Baseball aims focus at home stretch of the regular season
(05/15/13 12:00am)
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Locked in a race near the top of the Conference USA standings, the Rice baseball team lost its first weekend series of the season after dropping two of three games at home against the University of Central Florida.
With conference-leading University of Houston Cougars dropping a series at Marshall University this past weekend, the Rice University baseball team seized the opportunity to move into a tie for first in Conference USA with a series win on the road against East Carolina University.
After a midweek loss at Sam Houston State University cooled down Rice University's men's baseball team, the Owls welcomed Tulane University for a three-game set at Reckling Park last weekend.
After beginning their seven-game homestand with a sweep of Louisiana Tech University a week ago, the Rice baseball team took on the Harvard University Crimson last weekend in a three-game set at Reckling Park.
After a home shutout loss to Sam Houston State University last week, the Owls baseball team made the trip east to Miami, Fla., in hopes of improving upon a lackluster 7-6 record, the program's worst start through 13 games since the 2000 season.
It's 2013.
In what has been a frustrating season for Rice University men's basketball team players, staff and supporters alike, an optimistic trend is quickly emerging in the Owls' backcourt.
With the students away on spring break, the Rice baseball team took a vacation of its own- the Owls headed out to Hawaii for a four-game set against the University of Hawaii Rainbows.
After dropping a nip and tuck contest in West Virginia last week, the Rice men's basketball team continued to be plagued by road woes in Birmingham, Ala., last weekend. The Owls (5-20, 1-10) were blown out Saturday by the University of Alabama, Birmingham, suffering their fifth straight loss this season and falling to 0-9 in their all-time series against the Blazers (12-14, 4-7).
During the Wayne Graham era, the series history between Rice University and Stanford University represents a tale of two stories, depending on whom you ask.
Under the guidance of the Hall of Fame Head Coach Wayne Graham, fans of the Rice baseball team have been spoiled by success amid the program's rise to national prominence over the last two decades.
Less than two weeks removed from an outing in which the Rice men's basketball team scored 54 points in a single half, the Owls (519, 1-9) were unable to match such offensive output in a frustrating conference defeat. Hosting the Southern Methodist University Mustangs (13-12, 3-7) last Saturday, Rice had its worst shooting day of the season in a 61-39 defeat at Tudor Fieldhouse. The Owls came out with a game plan to attack offensively from the perimeter, converting on four out of 13 attempts from behind the 3-point line in the first half. But Rice simply could not produce any offense from inside the arc, scoring just two points in the paint over the first 20 minutes against SMU. Led by legendary NCAA and NBA Head Coach Larry Brown, the Mustangs took a 26-17 lead at the half. Sophomore guard Julian DeBose and senior guard Tamir Jackson each reached double digits in scoring for Rice, but the Owls struggled all day from the field and were unable to bring the deficit within single digits in the second half. The team shot just 19.6 percent (10 for 51) from the field for the game, falling at home on an offense-deprived evening.
After an upset win over crosstown rival University of Houston Cougars, the Rice Owls men's basketball team took the court last Saturday looking to start a winning streak in conference play as they played host to East Carolina University.
The campuses of Rice University and the University of Houston are only separated by 4.6 miles, but considering the directions their respective basketball programs went in this past offseason, that distance felt a whole lot larger.
Losers of six straight, the Rice men's basketball team took a break from Conference USA play on Saturday as it hosted the University of New Orleans, a Division I Independent. After the teams exchanged baskets during the opening minutes of play, the Owls (4-14, 0-4) took control with a 21-6 run midway through the first half, capped off by a transition basket from Max Guercy. Junior Austin Ramljak's 3-pointer with 16 seconds left in the half put Rice ahead 44-27 at intermission.
After a loss in the league opener last Wednesday, the Rice Owls men's basketball team traveled to Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday for its first Conference USA road game of the season.
The Rice men's basketball team, after fading late against the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns in a 57-41 defeat Dec. 29, traveled northeast last Saturday to play Harvard University in Rice's final game before opening its Conference USA schedule on Wednesday. But from the outset, the Owls (3-11) had no answer for their hot-shooting hosts as the Crimson (8-5) jumped out to a 43-21 halftime lead on 63 percent shooting from the field. Harvard hit as many 3-pointers in the first half as Rice had total baskets and Rice fell behind early in spite of a career-high 19 points from freshman guard Max Guercy, who was named the Conference USA Freshman of the Week for his efforts. The Owls lost 92-62, falling to 3-10 in their most lopsided defeat of the season.
After an offseason that could not end soon enough, the first game of the regular season failed to provide much solace for Head Coach Ben Braun and the Rice University men's basketball team.
When the Rice University men's basketball team's 2011-12 season came to an end last March with a loss to Oakland University in the quarterfinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, there was a sense of optimism surrounding the program and its core that combined veteran experience, youth and energy. But during the seven-month-long basketball offseason, disappointment grew when six players decided to leave the the program.