THE 2018-19 XAVIER BASKETBALL TEAM 12 OF LAST 13 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • GOXAVIER.COM 33 TV/RADIO ROSTER 0 Tyrique Jones 1 Paul Scruggs 2 Kyle Castlin 3 Quentin Goodin 4 Elias Harden 10 Leighton Schrand 6-9 235 Junior 6-3 200 Sophomore 6-4 193 Graduate 6-4 194 Junior 6-5 187 Sophomore 6-1 170 Junior Forward Guard Guard Guard Guard Guard Bloomfield, Conn. Indianapolis, Ind. Marietta, Ga. Campbellsville, Ky. East Point, Ga. Villa Hills, Ky. 11 Keonte Kennedy 12 Dontarius James 13 Naji Marshall 14 Nick Vanderpohl 32 Ryan Welage 34 Myles Hanson 6-5 187 Freshman 6-7 210 Freshman 6-7 222 Sophomore 6-1 180 Sophomore 6-10 205 Graduate 6-7 215 Sophomore Guard Forward Forward Guard Forward Guard/Forward Aurora, Colo. Kershaw, S.C. Atlantic City, N.J. Harrison, Ohio Greensburg, Ind. Chaska, Minn. 35 Zach Hankins Travis Steele Jonas Hayes Dante Jackson Ben Johnson Mario Mercurio 6-11 245 Graduate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assoc. AD for Basketball Admin. Forward 1st Year 1st Year 1st Year 1st Year 16th Year Charlevoix, Mich. Butler ‘04 Georgia ‘04 Xavier ‘11 Minnesota ‘05 Xavier ‘03 Jeremy Growe David Fluker Matt Jennings Trey Scotti Bo Burkhart Sam Frayer Special Asst. to the Head Coach Head Athletic Trainer Strength and Conditioning Coach Video Coordinator Graduate Program Assistant Graduate Program Assistant 10th Year 16th Year 10th Year 2nd Year 1st Year 1st Year Indiana ‘09 Wilmington ‘86 North Carolina ‘96 Indiana ‘17 Central Methodist ‘18 Ohio ‘18 34 SIX SWEET 16s IN LAST 11 YEARS • @XAVIERMBB XAVIER NUMERICAL ROSTER 2018-19 XAVIER MUSKETEER NUMERICAL ROSTER STATE/COUNTRY CLASS BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL(S) / LAST COLLEGE Colorado (1) Graduate Students (3) 0 Tyrique Jones Jr. F 6-9 235 Bloomfield, Conn. Bloomfield HS / Vermont Academy Keonte Kennedy Kyle Castlin 1 Paul Scruggs So. G 6-3 200 Indianapolis, Ind. Southport HS / Prolific Prep (Calif.) Zach Hankins Connecticut (1) Ryan Welage 2 Kyle Castlin* Gr. G 6-4 193 Marietta, Ga. Hillgrove HS (Ga.) HS / Columbia University Tyrique Jones Juniors (3) 3 Quentin Goodin Jr. G 6-4 194 Campbellsville, Ky. Taylor County HS Georgia (2) Quentin Goodin 4 Elias Harden So. G 6-5 187 East Point, Ga. Pebblebrook HS Kyle Castlin Tyrique Jones 10 Leighton Schrand Jr. G 6-1 170 Villa Hills, Ky. Holy Cross HS Elias Harden Leighton Schrand 11 Keonte Kennedy Fr. G 6-5 187 Aurora, Colo. Austin (Texas) Westlake HS Indiana (2) Sophomores (5) 12 Dontarius James Fr. F 6-7 210 Kershaw, S.C. Andrew Jackson (S.C.) HS / Huntington Prep (W.Va.) Paul Scruggs Myles Hanson Ryan Welage Elias Harden 13 Naji Marshall So. F 6-7 222 Atlantic City, N.J. Eleanor Roosevelt HS / Hargrave Military Acad. (Va.) Naji Marshall Kentucky (2) 14 Nick Vanderpohl So. G 6-1 180 Harrison, Ohio Harrison HS Paul Scruggs Quentin Goodin Nick Vanderpohl 32 Ryan Welage* Gr. F 6-10 205 Greensburg, Ind. Greensburg HS / San José State University Leighton Schrand Freshmen (2) 34 Myles Hanson# So. G/F 6-7 215 Chaska, Minn. Chaska HS / Columbia University Michigan (1) Dontarius James 35 Zach Hankins* Gr. F 6-11 245 Charlevoix, Mich. Charlevoix HS / Ferris State University Zach Hankins Keonte Kennedy Head Coach: Travis Steele (Butler ‘04; first season) Minnesota (1) Assistant Coaches: Jonas Hayes (Georgia ’04; first season), Dante Jackson (Xavier ’11; first season), Ben Johnson (Minnesota ’05; first season) Myles Hanson PRONUNCIATIONS Associate Athletic Director for Basketball Administration: Mario Mercurio (Xavier ‘03; 16th season) Dante DAN-tay New Jersey (1) Special Assistant to the Head Coach: Jeremy Growe (Indiana ‘09; 10th season) Dontarius Don-TARE-ee-us Naji Marshall Head Athletic Trainer: David Fluker (Wilmington ‘86; 16th season) Elias ee-LIE-es Keonte Kee-ON-tay Strength and Conditioning Coach: Matt Jennings (North Carolina ‘96; 10th season) Ohio (1) Naji NAH-jee Video Coordinator: Trey Scotti (Indiana ‘17; second season) Nick Vanderpohl Quentin KWEN-tin Graduate Program Assistants: Bo Burkhart (Central Methodist ‘18; first season) and Sam Frayer (Ohio ‘18; first season) South Carolina (1) Tyrique Tie-REEK Dontarius James Vanderpohl VAN-der-pole * Graduate transfer; one year of eligibility remaining for 2018-19 Welage Well-EDGE Zach ZACK # Transfer; eligible in the 2019-20 season 12 OF LAST 13 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • GOXAVIER.COM 35 KYLE CASTLIN 36 SIX SWEET 16s IN LAST 11 YEARS • @XAVIERMBB KYLE CASTLIN THE CASTLIN FILE KYLE Full name: Kyle Anthony Castlin Nickname: KC