Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks @ Rice Owls

Stephen F. Austin LumberjacksSF AustinSFA

3-5, 0-4 Away

Final

	1	2	T
SF Austin SFA	32	31	63
Rice RICE	33	37	70

Rice OwlsRiceRICE

7-2, 4-1 Home

Koulechov gets Rice on track, beats Stephen F. Austin, 70-63

Dec 10, 2016, 10:30 pm

HOUSTON -- Egor Koulechov poured in 21 points and pulled down nine rebounds as Rice held off Stephen F. Austin, 70-63 on Saturday night.

TJ Holyfield got the Lumberjacks within four, 65-61, with a free throw with 1:17 left, but Marcus Evans, the leading scorer in Conference USA, answered with a jumper to push the lead back to six, 67-61 with :39 left.

Rice looked to get back on the winning track after losing to Texas Tech last Saturday.

Marcus Jackson finished with 11 points for the Owls, but Evans was held to just six points on 2-for-12 shooting. As a team Rice was 24 of 49 from the field (49 percent), including 7 of 19 from beyond the arc.

Leon Gilmore III and Ivan Canete led the Lumberjacks with 18 and 17 points, respectively.

Stephen F. Austin now has lost four of its last five games.

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Peter Juzenas

Referee:John St. Clair

Referee:Craig Murley

NCAA Division I

Southland Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Stephen F. Austin	20-2	-	28-6
McNeese	19-3	1	28-6
UT Rio Grande Valley	14-8	6	19-14
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	13-9	7	18-15
New Orleans	12-10	8	15-18
Nicholls	12-10	8	14-19
Houston Christian	8-14	12	12-20
Northwestern State	8-14	12	10-22
Incarnate Word	7-15	13	12-19
Lamar	7-15	13	12-19
East Texas A&M	6-16	14	11-21
SE Louisiana	6-16	14	9-22

American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
South Florida	15-3	-	25-9
Tulsa	13-5	2	30-8
Wichita State	13-5	2	24-12
UAB	11-7	4	20-12
North Texas	9-9	6	19-14
Florida Atlantic	9-9	6	18-15
Charlotte	9-9	6	17-17
Tulane	8-10	7	18-15
Temple	8-10	7	16-16
Memphis	8-10	7	13-19
Rice	7-11	8	13-18
East Carolina	6-12	9	11-20
UTSA	1-17	14	5-25

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