
Rice Owls at Memphis Tigers
Feb 27, 2025, 1:00 AM · NCAA Men's BasketballDain Dainja scores career-best 25 and No. 18 Memphis uses late run to beat Rice 84-72
PJ Haggerty added 21 points for Memphis (23-5, 13-2 American Athletic Conference), and Nicholas Jourdan finished with 19 points and nine rebounds. The Tigers have won 10 of 11.
Caden Powell Led Rice (13-16, 4-12) with 19 points and seven rebounds. Denver Anglin scored 14 points and Andrew Akuchie had 12.
Memphis stayed atop the AAC standings, 1 1/2 games ahead of North Texas and UAB, both of which play Thursday night — the Mean Green at Florida Atlantic and the Blazers at Wichita State.
Memphis: The Tigers struggled to put away the Owls until asserting themselves in the final minutes.
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2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 72 - 84 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 72 - 84 |
2nd 0:17 | Dain Dainja Defensive Rebound. | 72 - 84 |
2nd 0:21 | Caden Powell missed Jumper. | 72 - 84 |
2nd 0:27 | PJ Haggerty made Layup. Assisted by Tyrese Hunter. | 72 - 84 |
Statistics
RICE | MEM | |
---|---|---|
24-58 | FG | 32-65 |
41.4 | Field Goal % | 49.2 |
5-21 | 3PT | 2-13 |
23.8 | Three Point % | 15.4 |
19-24 | FT | 18-23 |
79.2 | Free Throw % | 78.3 |
29 | Rebounds | 40 |
10 | Offensive Rebounds | 16 |
19 | Defensive Rebounds | 24 |
11 | Assists | 15 |
2 | Steals | 7 |
3 | Blocks | 7 |
12 | Turnovers | 8 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
12 | Total Turnovers | 8 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
10 | Points Off Turnovers | 12 |
2 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
32 | Points in Paint | 54 |
20 | Fouls | 20 |
0 | Largest Lead | 12 |
Game Information

Location: Memphis, TN
Attendance: 11,012 | Capacity:
2024-25 American Athletic Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Memphis | 16-2 | - | 29-6 |
North Texas | 14-4 | 2 | 27-9 |
UAB | 13-5 | 3 | 24-13 |
Tulane | 12-6 | 4 | 19-15 |
East Carolina | 10-8 | 6 | 19-14 |
Florida Atlantic | 10-8 | 6 | 18-16 |
Temple | 9-9 | 7 | 17-15 |
Wichita State | 8-10 | 8 | 19-15 |
South Florida | 6-12 | 10 | 13-19 |
Tulsa | 6-12 | 10 | 13-20 |
UTSA | 6-12 | 10 | 12-19 |
Rice | 4-14 | 12 | 13-19 |
Charlotte | 3-15 | 13 | 11-22 |