Rice Women's Hoops Unveils 2008-09 Non-Conference Schedule

HOUSTON--The Rice women's basketball program announced its non-conference schedule Tuesday for the 2008-09 season. Home games will be played at the Tudor Fieldhouse on the Rice campus.

"We are excited to open our season with seven non-conference games in the newly-renovated Tudor Fieldhouse," head coach Greg Williams said. "We had a rough non-conference travel schedule last season and it will be nice for our program to return on-campus."

After an exhibition contest at Houston Baptist (Nov. 7), the Owls christen Tudor Fieldhouse with a four-game homestand against Cal State Northridge (Nov. 14), defending SWAC regular season champion Prairie View A&M (Nov. 19), NCAA Tournament participant Baylor (Nov. 23) and Furman (Nov. 25).

The Owls also play host to Pac-10 foe UCLA (Dec. 17) and NCAA Sweet 16 team George Washington (Jan. 5).

Rice has road games slated for Arkansas-Little Rock (Nov. 29), Hofstra (Dec. 19), Lafayette (Dec. 21) and Texas-San Antonio (Jan. 3) along with a pair of games at a tournament hosted by Ole Miss (Dec. 29-30).

"We're thrilled that our fans get to see our program match-up with some of the nation's best basketball programs at Tudor Field House," Williams said. "I know that our players are also looking forward to taking on teams from the Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC in addition to our trip to the New York City/Philadelphia areas during our non-conference schedule."

Information on women's basketball season tickets will be released in the near future at the ticket link on RiceOwls.com