Troy University Athletics
2024-25 Basketball (M) Roster
Roster
Tayton Conerway
- Position:
- G
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 186
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Burleson, Texas
- High School:
- Centennial HS
- Prev School:
- Ranger College
2024-25 (Senior): Named Sun Belt Player of the Year, All-Sun Belt First Team, Sun Belt Tournament Most Outstanding Player and Sun Belt Player of the Week (Jan. 7)… Appeared in and started all 34 games, leading the team with 30.4 minutes player per game… Led the Trojans in scoring with 14.2 points per game on 47.1 percent shooting from the field, 27.0 percent from distance and 66.4 percent from the line… Scored 10-plus points in 27 games, 15-plus points in 16 games and 20-plus points in eight games… Had a career-high 32 points in Troy’s home contest against Arkansas State on 8-12 shooting… Averaged 20.3 points in three games during the Sun Belt Tournament… Had 21 points in the Sun Belt Championship game against Arkansas State, 22 points against James Madison in the semifinal contest and 18 points against Old Dominion in the quarterfinals… Scored 24 points on the road against Texas State… Registered double-digit scoring in 22 of the final 23 games of the season… Logged first double-double of his career with a 10-point, 12-assist performance on the road against ULM… Led Troy – fourth in the Sun Belt – in total assists (162) and assists per game (4.8)… Career-high 12 assists against ULM… Recorded two-plus assists in 32 games and had five-plus assists in 16 games… Had nine assists in Troy’s home victory against South Alabama… Registered eight assists in three games… Led the Trojans and the Sun Belt, while ranking third nationally, in total steals (98) and steals per game (2.9)… Had two-plus steals in 27 games… Tied career-high with six steals against Merrimack in the Trojan Turkey Tipoff… Eight games with five steals… Ranked third on the team with 156 total rebounds and 4.6 rebounds per game… Recorded a 16-point, 13-rebound double-double in Troy’s home victory over Louisiana… Had five-plus rebounds in 16 games… Registered 12 points, four rebounds and four assists in Troy’s First Round NCAA Tournament game against Kentucky
2023-24 (Junior)Â
Named Sun Belt Sixth Man of the Year… Played in all 32 games – started 2 – and averaged 19.9 minutes… Led all bench scorers and was second on the team in scoring at 11.8 points per game… Shot 47.5 percent from the field, 32.9 percent from distance and 70.9 percent from the free throw line… Scored a season-high 16 points against Arkansas State on Feb. 22 and Texas State in the Sun Belt Tournament Quarterfinals… Scored in double-figures in 22 games and had 12 or more points in each of the last five games… Made a season-high seven field goals in loss at Arkansas State… Was an impressive 13-14 from the free-throw line in Troy’s win over Louisiana… Led a bench that finished the season 14th nationally with 29.50 bench points per game… Was second on the team in assists with 81… Had 66 steals on the season, which led Troy and was ranked first in the Sun Belt and 39th in the country… Ranks sixth all-time in the program’s DI history for steals in a single season… Had a team season-high six steals in Troy’s road win over Louisiana… Troy finished second nationally in steals per game with 10.3 and 14th nationally in turnovers forced per game with 15.50
Ranger College
2022-23Â
Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Men’s Player of the Year in the JUCO division and NJCAA D-1 Men’s Basketball All-American First Team… Played 35 games stared four… Put up 15.7 points per game on 48.4 percent shooting from the field and 34.4 percent from 3-point range… Averaged 6.2 rebounds per game.
2021-22Â
Appeared in 23 games, started 13… Averaged 18.3 points per game on 43.2 percent shooting from the field… Season-high 34 points against Temple College, while going 13-26.
Grayson CollegeÂ
2020-21Â
Appeared in 17 games… Averaged 7.7 points per game on 38 percent shooting.
Attended Burleson Centennial High School… Recorded 1,309 points along with 571 rebounds and 235 steals… Named all-state and all-district as a senior… District 5 Newcomer of the Year and all-district as a junior.
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Personal
Born Jan. 11, 2002, in Fort Worth, Texas… Son of Crystal… Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
