Koby McEwen

Photo by: Maggie Bean

Marquette Basketball vs. Butler on National Marquette Day

Marquette Men’s Basketball NCAA press conference and open practice

Height:
6-4
Weight:
205
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Toronto, Canada
High School:
Wasatch Academy

Honors and Awards:
2020-21
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2019-20
Marquette's Best Defensive Player Award
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2017-18 (Utah State)
NABC Second Team All-District 17
Third Team All-Mountain West
Preseason All-Mountain West

2016-17 (Utah State)
Mountain West Freshman of the Year
All-Mountain West Honorable Mention

2020-21 Season Notes (Sr.): Opened season with three-straight double-figure scoring games … Scored 21 points and added four rebounds and four assists versus Ok. State (Dec. 1) … Netted Marquette-best 28 points (career-high is 35 points against Nevada at Utah State) in win over Green Bay (Dec. 8) … Finished 10-fo-16 from the floor and 5-of-9 from deep against the Phoenix … Scored 18 points in win at No. 9 Creighton (Dec. 14) … Chipped in 20 points at Xavier (Dec. 20), including four-point play to tie game in final seconds of regulation … Contributed 17 points, eight rebounds, five assists and two steals in win over Providence (Jan. 12) … Layup in final minute at St. John’s (Jan. 16) proved to be game winner … Third-straight double-figure game with 18 points against Butler (Feb. 2) … Narrowly missed double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds at Seton Hall (Feb. 14) … Scored 12 points off the bench at DePaul (March 2) and also added four assists and four rebounds.

2019-20 Season Notes (R-Jr.): Started each of the 29 games he appeared in … Finished 12^th in the BIG EAST in assists per game (3.2) … Scored in double figures in each of his first four games at Marquette ... Posted 11 points, seven rebounds and two assists in his Marquette debut against Loyola Maryland (Nov. 5) in the season opener ... Led MU with 23 points in 37 minutes in a win over Purdue (Nov. 13) in the Gavitt Tipoff Games at Fiserv Forum ... Scored 19 points at Wisconsin (Nov. 17) on 4-of-4 shooting from long range … Netted season-high 22 points in win over Villanova (Jan. 4) … Dished out season-best nine assists in win at Georgetown (Jan. 18) … First double-double came at Butler (Jan. 24) with 13 points and 11 rebounds … Reached double figures in seven-straight BIG EAST games … Collected double-double (12 points, 11 boards) at Villanova (Feb. 12) … Earned first letter.

2018-19 Season Notes: Will redshirt after transferring from Utah State, per NCAA rules.

2017-18 Season Notes (at Utah State): Named third-team all-Mountain West and NABC second-team all-District 17... Appeared and started in 30 games during the year... Led the Aggies with 5.4 rebounds per game... Pulled down five or more rebounds 18 times during the year, including two games with 10 or more... Logged a season-high 13 rebounds against New Mexico (1/31)... Recorded two double-doubles during the year with 17 points and 12 rebounds against Wyoming (1/20) and 31 points and 13 rebounds against New Mexico (1/31)... Finished second on the team and ranked 10th in the Mountain West with 15.6 points per game... Scored in double figures 22 times during the year and led the Aggies with 11 20-plus scoring outings... Scored in double figures in each of the final four games of the season... Scored 30 or more twice during the year with a career-high 32 points against Nevada (2/17) and 31 points against New Mexico (1/31)... Recorded five or more assists in a game seven times during the year, including a season-high seven at Fresno State (1/27)... Shot 40.0 percent (150-of-375) from the floor, 33.0 percent (67-of-203) from behind the 3-point line and 72.5 percent (100-of-138) at the free throw line... The 203 3-point attempts rank seventh in a single season in school history... Two-time Mountain West Player of the Week (1/8, 2/5).

2016-17 Season Notes (at Utah State): Appeared in 31 games during the year, starting in 30... Named Mountain West Freshman of the Year and honorable mention all-MW... Finished second on the team with 14.9 points per game, the most by freshman in school history... Scored in double figures in 24 games, including a season-high 28 against UNLV (1/7)... Scored 24 of the 28 points in the second half against the Runnin’ Rebels and tied a freshman single-game scoring record... Tallied 20 or more points in a game seven times during the year, tying a single-season freshman record... Second on the team with 158 total rebounds, pulling down five or more in a game 21 times, including a season-high nine against Wyoming (2/11) and against Idaho State (11/19)... Averaged 5.1 rebounds per game, the second most by a freshman in school history... Second on the team with 96 assists on the year, recording five or more in a game eight times, including a season-high six in five different games... Recorded 24 steals and 11 blocks... Shot 72.6 percent at the free throw line making a freshman-record 130 on a freshman-record 179 attempts... Shot 46.0 percent (137-of-298) from the floor and 42.0 percent (58-of-138) from behind the 3-point line... Led all MW freshmen with 14.9 points and 31.3 minutes per game... Made his Aggie debut at UC Irvine, scoring 11 points and pulling down five rebounds in a team-best 32 minutes and becoming the first true freshman to start for USU since the 2011-12 season.

High School: Listed among ESPN’s Top 100 recruits and was listed as the 19th-best point guard in the nation, 10th-best player in the region and second-best player in the state… Averaged 18.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game as a senior in leading Wasatch Academy to a 29-4 record… Wasatch Academy played in the first round of the Dick’s National Tournament, falling to Oakhill Academy… Averaged 19.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game as a junior, en route to be named all-state by the Salt Lake Tribune… Competed in the Adidas Nation event in Long Beach, Calif., the summer going into his senior year, averaging 21 points, five rebounds, three steals and 2.8 assists against some the nation’s elite.

Personal: Born, July 29, 1997 in Toronto, Ontario … Son of Keith McEwen and Kathy-Ann Cooper… Has two sisters (Phelicia and Keana) and one brother (Kiran) … Majoring in corporate communication.