Model Predictions
| Model | Rice Owls | Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELO | 71.2% | 28.8% | - | ✗ |
| Bradley-Terry | 45.0% | 55.0% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 48.3% | 51.7% | +0.4 | ✓ (19.6 off) |
| Pythagorean | 58.8% | 41.2% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders +20 (74-54). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Rice Owls
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Goodwine | 33 | 2-7 | 1-2 | - | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| M. Hawkins | 30 | 6-11 | 2-5 | 5-6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 4 | ||
| L. Grigsby | 29 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| A. Lang | 29 | 3-6 | - | 1-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| S. Rainey | 24 | -5 | -1 | 2-4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1 | ||
| W. Knight | 23 | 1-5 | -1 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
| G. Stanton | 15 | 4-5 | 2-3 | - | 10 | 5 | |||||
| A. Obinnah | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| M. Palmer | 8 | 2-2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| E. Gumbs | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Petty | 39 | 3-9 | 1-3 | - | 2 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |
| B. Edwards | 38 | 7-13 | 5-11 | 4-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 17 | |
| G. Lyon | 37 | 2-4 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| A. Sissom | 31 | 5-13 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | |
| R. Reuter | 19 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 | ||
| A. Johnson | 15 | 3-5 | - | 5-7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | |||
| C. Warden | 10 | 1-3 | 1-2 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| T. Porter | 8 | -3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| K. Collier | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||||
| J. Louro | 1 | - | - | -2 | 0 | ||||||
| J. Majors | 1 | - | - | - | 0 |
* = starter