(17:24) Foul on Nate Ament.
(17:24) Jimmy Oladokun Jr. missed Free Throw.
(17:24) Rice Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (17:24) Jimmy Oladokun Jr. made Free Throw.
34
+2 (17:14) Felix Okpara made Dunk. Assisted by Ja'Kobi Gillespie.
36
(16:59) Trae Broadnax missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:55) Felix Okpara Defensive Rebound.
(16:34) Nate Ament missed Jumper.
(16:32) Rice Defensive Rebound.
(16:26) Foul on Ethan Burg.
+1 (16:26) Trae Broadnax made Free Throw.
46
+1 (16:26) Trae Broadnax made Free Throw.
56
(16:10) J.P. Estrella missed Layup.
(16:09) Tennessee Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:08) Felix Okpara made Dunk. Assisted by Ja'Kobi Gillespie.
58
(15:42) Dallas Hobbs missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:38) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:29) J.P. Estrella made Layup. Assisted by Felix Okpara.
510
(15:03) Trae Broadnax missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:00) Stephen Giwa Offensive Rebound.
(14:57) Trae Broadnax missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:53) J.P. Estrella Defensive Rebound.
(14:48) Nate Ament missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:44) Ethan Burg Offensive Rebound.
(14:36) Ja'Kobi Gillespie missed Layup.
(14:33) Eternity Eguagie Defensive Rebound.
(14:12) Trae Broadnax missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:09) Felix Okpara Defensive Rebound.
(13:54) Ja'Kobi Gillespie missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:50) Felix Okpara Offensive Rebound.
(13:50) Foul on Eternity Eguagie.
(13:48) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Turnover.
(13:48) Dallas Hobbs Steal.
+2 (13:27) Cam Carroll made Jumper.
710
+3 (13:10) Ethan Burg made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Amaree Abram.
713
(12:45) Jalen Smith Turnover.
(12:45) Amaree Abram Steal.
(12:45) Amaree Abram Turnover.
(12:44) Rice Turnover.
(12:43) Ethan Burg missed Layup.
(12:42) Rice Defensive Rebound.
(12:20) Jalen Smith Turnover.
(12:20) Amaree Abram Steal.
+2 (12:17) Amaree Abram made Layup. Assisted by Jaylen Carey.
715
+2 (11:46) Stephen Giwa made Dunk. Assisted by Cam Carroll.
915
(11:36) J.P. Estrella missed Jumper.
(11:31) Jaylen Carey Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:31) Jaylen Carey made Two Point Tip Shot.
917
(11:14) Jalen Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:11) Stephen Giwa Offensive Rebound.
(10:57) Nick Anderson missed Jumper.
(10:54) Jaylen Carey Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:48) J.P. Estrella made Dunk. Assisted by Jaylen Carey.
919
(10:26) Dallas Hobbs Turnover.
+2 (10:11) Jaylen Carey made Layup. Assisted by Amaree Abram.
921
(9:46) Andrew Akuchie Turnover.
(9:46) Nate Ament Steal.
(9:39) Amaree Abram Turnover.
+3 (9:17) Jalen Smith made Three Point Jumper.
1221
+2 (9:03) Nate Ament made Layup. Assisted by Amaree Abram.
1223
(8:43) Nick Anderson missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:39) Trae Broadnax Offensive Rebound.
(8:22) Foul on Troy Henderson.
+1 (8:22) Jimmy Oladokun Jr. made Free Throw.
1323
(8:22) Jimmy Oladokun Jr. missed Free Throw.
(8:20) Trae Broadnax Offensive Rebound.
(8:11) Nick Anderson missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:06) Felix Okpara Defensive Rebound.
(7:54) Nate Ament Turnover.
(7:54) Nick Anderson Steal.
+2 (7:50) Nick Anderson made Layup.
1523
(7:28) Felix Okpara missed Jumper.
(7:24) Jimmy Oladokun Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(7:10) Nick Anderson missed Jumper.
(7:06) Nate Ament Defensive Rebound.
(6:59) Amaree Abram missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:55) Andrew Akuchie Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:41) Nick Anderson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trae Broadnax.
1823
+2 (6:24) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Layup.
1825
(5:51) Jalen Smith missed Jumper.
(5:47) Cade Phillips Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:23) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ethan Burg.
1828
(5:00) Dallas Hobbs missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:58) Rice Offensive Rebound.
(4:51) Jimmy Oladokun Jr. missed Layup.
(4:50) Andrew Akuchie Offensive Rebound.
(4:50) Foul on Troy Henderson.
(4:50) Andrew Akuchie missed Free Throw.
(4:50) Rice Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (4:50) Andrew Akuchie made Free Throw.
1928
(4:38) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Turnover.
(4:38) Andrew Akuchie Steal.
(4:15) Andrew Akuchie Turnover.
(3:54) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Turnover.
(3:54) Eternity Eguagie Steal.
(3:39) Foul on J.P. Estrella.
+1 (3:39) Eternity Eguagie made Free Throw.
2028
(3:39) Eternity Eguagie missed Free Throw.
(3:39) Amaree Abram Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:16) Nate Ament made Layup.
2030
(3:16) Foul on Eternity Eguagie.
+1 (3:16) Nate Ament made Free Throw.
2031
(2:55) Trae Broadnax missed Jumper.
(2:52) Nate Ament Defensive Rebound.
(2:46) Nate Ament missed Layup.
(2:43) Eternity Eguagie Defensive Rebound.
(2:40) Trae Broadnax missed Layup.
(2:36) Jalen Smith Offensive Rebound.
(2:32) Jalen Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:29) Stephen Giwa Offensive Rebound.
(2:20) Jalen Smith missed Jumper.
(2:16) Jaylen Carey Defensive Rebound.
(2:12) Amaree Abram missed Layup.
(2:11) Eternity Eguagie Defensive Rebound.
(2:11) Foul on Nate Ament.
+1 (2:11) Jalen Smith made Free Throw.
2131
+1 (2:11) Jalen Smith made Free Throw.
2231
+2 (1:46) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Layup.
2233
(1:46) Foul on Jimmy Oladokun Jr..
+1 (1:46) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Free Throw.
2234
(1:36) Trae Broadnax missed Jumper.
(1:26) Tennessee Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:12) Ja'Kobi Gillespie made Jumper.
2236
(0:54) Trae Broadnax missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:51) Stephen Giwa Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:47) Stephen Giwa made Layup.
2436
+3 (0:17) Ethan Burg made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Felix Okpara.
2439
(0:04) Foul on Cade Phillips.
+1 (0:04) Trae Broadnax made Free Throw.
2539
+1 (0:04) Trae Broadnax made Free Throw.
2639
(0:02) Foul on Jalen Smith.
(0:00) Ja'Kobi Gillespie missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:00) Jalen Smith Block.
(0:00) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

RICE

TENN

66Points91

20-60(33.3%)Field Goal(%)34-65(52.3%)

8-28(28.6%)3-Point(%)6-19(31.6%)

18-25(72.0%)Free Throw(%)17-22(77.3%)

31(14)Rebounds(Offensive)47(18)

8Assists23

7Steals7

1Blocks2

11Turnovers11

18(0)Fouls(Technical)18(0)

0Largest Lead26

Game Details

Monday, November 17, 2025 · 8:30 PM

Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN

attendance: 17,283 (79.7%)

tv: SEC Network