2017-2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats

2017-2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
42 Tobias Cameron RS-Fr G 6-5 210 Feb 21, 1999 Auckland New Zealand Hillcrest Christian College
22 Chase Cobb Fr G 6-2 195 Nov 15, 1997 Richmond (TX) United States Faith West Academy
15 Hayden Farquhar Jr PF 6-7 215 Oct 8, 1996 Throckmorton (TX) United States Throckmorton High School
3 Tevin Foster Sr G 6-0 175 Nov 21, 1994 Lawton (OK) United States Lawton High School
0 Jaylen Franklin Jr SG 6-2 205 Dec 22, 1995 Jacksonville (AR) United States Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School
21 Jalone Friday So PF 6-9 235 Jul 6, 1996 Oklahoma City (OK) United States Oklahoma City Storm Homeschool
11 Drake Green Sr G 6-3 190 Oct 17, 1995 Houston (TX) United States Clear Lake High School
13 Paul Hiepler Fr G 6-4 190 Jul 8, 1998 Camarillo (CA) United States Oaks Christian High School
23 Hayden Howell Jr PF 6-7 225 May 23, 1997 Midwest City (OK) United States Carl Albert High School
34 Kolton Kohl Fr C 7-0 240 May 6, 1998 San Angelo (TX) United States San Angelo Central High School
14 Trey Lenox So SG 6-3 220 Nov 19, 1997 Hot Springs (AR) United States Hot Springs High School
1 Jaren Lewis Jr SG 6-6 215 Nov 25, 1996 Orlando (FL) United States Lake Highland Preparatory
2 B.J. Maxwell So G 6-5 200 Jun 3, 1997 Austin (TX) United States Lyndon B. Johnson High School
5 Payten Ricks So SG 6-2 190 Apr 8, 1998 Wichita (KS) United States Maize High School
10 Isaiah Tripp Sr G 6-1 195 Apr 11, 1995 Baltimore (MD) United States Edmondson-Westside High School

Recent Abilene Christian Wildcats History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 16-18 (10-10) 6th (WAC) 1st Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2022-2023 13-17 (5-11) 10th (WAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 25-11 (11-7) 6th (WAC) Runner Up CBI 3rd Rnd
2020-2021 24-5 (13-2) 2nd (Southland) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2019-2020 20-11 (15-5) 2nd (Southland) 3rd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 27-7 (14-4) 2nd (Southland) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2017-2018 16-16 (8-10) 8th (Southland) N/A CIT 1st Rnd
2016-2017 13-16 (7-11) 8th (Southland) N/A N/A
2015-2016 13-18 (8-10) 7th (Southland) N/A N/A
2014-2015 10-21 (4-14) 12th (Southland) N/A N/A
2013-2014 11-20 (2-12) 13th (Southland) N/A N/A
2009-2010 N/A N/A (Big South) N/A N/A
2008-2009 N/A N/A (Big South) N/A N/A
2006-2007 0-1 N/A (Big South) N/A N/A
2003-2004 0-1 N/A (Big South) N/A N/A

2017-2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Jalone Friday All-Southland Honorable Mention
Jaren Lewis All-Southland Honorable Mention
Jaylen Franklin Southland All-Defensive Team
Jaren Lewis Southland Player of the Week (Feb 12, 2018)

2017-2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Foster P. Ricks J. Franklin J. Lewis J. Friday
Rotation D. Green     H. Howell  
Rotation I. Tripp        
Lim PT C. Cobb B. Maxwell   H. Farquhar K. Kohl
Lim PT   T. Lenox      
Lim PT   P. Hiepler      

2017-2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Jalone Friday 32 22.3 13.3 5.1 0.5 0.3 1.6 1.7
Jaren Lewis 32 31.2 13.2 7.7 1.8 1.6 0.9 2.3
Tevin Foster 32 32.4 12.3 3.1 3.5 1.5 0.1 2.6
Jaylen Franklin 32 32.1 10.5 3.9 4.5 1.8 0.2 2.7
Payten Ricks 26 22.5 6.6 1.8 1.7 0.8 0.0 1.3
Drake Green 32 16.4 4.1 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.8
Hayden Howell 32 10.2 3.8 2.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.8
Hayden Farquhar 31 9.7 3.5 2.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.6
B.J. Maxwell 31 9.9 3.4 2.2 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5
Isaiah Tripp 27 12.0 2.8 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.0 0.6
Kolton Kohl 25 4.2 1.6 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.3
Paul Hiepler 4 2.0 1.2 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
Trey Lenox 29 5.9 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.3
Chase Cobb 5 4.4 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.8

2017-2018 Abilene Christian Wildcats Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Joe Golding Head Coach 2011-2012 N/A
Brette Tanner Associate Head Coach 2014-2015 Assistant Coach (Abilene Christian, 2013 to 2014)
Antonio Bostic Assistant Coach 2016-2017 N/A
Ted Crass Assistant Coach 2022-2023 Head Coach (Otero, 2019 to 2022)
Lee De Leon Athletic Director 2014-2015 N/A
Jeff Bourque Director of Strength and Conditioning 2016-2017 N/A
Cooper Schmidt Director of Basketball Operations 2012-2013 N/A
Lance Fleming Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2014-2015 N/A
Adam Ybarra Head Athletic Trainer 2013-2014 N/A