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Student- Athletes SECTION CONTENTS SENIORS Nyles Evans 22 Deji Ibitayo 23 Demetrius “Tree” Treadwell 24 JUNIORS Pat Forsythe 25 Jake Kretzer 28 Reggie McAdams 27 SOPHOMORES Kwan Cheatham, Jr. 28 Isaiah Johnson 38 REDSHIRT FRESHMEN B.J. Gladden 29 Aaron Jackson 29 FRESHMEN Antino Jackson 30 Noah Robotham 30 WALK-ONS 30 AKRON ZIPS SENIOR NYLES evans EVANS’ cAREER HIGHS AKRON Points 28^ at Webber Int. (1/9/13) MEN’S BASKETBALL Rebounds 10^ vs. Hillsborough CC (12/12/12) Assists 10^ at Dayton St. (11/19/12) YLES VANS Steals 9^ at Webber Int. (1/9/13) N E Blocks 2 vs. Northern Ill. (2/15/14) UARD G Minutes 38^ vs. CCF (3/9/13) enior AKRON BASKETBALL 5-11 • 160 • S (1L) ^ - Set at Brevard (Fla.) CC CANTON, OHIO 3 Hoover HS/Brevard (FLa.) CC EVANS’ AKRON CAREER STATISTICS * – at Brevard (Fla.) CC Year G-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct. OR DR Reb Avg PF-D A TO BS ST Pts Avg 11-12* 28-N/A N/A 67-161 .416 33-101 .327 38-58 .655 8 30 38 1.4 N/A 61 31 4 33 305 7.3 12-13* 33-32 N/A 162-399 .406 78-227 .344 116-168 .690 21 92 113 3.4 N/A 108 57 3 83 518 15.7 13-14 34-17 706/20.8 55-165 .333 38-120 .317 32-49 .653 8 50 58 1.7 64-3 49 35 5 23 180 5.3 TOTAL 95-49 706/20.8 284-725 .392 149-448 .333 186-275 .676 37 172 209 2.2 64-3 218 123 12 139 1003 10.6 Good ball handler with the ability to score and distribute the ball from the point guard position ... is the first junior college transfer under head coach Keith Dambrot at Akron … has appeared in two MAC Tournament games and one CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament contest. STUDENT-ATHLETES as a Junior (2013-14): Appeared in all 34 games, making 17 starts, in his first season as a Zip … posted four double-digit scoring performances, including a season-high 18 points at Buffalo on Feb. 19 … had back-to- back 17-point performances against Detroit (Dec. 18) and against Or- egon State (Dec. 22) … his first double-digit performance came at Cleve- land State on Dec. 7 (12 points) … averaged 5.3 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game … over the final 11 games, posted averages of 7.1 points and 1.8 rebounds per game while shooting 41.0 percent from the field and 37.0 percent from long range … finished the season with a 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio … blocked a career- high two shots against Northern Illinois on Feb. 15 … hit at least one 3-pointer in 17 games, including 10 games hitting multiple long balls. COACHING STAFF at Brevard (Fla.) Community College: Played in 61 games at BCC ... averaged 15.7 points, 3.4 re- bounds, 3.3 assists and 2.5 steals per game in 33 games (32 starts) as a sophomore ... helped the Ti- tans to a 26-7 record and a spot in the Florida Col- lege System Activities Association/NJCAA Division I state championship game ... also helped BCC win the Florida College System Activities Association South- ern Conference championship ... earned all-confer- ence and all FCSAA/NJCAA Division I all-tournament team honors ... in 61 career games for the Titans, he averaged 11.9 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game. at Hoover High School: Is HHS’ all-team leading scorer with 1,183 career points ... was the Canton Re- 2013-14 YEAR IN REVIEW pository Stark County Boys Basketball Player of the Year in 2011 ... averaged 21.9 points per game and earned third-team All-Ohio honors as a senior. Personal: Born Aug. 21, 1992, in Canton, Ohio ... son of N’Gai and Joy Evans ... has two brothers, N’Gai, Jr., and Nick, and one sister, Nyai ... brother, N’Gai, played basketball at Wright State (2008-11) and now plays professionally in Europe ... majoring in political science – criminal justice. RECORD BOOK GoZips.com/ZipsMBB // #ZipsGameday // @ZipsMBB // Facebook.com/ZipsMBB 22 2014-15 MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE SENIOR DEJI Ibitayo AKRON BASKETBALL IBITAyo’S CAREER HIGHS AKRON Points 16 vs. John Carroll (11/12/12) MEN’S BASKETBALL Rebounds 7 vs. Cleveland State (12/23/12) Assists 6 vs. Cleveland State (12/23/12) DEJI IBITAYO Steals 2 - 2x (last: vs. Buffalo, 3/4/14) 3 vs. South Carolina (12/25/13) GUARD Blocks Minutes 34 vs. Western Mich. (3/14/14) 6-4 • 200 • Senior (3L) CHiCago, iLL. 4 RICH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IBITAYO’S CAREER