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Carter Murphy

Carter Murphy - Men's Basketball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Experience 1 VL
Height 6-4
Weight 205
Hometown Phoenix, Ariz.
High School Arcadia HS
Last School Air Force Academy
Major Operations Research (MS)
Carter Murphy - Men's Basketball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
  • All-ACC Academic Team – 2023-24
  • College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District – 2023
  • NABC Honors Court – 2022
  • Academic All-Mountain West – 2021, 2022
  • Mountain West Scholar-Athlete – 2020, 2021, 2022

General

Comes to Georgia Tech as a graduate transfer after four years at the Air Force Academy, where he saw action in 70 games, making eight starts and averaging 14.3 minutes … Connected on 46.6 percent of his shots from the floor, 30.7 on threes and 85 percent from the foul line in his Falcons career, and averaged 5.0 points … Member of cadet squadron 8 at Air Force … Has two siblings … Brother, Jake, attended the USAFA Prep School in 2020-21 and was a teammate on the USAFA basketball team from 2021-23 … Nickname is Murph … Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in data science and is pursuing a master’s degree in operations research at Tech

2023-24 (graduate senior at Georgia Tech)

Played in 14 games, going 7-for-19 from three-point range, but saw action in 10 of 20 ACC games … Hit a pair of three-pointers and scored a season-high eight points at Louisville … Missed 12 games with an ankle injury before returning to action Jan. 27 at Virginia Tech (six points on two three-point FG in 11 minutes) … Averaged 10.6 minutes in Tech’s seven games thereafter

2022-23 (senior at Air Force)

Played in 31 games, making two starts, and hit career high marks in every statistical category … Fourth on team in scoring, averaging 7.2 points per game … Second on team in shooting at .500 from the field and third in free throw percentage (.829) … Averaged 15.3 points over the last seven games of the season, reaching double figures in all seven … Scored career-high 19 points in final game at Mountain West tourney vs. UNLV … Scored 17 pts vs. San Jose State in last game … Tallied 13 pts vs. Utah State in season-high 32 minutes … Erupted for career-high 18 pts on 8 of 12 shooting vs. New Mexico … Scored 11 pts on a career-high 5-of-6 from line vs. Wyoming … Hit go-ahead three to break 69-69 tie vs. Delaware … Added 11 pts in 23 minutes off bench vs. Bowling Green (including a pair of threes … Named College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District

2021-22 (junior at Air Force)

Played in 18 games, averaging 3.3 points and 1.6 rebounds in 12.5 mins per game … Missed the start of season due to wrist injury … Scored eight points with two threes and three rebounds in 20 mins vs. Fresno State … Reached double digits with 10 points in 14 minutes vs. San Jose State … Played a career-high 36 minutes and tallied season-high 13 points vs. Colorado State … Scored a three on an assist from brother Jake, a sophomore on the team, vs. Utah State … Made season debut against Army with one minute in reserve … Named  a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Mountain West and to the NABC Honors Court.

2020-21 (sophomore at Air Force)

Played in eight games, starting the last five games for the Falcons … Averaged 3.0 points and 2.0 rebounds per game … Was a perfect 8-8 from free throw line on the season … Scored a season high 10 points on two threes and four free throws vs. Colorado State … Grabbed a career-high six rebounds and 33 minutes in start vs. New Mexico in game two … Made his first-career start vs. New Mexico, with career-high four assists in 31 minutes … Scored five points with one rebound and two steals in 14 minutes vs. Fresno State … Named Mountain West Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Mountain West

2019-20 (freshman at Air Force) 

Played in 13 games, averaging 2.4 points per game … Made his first six three point attempts to start his career … Scored team-high 14 points on 4-of-4 from three and 2-of-2 from the line vs. Johnson & Wales … Connected on 50 percent from three (8 of 16) and .875 from the free throw line for the season … Scored six points on 2-of-3 shooting from three-point range at Nevada … Tallied eight pts on 2-of-2 shooting from three and free throw line … Named a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete

High School

Lettered four years in basketball at Arcadia High School … Region player of the year and first-team all-district … Graduated in top 10 percent of his graduating class … High school coach was Stephen Danford … Played AAU ball for Alvin Gentry Elite, coached by Amp Lee

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