2022-2023 Tennessee State Tigers

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2022-2023 Tennessee State Tigers Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
3 Riggs Abner Fr F 6-6 195 - Mount Juliet (TN) United States Green Hill High School
44 David Acosta Jr F 6-11 247 - Santiago Dominican Republic N/A
30 Jalen Anglin Fr G 6-5 182 - Atwood (TN) United States West Carroll High School
5 Tajik Bartholomew Jr G 6-3 N/A - Austin (TX) United States Lanier High School
20 Dedric Boyd Sr G 6-4 185 Oct 23, 1998 Brownsville (TN) United States Haywood High School
2 Christian Brown Jr SF 6-6 205 Jul 15, 2000 Columbia (SC) United States Oak Hill Academy
4 Jr. Clay Sr G 6-0 170 Feb 23, 2000 Chattanooga (TN) United States McCallie High School
12 Learic Davis RS-Fr F 6-7 190 - Milwaukee (WI) United States Lynde & Harry Bradley Technology and Trade School
23 Emmanuel Dowuona Jr C 6-10 245 Apr 17, 1998 Accra Ghana Westwood Christian School
1 Marcus Fitzgerald, Jr. So G 6-2 182 - Brentwood (TN) United States Pearl-Cohn High School
0 Zion Griffin Sr F 6-7 215 Jun 30, 2000 Chicago (IL) United States Hinsdale South High School
13 Zool Kueth Sr PF 6-7 210 - Gallatin (TN) United States Gallatin High School
10 Adong Makuoi Sr PF 6-9 220 Nov 17, 1999 Edmonton Canada The RISE Centre Academy
11 Justin Williams Jr G 6-3 185 - San Juan Capistrano (CA) United States Junipero Serra Catholic High School
55 Knute Wood RS-Fr G 6-4 191 - Killen (AL) United States Brooks High School

Recent Tennessee State Tigers History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 18-15 (10-8) 5th (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 18-14 (10-8) 3rd (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 14-18 (8-10) 5th (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 4-19 (3-16) 12th (OVC) N/A N/A
2019-2020 18-15 (9-9) 5th (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 9-21 (6-12) 7th (OVC) N/A N/A
2017-2018 15-15 (10-8) 5th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 17-13 (8-8) 6th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2015-2016 20-11 (11-5) 2nd (OVC) 2nd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2014-2015 5-26 (2-14) 12th (OVC) N/A N/A
2013-2014 5-25 (4-12) 10th (OVC) N/A N/A
2012-2013 18-15 (11-5) 3rd (OVC) 3rd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2011-2012 20-13 (11-5) 2nd (OVC) Runner Up CIT 1st Rnd
2010-2011 14-16 (10-8) 5th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 9-23 (6-12) 8th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 12-18 (9-9) 6th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 15-17 (10-10) 5th (OVC) Runner Up N/A
2006-2007 12-20 (8-12) 7th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 13-15 (11-9) 5th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 14-17 (9-7) 5th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 7-21 (6-10) 8th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2002-2003 2-25 9th (OVC) N/A N/A

2022-2023 Tennessee State Tigers Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Jr. Clay NABC All-District (18) Second Team
Jr. Clay All-OVC First Team
Jr. Clay OVC Player of the Week (Feb 13, 2023)
Jr. Clay OVC Player of the Week (Jan 23, 2023)

2022-2023 Tennessee State Tigers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Clay M. Fitzgerald, Jr. D. Boyd Z. Griffin A. Makuoi
Rotation     J. Williams Z. Kueth D. Acosta
Rotation     C. Brown    
Lim PT   T. Bartholomew R. Abner   E. Dowuona
Lim PT   J. Anglin      

2022-2023 Tennessee State Tigers Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Jr. Clay 30 34.1 19.3 5.0 5.5 1.5 0.3 3.6
Marcus Fitzgerald, Jr. 31 30.5 13.6 3.3 3.2 0.7 0.1 2.4
Christian Brown 17 18.6 12.1 3.1 0.4 0.9 0.1 1.1
Dedric Boyd 30 25.3 11.1 2.6 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.7
Adong Makuoi 32 22.4 9.0 5.5 0.4 0.5 1.1 1.3
Zion Griffin 26 26.6 8.5 5.1 0.7 0.9 0.6 1.1
Zool Kueth 32 14.8 3.8 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6
David Acosta 32 11.2 3.8 3.7 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5
Justin Williams 32 21.6 3.7 2.7 2.2 0.8 0.1 1.1
Jalen Anglin 9 3.2 2.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1
Riggs Abner 18 9.3 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.5
Tajik Bartholomew 19 8.6 1.4 1.4 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.5
Emmanuel Dowuona 14 4.6 1.3 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3

2022-2023 Tennessee State Tigers Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Brian Collins Head Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Illinois State, 2017 to 2018)
Ben Walker Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (South Dakota State, 2016 to 2018)
Jerry Nichols Assistant Coach 2018-2019 N/A
Russ Willemsen Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (South Alabama, 2013 to 2018)
Ricky Collins Special Assistant to the Head Coach 2019-2020 N/A
Dr. Mikki Allen Athletic Director 2020-2021 N/A
Josh Bone Director of Basketball Operations 2020-2021 Video Coordinator (Tennessee State, 2018 to 2019)
Tyler Buckner Team Manager 2021-2022 N/A
Eric Owens Associate Head Athletic Trainer 2022-2023 N/A
Trevor Searcy Athletic Trainer 2016-2017 N/A