Chicago State (2-9) at Oakland (5-4) Deionte Simmons C 3 Sr. 6-8 Points 9.5 Rebounds 5.2 Blocks 0.5 MEDIA INFO

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1 @ChicagoStateMBB GAME NO. 12 Saturday, Dec. 9, P.M., CT Blacktop at O Rena (4,000) - Rochester, Mich 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 (2-9) at Oakland (5-4) PROBABLE STARTERS COVERAGE Video: ESPN 3 - Neal Ruhl (PxP); Matt Dery (Analyst) Live Stats: launch/gt_mbaskbl.html?event= &school=oakl&sport=mbaskbl&camefrom=&startschool=& Radio: - Julio Rausseo (PxP) December (0-1, 0-1 home, 0-0 road) 2 Sat. Northern Illinois (WDN) L, Sat. at Oakland (ESPN 3) 2 p.m. 11 Mon. at Northwestern (Fox Sports 1) 6 p.m. 16 Sat. Bradley (WDN)& 2:05 p.m. 19 Tues. at SIUE (Fox Sports Midwest) 7 p.m. 28 Thu. 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 8.1 Rebounds 4.0 Assists 3.8 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 9.5 Rebounds 5.2 Blocks 0.5 cmiggins@csu.edu Athletic Department Main (773) Athletic Department Fax (773) MBB Office Main (773) Anthony Harris G 10 Jr. 6-5 Points 5.4 Rebounds 2.5 Steals 1.5 Fred Sims, Jr. G 14 Jr. 6-4 Points 16.1 Rebounds 3.6 Assists 0.9 Montana Byrd G 32 Sr. 6-4 Points 6.3 Rebounds 2.0 Assists 0.4 TALE OF THE TAPE Stats CSU OU 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 32 Montana Byrd G Sr. Chicago, Ill. Mount Carmel 33 John Joyce F Jr. Chicago, Ill. Taft Triton College 35 Rob Shaw G Jr. Louisville, Ky. St. Xavier Kentucky State 42 Jalen Stephens-Holmes F Fr. Milwaukee, Wis. Washington Ken Odiase F R-Jr. Glenwood, Ill. Homewood-Flossmoor Kankakee CC Delundre Dixon G Jr. Rockford, Ill. Auburn 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 Delundre Dixon G Jr. Rockford, Ill. Auburn 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 33 John Joyce G/F Jr. Chicago, Ill. Taft Triton College 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 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 ROSTER BREAKDOWN 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. PRONUNCIATIONS Patrick Szpir Deionte Simmons Ken Odiase Simeon Henton Travon Bell Eddie Denard Alex Dubovitskiy Delundre Dixon Spear DEE-on-tay OH-dee-ah-say sim-e-un TRA-vaughn DEN-ard Doo-bo-VIT-skee Del-UN-dray 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. 8 Deionte Simmons 6 2 Glen Burns 3 Jelani Pruitt 3 1 Rob Shaw 2 Anthony Harris 2 Montana Byrd 2 Travon Bell 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 Deionte Simmons 2 2 Glen Burns 2 2 Anthony Harris 1 1 Travon Bell 1 1 Led Team In Rebounding CSU Career Deionte Simmons 4 4 Jelani Pruitt 4 4 Patrick Szpir 1 3 Fred Sims, Jr, 1 2 Glen Burns 1 1 NOTE: Includes ties. DOUBLE-DOUBLES Player (Date) Pts Rbs Asts Simmons (11/21) Pruitt (11/23) Simmons (11/26) 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 (4x), last: Jalen Stephens-Holmes vs. Northern Illinois (12/2) 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 hits the road again for a twogame road swing which begins Saturday afternoon at Oakland in Rochester, Mich. The non-conference contest from the O Rena will have a live online broadcast on ESPN 3 with the opening tip set for 2 p.m. SCOUTING CSU: CSU brings a 2-9 record into Saturday s contest in Rochester after taking the week off for final exams. Last Saturday, the Green and White fell to Northern Illinois at the Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center by a score of despite having three players score in double figures with junior guard Fred Sims, Jr. leading the team with 19 points. Sims is averaging a team-high 16.1 points a game to rank fourth in the Western Athletic Conference and is second in the league in free throw percentage as he has connected on 87 percent of his chances at the line (27-of-31). Senior forward/center Deionte Simmons is grabbing a team-high 5.2 rebounds a game while ranking second on the team in scoring (9.5 ppg), and senior guard Glen Burns leads CSU in assists at 3.8 per game and is scoring 8.1 points per contest. SCOUTING OU: Oakland, ranked 13th in this week s College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 poll, heads into the weekend with a 5-4 season record and has claimed wins in three of its last four contests. The Golden Grizzlies closed out a short two-game, in-state road swing on Wednesday night with a close loss to host Eastern Michigan in Ypsilanti. Redshirt senior guard Martez Walker leads OU in scoring at 22.6 points a game