Roddy Gayle Jr.

Men's Basketball vs. Texas A&M - NCAA Tournament Second Round

Class:
Senior
Position:
G
Height:
6-5
Weight:
210
Hometown:
Niagara Falls, N.Y.
High School:
Lewiston-Porter HS

Career Highlights
• NCAA All-Midwest Regional Team (2026)
• Member of the 2026 National Championship Team
   • Defeated No. 2 seed UConn, 69-63, to claim U-M’s second national title
• Helped U-M to a program-record 37-3 record (2025-26)
   • Set records for most wins (37) and fewest losses (3)
• Helped U-M capture the 2026 Players Era Championship in Las Vegas
   • Rolled to three straight 30+ point wins over three days (+36.7 average margin)
   • San Diego State (94-54; +40), No. 21 Auburn (102-72; +30), No. 12 Gonzaga (101-61; +40)
• Helped U-M secure the 2026 Big Ten regular-season title
   • Posted a program- and Big Ten-record 19-1 conference mark
   • Won title by four games, earning No. 1 seed in Big Ten Tournament
   • Went 10-0 in Big Ten road games, first team to do so in 50 years (Indiana, 1976)
• 2026 NCAA Tournament (No. 3 overall seed; No. 1 Midwest seed)
   • First Round: Defeated No. 16 Howard, 101-80
   • Second Round: Defeated No. 9 Saint Louis, 95-72
   • Sweet 16: Defeated No. 4 Alabama, 90-77
       • Seventh straight Sweet 16 appearance
   • Elite Eight: Defeated No. 6 Tennessee, 95-62
       • Fifth Elite Eight appearance in the last 10 tournaments
   • Final Four: Defeated No. 1 Arizona, 91-73
       • Ninth Final Four appearance
   • National Championship: Defeated No. 2 UConn, 69-63
       • First national title in 37 years (since 1989); second in program history
• Helped U-M win the 2025 Big Ten Tournament title
   • Defeated No. 5 seed Wisconsin, 59-53, to claim U-M's fourth tournament title
   • Advanced with wins over No. 6 seed Purdue (86-68) and No. 2 seed Maryland (81-80)
• Helped Alabama to the SEC regular season and tournament title (2023)

Career Milestones
• Played in 146 career games, with 72 starts
   • Michigan: 75 games, with 26 starts
   • Ohio State: 71 games, with 46 starts
• Points: 1,288 (8.8 ppg)
   • Scored 1,000th career point vs. Auburn (March 28, 2025) in NCAA Tournament
   • Michigan: 640 (8.5 ppg)
   • Ohio State: 648 (9.1 ppg)
• Rebounds: 474 (3.2 rpg)
• Assists: 273 (1.9 apg)

Season: 2025-26 (Michigan)
• Played 39 games, with one start
• Averaged 7.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists in 21.1 minutes per game
   • Posted 11 double-figure games
       • Season-high 17 points vs. Auburn (Nov. 25)
   • Posted seven games of five-plus rebounds
       • Season-high seven rebounds three times: Villanova (Dec. 9), McNeese (Dec. 29), Minnesota (Feb. 24)
   • Posted three games of six-plus assists, with six of three-plus
       • Season-high six assists twice: at TCU (Nov. 14) and Rutgers (Dec. 6)
• Logged 25 games of 20-plus minutes
   • Season-high 30 minutes vs. Arizona (April 4; NCAA)
• Added 28 steals and 20 blocks
   • Season-high three steals, twice: vs. San Diego State (Nov. 24; Players Era), at Iowa (March 5)
   • Career-high-tying two blocks, four times
       • All four were during U-M's postseason
           • vs. Ohio State (March 13), vs. Alabama (March 27), vs. Tennessee (March 29), vs. UConn (April 6)

