2017-2018 Men's Basketball Roster

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10 Tyler Blount

  • Position G
  • Class Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 165
  • Hometown Virginia Beach, Va.
  • Prev School New Mexico JC
  • Major Applied Arts & Sciences

Biography

2017-18: Played in all 33 games, stating 32... Averaged 7.0 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game in 23.3 minutes per contest... Made 42.2% (84-199) from the field... Shot team-high 40.8% on three-pointers... Second on the team with 51 made three-pointers... Recorded 11 steals and a block... Scored career-high 22 points on 7-of-12 shooting, 4-for-8 from beyond the arc and 4-of-8 on free throws against UTSA (11/15)... Was 6-of-9 from the field, 4-for-6 on three-pointers to net 16 points and handed out three assists versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/22)... Contributed 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting from beyond the arc at Pacific (11/25)... Scored 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting and was perfect 3-for-3 from long distance at Abilene Christian (12/9)... Finished with six points and career-high five assists against Ecclesia (12/19)... Tallied eight points and matched career best of five assists at Rice (12/22)... Netted 14 points, 12 in the first half, on 5-of-8 shooting at Coastal Carolina (12/31)... Scored eight points with two made treys at Arkansas State (1/11)... Contributed eight points at Georgia Southern (1/25)... Netted 10 points and recorded three steals against Coastal Carolina (2/1)... Recorded 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting with two made three-pointers, handed out three assists and recorded two steals against Appalachian State (2/3)... Tallied 12 points on four made treys at Louisiana (2/15)... Made four three-pointers and was 2-for-3 at the charity stripe to net 14 points in Sun Belt Tournament versus Coastal Carolina (3/7).

2016-17: Played in 35 games, starting one... Averaged 2.8 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game in 9.2 minutes per contest... Made 38.0% from the field... Was 22-for-63 (34.9%) on three-pointers... Converted all five free throw attempts... Finished with two rebounds, an assists and a steal in Bobcat debut versus Florida Atlantic (11/11)... Made a three-pointer at Hawaii (11/13)... Went 3-for-3 from the field with two treys to score season-high eight points versus SIU-Edwardsville (11/14)... Scored three points and recorded a steal in lone start of the season against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/21)... Scored six points on 2-of-2 shooting from long distance against McNeese (11/29)... Finished with six points, two rebounds and an assist in season-high 20 minutes against Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/1)... Had five points and season-high two steals at UT Rio Grande Valley (12/7)... Went for six points and grabbed three rebounds against Howard Payne (12/20)... Scored five points and dished out two assists against UTA (1/7)... Netted seven points on 3-of-6 shooting against Louisiana (1/21)... Made two three-pointers at Appalachian State (1/30)... Was 2-for-4 from beyond the arc at Georgia Southern (2/18)... Finished with five points against Troy (2/25)... Handed out a season-high three assists against South Alabama (2/27)... Scored five points and grabbed two rebounds at ULM (3/4)... Had two points and rebounds in CIT Second Round against Idaho (3/22).

Previous School: Played two seasons for Head Coach Brian Lohrey at New Mexico Junior College... Named first team All-Western Junior College Athletic Conference as a sophomore... Played in 29 games with 25 starts... Averaged 15.0 points, 2.1 assists and 2.0 rebounds per game in 2015-16... Converted 43.8 percent of his three-point attempts with 85 makes... Shot 45.0 percent from the field... Nailed 87.3 percent of his free throw attempts... Helped lead Thunderbirds to 21-10 record his sophomore season... Scored career-high 23 points against the University of the Southwest JV (11/7) and matched against South Plains College (2/8)... Netted 20 points three other times during the season... Made 30 appearances off the bench in 2014-15... Averaged 4.4 points and 0.9 rebounds per game... Finished 31-for-74 (41.9%) shooting from beyond the arc... Scored 10 or more points four times

High School: Attended Green Run High School... Coached by Keeneth Harris... Scored over 1,000 points in his career... Finished with a school record 236 made three-pointers... First team all-state selection... Earned All-Tidewater and All-Group 5A first team as a senior... Average 19 points and three steals per game his season year... Made 88 three-pointers... Holds school record for most three-pointers made in a game with nine... Was also a wide receiver on the football team... Earned first team all-district on the gridiron.

Personal: Son of Ivy and Ron Blount... Has a sibling, Rashamell... Played AAU basketball with Boo Williams travel team... Favorite teams are the Houston Rockets and Kansas City Chiefs... Majoring in applied arts & sciences.

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2016-2017Junior

    Guard
    5'11" 165 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2017-2018Senior

    Guard
    5'11" 165 lbs
    10