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2015-16 VIKING TEAM ROSTER 2015-16 PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS ROSTER 2015-16 Portland State Men’s Basketball: Front row, left to right - Evan Garrison, Khari Holloway, Bryce White, Zach Gengler, Donivine Stewart, Daniel Davydov, Austin Bryant. Back row, left to right - Calaen Robinson, Armani Collins, Braxton Tucker, Collin Spickerman, Namdi Okonkwo, Cameron Forte, De’Sean Parsons, Montie Leunen, Isaiah Pineiro. No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Schools) 0 Isaiah Pineiro F 6-6 190 SO JC Auburn, CA (Placer/Sierra College) NAME PRONUNCIATIONS 1 Zach Gengler G 6-2 180 JR 2V Silverton, OR (Silverton) Namdi Okonkwo nam-DEE oh-KWONK-whoa 2 Collin Spickerman C 6-8 220 SR 1V Portland, OR (Jesuit/Alaska Anchorage/Clark College) Daniel Davydov DAV-uh-dov 3 Armani Collins G 6-5 190 FR HS San Francisco, CA (Stuart Hall) Cameron Forte for-TAY Tyler Geving GEV-ing (hard G) 5 Cameron Forte F 6-7 220 GR TR Tempe, AZ (McClintock/Howard JC/Georgia) Jeff Hironaka HIGH-ROW–na–kuh Khari Holloway KY-ree 10 Daniel Davydov G 6-0 175 FR RS Bellevue, WA (Seattle Academy) Montie Leunen LOO-nen 11 Calaen Robinson G 6-2 190 JR RS Tempe, AZ (Corona Del Sol/Arizona State) Calaen Robinson KAY-len Isaiah Pineiro pin-YAIR-oh 12 Bryce White G 6-5 200 JR 1V Portland, OR (Benson Tech/Chemeketa CC) Donivine Stewart DON-uh-vin 13 De’Sean Parsons G/F 6-7 195 JR JC San Francisco, CA (Grant Union/Salt Lake CC) VIKINGS BY SIZE 14 Evan Garrison G 5-10 170 JR JC Tigard, OR (Tigard/Point Loma/Clark College) Evan Garrison G 5-10 JR Daniel Davydov G 6-0 FR 15 Braxton Tucker F 6-6 220 JR 1V Tacoma, WA (Spanaway Lake/North Idaho JC) Donivine Stewart G 6-0 GR 20 Donivine Stewart G 6-0 195 GR TR Peoria, IL (Limestone/Bradley/SIUE) Zach Gengler G 6-2 JR Calaen Robinson G 6-2 JR 21 Namdi Okonkwo C 7-0 210 JR JC Dallas, TX (Westwind Prep (AZ)/Western Wyoming JC) Khari Holloway G 6-2 JR Montie Leunen F 6-4 JR 23 Khari Holloway G 6-2 185 JR JC Jackson, MS (Mountain Pointe/Mesa CC) Bryce White G 6-5 JR 30 Austin Bryant F 6-6 190 FR HS Murrieta, CA (Murrieta Valley) Armani Collins G 6-5 FR Isaiah Pineiro F 6-6 SO 34 Montie Leunen F 6-4 190 JR 1V Portland, OR (Westview/Shasta JC) Braxton Tucker F 6-6 JR Austin Bryant F 6-6 FR Cameron Forte F 6-7 GR HEAD COACH: Tyler Geving (Central Washington, 1996, 7th year) De’Sean Parsons G/F 6-7 JR ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Jeff Hironaka Collin Spickerman C 6-8 SR Namdi Okonkwo C 7-0 JR ASSISTANT COACHES: Jase Coburn, Michael Plank DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: Adam Wardell VIKINGS BY YEAR Freshmen: 3 SPECIAL ASSISTANT/ADVISOR: Barry Adams Sophomores: 1 ATHLETIC TRAINER: Jim Wallis Juniors: 9 Seniors/Graduate: 3 www.GoViks.com 2015-16 Portland State Vikings Basketball • 1 PORTLAND STATE BASKETBALL PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS BASKETBALL Troy Wayrynen Troy PORTLAND STATE MEDIA Live Streaming Audio/Video ___________________________www.GoViks.com Play-by-play _____________________________________________Tom Hewitt Live Stats __________________________________________ www.ViksLive.com Photographers ______ Steve Brenner, Larry Lawson, Steve Huey, Troy Wayrynen Viking Athletics Website _______________________________www.GoViks.com Social Media Facebook____________________________________________ PSUVIKINGS Twitter ___________________________________ @ViksMBB, @PSU_Vikings