When the men's basketball team holds senior day on its last home game against Massachusetts on Saturday night, they will be without this year's most celebrated senior.In the recent heyday of GW men's basketball with now-graduates Pops Mensah Bonsu, Mike Hall, Omar Williams and Carl Elliot - Maureece Rice was the reigning king of shooting threes. In the 2006-2007 season, Rice averaged 15.8 points per game. However, since conference play began this year, his points per game average has dropped to 9.6.
Rice was dismissed last night for failure to adhere to team rules. It is unclear to what the rule was. Rice was suspended twice earlier in the season - missing games against UMBC on November 24th and Longwood University on December 23rd.
Rice did not travel to Charlotte last night, where the team lost 77-61, all but killing the hopes of making it to the A-10 tournament next week in Atlantic City.
The official statement from GW:
George Washington University senior Maureece Rice (Philadelphia, PA) has been dismissed from the men’s basketball program, GW coach Karl Hobbs announced Thursday. Rice was dismissed for failure to adhere to team rules, according to Hobbs.
- Mallory Thompson
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