CASTLIN Birthdate/Birthplace: May 30, 1996 in Marietta, Ga. 6-4 | 193 | GRADUATE | GUARD | MARIETTA, GA. Parents: Kelley Castlin-Gacutan (mother) and Pedro Gacutan (stepfather); biological HILLGROVE HIGH SCHOOL | COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY father was killed when I was four Siblings: Kristi, Rodney and Ryan Castlin; @KYLECASTLIN | @KYLECASTLIN Kristi won a bronze medal in the 100 meter hurdles at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. My older siblings have a different mother than Ryan and I. AS A MUSKETEER AT COLUMBIA (2016-17) Graduate transfer … Has one year of eligibility Injury redshirt for the 2016-17 season … Basket- Major: MBA; graduated from Columbia left, which he will use in the 2018-19 season ... ball coach: James Engles. with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and One of the three 2018-19 team captains. African American studies AT COLUMBIA (2015-16) Shoe size: 16 STEELE ON CASTLIN Played in 31 games, starting 15 times … Scored 12 “Kyle is very intelligent, an absolute gym rat and points against Cornell on Jan. 16 … Season-high I chose my number because: Both of my our guys respect him. Kyle has the ability to con- 14 points against Robert Morris on Dec. 14 on sisters (one who passed away when I was younger and my sister Ryan) were born in nect with everybody on our team. He can go into 5-of-9 shooting, including a 3-pointer … Basket- February any room with anybody from any background ball coach: Kyle Smith. and he is going to make a connection. Kyle can Something you may not know about me: defend and brings an ability to score the ball. He AT COLUMBIA (2014-15) I am vegan. can drive the ball and he can make shots. I think Started all 28 games … Averaged 10.3 points per Volunteer: I helped out at a nursing home. he’s going to have a very big year for us on both game, the highest average for all Ivy League rook- sides of the floor and as a leader on and off the ies ... Added 4.2 rebounds per game … Ended the My faith is important to me: The Bible is floor. He just has a great way about him. He’s very season on a high note with a 14-point perfor- my favorite book and my favorite holiday is thoughtful in everything that he says and does.” mance at Princeton on March 7 … Led the team Christmas. with 18 points to go with nine rebounds and six AT COLUMBIA (2017-18) assists against Dartmouth on Feb. 27 ... Scored a Averaged 10.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.4 as- season-high 21 points to go with nine rebounds sists per game this past season, although injuries and three steals in win over Brown on Jan. 31 ... limited him to 17 games, including five starts Grabbed six rebounds, including four offensive, #2 BY THE NUMBERS … Played in 76 games in three seasons for the and added four points at UConn on Dec. 22 ... WHO ELSE HAS WORN IT? Lions, including 48 starts … Got a little taste of Named Ivy League and ECAC Rookie of the Week Landen Amos 2011-12 BIG EAST action last season when he contributed on Dec. 22 ... Scored eight points on 3-of-6 shoot- James Farr 2012-16 10 points, six rebounds and four assists in a 75-60 ing at then-No. 1 Kentucky on Dec. 10... Scored Adrion Graves 2006-08 loss at Villanova on Nov. 10 … Scored a career- a game-high 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting and Jordan Latham 2010-11 high 22 points in a win over Princeton on Feb. 17 added six boards against Wagner on Nov. 18 … and matched the effort with 22 points in a two- Basketball coach: Kyle Smith. Brian Thornton 2003-06 point loss at Dartmouth on March 2 … Basketball coach: James Engles. 12 OF LAST 13 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • GOXAVIER.COM 37 KYLE CASTLIN AT HILLGROVE 2015-16 AT COLUMBIA 2014-15 AT COLUMBIA TEAM DATE MIN FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS TEAM DATE MIN FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Four-year letter winner with the Hawks … First Team All- KEAN 11/13 13 4-5 0-1 0-1 1-1-2 1 1 2 2 0 8 at Stony Brook 11/14 14 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 2 2 1 0 0 0 State and 2014 Regional Player of the Year … Led Hill- at Kansas State 11/16 9 3-4 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 2 0 1 0 0 6 WAGNER 11/18 30 6-10 2-3 4-4 4-2-6 2 1 1 1 1 18 grove to second place finish in Class AAAAA Tournament at Northwestern 11/20 33 3-6 2-3 3-6 2-5-7 2 2 1 0 1 11 at Lehigh 11/23 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 LEHIGH 11/22 17 1-2 0-0 3-4 1-2-3 1 2 2 0 0 5 FARLEIGH DICKIN.