The Accies manager felt his side deserved a point against Livingston in the 2-1 defeat that leaves Hamilton just one point ahead of Kilmarnock at the foot of the table.
Hamilton remain in control of their own fate across the final six games of the season and Rice believes there is great determination amongst his squad.He said: "The battle goes on and I think you can see that.
This is a really hard place to come and get a result at anytime but you see the boys out there battling for every ball."I don't think there was a great deal in the match and I think we cancelled each other out a lot.
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