Tyrise Bryson Bio

Tarise sat out his first season as a Prop 48. He has passed all of his classes and will have 3 years of eligibility left starting this season. Tarise's high school coach Tom Crews says that "If you were to walk into a room or a gym you wouldn't guess that Tarise is a player. But watch him and you'd be astounded. He's the best player I've coached in my 18 years."

@ Stephen Decatur High School

Junior Year Averages
23.5 points,4.3 rebounds,4.2 assists
48 % from the field, 42 % of three's

Senior Year Summary
at Champaign Central : 32 points
vs. Bloomington HS : 34 points (with the flu)
vs. Decatur MacArthur : 33 points
vs. Decatur Eisenhower : 28 points
vs. Canton( in Macomb Holiday Tourney) 27 points
vs. Knoxville (M.H.T.) : 38 points (sprained his ankle after 1st 20pts)
vs. Farmington (M.H.T.) : 23 points (ankle still sprained)
vs. Warsaw (M.H.T.) : 26 points (same day as Farmington game)
vs. BHS : 29 points
vs. NCHS : 37 points
Decatur Eisenhower : 37 points
at NCHS : 25 points
Herald and Review Male Co-Athlete of the Year
Associated Press All State 2nd team
Illinois Basketball Coaches First team
6th place in state Mr. Basketball voting
Herald and Review county Player of the Year
Played in Illinois High School All-star game
Played in" Wendy's Classic" in Indiana and was Illinois's leading scorer
More information can be found at the Decatur Herald Review website

Senior Year Stats
27.6 points per game
119 3 pointers made

@ ISU

Freshman Year

Did not play. Tarise sat out as a partial qualifier under the Prop 48 rules.
Tarise made the honor roll both semesters.

Sophomore Year

averaged 15.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg
won the Doug Collins Most Valuable Player Award
Named the MVP of the inaugural Hawaii-Pacific Thanksgiving Shootout
Averaged 19.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game in the tournament
Named the MVC Player of the Week (Nov. 23rd-29th)
Named the MVC Newcomer of the Year
2nd Team a-ALL-MVC

Junior Season

averaged 19.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg
handled 105 assists in 30 games
won the Doug Collins Most Valuable Player Award
first Redbird to lead the team in scoring and assists
became only the second player in Redbird history to score over 1000 points in just 2 seasons.
scored a career high 40 points against Miami Fla. in Puerto Rico
tied as Redbird high of 8 3 pointers in a game twice

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