2016-2017 South Carolina State Bulldogs

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2016-2017 South Carolina State Bulldogs Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
35 Damani Applewhite Fr F 6-8 200 - Fayetteville (NC) United States Westover High School
21 David Bottenberg Fr F 6-8 220 - Rockville (MD) United States Millbrook School
12 Tarik Clement Jr GF 6-0 180 - Greenville (SC) United States Greenville High School
22 E.J. Eaves Sr SG 6-3 195 - Columbia (SC) United States Lower Richland High School
5 Ozante Fields Fr F 6-7 225 - Denmark (SC) United States Denmark-Olar High School
0 Earnest Jones Fr SF 6-6 215 - Alexandria (VA) United States West Oak Academy
24 Ian Kinard Fr F 6-8 215 Oct 8, 1997 Clinton (SC) United States Gray Collegiate Academy
3 Greg Mortimer Sr G 6-3 190 - Savannah (GA) United States Sol C. Johnson High School
11 Janai Raynor Powell So G 5-10 165 - Virginia Beach (VA) United States Kellam High School
35 Jaylen Reid Sr GF 6-7 205 - Rock Hill (SC) United States Rock Hill High School
10 J.J. Richardson Sr G 6-2 185 - Darlington (SC) United States N/A
2 Tashombe Riley Jr F 6-7 210 Oct 26, 1994 Orangeburg (SC) United States Gray Military Academy
23 Ty Soloman Jr G 5-10 170 - James Island (SC) United States Charleston Collegiate School
1 Ed Stephens Jr G 6-2 185 - Columbia (SC) United States Gray Military Academy
20 Bobby Williams Sr G 6-1 170 - Kingstree (SC) United States Kingstree High School

South Carolina State Transfers Sitting Out 2016-2017

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Dwayne Banks So G 5-10 180 - Baltimore (MD) United States Elizabeth City State
- Patrell Rogers Sr G 6-2 175 - Florence (SC) United States Claflin
- Karon Wright Sr G 5-10 190 - Jackson (SC) United States Georgia Southwestern State

Recent South Carolina State Bulldogs History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 14-18 (9-5) 2nd (MEAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2022-2023 5-26 (2-12) 8th (MEAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 15-16 (7-7) 5th (MEAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 1-17 (1-7) 7th (MEAC) N/A N/A
2019-2020 11-18 (6-10) 8th (MEAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 8-26 (5-11) 9th (MEAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 10-22 (6-10) 10th (MEAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 11-20 (7-9) 7th (MEAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 19-15 (12-4) 2nd (MEAC) Runner Up CIT 1st Rnd
2014-2015 11-22 (7-9) 7th (MEAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2013-2014 9-21 (5-11) 8th (MEAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 6-24 (2-14) 12th (MEAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2011-2012 5-26 13th (MEAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 10-22 (5-11) 8th (MEAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2009-2010 18-14 (10-6) 3rd (MEAC) Runner Up N/A
2008-2009 17-14 (10-6) 2nd (MEAC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 13-20 (7-9) 7th (MEAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 13-17 (10-8) 3rd (MEAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 14-16 (11-7) 3rd (MEAC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 17-14 (9-9) 6th (MEAC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 18-11 (14-4) 1st (MEAC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2002-2003 20-11 (15-3) 1st (MEAC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd

2016-2017 South Carolina State Bulldogs Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
E.J. Eaves NABC All-District (15) First Team
E.J. Eaves All-MEAC Second Team
E.J. Eaves MEAC Player of the Week (Jan 2, 2017)

2016-2017 South Carolina State Bulldogs Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters E. Stephens E. Eaves G. Mortimer T. Riley I. Kinard
Rotation T. Soloman   O. Fields D. Applewhite  
Rotation J. Richardson        
Rotation J. Raynor Powell        
Lim PT B. Williams   J. Reid D. Bottenberg  
Lim PT T. Clement   E. Jones    

2016-2017 South Carolina State Bulldogs Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
E.J. Eaves 31 29.7 16.4 4.0 2.5 0.6 0.4 1.9
Tashombe Riley 31 25.0 11.4 5.2 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.9
Greg Mortimer 31 26.2 10.8 2.4 2.2 0.6 0.2 1.7
Ed Stephens 31 27.2 9.4 2.2 1.7 0.7 0.1 0.9
J.J. Richardson 30 18.4 8.2 1.8 1.3 0.7 0.3 1.8
Ian Kinard 30 18.3 4.4 3.5 0.4 0.2 0.3 1.1
Janai Raynor Powell 31 16.9 3.0 2.2 1.7 0.6 0.1 1.6
Damani Applewhite 30 14.8 2.9 2.9 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.5
Ozante Fields 27 10.8 2.1 2.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.7
Ty Soloman 15 19.3 1.9 1.9 2.2 0.7 0.0 1.3
David Bottenberg 25 6.2 0.7 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2
Jaylen Reid 3 9.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
Tarik Clement 5 1.4 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Earnest Jones 15 1.8 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Bobby Williams 14 2.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

2016-2017 South Carolina State Bulldogs Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Murray Garvin Head Coach 2013-2014 Associate Head Coach (South Carolina State, 2011 to 2013)
Rio Pitt Head Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (South Carolina State, 2013 to 2016)
Trevor Deloach Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Maryland-Eastern Shore, 2014 to 2016)
Paul Bryant Athletic Director 2014-2015 N/A
Keith Swift Director of Strength and Conditioning 2016-2017 N/A
Craig Harward Head Athletic Trainer 2007-2008 N/A
Kendrick Lewis Director of Media Relations 2015-2016 Assistant Director of Media Relations (South Carolina State, 2012 to 2015)