2019-2020 Evansville Purple Aces

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2019-2020 Evansville Purple Aces Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
0 Gage Bobe Fr G 6-0 175 - Vincennes (IN) United States South Knox High School
20 Sam Cunliffe Jr SG 6-6 200 Mar 24, 1997 Seattle (WA) United States Rainier Beach High School
- Demontay Dixon RS-So F 6-8 241 - Thompson's Station (TN) United States Summit High School
30 Noah Frederking Jr G 6-4 210 - Okawville (IL) United States Okawville High School
11 Thomasi Gilgeous-Alexander RS-Fr SF 6-7 160 Dec 28, 2000 Hamilton Canada Potter's House Christian Academy
5 Shamar Givance So PG 5-10 155 - Toronto Canada First Love Christian Academy
35 John Hall Jr F 6-7 208 - Philadelphia (PA) United States Standard of Excellence Academy
1 Marcus Henderson Fr PG 6-2 165 - Statesville (NC) United States United Faith Christian Academy
42 Peace Ilegomah Jr C 6-9 235 Dec 17, 1997 Benin City Nigeria Montverde Academy
10 Evan Kuhlman Jr F 6-8 220 - Liberty Township (OH) United States Lakota East High School
2 Art Labinowicz Jr SG 6-4 190 Jan 23, 1997 Matthews (NC) United States David W. Butler High School
3 Jawaun Newton So SG 6-3 185 - El Paso (TX) United States ASPIRE Basketball Academy
33 K.J. Riley Sr G 6-5 200 - Bronx (NY) United States DeSoto High School
4 Devan Straub Jr G 6-2 190 - Evansville (IN) United States Mater Dei High School
13 DeAndre Williams So SF 6-9 205 Oct 4, 1996 Houston (TX) United States Klein Forest High School

Recent Evansville Purple Aces History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 17-18 (6-14) 10th (MVC) 2nd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2022-2023 5-27 (1-19) 12th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 6-24 (2-16) 10th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 9-16 (7-11) 5th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 9-23 10th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 11-21 (5-13) 10th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 17-15 (7-11) 7th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 16-17 (6-12) 8th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 25-9 (12-6) 2nd (MVC) Runner Up N/A
2014-2015 24-12 (9-9) 5th (MVC) 2nd Rnd CIT Champion
2013-2014 14-19 (6-12) 8th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 21-15 (10-8) 4th (MVC) 2nd Rnd CIT 4th Rnd
2011-2012 16-16 (9-9) 3rd (MVC) 3rd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2010-2011 16-16 (9-9) 6th (MVC) 2nd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2009-2010 9-21 (3-15) 10th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 17-14 (8-10) 5th (MVC) 2nd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2007-2008 9-21 (3-15) 10th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 14-17 (6-12) 7th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 10-19 (5-13) 7th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 11-17 (5-13) 9th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 7-22 (5-13) 8th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2002-2003 12-16 (8-10) 5th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A

2019-2020 Evansville Purple Aces Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
DeAndre Williams MVC Player of the Week (Dec 9, 2019)
DeAndre Williams MVC Newcomer of the Week (Dec 16, 2019)
DeAndre Williams MVC Newcomer of the Week (Nov 11, 2019)
DeAndre Williams MVC Newcomer of the Week (Nov 18, 2019)
DeAndre Williams MVC Newcomer of the Week (Dec 9, 2019)

2019-2020 Evansville Purple Aces Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Newton S. Cunliffe K. Riley E. Kuhlman D. Williams
Rotation S. Givance N. Frederking   J. Hall  
Lim PT G. Bobe A. Labinowicz T. Gilgeous-Alexander   P. Ilegomah
Lim PT D. Straub        
Lim PT M. Henderson        

2019-2020 Evansville Purple Aces Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
DeAndre Williams 18 26.7 15.2 6.9 2.7 0.9 1.0 2.1
K.J. Riley 32 31.9 12.8 4.0 2.8 0.8 0.2 2.6
Sam Cunliffe 32 26.8 11.2 4.1 1.1 0.5 0.1 1.9
Art Labinowicz 31 19.9 7.3 2.9 1.3 0.5 0.3 1.5
John Hall 32 22.7 6.0 3.2 0.6 0.3 0.3 1.2
Evan Kuhlman 27 21.1 5.8 3.0 1.4 0.7 0.7 1.1
Noah Frederking 32 23.6 5.8 2.0 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.7
Jawaun Newton 29 21.2 5.5 2.8 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.8
Shamar Givance 31 20.6 4.0 2.5 2.3 0.9 0.0 0.9
Marcus Henderson 19 8.6 2.7 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.4
Thomasi Gilgeous-Alexander 3 2.3 2.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.7
Devan Straub 8 2.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0
Peace Ilegomah 10 3.8 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
Gage Bobe 5 2.4 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0

2019-2020 Evansville Purple Aces Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Walter McCarty Head Coach 2018-2019 Head Coach (2017 to 2018)
Todd Lickliter Head Coach 2019-2020 Assistant Coach (Evansville, 2018 to 2019)
Terrence Commodore Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Eastern Kentucky, 2016 to 2018)
Bennie Seltzer Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Assistant Coach (Washington State, 2017 to 2019)
Logan Baumann Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Director of Basketball Operations (Evansville, 2018 to 2019)
Mark Spencer Athletic Director 2014-2015 N/A
Sunny Park Director of Sports Performance 2015-2016 N/A
Isaac McGlone Director of Basketball Operations 2019-2020 Graduate Assistant (Evansville, 2018 to 2019)
Bob Pristash Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2016-2017 Director of Sports Information (Evansville, 2012 to 2016)
Terry Collins Head Athletic Trainer 1987-1988 N/A
Joe Downs Director of Media Relations 2017-2018 N/A