2018-2019 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Regular Season Roster

* Including all Indiana Mad Ants information

NBA Affiliate: Indiana Pacers

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2018-2019 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Roster

# Player Pos Height Weight Age Pre-NBA Draft Team NBA Draft Status Nationality
13 Ike Anigbogu C 6-9 252 20 UCLA 2017 Rnd 2 Pick 17 United States
18 Jordan Barnett SF 6-7 215 23 Missouri 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
23 Demetrius Denzel-Dyson G 6-5 200 24 Samford 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
15 Rob Gray PG 6-4 185 24 Houston 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
France
17 Stephan Hicks GF 6-4 200 26 Cal State Northridge 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
6 Tra-Deon Hollins G 6-2 195 23 Omaha 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
1 Je'lon Hornbeak G 6-3 190 24 Monmouth 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
24 Alize Johnson SF 6-7 210 22 Missouri State 2018 Rnd 2 Pick 20 United States
7 Omari Johnson F 6-9 220 29 Oregon State 2011 NBA Draft, Undrafted Jamaica
United States
- Ben Moore F 6-8 220 23 Southern Methodist 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
30 Jovan Mooring G 6-2 205 24 UNLV 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
11 Ike Nwamu GF 6-5 205 25 UNLV 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
Nigeria
- Michael Orris G 6-3 195 24 South Dakota State 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
32 Davon Reed SF 6-5 206 23 Miami (FL) 2017 Rnd 2 Pick 2 United States
21 Jared Sam F 6-9 210 23 Southern 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
- Elijah Stewart SF 6-5 190 23 USC 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
Poland
5 Edmond Sumner G 6-4 196 23 Xavier 2017 Rnd 2 Pick 22 United States
25 Travin Thibodeaux F 6-8 242 23 New Orleans 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
Ukraine

2018-2019 Fort Wayne Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters E. Sumner D. Reed S. Hicks A. Johnson O. Johnson
Rotation J. Mooring R. Gray I. Nwamu T. Thibodeaux  
Rotation   D. Denzel-Dyson   J. Barnett  
Lim PT   J. Hornbeak     J. Sam

Recent Fort Wayne Mad Ants History

Season Team Record Conference Rank
2023-2024 Indiana Mad Ants N/A 4th (Eastern)
2022-2023 Fort Wayne Mad Ants N/A 10th (Eastern)
2021-2022 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 17-17 (16-17) 10th (Eastern)
2020-2021 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 6-9 (2-5) 7th (Eastern)
2019-2020 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 21-22 (16-20) 11th (Eastern)
2018-2019 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 23-27 (18-21) 8th (Eastern)
2017-2018 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 29-22 (23-17) 6th (Eastern)
2016-2017 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 30-21 (24-16) 2nd (Eastern)
2015-2016 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 20-30 (17-26) 8th (Eastern)
2014-2015 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 28-23 (14-11) 3rd (Eastern)

2018-2019 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Edmond Sumner Midseason All-NBA G League Eastern Conference Team (2019)

2018-2019 Fort Wayne Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Edmond Sumner 26 31.4 22.1 2.8 4.1 1.5 0.6 3.2
Ben Moore 4 25.0 20.0 6.8 1.8 0.5 1.2 1.5
Alize Johnson 31 36.7 19.2 13.5 3.5 0.9 0.5 2.4
Rob Gray 46 27.8 17.1 3.3 3.2 0.7 0.4 1.9
Stephan Hicks 48 32.6 15.4 6.8 1.2 0.6 0.2 1.5
Davon Reed 34 34.5 13.9 6.1 3.3 1.5 0.4 2.4
Omari Johnson 50 27.6 13.6 5.0 1.4 0.9 0.5 1.1
Jovan Mooring 12 20.3 11.2 2.6 4.6 0.3 0.1 1.5
Ike Anigbogu 21 27.2 11.1 9.4 0.8 0.5 2.0 2.4
Ike Nwamu 22 22.8 8.5 2.2 2.0 0.6 0.0 0.9
Tra-Deon Hollins 30 27.0 7.2 3.0 8.5 2.7 0.6 2.9
Demetrius Denzel-Dyson 43 17.7 6.7 2.7 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.9
Travin Thibodeaux 33 19.4 6.1 5.6 1.5 0.8 0.6 0.8
Jordan Barnett 17 17.1 5.4 4.4 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.7
Je'lon Hornbeak 22 13.5 4.2 1.1 1.5 0.6 0.2 0.8
Elijah Stewart 16 10.6 4.1 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.6
Jared Sam 26 10.5 3.0 2.7 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2
Michael Orris 1 16.7 2.0 1.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Fort Wayne Mad Ants Affiliation History

SeasonTeamNBA Affiliate
2023-2024 Indiana Mad Ants Pacers
2022-2023 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2021-2022 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2020-2021 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2019-2020 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2018-2019 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2017-2018 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2016-2017 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2015-2016 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2014-2015 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Hawks, Nets, Hornets, Bulls, Nuggets, Pacers, Clippers, Bucks, Timberwolves, Pelicans, Trail Blazers, Raptors, Wizards
2013-2014 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Hornets, Pistons, Pacers, Grizzlies, Bucks, Magic
2012-2013 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Hornets, Pistons, Pacers, Bucks
2011-2012 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pistons, Pacers, Bucks
2010-2011 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pistons, Pacers, Bucks
2009-2010 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pistons, Pacers, Bucks
2008-2009 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pistons, Pacers
2007-2008 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pistons, Pacers

Fort Wayne Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Buck Rogers VP 2017-2018 N/A
Steven Gansey Head Coach 2015-2016 Associate Head Coach (Cleveland Charge, 2014 to 2015)
Jhared Simpson Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Video Coordinator (Indiana Pacers, 2012 to 2017)
Norman Richardson Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Erie BayHawks (2008), 2016 to 2017)
Brian Levy General Manager 2015-2016 Assistant General Manager (Bakersfield Jam, 2012 to 2015)
Will Dunn Basketball Operations 2018-2019 N/A
Ben Resner Video Coordinator 2018-2019 Video Coordinator (Cleveland Charge, 2015 to 2017)
Jon Mohr Equipment Manager 2018-2019 N/A
Chris Taylor Director of Basketball Operations 2017-2018 Basketball Operations Administrative Assistant (Indiana Pacers, 2013 to 2017)
Jason Manikowski Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2015-2016 N/A
Daniel Rosselli Athletic Trainer 2018-2019 N/A
Collin Brown Assistant Athletic Trainer 2017-2018 Assistant Athletic Trainer (Fort Wayne Mad Ants, 2016 to 2017)
Bill Hazen Radio Broadcaster 2018-2019 N/A
Jim Shovlin Public Address Announcer 2018-2019 N/A
Kara Stevenson Director of Communications 2014-2015 N/A
Vinessa Needham Director of Communications 2016-2017 N/A