University of the Incarnate Word Athletics

2018-19 (Freshman): Started 15 of 17 games played ... named Southland Conference Player of the week on Nov. 9, the first time a UIW men’s basket- ball player has won that award since Kyle Kittle was chosen on Feb. 29, 2016 ... during that week, in a game against North Dakota State, he made the winning layup with 26 seconds remaining in overtime and hauled in the subsequent defensive rebound that assured victory ... in addition to scoring the game winner, Taylor hit a three-pointer with six seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime, after having made two key free throws at the 1:24 mark to keep the Cardinals in contention ... that week, he scored 23 points against Texas Lutheran and 24 against NDSU, which were consecutive personal bests ... played 31 minutes, scored 15 points, and shot four of eight from the floor and six of eight from the line against Stephen F. Austin on Jan. 19 ... Exceeded a personal best with seven assists during that Jan. 19 SFA game. He made a key layup at the 3:33 mark of the second half to pull the Cardinals within two points. Then, with 44 seconds left, he hit Jordan Caruso with an assist that led to Caruso’s game-tying layup.

High School: Named first-team all-state by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association while averaging 21.8 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game during his senior year … also named first-team all-Chicago and the East Suburban Catholic Conference player of the year… shot 47 percent from the floor … guided Marist to 27 wins and a deep run into the class 4A state tournament … set a Marist individual record for scoring 698 points during a season.
 
Taylor was on the honor roll each of his three years at Marist … member of the National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Morgan is the son of Melvin and Crystal Taylor and the brother of Melvin Taylor Jr., 25 … born Dec. 4, 1999 in Chicago ... majoring in convergent media.
 
Coach Cunningham says: “Morgan "Mo-Buckets" Taylor is a top-flight student and tough-minded bucket-maker from a highly-regarded Catholic school in the Chicagoland area. Morgan played for Gene Nolan, a cerebral sideline orchestrator who, year after year, turns out teams that simply know how to play. I think UIW fans are going to dig watching Morgan hoop, and I think UIW professors will enjoy his lecture-hall prowess."