2023-2024 Evansville Purple Aces

2023-2024 Evansville Purple Aces Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
40 Weston Aigner Fr G 6-3 N/A - Newburgh (IN) United States Castle High School
4 Chuck Bailey III Fr G 6-5 185 - Simi Valley (CA) United States Hamtramck High School
0 Gage Bobe Sr G 6-0 175 - Vincennes (IN) United States South Knox High School
32 Dakota Candler Fr F 6-5 N/A - Vincennes (IN) United States South Knox High School
1 Tanner Cuff Jr F 6-7 N/A - Pleasant Grove (UT) United States American Fork High School
33 Michael Day Fr C 6-11 N/A - Middleton (ID) United States N/A
23 Cameron Gehlhausen So G 6-5 N/A - Evansville (IN) United States North High School
3 Cam Haffner So G 6-2 170 - Westfield (IN) United States Westfield High School
11 Joshua Hughes Fr F 6-10 180 Jan 8, 2005 Brisbane Australia N/A
13 Ben Humrichous Sr GF 6-9 220 Jul 28, 2002 Tipton (IN) United States Tipton High School
5 Braylon Jackson Fr F 6-5 185 Aug 13, 2004 Oldsmar (FL) United States Oldsmar Christian Academy
22 Sekou Kalle Jr PF 6-10 224 - Bamako Mali ASPIRE Basketball Academy
12 Tyler Myers Fr G 5-10 N/A - Evansville (IN) United States Evansville Day School
20 Kenny Strawbridge, Jr. Sr G 6-6 202 - Rockford (IL) United States Rockford Lutheran High School
14 Gui Tesch Fr F 6-9 N/A May 29, 2004 N/A Brazil IMG Academy
2 Antonio Thomas Sr SG 6-2 183 Feb 9, 2001 Memphis (TN) United States Memphis East High School
10 Yacine Toumi Sr SF 6-10 210 Oct 12, 2000 Meulan-en-Yvelines France / Tunisia Lee Academy Prep

Recent Evansville Purple Aces History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 17-18 (6-14) 10th (MVC) 2nd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2022-2023 5-27 (1-19) 12th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 6-24 (2-16) 10th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 9-16 (7-11) 5th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 9-23 10th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 11-21 (5-13) 10th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 17-15 (7-11) 7th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 16-17 (6-12) 8th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 25-9 (12-6) 2nd (MVC) Runner Up N/A
2014-2015 24-12 (9-9) 5th (MVC) 2nd Rnd CIT Champion
2013-2014 14-19 (6-12) 8th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 21-15 (10-8) 4th (MVC) 2nd Rnd CIT 4th Rnd
2011-2012 16-16 (9-9) 3rd (MVC) 3rd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2010-2011 16-16 (9-9) 6th (MVC) 2nd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2009-2010 9-21 (3-15) 10th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 17-14 (8-10) 5th (MVC) 2nd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2007-2008 9-21 (3-15) 10th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 14-17 (6-12) 7th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 10-19 (5-13) 7th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 11-17 (5-13) 9th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 7-22 (5-13) 8th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2002-2003 12-16 (8-10) 5th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A

2023-2024 Evansville Purple Aces Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Chuck Bailey III MVC Freshman of the Week (Dec 4, 2023)
Chuck Bailey III MVC Freshman of the Week (Dec 18, 2023)
Chuck Bailey III MVC Freshman of the Week (Dec 27, 2023)
Chuck Bailey III MVC Freshman of the Week (Nov 13, 2023)
Chuck Bailey III MVC All-Bench Team
Tanner Cuff MVC All-Bench Team
Chuck Bailey III MVC All-Freshman Team
Ben Humrichous MVC All-Newcomer Team
Ben Humrichous MVC Newcomer of the Week (Nov 27, 2023)
Ben Humrichous MVC Newcomer of the Week (Dec 27, 2023)

2023-2024 Evansville Purple Aces Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters G. Bobe A. Thomas K. Strawbridge, Jr. J. Hughes Y. Toumi
Rotation C. Haffner C. Bailey III   B. Humrichous  
Rotation       T. Cuff  
Lim PT T. Myers D. Candler B. Jackson S. Kalle M. Day
Lim PT   W. Aigner      
Lim PT   C. Gehlhausen      

2023-2024 Evansville Purple Aces Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Ben Humrichous 24 29.5 14.7 4.7 1.9 0.7 0.9 1.2
Yacine Toumi 33 25.1 10.8 6.5 1.5 0.7 0.5 2.2
Kenny Strawbridge, Jr. 34 28.9 9.9 3.7 2.5 1.7 0.1 1.6
Chuck Bailey III 34 18.4 8.4 2.6 0.8 0.3 0.1 1.4
Antonio Thomas 35 25.4 7.5 2.2 1.7 0.8 0.0 1.5
Tanner Cuff 35 21.9 7.4 4.2 2.3 0.9 0.2 1.0
Joshua Hughes 35 19.4 6.6 3.9 1.1 0.4 1.1 1.2
Cam Haffner 35 15.9 4.7 1.8 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.7
Gage Bobe 34 20.7 4.1 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.5
Braylon Jackson 9 3.8 1.9 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4
Sekou Kalle 21 6.7 1.8 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.4
Tyler Myers 9 3.3 1.3 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Cameron Gehlhausen 7 3.9 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Weston Aigner 8 3.5 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
Michael Day 9 3.4 0.8 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Dakota Candler 5 3.8 0.6 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4

2023-2024 Evansville Purple Aces Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
David Ragland Head Coach 2022-2023 Assistant Coach (Butler, 2021 to 2022)
Craig Snow Associate Head Coach 2023-2024 Assistant Coach (Evansville, 2022 to 2023)
George Swanson Assistant Coach 2022-2023 N/A
Ziggy Siegfried Athletic Director 2022-2023 Athletic Director (Cal State Bakersfield, 2014 to 2022)
Roosevelt Jones Director of Basketball Operations 2022-2023 Assistant Coach (Indianapolis, 2020 to 2022)
Bob Pristash Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2016-2017 Director of Sports Information (Evansville, 2012 to 2016)
Terry Collins Head Athletic Trainer 1987-1988 N/A