FORT WORTH, Texas – No. 9 seed Rice defeated No. 8 seed UAB, 76-63, in the second round of the 2025 American Women’s Basketball Championship Sunday afternoon, March 9, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
With the win, the Owls (15-16) advance to the quarterfinals to take on No. 1 seed and American regular-season champion UTSA on Monday, March 10 at 1 p.m. ET/noon CT on ESPN+. UAB fell to 16-15 on the season.
Rice improved to 5-0 in American Women’s Basketball Championship contests, and has been the lower seed in all five games.