Head Coach Tyler Geving ______________ www.Twitter.com/PSUCoachGev YouTube ________________________ www.youtube.com/GoPortlandState PSU AD Mark Rountree on Twitter _____________ @MarkRountree_PSUViks PSU SID Mike Lund on Twitter __________________________ @mikelund65 Hashtags ____________________________________ #GoViks, #BigSkyMBB Troy Wayrynen Troy VIKING BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF Head Coach _______________________ Tyler Geving, Central Washington, ‘96 Collegiate Coaching Record __________84-99/7th year (11th year at PSU) Associate Head Coach ___________ Jeff Hironaka, Eastern Oregon, ‘80/3rd year Assistant Coach __________________ Jase Coburn, Arizona State, ‘06/3rd year Assistant Coach ___________________Michael Plank, Willamette, ‘06/2nd year Director of Basketball Operations __________________ Adam Wardell/3rd year Special Assistant/Advisor __________________________ Barry Adams/5th year Team Athletic Trainer _______________________________________ Jim Wallis Basketball Media Relations __________________________________Mike Lund TEAM INFORMATION 2014-15 Record_______________________________________________ 15-14 Big Sky Conference Record ____________________________________ 9-9/6th Big Sky Tournament _________________________________ 0-1 (quarterfinals) Letterwinners Returning/Lost ____________________________________ 5/10 Starters Returning/Lost __________________________________________ 3/2 WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT Redshirts ________________________________________________________ 2 PORTLAND STATE BASKETBALL Signees _________________________________________________________ 8 Portland State University, located in Portland, is the largest school in the state of Oregon with 28,241 students. PSU was founded in 1946 as Vanport College - a two- BASKETBALL PROGRAM HISTORY year institution. Program Year _______________ 55th (1946-47 to 1980-81, 1996-97 to present) Athletically, Portland State began as a junior college in 1946-47, but competed Big Sky Conference Year ________________________ 20th (1996-97 to present) in the Oregon Collegiate Conference (NAIA) beginning in 1948-49 to 1964-65. PSU Big Sky Conference Championships __________________ 2 (2004-05, 2007-08) became a four-year institution - Portland State College - in 1955. The Vikings won five Big Sky Tournament Championships __________________ 2 (2007-08, 2008-09) OCC titles and competed in the NAIA playoffs twice. National Postseason Appearances ___________________________________ 6 Portland State joined the NCAA in 1965-66. The Vikings reached the College Di- vision playoffs in 1966-67. College Division was the forerunner to Division II. Portland 2014 (Collegeinsider.com), 2008, 2009 (NCAA Division I), State was given university status in 1969. 1967 (NCAA College Division), 1955, 1956 (NAIA) During the 1970s, Portland State competed as a Division I program. The Vikings’ Winning Seasons ________________________________________________ 29 biggest star was Freeman Williams, who still ranks as the second all-time leading scor- All-Time Record ____________________________________________ 741-714 er in college basketball history behind Pete Maravich. Williams, a Division I All-Ameri- Big Sky Conference era (1996 to present) ________________________ 273-283 can in 1978, scored 3,249 points in his career. Big Sky Conference record (including tourney games) _____________ 158-165 The university