2020-2021 Denver Pioneers

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2020-2021 Denver Pioneers Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
11 Noah Baylis Fr PG 5-11 165 Sep 6, 2001 Holly (MI) United States Flint Powers Catholic High School
42 Javonni Bickham So PF 6-7 231 Oct 19, 1999 Minneapolis (MN) United States Minnehaha Academy
2 Roscoe Eastmond RS-So G 5-9 150 Feb 2, 2001 Marietta (GA) United States Joseph Wheeler High School
4 Taelyr Gatlin Jr G 6-3 180 Sep 2, 1999 Atoka (TN) United States Brighton High School
22 Tristan Green Jr PF 6-9 220 Feb 20, 1999 Boerne (TX) United States Samuel V. Champion High School
14 Ryan Heath So GF 6-5 190 Nov 11, 2000 Lansing (MI) United States DeWitt High School
1 Korey Hess Fr G 6-0 160 Mar 25, 2002 Centennial (CO) United States Arapahoe High School
20 Sam Hines Fr SG 6-6 215 Mar 26, 2002 Alpharetta (GA) United States Joseph Wheeler High School
13 Khalil Johnson Jr G 6-3 170 Nov 13, 1998 New York (NY) United States Hyde Leadership School
21 Robert Jones So PF 6-10 250 Jul 3, 2001 Prior Lake (MN) United States Prior Lake High School
0 Kobey Lam RS-So GF 6-3 170 Mar 2, 2000 Toronto Canada Athlete Institute Prep
30 Eric Moenkhaus RS-So PG 6-2 180 Mar 6, 1999 Greenwood (IN) United States Loomis Chaffee School
5 Drake Muller Fr SG 6-4 205 Mar 14, 2002 Addison (TX) United States Greenhill School
12 Iseri Palacio Jr G 6-0 170 - Fort Collins (CO) United States Fort Collins High School
24 Frank Ryder Sr FC 6-10 235 Sep 10, 1997 Boulder (CO) United States Fairview High School
15 James Sanders IV So F 6-3 207 May 25, 2001 Fountain (CO) United States Fountain Fort Carson High School
3 Jase Townsend Jr G 6-3 175 Jul 15, 2000 Dallas (TX) United States Skyline High School

Recent Denver Pioneers History

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

2020-2021 Denver Pioneers Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Jase Townsend The Summit League Honorable Mention Team
Jase Townsend The Summit League Player of the Week (Jan 18, 2021)

2020-2021 Denver Pioneers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters K. Lam J. Townsend T. Gatlin S. Hines R. Jones
Rotation R. Eastmond     T. Green  
Rotation E. Moenkhaus        
Lim PT N. Baylis D. Muller J. Sanders IV J. Bickham  
Lim PT   R. Heath   F. Ryder  
Lim PT   K. Johnson      
Lim PT   K. Hess      

2020-2021 Denver Pioneers Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Jase Townsend 20 32.6 19.1 4.2 2.2 1.1 0.0 2.5
Sam Hines 20 29.1 10.6 5.8 1.4 0.6 0.6 2.4
Robert Jones 14 22.7 9.7 5.4 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.9
Kobey Lam 13 18.9 8.3 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.1 1.7
Tristan Green 19 23.7 6.1 4.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 1.6
Eric Moenkhaus 19 17.3 5.6 1.3 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.9
Taelyr Gatlin 21 25.1 5.3 1.3 1.8 0.7 0.2 1.3
Frank Ryder 17 12.5 5.1 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.7
Javonni Bickham 19 13.2 3.8 1.9 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.9
Roscoe Eastmond 20 19.3 3.6 2.3 3.2 0.9 0.1 1.9
James Sanders IV 5 7.0 2.2 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.2
Drake Muller 19 11.4 2.1 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.5
Noah Baylis 1 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Korey Hess 4 2.2 1.8 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2
Khalil Johnson 3 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Ryan Heath 5 4.4 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
Iseri Palacio 1 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2020-2021 Denver Pioneers Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Rodney Billups Head Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Colorado, 2012 to 2016)
Bacari Alexander Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Head Coach (Detroit-Mercy, 2016 to 2018)
Dwight Thorne Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Director of Basketball Operations (Denver, 2016 to 2019)
Raman Sposato Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Assistant Coach (Tulane, 2016 to 2019)
Karlton Creech Athletic Director 2020-2021 Athletic Director (Maine, 2014 to 2018)
Matt Shaw Director of Sports Performance 2017-2018 N/A
Max Bent Director of Basketball Operations 2019-2020 Assistant Coach (University of Charleston, 2018 to 2019)
Julie Campbell Director of Sports Medicine 2014-2015 N/A