NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Josh Davis scored 22 points and Tulane pulled away from Rice in the second half Saturday for a 73-66 Conference USA victory.
Tied at 32 at the half, the Owls moved ahead on Seth Gearhart's three-point play before the Green Wave (14-6, 2-3) took control with a 9-0 spurt.
After Julian DeBose's layup got Rice back within four, at 41-37, Ricky Tarrant made two free throws and Tulane maintained a cushion of at least six points from there.
The win gave the Green Wave a 25-24 lead in the series and snapped Rice's three-game streak, including a sweep last season.
Davis had nine rebounds, ending his run of three straight double-doubles, as Tulane outrebounded the Owls 38-21.
Tarrant added 16 points and Jordan Callahan scored 10 for the Green Wave.
Gearhart scored 23 points to lead the Owls (4-15, 0-5), who have lost eight of their past nine games.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Rice (4-15) | 32 | 34 | 66 |
| Tulane (14-6) « | 32 | 41 | 73 |
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| Rice Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Gearhart, F | 36 | 8-12 | 3-3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| M. Guercy, G | 39 | 4-12 | 2-3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| J. DeBose, G | 37 | 4-8 | 4-4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| T. Jackson, G | 30 | 3-9 | 4-4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| A. Ramljak, G | 27 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Washington | 18 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| R. Wilson | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Peera | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Firozgary | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-50 | 15-16 | 21 | 12 | 23 | 66 | |
| 44% | 93.8% | ||||||
| Tulane Green Wave | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Davis, F | 38 | 8-10 | 6-10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| K. Timmons, F | 30 | 3-4 | 3-6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| T. Drye, F | 29 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| R. Tarrant, G | 38 | 3-10 | 8-10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| J. Callahan, G | 31 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Hook | 11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| B. Cherry | 7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| L. Dabney | 6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| L. Nwogbo | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Birchfield | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Thomas | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-47 | 23-34 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 73 | |
| 46.8% | 67.6% | ||||||
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