2017-2018 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

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2017-2018 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
33 Emir Ahmedic Fr F 6-8 275 May 30, 1997 Tuzla Bosnia and Herzegovina Southwest Christian Academy
23 Emmanuel Chukwubuikem Nzekwesi So SF 6-8 240 Sep 5, 1997 The Hague Netherlands / Croatia Byron Nelson High School
1 James Conley Jr G 6-3 170 - Derby (KS) United States Derby High School
24 R.J. Fuqua Fr G 5-11 160 - Tulsa (OK) United States Booker T. Washington High School
3 Jontray Harris Jr G 6-4 185 - Austin (TX) United States John H. Reagan High School
10 Sam Kearns So G 6-1 180 - San Antonio (TX) United States Samuel Clemens High School
32 Kellen Manek Fr PF 6-7 225 - Harrah (OK) United States Harrah High School
52 Chris Miller So PF 6-8 260 - Tulsa (OK) United States Booker T. Washington High School
- Kevin Obanor RS-Fr F 6-8 235 Jun 12, 1999 Houston (TX) United States Mount Zion Christian Academy
44 Albert Owens Sr C 6-9 250 Aug 2, 1996 Cedar Hill (TX) United States Trinity Christian High School
2 Austin Ruder Sr G 6-3 190 Mar 15, 1994 Nixa (MO) United States Nixa High School
14 Josiah Showman So G 6-5 210 - Tulsa (OK) United States N/A
20 Spencer Sutton Fr G 6-4 250 - Tulsa (OK) United States Holland Hall High School
25 Javan White So PF 6-10 230 - Ames (IA) United States Ames High School

Recent Oral Roberts Golden Eagles History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 12-19 (5-11) 8th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 30-5 1st (Summit) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2021-2022 19-12 (12-6) 3rd (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 18-11 (10-5) 4th (Summit) Champion NCAA 3rd Rnd
2019-2020 17-14 (9-7) 4th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 11-21 (7-9) 5th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 11-21 (5-9) 5th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 8-22 (4-12) 9th (Summit) N/A N/A
2015-2016 14-17 (6-10) 7th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 19-15 (10-6) 3rd (Summit) 2nd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2013-2014 17-16 (10-8) 5th (Southland) 2nd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 20-15 (13-5) 3rd (Southland) 2nd Rnd CIT 3rd Rnd
2011-2012 27-7 (17-1) 1st (Summit) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2010-2011 19-16 (13-5) 2nd (Summit) Runner Up CIT 1st Rnd
2009-2010 20-13 (13-5) 3rd (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2008-2009 16-15 (14-4) 2nd (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 24-9 (16-2) 1st (Summit) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2006-2007 23-11 (12-2) 1st (Summit) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2005-2006 21-12 (13-3) 1st (Summit) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2004-2005 25-8 (13-3) 1st (Summit) Runner Up NIT 2nd Rnd
2003-2004 17-11 (10-6) 2nd (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2002-2003 18-10 (9-5) 4th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A

2017-2018 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Emmanuel Chukwubuikem Nzekwesi The Summit League Honorable Mention Team
Albert Owens The Summit League Sixth Man
Sam Kearns The Summit League All-Newcomer Team
Emmanuel Chukwubuikem Nzekwesi The Summit League Player of the Week (Jan 2, 2018)
Emmanuel Chukwubuikem Nzekwesi The Summit League Player of the Week (Dec 18, 2017)
Austin Ruder The Summit League Transfer of the Year

2017-2018 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters S. Kearns A. Ruder E. Chukwubuikem Nzekwesi J. White A. Owens
Rotation R. Fuqua J. Harris   C. Miller  
Lim PT   S. Sutton   E. Ahmedic  
Lim PT   J. Conley   K. Manek  

2017-2018 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Emmanuel Chukwubuikem Nzekwesi 32 30.4 12.7 7.2 1.7 1.2 0.7 2.1
Albert Owens 31 24.6 11.5 4.2 0.7 0.5 1.6 1.3
Austin Ruder 22 31.7 10.9 3.0 2.3 0.8 0.0 1.0
Javan White 32 27.5 10.2 9.0 1.3 0.9 0.7 1.6
Sam Kearns 32 33.1 10.2 2.4 4.1 0.6 0.0 2.2
R.J. Fuqua 27 29.4 8.0 2.7 2.9 1.1 0.1 2.0
Chris Miller 32 12.3 5.9 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.1
Jontray Harris 30 22.6 5.9 4.2 1.6 0.4 0.1 1.1
Kellen Manek 12 4.0 2.4 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Emir Ahmedic 18 6.1 2.2 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3
Spencer Sutton 22 5.8 1.3 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.6
James Conley 2 11.5 0.0 1.5 3.0 0.5 0.5 1.5

2017-2018 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Scott Sutton Head Coach 1999-2000 Assistant Coach (Oral Roberts, 1995 to 1999)
Rodney Perry Associate Head Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Oral Roberts, 2016 to 2017)
Sean Sutton Assistant Coach 2010-2011 N/A
Talvin Hester Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Houston, 2014 to 2017)
Iain Laymon Video Coordinator 2017-2018 N/A
Mike Carter Athletic Director 1994-1995 N/A
John Joslin Director of Sports Medicine 2008-2009 N/A
Scott Slarks Director of Communications 2017-2018 Assistant Athletic Director for Communications (Rogers State, 2016 to 2017)
Tim McCaughan Director of Media Relations 2016-2017 Media Relations (Oral Roberts, 2015 to 2016)