Hispanic Heritage Night at Tudor Fieldhouse

The Rice men’s basketball team had its best attendance of the season on Hispanic Heritage Night Feb. 28.  The 4,653 people who packed Tudor Fieldhouse watched the Owls take on the Charlotte 49ers, who beat Rice 77-76 during the final seconds of the game. Pictured: David Medina (left), director of Multicultural Community Relations for Rice’s Office of Public Affairs, and Joe Karlgaard (right), director of Rice Athletics, present a Rice basketball to Daniel Contreras, president of the Houston Hispanic Forum, and Contreras’ son. The Houston Hispanic Forum is a nonprofit organization that focuses on improving Hispanic achievement in the Greater Houston area through information and dialogue, service, collaborations and promoting awareness of educational issues affecting Hispanics.