2018-2019 SIU-Edwardsville Cougars

2018-2019 SIU-Edwardsville Cougars Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
2 D'Quan Applewhite Jr G 6-3 180 - Harvey (IL) United States Thornton Township High School
10 Bill Awet So PF 6-8 200 - Sydney Australia Victory Rock Prep
22 Justin Benton Jr SG 6-4 195 - Germantown (TN) United States Houston High School
31 Jackson Best So G 5-9 165 - Edwardsville (IL) United States Edwardsville High School
13 Christian Ellis Jr PG 6-2 190 - Modesto (CA) United States Modesto Christian High School
23 Elochukwu Eze Fr C 6-10 240 - Enugu Nigeria Asheville Christian Academy
32 Brandon Jackson Jr F 6-7 215 - East St. Louis (IL) United States Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School
1 D.J. Jackson So F 6-5 218 - Moscow (TN) United States Fayette Academy
3 Daniel Kinchen Sr G 6-3 155 - Atlanta (GA) United States N/A
21 Blake Lindenmeyer So G 6-0 180 - Arcola (IL) United States Arcola High School
0 Treavon Martin Fr F 6-8 220 - Chicago (IL) United States Curie Metropolitan High School
25 Jaylen McCoy Sr G 5-11 180 - Montgomery (AL) United States Saint James School
15 David McFarland Sr G 6-4 180 Mar 5, 1996 Edwards (MS) United States N/A
30 Anselm Uzuegbunem Jr F 6-7 235 - Oklahoma City (OK) United States Harding Charter Preparatory High School
24 Cam Williams Fr G 6-2 190 - St. Louis (MO) United States Hazelwood Central High School
5 Tyresse Williford Jr G 5-10 165 - Chicago (IL) United States John Marshall Metropolitan High School

Recent SIU-Edwardsville Cougars History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 17-16 (9-9) 6th (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 19-14 (9-9) 6th (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 11-21 (5-13) 8th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 9-17 (7-12) 8th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2019-2020 8-23 (5-13) 10th (OVC) N/A N/A
2018-2019 10-21 (6-12) 7th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 9-21 (5-13) 9th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 6-24 (1-15) 12th (OVC) N/A N/A
2015-2016 6-22 (3-13) 11th (OVC) N/A N/A
2014-2015 12-16 (8-8) 7th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 11-20 (7-9) 7th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 9-18 (5-11) 9th (OVC) N/A N/A
2011-2012 10-17 (6-10) 9th (OVC) N/A N/A
2010-2011 8-21 11th (OVC) N/A N/A
2009-2010 5-23 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2008-2009 11-19 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2007-2008 N/A N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2006-2007 0-1 N/A (A-Sun) N/A N/A
2005-2006 N/A N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2004-2005 0-1 4th (INDEP) N/A N/A
2003-2004 0-1 4th (INDEP) N/A N/A
2002-2003 0-1 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A

2018-2019 SIU-Edwardsville Cougars Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Tyresse Williford OVC Newcomer of the Week (Jan 21, 2019)
Tyresse Williford OVC Newcomer of the Week (Feb 4, 2019)

2018-2019 SIU-Edwardsville Cougars Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. McCoy C. Williams D. McFarland B. Jackson A. Uzuegbunem
Rotation T. Williford     T. Martin  
Rotation D. Kinchen        
Lim PT C. Ellis J. Benton D. Jackson B. Awet E. Eze
Lim PT D. Applewhite B. Lindenmeyer      
Lim PT   J. Best      

2018-2019 SIU-Edwardsville Cougars Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Brandon Jackson 31 29.4 13.8 6.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 1.9
David McFarland 31 29.8 13.6 3.8 1.6 1.6 0.4 1.6
Tyresse Williford 30 28.9 13.1 3.5 3.7 0.8 0.1 3.5
Cam Williams 31 27.2 10.1 3.4 1.4 1.2 0.2 1.6
Daniel Kinchen 30 17.5 6.9 1.6 1.3 0.6 0.0 0.8
Jaylen McCoy 28 14.3 4.6 1.1 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.9
Christian Ellis 30 18.9 3.8 4.0 2.0 0.7 0.1 1.4
Anselm Uzuegbunem 30 22.1 3.6 4.2 0.6 0.2 0.5 1.0
Treavon Martin 26 14.6 3.3 2.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 1.0
Bill Awet 5 6.2 2.6 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.8
D.J. Jackson 13 8.7 2.5 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5
Elochukwu Eze 15 11.2 1.5 2.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.3
D'Quan Applewhite 5 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
Jackson Best 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Blake Lindenmeyer 1 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2018-2019 SIU-Edwardsville Cougars Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Jon Harris Head Coach 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (California, 2014 to 2015)
Bubba Wells Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (Austin Peay, 2008 to 2015)
Brian Barone Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Associate Head Coach (Green Bay, 2010 to 2015)
Dr. Brad Hewitt Director of Intercollegiate Athletics 2002-2003 N/A
Eric Hess Director of Sports Information 2014-2015 N/A
Casey Wyllie Director of Basketball Operations 2018-2019 N/A
Gerry Schlemer Head Athletic Trainer 2004-2005 N/A