Frost Heaves add D-League point guard to roster
December 9, 2007 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Vermont Frost Heaves News Release
The Vermont Frost Heaves have added Dwuan Rice, a 5'11" guard from Cal State-Bakersfield, to their roster. He made his debut yesterday at the Barre Municipal Auditorium, scoring 13 points, dealing five assists, grabbing four rebounds and adding a steal in 17 minutes of action during a 118-94 defeat of Quebec.
Rice comes to the Frost Heaves from the NBA's Development League, where in November he was chosen in the seventh round of the D-League Draft by the Idaho Stampede.
"Dwuan is a lightning quick guard who'll be able to push tempo and pressure full court," said Frost Heaves coach Will Voigt. "He's also an outstanding kid who comes highly recommended by his college coach. The Stampede released him only because they signed Randy Livingston, an NBA point guard who was last season's D-League MVP."
A native of Pasadena, Calif., and graduate of Pasadena High, Rice spent a season at Los Angeles City College before taking over leadership duties in the backcourt at Bakersfield, the perennial Division II power. He finished his career as a Roadrunner tied for fourth in assists with 342, and seventh in scoring with 1,056 points. He also ranked third in career steals.
As a senior Rice played particularly well in CSUB's seven games against Division I competition, averaging 15.3 points and 4.7 assists.
Last spring Cal State-Bakersfield honored Rice with the Flachmann Award, which is given annually to the school's top male and female athletes.
Tickets for any Frost Heaves home game may be purchased at the door beginning one hour before tip-off; by going to flynntix.org; by calling 802-86-FLYNN; or by stopping by the Flynn's main box office at 153 Main Street in Burlington. Tickets for games in Barre are also available at First In Fitness in Montpelier and Allen Lumber in Barre. Groups of 20 or more may call the Frost Heaves' office at 802-860-0082 for discounted rates.
Vermont home games are also Webcast live and archived for rebroadcast at vermontfrostheaves.com. In addition. affiliates of the Vermont Access Network in Barre, Burlington, Cavendish, Hartford, Hyde Park, Ludlow, Lyndonville, Montpelier, Newport, Plymouth, St. Albans, St. Johnsbury, Windsor and Woodstock rebroadcast Frost Heaves home games over local cable systems, and Burlington Telecom makes them available to subscribers as a video-on-demand option.
The presenting sponsor for Frost Heaves Webcasts is the Vermont State Employees Credit Union.
Radio broadcasts of all Vermont games, home and away, may be heard on WSNO AM 1450 in Barre; WJOY AM 1230 in Burlington; and on the Web at vermontfrostheaves.com. WLVB FM 93.9 in Morrisville carries a select Frost Heaves "Game of the Week."
The Frost Heaves Official Team Sponsors are the Vermont State Employees Credit Union and the Vermont Army National Guard.
For more information, visit vermontfrostheaves.com.
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