Vaj Rice

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23 Vaj Rice

Height:

6-5
Weight:

210
Hometown:

Cerritos, Calif.
Position:

F/C
Year:

Jr.
High School:

Valley Christian HS
Previous College:

Fullerton College

gp

27
pts/g

2.3
fg %

76.5
3pt %

-
ft %

43.5
reb/g

1.4
a/g

0.1

Bio

2019-20 (Junior): Appeared in 28 games as a reserve … Averaged 2.4 points and 1.3 rebounds per game … Shot 76.3 percent in his field goal attempts on the year … Scored a season-high 11 points and drained 7-of-8 free throws in the season-opener against Baptist Bible (Oct. 18) … Pulled down a season-high four rebounds in three games … Recorded two of his three blocked shots against Baptist Bible.

At Fullerton College (2017-19): Played two seasons at Fullerton College for Coach Perry Webster … Helped the team win the CCCAA State Championship, defeating City College of San Francisco.

High School: Attended Valley Christian High School … Four-year letter-winner for Coach Bryan Branderhorst … Two-time first team all-conference selection as a junior and senior … Second team all-conference choice as a sophomore … All-time leading scorer at Valley Christian … Also lettered in volleyball, helping the team to a state championship as a senior.

Personal: Son of Patrice Rice … Born on Apr 4, 1998 … Majoring in Sports Management.

Fullerton College Stats:

Season	GP	Pts (Gm)	Reb (Gm)	Asst	Stl	Blk	FG (Pct)	3FG (Pct)	FT (Pct)
2017-18	26	240 (9.2)	128 (4.9)	10	3	1	90-157 (57.3)	1-2 (50.0)	59-106 (55.7)
2018-19	32	183 (5.7)	112 (3.5)	11	8	6	72-138 (52.2)	4-16 (25.0)	35-57 (61.4)
Totals	58	423 (7.3)	240 (4.1)	21	11	7	162-295 (54.9	5-18 (27.8)	94-163 (57.7)

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	27	11
Games started	0	0
Minutes	199	75
Minutes per game	7.4	6.8
FG	26-34	10-14
FG Pct	76.5	71.4
3PT	0-0	0-0
3PT Pct	-	-
FT	10-23	2-8
FT Pct	43.5	25.0
Off rebounds	19	6
Def rebounds	18	7
Total rebounds	37	13
Rebounds per game	1.4	1.2
Personal fouls	33	14
Disqualifications	0	0
Assists	3	2
Turnovers	9	1
Assist to turnover ratio	0.3	2.0
Steals	3	0
Blocks	3	1
Points	62	22
Points per game	2.3	2.0
Points per 40 min	12.5	11.7

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 14	Valley City State	W, 88-72
Feb 15	Dickinson State	W, 89-78
Feb 17	#22 Mayville State	W, 84-74
Feb 21	Dakota State	W, 89-64
Feb 25	Presentation	W, 62-53
Feb 29	vs. Waldorf	L, 68-66

