BOSTON – UC San Diego senior sharpshooter Tyler McGhie was named the Lou Henson National Player of the Week on Monday, becoming the first Triton to win the weekly honor. The 2025 Lou Henson National Player of the Year award will be announced in April in San Antonio, site of the 2025 men's NCAA basketball championship.
 
McGhie paced the Tritons in a pair of road wins last week. McGhie scored 26 and was 6-of-14 from distance with six rebounds and three steals as the Tritons won at Utah State Tuesday – handing the Aggies their first loss of the season and just their fourth at home in their last 46 games. On Saturday, McGhie matched his season high with 27, draining seven-of-10 from beyond the arc as the Tritons won at USD. The seven threes matched a career high. McGhie averaged 26.5 points and was 13-for-24 from distance (54.2%) this week.
 
UC San Diego is in the midst of a nine-game win streak, the program's longest in Division I. The Tritons won three true road games over a seven-day stretch from Dec. 15-21. The Tritons (11-2) are back at LionTree Arena to host Occidental on Saturday at 4 p.m. Big West play resumes Jan. 4 at Cal State Fullerton.
 
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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.