Rice 60, Marshall 59
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| Team Stat Comparison |
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RICE |
MARSHALL |
| Points |
60 |
59 |
| FG Made-Attempted |
20-50 (.400) |
20-54 (.370) |
| 3P Made-Attempted |
5-13 (.385) |
3-24 (.125) |
| FT Made-Attempted |
15-22 (.682) |
16-20 (.800) |
| Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) |
20 (0/0) |
22 (0/0) |
| Largest Lead |
13 |
4 |
| Next 5 Games |
| RICE (ET) |
MARSHALL (ET) |
| 03/12 @TLSA 1:00pm | | 11/13 CSUS 8:30pm | | 11/14 USA 8:30pm | | 11/15 HB 4:30pm | | 11/19 @ARIZ 10:30pm |
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| 11/15 NCAT 2:00pm | | 11/17 MTSU 7:00pm | | 11/21 @ODU 7:00pm | | 11/25 LAM 7:00pm | | 11/28 OHIO 7:30pm |
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Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Lawrence Ghoram scored 18 points and Rice held off a late Marshall rally to defeat the Thundering Herd 60-59 on Wednesday in the opening round of the Conference USA tournament.
The 10th-seeded Owls (10-21) also got 14 points from
Connor Frizzelle and 12 from
Rodney Foster, while shooting 40 percent from the field (20 of 50) in the game.
Darryl Merthie led Marshall (15-17) with 14 points, while
Shaquille Johnson added 13 -- 12 of them in the second half to key the Thundering Herd comeback.
Damier Pitts finished with 12 points for Marshall.
Pitts' 3-pointer with under one second left cut the Rice lead to the final margin, but seventh-seeded Marshall never got the ball back.
Marshall hit only three of its 24 shots from long-range, and the Thundering Herd were outscored 40-37 in the second half after leading by two points at halftime.
Rice 60, 
Marshall 59