As Indiana shows interest in transfer portal prospects we’ll provide a quick profile with our transfer portal names to know series.
Of course we’ll cover prospects more if things progress beyond initial interest.
Next up is Washington State transfer point guard Myles Rice. He currently lives in Atlanta and has ties to IU assistant coach Yasir Rosemond.
The 6-foot-3 and 180 pound Rice was named to the 2024 Kyle Macy National Freshman All-America Team. Rice, the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, became the first Cougar since Klay Thompson was named an honorable mention in the 2009 All-Freshman Team and the 12th player in WSU history to earn All-America honors.
Rice rewrote the school freshman record book, breaking the single-game scoring, single-season scoring, single-season steals, single-season assists, single-season field goals, and single-season free throw percentage records. The Columbia, S.C. native averaged 14.8 points per game and led the Cougars to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 16 years.
Rice added 3.8 assists, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.6 steals per game. His shooting splits were 43.9 percent overall including 27.5 percent from three, and 81.1 percent from the stripe.
Rice became the first player in WSU men’s basketball history to be named the Conference Freshman of the Year. Seven times Rice was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week, becoming the first player in Conference history to win 4-straight weekly awards, while tying Evan Mobley for most Pac-12 Freshman of the Week awards in League history.
The historic season, when Rice scored in double figures 27 times, helped the Cougars to a record-tying 14 League wins and a 20-win regular season for the first time since 2007-08. WSU earned its highest AP Top 25 ranking since March 2008 and spent five weeks nationally ranked.
In addition to his Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors, Rice was also named to the All-Pac-12 First Team and the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. Thirteen times Rice dished out five or more assists and grabbed multiple steals in 16 games.
You might have heard of Rice because of his battle with cancer. He medically redshirted the 2022-23 season while receiving treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The class of 2021 product also redshirted the 2021-22 campaign.
He should have three years of eligibility remaining. His redshirt freshman season highlights are below.
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