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Larry Levanti
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3 Tyler Scaife

3 Tyler Scaife

  • Position:
    G
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Little Rock, Ark.
  • Highschool:
    Hall

Summary

Biography

pronounced: Scay-uf (rhymes with safe)

2017-18 - REDSHIRT SENIOR - (19.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.7 apg): WBCA Regional All-American Finalist ... First Team All-Big Ten - Coaches & Media ... First Team All-ECAC ... Wade Trophy Watch List ... Dawn Staley Midseason Watch List ... Ann Meyers Drysdale Watch List ... Big Ten Honor Roll (Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Jan. 3, Feb. 19) ... College Sports Madness Big Ten Player of the Week (Dec. 4) ... Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Player of the Week (Dec. 11, Feb. 20) ... ESPNW Top 10 Plays of the Week (Dec. 20)  ... Returned from open heart surgery and sitting out the 2016-17 season to lead Rutgers at 19.4 points per game and a 14-game turnaround making Rutgers one of the most improved teams in the country ... Finished career second all-time in scoring at Rutgers with 2,233 career points behind Rutgers All-American Sue Wicks ... Eighth among active leading scorers with 2,233 points ...  In Big Ten stats, was sixth in scoring (19.4), fifth in free throw percentage (.810) and 11th in field goal percentage (.452) ... Scored 20 or more points in 17 contests, including seven-straight between Dec. 2 and Dec. 31 ... Registered a career-high 30 points vs. Iowa (Feb. 21) and put away 29 points in games with Western Michigan (Nov. 25) and Penn State (Jan. 6) ... Led Rutgers in scoring in 25 of 31 games, reaching double figure scoring 29 times.

2016-17 - SENIOR: Medical Redshirt. 

2015-16 - JUNIOR - (17.2 ppg/ 2.9 rpg/ 2.6 apg):
Second Team All-Big Ten by both the coaches and media ... Second Team All-Met ... Played in all 34 contests missing only one start ... Averaged a team second-best 17.2 points per game ... Poured in 18.7 points per game during the Big Ten schedule ... Her 17.2 points per game placed her name fourth all-time among junior scorers at Rutgers ... Led the Scarlet Knights in scoring 16 times ... Dropped in 20 or more points in 15 games ... Captured a season-high 27 points in back-to-back games with No. 5 Ohio State (Jan. 10) and Illinois (Jan. 13) ... Also netted 26 points in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal with Ohio State (Mar. 4) ... Led RU in three-point shots made (28) ... Went 4-of-5 from downtown in the season opener at St. Joseph’s (Nov. 14), tying for the most attempts made from three-point range by a Scarlet Knight in a game in 2015-16 ... RU’s top free throw shooter at 81.3 percent (78-of-96) ... Went perfect from the charity stripe in 16 contests including a 9-of-9 performance from the line against St. John’s (Nov. 19) ... Began the season connecting on her first 13 attempts from the line ... Had gone perfect from the stripe in 35 contests during her career ... Hauled in a season-high six rebounds in games with St. John’s (Nov. 19), Tulane (Nov. 26) in the Paradise Jam, Wisconsin (Jan. 7) and Purdue (Feb. 25) ... Led RU in assists in eight times ... Dished the ball out a season-high four times nine times ... Led the Scarlet Knights in steals in 11 contests ... Had a career-high five steals in the WNIT First Round contest with Georgetown (Mar. 17) ... Played all 40 minutes in six games ...



2014-15 - SOPHOMORE - (14.8 ppg/3.3 rpg/2.5 apg): Honorable Mention All-Big Ten by both the coaches and media ... Appeared in and started all 33 games ... Averaged 14.8 points per game, 16.0 points per game against nationally ranked opponents and 18.5 points in the two games of the NCAA Tournament ... Produced nine 20-plus point games ... Led the Scarlet Knights in scoring on 11 occasions ... Netted a season-high 28 points against No. 21 Minnesota (Jan. 25) ... helped to force double overtime against then-No. 6 North Carolina (Dec. 4) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge with 25 points ... Dished the ball out a season-best six times in games with Wagner (Nov. 25) and Purdue (Jan. 29) ... Registered five or more assists in six contests and three or more assists in 14 games ... Had a season-high four steals against No. 6 North Carolina (Dec. 4) ... RU’s top free throw shooter at 72.0 percent (59-of-82) ... Shot perfect from the charity stripe in eight games including a 6-of-6 performance at Indiana (Dec. 28) in the Big Ten opener ... Hauled in a season-high nine rebounds against No. 11 Tennessee (Dec. 14) ... Also had seven boards at Wagner (Nov. 25) ... 

2013-14 - FRESHMAN - (14.5 ppg/3.4 rpg/2.7 apg): American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year ...Full Court Third Team Freshman All-American ... Met Rookie of the Year ... WNIT All-Tournament Team ... Second Team All-American Athletic Conference ... All-American Athletic Conference Freshman Team ... Preseason American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year ... Eighth in the AAC in scoring and tops among all freshman at 14.5 points per game ... Led RU in scoring in 13 contests ... Twelfth in the league and led all freshmen in field goal percentage at a .454 clip ... Averaged 2.7 assists per game ... Went coast-to-coast to score the game-winning lay-up with two seconds left to give RU a 56-54 victory over UTEP for the WNIT Championship ... Scored a career-high 29 points in the third round double overtime WNIT victory over Seton Hall (Mar. 27) ... Averaged 23.0 points per game in the first meetings with UConn & Louisville, previous season’s national champions and national runner-ups, respectively ... Netted 25 points in first meeting with Louisville (Jan. 28), resetting her previous career-high of 22 against top-ranked Connecticut (Jan. 19) ... Reached the 20+ point mark eight times in her first season ... Shot 50 percent or better from the floor in 15 contests ... Connected on 10 or more field goals five times ... Dished the ball out five or more times in six games ... Perfect from the line on seven occasions including 10-of-10 in the first round of the WNIT against Delaware (Mar. 20) ... Recorded three blocks at Houston (Feb. 11) ... Recorded two or more steals in a game 17 times. .. Started all but nine games as a true freshman ... Averaged 29.1 minutes per game as a true freshman ...

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Two-time Arkansas Girls Basketball Player of the Year ... ranked as the top overall point guard in the nation and ninth-rated recruit overall by ESPNU HoopGulrz ... MVP of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) High School All-America Game at the Final Four in New Orleans ... Scored a game-high 17 points in her squad’s victory, shooting 47.1 percent from the floor and 60.0 percent from the free-throw line ... Also participated in the McDonald’s All-American Girls’ Game at the United Center in Chicago ... Netted 15 points along with four assists in helping her team to a dominating 92-64 victory ... One of 34 of the nation’s top athletes to accept an invitation to participate in the 2013 USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team trials ... Led the Hall High School Warriors to a 30-2 record and the Class 6A state championship as a senior ... Averaged 23.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.1 steals per game as a senior ... MVP of the state title game ... As a junior, averaged 25.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 3.7 steals per game ... Helped Warriors to a 23-6 record and the Class 7A semifinals her junior season. ... Four-time all-state selection.
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    2015-16Junior

    G
    5'9"
    3
  • 3

    2016-17Senior

    G
    5'9"
    3
  • 3

    2017-18Redshirt Senior

    G
    5'9"
    3
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