The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2014-15 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Isaiah Taylor
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- South Hayward, Calif.
- High School:
- The Village School [Texas]
Returns for his third year as the starter at point guard … named to the five-person Preseason All-Big 12 Team (by league’s coaches) … candidate for Academic All-America recognition … has played in 59 career games (all starts) in his first two years … sports a 1.72 career assist-to-turnover ratio (251 assists, 146 turnovers) which ranks eighth on the UT chart … reached double figures in scoring 44 times, including eight 20-point efforts … claimed All-Big 12 Third Team honors in his sophomore season … earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention and Big 12 All-Newcomer Team accolades as a freshman in 2013-14 … four-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.
As a sophomore in 2014-15:
Played in 24 games (all starts) … missed 10 games early in the season due to a fractured left wrist suffered against Iowa (Nov. 20) … All-Big 12 Third Team choice … Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection … led the team in scoring (13.1 ppg), assists (4.6 apg), steals (23) and minutes (31.5 mpg) … reached double figures in scoring 17 times … converted a team-best 84.2 percent from the FT line (85-of-101) … registered a 1.75-to-1 (110 assists, 63 turnovers) assist-to-turnover ratio … posted a game-high 18 points (6-of-11 FG, 2-of-3 threes) and seven rebounds against North Dakota State (Nov. 14) … recorded a season-high 23 points (7-of-8 FT) and five rebounds in 35 minutes against No. 11/14 Kansas (Jan. 24) … posted 17 points and eight assists without a turnover in 33 minutes at No. 15/16 Iowa State (Jan. 26) … registered his first career double-double with 16 points and 10 assists against just one turnover and grabbed six boards in 38 minutes at No. 20/19 Baylor (Jan. 26) … tallied a game-high 18 points (6-of-7 FT) while playing in a career-high 43 minutes against Oklahoma State (Feb. 4) … tied his season high with 23 points (6-of-10 FG, career-high 11-of-15 FT) and four assists in 39 minutes at Kansas State (Feb. 7) … tied his season high again with 23 points (8-of-18 FG, 2-of-3 threes, 5-of-6 FT) and added seven assists in 40 minutes against No. 14/14 Iowa State (Feb. 21) … had a team-high 17 points, six boards and eight assists against two turnovers in the loss at No. 8/9 Kansas (Feb. 28) … hit the game-winning floater with 4.8 seconds left in overtime against No. 14/16 Baylor (March 2) … averaged a team-best 12.5 points and 6.0 assists in 35.0 minutes per game during UT’s two contests at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship … earned a spot on the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls (minimum 3.0 GPA).
As a freshman in 2013-14:
Started all 35 games … claimed All-Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades (by coaches and media) and selected to the Big 12 All-Newcomer Team … led the team in minutes played (30.1 mpg) and assists (4.0 apg) and ranked second on the squad in scoring (12.7 ppg) and steals (37) … sported a 141-to-83 (1.7-to-1) assist-to-turnover ratio … had five 20-point performances during the season … posted a team-high 17 points in 29 minutes during his collegiate debut against Mercer (Nov. 8) … the 17 points marked the sixth-highest scoring output by a UT player in a freshman debut and just three shy of the record held by Kevin Durant (20 vs. Alcorn State on Nov. 9, 2006) … had a season-high five steals against UT Arlington (Nov. 29) … posted a season-high eight assists against two turnovers against Vanderbilt (Dec. 2) … tied his season high with eight assists without a turnover against Texas State (Dec. 14) … registered a team-high 16 points in a season-high 37 minutes in the win at No. 14/18 North Carolina (Dec. 18) … added 16 points and five assists against No. 5/5 Michigan State (Dec. 21) … tallied 10 points and a season-high eight rebounds in the win at West Virginia (Jan. 13) … had 12 points (9-of-12 FT) in the home victory against No. 8/10 Iowa State (Jan. 18) … recorded a career-high 27 points while setting a career high in field goals made (10-of-18) in 36 minutes in the win at No. 24/23 Baylor (Jan. 25) … earned Athlon Sports National Freshman of the Week (Jan. 27) honors following the win over the Bears … named Phillips 66 Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Feb. 3) after posting a team-high 23 points (7-of-14 FG, 8-of-8 FT) in 36 minutes in the home victory against No. 6/7 Kansas (Feb. 1) … had a team-high 26 points and set a career high in free throws made (10-of-10) to go along with eight assists against just one turnover in 37 minutes at No. 17/19 Iowa State (Feb. 18) … made 17 consecutive free throws over a three-game span in February (Oklahoma State, West Virginia and at Iowa State) … tallied 13 points, seven assists and six rebounds in the home win against Baylor (Feb. 26) … posted 21 points (7-of-14 FG, 7-of-7 FT), five assists and four boards against TCU (March 5) … recorded 16 points and seven assists against just one turnover in 29 minutes against Baylor (March 14) in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship semifinals … registered a team-high 22 points in the NCAA Tournament Third Round loss to No. 7/8 Michigan (March 22) … earned a spot on the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls (minimum 3.0 GPA).
High School:
The Village School in Houston, Texas (head coach Don Harvey) … rated as the 13th-best prospect in the state of Texas according to ESPN.com following his senior year … averaged a team-high 17.6 points, 10.0 assists and 6.0 steals per game and converted 62.2 percent from the floor as a senior … Vikings went 23-5 during his senior campaign … as a junior, averaged 15.6 points and 12.0 assists per game while helping the team to a 29-4 record.
Personal:
Full name is Isaiah Shaquille Taylor … son of Loretta Perkins and Kenneth Taylor … born July 11, 1994 in Hayward, Calif. … moved to Houston and enrolled at The Village School prior to his junior season … his uncle, Terrell Lowery, played basketball at Loyola Marymount (1989-92) … a sophomore on the 1990 LMU squad that advanced to the “Elite Eight” in the NCAA Tournament, Lowery also played professional baseball, including stints with the Chicago Cubs (1997-98), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1999) and the San Francisco Giants (2000) … majoring in Physical Culture and Sports and preparing to apply to Sport Management.
