2008-2009 Florida International Golden Panthers

2008-2009 Florida International Golden Panthers Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
- Freddy Asprilla Fr C 6-10 280 May 9, 1988 Villavicencio United States / Colombia The Patterson School
- Marlon Bright Jr F 6-5 235 Aug 3, 1987 Martin (TN) United States Westview High School
- Michael Cano Fr G 6-1 180 - Miami (FL) United States Christopher Columbus High School
- Marcus Crawford Jr G 6-0 175 Nov 28, 1987 Old Bridge (NJ) United States Old Bridge High School
- Michael Dominguez Jr G 6-3 185 Apr 23, 1986 Espanola (NM) United States Capital High School
- Cedric Essola Jr F 6-9 215 Jan 15, 1987 Yaounde Cameroon Florida Preparatory Academy
- Harley Fuller Jr G 6-1 180 Nov 24, 1988 Gloversville (NY) United States Broadalbin Perth High School
- Nikola Gacesa Jr PF 6-9 239 Sep 20, 1987 Belgrade Serbia Nikola Telsa Secondary School
- Alex Galindo Sr F 6-7 230 May 6, 1985 Mayaguez (PR) Puerto Rico / United States St. Benedict's Prep School
- Russell Hicks Sr C 6-10 253 Apr 15, 1985 Niagara Falls Canada Westlane Secondary School
- Dante Jennings So G 5-11 165 - Jacksonville (FL) United States Wolfson High School
- Jonas Karosas Fr G 6-4 185 Sep 25, 1989 Vilnius Lithuania Pendleton High School
- Manuel Nunez Fr G 6-5 190 Nov 17, 1989 Miami (FL) United States Christopher Columbus High School
- J.C. Otero Jr F 6-7 210 Nov 14, 1985 Barranquilla Colombia Colegio Americano
- Tremayne Russell So G 6-1 180 Feb 4, 1988 Savannah (GA) United States Dade Christian High School
- Josue Soto So G 6-1 180 Feb 12, 1988 Arecibo (PR) United States / Puerto Rico Arlington Country Day School
- Nick Taylor So G 5-10 165 Mar 27, 1988 Hollywood (FL) United States Miami Norland High School
- Conroy Witter So G 5-10 180 - N/A N/A

Florida International Transfers Sitting Out 2008-2009

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Martavis Kee So PG 6-2 180 Sep 8, 1988 Fort Lauderdale (FL) United States Temple

Recent Florida International Golden Panthers History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 11-22 (5-11) 9th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 14-18 (8-12) 6th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 15-17 (6-13) 11th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 9-17 (2-15) 14th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2019-2020 19-13 (9-9) 6th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 20-14 (10-8) 6th (C-USA) 1st Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2017-2018 14-18 (8-10) 7th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 7-24 (3-15) 13th (C-USA) N/A N/A
2015-2016 13-19 (7-11) 9th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2014-2015 16-17 (8-10) 7th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2013-2014 15-16 (7-9) 8th (C-USA) N/A N/A
2012-2013 18-14 (11-9) 4th (Sun Belt) Runner Up N/A
2011-2012 8-21 (5-11) 10th (Sun Belt) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 11-19 (5-11) 11th (Sun Belt) 2nd Rnd N/A
2009-2010 7-25 (4-14) 11th (Sun Belt) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 13-20 (7-11) 8th (Sun Belt) 2nd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 9-20 (6-12) 10th (Sun Belt) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 12-17 (7-11) 11th (Sun Belt) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 8-20 (4-10) 11th (Sun Belt) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 13-17 (4-10) 10th (Sun Belt) 3rd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 5-22 (1-13) 11th (Sun Belt) N/A N/A
2002-2003 8-21 (1-13) 11th (Sun Belt) 2nd Rnd N/A

2008-2009 Florida International Golden Panthers Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Freddy Asprilla All-Sun Belt Third Team
Freddy Asprilla Sun Belt Freshman of the Year

2008-2009 Florida International Golden Panthers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters N. Taylor T. Russell M. Dominguez A. Galindo N. Gacesa
Rotation J. Soto M. Bright   C. Essola F. Asprilla
Rotation H. Fuller J. Karosas     R. Hicks
Lim PT C. Witter M. Nunez J. Otero    
Lim PT M. Crawford        
Lim PT M. Cano        

2008-2009 Florida International Golden Panthers Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Alex Galindo 19 30.7 14.4 4.8 1.6 0.5 0.3 2.4
Freddy Asprilla 23 25.5 13.7 9.2 0.9 0.5 0.7 2.6
Josue Soto 13 31.6 10.4 2.5 3.2 0.4 0.0 2.2
Michael Dominguez 33 32.4 10.0 3.6 2.3 1.2 0.2 1.8
Nikola Gacesa 28 26.7 9.9 4.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.5
Russell Hicks 19 19.3 8.4 5.4 0.3 0.1 1.6 1.6
Tremayne Russell 26 23.0 8.0 2.2 1.7 1.1 0.2 2.3
Cedric Essola 32 16.3 4.6 3.1 0.6 0.4 0.3 1.2
Marlon Bright 20 17.6 3.2 2.8 0.6 0.3 0.1 1.3
Nick Taylor 32 26.1 3.1 2.6 3.1 1.1 0.1 1.4
Harley Fuller 23 16.2 1.7 1.7 1.1 0.3 0.1 1.5
Marcus Crawford 8 5.9 1.2 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.8
Jonas Karosas 5 11.2 1.2 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 1.6
J.C. Otero 4 4.2 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0
Manuel Nunez 6 3.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
Michael Cano 9 5.2 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4
Antoine Watson 1 10.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Conroy Witter 2 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5

2008-2009 Florida International Golden Panthers Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Gabe Casanova Director of Athletic Training Services 2023-2024 Director of Athletic Training Services (Florida International, 2007 to 2020)