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Rice Owls (9-4) at Tulsa Golden Hurricane (6-7)
Tulsa, Oklahoma; Wednesday, 3 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Trae Broadnax and Rice visit Dwon Odom and Tulsa on Wednesday.
The Golden Hurricane are 5-3 in home games. Tulsa scores 77.3 points while outscoring opponents by 3.6 points per game.
The Owls have gone 2-1 away from home. Rice has a 3-0 record in games decided by 10 or more points.
Tulsa makes 42.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.8 percentage points higher than Rice has allowed to its opponents (38.9%). Rice has shot at a 41.9% rate from the field this season, 1.6 percentage points less than the 43.5% shooting opponents of Tulsa have averaged.
The Golden Hurricane and Owls match up Wednesday for the first time in AAC play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Keaston Willis is shooting 41.5% from beyond the arc with 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Golden Hurricane, while averaging 14 points.
Broadnax is averaging 14.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists for the Owls.
LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Hurricane: 3-7, averaging 73.5 points, 35.4 rebounds, 13.7 assists, 6.1 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 41.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.4 points per game.
Owls: 7-3, averaging 70.4 points, 36.5 rebounds, 10.9 assists, 4.8 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 42.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.0 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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