and earned Horizon League Player of the Week honors after producing a scoring average of 28.7 points a game in leading the team to three wins last week. Redshirt senior guard Kendrick Nunn, a Chicago native, is second on the team with a scoring average of 21.7 points per game and leads the team in steals at 1.7 a game. Redshirt senior forward Jalen Hayes is grabbing a team-leading 9.2 rebounds a game in addition to his scoring average of 17.2 points per game. SERIES HISTORY: OU has tallied a 16-5 record all-time against CSU which includes winning the last three games in the series in Rochester. The Golden Grizzlies posted a win over the Cougars at the O Rena in the team s last battle on Nov. 19, 2016 with Walker scoring 24 points to NEWS AND NOTES lead four players in double figures. Three players scored in double digits for the Green and White with Sims scoring 17 points on 8-of-15 shooting. CSU TO HOST 150TH ANNIVERSARY GAME AT JDC: The Cougars will host the CSU 150th Anniversary Throwback Game on Dec. 16 against Bradley at the Jacoby Dickens Center and plan to recognize all former players and coaches at halftime of the contest. CSU called the Dickens Center home for 35 years from 1972 to TOP THREE-POINT SHOOTER IN THE WAC: Senior guard Montana Byrd leads the Western Athletic Conference for three-point field goal percentage as he has connected on 46 percent (16-of-33) 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 just surpassed former Cougar Craig Franklin ( ) to rank eighth on the school s D-I career scoring list with 1,099 points. CSU S PUBLIC CONNECTION: Chicago State has three 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), junior forward John Joyce (Taft), freshman forward Cameron Bowles (Kenwood) and freshman guard Nathan Townsen, Jr. (Bogan). SUCH THIEVERY: guard/forwaard Anthony Harris proved to be a defensive force for CSU in its Nov. 14 game against Silver Lake College as he recorded a WAC-best seven steals. RETURNING TO THE SOUTH SIDE: Sims returns to the Cougars after declaring for the NBA Draft last spring before removing his name in late May to come back for his third collegiate season. Sims averaged 18.8 points per game last season to earn Second Team All-WAC honors and became the second CSU player to receive an all-conference honor from the WAC since joining the league in BACK ON THE BLOCK: In addition to Sims, Dildy has six other returners coming back to CSU this season are seniors Burns, Byrd, Simmons, and Alex Dubovitskiy, junior Delundre Dixon and sophomore Patrick Szpir. 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 short road swing on Monday evening with a trip to Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill. to face Big Ten Conference foe Northwestern live on Fox Sports One with a start time of 6 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: 15 twice, last: Drake (11/26/17) Rebounds: 6 4x, last: Northern Illinois (12/2/17) Assists: 7 twice, last: UMBC (11/23/17) Steals: 4 vs. East-West (11/22/16) Blocks: 1 at Wisconsin (11/17/16) Quick Hitter: Averaged 10.8 points and 4.8 assists per game over CSU s last five contests 15 twice, last: Drake (11/26) 6 4x, last: Northern Illinois (12/2) 7 twice, last: UMBC (11/23) 2 twice, last: Marquette (11/29) Totals Jelani Pruitt G 6-2 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 5x, last: Mississippi College (2/6/16)* Quick Hitter: Scored season-high 16 points at UMBC (11/23) 16 at Notre Dame (11/16) 10 at UMBC (11/23) 3 vs. East-West (11/21) 1 at UMBC (11/23) * 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: 2 twice, last: Grand Canyon (1/28/17) Steals: 3 at Utah Valley (1/12/17) Blocks: 2 6x, last: East-West (11/21/17) Totals Quick Hitter: Recorded averages of 10.6 points and 6.6 rebounds per game through CSU s last five 18 vs. Presbyterian (11/24) 11 twice, last: Drake (11/26) 2 vs. Silver Lake (11/14) 2 twice, last: East-West (11/21) 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: 4 vs. East-West (11/21) 1 twice, last: East-West (11/21) 1 at Notre Dame (11/16) Totals Quick Hitter: Scored season-high four points against East-West (11/21) 10 Anthony Harris G/F 6-5 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: 1 6x, last: Northern Illinois (12/2) Quick Hitter: Recorded 19 points and seven steals against Silver Lake (11/14) 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: Quick Hitter: Walk-on dished out four assists at Notre Dame (11/16) 7

