UNIVERSITY INFORMATION COACHING INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION RICE BASKETBALL FACT BOOK CONTENTS School Name . Rice University Head Coach . Scott Pera 2017-18 Record . 7-24 2018-19 Roster . 2 Location . Houston, Texas 77251 Alma Mater . Penn State, ‘89 Conference USA Record . 4-14/13th Pronunciation Guide . 3 BASKETBALLRICE FACTS QUICK Founded . 1891 Record at Rice . 7-24/1 Starters Returning/Lost . 1/4 2018-19 Schedule . 4 Enrollment . 6,628 Career Record . 7-24/1 Lettermen Returning/Lost . 5/8 2018-19 Opponents . 5 Nickname . Owls Assistant Coach . Chris Kreider Newcomers . 8 Coaches and Staff . 8 Mascot . Sammy the Owl Alma Mater . Lebanon Valley, ‘03 Rice All-Time Record . 1,101-1,422 2018-19 Rice Owls . 18 Colors . .. Blue and Gray Assistant Coach . Mark Linebaugh Player Game-by-Game Stats . 38 Conference . Conference USA Alma Mater . Colgate, ‘04 MEDIA RELATIONS 2017-18 Results . 41 Arena . Tudor Fieldhouse Assistant Head Coach . Van Green Basketball Contact . Tim Andrzejewski 2017-18 Statistics . 42 Capacity . 5,208 Alma Mater . Columbia, ‘14 Office Number . 713-348-3929 2017-18 Game Recaps . 51 President . David W . Leebron (Harvard, ‘76) Cell Number . 662-312-7663 Conference USA . 67 Athletics Director . Joe Karlgaard (Stanford, ‘96) Strength and Cond. Coach . Sean Brown Email Address . tim .andrzejewski@rice .edu History and Records . 73 Physical Address . Tudor Fieldhouse Alma Mater . Mary Washington, ‘09 SID Fax Number . 713-348-6019 Series Records and Results . 117 6100 Main Street Video Coordinator . Derek Glasser Rice Press Row . 713-348-5638 All-Time Results . .. 124 Houston, TX 77005 Alma Mater . Arizona State, ‘10 Mailing Address . PO Box 1892, MS 548 Media Information . 167 Director of Operations . Rhett Bonner . Houston, TX 77251-1892 Alma Mater . Guilford, ‘10 Rice Owls Online Rice University is committed to affirmative action and Basketball Office Number . 713-348-4075 Rice Athletics . RiceOwls .com equal opportunity in education and employment. Rice Basketball Fax Number . 713-348-5695 does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, reli- Facebook . facebook .com/RiceAthletics gion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, Twitter . @RiceAthletics age, disability or veteran status. Rice Basketball Social Media Photography courtesy of: Tommy LaVergne, Twitter . @ricebasketball Maria Lysaker, Bobby McDuffie Facebook . facebook .com/RiceBasketball 2018-19 RICE BASKETBALL 1 2018-19 NUMERICAL ROSTER 2018-19 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr./Exp. Hometown/Previous School Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr./Exp. Hometown/Previous School 0 Payton Moore G 6-4 175 Fr ./HS Los Angeles, Calif ./Santa Monica HS 3 Ako Adams G 6-2 170 Jr ./2L Washington, D .C ./Bishop O’Connell HS 1 Josh Parrish G 6-5 210 r-So ./TR Arlington, Texas/TCU 35 Tim Harrison F 6-8 220 Jr ./2L San Diego, Calif ./Francis Parker School 2 Trey Murphy III G 6-7 180 Fr ./HS Durham, N .C ./Cary Academy 4 Dylan Jones F 6-8 215 Gr ./1L Houston, Texas/Penn 3 Ako Adams G 6-2 170 Jr ./2L Washington, D .C ./Bishop O’Connell HS 10 Robert Martin F 6-6 220 Jr ./2L Pittsburgh, Pa ./Tilton School (N .H .) 