Miami freshman guard Ryan Mabrey has four older siblings.
 
They all played college basketball.
 
And between them, they have made more than 1,000 career three-pointers (and counting).

No, that's not a typo.

One. Thousand.
 
Roy, the oldest brother, drained 263 shots behind the arc at NCAA Division II St. Anselm. Michaela knocked down 228 triples at Notre Dame. Marina followed in her older sister's footsteps, setting the family record with 274 three-pointers at Notre Dame before moving on to the WNBA. Dara, who began her college career at Virginia Tech and eventually transferred to Notre Dame, promptly topped that mark; now in her final season of eligibility, she continues to add to her career total of 288 threes.
 
The collective Mabrey family resume includes a trio of 1,000-point scorers, a long list of conference titles, a variety of All-American honors, a number of Final Four trips and even a national championship (Marina's 2018 Fighting Irish squad).
 
That's a lot for the 'baby' of the family to live up to, but Ryan Mabrey is looking forward to the challenge.
 
"Being in a family that's all really good and being the last one, it feels like I've got to hold up [my end of] the bargain," Mabrey said. "It's great having people who work hard every day and you see it each and every day throughout your house. We were instilled to put in work from pretty much birth…
 
"It gives you that mentality to just go out there and have the confidence of who you are and who you represent."
 
Ryan has hit the ground running at Miami, averaging 27 minutes of court time a game through the RedHawks' first eight contests. He has scored in double figures in each of the last three games and is shooting a scorching 47.6% from distance over that span.
 
"He has that confidence about him; he feels like he belongs no matter who he plays against," said head coach Travis Steele. "Ryan's a guy that can really shoot the ball, really pass the ball, and handle the ball too. He knows how to play. His skillset and IQ are very, very good for his age."
 
That should come as no surprise, considering the youngest Mabrey practically grew up on the basketball court in his Jersey Shore hometown of Belmar, N.J.
 
"He's been in the gym since he was born. This game is all that he's known," said Michaela Mabrey, now an assistant coach at Notre Dame. "He's seen all of us before him go through high school basketball, through AAU, and through college.
 
"When we were younger, we would have one-on-one games. He was so much younger than us, but he would always just find a way to score. It was like, 'Okay, Ry, you've got it.'
 
"I think he was always learning from us, taking things from us that we went through that he could learn from at an early age, and I think that's helping him right now in college."
 
"If you have the best competition at your fingertips growing up, whether it's your brother or your sister, you were going to use that to your full advantage," said Dara Mabrey. "It bonded us. Basketball brought us together."
 
As the closest Mabrey sibling in age to Ryan, Dara remembers plenty of trips to the nearby park to play hoops with her younger brother. "If we didn't have a ride from our parents, we would go ride our bikes. We'd take turns swapping drills: I would do one drill, then he would do another. Then we'd play one-on-one and probably end up fighting, not talking on the way home, and then going to eat lunch together!"
 
Even as Ryan got older, the family games continued. "Every time we'd step on the floor, we were all serious about it," Ryan said. "We would do real drills and real competition.
 
"A couple summers ago, we got used to playing two-on-two, and those games would be pretty competitive. There would be a lot of fights and stuff; it was funny. My parents would ref the games, and they wouldn't call any fouls!"
 
Ryan began his high school career in New Jersey before transferring in 2020 to La Lumiere, a prep school in northwest Indiana with a nationally-ranked basketball program. Mabrey had seen childhood friend Jaden Ivey, now a rookie with the NBA's Detroit Pistons, succeed at 'La Lu' against some of the nation's top prospects and was ready to test out his game at that level. Although moving to the Midwest was an adjustment, it helped that his sisters were only 30 miles away in South Bend.
 
"Being away from home makes you grow up in all aspects," Ryan said. "And just stepping out in front of the competition every day, with all the teams we'd play, you're never scared to play anybody.
 
"Being able to see that almost every other weekend and every day in practice is a blessing…you know you can play at that level."
 
When it came time to choose a college this spring, Ryan signed up to play for Steele and the RedHawks.
 
"What brought me here was the fact that I could play right away, and I could have an impact," said Ryan. "That's the main thing you want as a player."
 
Although he wasn't initially very familiar with the university or campus, even though oldest sister Michaela had previously spent the 2017-18 season as an assistant coach for Miami Women's Basketball, Ryan was thoroughly impressed on his visit and quickly connected with the coaching staff the RedHawks were assembling.

"We've all been to a high academic school, and it's something that's important to us of being at a high academic institution and getting a great degree," Michaela said. "That's one thing I know about Miami and what it can offer him in that respect, which I love about the university…
 
"To hear Ryan talk about Coach Steele and the relationship that they grew very quickly is what interested me the most," she continued. "That was the first thing Ryan said that I loved: he told me, "I have a great relationship, and I feel like I can talk to him about anything.' I think that is so important."
 
Even though Ryan's sisters aren't often able to see him play in person this winter because of their own basketball endeavors, the siblings manage to stay connected and share advice back and forth, often by watching games online.
 
"We always talk a lot, obviously after good games, but a lot more after bad games," said Dara. "Here's what you saw; here's what I saw. So we can go back and forth…
 
"I do scream at the TV sometimes, or I'll be like, 'Aw, Ryan, you could have done this.' And then I'll write it down. That's something that our older sister Marina [who plays professionally overseas during the WNBA offseason] does a lot for us. She'll watch our games when she's over in Italy at two, three, four in the morning and she'll write down things for us. It's just love that comes from the common denominator of loving the same game."
 
The Mabreys have seen Ryan grow more and more comfortable as the first month of his college basketball career has progressed. "In high school, you can be just thinking about scoring, and thinking about yourself," he explained. "What I realized is, you have to really buy into the things that win outside of scoring. I felt like I lost track of how much I could bring to the table.
 
"Once I realized how much more I can do, it just let me loose and I started having fun. I wanted to change my mindset and start making plays for other people."
 
"He's very coachable," said Steele. "He wants to win. But I always tell guys, it's important to understand what doesn't win…there are a lot of ways to impact the game. Whether it's screening or blocking out or taking a charge or cutting hard…how can you impact the game in a positive way?
 
"I think Ryan's starting to understand, 'Hey listen, you can be a great player, not just a scorer.'"
 
Still, with over 6,000 points already to the Mabrey family's credit, don't be surprised if Ryan goes on to put up some big numbers during his next few years wearing the Red and White. "I want to get better a little bit each time, each game, each year and take it step by step," he said. "That's what I'm trying to do now, and it's been showing in the games lately."

Could he even break the family three-pointer record, whatever that number ends up being when Dara finally wraps up her career this March?
 
"I think Ryan will have a shot at it. I do," Steele said. "He's an incredible shooter…he'll be right up there, I can tell you that. It's amazing how well they all shoot it…
 
"He's been around the game his whole life, and those are the guys that get better. They understand that there's a process of becoming a great player, and it's not just done overnight."
 
"I think he has a great chance of beating [my record] as long as he just stays confident and keeps shooting," said Dara. "I hope he does break it, because that was Marina's mentality to me.
 
"I want Ryan to be better than me, Marina wants me to be better than her, so on and so forth. The same with Michaela and Roy.
 
"It's just that little sibling love."
 
Ryan and the RedHawks are back in action this weekend, hosting Calumet College of St. Joseph (Ind.) Sunday, Dec. 11 at 1 p.m. in Millett Hall. Click HERE to purchase your tickets and support Miami Men's Basketball!
 
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