Western Kentucky 79-72 Rice (5 Mar, 2017) Play-by-Play

Rice Owls

21-10, 11-7 Conference

	1	2	T
RICE	35	37	72
WKU	43	36	79

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

15-16, 9-9 Conference

TIME		RICE	WKU
19:47	Pancake Thomas made Jumper.	0	2
19:33	Egor Koulechov made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Jackson.	3	2
19:06	Anton Waters made Jumper. Assisted by Junior Lomomba.	3	4
18:43	Egor Koulechov Turnover.	3	4
18:25	Junior Lomomba missed Jumper.	3	4
18:25	Rice Defensive Rebound.	3	4
18:05	Foul on Ben Lawson.	3	4
18:05	Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw.	4	4
18:05	Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw.	5	4
17:47	Anton Waters missed Jumper.	5	4
17:47	Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.	5	4
17:29	Connor Cashaw made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Egor Koulechov.	8	4
17:04	Anton Waters Turnover.	8	4
17:03	Egor Koulechov Steal.	8	4
16:47	Marcus Evans missed Three Point Jumper.	8	4
16:47	Anton Waters Defensive Rebound.	8	4
16:20	Que Johnson missed Jumper.	8	4
16:20	Marquez Letcher-Ellis Defensive Rebound.	8	4
16:05	Marcus Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Evans.	11	4
15:46	Ben Lawson made Dunk. Assisted by Que Johnson.	11	6
15:45	Official TV Timeout	11	6
15:32	Marcus Jackson Turnover.	11	6
15:31	Que Johnson Steal.	11	6
15:28	Que Johnson made Layup.	11	8
15:21	Chad Lott missed Layup.	11	8
15:21	Ben Lawson Block.	11	8
15:19	Chad Lott Offensive Rebound.	11	8
14:56	Chad Lott missed Jumper.	11	8
14:56	Ben Lawson Block.	11	8
14:55	Ben Lawson Defensive Rebound.	11	8
14:46	Justin Johnson made Layup.	11	10
14:26	Egor Koulechov missed Jumper.	11	10
14:26	Justin Johnson Block.	11	10
14:24	Ben Lawson Defensive Rebound.	11	10
14:14	Ben Lawson made Layup. Assisted by Pancake Thomas.	11	12
13:50	Foul on Ben Lawson.	11	12
13:50	Austin Meyer made Free Throw.	12	12
13:50	Austin Meyer made Free Throw.	13	12
13:35	Pancake Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.	13	12
13:35	Connor Cashaw Defensive Rebound.	13	12
13:25	Marcus Evans missed Three Point Jumper.	13	12
13:25	Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.	13	12
13:17	Que Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Junior Lomomba.	13	15
12:55	Egor Koulechov missed Jumper.	13	15
12:55	Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.	13	15
12:45	Justin Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Pancake Thomas.	13	18
12:27	Marcus Evans made Jumper.	15	18
12:07	Que Johnson made Layup.	15	20
11:58	Marcus Evans made Three Point Jumper.	18	20
11:29	Junior Lomomba missed Jumper.	18	20
11:29	Austin Meyer Defensive Rebound.	18	20
11:11	Chad Lott made Jumper.	20	20
10:43	Pancake Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.	20	20
10:43	Connor Cashaw Defensive Rebound.	20	20
10:33	Marcus Evans missed Jumper.	20	20
10:33	Jabari McGhee Defensive Rebound.	20	20
10:28	Pancake Thomas made Layup.	20	22
10:04	Connor Cashaw Turnover.	20	22
10:04	Pancake Thomas Steal.	20	22
10:01	Que Johnson made Layup.	20	24
9:59	Rice Timeout	20	24
9:59	Official TV Timeout	20	24
9:48	Marquez Letcher-Ellis Turnover.	20	24
9:47	Anton Waters Steal.	20	24
9:33	Tobias Howard missed Three Point Jumper.	20	24
9:33	Marcus Jackson Block.	20	24
9:32	Marcus Jackson Defensive Rebound.	20	24
9:29	Marcus Jackson made Layup.	22	24
9:12	Anton Waters missed Layup.	22	24
9:12	Tim Harrison Defensive Rebound.	22	24
9:01	Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Three Point Jumper.	22	24
9:01	Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.	22	24
