2015-16 WEBER STATE QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION Name of School... Weber State University Location...Ogden, Utah Founded...1889 (Four-year 1962) Enrollement...26,266 Nickname... Wildcats School colors... Purple and White Affiliation...NCAA Division I Conference...Big Sky Arena (Capacity)... Dee Events Center (11,500) President...Dr. Charles A. Wight Athletic Director...Jerry Bovee Associate A.D./SWA... Amy Crosbie Website...WeberStateSports.com ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Director of Athletic Communications...Paul Grua Office phone... (801) 626-7414 Cell phone...(801) 452-3811 Email... pgrua@weber.edu Press Box... (801) 626-6588 Dir. of Publications/Digital Media...Darin Hogge Athletic Communications Asst... Justin Johnson Athletic Communications Asst... Corie Holmes Mailing Address... 3870 Stadium Way, Dept. 2702 Ogden, UT 84408 TEAM INFORMATION 2014-15 record...13-17 2014-15 Big Sky record/finish...8-10 / t7th Lettermen Returning / lost...5 / 3 Starters Returning / lost...4 / 1 TEAM HISTORY First year (four-year school)...1962-63 All-time record... 978-563 (.635) All-time Big Sky record... 509-254 (.667) Big Sky regular season titles...21 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, 79, 80, 83, 84, 94, 95, 99, 03, 07, 09, 10, 14 Big Sky Tournament titles...9 78, 79, 80, 83, 95, 99, 03, 07, 14 Big Sky Tournament appearaneces...35 NCAA Tournament appearances...15. 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 78, 79, 80, 83, 95, 99, 03, 07, 14 NIT Tournament appearances...3 / 84, 09, 10 CIT Tournament appearances...2 / 12, 13 CBI Tournament appearances...1 / 11 All-time WSU record in DEC...432-110 (.797) DEC record - Big Sky games:... *244-63 (.795) Randy Rahe s record in DEC:...114-21 (.844) Rahe s Big Sky record in DEC:...67-10 (.870) *Includes Big Sky Tournament games COACHING STAFF Head Coach...Randy Rahe Alma Mater... Buena Vista College (Iowa) 82 Record at Weber State...182-104 (.636) / 9 seasons Overall record...same Big Sky record at Weber State... 114-40 (.740) ASSISTANT COACHES Associate Head Coach...Eric Duft Assistant Coach...Steve Smiley Assistant Coach... Garrett Lever Director of Basketball Operations...David Moats 2 WeberStateSports.com
SCHEDULE Day Date Opponent Time Site Wed. Oct. 21 Purple and White Game 7:00 p.m. Ogden Sat. Nov. 7 Southern Virginia (exh.) 7:00 p.m. Ogden Fri. Nov. 13 Utah State 7:00 p.m. Ogden Mon. Nov. 16 at South Dakota State 6:00 p.m. Brookings, SD Thu. Nov. 19 University of Antelope Valley 7:00 p.m. Ogden Mon.-Wed. Nov. 23-25 Gulf Coast Showcase Estero, Fla. Mon. Nov. 23 vs. Central Michigan 6:30 p.m. Tues. Nov. 24 vs. Drake or Western Kentucky TBA Wed. Nov. 25 vs. Duquesne, Milwaukee, Murray State or Pepperdine Tues. Dec. 1 Pacific Union College 7:00 p.m. Ogden Sat. Dec. 5 vs. BYU (EnergySolutions Arena) 1:00 p.m. Salt Lake City, UT Wed. Dec. 9 at Utah Valley 7:00 p.m. Orem, UT Sun. Dec. 13 at Denver 12:00 p.m. Denver, CO Fri. Dec. 18 vs. Portland (Moda Center) 6:30 p.m. Portland, OR Tues. Dec. 22 South Dakota State 7:00 p.m. Ogden Mon. Dec. 28 Multnomah 7:00 p.m. Ogden Sat. Jan. 2 *Idaho State 7:00 p.m. Ogden Thu. Jan. 7 *North Dakota 7:00 p.m. Ogden Sat. Jan. 9 *Northern Colorado 7:00 p.m. Ogden Thu. Jan. 14 *at Portland State 8:00 p.m. Portland, OR Sat. Jan. 16 *at Sacramento State 8:00 p.m. Sacramento, CA Sat. Jan. 23 *at Idaho State 7:00 p.m. Pocatello, ID Thu. Jan. 28 *Northern Arizona 7:00 p.m. Ogden Sat. Jan. 30 *Southern Utah 7:00 p.m. Ogden Thu. Feb. 4 *at Northern Colorado 7:00 p.m. Greeley, CO Sat. Feb. 6 *at North Dakota 1:00 p.m. Grand Forks, ND Thu. Feb. 11 *Sacramento State 7:00 p.m. Ogden Sat. Feb. 13 *Portland State 7:00 p.m. Ogden Thu. Feb. 18 *at Southern Utah 7:00 p.m. Cedar City, UT Sat. Feb. 20 *at Northern Arizona 4:00 p.m. Flagstaff, AZ Thu. Feb. 25 *Montana State 7:00 p.m. Ogden Sat. Feb. 27 *Montana 7:00 p.m. Ogden Thu. Mar. 3 *at Idaho 8:00 p.m. Moscow, ID Sat. Mar. 5 *at Eastern Washington 3:00 p.m. Cheney, WA Mar. 8, 10-12 Big Sky Tournament Reno, NV * Big Sky Conference Game All times are Mountain. 3 WeberStateSports.com
ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 0 Kiko Stavrev F 6-8 210 Fr. HS Sofia, Bulgaria (Myerscough (England)) 2 Juwan Williams G/F 6-5 190 Fr. HS Richmond, TX (Travis) 3 Jordan Dallas F/C 6-10 220 Fr. HS Long Beach, CA (Long Beach Poly) 5 Cody John G 6-3 190 Fr. HS Toronto, Canada (Wasatch Academy (UT)) 11 Hayden Hunter G 5-11 170 So. 1VL North Richland, Texas (Richland) 15 Jeremiah Jefferson G 6-2 185 RFr. RS Dallas, TX (Triple A Academy) 20 JC Kennedy G 6-4 175 So. RS Nampa, ID (Skyview) 21 Joel Bolomboy F/C 6-9 235 Sr. 3VL Fort Worth, TX (Keller) 22 Ryan Richardson G 6-4 185 So. 1VL Mesa, AZ (Dobson) 23 Richaud Gittens G 6-4 200 Jr. 2VL Tempe, AZ (Marcos De Niza) 24 McKay Cannon G 6-1 185 Fr. HS Shelley, ID (Shelley) 25 Dusty Baker G/F 6-4 195 So. JC Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (Saddleback JC) 30 Jeremy Senglin G 6-2 195 Jr. 2VL Arlington, TX (Bowie) 35 Kyndahl Hill F 6-7 225 Jr. 2VL Humble, TX (Humble) 44 Zach Braxton F/C 6-9 250 RFr. RS Highlands Ranch, CO (Highlands Ranch) COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Associate Head Coach: Assistant Coach: Assistant Coach: Dir. of Basketball Ops.: Randy Rahe, Buena Vista College (Iowa) 82, (10th season) Eric Duft, Sterling College 95, (10th season) Steve Smiley, Northern State 04 (2nd season) Garrett Lever, Seattle 11 (4th season) David Moats, Wyoming 12 (2nd season) 4 WeberStateSports.com
WEBER STATE COACHING STAFF RANDY RAHE Weber State Head Coach 10th Season Rahe Profile Born: June 12, 1960 Hometown: Bancroft, Iowa Alma Mater: Buena Vista 82 Record at WSU: 182-104 (.636) Overall record: same Big Sky record: 114-40 (.740) Rahe by the Numbers 4 Big Sky Coach of the Year Honors 4 Big Sky Championships 5 Big Sky Conference MVP s 7 Post-Season Tourn. Appearances 19 BSC Academic All-Conf. members 20 Or more wins in five seasons 25 Big Sky All-Conference performers 114 BSC wins; 2nd in conf. history Career record Season Overall Big Sky 2006-07 20-12 11-5 (1st) 2007-08 16-14 10-6 (3rd) 2008-09 21-10 15-1 (1st) 2009-10 20-11 13-3 (1st) 2010-11 18-14 11-5 (3rd) 2011-12 25-7 14-2 (2nd) 2012-13 30-7 18-2 (2nd) 2013-14 19-12 14-6 (1st) 2014-15 13-17 8-10 (t7th) 9 yrs. 182-104 (.636) 114-40 (.740) Coaching Experience Weber State Head Coach, 2006-07 -- pres. University of Utah Assistant Coach, 2004-05 -- 2005-06 Utah State Assistant Coach, 1998-99 -- 2003-04 Colorado State Assistant Coach, 1991-92 -- 1997-98 Denver University - Asst. Coach, 90-91 University of Colorado Assistant Coach, 1989-90 Colorado College - Asst. Coach, 88-89 Randy Rahe enters his 10th season as head coach of the Weber State men s basketball team in the 2015-16 season. In nine seasons with the Wildcats, Rahe has led Weber State to four Big Sky Championships and seven postseason tournament appearances, including two trips to the NCAA Tournament. He is the first coach in Big Sky Conference history to be named conference Coach of the Year four times and has coached five Big Sky MVP s at Weber State. Rahe has a career record of 182-104 (.637) in his career with the Wildcats and is 114-40 (.740) in Big Sky games. He ranks second in conference history in career victories and is just the third coach in conference history to win 100 Big Sky games. He needs 10 more Big Sky wins to become the conference s career leader in victories. His 182 overall wins is the fifth most of any coach in conference history and his Big Sky winning percentage of.740 is the third best all-time. In nine seasons, Rahe has a career record of 114-21 (.844) at home and is an incredible 67-10 (.870) at home in Big Sky regular season games. In 2013-14, WSU set a Big Sky record with 27 straight conference regular season home victories. This past