Troy transfer Tayton Conerway, the Sun Belt Conference player of the year last season, committed to Indiana today.
Conerway averaged 14.2 points, 4.8 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.9 steals in 30.3 minutes for the Trojans, who won a share of the Sun Belt regular season championship and won the conference tournament title.
He recently completed visits to Indiana, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt. Conerway is the sixth portal addition this spring for the Hoosiers, joining Tucker DeVries, Conor Enright, Reed Bailey, Lamar Wilkerson and Jasai Miles.
The 6-foot-3 guard is a native of Burleson, Texas and played at Grayson College and Ranger College before joining Troy in the 2023-24 season.
He’s expected to have one season of eligibility remaining.
A 2020 graduate of Burleson Centennial High School, Conerway joined Grayson College in Denison, Texas, for the 2020-21 season and averaged 7.7 points per game.
He transferred to Ranger College in Ranger, Texas, where he played the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. In his second season at Ranger College, Conerway was an NJCAA D1 first-team All-American selection. He averaged 15.7 points and 6.2 rebounds per game while shooting 48.4 percent from the floor.
In his first season at Troy, the 2023-24 campaign, Conerway was named the sixth man of the year in the Sun Belt conference. He averaged 11.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.1 steals in 20 minutes per game. Conerway shot 47.5 percent from the field and 32.9 percent on 3s.
This past season at Troy, Conerway tallied 98 steals, which ranked third in the country.
He scored a career-high 32 points in an 84-78 loss to Arkansas State on January 11. He was 4-for-5 on 2s, 4-for-7 on 3s and 12-for-15 from the free throw line.
Conerway did struggle against high-major competition last season. In four games against Arkansas, Oregon, Houston and Kentucky, he shot 12-for-45 from the field and averaged 7.5 points per game.
Here is Conerway’s bio from Troy, which includes his first season with the Trojans and his junior college career:
2023-24 (Junior)
Named Sun Belt Sixth Man of the Year… Played in all 32 games – started 2 – and averaged 19.9 minutes… Led all bench scorers and was second on the team in scoring at 11.8 points per game… Shot 47.5 percent from the field, 32.9 percent from distance and 70.9 percent from the free throw line… Scored a season-high 16 points against Arkansas State on Feb. 22 and Texas State in the Sun Belt Tournament Quarterfinals… Scored in double-figures in 22 games and had 12 or more points in each of the last five games… Made a season-high seven field goals in loss at Arkansas State… Was an impressive 13-14 from the free-throw line in Troy’s win over Louisiana… Led a bench that finished the season 14th nationally with 29.50 bench points per game… Was second on the team in assists with 81… Had 66 steals on the season, which led Troy and was ranked first in the Sun Belt and 39th in the country… Ranks sixth all-time in the program’s DI history for steals in a single season… Had a team season-high six steals in Troy’s road win over Louisiana… Troy finished second nationally in steals per game with 10.3 and 14th nationally in turnovers forced per game with 15.5.
Ranger College 2022-23
Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Men’s Player of the Year in the JUCO division and NJCAA D-1 Men’s Basketball All-American First Team… Played 35 games stared four… Put up 15.7 points per game on 48.4 percent shooting from the field and 34.4 percent from 3-point range… Averaged 6.2 rebounds per game.
2021-22
Appeared in 23 games, started 13… Averaged 18.3 points per game on 43.2 percent shooting from the field… Season-high 34 points against Temple College, while going 13-26.
Grayson College 2020-21
Appeared in 17 games… Averaged 7.7 points per game on 38 percent shooting.
High School
Attended Burleson Centennial High School… Recorded 1,309 points along with 571 rebounds and 235 steals… Named all-state and all-district as a senior… District 5 Newcomer of the Year and all-district as a junior.
Personal
Born Jan. 11, 2002, in Fort Worth, Texas… Son of Crystal… Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
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