2021-2022 Illinois-Chicago Flames

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2021-2022 Illinois-Chicago Flames Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
20 Jamie Ahale Sr GF 6-5 205 Mar 6, 1999 Melbourne Australia Box Hill High School
4 Brandon Battle Sr F 6-8 215 - Fort Worth (TX) United States North Crowley High School
14 Brad Bowditch So G 6-0 180 - Milton (WI) United States IMG Academy
33 Jaden Brownell Fr F 6-9 230 - Sandy (UT) United States Alta High School
0 Jace Carter Fr GF 6-6 220 Jan 14, 2003 Titusville (FL) United States Astronaut High School
1 Maurice Commander Sr G 6-0 175 - Chicago (IL) United States Curie Metropolitan High School
2 Michael Diggins Sr F 6-8 195 Jan 11, 1998 Las Vegas (NV) United States Durango High School
3 Damaria Franklin Sr F 6-3 205 Jul 12, 1999 Skokie (IL) United States Niles North High School
23 Zion Griffin Sr F 6-7 215 Jun 30, 2000 Chicago (IL) United States Hinsdale South High School
10 Jalen Johnson Jr G 6-1 180 Dec 30, 1999 Hopkinsville (KY) United States Hopkinsville High School
11 Kevin Johnson Sr G 6-0 160 Feb 10, 1999 Thibodaux (LA) United States E.D. White High School
22 Marcus Larsson Jr F 6-10 225 Jun 4, 1999 Oslo Norway N/A
50 Filip Skobalj Fr F 6-7 240 Jul 28, 2002 Belgrade Serbia / Sweden N/A
5 Jalen Warren Sr G 6-3 160 Sep 25, 1999 Milton Canada Bishop Reding Catholic Secondary School
15 Griffin Yaklich So GF 6-6 205 - Saline (MI) United States Saline 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

2021-2022 Illinois-Chicago Flames Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Damaria Franklin Horizon All-League Third Team
Jace Carter Horizon League All-Freshman Team
Kevin Johnson Horizon League Player of the Week (Jan 17, 2022)
Jace Carter Horizon League Freshman of the Week (Feb 21, 2022)

2021-2022 Illinois-Chicago Flames Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters K. Johnson J. Ahale D. Franklin Z. Griffin F. Skobalj
Rotation   J. Carter     M. Diggins
Rotation   J. Warren      
Lim PT B. Bowditch J. Johnson G. Yaklich B. Battle M. Larsson

2021-2022 Illinois-Chicago Flames Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Damaria Franklin 28 31.5 17.8 6.9 2.5 1.3 0.9 2.7
Kevin Johnson 27 35.1 13.1 3.0 4.9 1.2 0.2 2.2
Zion Griffin 28 27.3 11.1 4.0 1.1 0.7 0.6 1.0
Jalen Warren 28 24.2 8.5 2.7 3.5 0.7 0.3 1.9
Jace Carter 21 25.1 8.1 5.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.1
Filip Skobalj 29 20.2 6.2 3.4 1.3 0.5 0.2 1.0
Michael Diggins 27 23.3 6.1 4.9 1.0 0.5 1.3 1.6
Marcus Larsson 5 7.8 5.2 2.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.6
Jamie Ahale 30 23.9 5.0 2.1 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.6
Brandon Battle 17 9.6 2.1 1.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.7
Jalen Johnson 13 5.9 1.9 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2
Griffin Yaklich 11 4.4 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3
Brad Bowditch 3 2.3 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3

2021-2022 Illinois-Chicago Flames Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Luke Yaklich Head Coach 2020-2021 Associate Head Coach (Texas, 2019 to 2020)
Dee Brown Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Director of Player Development (Illinois, 2016 to 2017)
Will Veasley Assistant Coach 2020-2021 Assistant Coach (North Dakota State, 2016 to 2020)
Michael Lipitz Athletic Director 2020-2021 N/A
Dan Ryan Director of Player Personnel 2020-2021 N/A
Kyle Drennan Director of Basketball Operations 2020-2021 Head Coach (McCook CC, 2019 to 2020)
Henry Stark Graduate Manager 2021-2022 N/A
Tre Lesley Graduate Manager 2021-2022 N/A
Bryan Yonka Head Athletic Trainer 2021-2022 N/A
Nick Zostautas Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2010-2011 N/A
Dan Wallace Director of Communications 2020-2021 Communications Assistant (Frostburg State, 2016 to 2018)