2018-2019 Illinois-Chicago Flames

2018-2019 Illinois-Chicago Flames Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
20 Jamie Ahale So GF 6-5 205 Mar 6, 1999 Melbourne Australia Box Hill High School
5 Ralph Bissainthe Fr GF 6-7 205 Mar 29, 1999 North Miami (FL) United States McArthur High School
13 Jordan Blount Jr SG 6-8 235 Jan 5, 1997 Dublin United States / Ireland SPIRE Sports Academy
25 Godwin Boahen Jr PG 5-11 180 Jul 5, 1997 Toronto Canada The Hill Academy
2 Michael Diggins So F 6-8 195 Jan 11, 1998 Las Vegas (NV) United States Durango High School
33 Muhammed Edunjobi RS-Fr G 6-4 200 - Crete (IL) United States Crete-Monee High School
10 Deon Ejim RS-Fr F 6-6 235 Aug 18, 1999 Toronto Canada The RISE Centre Academy
4 Tarkus Ferguson Jr SG 6-4 190 Jul 27, 1997 Belleville (IL) United States Althoff Catholic High School
22 Rob Howard, Jr. Jr F 6-8 230 Oct 19, 1997 Gary (IN) United States Michigan City High School
14 Brandon John Fr PF 6-9 200 Feb 10, 1999 Brantford Canada The RISE Centre Academy
23 Abraham Makumator RS-Fr C 6-11 245 Sep 23, 1998 Accra Ghana First Baptist Academy
0 Dominique Matthews Jr SG 6-2 200 Nov 27, 1994 Chicago (IL) United States Victory Rock Prep
1 Marcus Ottey Jr SG 6-2 185 Mar 13, 1997 Toronto Canada St. Benedict's Prep School
35 Travell Washington Fr F 6-9 230 Mar 21, 1999 San Bernardino (CA) United States Lawrence Academy at Groton
3 Jacob Wiley So F 6-7 210 Sep 16, 1998 Houston (TX) United States Sam Houston High School

Recent Illinois-Chicago Flames History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 12-21 (4-16) 11th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 12-20 (4-16) 11th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 14-16 (9-10) 8th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 9-13 (6-10) 10th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2019-2020 18-17 (10-8) 4th (Horizon) Runner Up N/A
2018-2019 16-16 (10-8) 4th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 20-16 (12-6) 3rd (Horizon) 2nd Rnd CIT Runner Up
2016-2017 17-19 (7-11) 6th (Horizon) 3rd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2015-2016 5-25 (3-15) 10th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 10-24 (4-12) 7th (Horizon) 3rd Rnd N/A
2013-2014 6-25 (1-15) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 18-16 (7-9) 5th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2011-2012 8-22 (3-15) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 7-24 (2-16) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 8-22 (3-15) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 16-15 (7-11) 6th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 18-15 (9-9) 4th (Horizon) 3rd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 14-18 (7-9) 4th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 16-15 (8-8) 3rd (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 15-14 (8-8) 4th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 24-8 (12-4) 2nd (Horizon) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2002-2003 21-9 (12-4) 3rd (Horizon) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd

2018-2019 Illinois-Chicago Flames Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Tarkus Ferguson NABC All-District (12) Second Team
Tarkus Ferguson Horizon All-League Second Team
Tarkus Ferguson Horizon League Player of the Week (Feb 4, 2019)

2018-2019 Illinois-Chicago Flames Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters G. Boahen M. Ottey T. Ferguson J. Blount R. Howard, Jr.
Rotation   J. Ahale J. Wiley M. Diggins  
Lim PT   D. Matthews R. Bissainthe   T. Washington

2018-2019 Illinois-Chicago Flames Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Tarkus Ferguson 32 36.5 15.5 6.8 5.2 1.5 0.8 3.2
Marcus Ottey 32 31.6 14.8 3.5 2.4 1.1 0.2 2.5
Godwin Boahen 32 34.2 14.8 3.5 3.2 1.2 0.4 2.4
Jordan Blount 30 24.6 9.2 5.6 1.9 1.3 0.3 2.4
Michael Diggins 32 21.9 6.7 3.1 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.8
Rob Howard, Jr. 30 18.7 6.2 3.8 0.6 0.4 0.8 1.1
Jamie Ahale 32 15.3 3.5 1.6 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.3
Jacob Wiley 30 11.5 2.8 3.1 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.8
Travell Washington 28 11.1 2.1 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6
Ralph Bissainthe 9 3.8 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1
Dominique Matthews 4 5.0 0.8 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.2

2018-2019 Illinois-Chicago Flames Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Steve McClain Head Coach 2015-2016 Associate Head Coach (Indiana, 2010 to 2015)
Seth Cooper Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (2015 to 2016)
Dee Brown Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Director of Player Development (Illinois, 2016 to 2017)
Tony Harvey Assistant Coach 2017-2018 N/A
Garrett Klassy Athletic Director 2017-2018 N/A
Phil Gaul Director of Basketball Operations 2017-2018 Volunteer Assistant Coach (Lewis, 2016 to 2017)
Chris McMillian Director of Player Development 2015-2016 N/A
Mike Gilmartin Head Athletic Trainer 1997-1998 N/A
Nick Zostautas Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2010-2011 N/A