2020-2021 Evansville Purple Aces

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2020-2021 Evansville Purple Aces Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
0 Gage Bobe So G 6-0 175 - Vincennes (IN) United States South Knox High School
20 Sam Cunliffe Sr SG 6-6 200 Mar 24, 1997 Seattle (WA) United States Rainier Beach High School
41 Samari Curtis So SG 6-4 190 Dec 15, 1999 Xenia (OH) United States Xenia High School
31 Iyen Enaruna Jr F 6-9 210 Feb 24, 1999 Amsterdam Netherlands / Turkey N/A
30 Noah Frederking Sr 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 Jr PG 5-10 155 - Toronto Canada First Love Christian Academy
23 Trey Hall Fr F 6-9 200 - Hartford (CT) United States Link Year Prep
42 Peace Ilegomah Sr C 6-9 235 Dec 17, 1997 Benin City Nigeria Montverde Academy
10 Evan Kuhlman Sr F 6-8 220 - Liberty Township (OH) United States Lakota East High School
2 Jax Levitch Sr G 6-7 195 Dec 17, 1996 Louisville (KY) United States ELEV|8 Sports Institute
24 Alex Matthews RS-Fr SF 6-5 210 - Elizabethtown (KY) United States John Hardin High School
3 Jawaun Newton Jr SG 6-3 185 - El Paso (TX) United States ASPIRE Basketball Academy
1 Emmette Page Jr G 6-1 186 - Crystal (MN) United States Osseo High School
4 Devan Straub Sr G 6-2 190 - Evansville (IN) United States Mater Dei 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

2020-2021 Evansville Purple Aces Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Shamar Givance MVC All-Conference Second Team
Samari Curtis MVC All-Bench Team
Shamar Givance MVC Most-Improved Team
Shamar Givance MVC Player of the Week (Mar 1, 2021)
Samari Curtis MVC Newcomer of the Week (Jan 5, 2021)

2020-2021 Evansville Purple Aces Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters S. Givance J. Newton N. Frederking J. Levitch E. Kuhlman
Rotation G. Bobe S. Curtis     T. Hall
Lim PT D. Straub S. Cunliffe A. Matthews   I. Enaruna
Lim PT   E. Page T. Gilgeous-Alexander   P. Ilegomah

2020-2021 Evansville Purple Aces Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Jawaun Newton 22 32.4 13.5 4.4 2.2 0.9 0.5 2.0
Shamar Givance 25 31.8 13.3 4.0 4.0 1.6 0.0 2.8
Noah Frederking 25 33.2 10.2 2.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.6
Samari Curtis 17 22.0 10.1 2.4 0.6 0.6 0.1 1.6
Evan Kuhlman 25 29.0 9.3 3.6 1.9 0.4 0.7 1.1
Iyen Enaruna 25 13.2 4.6 2.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.9
Jax Levitch 25 31.8 4.5 5.1 1.4 0.8 0.3 0.4
Thomasi Gilgeous-Alexander 8 12.4 2.4 1.9 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.5
Trey Hall 19 9.5 2.3 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5
Gage Bobe 13 11.5 1.8 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.5
Alex Matthews 6 9.7 1.8 2.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.5
Devan Straub 6 1.7 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3
Emmette Page 2 8.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2020-2021 Evansville Purple Aces Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Todd Lickliter Head Coach 2019-2020 Assistant Coach (Evansville, 2018 to 2019)
Logan Baumann Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Director of Basketball Operations (Evansville, 2018 to 2019)
Brandon Crone Assistant Coach 2020-2021 Coordinator of Basketball Operations (Butler, 2014 to 2020)
Thomas Jackson Assistant Coach 2020-2021 Assistant Coach (Northern Arizona Suns, 2019 to 2020)
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