Tyrese Hunter

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Tyrese Hunter
No. 12Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Position Point guard
League NBA G League
Personal information
Born (2003-08-11) August 11, 2003 (age 22)
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school St Catherine's
(Racine, Wisconsin)
College
NBA draft 2025: undrafted
Playing career2025–present
Career history
2025–present Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Career highlights
  • Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2022)
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Tyrese Hunter (born August 11, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones, Texas Longhorns and Memphis Tigers.

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High school career

Hunter attended St Catherine's High School in Racine, Wisconsin where he played on the basketball team, scoring 1,589 career points, and leading the team to a Division 3 Wisconsin State Championship as a senior. [1] A consensus 4 star prospect ranked the nations #37 overall recruit, he committed to Iowa State University to play college basketball. [2] [3]

College career

As a freshman at Iowa State, Hunter averaged 11.0 points, 4.9 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game. [4] In the Cyclones opening game of the 2022 NCAA Tournament, Hunter scored a season high 23 points to lead Iowa State to a 59–54 victory over LSU. [5] At the conclusion of his freshman season, Hunter was named the Big 12 Freshman of the year. [6] On April 18, 2022, Hunter announced that he was entering the transfer portal. [6] Ranked the nations #3 overall transfer by ESPN, Hunter would transfer to the University of Texas at Austin. [7] He averaged 10.3 points, three rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. Hunter declared for the 2023 NBA draft before withdrawing and returning to Texas. [8]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2021–22 Iowa State 353531.9.391.274.6873.54.92.00.311.0
2022–23 Texas 383830.3.394.337.8003.02.50.80.210.3
2023–24 Texas 333332.1.452.343.7162.94.11.30.211.1
2024-25 Memphis 323234.0.415.401.7743.83.61.50.213.7
Career13813832.0.411.344.7413.33.71.40.211.4

References

  1. "Tyrese Hunter - Men's Basketball". Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  2. Bain, Matthew. "Top-100 guard Tyrese Hunter commits to Iowa State basketball, becomes program's first 2021 recruit". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  3. "Tyrese Hunter, Iowa State Cyclones, Point Guard". 247Sports. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  4. "Tyrese Hunter Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  5. The Athletic Staff. "No. 11 Iowa State upsets No. 6 LSU". The Athletic. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  6. 1 2 Moore, C. J. "Iowa State's Hunter entering transfer portal". The Athletic. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  7. "Texas lands top available transfer Tyrese Hunter". ESPN.com. 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  8. Dimmitt, Zach (May 18, 2023). "Longhorns G Tyrese Hunter Returning Next Season". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved March 9, 2024.