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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

5 Tyreese Watson

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Philadelphia, Pa.

Biography

AT ULM (2023-25)
  • Two-year letter winner for ULM who averaged 10.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.3 steals in 28.9 minutes of action over 53 games played, including 36 starts
2024-25 (SENIOR)
  • Put up 12.0 ppg to go along with 4.3 apg, 3.3 rpg and 1.7 spg in 32.8 mpg while starting all 30 contests
  • Got downhill and knocked down 124-155 (80.0) at the charity stripe
  • Tallied 18 double-digit scoring efforts, including going off for a career-high tying 26 points against James Madison (2/25/25)
  • Also surpassed 20 points vs. Southern Miss (2/15/25) and at South Alabama (1/30/25)
  • Attempted at least 10 free throws in five different tilts
  • Posted a pair of double-doubles on the season, both times doing with points and assists .
  • Tallied 16 points while dropping a career-high 11 dimes against UAPB (12/11/24)
  • Finished with 23 points and 10 assists against the Golden Eagles for his second double-double of the year
  • Stuffed the stat sheet with 10 points, nine helpers and five rebounds against South Alabama (1/27/25)
  • Reached double digits in scoring in three straight and five of the final six games of the season 
  • Had a career-long stretch of seven consecutive double-figure point efforts  to wrap up nonconference play and begin league action
  • The majority (77 of 99) of his rebounds came at the defensive end
2023-24 (JUNIOR)
  • Was a spark off the bench in his first campaign with the Warhawks
  • Recorded 9.6 ppg and 2.7 rpg in 23.8 mpg while shooting nearly 40 percent (73-184) from the floor
  • Exploded for a then career-high 22 points against Coastal Carolina in the SBC Tournament (3/5/24)
  • Matched his then career bests in assists (four) and blocks (two) in the contest
  • Piled up 13 double-digit scoring outputs, eclipsing 20 on two occasions
  • Scored 21 points while knocking down 8-12 from the floor and 4-4 at the line at Louisiana (1/31/24)
  • Followed that up with a 19-point outing at Arkansas State (2/3/24)
  • Produced at least 10 points in seven of eight contests early in SBC action, including four in a row
AT COCHISE COLLEGE (2021-23)\
  • Two-year standout at Cochise College who amassed nearly 1,100 points (1,077) in the timeframe while the Apaches finished a staggering 58-7
  • Shot a combined 45.6 percent (371-814) from the floor, including 36.9 percent (219-298) on triples, in addition to making 73.5 percent (219-298) at the charity stripe
2022-23 (SOPHOMORE)
  • Led the program to a mark of was 29-3, including winning 27 in a row, while ranking No. 11 in the NJCAA poll
  • Paced the team in scoring (19.6 ppg), aided by heating up with 20.6 ppg in conference play, to go along with 3.7 rpg, 2.9 apg and 1.6 spg
  • Went off for at least 20 points 18 times, including a season-high 36 points at Glendale Community College (1/28/23)
  • Attempted at least 10 free throws in seven different contests, which was capped by a 17-19 effort against Arizona Western College (3/6/23) in the Region 1 Championship game
  • Scored 20+ points in eight of the final nine contests of the year, including a 29-point effort vs. South Mountain Community College (2/25/23) and 27-point showings vs. Mesa Community College (2/22/230 and Arizona Western College (3/6/23)
  • Shot better than 50 percent from the floor in 13 tilts
2021-22 (FRESHMAN)
  • Started 32 of 33 games played, putting up 13.6 ppg on 46.9 percent (157-335) shooting while adding 3.4 apg and 2.8 rpg to help the school go 29-4
  • Nailed 37.0 percent from downtown (60-162), which included knocking down multiple triples in 19 tilts
  • Produced 18 double-digit scoring efforts, with six efforts of at least 20 points
  • Registered a season-high 23 points at Mesa Community College (11/20/21)
  • Put in 21 points, aided by drilling 5-10 on treys, vs. Scottsdale Community College (1/19/22)
  • Made better than 50 percent from the floor in 12 contests
PREP
  • Played high school basketball at Monsignor Bonner HS in Philadelphia
  • Brother is former Creighton standout and current professional player, Maurice Watson Jr.

Statistics

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