2023-24 Cowboy Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 1
Bryce Thompson
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tulsa, Okla.
- High School:
- Booker T. Washington HS
Bio
Career Summary:
Veteran guard has poured in 939 points in three seasons at OSU (2021-24) and over a thousand in his NCAA career… Ranks 21st on OSU’s all-time triples list (121)… Has appeared in 83 games as a Cowboy with 78 starts while averaging 11.3 points in 28.4 minutes… Averaged a career-best 11.8 points as a junior (2022-23) while helping OSU to a 22 wins and an NIT quarterfinal appearance and was on pace to top it in 2023-24 before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury in late January… Has posted seven games of 20-or-more points… Former McDonald’s All-American played his freshman season at Kansas.
3x OSU Letterman – 2022, 2023, 2024
2nd Team Academic All-Big 12 – 2023
NIT Quarterfinalist -- 2023
2023-24 (Senior):
Explosive guard stepped into a leadership role as OSU's longest-tenured scholarship player (3rd season) but missed parts of 16 games due to injuries… Appeared in 18 games with 17 starts and averaged 11.6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 27.8 minutes… Made 31 threes on 34.4% accuracy… Reached double-figures nine times and led the scoring on eight occasions… Put up a season-high 20 points, including the 1,000th of his NCAA career, while facing his former school (Kansas) on Jan. 16… Suffered a season-ending shoulder injury less than 5:00 into the return game against the Jayhawks at Allen Fieldhouse (Jan. 30) and sat out the final 11 contests after undergoing shoulder surgery… Took part in seven Cowboy wins, during which he knocked down 21-of-45 (.467) from long range… Went 4-for-5 against Sam Houston (Nov. 12) to help OSU tie a school record for threes in a game (17) and also had big shooting nights against ORU (4-for-9) and Wofford (5-of-7) leading into the holiday break.
2022-23 (Junior):
Started all 36 games and averaged a team-high 11.2 points along with 2.6 assists and 1.1 steals in 28.5 minutes… Knocked down 61 threes (1.69-per-game) on 37.0% accuracy… Averaged 12.4 ppg in Big 12 play and ranked sixth among conference regulars in three-point percentage (.393, 33-of-84)… Shot a combined 44.2% from three in OSU’s 20 wins (42-of-95)… Scored in double-figures 22 times in 36 contests with three games of 20+ points… Averaged 16.5 points in OSU’s two NIT wins, including a 22-point effort in the second round against Eastern Washington (Mar. 19) in which he knocked down 6-of-11 threes… Was at his best against his former team, Kansas, averaging 20.0 points in two meetings. In the Big 12 opener in Lawrence (Dec. 31) he matched his career-high with 23 points on 7-of-10 three-point shooting… Handed out a career-high six assists in the Dec. 20 win over Texas A&M Corpus-Christi… Finished with 21 points and a personal-best four steals in a win over Texas Tech (Feb. 8)… Helped spark a three-game Bedlam Series sweep of Oklahoma with double-figure scoring in all three contests. He came within a rebound of his first double-double with 19 points, nine rebounds and four assists in the Jan. 18 meeting in Stillwater… Second Team Academic All-Big 12.
2021-22 (Sophomore):
Proved a fantastic fit in his first season in Stillwater, starting 29 of the 30 games while providing an explosive scoring threat… Averaged 10.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 26.2 minutes-per-game… Scored in double-figures 15 times and topped 20 points on three occasions… On Jan. 15, scored a team-high 19 points to lead OSU to its first-ever road win over an AP No. 1-ranked team, 61-54 at Baylor… Put up 20 points at No. 23 Texas (Jan. 22)… Had his two best scoring games against Kansas State, logging 22 points on 10-of-14 shooting in Manhattan (Feb. 2) and a career-high 23 points on 4-of-7 three-point shooting in the Feb. 19 return game.
At Kansas (2020-21):
Averaged 4.6 points and 1.5 rebounds in 17.2 minutes-per-game as a true freshman at Kansas… Appeared in 20 games with four starts (two of them in the NCAA tournament)… Missed 10 other games to injuries… Team was 16-4 in games he played (5-5 without)… Reached double-figures three times… Scored a season-high 12 points in his collegiate debut against eventual national runner-up Gonzaga (Nov. 26)… Put up 11-each against Washburn (Dec. 3) and Texas (Feb. 22)… Also had 11 points on 5-of-6 field goals at Texas (Feb. 22) and 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting against Washburn (Dec. 3)…
High School:
2020 McDonald’s All-American and a unanimous five-star talent following his time at Tulsa’s Booker T. Washington High School… Just the fourth player from Tulsa in 43 years to earn a roster spot in the McDonald’s All-America game, joining Wayman Tisdale (1982), Lee Mayberry (1988) and Ryan Humphrey (1997)… Rated the nation’s No. 19 recruit according to Rivals and No. 4 among combo guards, per 247sports… Two-time Gatorade Player of the Year in the state of Oklahoma… Led his team to a 6A state title as a junior and into the semifinals as a senior before the remainder of the tournament was canceled by the COVID-19 shutdown… Finished his career with 1,945 points (17.8 ppg), 429 rebounds, 334 assists, 263 three-pointers, 102 steals… Averaged 24.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists as a senior… The Oklahoman’s 2020 Super 5 Player of the Year… Tulsa World Oklahoma Player of the Year… OCA Large School East All-Star… Participated in USA Basketball Junior National Team mini-camps in July and October of 2019.
Personal:
Born Feb. 26, 2002… Son of Rod and Goldie Thompson… Father played for former OSU Cowboy Bill Self at Tulsa in the 1990s… Has a younger sister, Sydney… In addition to English, is fluent in French… Psychology major.