season the Wildcats averaged 6,829 fans, by far the best average in the Big Sky and one of the best in the western United States. Weber State finished the season in the top 100 in the nation in attendance for the fifth straight year. During the 2013-14 season, Rahe led the Wildcats to a 19-12 overall record. WSU finished 14-6 in Big Sky play and won the conference tournament for the fourth time in the last eight years. It was Weber State s 21st Big Sky title in 51 seasons of conference play. Weber State also hosted and won the conference tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 15th time. The Wildcats fell by nine points to Arizona in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In addition to being named Big Sky Coach of the Year for a record fourth time, Rahe was named a finalist for the Skip Prosser Award, honoring the nation s head coaches who also exhibit strong moral character. Rahe has coached 27 Big Sky All-Conference performers and 21 Big Sky Academic All-Conference performers in his team with the Wildcats. His first eight seasons he led the Wildcats to 10 or more conference wins each year, a BSC record. Weber State senior Davion Berry was named the 2014 Big Sky MVP, and was the fifth time in eight years coach Rahe has had the conference MVP. Berry joined Damian Lillard, who won the award in 2010 and 2012, David Patten and Kellen McCoy as MVP s under coach Rahe s watch. He recruited and coached Lillard to All-American status in 2012, the first player in Big Sky history to be named to an All-American team. Lillard is second in Weber State history in career scoring and career 3-pointers and is the school s all-time leader in free throws and free throw percentage. Lillard went on to be the first player in Weber State history to be drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft when he was selected sixth overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2012 NBA Draft. He was named Rookie of the Year in 2013 and named to the NBA All-Star team in 2014 and 2015. A native of Bancroft, Iowa, Rahe was named the ninth coach in Weber State history in March 2006. In his first season as head coach, with just three returning players from the previous season, Rahe put together a squad of newcomers and began the process of restoring the winning tradition of Wildcat basketball. That season he surpassed all expectations, leading the Wildcats to a 20-12 record and a tie for the Big Sky Conference regular-season title. The Wildcats then won the postseason conference tournament and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament. In the 2007-08 season Rahe led the Wildcats to a 16-14 overall record and a third place finish in the Big Sky. During the 2008-09 season, Weber State finished 15-1 in Big Sky Conference play and won the conference regular season title. WSU became the first Big 5 WeberStateSports.com
Sky team ever to finish 8-0 on the road in conference action. In the 2009-10 season the Wildcats had another strong year where they repeated as Big Sky champions. WSU posted a 20-11 overall record and a 13-3 mark in Big Sky play. Lillard, a sophomore that season, was honored as the Big Sky MVP. WSU advanced to the NIT for the second-straight season, losing at Cincinnati in the first round. The 2010-11 season was another outstanding coaching job by Rahe. Despite losing Lillard to a season-ending injury just nine games into the season, the Wildcats still managed to post a season record of 18-14 and make a run at the Big Sky title. They also finished 11-5 in the Big Sky, taking third in the league standings. After starting the Big Sky season with a pair of road losses, the Wildcats won 11 of their next 13 league games to get into a fight for the league title. The Cats also advanced to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost to Oregon in the first round. During the 2011-12 season, Weber State posted a 25-7 overall