2023-2024 Illinois-Chicago Flames

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2023-2024 Illinois-Chicago Flames Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
10 Ethyn Brown So G 5-11 185 - Belleville (IL) United States Belleville East High School
33 Jaden Brownell Jr F 6-9 230 - Sandy (UT) United States Alta High School
2 Steven Clay So F 6-4 185 - Menomonee Falls (WI) United States Menomonee Falls High School
54 Cameron Fens So C 6-10 255 - Dubuque (IA) United States Hempstead High School
3 Christian Jones So SG 6-5 185 - East St. Louis (IL) United States East St. Louis Senior High School
14 Marquise Kennedy Sr G 6-1 190 - Chicago (IL) United States Brother Rice High School
21 Khaled Khaled Fr G 6-3 180 - Burbank (IL) United States Reavis High School
0 Drew King So G 6-3 189 - Phoenix (AZ) United States N/A
13 Nathan Ojukwu Fr F 6-6 N/A - Boise (ID) United States DME Academy
5 Toby Okani Sr F 6-8 210 Oct 5, 2001 West Orange (NJ) United States Cushing Academy
4 Ethan Pickett Jr G 6-4 195 - Canton (GA) United States Cherokee High School
1 Isaiah Rivera Sr F 6-5 210 Sep 24, 2001 Geneseo (IL) United States / Dominican Republic Geneseo High School
23 Yusef Salih Jr G 6-2 192 - Gainesville (VA) United States Highland School
50 Filip Skobalj Jr F 6-7 240 Jul 28, 2002 Belgrade Serbia / Sweden N/A
34 Grant Welch Fr G 6-3 180 - Moline (IL) United States Moline High School
15 Griffin Yaklich Sr GF 6-6 205 - Saline (MI) United States Saline High School

Recent Illinois-Chicago Flames History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 12-21 (4-16) 11th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 12-20 (4-16) 11th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 14-16 (9-10) 8th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 9-13 (6-10) 10th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2019-2020 18-17 (10-8) 4th (Horizon) Runner Up N/A
2018-2019 16-16 (10-8) 4th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 20-16 (12-6) 3rd (Horizon) 2nd Rnd CIT Runner Up
2016-2017 17-19 (7-11) 6th (Horizon) 3rd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2015-2016 5-25 (3-15) 10th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 10-24 (4-12) 7th (Horizon) 3rd Rnd N/A
2013-2014 6-25 (1-15) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 18-16 (7-9) 5th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2011-2012 8-22 (3-15) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 7-24 (2-16) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 8-22 (3-15) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 16-15 (7-11) 6th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 18-15 (9-9) 4th (Horizon) 3rd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 14-18 (7-9) 4th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 16-15 (8-8) 3rd (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 15-14 (8-8) 4th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 24-8 (12-4) 2nd (Horizon) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2002-2003 21-9 (12-4) 3rd (Horizon) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd

2023-2024 Illinois-Chicago Flames Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Toby Okani MVC All-Defensive Team
Isaiah Rivera MVC Player of the Week (Nov 20, 2023)

2023-2024 Illinois-Chicago Flames Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters E. Pickett C. Jones I. Rivera F. Skobalj T. Okani
Rotation M. Kennedy     J. Brownell  
Lim PT Y. Salih G. Welch S. Clay   C. Fens
Lim PT E. Brown D. King N. Ojukwu    
Lim PT     G. Yaklich    

2023-2024 Illinois-Chicago Flames Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Isaiah Rivera 33 33.4 15.4 4.2 1.8 0.9 0.4 1.8
Christian Jones 33 33.4 11.4 3.5 4.8 0.9 0.4 2.8
Toby Okani 33 32.3 11.1 6.8 1.9 1.5 2.0 2.6
Filip Skobalj 31 27.7 8.2 3.6 1.3 0.5 0.4 1.0
Jaden Brownell 33 13.9 6.1 2.4 0.8 0.2 0.8 0.8
Ethan Pickett 33 22.2 6.0 3.1 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.8
Marquise Kennedy 28 16.4 4.8 2.8 1.1 0.9 0.2 1.0
Steven Clay 33 14.4 4.3 1.5 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.6
Yusef Salih 16 9.1 2.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Cameron Fens 21 5.3 2.2 2.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.3
Nathan Ojukwu 23 6.0 1.8 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.4
Grant Welch 5 2.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
Drew King 2 14.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 0.5 0.0 2.0
Ethyn Brown 10 3.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.3

2023-2024 Illinois-Chicago Flames Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Luke Yaklich Head Coach 2020-2021 Associate Head Coach (Texas, 2019 to 2020)
Will Veasley Assistant Coach 2020-2021 Assistant Coach (North Dakota State, 2016 to 2020)
Bill Wuczynski Assistant Coach 2022-2023 Assistant Coach (Boston College, 2014 to 2021)
Mike Schweigert Director of Basketball Performance 2023-2024 N/A
Michael Lipitz Athletic Director 2020-2021 N/A
Madison Williams Director of Player Personnel 2023-2024 Graduate Manager (Illinois-Chicago, 2022 to 2023)
Ryan Kapustka Director of Basketball Operations 2022-2023 Director of Basketball Operations (Rice, 2020 to 2022)
Dylan Sortillo Graduate Manager 2023-2024 Assistant Coach (Augustana (IL), 2020 to 2021)
Jovan Dukes Graduate Manager 2023-2024 N/A
Bryan Yonka Head Athletic Trainer 2021-2022 N/A
Nick Zostautas Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2010-2011 N/A
Danielle Colegrove Director of Sports Medicine 2023-2024 N/A