Rice 71, Houston 62

Scores

There are no games scheduled for Wednesday, Jan 11.

Final

(9-4, 0-1 C-USA)

(7-7, 1-0 C-USA)

8:05 PM ET, January 11, 2006

Tudor Fieldhouse, Houston, TX

Top Performers

Houston: L. Smith 21 Pts, 2 Reb, 5 Ast, 3 Stl, 1 Blk

Rice: M. Almond 24 Pts, 11 Reb, 1 Ast, 2 Blk

HOUSTON (AP) -- Morris Almond scored 24 points and had 11 rebounds to help lead Rice to a 71-62 victory over Houston on Wednesday night.

Almond hit 9-of-16 from the field and all five of his free throws. He also had two blocked shots.

Patrick Britton added 17 points and Lorenzo Williams had 14 for the Owls (7-7, 1-0 Conference USA).

Rice shot 53 percent from the field to 30 percent for Houston (9-4, 0-1).

Lanny Smith led Houston with 21 points, including five 3-pointers. Lamar Roberson added 12 points and Corey Bloom and Ramon Dyer each scored 11 points.

Rice led 34-31 at the half.

DATE	GAME	LINKS
» Jan 11, 2006	@RICE 71, HOU 62	Recap
Mar 1, 2006	@HOU 74, RICE 71	Recap

HOU	RICE
01/14 UCF 8:00pm 01/18 USM 8:00pm 01/21 @UAB 6:00pm 01/25 @TULN 8:00pm 01/28 MRSH 8:00pm	01/14 @TULN 8:00pm 01/18 UAB 8:05pm 01/21 @SMU 8:00pm 01/25 @USM 8:00pm 01/28 TULN 7:05pm
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