8 STUDENT-ATHLETE CSU CAREER HIGHS SEASON HIGHS 14 Fred Sims, Jr. G 6-4 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 fourth in the WAC in scoring (16.1 ppg) 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: Quick Hitter: Scored season highs of seven points, four assists and three steals versus East-West 21 Cameron Bowles F 6-7 Freshman Points: 6 vs. East-West (11/21) Rebounds: 4 vs. East-West (11/21) Assists: 2 at Northern Iowa (11/18) Steals: 1 4x, last: Northern Illinois (12/2) Blocks: 1 3x, last: Northern Illinois (12/2) Quick Hitter: Recorded six points and four points against East-West (11/21) 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: One of seven returners to the Green and White in vs. East-West (11/21) 6 at Iowa (11/10) 1 4x, last: Northern Illinois (12/2) 1 3x, last: Northern Illinois (12/2) 1 twice, last: Drake (11/26) Totals Travon Bell G 6-3 R-Freshman Points: 12 at Northern Iowa (11/18) Rebounds: 7 vs. East-West (11/21) Assists: 7 vs. East-West (11/21) Steals: 2 3x, 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 season-high 12 points at Northern Iowa (11/18) 32 Montana Byrd G 6-4 Senior Points: 17 vs. Presbyterian (11/24/17) Rebounds: 11 at Western Kentucky (12/17/14) Assists: 3 vs. Illinois Tech (11/13/15) Steals: 3 Indiana University Northwest (11/25/14) Blocks: 1 8x, last: Marquette (11/29/17) 17 vs. Presbyterian (11/24) 7 vs. Presbyterian (11/24) 1 3x, last: Presbyterian (11/24) 1 3x, last: Drake (11/26) 1 twice, last: Marquette (11/29) Year GP-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Rebs. Avg. Asst. Blk. Stl. Pts.-Avg Totals Quick Hitter: Leads WAC in three-point field goal percentage (.485) 9

10 STUDENT-ATHLETE CSU CAREER HIGHS SEASON HIGHS 33 John Joyce F 6-6 Points: Rebounds: Assists: Steals: Blocks: 6 at Iowa (11/10) 1 twice, last: at Purdue (11/12) 1 vs. Northern Illinois (12/2) 1 twice, last: at Purdue (11/12) Quick Hitter: Averaging 2.5 points a game over last two games played 35 Rob Shaw G 6-0 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: 10 twice, last: Northern Illinois (12/2) 5 vs. Northern Illinois (12/2) 6 at Iowa (11/10) 4 at Iowa (11/10) * ** Totals * - at Southwest Baptist; ** - at Kentucky State Quick Hitter: Tied a season scoring high with 10 points versus Northern Illinois (12/2) 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: Posted season highs of 10 points and seven rebounds against East-West (11/21) 10

