Valley Freshmen

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There are a lot of newcomers in the MVC this year - seems way more than most years...
Here's a list of all the freshmen in the MVC- 48 in total! (RS=redshirt freshman) - there are also a lot of new juco kids

Bradley- Koch Bar, Nate Kennell, Jayden Hodgson, Darrell Brown, Jr., Jerome Merritt, Lou Griffith
Drake- Johannes Dolven (RS), Nick Girardi, Will Halfon
Evansville- Dru Smith, Jaiveon Eaves, Jonathan Hall, Silas Adheke
ISU- Andre Washington, Madison Williams, Matt Hein (RS), Isaac Gassman
Indiana State- Jordan Barnes, Bronson Kessinger (RS), Trey Knight (RS), Matt Deady, Ethan Claycomb
Loyola- Cameron Satterwhite, Bruno Skokna, Matt Chastain, Igor Cvorovic, Jake Baughman, Cameron Woodyard
Missouri State- Greg Williams, Ross Owens
UNI- Juwan McCloud, Tanner Lohaus, Isaiah Brown, Hunter Rhodes, Luke McDonnell (RS), Justin Dahl (RS), Lincoln Conrey (RS), Spencer Haldeman (RS), Rafael DeSouza
SIU- Brendan Gooch, Aaron Cook, Jeremy Roscoe, Bernard Cherestal, Chrishawn Cook
Wichita- CJ Keyser, Austin Reaves, Landry Shamet (RS), Brett Barney (RS)


Any early guesses who will be All-Freshman? I think Shamet will, then maybe one or two of the BU freshmen since they'll get a lot of opportunity...

[Serbiansniper34]

Juwan McCloud, for sure

[Stickboy46]

Shamet for sure.

I'm cautiously optimistic on Reaves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSu5N5ngEsY

Looks to have a lot of skills, but played mostly against overpowered opponents and didn't really play AAU.

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Just for comparison - here's how some of the MVC's FRESHMEN did in exhibition games so far


Bradley- vs. UW-La Crosse
Koch Bar 7 pts, 4 rebs, 2 blocks
Nate Kennell 0 pts, 2 asst
Jayden Hodgson 4 pts, 2 rebs, 3 asst
Darrell Brown, Jr. 10 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asst
Jerome Merritt scoreless
Lou Griffith scoreless

Drake- vs. Concordia
Johannes Dolven (RS), did not play - possibly injred?
Nick Girardi DNP
Will Halfon DNP

Evansville- has not played an exhibition
Dru Smith, Jaiveon Eaves, Jonathan Hall, Silas Adheke

ISU- vs. Quincy
Andre Washington 2 pts, 9 rebs
Madison Williams 11 pts, 4 rebs
Matt Hein (RS) 2 pts, 3 rebs
Isaac Gassman 3-6 from 3-pt, 11 pts, 3 rebs

Indiana State- vs, Rose Hulman
Jordan Barnes 3-6, 7 pts, 4 rebs
Bronson Kessinger (RS) 4-4, 8 pts, 2 rebe
Trey Knight (RS), out with concussion
Matt Deady 4pts, 2 reb
Ethan Claycomb 3 pts, 1 reb

Loyola- no exhibition yet
Cameron Satterwhite, Bruno Skokna, Matt Chastain, Igor Cvorovic, Jake Baughman, Cameron Woodyard

Missouri State- vs. Missouri Baptist
Greg Williams DNP - may redshirt
Ross Owens scoreless 2 rebs

UNI- vs. Bemidji State
Juwan McCloud 10 pts, 2 reb, 2 asst
Tanner Lohaus scoreless
Isaiah Brown 2 pts, 2 reb
Hunter Rhodes 2 pts, 1 reb, 2 asst
Luke McDonnell (RS) scoreless
Justin Dahl (RS) 6 pts, 6 rebs
Lincoln Conrey (RS) scoreless
Spencer Haldeman (RS) 10 pts, 3 rebs
Rafael DeSouza DNP

