ANALYSIS: The SportsLine Projection Model has Rice winning this Conference USA matchup by 12 but that seems overly optimistic so we'll stick with the ML. Various other models also have Rice winning by generally by 4-5 points. Owls guard Carl Pierre leads the team and is sixth in the conference with 15.3 points per game. He leads C-USA in three-pointers made per game (3.1) and is second in field goal percentage (49.2%) and three-point field goal percentage (43.8%). Rice is hitting 39.0% from three, which leads the league. Defensively, it allows teams to shoot 30.1% from deep, second in C-USA.