Feb 18, 2023 - Western Kentucky at Rice - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

2/18/2023 Rice v. Western Kentucky Game Preview

	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	(14-13, 5-9 away)
	Rice Owls	(17-10, 11-5 home)

February 18, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Tudor Fieldhouse
Houston, Texas

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2022-2023 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Western Kentucky	33	40.2	71.4	25.4	57.8	.440	7.5	21.1	.358	13.0	18.2	.712	8.3	24.5	32.8	12.6	6.2	5.2	11.5	14.8
Rice	35	40.4	76.9	27.3	58.6	.466	8.8	25.0	.352	13.5	18.3	.738	7.9	25.7	33.5	15.2	5.9	2.4	12.6	15.4
WKU Opponents	33	40.2	70.6	25.5	60.8	.420	9.2	25.8	.356	10.4	14.9	.699	10.6	24.8	35.5	13.2	6.1	2.3	12.1	16.8
RICE Opponents	35	40.5	76.6	28.7	61.7	.466	8.4	23.1	.363	10.7	15.4	.695	8.4	24.7	33.1	13.2	6.9	2.6	11.7	17.3

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Dec 29, 2022	Rice	Western Kentucky	81 - 78	Rice	Conference Regular Season	E. A. Diddle Arena
Jan 13, 2022	Rice	Western Kentucky	66 - 80	Western Kentucky	Conference Regular Season	E. A. Diddle Arena
Feb 13, 2021	Rice	Western Kentucky	66 - 89	Western Kentucky	Conference Regular Season	E. A. Diddle Arena
Feb 12, 2021	Rice	Western Kentucky	71 - 77	Western Kentucky	Conference Regular Season	E. A. Diddle Arena
Jan 4, 2020	Rice	Western Kentucky	61 - 68	Western Kentucky	Conference Regular Season	E. A. Diddle Arena
Feb 7, 2019	Western Kentucky	Rice	92 - 85	Western Kentucky	Conference Regular Season	Tudor Fieldhouse
Feb 17, 2018	Western Kentucky	Rice	85 - 66	Western Kentucky	Conference Regular Season	Tudor Fieldhouse
Mar 4, 2017	Rice	Western Kentucky	72 - 79	Western Kentucky	Conference Regular Season	E. A. Diddle Arena
Jan 14, 2016	Western Kentucky	Rice	73 - 83	Rice	Conference Regular Season	Tudor Fieldhouse
Feb 7, 2015	Rice	Western Kentucky	72 - 68	Rice	Conference Regular Season	E. A. Diddle Arena

2022-2023 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	D. McKnight	L. Frampton	E. Akot	J. Hamilton	J. Sharp
Rotation	J. Rawls	D. Allen		T. Marshall, Jr.
Rotation	K. Lander
Lim PT	N. Stansbury	J. Dorsey	E. Hughey		F. Diagne
Lim PT	T. Olden				D. Miles

2022-2023 Rice Owls Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Q. Olivari	T. Evee	M. Mason	C. Sheffield	M. Fiedler
Rotation		A. Huseinovic
Rotation		J. Lieppert
Lim PT	M. Jones	J. Peakes	D. McDowell, Jr.	A. Akuchie	I. Ufochukwu
Lim PT	R. Myers			J. Geron
Lim PT				S. Lewis
Lim PT				B. Moffat