record and a 14-2 record in Big Sky Conference play and again advanced to postseason play where the Wildcats won a first round game in the collegeinsider.com Postseason Tournament. The season was highlighted by the play of Lillard who became and All-American, District VIII Player of the Year, and Big Sky MVP as he put together perhaps the greatest season in school history, finishing second in the nation in scoring at 24.5 points per game. Lillard set a school record for single-season points with 784, the third most points in Big Sky history and became the first player in the history of the conference to earn All-American honors. He was also a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, John Wooden Award and Oscar Robertson Award. After losing Lillard to the NBA, Rahe led the Wildcats to a historic season in 2012-13 as the Wildcats won a Big Sky record 30 games, the first time in conference history to do so. WSU finished the year 30-7 overall and won a record 18 Big Sky games and advanced to postseason play for the fifth straight season. WSU also became the first team in Big Sky history to advance to the championship game of a national postseason tournament where they lost to East Carolina in the championship game of the Collegeinsider.com Tournament. The Wildcats also set a school record with 17 home wins and tied a school record with 11 road wins. During the season, the Wildcats were the best shooting team in the country, finishing first in the nation in field goal percentage and three-point field goal percentage. The Cats also finished in the top 10 in the nation in four other categories and were one of just eight teams in the nation to win 30 games during the season. Coach Rahe was also honored as the 2013 Utah Sportsperson of the Year by the Utah/Idaho Chapter of the National M.S. Society. Rahe was a two-sport athlete at Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa as a point guard on the men s basketball team and a shortstop on the baseball team. He earned a bachelor s degree in elementary education in 1982. He began his coaching career on the high school level in Colorado. During his tenure as the head coach at Stratton High School (1985-88) he was twice named District Coach of the Year leading his teams to district and league championships in 1986, 1987 and 1988. Rahe got his first taste of coaching on the collegiate level in 1988-89, when he joined the staff at Colorado College as an assistant. He went on to serve as an assistant at the University of Colorado (1989-90) and the University of Denver (1990-91) before beginning his long association with Stew Morrill at Colorado State and Utah State. Following Morrill to Utah State, Rahe was part of an Aggie staff which, in six seasons, helped the team compile a 143-48 record, winning five Big West Conference championships, earn three appearances in the NCAA Tournament with a first round win over Ohio State and two NIT berths. I From Utah State Rahe went to the University of Utah in 2004-05 where he spent the next two seasons as an assistant coach under Ray Giacoletti. In his first season with the Utes, Utah finished 29-6, won the Mountain West Championship, and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. They were led that season by Andrew Bogut who earned National Player of the Year honors and went on to become the first pick in the 2005 NBA Draft. Rahe was born June 12, 1960. He and his wife Laura are the parents of two sons, Luke and Kade. Laura is a women s basketball official in the Mountain West, WAC and West Coast Conferences. WEBER STATE COACHING STAFF ERIC DUFT Associate Head Coach 10th season STEVE SMILEY Assistant Coach 2nd season GARRETT LEVER Assistant Coach 4th season DAVID MOATS Dir. of Basketball Operations 2nd season 6 WeberStateSports.com
