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NCAA Division I Basketball Mens, round 0

AwayRice80
Final
HomeTemple74
Sunday, March 1, 2026Liacouras CenterAll Gainesville sports
FinalFinalESPN+Play by play
12T
RICE354580
TEM363874
Final

Rice beats Temple 80-74

Rice Owls beat Temple Owls 80-74 on Sunday at Liacouras Center.

The second half made the difference: Rice outscored Temple 45-38.

Rice shot 52% to 50% and won the boards 28-25.

For Rice, Nick Anderson (G): 21. For Temple, Aiden Tobiason (G): 20.

Rice improves to 12-17. Temple falls to 15-14.

Attendance: 2,684.

Full recap at ESPN: Rice secures 80-74 win over Temple

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#23
RICE · PointsNick Anderson G21
#2
RICE · AssistsJalen Smith G4
#23
RICE · ReboundsNick Anderson G6
#25
TEM · PointsAiden Tobiason G20
#32
TEM · AssistsJordan Mason G4
#10
TEM · ReboundsMasiah Gilyard G6
StatsMINPTSFG3PTFTREBASTTOSTLBLKOREBDREBPF
S. Giwa C1484-40-00-040000224
N. Anderson G34216-132-87-1163020061
C. Carroll G3141-60-52-264020241
T. Broadnax G29156-131-42-242111043
J. Smith G37154-84-53-404310001
E. Eguagie F921-10-00-020000112
J. Oladokun Jr. F1342-20-00-011100105
A. Akuchie F1663-40-10-040111043
T. Patterson F1552-51-30-000101000
B. Howell G200-00-00-000000001
Team8029-568-2614-19281487372121

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