Tyrus McGee

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Tyrus McGee

| image = McGeeVenezia.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = McGee with Venezia in 2017

| position = Shooting guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 204

| number =

| league = LKL

| team = Rytas Vilnius

| nationality =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|3|14}}

| birth_place = Stringtown, Oklahoma, U.S.

| highschool = Stringtown (Stringtown, Oklahoma)

| college =

Cowley (2009–2011)
Iowa State (2011–2013)

| draft_year = 2013

| career_start = 2013

| years1 = 2013–2014

| team1 = Breogán

| years2 = 2014–2015

| team2 = Eisbären Bremerhaven

| years3 = 2015

| team3 = Orlandina

| years4 = 2015–2016

| team4 = Vanoli Cremona

| years5 = 2016–2017

| team5 = Reyer Venezia

| years6 = 2017–2018

| team6 = Pistoia 2000

| years7 = 2018

| team7 = Afyon Belediye

| years8 = 2019

| team8 = Dinamo Sassari

| years9 = 2019–2020

| team9 = Élan Béarnais

| years10 = 2020–2021

| team10 = Hapoel Holon

| years11 = 2021–2022

| team11 = San Pablo Burgos

| years12 = 2022

| team12 = Hapoel Holon

| years13 = 2022

| team13 = Fujian Sturgeons

| years14 = 2022–2023

| team14 = Galatasaray Nef

| years15 = 2023

| team15 = Hapoel Eilat

| years16 = 2023–2024

| team16 = SIG Strasbourg

| highlights =

FIBA Europe Cup champion (2019)
Israeli League champion (2022)
Italian League champion (2017)

}}

Tyrus Bresdon McGee (born March 14, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for SIG Strasbourg of the French LNB Pro A. He has previously played for Iowa State.

College career

The Oklahoma native played collegiately for Arkansas City, Kansas, of the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference in the National Junior College Athletic Association from 2009.

He transferred to Iowa State of the Big 12 Conference in 2011. With Iowa State he got averaging 7.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.6 assists in the 2011–12 season, and 13.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists in the 2012–13 season.

= College statistics =

| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12

| style="text-align:left;"| Iowa State

| 34 || - || 19.9 || .426 || .394 || .839 || 3.3 || .6 || .5 || .2 || 7.7

| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13

| style="text-align:left;"| Iowa State

| 35 || 2 || 24.0 || .488 || .464 || .820 || 3.5 || 1.3 || 1.1 || .3 || 13.1

| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| Career{{cite web

|url= https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/tyrus-mcgee-1.html

|title= Tyrus McGee

|date= 10 October 2017

|website= Sports Reference LLC

|publisher= Gracenote

|access-date= 17 October 2017

}}

| 69 || 2 || 22.0 || .465 || .437 || .829 || 3.4 || 1.0 || .8 || .3 || 10.5

Professional career

In 2013 McGee began his European experience. He joined the second league of the Spanish basketball league system LEB Oro side Club Baloncesto Breogán.

In July 2014, McGee signed with Eisbären Bremerhaven in Basketball Bundesliga, Germany.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportando.com/it/europa/germania/129783/tyrus-mcgee-si-accorda-con-gli-eisbaren-bremerhaven.html |title=Tyrus McGee si accorda con gli Eisbaren-Bremerhaven|author= |website=sportando.com |date=31 July 2014 |language=Italian|trans-title=Tyrus McGee signed with Eisbaren-Bremerhaven}} The following year, he went to Orlandina Basket in highest league of the Italian basketball league system LBA, from March 2015 till the end of the 2014–15 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportando.com/it/italia/serie-a/154057/orlandina-ufficiali-gli-arrivi-di-mcgee-e-campbell-si-passa-al-34.html|title=Orlandina, ufficiali gli arrivi di McGee e Campbell, si passa al 3+4 |website=sportando.com|access-date=8 March 2017|language=Italian|trans-title=Orlandina, McGee and Campbell signed, it switches to the 3+4}}

The American player signed with Vanoli Cremona on July 24, 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportando.com/it/italia/serie-a/170288/vanoli-cremona-ingaggiato-tyrus-mcgee.html |title=Vanoli Cremona: ingaggiato Tyrus McGee |author= |website=sportando.com |date=24 July 2015 |language=Italian|trans-title=Vanoli Cremona: Tyrus McGee signed}} In the 2015-16 LBA season he placed 4th in the League Table and reached the playoffs.

On July 22, 2016, McGee signed with Reyer Venezia for the 2016–17 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a/207228/tyrus-mcgee-signs-with-reyer-venezia.html |title=Tyrus McGee signs with Reyer Venezia |author= |website=sportando.com |date=22 July 2016}} During this season with Reyer he won an Italian Championship.