Season: 2024-25 (Michigan)
• Played 36 games, with 25 starts
• Averaged 9.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 26.3 minutes per game
   • Posted 19 double figure games, with two of 20-plus
       • Season-high 26 points vs. Texas A&M (March 22, NCAA)
           • Scored 21 points in the second half
   • Posted seven games of five-plus rebounds
       • Season-high eight rebounds at Ohio State (Feb. 16)
   • Posted 12 games of three-plus assists
       • Season-high five assists, three times: Miami, Ohio (Nov. 18), at Wisconsin (Dec. 3), Iowa (Dec. 7)
   • Logged 13 games of 30-plus minutes
       • Season-high 35 minutes against Iowa
• Added 29 steals (second on U-M) and six blocks
   • Season-high three steals against TCU (Nov. 15)
   • Season-high one block, six times

Season: 2023-24 (Ohio State)
• Played 36 games, with 35 starts
• Averaged 13.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists in 30.9 minutes per game
   • Posted 28 double-figure games, with four of 20-plus and one of 30-plus
       • Career-high 32 points vs. West Virginia (Dec. 30)
   • Posted 15 games of five-plus rebounds, with one of 10-plus
       • Career-high 10 rebounds vs. Nebraska (Feb. 29)
   • Posted six games of five-plus assists
       • Career-high eight assists at Nebraska (Jan. 23)
   • Logged 23 games of 30-plus minutes
   • Career-high 38 minutes, three times: West Virginia, Illinois (Jan. 30), at Iowa (Feb. 2)
• Posted first career double-double
   • Nebraska (Feb. 29): 16 points, 10 rebounds
• Added 27 steals and six blocks
   • Career-high four steals at Wisconsin (Feb. 14)
   • Career-high two blocks vs. Cornell (NIT, March 19)

Season: 2022-23 (Ohio State)
• Played 35 games, with 11 starts
• Averaged 4.6 points and 1.6 rebound in 16.2 minutes per game
   • Posted three double-figure games
       • Season-high 20 points vs. Purdue (March 11) in Big Ten Tournament
   • Posted seven games with three-plus rebounds
       • Season-high five rebounds at Indiana (Jan. 28)
   • Logged 12 games with 20-plus minutes, with two of 30-plus
       • Season-high 34 minutes vs. Purdue
• Shot 42.9 percent on three-point field goals (21-for-49)
   • Posted four games with two-plus three-pointers
   • Career-high five three-pointers vs. Purdue (BTT)
• Added 32 assists, 21 steals and 12 blocks
   • Season-high three assists, five times
   • Season-high three steals at Illinois (Jan. 24)
   • Season-high one block, 12 times

Prep Career
• Played two and a half seasons at Lewiston-Porter High School (Youngstown, N.Y.) before transferring to Wasatch Academy (Mount Pleasant, Utah) for his final season and a half
• Class of 2022 Rankings: ESPN (No. 61), Rivals (No. 41), 247 Sports (No. 50)
• (2x) NYSSWA All-State second team (2019, '20)
• (2x) All-Western New York basketball team (2019, '20)
• As a senior (2021-22), averaged 15.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists, helped Tigers to a 14-10 record
• As a junior (2020-21), played at Lewiston-Porter, helping them to a 7-8 record before transferring to Wasatch Academy during the winter break as COVID-19 affected the majority of the season; helped Wasatch Academy finish season with an 18-7 record
• As a sophomore (2019-20), surpassed 1,000 career points, averaged 25.6 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists; helped the Lancers to a 12-9 record and third-place finish in the Niagara-Frontier (9-3) before the postseason was canceled due to COVID-19; posted 14 20-plus points and five of 30-plus, scored a career-high 38 points, two times; had seven double-doubles
• As a freshman (2018-19), averaged 22.0 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.7 assists; helped the Lancers to a 21-4 record, a runner-up finish in the Niagara-Frontier League (11-1), first Section VI title in 31 years and advanced to the NYSPHSAA Class A Regional final; posted 14 games of 20-plus points, three of 30-plus; scored a season-best 33 points against St. Joseph's; had 11 double-doubles
• Played for the New York Rens on the AAU circuit