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  Tyler Roche
Tyler Roche

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Hooksett, NH

High School:
Manchester Central

Height / Weight:
6-7 / 218

Position:
Forward

AS A SOPHOMORE

  • Played in 29 games, making 23 starts.
  • Averaged 3.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game; averaged 2.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game in league contests.
  • Tied for the team lead in steals twice.
  • Scored in double figures twice.
  • Sank two or more three-pointers in each of six games.
  • Recorded seven points and five rebounds in a career-high 37 minutes against New Hampshire (11/10).
  • Scored a season-high 11 points against Mercer (11/18); sank three treys and handed out five assists.
  • Totaled 10 points in 32 minutes of action against Massachusetts (12/12).
  • Registered six points, four rebounds and three assists in a home win over Saint Louis (12/4).
  • Hit three three-pointers in a nine-point effort against Wake Forest (1/12).
  • Tallied seven points (3-3 FG), six rebounds and three assists in 20 minutes against NC State (2/14).

    AS A FRESHMAN

  • Played in 23 games, including six ACC contests and two NCAA Tournament games; started the last six games of the season.
  • Averaged 1.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game; averaged 1.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game in league contests.
  • Tied for the team lead in rebounding once and in steals once.
  • Scored in double figures once.
  • Registered five or more rebounds in each of four games.
  • Scored four points in nine minutes of action in the season-opening win over New Hampshire (11/10).
  • Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds in 29 minutes of action against Yale (1/3).
  • Recorded 12 points against Hartford (1/31); made four three-pointers and grabbed five rebounds in the contest.
  • Tallied five points and five rebounds in a home win over Virginia Tech (2/3).
  • Totaled seven points and six rebounds in a season-high 31 minutes of action at Virginia Tech (2/21).
  • Scored five points - including one three-point field goal - in the team's ACC Tournament quarterfinal-round win over Miami (3/9).
  • Shot 2-for-2 from the foul line in the team's win over Texas Tech (3/15) in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament in Winston-Salem, N.C.

    HIGH SCHOOL

  • Twice earned Gatorade Player of the Year honors for New Hampshire - 2005 and 2006.
  • Was a two-time Class L All-State first-team selection; earned All-State second-team honors as a sophomore.
  • Captured Mr. New Hampshire Basketball and Class L Player of the Year honors as a senior; also named 2005-06 Manchester Union-Leader Player of the Year.
  • Received the Michael Johnson Outstanding Player Award after scoring 20 points and leading New Hampshire to a 102-81 win over Vermont in the 26th annual Twin State Basketball Classic on July 15, 2006.
  • Averaged 24.3 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in 2005-06; shot 59 percent from the field, including 40 percent from three-point range (60-for-149).
  • Led the Little Green to back-to-back Class L state titles (2005 and 2006); team had a 24-2 record in 2004-05 and a perfect 25-0 mark in 2005-06.
  • Averaged 24.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in his junior season.
  • Finished his schoolboy career with 1,787 points.
  • Played for head coach Dave Wheeler; served as team captain as a sophomore, junior and senior.

    PERSONAL

  • Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.
  • Tyler and his younger sister Delaney are the children of Tracy and Thomas Roche.
  • Born on October 21, 1987.

    CAREER HIGHS
    Points: 12 vs. Hartford (1-31-07)
    Rebounds: 8 vs. Yale (1-3-07)
    Assists: 6 vs. Florida Atlantic (11-12-07)
    Steals: 2 - five times (1-3-07)
    FGM: 4 - twice (1-31-07)
    3PFGM: 4 vs. Hartford (1-31-07)
    FTM: 2 - twice (11-10-06)
    Minutes: 37 vs. New Hampshire (11-10-07)

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