PLAYER PROFILES Senior Forward Myke Henry Is One of Three Players Returning That Aver- Aged in Double-Figures Last Season
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PLAYER PROFILES Senior forward Myke Henry is one of three players returning that aver- aged in double-figures last season. The Chicago native posted 22 games in double-figures as a junior. 2015-16 DEPAUL BASKETBALL 2015-16 DEPAUL BASKETBALL OUMAR HEIGHT:BARRY 6-10 WEIGHT: 226 CLASS: FRESHMAN POSITION: FORWARD HOMETOWN: CONAKRY, GUINEA HIGH SCHOOL: BISHOP O’CONNELL (VA.) JERSEY HISTORY CAREER NOTES Tom Neimiera ..................... 1945-46 Signed with DePaul on Nov. 20, 2014. Chris Henderson ................. 1987-88 25 Terry Davis .......................... 1989-93 Doc Taylor ........................... 1996-98 HIGH SCHOOL Kerry Hartfield .................... 1998-00 Attended Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, Va... ranked as Sam Hoskin ......................... 2002-03 the 10th-best prospect in Virginia by ESPN.com and 12th by 247Sports. Eric Wallace ........................ 2009-10 com... earned honorable mention All-Washington Catholic Athletic Durrell McDonald ............... 2012-15 Conference honors as both a junior and senior... selected to play in the Oumar Barry ............... 2015-present DMVElite80 with the top prospects from the Washington, D.C. area... averaged five points per game as a junior... played for Joe Wootten at Bishop O’Connell... played on the AAU circuit for DC Premier and Corey McCrae... was on same team as DePaul freshman Develle Phillips. PERSONAL Native of the West African nation of Guinea... son of Macky and Aissata Toure... has three sisters, Kadia- tou Macky, Fanta, Aicha and two brothers, Mouctar and Ibrahima Laho... undecided on major... enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. 18 | PLAYER PROFILES 2015-16 DEPAUL BASKETBALL ELI HEIGHT:CAIN 6-6 WEIGHT: 201 CLASS: FRESHMAN POSITION: GUARD HOMETOWN: WILLINGBORO, N.J. HIGH SCHOOL: ST. BENEDICT’S PREP CAREER NOTES JERSEY HISTORY Signed with DePaul on April 20, 2015. Andrew Federinko ...............1947-48 11 John Lahey ...........................1948-51 James Lamkin ......................1951-55 HIGH SCHOOL Sherman Rosen....................1954-57 Totaled over 2,000 career points during high school career at Medford Ray Szydlo ............................1957-59 Tech and St. Benedict’s Prep... averaged 16.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and Elgin Dorsey .........................1959-62 4.0 assists per game at St. Benedict’s Prep during senior season... the Larry Heflin ..........................1973-74 Gray Bees claimed the Division 1 championship at the NCSAA Champi- Ron Norwood ......................1973-77 onships and the New Jersey State Prep Championship while going 31- James Mitchem ...................1978-80 Raymond McCoy .................1981-84 6... Scout.com ranked the McDonald’s All-American nominee among Randy Pettus ........................1984-85 the top five available forwards in Spring 2015... ranked by ESPN.com Joe Daughrity .......................1990-92 ninth-best player in New Jersey... slotted at No. 14 among New Jersey Jermaine Watts ....................1994-98 prospects by 247Sports.com... prior to St. Benedict’s Prep, Cain aver- Rashon Burno ......................1998-02 aged 20.8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game at Medford R.J. Pavlacka.........................2002-03 Tech... coached by Nick Powell and Mark Taylor in high school... played Sammy Mejia .......................2003-07 for the Playaz Basketball Club AAU program and averaged 5.4 points Jeremiah Kelly......................2008-12 Forrest Robinson .................2013-15 and 3.0 rebounds during the Nike EYBL circuit for the Peach Jam cham- Eli Cain ........................ 2015-present pions... coached by Jimmy Salmon. PERSONAL Son of Lan Cain and Lisa Easterling... has three brothers, Jerod, Camron and Maurtice... undecided on major... enrolled in the College of Communication. PLAYER PROFILES | 19 2015-16 DEPAUL BASKETBALL R.J. CURINGTON HEIGHT: 6-5 WEIGHT: 210 CLASS: JUNIOR POSITION: GUARD HOMETOWN: DYER, IND. HIGH SCHOOL: OAK HILL ACADEMY (VA.) JERSEY HISTORY CAREER NOTES Rashad Woods .................... 2005-06 Played in 38 career games... two-time member of the BIG EAST All- Michael Bizoukas ................ 2007-11 0 Worrel Clahar...................... 2011-13 Academic Team... named BIG EAST Rookie of the Week once during R.J. Currington ............ 2013-present freshman season... signed with DePaul on April 17, 2013. 