Trey Murphy III
2020-21
• Played 25 games, starting 20
• All-ACC Academic Team
• Averaged 11.3 ppg and 3.4 rpg
• Shot 50.3 percent from the field, 43.3 percent from 3-point range and 92.7 percent free throws
• Ranked seventh in the ACC in 3-point field goals made (2.1)
• Scored team-high 21 points, going 6-for-8 from 3-point range, in UVA debut vs. Towson (11/25/20)
• Led team with 15 points, adding four rebounds and three assists, vs. William & Mary (12/22/20)
• Scored 15 points, going 4-for-6 from 3-point range, vs. Gonzaga (12/26/20)
• Had 13 points, hitting three 3-pointers, in career-high 38 minutes vs. Wake Forest (1/6/21)
• Scored 10 points with season-high four assists vs. Notre Dame (1/13/21)
• Shot 3-for-3 from 3-point range and 5-for-5 from the floor for 13 points at Clemson (1/16/21)
• Scored 16 points, hitting four 3-pointers, with season-highs in rebounds (7) and blocks (2) vs. Syracuse (1/25/21)
• Had 18 points, hitting 6-of-6 free throws, with five rebounds at NC State (2/3/21)
• Led team with 18 points and added five rebounds at Georgia Tech (2/10/21)
• Made 4-of-5 FGs for 12 points with one assist and two steals vs. North Carolina (2/13/21)
• Scored team-high 13 points at Florida State (2/15/21)
• Had 12 points, six rebounds and season-high three steals vs. Miami (3/1/21)
• Scored 17 points with six rebounds at Louisville (3/6/21)
• Had 15 points with two steals and matched season-high with two blocks vs. Syracuse in ACC quarterfinals (3/11/21)
• Scored 12 points on four 3-pointers with two steals vs. Ohio in NCAA First Round (3/20/21)
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2019-20 (at Rice)
• Played 29 games, making 23 starts
• Led the team in scoring (13.7), field goals made (131), dunks (21) and blocks (16) and ranked second in 3-pointers (75), steals (27) and free throw percentage (82.4%)
• Ranked third on the team in rebounds per game (5.5)
• Ranked sixth in Conference USA in 3-pointers made per game (2.6), 11th in free throw percentage, 13th in scoring, 14th in defensive rebounds (4.3) and 15th in rebounding
• Ranked fourth on the school sophomore list in 3-pointers (75) and three-pointers attempted (204), seventh in 3-point field goal percentage (36.8%) and free throw percentage (82.4%) and 10th in blocks (16)
• Recorded 25 double-figure scoring games and two double-doubles
• Led the team with six 20-point games
• Blocked a career-high four shots versus Wayland Baptist (11/10/19)
• Scored a career-high 25 points on five 3-pointers at Northwestern State (11/12)
• Scored 18 points on five 3-pointers to cap off a 22-point comeback at UC Santa Barbara (11/16)
• His performance against Northwestern State and UCSB earned him Conference USA Player of the Week honors (11/18/19)
• Recorded first career double-double versus St. Thomas (12/19), scoring 21 points and grabbing a career-high 10 rebounds
• Registered 10 rebounds at North Texas (1/20/20)
• Scored 12 points and had a career-high six assists against FIU (1/11/20)
• Scored 20 points on a career-high six 3-pointers at Louisiana Tech (1/16), where he became the 27th player in school history with 100 career three-pointers
• Tallied 20 points and grabbed five rebounds at Southern Miss (1/18/20)
• Scored 21 points and had nine rebounds at Middle Tennessee (2/8/20)
• Registered a career-high four steals against Charlotte (2/15/20)
• Scored 21 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds vs. Middle Tennessee (3/1/20)
• Scored 18 points, all in the second half, against FIU in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament (3/11/20)
• Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2018-19 (at Rice)
• Played in all 32 games, making one start
• Averaged 8.4 points and 2.6 rebounds
• Ranked fourth in Conference USA in three-point field goal percentage (42.1%) and 14th in 3-pointers made per game (2.0)
• Ranked second on the team with 64 3-pointers
• Set the school freshman record for 3-point field goal percentage (42.1%) and is second for 3-pointers made (64)
• Registered 12 double-figure scoring games
• Saw first career action against Saint Leo (11/6/18), scoring three points
• Tallied five points and four rebounds vs. Northwestern State (11/17/18
• Scored six points on a pair of 3-pointers at BYU (11/21)
• Tallied 11 points and a trio of 3-pointers vs. Lamar (12/1/18)
• Grabbed four rebounds vs. UC Santa Barbara (12/15/18)
• Scored 13 points at UTRGV (12/18/18)
• Scored 12 points against Southern Miss (1/3/19)
• Scored eight points and grabbed a career-high six rebounds vs. Louisiana Tech (1/5/19)
• Scored 10 points on a trio of 3-pointers at UTSA (1/10/19)
• Tallied 18 points and made four 3-pointers at North Texas (1/19/19)
• Registered 18 points and four 3-pointers vs. Middle Tennessee (1/24/19)
• Set career-highs with 24 points and five 3-pointers while going a career-best 6-of-6 from the free throw line against UAB (1/26/19)
• Scored 12 points on 4-of-5 from 3-point range while recording a career-high three steals at Charlotte (1/31/19)
• Recorded 14 points and tied a career-high with six rebounds at UTEP (2/23/19)
• Made first career start at Charlotte (3/6/19)
• Scored 14 points against Marshall in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament (3/13/19)
• Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
HIGH SCHOOL
• Led Cary Academy to a 14-8 record in 2017-18
• Averaged 24.7 points and 7.4 rebounds while connecting on 49.4 percent from the floor, 43.6 percent from 3-point range and 85.8 percent from the free throw line
• Named All-Metro by the Raleigh News & Observer
• As a junior in 2016-17, averaged 22.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists while connecting on 54 percent from the floor, 47 percent from 3-point range and 93 percent from the free throw line
• Earned Triangle Independent School Athletic Conference (TISAC) All-Conference honors
• Averaged 22 points while shooting 53 percent from the floor, 45 percent from 3-point range and 93 percent from the charity stripe
• Cary Academy school leader in field goals made, three-pointers made and free throws made
PERSONAL
• Trey Murphy III
• Born in Durham, N.C.
• Son of Kenneth and Albeda Murphy
• Father, Kenneth, played basketball at East Carolina from 1986-88
• Sociology major