On August 9, 2017, McGee signed with Pistoia Basket.{{cite news|title=Pistoia signs Tyrus McGee|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a/243877/pistoia-signs-tyrus-mcgee.html|accessdate=August 25, 2017|work=Sportando.com|date=August 9, 2017}}

On July 28, 2018, McGee left Italy after three years and signed with the Turkish Afyon Belediye.{{cite news|title=MERCATO BSL - Dopo tre anni Tyrus McGee lascia l'Italia: giocherà per i turchi del Afyon Belediye|url=https://www.pianetabasket.com/europa/mercato-bsl-dopo-tre-anni-tyrus-mcgee-lascia-l-italia-giochera-per-i-turchi-del-afyon-belediye-161942|work=pianetabasket.com|date=July 28, 2018|language=Italian|trans-title=BSL MARKET - Tyrus McGee leaves Italy after three years: he will play for Turkish club Afyon Belediye}}

On August 7, 2019, he has signed a contract with Élan Béarnais of the French LNB Pro A.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/tyrus-mcgee-signs-with-pau-orthez/|title=Tyrus McGee signs with Pau-Orthez|date=August 7, 2019|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 8, 2019 |last1=Carchia |first1=Emiliano }} McGee averaged 13.8 points per game. On August 5, 2020, he signed with Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.{{cite news |title=Hapoel Holon signs Tyrus McGee |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/hapoel-holon-signs-tyrus-mcgee/ |website=Sportando |accessdate=August 5, 2020 |date=August 5, 2020 |last1=Carchia |first1=Emiliano }}

=San Pablo Burgos=

On July 16, 2021, he signed with San Pablo Burgos of the Spanish Liga ACB. San Pablo Burgos also plays in the Basketball Champions League.{{cite web |title=Tyrus McGee, anotación exterior para el Hereda San Pablo Burgos|url=https://www.sanpabloburgos.com/tyrus-mcgee-anotacion-exterior-hereda-san-pablo-burgos/ |website=sanpabloburgos.com |language=Es |accessdate=July 16, 2021 |date=July 16, 2021}} McGee averaged 10.5 points, 2.1 assists, and 1.7 rebounds per game but left the team in January 2022.{{cite web |last1=Yahyabeyoglu |first1=Fersu |title=McGee comes back to H.Holon, ex Burgos |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Spain/news/728600/McGee-comes-back-to-H.Holon,-ex-Burgos |website=Eurobasket |access-date=January 28, 2022 |date=January 28, 2022}}

=Hapoel Holon=

On January 28, 2022, he signed with Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Premier League,{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/fiba-champions-league/1301153/tyrus-mcgee-returns-to-hapoel-holon/|title=Tyrus McGee returns to Hapoel Holon|last=|first=|date=January 28, 2022|website=|publisher=Eurohoops|language=En|access-date=January 28, 2022}} winning the Israeli league championship with the team at the end of that season, and qualifying for the BCL Final Four tournament.

=Galatasaray=

On November 8, 2022, he signed with Galatasaray Nef of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/basketbol/erkek-basketbol/tyrus-mcgee-galatasaray-nefte/52081|title=Tyrus McGee Galatasaray Nef'te!|last=|first=|date=November 8, 2022|website=|publisher=Galatasaray|language=tr|access-date=November 8, 2022}}

=Hapoel Eilat=

On August 3, 2023, he signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurohoops.net/tr/others-tr/1535869/eski-galatasarayli-tyrus-mcgeenin-yeni-takimi-belli-oldu/|title=Eski Galatasaraylı Tyrus McGee'nin Yeni Takımı Belli Oldu|last=|first=|date=August 3, 2023|website=|publisher=Eurohoops|language=tr|access-date=December 6, 2023}}

=SIG Strasbourg=

On December 12, 2023, he signed with SIG Strasbourg of the French LNB Pro A.{{Cite web|url=https://sigstrasbourg.fr/2023/12/tyrus-mcgee-en-renfort|title=Tyrus McGee En Renfort|last=|first=|date=December 11, 2023|website=sigstrasbourg.fr|publisher=|language=fr|access-date=December 12, 2023}}

Honours

;Reyer Venezia

LBA champion: 2016–17

;Dinamo Sassari

FIBA Europe Cup: 2018–19

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20170701035318/http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=MCG-TYR-91 Tyrus McGee] at Lega Basket (archived) {{in lang|it}}
{{BBL profile}}
[http://competiciones.feb.es/estadisticas/Jugador.aspx?i=633008&c=2027970 Tyrus McGee] at Federación Española de Baloncesto {{in lang|es}}
[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/tyrus-mcgee-1.html Tyrus McGee] – college basketball player statistics at Sports Reference
{{Basketball-Reference.com international player}}
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