Veteran guard has poured in 939 points in three seasons at OSU (2021-24) and over a thousand in his NCAA career… Ranks 21st on OSU’s all-time triples list (121)… Has appeared in 83 games as a Cowboy with 78 starts while averaging 11.3 points in 28.4 minutes… Averaged a career-best 11.8 points as a junior (2022-23) while helping OSU to a 22 wins and an NIT quarterfinal appearance and was on pace to top it in 2023-24 before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury in late January… Has posted seven games of 20-or-more points… Former McDonald’s All-American played his freshman season at Kansas.
3x OSU Letterman – 2022, 2023, 2024
2nd Team Academic All-Big 12 – 2023
NIT Quarterfinalist -- 2023
2023-24 (Senior):
Explosive guard stepped into a leadership role as OSU's longest-tenured scholarship player (3rd season) but missed parts of 16 games due to injuries… Appeared in 18 games with 17 starts and averaged 11.6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 27.8 minutes… Made 31 threes on 34.4% accuracy… Reached double-figures nine times and led the scoring on eight occasions… Put up a season-high 20 points, including the 1,000th of his NCAA career, while facing his former school (Kansas) on Jan. 16… Suffered a season-ending shoulder injury less than 5:00 into the return game against the Jayhawks at Allen Fieldhouse (Jan. 30) and sat out the final 11 contests after undergoing shoulder surgery… Took part in seven Cowboy wins, during which he knocked down 21-of-45 (.467) from long range… Went 4-for-5 against Sam Houston (Nov. 12) to help OSU tie a school record for threes in a game (17) and also had big shooting nights against ORU (4-for-9) and Wofford (5-of-7) leading into the holiday break.
2022-23 (Junior):
Started all 36 games and averaged a team-high 11.2 points along with 2.6 assists and 1.1 steals in 28.5 minutes… Knocked down 61 threes (1.69-per-game) on 37.0% accuracy… Averaged 12.4 ppg in Big 12 play and ranked sixth among conference regulars in three-point percentage (.393, 33-of-84)… Shot a combined 44.2% from three in OSU’s 20 wins (42-of-95)… Scored in double-figures 22 times in 36 contests with three games of 20+ points… Averaged 16.5 points in OSU’s two NIT wins, including a 22-point effort in the second round against Eastern Washington (Mar. 19) in which he knocked down 6-of-11 threes… Was at his best against his former team, Kansas, averaging 20.0 points in two meetings. In the Big 12 opener in Lawrence (Dec. 31) he matched his career-high with 23 points on 7-of-10 three-point shooting… Handed out a career-high six assists in the Dec. 20 win over Texas A&M Corpus-Christi… Finished with 21 points and a personal-best four steals in a win over Texas Tech (Feb. 8)… Helped spark a three-game Bedlam Series sweep of Oklahoma with double-figure scoring in all three contests. He came within a rebound of his first double-double with 19 points, nine rebounds and four assists in the Jan. 18 meeting in Stillwater… Second Team Academic All-Big 12.
2021-22 (Sophomore):
Proved a fantastic fit in his first season in Stillwater, starting 29 of the 30 games while providing an explosive scoring threat… Averaged 10.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 26.2 minutes-per-game… Scored in double-figures 15 times and topped 20 points on three occasions… On Jan. 15, scored a team-high 19 points to lead OSU to its first-ever road win over an AP No. 1-ranked team, 61-54 at Baylor… Put up 20 points at No. 23 Texas (Jan. 22)… Had his two best scoring games against Kansas State, logging 22 points on 10-of-14 shooting in Manhattan (Feb. 2) and a career-high 23 points on 4-of-7 three-point shooting in the Feb. 19 return game.
At Kansas (2020-21):
Averaged 4.6 points and 1.5 rebounds in 17.2 minutes-per-game as a true freshman at Kansas… Appeared in 20 games with four starts (two of them in the NCAA tournament)… Missed 10 other games to injuries… Team was 16-4 in games he played (5-5 without)… Reached double-figures three times… Scored a season-high 12 points in his collegiate debut against eventual national runner-up Gonzaga (Nov. 26)… Put up 11-each against Washburn (Dec. 3) and Texas (Feb. 22)… Also had 11 points on 5-of-6 field goals at Texas (Feb. 22) and 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting against Washburn (Dec. 3)…
High School:
2020 McDonald’s All-American and a unanimous five-star talent following his time at Tulsa’s Booker T. Washington High School… Just the fourth player from Tulsa in 43 years to earn a roster spot in the McDonald’s All-America game, joining Wayman Tisdale (1982), Lee Mayberry (1988) and Ryan Humphrey (1997)… Rated the nation’s No. 19 recruit according to Rivals and No. 4 among combo guards, per 247sports… Two-time Gatorade Player of the Year in the state of Oklahoma… Led his team to a 6A state title as a junior and into the semifinals as a senior before the remainder of the tournament was canceled by the COVID-19 shutdown… Finished his career with 1,945 points (17.8 ppg), 429 rebounds, 334 assists, 263 three-pointers, 102 steals… Averaged 24.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists as a senior… The Oklahoman’s 2020 Super 5 Player of the Year… Tulsa World Oklahoma Player of the Year… OCA Large School East All-Star… Participated in USA Basketball Junior National Team mini-camps in July and October of 2019.
Personal:
Born Feb. 26, 2002… Son of Rod and Goldie Thompson… Father played for former OSU Cowboy Bill Self at Tulsa in the 1990s… Has a younger sister, Sydney… In addition to English, is fluent in French… Psychology major.
