Biography
UIS:
2025-26 – Two-time First-Team, All-GLVC selection...2025-26 UIS Male Athlete of the Year...ranked third on the program's all-time scoring list and second in assists...played more minutes than any player in program history...led the conference in both assists and assist-to-turnover ratio...ranked tenth in the league in scoring...knocked down 40 three-pointers while converting 72.7 percent from the free-throw line...shot 41.5 percent from the field on 395 field-goal attempts, carrying a large offensive workload...ranked first on the team in points, assists, steals, minutes played, and total minutes, serving as the engine of the offense...added 76 rebounds, 34 steals, and three blocks, contributing on both ends of the floor...scored a season-high 40 points against William Jewell, going 14-for-31 from the field and pulling down a season-high nine rebounds, including a season-best eight defensive rebounds...logged a season-high 10 assists in two games, first against UIndy and again against Southwest Baptist...had the highest-scoring season of his career with 485 points.
2024-25 – Redshirted.
2023-24 – First Team All-GLVC. Appeared in 29 games, starting all 29. Averaged 35.0 minutes per game, 14.0 ppg, 4.7 apg, 2.9 rpg, and 1.3 spg. Second on the team in scoring, first in assists and average minutes played (35.0). Fourteenth in the GLVC in scoring, third in average minutes played per game and assists per game. Ranked 11th in the GLVC in steals. Had a career-high of 27 points against West Texas A&M. Had five made three-pointers in the Drury contest. Hit nine of the 10 free throws against McKendree. Grabbed a season-best eight rebounds against Lewis. Scored in double figures in 28 games, including seven straight from Dec. 19 to Jan. 25. Surpassed the 20-point mark seven times, including three straight GLVC games against Missouri S&T, McKendree and UMSL, winning two of the three.
2022-23 – Appeared in 29 games, starting all 29. Averaged 32.3 minutes per game. Tallied 281 points, 27 steals, 111 assists and 72 rebounds. Recorded a season-high of 26 points against Truman State. Set school record for most assists in a game with 12 against Lewis. Earned All-Tournament honors at the Nexus-Classic.
2021-22 – Appeared in 28 games, starting 21. Averaged 26.4 minutes per game. Tallied 161 points, 26 steals, 58 assists, and 37 rebounds. Recorded a season-high of 14 points against Rockhurst. Named to GLVC All-Freshman team.
UIS Academic Awards:
2025-26 NABC Honors Court.
2025-26 GLVC Academic All-Conference Honoree.
2024-25 GLVC Academic All-Conference Honoree.
2023-24 GLVC Academic All-Conference Honoree.
High School:
A third-team all-state selection … two-time first-team all-conference … two-time team MVP and team Defensive Player of the Year … averaged 13 points, 5.0 assists, and 2.6 rebounds a game … had a 2.31 assist-to-turnover ratio … had a 53 percent efficiency field-goal percentage … had a +9.8 plus/minus average … helped his team win the 2020 regional championship, and the 2021 conference championship … a member of the Quad City Elite and Mid Pro Academy club teams … also lettered in soccer and track.
Personal:
The son of Paulette and Keith Rice and has four siblings, Justin, Chris, Kayla, and Tiandra. Kayla is a junior on the UIS women's team.
