LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC San Diego senior
Tyler McGhie was named Big West Men's Basketball Player of the Week by the conference office on Monday afternoon. The honor is a first for McGhie, who helped lead the Tritons to three wins in three days to
claim the Boardwalk Battle title in Daytona Beach, Fla.
McGhie averaged 21 points on 4.3 made threes per game and dished out 4.3 assists with just one turnover as UC San Diego won three games in three days to claim the inaugural Boardwalk Battle championship. McGhie was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. In the opening game, he set a new Division I career high with 27 points scored in a win over La Salle. In the championship game – an 80-45 rout of four-time MAC champion Toledo – McGhie scored 27 more and was 7-for-11 in three-point field goal tries.
The Big West honor is the first of McGhie's career. He becomes the fourth Triton to earn this weekly award. In addition to
Bryce Pope (three times) and
Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones last season,
Toni Rocak was recognized twice in the 2021-22 season.
Winners of three in a row, UC San Diego (5-2) is back at LionTree Arena to host La Verne on Saturday at 4 p.m. Big West play begins Dec. 5 at UC Santa Barbara.
BIG WEST WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS
Tyler McGhie (Nov. 25, 2024)
Bryce Pope (Feb. 26, 2024)
Bryce Pope (Jan. 29, 2024)
Bryce Pope (Jan. 15, 2024)
Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones (Nov. 13, 2023)
Toni Rocak (Jan. 3, 2022)
Toni Rocak (Nov. 15, 2021)
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
