Chicago State (2-13) at Wisconsin (6-7) Deionte Simmons C 3 Sr. 6-8 Points 9.8 Rebounds 5.2 Steals 0.6 MEDIA INFO

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1 @ChicagoStateMBB GAME NO. 16 Wednesday, Dec. 27, P.M., CT Kohl Center (17,287) - Madison, Wis SCHEDULE THE MATCHUP November (2-8, 2-0 home, 0-7 road, 0-1 neutral) 4 Sat. Valparaiso% L, Fri. at Iowa (Big Ten Network+) L, Sun. at #20 Purdue (Big Ten Network) L, Tues. Silver Lake (Wis.) [WDN] W, Thu. at #13 Notre Dame (ACC Network+) L, Sat. at Northern Iowa (ESPN 3) L, Tues. East-West (WDN) W, Thu. UMBC^ (ESPN 3) L, Fri. vs. Prebyterian^ L, Sat. at Drake (ESPN 3) L, Wed. at Marquette (Fox Sports 2) L Chicago State (2-13) at Wisconsin (6-7) TV: ESPNU PROBABLE STARTERS COVERAGE Radio: - Julio Rausseo (PxP) Live Stats: December (0-5, 0-2 home, 0-3 road) 2 Sat. Northern Illinois (WDN) L, Sat. at Oakland (ESPN 3) L, Mon. at Northwestern (Fox Sports 1) L, Sat. Bradley (WDN)& L, Tues. at SIUE (Fox Sports Midwest) L, Wed. at Wisconsin (ESPN U) 8 p.m. 30 Sat. at Western Michigan 3:30 p.m. January (0-0, 0-0 home, 0-0 road) 6 Sat. New Mexico State* (WDN) 2:05 p.m. 11 Thu. at Seattle* (WDN) 9 p.m. 13 Sat. at Utah Valley* (WDN) 8 p.m. 18 Thu. Grand Canyon* (WDN) 7:05 p.m. 20 Sat. CSU Bakersfield* (WDN) 2:05 p.m. 27 Sat. UT Rio Grande Valley* (WDN) 2:05 p.m. February (0-0, 0-0 home, 0-0 road) 1 Sat. at CSU Bakersfield* (WDN) 9 p.m. 3 Thu. at Grand Canyon* (ESPN 3) 9 p.m. 8 Thu. Utah Valley* (WDN) 7:05 p.m. 10 Sat. Seattle* (WDN) 2:05 p.m. 15 Sat. at UMKC* (WDN) 7 p.m. 22 Sat. at New Mexico State* (WDN) 8 p.m. 24 Thu. at UT Rio Grande Valley* (ESPN 3) 7 p.m. March (0-0, 0-0 home, 0-0 road, 0-0 neutral) 3 Sat. UMKC*@ (WDN) 4:35 p.m. 8 Thu. WAC Quarterfinals+ TBA 9 Fri. WAC Semifinals+ TBA 10 Sat. WAC Championship+ TBA Home games in bold WDN - WAC Digital Network * - Western Athletic Conference game; & - at Dickens Center ^ - Battle 4 Atlantis Mainland Tourn. % - Exhibition + - Las Vegas, - Senior Day Glen Burns G 0 Sr. 6-3 Points 8.3 Rebounds 4.5 Assists 3.9 MEDIA INFO Sports Information Director Corey Miggins Office Phone (773) Cell Phone (773) Website Department Twitter Other Numbers Deionte Simmons C 3 Sr. 6-8 Points 9.8 Rebounds 5.2 Steals 0.6 cmiggins@csu.edu Athletic Department Main (773) Athletic Department Fax (773) MBB Office Main (773) Fred Sims, Jr. G 14 Jr. 6-4 Points 14.1 Rebounds 3.6 Assists 0.8 Cameron Bowles F 21 Fr. 6-7 Points 3.5 Rebounds 1.7 Steals 0.5 Montana Byrd G 32 Sr. 6-4 Points 6.1 Rebounds 1.9 Assists 0.4 TALE OF THE TAPE Stats CSU WIS Points Per Game Points Allowed Per Game Field Goal % Opponent Field Goal % Three-Point % Opponent Three Point % Free Throw % Opponent Free Throw % Rebounds Per Game Rebound Differential Assists Per Game Steals Per Game Blocks Per Game Turnovers Per Game

