Second half fuels Owls past Roadrunners in Houston

HOUSTON – Travis Evee poured in 36 points to fuel a Rice second-half comeback 95-86 win over UTSA men's basketball, in the league opener for both teams, on Friday afternoon at Tudor Fieldhouse.

UTSA (4-4, 0-1 Conference USA) fell victim to the hot-shooting of Evee and Quincy Olivari in the second half. Rice (7-2, 1-0 C-USA)

Wallace, a native of Richardson, Texas, moved into 16th on the all-time C-USA scoring list, after going for 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists. UTSA also got 15 points from Houston native Cedrick Alley Jr., and 17 points and three rebounds from Jacob Germany.

Jackson, who averaged a C-USA record 26.8 points per game last year, had two points and half but finished…