General
> Non-scholarship guard who joined the team in August of 2006 … Gives Tech an extra backcourt player with success and experience on the high school level and as a coach who conducted summer camps for middle school kids.
2008-09
> Played in 10 games in his career, including two minutes in Tech’s season opener against Winston-Salem State … Did not play in a game after the end of the fall semester due to a viral infection and a back injury … Returned to practice in late February.
2007-08
> Saw his only action of the season Dec. 22 vs. Centenary, scoring one basket and taking two rebounds in three minutes … Missed six games due to a back injury during the latter part of the holiday break and the New Year.
2006-07
> Played in seven games … Scored his first baskets of the season against Winston-Salem State off a pair of offensive rebounds … Missed all three of his three-point attempts.
High School
> Four-year starter at Oconee County High School who earned second-team all-Northeast Georgia honors as a junior and senior .. Part of the winningest senior class ever to play at OCHS … Team captain for three years … Averaged 14.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists, despite battling chronic ankle injuries, in leading his team to a 23-8 record in 2005-06.
> Ranked one of the top 50 seniors in Georgia by Rivals.com … Made all-star teams at the Five-Star Camp, Elite Hoops Georgia Showcase and Rivals.com Georgia Showcase.
> Also lettered one year as a tight end in football … Helped OCHS win region 8-AAA titles in both football and basketball in 2005.
Personal
> Full name is Tysor Driesell Anderson … Born November 12, 1987 in Roanoke, Va. … Son of David Anderson and Pam Driesell … Grandson of the legendary college basketball coach Charles “Lefty” Driesell, who retired in 2003 after 41 years as a head coach at Davidson, Maryland, James Madison and Georgia State … Conducted the first Ty Anderson Basketball Academy along with Athens AAU coach Michael Palmer at Athens First United Methodist Church last summer … Majoring in Science, Technology and Culture.
Career Statistics |
Minutes | Total | 3-Point | F-Throws | Rebounds | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year | gp-gs | min | avg | fg | fga | pct | fg | fga | pct | ft | fta | pct | off | def | tot | avg | pf | fo | ast | t/o | blk | stl | pts | avg |
2006-07 | 7-0 | 21 | 3.0 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.6 |
2007-08 | 1-0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
2008-09 | 2-0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
TOTAL | 10-0 | 27 | 2.7 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.6 |