Rice at Southern Mississippi

Rice won the first meeting 72-65 on Feb. 6th as Marcus Evans scored 23 points and Egor Koulechov added 21 points with 12 rebounds. The Owls have won three in a row, including 86-70 over Florida International on Saturday while shooting 52.4 percent, and Evans poured in 30 points. Southern Miss has lost six straight after getting blown out 74-53 at Texas-San Antonio. Kourtlin Jackson was the only player to score in double figures for the Golden Eagles with 11 points as his team shot a paltry 32.7 percent from the field. Southern Miss has a .395 field goal percentage for the season, compared to .444 for the Owls. The road team has covered the number five of the last six meetings. Play Rice on Thursday night.