2018-2019 UMKC Kangaroos

2018-2019 UMKC Kangaroos Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
13 Jamell Allen Jr PF 6-7 210 - Brentwood (NY) United States Brentwood High School
0 Xavier Bishop Jr PG 5-8 165 Oct 11, 1997 Springfield (IL) United States Lanphier High School
4 Danny Dixon Jr PF 6-10 230 - Grosse Pointe (MI) United States IMG Academy
25 Steve Dulley So G 6-3 200 - Kansas City (MO) United States Lincoln College Preparatory Academy
5 Jordan Giles Jr GF 6-7 225 Feb 27, 1998 Tuscaloosa (AL) United States Tennessee Prep Academy
11 Tony Jackson So SG 6-5 205 - Radcliff (KY) United States North Hardin High School
30 Aleer Leek Sr FC 6-9 225 Jan 1, 1995 Juba South Sudan Victory Rock Prep
10 Will Mangum RS-Fr F 6-7 210 - Memphis (TN) United States Tennessee Prep Academy
3 Brandon McKissic So G 6-3 195 - Ferguston (MO) United States St. Louis University High School
33 Marvin Nesbitt, Jr. So G 6-4 180 Dec 20, 1998 Chicago (IL) United States Butler College Preparatory High School
12 Kaleb Roy Fr G 6-3 180 - Shaker Heights (OH) United States Shaker Heights High School
1 Marco Smith RS-So G 6-2 175 - Kansas City (KS) United States Washington High School
15 Kenny Strawbridge, Jr. RS-Fr G 6-6 202 - Rockford (IL) United States Rockford Lutheran High School
22 Brandon Suggs So SF 6-8 230 Sep 22, 1997 Winnebago (IL) United States Winnebago High School
2 Rob Whitfield Jr G 6-3 175 Mar 30, 1997 Raleigh (NC) United States Wake Christian Academy

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

2018-2019 UMKC Kangaroos Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Brandon McKissic WAC All-Defensive Team

2018-2019 UMKC Kangaroos Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters X. Bishop R. Whitfield B. McKissic M. Nesbitt, Jr. A. Leek
Rotation     J. Giles D. Dixon  
Rotation     B. Suggs J. Allen  
Lim PT K. Roy M. Smith      
Lim PT S. Dulley T. Jackson      

2018-2019 UMKC Kangaroos Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Xavier Bishop 31 33.8 15.4 2.7 3.8 1.1 0.0 2.8
Rob Whitfield 32 30.3 11.0 2.7 1.7 1.5 0.1 1.2
Brandon McKissic 30 30.4 10.5 3.2 2.0 1.4 0.2 1.6
Jordan Giles 32 23.0 8.4 3.1 1.2 0.7 0.5 2.0
Danny Dixon 32 19.7 7.5 3.6 0.4 0.4 0.2 1.1
Jamell Allen 32 18.6 7.1 3.4 0.3 1.0 0.8 0.7
Marvin Nesbitt, Jr. 32 18.3 4.3 4.3 1.3 0.7 0.4 1.2
Aleer Leek 31 14.3 2.8 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.8
Brandon Suggs 31 12.7 2.6 2.6 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.4
Steve Dulley 5 5.6 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0
Kaleb Roy 19 5.4 1.2 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4
Tony Jackson 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2018-2019 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
Conner Hampton Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Director of Basketball Operations (UMKC, 2013 to 2015)
Josh Sash Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Indian Hills, 2015 to 2017)
Ursula Gurney Athletic Director 2018-2019 N/A
Paul Arndorfer Director of Strength and Conditioning 2011-2012 N/A
Anthony Rashid Director of Basketball Operations 2018-2019 N/A
Charlie Emerson Head Athletic Trainer 2016-2017 N/A
Shelby Hild Director of Communications 2017-2018 N/A