Rice Owls @ Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

72–79Final · Mar 4, 2017

RICE 72 WKU 79 Final

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RICE21-10	35	37	72
WKU15-16	43	36	79

· Line: RICE -2

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The scoring timeline.

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Pancake Thomas made Jumper.
0–2
Egor Koulechov made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Jackson.
3–2
Anton Waters made Jumper. Assisted by Junior Lomomba.
3–4
Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw.
4–4
Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw.
5–4
Connor Cashaw made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Egor Koulechov.
8–4
Marcus Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Evans.
11–4
Ben Lawson made Dunk. Assisted by Que Johnson.
11–6
Que Johnson made Layup.
11–8
Justin Johnson made Layup.
11–10
Ben Lawson made Layup. Assisted by Pancake Thomas.
11–12
Austin Meyer made Free Throw.
12–12
Austin Meyer made Free Throw.
13–12
Que Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Junior Lomomba.
13–15
Justin Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Pancake Thomas.
13–18
Marcus Evans made Jumper.
15–18
Que Johnson made Layup.
15–20
Marcus Evans made Three Point Jumper.
18–20
Chad Lott made Jumper.
20–20
Pancake Thomas made Layup.
20–22
Que Johnson made Layup.
20–24
Marcus Jackson made Layup.
22–24
Justin Johnson made Three Point Jumper.
22–27
Justin Johnson made Layup.
22–29
Tyler Miller made Layup. Assisted by Justin Johnson.
22–31
Marcus Evans made Jumper.
24–31
Egor Koulechov made Layup.
26–31
Justin Johnson made Two Point Tip Shot.
26–33
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
26–34
Egor Koulechov made Jumper.
28–34
Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw.
29–34
Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw.
30–34
Junior Lomomba made Free Throw.
30–35
Marcus Evans made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Egor Koulechov.
33–35
Pancake Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Johnson.
33–38
Pancake Thomas made Free Throw.
33–39
Jabari McGhee made Dunk. Assisted by Justin Johnson.
33–41
Chad Lott made Layup. Assisted by Egor Koulechov.
35–41
Junior Lomomba made Free Throw.
35–42
Junior Lomomba made Free Throw.
35–43
Justin Johnson made Layup.
35–45
Egor Koulechov made Layup.
37–45
Anton Waters made Layup.
37–47
Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Dunk. Assisted by Connor Cashaw.
39–47
Anton Waters made Jumper.
39–49
Anton Waters made Free Throw.
39–50
Pancake Thomas made Free Throw.
39–51
Ako Adams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Andrew Drone.
42–51
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
42–52
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
42–53
Ben Lawson made Layup. Assisted by Justin Johnson.
42–55
Ako Adams made Free Throw.
43–55
Anton Waters made Jumper.
43–57
Andrew Drone made Dunk. Assisted by Ako Adams.
45–57
Anton Waters made Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Miller.
45–59
Anton Waters made Free Throw.
45–60
Marcus Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Marquez Letcher-Ellis.
47–60
Jabari McGhee made Jumper.
47–62
Egor Koulechov made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Connor Cashaw.
50–62
Marcus Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Egor Koulechov.
53–62
Ako Adams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chad Lott.
56–62
Pancake Thomas made Jumper.
56–64
Chad Lott made Layup.
58–64
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
58–65
Anton Waters made Two Point Tip Shot.
58–67
Anton Waters made Free Throw.
58–68
Egor Koulechov made Free Throw.
59–68
Egor Koulechov made Free Throw.
60–68
Egor Koulechov made Three Point Jumper.
63–68
Ben Lawson made Two Point Tip Shot.
63–70
Ako Adams made Free Throw.
64–70
Ako Adams made Free Throw.
65–70
Marcus Jackson made Three Point Jumper.
68–70
Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Dunk.
70–70
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
70–71
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
70–72
Ako Adams made Free Throw.
71–72
Ako Adams made Free Throw.
72–72
Justin Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Pancake Thomas.
72–74
Que Johnson made Layup.
72–76
Tobias Howard made Free Throw.
72–77
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
72–78
Justin Johnson made Free Throw.
72–79

