Crosswait has been invisible but Ennis picking up the 3pt slack.

45-47 heading to the 4th. Players need to start making their shots.

Outscored 25-18 in 3rdQ.

47-45 MTSU, end of 3Q. Owens-Barnett is realllly going through it on both ends. Can't make shots on offense and has not been great defensively. We're probably going to need Jackson to play the rest of the game. Going to come down to whether we make shots. MTSU is individually a better team than us. They have better playmakers. But our sets are equal to theirs. We just need to make the shots.

Back-to-back 3s from Fisher and Austin give Rice a 51-49 lead.

Stop giving them open shots!!!

Refs starting to become a factor. Ugh

We're so lost defensively. Breakdown after breakdown after breakdown. 54-53 MTSU.

Turnover and MTSU points on an inbound pass on Rice side. Sloppy play.

Then Jackson picks up her 3rd foul on a charge. Team falling apart.

Another Rice turnover.

And then Bellamy picks up her 4th. 53-58.

Only Jackson has shot well so we are literally running no plays and just letting Jackson try to find a way to the basket.

The pace at which we get into our sets and the pace at which they do should be a wake up call for Edmonds. MTSU runs everything fast and with purpose. And as a result, we've been nowhere near them in the 2nd half. They've gotten open looks from 3, on rolls to the basket. Everywhere. Meanwhile, we're glacial on offense. Part of that is probably that they're better than us defensively and they've defended our motion better than we have their's. But part of that is because we just don't move with urgency. Feels like 90% of our recent possessions have ended with Jackson in an iso.

2 MTSU free throws, 53-60

Stupid, stupid, stupid. 4 seconds left with MTSU inbounding and Crosthwaite commits a foul. 61-55 MTSU.

57-61, 3 minutes left.

Ennis is stuck on MTSU's post with the shot clock winding down. Nobody helps. Can't happen. 63-59 MTSU with 2:30 left.

Massive rebound in traffic by Austin after a really good defensive play on the other end. She hits two FTs. 63-61 MTSU.

Fisher hits two FTs. 63-63.

MTSU travels but ref calls a foul on Rice. 63-65 and MTSU makes 2 Free throws.