Shippensburg University Athletics

• 2016-17 All-PSAC East Second Team (G)
• SU's All-Time Leader in Three-Pointers

2016-17 (Junior): Shattered the SU single-season record with 101 three-pointers in a sensational third season with the team…named to the All-PSAC Eastern Division Second Team…became the 31st player in school history to reach 1,000 career points in a game at West Chester…finished second on the team in scoring with 15.9 points per game, totaling 494 points on the season…shot 78.5 percent from the free-throw line (113-of-144) and 40.6 percent from three-point range (101-of-249)…slotted third on the team with 84 assists…totaled 26 steals, fourth-most on the squad…ranked second in the conference in three-pointers and three-point attempts…paced the team in minutes (1,044), third-most in the PSAC…averaged 3.3 three-pointers per game, third-most in the PSAC…sank at least one three-pointer in 29 games and multiple three-pointers in 25 games…drained a season-high six three-pointers in a win over Pitt-Johnstown and made four or more three-pointers in 16 games…scored at least five points in every game…posted double digits in 25-of-30 games, including 20 or more points in nine games…notched a season-high 26 points in a win at Bloomsburg…notched 24 points in three straight games in January and four times overall this season.
 
2015-16 (Sophomore): Appeared in 27 games for the Raiders in his second season, evolving into SU’s go-to option off the bench after struggling with injuries early in the season…averaged 10.3 points in 21.6 minutes per game…totaled 278 points on the year…shot 74 percent (76-for-103) from the free throw line…carried SU with a career-high 25 points in the Raiders’ PSAC quarterfinal win at Kutztown…averaged 14.2 points per game over last 18 games of the season…scored in double figures for the Raiders 14 times…totaled 54 rebounds and 48 assists on the year…recorded five 20-point games, all coming against PSAC East opponents…made career-high six three-pointers in 22-point outing against Mansfield…second on the team in three pointers made with 42…recorded a season-high six rebounds and five assists at home against Kutztown.

2014-15 (Freshman): Started all 27 games and led the team in minutes played in his debut season…played 33.4 minutes per game, good for 12th-most in the PSAC…finished second in scoring on SU, averaging 12.4 points per game…finished with 51 three-pointers, second-most on team…earned four PSAC East Freshman of the Week awards…recorded 84 assists, the second-most on SU…had 25 steals…shot 83 percent (88-of-106) from the free throw line…reached double-digits in points in 19-of-27 games…had three 20-point games, including season-high 22 at Mercyhurst…played all 40 minutes in four games…made multiple three-pointers in 18 games…recorded season-high eight assists at East Stroudsburg…hit season-high of seven rebounds in three games.

Bishop McDevitt High School: Named twice as a Mid-Penn Keystone Division All-Star and was a two-time Patriot News Big 15 selection for the Crusaders under coach Jeff Hoke…averaged 16 points, five assists, four rebounds and three steals per game as a senior to help his team win the Mid-Penn Tournament, finish third in the District 3-AAA tournament and reach the second round of states…also shot 48 percent from the field, 83 percent from the free-throw line and made 61 three-pointers as a senior…finished career with 1,279 points, including 153 three-pointers…played his first two high school seasons at Susquehanna Township…honor roll student…competed at the club level with Central Penn Ballers under Charles Vaughn.
 
About McCarthur: Full name is Justin Franklin McCarthur…is the son of is the son of Frank Folkes and Cynthia McCarthur…majoring in criminal justice…has a brother, Jaylin, and two sisters, Jazmine McCarthur and Shayla Cox.