Murray-Boyles to Attend NBA Draft Wednesday Night

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – All-SEC sophomore forward Collin Murray-Boyles will attend the NBA Draft as one of 24 green room invitees on Wednesday. The Columbia, S.C. native becomes the first player in program history to receive a green room invite in the modern draft era.

The NBA Draft will take place at Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, and will be televised live starting at 8 p.m. (ET) on ABC/ESPN.

No South Carolina players have been selected in the lottery in the modern NBA Draft format (started in 1985).

Murray-Boyles is seeking to become the 39th player drafted in program history drafted. He would be the second player drafted under head coach Lamont Paris. Gregory “GG” Jackson II was selected 45^th overall by Memphis in the second round in 2023. He would go on to earn 2023-24 NBA All-Rookie Second Team honors after averaging 14.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game.

Murray-Boyles enjoyed a stellar season for the Gamecocks in 2024-25, averaging 16.8 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. He started all 32 games and had a career-best 11, 20-point games and nine double-doubles en route to earning Second Team All-SEC honors and First Team NABC All-South Atlantic District distinction. He led the team in points (538), rebounds (264), steals (47) and blocks (43) and was second in assists (77).

Murray-Boyles was the first Gamecock since Jimmy Foster in 1983-84 (18.5 ppg, 9.4 rpg) to average at least 16.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.

Murray-Boyles was an efficient 58.6% (198-of-338) from the floor which led the SEC and ranked 21^st nationally. He had five games this season with 10 or more makes from the floor, becoming the first Gamecock to accomplish the feat since Devan Downey did it nine times in 2009-10. Murray-Boyles had a stretch of four-straight games with 20 or more points the final month of the season (first Gamecock to do that since All-SEC guard AJ Lawson in 2021) highlighted by a career-high 35 points in a 72-53 win over Arkansas on March 1 at Colonial Life Arena.

In Power Five leagues (ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten & SEC), Murray-Boyles and Kansas’ Hunter Dickinson were the only players to average at least 16.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.0 blocks per game while shooting above 50.0%.

As a freshman in 2023-24, Murray-Boyles averaged 10.4 points, 5.7 rebounds (led team), 1.8 assists, 1.0 blocks and 1.0 steals per game while shooting 59.7% (117-of-196) from the floor (fourth-best single-season field goal percentage in program history). He earned Freshman All-SEC honors and helped the team to a 26-8 overall record and a 13-5 mark in SEC action, good for a T-2^nd finish in the league. The Gamecocks tied the program record for single-season wins and made the team’s first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2017.

Murray-Boyles finishes his Gamecock career averaging 13.8 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.2 blocks per game in 60 career appearances in Garnet and Black. His career field goal percentage of 59.0% (315-of-534) is No. 2 all-time behind only Foster (shot 59.6% from 1981-84).

Renaldo Balkman was the last Gamecock drafted in the first round by the New York Knicks 20^th overall in 2006. Seven South Carolina players total have been selected in the first round of the NBA Draft with Tom Riker the highest pick, selected eighth overall by the New York Knicks in 1972.

2025 NBA Draft Green Room Attendees

Cooper Flagg (Duke)

Dylan Harper (Rutgers)

Ace Bailey (Rutgers)

V.J. Edgecombe (Baylor)

Tre Johnson (Texas)

Khaman Maluach (Duke)

Jeremiah Fears (Oklahoma)

Kon Knueppel (Duke)

Noa Essengue (France)

Kasparas Jakucionis (Illinois)

Egor Demin (BYU)

Carter Bryant (Arizona)

Derik Queen (Maryland)

Asa Newell (Georgia)

Joan Beringer (Cedevita Olimpija)

Collin Murray-Boyles (South Carolina)

Liam McNeeley (UConn)

Will Riley (Illinois)

Thomas Sorber (Georgetown)

Danny Wolf (Michigan)

Nolan Traore (France)

Nique Clifford (Colorado State)

Walter Clayton (Florida)

Cedric Coward (Washington State)

South Carolina Men’s Basketball NBA Draft History

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