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
13	Emmanuel Akot	SG	31	29.5	10.0	3.7	9.0	.407	1.2	3.6	.321	1.5	2.1	.708	0.7	3.0	3.7	2.3	0.5	0.2	1.7	1.4
11	Dontaie Allen	SG	26	21.0	9.3	3.0	7.4	.409	1.8	4.8	.376	1.5	2.2	.679	0.7	2.5	3.1	0.5	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.5
1	Fallou Diagne	C	30	6.9	2.6	0.9	2.3	.406	0.6	1.5	.378	0.2	0.3	.750	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.2
22	Jaylen Dorsey	G	3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
14	Luke Frampton	SG	20	29.1	9.4	2.9	6.2	.463	2.5	5.3	.462	1.3	1.6	.788	0.2	2.4	2.6	1.7	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.8
3	Jairus Hamilton	SF	33	27.8	9.3	3.2	7.0	.463	1.2	3.4	.351	1.6	2.2	.750	1.4	3.7	5.0	1.3	0.7	0.1	1.7	2.6
10	Elijah Hughey	F	4	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
4	Khristian Lander	PG	33	11.3	3.2	1.1	3.5	.307	0.8	2.0	.385	0.3	0.6	.579	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.7
24	Tyrone Marshall, Jr.	F	33	13.6	3.0	1.2	2.4	.500	0.2	0.7	.227	0.5	0.6	.714	0.6	2.1	2.7	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.9
20	Dayvion McKnight	PG	33	33.2	16.5	6.0	13.2	.456	0.6	1.7	.339	3.8	4.6	.841	1.6	3.4	5.0	3.8	1.8	0.1	3.3	2.2
0	Darrius Miles	C	9	2.8	1.4	0.7	1.3	.500	0.1	0.3	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
31	Tyler Olden	G	4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	Jordan Rawls	PG	30	20.0	7.5	2.7	7.3	.368	0.4	1.6	.224	1.8	2.3	.757	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.6	0.5	0.0	1.5	0.4
33	Jamarion Sharp	C	32	28.8	7.4	2.9	4.6	.628	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	3.2	.500	2.2	5.5	7.7	0.2	1.0	4.1	0.7	2.3
5	Noah Stansbury	G	4	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rice Owls Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
13	Andrew Akuchie	F	25	8.6	2.8	1.1	1.9	.574	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	1.1	.556	0.8	1.5	2.2	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.7
3	Travis Evee	G	35	34.0	15.6	5.1	12.1	.416	2.3	6.5	.348	3.2	3.9	.819	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.7	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.3
15	Max Fiedler	PF	35	30.3	11.1	5.0	6.8	.735	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.9	.588	3.1	4.5	7.6	5.0	0.8	1.1	2.4	2.5
0	Jaden Geron	F	9	7.8	1.9	0.4	2.0	.222	0.4	1.7	.267	0.6	1.0	.556	0.0	1.2	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3
23	Alem Huseinovic	GF	34	15.4	5.3	2.0	4.3	.459	0.9	2.4	.366	0.5	0.6	.842	0.1	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.4	0.8
10	Mason Jones	G	25	6.3	1.8	0.7	1.8	.386	0.2	0.6	.250	0.3	0.4	.700	0.2	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.7
1	Seryee Lewis	F	20	6.4	3.1	1.4	2.5	.571	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.583	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.1
24	Jake Lieppert	G	35	11.5	2.3	0.8	1.9	.433	0.3	1.0	.306	0.4	0.5	.765	0.3	1.8	2.1	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.0
2	Mehki Mason	F	35	28.9	9.9	3.6	8.3	.432	1.2	3.2	.375	1.5	2.3	.658	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.9	0.8	0.3	2.1	2.2
20	Damion McDowell, Jr.	F	4	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
12	Ben Moffat	PF	4	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
14	Reed Myers	PG	7	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.3	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3
4	Quincy Olivari	G	35	33.7	18.7	6.1	14.7	.413	2.7	7.4	.364	3.8	4.8	.793	0.3	5.6	5.9	2.2	1.0	0.1	2.5	2.1
22	Jackson Peakes	G	7	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.9	.167	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.1
30	George Perkins	F	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Cameron Sheffield	SG	35	30.8	7.6	2.3	5.3	.430	1.3	3.4	.373	1.8	2.3	.768	1.5	4.6	6.1	1.3	0.8	0.3	1.4	1.9
11	Ifeanyi Ufochukwu	C	9	4.0	2.4	1.1	1.7	.667	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.6	.400	0.6	1.6	2.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.4

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