Play-by-play

P1 Pancake Thomas made Jumper. 0–2
P1 Egor Koulechov made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Jackson. 3–2
P1 Anton Waters made Jumper. Assisted by Junior Lomomba. 3–4
P1 Egor Koulechov Turnover.
P1 Junior Lomomba missed Jumper.
P1 Rice Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ben Lawson.
P1 Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw. 4–4
P1 Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw. 5–4
P1 Anton Waters missed Jumper.
P1 Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.
P1 Connor Cashaw made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Egor Koulechov. 8–4
P1 Anton Waters Turnover.
P1 Egor Koulechov Steal.
P1 Marcus Evans missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Anton Waters Defensive Rebound.
P1 Que Johnson missed Jumper.
P1 Marquez Letcher-Ellis Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Evans. 11–4
P1 Ben Lawson made Dunk. Assisted by Que Johnson. 11–6
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Marcus Jackson Turnover.
P1 Que Johnson Steal.
P1 Que Johnson made Layup. 11–8
P1 Chad Lott missed Layup.
P1 Ben Lawson Block.
P1 Chad Lott Offensive Rebound.
P1 Chad Lott missed Jumper.
P1 Ben Lawson Block.
P1 Ben Lawson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Justin Johnson made Layup. 11–10
P1 Egor Koulechov missed Jumper.
P1 Justin Johnson Block.
P1 Ben Lawson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ben Lawson made Layup. Assisted by Pancake Thomas. 11–12
P1 Foul on Ben Lawson.
P1 Austin Meyer made Free Throw. 12–12
P1 Austin Meyer made Free Throw. 13–12
P1 Pancake Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Connor Cashaw Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Evans missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Que Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Junior Lomomba. 13–15
P1 Egor Koulechov missed Jumper.
P1 Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Justin Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Pancake Thomas. 13–18
P1 Marcus Evans made Jumper. 15–18
P1 Que Johnson made Layup. 15–20
P1 Marcus Evans made Three Point Jumper. 18–20
P1 Junior Lomomba missed Jumper.
P1 Austin Meyer Defensive Rebound.
P1 Chad Lott made Jumper. 20–20
P1 Pancake Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Connor Cashaw Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Evans missed Jumper.
P1 Jabari McGhee Defensive Rebound.
P1 Pancake Thomas made Layup. 20–22
P1 Connor Cashaw Turnover.
P1 Pancake Thomas Steal.
P1 Que Johnson made Layup. 20–24
P1 Rice Timeout
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Marquez Letcher-Ellis Turnover.
P1 Anton Waters Steal.
P1 Tobias Howard missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Marcus Jackson Block.
P1 Marcus Jackson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Jackson made Layup. 22–24
P1 Anton Waters missed Layup.
P1 Tim Harrison Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Justin Johnson made Three Point Jumper. 22–27
P1 Rice Turnover.
P1 Justin Johnson missed Jumper.
P1 Anton Waters Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Tim Harrison.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Justin Johnson made Layup. 22–29
P1 Foul on Anton Waters.
P1 Marcus Jackson missed Jumper.
P1 Anton Waters Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ako Adams.
P1 Tyler Miller made Layup. Assisted by Justin Johnson. 22–31
P1 Egor Koulechov missed Jumper.
P1 Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Anton Waters.
P1 Anton Waters Turnover.
P1 Marcus Evans made Jumper. 24–31
P1 Jabari McGhee missed Jumper.
P1 Marcus Jackson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Jackson missed Layup.
P1 Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Marcus Jackson.
P1 Junior Lomomba missed Jumper.
P1 Que Johnson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Austin Meyer.
P1 Foul on Connor Cashaw.
P1 Pancake Thomas missed Jumper.
P1 Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Evans missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Egor Koulechov Offensive Rebound.
P1 Egor Koulechov made Layup. 26–31
P1 Que Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Justin Johnson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Justin Johnson made Two Point Tip Shot. 26–33
P1 Foul on Marcus Evans.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Justin Johnson made Free Throw. 26–34
P1 Egor Koulechov made Jumper. 28–34
P1 Ben Lawson missed Jumper.
P1 Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ben Lawson.
P1 Foul on Jabari McGhee.
P1 Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw. 29–34
P1 Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Free Throw. 30–34
P1 Foul on Chad Lott.
P1 Junior Lomomba made Free Throw. 30–35
P1 Junior Lomomba missed Free Throw.
P1 Connor Cashaw Defensive Rebound.
P1 Rice Turnover.
P1 Junior Lomomba Turnover.
P1 Marquez Letcher-Ellis Steal.
P1 Marcus Evans made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Egor Koulechov. 33–35
P1 Pancake Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Johnson. 33–38
P1 Foul on Marcus Evans.
P1 Pancake Thomas made Free Throw. 33–39
P1 Egor Koulechov missed Jumper.
P1 Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jabari McGhee made Dunk. Assisted by Justin Johnson. 33–41
P1 Chad Lott made Layup. Assisted by Egor Koulechov. 35–41
P1 Western Kentucky Timeout
P1 Foul on Ako Adams.
P1 Junior Lomomba made Free Throw. 35–42
P1 Junior Lomomba made Free Throw. 35–43
P2 Justin Johnson made Layup. 35–45
P2 Marquez Letcher-Ellis Turnover.
P2 Justin Johnson Steal.
P2 Anton Waters missed Jumper.
P2 Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.
P2 Egor Koulechov made Layup. 37–45
P2 Western Kentucky Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Anton Waters made Layup. 37–47
P2 Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Dunk. Assisted by Connor Cashaw. 39–47
P2 Foul on Marcus Evans.
P2 Anton Waters made Jumper. 39–49
P2 Foul on Egor Koulechov.
P2 Anton Waters made Free Throw. 39–50
P2 Egor Koulechov missed Layup.
P2 Pancake Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Ako Adams.
P2 Pancake Thomas missed Free Throw.
P2 Western Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Pancake Thomas made Free Throw. 39–51
P2 Connor Cashaw missed Jumper.
