Mykal Riley

COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS:

2006-07 (Junior): 

Transferred to Alabama from Panola JC (in Carthage, Texas) for his junior season in 2006-07
Started in 20 of Alabama’s 32 games (played in all 32) in 2006-07
Averaged 12.6 points and 4.6 rebounds
In the final game of the 2007 season, at UMass in the 1st round of the NIT, scored season-best 24 points, going perfect 7-7 at the free throw line, 6-17 from the field and 5-11 from 3-point range
Had a double double of 13 points and 10 rebounds against Xavier in the championship game to help UA win the Paradise Jam in November 2006
Scored 20 or more points four times in 2006-07, including 24 at UMass, 22 against Louisiana Monroe and 21 against both Lipscomb and Vanderbilt
Scored in double digits in 25 games, including 11 of his last 12 games
Had 10 rebounds in two games, against Xavier and at Mississippi State
Had eight dunks in 2006-07
Finished T-11th in SEC (league games) in steals and 13th in 3-point field goal percentages

At Panola Junior College:

Averaged 18.4 points at Panola in 2006, his sophomore year
Led the nation (JUCO) in steals
Ranked third in the region in scoring in 2006
Made 93 three-point shots in 22 games his sophomore season, an average of 4.2 treys per game
Made 94 percent of his free throws in 2006
Averaged 4.4 steals per game in 2006
All-Region XIV, 2nd Team in 2006
Panola’s Athlete of the Year
Region XIV All-Star (played against the Division I National All-Stars in the National Junior College Athletics Association All-Star Classic in 2006
Coached by Scott Monarch at Panola
Played at Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Ark.) in 2003-04
Coached by Charlie Schaef at Ouachita Baptist

PREP HIGHLIGHTS:

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Majoring in human environmental sciences
Starting when he was 9, played piano for his grandmother’s gospel singing group and travelled around the country touring
Remarkable gift for playing the piano completely by ear
Was once so shy that when his high school had a coaching change, he was too shy to tell the new coach he wanted to play so he sat the year out and was a team manager
Has a younger brother, Don Riley also plays college basketball
Parents are Freddie and Betty Riley
Born July 14, 1985

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