2023-2024 Eastern Illinois Panthers

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2023-2024 Eastern Illinois Panthers Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
23 Rodolfo Bolis Jr F 6-8 240 May 12, 2003 Muqui Brazil NBA Academy Latin America
11 Tiger Booker Sr G 5-10 190 - Chicago (IL) United States Bogan High School
10 Kyndall Davis Sr GF 6-5 200 - Flossmoor (IL) United States Bogan High School
20 Caleb Donaldson Sr G 6-5 195 - Bloomington (IL) United States Bloomington High School
24 Jaylin Gibson Jr G 6-4 205 - Evanston (IL) United States Legacy the School of Sport Sciences
17 Lazar Grbovic Jr F 6-8 240 Oct 29, 2000 Belgrade Serbia N/A
4 Isaiah Griffin Fr G 6-0 160 - Orange (NJ) United States Sunrise Christian Academy
34 Jermaine Hamlin Sr PF 6-10 235 Dec 28, 2000 Lincoln (IL) United States Lincoln Community High School
40 Kooper Jacobi Jr F 6-8 200 - Sellersburg (IN) United States Silver Creek High School
22 Luke Light So F 6-8 205 - Surprise (AZ) United States Paradise Honors High School
25 Dan Luers Sr G 6-5 210 - Lebanon (OH) United States Bishop Fenwick High School
5 Sincere Malone So F 6-8 210 - Chicago (IL) United States We Are United Prep
12 Carson Prost Jr G 6-3 185 - Mount Vernon (IL) United States Mount Vernon High School
1 Corey Sawyer, Jr. Jr G 6-4 160 - Oviedo (FL) United States The Master's Academy
3 Nakyel Shelton Jr G 6-3 180 - Chicago (IL) United States Carl Sandburg High School

Recent Eastern Illinois Panthers History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 14-18 (8-10) 7th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2022-2023 9-22 (5-13) 10th (OVC) N/A N/A
2021-2022 5-26 (3-15) 10th (OVC) N/A N/A
2020-2021 9-18 (6-14) 9th (OVC) N/A N/A
2019-2020 17-15 (9-9) 5th (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 14-18 (7-11) 6th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 12-19 (7-11) 8th (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 14-15 (6-10) 10th (OVC) N/A N/A
2015-2016 13-17 (9-7) 7th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 18-15 (9-7) 6th (OVC) 2nd Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2013-2014 11-19 (7-9) 7th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 11-21 (6-10) 8th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2011-2012 12-17 (5-11) 10th (OVC) N/A N/A
2010-2011 9-21 (4-14) 9th (OVC) N/A N/A
2009-2010 19-12 (11-7) 3rd (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2008-2009 12-18 (8-10) 7th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 7-22 (6-14) 10th (OVC) N/A N/A
2006-2007 10-20 (6-14) 10th (OVC) N/A N/A
2005-2006 6-21 (5-15) 9th (OVC) N/A N/A
2004-2005 12-16 (7-9) 8th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 6-21 (4-12) 10th (OVC) N/A N/A
2002-2003 15-15 (9-7) 4th (OVC) N/A N/A

2023-2024 Eastern Illinois Panthers Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Tiger Booker All-OVC First Team
Tiger Booker OVC Player of the Week (Jan 8, 2024)
Tiger Booker OVC Newcomer of the Week (Jan 8, 2024)

2023-2024 Eastern Illinois Panthers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Booker N. Shelton K. Davis D. Luers R. Bolis
Rotation   C. Sawyer, Jr.   L. Grbovic J. Hamlin
Rotation   J. Gibson   S. Malone  
Lim PT I. Griffin C. Donaldson   L. Light K. Jacobi
Lim PT C. Prost        

2023-2024 Eastern Illinois Panthers Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Tiger Booker 28 33.1 16.0 2.7 3.4 2.1 0.0 1.4
Nakyel Shelton 29 26.9 11.0 4.4 1.9 0.4 0.3 1.6
Kooper Jacobi 17 29.4 10.5 7.7 1.6 0.7 0.4 1.0
Kyndall Davis 32 26.4 10.3 4.3 1.6 1.4 0.7 1.4
Corey Sawyer, Jr. 30 24.6 8.6 2.2 1.6 1.0 0.1 1.1
Dan Luers 32 23.1 6.8 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.6
Jermaine Hamlin 23 15.7 4.7 4.1 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.9
Sincere Malone 29 13.8 4.1 3.3 0.6 0.9 0.2 0.9
Jaylin Gibson 26 14.2 2.9 2.3 1.5 0.5 0.1 1.2
Isaiah Griffin 18 6.6 2.6 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.5
Rodolfo Bolis 31 11.4 1.7 3.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5
Lazar Grbovic 24 8.0 1.7 1.6 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2
Caleb Donaldson 2 16.0 1.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Luke Light 10 2.2 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Carson Prost 9 1.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0

2023-2024 Eastern Illinois Panthers Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Marty Simmons Head Coach 2021-2022 Assistant to the Head Coach (Clemson, 2018 to 2021)
Kylen Butler Assistant Coach 2023-2024 Director of Recruiting (Grand Canyon, 2021 to 2023)
Marlon London Assistant Coach 2023-2024 Director of Scouting (Illinois-Chicago, 2022 to 2023)
Bob Lockart Assistant to the Head Coach 2023-2024 N/A
Tom Michael Athletic Director 2014-2015 N/A
Rich Moser Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2012-2013 N/A
Jim Nave Head Athletic Trainer 2016-2017 N/A
Joe Niehaus Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2014-2015 N/A