How to watch Rice Owls vs. Prairie View Panthers: Live stream, TV channel, start time for Sunday's NCAA Basketball game

How to watch Rice vs. Prairie View A&M basketball game

By Scout Staff

Dec 22, 2024 at 9:00 am ET • 2 min read

Who's Playing

Prairie View Panthers @ Rice Owls

Current Records: Prairie View 1-10, Rice 8-4

How To Watch

When: Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 3 p.m. ET
Where: Tudor Fieldhouse -- Houston, Texas
TV: ESPN Plus
Follow: CBS Sports App
Online Streaming: Catch select College Basketball matches on Fubo (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
Ticket Cost: $19.80

What to Know

The Rice Owls' homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Prairie View Panthers at 3:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at Tudor Fieldhouse. Things are looking good forBDOCBSGame who are projected to snag an easy win in their upcoming match.

Prairie View is facing Rice at the wrong time: Rice suffered their first home loss of the season on Thursday and they're likely out for redemption. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 69-68 to the Trailblazers. The Owls' season wasn't pretty last year but it's starting to look like struggles are in the rearview.

Meanwhile, Prairie View's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their tenth straight loss. They took a serious blow against UCLA, falling 111-75. The Panthers were surely aware of their disadvantage in the point spread, but the foreknowledge did nothing to prevent the result.

Despite the defeat, Prairie View had strong showings from Jordan Tillmon, who went 6 for 7 from beyond the arc en route to 24 points, and Nick Anderson, who went 6 for 10 en route to 19 points plus eight rebounds and two steals.

Prairie View struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only five offensive rebounds. They are winless (0-3) when they can't control their own glass like that.

Rice's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-4. As for Prairie View, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.

Sunday's contest is shaping up to be a scrappy game: Rice has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 39.1 rebounds per game. It's a different story for Prairie View, though, as they've been averaging only 27.7. Given Rice's sizable advantage in that area, Prairie View will need to find a way to close that gap.

Everything came up roses for Rice against Prairie View in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, as the team secured an 82-56 win. Does Rice have another victory up their sleeve, or will Prairie View turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.