2023-2024 Southern Illinois Salukis

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2023-2024 Southern Illinois Salukis Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
24 Trent Brown Sr G 6-2 185 Jul 12, 2000 Phoenix (AZ) United States Pinnacle High School
12 Chris Cross Sr G 6-2 195 Nov 18, 2001 Urbana (IL) United States Urbana High School
0 Troy D'Amico Jr F 6-7 210 Sep 24, 2002 Chicago (IL) United States Notre Dame High School For Boys
30 Kennard Davis Fr G 6-6 204 - St. Louis (MO) United States Vashon High School
2 Scottie Ebube So C 6-10 265 Nov 25, 2002 Mundelein (IL) United States Mundelein High School
14 A.J. Ferguson, Jr. Jr G 6-6 185 - Houston (TX) United States Cypress Park High School
32 Jarrett Hensley Sr F 6-8 212 - Overland Park (KS) United States Link Year Prep
21 Cade Hornecker So C 7-0 240 - Amarillo (TX) United States Amarillo High School
15 J.R. Jacobs Fr G 5-9 155 - Memphis (TN) United States Bartlett High School
10 Xavier Johnson Sr PG 6-1 185 Mar 1, 2000 Arlington (VA) United States Episcopal School
23 R.J. McGee Sr SF 6-5 205 - Chicago (IL) United States TaylorMade Academy
25 Trey Miller So G 6-2 174 - Houston (TX) United States Concordia Lutheran High School
4 Clarence Rupert Jr F 6-8 245 Jun 18, 2002 Charlottesville (VA) United States The Miller School of Albemarle
5 Sheridan Sharpe Fr G 6-3 180 - Indianapolis (IN) United States Ben Davis High School
33 Jovan Stulic Sr G 6-6 217 - Prigrevica Serbia Seacrest Country Day School

Recent Southern Illinois Salukis History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 19-13 (11-9) 6th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2022-2023 23-10 (14-6) 3rd (MVC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 16-15 (9-9) 6th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 12-14 (6-13) 9th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 16-16 (10-8) 5th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 17-15 (10-8) 3rd (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 20-13 (11-7) 2nd (MVC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 17-16 (9-9) 3rd (MVC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 22-10 (11-7) 4th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2014-2015 12-21 (4-14) 9th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2013-2014 14-19 (9-9) 4th (MVC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 14-17 (6-12) 10th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2011-2012 8-23 (5-13) 9th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 13-19 (5-13) 8th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2009-2010 15-15 (6-12) 9th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 13-18 (8-10) 5th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 18-15 (11-7) 3rd (MVC) 2nd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2006-2007 29-7 (15-3) 1st (MVC) Runner Up NCAA 3rd Rnd
2005-2006 22-11 (12-6) 2nd (MVC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2004-2005 27-8 (15-3) 1st (MVC) 3rd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2003-2004 25-5 (17-1) 1st (MVC) 3rd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2002-2003 24-7 (16-2) 1st (MVC) Runner Up NCAA 1st Rnd

2023-2024 Southern Illinois Salukis Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Xavier Johnson NABC All-District (16) First Team
Xavier Johnson USBWA Player of the Week (Dec 31, 2023)
Xavier Johnson MVC All-Conference First Team
Xavier Johnson MVC Most-Improved Team
Xavier Johnson MVC Player of the Week (Jan 2, 2024)
Xavier Johnson MVC Player of the Week (Dec 11, 2023)
Xavier Johnson Cancun Challenge Riviera Division All-Tournament Team

2023-2024 Southern Illinois Salukis Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters X. Johnson T. Brown A. Ferguson, Jr. T. D'Amico C. Rupert
Rotation       K. Davis S. Ebube
Rotation       J. Hensley  
Lim PT T. Miller C. Cross J. Stulic   C. Hornecker
Lim PT   S. Sharpe R. McGee    

2023-2024 Southern Illinois Salukis Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Xavier Johnson 32 36.7 22.2 4.1 6.1 1.5 0.2 3.3
Troy D'Amico 32 32.4 9.3 3.7 2.6 0.5 0.4 1.5
Trent Brown 32 35.1 9.1 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.1 0.7
A.J. Ferguson, Jr. 26 25.6 8.5 5.0 0.8 0.5 0.3 1.3
Clarence Rupert 31 20.6 7.5 5.7 1.1 0.6 0.8 1.3
Scottie Ebube 31 11.5 6.0 3.6 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.8
Jarrett Hensley 23 13.0 5.4 2.5 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.4
Jovan Stulic 19 14.3 4.3 2.6 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.4
Kennard Davis 32 21.3 4.2 3.0 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.8
Chris Cross 2 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
R.J. McGee 10 6.5 1.5 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0
Trey Miller 22 7.9 1.2 0.4 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.7
Sheridan Sharpe 5 1.4 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cade Hornecker 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2023-2024 Southern Illinois Salukis Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Bryan Mullins Head Coach 2019-2020 Assistant Coach (Loyola (IL), 2014 to 2019)
Brendan Mullins Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Assistant Coach (Illinois State, 2017 to 2019)
Jevon Mamon Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Director of Basketball Operations (Loyola (IL), 2018 to 2019)
Matt Kupec Athletic Director 2022-2023 N/A
Vince Fritz Director of Basketball Operations 2023-2024 Director of Basketball Operations (American University, 2022 to 2023)
Tony Willls Director of Player Development 2023-2024 Director of Player Personnel (Illinois State, 2021 to 2022)
Colton Susen Strength and Conditioning Coach 2023-2024 N/A
Riley Hoistad Athletic Trainer 2022-2023 N/A