Tyree Evans

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Richmond, Va.

A highly sought after recruit and explosive scorer ... A superlative three-point shooter that scores in bunches ... Came to Kent State after spending the previous season at Motlow State playing for now assistant coach, Bobby Steinburg.

2009-10 Senior Season
KSU Academic Athletic Excellence Award … Averaged 9.6 points and 2.7 rebounds while playing in all 34 games … Made 28 starts … Also averaged 1.0 steals per game … Led Kent State with 61 three-point field goals made … Finished his career with 124 three-pointers ranking him 10th all-time in school history … Scored double figures 19 times … Named to the Hispanic College Fund Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 13.3 points in three games … Scored a season an KSU career high 23 points at Miami (Jan. 12).

Preseason 2009-10
Named the 38th best shooter in the country by Jeff Goodman of FOXSports.com ... In a list of ‘Mid-Major Players to Watch’ by ESPN.com was tagged under ‘Don’t Forget About These Guys’.

Summer 2009 In Italy
Averaged a team best 16.8 points per game ... Shot 39.4 percent (13-33) from three ... In the tour’s first game he made five three pointers and paced KSU with 24 points in an 83-76 win over Basket Siena ... Had 11 steals on the trip averaging 2.8 per game.

2008-09 Junior Season
Received a Kent State Academic Athletic Excellence Award for having a grade point average above 3.0 ... Averaged 11.7 points in 25 games ... Was Kent State’s ‘sixth’ man ... Led the team with 63 three-pointers ... Ranked fourth in the MAC in three-point field goals made despite playing in at least five less games than the top three on the list ... Was second in the league during conference play with 2.19 three-pointers made per game ... Ranked 23rd in the league with 9.9 points per game during MAC play ... Made 39.9 percent for the year from three (63-158) ... Shot 81.0 percent (34-42) from the foul line ... Hit five three-points in a single game four times ... Had 16 double digit scoring games ... Shot 47.1 percent (41-87) from three in the second half ... Had 12 points in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament vs Oakland (Mar. 17) ... Scored 15 points at Miami (Mar. 1) ... Shot 5-9 from three and finished with 19 points and five rebounds in a BracketBuster win over Morehead State (Feb. 21) that extended Kent State’s winning streak to eight straight ... Totaled 12 points and hit a key three-pointer with 33 seconds left in regulation in a double-overtime win at Northern Illinois (Feb 10) ... The game capped off a five game stretch in which he averaged 13.0 points and shot 14-27 (51.9 percent) from beyond the arc ... Began the five game burst with a 15-point performance against Eastern Michigan (Jan. 27) that started the eight game winning streak ... In his first career MAC game hit five, three-pointers while recording 21 points and four rebounds at Ohio (Jan. 11) ... Playing in his home state, shot 5-8 from three and posted 21 points in a win at Hampton (Jan. 3) ... Made his Kent State debut with a 21-point effort in just 24 minutes as he shot 7-11 from the field and 5-8 from three against UNC Greensboro (Dec. 18) ... Totaled seven of his 18 second-half points in the game during a decisive 19-3 KSU run at the start of the second half ... Averaged 16.3 points per game over his first seven games.

Sophomore Season At Motlow (Tenn.)
Ranked as the sixth-best junior college player in the country for 2007-08 by Rivals.com ... Averaged 21.2 points and 5.1 rebounds while shooting107-243 (44 percent) from three and 84.2 percent from the free-throw line ... Led a well balanced nationally ranked team to 28-5 record and a runner-up finish in District VII of the Tennessee Junior and Community College Athletic Association ... Was named Region and Conference player of the year ... Teammate of fellow Golden Flash, Frank Henry-Ala.

Freshman Season at Butler County (Kan.)
Averaged 19 points per contest during his freshman season ... Scored a season high 34 points against Northern Oklahoma College.

High School
A high school All American, he was ranked as one of the top players in the nation as a senior ... Named the boys’ state player of the year ... Completed his high school career as the all-time leading scorer in Group AAA (highest level) Virginia history with 2,251 points, breaking a record previously held by J.J. Redick ... His 884 points during his senior season placed him 3rd all-time in single-season scoring behind only NBA All Star Allen Iverson and NBA Hall of Famer, Moses Malone.

Personal
Born on Jan. 18, 1985 ... Son of Debbie Evans of Richmond, Va ... Majoring in general studies at Kent State