Saturday night marked a clean slate for Rice and Southern Miss alike. Two 1-3 teams that struggled offensively in non-conference competition earned a chance to commence C-USA play with a 1-0 record. In front of its home crowd, Rice snatched the opportunity and won its second consecutive game in wire-to-wire fashion, 24-19. Many of the Owls’ preseason goals remain in front of them as they jump to 1-0 in the conference for the first time in the Mike Bloomgren era.
“As we always say, the fun is in the winning and it’s great to get a win at home and start off conference 1-0,” Bloomgren said.