2019-2020 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Regular Season Roster

* Including all Indiana Mad Ants information

NBA Affiliate: Indiana Pacers

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2019-2020 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Roster

# Player Pos Height Weight Age Pre-NBA Draft Team NBA Draft Status Nationality
- Kavell Bigby-Williams F 6-11 250 24 LSU 2019 NBA Draft, Undrafted England
- Goga Bitadze C 6-10 250 20 KK Mega Bemax (Serbia) 2019 Rnd 1 Pick 18 Georgia
10 Brian Bowen II SF 6-6 190 21 Sydney (Australia) 2019 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
22 Demetrius Denzel-Dyson G 6-5 200 25 Samford 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
23 JaKeenan Gant F 6-8 220 23 Louisiana 2019 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
17 Stephan Hicks GF 6-4 200 27 Cal State Northridge 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
- Alize Johnson SF 6-7 210 23 Missouri State 2018 Rnd 2 Pick 20 United States
1 Tre Kelley G 6-0 187 35 South Carolina 2007 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
4 Walt Lemon, Jr. G 6-3 180 27 Bradley 2014 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
15 Naz Long PG 6-4 218 26 Iowa State 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted Canada
Greece
12 D.J. McCall G 6-6 190 24 IUPUI 2019 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
8 Daxter Miles, Jr. G 6-3 200 25 West Virginia 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
26 Ben Moore F 6-8 220 24 Southern Methodist 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
30 Jovan Mooring G 6-2 205 25 UNLV 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
9 Ike Nwamu GF 6-5 205 26 UNLV 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
Nigeria
- JaKarr Sampson F 6-9 215 26 St. John's 2014 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
11 Scoochie Smith G 6-2 180 25 Dayton 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
- Edmond Sumner G 6-4 196 24 Xavier 2017 Rnd 2 Pick 22 United States
34 Hasheem Thabeet C 7-3 267 33 UConn 2009 Rnd 1 Pick 2 Tanzania
25 Travin Thibodeaux F 6-8 242 24 New Orleans 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
Ukraine
16 C.J. Wilcox SG 6-5 201 29 Washington 2014 Rnd 1 Pick 28 United States

2019-2020 Fort Wayne Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters C. Wilcox S. Hicks B. Bowen II B. Moore A. Johnson
Rotation W. Lemon, Jr. D. Miles, Jr.     K. Bigby-Williams
Rotation S. Smith       T. Thibodeaux
Rotation N. Long        
Lim PT   D. McCall   J. Gant  

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)

2019-2020 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Alize Johnson NBA G League Showcase First Team (2020)

2019-2020 Fort Wayne Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
JaKarr Sampson 1 29.2 24.0 11.0 2.0 0.0 3.0 4.0
Walt Lemon, Jr. 39 35.7 20.3 4.5 6.6 1.7 0.2 3.8
Alize Johnson 19 36.7 20.3 13.0 4.3 1.4 0.3 3.6
Edmond Sumner 2 27.2 19.5 4.5 2.5 1.0 0.0 2.5
Goga Bitadze 6 37.4 19.2 13.3 4.0 0.7 3.3 2.2
Brian Bowen II 29 33.9 16.2 7.8 1.6 1.0 0.8 1.6
Stephan Hicks 41 30.4 14.6 6.5 1.1 1.0 0.3 1.2
Daxter Miles, Jr. 21 26.3 14.4 3.1 2.0 1.0 0.1 1.8
Ben Moore 30 31.9 13.8 9.0 2.4 0.9 1.0 2.0
Naz Long 14 27.3 13.7 5.9 6.1 1.1 0.1 2.8
C.J. Wilcox 42 28.3 12.7 2.5 1.6 1.3 0.4 0.8
Ike Nwamu 19 23.5 11.3 3.3 1.7 0.7 0.1 2.4
Jovan Mooring 6 18.9 9.0 1.5 1.8 0.2 0.0 1.8
JaKeenan Gant 29 16.5 8.0 3.7 0.8 0.4 1.1 0.6
Scoochie Smith 11 22.6 7.2 2.1 3.5 1.3 0.2 1.6
Travin Thibodeaux 28 21.1 6.5 5.3 1.4 0.8 0.5 1.2
Tre Kelley 16 13.1 5.9 1.0 1.9 0.4 0.0 1.9
Hasheem Thabeet 9 16.4 4.0 4.3 0.7 0.2 1.7 1.2
Kavell Bigby-Williams 3 20.2 2.7 6.0 0.3 0.3 1.0 2.3
Demetrius Denzel-Dyson 7 11.2 2.0 2.4 0.7 0.3 0.0 1.0
D.J. McCall 25 11.5 1.4 2.3 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.2

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
Tim Bawmann President 2018-2019 N/A
Steven Gansey Head Coach 2015-2016 Associate Head Coach (Cleveland Charge, 2014 to 2015)
Norman Richardson Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Erie BayHawks (2008), 2016 to 2017)
Scott Simpson Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Assistant Coach (Long Island Nets, 2018 to 2019)
Brian Levy General Manager 2015-2016 Assistant General Manager (Bakersfield Jam, 2012 to 2015)
Chris Taylor Assistant General Manager 2019-2020 Director of Basketball Operations (Fort Wayne Mad Ants, 2017 to 2019)
Nick Griffin Video Coordinator 2019-2020 N/A
Dr. Ayami Sato Head Athletic Trainer 2019-2020 N/A
Brandon Pentheny Strength and Conditioning Coach 2019-2020 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