Tyrus McGee (born March 14, 1991) is an American professional

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player for Galatasaray Nef of the Turkish

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and the

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. He has previously played for

Iowa State Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...

College career

The Oklahoma native played collegiately for Arkansas City,

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, of the

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in the

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from 2009. He transferred to

of the

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in 2011. With Iowa State he got averaging 7.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.6 assists in the 2011–12 season, and 13.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists in the 2012–13 season.

College statistics

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Professional career

In 2013 McGee began his

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an experience. He joined the second league of the Spanish basketball league system

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side

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. In July 2014, McGee signed with

Eisbären Bremerhaven Eisbären Bremerhaven ( en, Polar Bears Bremerhaven) is a professional basketball club from Bremerhaven, Germany, that competes in the ProA. The team was established as the professional section of the club BSG Bremerhaven and played in the first- ...

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, Germany. The following year, he went to

Orlandina Basket Orlandina Basket, known as Infodrive Capo d'Orlando for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Capo d'Orlando, Sicily. It plays in the second tier Serie A2 Basket. Founded in 1978, it was one of the youn ...

in highest league of the Italian basketball league system LBA, from March 2015 till the end of the 2014–15 season. The American player signed with

Vanoli Cremona Guerino Vanoli Basket, also known as Vanoli Cremona, is a professional basketball team of the city of Cremona. The team played in the LBA, the top Italian basketball league, for 12 years until 2021. From 1999 to 2011 the society had the name of ...

on July 24, 2015. In the 2015-16 LBA season he placed 4th in the League Table and reached the playoffs. On July 22, 2016, McGee signed with

Reyer Venezia S.S.P. Reyer Venezia Mestre, commonly known as Reyer Venezia or simply Reyer, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Venice, Veneto. The club currently plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the highest tier of basketball in ...

for the 2016–17 season. During this season with Reyer he won an Italian Championship. On August 9, 2017, McGee signed with

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. On July 28, 2018, McGee left Italy after three years and signed with the Turkish Afyon Belediye. On August 7, 2019, he has signed a contract with

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of the French

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. McGee averaged 13.8 points per game. On August 5, 2020, he signed with

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל הפועל חולון), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Atsmon Playgrounds Holon (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli ...

of the

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San Pablo Burgos

On July 16, 2021, he signed with San Pablo Burgos of the Spanish

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. San Pablo Burgos also plays in the

. McGee averaged 10.5 points, 2.1 assists, and 1.7 rebounds per game but left the team in January 2022.

Hapoel Holon

On January 28, 2022, he signed with

of the

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, winning the Israeli league championship with the team at the end of that season, and qualifying for the BCL Final Four tournament.

Galatasaray

On November 8, 2022, he signed with Galatasaray Nef of the Turkish

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Honours

;Reyer Venezia * LBA champion: 2016–17 ;Dinamo Sassari *

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: 2018–19

References

External links

LBA profile
8 March 2017 *
Federación Española de Baloncesto profile
8 March 2017

8 March 2017 {{DEFAULTSORT:McGee, Tyrus 1991 births Living people Afyonkarahisar Belediyespor players American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Spain American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American men's basketball players Basketball players from Oklahoma CB Breogán players CB Miraflores players Cowley County Community College alumni Dinamo Sassari players Eisbären Bremerhaven players Élan Béarnais players Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players Hapoel Holon players Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball players Junior college men's basketball players in the United States Lega Basket Serie A players Liga ACB players Orlandina Basket players People from Atoka County, Oklahoma Pistoia Basket 2000 players Reyer Venezia players Shooting guards Vanoli Cremona players