Tyler Cochran

Position:
Guard
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 225
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Bolingbrook, Ill.
High School:
Bolingbrook

PRONUNCIATION

2023-24 (at Toledo): Named to Second-Team All-MAC squad and MAC Co-Defensive Player of Year • Led MAC with 1.9 spg and grabbed a team-high 6.4 rpg • Ranked third on team with 14.4 ppg • Finished season with 16-game streak of grabbing at least one steal and registered two or more steals in 18 contests • Averaged 15.6 ppg and 6.7 rpg with 52.3 FG% in MAC play • Scored 1,000th point of his collegiate career with 21-point, six-rebound outing at Kent State (Jan. 9) • Named one of five USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week after tallying career-high 33 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four steals and shooting 13-of-16 from field vs. Marshall (Dec. 13).

2022-23 (at Toledo): Received medical red-shirt after seeing action in only nine games due to toe injury • Averaged 9.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg and 1.6 spg • Shot 52.5% from field and 42.9% (6-of-14) from three-point range • Scored season-high 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting vs. Western Michigan (Jan. 6).

2021-22 (at Ball State): Started 29 of 31 games played • Led Mid-American Conference with 2.0 spg and ranked second on team with 11.6 ppg and 5.6 rpg • Shot 45.0 percent from field and 37.1 percent (26-of-70) from three-point range • Scored in double digits on 18 occasions, including career-high 28-point, nine-rebound outing vs. Buffalo (Jan. 14) • Registered two double-doubles • Grabbed career-high seven steals at Bowling Green (Feb. 19).

2020-21 (at Northern Illinois): Appeared in 12 contests, making 11 starts • Led team with 15.5 ppg and 7.3 rpg while dishing out 2.0 apg and grabbing 1.7 spg in 32.2 mpg • Shot 45.3 percent from field • Scored in double figures in all but one game • Posted three double-doubles • Erupted for season-high 26 points on 11-of-20 shooting vs. Buffalo (Feb. 23).

2019-20 (at Northern Illinois): Played in all 31 games, averaging 18.4 mpg • Averaged 5.5 ppg and 4.2 rpg •Recorded 21 steals, 20 assists and eight blocks • Shot 46.9 percent from field • Scored in double figures seven times • Recorded lone double-double with 12 points and season-best 10 rebounds vs. Ohio (Jan. 28).

Prep: Played at Bolingbrook HS • Averaged 14.0 ppg and 9.5 rpg as a senior • Missed time at beginning of senior season due to injury • Named a Champaign News-Gazette All-State honorable-mention selection • Averaged 15.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg as junior • Earned Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Class 3A/4A All-State Fourth Team honors.

Personal: Son of Montrell and Chavonda Hill-Cochran • Has one brother Myles • Father played football at Eastern Michigan • holds a bachelor’s degree in university studies from Toledo.