BYU Men’s Basketball’s Cougar Cup Ensues With Wednesday Game Against Rice

BYU Men’s Basketball’s Cougar Cup Ensues With Wednesday Game Against Rice

PROVO, Utah-Wednesday, BYU men’s basketball ensues in the Men Against Breast Cancer Cougar Cup by hosting the Rice Owls of Conference USA at the Marriott Center.

This will be the Cougars’ fifth consecutive home game in a six game stretch at Provo and BYU has swept all of them thus far as they are at 4-1 after dropping the season opener to Top 10 foe Nevada.

The Cougars were one-time conference brethren of the Owls as they were together in the Western Athletic Conference from 1996-1999 and BYU leads the all-time series 5-2.

In a 91-60 win over Alabama A&M Saturday, forward Yoeli Childs netted 18 points and 12 rebounds, his sixth straight double-double which represents the fifth-longest double-double streak in BYU history.

The Owls are led by head coach Scott Pera who is 10-26 (.278) at Rice since taking over in the 2017-18 season.

Rice comes into this game at 3-2, amassing 79.8 points per game on the season and giving up 73.6 points per contest.

Junior guard Ako Adams averages a team-best 14.8 points per game for the Owls, while he also shoots a team-best 91.7 percent at the foul line.