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Jersey Number 1
Rodney Rice
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-5
- Hometown:
- Clinton, Md.
- High School:
- DeMatha Catholic
- Prev School:
- Maryland
2025-26: Made the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Preseason Top 20 Watch List … Started in the first six games of the season before sustaining a season-ending injury … Averaged 20.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and a team-high 6.0 assists per game … Finished in double-figures in all six games, including a season-high 27 points against Boise State (Nov. 24) … Recorded the second triple-double in program history with 21 points, a career-high 10 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists against Illinois State (Nov. 14) … Led the team in assists, averaging six per game.
2024-25: Played in all 36 games, including 32 starts, for the University of Maryland … Was the third-leading scorer on a team that made it to the Sweet Sixteen … averaged 13.8 points and 2.2 rebounds per game … Shot 43.4% from the field and 37.4 percent from beyond the arc … Contributed 12 points and four rebounds in the Sweet Sixteen game against the eventual champions of Florida (March 27) … Had six games this season where he posted 20+ points … Scored in double-digits in 26 games last season, including a 26-point performance against Illinois in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament (March 14) and a 28-point performance against Mount Saint Mary’s (Nov. 8) to kick off the year.
2023-24: Did not compete at Virginia Tech.
2022-23: Battled through an injury-riddled season to compete in eight games at Virginia Tech … Dropped in a season-high 17 points vs. NC State in the second round of the ACC tournament … Scored double figures three times … Averaged 20.1 minutes per game, logging a season-high 29 at Syracuse in his Tech debut … Made multiple three-pointers in three games.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at DeMatha where he played one season … All-Met First Team selection in 2021-22 after leading the Stags in scoring … averaged 18.5 points per game across a three-year career at DeMatha … Rated as the 63rd-best prospect in the 2022 class on 247Sports … Tabbed the third-best player in the state of Maryland and the 10th-best combo guard nationally, according to 247Sports … Four-star recruit ranked 45th overall, third in Maryland and eighth at his position by ESPN.
Personal: Born November 21, 2002 in Takoma, Maryland … Son of Rodney and Olga Rice … Has two siblings, Jasmine and Jenai … Dad played basketball at Richmond and led the Spiders to the Sweet 16 of the 1988 NCAA Tournament.
2024-25: Played in all 36 games, including 32 starts, for the University of Maryland … Was the third-leading scorer on a team that made it to the Sweet Sixteen … averaged 13.8 points and 2.2 rebounds per game … Shot 43.4% from the field and 37.4 percent from beyond the arc … Contributed 12 points and four rebounds in the Sweet Sixteen game against the eventual champions of Florida (March 27) … Had six games this season where he posted 20+ points … Scored in double-digits in 26 games last season, including a 26-point performance against Illinois in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament (March 14) and a 28-point performance against Mount Saint Mary’s (Nov. 8) to kick off the year.
2023-24: Did not compete at Virginia Tech.
2022-23: Battled through an injury-riddled season to compete in eight games at Virginia Tech … Dropped in a season-high 17 points vs. NC State in the second round of the ACC tournament … Scored double figures three times … Averaged 20.1 minutes per game, logging a season-high 29 at Syracuse in his Tech debut … Made multiple three-pointers in three games.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at DeMatha where he played one season … All-Met First Team selection in 2021-22 after leading the Stags in scoring … averaged 18.5 points per game across a three-year career at DeMatha … Rated as the 63rd-best prospect in the 2022 class on 247Sports … Tabbed the third-best player in the state of Maryland and the 10th-best combo guard nationally, according to 247Sports … Four-star recruit ranked 45th overall, third in Maryland and eighth at his position by ESPN.
Personal: Born November 21, 2002 in Takoma, Maryland … Son of Rodney and Olga Rice … Has two siblings, Jasmine and Jenai … Dad played basketball at Richmond and led the Spiders to the Sweet 16 of the 1988 NCAA Tournament.
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