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Oct 18	Baptist Bible (Mo.)	W, 110-68	-	12	2-2	100.0	0-0	-	7-8	87.5	11
Oct 25	at York	W, 75-69	-	14	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Nov 1	(RV) Briar Cliff	L, 81-76	-	14	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	0-2	0.0	2
Nov 2	Haskell	L, 90-87	-	10	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Nov 9	Avila	W, 81-69	-	11	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Nov 15	vs. (RV) Hope International (D1)	L, 81-66	-	10	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Nov 16	vs. #3 Wayland Baptist (D1)	W, 79-78	-	8	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	3
Nov 22	vs. #24 Saint Francis (Ind.)	L, 80-62	-	10	3-5	60.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	6
Nov 23	vs. Calumet	W, 79-65	-	3	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Nov 30	vs. #2 Morningside	L, 81-70	-	3	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Dec 1	at Midland	W, 101-98	-	4	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Dec 7	at Dakota State	W, 67-63	0	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Dec 16	vs. Politecnica (P.R.)	W, 67-41	-	7	2-2	100.0	0-0	-	0-1	0.0	4
Dec 17	vs. Sacred Heart (P.R.)	W, 75-66	-	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Dec 29	College of the Ozarks	W, 91-82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 30	Graceland	L, 94-90	-	3	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Jan 4	Neb. Christian	W, 54-52	-	11	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	0-2	0.0	2
Jan 10	at Dickinson State	W, 78-75	-	4	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	1
Jan 11	at Valley City State	W, 72-65	-	5	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Jan 17	Presentation	W, 79-67	-	5	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Jan 24	Viterbo	W, 71-66	-	12	2-2	100.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	4
Jan 25	Waldorf	W, 74-56	-	8	0-0	-	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	1
Jan 31	at Waldorf	L, 72-71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 1	at Viterbo	W, 73-65	-	6	3-4	75.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	6
Feb 7	at #22 Mayville State	W, 71-56	-	3	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Feb 8	at Presentation	W, 74-61	-	9	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-1	0.0	0
Feb 14	Valley City State	W, 88-72	-	16	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	0-3	0.0	4
Feb 15	Dickinson State	W, 89-78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 17	#22 Mayville State	W, 84-74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 21	Dakota State	W, 89-64	-	6	2-2	100.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	4
Feb 25	Presentation	W, 62-53	-	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Feb 29	vs. Waldorf	L, 68-66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Oct 18	Baptist Bible (Mo.)	W, 110-68	-	12	2	1	3	1	0	1	2
Oct 25	at York	W, 75-69	-	14	2	0	2	0	3	0	0
Nov 1	(RV) Briar Cliff	L, 81-76	-	14	1	3	4	0	1	2	0
Nov 2	Haskell	L, 90-87	-	10	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 9	Avila	W, 81-69	-	11	2	2	4	0	2	0	0
Nov 15	vs. (RV) Hope International (D1)	L, 81-66	-	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 16	vs. #3 Wayland Baptist (D1)	W, 79-78	-	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 22	vs. #24 Saint Francis (Ind.)	L, 80-62	-	10	0	2	2	0	1	0	0
Nov 23	vs. Calumet	W, 79-65	-	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Nov 30	vs. #2 Morningside	L, 81-70	-	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 1	at Midland	W, 101-98	-	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 7	at Dakota State	W, 67-63	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 16	vs. Politecnica (P.R.)	W, 67-41	-	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 17	vs. Sacred Heart (P.R.)	W, 75-66	-	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 29	College of the Ozarks	W, 91-82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 30	Graceland	L, 94-90	-	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jan 4	Neb. Christian	W, 54-52	-	11	2	1	3	0	0	0	0
Jan 10	at Dickinson State	W, 78-75	-	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jan 11	at Valley City State	W, 72-65	-	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jan 17	Presentation	W, 79-67	-	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Jan 24	Viterbo	W, 71-66	-	12	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
Jan 25	Waldorf	W, 74-56	-	8	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Jan 31	at Waldorf	L, 72-71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 1	at Viterbo	W, 73-65	-	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Feb 7	at #22 Mayville State	W, 71-56	-	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Feb 8	at Presentation	W, 74-61	-	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Feb 14	Valley City State	W, 88-72	-	16	4	0	4	1	0	0	1
Feb 15	Dickinson State	W, 89-78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 17	#22 Mayville State	W, 84-74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 21	Dakota State	W, 89-64	-	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Feb 25	Presentation	W, 62-53	-	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Feb 29	vs. Waldorf	L, 68-66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Oct 18	Baptist Bible (Mo.)	W, 110-68	-	3	-	-
Oct 25	at York	W, 75-69	-	3	-	0.0
Nov 1	(RV) Briar Cliff	L, 81-76	-	0	-	0.0
Nov 2	Haskell	L, 90-87	-	2	-	-
Nov 9	Avila	W, 81-69	-	2	-	0.0
Nov 15	vs. (RV) Hope International (D1)	L, 81-66	-	3	-	-
Nov 16	vs. #3 Wayland Baptist (D1)	W, 79-78	-	2	-	-
Nov 22	vs. #24 Saint Francis (Ind.)	L, 80-62	-	1	-	0.0
Nov 23	vs. Calumet	W, 79-65	-	0	-	0.0
Nov 30	vs. #2 Morningside	L, 81-70	-	0	-	-
Dec 1	at Midland	W, 101-98	-	0	-	-
Dec 7	at Dakota State	W, 67-63	0	0	-	-
Dec 16	vs. Politecnica (P.R.)	W, 67-41	-	2	-	-
Dec 17	vs. Sacred Heart (P.R.)	W, 75-66	-	0	-	-
Dec 29	College of the Ozarks	W, 91-82	-	-	-	-
Dec 30	Graceland	L, 94-90	-	1	-	-
Jan 4	Neb. Christian	W, 54-52	-	0	-	-
Jan 10	at Dickinson State	W, 78-75	-	1	-	-
Jan 11	at Valley City State	W, 72-65	-	3	-	-
Jan 17	Presentation	W, 79-67	-	2	-	-
Jan 24	Viterbo	W, 71-66	-	1	-	1.0
Jan 25	Waldorf	W, 74-56	-	1	-	-
Jan 31	at Waldorf	L, 72-71	-	-	-	-
Feb 1	at Viterbo	W, 73-65	-	0	-	-
Feb 7	at #22 Mayville State	W, 71-56	-	1	0	-
Feb 8	at Presentation	W, 74-61	-	1	0	-
Feb 14	Valley City State	W, 88-72	-	4	-	-
Feb 15	Dickinson State	W, 89-78	-	-	-	-
Feb 17	#22 Mayville State	W, 84-74	-	-	-	-
Feb 21	Dakota State	W, 89-64	-	0	-	-
Feb 25	Presentation	W, 62-53	-	0	-	-
Feb 29	vs. Waldorf	L, 68-66	-	-	-	-

