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Austin Peay State University Athletics

2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster

55 Tariq Silver

  • Position Guard
  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 200
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Clarksville, Tenn.
  • Highschool Northwest HS
  • Prev School Oregon State

Biography

As a redshirt senior in 2021-22: Appeared in all 29 games for the Govs, making 19 starts ... ranked third on the team at 10.1 points per game ... Silver shot 36.9 percent from the field and 34.3 percent from behind the three-point line ... led the Govs with 60 three-pointers ... tallied 57 assists to go along with 53 rebounds, three blocks and 20 steals ... totaled 778 minutes in 29 games, averaging 26.8 minutes per game ... scored in double figures in 15 games including a team-high three 20-point performances ... ranked second on the team with seven games leading the Govs in scoring ... led APSU with 20 points, 16 of which came in the second half in Govs debut against UT Southern ... matched career-high with 24 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field at UT Martin ... scored 18 points on 7-of-18 shooting from the field against Southeast Missouri ... hit game-winning shot with 1.9 seconds left to defeat Tennessee State at home ... against the Tigers had nine points with two three-pointers ... registered 16 points, six of which came in overtime at SIU Edwardsville ... connected on at least one three-pointer in 23 of the 29 games played. 

Prior to Austin Peay: Will be the first player hailing from Clarksville to suit up for the Govs since Jeremy Purvis, Damarius Smith and Zavion Williams played for their hometown school during the 2014-15 season... last season, was a key contributor for Oregoin State in its march from the No. 5 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament to the party-crashers of the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight... the Northwest product averaged 7.4 minutes per game in 23 appearances for the Beavers, earning playing time in all four NCAA Tournament games and putting in 15 minutes of work against Oklahoma State... for the season, hit 41.9 percent from the floor and 38.9 percent from beyond the arc... prior to his time in Corvallis, spent a season at Tallahassee Community College, where he was ranked as the 17th best player in the nation by 2020 JUCORecruiting.com after averaging 12.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists while shooting 45.5 percent from beyond the arc... performance earned him both Panhandle Conference Newcomer of the Year and First-Team All-Conference honors... spent two seasons at Eastern Michigan, redshirting during the 2017-18 campaign and making 22 appearances for the Eagles in 2018-19. He also made two starts during his time in Ypsilanti... during his prep career, was both the TNSports360.com Player of the Year and The Leaf-Chronicle All-Area Player of the Year after leading Northwest to its first district championship in 22 years... needed just two seasons to score 1,000 career points for the Vikings, in part because of an absurd senior campaign that saw him post 22 points, eight rebounds and five assists per game.

Personal: Son of Richard McFadden and Taavon Silver... has three siblings: Martajah, Jestyce and Jamaree... born Sept. 15... majoring in speech communication.

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