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Final · Thu, Nov 5, 2026 · Tudor Fieldhouse, Houston, TX · attendance 719 · ESPN gamecast · Share this box score

East Texas A&M edged Rice 72-71

By Hardwood Bricks staff · Thu, Nov 5, 2026

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East Texas A&M edged Rice 72-71 on the road in Houston.

Mohamed Diakite led East Texas A&M with 23 points. Jaxson Thompson had 14 points for Rice. Amar Hot led all players with 13 rebounds for East Texas A&M.

East Texas A&M had 25 offensive rebounds to Rice's 19. East Texas A&M covered the closing spread. Our model missed the final margin by 9.5 points.

Scoring · East Texas A&M: Mohamed Diakite 23, Bo Aldridge 16, Alonzo Dodd 14, Thomas Duchamp 8, Gasper Skorjanc 5, Amar Hot 4, Maxime Carrio 2. Rice: Jaxson Thompson 14, Jacob Dar 13, Carmelo Adkins 13, Eternity Eguagie 8, Dallas Hobbs 8, Jimmy Oladokun Jr. 7, Tristan Vukotic 3, Bodey Howell 3, Zalan Flasar 2.

What the model said

Projected that morning with only earlier games

ETAM 66, RICE 75model score

-8.5model spread (home)

141.5model total

9.5points off the final margin

FavoriteRICE -3.55.0 Lost Under 145.54.0 Won

OverUnderFavoriteUnderdogThe colored fill is the gap between the model and the market: a full chip means 6 points or more. The number on each chip is that gap.

Leans are against the DraftKings closing line ESPN carries. Season record on the ratings page.

Line and result

	Spread (home)	Total	ML home	ML away	Source
Close	-3.5	145.5	-162	136	DraftKings via ESPN

Margin -1 (home) ATS ETAM covered Total 143 → under

Travel and rest coming in

Team	Rest days	Miles in	Road streak	Time zone
ETAM	non-American team, not tracked
RICE	2	0	–	same

Rest is full days off between games. Miles are an estimate from the travel model (see the travel page).

Team stats

Stat	ETAM	RICE
FG	24-67	24-67
FG%	36	36
3PT	10-28	9-27
3P%	36	33
FT	14-24	14-20
FT%	58	70
Rebounds	54	41
Offensive rebounds	25	19
Defensive rebounds	29	22
Assists	20	13
Steals	9	6
Blocks	3	6
Turnovers	15	10
Points off turnovers	10	5
Fast break points	12	4
Points in paint	24	26
Fouls	20	19
Largest lead	8	11
Possessions (est.)	68.4	67.5
Points per 100 possessions	105.3	105.2

Possessions = FGA − OREB + TO + 0.475 × FTA.

East Texas A&M Lions

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Mohamed Diakite F	34	23	9-17	3-7	2-2	0	6	3	2	2	3	2
Gasper Skorjanc G	32	5	2-3	1-1	0-2	3	7	2	1	1	0	4
Alonzo Dodd G	29	14	4-15	3-10	3-7	4	7	6	2	2	0	3
Bo Aldridge F	27	16	4-17	2-5	6-7	0	2	4	5	2	0	1
Jaxson Ford F	12	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	5	3	2	0	0	5
Amar Hot	26	4	1-3	0-0	2-4	7	13	1	0	1	0	3
Thomas Duchamp	25	8	3-8	1-4	1-2	4	7	0	1	1	0	1
Maxime Carrio	13	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kollin Tolbert	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Marko Markovic	DNP
Codrut Dinu	DNP
Yvain Vidal	DNP
Kamren Robinson	DNP
Chris Adlam	DNP
Evan Phelps	DNP

Rice Owls

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Eternity Eguagie F	29	8	2-8	0-1	4-6	2	6	0	1	1	0	4
Jaxson Thompson G	29	14	4-11	0-3	6-7	2	3	2	3	1	1	2
Jacob Dar G	29	13	5-18	1-10	2-2	3	7	2	0	1	1	0
Jimmy Oladokun Jr. F	22	7	3-7	0-0	1-2	2	8	0	2	0	2	2
Carmelo Adkins G	22	13	4-7	4-5	1-2	1	2	0	1	1	0	1
Dallas Hobbs	19	8	3-3	2-2	0-1	0	2	6	3	2	0	4
Kaiden Myers	12	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1
Zalan Flasar	11	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Tristan Vukotic	9	3	1-5	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bodey Howell	9	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alexander Leeth	5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jarne Elouna Eyenga	4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Evan Cochran	DNP
Rohan Amin	DNP
Cole Andrews-Heitz	DNP
Cam Carroll	DNP