2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 9
Tyler Behrend
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School:
- Valley Lutheran
- Prev School:
- Olympic College
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CAREER NOTES: Completed his second season at Tulsa … has appeared in 54 games for the Golden Hurricane … averaging 4.9 points and 4.0 rebounds.
PRIOR TO TULSA: Played a season at Olympic College while his Navy ship was undergoing retrofitting in Bremerton, Washington
2021-22 (Freshman): Played in all 28 contests and made 25 starts
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- Spent five seasons serving in the military with the U.S. Navy
- played one season at Olympic Community College while his ship, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, was docked while undergoing retrofitting in Bremerton, Washington.
- Led the team in rebounding at 5.2 per game
- Led the team in rebounding 13 times
- Was second on the team in assists with 73
- Had first double figure game against San Jose State with 10 points
- Scored 16 points on 8-of-8 shooting at UAB
- 8-for-8 performance was the second-most makes without a miss in a game in TU history
- Scored 14 points at East Carolina
- Had first career double figure rebound game against North Texas with 11
- Finished with a career-high 12 rebounds against SFA
- Averaged 1.2 points and 1.1 rebounds in 4.3 minutes per game.
- Made first career appearance in the season opener against Northeastern State (11/4) and scored first points.
- Scored a season-high six points against Mississippi Valley State (12/21) and had a season-high five rebounds against Southwestern Christian (12/28)
- Made first 3-point attempt at UAB (1/4)
PRIOR TO TULSA: Played a season at Olympic College while his Navy ship was undergoing retrofitting in Bremerton, Washington
2021-22 (Freshman): Played in all 28 contests and made 25 starts
- Averaged 14.4 points and 6.8 rebounds in 28.6 minutes per contest.
- Converted on 47.3 percent of field goal attempts
- Scored in double figures in 20 contests
- Scored a career-high 25 points against Skagit Valley.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played his prep basketball at Valley Lutheran (Ariz.) High School
- Scored more than 650 points over his junior and senior campaigns
- Averaged 19.8 points in 23 games his senior season.
PERSONAL
- Began playing basketball at age 4
- Grew four inches after high school
- Lists the Cincinnati Bengals and Cincinnati Reds as his favorite pro sports teams … his favorite NBA player is Lebron James
- Favorite movie is Interstellar and favorite sports movie is Coach Carter
- Favorite vacation spot is Greece
- Has three siblings … parents are Joseph Behrend and Hannah Simon
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