Olivari scores 23, Rice tops Marshall 72-68 in C-USA tourney
March 11, 2021 GMT
FRISCO, Texas (AP) Quincy Olivari scored 23 points as Rice upended Marshall 72-68 in the Conference USA Conference Tourney second round on Wednesday night.
Rice was seeded sixth in the west division, Marshall third in the east. The Owls advance to a Thursday quarterfinal against UAB, second seed in the west.
Max Fiedler had 15 points and nine rebounds for Rice (15-12). Cameron Sheffield added 10 points.
Jarrod West had 19 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Thundering Herd (15-7). Mikel Beyers added 17 points and eight rebounds. Taevion Kinsey and Jannson Williams each scored 11 points.
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By David Walsh
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Andrew Taylor matched his season high with 20 points and Marshall held off a late North Texas charge to escape with a 73-72 Conference USA win Saturday afternoon in front of 1,228 fans at Cam Henderson Center.
Taevion Kinsey had 18 points and seven rebounds for the Thundering Herd (13-6, 7-5 C-USA).
Javion Hamlet had 28 points and made a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left to pull North Texas within one. The Mean Green, which had trailed by 14 points with 9:30 left, did get a shot to win it. However, Hamlet’s floater just before the buzzer didn’t go and the Herd’s Jannson Williams got the rebound as time