After sweeping their last home stand, the WKU men’s basketball team will head out to Texas for a pair of Lone Star state showdowns.
The Hilltoppers will first travel to Houston to take on Rice Thursday night. Rice enters Thursday’s contest with a 9-14 overall record and a 4-6 conference record, good for 10th in the Conference USA standings. The Owls are 108th in adjusted offensive efficiency and 330th in adjusted defensive efficiency according to KenPom statistics.
The Owls are coming back home after two games away from home. They defeated the Charlotte 49ers 65-61 last Thursday before dropping Saturday’s game to Old Dominion 80-76.