Model Predictions
| Model | Rice Owls | Pepperdine Waves | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 51.4% | 48.6% | - | ✗ |
| Bradley-Terry | 49.6% | 50.4% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 42.9% | 57.1% | +1.6 | ✓ (20.4 off) |
| Pythagorean | 62.8% | 37.2% | - | ✗ |
| Points Off/Def | 49.4% | 50.6% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Pepperdine Waves +22 (84-62). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Rice Owls
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Anderson | 32 | 1-11 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | -21.8 |
| Trae Broadnax | 32 | 6-14 | 2-6 | 5-6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14 | -24.7 |
| Jalen Smith | 32 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | -24.3 |
| Stephen Giwa | 23 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -8.3 |
| Bodey Howell | 21 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 | -6.6 |
| Eternity Eguagie | 16 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | -12.6 |
| Jimmy Oladokun Jr. | 14 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -14.1 |
| Andrew Akuchie | 13 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2.4 |
| Cam Carroll | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -4.3 |
| Jordan Williams | 5 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +3.7 |
Pepperdine Waves
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Clark | 34 | 7-17 | 4-6 | 7-8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 19 | +24.6 |
| Styles Phipps | 34 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +28.7 |
| Javon Cooley | 30 | 5-8 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | +18.0 |
| D. Dožic | 28 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | - |
| Yonatan Levy | 24 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | +15.1 |
| Stefan Cicic | 15 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | +8.2 |
| P. Stošic | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - |
| David Mager | 8 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -5.8 |
| Luka Vudragovic | 6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -0.9 |
| Pasha Shemirani | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 |
| Vladimir Sudar | 4 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -0.9 |
* = starter