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Georgia Tech Basketball: A quick look at the freshman walk-ons

By Dylan Callaghan-Croley

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 07: A general view of the tipoff of the Louisville Cardinals' basketball game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets during the game at Hank McCamish Pavilion on January 7, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 07: A general view of the tipoff of the Louisville Cardinals' basketball game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets during the game at Hank McCamish Pavilion on January 7, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images) /
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Guard – #55 Malachi Rice

 The fourth and final freshman walk-on is Indiana native Malachi Rice. Rice, like Jon Brown, is a point guard but was not as much of a prolific scorer. According to his MaxPreps profile, Rice played in 48 varsity games in his high school career and averaged 9.5 points per game. In his senior season, he averaged 11.6 points per game.

Rice through his career also averaged 2.6 assists per game and 2.0 rebounds per game as well. When it came to shooting percentage, Rice shot at a 46% rate which all things considered is a pretty solid shooting percentage.

Rice is certainly not a polished player and his stats show that his assist to turnover ratio was just 1.23 for his high school career. He also very rarely shoots beyond the arch and is a 30% three-point shooter when he does. Rice’s future ould very well be in being a future floor general for the Jackets, solely running the offense when needed.

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Rice will most likely see limited playing time early in his career but could see time during his junior and senior year if he develops to the liking of Josh Pastner and his staff.