2 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown High School Last College 0 Glen Burns G Sr. West Memphis, Ark. West Memphis Christian Danville (Ill.) Area CC 2 Jelani Pruitt F R-Sr. Gary, Ind. Merrillville (Ind.) West Florida 3 Deionte Simmons F/C Sr. Detroit, Mich. Lewisville (Texas) Danville (Ill.) Area CC 5 Alex Dubovitskiy G/F Sr. Moscow, Russia Marianapolis Prep School (Ct.) Arizona Western College 10 Anthony Harris G/F Jr. Gary, Ind. Griffith (Ind.) South Suburban College 11 Nathan Townsen, Jr. G Fr. Chicago, Ill. Bogan 14 Fred Sims, Jr. G Jr. Chicago, Ill. North Lawndale 15 Simeon Henton G Fr. North Chicago, Ill. North Chicago 21 Cameron Bowles F Fr. Chicago, Ill. Kenwood 23 Patrick Szpir F/C So. Wheeling, Ill. Wheeling 30 Travon Bell G R-Fr. Chicago, Ill. Mather 31 Ken Odiase F R-Jr. Glenwood, Ill. Homewood-Flossmoor Kankakee CC 32 Montana Byrd G Sr. Chicago, Ill. Mount Carmel 35 Rob Shaw G Jr. Louisville, Ky. St. Xavier Kentucky State 42 Jalen Stephens-Holmes F Fr. Milwaukee, Wis. Washington ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown High School Last College 30 Travon Bell G R-Fr. Chicago, Ill. Mather 21 Cameron Bowles F Fr. Chicago, Ill. Kenwood 0 Glen Burns G Sr. West Memphis, Ark. West Memphis Christian Danville (Ill.) Area CC 32 Montana Byrd G Sr. Chicago, Ill. Mount Carmel 5 Alex Dubovitskiy G/F Sr. Moscow, Russia Marianapolis Prep School (Ct.) Arizona Western College 10 Anthony Harris G/F Jr. Gary, Ind. Griffith (Ind.) South Suburban College 15 Simeon Henton G Fr. North Chicago, Ill. North Chicago 31 Ken Odiase F R-Jr. Glenwood, Ill. Homewood-Flossmoor Kankakee CC 2 Jelani Pruitt F R-Sr. Gary, Ind. Merrillville (Ind.) West Florida 35 Rob Shaw G Jr. Louisville, Ky. St. Xavier Kentucky State 3 Deionte Simmons F/C Sr. Detroit, Mich. Lewisville (Texas) Danville (Ill.) Area CC 14 Fred Sims, Jr. G Jr. Chicago, Ill. North Lawndale 42 Jalen Stephens-Holmes F Fr. Milwaukee, Wis. Washington 23 Patrick Szpir F/C So. Wheeling, Ill. Wheeling 11 Nathan Townsen, Jr. G Fr. Chicago, Ill. Bogan ROSTER BREAKDOWN PRONUNCIATIONS Returners (7) Pos. Name Ht. Cl. GP-GS PPG G Fred Sims, Jr.* 6-4 Jr F/C Deionte Simmons* 6-6 Sr G Glen Burns 6-3 Sr G Delundre Dixon 6-3 Jr F/C Patrick Szpir* 6-9 So G Montana Byrd 6-4 Sr G/F Alex Dubovitskiy 6-6 Sr Lost (6) Pos. Name Ht. Cl. GP-GS PPG G/F Trayvon Palmer* G Clemmye Owens V G Anthony Eaves 6-2 Jr G Brian Greene, Jr.* G Joshua Batson* G Gentry Hunt 6-3 Sr * - Denotes starter Newcomers (10) Pos. Name Yr. F John Joyce Jr. G Simeon Henton Fr. F Jelani Pruitt R-Sr. G Rob Shaw Jr. G/F Anthony Harris Jr. G Nathan Townsen, Jr. Fr. F Jalen Stephens-Holmes Fr. F Cameron Bowles Fr. F Ken Odiase R-Jr. G Travon Bell R-Fr. Patrick Szpir Spear Deionte Simmons DEE-on-tay Ken Odiase OH-dee-ah-say Simeon Henton sim-e-un Travon Bell TRAY-vaughn Eddie Denard DEN-ard Alex Dubovitskiy Doo-bo-VIT-skee COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Tracy Dildy Associate Head Coach: James Farr Assistant Coach: Matt Raidbard Assistant Coach: Eddie Denard Volunteer Asst. Coach: Jared Dimakos Special Asst. to HC: Antonne Samuels 2

3 DOUBLE-DIGIT GAMES Player Pts Rebs Assts Fred Sims, Jr. 10 Deionte Simmons 8 2 Glen Burns 5 1 Jelani Pruitt 5 1 Montana Byrd 3 Rob Shaw 2 Anthony Harris 2 Travon Bell 1 Cameron Bowles 1 20-POINT GAMES Player Points Sims, Jr. (11/24) 26 Sims, Jr. (11/26) 25 Sims, Jr. (11/29) 20 LED THE TEAM IN... Led Team In Scoring CSU Career Fred Sims, Jr Glen Burns 3 3 Deionte Simmons 2 2 Cameron Bowles 1 1 Anthony Harris 1 1 Montana Byrd 1 1 Travon Bell 1 1 Led Team In Rebounding CSU Career Jelani Pruitt 5 5 Deionte Simmons 5 5 Patrick Szpir 1 3 Fred Sims, Jr, 2 3 Glen Burns 2 2 NOTE: Includes ties. DOUBLE-DOUBLES Player (Date) Pts Rbs Asts Simmons (11/21) Pruitt (11/23) Simmons (11/26) Burns (12/9) RETURNING NUMBERS Category Back-of-Total Pct. Points 1075-of % 3-Point FG s 102-of % Free Throws 215-of % Rebounds 500-of % Assists 151-of % Blocked Shots 38-of % Steals 89-of % Minutes 3234-of % RETURNING LEADERS Category Player Statistics Points Per-Game F. Sims, Jr Point FG% G. Burns 41.7% Free Throw% F. Sims, Jr. 80.7% Rebounds-Per-Game F. Sims, Jr. 4.6 Assists-Per-Game F. Sims, Jr. 1.5 Blocks-Per-Game D. Simmons 0.4 Steals F. Sims, Jr. 32 Minutes F. Sims, Jr. 1,069 SEASON HIGHS RECORD WHEN Overall Home Away Neutral vs. WAC vs. non-conference In overtime Day games (start before 5 p.m.) Night games (start after 5 p.m.) In November December: January: February: March: Leading at halftime: Trailing at halftime: Tied at halftime: More rebounds than opponent: Fewer rebounds than opponent: Rebounds equal: Higher FG% than opponent: Lower FG% than opponent: FG% equal: More turnovers than opponent: Fewer turnovers than opponent: Equal turnovers: Scoring 59 or less: : : : : or more: Individual Points...26, Fred Sims, Jr. vs. Presbyterian (11/24) Field Goals...10, Sims, Jr. vs. Drake (11/26) 3-Point FG...4 (3x), Sims, Jr. last: vs. Northern Illinois (12/2) Free Throws...7, Anthony Harris vs. Silver Lake (11/14) Rebounds (twice), last: Deionte Simmons vs. Drake (11/26) Assists...7 (3x), last: Burns at UMBC (11/23) Steals... 7, Harris vs. Silver Lake (11/14) Blocks...2 (6x), last: Harris and Patrick Szpir at Oakland (12/9) Team Points...113, vs. East-West (11/21) Field Goals... 43, vs. East-West (11/21) 3-Point FG...10 (twice), last: vs. Northern Illinois (12/2) Free Throws... 28, vs. Silver Lake (11/14) Rebounds... 65, vs. East-West (11/21) Assists... 27, vs. East-West (11/21) Steals... 21, vs. Silver Lake (11/14) Blocks... 7, vs. East-West (11/21) 3

