2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 8
Mekhi Mason
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Gilbert, Ariz.
- High School:
- Compass Prep
Bio
Career Honors
2024-25 (Washington)
Appeared in all 31 games, making 20 starts, including the final 11 games … Averaged 24.3 minutes per game … Registered 9.9 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game … Averaged 10.6 points per game in Big Ten play, including 15.4 PPG over the final seven games … Shot 42.5 percent from the field, including 40.2 percent from behind the arc … Made 5-of-8 shots and 5-of-7 free throws vs. USC (12/7) … Followed with season-high 23 points on 7-11 from the field and 5-7 from three vs. Eastern Washington (12/10) … Scored 15 points and pulled down five rebounds in UW's win over Washington State (12/18) … Matched season-high with 23 points, making 8-of-12 shots and 4-of-6 threes vs. Nebraska (2/5) … Posted back-to-back 20 point games against Penn State (2/15) and Rutgers (2/19), making a career-high six threes against the Nittany Lions … Scored 19 points on 7-14 from the field at USC (3/5).
2023-24 (Rice)
One of three Rice players to start all 32 games … Was second on the team with 14.0 points per game, 2.8 assists per game, 30 steals and a 34.3% three-point field goal percentage … Was third with 4.0 rebounds … In conference play, averaged 14.6 points and was eighth in the league in three-point field goal percentage (.386) … Scored double-figures 23 times … Scored at least 20 points five times … Had team-highs of 20 points and five assists while tying a career-high with four three-pointers against Harvard (11/10) … Recorded 14 points and a career-high three blocks versus Prairie View A&M (12/20) … Scored a career-high 30 points, his first career 30 point game, on 11-of-19 shooting at UTSA (2/3) … His performance earned him AAC Player of the Week honors (2/5) … Scored 22 points against Wichita State in the first round of the AAC Tournament (3/13).
2022-23 (Rice)
Conference USA All-Freshman Team … Led the league with four C-USA Freshman of the Week awards … One of four Rice players to start all 35 games … Averaged 9.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists … Led the team in three-point field goal percentage, connecting on 37.5 percent … Scored double-figures 15 times … Twice scored at least 20 points … Made his first career start at Pepperdine (11/7), scoring seven points and grabbing a team-high five rebounds … Recorded first career double-double against Georgia Southern (11/18) with 11 points and 11 rebounds while adding three assists … Scored a game and then-career-high 25 points against Houston Christian (11/19) … Scored 12 points and set a career-high with eight assists against Jarvis Christian (12/19) … Had a game-high 19 points and a career-high four steals at UTEP (12/31) … Tied a career-high with four steals at North Texas (1/19) … Scored 12 points, including 10 in the second half, against UTSA in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament (3/8) … Tied a game-high with four assists and a career-high with four steals versus Duquesne in the first round of the CBI (3/19).
High School
Played for Ed Gipson at Arizona Compass Prep, where he helped them to a 28-2 record, including a perfect 7-0 in the Skyline Education Conference … Was a McDonald’s All-American game nominee … A four-year player for the Dragons, made Second Team All-Conference as a sophomore, averaging 15.0 points per game, 5.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds … Was named to the 2021 Pangos All-American Festival Midwest team, where he averaged 10.5 points.
Personal
Son of Victor Mason and Ashanti Barrow … Has brothers and two sisters … Sister, Victoria, played basketball at Hampton and Lamar ... Major is Communication.
- 2024 Dave Campbell's Texas Basketball All-Texas Honorable Mention
- 2023-24 American Athletic Conference Player of the Week (Feb. 5, 2024)
- 2023 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
- 2023 Conference USA Freshman of the Week
- 2023 Rice Athletics Male Newcomer of the Year
2024-25 (Washington)
Appeared in all 31 games, making 20 starts, including the final 11 games … Averaged 24.3 minutes per game … Registered 9.9 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game … Averaged 10.6 points per game in Big Ten play, including 15.4 PPG over the final seven games … Shot 42.5 percent from the field, including 40.2 percent from behind the arc … Made 5-of-8 shots and 5-of-7 free throws vs. USC (12/7) … Followed with season-high 23 points on 7-11 from the field and 5-7 from three vs. Eastern Washington (12/10) … Scored 15 points and pulled down five rebounds in UW's win over Washington State (12/18) … Matched season-high with 23 points, making 8-of-12 shots and 4-of-6 threes vs. Nebraska (2/5) … Posted back-to-back 20 point games against Penn State (2/15) and Rutgers (2/19), making a career-high six threes against the Nittany Lions … Scored 19 points on 7-14 from the field at USC (3/5).
2023-24 (Rice)
One of three Rice players to start all 32 games … Was second on the team with 14.0 points per game, 2.8 assists per game, 30 steals and a 34.3% three-point field goal percentage … Was third with 4.0 rebounds … In conference play, averaged 14.6 points and was eighth in the league in three-point field goal percentage (.386) … Scored double-figures 23 times … Scored at least 20 points five times … Had team-highs of 20 points and five assists while tying a career-high with four three-pointers against Harvard (11/10) … Recorded 14 points and a career-high three blocks versus Prairie View A&M (12/20) … Scored a career-high 30 points, his first career 30 point game, on 11-of-19 shooting at UTSA (2/3) … His performance earned him AAC Player of the Week honors (2/5) … Scored 22 points against Wichita State in the first round of the AAC Tournament (3/13).
2022-23 (Rice)
Conference USA All-Freshman Team … Led the league with four C-USA Freshman of the Week awards … One of four Rice players to start all 35 games … Averaged 9.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists … Led the team in three-point field goal percentage, connecting on 37.5 percent … Scored double-figures 15 times … Twice scored at least 20 points … Made his first career start at Pepperdine (11/7), scoring seven points and grabbing a team-high five rebounds … Recorded first career double-double against Georgia Southern (11/18) with 11 points and 11 rebounds while adding three assists … Scored a game and then-career-high 25 points against Houston Christian (11/19) … Scored 12 points and set a career-high with eight assists against Jarvis Christian (12/19) … Had a game-high 19 points and a career-high four steals at UTEP (12/31) … Tied a career-high with four steals at North Texas (1/19) … Scored 12 points, including 10 in the second half, against UTSA in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament (3/8) … Tied a game-high with four assists and a career-high with four steals versus Duquesne in the first round of the CBI (3/19).
High School
Played for Ed Gipson at Arizona Compass Prep, where he helped them to a 28-2 record, including a perfect 7-0 in the Skyline Education Conference … Was a McDonald’s All-American game nominee … A four-year player for the Dragons, made Second Team All-Conference as a sophomore, averaging 15.0 points per game, 5.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds … Was named to the 2021 Pangos All-American Festival Midwest team, where he averaged 10.5 points.
Personal
Son of Victor Mason and Ashanti Barrow … Has brothers and two sisters … Sister, Victoria, played basketball at Hampton and Lamar ... Major is Communication.
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