2023-2024 Long Island Sharks

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2023-2024 Long Island Sharks Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
2 Eric Acker Fr G 6-2 160 - New York (NY) United States Eagle Academy For Young Men
43 Gezim Bajrami Fr C 6-9 264 Jul 31, 2003 Tampere Finland N/A
15 C.J. Delancy So FC 6-8 210 - Jonesboro (AR) United States St. Thomas More School
23 Nikola Djapa Fr C 7-0 230 Jun 23, 2004 Belgrade Serbia Hoosac School
21 Ahmed Essahaty So PG 6-3 201 Nov 27, 2003 Wellington New Zealand South Kent School
10 R.J. Greene So G 6-5 210 - Bronx (NY) United States Iona Preparatory School
3 Greg Kenney Fr F 6-6 176 - Williston Park (NY) United States The Gunnery
6 Tana Kopa Jr F 6-6 178 - Perth Australia Grace Baptist Academy
4 Tre'shawn Sheppard Fr GF 6-6 230 - Brooklyn (NY) United States Eagle Academy For Young Men
8 Jason Steele Fr GF 6-6 190 - Bronx (NY) United States Our Saviour Lutheran School
13 Tai Strickland Sr PG 6-2 185 Oct 10, 1999 Tampa (FL) United States St. Petersburg High School
11 Terell Strickland Jr PG 6-0 175 - St. Petersburg (FL) United States Scotland Performance Institute
5 Andre Washington Jr G 5-11 178 - Staten Island (NY) United States Williston Northhampton High School

Recent Long Island Sharks History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 7-22 (6-10) 7th (NEC) 1st Rnd N/A
2022-2023 3-26 (1-15) 9th (NEC) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 16-14 (12-6) 3rd (NEC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 9-9 (9-9) 5th (NEC) N/A N/A
2019-2020 15-18 (9-9) 5th (NEC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 16-16 (9-9) 5th (NEC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 18-17 (10-8) 4th (NEC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2016-2017 20-12 (13-5) 2nd (NEC) 1st Rnd N/A
2015-2016 16-15 (9-9) 6th (NEC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2014-2015 12-18 (8-10) 7th (NEC) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 9-20 (4-12) 9th (NEC) N/A N/A
2012-2013 20-14 (12-6) 2nd (NEC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2011-2012 25-9 (16-2) 1st (NEC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2010-2011 27-6 (16-2) 1st (NEC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2009-2010 14-17 (11-7) 4th (NEC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2008-2009 16-14 (12-6) 2nd (NEC) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 15-15 (7-11) 7th (NEC) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 10-19 (6-12) 10th (NEC) N/A N/A
2005-2006 12-16 (9-9) 6th (NEC) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 14-15 (10-8) 4th (NEC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 8-19 (4-14) 11th (NEC) N/A N/A
2002-2003 9-19 (7-11) 8th (NEC) 1st Rnd N/A

2023-2024 Long Island Sharks Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Tai Strickland All-NEC Third Team
Eric Acker NEC All-Rookie Team
Eric Acker NEC Rookie of the Week (Nov 27, 2023)
Eric Acker NEC Rookie of the Week (Jan 8, 2024)
Eric Acker NEC Rookie of the Week (Feb 26, 2024)
Nikola Djapa NEC Rookie of the Week (Feb 5, 2024)

2023-2024 Long Island Sharks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Strickland E. Acker R. Greene T. Kopa N. Djapa
Rotation A. Washington   J. Steele    
Rotation T. Strickland        
Lim PT A. Essahaty   T. Sheppard   C. Delancy
Lim PT     G. Kenney   G. Bajrami

2023-2024 Long Island Sharks Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Tai Strickland 26 29.8 13.7 3.9 2.5 1.7 0.3 2.8
Eric Acker 26 33.4 12.7 3.7 3.8 0.6 0.1 3.3
Tana Kopa 29 32.3 12.0 3.9 1.1 0.8 0.6 1.7
R.J. Greene 25 30.6 8.2 8.0 1.1 0.8 0.7 1.6
Terell Strickland 18 23.7 7.2 3.1 3.6 1.6 0.1 2.8
Nikola Djapa 29 21.5 6.1 5.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 1.3
Andre Washington 24 17.2 6.0 1.7 0.6 0.7 0.0 0.7
Jason Steele 22 17.8 4.4 3.1 1.0 0.8 0.3 1.1
C.J. Delancy 17 10.2 3.4 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.5
Ahmed Essahaty 19 16.9 3.3 1.8 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.7
Gezim Bajrami 16 9.8 1.6 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3
Tre'shawn Sheppard 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Greg Kenney 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2023-2024 Long Island Sharks Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Rod Strickland Head Coach 2022-2023 Assistant Coach (South Florida, 2014 to 2017)
Chris Thomas Assistant Coach 2022-2023 Assistant Coach (Raptors 905, 2021 to 2022)
Maurice Hicks Assistant Coach 2022-2023 N/A
Charles Jones Assistant Coach 2023-2024 Special Assistant to the Head Coach (Long Island, 2022 to 2023)
Quentin Turner Video Coordinator 2022-2023 N/A
William E. Martinov Jr. Athletic Director 2021-2022 N/A
Scott Schulz Director of Sports Performance 2023-2024 N/A
Diana Riggs Head Athletic Trainer 2023-2024 N/A
William Schwartz Director of Sports Medicine 2021-2022 N/A