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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

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Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego
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Jae Choi/UC San Diego

13 Tyler McGhie

  • Position Guard/Forward
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Denton, Texas
  • High School Guyer HS
  • Major Communications
  • College Seventh

Biography

MEDIA
USA Today: Now Eligible for NCAA Tournament, UC San Diego Hoping to Bust March Brackets (March 13, 2025)
CBS Sports: Finally Eligible for March Madness, Division I's Most Unlikely Success Story Out to Prove It's Not Done Yet (March 5, 2025)
CBS 8 San Diego: McGhie's Three-Point Prowess Propels UCSD Towards Big West Title (Feb. 27, 2025)
San Diego Union-Tribune: Guards Travel From New Zealand, Texas to Fuel Tritons (Jan. 3, 2025)
NBC 7 San Diego: McGhie Possesses Incredibly Rare Skill (Jan. 3, 2025)

HONORS AND AWARDS
UC San Diego
2025 All-Big West First Team
E*TRADE Men's 3-Point Championship Participant
Lou Henson National Player of the Week (Dec. 23, 2024)
Big West Player of the Week (Nov. 25, 2024)
Boardwalk Battle Tournament MVP (Nov. 23, 2024)
2024 Big West Best Sixth Player
2024 All-Big West Honorable Mention

Division II
2023 Great American Conference Player-of-the-Year
2023 All-Great American Conference First Team
2022 All-Great American Conference First Team


AS A SENIOR IN 2024-25
Established a new UC San Diego single season record (all divisions) with 117 made three-point field goals ... Selected to the All-Big West First Team ... Participated in the E*TRADE Men's 3-Point Championship in San Antonio (April 3) ... Tied a UC San Diego single-season record with his 111th made three-pointer in a win at UC Davis (March 8) ... Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Dec. 23) ... Became the first Triton to earn Lou Henson National Player of the Week honors (Dec. 23) ... Recognized as Big West Player of the Week (Nov. 25) ... Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Nov. 25) ... Named Tournament MVP after the Tritons won the inaugural Boardwalk Battle (Nov. 23) ... Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Nov. 11).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023-2024
Named Best Sixth Player in The Big West and All-Big West Honorable Mention (March 12) ... Scored his 1,000th career point in a win at Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 6) ... Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Dec. 26) ... Played in 23 games off the bench ... Led The Big West in three-point field goal percentage (41.4%) ... Finished second on the team in scoring (13.9 ppg) and second with 70 made three-point field goals ... Was second in The Big West with 2.8 made threes per game against conference opponents.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2022-2023 AT SOUTHERN NAZARENE
Named First Team All GAC and Player-of-the-Year... Averaged 16.6 points, 1.3 assists, and 3.7 rebounds.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2021-2022 AT SOUTHERN NAZARENE
Named First Team All GAC ... Led the Thunder Cats in scoring ... Started in all 22 games he played ... Averaged 16.2 points, 1.5 assists, and 2.5 rebounds.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2020-2021 AT WESTERN CAROLINA
Played in 16 games ... Averaged 10.5 minutes per game for the Catamounts ... Nine of 12 made field goals were three-pointers.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2020 graduate of John H Guyer High School ... Led the Wildcats to the Spring Creek BBQ Tournament Championship and the Cypress International Championship in 2017-2018 ... Named First Team All District in 2018-2019 and District Co-MVP in 2019-2020... Averaged 4 points, 0.6 assists, and 1.5 rebounds in his sophomore year, 11.4 points, 1.7 assists, and 3.5 rebounds his junior year, and 18.8 points, 2 assists, and 4.3 rebounds during his senior year ... Competed with the Texas Titans club team 2013 to 2019.

PERSONAL 
Born: February 7 in Denton, Texas
Siblings: Older brother, Travis and younger sister, Madison
Major: Communications
College: Seventh 
Future plans: Interested in pursuing professional basketball
Favorite basketball memories: Winning a GAC conference championship and being names Player of the Year
Favorite UC San Diego memories: Team trip to Italy
Roots for: Dallas Mavericks and Cowboys
Favorite Athlete: Luka Doncic
Hobbies: Enjoys watching sports, playing video games, and hanging out with friends
Favorite movie: The Sandlot
Listens to: J. Cole and Gunna
Favorite food: Buffalo Wings
Fun fact: He can juggle
 
CAREER HIGHS
Points 29 at Drury 12/18/21
FGM 10 multiple times --
FGA 27 vs. Michigan 3/20/25
3FGM 8 vs. Occidental 12/28/24
3FGA 15 vs. Michigan 3/20/25
FTM 12 vs. Ouachita Baptist 1/05/23
FTA 15 vs. Ouachita Baptist 1/05/23
Rebounds 9 vs. Michigan 3/20/25
Assists 5 multiple times --
Blocks 2 vs. Chattanooga 2/23/21
Steals 5 vs. CSUN  1/25/25

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2023-24Junior

    Guard/Forward
    6'5" 195 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2024-25Senior

    Guard/Forward
    6'5" 195 lbs
    13

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