On the second day of the new year, Rodney Rice came through Alaska Airlines Arena with the Maryland Terrapins and left with a 75-69 upset loss to Danny Sprinkle's University of Washington basketball team.

Maryland’s starting backcourt duo of Ja’Kobi Gillespie and Rodney Rice, three reserves and a top recruit have elected to play elsewhere.

Maryland men’s basketball guard Rodney Rice is entering the transfer portal, according to ESPN and On3. Rice joined the Terps last offseason from Virginia Tech and averaged 13.8 points on 37 percent 3-point shooting. The Clinton native started 32 games after playing the first four off the bench.