2017-2018 UMass Lowell River Hawks

2017-2018 UMass Lowell River Hawks Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
35 Connor Bennett So F 6-10 235 - Wilmington (MA) United States Wilmington High School
3 Stefan Borovac So PF 6-8 210 - Hamilton Canada Hargrave Military Academy
12 Josh Gantz Jr GF 6-7 220 - Grove City (OH) United States Bishop Ready High School
22 Matt Harris Sr G 6-1 198 - Erie (PA) United States Cathedral Preparatory School
4 Ryan Jones Jr PG 6-3 185 May 25, 1997 Rio Rancho (NM) United States V. Sue Cleveland High School
0 Shawn Jones Jr G 6-0 180 - Bridge City (LA) United States L.W. Higgins High School
24 Joey Naccarato Fr GF 6-5 210 - Coeur d'Alene (ID) United States Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy
11 Obadiah Noel Fr G 6-4 185 Jun 28, 1999 Frederick (MD) United States Tuscarora High School
1 Rinardo Perry So SG 6-4 190 - Washington (DC) United States McKinley Technology High School
25 Dontavious Smith Jr F 6-8 200 - Springhill (LA) United States North Webster High School
10 Jahad Thomas Sr G 6-2 210 - Williamsport (PA) United States Williamsport Area High School

UMass Lowell Transfers Sitting Out 2017-2018

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
23 Christian Lutete Jr SG 6-7 200 Oct 9, 1996 Washington (DC) United States Radford

Recent UMass Lowell River Hawks History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 22-10 (11-5) 2nd (AM East) Runner Up N/A
2022-2023 26-8 (11-5) 2nd (AM East) Runner Up N/A
2021-2022 15-16 (7-11) 8th (AM East) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 11-12 (7-8) 5th (AM East) Runner Up N/A
2019-2020 13-19 (7-9) 6th (AM East) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 15-17 (7-9) 5th (AM East) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 12-18 (6-10) 6th (AM East) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 11-20 (5-11) 6th (AM East) N/A N/A
2015-2016 11-18 (7-9) 5th (AM East) N/A N/A
2014-2015 12-17 (6-10) 6th (AM East) N/A N/A
2013-2014 10-18 (8-8) 5th (AM East) N/A N/A

2017-2018 UMass Lowell River Hawks Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Jahad Thomas NABC All-District (1) Second Team
Jahad Thomas America East First Team
Obadiah Noel America East All-Rookie Team
Jahad Thomas America East Player of the Week (Nov 27, 2017)
Jahad Thomas America East Player of the Week (Jan 22, 2018)
Jahad Thomas America East Player of the Week (Jan 29, 2018)
Jahad Thomas America East Player of the Week (Nov 20, 2017)
Obadiah Noel America East Rookie of the Week (Feb 5, 2018)
Obadiah Noel America East Rookie of the Week (Jan 22, 2018)
Obadiah Noel America East Rookie of the Week (Dec 26, 2017)
Obadiah Noel America East Rookie of the Week (Feb 19, 2018)

2017-2018 UMass Lowell River Hawks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters M. Harris J. Thomas R. Jones R. Perry J. Gantz
Rotation S. Jones O. Noel   C. Bennett  
Lim PT   J. Naccarato   S. Borovac  
Lim PT       D. Smith  

2017-2018 UMass Lowell River Hawks Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Jahad Thomas 27 36.3 21.1 8.4 4.0 1.8 0.3 3.5
Matt Harris 30 31.3 12.3 3.3 0.8 0.9 0.1 1.7
Ryan Jones 30 31.6 11.3 4.6 3.0 0.6 0.2 2.3
Rinardo Perry 29 25.1 9.1 2.5 1.5 1.0 0.3 1.2
Josh Gantz 30 30.2 8.4 4.2 2.3 1.3 1.1 1.6
Obadiah Noel 30 18.4 6.5 2.5 1.1 0.6 0.4 1.1
Shawn Jones 28 14.6 4.1 1.2 1.6 0.6 0.1 1.1
Connor Bennett 25 11.4 4.0 2.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4
Stefan Borovac 18 9.6 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.9
Joey Naccarato 13 5.2 1.9 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3
Dontavious Smith 8 5.2 1.4 1.9 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.9

2017-2018 UMass Lowell River Hawks Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Pat Duquette Head Coach 2013-2014 N/A
Biko Paris Assistant Coach 2013-2014 N/A
Nick Leonardelli Assistant Coach 2013-2014 N/A
Louis Hinnant Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Director of Operations (UMass Lowell, 2014 to 2015)
Dana Skinner Athletic Director 1995-1996 N/A
Keith Vinci Director of Sports Performance 2014-2015 N/A
Tom O'Shea Director of Basketball Operations 2015-2016 N/A
Kristen Ribbons Athletic Trainer 2013-2014 N/A
Ashley Robbins Director of Communications 2017-2018 Assistant Director of Communications (UMass Lowell, 2014 to 2017)