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Jersey Number 1
Destiney McPhaul
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- High School:
- West Catholic HS
- Previous School:
- Temple / Northwest Florida State College
Bio
PRONUNCIATION
CAREER HONORS
2024 NJCAA First Team All-American (Northwest Florida State College)
2024-25 (Redshirt Junior)
McPhaul made her Mississippi State debut on November 7 against Memphis ... Played in 31 games and made one start at Maryland Eastern Shore (Dec. 20) ... Averaged 8.1 points, 2.5 assists and 2.7 rebounds in 22.3 minutes per game ... Shot 82.1% from the free throw line finishing second best on the team ... Scored 10+ points in 14 games, which was fourth best on the team ... Scored in double digits in four straight games and eight times in an 11 game stretch spanning from Dec. 29-Feb. 9 ... Scored her season high of 19 points in the first round of the SEC tournament vs. Missouri (Mar. 5) ... Recorded 5+ assists in four games ... She led the team in assists in six games ... Led the team in steals in six games.
PRIOR TO MISSISSIPPI STATE
2023-24 (Redshirt Sophomore - Northwest Florida State College)
McPhaul started all 33 games … Averaged 14.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 32.1 minutes per game … Named a 2024 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) First Team All-American … Selected to the 2024 Florida College System Activities Association Athletics (FCSAA) DI All-Tournament Team and DI All-FCSAA / All-NJCAA Region 8 Team … 2024 All-Panhandle Conference First Team honoree … Helped guide Northwest Florida State College to a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Championship game appearance for the second-straight season and its third-straight South Atlantic District Championship …. Her 475 points were the fourth-most single-season total in program history … Ranked as the top guard and second-overall junior college prospect by JUCO World Exposure … Improved her points average (12.0 to 14.4), field-goal (45.1 to 49.4), three-point (31.4 to 36.2) and free-throw percentage (66.4 to 82.3) from her freshman to her sophomore season … Her assists average remained the same (4.3 to 4.2) from her freshman to her sophomore season, but she decreased her turnovers by 1.0 per game as a sophomore (2.9 to 1.9) … Totaled 30 points on 10-20 from the field and 10-12 from the free-throw line in 44 minutes in the NJCAA Division I Championship game … The four-game run over the NJCAA Division I tournament saw her average 25.5 points per game with three performances of 25-plus points … Led the team in points, assists and steals averages, while her rebounds per game ranked third … Her 137 assists ranked 29th in the NJCAA … Scored 10-plus points in 26 games, 20-plus in seven and 30-plus in one … Handed out five-plus assists in 11 games and 10-plus in two … Her 16 assists, one of two games with 10-plus assists, against Southern Crescent Technical College were a single-game team high.
2022-23 (Redshirt Freshman - Northwest Florida State College)
McPhaul played in all 33 games with 32 starts … Averaged 12.0 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.2 steals in 32.1 minutes per game … Helped lead NorthwestFlorida State College to its second National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Championship in three seasons and its second-straight South Atlantic District Championship with a 29-4 record … Scored in double figures in each game and averaged 14.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists over a four-game stretch at the NJCAA Division I tournament … Scored 10-plus points in 24 games, 20-plus points in two … Dished out five-plus assists in 12 games, 10-plus assists in one … Her 11 assists against Florida Southwestern State College were a single-game team high … Her 1059 minutes ranked seventh, 141 assists were 22nd and her 4.3 assists per game were 36th in the NJCAA.
2021-22 (Freshman - Temple)
McPhaul practiced with the team and redshirted due to NCAA Transfer rules after she previously signed a NLI to attend Virginia Tech.
HIGH SCHOOL
McPhaul played for head coach Beulah Osueke at West Catholic Preparatory High School … Rated a three-star prospect and the 34th-overall point guard in the 2021 class by espnW HoopGurlz … Named the 2021 USA Today Sports Pennsylvania Player of the Year, Max Preps Pennsylvania Player of the Year and a finalist for the Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year …. 2020 and 2021 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) First Team All-State … 2021 PIAA 3A State Player of the Year … 2019, 2020 and 2021 First-Team All-Catholic League, 2018 Second Team … 2021 Philadelphia Catholic League Player of the Year … Helped lead West Catholic Prep to a 2021 PIAA State Championship and a 2018 State Championship game appearance … 2018, 2020 and 2021 District 12 champions … 2020 Philadelphia Catholic League champions … Her 30 points in the 2020 Philadelphia Catholic League Championship game were the most since 1999 … Totaled 1,335 career points … Increased her points per game production each season, averaged 10.2 points per game as a freshman, 12.9 points as a sophomore, 18.9 points as a junior and 26.0 points as a senior … Tallied 26.0 points, 8.9 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 2.6 steals per game in her senior season … Posted 18.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 3.4 steals per game in her junior season … Played on the EYBL AAU Circuit for Philadelphia Belles for coaches Andrea Peterson and Tony Lee, was crowned the 2019 EYBL U17 Platinum Champions.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Nakeisha Boynton and Donald McPhaul … Has eight siblings, three brothers, Donald McPhaul, Tymair and Weldon Johnson, and five sisters, Donesiha, Dominique and Tiffany McPhaul, Brittnee Johnson and Nevaeh Bullock … Born on April 18, 2003.
