SLIPPERY ROCK — Jence Rhoads is spending her evenings these days in the Slippery Rock home where she grew up, watching TV and pondering her future.

The Slippery Rock High and Vanderbilt University graduate has earned the respite.

Less than two months after concluding her first professional basketball season abroad in Iceland, Rhoads is mulling over her career options.

“It’s been pretty quiet, but that’s the way the business is,” said Rhoads, who has an offer on the table to return to the Express League in Iceland, where she was recently named Guard of the Year and was in the running for the league’s MVP. “Things happen slowly.”

Rhoads, though, isn’t one to sit around for too long.

She’s currently preparing to hit the road again as an instructor for Point Guard College, an organization that conducts youth basketball camps all around the country.

Rhoads is also training for a two-week trip to China in July as a part of a national all-star team of college graduates that will play teams from all over the world.

Scouts from Asian and European professional women’s basketball leagues will be there. Rhoads intends on making them take notice of her.

“My agent told me about it and I jumped at the chance,” Rhoads said. “It’s a chance to play in front of scouts and improve my stock.

“I had a really good first season (in Iceland),” Rhoads added. “It was everything I could have hoped for. I enjoyed basketball, learned a lot and met a ton of great people. I still want to play and move up to better leagues in Europe.”

Rhoads proved she could play at a high level in Iceland, leading her team, Haukar, in every offensive category.

She also helped Haukar reach the league’s best-of-five championship series where they lost to Njardvik in four grueling games.

Rhoads, a point guard, averaged 18.9 points, 7.1 assists and 6.8 rebounds per game and was named to the All-Icelandic League First Team.

She also led Haukar in minutes per game (37.6), free-throw percentage (83 percent) and steals (2.6 per contest).

“It was definitely a confidence booster,” Rhoads said. “It felt good to be successful at that level against that competition. I did well and the team did well.”

Her entire experience in Iceland was priceless, Rhoads said.

“My teammates and coach — they made me feel comfortable living in a different country and welcome in their club,” Rhoads said. “We had a lot of good times while I was there.”

Now, Rhoads is torn.

While she is hoping for opportunities in more prestigious leagues in Europe or Asia, she also is hesitant to leave the comfort zone she built in Iceland.

“It’s kind of a tough decision,” Rhoads said. “I love my coach. I love the league I was in. The people there took care of me. I’m not sure that would happen in other leagues, so it’s a gamble to leave.”

But it’s one Rhoads is willing to take if the opportunity came.

Before she signed with the Express League, she was getting interest from other leagues around Europe. The WNBA also showed tepid interest.

“I’ve thought about (the WNBA),” Rhoads said. “It’s not my No. 1 goal, but if the opportunity arose, I’d take it, of course.

“It’s tough,” she added. “You have to be patient. But I’m 23. I have plenty of life left in these legs.”