Tye Fagan

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-3
Weight:
185
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Logtown, Ga.
High School:
Upson-Lee High School

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2020-21 Season Highlights:
• Started 25 of 26 games and averaged 9.2 points and 4.3 rebounds in 22.2 minutes of action per contest.
• Posted 11 double-figure scoring outputs in 26 games, after recording three in 63 games combined as a freshman and sophomore.
• Led the Bulldogs with a 58.6 shooting percentage from the floor, which jumped to 68.6 percent (70-of-102) in his double-digit outings. In fact, he connected on 70.7 percent (87-of-123) of his field goals during 14 career performances of 10 or more points
• Named SEC Player of the Week on Nov. 30 after recording career highs of 21 points and 10 rebounds en route to his first career double-double against Florida A&M in the season opener.
• Converted on 9-of-10 shots from the floor vs. Florida A&M.
• Recorded more double-figure scoring outputs in the first six games of 2020-21 (four) than he did in 63 games in his first two seasons combined (three).
• At Ole Miss, scored 19 points on a 9-of-9 shooting performances from the floor, which included one 3-pointer.
• Became the 11th D-I player with a perfect game from the field during 2020-21 while attempting at least nine shots.
• After two points in season-low 10 MP vs. Auburn in Athens, scored seven points in first 103 seconds of rematch at Auburn to give UGA a lead it never relinquished.
• Eventually finished with 16 points in 22 minutes at Auburn.
• Popped for 18 points on a 7-of-10 effort from the floor in a victory over LSU in Athens.

2019-20 Season Highlights:
• One of five Bulldogs who logged playing time in all 32 games.
• Averaged 4.1 points and 1.7 rebounds per game while shooting a team-best 56.0 percent from the floor.
• Clocked double-figure minutes played tallies in 22 contests.
• Posted a trio of double-figure scoring outputs, including team-high outputs of 11 points against Dayton in the opening round of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational and 15 at Arizona State.
• Was extremely efficient en route to his double-digit outputs. In that trio of contests, connected on 81.0 percent (17-of-21) of his shots from the field.
• Recorded two of Georgia’s three perfect shooting performances from the floor with five or more made shots – 6-of-6 at Kentucky and 5-of-5 versus Dayton.
• In the Bulldogs’ two exhibition outings against Valdosta State and at Charlotte, was perfect from the field (4-of-4) and the line (3-of-3).
• Equaled his career high with a game-high four assists versus Western Carolina in the season opener.
• Posted his first double-figure scoring output at UGA (a team-high 11 points) on a perfect shooting effort (5-of-5 FGs & 1-of-1 3FGs) against Dayton.
• Upped that effort to 15 points at Arizona State, where he scored 11 second-half points in 10 minutes of action.
• Scored 15 points in just 15 minutes of court time at No. 15/14 Kentucky.
• Grabbed a season-best six rebounds – to go along with eight points – in a season-high 21 minutes of PT at LSU in the regular-season finale.

2018-19 Season Highlights:
• Logged playing time in 31 of 32 games, with a trio of starts at the Cayman Islands Classic.
• Converted on 51.7 percent of his field goals and all 10 of his trips to the line.
• Led the Bulldogs in assists in two games, in steals twice and in blocks once.
• Posted his best scoring efforts (eight points) in three-straight early-season outings – at Temple, vs. Sam Houston State and vs. Illinois State. Shot a combined 72.7 percent (8-of-11) from the field on those contests.
• Christened his career with a thorough linescore – three points, three boards, four assists, a block and a steal – in the season opener against Savannah State.
• The loss at Temple on Nov. 13 was his first representing a school in 66 games ...dating to his sophomore year at Upson Lee. Prior to that, his last “L” was on Feb. 17, 2016…a span of exactly 1,000 days.
• Secured his first collegiate start against Illinois State and logged 36 minutes against the Redbirds.
• Knocked down a 3-pointer from the left corner with 11:38 left at Florida to put Georgia up 41-39...the Bulldogs never trailed thereafter.
• Logged double-digit minutes in eight of 19 outings against SEC competition, with a high of 16 versus Missouri in the SEC Tournament.

High School Highlights:
• Coached by Darrell Lockhart at Upson-Lee.
• Named the Class 4A State Player of the Year as both a junior and a senior after leading the Knights to back-to-back state titles and undefeated seasons.
• Tabbed second-team All-Georgia in 2018 by USA Today, the organization’s all-classification, all-state team.
• Ranked as the No. 10 overall prospect in Georgia, the nation’s No. 18 combo guard and the No. 205 overall prospect nationally by 247Sports.com.
• Upson-Lee was a combined 63-0 during Fagan’s junior and senior campaigns.
• The Knights’ 63-game winning streak is the third-longest in boys’ basketball history for Georgia high schools.
• Scored a school-record 2,038 points for Upson-Lee.
• As a senior, averaged 25.0 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.5 assists for 31-0 Upson-Lee.
• Scored in double figures in every outing, with 25 20-point outings, six 30-point performances and nine double-doubles.
• Named MVP of the 2017 Lake City Classic after averaging 26.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.2 blocks.
• During the tournament, the Knights defeated: St. Francis, runner-up in the Georgia A-Private state tourney; Huffman , which finished No. 3 in Alabama’s Class 7A; and Warner Robins, the Georgia 5A state champion. Those teams were a combined 79-10, with three of those “L’s” to ULHS.
• As a junior, averaged 21.1 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.6 steals and 1.5 steals per game while leading the Knights to a 32-0 finish and the first state championship in school history.
• Posted double-digit scoring outputs in 28 of 29 games played, with 17 20-point and three 30-point tallies.

Personal:
• Born September 12, 1999, in Thomaston, Ga., Tye is the son of Kendra Fagan and is majoring in Psychology.
• Leon Farmer Athletic Scholarship recipient for 2020-21, Joel and Wealthy Eaves Athletic Scholarship recipient for 2019-20 and Vincent J. & Barbara Dooley Scholarship recipient for 2018-19.