P2 Que Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Junior Lomomba.
P2 Junior Lomomba Turnover.
P2 Ako Adams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Andrew Drone. 42–51
P2 Anton Waters Turnover.
P2 Egor Koulechov missed Jumper.
P2 Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Andrew Drone.
P2 Foul on Egor Koulechov.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Justin Johnson made Free Throw. 42–52
P2 Justin Johnson made Free Throw. 42–53
P2 Chad Lott Turnover.
P2 Foul on Egor Koulechov.
P2 Ben Lawson made Layup. Assisted by Justin Johnson. 42–55
P2 Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Jumper.
P2 Que Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Justin Johnson Turnover.
P2 Foul on Marquez Letcher-Ellis.
P2 Marquez Letcher-Ellis Turnover.
P2 Que Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Justin Johnson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Pancake Thomas missed Jumper.
P2 Andrew Drone Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Ben Lawson.
P2 Chad Lott missed Jumper.
P2 Que Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Pancake Thomas Turnover.
P2 Foul on Jabari McGhee.
P2 Ako Adams made Free Throw. 43–55
P2 Ako Adams missed Free Throw.
P2 Jabari McGhee Defensive Rebound.
P2 Anton Waters made Jumper. 43–57
P2 Andrew Drone made Dunk. Assisted by Ako Adams. 45–57
P2 Anton Waters made Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Miller. 45–59
P2 Foul on Andrew Drone.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Anton Waters made Free Throw. 45–60
P2 Marcus Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Marquez Letcher-Ellis. 47–60
P2 Jabari McGhee made Jumper. 47–62
P2 Marcus Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Connor Cashaw Offensive Rebound.
P2 Connor Cashaw missed Layup.
P2 Connor Cashaw Offensive Rebound.
P2 Egor Koulechov made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Connor Cashaw. 50–62
P2 Jabari McGhee missed Jumper.
P2 Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.
P2 Connor Cashaw Turnover.
P2 Justin Johnson missed Jumper.
P2 Anton Waters Offensive Rebound.
P2 Junior Lomomba Turnover.
P2 Connor Cashaw Steal.
P2 Marcus Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Egor Koulechov. 53–62
P2 Justin Johnson missed Jumper.
P2 Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.
P2 Egor Koulechov missed Jumper.
P2 Egor Koulechov Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Justin Johnson.
P2 Ako Adams missed Jumper.
P2 Que Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Que Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tobias Howard Offensive Rebound.
P2 Junior Lomomba Turnover.
P2 Andrew Drone Steal.
P2 Ako Adams missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Chad Lott Offensive Rebound.
P2 Ako Adams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chad Lott. 56–62
P2 Rice Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Pancake Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Justin Johnson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Pancake Thomas made Jumper. 56–64
P2 Chad Lott made Layup. 58–64
P2 Foul on Andrew Drone.
P2 Justin Johnson made Free Throw. 58–65
P2 Justin Johnson missed Free Throw.
P2 Anton Waters Offensive Rebound.
P2 Anton Waters made Two Point Tip Shot. 58–67
P2 Marcus Jackson missed Jumper.
P2 Junior Lomomba Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Andrew Drone.
P2 Rice Timeout
P2 Anton Waters made Free Throw. 58–68
P2 Anton Waters missed Free Throw.
P2 Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Junior Lomomba.
P2 Egor Koulechov made Free Throw. 59–68
P2 Egor Koulechov made Free Throw. 60–68
P2 Justin Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.
P2 Egor Koulechov Turnover.
P2 Junior Lomomba Steal.
P2 Foul on Egor Koulechov.
P2 Junior Lomomba missed Free Throw.
P2 Western Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Junior Lomomba missed Free Throw.
P2 Marcus Jackson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ako Adams missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Pancake Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Anton Waters.
P2 Egor Koulechov made Three Point Jumper. 63–68
P2 Junior Lomomba missed Jumper.
P2 Ben Lawson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Ben Lawson made Two Point Tip Shot. 63–70
P2 Foul on Junior Lomomba.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Ako Adams made Free Throw. 64–70
P2 Ako Adams made Free Throw. 65–70
P2 Justin Johnson missed Jumper.
P2 Egor Koulechov Defensive Rebound.
P2 Marcus Jackson made Three Point Jumper. 68–70
P2 Junior Lomomba Turnover.
P2 Marquez Letcher-Ellis Steal.
P2 Marquez Letcher-Ellis made Dunk. 70–70
P2 Que Johnson missed Jumper.
P2 Justin Johnson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Ako Adams.
P2 Justin Johnson made Free Throw. 70–71
P2 Justin Johnson made Free Throw. 70–72
P2 Foul on Junior Lomomba.
P2 Ako Adams made Free Throw. 71–72
P2 Ako Adams made Free Throw. 72–72
P2 Rice Timeout
P2 Justin Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Pancake Thomas. 72–74
P2 Foul on Marquez Letcher-Ellis.
P2 Marquez Letcher-Ellis Turnover.
P2 Que Johnson made Layup. 72–76
P2 Foul on Chad Lott.
P2 Que Johnson missed Free Throw.
P2 Marquez Letcher-Ellis Defensive Rebound.
P2 Marcus Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Que Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Tobias Howard.
P2 Tobias Howard Turnover.
P2 Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tobias Howard Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Marcus Jackson.
P2 Tobias Howard missed Free Throw.
P2 Western Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Tobias Howard made Free Throw. 72–77
P2 Marcus Jackson missed Jumper.
P2 Marquez Letcher-Ellis Offensive Rebound.
P2 Marcus Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Pancake Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Egor Koulechov.
P2 Pancake Thomas missed Free Throw.
P2 Western Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Pancake Thomas missed Free Throw.
P2 Marquez Letcher-Ellis Defensive Rebound.
P2 Marquez Letcher-Ellis missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Connor Cashaw Offensive Rebound.
P2 Chad Lott missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Connor Cashaw.
P2 Justin Johnson made Free Throw. 72–78
P2 Justin Johnson made Free Throw. 72–79

