The 2021–22 Rice Owls women's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Lindsay Edmonds, and played their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas as a member of Conference USA.[1]
| 2021–22 Rice Owls women's basketball | |
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| Conference | Conference USA |
| West Division | |
| Record | 14–13 (8–9 CUSA) |
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| Home arena | Tudor Fieldhouse |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte † | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIU | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 9 | – | 8 | .529 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 8 | – | 9 | .471 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTEP | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTSA | 3 | – | 14 | .176 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2022 C-USA tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule and results
edit| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 9, 2021* 5:00 p.m., CUSA.tv |
St. Edward's | W 84–41 | 1–0 |
Tudor Fieldhouse (328) Houston, TX | |||||||
| November 13, 2021* 7:00 p.m., CUSA.tv |
Louisiana | L 69–73 | 1–1 |
Tudor Fieldhouse (462) Houston, TX | |||||||
| November 17, 2021* 6:00 p.m., CUSA.tv |
Texas Southern | W 59–47 | 2–1 |
Tudor Fieldhouse (475) Houston, TX | |||||||
| November 20, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Oklahoma State | L 48–68 | 2–2 |
Tudor Fieldhouse (622) Houston, TX | |||||||
| November 24, 2021* 1:00 p.m., CUSA.tv |
Pacific | W 81–73 | 3–2 |
Tudor Fieldhouse (529) Houston, TX | |||||||
| December 4, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at UT Arlington | L 65–73 | 3–3 |
College Park Center (680) Arlington, TX | |||||||
| December 11, 2021* 2:00 p.m., CUSA.tv |
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 69–61 | 4–3 |
Tudor Fieldhouse (432) Houston, TX | |||||||
| December 16, 2021* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Sam Houston | W 74–64 | 5–3 |
Bernard Johnson Coliseum (204) Huntsville, TX | |||||||
| December 19, 2021* 2:00 p.m., SEC+ |
at No. 23 Texas A&M | Canceled [a][2] | Reed Arena College Station, TX | ||||||||
| December 29, 2021* 6:00 p.m., CUSA.tv |
Texas College | Canceled [a][3] | Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX | ||||||||
| CUSA regular season | |||||||||||
| January 1, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
North Texas | Postponed [b][4] | Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX | ||||||||
| January 7, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Middle Tennessee | L 63–87 | 5–4 (0–1) |
Murphy Center (1,806) Murfreesboro, TN | |||||||
| January 8, 2022 2:00 p.m. |
at UAB | Postponed [b][5] | Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL | ||||||||
| January 13, 2022 7:00 p.m., CUSA.tv |
Western Kentucky | L 61–78 | 5–5 (0–2) |
Tudor Fieldhouse (241) Houston, TX | |||||||
| January 15, 2022 2:00 p.m., CUSA.tv |
Marshall | L 53–66 | 5–6 (0–3) |
Tudor Fieldhouse (464) Houston, TX | |||||||
| January 20, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Old Dominion | L 59–69 | 5–7 (0–4) |
Chartway Arena (1,393) Norfolk, VA | |||||||
| January 22, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Charlotte | L 83–88 4OT | 5–8 (0–5) |
Dale F. Halton Arena (35) Charlotte, NC | |||||||
| January 27, 2022 7:00 p.m., CUSA.tv |
Louisiana Tech | W 72–64 | 6–8 (1–5) |
Tudor Fieldhouse (523) Houston, TX | |||||||
| January 29, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Southern Miss | L 55–78 | 6–9 (1–6) |
Tudor Fieldhouse (538) Houston, TX | |||||||
| February 3, 2022 7:00 p.m., CUSA.tv |
at UTSA | Postponed [c][6] | Convocation Center San Antonio, TX | ||||||||
| February 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., CUSA.tv |
at UTEP | W 72–69 | 7–9 (2–6) |
Don Haskins Center (1,165) El Paso, TX | |||||||
| February 10, 2022 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
at North Texas | L 50–57 | 7–10 (2–7) |
UNT Coliseum (1,353) Denton, TX | |||||||
| February 13, 2022 2:00 p.m., YouTube |
North Texas Rescheduled from January 1 |
L 42–55 | 7–11 (2–8) |
Tudor Fieldhouse (374) Houston, TX | |||||||
| February 17, 2022 7:00 p.m., CUSA.tv |
UAB | W 81–76 | 8–11 (3–8) |
Tudor Fieldhouse (479) Houston, TX | |||||||
| February 19, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
FIU | W 73–67 | 9–11 (4–8) |
Tudor Fieldhouse (1,869) Houston, TX | |||||||
| February 21, 2022 5:00 p.m., CUSA.tv |
at UAB Rescheduled from January 8 |
W 60-55 | 10-11 (5-8) |
Bartow Arena (137) Birmingham, AL | |||||||
| February 24, 2022 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Louisiana Tech | L 80-90 2OT | 10-12 (5-9) |
Thomas Assembly Center (1,423) Ruston, LA | |||||||
| February 26, 2022 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Southern Miss | W 51-46 | 11-12 (6-9) |
Reed Green Coliseum (1,421) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
| March 3, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
UTEP | W 82-62 | 12-12 (7-9) |
Tudor Fieldhouse (342) Houston, TX | |||||||
| March 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., CUSA.tv |
UTSA | W 86-48 | 13-12 (8-9) |
Tudor Fieldhouse (826) Houston, TX | |||||||
| Conference USA Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 9, 2022 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ |
vs. Marshall | W 80-62 | 14-12 |
Ford Center at the Star Frisco, TX | |||||||
| March 10, 2022 11:00 a.m., Stadium |
(4 W) | vs. (1 E) Charlotte | L 53-59 | 14-13 |
Ford Center at the Star Frisco, TX | ||||||
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b Game was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic related issues.
- ^ a b Game was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic related issues.
- ^ Game was postponed due to weather concerns.
References
edit- ^ "Women's Hoops Announces 2021-22 C-USA Slate". Rice University, Department of Athletics. September 16, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ^ "Rice women's basketball team cancels Sunday's game at Texas A&M". The Bryan-College Station Eagle. December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
- ^ "WBB Game vs. Texas College Canceled". Rice University, Department of Athletics. December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
- ^ "Rice women's basketball postpones New Year's Day game with North Texas due to COVID-19 issues". KPRC-TV. December 29, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ "Rice women's basketball games vs. UAB postponed for COVID-19 reasons". Houston Chronicle. January 19, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ "WBB Game at UTSA Postponed". Rice University, Department of Athletics. February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2022.