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Scouting <\/strong>Memphis<\/strong> HOUSTON\u00a0\u2014 Rice hosts its American Conference home opener this Saturday, Jan. 3, when it welcomes Memphis to Tudor Fieldhouse. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT, and the game will be streamed by ESPN+. \u00a0 Game 15 What: Rice (6-8, 0-1) vs. Memphis (6-7, 1-0) When: Saturday, January 3 at 2 p.m. CT Where: Houston, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mens-Basketball-Hosts-Memphis-in-Home-Conference-Opener.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15535,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15533\/revisions\/15535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Memphis enters Saturday’s game with a 6-7 record. The Tigers, though, have won two straight after earning a 57-48 victory over North Texas in their American Conference opener.
\n\u2022 Senior guard Dug McDaniel is the only Tiger averaging double-figures, scoring 14.2 points per game. He also leads the team and is second in the American in steals per game (2.2), while placing third in both assists (5.1) and free throw percentage (.897).
\n\u2022 Sophomore guard Curtis Givens III is second on the team with 9.8 points, and senior guard Sincere Parker is adding 9.0 points.
\n\u2022 Sophomore guard Julius Thedford is scoring 7.9 points and is grabbing a team-high 5.6 rebounds.
\n\u2022 Junior guard Miles Rigsby is scoring 10.0 points. He’s also fifth in the league in steals (1.8) and sixth in free throw percentage (87.0%).
\n\u2022 Memphis is scoring 74.0 points per game, while allowing just 73.5.
\n\u2022 The Tigers are connecting on 42.8% from the floor and 31.8% from three. Their opponents are connecting on just 41.0% from the floor, the second lowest percentage in the league, and 30.7% from three.
\n\u2022 UM is outrebounding the opposition, 37.9-to-36.5.
\n\u2022 The Tigers are third in the conference in steals per game (9.1) and turnovers forced (13.7).
\n\u2022 Head coach Penny Hardaway is in his eighth season at the helm of the Memphis men’s basketball program, where he has a 161-75 record.
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\nRice-<\/strong>Memphis<\/strong> Series History<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Rice and Memphis will meet for the only time this year and the 14th time overall.
\n\u2022 The Tigers have won 11 of the previous 13 meetings, and are 6-1 in Houston.
\n\u2022 Rice’s only win in Houston came in 2011, a 67-52 decision.
\n\u2022 Last year, the Owls dropped both meetings, 86-83 in Houston and 84-72 in Memphis.
\n\u2022 The first two meetings were non-conference games while the next eight meetings came as members of Conference USA (2006-13).
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\nNext Up<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Rice goes back on the road next Wednesday, Jan. 7, when it travels to Wichita, Kan., to face Wichita State. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT, and the game will be streamed by ESPN+.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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