dropped the men’s basketball program in 1981 for budgetary rea- sons. It remained dormant until 1996-97 when basketball was reinstated and Portland State joined the Big Sky Conference. Portland State won the Big Sky Conference regular season title in 2004-05 (19-9, VIKING PRESS ROW STAFF 11-3), but lost in the Big Sky Tournament semifinals, missing a chance for the NCAA SCOREBOOK ________________________________________Kirby Gleason Tournament. SCOREBOARD/CLOCKS _______________Jeff Kirkpatrick, Amanda Gleason In 2007-08, the Vikings won the Big Sky Conference regular season and tourna- PUBLIC ADDRESS _________________________ Scott Rosumny, Kevin Flink ment titles going 23-10, 14-2 in the Big Sky Conference. The resulting NCAA berth was STATISTICS __________________ Chris Cannan, Nathan Keyes, Ronda Dyer the first at the Division I level for the Viking program. The Vikings lost to eventual na- PRESS SERVICES ________Jeremy Shattuck, Eileen Shattuck, Greg Crawford tional champion Kansas, but concluded the most successful season in school history. PSU STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS ____________ Steve Brenner, Larry Lawson, In 2008-09, PSU once again won 23 games - matching the school record - and reached a second straight NCAA Tournament after winning the Big Sky Conference ____________________________________Steve Huey, Troy Wayrynen Tournament for the second year in a row. LIVE STREAMING VIDEO _____________________________ Andy Jobanek With 78 wins from 2007-10, PSU had its most successful era in school history. Portland State has had 19 first team All-Big Sky Conference selections since 1996, including two Big Conference Players of the Year (Seamus Boxley, Jeremiah Dominguez), three Big Sky Defensive Players of the Year (Seamus Boxley - twice, Scott Morrison), and four Big Sky Newcomers of the Year (Jason Hartman, Ime Udoka, Dupree Lucas, Jeremiah Dominguez), one 6th Man of the Year (DaShaun Wiggins) and one Big Sky Outstanding Freshman (Seamus Boxley). Among Vikings in the NBA, Freeman Williams and Ime Udoka each spent seven playing seasons in the league. Udoka is currently an assistant coach for the San Anto- nio Spurs. 2 • 2015-16 Portland State Vikings Basketball www.GoViks.com 2015-16 VIKING SCHEDULE 2015-16 VIKINGS SCHEDULE Date Day Opponent Location Time 2014-15 RESULTS Nov. 6 Fri. LEWIS AND CLARK exhibition STOTT CENTER 7:05 p.m. 11/15 at USC _______________ W, 76-68 Nov. 13 Fri. at Grand Canyon Phoenix, AZ 6 p.m. PT 11/18 WILLAMETTE __________ W, 84-63 11/24 SIU EDWARDSVILLE (ot) _ W, 90-87 Nov. 16 Mon. PACIFIC LUTHERAN STOTT CENTER 7:05 p.m. 11/26 at Cal State Northridge __ W, 63-55 Nov. 22 Sun. at Texas Pan American McAllen, TX Noon PT 11/30 at Oregon _____________ L, 59-81 12/3 at Portland ____________ L, 71-83 Nov. 25 Wed. at Nevada Reno, NV 7 p.m. 12/6 at UC Riverside ________ L, 62-88 Nov. 28 Sat. MULTNOMAH STOTT CENTER 7:05 p.m. 12/13 CSU BAKERFIELD _______ W, 65-59 12/18 at San Francisco ________ L, 40-77 Dec. 2 Wed. PORTLAND STOTT CENTER 7:05 p.m. 12/22 WALLA WALLA _________ W, 94-52 Dec. 6 Sun. at Washington State PAC-12 TV Pullman, WA 1 p.m. 1/1 SOUTHERN UTAH* ______ W, 71-68 1/3 NORTHERN ARIZONA* __ L, 60-73 FSN MW Dec. 12 Sat. at SIU Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL 2 p.m. PT 1/8 at Northern Colorado* __ L, 85-90 Dec. 17 Thurs. CSU NORTHRIDGE STOTT CENTER 7:05 p.m. 1/10 at North Dakota* _______ W, 82-75 1/15 EASTERN WASHINGTON* L, 85-92 Dec.