Rice hosts Western Kentucky after Allen's 24-point performance

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (14-12, 6-9 C-USA) at Rice Owls (16-10, 7-8 C-USA)

Houston; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Western Kentucky plays the Rice Owls after Dontaie Allen scored 24 points in Western Kentucky's 68-64 overtime loss to the Charlotte 49ers.

The Owls have gone 10-5 in home games. Rice averages 15.7 assists per game to lead C-USA, paced by Max Fiedler with 5.1.

The Hilltoppers are 6-9 in conference games. Western Kentucky is fourth in C-USA with 23.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Jamarion Sharp averaging 5.4.

TOP PERFORMERS: Quincy Olivari is averaging 19.4 points and 5.5 rebounds for the Owls. Travis Evee is averaging 14.6 points over the past 10 games for Rice.

Dayvion McKnight is averaging 17 points, 3.9 assists and 1.7 steals for the Hilltoppers. Jairus Hamilton is averaging 10.2 points over the last 10 games for Western Kentucky.

LAST 10 GAMES: Owls: 5-5, averaging 74.1 points, 30.1 rebounds, 12.4 assists, 5.7 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.2 points per game.

Hilltoppers: 4-6, averaging 72.1 points, 31.5 rebounds, 11.4 assists, 5.5 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 43.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.3 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.