Prospect Profile:

Tyler Scaife

College/Country: Rutgers

Position: Guard

Height: 5'9

Birthdate: December 13, 1994

Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansa

(Image courtesy of Rutgers Athletics)

Career Statistics

ppg

16.4

stl

1.3

reb

3.1

blk

0.3

ast

2.4

fg%

44.9%

Excelled as fifth-year senior after sitting out prior season due to heart surgery. A 2018 All-Big Ten First Team pick and semifinalist for Staley Award as nation’s top guard. Moved past K. Copper then C. Pondexter in 2018 to finish career ranked No. 2 in RU history for total points. Missed 2016-17 campaign following an atrial septal defect repair – open-heart surgery – to correct a congenital heart defect … 2015-16: Poured in 18.7 ppg in Big Ten play on route to All-Big Ten Second Team acclaim (Coaches; Media) … 2014-15: Avg’d 16.0 ppg vs. nationally ranked foes and 18.5 ppg over Rutgers’ NCAA Trnmnt games … 2013-14: In RU’s final year in American Athletic Conf., was conf’s Freshman of the Year and All-America Third Team (FullCourt) … PREP: Two-time Arkansas Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Ranked as No. 1 point guard in the nation and ninth-rated recruit overall by ESPNU HoopGulrz. Led team to Class 6A state championship as a senior as MVP of title game.