Statistics: 2010 | 2009

2009-10: A talented combo guard who can score off the bounce or as a standstill shooter ... Plagued by lingering foot injury throughout season ... Does whatever it takes to help Bruins improve as a team ... Made 20 game appearances ... Scored in 11 games ... Played season-high 11 minutes and scored season-high four points at Campbell (1/30/10) ... Scored timely offensive rebound basket late in first half at Florida Gulf Coast (2/20/10) ... Made three-point field goals at Eastern Illinois (11/28/09), at No. 1 Kansas (12/29/09), vs. ETSU (1/23/10) and vs. North Florida (2/7/10) ... Two rebounds at Jacksonville (1/16/10) ... Two points, steal at Mercer (12/5/09) ... Two points at North Florida (1/14/10) ... Two points, assist vs. Campbell (1/21/10) ... Two points, steal vs. Lipscomb (1/26/10) ... Two points at USC Upstate (2/13/10).

2008-09: Made 20 game appearances in a reserve role ... Possesses deep shooting range and should join the long line of accomplished Belmont three-point shooters ... Very unselfish, team-oriented player ... An integral part in Belmont's first-ever Division-I postseason victory at Evansville (3/18/09); scoring a career-high 15 points on 5-for-6 shooting - including 3-for-4 from long distance - in 27 minutes ... Eight points in six minutes vs. North Florida (2/26/09) ... Six points, four rebounds vs. Campbell (1/10/09) ... Five points, rebound, steal at Old Dominion in Postseason CIT (3/23/09) ... Five points, three rebounds vs. Florida Gulf Coast (1/5/09) ... Five points, two rebounds vs. Stetson (1/3/09) ... Three points at Stetson (2/2/09) ... Three points vs. James Madison (12/30/09) ... Three points, two assists at North Florida (12/6/08) ... Three points at Tennessee State (12/1/08) ... Rebound, assist in collegiate debut vs. Samford (11/14/08).

2007-08: Redshirt ... Earned William J. Fallis Award for First Year Writing.

Prior to Belmont: Averaged 18 points per game as a senior for Waubonsie Valley High School and coach Steve Weimer ... Led team in points, three-pointers and free throws ... This after transferring from Neuqua Valley High School, where as a junior he averaged 17 points per game and led the team with 107 assists ... Led NVHS to a 23-8 record and a regional title ... Averaged 10 points per game as a freshman ... A member of the highly-successful 17-U Illinois Wolves AAU team ... Emerged as one of the premier outside shooters in the 2007-08 class ... Deadly touch turned heads at the 2006 Reebok Big Time Tournament in Las Vegas ... Listed by the Chicago Tribune as a Player to Watch.

Personal: Majoring in Marketing ... Son of Ken and Cyndi Rice ... Born Jonathan Michael Rice on August 1, 1988 in Chicago, Ill. ... Also played high school football and baseball ... Huge fan of Chicago-based sports teams ... Has two siblings, Ken and Megan ... Lists Michael Jordan and Walter Payton as favorite athletes.