Seryee Lewis Archives

The Rice basketball roster will grow and change between the end of the regular season and the start of the next. Stay tuned here for updates.

Roster churn has become a part of college sports as we know and Rice basketball is not immune to the ebb and flow of players coming in and out. With the 2022-2023 season in the books, this page will serve as a running tracker regarding the roster for the upcoming season as it currently stands. The last official roster is available here.

More: 2023 Rice Basketball State of the Program

Feel free to bookmark it and refer back to it from time to time as players announce their intentions throughout the offseason.

Departing with Eligibility (4)

G Quincy Olivari
F Seryee Lewis
G Jaden Geron
G Mason Jones

Departing Seniors/Graduates (3)

G Reed Myers
G Jake Lieppert
F Ben Moffat

Incoming High School Signees (3)

F Keanu Dawes
F Gabe Warren
G Camp Wagner

Incoming Transfers (3)

F Sam Alajiki, Cal
G Noah Shelby, Vanderbilt
F Anthony Selden, Gardner-Webb

Current Expected Remaining Roster (10)

F Andrew Akuchie
G Travis Evee
F Max Fiedler
G Alem Huseinovic
G Mekhi Mason
F Damion McDowell
F Jackson Peakes
F George Perkins
F Cam Sheffield
C Ifeanyi Ufochukwu

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Rice Basketball Preseason Conference Polls Released

Posted: October 11, 2024

Preseason polls for both the Rice Basketball men’s and women’s teams were released on Friday with very different projections for the Owls’ two squads. Rice Men’s Basketball was picked to finish 13th in the AAC in their first year under head coach Rob Lanier. Rice women’s basketball were tabbed to finish second in a tie […]

Rice Soccer, Basketball and more bring good news: September 2024 Q&A

Posted: September 30, 2024

The 2024 Rice Football season has taken a turn for the worse, but Rice Soccer, basketball and more offer hope for the future. We look at both in this month’s subscriber Q&A. Understandably, good news was the order of the day after things went south with Rice Football. Fortunately, it’s been a very active fall […]

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Rice Basketball Recruiting: F Evan Cochran commits to Owls

Posted: September 11, 2024

Rice basketball has its third commitment of the 2025 recruiting class. Forward Evan Cochran from Houston has committed to the Owls. Tuesday was a good day to be an Owl. The 2025 Rice Basketball recruiting class tripled in size, building on an initial pledge from guard Cameron Carroll from South Grand Prairie the Owls added a […]

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Rice Basketball Recruiting: G Boden Howell commits to Owls

Posted: September 11, 2024

Rice basketball has its second commitment of the 2025 recruiting class. Guard Boden Howell has committed to the Owls. After a flurry of portal additions to ready the 2024-2025 roster, Rice Basketball has turned its attention to the future and the high school recruiting front. Roughly a week removed from the commitment of guard Cameron […]

Rice Basketball Recruiting: G Cameron Carroll commits to Owls

Posted: September 4, 2024

Rice basketball has landed its first commitment of the 2025 recruiting class. South Grand Prairie guard Cameron Carroll has committed to the Owls. When head coach Rob Lanier took the helm of the Rice basketball program his first task was restocking a barren roster. With the 2024-2025 team more or less intact, the Owls were […]

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The first new addition of the offseason for Rice basketball has been announced. Kansas State transfer Seryee Lewis has committed to the Owls.

The Transfer Portal has become a fixture in college athletics and has become particularly entrenched in college basketball. Rice basketball knows the ebbs and flows of the portal all too well, but they’ve largely been able to down out the somber news with the exciting announcements. This week’s signing falls in the latter category. Kansas State transfer forward Seryee Lewis has committed to the Owls.

A former prep basketball product from Arizona, Lewis committed to Kansas State out of high school, turning down offers from Georgetown, Saint Louis, Illinois-Chicago and others. The three-star prospect was a top 400 player in the nation and the No. 20 player from the state of Arizona. This time around Lewis was pursued by UNLV, Depaul and Cal Berkley, eventually choosing Rice basketball.

Lewis told The Roost Rice was “the place I wanted to be,” voicing his support of what he called “the future plan with the program.”

Coming off the bench during his freshman season with the Wildcats, Lewis played in 18 contests including nine conference games. He’s scored a career-high nine points against No. 2 Baylor in 2021 and is a career 62.5 percent shooter from the floor. Lewis missed the entirety of last season after suffering a preseason injury.

Lewis said the year off has given him time to “recover and work on my game” and that his return would be “something very special to see.” Practically, that means another top-flight rebounded for the Owls. Lewis touts that as one of the strongest aspects of his game along with his versatility.

Head coach Scott Pera announced Lewis had signed his grant-in-aid paperwork on Wednesday, saying Lewis “checks all of the boxes we look for in a student-athlete. He is motivated in the classroom and on the court. He will add value to everything we do as a program.”

Excluding the incoming freshman signees, Lewis is the first new addition to the Rice basketball roster for the upcoming season. You can follow all offseason roster moves with our Rice basketball roster tracker here.