2018-2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats

2018-2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
11 Tobias Cameron Fr G 6-5 210 Feb 21, 1999 Auckland New Zealand Hillcrest Christian College
22 Chase Cobb So G 6-2 195 Nov 15, 1997 Richmond (TX) United States Faith West Academy
4 Damien Daniels Fr G 5-7 140 Jun 17, 2000 Kansas City (MO) United States Hogan Prep High School
15 Hayden Farquhar Sr PF 6-7 215 Oct 8, 1996 Throckmorton (TX) United States Throckmorton High School
0 Jaylen Franklin Sr SG 6-2 205 Dec 22, 1995 Jacksonville (AR) United States Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School
21 Jalone Friday Jr PF 6-9 235 Jul 6, 1996 Oklahoma City (OK) United States Oklahoma City Storm Homeschool
42 Clay Gayman Fr F 6-6 225 Nov 16, 1999 Nevada (MO) United States Nevada High School
33 Paul Hiepler So G 6-4 190 Jul 8, 1998 Camarillo (CA) United States Oaks Christian High School
23 Hayden Howell RS-Sr PF 6-7 225 May 23, 1997 Midwest City (OK) United States Carl Albert High School
34 Kolton Kohl So C 7-0 240 May 6, 1998 San Angelo (TX) United States San Angelo Central High School
14 Trey Lenox Jr SG 6-3 220 Nov 19, 1997 Hot Springs (AR) United States Hot Springs High School
1 Jaren Lewis Sr SG 6-6 215 Nov 25, 1996 Orlando (FL) United States Lake Highland Preparatory
13 B.J. Maxwell Jr G 6-5 200 Jun 3, 1997 Austin (TX) United States Lyndon B. Johnson High School
32 Joe Pleasant Fr F 6-7 220 Jun 26, 2000 Overland Park (KS) United States Blue Valley Northwest High School
5 Payten Ricks Jr SG 6-2 190 Apr 8, 1998 Wichita (KS) United States Maize 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

2018-2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Jaren Lewis All-Southland Second Team
Jaylen Franklin All-Southland Third Team
Payten Ricks All-Southland Honorable Mention
Jaren Lewis Southland Tournament MVP
Jaylen Franklin Southland All-Tournament Team
Jaren Lewis Southland All-Tournament Team
Payten Ricks Southland All-Tournament Team
Jaylen Franklin Southland All-Defensive Team
Jaren Lewis Southland Player of the Week (Nov 12, 2018)
Jaren Lewis Southland Player of the Week (Nov 26, 2018)
Payten Ricks Southland Player of the Week (Jan 14, 2019)

2018-2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Daniels P. Ricks J. Franklin J. Lewis H. Farquhar
Rotation   T. Lenox   J. Pleasant  
Lim PT C. Cobb T. Cameron C. Gayman H. Howell K. Kohl
Lim PT   P. Hiepler B. Maxwell   J. Friday

2018-2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Jaren Lewis 34 31.1 13.8 6.1 2.7 1.6 0.6 1.8
Jalone Friday 23 21.8 13.1 4.7 1.0 0.7 1.0 2.0
Payten Ricks 34 32.3 11.6 2.8 1.9 1.7 0.0 1.4
Jaylen Franklin 34 32.1 10.2 3.7 4.8 1.8 0.2 2.1
B.J. Maxwell 24 26.8 9.2 4.7 1.7 1.1 0.4 0.8
Hayden Farquhar 34 14.1 6.6 2.6 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.7
Joe Pleasant 34 14.6 5.6 2.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 1.1
Damien Daniels 34 15.0 3.4 1.6 1.8 0.6 0.0 0.9
Trey Lenox 34 15.2 2.2 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.6
Clay Gayman 31 5.0 2.0 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.5
Kolton Kohl 31 4.6 1.9 1.6 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4
Chase Cobb 17 2.6 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2
Tobias Cameron 24 3.6 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3
Paul Hiepler 15 1.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1

2018-2019 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)
Cameron Griffin Assistant Coach 2018-2019 N/A
Jon Trilli Special Assistant to the Head Coach 2018-2019 Director of Basketball Operations (North Texas, 2017 to 2018)
Allen Ward Athletic Director 2018-2019 Athletic Director (Murray State, 2005 to 2018)
Lance Fleming Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2014-2015 N/A
Cory Driskill Head Athletic Trainer 2018-2019 N/A