McGhee Set to Participate in State Farm 3-Point Championship and College Team Skills & 3X3U Championships

Liberty’s Darius McGhee has been selected to the TaxAct Men’s 3-Point Championship roster for the 34th annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships at the Bayou Music Center in downtown Houston next Thursday.

McGhee is one of eight players selected for the event that will air live on ESPN2 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Additionally, McGhee has been invited to compete in the State Farm College Team Skills and 3X3U Championships, next Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Both events will be leading up to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Final Four in Houston next weekend.

Darius McGhee | Redshirt Senior | Guard | Roxboro, N.C.

• 2022-23 Associated Press All-America men’s basketball honorable mention

• No. 2 in NCAA history with 528 career three-pointers made, No. 1 in country this season with a program-record 162 made threes

• Finalist for both the 2022-23 Lute Olson National Player of the Year and Lou Henson National Player of the Year awards

•Back-to-back-to-back ASUN Player of the Year (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)

• Set the Liberty and ASUN all-time scoring record, finished with 2,685 career points

• Currently ranks second nationally in threes per game (4.50) and total points (821), third in the country in scoring average at 22.8 points per game and fourth in total field goals (274)

• Three-time NABC District 3 first team & USBWA District III All-District team

• Three-time ASUN All-Conference first team and four-time ASUN All-Tournament team, ASUN Tournament MVP (2020-21)

• 2021 Lou Henson All-America team selection

• VaSID Player of the Year and All-State first team (2021-22), VaSID All-State second team (2020-21)

• Named to 2022-23 John R. Wooden Award® presented Wendy’s® Preseason Top 50 Watch List, 2022-23 Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award Watch List and 2023 Bob Cousy Award Watch List

The State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships invites the nation’s elite men’s and women’s college basketball players to compete for slam dunk and 3-point shooting bragging rights. The night features the King’s Hawaiian Slam Dunk Championship, the TaxAct Men’s 3-Point Championship, the Celsius Women’s 3-Point Championship and the Applebee’s Team Shootout. The winners of the men’s and women’s 3-Point competitions will then compete in the Rocket Mortgage Battle of the Champions.

For nearly 35 years, several of the top players in college basketball have competed in the State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships, including Gary Payton, Steve Nash, Jason Terry, Kyle Korver, Bobby Hurley, Michael Finley, Denzel Valentine, Cappie Pondexter, Katie Gearlds, Kristi Toliver, Tiffany Hayes and Ariel Atkins.

A new event this year, the State Farm College Team Skills & 3X3U Championships will feature a dynamic roster of graduating college senior competing in a variety of competitions including team shootouts, skills relays and 3x3 basketball.

Intersport will stage three events during college basketball’s most exciting weekend at the Bayou Music Center in downtown Houston, which it will dub Hoops House, providing ample programming for fans near and far in advance of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Final Four.

Schedule

Wednesday, March 29, 7:30 p.m. Eastern – State Farm College Team Skills & 3X3U Championships, ESPN2 (aired on Sunday, April 2, 10 p.m. Eastern)

Thursday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. Eastern – State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships, ESPN2 (live)

Friday, March 31, 8 p.m. Eastern – Rocket Mortgage High School Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships, CBS (aired on Sunday, April 2 at 2 p.m. Eastern)

A complete roster of participants in the events will be released in the days leading up to each event. To purchase tickets and to find out more information on each event taking place at the Bayou Music Center from March 29-31, please visit www.houstonhoopshouse.com.