University of North Carolina Athletics
2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 0
Kyan Evans
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Mo.
- High School:
- Staley
Career: First season at Carolina following two at Colorado State • Totaled 572 points, 111 three-pointers, 221 assists and 56 steals in 105 games • Averaged 5.4 points and 2.1 assists • Made 53 starts • Scored in double figures 27 times with a high of 23 vs. Memphis in the 2025 NCAA first round • Scored 20 or more points twice • Career-high eight assists vs. Air Force • Made multiple three-pointers 29 times, including three or more 17 times and a career-best six vs. Memphis, the most ever in Colorado State history in NCAA Tournament play.
2025-26 at Carolina: Second on the team in assists with 82 and fifth with 32 three-pointers • Averaged 4.0 points and 2.5 assists • Scored in double figures four times and made multiple 3FGs seven times • Season-high 15 points vs. Central Arkansas and Florida State • Five or more assists six times • Made 32 of 105 three-pointers (30.5%) • Started the first 17 games at the point.
Game Highlights: Five points and three assists in 24 minutes (most since Jan. 14 at Stanford) vs. Virginia Tech • Two free throws vs. the Hokies were his first in 13 games • Three assists and was a plus 10 in the win over Louisville • Hit a pair of threes, had eight points and four assists at Miami • Three assists and two steals and was plus 10 at Georgia Tech (was plus 15 in the first half as UNC built a 52-37 lead) • Made three 3FGs vs. Notre Dame • Season-best 5 for 12 from three and tied his season scoring high with 15 vs. Florida State • The five three-pointers were the second most in his career and the most by any Tar Heel this season • Six assists and hit two 3FGs vs. ETSU and five assists vs. USC Upstate • Hit three 3FGs and led UNC at plus 22 in the win over St. Bonaventure • Season-high seven assists vs. NC Central • Had no points and no assists and was minus 6 in the first half against Kansas, then scored 12 points, had three assists and two steals and did not commit a turnover in as UNC outscored the Jayhawks, 58-37, in the second half • Made a game-high four 3FGs and totaled 15 points, six rebounds, five assists and four steals vs. Central Arkansas (no Tar Heel had ever reached all of those totals in the first game of a season).
2024-25 at Colorado State: Honorable mention All-Mountain West • Started all 36 of the Rams’ games • Averaged 10.6 points and 3.1 assists • Made 70 of 157 three-pointers • Led the team in threes and three-point percentage at 44.6%, was second in assists and third in scoring • Led the Mountain West in true shooting percentage (64.5%) • Scored in double figures 23 times, including a career-high 23 vs. Memphis in the NCAA first round and 20 at Air Force • Scored in double figures in 12 of the last 13 games • Set a career scoring high seven times • Career-high six three-pointers vs. Memphis (6 for 9) • Multiple threes 21 times, including three or more 13 times • Made 19 threes over a seven-game stretch late in the season • Made 24 of 40 three-pointers (60.0%) over the last eight games • Fourth in the conference with 70 3FGs • Made 69 of 81 free throws (85.2%) • Career-best 6 for 6 from the free throw line three times • Career-high seven field goals in 20-point outing at Air Force • Assist/turnover ratio of 1.6 • Career-high eight assists at home against Air Force • Five or more assists eight times • More assists than turnovers 18 times • Played 30 or more minutes 15 times, including each of the last six games • Hit go-ahead and game-winning shot with 54.8 seconds to play in win at Fresno State • Made clutch three with 90 seconds to play in conference-opening win at Nevada • Scored 18 (of his 20) second-half points at Air Force • Combined for eight three-pointers in the Rams’ three victories in winning the Mountain West Tournament • Hit four 3FGs and finished with 14 points and three assists in MWC semifinal win over Utah State • Six three-pointers vs. Memphis were the most ever in Colorado State’s NCAA Tournament history • Added 10 points in NCAA second round loss to Maryland.
2023-24 at Colorado State: Played in all 36 games • Averaged 1.7 points and 0.8 assists in 8.1 minutes per game • Made 19 of 46 three-pointers (32.1%) • Season-high seven points vs. Denver and Adams State • Five assists in consecutive games against Colorado State Pueblo and Loyola Marymount.
Prep: The 2023 Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year • Three-time all-state, including two-time Class 6 all-state selection, and two-time all-conference at Staley High School • Played for Coach Chris Neff • Averaged 12.4 points and 5.7 assists as a senior • Kansas City Metro Player of the Year in 2022 • Member of the academic honor roll and the school’s leadership council • AAU team (Mokan Elite) won the Peach Jam in 2022.
Personal: Born Kyan Charles Evans on Sept. 20, 2004, in Kansas City, Mo. • Son of Steve and Stacey Evans • Pronounced KEYE-in (rhymes with eye) • Communication studies major.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: CSU– 23 vs. Memphis (3/21/25)
Field Goals: CSU– 7 vs. Air Force (2/25/25), vs. Memphis (3/21/25)
Three-Pointers: CSU– 6 vs. Memphis (3/21/25)
Free Throws: CSU– 6 vs. Radford (12/17/24), vs. Air Force (1/28/25), at UNLV (2/22/25)
Offensive Rebounds: CSU– 2 vs. San Diego State (2/8/25), vs. San Jose State (3/4/25), vs. Maryland (3/23/25)
Rebounds: 6 four times (latest: UNC vs. Central Arkansas, 11/3/25)
Assists: CSU– 8 vs. Air Force (1/28/25)
Turnovers: 4 six times (latest: UNC– 11/25/25 vs. St. Bonaventure)
Blocks: CSU– 1 four times (latest: 2/8/25 vs. San Diego State)
Steals: CSU– 5 vs. North Dakota, 11/4/24
2025-26 at Carolina: Second on the team in assists with 82 and fifth with 32 three-pointers • Averaged 4.0 points and 2.5 assists • Scored in double figures four times and made multiple 3FGs seven times • Season-high 15 points vs. Central Arkansas and Florida State • Five or more assists six times • Made 32 of 105 three-pointers (30.5%) • Started the first 17 games at the point.
