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Rice Named Top 10 Finalist for Nancy Lieberman Award
February 03, 2025 | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – Junior Kiki Rice has been named to the Naismith Starting 5 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award top 10 watch list, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and WBCA announced Monday.
The Bruin point guard is No. 1 UCLA's second-leading scorer with 13.2 points per game. Rice is shooting a career-best 56.7 percent from the field and 37.8 percent from beyond the arc (17-45 3FG) during her junior campaign. While averaging 4.4 assists per game, Rice leads the Big Ten in assist/turnover ratio (2.93) in her 18 appearances this year.
Fans can support their favorite players in the remaining rounds by participating in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, starting Friday, February 7, on hoophallawards.com. The Fan Vote will count as one committee vote during the finalist selection process.
The final 5 candidates for the award will be released to the public on a day by day basis starting the week of March 4, with voting set to follow on March 8.
NAME SCHOOL
Katie Dinnebier Drake
Harmoni Turner Harvard
Serena Sundell Kansas State
Georgia Amoore Kentucky
Olivia Miles Notre Dame
Te-Hina Paopao South Carolina
Hailey Van Lith TCU
Rori Harmon Texas
Kiki Rice UCLA
Paige Bueckers UConn
The Bruin point guard is No. 1 UCLA's second-leading scorer with 13.2 points per game. Rice is shooting a career-best 56.7 percent from the field and 37.8 percent from beyond the arc (17-45 3FG) during her junior campaign. While averaging 4.4 assists per game, Rice leads the Big Ten in assist/turnover ratio (2.93) in her 18 appearances this year.
Fans can support their favorite players in the remaining rounds by participating in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, starting Friday, February 7, on hoophallawards.com. The Fan Vote will count as one committee vote during the finalist selection process.
The final 5 candidates for the award will be released to the public on a day by day basis starting the week of March 4, with voting set to follow on March 8.
NAME SCHOOL
Katie Dinnebier Drake
Harmoni Turner Harvard
Serena Sundell Kansas State
Georgia Amoore Kentucky
Olivia Miles Notre Dame
Te-Hina Paopao South Carolina
Hailey Van Lith TCU
Rori Harmon Texas
Kiki Rice UCLA
Paige Bueckers UConn
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