Texas-San Antonio 54, at Rice 40

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Interstat) — In a stunning defensive masterclass, the Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners upended the heavily favored Rice Owls 54-40 on Saturday in an American Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament game at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. The victory, built on a suffocating first-half performance, propelled UTSA to an 18-15 record and advanced the Roadrunners in the postseason bracket. Rice, the regular-season powerhouse, saw its campaign end at 27-5, a shocking early exit after a dominant year. The most important part of the game was unquestionably the first half, where Texas-San Antonio established a defensive stranglehold from which Rice never recovered.… Read more...