2022-2023 Sam Houston State Bearkats

2022-2023 Sam Houston State Bearkats Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
5 Jacoby Bishop Jr G 6-2 195 - New Waverly (TX) United States Coldspring-Oakhurst High School
33 Giovanni Emejuru Fr C 6-11 265 Dec 21, 2002 Loughborough England / Italy Charnwood College
1 Kaosi Ezeagu Sr C 6-10 255 Nov 26, 1999 Brampton Canada GTA Prep
2 Qua Grant Sr PG 6-1 190 - Waxahachie (TX) United States Waxahachie High School
25 Cameron Huefner So F 6-7 210 - Adelaide Australia N/A
12 Tristan Ikpe Sr F 6-6 210 Oct 19, 1999 Deer Park (TX) United States Deer Park High School
11 Javion May Sr G 6-2 190 - Chicago (IL) United States Chicago Hope Academy
0 Ron Mitchell Jr G 6-3 180 - Philadelphia (PA) United States Fairfax High School
10 Damon Nicholas, Jr. So G 6-4 195 - Duncanville (TX) United States Duncanville High School
24 Donte Powers Sr G 6-2 170 - Starkville (MS) United States Starkville High School
13 Jaden Ray Sr G 5-10 165 - Midwest City (OK) United States Midwest City High School
40 Kian Scroggins So F 6-7 235 - Raymore (MO) United States Raymore-Peculiar High School
3 Lamar Wilkerson So F 6-4 205 - Ashdown (AR) United States Ashdown High School
4 Anthony Wrzeszcz Fr GF 6-4 185 May 18, 2004 Toronto Canada / Poland Wasatch Academy

Recent Sam Houston State Bearkats History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 21-12 (13-3) 1st (C-USA) 3rd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 26-8 (14-4) 2nd (WAC) 3rd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2021-2022 19-14 (13-5) 4th (WAC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 19-9 (13-3) 3rd (Southland) 3rd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 18-13 (11-9) 4th (Southland) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 21-12 (16-2) 1st (Southland) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2017-2018 21-15 (12-6) 4th (Southland) 3rd Rnd CIT 4th Rnd
2016-2017 21-13 (10-8) 5th (Southland) 3rd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 18-16 (12-6) 3rd (Southland) 3rd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2014-2015 26-9 (15-3) 2nd (Southland) Runner Up CIT 2nd Rnd
2013-2014 24-11 (13-5) 3rd (Southland) Runner Up CIT 2nd Rnd
2012-2013 17-17 (8-10) 5th (Southland) 3rd Rnd N/A
2011-2012 13-19 (7-9) 7th (Southland) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 18-13 (10-6) 2nd (Southland) 2nd Rnd N/A
2009-2010 25-8 (14-2) 1st (Southland) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2008-2009 18-12 (12-4) 2nd (Southland) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 23-8 (10-6) 3rd (Southland) 2nd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 21-10 (13-3) 2nd (Southland) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 22-9 (11-5) 2nd (Southland) Runner Up N/A
2004-2005 18-12 (11-5) 3rd (Southland) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 12-15 (8-8) 5th (Southland) 1st Rnd N/A
2002-2003 23-7 (17-3) 1st (Southland) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd

2022-2023 Sam Houston State Bearkats Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Anthony Wrzeszcz WAC Freshman of the Week (Dec 27, 2022)
Donte Powers Fort Myers Tip-Off MVP
Cameron Huefner Fort Myers Tip-Off All-Tournament Team
Donte Powers Fort Myers Tip-Off All-Tournament Team
Qua Grant NABC All-District (6) Second Team
Qua Grant WAC Player of the Year
Qua Grant WAC All-Conference First Team
Donte Powers WAC All-Conference Second Team
Javion May WAC All-Defensive Team
Qua Grant WAC All-Newcomer Team
Cameron Huefner WAC All-Newcomer Team
Qua Grant WAC Player of the Week (Feb 27, 2023)

2022-2023 Sam Houston State Bearkats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Q. Grant J. May D. Powers C. Huefner K. Ezeagu
Rotation J. Ray D. Nicholas, Jr. L. Wilkerson T. Ikpe  
Rotation     K. Scroggins    
Lim PT J. Bishop A. Wrzeszcz     G. Emejuru
Lim PT   R. Mitchell      

2022-2023 Sam Houston State Bearkats Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Qua Grant 34 27.7 14.2 4.2 4.1 1.9 0.1 2.4
Donte Powers 34 27.6 10.9 2.9 1.6 0.9 0.1 1.5
Cameron Huefner 33 20.9 9.8 3.0 0.7 0.7 0.3 1.8
Lamar Wilkerson 32 17.5 7.4 3.0 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.7
Jaden Ray 20 17.4 5.9 1.2 3.0 0.8 0.0 1.4
Kaosi Ezeagu 33 19.3 5.8 3.8 0.4 0.1 0.5 1.3
Tristan Ikpe 29 20.3 4.5 4.0 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.9
Kian Scroggins 34 14.4 4.5 2.9 0.6 0.6 0.1 1.0
Damon Nicholas, Jr. 31 13.5 4.5 2.9 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.6
Javion May 34 21.4 4.1 4.9 1.6 1.3 0.2 0.9
Giovanni Emejuru 17 6.8 3.1 2.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3
Ron Mitchell 17 7.8 2.5 1.2 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.6
Anthony Wrzeszcz 26 8.8 2.4 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.4
Jacoby Bishop 8 4.0 1.6 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1

2022-2023 Sam Houston State Bearkats Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Jason Hooten Head Coach 2010-2011 Assistant Coach (Sam Houston State, 2004 to 2010)
Chris Mudge Associate Head Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (Sam Houston State, 2010 to 2021)
Justin Bailey Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (Pittsburg State, 2019 to 2021)
Mike Ekanem Assistant Coach 2022-2023 Director of Player Development (Arkansas, 2021 to 2022)
Bobby Williams Athletic Director 1998-1999 N/A
Dustin Lenorman Head Athletic Trainer 2016-2017 N/A
Kevin Russell Athletic Trainer 2020-2021 N/A