4 OPENING TIP: The Chicago State men s basketball team continues its three-game road swing tomorrow night by traveling to Madison, Wis., for a showdown on ESPNU against host Wisconsin at the Kohl Center with a start time of 8 p.m. SCOUTING CSU: CSU heads to Madison with a 2-13 record following an eight-day break after opening its road swing on Dec. 19 with an defeat at SIUE despite having five players scoring in double figures with senior guard Glen Burns leading the team with a career-best 18 points. Junior guard Fred Sims, Jr. is scoring a team-best 14.1 points a game and is shooting 88 percent (35-of-40) from the free throw line, while senior forward/center Deionte Simmons leads the team with 5.2 rebounds a game and shooting 60 percent (53-of-89) from the field to go along with scoring 9.8 points per contest. Burns is dishing out a team-leading 3.9 assists a game and ranks third on the team with 8.3 points per game. SCOUTING WIS: Wisconsin returns to action following an home victory over in-state foe Green Bay last Saturday at the Kohl Center for its second consecutive win. Redshirt junior forward Ethan Happ leads the Badgers with 16.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game on the season. Freshman guard Brad Davison has shot 45 percent from the field, is connecting on 40 percent of his three-point attempts and posted a team-best 1.7 steals per game while scoring 11.8 points a game. SERIES HISTORY: Tomorrow s game marks the third lifetime meeting between the Cougars and the Badgers with UW holding a 2-0 leading margin. Wisconsin claimed a victory over CSU last season at Kohl on Nov. 17, 2016 while Sims led all scorers with 26 points and went 6-of-11 from downtown. BIG TEN BONANZA: CSU will face off against Wisconsin to conclude a stretch of playing four teams from the Big Ten Conference on the road this season. The Cougars have already battled Iowa (Nov. 10), Purdue (Nov. 12) and NEWS AND NOTES Northwestern (Dec. 11) this season. SETTING ANOTHER CAREER HIGH: Burns produced another career high in CSU s contest at SIU Edwardsville on Dec. 19 as he tallied 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field and went 3-of-4 from the line. The West Memphis, Ark., native has averaged 8.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game over the Cougars last five contests. A NEW ADDITION FOR THE COUGARS: Redshirt junior forward Ken Odiase made his debut in a CSU uniform on Dec. 16 against Bradley after redshirting last season following his transfer from Kankakee Community College in TOP-10 THREE-POINT SHOOTER IN THE WAC: Senior guard Montana Byrd currently ranks second in the Western Athletic Conference for three-point field goal percentage as he has connected on 48 percent (20-of-46) of his shots from downtown. SIMS JOINS CSU S 1,000-POINT CLUB: Sims, Jr. became as the 18th member of CSU s prestigious 1,000-Point Club after scoring 15 points against East-West on Nov. 21. He recently surpassed former Cougar great Jermaine Squirt Hicks ( ) to sit in seventh place on the school s D-I career scoring list with 1,135 points. CSU S PUBLIC CONNECTION: Chicago State has four players on its roster that has played prep ball in the famed Chicago Public League. Representing the Public League this season is Sims (North Lawndale), redshirt freshman Travon Bell (Mather), freshman forward Cameron Bowles (Kenwood) and freshman guard Nathan Townsen, Jr. (Bogan). SUCH THIEVERY: Junior guard/forwaard Anthony Harris proved to be a defensive force for CSU in its Nov. 14 game against Silver Lake College as he posted a WAC game-high seven steals. He is currently third in the league with an average of 1.5 steals a game. FACING POSTSEASON COMPETITION: The Green and White continue to face top opponents who were in postseason play year after year under Coach Dildy. This year is no exception as CSU takes on 13 opponents that competed in postseason tournament last spring Marquette (NCAA), New Mexico State (NCAA), Wisconsin (NCAA), Northwestern (NCAA), Notre Dame (NCAA), Purdue (NCAA), Oakland (NIT), CSU Bakersfield (NIT), Iowa (NIT), UMKC (CBI), Utah Valley (CBI), UMBC (CIT) and Nicholls State (CIT). CSU BALLIN IN THE BAHAMAS The Cougars gained early experience this summer by competing in the Bahamas as part of the BTC Summer of Thunder series. CSU was one of three NCAA Division I teams to finish with a perfect 3-0 record thanks to wins over IBA Elite (87-79), NPBA All-Stars (97-86) and CTG Knights (93-79). UP NEXT: The Cougars conclude their road swing on Saturday, Dec. 30 in Michigan as they face off against Western Michigan at WMU Arena in Kalamazoo with the opening tip set for 3:30 p.m. QUICK FACTS General Information Location Chicago, Ill. Founded 1867 Enrollment 3,578 Conference Western Athletic Conference Interim President Dr. Rachel Lindsey Interim Director of Athletics Tracy Dildy Team History (records entering ) First Year of Basketball First Year of Division I Basketball All-Time Record All-Time Division I Record Postseason Appearances (1 - CIT, 2013) Record 6-26 (1-13 WAC) Emil & Patricia Jones Convocation Center Capacity 7,000 Opened

