2018-2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds

2018-2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
32 Andre Adams So F 6-9 230 Mar 29, 1996 Avondale (AZ) United States IMG Academy
0 Dato Aphkhazava Fr PG 6-1 180 Jun 2, 1998 Batumi Georgia N/A
2 Brandon Better Sr SG 6-3 185 - Lanham (MD) United States Crossland High School
15 Harrison Butler Fr SF 6-5 222 Feb 9, 1999 Huntington Beach (CA) United States Mater Dei High School
10 Jacob Calloway Jr SG 6-8 215 Apr 30, 1996 Juneau (AK) United States Thunder Mountain High School
21 Josh Cornish RS-Fr G 6-2 165 - Cockeysville (MD) United States Dulaney High School
1 Kenton Eskridge Fr G 6-3 195 Nov 19, 1998 Atlanta (GA) United States Mt. Zion Prep
12 Maizen Fausett Fr SG 6-6 225 - Sarasota Springs (UT) United States Westlake High School
5 Dillon Glendenning RS-Fr PG 5-11 150 - Henderson (NV) United States Findlay College Prep
30 Elijah Graves Sr F 6-5 215 - Las Vegas (NV) United States Liberty High School
33 Matthew Johnson Sr G 6-4 210 - Las Vegas (NV) United States Coronado High School
22 Ivan Madunic Jr F 6-11 225 Nov 26, 1996 Split Croatia DME Academy
4 Dre Marin So G 6-0 175 - Glendale (AZ) United States Apollo High School
25 Dwayne Morgan RS-Sr PF 6-8 218 Jan 29, 1996 Baltimore (MD) United States St. Frances Academy
23 Cameron Oluyitan Jr SG 6-8 195 Feb 13, 1997 Sugar Land (TX) United States Clements High School
3 Jason Richardson Jr PG 6-2 210 Feb 12, 1997 Gardena (CA) United States Junipero Serra Catholic High School

Southern Utah Transfers Sitting Out 2018-2019

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Jakolby Long Jr SG 6-4 215 Sep 16, 1997 Edmond (OK) United States Iowa State
14 David Ndiaye Sr C 7-0 215 Oct 16, 1996 Dakar Senegal Illinois State

Recent Southern Utah Thunderbirds History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 10-21 (5-15) 10th (WAC) N/A N/A
2022-2023 24-13 (12-6) 3rd (WAC) Runner Up CBI 3rd Rnd
2021-2022 23-12 (14-6) 2nd (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd The Basketball Classic 3rd Rnd
2020-2021 20-4 (12-2) 1st (Big Sky) 3rd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 17-15 (9-11) 7th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 17-17 (9-11) 7th (Big Sky) 3rd Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2017-2018 13-19 (5-13) 10th (Big Sky) 3rd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 6-27 (3-15) 11th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 5-24 (3-15) 11th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 10-19 (7-11) 9th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2013-2014 2-27 (1-19) 11th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2012-2013 11-20 (8-12) 6th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2011-2012 14-17 (8-10) 6th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2010-2011 11-19 (7-11) 8th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 7-22 (3-15) 9th (Summit) N/A N/A
2008-2009 11-20 (8-10) 5th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 11-19 (9-9) 5th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 16-14 (6-8) 5th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 10-20 (8-8) 4th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 13-15 (6-10) 8th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 10-18 (6-10) 7th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2002-2003 12-16 (5-9) 6th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A

2018-2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Cameron Oluyitan All-Big Sky Third Team
Cameron Oluyitan Big Sky Newcomer of the Year
Cameron Oluyitan Big Sky Player of the Week (Dec 18, 2018)
Cameron Oluyitan Big Sky Player of the Week (Nov 13, 2018)

2018-2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Marin H. Butler C. Oluyitan J. Calloway A. Adams
Rotation D. Aphkhazava B. Better     I. Madunic
Rotation   M. Fausett      
Lim PT K. Eskridge M. Johnson E. Graves D. Morgan D. Ndiaye
Lim PT D. Glendenning J. Richardson      
Lim PT   J. Cornish      

2018-2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Cameron Oluyitan 34 32.3 13.1 4.2 2.3 1.1 0.4 2.5
Dwayne Morgan 4 22.5 13.0 4.8 1.0 1.0 1.2 2.2
Brandon Better 33 23.9 12.2 1.4 1.3 0.6 0.0 1.4
Harrison Butler 33 25.7 10.3 6.5 1.1 0.9 0.6 2.0
Andre Adams 34 22.4 9.8 6.3 1.1 0.6 0.7 2.4
Jacob Calloway 34 26.0 9.7 4.2 1.2 0.6 0.3 1.1
Dre Marin 34 30.3 8.9 3.2 3.0 0.8 0.1 1.7
Jason Richardson 10 18.5 5.6 1.4 2.6 0.9 0.0 1.6
Maizen Fausett 33 13.1 4.5 3.2 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5
Josh Cornish 3 13.7 3.3 2.3 2.0 1.0 0.3 0.3
Ivan Madunic 32 11.8 2.4 2.9 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.3
Kenton Eskridge 24 8.7 1.8 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.6
Elijah Graves 7 1.9 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Dato Aphkhazava 18 6.3 1.0 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.6
Matthew Johnson 13 2.2 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
Dillon Glendenning 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

2018-2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Todd Simon Head Coach 2016-2017 Head Coach (UNLV, 2015 to 2016)
John Wardenburg Assistant Coach 2016-2017 N/A
Chris Pompey Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Cal State Northridge, 2013 to 2017)
Trent Angelucci Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Special Assistant (Southern Utah, 2016 to 2017)
Debbie Corum Athletic Director 2017-2018 N/A
Will Greenberg Director of Strength and Conditioning 2016-2017 N/A
Bryce Martin Director of Basketball Operations 2016-2017 Director of Basketball Operations (Santa Clara, 2015 to 2016)
Jeani Walker Head Athletic Trainer 2017-2018 Athletic Trainer (Utah Tech, 2011 to 2016)
Nate Lower Athletic Trainer 2018-2019 N/A
Bryson Lester Director of Communications 2018-2019 Assistant Director of Communications (Southern Utah, 2016 to 2018)