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2019-20	27	7.4	1.0-1.3	0.0-0.0	0.4-0.9	2.3
2020-21	17	12.1	1.9-3.6	0.1-0.4	0.5-0.8	4.4
2021-22	33	13.0	1.5-2.6	0.0-0.3	0.4-0.8	3.4
Total	77	10.8	1.4-2.4	0.0-0.2	0.4-0.8	3.2

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2019-20	27	0	199	26-34	76.5	0-0	-	10-23	43.5	62
2020-21	17	0	205	32-62	51.6	2-7	28.6	9-13	69.2	75
2021-22	33	1	428	49-85	57.6	1-11	9.1	14-27	51.9	113
Total	77	1	832	107-181	59.1	3-18	16.7	33-63	52.4	250

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40
2019-20	27	199	7.4	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0
2020-21	17	205	12.1	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	28.6	0.0-0.0
2021-22	33	428	13.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	9.1	0.0-0.0
Total	77	832	10.8	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	16.7	0.0-0.0

Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2019-20	27	0.7	0.7	1.4	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.1
2020-21	17	1.3	1.4	2.6	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.1
2021-22	33	1.2	1.3	2.4	0.4	0.9	0.2	0.1
Total	77	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.1

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2019-20	27	0	19	18	37	3	9	3	3
2020-21	17	0	22	23	45	9	11	5	2
2021-22	33	1	38	42	80	14	31	7	3
Total	77	1	79	83	162	26	51	15	8

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2019-20	27	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2020-21	17	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2021-22	33	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	77	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	27	7.4	1.0-1.3	0.0-0.0	0.4-0.9	2.3
Conference	11	6.8	0.9-1.3	0.0-0.0	0.2-0.7	2.0
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	12	9.2	1.1-1.3	0.0-0.0	0.7-1.4	2.8
Away	8	5.8	0.8-1.1	0.0-0.0	0.1-0.4	1.6
Neutral	7	6.1	1.0-1.3	0.0-0.0	0.1-0.4	2.1
Result
Wins	21	7.1	0.9-1.2	0.0-0.0	0.5-1.0	2.3
Losses	6	8.3	1.2-1.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.3	2.3
Month
October	2	13.0	1.5-2.0	0.0-0.0	3.5-4.0	6.5
November	8	8.6	1.0-1.4	0.0-0.0	0.1-0.5	2.1
December	5	3.4	0.8-0.8	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.2	1.6
January	6	7.5	0.7-0.8	0.0-0.0	0.3-1.0	1.7
February	6	7.0	1.2-1.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.7	2.3

