No. 21 Owls to Face No. 18 Marquette in NCAA Tournament
3/18/2019 5:18:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Game slotted for Friday at 1 p.m. on ESPN2
HOUSTON – Fresh off becoming the first team in Conference USA history to go undefeated in league play and then win a C-USA Tournament title, the No. 21 ranked Rice Owls women's basketball team was picked as a No. 12 seed in the 2019 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament and will take on fifth-seeded Marquette in College Station on Friday. The game will be aired nationally on ESPN2 at 1 p.m. (CT)
The Owls will be making their third trip to the NCAA Tournament and first since the 2005 season. Rice will enter postseason play following the most successful regular season in program history, owning a 28-3 overall record. The Owls have already established a school record for wins, and currently have the nation's second-longest active win streak (21).
Marquette is ranked 18th nationally and are 26-7 on the season after advancing to the championship in the Big East conference tournament. The Golden Eagles finished off the regular season with a 15-3 mark in conference games.
This will mark the third meeting between the two schools in program history. Rice and Marquette last met in 2006, when the Golden Eagles defeated the Owls 78-62 on Dec. 3.
The Rice-Marquette winner will face the winner of the game between host Texas A&M (24-7) and Wright St. (27-6) on Mar. 24 in College Station.
Owls in the NCAA Tournament
2000 – vs. No. 9 UCSB (W, 67-64), March 18
2000 – vs. North Carolina (L, 83-50), March 20
2005 – vs. No. 20 Georgia (L, 75-49), March 19
For ticket information, use the following LINK.
The Owls will be making their third trip to the NCAA Tournament and first since the 2005 season. Rice will enter postseason play following the most successful regular season in program history, owning a 28-3 overall record. The Owls have already established a school record for wins, and currently have the nation's second-longest active win streak (21).
Marquette is ranked 18th nationally and are 26-7 on the season after advancing to the championship in the Big East conference tournament. The Golden Eagles finished off the regular season with a 15-3 mark in conference games.
This will mark the third meeting between the two schools in program history. Rice and Marquette last met in 2006, when the Golden Eagles defeated the Owls 78-62 on Dec. 3.
The Rice-Marquette winner will face the winner of the game between host Texas A&M (24-7) and Wright St. (27-6) on Mar. 24 in College Station.
Owls in the NCAA Tournament
2000 – vs. No. 9 UCSB (W, 67-64), March 18
2000 – vs. North Carolina (L, 83-50), March 20
2005 – vs. No. 20 Georgia (L, 75-49), March 19
For ticket information, use the following LINK.
-RiceOwls.com-