5 HEAD COACH TRACY DILDY The season will be the eighth for Chicago native Tracy Dildy as head coach for the Chicago State men s basketball program. He is serving his second season as Interim Director of the CSU Athletics Department. The Cougars had a strong season in which they earned the third seed in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament. It was the highest seed of any NCAA Division I team in Illinois that season in their respective conference tournament. The Cougars 13 victories were the fourth most by a CSU team during the Cougars 30-year Division I existence. Chicago State s eight conference wins tied for the most in a season during that same time period. CSU s marquee victory came at home over eventual WAC Tournament Champion and NCAA participant New Mexico State for its first ever win over a team with a top-100 RPI ranking. Dildy made history at Chicago State during the season by guiding the Cougars to the program s first ever NCAA Division I championship and postseason berth. The Cougars defeated Houston Baptist in the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament Championship and earned a berth in the CollegeInsider. com Tournament. The Cougars earned a wealth of honors during season with Quinton Pippen earning Co-GWC Defensive Player of the Year honors and Nate Duhon taking home the GWC Newcomer of the Year Award. Duhon was the second consecutive Cougar to earn the honor after Jeremy Robinson won it in Matt Ross and Jamere Dismukes won All-GWC Honorable Mention accolades. The Cougars finished the season ranked seventh in the nation in steals with 9.4 per game. Dildy s squads have also made major strides in the classroom. When Dildy took over the program he inherited scholarship reductions and a postseason ban due to low Academic Progress Rate scores. Dildy wasted little time changing the culture of the program. In his first year on the job in , Dildy compiled a 957 single-year APR. His single-year score, the most recent data released by the NCAA, was a perfect 1,000. It was the only perfect single-year score among Chicago s five Division I men s basketball programs. CSU has had of 11 student-athletes earn academic all-conference honors from the GWC and WAC conferences since the school year. Dildy built a reputation as an accomplished assistant and a respected recruiter before arriving at Chicago State in Dildy spent three years as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at UIC from before taking the job at Chicago State. During his tenure at the west side school, the Flames captured victories over BCS schools Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech and Oregon State in addition to winning 18 games and garnering a Horizon League Tournament semifinal appearance in He was named the top mid-major assistant by Hoop Scoop in 2008, one of the top 25 mid-major assistant by CollegeInsider.com in 2009 and one of Hoop Scoop s top 50 mid-major assistants in Basketball Times in April. It was the second stint for Dildy with the Flames after serving as a student assistant coach during the season under former CSU head coach Bob Hallberg. Following that season, he became a full-time assistant at UIC from where he recruited UIC all-time greats Kenny Williams, Sherell Ford and Mark Miller. Before returning to UIC in 2007, Dildy helped sign a high-touted recruiting class during his lone season as an assistant coach under Mike Davis at UAB in He also spent four seasons as an assistant at two Southeastern Conference (SEC) schools Ole Miss and Auburn. He helped assemble a nationally-ranked recruiting class for the season at Ole Miss that was rated as high as third by numerous recruiting publications and earned a spot on Rivals.com s list of the Top 25 recruiters in the nation in June While at Auburn, Dildy helped the Tigers post a record during the season and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the 2003 NCAA Tournament where they fell to eventual national champion Syracuse and Carmelo Anthony by one point. In addition, he recruited NBA player Marquise Daniels. Dildy enjoyed success at DePaul from where he worked as an assistant coach, the associate head coach and even served as an acting head coach in He helped the Blue Demons advance to the quarterfinals of the NIT in 2001 and reached the second round of the 2002 NCAA Tournament. Dildy spearheaded four huge recruiting classes for DePaul which included the nation s top-ranked class in 2001 and the second-best class in the country in 1999 in addition to signing future NBA players Quentin Richardson, Bobby Simmons, Steven Hunter and Eddy Curry. Before his stint at DePaul, Dildy spend three seasons as an assistant coach at Ball State from He recruited future NBA player Bonzi Wells, who was a two-time Mid-American Conference Player of the Year and the MAC s all-time leading scorer, and helped the Cardinals reach the NCAA Tournament in The Chicago native played point guard and lettered for two seasons at UIC from and finished his collegiate career with the eighth-most assists (260) in school history. He graduated from King High School in 1985, where he was coached by Public League coaching legend Landon Sonny Cox. He earned Honorable Mention All-America and All-State honors as a senior in which he averaged 15 points a game for the Jaguars. King was the preseason No. 1 team in the nation by USA Today during Dildy s senior year. Dildy also garnered First Team All-City and All-State accolades in his junior campaign. Dildy earned a bachelor s degree in education from UIC in He garnered inductions into the UIC Athletics Hall of Fame in 1995, the State of Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Chicago Public League Hall of Fame in Dildy currently resides in Plainfield, Ill., with daughter Tracie. The Dildy File Year Position University Overall Conference Head Coach Chicago State (WAC) Head Coach Chicago State (WAC) Head Coach Chicago State (WAC) Head Coach Chicago State (WAC) Head Coach Chicago State (GWC) Head Coach Chicago State (GWC) Head Coach Chicago State (GWC) Associate Head Coach UIC Associate Head Coach UIC Associate Head Coach UIC Assistant Coach UAB Assistant Coach Ole Miss Assistant Coach Ole Miss Assistant Coach Auburn Assistant Coach Auburn Associate Head Coach DePaul Associate Head Coach DePaul Assistant Coach DePaul Assistant Coach DePaul Assistant Coach DePaul Assistant Coach Ball State Assistant Coach Ball State Assistant Coach Ball State Assistant Coach UIC Assistant Coach UIC Assistant Coach UIC Career Record: (entering season) Playing Career: UIC (1991 graduate) 5

