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Marcus Tsohonis

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-3
Weight:
190
Class:
Senior
Major:
Sociology
Hometown:
Portland, Ore.
Prev School:
VCU

LONG BEACH STATE (2022-23): An Honorable Mention All-Big West selection in his first year at Long Beach State … Set the Long Beach State single-game record with 46 points in the team’s triple overtime win at UC San Diego … Averaged 14.1 points per game, leading all active players at the Beach … That average rose to 15.4 points per game in league play, 11th in the Big West … Long Beach State’s leading scorer nine times and hit double-figures in 20 of 28 games played … Started 21 games on the year … Debuted with 6 points and 3 rebounds at California Baptist … Hit double-figures for the first time with 13 points against Montana State … Scored 20 points in just 17 minutes in a start against St. Katherine while also making a career-high five steals … Reached double-figures in seven straight games after scoring 23 points against Vermont at Baha Mar Hoops … Led LBSU with 17 points at USC in that stretch and scored 18 points in the Idaho win … Closed the run against UC San Diego before being injured in the first minute against UC Riverside … Missed two weeks and returned with eight points at Hawai’i … Scored 17 points against Cal State Fullerton … Returned to the starting lineup in an all-time classic at UC San Diego .. Finished 15-of-38 from the field with three 3-points and 13 made free throws, scoring 46 points in total to best the record shared by Ed Ratleff and Gabe Levin of 45 points in a game for Long Beach State … Also added six rebounds and four assists in the game against the Tritons, a triple OT win where Tshonis exited for a total of 52 seconds … His incredible run continued with three more 20+ games to follow with 21 points against UC Davis, 21 points at Cal State Fullerton and 28 points against UC Irvine … Scored 20+ one more time with 27 points at UC Riverside, making two 3-pointser and going 8-for-9 from the line … Scored 11 points and tied a career-high with seven rebounds against CSU Bakersfield.

PRIOR TO LONG BEACH STATE: Spent the 2021-22 season at VCU, where he played in 29 games for a Rams team that went 22-10 overall, advancing to the NIT … Averaged 5.1 points per game with three starts, shooting 36.8 from three … Scored in double-figures as a sophomore at Washington as a sophomore, averaging 10.4 points per game, second on the team while shooting 37.0 percent from three … Scored a career-high 29 points including the game-winner at Washington State on Feb. 15, 2021 … Scored over 20 points in four other occasions on the year … Played in 19 games in the shortened 2019-20 season as a true freshman averaging 7.3 points per game and shooting 41.2 percent from three for the Huskies while starting nine games.

HIGH SCHOOL: The 2018 Portland Interscholastic Player of the Year after averaging 24.1 points, 7.4 assists and 6.2 rebounds while leading Jefferson High School to the No. 1 ranking in Oregon … Led Jefferson to the Oregon Class 6A Championship as a sophomore.

MAJOR: Sociology

CAREER HIGHS
Points: 46, at UC San Diego, 1/21/23
Rebounds: 7, 4x, last vs. CSU Bakersfield, 3/2/23
Assists: 6, vs. UC San Diego, 12/29/22
Steals: 5, vs. St. Katherine, 11/19/22
Blocks: 1, many times
3-FG Made: 6, vs. UCLA, 2/13/21*
FG Made: 15, at UC San Diego, 1/21/23
FT Made: 13, at UC San Diego, 1/21/23
Minutes: 54, at UC San Diego, 1/21/23

*at Washington