HOUSTON, Texas – Malik Curry's 20 points, seven steals and five rebounds lifted the Old Dominion men's basketball team (8-4, 4-2 C-USA) over Rice (10-4, 4-2 C-USA) by a 61-58 score on Saturday afternoon at Tudor Fieldhouse.
With five seconds remaining in regulation and the Monarchs up by one, 59-58, Rice's Travis Evee missed two free-throws; Curry hauled down the defensive rebound and then sealed the deal at the charity stripe with two made free-throws.
ODU started the second half on an 11-3 run to claim a 14-point lead (41-27) at the 14:27 mark of the second half.