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Rice Owls at East Carolina Pirates: January 28, 2026

The Rice Owls beat the East Carolina Pirates 83-77 on January 28, 2026 (2025-26 season).

Final · Played January 28, 2026 · Updated October 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM ET · StatsNext box-score records

Most points: Jalen Smith (Rice Owls, 21); Jordan Riley (East Carolina Pirates, 37).

Line score

TeamH1H2Final
Rice Owls335083
East Carolina Pirates334477

What stood out

  • The Rice Owls' biggest edge came in the 2nd half (50-44).

Player lines

  • Andrew Akuchie (RICE F): 4 MIN, 0 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 1 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Bodey Howell (RICE G): 4 MIN, 0 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Cam Carroll (RICE G): 29 MIN, 14 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM, 2 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV
  • Eternity Eguagie (RICE F): 26 MIN, 9 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM, 0 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Jalen Smith (RICE G): 35 MIN, 21 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 5 TOV
  • Jimmy Oladokun Jr. (RICE F): 21 MIN, 3 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Nick Anderson (RICE G): 34 MIN, 19 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Stephen Giwa (RICE C): 4 MIN, 0 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Trae Broadnax (RICE G): 32 MIN, 16 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TOV
  • Trey Patterson (RICE F): 11 MIN, 1 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Corey Caulker (ECU G): 33 MIN, 3 PTS, 4 REB, 9 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Demitri Gardner (ECU G): 32 MIN, 16 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Eli DeLaurier (ECU F): 12 MIN, 4 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Giovanni Emejuru (ECU C): 36 MIN, 13 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 0 3PM, 2 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Isaiah Mbeng (ECU G): 27 MIN, 0 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Jordan Riley (ECU G): 36 MIN, 37 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 3 TOV
  • Luke Davis (ECU F): 6 MIN, 0 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Patrick D'Arcy (ECU G): 3 MIN, 2 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Reid Cason (ECU F): 15 MIN, 2 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV

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Head-to-head

No earlier meeting between these teams is in their stored recent results.

Full East Carolina Pirates vs Rice Owls head-to-head (2 meetings).

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