Houston; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: East Carolina faces Rice after Anzhane Hutton scored 21 points in East Carolina's 72-65 win against the Charlotte 49ers. The Owls are 7-2 in home games. Rice scores 66.

C.J. Walker scored 28 points and RJ Felton hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give East Carolina a 75-72 victory over Wichita State on Saturday night. Walker shot 10 for 17 (3 for 3 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Pirates (10-9,

Point Goals_East Carolina 11-23 (Walker 3-3, R.Felton 3-6, Hayes 2-3, Farell 2-7, Woodard 1-1, LaBeaux 0-1, Riley 0-2), Wichita St. 5-15 (Hill 2-3, Cortes 1-1, Beverly 1-2, Bell 1-5, McGinnis 0-2, Washington 0-2).

East Carolina Pirates (9-9, 1-4 AAC) at Wichita State Shockers (11-6, 1-3 AAC) Wichita, Kansas; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Shockers -3.5; over/under is 147.5 BOTTOM LINE: East Carolina faces Wichita State after RJ Felton scored 30 points in East Carolina's 69-60 loss to the North Texas Mean Green.