Box score

RICE

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Marquez Letcher-EllisF	25	8	2-6	0-3	4-4	4	1	4	2	0	1	3	2
Marcus EvansG	20	10	4-8	2-5	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Connor CashawG	28	3	1-3	1-1	0-0	6	2	2	1	0	3	3	2
Marcus JacksonG	32	13	5-12	3-6	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	2
Egor KoulechovG	35	17	6-13	3-3	2-2	12	4	2	1	0	2	10	5
Austin MeyerF	8	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Tim HarrisonF	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Andrew DroneC	10	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	4
Ako AdamsG	20	11	2-5	2-4	5-6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Chad LottG	20	6	3-7	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	2
Robert MartinF
Corey Douglas Jr.F
Grant YoungkinG
Addison OwenG
Harrison BrownG
Bishop MencyG

WKU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Anton WatersF	21	15	6-9	0-0	3-4	5	0	3	1	0	3	2	3
Ben LawsonF	12	8	4-5	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	2	1	2	4
Junior LomombaG	34	3	0-4	0-0	3-6	1	2	5	1	0	0	1	4
Que JohnsonG	36	11	5-10	1-4	0-1	6	1	0	1	0	1	5	0
Pancake ThomasG	35	11	4-10	1-5	2-5	2	4	1	1	0	0	2	0
Jabari McGheeF	13	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Justin JohnsonF	32	24	7-12	2-3	8-9	13	4	1	1	1	4	9	1
Tyler MillerG	6	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tobias HowardG	11	1	0-1	0-1	1-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
Willie CarmichaelF
Marko StajkovskiG
Damari ParrisG
Marty LeahyG
Lamonte BeardenG

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