Paul McCoy Photo Gallery Career Stats through 2009-10 
2009-10 Stats
2009-10 (Sophomore): Played in 21 games with 16 starts before a season-ending knee injury at Southern Miss on 2/2...Averaged 7.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.2 steals...Led the team in assists 10 times and in steals in 9 games...Honors: Preseason All-C-USA First-Team by Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook...Preseason All-C-USA Third-Team by the Orlando Sentinel...Team Awards: Hustle Award...Team Rankings: 5th in scoring (7.4), 3rd in rebounds (3.5), 2nd in assists (49, 2.3)...Injury: Season-ending right knee injury (ACL) in first half at Southern Miss 2/2...Game Highlights: Totaled 8 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists vs. Houston Baptist 1/23...Had a career-high 6 steals with 10 points (5-9 FG), 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and a block vs. North Carolina Central 1/9...Had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists at Texas State 1/2...Totaled 15 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals, and 2 assists against Northeastern 12/25...Co-led team in points (18), rebounds (8), assists (3), and steals (2) against Florida Gulf Coast 11/21...Had 20 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists against Texas A&M 11/16.
2008-09 Season Stats
 Paul McCoy 2008-09
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2008-09 (Freshman): Played and started 29 games (missed 3/7 at Houston)...Averaged a team-high 13.4 points with 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.6 steals while hitting 45.4 percent from the field and 36.6 percent from three-point range...had 21 double-digit scoring efforts and 12 games with 15-plus points...had three or more steals seven times and five or more assists four times...led the team in steals, 17 times, assists 16 times, scoring 12 times, and rebounding seven times...
Honors: C-USA All-Freshman Team, C-USA Rookie of the Week (Nov. 24, Feb. 16), selected as the nation's No. 12 freshman by Basketball Prospectus (Jan. 7), Named one of ten finalists for the for Oregon's 2008 Johnny Carpenter Prep Athlete of the Year Award (Jan. 16)...
Team Award: Co-MVP...
Milestones & Records: Became the first freshman in SMU history to lead the team in scoring...tied for the fourth-highest scoring average by a freshman at SMU (13.4), and had the fourth-highest point total (389)...Tied the SMU record by leading the team in scoring 12 times as a freshman (Jeryl Sasser, 1997-98)...Scored 32 points against Texas A&M - Corpus Christi on Dec. 31, becoming just the third SMU freshman with a 30-point game (Ira Terrell twice - 33, 31 in 1971-72, David Piehler, 32 in 1979-80)...His 47 steals are the third-most by a freshman at SMU...
Team Rankings: 1st in scoring (389, 13.4), 1st in steals (1.6), 1st in minutes (34.5), 2nd in FG Pct (45.4, 147-324), 2nd in 3FG Pct (36.6), 2nd in assist/turnover ratio (1.19), 4th in rebounding (4.0)...
C-USA Rankings: 6th in steals (1.62), 9th in FG Pct (45.4), 11th in minutes (34.48), 15th in scoring (13.4), 15th in assist/turnover ratio (1.19)...in league play, 11th in minutes, 34.87), 14th in assists (3.20), 14th in assist/turnover ratio (1.07), 22nd in scoring (12.1)...
NCAA Rankings: 151st in steals (1.62), 165th in FG Pct (45.4), 281st in assist/turnover ratio (1.19), 304th in assists (3.03), 375th in scoring (13.4)...Injury: Missed the game at Houston (3/7) with a sprained right ankle that he sustained in practice...
Game Highlights: Scored 13 points with 6 rebounds and 4 assists in his C-USA Tournament debut against Houston 3/11...Had team-high 17 points (15 in 1st half) with 4 rebounds while hitting 3-4 3FG at [5] Memphis 2/18...Scored game-high 29 points on 12-20 FG and 4-8 3FG with 5 rebounds and 3 assists as SMU nearly won at UAB before falling 78-75 on 2/14...Team-highs of 16 points (6-9 FG, 3-4 3FG) and 6 assists with 3 boads and a steal vs. [14] Memphis 2/4...Had 10 points, 4 assists, 4 boards, and 2 steals at Tulsa 1/31...Team-highs of 16 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and a steal vs. ECU 1/24...Had 13 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists in the win vs. Tulane 1/17...Became just the third SMU freshman with a 30-point game by scoring 32 points (12-16 FG, 1-2 3FG, 7-8 FT) with 7 rebounds, 5 steals, and 3 assists against TAMU-CC 12/31...Had a team-high 19 points with 6 boards against UTSA 12/29...Team-high 15 points (5-7 FG, 3-4 3FG) vs. Ark-Pine Bluff 12/15...Had team-high 22 points(8-11 FG) with 6 assists and 3 steals against Illinoi St 11/23...Had a team-high 18 points (8-11 FG) with 4 rebounds, 2 steals and an assist against Alabama St. 11/22...Scored 10 points with 3 assists and 3 rebounds in his SMU debut at South Florida 11/14.
Prep: Listed by Scout.com as the tenth-rated point guard in the class of 2008 and a Rivals.com three-star prospect...He was a two-time first-team all-state selection in Oregon for coach Tony Broadus while leading Grant High School in Portland to the 6A (large-class) state title...He averaged 16.5 points, seven rebounds, five assists and four steals as a senior...Was also a first-team all-state selection in football as a defensive back and is the first player in ten years to earn All-State honors in both sports in class 6A in Oregon...He was a wide receiver and defensive back on Grant's football team, which is the same high school that produced current SMU football head coach June Jones...He also ran track and was a member of the 2007 state championship 4x100 meter relay team and the 2008 4x400 state championship relay team...Finished his high school career with 1,508 points...Averaged 17.9 points, five rebounds, and four assists as a junior...His sophomore campaign saw him average 14.6 points, four rebounds, and four assists...McCoy also made the 6A state finals in the triple jump (third) and long jump (fifth) as a sophomore.