RETURNING WILDCATS JOEL BOLOMBOY 6-9 235 Senior Forward Fort Worth, TX RICHAUD GITTENS 6-4 200 Junior G/F Tempe, AZ KYNDAHL HILL 6-7 225 Junior Forward Humble, TX RYAN RICHARDSON 6-4 185 Soph. Guard Mesa, AZ JEREMY SENGLIN 6-2 195 Junior Guard Arlington, TX 7 WeberStateSports.com
2014-15 STATS AND RESULTS RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 13-17 8-6 4-9 1-2 CONFERENCE 8-10 4-5 4-5 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 5-7 4-1 0-4 1-2 Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 30 SENGLIN, Jeremy 24-23 845 35.2 115-276.417 45-130.346 119-152.783 13 65 78 3.3 53 1 84 63 1 27 394 16.4 21 BOLOMBOY, Joel 30-30 997 33.2 131-277.473 15-41.366 122-166.735 107 199 306 10.2 71 0 25 80 51 20 399 13.3 23 GITTENS, Richaud 30-30 989 33.0 93-229.406 39-92.424 73-94.777 11 79 90 3.0 68 1 85 57 3 32 298 9.9 11 GOLDEN, Chris 30-27 797 26.6 95-262.363 63-182.346 44-58.759 7 52 59 2.0 66 0 38 42 3 28 297 9.9 35 HILL, Kyndahl 30-30 802 26.7 72-156.462 17-51.333 70-91.769 38 114 152 5.1 91 2 25 47 24 18 231 7.7 22 RICHARDSON, Ryan 24-0 372 15.5 47-129.364 33-95.347 16-19.842 3 27 30 1.3 37 1 21 25 8 6 143 6.0 45 HAJEK, James 30-10 529 17.6 46-87.529 0-0.000 22-35.629 42 81 123 4.1 68 0 12 19 24 7 114 3.8 02 JOHNSON-COSTON, 30-0 304 10.1 36-71.507 0-1.000 25-40.625 20 36 56 1.9 40 1 8 27 6 12 97 3.2 03 HUNTER, Hayden 28-0 387 13.8 5-28.179 4-12.333 20-28.714 6 30 36 1.3 39 0 59 35 0 7 34 1.2 00 BROWN, Jordan 4-0 19 4.8 1-2.500 1-2.500 0-0.000 0 2 2 0.5 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.8 20 KENNEDY, J.C. 1-0 3 3.0 0-1.000 0-1.000 0-0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 50 VAN PELT, Ryan 2-0 6 3.0 0-0.000 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.0 Team 36 29 65 6 Total... 30 6050 641-1518.422 217-607.357 511-683.748 283 714 997 33.2 539 6 358 402 120 158 2010 67.0 Opponents... 30 6050 753-1680.448 167-467.358 368-516.713 304 690 994 33.1 579 8 356 334 87 194 2041 68.0 TEAM STATISTICS WSU OPP SCORING 2010 2041 Points per game 67.0 68.0 Scoring margin -1.0 - FIELD GOALS-ATT 641-1518 753-1680 Field goal pct.422.448 3 POINT FG-ATT 217-607 167-467 3-point FG pct.357.358 3-pt FG made per game 7.2 5.6 FREE THROWS-ATT 511-683 368-516 Free throw pct.748.713 F-Throws made per game 17.0 12.3 REBOUNDS 997 994 Rebounds per game 33.2 33.1 Rebounding margin +0.1 - ASSISTS 358 356 Assists per game 11.9 11.9 TURNOVERS 402 334 Turnovers per game 13.4 11.1 Turnover margin -2.3 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 1.1 STEALS 158 194 Steals per game 5.3 6.5 BLOCKS 120 87 Blocks per game 4.0 2.9 ATTENDANCE 95601 48895 Home games-avg/game 14-6829 13-3463 Neutral site-avg/game - 3-1293 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Weber State 914 1088 8 2010 Opponents 935 1087 19 2041 Date Opponent Score Att. 11/14/14 at Utah State L 61-72 9982 11/17/14 PRESENTATION W 74-49 5453 + 11/21/14 vs Illinois State L 64-73 1910 + 11/22/14 vs LSU L 58-72 1968 + 11/24/14 vs Nevada W 59-56 0 12/01/14 ORAL ROBERTS W 62-61 5633 12/06/14 at UT Arlington L 56-63 1524 12/13/14 BYU L 60-76 10122 12/20/14 UTAH VALLEY W 73-61 6803 12/22/14 at Oklahoma L 51-85 10645 12/27/14 BRISTOL W 109-59 6322 * 01/01/15 at Eastern Washington L 78-84 1832 * 01/03/15 at Idaho L 84-86 801 * 01/08/15 MONTANA W 68-60 6508 * 01/10/15 MONTANA STATE W 65-62 6721 * 01/15/15 at Northern Arizona W 74-65 2603 * 01/17/15 at Southern Utah L 60-70 1842 * 01/22/15 PORTLAND STATE L 63-69 7162 * 01/24/15 SACRAMENTO STATE L 71-78 7880 * 01/29/15 at North Dakota W 67-60 1751 * 01/31/15 at Northern Colorado L 57-71 2178 * 02/07/15 at Idaho State W 70-63 1892 * 02/12/15 SOUTHERN UTAH L 56-65 7113 * 02/14/15 NORTHERN ARIZONA L 54-61 6192 * 02/19/15 at Montana State W 74-71 1613 * 02/21/15 at Montana L 63-74 4416 * 02/28/15 IDAHO STATE W 61-57 6325 * 03/05/15 IDAHO W 74-63 6260 * 03/07/15 EASTERN WASHINGTON Lot 71-79 7107 # 03/12/15 at Montana Lot 73-76 3938 + = US Virgin Islands Paradise Jam * = Big Sky Conference game # = Big Sky Tournament - Missoula, Mont. 8 WeberStateSports.com