The last loss Rice suffered on its home court was in last year’s regular season finale against Western Kentucky. The Owls are 9-0 this year at the Tudor Fieldhouse sitting in second place in the Conference USA standings with Alabama-Birmingham and WKU.
The Lady Toppers will try and get another win in Houston and snap Rice’s win streak in a 2 p.m. tipoff with the Owls on Saturday.
WKU (18-5 overall, 9-1 C-USA) hopes its game doesn’t reflect the effort in a 62-48 win against Old Dominion from Thursday. The Lady Toppers never established a rhythm in a defensive battle with one of the league’s struggling teams in the Lady Monarchs.