guard from Woodford County High School, Boone averaged 20.8 points and
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!6.4 rebounds as a junior last season. Boone has posted 1,475 total points in
three seasons of varsity action. As a sophomore, he led Frederick Douglass in scoring on the team’s run to the KHSAA
Sweet 16 semifinals. Boone also averaged 26 points per game over three games in the prestigious King of the Bluegrass
tournament in his junior season, including 29 points against Chicago De La Salle. He was a Lexington Herald
Leader All-City First-Team selection in 2023 and 2024 and earned First-Team All-11th Region honors in 2024. Boone
was named a 2024 Kentucky Junior All-Star, a Lexington Herald Leader and earned Louisville Courier Journal All-
State Honorable Mention. “Armelo is an upbeat young man that brings positive energy and excitement to every day,”
Plona said. “He has a passion for life and for basketball that makes any team better. He is strong, talented, smart and
is just scratching the surface of who we expect him to be as a player. He is going to continue to build his confidence to be
elite, and as he does, he has a chance to be very, very special. Hilltopper fans are going to love watching him and the
excitement that he brings to Diddle Arena every single night.” Rice, a 6-foot-6 guard from Butler County High School in
Morgantown, averaged 18 points and 10.7 rebounds per outing last season while shooting 61% from the field and
41% from the arc. He has charted 1,533 totals points and 892 total rebounds through four seasons of varsity action. As
a junior, Rice helped lead Butler County to its first ever Region 3 championship and KHSAA Sweet 16 appearance. As a
junior, Rice averaged 19 points per game over three games in the prestigious King of the Bluegrass tournament. He was named First-Team All-3rd Regi
