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Rice v Lamar

Sunday, November 22, 2026, 5:00 PM ET at The Reef. Rice our rank 207 · 1-2; Lamar our rank 238 · 2-1.

Who will win Rice vs Lamar?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives Rice a 56% chance to beat Lamar, with a projected score of Rice 75, Lamar 73.

To winRice 56%Lamar 44%
Projected score75–73Rice, then Lamar
Margin1.9Rice · no line posted
Total148.6no line posted
First half35–34Rice ahead 52%
Rice by 30by 20by 10Evenby 10by 20Lamar by 30Model: Rice by 1.9Rice by 30by 10by 10Lamar by 30Model: Rice by 1.9

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 50–60% have been right 55.4% of the time in 16,654 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
Rice
ThompsonG · 26 min11.52.42.110+ 59%
AdkinsG · 22 min10.23.61.010+ 50%
DarG · 21 min9.64.40.910+ 45%
EguagieF · 24 min7.74.60.710+ 31%
Lamar
BerryG · 22 min13.83.41.215+ 41%
EasonF · 22 min10.83.90.810+ 54%
HinkerF · 21 min8.34.10.810+ 36%
CollinsG · 24 min7.93.53.010+ 33%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Jacob Dar: Rice 52%Lamar 48%

The white mark is the call with him: Rice 56%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsRice without himChangeProjected score
Rice
Jacob Dar1.452%−475–74
Lamar
Quante Berry0.859%+376–73

Change is in Rice's win chance, in points. Scores read Rice, then Lamar. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Rice 1-2WLL

    1. Nov 9L 73-91at StanfordCovered +18.5 · Over 145.5
    2. Nov 5L 71-72vs East Texas A&MDidn't cover −3.5 · Under 145.5
    3. Nov 2W 100-55vs Dallas Christian
    Last 3
    1–2, scoring 81.3 and allowing 72.7
    Against the spread, this season
    1–1
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 1 under

    Lamar 2-1WLW

    1. Nov 11W 122-57vs Centenary (LA)
    2. Nov 7L 81-83at Abilene ChrstnDidn't cover −1.5 · Under 167.5
    3. Nov 2W 124-62vs Schreiner
    Last 3
    2–1, scoring 109.0 and allowing 67.3
    Against the spread, this season
    0–1
    Totals, this season
    0 over, 1 under

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    RiceLamar
    Points scored per 100 possessions103.2 196th100.5 258th
    Points allowed per 100109.9 226th109.6 213th
    Possessions a game70.6 209th70.8 184th
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)48.7% 305th51.5% 105th
    Opponents' shooting50.5% 189th51.8% 274th
    Turnovers, share of possessions18.1% 192nd18.4% 216th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses31.8% 177th31.4% 204th
    Free throws per shot0.25 243rd0.27 121st

    The widest gap: Rice's defense (226th) against Lamar's offense (258th), of 365 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    Rice 35, Lamar 34
    First-half margin
    Rice by 1.0
    First-half points, both teams
    69.7
    Projected second half
    Rice 40, Lamar 39
    Second-half points, both teams
    78.9
    Tied at the half
    4%
    Rice, first halves so far
    Led 1 of 3 · 36.0 scored, 32.0 allowed
    Lamar, first halves so far
    Led 2 of 3 · 54.3 scored, 31.7 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Rice

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Jaxson ThompsonG2611.52.42.11.0
    10+ pts 59% · 3+ reb 40% · 2+ ast 58%
    Eternity EguagieF247.74.60.70.7
    10+ pts 31% · 5+ reb 46% · 1+ threes 46%
    Carmelo AdkinsG2210.23.61.01.8
    10+ pts 50% · 4+ reb 46% · 2+ threes 49%
    Jacob DarG219.64.40.91.2
    10+ pts 45% · 5+ reb 44% · 2+ threes 34%
    Jimmy Oladokun Jr.F207.16.00.60.0
    5+ pts 65% · 6+ reb 53%
    Dallas HobbsG207.21.92.90.9
    5+ pts 66% · 2+ reb 52% · 3+ ast 53%
    Zalan FlasarF144.23.20.60.2
    5+ pts 37% · 3+ reb 58%
    Alexander LeethF133.53.10.60.3
    5+ pts 30% · 3+ reb 54% · 1+ threes 28%

    Lamar

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Niccolo MorettiG285.33.14.00.5
    5+ pts 49% · 3+ reb 54% · 4+ ast 54%
    Mike CollinsG247.93.53.00.5
    10+ pts 33% · 4+ reb 44% · 3+ ast 54%
    Dominic EasonF2210.83.90.81.1
    10+ pts 54% · 4+ reb 50% · 1+ threes 61%
    Quante BerryG2213.83.41.21.6
    15+ pts 41% · 4+ reb 42% · 2+ threes 43%
    M.J. WardlowG227.43.82.21.3
    5+ pts 68% · 4+ reb 50% · 2+ ast 61%
    Caden HinkerF218.34.10.81.5
    10+ pts 36% · 4+ reb 54% · 2+ threes 42%
    Jeremiah JonesG206.23.81.80.8
    5+ pts 57% · 2+ ast 50% · 1+ threes 50%
    Filip RadakovicG177.63.31.40.4
    5+ pts 69% · 4+ reb 41% · 2+ ast 39%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

    The game in numbers

    The matchup

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