Rice Women’s Basketball 2019 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 11, 2019 · CSM Staff
 

Rice Owls

Conference USA (28-3, 16-0)

 
 
Big Wins: 11/17 at Little Rock (79-65), 1/24 at Middle Tennessee (60-47), 2/2 Old Dominion (48-42)
Bad Losses: 11/7 at Texas A&M (54-65), 11/11 at UCLA (50-59), 12/18 vs North Carolina (50-71)
Coach: Tina Langley
 
Probable Starters:
Erica Ogwumike, Junior, Guard, 16.3 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 2.8 apg
Sydne Wiggins, Sophomore, Guard, 6.9 ppg, 2.4 apg
Jasmine Smith, Freshman, Guard, 6.2 ppg, 2.2 apg
Nicole Iademarco, Senior, Guard/Forward, 9.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 2.4 apg
Nancy Mulkey, Sophomore, Center, 13.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Lauren Grigsby, Senior, Guard, 7.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Haylee Swayze, Freshman, Guard, 4.3 ppg
Shani Rainey, Senior, Guard/Forward, 3.7 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 66.5 (133rd in nation, 6th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 52.9 (6, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.1 (13, 1)  
Field-Goal Defense: 34.8 (9, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.0 (93, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.0 (40, 3)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.8 (72, 1)
Rebound Margin: 6.4 (37, 1)
Assists Per Game: 14.5 (95, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.3 (137, 8)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2018 NIT First Round win over Texas State
2018 NIT Second Round loss to New Mexico
2012 WBI First Round loss to Sam Houston State
2011 NIT Round of 64 loss to Missouri State
2007 NIT First Round loss to Illinois State
2006 NIT Opening Round win over Jackson State
2006 NIT First Round loss to Indiana
2005 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Georgia
2004 NIT First Round win over Arkansas State
2004 NIT Second Round loss to UNLV
 
*all team stats through 3/7