2020-2021 Montana State Fighting Bobcats

2020-2021 Montana State Fighting Bobcats Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
5 Amin Adamu Sr G 6-5 190 Oct 3, 1997 London England Barking Abbey
15 Carter Ash RS-Fr G 6-0 165 - Bozeman (MT) United States Bozeman High School
10 Caleb Bellach RS-So F 6-7 200 - Manhattan (MT) United States Manhattan High School
13 Jubrile Belo RS-Jr FC 6-9 240 Jun 27, 1998 London England Barking Abbey
1 Xavier Bishop Sr PG 5-8 165 Oct 11, 1997 Springfield (IL) United States Lanphier High School
23 Borja Fernandez RS-So PF 6-7 230 Jan 16, 2001 Bilbao Spain N/A
3 Finn Fleute RS-So C 6-10 235 Jan 5, 2000 Essen Germany N/A
2 Nick Gazelas RS-So G 6-4 185 - Humble (TX) United States Atascocita High School
12 Mike Hood RS-Jr G 6-2 195 - Kansas City (MO) United States Link Year Prep
31 Devin Kirby Sr PF 6-11 210 Jul 14, 1998 Chandler (AZ) United States Basha High School
0 Abdul Mohamed Sr F 6-7 205 - Ottawa Canada N/A
20 Jesse Owens RS-Fr G 5-9 170 - Billings (MT) United States Billings West High School
11 Tyler Patterson RS-Fr SG 6-8 190 - Snoqualmie (WA) Netherlands Mount Si High School
4 Bilal Shabazz RS-Jr F 6-8 190 - Milwaukee (WI) United States Pius XI High School
24 Kellen Tynes RS-Fr PG 6-3 175 - Dartmouth Canada Auburn Drive High School

Recent Montana State Fighting Bobcats History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 17-17 (9-9) 5th (Big Sky) Champion N/A
2022-2023 25-10 (15-3) 2nd (Big Sky) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2021-2022 27-8 (16-4) 1st (Big Sky) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2020-2021 13-10 (8-6) 4th (Big Sky) Runner Up N/A
2019-2020 16-15 (10-10) 5th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 15-17 (11-9) 4th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 13-19 (6-12) 8th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 16-16 (11-7) 5th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2015-2016 14-17 (9-9) 7th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 7-23 (4-14) 10th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2013-2014 14-17 (9-11) 9th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2012-2013 13-17 (10-10) 4th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2011-2012 12-17 (7-9) 5th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 12-17 (7-9) 5th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 15-14 (10-6) 3rd (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 15-17 (6-10) 6th (Big Sky) Runner Up N/A
2007-2008 15-15 (7-9) 6th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 11-19 (8-8) 5th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 15-15 (7-7) 4th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 14-14 (9-5) 2nd (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 14-13 (6-8) 6th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2002-2003 11-16 (5-9) 6th (Big Sky) N/A N/A

2020-2021 Montana State Fighting Bobcats Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Xavier Bishop All-Big Sky Second Team
Amin Adamu All-Big Sky Third Team
Jubrile Belo All-Big Sky Third Team
Amin Adamu Big Sky All-Tournament Team
Jubrile Belo Big Sky All-Tournament Team
Jubrile Belo Big Sky Player of the Week (Jan 18, 2021)
Xavier Bishop Big Sky Player of the Week (Nov 30, 2020)
Xavier Bishop Big Sky Player of the Week (Jan 11, 2021)

2020-2021 Montana State Fighting Bobcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters X. Bishop A. Adamu A. Mohamed D. Kirby J. Belo
Rotation K. Tynes N. Gazelas   B. Fernandez  
Lim PT M. Hood T. Patterson C. Bellach B. Shabazz F. Fleute
Lim PT   J. Owens      

2020-2021 Montana State Fighting Bobcats Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Amin Adamu 22 30.8 14.7 5.0 1.5 1.6 0.2 2.7
Jubrile Belo 23 25.2 14.0 5.9 1.0 0.5 1.3 2.3
Xavier Bishop 22 32.8 13.9 3.1 3.9 0.7 0.0 2.3
Abdul Mohamed 23 21.5 7.1 6.3 1.2 0.6 0.2 1.6
Mike Hood 21 13.9 6.4 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.0 1.0
Nick Gazelas 23 18.0 5.0 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.5
Borja Fernandez 23 17.9 4.5 3.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 1.0
Kellen Tynes 21 11.1 3.7 1.5 0.9 0.8 0.0 0.4
Tyler Patterson 23 18.8 3.7 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4
Caleb Bellach 4 7.5 2.5 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.5
Bilal Shabazz 5 5.2 2.4 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0
Devin Kirby 20 13.4 1.5 2.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3
Finn Fleute 17 4.9 1.3 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4
Jesse Owens 1 3.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2020-2021 Montana State Fighting Bobcats Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Danny Sprinkle Head Coach 2019-2020 Assistant Coach (Cal State Fullerton, 2013 to 2019)
Chris Haslam Assistant Coach 2014-2015 N/A
Dan Russell Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Head Coach (Casper, 2013 to 2019)
Shawn Dirden Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Head Coach (Northwestern Oklahoma State, 2016 to 2019)
Leon Costello Athletic Director 2016-2017 N/A
Tom Schulz Director of Sports Information 1988-1989 N/A
Bill Lamberty Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2012-2013 N/A
Andrew Pedersen Assistant Director of Sports Information 2017-2018 Communications Assistant (Missouri State, 2014 to 2016)
Rob Higgs Head Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 N/A
Alex Willcox Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2013-2014 N/A