CAREER HONORS
2024 NJCAA First Team All-American (Northwest Florida State College)
2024-25 (Redshirt Junior)
McPhaul made her Mississippi State debut on November 7 against Memphis ... Played in 31 games and made one start at Maryland Eastern Shore (Dec. 20) ... Averaged 8.1 points, 2.5 assists and 2.7 rebounds in 22.3 minutes per game ... Shot 82.1% from the free throw line finishing second best on the team ... Scored 10+ points in 14 games, which was fourth best on the team ... Scored in double digits in four straight games and eight times in an 11 game stretch spanning from Dec. 29-Feb. 9 ... Scored her season high of 19 points in the first round of the SEC tournament vs. Missouri (Mar. 5) ... Recorded 5+ assists in four games ... She led the team in assists in six games ... Led the team in steals in six games.
PRIOR TO MISSISSIPPI STATE
2023-24 (Redshirt Sophomore - Northwest Florida State College)
McPhaul started all 33 games … Averaged 14.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 32.1 minutes per game … Named a 2024 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) First Team All-American … Selected to the 2024 Florida College System Activities Association Athletics (FCSAA) DI All-Tournament Team and DI All-FCSAA / All-NJCAA Region 8 Team … 2024 All-Panhandle Conference First Team honoree … Helped guide Northwest Florida State College to a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Championship game appearance for the second-straight season and its third-straight South Atlantic District Championship …. Her 475 points were the fourth-most single-season total in program history … Ranked as the top guard and second-overall junior college prospect by JUCO World Exposure … Improved her points average (12.0 to 14.4), field-goal (45.1 to 49.4), three-point (31.4 to 36.2) and free-throw percentage (66.4 to 82.3) from her freshman to her sophomore season … Her assists average remained the same (4.3 to 4.2) from her freshman to her sophomore season, but she decreased her turnovers by 1.0 per game as a sophomore (2.9 to 1.9) … Totaled 30 points on 10-20 from the field and 10-12 from the free-throw line in 44 minutes in the NJCAA Division I Championship game … The four-game run over the NJCAA Division I tournament saw her average 25.5 points per game with three performances of 25-plus points … Led the team in points, assists and steals averages, while her rebounds per game ranked third … Her 137 assists ranked 29th in the NJCAA … Scored 10-plus points in 26 games, 20-plus in seven and 30-plus in one … Handed out five-plus assists in 11 games and 10-plus in two … Her 16 assists, one of two games with 10-plus assists, against Southern Crescent Technical College were a single-game team high.
2022-23 (Redshirt Freshman - Northwest Florida State College)
McPhaul played in all 33 games with 32 starts … Averaged 12.0 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.2 steals in 32.1 minutes per game … Helped lead NorthwestFlorida State College to its second National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Championship in three seasons and its second-straight South Atlantic District Championship with a 29-4 record … Scored in double figures in each game and averaged 14.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists over a four-game stretch at the NJCAA Division I tournament … Scored 10-plus points in 24 games, 20-plus points in two … Dished out five-plus assists in 12 games, 10-plus assists in one … Her 11 assists against Florida Southwestern State College were a single-game team high … Her 1059 minutes ranked seventh, 141 assists were 22nd and her 4.3 assists per game were 36th in the NJCAA.
2021-22 (Freshman - Temple)
McPhaul practiced with the team and redshirted due to NCAA Transfer rules after she previously signed a NLI to attend Virginia Tech.
HIGH SCHOOL
McPhaul played for head coach Beulah Osueke at West Catholic Preparatory High School … Rated a three-star prospect and the 34th-overall point guard in the 2021 class by espnW HoopGurlz … Named the 2021 USA Today Sports Pennsylvania Player of the Year, Max Preps Pennsylvania Player of the Year and a finalist for the Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year …. 2020 and 2021 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) First Team All-State … 2021 PIAA 3A State Player of the Year … 2019, 2020 and 2021 First-Team All-Catholic League, 2018 Second Team … 2021 Philadelphia Catholic League Player of the Year … Helped lead West Catholic Prep to a 2021 PIAA State Championship and a 2018 State Championship game appearance … 2018, 2020 and 2021 District 12 champions … 2020 Philadelphia Catholic League champions … Her 30 points in the 2020 Philadelphia Catholic League Championship game were the most since 1999 … Totaled 1,335 career points … Increased her points per game production each season, averaged 10.2 points per game as a freshman, 12.9 points as a sophomore, 18.9 points as a junior and 26.0 points as a senior … Tallied 26.0 points, 8.9 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 2.6 steals per game in her senior season … Posted 18.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 3.4 steals per game in her junior season … Played on the EYBL AAU Circuit for Philadelphia Belles for coaches Andrea Peterson and Tony Lee, was crowned the 2019 EYBL U17 Platinum Champions.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Nakeisha Boynton and Donald McPhaul … Has eight siblings, three brothers, Donald McPhaul, Tymair and Weldon Johnson, and five sisters, Donesiha, Dominique and Tiffany McPhaul, Brittnee Johnson and Nevaeh Bullock … Born on April 18, 2003.
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