ILLINOIS STATE - MARCH 15, 2007 (WNIT) OWLS BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Glen McMicken, Assistant SID/Women’s Basketball Contact 6100 Main, MS 548 RICE UNIVERSITY Houston, Texas 77005 O: (713) 348-5776|C: (972) 814-4034| F: (713) 348-6019 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
[email protected]|www.RiceOwls.com 2006-07 SCHEDULE Rice (19-13) at Illinois State (21-10) 19-13, 10-6 C-USA Nov. 4 (Sat.) Lake Truck (Exhib.) L, 71-64 OWLS TRAVEL TO NORMAL FOR THIRD WNIT BID Nov. 10 (Fri.) @ Monmouth W, 76-45 Nov. 12 (Sun.) @ Rider W, 92-57 IN FOUR YEARS, WILL FACE ILLINOIS STATE Nov. 17 (Fri.) Mississippi W, 92-91 2OT For the third time in four seasons and the sixth time in history, Rice earned a bid to the Nov. 20 (Mon.) @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 54-46 Women’s National Invitation Tournament, and the Owls will play at Illinois State in Nor- Nov. 25 (Sat.) @ TCU L, 81-67 mal, Ill., Thursday at 7:05 pm. Rice lost in the championship game of the Conference USA Nov. 27 (Mon.) Sam Houston State W, 91-48 tournament, dropping a 79-70 decision to East Carolina, which nabbed its first NCAA tourney berth in 25 years. Against ECU, Krystal Frazier shot the lights out with a career- high 27 points, including six three-pointers, and Lauren Neaves recorded her 51st career Dec. 1 (Fri.) #10 Texas A&M W, 79-66 double-double, but the Owls couldn’t hold off a late lady Pirate challenge. Illinois State Dec. 3 (Sun.) Marquette L, 78-62 fell to Creighton in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, after Gene Hackerman Rice Invitational finishing second in the MVC regular-season race.