TicketsCINCINNATI — The Cincinnati men’s basketball team has signed guard Tylen Riley for the 2026-27 season, first-year head coach Jerrod Calhoun announced Wednesday. Riley, who played last season at Tulsa after two years at Cal Baptist, will have one year of eligibility remaining.
“Tylen is the ultimate competitor and just an unbelievable story from the time he enrolled in college a few years back to where he is now,” Calhoun said. “He has shown significant growth and can do a lot of things on both sides of the ball. Tylen will light up a room and is a consummate winner.”
A native of Las Vegas, Riley averaged 15.0 points and 4.4 assists per contest, starting all 38 games this past season at Tulsa on his way to second team All-American Conference honors and American Conference All-Newcomer Team laurels. Riley scored in double figures 31 times, leading the Golden Hurricane on 12 occasions, and posted eight games with 20-plus points, including a 20-point game against Auburn in the NIT Championship. He led the American and ranked 11th nationally with 203 made free throws and ranked second in the conference in free-throw percentage at 87.1%.
For his three-year career, Riley has played in 89 games, including 51 starts, averaging 9.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists per contest.
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