Collin Murray-Boyles earns AP Second Team All-SEC Honors

South Carolina sophomore forward Collin Murray-Boyles was named Associated Press Second Team All-SEC on Tuesday.

(FROM USC MEDIA RELATIONS)

He is the first Gamecock since Chris Silva (second team selection in 2019) to be named to an AP All-SEC team. The Columbia, S.C. native becomes the 24^th AP All-SEC honoree in program history.

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Murray-Boyles has enjoyed a stellar sophomore campaign, averaging 16.7 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.4 blocked shots per game. He leads the team in points (518), rebounds (252), steals (45) and blocks (42). Murray-Boyles is second on team in assists (75) behind only senior transfer guard Jamarii Thomas (81).

He started all 31 regular season games for the Gamecocks, scoring in double-figures 27 times with a career-best 11, 20-point games. His career-best eight double-doubles are T-3^rd in the SEC with Texas’ Arthur Kaluma. Murray-Boyles finished the regular season as the SEC’s field goal percentage leader (21^st nationally), shooting the ball at an effective 58.5% (192-of-328) clip. Arkansas’ Adou Thiero is second at 54.8% (138-of-252). He is the 14^th player in program history since Carolina joined the SEC and the first Gamecock since All-SEC guard AJ Lawson (16.6 ppg in 2020-21) to average at least 16.0 points per game.

Murray-Boyles is the only player in Power Five (ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten and SEC) this season to average at least 16.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.0 blocks and 1.0 steals per game while shooting above 50.0% from the floor. He’s the only player in the SEC since the 2005-06 regular season to have multiple games with 10 or more makes from the floor while shooting above 90.0%. He’s had five games this season with double-digit makes from the floor, third in the SEC behind only Texas’ Tre Johnson (6) and Auburn’s Johni Broome (6).

Murray-Boyles, who was a Preseason All-SEC selection, was named to the 2024-25 Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List back in early February.

2025 Associated Press All-SEC Teams

First team

Guard — Walter Clayton Jr., Florida, Sr., 6-2, 195, Lake Wales, Florida.

Guard — Tre Johnson, Texas, Fr., 6-6, 190, Glendale, Texas.

Guard — Chaz Lanier, Tennessee, 5th year, 6-5, 207, Nashville, Tennessee.

Guard — Mark Sears, Alabama, 5th year, 6-1, 190, Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

Forward — Johni Broome, Auburn, Sr., 6-10, 240, Plant City, Florida.

Second team

Guard — Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State, So., 5-11, 190, Madison, Mississippi.

Guard — Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M, graduate, 6-0, 180, Dallas.

Guard — Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee, Sr., 5-9, 172, Long Island, New York.

Forward — Mark Mitchell, Missouri, Jr., 6-9, 230, Kansas City, Kansas.

Forward — Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina, So., 6-8, 245, Columbia, South Carolina.

Individual honors

Player of the year — Johni Broome, Auburn.

Coach of the year — Bruce Pearl, Auburn.

Newcomer of the year — Tre Johnson, Texas.

Voting panel:
Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle; Rick Bozich, WDRB-TV; Travis Brown, Bryan-College Station Eagle; Michael Casagrande, AL.com; David Cloninger, The Post and Courier; Mike Griffith, Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Brian Holland, Louisiana First News; Matt Jones, Arkansas Democrat Gazette; Michael Katz, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal; Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star; David Paschall, Chattanooga Times Free Press; Henry Patton, Opelika-Auburn News; Benjamin Rosenberg, The Commercial Dispatch; Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel; Lauren Walsh, WSMV-TV; Mason Young, Tulsa World.

All-Time Gamecocks On AP All-SEC Teams (since 1991-92)

2025: Collin Murray-Boyles (second team)

2019: Chris Silva (second team)

2017: Sindarius Thornwell (first team)

2016: Michael Carrera (second team)

2010: Devan Downey (first team)

2009: Devan Downey (first team) ; Dominique Archie (honorable mention)

2008: Devan Downey (first team)

2007: Tre’ Kelley (first team) ; Brandon Wallace (third team)

2006: Tarence Kinsey (third team)

2005: Carlos Powell (third team)

2004: Carlos Powell (third team)

2001: Marius Petravicius (third team)

1999: BJ McKie (second team)

1998: BJ McKie (first team) ; Melvin Watson (second team)

1997: Larry Davis (first team) ; BJ McKie (first team) ; Melvin Watson (first team)

1996: Larry Davis (third team)

1994: Jamie Watson (second team)

1993: Emmett Hall  (third team)

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