Liberty guard Darius McGhee has had workouts with NBA teams, the Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers, in recent days as he prepares to begin his professional basketball career.
Earlier this week, the Pacers hosted McGhee for a workout. He was joined by several in the workout in Indianapolis including Ricky Council IV (Arkansas), Nikola Durisic (Serbia), Tevian Jones (Southern Utah), Jordan Miller (Miami), and Keisei Tominaga (Nebraska).
Earlier this spring, McGhee also worked out for the Chicago Bulls ahead of the NBA Draft which is scheduled for June 22.
McGhee, a 5’9″ guard from Roxboro, North Carolina, spent five seasons at Liberty. He was named a 2022-23 Associated Press All-American honorable mention. McGhee is only the second player in school history to receive All-American honors at the Division I level, joining Jesse Sanders who was also an AP honorable mention All-American in 2011.
He currently ranks No. 2 in NCAA history with 528 career three-pointers made, led the country this past season with a program-record 162 made threes. McGhee set the Liberty and ASUN all-time scoring record, finishing with 2,685 career points.
McGhee became one of only two players in ASUN history to earn ASUN Player of the Year award three times, joining Centenary’s Willie Jackson who did so from 1982-84. McGhee is the 33rd player in NCAA Division I men’s basketball history to be named conference player of the year three times for one conference.
McGhee helped lead the Flames to a 7th straight 20-win season as the program advanced to a 5th conference title game in six seasons. Liberty lost to Kennesaw State in the ASUN Title Game, but received an at-large bid to the NIT, marking the first time in program history the Flames competed in the event. Behind McGhee, Liberty defeated Villanova before losing to Wisconsin in the NIT.
“To do it with the guys I did it with was definitely special.”@LibertyMBB guard Darius McGhee spoke about what it meant to finish his college career as a top 30 scorer in D1 history & how his scoring ability can translate to the NBA.@NerdWallet | #GoldOnTheClock pic.twitter.com/eSEwrRaEiy
— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) May 30, 2023
Got in and out of there pretty quick, but here’s some video of Darius McGhee, Ricky Council and Tevian Jones shooting 3s at today’s Pacers workout. pic.twitter.com/TIFQHGpAmF
— Dustin Dopirak (@DustinDopirak) May 30, 2023