4 Dylan Jones F 6-8 215 Gr ./1L Houston, Texas/Penn 42 Quentin Millora-Brown F 6-9 205 Fr ./HS Lorton, Va ./South County HS 5 Addison Owen G 6-5 185 Jr ./2L Atlanta, Ga ./The Paideia School 0 Payton Moore G 6-4 175 Fr ./HS Los Angeles, Calif ./Santa Monica HS 10 Robert Martin F 6-6 220 Jr ./2L Pittsburgh, Pa ./Tilton School (N .H .) 24 Chris Mullins G 6-3 170 Fr ./HS Grand Prairie, Texas/Mansfield Timberview HS 23 Drew Peterson G/F 6-8 180 Fr ./HS Libertyville, Ill ./Libertyville HS 2 Trey Murphy III G 6-7 180 Fr ./HS Durham, N .C ./Cary Academy 24 Chris Mullins G 6-3 170 Fr ./HS Grand Prairie, Texas/Mansfield Timberview HS 5 Addison Owen G 6-5 185 Jr ./2L Atlanta, Ga ./The Paideia School 30 Oliver Xu G 6-2 170 Sr ./SQ Hong Kong/Hong Kong International School 1 Josh Parrish G 6-5 210 r-So ./TR Arlington, Texas/TCU 32 Jack Williams F 6-8 220 Gr ./TR Valencia, Calif ./Pacific 23 Drew Peterson G/F 6-8 180 Fr ./HS Libertyville, Ill ./Libertyville HS 35 Tim Harrison F 6-8 220 Jr ./2L San Diego, Calif ./Francis Parker School 32 Jack Williams F 6-8 220 Gr ./TR Valencia, Calif ./Pacific 42 Quentin Millora-Brown F 6-9 205 Fr ./HS Lorton, Va ./South County HS 30 Oliver Xu G 6-2 170 Sr ./SQ Hong Kong/Hong Kong International School COACHES Head Coach - Scott Pera | Second Season (Penn State, ‘89) Assistant Coach - Mark Linebaugh | Second Season (Colgate, ‘04) 2018-19 RICE BASKETBALL RICE ROSTER 2018-19 Assistant Coach - Chris Kreider | Second Season (Lebanon Valley, ‘03) Assistant Coach - Van Green | First Season (Columbia, ‘14) 2 2018-19 RICE BASKETBALL PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN PRONUNCIATION GUIDE By Class Ako Adams AYE-ko Graduate (2): Jones, Williams Oliver Xu SHOE Senior (1): Xu Junior (4): Adams, Harrison, Martin, Owen Coaches BREAKDOWN ROSTER Sophomore (1): Parrish Chris Kreider CRY-der Freshman (5): Millora-Brown, Moore, Mullins, Murphy III, Scott Pera PARE-uh Peterson By College Hanszen l Millora-Brown Lovett | Mullins, Murphy III Martel | Harrison, Martin McMurtry | Xu Sid Richardson | Parrish Weiss | Moore, Peterson Will Rice l Adams, Owen 2018-19 RICE BASKETBALL 3 Date Opponent / Event Location Time (CT) Date Opponent / Event Location Time (CT) Nov. 1 St. Thomas (Exh.) Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p.m. Jan. 24 * Middle Tennessee Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p.m. Nov. 6 St. Leo Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p.m. Jan. 26 * UAB ESPN3/+ Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p.m. Nov . 9 at Penn ESPN+ Philadelphia, Pa . 7 p .m . Jan . 31 * at Charlotte Charlotte, N .C . 6 p .m . Nov. 12 1 Alabama A&M Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p.m. Feb . 2 * at Old Dominion ESPN3/+ Norfolk, Va . 6 p .m . Nov . 14 1 at Houston H&PE Arena 7 p .m . Feb. 7 * WKU CBSSN Tudor Fieldhouse 8 p.m. Nov. 17 1 Northwestern State Tudor Fieldhouse 2 p.m. Feb. 9 * Marshall ESPN3/+ Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p.m. Nov . 21 1 at BYU BYUtv Provo, Utah 8 p .m . Feb . 14 * at FIU Miami, Fla . 6 p .m . Nov . 25 at Wichita State Wichita, Kan . 2 p .m . Feb . 16 * at Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, Fla . 1 p .m . Nov . 28 at Texas State ESPN+ San Marcos, Texas 7 p .m . Feb . 