Following a rare road win on Sunday at Tulane, the East Carolina men's basketball team will look to build on that momentum Saturday evening when it welcomes Rice to Williams Arena-Minges Colisem.
The Owls (6-13, 0-6), who are led by second-year coach Ben Braun, are currently in last place in CUSA. They are the only team that hasn't won a league game and also had the week off. Rice is reeling as it has lost seven straight and nine of ten after a 5-4 start.
The Owls are yet to win a road game, as they are 0-8, but they did take league-leading Tulsa (16-3, 5-0) to the wire on the Golden Hurricane's homecourt the last time out before falling 62-58.
Rice shoots less than 40 percent (39.9) from the floor and averages just 64.3 ppg (11th in CUSA). The Owls are led by Tamir Jackson, who leads the team in scoring (11.5) and assists (3). Arsalan Kazemi, who had 8 points and 11 rebounds at Tulsa, is second on the time with his 10.4 points per game average and leads the club in rebounding (8.3). Connor Frizzelle has made a team-high 30 three-pointers.
With the exception of their overtime loss to George Washington, the Pirates haven't played well at home this season. They have struggled to beat three non-D1 foes (UVA-Wise, St. Andrews and Coker) and lost three games by 17 or more (Clemson, Marshall and Houston). Their home mark is 4-4 and the only Division I victory was against NC Central.
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