From Ryan Ernst's blog:

 

Holmes forward Greg Rice has signed with Columbus State, a junior college in Columbus, Ohio. Rice, a two-time Enquirer first team all-star, averaged 18 points and eight rebounds a game this season. The 6-foot-4 senior was named to the Sweet Sixteen all-tournament team.

Columbus State is a good JUCO and is close to Covington so it had to be a pretty easy decision for him, in a year or two he could be playing DI along with Hill. I wonder if the school Hill commited to offered Rice a spot. BTW Congrats to him.:thumb:

Good job Greg work hard and reminber you are a STUDENT athlete and you will be rewarded in a few short years for a lifetime.

I hope he does well.

Congrats to Rice. Article from KY post:

 

Greg Rice's high school basketball career has ended on a high note.

 

The Holmes senior, who was dismissed from the team near the end of his junior season, signed with Columbus State Community College on Sunday.

 

If Rice does well at the Ohio junior college, he could still be recruited by an NCAA or NAIA basketball team. That's the long-range goal he set for himself.

 

"I'll just work hard for two years, if I get out before that it would be great, and then go to a bigger school and play," Rice said.

 

The athletic, 6-foot-4 senior scored more than 1,000 points during his high school career. He averaged 17.7 points and eight rebounds during his senior season and helped lead Holmes to the semifinals of the state tournament.

 

Rice was named to the all-state tournament team and received an invitation to the Kentucky Senior All-Stars tryouts held last weekend at Georgetown College. He was also voted one of the top 10 players in Northern Kentucky by local coaches.

 

Holmes coach David Henley said Columbus State has been recruiting Rice since the beginning of the season. The junior college plans to use him in a different position than he played in high school.

 

"They're going to use him more as a guy on the wing because they've already signed some big inside kids," Henley said. "That's good for him because he'll get to take the ball to the basket more."

 

Last season, Columbus State lost in the opening round of the national junior college playoffs and finished with a 15-16 record.

 

Rice said he went to a Columbus State game during the regular season and liked the Cougars' style of play.

 

"They run my kind of game," he said. "They play up and down and want to use me as a No. 2 guard."

 

Both of Columbus State's starting guards last season were sophomores. If they're used up their two years of junior college eligibility, it will give Rice an opportunity to play next season.

 

"They said I would (play) if I worked hard," he said. "They'll give me a shot."

 

Rice is the second Holmes player recruited by a junior college. Senior guard Austin Hill signed with Southeastern Illinois College earlier this month.