2014-15: Elected team captain ... dynamic point guard who is a deadly three-point shooter and excellent in transition ... experienced at the position after starting 43 games at UAB ... floor general ... coach on the floor ... most senior member of the team ... a highly-respected player and listened-to voice in the huddle by his teammates.
2013-14: Transfer from the University of Alabama Birmingham and sat out the 2013-14 season per NCAA transfer rule … member of the first recruiting class for head coach Jayson Gee
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2012-13: Started 10 of 33 games at UAB, averaging 21.8 minutes, 4.0 points, 1.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists … shot 37.5% (45-120) from the field, 38.1% (32-84) on three-point field goals and 58.8% (10-17) at the free throw line … added 37 steals and two blocks … season-high 15 points, including 5-9 three-point field goals, vs. Southern Mississippi (2.2) … season-high six rebounds at Tulane (2.27) … tied season high with six assists at Tulsa (2.6) and vs. Southern Mississippi (3.14) … tied season high with four steals vs. Louisiana Monroe (12.20) and at Memphis (3.9)
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2011-12: Started 28 of 29 games at UAB, averaging 33.0 minutes, 6.4 points, 1.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists … shot 40.5% (64-158) from the field, 34.6% (27-78) on three-point field goals and 64.6% (31-48) at the free throw line … added 25 steals … season-high 16 points at No. 13 Florida (1.3) … season-high four rebounds vs. Tulane (2.18) … tied season high with seven assists vs. Alabama A&M (12.31) and East Carolina (1.28) … had 15 points (6-6 FG, 3-3 3FG) vs. Alabama A&M (12.31) … Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
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2010-11: Started five of 31 games at UAB, averaging 18.0 minutes, 2.4 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.8 assists … shot 32.5% (27-83) from the field, 26.8% (15-56) on three-point field goals and 62.5% (5-8) at the free throw line … added 21 steals … season-high 11 points vs. UTEP (1.8), playing season-high 51 minutes in triple OT win … tied season high with four rebounds at Georgia (12.3) and vs. Rice (2.12) … season-high six assists vs. SEMO (11.13) … Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
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High School: Played at Fishburne Military Academy as a senior, averaging 16.0 points and 6.0 assists ... ... helped Fishburne to a record of 20-6 … team MVP at the Demetrious Johnson Charitable Foundation All-Star Game, scoring 25 points in his team's victory ... named as one of the top ‘Under-The-Radar’ point guards in the nation by ESPN.com ... played his first three seasons at Wichita Collegiate (Kan.) ... All-Conference as a junior ... also participated in track and field, holding WCHS school record in the 100 and 200 meters
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Personal: Son of Erica and Ghy Taylor … born in Grand Rapids, Michigan … as four brothers: Raymond, Christopher, Samuel and Isaiah and six sisters: Veronica, Tiffany, Christina, Charlotte, Valerie and Rebekah ... brother, Raymond, is a running back at Oklahoma State.
Academics: Majoring in sociology.
