Tyrese Hunter

Tyrese Hunter
No. 12 – Rio Grande Valley Vipers
PositionPoint guard
LeagueNBA G League
Personal information
Born (2003-08-11) August 11, 2003
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolSt Catherine's
(Racine, Wisconsin)
College
NBA draft2025: undrafted
Playing career2025–present
Career history
2025–presentRio Grande Valley Vipers
Career highlights
  • Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2022)
Stats at NBA.com 
Stats at Basketball Reference 

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.

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
  GP Games 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

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021–22 Iowa State 35 35 31.9 .391 .274 .687 3.5 4.9 2.0 0.3 11.0
2022–23 Texas 38 38 30.3 .394 .337 .800 3.0 2.5 0.8 0.2 10.3
2023–24 Texas 33 33 32.1 .452 .343 .716 2.9 4.1 1.3 0.2 11.1
2024-25 Memphis 32 32 34.0 .415 .401 .774 3.8 3.6 1.5 0.2 13.7
Career 138 138 32.0 .411 .344 .741 3.3 3.7 1.4 0.2 11.4

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. ^ a b 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.