8:43	Justin Johnson made Three Point Jumper.	22	27
8:09	Rice Turnover.	22	27
7:47	Justin Johnson missed Jumper.	22	27
7:47	Anton Waters Offensive Rebound.	22	27
7:34	Foul on Tim Harrison.	22	27
7:34	Official TV Timeout	22	27
7:31	Justin Johnson made Layup.	22	29
7:22	Foul on Anton Waters.	22	29
7:14	Marcus Jackson missed Jumper.	22	29
7:14	Anton Waters Defensive Rebound.	22	29
7:08	Foul on Ako Adams.	22	29
6:57	Tyler Miller made Layup. Assisted by Justin Johnson.	22	31
6:32	Egor Koulechov missed Jumper.	22	31
6:32	Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.	22	31
6:23	Foul on Anton Waters.	22	31
6:23	Anton Waters Turnover.	22	31
6:02	Marcus Evans made Jumper.	24	31
5:31	Jabari McGhee missed Jumper.	24	31
5:31	Marcus Jackson Defensive Rebound.	24	31
5:18	Marcus Jackson missed Layup.	24	31
5:18	Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.	24	31
5:18	Foul on Marcus Jackson.	24	31
4:51	Junior Lomomba missed Jumper.	24	31
4:51	Que Johnson Offensive Rebound.	24	31
4:43	Foul on Austin Meyer.	24	31
4:34	Foul on Connor Cashaw.	24	31
4:31	Pancake Thomas missed Jumper.	24	31
4:31	Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.	24	31
4:24	Marcus Evans missed Three Point Jumper.	24	31
4:24	Egor Koulechov Offensive Rebound.	24	31
4:18	Egor Koulechov made Layup.	26	31
3:53	Que Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	26	31
3:53	Justin Johnson Offensive Rebound.	26	31
3:53	Justin Johnson made Two Point Tip Shot.	26	33
3:53	Foul on Marcus Evans.	26	33
3:53	Official TV Timeout	26	33
3:53	Justin Johnson made Free Throw.	26	34
3:35	Egor Koulechov made Jumper.	28	34
3:03	Ben Lawson missed Jumper.	28	34
3:03	Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.	28	34
2:58	Foul on Ben Lawson.	28	34
2:56	Foul on Jabari McGhee.	28	34
2:56	Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw.	29	34
2:56	Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw.	30	34
2:42	Foul on Chad Lott.	30	34
2:42	Junior Lomomba made Free Throw.	30	35
2:42	Junior Lomomba missed Free Throw.	30	35
2:42	Connor Cashaw Defensive Rebound.	30	35
2:27	Rice Turnover.	30	35
2:17	Junior Lomomba Turnover.	30	35
2:17	Marquez Letcher-Ellis Steal.	30	35
1:58	Marcus Evans made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Egor Koulechov.	33	35
1:33	Pancake Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Johnson.	33	38
1:33	Foul on Marcus Evans.	33	38
1:33	Pancake Thomas made Free Throw.	33	39
1:05	Egor Koulechov missed Jumper.	33	39
1:05	Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.	33	39
0:45	Jabari McGhee made Dunk. Assisted by Justin Johnson.	33	41
0:17	Chad Lott made Layup. Assisted by Egor Koulechov.	35	41
0:17	Western Kentucky Timeout	35	41
0:04	Foul on Ako Adams.	35	41
0:04	Junior Lomomba made Free Throw.	35	42
0:04	Junior Lomomba made Free Throw.	35	43
0:00	End of 1st half	35	43

E.A. Diddle Arena

1:00 AM, 5 March 2017

Bowling Green, KY

Referees:
Andrew Walton
Andy Nagy
Chris Merlo

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
East Carolina	0-0	-	3-0
North Texas	0-0	-	3-0
Temple	0-0	-	3-0
Tulane	0-0	-	3-0
Tulsa	0-0	-	3-0
Wichita State	0-0	-	3-0
Memphis	0-0	-	2-0
Charlotte	0-0	-	2-1
Florida Atlantic	0-0	-	2-1
Rice	0-0	-	2-1
UAB	0-0	-	2-1
UTSA	0-0	-	1-1
South Florida	0-0	-	1-2

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Liberty	0-0	-	3-0
Louisiana Tech	0-0	-	3-0
Middle Tennessee	0-0	-	3-0
New Mexico State	0-0	-	3-0
Jacksonville State	0-0	-	2-1
Kennesaw State	0-0	-	2-1
UTEP	0-0	-	2-1
Florida International	0-0	-	1-2
Sam Houston	0-0	-	1-2
Western Kentucky	0-0	-	1-2

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