Lawrent Rice receives scholarship offer from Dayton Flyers

Two days after receiving a scholarship offer from the Ohio State Buckeyes, Wayne High School guard Lawrent Rice visited the University of Dayton and announced a scholarship offer from the Dayton Flyers.

The 6-foot-3 Rice will be a junior at Wayne. He ranks 70th in the class of 2023, according to 247Sports.com. He’s the third-ranked Ohio recruit in the class.

Earlier in the week, Rice told Marcus Hartman, of the Dayton Daily News, he talks to Dayton coaches every couple of weeks.

“I talk to (assistant) coach Darren Hertz on FaceTime so he gets to see me face-to-face” Rice said. “When he’s at the gym he gets me on the phone with Coach (Anthony) Grant, and it’s been good with those guys, too. I think they’ve been very interested in me, and I’m very interested in them since it’s home also.”

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Last season, Rice averaged 13.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.1 steals for Wayne.

Rice also received an offer from West Virginia on Sunday. Kansas State offered him a scholarship earlier this spring.

Rice is the second member of the 2023 class to receive an offer from Dayton. Jayden Reid, a 5-foot-11 guard from Long Island Lutheran High School (N.Y.), received an offer in May.

Extremely blessed to receive and offer from The University of Dayton✈️❤️!! #goflyers pic.twitter.com/3WdwQ7pbSB
— Lawrent (@LawrentRice) June 9, 2021

Wow, down 12 going into the 4th quarter against a really good @Burgbasketball team, @WayneMensBBall shows a ton of heart & comes away with a 44-39 victory! Lawrent Rice with the game winning bucket. pic.twitter.com/9wpLzg6zvG
— Wayne Athletics (@WayneAthletics) January 16, 2021