2017-2018 Chicago State Cougars

2017-2018 Chicago State Cougars Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
30 Travon Bell Fr SG 6-3 180 - Chicago (IL) United States Stephen Tyng Mather High School
21 Cameron Bowles Fr F 6-7 190 - Chicago (IL) United States Kenwood Academy
0 Glen Burns Sr G 6-3 205 Aug 5, 1995 West Memphis (AR) United States West Memphis High School
32 Montana Byrd Sr G 6-4 225 - Chicago (IL) United States Mount Carmel High School
11 Delundre Dixon RS-Jr G 6-3 180 - Rockford (IL) United States Auburn High School
5 Alex Dubovitsky Sr GF 6-6 200 Apr 13, 1994 Moscow Russia Marianapolis Preparatory School
10 Anthony Harris Jr G 6-5 195 Aug 8, 1997 Gary (IN) United States Griffith High School
15 Simeon Henton Fr G 6-3 160 - North Chicago (IL) United States North Chicago High School
33 John Joyce Jr F 6-6 220 - Chicago (IL) United States William Howard Taft High School
35 Ken Odiase Jr F 6-7 205 Sep 21, 1995 Glenwood (IL) United States Homewood-Flossmoor High School
2 Jelani Pruitt Sr G 6-5 185 - Gary (IN) United States Merrillville High School
35 Robert Shaw Jr G 6-0 180 - Louisville (KY) United States St. Xavier High School
3 Deionte Simmons Sr FC 6-8 230 Mar 5, 1996 Detroit (MI) United States Lewisville High School
14 Fred Sims Jr G 6-4 193 Feb 14, 1997 Chicago (IL) United States North Lawndale College Prep High School
42 Jalen Stephens-Holmes Fr F 6-7 215 - Milwaukee (WI) United States Washington High School
23 Patrick Szpir So FC 6-9 245 - Wheeling (IL) United States Wheeling High School
11 Nathan Townsen, Jr. Fr G 5-11 160 - Chicago (IL) United States Bogan High School

Chicago State Transfers Sitting Out 2017-2018

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- D.J. Davis Sr G 6-4 190 - Bloomington (MN) United States Indianapolis

Recent Chicago State Cougars History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 12-18 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2022-2023 11-20 1st (INDEP) N/A N/A
2021-2022 7-25 (3-15) 11th (WAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 0-9 9th (WAC) N/A N/A
2019-2020 4-27 9th (WAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 3-29 9th (WAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 3-29 (1-13) 8th (WAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 6-26 (1-13) 8th (WAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2015-2016 4-28 8th (WAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 8-24 (4-10) 7th (WAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 13-19 (8-8) 4th (WAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 11-22 (3-5) 4th (GWC) Champion CIT 1st Rnd
2011-2012 4-26 (2-8) 6th (GWC) N/A N/A
2010-2011 6-26 (3-9) 5th (GWC) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 9-23 (4-8) 5th (GWC) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 19-13 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2007-2008 11-17 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2006-2007 9-20 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2005-2006 11-19 (8-8) 4th (Summit) Runner Up N/A
2004-2005 9-19 (7-9) 5th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 12-20 (9-7) 5th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2002-2003 3-27 8th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A

2017-2018 Chicago State Cougars Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Deionte Simmons WAC Player of the Week (Mar 3, 2018)

2017-2018 Chicago State Cougars Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters G. Burns M. Byrd F. Sims A. Harris D. Simmons
Rotation R. Shaw J. Pruitt C. Bowles P. Szpir  
Rotation   T. Bell J. Stephens-Holmes    
Lim PT S. Henton   J. Joyce    
Lim PT N. Townsen, Jr.   A. Dubovitsky    
Lim PT     K. Odiase    

2017-2018 Chicago State Cougars Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Fred Sims 30 30.7 14.2 3.7 1.1 0.8 0.1 1.5
Deionte Simmons 26 22.9 12.0 5.9 0.2 0.8 0.4 1.7
Glen Burns 32 31.2 10.6 4.2 3.4 1.3 0.1 3.0
Jelani Pruitt 30 15.6 6.6 3.9 0.8 0.5 0.1 1.6
Anthony Harris 28 19.9 5.8 2.6 1.2 0.9 0.5 1.2
Montana Byrd 32 17.9 5.2 1.9 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.8
Travon Bell 25 13.8 5.0 1.9 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.9
Cameron Bowles 29 19.7 4.7 2.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.2
Robert Shaw 30 17.7 4.4 1.6 2.5 0.9 0.0 1.7
John Joyce 5 8.8 2.6 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.4
Patrick Szpir 26 12.5 2.6 1.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.2
Jalen Stephens-Holmes 8 10.5 2.5 3.0 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.8
Simeon Henton 11 6.5 2.0 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.3
Nathan Townsen, Jr. 12 6.3 1.6 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.0 1.0
Alex Dubovitsky 24 8.2 1.5 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.5
Ken Odiase 14 3.1 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3

2017-2018 Chicago State Cougars Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Tracy Dildy Head Coach, Athletic Director 2010-2011 N/A
James Farr Associate Head Coach 2011-2012 Assistant Coach (Chicago State, 2008 to 2012)
Matt Raidbard Assistant Coach 2010-2011 N/A
Eddie Denard Assistant Coach 2016-2017 N/A
Antonne Samuels Special Assistant to the Head Coach 2016-2017 N/A
Jared Dimakos Volunteer Assistant Coach 2016-2017 N/A
Corey Miggins Director of Sports Information 2015-2016 N/A
Jose Alcantar Head Athletic Trainer 2016-2017 N/A
Sharrod Graham Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2014-2015 N/A