Elijah Rice

1 Elijah Rice

Height:

6-2
Weight:

165
Year:

So.
Hometown:

Cahokia, Ill.
High School:

East St. Louis
Position:

G

gp

13
pts/g

12.4
fg %

46.7
3pt %

40.0
ft %

60.7
reb/g

4.7
a/g

3.3

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Bio

2019-20

Averaged 9.8 points per game in 26 games … Shot 48.1 percent from the field … Posted a career-high 21 points against Blackburn on Dec. 7

Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result

Date	Opponent	Result
Mar 29	at Webster	W, 79-67
Mar 31	at Spalding
Apr 3	Iowa Wesleyan	W, 76-66
Apr 6	Westminster (Mo.)	W, 88-75
Apr 8	at Greenville	W, 152-122
Apr 10	at Blackburn	L, 77-69

Season Statistics

	Overall	Conference

	Overall	Conference
Games	13	6
Games started	13	6
Minutes	357	164
Minutes per game	27.5	27.3
FG	64-137	30-63
FG Pct	46.7	47.6
3PT	16-40	8-19
3PT Pct	40.0	42.1
FT	17-28	5-11
FT Pct	60.7	45.5
Off rebounds	21	7
Def rebounds	40	20
Total rebounds	61	27
Rebounds per game	4.7	4.5
Personal fouls	33	16
Disqualifications	2	1
Assists	43	17
Turnovers	27	11
Assist to turnover ratio	1.6	1.5
Steals	15	9
Blocks	8	4
Points	161	73
Points per game	12.4	12.2
Points per 40 min	18.0	17.8

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Feb 17	Illinois College	L, 81-75	1	35	9-20	45.0	4-7	57.1	3-3	100.0	25
Feb 19	at Illinois College	L, 83-75	1	29	5-12	41.7	3-3	100.0	2-2	100.0	15
Feb 23	Eureka	L, 86-80	1	31	6-13	46.2	0-5	0.0	1-1	100.0	13
Feb 27	at Westminster (Mo.)	L, 87-77	1	32	5-12	41.7	1-2	50.0	1-3	33.3	12
Mar 3	Webster	W, 88-51	1	22	1-6	16.7	0-1	0.0	3-4	75.0	5
Mar 6	Greenville	W, 137-119	1	26	8-12	66.7	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	17
Mar 9	Blackburn	L, 73-68	1	19	4-8	50.0	2-4	50.0	1-2	50.0	11
Mar 12	at Iowa Wesleyan	L, 83-70	1	32	3-7	42.9	0-3	0.0	1-2	50.0	7
Mar 16	at Eureka		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 19	Westminster (Mo.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 23	Eureka		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 29	at Webster	W, 79-67	1	29	3-12	25.0	1-6	16.7	2-4	50.0	9
Mar 31	at Spalding		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apr 3	Iowa Wesleyan	W, 76-66	1	26	7-12	58.3	3-3	100.0	0-0	-	17
Apr 6	Westminster (Mo.)	W, 88-75	1	31	4-9	44.4	0-3	0.0	1-2	50.0	9
Apr 8	at Greenville	W, 152-122	1	16	5-7	71.4	0-1	0.0	2-5	40.0	12
Apr 10	at Blackburn	L, 77-69	1	29	4-7	57.1	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	9

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Feb 17	Illinois College	L, 81-75	1	35	1	0	1	3	1	1	0
Feb 19	at Illinois College	L, 83-75	1	29	2	2	4	1	1	0	1
Feb 23	Eureka	L, 86-80	1	31	1	5	6	4	4	0	1
Feb 27	at Westminster (Mo.)	L, 87-77	1	32	2	3	5	4	2	2	0
Mar 3	Webster	W, 88-51	1	22	1	1	2	8	1	0	0
Mar 6	Greenville	W, 137-119	1	26	1	7	8	5	3	1	2
Mar 9	Blackburn	L, 73-68	1	19	0	2	2	1	1	1	0
Mar 12	at Iowa Wesleyan	L, 83-70	1	32	0	2	2	1	1	3	0
Mar 16	at Eureka		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 19	Westminster (Mo.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 23	Eureka		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 29	at Webster	W, 79-67	1	29	3	3	6	3	2	1	0
Mar 31	at Spalding		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apr 3	Iowa Wesleyan	W, 76-66	1	26	1	3	4	3	2	1	2
Apr 6	Westminster (Mo.)	W, 88-75	1	31	4	6	10	3	3	1	0
Apr 8	at Greenville	W, 152-122	1	16	1	3	4	3	4	2	2
Apr 10	at Blackburn	L, 77-69	1	29	4	3	7	4	2	2	0

