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1 Elijah Rice
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
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
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
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
Game Log - Shooting
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
Game Log - Ball control
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
Game Log - Ball control extended
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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