11 STUDENT-ATHLETE CSU CAREER HIGHS SEASON HIGHS Ken Odiase F 6-7 R- Points: Rebounds: Assists: Steals: Blocks: Quick Hitter: Plans to make first appearance on Dec. 16 against Bradley Delundre Dixon G 6-3 Points: 12 twice, last: Valparaiso (12/28/16) Rebounds: 7 vs. East-West (11/22/16) Assists: 7 at UT Rio Grande Valley (1/21/17) Steals: 2 5x, last: New Mexico State (1/7/17) Blocks: 1 6x, last: UIC (11/30/16) Year GP-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Rebs. Avg. Asst. Blk. Stl. Pts.-Avg Totals Quick Hitter: One of seven returning players this season for the Cougars 11

12 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 Nathan Townsen, Jr. G 5-11 Freshman 14 Fred Sims, Jr. G 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 32 Montana Byrd G 6-4 Senior 33 John Joyce F Rob Shaw G 6-0 Eddie Denard Assistant Coach 3rd season Chicago St. (2014) Jared Dimakos Volunteer Asst. Coach 2nd season Chicago St. (2016) 42 Jalen Stephens-Holmes F 6-7 Freshman Delundre Dixon G 6-3 Ken Odiase F 6-7 R- Antonne Samuels Special Asst. to HC 2nd season UW-LaCrosse (1993) 12

13 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 UT Rio Grande Valley CSU Bakersfield UMKC Chicago State Wednesday, Dec. 6 Southeast Missouri 91, UMKC 60 UT Rio Grande Valley 82, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 78 Utah Valley 83, Weber State 56 San Diego 65, New Mexico State 60 Friday, Dec. 8 Life Pacific College at CSU Bakersfield, 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9 UMKC at North Carolina State, 1 p.m. Chicago State at Oakland, 2 p.m. UC Irvine at UT Rio Grande Valley, 7 p.m. Seattle at Saint Mary s, 7 p.m. Utah Valley at Cal State Fullerton, 8 p.m. Grambling State at Grand Canyon, 8 p.m. New Mexico State at New Mexico, 8 p.m. Idaho at CSU Bakersfield, 9 p.m. 13

14 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 14

15 STARTING LINEUPS 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 Dec. 11, at Northwestern Dec. 16, BRADLEY Dec. 19, at SIUE 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 15

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19 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Chicago State vs Oakland 11/19/16 3 p.m. at Rochester, Mich (The Blacktop at O'rena) Chicago State Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 03 Simmons, Deionte f Palmer, Trayvon f Burns, Glen g Owens V, Clemmye g Sims Jr., Fred g Dubovitskiy, Alex Dixon, Delundre Batson, Joshua Szpir, Patrick Hunt, Gentry Greene Jr., Brian Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball Rebounds 5 Oakland Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 HAYES, Jalen f BRECHTING, Brad c CLARK, Stevie g DORSEY-WALKER, S. g WALKER, Martez g DANIELS, Nick BROCK, Isaiah NEELY, Brailen HILL-MAIS, Xavier PALOMBIZIO, Chris CUMBERLAND, Jaevin Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball Rebounds 1,1 Officials: Bo Boroski, Jon Campbell, Tim Stewart Technical fouls: Chicago State-None. Oakland-None. Attendance: 2301 FOULED OUT: PALMER (CSU) :52 of 2nd BROCK (OAK) :42 of 2nd Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Chicago State Oakland Last FG - CSUM 2nd-00:27, OAK 2nd-02:47. Largest lead - CSUM by 3 1st-16:45, OAK by 32 2nd-00:52. CSUM led for 01:36. OAK led for 36:40. Game was tied for 01:44. In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench CSUM OAK Score tied - 2 times. Lead changed - 4 times. 19