2022-2023 SIU-Edwardsville Cougars

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2022-2023 SIU-Edwardsville Cougars Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
20 Cobie Barnes Jr SG 6-7 215 - Floyds Knobs (IN) United States Floyd Central High School
10 Jalen Hodge Sr G 6-1 180 - O'Fallon (IL) United States O'Fallon Township High School
12 Jonathan Kurtas So C 6-10 235 - Mooresville (NC) United States Lake Norman High School
0 Damarco Minor So G 6-0 190 - Harvey (IL) United States Thornton Township High School
2 Desmond Polk So SG 6-4 190 - New Berlin (WI) United States La Lumiere School
1 DeeJuan Pruitt So F 6-8 230 - Sacramento (CA) United States Grant Union High School
13 Quani Rudd So G 6-5 190 - Mount Vernon (IL) United States Mount Vernon High School
34 Arnas Sakenis Fr F 6-11 260 - Tinley Park (IL) United States Victor J. Andrew High School
5 Dorion Staples So F 6-7 235 - Fredericksburg (VA) United States Massaponax High School
3 Ray'Sean Taylor So G 6-1 180 - Collinsville (IL) United States Collinsville High School
21 Terrance Thompson Jr PF 6-8 250 - La Crosse (WI) United States Central High School
24 Cam Williams RS-Sr G 6-2 190 - St. Louis (MO) United States Hazelwood Central High School
14 Braden Wood Fr G 6-3 180 - Springfield (MO) United States Link Year Prep
55 Lamar Wright Jr F 6-7 205 - Murrieta (CA) United States Vista Murrieta High School
4 Shamar Wright Jr F 6-7 200 - Murrieta (CA) United States Link Year Prep

SIU-Edwardsville Transfers Sitting Out 2022-2023

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Ethan Yancy So G 6-4 185 - Houston (TX) United States Northwest Kansas Technical College

Recent SIU-Edwardsville Cougars History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
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

2022-2023 SIU-Edwardsville Cougars Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Ray'Sean Taylor NABC All-District (18) First Team
Ray'Sean Taylor All-OVC First Team
Damarco Minor OVC All-Newcomer Team
Damarco Minor OVC Player of the Week (Jan 9, 2023)
Damarco Minor OVC Newcomer of the Week (Feb 13, 2023)
Damarco Minor OVC Newcomer of the Week (Nov 14, 2022)
Damarco Minor OVC Newcomer of the Week (Jan 9, 2023)

2022-2023 SIU-Edwardsville Cougars Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Minor R. Taylor J. Hodge S. Wright D. Pruitt
Rotation   D. Polk L. Wright A. Sakenis J. Kurtas
Lim PT   C. Barnes D. Staples T. Thompson  
Lim PT   Q. Rudd      
Lim PT   C. Williams      

2022-2023 SIU-Edwardsville Cougars Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Ray'Sean Taylor 32 30.5 15.4 4.4 3.0 1.3 0.1 2.4
Damarco Minor 33 32.4 14.3 5.5 2.8 1.3 0.2 1.9
DeeJuan Pruitt 29 28.6 11.0 8.5 1.4 0.7 0.5 2.4
Shamar Wright 33 28.4 10.6 3.9 1.9 1.5 1.0 1.7
Lamar Wright 33 22.9 7.7 3.3 0.8 0.4 0.6 1.2
Jalen Hodge 33 19.5 6.0 1.9 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.8
Terrance Thompson 26 14.5 4.6 3.2 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.7
Jonathan Kurtas 32 14.8 3.9 3.1 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.2
Desmond Polk 27 11.5 2.3 1.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.3
Cobie Barnes 16 7.8 2.2 1.7 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.2
Arnas Sakenis 11 6.3 1.7 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.2
Dorion Staples 10 2.6 1.2 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Quani Rudd 4 1.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0

2022-2023 SIU-Edwardsville Cougars Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Brian Barone Head Coach 2019-2020 Assistant Coach (SIU-Edwardsville, 2017 to 2019)
Mike Waldo Assistant Coach 2019-2020 N/A
Colin Schneider Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Director of Basketball Operations (SIU-Edwardsville, 2019 to 2021)
Jacob Whitehead Video Coordinator 2021-2022 N/A
Gerry Schlemer Head Athletic Trainer 2004-2005 N/A
James Mays Assistant Athletic Trainer 2020-2021 N/A
Joe Pott Director of Communications 2021-2022 Media Relations Coordinator (SIU-Edwardsville, 2008 to 2021)