Pepperdine University Athletics

2025-26: Appeared in 31 games during redshirt junior season ... Led the team with a .392 three-point-percentage ... Averaged 4.4 points in 10.5 minutes per game ... Scored in double figures five times off the bench ... Logged 12 points and four rebounds in season opener against Life Pacific (Nov. 3) ... Posted 13 points on 5-for-6 shooting against Lincoln (Nov. 11) ... Added seven points at Santa Clara (Jan. 2) ... Recorded 13 points with two rebounds against San Francisco (Jan. 10) ... Went 2-for-3 from three-point range for eight points in win over Portland (Jan. 14) ... Scored 16 points on 6-for-7 from the field and 3-for-4 from deep at Oregon State (Feb. 21) ... Had a career-high 25 points with 5-for-9 shooting from three against Seattle (Feb. 25).

2024-25: Saw action in 25 games for the Waves in redshirt sophomore campaign ... Averaged 2.0 points per game in 4.7 minutes per game ... Scored career-high 10 points with three rebounds against UNLV (Nov. 20).

2023-24: Played in nine contests during his redshirt freshman season … Totaled 11 points over the season, averaging 1.2 per game.

2022-23: Redshirted his freshman season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from the Dwight-Englewood School, located in Englewood, N.J., in 2022 ... Played four years on the varsity ... Earned all-county, all-conference and all-league honors as a senior ... Scored more than 700 points as a senior, averaging 27.1 per game ... Scored 40 points against Glen Rock, one of eight games with at least 30 points, and season low was 19 points ... Had more than 1,600 career points.
 
CLUB: Played for Team Rio.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in sport administration ... Born in New York City, N.Y. ... Son of Scott and Tammy Mager ... Has one sibling, Nora ... Father played basketball at Fairleigh Dickinson University and graduated from Pepperdine’s Caruso School of Law … Has a grandfather that won five national championships and played in the NBA … Chose to attend Pepperdine because of its prestigious academic reputation, magnificent campus, its passionate support of the basketball program and its long track record of success grounded in values of service, leadership and purpose.
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys fashion photography ... Favorites include Devin Booker (pro basketball player), New York Knicks (pro basketball team), Spider-Man: No Way Home (movie), One Tree Hill (TV show), Drake (musical artist), sushi (food) and football and track (sports other than basketball) ... Favorite thing about basketball is “the camaraderie with my coaches and teammates and the joy and excitement I feel when I am on the court.”