2010-11
• Third team all-Atlantic 10 Conference
2011-12
• Third team all-Atlantic 10 Conference
• Atlantic 10 Conference all-Championship team
2012-13
• Naismith Trophy Early Season Top 50
• Fiesta Bowl Basketball Classic Most Valuable Player
• Bob Cousy Award preseason watch list
• Diamond Head Classic all-tournament team
• Bob Cousy Award midseason top 20
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan. 21)
• First team all-Pac-12 Conference
• First team USBWA all-District IX
• First team NABC all-District 20
• 2013 NCAA all-West Regional team
General: The guy just makes plays ... His 546 points scored in 2012-13 are the most for a transfer from a four-year school in his first season at Arizona, topping Chris Mills’ 545 points in 1990-91, and ranked No. 31 on UA’s single-season scoring list ... The first fifth-year transfer to play in back-to-back Sweet 16s with different teams in NCAA history ... Passed out a career-high 99 assists and led the Cats with 67 treys ... Lyons is the first player to graduate from a four-year school and transfer into the program.
Senior (2012-13): Named to the NCAA Tournament’s all-West Regional team after averaging 24.3 ppg to go with a .591 FG percentage (26-of-44) in UA’s three-game run ... In fact, his 73 points in those three games was the fifth-best three-game NCAA total in school history ... An NABC all-District 20 pick ... Selected to the USBWA all-District IX first team ... A first-team all-Pac-12 pick ... Averaged 13.5 points and 3.0 assists at the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas ... Named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Jan. 21 after his 24-point, three-rebound, three-assist, three-steal performance at Arizona State on Jan. 19, the first time in his career he’s earned league P.O.W kudos ... Scored 1,740 points (13.1 ppg) in his 133-game collegiate career ... One of 20 players on the Bob Cousy Award midseason list ... A transfer who has stepped into a leadership role and the starting lineup at point guard ... Earned a spot on the Diamond Head Classic all-tournament team after averaging 12.0 points and 1.7 assists per game in the three contests ... Has been UA’s top assist man 12 times in 2012-13 ... Named to the Naismith Trophy Early Season Top 50 and the Bob Cousy Award preseason watch list ... Fiesta Bowl Basketball Classic MVP ... Tallied a game-high 23 points, including UA’s last seven, vs. Ohio State on 3/28 ... Equaled a career high with 27 points (12-of-17 FG) to go with three assists on 3/23 vs. Harvard ... Notched 23 points vs. Belmont on 3/21 in NCAA opener, his best in eight career NCAA appearances ... Hit 6-of-12 FG to finish with 13 points and three assists on 3/15 vs. UCLA in Pac-12 Tournament semifinals ... Registered 14 points and three assists on 3/14 vs. Colorado ... Collected eight points and a steal on 3/9 vs. Arizona State ... Tallied 13 points and three rebounds at UCLA on 3/2 ... Knocked down a career-high 12 free throws on 2/27 ay USC ... Collected 14 points, four assists and a season-high three steals on 2/23 vs. Washington State ... Posted 14 points (4-of-7 FG) and four rebounds on 2/20 vs. Washington, including 10 points in a 90-second span of the first half that gave UA the lead ... Recorded 18 points and five assists on 2/17 at Utah ... Had 11 points and four assists on 2/14 at Colorado ... Collected 16 points and a season-high five rebounds on 2/10 vs. California ... Poured in a season-high 25 points on 2/6 vs. Stanford to go with six assists ... Tallied 20 points and two steals on 2/2 at Washington State ... One of four Cats in double figures at Washington on 1/31 ... Equaled a season high with three treys vs. USC on 1/26 ... Posted 10 points and an assist on 1/31 at Washington ... Tallied 16 points and a steal on 1/24 vs. UCLA ... Scored 15 of his season-high 24 points in the second half at Arizona State on 1/19 to go with a season-best three steals ... Posted season-high totals of five rebounds and two steals on 1/12 at Oregon State ... Scored 15 of his game-high 21 points in the second half at Oregon on 1/10 ... Collected 12 points and four assists vs. Utah on 1/5 ... His two FTs with nine seconds to go pushed the game to overtime on 1/3 vs. Colorado, then he added five of his season-high 24 in the extra session as UA pulled away ... Scored just nine points, but sank the game-winning free throws with 13 seconds to go vs. San Diego State on 12/25 ... Dropped in season-high totals of seven FGs and three treys en route to 19 points vs. Miami on 12/23 ... Posted eight points, four assists and two steals on 12/22 vs. ETSU ... Collected 17 points and a season-high seven assists on 12/18 vs. Oral Roberts ... Posted 15 points, including the game-winning lay-up with seven seconds to go, and three rebounds on 12/15 vs. Florida ... Posted his first 20-point game as a Wildcat to go with four assists (1 TO) and a steal on 12/8 at Clemson ... Held without a field goal for the first time since his freshman year on 12/4 vs. Southern Miss, but managed four FTs, two boards and two assists ... Got the Cats off to a good start with 12 of his 14 points on 12/1 at Texas Tech coming in the game’s first 11 minutes ... Scored a game-high 18 points on 11/28 vs. Northern Arizona ... Collected four points, a season-high four rebounds and three assists vs. Long Beach State on 11/19 ... Finished with 17 points and a pair of steals vs. UTEP on 11/15 ... Tallied 15 of his 17 points in the second half to go with six assists and zero turnovers in his UA debut on 11/11 vs. Charleston Southern.
2012 Summer of Thunder Tour of the Bahamas: Tied for the team lead by averaging 18.5 ppg … Twelve of his 18 field goal attempts were from behind the arc, and he knocked down 66.7 percent of those attempts, while shooting .684 (13-of-19) from the field overall … Passed out six assists against just one turnover in 40 total minutes of action to go with four steals … Posted 19 points and three steals on 8/13 vs. the Bahamas All-Stars.
Prior to Arizona: Attended Xavier University ... Helped Musketeers to a 73-30 (.709) record in his three seasons ... Averaged 15.1 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game as a junior, helping the Musketeers to a 23-13 record and a berth in the NCAA South Regional semifinal ... Connected on 42.5 percent (176-of-414) of his field goal attempts, including 39.2 percent (58-of-148) from three-point range, and knocked down 76.1 percent of his free throws (102-of-134) in earning third-team all-Atlantic 10 Conference honors ... His 58 treys led XU in 2011-12, while Lyons ranked second on the team in scoring, assists and steals ... As a sophomore in 2010-11, Lyons was a third-team all-Atlantic 10 pick after averaging 13.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game in 32 appearances (31 starts), connecting on 40.8 percent (144-of-353) of his field goal attempts and 33.6 percent (47-of-140) of attempts from behind the arc ... XU posted a 24-8 record, won the Atlantic 10 regular-season championship and advanced to the 2011 NCAA Tournament ... Lyons tallied 1,194 points during his three-year career, a figure that ranks 28th in XU’s record books ... Saw action in 98 career games (66 starts), helping the Musketeers to a 73-29 (.716) record in that span, including two A-10 regular-season championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances ... Averaged 6.0 points and 2.6 assists in seven career NCAA Tournament appearances.
High School: Attended Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H., during the 2007-08 year.Personal: Born July 4, 1989, in Albany, N.Y. ... Son of Jacqueline Lyons ... Earned a degree in sociology from Xavier University in July 2012.
