Alright let's do this. This team seems to have two iterations...the version that plays a close first half and fades in the second or the version that gets blown out early and makes a push at the end. Let's see which we have today.
Hopefully neither, and we beat the $#!% out of UH
Something to keep an eye on...c-usa leading scorer Joseph Young forced to sit with 2 fouls fairly early. But UH still up 17-10...they've hit 3 three pointers
Two fastbreak buckets for Rice, one by Debose, the other by Firozgary tipping in a miss off a Debose steal, brings it to 17-14
Firozgary picks up his 3rd foul when UH scores a fast break bucket. 21-14 with free throw coming, 7:50 left in 1st
Two straight misses from 3 from Ramljak, bad time for him to go cold. UH scoring picking up, now 29-14, 5:19 left in 1st
31-14
Debose banks in a 3 at the halftime buzzer. UH cooled off some, but Rice didn't really heat up. UH up 36-25 at half. Rice ended the half on a 7-0 run
Jackson and Debose each have 9, neither particularly efficiently. Washington with 3, Ramljak and Firozgary with 2 each aaaaaaand that's it.
Rice gets a quick 2 in the 2nd half to continue the run, but Ramljak misses a three after a Guercy steal. Houston scores to end the run, but Rice answers back with a Jackson layup. 38-29
Rice missing some close shots
Tamir Jackson gets the and1, now 43-34 with 15ish min left. Tamir has 18 points
Tamir answers a UH dunk, now 45-36. Tamir has 20, rest of the team 16
Tamir adds on 5 more very quickly, he is on fire. 45-41, Tamir with 25, 16 already in the 2nd half. 14 min left
Houston hits a 3 to stop the run, and Wilson scores so somebody other than Tamir has scored in the half. Houston offensive foul and then a Ramljak 3 cuts it to 2. 48-46
Houston scores and then Tamir hits another three to make it a one point game! 50-49, Tamir with 28 already. 12 minutes left. Tamir is putting on some kind of show. May be his best game in a Rice uniform
Houston hits 1/2 from the line, Wilson dunk ties it up! 51-51
Ramljak three gives Rice the lead!! 54-51!! What a crazy 2nd half this has been
Rice up 58-57 at the under 8 timeout. 7:10 left. Tamir went to the bench a couple minutes ago (has to rest sometime). Debose and Guercy have each scored since then
Tamir seems to have cooled off. Has missed a couple in a row since subbing back in. Houston up 61-58 after a bucket and 2 free throws. 6 min left