Breein Alon Tyree (born January 13, 1998) is an American professional

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player for

Petkim Spor Petkim Spor Kulübü, more commonly known as Socar Spor is a Turkish professional basketball club based in İzmir which currently competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). The team was founded by Petkim in 2013 and got promoted to th ...

of the

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(BSL). He played

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for the

Ole Miss Rebels The Ole Miss Rebels are the 18 men's and women's College sports in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that are funded by and represent the University of Mississippi, located in Oxford, Mississippi, Oxford. The first was the Ole ...

High school career

Raised in the

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section of

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, Tyree played

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and

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in high school. He played lacrosse as a freshman for

Rutgers Preparatory School Rutgers Preparatory School (also known as Rutgers Prep or RPS) is a private, coeducational, college preparatory day school established in 1766. The school educates students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, located on a campus along t ...

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before suffering a lung contusion. In his sophomore year, Tyree transferred to St. Joseph High School in

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. As a sophomore, he played soccer for the United States at an international youth tournament in Europe, but his mother soon drew him away from the sport. On the football field, Tyree played

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and

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for St. Joseph and received several college scholarship offers. Tyree was basketball teammates with

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. As a junior, he averaged 18.8 points, 4.9 assists and 3.3 steals per game and was named

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(GMC) player of the year. In his senior season, Tyree averaged 16.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. He was named first team all-conference and second team all-state, and led St. Joseph to the Greater Middlesex Conference tournament championship. Tyree was considered a three-star recruit and committed to play

for

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over offers from

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and

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, among others.

College career

Tyree became a starter at Ole Miss as a freshman despite playing with a knee injury. He averaged 7.3 points per game as a freshman and helped the team reach the NIT quarterfinals. As a sophomore, Tyree averaged 10.8 points, 2.8 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game on a team that only won 12 games. Tyree scored a season-high 31 points in an 81–71 win against Vanderbilt and was named SEC player of the week on January 7, 2019. He had 31 points on February 23 in an 80–64 win over

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and took a knee before tipoff to protest a Confederacy rally in the area. Tyree averaged 17.9 points, 2.9 boards and 2.8 assists per game as a junior. He was named to the First Team All-SEC. After the season, Tyree declared for the

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but ultimately opted to return. He was one of 24 players invited to the Chris Paul Elite Guard Camp. On December 14, Tyree scored 34 points in an 82–64 win over

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. Tyree was named SEC player of the week on February 10, 2020, after scoring 38 points in an 84–70 win against

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. The next day, Tyree scored a career-high 40 points and had five rebounds and four assists in an 83–58 win over

Mississippi State Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university in Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States. It is classified among "R ...

. At the conclusion of the regular season, Tyree was named to the First Team All-SEC. He averaged 19.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game as a senior.

Professional career

NBA G League

After going undrafted in the

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, Tyree signed with the

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on November 25, 2020. On December 16, 2020, Tyree was waived by the Heat. On December 19, he was signed and immediately waived by the

Toronto Raptors The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NBA), Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), E ...

for the purpose of joining their G-League team,

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, as an affiliate player. On March 1, 2021, Tyree's contract with Raptors 905 ended. He finished his rookie season as a pro appearing in 9 games and averaging 9.6 points, 3.1 assists and 1.1 rebounds a game. Tyree re-signed by the Raptors on October 16, 2021, and waived to join the

. On January 23, 2022, he was suspended three games by the G League. Tyree was waived on February 7. On February 10, 2022, Tyree was reacquired and activated by the

. Tyree averaged 13.1 points, 3.1 assists and 2.8 rebounds in 36 games during the 2021–2022 season.

Indios de San Francisco

In the summer of 2022, Tyree signed in the Dominican top division

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with

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for the 2022 season. He averaged 20.2 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game leading the club to a 12–7 record.

Oostende

He signed with

Filou Oostende Basketball Club Oostende, for sponsorship reasons Filou Oostende, is a Belgium, Belgian professional basketball team. The club is based in Ostend and was founded in 1970. The club competes domestically in the BNXT League and internationally in t ...

of the

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on August 2. On September 17, he won the

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with Oostende after scoring 35 points in his debut against

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. Tyree averaged 15.6 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per in the 2022–2023 season in the

. In the Champions League he averaged 17.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. His team won the 2023 BNXT Championship for the 24th time and Tyree was named to the 2023

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Dinamo Sassari

In the summer of 2023, Tyree signed with

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of the first division Italian league

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and the Basketball Champions League.

Petkim Spor

On June 21, 2024, he signed with

of the

(BSL).

Career statistics

College

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, 33 , , 33 , , 33.8 , , .459 , , .375 , , .831 , , 2.9 , , 2.8 , , 1.0 , , .4 , , 17.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;",

, 31 , , 30 , , 34.6 , , .427 , , .360 , , .822 , , 3.7 , , 2.5 , , 1.3 , , .1 , , 19.7 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 130 , , 108 , , 28.1 , , .421 , , .356 , , .787 , , 2.7 , , 2.5 , , .9 , , .2 , , 13.8

Personal life

Tyree's father, Mark, was a third-team All-American

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player for

Rutgers Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College and was aff ...

and is a 2009 New Jersey Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee.NJ Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductees
/ref> His older brother, Jevon, is a former

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for

. His cousin, David Tyree, played in the

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(NFL) and won

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with the

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after making the famous

Helmet Catch The Helmet Catch was an American football play involving New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and wide receiver David Tyree in the final two minutes of Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008. It featured Manning narrowly escaping a sack from th ...

References

External links

Ole Miss Rebels bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tyree, Breein 1998 births Living people 21st-century American sportsmen American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in Canada American men's basketball players Basketball players from Somerset County, New Jersey BC Oostende players Dinamo Sassari players Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball players Petkim Spor players Point guards Raptors 905 players Rutgers Preparatory School alumni Shooting guards Sportspeople from Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey St. Joseph High School (Metuchen, New Jersey) alumni