STATISTICS STUDENT-ATHLETES Year G-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct. OR DR Reb Avg PF-D A TO BS ST Pts Avg 11-12 10-1 91/9.1 5-19 .263 2-9 .222 11-16 .688 2 9 11 1.1 13-0 2 14 1 1 23 2.3 12-13 29-2 319/11.0 28-85 .329 10-43 .233 20-34 .588 9 42 51 1.8 30-0 19 18 3 8 86 3.0 13-14 29-20 439/15.1 54-116 .466 26-66 .394 17-38 .447 24 40 64 2.2 41-0 14 18 11 14 151 5.2 TOTAL 68-23 849/12.5 87-220 .395 38-118 .322 48-88 .545 35 91 126 1.9 84-0 35 50 15 23 260 3.8 A big, diversified guard that can play anywhere on the floor ... great an honors student in the classroom. athlete with the potential to be a good scorer and a lock down defender ... boasts a 6-foot-9 wingspan ... has appeared in two MAC Tournament Personal: Born Jan. 12, 1993, in Evanston, Ill. ... son of Adekunle A. and games and one CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament contest … Melinda Ibitayo ... has two siblings, brother Adekunle, Jr., and sister Ad- first name is pronounced DEE-gee ... last name is pronounced ee-bee- esola ... his uncle, Timothy Tyler, played tennis at Howard ... his cousin, TIE-o. Olayinka Sanni, played for the Detroit Shock of the WNBA ... currently has a cousin, Supo Sanni, playing football the University of Illinois ... as a Junior (2013-14): Appeared in 29 of 34 games, making 20 starts speaks some Yoruba, which is a dialect from West Africa and is the dia- … averaged career-highs in points (5.2), rebounds (2.2) and minutes per lect of his father, Adekunle ... majoring in sports management. game (15.1) … posted six double-figure scoring performances, including COACHING STAFF season-highs of 14 points at Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 26) and against West- ern Michigan in the MAC Tournament Semifinals (March 14) … came on at the end of the season, averaging 8.6 points and 2.4 rebounds per game over the final eight contests (seven starts) … finished with seven games with at least five rebounds … blocked a career-high three shots vs. South Carolina at the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Dec. 25) … played a career-high 34 minutes vs. WMU in the MAC Semifinals … made at least one 3-pointer in 16 games, including a personal-best four long balls at Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 26) and vs. WMU (March 14) … would have ranked seventh in the MAC in 3-point shooting had he quali- fied with enough attempts (.394). as a Sophomore (2012-13): Appeared in 29 games, making two starts ... 2013-14 YEAR IN REVIEW averaged 3.0 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game ... reached double figures in the scoring column on two occasions, including a ca- reer-high 16 points against John Carroll (Nov. 12) ... scored 11 points at Northern Illinois (Jan. 12) ... had a solid game against Cleveland State on Dec. 23, scoring four points while grabbing a career-high seven boards and dishing out a career-high six assists ... missed Akron’s NCAA Tourna- ment contest against VCU on March 21 due to back spasms. as a Freshman (2011-12): Appeared in 10 games, making one start, while battling a knee injury during the season ... made his Akron debut against Duquesne (Nov. 19) after sitting out the first three games due to injury ... recorded three points and four boards against Detroit (Nov. 26) ... made his first collegiate start against North Carolina A&T on Dec. 21, posting two points, two rebounds and one assist ... had a season-best 11 points against Florida A&M on Dec. 17 ... saw his last action of the season at Miami (Ohio) on Jan. 7. at Rich Central High School: Was a three-time All-Southland Confer- RECORD BOOK ence performer for RCHS ... averaged 16 points and two boards for the Olympians as a senior ... averaged 12 points, six rebounds, three assists and four blocks per game as a junior and 8.5 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.3 blocks per game as a sophomore ... led the Olympians to a spot in the Class 3A Regional Semifinals as a senior and a berth in the regionals as a junior ... named to the 2010 Rich South McDipper High School Basketball All-Tournament team ... helped RCHS to the 2009 Ottawa Thanksgiving Tournament championship ... earned a spot on the all-tournament team at the 2010 Galesburg Thanksgiving Boys Basketball Tournament after helping RCHS to a 3-1 record ..