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Feb 17	Illinois College	L, 81-75	1	2	-	3.0
Feb 19	at Illinois College	L, 83-75	1	1	-	1.0
Feb 23	Eureka	L, 86-80	1	4	-	1.0
Feb 27	at Westminster (Mo.)	L, 87-77	1	1	0	2.0
Mar 3	Webster	W, 88-51	1	3	-	8.0
Mar 6	Greenville	W, 137-119	1	4	-	1.7
Mar 9	Blackburn	L, 73-68	1	5	1	1.0
Mar 12	at Iowa Wesleyan	L, 83-70	1	3	0	1.0
Mar 16	at Eureka		-	-	-	-
Mar 19	Westminster (Mo.)		-	-	-	-
Mar 23	Eureka		-	-	-	-
Mar 29	at Webster	W, 79-67	1	3	-	1.5
Mar 31	at Spalding		-	-	-	-
Apr 3	Iowa Wesleyan	W, 76-66	1	0	-	1.5
Apr 6	Westminster (Mo.)	W, 88-75	1	2	-	1.0
Apr 8	at Greenville	W, 152-122	1	5	1	0.8
Apr 10	at Blackburn	L, 77-69	1	0	-	2.0

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2019-20	26	22.7	4.0-8.2	0.6-2.2	1.3-2.0	9.8
2020-21	13	27.5	4.9-10.5	1.2-3.1	1.3-2.2	12.4
2021-22	23	32.1	6.6-13.5	0.4-2.1	1.6-2.9	15.2
2022-23	26	28.7	4.3-9.8	0.1-0.9	1.1-2.3	9.8
2023-24	27	28.4	4.1-9.1	0.3-1.1	1.4-2.2	9.9
Total	115	27.8	4.7-10.1	0.5-1.7	1.3-2.3	11.2

Career Stats: Shooting per game

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2019-20	26	21	591	103-214	48.1	16-56	28.6	34-53	64.2	256
2020-21	13	13	357	64-137	46.7	16-40	40.0	17-28	60.7	161
2021-22	23	23	738	151-310	48.7	10-48	20.8	37-66	56.1	349
2022-23	26	26	745	112-255	43.9	3-23	13.0	29-60	48.3	256
2023-24	27	25	767	111-247	44.9	8-31	25.8	37-59	62.7	267
Total	115	108	3198	541-1163	46.5	53-198	26.8	154-266	57.9	1289

Career Stats: Shooting totals

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2019-20	26	591	22.7	7.0-14.5	1.1-3.8	28.6	2.3-3.6	17.3
2020-21	13	357	27.5	7.2-15.4	1.8-4.5	40.0	1.9-3.1	18.0
2021-22	23	738	32.1	8.2-16.8	0.5-2.6	20.8	2.0-3.6	18.9
2022-23	26	745	28.7	6.0-13.7	0.2-1.2	13.0	1.6-3.2	13.7
2023-24	27	767	28.4	5.8-12.9	0.4-1.6	25.8	1.9-3.1	13.9
Total	115	3198	27.8	6.8-14.5	0.7-2.5	26.8	1.9-3.3	16.1

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2019-20	26	1.8	3.0	4.8	2.2	2.3	1.0	0.2
2020-21	13	1.6	3.1	4.7	3.3	2.1	1.2	0.6
2021-22	23	2.8	4.4	7.2	3.0	3.0	1.4	0.3
2022-23	26	2.1	3.4	5.5	2.7	2.2	1.4	0.2
2023-24	27	1.6	3.7	5.4	4.1	2.7	1.3	0.1
Total	115	2.0	3.5	5.6	3.1	2.5	1.2	0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per game

	gp	gs	pf	dq	a/to

	gp	gs	pf	dq	a/to
2019-20	26	21	63	3	1.0
2020-21	13	13	33	2	1.6
2021-22	23	23	44	1	1.0
2022-23	26	26	63	2	1.2
2023-24	27	25	70	1	1.5
Total	115	108	273	9	1.2

Career Stats: Ball control totals

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2019-20	26	3.2	5.2	8.5	3.9	4.1	1.7	0.4
2020-21	13	2.4	4.5	6.8	4.8	3.0	1.7	0.9
2021-22	23	3.5	5.5	9.0	3.7	3.7	1.8	0.4
2022-23	26	3.0	4.7	7.7	3.8	3.1	1.9	0.2
2023-24	27	2.3	5.3	7.6	5.8	3.8	1.8	0.2
Total	115	2.9	5.1	8.0	4.4	3.6	1.8	0.4

