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Redshirt junior guard Jace Posey is a basketball player from Houston, Texas, who has begun his first season with UTRGV after playing his first three years at Texas Christian University. At the first men’s basketball game of the 26-27 season, Posey scored a total of 12 of the 81 points.
Q: What inspires you, and why is basketball such an important sport to you?
A: “I would say my family inspires me, and obviously Jesus, you know, I wouldn’t be here without him. And just the things I could do with basketball in my future. I would say those are the things that inspire me. I’ve been playing basketball my whole life. It’s been running in the family, and I take pride in being here in the Valley. I take pride in my last name, so wherever I’m at, I’m gonna have pride on the court.”
Q: What brought you to UTRGV after spending a majority of your college experience at TCU?
A: “I would say the coaching staff here, they’re very good at communication. They had a plan for me and the program and a vision that I could see. So, I mean, I would say the coaching staff did a great job of getting me here.”
Q: Basketball or track and field?
A: “Basketball, haha, that’s an easy question.”
Q: What is the best basketball movie of all time?
A: “‘Thunderstruck,’ the one with [Kevin Durant]”
Q: Do you have a favorite basketball player?
A: “I’m a big LeBron fan, so I’d probably say LeBron James.”
Q: What’s on your playlist when you’re conditioning or practicing?
A: “My favorite artist is DaBaby, so I listen to him, or I listen to Trippie Redd.”
Q: I read your father spent over a decade in the NBA and is a coach, how has your relationship with your father grown or impacted your relationship with basketball?
A: “I mean, I think it helped in a lot of aspects, like, the parent-child dynamic, like, you gotta listen to the parent. Sometimes, you don’t always want to hear what the parent has to say. Same thing in basketball, you know, him being my dad and having experienced a lot of basketball situations that I want to experience. You know, he for sure knows more than me, and as a kid, you kind of have the resentment of hearing something from your dad … So, it just taught me patience. It for sure taught him a lot of patience. Now, that’s the relationship I got with him even after the game, he’s just dropping dimes and letting me know what I’m supposed to do and all that.”
Q: Do you think because you grew up with basketball as such a staple part of your household that it’s changed your view of the sport and you as a player and a person?
A: “I would say so, but I think it might be hard for me to explain, just because it has been in my life for my whole life. I mean, I know what it means to me and my family, though, it puts us in a good situation. It puts me in a good situation and it’s just given me basically countless opportunities.”
Q: What are you hoping to accomplish in your last year of college?
A: “I want to get this team to the tournament, I want to be conference champs, we always want to put our best foot forward and we value making a statement, and earn our respect here and in the college basketball world.”
–Compiled by Tiana Meza
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