1. Rayvonte De'Tra Rice was born on July 14,1992 and is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.
25 Facts About Rayvonte Rice
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Rayvonte Rice is a guard from Champaign, Illinois who completed his college career at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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Rayvonte Rice previously played at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa from 2010 to 2012 and transferred after his sophomore season.
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Ironically, Richmond committed to play at the University of Illinois while Rayvonte Rice was never offered a scholarship by then coach, Bruce Weber.
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Rayvonte Rice was named a member of the 2010 Illinois All-American Team as selected by the Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, News-Gazette, and the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.
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Rayvonte Rice left Centennial High School as the all-time leading scorer in both school history and in Champaign-Urbana high school prep history with 1,810 career points.
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Rayvonte Rice was named to the 2012 Second-Team Missouri Valley Conference following the season.
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Rayvonte Rice said of his decision to sign with Illinois, that John Groce had previously recruited him while Groce was still coach at Ohio University which contributed to his commitment.
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The transfer regulations relegated Rayvonte Rice to attend only practices as a participant and home games at the State Farm Center as an observer.
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Rayvonte Rice showed his athleticism when he threw down a massive alley-oop dunk vs Purdue.
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Rayvonte Rice ranked 5th in the big ten in scoring, and 9th in rebounding.
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Rayvonte Rice won Co-Most Outstanding Player for the Illini tied with teammate Nnanna Egwu.
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Rayvonte Rice signed his first professional contract with Tezenis Verona of the Italian Serie A2 Basket on July 29,2015.
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Rayvonte Rice averaged 18.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in 30 games.
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In July 2019, Rayvonte Rice played with the Phoenix Suns during the 2019 NBA Summer League.
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On September 4,2019, Rayvonte Rice signed with Avtodor Saratov of the VTB United League.
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On December 25,2019, Rayvonte Rice parted ways with Saratov to join Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Premier League for the rest of the season.
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On January 8,2022, Rayvonte Rice mutually parted ways with the Greek club in order to pursue a G League contract.
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On January 10,2022, Rayvonte Rice was acquired by the Salt Lake City Stars.
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On February 10,2023, Rayvonte Rice signed with the Taichung Suns of the T1 League.
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On January 4,2024, Rice signed with the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers of the P League+.
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In June 2024, Rayvonte Rice signed with the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association for the 2024 Basketball Champions League Asia.
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On September 22,2024, Rayvonte Rice signed with the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association to replace injured Shabazz Muhammad as the team's import for the 2024 PBA Governors' Cup.
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On December 24,2024, Rayvonte Rice signed with the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.
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Rayvonte Rice has been quoted as saying he idolized former Fighting Illini basketball stars Dee Brown, Deron Williams, Luther Head, and Corey Bradford while growing up in Champaign.