Evan Mahaffey

Height:
6-6
Weight:
215
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio
High School:
Archbishop Moeller HS | Penn State | Ohio State

2024-25 (Ohio State): Was one of three players to play in all 32 games and made three starts…Averaged 3.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game… Shot 67.1 percent from the floor (49-of-73)… Had eight games this season (14 for his OSU career) with at least one point, one rebound, one steal, one assist and one block… Scored 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting in the win over Valpo (12/17)…. Played a career-high 34:12 and made both shot attempts, including a three-pointer, to finish with five points vs. Indiana (1/17)…

2023-24 (Ohio State): Was one of four players to play in all 36 games and made 35 starts…, averaged 4.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.0 steals per game while also recording 25 blocks… Had four double-digit scoring games, including a career-high 16 against his former team Penn State… Dished-out a then career-high five assists vs. Central Michigan (11/29)… Scored 10 points and made his first three-pointer of the season vs. Miami (Ohio) (12/6)… Grabbed a career-high six rebounds and was 4-of-4 from the floor in the win over New Orleans (12/21)… Was 6-of-7 from the floor and finished with 13 points vs. Illinois (1/30)

2021-22 (Penn State): Played in 34 games as a true freshman at Penn State… averaged 2.8 points and 1.7 rebounds per game… shot 56.9 percent from the field in an average of 9.4 minutes per contest… scored a career-best 12 points on a perfect 4-for-4 effort from the field while adding three rebounds and an assist against Indiana on Jan. 11… appeared in both NCAA Tournament games for the Nittany Lions against Texas A&M and Texas.

High School: Was a consensus three-star prospect coming out of Cincinnati’s Archbishop Moeller High School… as a senior at Moeller, he was a finalist for 2022 Ohio Mr. Basketball, the GCL Conference Player of the Year, the Ohio Player of the Year by Cincinnati.com and a Division I first-team All-Ohio honoree…

Personal: Son of Jamie and Robyn Mahaffey…Has one older sister, Danielle, and one younger brother, Eric. His sister, Danielle, was an honorable mention All-American volleyball player at Tennessee from 2018-22…. His father, Jamie, played basketball at Miami (Ohio)…