2019-2020 Bucknell Bison

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2019-2020 Bucknell Bison Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
2 Walter Ellis So SG 6-5 200 Nov 29, 1999 South Bend (IN) United States Brewster Academy
10 Andrew Funk So SG 6-5 200 Sep 21, 1999 Warminster (PA) United States Archbishop Wood High School
12 John Meeks Jr F 6-6 230 Mar 16, 1999 Burlington (NC) United States Burlington Christian Academy
13 Bruce Moore Sr SF 6-8 223 Jan 15, 1998 Randallstown (MD) United States McDonogh School
0 Paul Newman Jr C 6-9 225 Jul 27, 1998 Philadelphia (PA) United States St. Andrew's High School
3 Malachi Rhodes Fr SF 6-8 240 Mar 22, 2001 McDonough (GA) United States Joseph Wheeler High School
21 Xander Rice Fr SF 6-3 190 Jan 3, 2001 Middletown (NJ) United States The Patrick School
14 Ben Robertson Sr SF 6-5 200 Apr 14, 1997 High Point (NC) United States High Point Christian Academy
5 Jordan Sechan Jr G 6-1 180 Mar 7, 1998 New Canaan (CT) United States Northfield Mount Hermon School
4 Jimmy Sotos Jr G 6-3 200 Sep 4, 1998 Elk Grove (IL) United States James B. Conant High School
23 Kahliel Spear So F 6-7 220 Jun 2, 2000 The Colony (TX) United States The Colony High School
40 Alex Timmerman Fr C 6-10 265 Feb 19, 2001 Crystal Lake (IL) United States Crystal Lake Central High School
11 Avi Toomer Sr SG 6-3 192 Sep 19, 1997 Atlanta (GA) United States Grady High School
32 Jake Van Der Heijden Fr SF 6-9 233 Jul 4, 2000 Raleigh (NC) United States Ravenscroft School

Recent Bucknell Bison History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 14-19 (10-8) 2nd (Patriot) 3rd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 12-20 (5-13) 10th (Patriot) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 9-23 (5-13) 9th (Patriot) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 5-7 (4-6) 8th (Patriot) 3rd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 14-20 (8-10) 6th (Patriot) 3rd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 21-12 (13-5) 1st (Patriot) Runner Up N/A
2017-2018 25-10 (16-2) 1st (Patriot) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2016-2017 26-9 (15-3) 1st (Patriot) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2015-2016 17-14 (14-4) 1st (Patriot) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2014-2015 19-15 (13-5) 1st (Patriot) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2013-2014 16-14 (11-7) 4th (Patriot) 2nd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 28-6 (12-2) 1st (Patriot) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2011-2012 25-10 (12-2) 1st (Patriot) Runner Up NIT 2nd Rnd
2010-2011 25-9 (13-1) 1st (Patriot) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2009-2010 14-17 (9-5) 2nd (Patriot) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 7-23 (4-10) 7th (Patriot) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 12-19 (6-8) 5th (Patriot) 2nd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 22-9 (13-1) 1st (Patriot) Runner Up N/A
2005-2006 27-5 1st (Patriot) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2004-2005 23-10 (10-4) 2nd (Patriot) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2003-2004 14-15 (9-5) 3rd (Patriot) 2nd Rnd N/A
2002-2003 14-15 (7-7) 5th (Patriot) 2nd Rnd N/A

2019-2020 Bucknell Bison Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
John Meeks Patriot League Third Team
Avi Toomer Patriot League All-Tournament Team

2019-2020 Bucknell Bison Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Sotos A. Toomer A. Funk J. Meeks P. Newman
Rotation   W. Ellis K. Spear    
Rotation     X. Rice    
Lim PT   J. Sechan B. Robertson   B. Moore
Lim PT     J. Van Der Heijden   A. Timmerman
Lim PT     M. Rhodes    

2019-2020 Bucknell Bison Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Jimmy Sotos 34 32.1 11.5 3.5 3.9 1.6 0.4 2.8
Avi Toomer 31 28.4 11.3 4.2 1.9 1.1 0.3 2.0
John Meeks 31 27.1 11.2 5.3 1.0 0.8 0.1 1.8
Andrew Funk 33 32.6 10.8 3.9 1.7 0.8 0.2 1.6
Bruce Moore 23 21.4 8.4 2.7 0.8 0.4 0.4 1.4
Walter Ellis 33 17.4 5.9 2.0 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6
Paul Newman 31 17.2 5.1 4.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.4
Kahliel Spear 32 14.3 4.8 3.2 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7
Xander Rice 34 12.8 2.4 0.8 1.3 0.6 0.0 0.9
Alex Timmerman 15 5.6 1.3 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4
Malachi Rhodes 22 5.6 1.1 1.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2
Ben Robertson 17 6.8 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.3
Jake Van Der Heijden 19 5.2 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

2019-2020 Bucknell Bison Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Dom Hoffman Manager of Basketball Operations 2019-2020 N/A
Nathan Davis Head Coach 2015-2016 N/A
Paul Harrison Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Head Coach (Clayton State, 2013 to 2015)
Joe Meehan Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Director of Basketball Operations (Bucknell, 2015 to 2016)
Johnathan Brown Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Director of Basketball Operations (Bucknell, 2016 to 2019)
Jermaine Truax Athletic Director 2018-2019 N/A
Jerry Shreck Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2014-2015 N/A
Ian Wood Director of Sports Medicine 2018-2019 Head Athletic Trainer (Colorado College, 2012 to 2017)
Brendan Abbey Assistant Athletic Trainer 2012-2013 N/A