6 STUDENT-ATHLETE CSU CAREER HIGHS SEASON HIGHS 0 Glen Burns G 6-3 Senior Points: 18 at SIUE (12/19/17) Rebounds: 10 at Oakland (12/9/17) Assists: 9 vs. Bradley (12/16/17) Steals: 4 vs. East-West (11/22/16) Blocks: 1 at Wisconsin (11/17/16) Quick Hitter: Set a new career scoring high at SIUE with 18 points 18 at SIUE (12/19) 10 at Oakland (12/9) 9 vs. Bradley (12/16) 2 4x, last: SIUE (12/19) N/A Totals Jelani Pruitt F 6-5 R-Senior Points: 30 vs. North Alabama (12/5/15)* Rebounds: 15 vs. North Alabama (12/5/15)* Assists: 7 vs. North Alabama (12/5/15)* Steals: 4 vs. North Alabama (12/5/15)* Blocks: 1 6x, last: SIUE (12/19/17) Quick Hitter: Averaging 9.2 points and 4.4 rebounds through CSU s last five games 16 at Notre Dame (11/16) 10 at UMBC (11/23) 3 vs. East-West (11/21) 3 vs. Bradley (12/16) 1 at SIUE (12/19) * Totals * - at West Florida 3 Deionte Simmons F/C 6-8 Senior Points: 18 vs. Presbyterian (11/24/17) Rebounds: 13 at CSU Bakersfield (2/25/17) Assists: 3 at SIUE (12/19/17) Steals: 3 at Utah Valley (1/12/17) Blocks: 2 6x, last: East-West (11/21/17) 18 vs. Presbyterian (11/24) 11 twice, last: Drake (11/26) 3 at SIUE (12/19) 2 vs. Silver Lake (11/14) 2 twice, last: East-West (11/21) Totals Quick Hitter: Dished out a career-high three assists at SIUE 6

7 STUDENT-ATHLETE CSU CAREER HIGHS SEASON HIGHS 5 Alex Dubovitskiy G/F 6-6 Senior Points: 6 twice, last: CSU Bakersfield (2/25/17) Rebounds: 6 vs. CSU Bakersfield (2/25/17) Assists: 2 at New Mexico State (2/4/17) Steals: 2 at Bradley (12/11/16) Blocks: N/A 4 twice, last: Oakland (12/9) 2 twice, last: Northern Illinois (12/2) 1 at Notre Dame (11/16) 1 at Northwestern (12/11) N/A Totals Quick Hitter: Posted a career-high two steals against Bradley 10 Anthony Harris G/F 6-5 Junior Points: 19 vs. Silver Lake (11/14) Rebounds: 5 twice, last: Presbyterian (11/24) Assists: 5 vs. Presbyterian (11/24) Steals: 7 vs. Silver Lake (11/14) Blocks: 2 at Oakland (12/9) Quick Hitter: Ranks third in the WAC in steals per game (1.5) 11 Nathan Townsen, Jr. G 5-11 Freshman Points: 4 twice, last: Silver Lake (11/14) Rebounds: 2 vs. East-West (11/21) Assists: 4 at Notre Dame (11/16) Steals: 2 twice, last: Notre Dame (11/16) Blocks: N/A Quick Hitter: Recorded four assists and two steals at Notre Dame 7

8 STUDENT-ATHLETE CSU CAREER HIGHS SEASON HIGHS 14 Fred Sims, Jr. G 6-4 Junior Points: 31 vs. UMKC (3/4/17) Rebounds: 12 at UT Rio Grande Valley (1/21/17) Assists: 4 3x, last: Illinois Tech (11/12/16) Steals: 4 twice, last: Illinois Tech (11/12/16) Blocks: 2 twice, last: Grand Canyon (2/23/17) 26 vs. Presbyterian (11/24) 9 vs. Silver Lake (11/14) 2 3x, last: Marquette (11/29) 2 3x, last: UMBC (11/23) 1 vs. Northern Illinois (12/2) Year GP-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Rebs. Avg. Asst. Blk. Stl. Pts.-Avg Total , , Quick Hitter: Ranks sevenh on CSU s Division I career scoring list 15 Simeon Henton G 6-2 Freshman Points: 7 vs. East-West (11/21) Rebounds: 1 at Marquette (11/29) Assists: 4 vs. East-West (11/21) Steals: 3 vs. East-West (11/21) Blocks: N/A Quick Hitter: Posted season highs of seven points, four assists and three steals against East-West 21 Cameron Bowles F 6-7 Freshman Points: 9 vs. Bradley (12/16) Rebounds: 4 vs. East-West (11/21) Assists: 2 at Northern Iowa (11/18) Steals: 2 at Northwestern (12/11) Blocks: 1 3x, last: Northern Illinois (12/2) Quick Hitter: Tallied a new season high for scoring at Bradley with 10 points 8

