South Florida hosts Rice following Anglin's 27-point game
Rice Owls (11-9, 2-5 AAC) at South Florida Bulls (10-10, 3-4 AAC)
Tampa, Florida; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulls -5.5; over/under is 141
BOTTOM LINE: Rice visits South Florida after Denver Anglin scored 27 points in Rice's 82-71 loss to the Tulane Green Wave.
The Bulls have gone 7-2 in home games. South Florida ranks fifth in the AAC in team defense, giving up 73.0 points while holding opponents to 43.7% shooting.
The Owls are 2-5 in AAC play. Rice has a 4-2 record in games decided by 10 or more points.
South Florida scores 76.1 points, 7.4 more per game than the 68.7 Rice allows. Rice's 41.7% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.0 percentage points lower than South Florida has allowed to its opponents (43.7%).
The Bulls and Owls meet Tuesday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jayden Reid is scoring 12.4 points per game and averaging 2.4 rebounds for the Bulls. Kobe Knox is averaging 2.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
Trae Broadnax is shooting 41.4% and averaging 12.8 points for the Owls. Anglin is averaging 10.8 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bulls: 5-5, averaging 76.1 points, 29.8 rebounds, 15.1 assists, 8.3 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.3 points per game.
Owls: 4-6, averaging 70.4 points, 35.4 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 4.4 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 42.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.0 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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