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Jersey Number 13
Tai Strickland
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- St. Petersburg
Bio
2020-21: Played in six games, averaging 11.7 minutes per game...Played six minutes at Tulsa, scoring two points in his first since game five (UCF)...Scored six points in 15 minutes of work in his Temple debut vs. NJIT...Had successful surgery on his right shoulder on Aug. 27.
2019-20: Redshirt year...Did play with the Owls in the team's Bahamas Trip (Aug. 2019), where he tied for team-high honors with 13 points in a win over an IBA Select team (8/5).
2018-19 (at Wisconsin): Played sparingly in his one season with the Badgers, averaging 1.8 points per game while playing just 50 minutes...Best game was a 14-point, six-assist effort against Savannah State on Dec. 13.
High School: Transferred to St. Petersburg for his senior year after starting for two seasons at Tampa Catholic...At St. Petersburg, he averaged 17.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game, helping the Green Devils to a record of 24-6...Led his high school teams to three state semifinals...Named first-team All-Pinellas County and earned Team Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2017-18.
Personal: Father, Rod, was a first-team All-American at DePaul (1985-88) and spent 17 seasons playing in the NBA for nine teams from 1988 to 2005...Rod and Temple head coach Aaron McKie played two seasons together for the Portland Trailblazers (1994-96).
2019-20: Redshirt year...Did play with the Owls in the team's Bahamas Trip (Aug. 2019), where he tied for team-high honors with 13 points in a win over an IBA Select team (8/5).
2018-19 (at Wisconsin): Played sparingly in his one season with the Badgers, averaging 1.8 points per game while playing just 50 minutes...Best game was a 14-point, six-assist effort against Savannah State on Dec. 13.
High School: Transferred to St. Petersburg for his senior year after starting for two seasons at Tampa Catholic...At St. Petersburg, he averaged 17.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game, helping the Green Devils to a record of 24-6...Led his high school teams to three state semifinals...Named first-team All-Pinellas County and earned Team Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2017-18.
Personal: Father, Rod, was a first-team All-American at DePaul (1985-88) and spent 17 seasons playing in the NBA for nine teams from 1988 to 2005...Rod and Temple head coach Aaron McKie played two seasons together for the Portland Trailblazers (1994-96).
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