9 STUDENT-ATHLETE CSU CAREER HIGHS SEASON HIGHS 23 Patrick Szpir F/C 6-9 Sophomore Points: 12 vs. Grand Canyon (1/28/17) Rebounds: 8 twice, last: Grand Canyon (2/23/17) Assists: 3 at Oakland (11/19/17) Steals: 2 at Wisconsin (11/17/17) Blocks: 3 at UIC (11/30/16) Quick Hitter: Scored season-high eight points versus East-West 8 vs. East-West (11/21) 6 at Iowa (11/10) 1 5x, last: Oakland (12/9) 1 3x, last: Northern Illinois (12/2) 2 at Oakland (12/9) Totals Travon Bell G 6-3 R-Freshman Points: 12 at Northern Iowa (11/18) Rebounds: 3 at Iowa (11/10) Assists: 7 vs. East-West (11/21) Steals: 2 twice, last: UMBC (11/23) Blocks: 1 vs. East-West (11/21) Year GP-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Rebs Avg. Assts Blks Stls Pts.-Avg Quick Hitter: Tallied a season-high 12 points at Northern Iowa 31 Ken Odiase F 6-7 R-Junior Points: Rebounds: Assists: Steals: Blocks: N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Quick Hitter: Made first appearance of the season against Bradley 9

10 STUDENT-ATHLETE CSU CAREER HIGHS SEASON HIGHS 32 Montana Byrd G 6-4 Senior Points: Rebounds: Assists: Steals: Blocks: 17 vs. Presbyterian (11/24/17) 11 at Western Kentucky (12/17/14) 3 vs. Illinois Tech (11/13/15) 3 Indiana University Northwest (11/25/14) 1 8x, last: Bradley (12/16/17) 17 vs. Presbyterian (11/24) 7 vs. Presbyterian (11/24) 1 6x, last: SIUE (12/19) 1 4x, last: Bradley (12/16) 1 3x, last: Bradley (12/16) Year GP-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Rebs. Avg. Asst. Blk. Stl. Pts.-Avg Totals Quick Hitter: Sitting second in the WAC in three-point field-goal percentage 35 Rob Shaw G 6-0 Junior Points: 13 at Arkansas Tech (11/29/14)* Rebounds: 6 vs. Lincoln (2/14/15)* Assists: 7 vs. Northeastern State (1/8/15)* Steals: 4 at Iowa (11/10/17) Blocks: N/A 10 at Iowa (11/10) 3 twice, last: East-West (11/21) 6 at Iowa (11/10) 4 at Iowa (11/10) N/A * ** Totals * - at Southwest Baptist; ** - at Kentucky State Quick Hitter: Posted averages of 3.3 points and 2.3 assists a game over CSU s last five contests 42 Jalen Stephens-Holmes F 6-7 Freshman Points: 10 vs. East-West (11/21) Rebounds: 7 vs. East-West (11/21) Assists: 1 3x, East-West (11/21) Steals: 1 twice, last: East-West (11/21) Blocks: 2 twice, last: Northern Illinois (12/2) Quick Hitter: Recorded season highs of 10 points and seven rebounds against East-West 10

11 RADIO/TV ROSTER COACHING STAFF 0 Glen Burns G 6-3 Senior 2 Jelani Pruitt G 6-2 R-Senior 3 Deionte Simmons F/C 6-8 Senior 5 Alex Dubovitskiy G/F 6-6 Senior Tracy Dildy Head Coach 8th season UIC (1991) 10 Anthony Harris G/F 6-6 Junior 11 Nathan Townsen, Jr. G 5-11 Freshman 14 Fred Sims, Jr. G 6-4 Junior 21 Cameron Bowles F 6-7 Freshman 15 Simeon Henton G 6-2 Freshman 23 Patrick Szpir C/F 6-9 Sophomore James Farr Associate Head Coach 11th season Creighton (1989) Matt Raidbard Assistant Coach 8th season Indiana (2006) 30 Travon Bell G 6-3 R-Freshman 31 Ken Odiase F 6-7 R-Junior 32 Montana Byrd G 6-4 Senior 33 John Joyce F 6-6 Junior Eddie Denard Assistant Coach 3rd season Chicago St. (2014) Jared Dimakos Volunteer Asst. Coach 2nd season Chicago St. (2016) 35 Rob Shaw G 6-0 Junior 42 Jalen Stephens-Holmes F 6-7 Freshman Delundre Dixon G 6-3 Junior Antonne Samuels Special Asst. to HC 2nd season UW-LaCrosse (1993) 11

