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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

21 Xander Rice

  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 190
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Guard
  • Hometown West Long Branch, NJ
  • Highschool The Patrick School / Bucknell

Biography

2023-24 (Graduate):
 
-Named First Team All-CAA
-Named to NABC All-District First Team
-Selected to All-MET First Team
-Was a CAA Preseason All-Conference Honorable Mention
-Tied school record with five 30-point games
-Led Monmouth in scoring at 20.4 points per game, third in the CAA
-Ranked third in CAA in free throw percentage (85.0) and fourth in threes made per game
-Placed seventh in CAA in assists and ninth in assist-turnover ratio
-Finished with third highest single-season scoring average in school history at 20.4
-674 points marked as the second most in a season in school history
-Finished career ranked first in career scoring average at Monmouth among players with at least 500 points
-Combined with Jack Collins to be the fifth highest scoring duo in program history
-Set school record for single-season field goal attempts with 525
-Shot fourth most free throws in a single-season with 213
-Ranked fourth in school history in single-season threes with 91
-Joined Jack Collins in making the second most combined threes in a season in school history with 157
-Opened season with 21 points at George Mason (11/6)
-Had 30 points and six assists in Hawks upset win over West Virginia (11/10)
-Posted 27 points at Cornell (11/29)
-Added 24 points vs. Manhattan, going 7-14 and 8-8 from the line (12/21)
-Posted highest single-game field goal percentage against Northeastern, going 11-12 and 5-5 from three for 29 points (1/8)
-Went for 34 points on 12-22 and five triples at Charleston (1/13)
-Notched 31 points in win over Hofstra, going 12-13 from the line (1/27)
-Finished with career-high 37 points in win over Campbell, going 13-23 and 8-12 from three, including two threes in the final four seconds, the second a half-court buzzer beater to win the game (2/15)
-Finished regular season playing all 40 minutes, going for 31 in a win at Elon on six threes (3/2)
 
BEFORE MONMOUTH
-Scored 1,076 points in four seasons at Bucknell
-Graduate of Bucknell University with a degree in psychology and a minor in critical black studies
-Career 84% free throw shooter ranked fourth best in Bucknell program history
-Two-time team captain
-Third Team All-Patriot League 
-Played in all 32 games as a senior, starting 31 and leading the Bison in scoring (14.1ppg) and assists (3.8apg)
-Finished sixth in the Patriot League in scoring and fifth in assists
-Started all 32 games as a junior, earning the Coaches Award for outstanding contributions to the program
-Led the Patriot League in 2021-22 and ranked 20th in the country in free throw percentage 
-Started all 12 games in COVID shortened 2020-21 season
-Played in all 34 games off the bench as a freshman
-Three Time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection

HIGH SCHOOL
-Began career at St. Anthony's for Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley
-Averaged over 11ppg at St. Anthony's and helped team to 23-6 record
-Spent one season at Mater Dei
-Finished High School career at The Patrick School, where he was a Second Team All-Section selection
-Competed in state semifinals in sophomore and senior seasons
-Scored 800 points in three varsity seasons

PERSONAL
-Son of King and Summer Rice
-Graduate student at Monmouth studying communication
-Father, King is entering 13th season at Monmouth's head coach

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