2015-2016 UMKC Kangaroos

2015-2016 UMKC Kangaroos Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
23 Darius Austin So GF 6-6 220 Dec 10, 1995 Centreville (IL) United States Cahokia High School
4 Lavell Boyd Jr G 6-0 175 Jun 28, 1994 Chicago (IL) United States Farragut Career Academy
2 Ikem Eriobuna Jr PF 6-9 220 Jan 7, 1993 Lagos Nigeria / United States Evelyn Mack Academy
12 Martez Harrison Jr G 5-11 200 Oct 1, 1993 Kansas City (MO) United States Brewster Academy
1 Dashawn King Jr GF 6-3 195 Feb 16, 1992 Bronx (NY) United States Academy For Scholarship And Entrepreneurship
42 Noah Knight So G 6-1 200 Apr 17, 1996 Olathe (KS) United States Olathe South High School
11 Grant Leach Fr SG 6-3 190 Sep 7, 1995 Fishers (IN) United States Air Force Prep Academy
33 Aleer Leek Fr FC 6-9 225 Jan 1, 1995 Juba South Sudan Victory Rock Prep
25 Broderick Newbill Jr G 6-5 190 Sep 13, 1993 Kansas City (MO) United States Hogan Prep High School
22 Shayok M. Shayok Sr F 6-9 225 Dec 20, 1990 Ottawa Canada IMG Academy
21 Thaddeus Smith Sr C 6-9 245 Jul 7, 1992 Washington (DC) United States Ideal Academy PCS
3 Kyle Steward Jr F 6-7 195 Feb 18, 1995 Detroit (MI) United States Cass Technical High School
54 Darnell Tillman Jr C 6-8 265 Aug 6, 1995 St. Louis (MO) United States St. Louis University High School
10 Wyatt Voorhes So G 6-1 185 May 11, 1995 Mill Valley (KS) United States Mill Valley High School

Recent UMKC Kangaroos History

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

2015-2016 UMKC Kangaroos Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Martez Harrison WAC All-Conference Second Team
Lavell Boyd WAC All-Newcomer Team

2015-2016 UMKC Kangaroos Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters M. Harrison L. Boyd D. Austin S. Shayok T. Smith
Rotation   N. Knight K. Steward   D. Tillman
Rotation   D. King      
Rotation   B. Newbill      
Rotation   G. Leach      
Lim PT       A. Leek  
Lim PT       I. Eriobuna  

2015-2016 UMKC Kangaroos Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Martez Harrison 30 33.3 15.4 3.7 4.2 1.3 0.1 3.7
Lavell Boyd 31 32.7 14.1 3.4 2.3 0.8 0.1 1.5
Dashawn King 31 19.4 8.3 2.8 1.7 1.0 0.1 1.8
Shayok M. Shayok 26 23.5 7.3 5.2 0.4 0.7 0.5 1.1
Noah Knight 3 20.3 7.3 3.3 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.7
Darius Austin 30 25.4 7.3 4.5 1.5 0.8 0.4 1.6
Kyle Steward 31 21.0 6.8 3.9 0.6 0.6 0.4 1.0
Broderick Newbill 17 16.9 6.1 3.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.8
Darnell Tillman 31 12.3 2.7 3.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7
Aleer Leek 30 8.3 2.1 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5
Grant Leach 23 10.4 2.0 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.4
Ikem Eriobuna 8 5.5 1.6 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
Thaddeus Smith 28 11.6 1.5 3.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.7

2015-2016 UMKC Kangaroos Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Kareem Richardson Head Coach 2013-2014 N/A
Angres Thorpe Associate Head Coach 2014-2015 N/A
Chris Hollender Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (2014 to 2015)
Conner Hampton Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Director of Basketball Operations (UMKC, 2013 to 2015)
Carla Wilson Athletic Director 2013-2014 N/A
Paul Arndorfer Director of Strength and Conditioning 2011-2012 N/A
Rob McCutcheon Director of Sports Information 2012-2013 N/A
Nikolaus Busch Assistant Director of Sports Information 2014-2015 N/A
Shelby Brown Head Athletic Trainer 2011-2012 N/A
Jessica Lloyd Assistant Athletic Trainer 2010-2011 N/A