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Taj DeGourville Season 2025-26

#24
PositionG
Weight211 lbs
Height6-5
ClassSophomore
HometownLas Vegas, Nev.
Exp.HS

Honors & Awards
Mountain West Freshman of the Week (11/27/24 & 1/6/25)
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2025)
Academic All-Mountain West
(2025)
San Diego State Scholar-Athlete (2024-25)

As a Sophomore (2025-26 Season)
MW Rankings: No. 7 in assist-to-turnover ratio, No. 12 in assists
NCAA Rankings: No. 176 in assist-to-turnover ratio, No. 329 in assists

Appeared in all 33 games, including five starting assignments … Averaged 5.5 points and 2.8 rebounds in 19.4 minutes per game … Added 100 assists, 27 steals and four blocks in a total of 641:26 of court time … Shot 37.1 percent (62-of-167) from the field, 34.5 percent (19-of-55) from the bonus distance and 65.5 percent (38-of-58) from the line … Led the team in assists, was third in steals, and fourth in field goal attempts and 3-point attempts … Reached double digits in the scoring column five times with a season best 13 points at UNLV (1/24) … In four games, vs. New Mexico (1/17), at UNLV, vs. Colorado State (1/28) and Utah State (2/25), he knocked down a single-game high four field goals, among 11 games with at least three made shots … His nine shot attempts vs. Long Beach State (11/4) and at Nevada (1/6) were a season best and he took at least six shots in 14 games … Shot over 40 percent in 12 games, SDSU was 10-2 in those contests, including a 3-of-3 three game, a career-best, vs. Air Force (12/17) … Sank at least one 3-pointer in 16 games, with a pair of multi-triple outings against New Mexico (1/17), two made, and Air Force, a season-high three made … Hoisted a season-high four 3-pointers vs. Long Beach State and Whittier (12/22) among 12 games with multiple attempts … Matched his career-best with five free throws vs. Long Beach State, the same game in which he matched his career-high in free throw attempts with six … In the 19 games in which he went to the line, he shot a minimum of 70.0 percent in nine games with five games at 100.0 percent, on a minimum of two attempts … Recorded three games with multiple offensive rebounds two vs. Whittier and Colorado State (1/28) and a season-best three at Nevada … Among 15 games with at least three defensive rebounds, he totaled a season-high five vs. Troy (11/18) and Wyoming (2/3) … Top rebounding games came versus Whittier and at Nevada where he grabbed six boards and finished with at least four rebounds in 13 contests … Single-game high nine assists were produced vs. Whittier, he is the first Aztec to have at least that many since Miles Byrd finished with nine at Nevada (1/25/2025) … Finished 12 games with at least four assists …  Among eight games with multiple steals, he matched his career-high with three vs. Grand Canyon (2/17) … Blocked single shots vs. Oregon (11/25) at the Players Era Tournament, at Grand Canyon (1/21), vs. Nevada (2/14) and against Utah State (3/14) in the championship game at the Mountain West Tournament … Played double digit minutes in each game with a career-high 28:33 vs. Troy.

As a Freshman (2024-25 season)
Mountain West Freshman of the Week (Nov. 17 & Jan. 6) Appeared, off the bench, in all 31 contests … Averaged 5.1 points and 2.9 rebounds in 18.9 minutes per game … Shot 36.7 percent (54-of-147) from the field, 30.4 percent (21-of-69) from beyond the arc, and 71.4 percent (30-of-42) from the line with 57 assists, 10 blocks and 19 steals in a total of 587:15 of game action … Shot at least 40.0 percent in 16 contests … Finished in double figure scoring five times with 14-point efforts against Occidental (11/12) and at Nevada (1/25) his season bests … Within the team, he finished the year No. 2 in assists, No. 4 in steals, No. 5 in blocks & 3-pointers, led true freshman in minutes … Among Mountain West freshmen, ranked No. 2 in assists, No. 5 in 3-point field goals, defensive rebounds & free throws made, and No. 6 in total rebounds and field goals made … Made a single-game high five shots against Occidental and at Air Force (1/22) among 17 contests with at least two made buckets … Hefted a single-game best 11 shots against Air Force (1/8) and also attempted 10 shots against San Diego (12/7) … Twice, against Occidental and at Nevada, drained a season-high four 3-pointers among three games with multiple triples made … In 10 games where he sank multiple free throws, a 5-of-6 night against Wyoming (2/1) marked season-bests in attempts and makes … Season-high four offensive rebounds, among four multi-offensive rebounds games, came at Air Force … Against UNLV (1/18) and at Air Force, set his season-best with seven rebounds, and grabbed at least one board in 29 games and multiple rebounds in 26 contests … Recorded seven games with at least four assists (SDSU was 6-1) and had a single-game best five versus Occidental among 15 games with multiple dimes … Blocked a season-high two shots against Creighton (11/26) at the Players Era Festival and versus UNLV … Among four multi-steal games, his back-to-back three steal efforts versus California at the San Jose TipOff (12/21) and against Utah State (12/28) were his single game bests … Played double digit minutes in 30 games, including 15 games of 20 or more minutes and a season-high 27:22 at Nevada.

High School
A 2024 graduate of Wasatch Academy in  Mt. Pleasant, Utah.… As a junior at Las Vegas' Durango High, led the team to the state's No. 1 ranking after winning the Class 5A Southern League Tournament and 5A state championship... He was named a first-team All-Southern Nevada by the Las Vegas Review-Journal following his junior campaign.

Personal
Plans to major in business administration... Chose San Diego State over Southern California, Iowa, Oklahoma and Harvard among others. 

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Freshman
2024-25

Guard
6-5 / 208 lbs