Wayne McKinney III Season 2024-25

Bio entering the 2024-25 season
 
As a Junior at San Diego (2023-24 Season)
Appeared in 32 games, all in a starting role… Averaged 13.5 points and 3.6 rebounds in 30.0 minutes per game… Added 93 assists, five blocks and 42 steals in a total of 960 minutes of court time… Shot 41.9 percent (143-of-341) from the floor, including 34.2 percent (27-of-79) from beyond the arc, and 74.4 percent (119-of-160) from the line… Helped lead San Diego to its first winning record (18-15) since the 2018-19 season and just its third since the 2007-08 campaign… Scored in double figures in 26 games, including a career-high 31 at Pacific (2/10)… Among nine games in which he made at least six field goals, he knocked down a career-best 10 vs. Fresno State (12/29)… Launched a career-high 20 shots vs. Fresno State among 19 games with double digit field goal attempts… Was successful on at least 40.0 percent of his field goals attempts in 19 games… Hit a season-high three 3-pointers vs. South Dakota (12/21) among eight games with multiple triples made… Attempted a season high five 3-pointers, vs. Sonoma State (11/6) and vs. South Dakota within 15 games where he launched a minimum of three triples… Made at least five free throws in 10 games… Had two contests, vs. Navy (11/20) and at Pacific, where he knocked down double-digit shots from the line, including a career-high 15 at Pacific… His career-best 16 free throw attempts came at Pacific and was one of six games where he shot at least 10 from the charity stripe… Grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds vs. Jackson State (11/8) among 15 contests where he totaled at least five boards… Had six games with multiple offensive rebounds, including a season best three vs. Westcliff (12/31)… Best night on the defensive glass was a nine rebound game vs. Jackson State; one of nine games where he grabbed at least four defensive boards… Matched a career-high six assists vs. Loyola Marymount (2/7), among 18 games with a minimum of three assists… Totaled 12 games with multiple steals including a season-high three six times: vs. Navy, vs. Hawai’i (11/25), vs. Arizona State (12/9), vs. Saint Mary’s (1/4), vs. Pepperdine (1/13) and at Santa Clara (2/23)… Blocked a season-best two shots vs. Westcliff… Played a season-high 35 minutes vs. Sonoma State and at Pacific.
 
As a Sophomore at San Diego (2022-23 Season)
Appeared in 30 games with 24 starting assignments… Averaged 7.4 points and 2.5 rebounds in 25.5 minutes per game… Added 52 assists, 12 blocks and 34 steals in a total of 766 minutes of court time… Shot 43.4 percent (76-of-175) from the floor, including 21.3 percent (10-of-47) from beyond the arc, and 75.3 percent (61-of-81) from the line… Scored in double figures seven times with a single-game best 19 at San Francisco (12/31)… Knocked down a season-high six shots among six games with a minimum of four made shots… In 13 games he attempted at least seven shots with a season-best 10 attempts at Pacific (2/11) and vs. Santa Clara (2/25)… Was successful at an at least 40.0 percent shooting clip in 16 contests… Made a 3-pointer in nine games with a single-game best two coming at Santa Clara (2/9)… Attempted a season-high five 3-pointers among 12 contests with multiple 3-point attempts… Eight free throws and nine attempts at Saint Mary’s (12/29) are each a season-best in its respective category… Season-high in rebounds was eight vs. Loyola Marymount and totaled seven games with at least five total rebounds… Had five games with multiple offensive rebounds and a three-board effort at San Francisco was his season-best… Grabbed eight defensive rebounds vs. Loyola Marymount (2/4), a season-high, among five games with a minimum of four defensive boards… Completed six games with at least three assists led by a pair of five assists contests: vs. NJIT (11/13) and vs. Portland (3/2)… In four games – vs. Longwood (11/28), vs. UC San Diego (12/12), vs. Pacific (1/5) and vs. Saint Mary’s (2/16) – totaled a season-best three steals… Swatted a career-high three shots vs. UC San Diego… Saw a career-high 43 minutes of action at Cal State Riverside (12/20).
 
As a Freshman at San Diego (2021-22 Season)
Appeared in 31 games earning starts in 20 contests… Averaged 6.6 points and 2.7 rebounds in 24.1 minutes per game… Added 54 assists, five blocks and 33 steals in a total of 747 minutes of court time… Shot 43.1 percent (72-of-167) from the floor, including 35.0 percent (21-of-60) from beyond the arc, and 66.7 percent (40-of-60) from the line… Scored in double figures in seven contests with a single-game best 17 points vs. Cal Poly (12/5) and vs. Cal Lutheran (12/11)… Made a season-best six shots vs. Cal Lutheran, at Pacific (1/22) and vs. Santa Clara (2/5), among eight games in which he sank at least four buckets… Hoisted double digit shots in four contests, with a season-high 14 vs. Santa Clara… Shot a minimum of 40.0 percent in 16 contests… Knocked down multiple 3-pointers in five games with a career-high four vs. Cal Lutheran… His career-high in 3-point attempts are eight vs. Cal Lutheran, among seven games in which he took at least four treys… Made a season-best five free throws vs. Gonzaga (2/3) in one of five games with multiple free throws… Single-game high seven free throw attempts came vs. Gonzaga and attempted at least three free throws in eight contests… Hauled in a season-best eight rebounds vs. Portland (1/13) and totaled at least four boards in eight games… Finished four games with two offensive rebounds: vs. Portland, vs. Saint Mary’s (2/24), vs. San Francisco (2/26) and vs. Pepperdine (3/3)… His six defensive boards vs. Portland were a season-best among 11 games with a minimum of three rebounds on the defensive end… Established a career high of six assists at Pacific and at Loyola Marymount (1/29) and finished the season with 15 games with multiple assists… In 10 contests with at least two steals, his season and career-best was a four-steal effort vs. Santa Clara… Totaled five games with a single blocked shot… Saw a season-high 38 minutes of floor time at Santa Clara (1/24) and vs. Santa Clara.