2018-2019 Northern Kentucky Norse

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2018-2019 Northern Kentucky Norse Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
0 Silas Adheke So FC 6-8 245 - Lagos Nigeria Hamilton Heights Christian Academy
3 Tre Cobbs RS-Jr PG 6-0 190 - Lima (OH) United States Lima Central Catholic High School
2 Paul Djoko Fr GF 6-4 200 Jul 2, 1998 Strasbourg France N/A
24 Brooks Ely Jr G 6-4 205 - Nicholasville (KY) United States Hargrave Military Academy
12 Trevon Faulkner Fr PG 6-4 200 - Harrodsburg (KY) United States Mercer County High School
10 Gerald Gray, Jr. Fr G 6-3 190 - Louisville (KY) United States Pleasure Ridge Park High School
34 Drew McDonald Sr SF 6-7 250 Sep 9, 1996 Newport (KY) United States Newport Central Catholic High School
25 Bryant Mocaby Fr GF 6-5 200 - Derby (KS) United States Derby High School
4 Adrian Nelson Fr F 6-8 225 Oct 5, 1999 Pickerington (OH) United States Pickerington High School Central
5 Zaynah Robinson Sr G 5-11 175 Jun 24, 1996 Duluth (GA) United States Duluth High School
15 Tyler Sharpe Jr G 6-0 200 Jan 14, 1998 Mount Washington (KY) United States Bullitt East High School
11 Jalen Tate So SF 6-6 175 Jun 18, 1998 Pickerington (OH) United States Pickerington High School Central
20 Chris Taylor Fr G 5-8 175 - Wichita (KS) United States IMG Academy
33 Chris Vogt So C 7-1 260 Feb 8, 1999 Mayfield (KY) United States Graves County High School
32 Dantez Walton Jr SF 6-6 215 Dec 28, 1997 Lima (OH) United States Lima Central Catholic High School
44 David Wassler Fr C 6-10 225 - Cincinnati (OH) United States St. Xavier High School

Recent Northern Kentucky Norse History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 18-15 (12-8) 5th (Horizon) 3rd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 22-13 (14-6) 2nd (Horizon) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2021-2022 20-12 (14-6) 4th (Horizon) Runner Up N/A
2020-2021 14-11 (11-7) 3rd (Horizon) 3rd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 23-9 (13-5) 2nd (Horizon) Champion N/A
2018-2019 26-9 (13-5) 1st (Horizon) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2017-2018 22-10 (15-3) 1st (Horizon) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2016-2017 24-11 (12-6) 3rd (Horizon) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2015-2016 9-21 (5-13) 8th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 13-17 (7-7) 4th (A-Sun) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 9-21 (5-13) 8th (A-Sun) N/A N/A
2012-2013 11-16 (9-9) 4th (A-Sun) N/A N/A
2007-2008 N/A N/A (NEC) N/A N/A
2006-2007 N/A N/A (NEC) N/A N/A
2005-2006 0-1 N/A (NEC) N/A N/A
2004-2005 N/A N/A (NEC) N/A N/A

2018-2019 Northern Kentucky Norse Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Drew McDonald NABC All-District (12) First Team
Drew McDonald AP All-American Honorable Mention
Drew McDonald Horizon League Player of the Year
Drew McDonald Horizon All-League First Team
Drew McDonald Horizon League Tournament MVP
Drew McDonald Horizon League All-Tournament Team
Tyler Sharpe Horizon League All-Tournament Team
Jalen Tate Horizon League All-Tournament Team
Jalen Tate Horizon League All-Defensive Team
Drew McDonald Horizon League Player of the Week (Feb 11, 2019)
Drew McDonald Horizon League Player of the Week (Dec 3, 2018)
Drew McDonald Horizon League Player of the Week (Dec 23, 2018)
Drew McDonald Horizon League Player of the Week (Dec 31, 2018)
Drew McDonald Horizon League Player of the Week (Nov 19, 2018)
Jalen Tate Horizon League Player of the Week (Mar 4, 2019)
Jalen Tate Horizon League Player of the Week (Mar 11, 2019)

2018-2019 Northern Kentucky Norse Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Faulkner T. Sharpe J. Tate D. Walton D. McDonald
Rotation Z. Robinson P. Djoko     C. Vogt
Lim PT T. Cobbs B. Mocaby A. Nelson S. Adheke D. Wassler
Lim PT   G. Gray, Jr.      
Lim PT   C. Taylor      

2018-2019 Northern Kentucky Norse Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Drew McDonald 34 30.6 18.7 9.4 2.8 0.5 0.4 2.3
Tyler Sharpe 35 32.1 14.4 3.0 1.8 1.5 0.1 1.2
Jalen Tate 31 27.0 13.7 4.4 4.1 1.2 0.7 2.5
Dantez Walton 35 28.3 11.1 5.5 2.7 0.9 0.7 1.7
Zaynah Robinson 35 23.4 6.9 1.8 2.4 0.9 0.0 1.1
Trevon Faulkner 35 20.4 4.7 2.5 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.9
Chris Vogt 35 12.9 4.5 3.7 0.6 0.3 1.2 1.0
Adrian Nelson 30 8.4 2.8 2.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.7
Bryant Mocaby 18 8.8 2.5 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4
Silas Adheke 20 5.0 2.0 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4
Paul Djoko 35 15.6 1.7 1.1 1.3 0.4 0.6 0.8
David Wassler 6 1.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gerald Gray, Jr. 6 1.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chris Taylor 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2018-2019 Northern Kentucky Norse Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
John Brannen Head Coach 2015-2016 Associate Head Coach (Alabama, 2013 to 2015)
Sean Dwyer Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Special Assistant to the Head Coach (Alabama, 2013 to 2015)
Chris Shumate Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Western Kentucky, 2015 to 2016)
Tim Morris Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Director of Player Development (Nevada, 2015 to 2016)
McIntyre Webb Video Coordinator 2016-2017 N/A
Ken Bothof Athletic Director 2014-2015 N/A
Jake Luhn Director of Basketball Operations 2018-2019 Associate Head Coach (Longwood, 2015 to 2018)
Molly Hutson Head Athletic Trainer 2005-2006 N/A
Brian Boos Strength and Conditioning Coach 2011-2012 N/A
Brad Pope Director of Communications 2014-2015 N/A