Published 1/7/2009
by Jimmy Grappone
at Bleacher Report - College Basketball
Tyrese Rice Outlasts and Outplays Nation's Top-Ranked Team
His friends may call him Reese, but his game is much sweeter than any candy bar images his name might conjure and he always seems to leave his opponents in pieces.
The 21,750 in attendance at the Dean Dome in Chapel Hill, NC, and everyone else who watched Boston College's 85-78 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels on Sunday night witnessed something I've watched for the past six years and which has become commonplace now for ACC basketball players, coaches, and fans—a virtuoso performance by the Eagles' star guard and lone fourth-year contributor, Tyrese Rice.
What makes Rice's 25 point, eight assist performance against the nation's top team so special goes well beyond the numbers. Everyone knows Rice can put the ball in the basket and he has already had several huge games throughout his collegiate career, including a 46-point scoring barrage in a losing effort to the Tar Heels last season at Chapel Hill, ...
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