#42 Ryan Ayers 2007-08 Men's Basketball Roster

SENIOR SEASON (2008-09):

Served alongside teammates Zach Hillesland, Kyle McAlarney and Luke Zeller as captains during the 2008-09 season … played in 117 career outings and made 51 starts in those contests … finished with career scoring average of 6.5 points and 2.4 rebounds … concluded career eighth in three-point field goals made (80) and three point field goals attempted (401) and tied for third in three-point field goal percentage (.424) … started 33 of 36 games during the season … scored in double figures in 19 contests … led the team in scoring three times … posted career-best averages in points per game (11.1) and rebounds per game (3.5) … shot 43.8 percent from the field and 42.9 percent from three-point range … scoring average placed him third on the team … blocked a career-best 25 shots, which ranked second on the team … in the season opener against USC Upstate, played 26 minutes while scoring seven points, grabbing three rebounds and blocking two shots … finished with nine points in win on the road at Loyola Marymount … netted double figures for the first time in win over Indiana in first round of the EA Sports Maui Invitational … also grabbed five rebounds in the game … had six points apiece in the final two games of the EA Sports Maui Invitational against Texas and North Carolina … recorded a then career-best of 19 points against Furman as he was 8-13 from the field and 3-6 from three-point range … became third different Irish player to top the 30-point mark in 2008-09 as he registered a career-high 35-point performance against South Dakota as he tied the school record for three-point field goals made by an Irish player at the Joyce Center with nine … finished 12-20 from the field and 9-14 from three-point range … in addition to his 35 points, had season-highs of six rebounds and three assists … scored nine points in loss to Ohio State … registered double figures in four straight games when he scored 10 points against Boston University, 18 versus Delaware State, 10 in the win over Savannah State and 14 versus DePaul … in the BIG EAST season-opening win over the Blue Demons, he shot 5-8 from the field and was 4-7 from three-point range … notched two points at St. John’s … scored eight points in a win over nationally-ranked Georgetown … tallied six points and four rebounds in a win over Seton Hall … had nine points and six boards at Louisville … reached double digits for the eighth time on the season with an 11-point effort at Syracuse … connected on 3-5 shots from the field and 2-4 from three-point range as he netted 10 points against Pittsburgh coming off the bench … shot six of seven from the field and two-of-three from three-point range in registering 14 points at Cincinnati … had six points at UCLA … was 7-9 from the field and made five-of-seven three-point attempts en route to notching 19 points against Louisville … scored 12 points against USF … produced eight points and a career-high tying four assists at West Virginia … tallied 28 points and grabbed a career-high eight rebounds while playing all 40 minutes in leading the Irish to a victory at Providence … shot 9-17 from the field and 7-11 from three-point range against the Friars … three points against Rutgers … began a career-best stretch of reaching double-figures in five straight games when scoring 11 against Connecticut … had 25 points, four rebounds and four assists versus Villanova … against the Wildcats, shot 8-12 from the field and 7-10 from three point territory … scored 15 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out four assists against St. John’s … had 10 points and seven rebounds in a triumph of Rutgers at the BIG EAST Tournament … scored 11 points in a setback to West Virginia in the second round of the BIG EAST Tournament … notched nine points and four rebounds in a win over UAB in the National Invitation Tournament … tallied seven points and matched a career-high with eight boards in a victory over New Mexico in the second round of the NIT … reached double-figures for the 19th time of the season by scoring 14 points in a victory over Kentucky in the quarterfinals of the NIT … scored three points and grabbed three rebounds against Penn State in the NIT semifinals.