Ian McCarthy has carved out an impressive collegiate career, both on the basketball court and in the classroom at Rutgers University-Camden. A Dean’s List student with multiple academic honors, McCarthy has been a three-year member of the basketball program, where he ranks ninth on Rutgers-Camden’s career list with 110 three-point field goals. He also is 12th in career three-point shooting percentage (.351) among all players with 150 or more attempts. McCarthy, who has played in 73 career games, starting 54, has shot 110-for-313 from beyond the arc.
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McCarthy has scored 425 points, averaging 5.8 per game, during his career. He has added 232 rebounds (3.2 rpg), 90 assists, 48 steals and 24 blocked shots.
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Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 scholastic years…Dean’s List student; ECAC President’s Honor Roll for the 2018 Spring semester; Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2018 Spring, 2018 Fall, 2019 Spring, 2019 Fall and 2020 Spring semesters. During the 2019 Spring semester, he was one of 20 athletes on the 141-member AD Honor Roll to earn a perfect 4.0 GPA…During the 2020 Spring semester, he was one of 47 athletes on the 171-member AD Honor Roll to earn a perfect 4.0 GPA.
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Basketball 2019-20: Started all 25 Rutgers-Camden games…NJAC Academic Honorable Mention…Averaged 3.8 points and 3.0 rebounds…Finished second on the team in blocks (10), fourth in assists (31) and fifth in steals (16)…Placed third on the team in three-point field goals (25) while shooting .342 (25-for-73)…Set a career high of eight steals against Division I Princeton University (Jan. 26)…Had two games scoring his season high of 13 points, coming against John Jay (Nov. 13) and Stockton (Jan. 29)…Notched his season high of eight rebounds against City College of New York (Nov. 23)…Set a career high of six assists against John Jay College of Criminal Justice (Nov. 13),,,Collected four assists in games against Baruch (Dec. 9) and New Jersey City (Feb. 15)…Tied his career high of two blocks on three occasions, coming against Kean (Dec. 14), Rutgers-Newark (Jan. 11) and Montclair State (Feb. 19).
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Basketball 2018-2019: NJAC Academic Honorable Mention…Rutgers-Camden Raptor of the Week, Dec. 10…Led the Scarlet Raptors in three-point field goals (62, shooting 62-for-175, .354) and blocked shots (11)…Finished second on the team in scoring (10.0 ppg) and rebounding (4.7 rpg)…Finished third on the team in steals (21) and fourth in assists (36)…Shot 82-for-228 (.360) from the floor and 25-for-43 (.581) from the foul line…Scored in double figures on 13 occasions, including a career-high 24 points at Ramapo College (Dec. 12), when he shot 7-for-15 from the floor, including 6-for-14 from three-point range, and added 4-for-5 shooting from the foul line…His six treys in that game set a career high and he added five treys in five other games during the season, including 19-point efforts against Rowan University (Nov. 20), The College of New Jersey (Dec. 5) and Kean University (Dec. 8)…Also collected five treys while scoring 17 points against New Jersey City University (Jan. 12) and 15 points in his second meeting against Ramapo College (Feb. 6)…Had 12 games with three or more treys…His career-high 12 rebounds, coupled with 19 points against Kean University (Dec. 8) gave him his first career double-double…In his 24-point game against Ramapo on Dec. 12, added eight rebounds and a career-high five assists.
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Basketball 2017-18: Played in 23 games, starting five…Averaged 3.4 points and 1.7 rebounds…Shot .354 (23-for-65) from three-point range and .348 overall (24-for-69)…Shot 7-for-10 (.700) from the foul line…Collected 23 assists, 11 steals and three blocked shots…Made his collegiate debut at Neumann University (Nov. 15), collecting three points, one steal and one rebound…Notched career highs in his next game against Misericordia University (Nov. 17) with 12 points (on 4-for-6 shooting from three-point range) and six rebounds, while also adding two steals and one assist…Shot 2-for-5 from three-point range to score six points against The College of New Jersey (Nov. 21)…Notched eight points against Stockton University (Dec. 6), shooting 2-for-4 from three-point range and 2-for-3 from the foul line…Made his first collegiate start against City College of New York (Dec. 11), notching three points, two rebounds and one assist…Scored six points in four straight games against Ramapo College (Jan. 3), Kean University (Jan. 6), Montclair State (Jan. 10) and William Paterson (Jan. 13)…Collected his first career blocked shot against The College of New Jersey (Jan. 17), while adding three points, two assists, one rebound and one steal…Scored six points against Ramapo College (Feb. 8), while adding two rebounds, two assists and a career-high four steals…Collected five points, five rebounds and a career-high four assists at William Paterson University (Feb. 10).
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High School: Two-year basketball letterman at Camden Catholic High School for Coach Matt Crawford…National Honor Society member…Graduated in 2017.
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Personal: Born March 23, 1999…Enjoys hanging out with friends, playing basketball and listening to music…History major at Rutgers-Camden… teacher…Minor in African American Studies…Plans to become a history teacher and a basketball coach…Ian is the son of Carleen and Martin McCarthy of Cherry Hill.