12 WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 2018 WAC TOURNAMENT The 2018 Western Athletic Conference Tournament will be played in Las Vegas at the Orleans Arena on March The men s championship game will be played on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 9 p.m. and will air live on ESPNU. PRESEASON COACHES POLL No. Teams (first-place votes) Pts. 2. Grand Canyon (6) New Mexico State (1) CSU Bakersfield Utah Valley (1) Seattle U UT Rio Grande Valley UMKC Chicago State 9 Preseason Coaches All-WAC Teams First Team Joshua Braun, Grand Canyon Eli Chuha, New Mexico State Nick Dixon, UT Rio Grande Valley Damiyne Durham, CSU Bakersfield Fred Sims, Jr., Chicago State Second Team Shon Briggs, CSU Bakersfield Matej Kavas, Seattle Sidy N Dir, New Mexico State Isaac Neilson, Utah Valley Brett Wrapp, CSU Bakersfield Preseason Coaches Player of the Year Joshua Braun, Grand Canyon PRESEASON MEDIA POLL No. Teams (first-place votes) Pts. 1. New Mexico State (13) Grand Canyon Missouri-Kansas City CSU Bakersfield Seattle Utah Valley UT Rio Grande Valley Chicago State 17 Preseason Media All-WAC Teams First Team Joshua Braun, Grand Canyon Eli Chuha, New Mexico State Nick Dixon, UT Rio Grande Valley Isaac Neilson, Utah Valley Fred Sims, Jr., Chicago State Second Team Casey Benson, Grand Canyon Damiyne Durham, CSU Bakersfield Jemerrio Jones, New Mexico State Matej Kavas, Seattle Brett Wrapp, CSU Bakersfield Preseason Media Player of the Year Joshua Braun, Grand Canyon WAC STANDINGS Team WAC Pct. Overall Pct. New Mexico State Grand Canyon Utah Valley Seattle CSU Bakersfield UT Rio Grande Valley UMKC Chicago State Wednesday, Dec. 27 CSU Bakersfield at Arkansas, 7 p.m. Chicago State at Wisconsin, 8 p.m. Grand Canyon vs. Morgan State, 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 28 Avila at UMKC, 7 p.m. UC Riverside at Utah Valley, 8 p.m. New Mexico State at UC Irvine, 9 p.m. Grambling State at Seattle, 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 30 UC Riverside at Seattle U, 3 p.m. Grand Canyon at Illinois, 3 p.m. Chicago State at Western Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Hampton at UT Rio Grande Valley, 7 p.m. Cal State Fullerton at Utah Valley, 8 p.m. 12

13 NCAA DIVISION I ERA RECORD BOOK ( TO PRESENT) TEAM SINGLE GAME RECORDS Points Scored 137 vs. Illinois Tech - 11/13/15 Points Allowed 140 vs. Troy State - 1/23/95 Most Combined Points 271 vs. Troy State - 1/23/95 Fewest Points Scored 36 at Kansas State - 1/22/07 Fewest Points Allowed 41 vs. Utah Valley - 1/28/10 Least Combined Points 84 vs. Utah Valley - 1/28/10 Most Field Goals Made 56 vs. Illinois Tech - 11/13/15 Best Field Goal %.700 (35-of-50) vs. Texas-Pan American - 2/2/08 Most made 3-pointers 17 vs. Troy State - 1/8/96 Best 3-point %.706 (12-of-17) at Western Illinois - 2/18/05 Most Free Throws Made 36 vs. Longwood - 2/16/09 Most Free Throw Attempts 53 vs. Valparaiso - 3/6/05 Best Free Throw % (twice) (min. 10 attempts) 12-of-12 vs. Loyola-Chicago - 1/20/13 12-of-12 at UNLV - 1/3/12 Most Rebounds 65 vs. LeMoyne-Owen - 2/9/87 Most Assists 38 vs. US International - 1/14/86 Most Steals 26 (twice) last: vs. Illinois Tech - 11/13/15 Most Blocks 12 vs. UTEP - 11/29/06 INDIVIDUAL SINGLE GAME RECORDS Most Points 43 - David Holston vs. St. Bonaventure - 11/9/06 Most Rebounds 21 - Carl Montgomery vs. South Dakota - 3/10/11 Deji Akindele vs. Green Bay - 12/1/04 Most Assists 14 - David Holston vs. Houston Baptist - 3/2/09 Most Steals 11 - Darron Brittman vs. St. Xavier - 2/8/86 Darron Brittman vs. McKendree - 1/24/86 Most Blocks 9 - Chidozie Chukwumah vs. East-West - 2/10/07 (non DI opponent) 8 - Deji Akindele vs. Southern Utah - 2/3/05 Most 3-pointers in a game 11 - David Holston vs. Northern Michigan - 11/14/07 (non DI opponent) 9 - Rod Parker at Iowa - 12/18/ times, most recent Jonathan Montgomery - 1/22/11 Most Free Throws 19 - Royce Parran at UMKC - 3/5/06 Highest Shooting Percentage from the Floor (min. 8 attempts) (8-of-8) - Clark Bone vs. Central Florida - 12/18/02 OVERTIME GAMES All overtime games (39 games, 13-26) Four Overtimes (1 game, 0-1) , L - vs. Utah Valley (1/29/09) Three Overtimes (2 games, 1-1) 84-77, W - at Seattle U (2/27/14) 83-78, L - at NJIT (1/12/13) Two Overtimes (4 games, 0-4) 85-77, L - vs. Grand Canyon (1/28/17) 98-97, L - at Northern Illinois (2/27/08) 82-81, L - at UMKC (2/6/06) 71-68, L - at Youngstown St. (1/20/01) Single Overtime (32 games, 12-20) 85-77, L - at UTRGV (1/21/17) 83-76, W - at Western Illinois (12/3/16) 71-68, L - at UTRGV (2/13/14) 77-70, L - at DePaul (12/15/13) 66-63, L - vs. Loyola Chicago (1/20/13) 63-60, L - at Rice (12/19/12) 98-95, W - vs. Houston Baptist (1/21/12) 73-70, L - at South Dakota (3/10/11) 97-94, L - at Houston Baptist (2/3/11) 67-65, L - vs. Liberty (11/27/10) 85-83, L - vs. Houston Baptist (2/2/10) , W - at Houston Baptist (2/9/09) 99-89, L - at Utah Valley (2/9/08) 82-77, W - at Cleveland State (12/19/06) 77-69, W - vs. Centenary (2/11/06) 76-67, W - vs. Western Illinois (1/8/05) 70-69, W - vs Oakland (1/18/04) 71-65, L - at Houston (12/23/03) 75-68, L - at Wagner (12/22/03) 75-73, L - at Western Illinois (1/16/03) 99-95, L - vs. Oakland (2/19/00) 89-87, W - vs. Southern Utah (1/16/99) 81-79, W - at Southern Utah (1/22/98) 85-82, L - vs. NE Illinois (1/15/98) 90-83, L - vs. Buffalo (12/6/97) 90-89, L - at Western Michigan (12/18/96) , L - vs. Troy State (2/8/96) 72-65, L - at Dayton (2/3/88) 84-75, W - vs. McNeese State (1/4/88) 94-92, W - vs. LeMoyne-Owen (2/9/87) 64-61, W - at Green Bay (12/23/85) 79-66, L - at Illinois State (1/19/85) COACHING RECORDS Coach Record (Pct.) Bob Hallberg (.727) ( : 308 games) Dr. Isadore Salario (.516) ( : 93 games) Joseph Buckhalter (.468) ( : 77 games) Robert Griggas (.358) ( : 106 games) Benjy Taylor (.351) ( : 111 games) Kevin Jones (.313) ( : 131 games) Tommy Suitts (.310) ( : 84 games) Tracy Dildy (.233) (2010-present: 223 games)* Bo Ellis (.178) ( : 129 games) Rick Pryor (.173) ( : 110 games) Craig Hodges 8-51 (.136) ( : 59 games) Phil Gary 6-42 (.125) ( : 48 games) * - Dildy s record entering this season 13

