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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

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77 Elijah Tucker

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-8
  • Weight 237
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Canton, Ga.
  • Highschool Cherokee

Biography

2024-2025: Playing in 32 games, starting 26…Averaged 19.9 minutes per game…Shot .585 (121-207) from the floor and .618 (68-110) from the free throw line…Averaged 9.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game…Led the team in rebounds and ranked 16th in the Big South in rebounding…Notched 21 assists, one block and 21 steals…Scored in double figures 16 times while scoring at least 20 points twice…Had at least 10 rebounds twice while snaring at least five boards 15 times…Scored 11 points in the season opener against Randolph (Nov. 4)...Had 14 points and eight rebounds against Milwaukee (Nov. 13)...Tallied a season-best 20 points on 8-16 shooting at SMU (Dec. 29) while grabbing six rebounds…Folowed it up with 20 points on 8-11 shooting at Presbyterian (Jan. 2) while grabbing nine boards…Picked up a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, four on the offensive glass, against USC Upstate (Jan. 25)...Followed it up with 10 rebounds along with eight points at Gardner-Webb (Jan. 29)...
 
2023-24: Bouncy forward who patrolled the middle as both a starter and reserve at various points in 2023-24…Helped Longwood win the Big South Championship, the team’s second conference title in three seasons, to advance to the NCAA Tournament…Also helped the team post 20 or more wins for a third straight season, the longest streak in program history…Played in 34 games with 10 starts…Averaged 7.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game…Shot .571 from the floor…Scored in double figures 9 times and had at least 20 points once…Second on the team in offensive boards with 67 and 10th in the Big South at 2.0 offensive boards per game…Snagged at least 4 offensive boards in a game five times…Was a perfect 5-5 from the floor while scoring 13 points in the Big South Semifinals win over High Point…Scored a career best 22 points on 2/1 at High Point while going 8-12 from the floor and a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line…Had 17 points and 11 rebounds, his first collegiate double-double, on 12/4 at Morgan State…Had a 13-point, 11-rebounds double-double on 2/24 at Radford…Started the final 10 games he played down the stretch of the season…
 
Prior to Longwood: Spent his first two collegiate seasons at Xavier...Redshirted in 2021-22 before playing in seven games in 2022-23...Scored seven points last season...

High School: Three-star prospect and 144th ranked player in the country by 247Sports.com...Four-year starter at Cherokee High School in Georgia...Scored 1,525 career points, second in school history...Region Player of the Year as a senior...Averaged 21.3 points and 7.4 rebounds per game...Had 18.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game as a junior...Led team to a Region Championship as a junior, the first in over 60 years for the program...

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2023-24Redshirt Sophomore

    Forward
    6'8" 225 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2024-25Redshirt Junior

    Forward
    6'8" 237 lbs
    34
  • 77

    2025-26Redshirt Senior

    Forward
    6'8" 237 lbs
    77