BRIEFLY... Aaron McBride finished his third year at LMU in 2025-26.
Junior (2024-25)... Played in 31 games, making 24 starts… Played 19.1 minutes per game and 842 total minutes... Averaged 7.6 points per game with 237 points scored on the year… Fourth on the team shooting 54.1 percent (93-for-172) from the field… Fourth on the team shooting 75.5 percent (37-for-49) from the free throw line… Ranked second on the team and sixth in the West Coast Conference at 1.00 block per game and 11
th in the WCC with 31 total blocks… Ranked fourth in the conference and led the Lions with 2.42 offensive rebounds per game… First on the team and 11
th in the conference in total rebounds with 173 boards and second on the team with 5.6 rebounds per game… Scored in double-figures in eight games, including three games with 20 or more points… Finished the season with back-to-back 21 point performances against Seattle U (2/28/25) and in the WCC Tournament against San Diego (3/5/26)… Opened the season with 20 points against Lincoln (11/3/25)… Recorded a double-double in the win over Eastern Washington (11/8/25) with 10 points and 11 rebounds… Grabbed 14 rebounds in the overtime win at UC Santa Barbara (11/17/25), including six offensive boards… Recorded four blocks twice, once in the win over UC Santa Barbara (11/17/25) and again in the conference win over San Francisco (1/8/26)… Totaled four steals in the Sunshine Slam win over Ohio (11/25/25).
Sophomore (2024-25)... Played in all 32 games, making 11 starts… Played 16.9 minutes per game and 540 total minutes… Averaged 3.8 points per game with 122 points scored on the year… Made 50 of 74 shot attempts for a 67.6 percent mark from the field and made 22 of 30 free throws for a 73.3 percent clip from the charity stripe… Blocked 26 shots and ranked 13
th in the West Coast Conference with 0.81 blocks per game… Scored in double-digits in four games… Went perfect from the field without missing a shot in 11 games… Set a new career high with 12 points against Prairie View A&M (12/14/24) on 6-for-8 shooting… Scored 10 points on 5-for-6 shooting in LMU’s WCC Tournament win over San Diego (3/7/25)… Went 3-for-3 with seven rebounds and was pivotal late in LMU’s comeback win over Wyoming (11/27/24) to claim the 2024 Cancun Classic title… Grabbed a career-high seven rebounds at Gonzaga (2/6/25)… Recorded a career high five blocks at Saint Louis (11/16/24)… Dished out four assists in the win over Southern (12/20/24).
Freshman (2023-24)... Played in 18 games and made three starts in his first year on the team after battling through a broken hand… Averaged 9.1 minutes per game… Scored 31 points for an average of 1.7 points per game… Grabbed 35 rebounds for an average of 1.9 boards per game… Added 11 assists, six steals, and four blocks… Shot 52.0 percent from the field (13-for-25)… Scored a season-high nine points on 4-for-6 shooting in the regular season finale at Portland (3/2/24)… Grabbed six rebounds in back-to-back games against San Diego (2/29/24) and Portland (3/2/24)… Finished the season with back-to-back games of season-high 21 minutes played against Portland both in the final game of the regular season (3/2/24) and in the West Coast Conference Tournament (3/8/24).
Prior to LMU
Aaron McBride was born in Irvine, Calif... Son of Alvin and Bessie McBride... Has one brother, Allan, who plays basketball at Azusa Pacific University... Played four season at Centennial High School, earning All-League and All-City as a sophomore, junior, and senior... Named All-State following his senior year... A proven winner, McBride's AAU Team WhyNot won the 16U EYBL Peach Jam championship in 2021. As a sophomore and junior at Centennial, he took home a pair of CIF Southern Section Open Division Championships and helped lead Centennial to the 2022 CIF Open Division State Championship, the first one in school history... As a senior for the CIF-Open Section Title, McBride hit the tying basket, then stole the ball and went three-quarter court to dunk at the buzzer to give the Huskies 58-56 win and their record third straight crown.
