RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, November 4-10
Monday (7 pm CT) – Rice Owls Coaches Show, Mi Cocina
Mon (4 pm CT) – #4 Rice vs. #5 UAB, AAC Soccer Championship, Lakeland Ranch
Monday (7 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. South Dakota State Radio l TV: ESPN+
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. FIU Radio l TV: ESPN+
Thursday-Sunday – W/M Tennis at ITA Conference Masters, Rome, GA
Thursday-Sunday – W Tennis at ITA Sectionals, Ann Arbor, MI
Thursday-Sunday – M Tennis at ITA Sectionals, Fort Worth
Thu (6 pm CT) – #4 Rice vs. #1 MEM, AAC Soccer Championship, Lakeland Ranch
Thursday (7 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. North Carolina A&T Radio l TV: ESPN+
Friday-Sunday – W Tennis at Rice Invitational
Friday (TBA) – Swimming at North Texas
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Wichita State TV: ESPN+
Friday (8 pm CT) – Football vs. Memphis Radio l TV: ESPN2 l GM: Rice l MEM
Saturday (10 am CT) – Swimming at SMU
Sat (6 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. FL State, Toyota Center Radio l TV: ESPN+
Sunday (1 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. UAB TV: ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, November 4-10
Unrtil Dec 31 – Fondren Library: 50 years of Rice Design Alliance
Until Dec 21 – Moody Center: Do Ho Suh: In Process
Monday (12 pm CT) – BioSciences Vanzant Lecture Series: Sarah McMenamin
Monday (12 pm CT) – Rice Architecture: Richard Anderson
Monday (12 pm CT) – SRUW Seminar with Dr Marcia Citron
Monday (6:30 pm CT) – Rice Business: A Conversation with Bill Perkins
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Online Cooking Class with Chef Gillian Anderson
Monday (6 pm CT) – BTSMW: Dr. J Dennis Huston
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Space Humanities: Traveling Across Disciplinary Orbits
Thursday (3 pm CT) – Moody Center: Dr James R Jones
Thursday (3 pm CT) – A Poetry Reading by Sasha West
Thursday (6:30 pm CT) – Book Signing: Hahrie Han
Friday (1 pm CT) – A Visit from Kyle Henry
Friday (4 pm CT) – Transnational Asia Speaker Series: Andrew Schonebaum
Sunday (11 am CT) – Rice Cinema: Time Passages
Shepherd School Events This Week, November 4-10
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Worth the wait (The Rice Thresher)
Nine hours in press box with assistant sports editor (The Rice Thresher)
Memphis presser quotes and depth chart (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Player Moves:
Yesterday, the Pirates claimed INF Tristan Gray off waivers from the Athletics.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball (Thanks, Walt Greenberg '78):
Baseball America ranks Rice as one of eight under the radar 2024 college baseball recruiting classes. Read more.
Other Sports News
Rice Swimming:
Ava Portello Named AAC Freshman Swimming Athlete of the Week (Rice Owls)
Rice M Basketball:
Rice Opens Season with 77-70 Victory Over FIU (Rice Owls)
Owls ride strong defensive start over FIU (The Roost)
Rice beats FIU (Houston Chronicle)
Rice W Basketball:
Owls drop opener to South Dakota State (The Roost)
Other News
Election Day:
Students pack Sid Richardson to watch election results (The Rice Thresher)
Alumni Weekend:
Alumni Weekend highlights Rice's growth, alumni success (Rice Owls)
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday. You can check it out here.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
QB EJ Warner, son of NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner, defeated Navy this year with the Rice Owls and last year with the Temple Owls. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)
Way to go, Kirkwood Johnston (3), Richard Avant (2), John Montana (3), Ted Richard (3), Joe Quoyeser (3), Ann Bixby (3), Bob Toone (3), Steve Bradshaw (3), Jeff Ross (3), Bill Allison (3), Arthur Rogers (3), Andy Williams (3), Anne Eldredge (3), Josh Schaffer (3), Tania Min (3), Paul Reese (3), Ed Dominguez (3), Jim Walts (3), Martha Proctor Gano (3), Mary Jane Kinnebrew (3), Steve Gilliland, Harvin Moore (3), Walt Greenberg (3), Russell Henderson (3), David Ownby (3), Brian Lattimer (3), Randy Schaffer (3), Alex Johnson (3), Chris Kohnhorst (3), George Wagner (3), Ben Mayberry (3), Greg Williams (3), Jimmy Disch (3), Betty Bixby (3), James Walker (3), Mike Ross (3), David Gano (3), Melinda Clark (3), Bob Reinhold (3), Richard Zansitis (3), Kirwin Drouet (3), Nancy Bailey (3), Grungy (3), Larry Nettles (3), John Clancey (3) and Sallie Schwall (3)!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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