2021-2022 North Alabama Lions

2021-2022 North Alabama Lions Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
23 Deraje Agbaosi Fr F 6-7 215 - Union (NJ) United States PPHoenix College Prep
3 Jamari Blackmon Sr G 6-0 185 May 19, 2000 Hoover (AL) United States Hoover High School
11 C.J. Brim Sr G 5-9 170 Aug 21, 1998 Tupelo (MS) United States Shannon High School
1 Detalian Brown So G 6-2 190 Nov 21, 2000 Chicago (IL) United States Uplift Community High School
12 Isaac Chatman Sr SF 6-6 210 Oct 23, 1999 Cordova (AL) United States Cordova High School
35 Pape Momar Cisse Fr F 6-10 195 - Dakar Senegal Central Pointe Christian Academy
4 Omar Figueroa Fr G 6-0 170 - Carolina (PR) United States Orlando Christian Prep High School
33 Damian Forrest Jr F 6-9 235 - Fort Collins (CO) United States Poudre High School
34 Dallas Howell So SF 6-7 210 - Coffee Springs (AL) United States Enterprise High School
24 Aleksa Matic Sr SG 6-4 210 Jul 28, 1999 Belgrade Serbia Sportska Gimnazija
2 Daniel Ortiz Fr G 6-0 185 - Shreveport (LA) United States Calvary Baptist Academy
0 Will Soucie So SF 6-6 200 - Peapack-Gladstone (NJ) United States Gill St. Bernard's School
10 Sawyer Wright So C 6-8 228 Aug 14, 2001 Tuscaloosa (AL) United States Deshler High School
14 Payton Youngblood Sr F 6-5 200 Feb 18, 1998 Birmingham (AL) United States Oak Mountain High School

Recent North Alabama Lions History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 15-17 (8-8) 6th (A-Sun) 3rd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 18-15 (10-8) 6th (A-Sun) 2nd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2021-2022 9-21 (2-14) 12th (A-Sun) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 13-11 (7-8) 4th (A-Sun) Runner Up N/A
2019-2020 13-17 (8-8) 4th (A-Sun) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 10-22 (7-9) 6th (A-Sun) 1st Rnd N/A
2015-2016 N/A N/A (Horizon) N/A N/A
2012-2013 0-1 N/A (SWAC) N/A N/A
2008-2009 0-1 N/A (Big South) N/A N/A
2007-2008 0-1 N/A (Big South) N/A N/A

2021-2022 North Alabama Lions Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Daniel Ortiz Atlantic Sun All-Freshmen Team

2021-2022 North Alabama Lions Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters C. Brim D. Ortiz J. Blackmon W. Soucie D. Forrest
Rotation   D. Brown D. Howell I. Chatman  
Rotation   A. Matic   D. Agbaosi  
Lim PT O. Figueroa     P. Cisse S. Wright
Lim PT       P. Youngblood  

2021-2022 North Alabama Lions Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Daniel Ortiz 30 25.7 14.4 3.1 1.3 1.1 0.2 1.4
C.J. Brim 28 28.1 10.0 3.5 2.8 1.0 0.0 1.5
Jamari Blackmon 27 26.3 9.8 2.8 2.4 1.1 0.2 1.7
Payton Youngblood 12 18.2 8.5 3.6 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.7
Will Soucie 30 18.8 6.5 4.0 0.9 0.7 0.2 1.2
Detalian Brown 28 22.1 5.5 2.1 1.0 0.8 0.1 1.1
Isaac Chatman 25 24.8 5.5 4.8 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.0
Damian Forrest 28 18.5 5.3 5.5 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.3
Dallas Howell 29 14.2 4.4 2.9 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.8
Omar Figueroa 24 8.2 4.0 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.4
Pape Momar Cisse 28 11.4 2.4 1.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4
Aleksa Matic 20 9.1 2.3 2.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4
Deraje Agbaosi 9 9.8 2.0 2.8 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.9
Sawyer Wright 8 4.0 1.4 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1

2021-2022 North Alabama Lions Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Tony Pujol Head Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Wyoming, 2016 to 2018)
Ahmad Smith Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Charleston Southern, 2011 to 2018)
Tom Berryman Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Director of Basketball Operations (Southeast Missouri State, 2016 to 2018)
Willie Watson Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Kentucky Wesleyan, 2016 to 2017)
Ben Singletary Video Coordinator 2021-2022 N/A
Kevin Haslam Athletic Director 2021-2022 N/A
Jeff Hodges Director of Sports Information 1983-1984 N/A
Brandt Danals Director of Basketball Operations 2021-2022 Head Coach (N/A, 2019 to )
Shane Herrmann Associate Director of Sports Information 2016-2017 Media Relations (North Alabama, 2014 to 2016)
Josh Penny Head Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 N/A
Steve Herring Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2020-2021 N/A
Ryan McTavish Strength and Conditioning Coach 2021-2022 N/A
Cody Partin Athletic Trainer 2016-2017 N/A
Anna Talbot Assistant Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 N/A