14 Starting Lineups G G G/F F F/C Nov. 10, at Iowa Glen Burns Rob Shaw Fred Sims, Jr. Anthony Harris Patrick Szpir Nov. 12, at Purdue Glen Burns Rob Shaw Fred Sims, Jr. Anthony Harris Patrick Szpir Nov. 14, SILVER LAKE Glen Burns Rob Shaw Fred Sims, Jr. Anthony Harris Patrick Szpir Nov. 16, at Notre Dame Glen Burns Rob Shaw Fred Sims, Jr. Anthony Harris Patrick Szpir Nov. 18, at Northern Iowa Glen Burns Montana Byrd Fred Sims, Jr. Anthony Harris Deionte Simmons Nov. 21, EAST-WEST Glen Burns Montana Byrd Fred Sims, Jr. Anthony Harris Patrick Szpir Nov. 23, at UMBC Glen Burns Montana Byrd Fred Sims, Jr. Anthony Harris Deionte Simmons Nov. 24, vs. Presbyterian Glen Burns Montana Byrd Fred Sims, Jr. Anthony Harris Deionte Simmons Nov. 26, at Drake Glen Burns Montana Byrd Fred Sims, Jr. Anthony Harris Deionte Simmons Nov. 29, at Marquette Glen Burns Montana Byrd Fred Sims, Jr. Anthony Harris Deionte Simmons Dec. 2, NORTHERN ILLINOIS Glen Burns Montana Byrd Fred Sims, Jr. Anthony Harris Deionte Simmons Dec. 9, at Oakland Glen Burns Rob Shaw Fred Sims, Jr. Montana Byrd Jelani Pruitt Dec. 11, at Northwestern Glen Burns Montana Byrd Fred Sims, Jr. Alex Dubovitskiy Patrick Szpir Dec. 16, BRADLEY Glen Burns Montana Byrd Fred Sims, Jr. Cameron Bowles Deionte Simmons Dec. 19, at SIUE Glen Burns Montana Byrd Fred Sims, Jr. Cameron Bowles Deionte Simmons Dec. 27, at Wisconsin Dec. 30, at Western Michigan Jan. 6, NEW MEXICO STATE Jan. 11, at Utah Valley Jan. 13, at Seattle Jan. 18, GRAND CANYON Jan. 20, CSU BAKERSFIELD Jan. 27, UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY Feb. 1, at CSU Bakersfield Feb. 3, at Grand Canyon Feb. 8, UTAH VALLEY Feb. 10, SEATTLE Feb. 15, at UMKC Feb. 22, at UT Rio Grande Valley Feb. 24, at New Mexico State March 3, UMKC STARTING LINEUPS 14

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18 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Chicago State vs SIUE 12/19/17 7 pm at Edwardsville, Ill./Vadalabene Center Chicago State Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 00 Burns, Glen * Simmons, Deionte * Sims, Jr., Fred * Bowles, Cameron * Byrd, Montana * Pruitt, Jelani Harris, Anthony Townsen, Jr., Nathan Szpir, Patrick Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball Rebounds 2 SIUE Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 13 ELLIS, Christian * MCFARLAND, David * HENRY, Jalen * MCCOY, Jaylen * SIMMONS, Keenan * KINCHEN, Daniel STEWART, Kevion AWET, Bill BENTON, Justin JACKSON, Brandon Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball Rebounds 4 Officials: Tyler Kumpf, Eric Lowe, Romonte Dishman Technical fouls: Chicago State-None. SIUE-None. Attendance: 1005 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Chicago State SIUE Last FG - CSUM 2nd-00:23, SIUE 2nd-04:25. Largest lead - CSUM by 4 1st-18:16, SIUE by 16 2nd-07:54. CSUM led for 05:39. SIUE led for 30:34. Game was tied for 03:47. In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench CSUM SIUE Score tied - 5 times. Lead changed - 5 times. 18

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