2024-2025 Men's Basketball Roster

CJ Halloran / Texas State Athletics
CJ Halloran / Texas State Athletics
CJ Halloran / Texas State Athletics
Zuzu Darbyshire/Texas State
Zuzu Darbyshire/Texas State
CJ Halloran / Texas State Athletics
CJ Halloran / Texas State Athletics
Appalachian State Athletics
CJ Halloran / Texas State Athletics

9 Tylan Pope

  • Position F
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-6 / 240
  • Hometown Franklinton, La.
  • Prev School Nevada

Biography

Career Accolades
- 2025 All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team
- 2025 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (Jan. 21 & Mar. 3)

2024-25: Played and started all 32 games... Averaged 16.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game... Scored 525 points, the 15th most in a season in team history... Made 184-of-342 (53.8%) shot attempts... Was 13-for-33 (39.4%) on three-pointers... Converted 144-of-179 (80.4%) free throw attempts... Made free throw total ranks seventh in program history for a campaign... Totaled 45 blocks, the fifth most in a season ever by a Bobcat... Finished with 21 steals and 18 assists... Recorded seven double-doubles with five being 20-10 double-doubles... Posted 27 double-digit point games and 11 20-point contests... Grabbed 10 or more rebounds seven times... Scored 12 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked two shots in season opener against Eastern Michigan (11/4)... Finished with 17 points and five rebounds at TCU (11/12)... Went for 24 points and 10 rebounds versus Ohio (11/24)... Put up 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds against Arlington Baptist (12/4)... Finished with 14 points, five rebounds and three blocks at Florida Atlantic (12/14)... Netted 23 points on 7-of-8 shooting and went 8-for-10 at the charity stripe against Georgia Southern (12/21)... Scored 27 points on 9-of-16 shooting and knocked down 8-of-11 free throws while grabbing 10 rebounds at Troy (1/9)... Recorded 20 points, 12 rebounds, three blocks and two steals against Georgia State (1/15)... Finished with 28 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks in overtime win against Southern Miss (1/18)... Recorded third consecutive 20-point game with a 25-point effort behind going 13-for-14 at the free throw line at Louisiana (1/23)... Finished with 19 points after going 8-for-12 from the field at Arkansas State (1/25)... Made 10-of-13 shots to put up 23 points at Old Dominion (2/5)... Totaled 22 points in 20 minutes of action at ULM (2/13)... Recorded a 20-point, 15-rebound double-double at South Alabama (2/15)... Finished with 11 points and 12 rebounds against South Alabama (2/22)... Totaled 25 points on 8-of-12 shooting and made all eight free throw attempts against Troy (2/25)... Netted 23 points while making 7-of-10 field goal attempts and went 9-for-12 at the charity stripe in double overtime victory over James Madison (2/28)... Scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds versus Old Dominion (3/6).

2023-24 (Nevada): Appeared in 21 games after missing the first 10 games of the season due to injury … Posted season averages of 3.6 points and 2.2 rebounds per game, while shooting 46.9 percent from the field, 20.0 percent from behind the arc, and 72.2 percent at the free throw line … Scored eight points in his debut for the Pack, helping Nevada beat Temple in the first round of the 2023 Diamond Head Classic (12/21/23) … Scored nine points on 4-7 shooting from the field, while also grabbing four rebounds against Fresno Pacific (12/30/23) … Dropped eight points, grabbed three rebounds, recorded one block, and tallied one steal at Wyoming (1/20/24) … Scored seven points, pulled down three rebounds, and recorded two blocks in Nevada’s win over No. 24 Colorado State (1/24/24) … Scored five points, grabbed four rebounds, and posted one block at No. 25 New Mexico (1/28/24) … Scored 10 points on a perfect 4-4 shooting from the field, in addition to grabbing three rebounds against San Jose State (2/2/24) … Scored five points and grabbed three rebounds in the Pack’s road win at Boise State (3/5/24) … Scored 10 points, pulled down six rebounds, and recorded one block in Nevada’s Mountain West Tournament game against Colorado State (3/14/24). 

2022-2023 (Tulane): Started in 14 games while appearing in 30 contests… Started in his last 10 games of the season… Led the team in blocks with 39 on the year… Recorded six double-digit scoring games… Tied his career high 15 points versus Fordham (12/3)… Totaled 12 points, nine rebounds and four blocks versus Tulsa (1/21)… Again tied his career high 15 points versus Wichita State (1/25)… Played a career-high 32:15 minutes versus Houston (2/22).

2021-2022 (Tulane): Appeared in 27 games and started in one… Pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds and poured in 11 points off the bench in the season opener versus Southeastern (11/9)… Scored a career-high 14 points while having eight rebounds versus Houston (2/2)… Had 10 points shooting 1.000 from the field and grabbed five rebounds at Memphis (2/9).

2020-2021 (Tulane): Played in all 23 games and made six starts in his debut season…Named American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week one time (Feb. 1)…Led the team in field goal percentage, bench scoring (76 points) and double-digit rebounding games (two)…Ranked third on the team in rebounding…Averaged 5.7 points and 4.1 rebounds in 14.5 minutes per game…Shot 49-of-111 (.441) from the field and 32-of-50 (.640) at the free throw line…Scored in double-figures five times and led Tulane in rebounding six times…Shot 5-of-10 and tallied a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in 21 minutes off the bench in his collegiate debut and the win over Lamar (11/27)…Contributed five points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals off the bench at ECU (12/22)…Earned his first start against Temple (1/16)…Scored 12 points and collected five offensive rebounds against No. 6 Houston (1/28)…Erupted for 12 points and a career-high 13 rebounds with two blocks at Temple (1/31)…Scored 13 points with eight rebounds at Wichita State (2/3)…Put up 10 points, nine rebounds, three steals and two assists against Cincinnati (2/7)…Had eight points on 4-of-6 shooting and five rebounds in just 14 minutes at UCF (2/12).

2019-2020 (Tulane): Redshirted the season after enrolling in December.

High School: Graduated from Franklinton High School... Coached by Brad Oestriecher…Rated a three-star recruit according to Rivals.com…A three-time District 8 AAAA First Team selection (2017-19) and two-time MVP (2018-19) by The New Orleans Advocate…Averaged 25 points and 10 rebounds per game as a senior at Franklinton...Named a 2018 Nike EYBL Honorable Mention in Atlanta for Session III...Averaged 10.2 points and 5.6 rebounds while shooting 54.5 percent overall in 15 games on the Pro Skills team at the 2018 Nike EYBL circuit…Averaged 11.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game and shot 59 percent from the field in five games at the 2018 Peach Jam…Played for Louisiana Elite on the AAU circuit.

Personal: Son of Doretha Sopsher... Has three older siblings, Andre Pope, Jazmine Magee and Jonathan Greene, and two younger siblings, Anayah Cooper and Isaiah Sopsher... Favortie basketball player is Giannis Antetokounmpo... Majoring in advertising.

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