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	27	0	199	26-34	76.5	0-0	-	10-23	43.5	62
Conference	11	0	75	10-14	71.4	0-0	-	2-8	25.0	22
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	12	-	110	13-16	81.3	0-0	-	8-17	47.1	34
Away	8	0	46	6-9	66.7	0-0	-	1-3	33.3	13
Neutral	7	-	43	7-9	77.8	0-0	-	1-3	33.3	15
Result
Wins	21	0	149	19-25	76.0	0-0	-	10-21	47.6	48
Losses	6	-	50	7-9	77.8	0-0	-	0-2	0.0	14
Month
October	2	-	26	3-4	75.0	0-0	-	7-8	87.5	13
November	8	-	69	8-11	72.7	0-0	-	1-4	25.0	17
December	5	0	17	4-4	100.0	0-0	-	0-1	0.0	8
January	6	-	45	4-5	80.0	0-0	-	2-6	33.3	10
February	6	-	42	7-10	70.0	0-0	-	0-4	0.0	14

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	27	199	7.4	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Conference	11	75	6.8	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	12	110	9.2	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Away	8	46	5.8	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Neutral	7	43	6.1	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Result
Wins	21	149	7.1	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Losses	6	50	8.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Month
October	2	26	13.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
November	8	69	8.6	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
December	5	17	3.4	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
January	6	45	7.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
February	6	42	7.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	27	0.7	0.7	1.4	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.1
Conference	11	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	12	1.3	0.9	2.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Away	8	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
Neutral	7	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
Result
Wins	21	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
Losses	6	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0
Month
October	2	2.0	0.5	2.5	0.5	1.5	0.5	1.0
November	8	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.0
December	5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
January	6	0.7	0.8	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
February	6	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	27	0	19	18	37	3	9	3	3
Conference	11	0	6	7	13	2	1	0	1
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	12	-	15	11	26	3	4	3	3
Away	8	0	2	3	5	0	3	0	0
Neutral	7	-	2	4	6	0	2	0	0
Result
Wins	21	0	16	11	27	3	7	1	3
Losses	6	-	3	7	10	0	2	2	0
Month
October	2	-	4	1	5	1	3	1	2
November	8	-	7	9	16	0	5	2	0
December	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
January	6	-	4	5	9	1	1	0	0
February	6	-	4	3	7	1	0	0	1

Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	27	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Conference	11	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	12	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Away	8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neutral	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Result
Wins	21	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Losses	6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Month
October	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
November	8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
December	5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
January	6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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February 14, 2020

Hot-shooting Bruins down VCSU, 88-72

The Bellevue University men's basketball team shot 53 percent from the field, including draining 18 3-pointers, en route to an 88-72 victory over Valley City State University Friday night in North Star Athletic Association action at the Gordon Lozier Athletic Center.

February 14, 2020

Article
December 30, 2019

Bruins fall to Graceland, 94-90, in double OT

Despite a career-high 34 points by Jemeil King, the Bellevue University men's basketball team fell to Graceland University, 94-90, in double-overtime in the final game of the Fairfield Inn & Suites Bruin Classic Monday evening in the Gordon Lozier Athletic Center.

December 30, 2019

Article
October 25, 2019

Bruins knock off York, 75-69

Lewis Hayes and Jemeil King combined for 31 points and 15 rebounds to lead Bellevue to a 75-69 win over York on Friday evening.

October 25, 2019

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October 24, 2019

Season Preview: New faces have Bruins eyeing return to National Tournament

After missing the National Tournament for the first time since the 2001-02 season, the Bellevue University men’s basketball team enters the 2019-20 season with a new coaching staff and a roster high on talent.