Personal: His father Paul as well as his mother Maria and stepfather Curtis live in Portland...Has three older sisters, Siniva, Eliza, and Mareta and an older brother William...Lists his favorite athlete as Chris Paul.
THE STAT CREW SYSTEM SMU Mustangs Individual Game-by-Game (as of Jun 03, 2009) All games
#23 McCOY, Paul |---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----|Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------at USF 11-14-08 * 35 2-9 .222 1-3 .333 5-6 .833 0 3 3 3.0 2 0 3 4 0 0 10 10.0HOUSTON BAPTIST 11/21/08 * 30 4-7 .571 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0 4 4 3.5 1 0 3 1 0 2 11 10.5ALABAMA STATE 11/22/08 * 33 8-11 .727 1-2 .500 1-4 .250 1 3 4 3.7 2 0 1 2 0 2 18 13.0ILLINOIS STATE 11/23/08 * 38 8-11 .727 0-1 .000 6-8 .750 1 0 1 3.0 5 1 6 1 0 3 22 15.3at TCU 11/26/08 * 35 3-9 .333 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 1 0 1 2.6 2 0 4 5 0 4 8 13.8TEXAS A&M - INT'L 12/05/08 * 27 6-8 .750 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0 6 6 3.2 3 0 4 0 1 2 15 14.0ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 12/15/08 * 32 5-7 .714 3-4 .750 2-3 .667 0 2 2 3.0 0 0 2 2 1 1 15 14.1at Texas A&M 12/17/08 * 35 4-10 .400 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 2 0 2 2.9 1 0 1 1 0 2 9 13.5at Northwestern 12/23/08 * 28 3-9 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.7 3 0 1 5 0 2 6 12.7UT-SAN ANTONIO 12/29/08 * 36 7-14 .500 0-0 .000 5-8 .625 4 2 6 3.0 3 0 1 1 0 1 19 13.3TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRIS 12/31/08 * 39 12-16 .750 1-2 .500 7-8 .875 1 6 7 3.4 1 0 3 4 0 5 32 15.0COLORADO 01/05/09 * 38 4-11 .364 1-5 .200 2-4 .500 0 5 5 3.5 0 0 4 2 0 4 11 14.7UTEP 01/10/09 * 37 4-13 .308 0-6 .000 2-3 .667 3 0 3 3.5 3 0 1 4 0 1 10 14.3at Rice 1/14/09 * 35 3-14 .214 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 5 2 7 3.7 1 0 3 1 0 3 6 13.7TULANE 01/17/09 * 39 6-13 .462 0-3 .000 1-2 .500 1 6 7 3.9 2 0 2 4 0 0 13 13.7at Marshall 1/21/09 * 32 2-7 .286 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 1 4 5 4.0 3 0 4 4 0 3 6 13.2EAST CAROLINA 01/24/09 * 38 6-11 .545 1-2 .500 3-4 .750 1 6 7 4.2 3 0 4 2 0 1 16 13.4at UCF 1/28/09 * 29 2-8 .250 0-3 .000 2-4 .500 0 6 6 4.3 1 0 4 3 0 3 6 12.9at Tulsa 01/31/09 * 36 4-10 .400 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 1 3 4 4.3 3 0 4 0 0 2 10 12.8MEMPHIS 02/04/09 * 39 6-9 .667 3-4 .750 1-2 .500 1 2 3 4.2 4 0 6 3 0 1 16 13.0CS-BAKERSFIELD 02/07/09 * 34 6-13 .462 2-4 .500 5-5 1.000 1 4 5 4.2 1 0 3 1 0 1 19 13.2HOUSTON 02/11/09 * 36 3-11 .273 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000 1 0 1 4.1 2 0 2 2 0 0 10 13.1at UAB 02/14/09 * 38 12-20 .600 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 1 4 5 4.1 3 0 3 3 0 0 29 13.8at Memphis 02/18/09 * 28 6-16 .375 3-4 .750 2-3 .667 3 1 4 4.1 2 0 1 7 0 1 17 13.9RICE 02/21/09 * 37 5-16 .313 2-9 .222 1-3 .333 2 2 4 4.1 1 0 3 1 0 0 13 13.9at UTEP 02/25/09 * 35 2-13 .154 0-3 .000 3-3 1.000 0 4 4 4.1 3 0 5 5 0 1 7 13.6TULSA 02/28/09 * 34 7-11 .636 0-1 .000 2-5 .400 0 2 2 4.0 3 0 0 2 0 0 16 13.7SOUTHERN MISS 03/04/09 * 30 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 0 2 2 4.0 3 0 6 4 0 2 6 13.4vs Houston 3/11/09 * 37 5-11 .455 1-3 .333 2-3 .667 0 6 6 4.0 1 0 4 0 0 0 13 13.4Totals......................... 29 1000 147-324 .454 34-93 .366 61-94 .649 31 86 117 4.0 62 1 88 74 2 47 389 13.4Games played: 29Minutes/game: 34.5Points/game: 13.4FG Pct: 45.43FG Pct: 36.6FT Pct: 64.9Rebounds/game: 4.0Assists/game: 3.0Turnovers/game: 2.6Assist/turnover ratio: 1.2Steals/game: 1.6Blocks/game: 0.1
