South Florida 69-62 Rice (Mar 12, 2025) Play-by-Play

Rice Owls

17-17, 7-11 American

	1	2	3	4	T
RICE	12	14	16	20	62
USF	18	19	14	18	69

TIME	RICE	USF
10:00	Start game	0	0
9:59	Jump Ball won by South Florida	0	0
9:59	Jump Ball lost by Rice	0	0
9:41	Vittoria Blasigh made Layup. Assisted by Mama Dembele.	0	2
9:12	Malia Fisher missed Jumper.	0	2
9:09	L'or Mputu Defensive Rebound.	0	2
8:51	Vittoria Blasigh missed Jumper.	0	2
8:51	Aniah Alexis Block.	0	2
8:48	Aniah Alexis Defensive Rebound.	0	2
8:35	Sussy Ngulefac made Layup. Assisted by Victoria Flores.	2	2
8:06	Mama Dembele Turnover.	2	2
8:06	Aniah Alexis Steal.	2	2
8:01	Aniah Alexis missed Layup.	2	2
7:57	Aniah Alexis Offensive Rebound.	2	2
7:57	Aniah Alexis missed Layup.	2	2
7:55	L'or Mputu Defensive Rebound.	2	2
7:52	Carla Brito made Jumper.	2	4
7:27	Dominique Ennis missed Jumper.	2	4
7:24	Carla Brito Defensive Rebound.	2	4
7:08	Vittoria Blasigh made Three Point Jumper.	2	7
6:48	Malia Fisher missed Three Point Jumper.	2	7
6:46	Carla Brito Defensive Rebound.	2	7
6:39	Carla Brito made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mama Dembele.	2	10
6:21	Aniah Alexis missed Jumper.	2	10
6:17	Sussy Ngulefac Offensive Rebound.	2	10
6:17	Sussy Ngulefac made Two Point Tip Shot.	4	10
5:48	Carla Brito missed Jumper.	4	10
5:45	Sussy Ngulefac Defensive Rebound.	4	10
5:30	Dominique Ennis missed Layup.	4	10
5:26	Sussy Ngulefac Offensive Rebound.	4	10
5:26	Sussy Ngulefac missed Two Point Tip Shot.	4	10
5:26	Sussy Ngulefac Offensive Rebound.	4	10
5:26	Sussy Ngulefac missed Two Point Tip Shot.	4	10
5:24	Carla Brito Defensive Rebound.	4	10
5:22	Carla Brito Turnover.	4	10
5:22	Sussy Ngulefac Steal.	4	10
5:22	Malia Fisher subbing out for Rice	4	10
5:22	Hailey Adams subbing in for Rice	4	10
5:16	Sussy Ngulefac made Layup. Assisted by Hailey Adams.	6	10
4:50	Sammie Puisis missed Jumper.	6	10
4:48	Victoria Flores Defensive Rebound.	6	10
4:38	Hailey Adams made Jumper.	8	10
4:14	L'or Mputu made Layup. Assisted by Vittoria Blasigh.	8	12
4:14	Foul on Aniah Alexis.	8	12
4:14	Official TV Timeout	8	12
4:14	L'or Mputu made Free Throw.	8	13
3:58	Dominique Ennis missed Three Point Jumper.	8	13
3:54	L'or Mputu Defensive Rebound.	8	13
3:36	Sammie Puisis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mama Dembele.	8	16
3:16	Victoria Flores missed Three Point Jumper.	8	16
3:13	Vittoria Blasigh Defensive Rebound.	8	16
3:09	L'or Mputu missed Layup.	8	16
3:06	Sussy Ngulefac Defensive Rebound.	8	16
2:59	Dominique Ennis missed Three Point Jumper.	8	16
2:55	Vittoria Blasigh Defensive Rebound.	8	16
2:49	Mama Dembele missed Jumper.	8	16
2:47	Mama Dembele Offensive Rebound.	8	16
2:29	Vittoria Blasigh Turnover.	8	16
2:29	Victoria Flores Steal.	8	16
2:25	Aniah Alexis Turnover.	8	16
2:25	Dominique Ennis subbing out for Rice	8	16
2:25	Emily Klaczek subbing in for Rice	8	16
2:13	L'or Mputu missed Layup.	8	16
2:11	Aniah Alexis Defensive Rebound.	8	16
1:59	Sussy Ngulefac made Layup. Assisted by Hailey Adams.	10	16
1:38	Sammie Puisis missed Three Point Jumper.	10	16
1:35	L'or Mputu Offensive Rebound.	10	16
1:27	Carla Brito Turnover.	10	16
1:27	L'or Mputu subbing out for South Florida	10	16
1:27	Fatou Diakite subbing in for South Florida	10	16
1:16	Foul on Aniah Alexis.	10	16
1:16	Aniah Alexis Turnover.	10	16
1:16	Aniah Alexis subbing out for Rice	10	16
1:16	Sussy Ngulefac subbing out for Rice	10	16
1:16	Dominique Ennis subbing in for Rice	10	16
1:16	Shelby Hayes subbing in for Rice	10	16
0:55	Foul on Hailey Adams.	10	16
0:47	Carla Brito made Layup. Assisted by Sammie Puisis.	10	18
0:31	Dominique Ennis made Jumper.	12	18
0:09	Mama Dembele Turnover.	12	18
0:09	Emily Klaczek Steal.	12	18
0:08	Foul on Vittoria Blasigh.	12	18
0:00	Victoria Flores missed Three Point Jumper.	12	18
0:00	Rice Deadball Team Rebound.	12	18
0:00	End of 1st Quarter	12	18

South Florida Bulls vs. Rice Owls - Game Highlights

1:55

Sammie Puisis sinks it from downtown

0:18

Dickies Arena

7:00 PM, March 12, 2025Coverage: ESPNU/ESPN+

Fort Worth, TX

Line: USF -6.5

Over/Under: 123.5

Attendance: 3,795

Referees:
Joseph Vaszily
Pualani Spurlock
Katie Lukanich

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
UTSA	17-1	-	26-4
North Texas	15-3	2	24-8
South Florida	13-4	3.5	23-10
Temple	13-5	4	20-11
Tulsa	11-7	6	17-14
Tulane	9-8	7.5	17-13
East Carolina	8-10	9	17-15
UAB	7-11	10	16-15
Rice	7-11	10	17-17
Memphis	5-13	12	7-23
Charlotte	4-14	13	11-21
Wichita State	4-14	13	10-22
Florida Atlantic	3-15	14	11-21

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