This season, the Loyola women’s basketball team (17-4, 8-2) recruited six new players, including five first-years. First-year guard Ellie Rice is one of the new players and she’s been an asset to the team, averaging 7.0 ppg in the season, while averaging 9.5 ppg and 5.7 rpg over her last four games.
Rice said she started playing organized basketball in third grade and attributes her love of the sport to her brothers.
“My oldest brother played basketball for a while, so my mom would always take me to his tournaments,” Rice said. “I have four older brothers, so our family has always been pretty competitive.