Rice Defeats Texas El Paso 77-75 - Recap
Rice Defeats Texas El Paso 77-75 - Recap
Rice grabbed a 77-75 win over Texas El Paso on Wednesday, behind a 20-point effort from Arsalan Kazemi at Autry Court.
Rice won on the scoreboard, but lost at the pay window as they failed to cover the 5-point spread.
Rice got 20 points from Jarelle Reischel and another 11 points from Omar Oraby. Dylan Ennis contributed 6 assists, while Arsalan Kazemi cleaned the glass with 9 rebounds.
Texas El Paso got 23 points from Gabriel McCulley in a losing cause and another 18 points from John Bohannon. Jacques Streeter contributed 6 assists for them, while John Bohannon had 12 rebounds.
First-half bettors who backed Rice were victorious, as the score was 41-40 at the break.
Rice won the battle of the boards, outrebounding their counterparts 39-37.
