Crystal ball prediction could cause key development with a significant Indiana basketball transfer target

Rice played just one season at Washington State and was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year.

The 6-foot-2 guard averaged 14.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game this past season. He shot 43.9 percent from the floor, 27.5 percent from three and 81.1 percent from the foul line.

Rice is a terrific scoring guard who had six 20+ point games last year, including a 35-point performance against Stanford. He was in double-figures in 27-of-35 games this past year.

While Rice’s three-point percentage is sub-30 percent, he had 10 games with at least two made 3s and four with at least three 3s. And, it wasn’t as much of an issue as the final numbers show. He shot 33 percent in the first 26 games of the season on 1.3 makes per game before he went 0-of-22 in the final seven Pac-12 games.

Rice attempted 3.6 free throws per game.

He had 13 points on 6-of-10 from the field in 40 minutes against Iowa State in Washington State’s Round of 32 loss. It was the first time since 2008 that the Cougars played in March Madness.

Rice is a terrific scorer off of the dribble and can create shots for himself using ball screens or creation on his own. He has great length and quickness to allow him to get into the lane and finish at the rim with great effectiveness. He scores .800 points per possession when he is the ball handler in a screen and roll. He scores 1.15 points per possession in transition with his quickness. While Rice is not a great spot up shooter, he has the ability to be a streaky perimeter player.

While he wasn’t put in a full isolation setting often — only six percent of his possessions — he scored 1.15 points per possession which ranked in the 89th percentile.

Rice redshirted his first season at Washington State and then missed all of last year with Hodgkin lymphoma.

He is a native of just outside of Atlanta where he played for the Atlanta Celtics — the same AAU program that former Indiana basketball wing Kaleb Banks played for and one that Indiana assistant Yasir Rosemond has ties to.

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