HOUSTON (AP) - Tamir Jackson scored 24 points on 11-of-16 shooting, Julian DeBose added 20 points and hot-shooting Rice cruised to a 95-71 nonconference victory over New Orleans on Saturday night.
DeBose added eight rebounds and four steals for the Owls (4-13), who shot 61 percent from the field and were 12 of 24 from 3-point range. Max Guercy had 18 points, six assists and five steals. Rice outscored New Orleans 44-24 in the paint.
Lovell Cook had 18 points and Rarlensee Nelson chipped in 10 for the Privateers (4-12), who fell to 0-8 on the road this season. New Orleans committed 19 turnovers.
Rice never trailed after the opening minutes and led 44-27 at halftime. The Owls kept pouring it on from there, going 20 of 31 from the field in the second half.
The game was only the second meeting between the schools; Rice won the other meeting, 83-49, last season.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| New Orleans (4-12) | 27 | 44 | 71 |
| Rice (4-13) « | 44 | 51 | 95 |
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| New Orleans Privateers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Cook, F | 32 | 7-10 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| E. Denard, F | 17 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| R. Nelson, G | 33 | 3-10 | 4-4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| M. County, G | 20 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| T. McPhearson, G | 19 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Banchy | 20 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| I. Mack | 20 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| K. Hill | 15 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| C. Dixon | 13 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| E. Ganapamo | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Avery | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Reese | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-54 | 14-15 | 27 | 14 | 15 | 71 | |
| 48.1% | 93.3% | ||||||
| Rice Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Gearhart, F | 28 | 6-8 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| M. Guercy, G | 33 | 6-8 | 3-3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| T. Jackson, G | 32 | 11-16 | 0-1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| J. DeBose, G | 31 | 8-11 | 2-2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| A. Ramljak, G | 30 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Washington | 24 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Peera | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Wilson | 9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Firozgary | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 38-62 | 7-8 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 95 | |
| 61.3% | 87.5% | ||||||
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