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Lyle scores 33 points, leads UTSA in a 79-60 rout of Rice

HOUSTON (AP) Deon Lyle knocked down eight 3-pointers and put up a season-high 33 points as UTSA crushed Rice, 79-60 on Saturday to close out the Conference USA regular season and prepare for the conference tournament.

With a fifth-place finish, the Roadrunners face the No. 12 seed, Texas-El Paso, in a first-round game Wednesday in Frisco, Texas. Rice (7-24, 4-14) will miss the conference tournament.

UTSA (18-13, 11-7) rolled to an 18-point lead by intermission and cruised to the win.

Leaders
Points:	C. Cashaw	15.5
Rebounds:	C. Cashaw	7.1
Assists:	A. Adams	3.2
FG%:	C. Cashaw	39.8%
FT%:	C. Cashaw	72.6%
3P%:	A. Adams	33.8%
Steals:	C. Cashaw	1.3
Blocks:	M. Osborne	0.8

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Virginia	31-3
2	Villanova	36-4
3	Xavier	29-6
4	Kansas	31-8
5	Michigan State	30-5
6	Cincinnati	31-5
7	Michigan	33-8
8	Gonzaga	32-5
9	Duke	29-8
10	North Carolina	26-11
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Villanova	36-4
2	Michigan	33-8
3	Kansas	31-8
4	Duke	29-8
5	Virginia	31-3
6	Texas Tech	27-10
7	Loyola Chicago	32-6
8	Xavier	29-6
9	Purdue	30-7
10	Gonzaga	32-5
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Conference USA Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
Middle Tennessee	16-2	25-8
Old Dominion	15-3	25-7
Western Kentucky	14-4	27-11
Marshall	12-6	25-11
UTSA	11-7	20-15
UAB	10-8	20-13
North Texas	8-10	20-18
FIU	8-10	14-18
Louisiana Tech	7-11	17-16
Southern Miss	7-11	16-18
Florida Atlantic	6-12	12-19
UTEP	6-12	11-20
Rice	4-14	7-24
Charlotte	2-16	6-23
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Offense (Rank)
Points:	68.2 (300)
Rebounds:	10.5 (150)
Assists:	12.2 (282)
FG%:	40.6% (335)
FT%:	66.9% (311)
3P%:	31.8% (328)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	75.7 (266)
Rebounds:	26.2 (103)
Assists:	16.6 (343)
FG%:	44.8% (227)
FT%:	70.1% (96)
3P%:	35.7% (235)