2017-2018 Sam Houston State Bearkats

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2017-2018 Sam Houston State Bearkats Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
0 Albert Almanza Jr F 6-6 195 - Austin (TX) United States St. Stephen's Episcopal School
32 Freddy Bitondo Jr F 6-7 215 - Montreal Canada The Rock High School
5 Josh Boutte Jr FC 6-6 225 Jan 7, 1992 New Iberia (LA) United States Westgate High School
2 Cam Delaney Jr G 6-4 205 Oct 24, 1995 Killeen (TX) United States Harker Heights High School
15 Josh Delaney Jr G 6-0 173 - Killeen (TX) United States Harker Heights High School
11 John Dewey III Jr PG 6-1 170 Jul 15, 1995 Bronx (NY) United States Holderness School
1 Abrian Edwards Jr F 6-5 200 May 9, 1995 Pflugerville (TX) United States Pflugerville High School
13 Bubba Furlong Fr FC 6-9 240 Feb 14, 1999 Waco (TX) United States Midway High School
23 Christopher Galbreath, Jr. Sr F 6-7 210 Aug 11, 1995 Chicago (IL) United States Quakerdale Prep Academy
24 Manny Gatkek RS-Fr F 6-8 170 - Amarillo (TX) United States / Ethiopia Caprock High School
22 Marcus Harris Jr G 6-0 180 - San Antonio (TX) United States MacArthur High School
3 Devin Jackson Jr G 6-2 175 - Houston (TX) United States Aldine Nimitz High School
4 Dajuan Jones Fr G 6-0 180 - Killeen (TX) United States Ellison High School
35 Chidozie Ndu Fr FC 6-11 230 - Lagos Nigeria Sunrise Christian Academy
10 Dillon Todd Fr GF 6-4 180 - Huffman (TX) United States Huffman-Hargrave High School
33 Justin Van Pelt Fr C 6-11 250 - Cypress (TX) United States Cypress Falls High School
20 Jamal Williams Sr G 6-5 200 Oct 17, 1996 Houston (TX) United States Episcopal High School

Recent Sam Houston State Bearkats History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 21-12 (13-3) 1st (C-USA) 3rd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 26-8 (14-4) 2nd (WAC) 3rd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2021-2022 19-14 (13-5) 4th (WAC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 19-9 (13-3) 3rd (Southland) 3rd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 18-13 (11-9) 4th (Southland) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 21-12 (16-2) 1st (Southland) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2017-2018 21-15 (12-6) 4th (Southland) 3rd Rnd CIT 4th Rnd
2016-2017 21-13 (10-8) 5th (Southland) 3rd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 18-16 (12-6) 3rd (Southland) 3rd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2014-2015 26-9 (15-3) 2nd (Southland) Runner Up CIT 2nd Rnd
2013-2014 24-11 (13-5) 3rd (Southland) Runner Up CIT 2nd Rnd
2012-2013 17-17 (8-10) 5th (Southland) 3rd Rnd N/A
2011-2012 13-19 (7-9) 7th (Southland) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 18-13 (10-6) 2nd (Southland) 2nd Rnd N/A
2009-2010 25-8 (14-2) 1st (Southland) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2008-2009 18-12 (12-4) 2nd (Southland) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 23-8 (10-6) 3rd (Southland) 2nd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 21-10 (13-3) 2nd (Southland) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 22-9 (11-5) 2nd (Southland) Runner Up N/A
2004-2005 18-12 (11-5) 3rd (Southland) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 12-15 (8-8) 5th (Southland) 1st Rnd N/A
2002-2003 23-7 (17-3) 1st (Southland) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd

2017-2018 Sam Houston State Bearkats Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Christopher Galbreath, Jr. NABC All-District (23) First Team
Christopher Galbreath, Jr. All-Southland First Team
John Dewey III All-Southland Honorable Mention
Josh Delaney Southland All-Tournament Team
Christopher Galbreath, Jr. Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament Team

2017-2018 Sam Houston State Bearkats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Dewey III M. Harris A. Edwards J. Boutte C. Galbreath, Jr.
Rotation J. Delaney J. Williams A. Almanza    
Rotation   C. Delaney      
Lim PT D. Jones   F. Bitondo B. Furlong C. Ndu
Lim PT D. Jackson       J. Van Pelt

2017-2018 Sam Houston State Bearkats Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Christopher Galbreath, Jr. 36 27.9 14.8 8.0 1.2 0.6 0.6 2.2
John Dewey III 36 29.5 10.1 3.2 4.4 1.0 0.0 3.0
Marcus Harris 34 25.0 9.4 2.7 1.0 0.9 0.1 1.1
Jamal Williams 36 25.1 8.5 5.5 1.8 1.1 0.1 1.4
Josh Delaney 35 22.9 8.1 1.9 2.2 0.7 0.1 0.9
Abrian Edwards 32 21.4 6.1 3.7 2.3 0.7 0.1 1.7
Josh Boutte 23 13.7 5.5 3.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.7
Albert Almanza 22 17.3 5.2 2.1 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.5
Cam Delaney 35 15.5 4.3 3.1 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.8
Dajuan Jones 14 6.5 2.1 0.8 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.9
Bubba Furlong 24 7.0 1.8 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.5
Devin Jackson 19 5.7 1.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1
Freddy Bitondo 28 7.4 1.5 1.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3
Chidozie Ndu 18 5.2 1.4 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2
Justin Van Pelt 5 2.8 0.8 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4

2017-2018 Sam Houston State Bearkats Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Jason Hooten Head Coach 2010-2011 Assistant Coach (Sam Houston State, 2004 to 2010)
Chris Mudge Assistant Coach 2010-2011 N/A
Chuck Taylor Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (North Carolina Central, 2015 to 2016)
Kyle Campbell Assistant Coach 2017-2018 N/A
Bobby Williams Athletic Director 1998-1999 N/A
Dustin Lenorman Head Athletic Trainer 2016-2017 N/A