2022-2023 Eastern Michigan Eagles

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2022-2023 Eastern Michigan Eagles Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
2 Tyson Acuff So G 6-4 190 Sep 16, 2002 Detroit (MI) United States Cass Technical High School
33 Derek Ballard, Jr. Sr F 6-8 225 - Southfield (MI) United States Southfield-Lathrup High School
21 Emoni Bates So SF 6-9 170 Jan 28, 2004 Ypsilanti (MI) United States Ypsi Prep Academy
4 Jalin Billingsley So PF 6-8 225 - Cleveland (OH) United States Lutheran High School East
5 Noah Farrakhan So PG 6-1 165 Dec 3, 2000 Union (NJ) United States The Patrick School
23 Legend Geeter Fr F 6-8 235 Feb 3, 2002 River Rouge (MI) United States River Rouge High School
1 Colin Golson, Jr. So F 6-6 235 - Detroit (MI) United States Ferndale High School
22 Yusuf Jihad Jr C 6-8 220 Aug 10, 2002 Farmington Hills (MI) United States North Farmington High School
13 Prakash Ketterhagen Fr GF 6-4 200 - Kalamazoo (MI) United States COMBINE Academy
10 Orlando Lovejoy Fr G 6-2 N/A - Detroit (MI) United States Summit Academy High School
15 Derik Pranger RS-Fr F 6-9 N/A - Centennial (CO) United States Arapahoe High School
35 Javantae Randle Fr F 6-11 210 - Detroit (MI) United States Frederick Douglass Prep
0 Kevin Rice So G 6-4 200 - Grand Blanc (MI) United States Grand Blanc High School
3 Luka Savikjevikj So G 6-3 150 Feb 19, 2002 Skopje North Macedonia N/A
12 Andrew Wells So G 6-3 160 - East Lansing (MI) United States East Lansing High School
30 J.Z. Zaher Fr G 6-0 165 - Fenton (MI) United States Flint Powers Catholic High School

Recent Eastern Michigan Eagles History

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

2022-2023 Eastern Michigan Eagles Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Tyson Acuff MAC Player of the Week (Feb 13, 2023)
Emoni Bates MAC Player of the Week (Feb 27, 2023)
Emoni Bates All-MAC Third Team
Emoni Bates Cancun Challenge Mayan Division All-Tournament Team

2022-2023 Eastern Michigan Eagles Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters N. Farrakhan O. Lovejoy T. Acuff C. Golson, Jr. E. Bates
Rotation   K. Rice   J. Billingsley L. Geeter
Rotation         Y. Jihad
Lim PT A. Wells L. Savikjevikj D. Pranger J. Randle  
Lim PT   J. Zaher P. Ketterhagen D. Ballard, Jr.  

2022-2023 Eastern Michigan Eagles Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Emoni Bates 30 33.5 19.2 5.8 1.4 0.7 0.5 2.5
Tyson Acuff 30 34.3 14.3 2.8 2.7 1.3 0.1 1.6
Noah Farrakhan 31 29.9 12.1 4.1 2.3 0.7 0.1 2.2
Legend Geeter 28 20.3 5.6 3.9 1.0 0.9 0.1 1.5
Orlando Lovejoy 29 21.6 5.4 2.3 0.8 1.1 0.1 0.8
Jalin Billingsley 27 18.4 5.1 2.4 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.8
Colin Golson, Jr. 28 17.6 5.0 3.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.7
Kevin Rice 20 15.9 4.0 2.0 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3
Yusuf Jihad 29 12.9 3.9 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4
Javantae Randle 25 7.4 1.9 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.6
Derek Ballard, Jr. 13 3.8 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2
Andrew Wells 3 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Luka Savikjevikj 16 9.2 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.6
J.Z. Zaher 2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Derik Pranger 1 15.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 1.0
Prakash Ketterhagen 4 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0

2022-2023 Eastern Michigan Eagles Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Stan Heath Head Coach 2021-2022 Head Coach (Lakeland Magic, 2017 to 2021)
Bob Simon Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (Siena, 2019 to 2021)
Drew Denisco Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Video Coordinator (Michigan State, 2015 to 2021)
Shawn Trice Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (Temple, 2006 to 2019)
Scott Wetherbee Athletic Director 2017-2018 Associate Athletic Director of Communications (Mississippi State, 2013 to 2020)
Seth Thomsen Assistant Sports Performance Coach 2020-2021 N/A
Andrew Kang Director of Basketball Operations 2019-2020 Graduate Assistant (Eastern Michigan, 2017 to 2019)
Kyle Creasy Athletic Trainer 2022-2023 Assistant Athletic Trainer (Chattanooga, 2014 to 2018)