2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

13 Derin Saran

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 190
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Istanbul, Turkey
  • Prev School Stanford
  • Major Business

Biography

2023-24 (Freshman)
  • Big West Regular Season Champion
  • Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Highest Honors)
  • UC Irvine Scholar Athlete
  • Dean’s List (Fall)
  • Played in 31 games, seeing action on the floor for 19.1 minutes per game
  • Averaged 10.1 points per game and 3.4 rebounds per game
  • Finished with one of the best shooting percentages on the Anteater squad (0.502, 123-245)
  • Totaled 51 assists and 29 steals
  • Posted his first career double-figure scoring performance against New Mexico State (Nov. 11) with 10 points
  • Set his then career high 16 points in the victory over Pepperdine (Nov. 21) to open up the Ball Dawgs Classic and tied it versus Rice (Nov. 24) to close out the tournament
  • Led the Anteater rebounding effort at Utah State with seven on Dec. 2
  • Stole the ball four times, a career best, on Dec. 9 at No. 25/RV San Diego State
  • Went on an eight-game double figure scoring streak (Nov. 17-Dec. 16)
  • Posted a career high 17 points versus Cal State Fullerton on Jan. 4 on career best 7-12 (0.583) shooting, 2-3 from three (0.667)
  • Reset his career best 17 points in the win at Cal Poly (Feb. 1) while knocking down a career high three triples
  • Dished out a season best four assists in the victories over No. 16/20 USC (Nov. 14), South Dakota (Dec. 16), and Cal State Bakersfield (Feb. 17)
  • Went a perfect 8-8 from the charity stripe, a career high, against UCSB (Feb. 22)
  • Pulled down eight rebounds on Mar. 2 versus Long Beach State
Career Highs
  • Points: 17, Twice (last versus Cal Poly, 02/01/24)
  • Rebounds: 8, Twice (last versus Long Beach State, 03/02/24)
  • Assists: 4, Three times (last versus Cal State Bakersfield, 02/17/24)
  • Steals: 4, Twice (last at Cal Poly, 02/01/24)
  • Blocks: 2, versus Occidental (11/17/23)
  • FG Made: 7, Four times (last versus Cal State Fullerton, 01/04/24)
  • FG Attempts: 12, Five times (last at Utah, 03/19/24)
  • 3FG Made: 3, at Cal Poly (02/01/24)
  • 3FG Attempts: 4, at Cal Poly (02/01/24)
  • FT Made: 8, versus UC Santa Barbara (02/22/24)
  • FT Attempts: 8, versus UC Santa Barbara (02/22/24)
The Asheville School
  • Three-time Conference Champion (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Western North Carolina Player of the Year (2023)
  • North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year nominee (2023)
  • Ranked No. 4 North Carolina HS Player (2023)
  • Averaged 19.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 7.2 assists in his senior year

Personal
  • From Istanbul, Turkey
  • Dad played soccer at California
  • Has three uncles who played collegiate sports: played football at Stanford, swam for the University of Kentucky, and played soccer for Berea College
  • Has two siblings
  • U19 & U20 Turkish National Player
  • Played AAU for Elite 1 of 1
  • English, Turkish and Swiss German native speaker
  • Business major
  • Enjoys snowboarding and playing guitar

Statistics

Season:
2025-26

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2023-24Freshman

    Guard
    6'4" 190 lbs
    1
  • 13

    2025-26Junior

    Guard
    6'4" 190 lbs
    13