Game Highlights: Five points and three assists in 24 minutes (most since Jan. 14 at Stanford) vs. Virginia Tech • Two free throws vs. the Hokies were his first in 13 games • Three assists and was a plus 10 in the win over Louisville • Hit a pair of threes, had eight points and four assists at Miami • Three assists and two steals and was plus 10 at Georgia Tech (was plus 15 in the first half as UNC built a 52-37 lead) • Made three 3FGs vs. Notre Dame • Season-best 5 for 12 from three and tied his season scoring high with 15 vs. Florida State • The five three-pointers were the second most in his career and the most by any Tar Heel this season • Six assists and hit two 3FGs vs. ETSU and five assists vs. USC Upstate • Hit three 3FGs and led UNC at plus 22 in the win over St. Bonaventure • Season-high seven assists vs. NC Central • Had no points and no assists and was minus 6 in the first half against Kansas, then scored 12 points, had three assists and two steals and did not commit a turnover in as UNC outscored the Jayhawks, 58-37, in the second half • Made a game-high four 3FGs and totaled 15 points, six rebounds, five assists and four steals vs. Central Arkansas (no Tar Heel had ever reached all of those totals in the first game of a season).
2024-25 at Colorado State: Honorable mention All-Mountain West • Started all 36 of the Rams’ games • Averaged 10.6 points and 3.1 assists • Made 70 of 157 three-pointers • Led the team in threes and three-point percentage at 44.6%, was second in assists and third in scoring • Led the Mountain West in true shooting percentage (64.5%) • Scored in double figures 23 times, including a career-high 23 vs. Memphis in the NCAA first round and 20 at Air Force • Scored in double figures in 12 of the last 13 games • Set a career scoring high seven times • Career-high six three-pointers vs. Memphis (6 for 9) • Multiple threes 21 times, including three or more 13 times • Made 19 threes over a seven-game stretch late in the season • Made 24 of 40 three-pointers (60.0%) over the last eight games • Fourth in the conference with 70 3FGs • Made 69 of 81 free throws (85.2%) • Career-best 6 for 6 from the free throw line three times • Career-high seven field goals in 20-point outing at Air Force • Assist/turnover ratio of 1.6 • Career-high eight assists at home against Air Force • Five or more assists eight times • More assists than turnovers 18 times • Played 30 or more minutes 15 times, including each of the last six games • Hit go-ahead and game-winning shot with 54.8 seconds to play in win at Fresno State • Made clutch three with 90 seconds to play in conference-opening win at Nevada • Scored 18 (of his 20) second-half points at Air Force • Combined for eight three-pointers in the Rams’ three victories in winning the Mountain West Tournament • Hit four 3FGs and finished with 14 points and three assists in MWC semifinal win over Utah State • Six three-pointers vs. Memphis were the most ever in Colorado State’s NCAA Tournament history • Added 10 points in NCAA second round loss to Maryland.
2023-24 at Colorado State: Played in all 36 games • Averaged 1.7 points and 0.8 assists in 8.1 minutes per game • Made 19 of 46 three-pointers (32.1%) • Season-high seven points vs. Denver and Adams State • Five assists in consecutive games against Colorado State Pueblo and Loyola Marymount.
Prep: The 2023 Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year • Three-time all-state, including two-time Class 6 all-state selection, and two-time all-conference at Staley High School • Played for Coach Chris Neff • Averaged 12.4 points and 5.7 assists as a senior • Kansas City Metro Player of the Year in 2022 • Member of the academic honor roll and the school’s leadership council • AAU team (Mokan Elite) won the Peach Jam in 2022.
Personal: Born Kyan Charles Evans on Sept. 20, 2004, in Kansas City, Mo. • Son of Steve and Stacey Evans • Pronounced KEYE-in (rhymes with eye) • Communication studies major.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: CSU– 23 vs. Memphis (3/21/25)
Field Goals: CSU– 7 vs. Air Force (2/25/25), vs. Memphis (3/21/25)
Three-Pointers: CSU– 6 vs. Memphis (3/21/25)
Free Throws: CSU– 6 vs. Radford (12/17/24), vs. Air Force (1/28/25), at UNLV (2/22/25)
Offensive Rebounds: CSU– 2 vs. San Diego State (2/8/25), vs. San Jose State (3/4/25), vs. Maryland (3/23/25)
Rebounds: 6 four times (latest: UNC vs. Central Arkansas, 11/3/25)
Assists: CSU– 8 vs. Air Force (1/28/25)
Turnovers: 4 six times (latest: UNC– 11/25/25 vs. St. Bonaventure)
Blocks: CSU– 1 four times (latest: 2/8/25 vs. San Diego State)
Steals: CSU– 5 vs. North Dakota, 11/4/24
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