University of South Alabama Athletics

2017-18 (at South Carolina State): Sat out the season due to injury.

2016-17 (at South Carolina State): Made 29 starts in 31 games… Averaged 11.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, and shot 49.8 percent from the floor… Second on the team in scoring and first in field-goal percentage, rebounding and steals (23)… Scored double-digit points 21 times, including season-high 21 vs. Bethune-Cookman (1/14)… Posted double-double at Furman (12/16), tallying 14 points with a season-best 11 rebounds… Shot 70 percent or better four times in a six-game stretch in February, including a 7-for-9 performance at North Carolina Central (2/11).

2015-16 (at South Carolina State): Started 25 times in 34 games… Averaged 8.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per contest… Fourth on the team in scoring and second in rebounding… Converted 45.6 percent of his shots from the floor and 80.0 percent at the stripe… Averaged 8.8 points in conference games.

2014-15 (at South Carolina State): Earned 14 starting assignments in 33 appearances… Averaged 5.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per outing… Shot 43.2 percent from the field.

High School: Graduate of Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School… Lettered in football, basketball, soccer and cross country… Named to the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association Class AAA All-State team.

Personal: Full name is Tashombe Riley… Born Oct. 26, 1994 in Orangeburg, S.C. … Likes to shop, spend time with his family and play basketball in his free time… Favorites – movie: “Friday”; book: “Salt in His Shoes”; athlete: LeBron James; music artist: T.I.; food: chicken; class: math… Best part of playing sports is doing it for the people who paved the way for him… Grandmother is a pastor… Wants to play professionally.