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Pepperdine at Rice

Women's · Sunday, November 22, 2026, 8:00 PM ET at Tudor Fieldhouse. Pepperdine our rank 146 · 2-1; Rice our rank 71 · 4-0.

Who will win Pepperdine vs Rice?

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

The model gives Rice a 84% chance to beat Pepperdine, with a projected score of Rice 67, Pepperdine 54.

To winRice 84%Pepperdine 16%
Projected score54–67Pepperdine, then Rice
Margin12.7Rice · no line posted
Total121.2no line posted
First half25–32Rice ahead 76%
Pepperdine by 20by 10Evenby 10by 20by 30Rice by 40Model: Rice by 12.7Pepperdine by 20Evenby 20Rice by 40Model: Rice by 12.7

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 80–90% have been right 85.0% of the time in 7,719 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 9.5 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
BattistonG · 34 min13.02.44.715+ 36%
AlexisG · 33 min9.26.12.110+ 42%
FloresG · 24 min9.23.11.810+ 42%
AdamsG · 33 min8.110.43.610+ 34%
Pepperdine
GuineyG · 32 min13.74.52.315+ 41%
FalkG · 30 min6.83.00.95+ 63%
HarmonG · 26 min6.61.71.65+ 61%
MendelsonC · 24 min6.37.40.85+ 59%

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 her

Without Hailey Adams: Pepperdine 23%Rice 77%

The white mark is the call with her: Rice 84%.

PlayerPoints a game she addsRice without herChangeProjected score
Rice
Hailey Adams3.577%−756–65
Aniah Alexis2.679%−556–66
Louann Battiston2.280%−455–66
Lilly Taulelei1.980%−455–66
Pepperdine
Elli Guiney2.789%+553–68
Lina Falk1.587%+354–68
Taija Sta. Maria0.886%+254–67
Seleh Harmon0.886%+254–67

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

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Pepperdine 2-1WLW

    1. Nov 10W 83-65vs Cal State Dominguez Hills
    2. Nov 5L 54-58vs Santa Barbara
    3. Nov 2W 59-43at Portland St
    Last 3
    2–1, scoring 65.3 and allowing 55.3

    Rice 4-0WWWW

    1. Nov 12W 71-46vs Texas Southern
    2. Nov 8W 73-60at Richmond
    3. Nov 6W 69-64vs Murray St
    4. Nov 2W 72-34vs Hou Christian
    Last 4
    4–0, scoring 71.2 and allowing 51.0

    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 363
    PepperdineRice
    Points scored per 100 possessions88.2 214th95.1 114th
    Points allowed per 10088.2 80th83.3 48th
    Possessions a game72.1 164th71.5 225th
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)44.8% 222nd46.3% 128th
    Opponents' shooting40.6% 8th39.5% 1st
    Turnovers, share of possessions25.7% 309th22.2% 74th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses35.1% 75th28.3% 354th
    Free throws per shot0.22 142nd0.20 237th

    The widest gap: Rice's defense (48th) against Pepperdine's offense (214th), of 363 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    Pepperdine 25, Rice 32
    First-half margin
    Rice by 7.3
    First-half points, both teams
    57.5
    Projected second half
    Pepperdine 29, Rice 35
    Second-half points, both teams
    63.7
    Tied at the half
    4%
    Pepperdine, first halves so far
    Led 3 of 3 · 32.7 scored, 26.7 allowed
    Rice, first halves so far
    Led 4 of 4 · 36.8 scored, 23.8 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 10,911 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 73.0% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.0 points on average. This season: 404 of 492 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Pepperdine

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Elli GuineyG3213.74.52.31.5
    15+ pts 41% · 5+ reb 44% · 2+ threes 42%
    Lina FalkG306.83.00.90.9
    5+ pts 63% · 3+ reb 53% · 1+ threes 54%
    Taija Sta. MariaG294.92.12.40.3
    5+ pts 46% · 2+ reb 56% · 3+ ast 41%
    Seleh HarmonG266.61.71.61.1
    5+ pts 61% · 2+ reb 45% · 2+ ast 47%
    Maggie MendelsonC246.37.40.80.1
    5+ pts 59% · 8+ reb 45% · 2+ ast 21%
    Keandra KooritsG183.82.30.70.6
    5+ pts 33% · 2+ reb 60% · 1+ threes 41%
    Zoe ShanahanF133.11.90.50.2
    5+ pts 26% · 2+ reb 50% · 1+ threes 18%
    Evelyn MartynC102.82.30.30.0
    5+ pts 23% · 2+ reb 60%

    Rice

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Louann BattistonG3413.02.44.71.6
    15+ pts 36% · 5+ ast 49% · 2+ threes 42%
    Aniah AlexisG339.26.12.11.0
    10+ pts 42% · 6+ reb 54% · 2+ ast 58%
    Hailey AdamsG338.110.43.60.2
    10+ pts 34% · 11+ reb 46% · 4+ ast 48%
    Victoria FloresG249.23.11.81.0
    48% to play · 10+ pts 42% · 3+ reb 54% · 2+ ast 51%
    Jordin BlackmonG216.52.30.80.7
    5+ pts 61% · 2+ reb 60% · 1+ threes 47%
    Lilly TauleleiF174.92.70.50.0
    5+ pts 46% · 3+ reb 48%
    Myah HazeltonC154.22.20.20.0
    5+ pts 38% · 2+ reb 58%
    Reychel DouglasG144.72.20.60.3
    5+ pts 43% · 2+ reb 58% · 1+ threes 22%

    Missed the last game: Victoria Flores (26 min a game).

    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

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