# 2021–22 Rice Owls women's basketball team

The 2021–22 Rice Owls women's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Lindsay Edmonds, and played their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas as a member of Conference USA.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 9, 2021* 5:00 p.m., CUSA.tv | | St. Edward's | W 84–41 | 1–0 | Tudor Fieldhouse (328) Houston, TX |
| November 13, 2021* 7:00 p.m., CUSA.tv | | Louisiana | L 69–73 | 1–1 | Tudor Fieldhouse (462) Houston, TX |
| November 17, 2021* 6:00 p.m., CUSA.tv | | Texas Southern | W 59–47 | 2–1 | Tudor Fieldhouse (475) Houston, TX |
| November 20, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Oklahoma State | L 48–68 | 2–2 | Tudor Fieldhouse (622) Houston, TX |
| November 24, 2021* 1:00 p.m., CUSA.tv | | Pacific | W 81–73 | 3–2 | Tudor Fieldhouse (529) Houston, TX |
| December 4, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UT Arlington | L 65–73 | 3–3 | College Park Center (680) Arlington, TX |
| December 11, 2021* 2:00 p.m., CUSA.tv | | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 69–61 | 4–3 | Tudor Fieldhouse (432) Houston, TX |
| December 16, 2021* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Sam Houston | W 74–64 | 5–3 | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (204) Huntsville, TX |
| December 19, 2021* 2:00 p.m., SEC+ | | at No. 23 Texas A&M | Canceled | Canceled | Reed Arena College Station, TX |
| December 29, 2021* 6:00 p.m., CUSA.tv | | Texas College | Canceled | Canceled | Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX |
| CUSA regular season ||||||
| January 1, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | North Texas | Postponed | Postponed | Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX |
| January 7, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Middle Tennessee | L 63–87 | 5–4 (0–1) | Murphy Center (1,806) Murfreesboro, TN |
| January 8, 2022 2:00 p.m. | | at UAB | Postponed | Postponed | Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL |
| January 13, 2022 7:00 p.m., CUSA.tv | | Western Kentucky | L 61–78 | 5–5 (0–2) | Tudor Fieldhouse (241) Houston, TX |
| January 15, 2022 2:00 p.m., CUSA.tv | | Marshall | L 53–66 | 5–6 (0–3) | Tudor Fieldhouse (464) Houston, TX |
| January 20, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Old Dominion | L 59–69 | 5–7 (0–4) | Chartway Arena (1,393) Norfolk, VA |
| January 22, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Charlotte | L 83–88 $^{4OT}$ | 5–8 (0–5) | Dale F. Halton Arena (35) Charlotte, NC |
| January 27, 2022 7:00 p.m., CUSA.tv | | Louisiana Tech | W 72–64 | 6–8 (1–5) | Tudor Fieldhouse (523) Houston, TX |
| January 29, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Southern Miss | L 55–78 | 6–9 (1–6) | Tudor Fieldhouse (538) Houston, TX |
| February 3, 2022 7:00 p.m., CUSA.tv | | at UTSA | Postponed | Postponed | Convocation Center San Antonio, TX |
| February 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., CUSA.tv | | at UTEP | W 72–69 | 7–9 (2–6) | Don Haskins Center (1,165) El Paso, TX |
| February 10, 2022 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at North Texas | L 50–57 | 7–10 (2–7) | UNT Coliseum (1,353) Denton, TX |
| February 13, 2022 2:00 p.m., YouTube | | North Texas Rescheduled from January 1 | L 42–55 | 7–11 (2–8) | Tudor Fieldhouse (374) Houston, TX |
| February 17, 2022 7:00 p.m., CUSA.tv | | UAB | W 81–76 | 8–11 (3–8) | Tudor Fieldhouse (479) Houston, TX |
| February 19, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | FIU | W 73–67 | 9–11 (4–8) | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,869) Houston, TX |
| February 21, 2022 5:00 p.m., CUSA.tv | | at UAB Rescheduled from January 8 | W 60-55 | 10-11 (5-8) | Bartow Arena (137) Birmingham, AL |
| February 24, 2022 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Louisiana Tech | L 80-90 $^{2OT}$ | 10-12 (5-9) | Thomas Assembly Center (1,423) Ruston, LA |
| February 26, 2022 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Southern Miss | W 51-46 | 11-12 (6-9) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,421) Hattiesburg, MS |
| March 3, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UTEP | W 82-62 | 12-12 (7-9) | Tudor Fieldhouse (342) Houston, TX |
| March 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., CUSA.tv | | UTSA | W 86-48 | 13-12 (8-9) | Tudor Fieldhouse (826) Houston, TX |
| Conference USA Tournament ||||||
| March 9, 2022 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | | vs. Marshall | W 80-62 | 14-12 | Ford Center at the Star Frisco, TX |
| March 10, 2022 11:00 a.m., Stadium | (4 W) | vs. (1 E) Charlotte | L 53-59 | 14-13 | Ford Center at the Star Frisco, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||