23 * C-USA Bonus Play TBA TBA Dec. 1 Lamar Tudor Fieldhouse 4:30 p.m. Feb . 28 * C-USA Bonus Play TBA TBA Dec. 13 St. Edward’s Tudor Fieldhouse 11:15 a.m. Mar . 3 * C-USA Bonus Play TBA TBA Dec. 15 UC Santa Barbara ESPN3/+ Tudor Fieldhouse 2 p.m. Mar . 6 * C-USA Bonus Play TBA TBA Dec . 18 at UTRGV Edinburg, Texas 7 p .m . Mar . 9 * C-USA Bonus Play TBA TBA Dec. 21 Omaha Tudor Fieldhouse 7 p.m. Mar . 13 Conference USA First Round ESPN3/+ Frisco, Texas TBA Dec. 29 * North Texas ESPN3/+ Tudor Fieldhouse 2 p.m. Mar . 14 Conference USA Quarterfinals Stadium Frisco, Texas TBA 2018-19 SCHEDULE 2018-19 Jan. 3 * Southern Miss Tudor Fieldhouse 3 p.m. Mar . 15 Conference USA Semifinals CBSSN Frisco, Texas TBA Jan. 5 * Louisiana Tech Tudor Fieldhouse 2 p.m. Mar . 16 Conference USA Championship CBSSN Frisco, Texas TBA Jan . 10 * at UTSA ESPN3/+ San Antonio, Texas 7 p .m . Jan . 12 * at UTEP El Paso, Texas 8 p .m . 1 - Men Against Breast Cancer Cougar Cup; * - denotes Conference USA game Jan . 19 * at North Texas ESPN3/+ Denton, Texas 5 p .m . 4 2018-19 RICE BASKETBALL UAB BLAZERS UC SANTA BARBARA FIU PANTHERS Location Birmingham, Ala . Location Santa Barbara, Calif . Location Miami, Fla . Basketball Coach Robert Ehsan Basketball Coach Joe Pasternack Basketball Coach Jeremy Ballard Home Court Bartow Arena (8,500) Home Court The Thunderdome (6,000) Home Court Ocean Bank Convocation Center (5,000) Basketball SID Josh Brunner Basketball SID Bill Mahoney Basketball SID Michael Hogan Office Number 205 .934 .0722 Office Number 805 .893 .3428 Office Number 305 .348 .1496 2018-19 OPPONENTS 2018-19 Email Address brunnerj@uab .edu Email Address bill .mahoney@ucsb .edu Email Address mihogan@fiu .edu Website uabsports .com Website ucsbgauchos .com Website fiusports .com ALABAMA A&M CHARLOTTE 49ERS HOUSTON COUGARS Location Huntsville, Ala . Location Charlotte, N .C . Location Houston, Texas Basketball Coach Dylan Howard Basketball Coach Ron Sanchez Basketball Coach Kelvin Sampson Home Court T .M . Elmore Gym (6,000) Home Court Halton Arena (9,105) Home Court Fertitta Center (7,100)/H&PE Arena (8,100) Basketball SID Janay Roberson Basketball SID Brent Stastny Basketball SID Jeff Conrad Office Number 256 .372 .4550 Office Number 704 .687 .1021 Office Number 713 .743 .9410 Email Address aamusportsinfo@yahoo .com Email Address bmstastn@uncc .edu Email Address jaconrad@central .uh .edu Website aamusports .com Website charlotte49ers .com Website uhcougars .com BYU COUGARS FLORIDA ATLANTIC OWLS LAMAR CARDINALS Location Provo, Utah Location Boca Raton, Fla . Location Beaumont, Texas Basketball Coach Dave Rose Basketball Coach Dusty May Basketball Coach Tic Price Home Court Marriott Center (18,987) Home Court FAU Arena (2,980) Home Court Montagne Center (10,080) Basketball SID Kyle Chilton Basketball SID Justin Johnson Basketball SID James Dixon Office Number 801 .422 .4909 Office Number 561 .302 .0461 Office Number 409 .880 .8329 Email Address kyle_chilton@byu .edu Email Address jjohn218@fau .edu Email Address james .dixon@lamar .edu Website byucougars .com Website fausports .com Website lamarcardinals .com 2018-19 RICE BASKETBALL 5 LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN OMAHA MAVERICKS Location Ruston, La .