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	13	27.5	4.9-10.5	1.2-3.1	1.3-2.2	12.4
Conference	6	27.3	5.0-10.5	1.3-3.2	0.8-1.8	12.2
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	7	27.1	5.6-11.4	1.4-3.4	1.3-1.7	13.9
Away	6	27.8	4.2-9.5	1.0-2.7	1.3-2.7	10.7
Neutral	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	6	25.0	4.7-9.7	0.8-2.5	1.3-2.5	11.5
Losses	7	29.6	5.1-11.3	1.6-3.6	1.3-1.9	13.1
Month
February	4	31.8	6.2-14.2	2.0-4.2	1.8-2.2	16.3
March	5	25.6	3.8-9.0	0.8-3.0	1.4-2.4	9.8
April	4	25.5	5.0-8.8	1.0-2.0	0.8-1.8	11.8

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	13	13	357	64-137	46.7	16-40	40.0	17-28	60.7	161
Conference	6	6	164	30-63	47.6	8-19	42.1	5-11	45.5	73
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	7	7	190	39-80	48.8	10-24	41.7	9-12	75.0	97
Away	6	6	167	25-57	43.9	6-16	37.5	8-16	50.0	64
Neutral	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Result
Wins	6	6	150	28-58	48.3	5-15	33.3	8-15	53.3	69
Losses	7	7	207	36-79	45.6	11-25	44.0	9-13	69.2	92
Month
February	4	4	127	25-57	43.9	8-17	47.1	7-9	77.8	65
March	5	5	128	19-45	42.2	4-15	26.7	7-12	58.3	49
April	4	4	102	20-35	57.1	4-8	50.0	3-7	42.9	47

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	13	357	27.5	7.2-15.4	1.8-4.5	40.0	1.9-3.1	18.0
Conference	6	164	27.3	7.3-15.4	2.0-4.6	42.1	1.2-2.7	17.8
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	7	190	27.1	8.2-16.8	2.1-5.1	41.7	1.9-2.5	20.4
Away	6	167	27.8	6.0-13.7	1.4-3.8	37.5	1.9-3.8	15.3
Neutral	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	6	150	25.0	7.5-15.5	1.3-4.0	33.3	2.1-4.0	18.4
Losses	7	207	29.6	7.0-15.3	2.1-4.8	44.0	1.7-2.5	17.8
Month
February	4	127	31.8	7.9-18.0	2.5-5.4	47.1	2.2-2.8	20.5
March	5	128	25.6	5.9-14.1	1.2-4.7	26.7	2.2-3.8	15.3
April	4	102	25.5	7.8-13.7	1.6-3.1	50.0	1.2-2.7	18.4

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	13	1.6	3.1	4.7	3.3	2.1	1.2	0.6
Conference	6	1.2	3.3	4.5	2.8	1.8	1.5	0.7
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	7	1.3	3.4	4.7	3.9	2.1	0.7	0.7
Away	6	2.0	2.7	4.7	2.7	2.0	1.7	0.5
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	6	1.8	3.8	5.7	4.2	2.5	1.0	1.0
Losses	7	1.4	2.4	3.9	2.6	1.7	1.3	0.3
Month
February	4	1.5	2.5	4.0	3.0	2.0	0.8	0.5
March	5	1.0	3.0	4.0	3.6	1.6	1.2	0.4
April	4	2.5	3.8	6.3	3.3	2.8	1.5	1.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

	gp	gs	pf	dq	a/to

	gp	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Event
Total	13	13	33	2	1.6
Conference	6	6	16	1	1.5
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	7	7	20	1	1.8
Away	6	6	13	1	1.3
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	6	6	17	1	1.7
Losses	7	7	16	1	1.5
Month
February	4	4	8	0	1.5
March	5	5	18	1	2.3
April	4	4	7	1	1.2

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	13	2.4	4.5	6.8	4.8	3.0	1.7	0.9
Conference	6	1.7	4.9	6.6	4.1	2.7	2.2	1.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	7	1.9	5.1	6.9	5.7	3.2	1.1	1.1
Away	6	2.9	3.8	6.7	3.8	2.9	2.4	0.7
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	6	2.9	6.1	9.1	6.7	4.0	1.6	1.6
Losses	7	1.9	3.3	5.2	3.5	2.3	1.7	0.4
Month
February	4	1.9	3.1	5.0	3.8	2.5	0.9	0.6
March	5	1.6	4.7	6.3	5.6	2.5	1.9	0.6
April	4	3.9	5.9	9.8	5.1	4.3	2.4	1.6

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

News mentions

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April 08, 2021

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April 06, 2021

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April 03, 2021

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February 27, 2021

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February 27, 2021

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February 23, 2021

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February 23, 2021

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February 19, 2021

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February 19, 2021

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Men's Basketball Picked First In SLIAC Preseason Poll

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February 17, 2021

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February 15, 2021

Men's Basketball vs. Illinois College Preview

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