2014-15 (SOPHOMORE) Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team... played in 20 games... six points in BIG EAST Tournament first round against Creighton... nine points, three boards and two steals at Marquette... 10 points and two rebounds against Providence... seven points at Villanova... three points, a rebound and an assist against Ohio... three points in 10 minutes at Oregon State... three points at George Washington... totaled four points in three minutes off the bench against UIC. 20 | PLAYER PROFILES 2015-16 DEPAUL BASKETBALL 2013-14 (FRESHMAN) Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team... played in 17 games with three starts... three games in dou- ble-figures... five points in five minutes at St. John’s... 10 points against Georgetown... named BIG EAST Rookie of the Week after Providence game... scored 22 points with five rebounds against the Friars... 15 points, five rebounds at Seton Hall... opened collegiate career with eight points against Grambling State... also added a rebound in four minutes of action against the Tigers. HIGH SCHOOL Attended Oak Hill Academy (Va.) for four seasons... averaged 17.3 points, five rebounds and three assists as a senior... the Warriors finished the season ranked No. 23 in the USA Today Super 25... averaged 10.1 points, three rebounds and two assists per game during his junior year (2011-12) on an Oak Hill team that went 44-0 and won the high school national championship while finishing No. 1 in both the ESPN and USA Today national rankings... was a McDonald’s All-American nominee and a member of the honor roll all four years at Oak Hill. PERSONAL Son of Rolando Curington and Jackie Easterling-Curington... has one sister, Rolanda... Management major enrolled in the Driehaus College of Business. CAREER STATISTICS Total Rebounds Year GP-GS Min-Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2013-14 17-3 155-9.1 25-69 .362 10-34 .294 9-12 .750 12 8 20 1.2 21-0 5 8 0 2 69 4.1 2014-15 21-0 123-5.9 18-38 .474 7-15 .467 10-13 .769 4 10 14 0.7 20-0 5 9 2 4 53 2.5 Totals 38-3 278-7.3 43-107 .402 17-49 .347 19-25 .760 16 18 34 0.9 41-0 10 17 2 6 122 3.2 CAREER BIG EAST STATISTICS Total Rebounds Year GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-3FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2013-14 12-3 142-11.8 21-57 .368 8-30 .267 9-12 .750 10 8 18 1.5 18-0 5 7 0 2 59 4.9 2014-15 10-0 63-6.3 11-23 .478 3-7 .429 5-5 1.000 4 5 9 0.9 10-0 2 3 1 4 30 3.0 Totals 22-3 205-9.3 32-80 .400 11-37 .297 14-17 .824 14 13 27 1.2 28-0 7 10 1 6 89 4.0 CAREER HIGHS Points: 22, vs. Providence (Feb. 1, 2014) Rebounds: 5 (2x), last vs. Providence (Feb. 1, 2014) Assists: 2, vs. Villanova (Feb. 12, 2014) Steals: 2, at Marquette (March 7, 2015) Blocked Shots: 1 (2x), last vs. Providence (Feb. 18, 2015) Field Goals: 7, vs. Providence (Feb. 1, 2014) Field Goal Attempts: 15, vs. Providence (Feb. 1, 2014) 3pt. Field Goals: 3, vs. Providence (Feb. 1, 2014) 3pt. Field Goal Attempts: 8, vs. Providence (Feb. 1, 2014) Free Throws: 5, vs. Providence (Feb. 1, 2014) Free Throw Attempts: 6, vs. Providence (Feb. 1, 2014) Minutes: 30, vs. Providence (Feb. 1, 2014) Games in Double-Figures: 4 20-Point Games: 1 CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2013-14 (FRESHMAN) Date Opponent GS Min FG-A 3FG-A FT-A Off Def Tot PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Nov. 9 Grambling State 4 3-8 2-3 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 CBE Hall of Fame Classic (Rosemont, Ill.) Nov. 13 Southern Miss -dnp- Nov. 16 Wright State -dnp- Nov. 19 at Milwaukee -dnp- CBE Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City, Mo.) Nov. 25 vs. #12/12 Wichita State 3 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Nov. 26 vs. Texas 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dec. 1 Oregon State -dnp- Dec. 6 Arizona State 2 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dec. 12 Florida Atlantic -dnp- PLAYER PROFILES | 21 2015-16 DEPAUL BASKETBALL Dec. 15 Chicago State -dnp- Dec. 18 Houston Baptist 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec. 22 at Illinois State -dnp- Dec. 27 at Northwestern -dnp- Dec. 31 at Georgetown -dnp- Jan. 4 at Marquette -dnp- Jan. 7 --/#t23 Creighton 6 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jan. 9 at Butler -dnp- Jan. 14 St. John’s -dnp- Jan. 18 at #6/6 Villanova 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jan. 20 Xavier 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan. 25 at Seton Hall 23 5-8 2-4 3-4 4 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 15 Feb. 1 Providence 30 7-15 3-8 5-6 4 1 5 2 1 3 0 0 22 Feb.