No. 20Tennessee Volunteers

12thin Southeastern Conference · 4-0

YES!

Tennessee Volunteers beat the Rice Owls

2-3 66 – 91

Ranked #20 · 4-0

Final · Mon, Nov 17

Game Details

Food City Center (Knoxville) · 17,283 fans · SEC Network

Highlights

No. 20 Tennessee beats Rice 91-66, but Estrella injured

Felix Okpara had 20 points and eight rebounds, Nate Ament added 19 points and 10 boards, and No. 20 Tennessee cruised to a 91-66 victory over Rice on Monday night despite an injury to forward J.P. Estrella.

Recap via ESPN

1:19 Rice Owls vs. Tennessee Volunteers: Game Highlights

0:16 Cade Phillips throws down big flush vs. Rice Owls

0:17 Ja'Kobi Gillespie lays in the and-1 for Tennessee

0:20 Cade Phillips skies for big jam

Clips play on ESPN

Food City Center · Knoxville

Line Score

	1	2	T
RICE	26	40	66
TENN	39	52	91

Game Flow

RICE TENN

H1H2

6-0Biggest Run6-0

0Largest Lead26

0 lead changes · tied 0 times

Win Probability · Tennessee Volunteers

tip-offnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Rice Owls

Nick Anderson · 19Points
Cam Carroll · 3Assists
Stephen Giwa · 4Rebounds

Tennessee Volunteers

Felix Okpara · 20Points
Ja'Kobi Gillespie · 8Assists
Nate Ament · 10Rebounds

2025-26 American Conference Standings

Team	GB
South Florida	-
Tulsa	2
Wichita State	2
UAB	4
North Texas	6
Florida Atlantic	6
Charlotte	6
Tulane	7
Temple	7
Memphis	7
Rice	8
East Carolina	9
UTSA	14

2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings

Team	GB
Florida	-
Arkansas	3
Alabama	3
Vanderbilt	5
Tennessee	5
Texas A&M	5
Georgia	6
Kentucky	6
Missouri	6
Texas	7
Auburn	9
Oklahoma	9
Mississippi State	11
Ole Miss	12
South Carolina	12
LSU	13

Team Stats

Rice OwlsTennessee Volunteers

Shooting

20-60, 33% Field Goals 34-65, 52%

8-28, 29% 3-Pointers 6-19, 32%

18-25, 72% Free Throws 17-22, 77%

Possessions

31 Rebounds 47

14 Offensive Rebounds 18

8 Assists 23

7 Steals 7

1 Blocks 2

11 Turnovers 11

18 Fouls 18

Scoring

16 Points in Paint 52

11 Fast Break Points 14

0 Largest Lead 26

Box Score

Rice Owls ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
J. Oladokun Jr.F	4	3	1	18	1-2	0-0	2-4	0	0	0	1	2	5
A. AkuchieF	1	2	0	18	0-1	0-0	1-2	3	1	0	1	1	1
N. AndersonG	19	3	1	29	6-16	3-7	4-4	0	3	0	0	3	1
T. BroadnaxG	5	4	1	24	0-16	0-8	5-6	0	0	0	2	2	1
J. SmithG	10	1	1	29	3-9	2-6	2-2	3	0	1	1	0	1
Bench
E. EguagieF	2	3	0	17	0-0	0-0	2-4	0	1	0	0	3	5
E. CochranF	0	2	0	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0
S. GiwaC	6	4	0	18	3-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	4	0	3
B. HowellG	2	0	0	4	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D. HobbsG	3	1	1	16	1-3	1-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	0
C. CarrollG	14	2	3	23	5-7	2-3	2-3	1	0	0	1	1	1
P. PattersonG	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G. PerkinsF	DNP: Did not play
T. PattersonF	DNP: Did not play
C. Andrews-HeitzG	DNP: Did not play
J. WilliamsG	DNP: Did not play
A. PowellG	DNP: Did not play
Team	66	31	8		20-60	8-28	18-25	11	7	1	14	17	18

Tennessee Volunteers ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
N. AmentF	19	10	1	25	6-13	0-4	7-9	2	3	0	2	8	4
F. OkparaF	20	8	2	27	8-10	0-1	4-4	2	0	0	5	3	0
C. PhillipsF	5	5	0	17	2-3	0-0	1-2	0	0	1	3	2	2
J. GillespieG	17	4	8	33	6-12	3-6	2-4	4	1	1	1	3	3
A. AbramG	2	4	4	22	1-7	0-2	0-0	3	2	0	2	2	1
Bench
D. Brown IIF	4	1	1	10	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1
J.P. EstrellaF	4	1	0	9	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1
J. CareyF	9	5	2	17	4-5	0-0	1-1	0	0	0	2	3	0
E. BurgG	11	4	3	24	3-7	3-5	2-2	0	0	0	1	3	3
T. HendersonG	0	0	2	12	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	3
C. MassambaG	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
A. EvansG	0	1	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
C. DuncanG	DNP: Did not play
G. PaullG	DNP: Did not play
B. BoswellG	DNP: Did not play
G. HurstG	DNP: Did not play
Team	91	47	23		34-65	6-19	17-22	11	7	2	18	29	18

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