34-29 Rice with 2:30 left in the half. Trey Freeman is a freaking machine. He and incredibly poor rebounding (ODU has 10 offensive boards) are keeping ODU in the game. Egor has 10, Cashaw has 9. Pretty decent start against a good defense.

Owls are 9-9 from the line, make that 10-11, as Max misses his 2nd try. 39-31 Owls with LES than a minute in the 1H.

39-31 at the half.

39-31 Rice at the Half. ODU has a ridiculous 13 offensive rebounds, but are shooting just 36% from the field. Crazy clean game with just 1 total turnover (don't know if that's just the stat cast screwing up). Rice 5-8 from 3. Egor has 10, Cash has 9, and Marcus has 9/4/3. It'll be interesting to see how we start the second half. Eerily similar first half.

43-31 Owls! This is fun! Come on boys, stay strong in the 2nd half.

3:29 to play, Owls up 62-51. Very efficient so far.

1:29 to play, Owls hanging on to 9 point lead. Lots of calls not being made against ODU

Getting interesting. 67-60 with 1:05 to play. Owls struggling to get the ball in versus pressure.

I would have been at this game, probably with the family, if I didn't have a commitment at 5:30 and a 75 minute drive after the game. Oh well.

30.9 to play. Rice up 73-64

Last 2 minutes taking forever with constant fouling. Fortunately the Owls are making enough FTs to maintain the lead.

Owls win 75-66! Great bounce back guys!

75-66 Final. Huge win after the Charlotte game.

Nice W. I'm sure that this one is big for Coach R given the long standing VCU-ODU rivalry.

(02-13-2016 04:16 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  Owls win 75-66! Great bounce back guys!

Real nice win! Looking forward to seeing everybody Thursday night. Lots of basketball/baseball next weekend. Can't wait!

Kudos to the players and coaches for putting the Charlotte game behind them and maintaining focus for 40 minutes. Well done Owls!

Gotta be one of the most impressive win of Rhoades' tenure (other than maybe the New Mexico game). To come back after getting outscored 66-27 in the second half just two days ago and lead from start to finish is immensely impressive.

The women win too, 68-46.

This thread is much shorter than the Charlotte thread. Some insight into human pyschology, there.

(02-13-2016 04:55 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  The women win too, 68-46.

This thread is much shorter than the Charlotte thread. Some insight into human pyschology, there.

Saturday afternoon vs Thursday night.

(02-13-2016 04:50 PM)elw4796 Wrote:  Gotta be one of the most impressive win of Rhoades' tenure (other than maybe the New Mexico game). To come back after getting outscored 66-27 in the second half just two days ago and lead from start to finish is immensely impressive.

Actually. the Owls spotted ODU a 7-0 lead, so they didn't lead start to finish. Impressive effort in any case.