SIU- vs. Missouri-St. Louis
Brendan Gooch DNP
Aaron Cook 6 pts, 1 reb, 2 asst
Jeremy Roscoe DNP
Bernard Cherestal scoreless
Chrishawn Cook DNP

Wichita- vs. Augusta
CJ Keyser 3 pts, 0 rebs
Austin Reaves 2 pts, 2 rebs
Landry Shamet (RS) 12 pts, 3 rebs, 7 asst
Brett Barney (RS) DNP

[Da Coach]

Shamet had 12 points, 7 assists in WSU's exhibition against Augusta.

[DUBulldog]

Just for comparison - here's how some of the MVC's FRESHMEN did in exhibition games so far


Drake- vs. Concordia
Johannes Dolven (RS), did not play - possibly injred?
Nick Girardi DNP
Will Halfon DNP

Dolven is not injured. He just isn't good enough to break into the rotation.
Girardi and Halfon are walk-ons, so nothing is expected of them.

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I expect the late loss of Dominik Olejniczak will really hurt this year- as they had no chance to recruit to replace him

I know you can't always tell from an exhibition - but I am surprised at how many freshmen played very well...
guys like Bar & Brown, Jr for Bradley, Williams, Gassman & Washington for ISU, Barnes & Kessinger for InSU, McCloud, Shamet..

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Just for another comparison - here's how some of the MVC's FRESHMEN have done so far in their first season
I have highlighted the top dozen performers as freshmen - if they've played in at least half their team's games


Bradley-
Koch Bar 6.3 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 2.0 bpg
Nate Kennell 4.8 ppg, 44.4% on 3-pointers
Jayden Hodgson 3.5 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 1.2 apg
Darrell Brown, Jr. 15.5 ppg, 3 apg
Jerome Merritt redshirting
Lou Griffith redshirting

Drake-
Johannes Dolven (RS), played 2 games, scoreless, no rebs
Nick Girardi has not played
Will Halfon has not played

Evansville-
Dru Smith 3.7 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 2.3 apg
Jaiveon Eaves 0.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Jonathan Hall has not played - reports say he is redshirting - LINK
Silas Adheke has not played - redshirting

ISU-
Andre Washington 1 ppg, 0.7 rpg
Madison Williams 1.3 ppg, 0.7 rpg
Matt Hein (RS) scoreless, no rebs or assists
Isaac Gassman has not played, redshirting

Indiana State-
Jordan Barnes 7.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Bronson Kessinger (RS) 2.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Trey Knight (RS) 3.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg in two games played
Matt Deady has not played
Ethan Claycomb has not played

Loyola-
Cameron Satterwhite 4.9 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Bruno Skokna 4.6 ppg, 1.8 rpg
Matt Chastain 3.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg but now redshirting due to medical issues
Igor Cvorovic 2 pts, 4 rebs in one game played
Jake Baughman 0.7 ppg, 0.3 rpg in 3 games played
Cameron Woodyard 2 ppg, 1 rpg on 2 games played

Missouri State-
Greg Williams has not played - may redshirt
Ross Owens 1.7 ppg, 0.7 rpg

UNI-
Juwan McCloud 3.2 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 2.0 apg
Tanner Lohaus has not played - this article says he is redshirting - LINK
Isaiah Brown 5.0 ppg, 2 rpg in 2 games played
Hunter Rhodes 2.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 0.8 apg
Luke McDonnell (RS) 1.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg in 2 games played
Justin Dahl (RS) 4.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg in 2 games played
Lincoln Conrey (RS) scoreless in 1 game played
Spencer Haldeman (RS) 7 ppg, 3 rpg
Rafael DeSouza scoreless in 1 game played

SIU-
Brendan Gooch has not played and this article says he will redshirt - LINK
Aaron Cook 3.2 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 1.8 apg
Jeremy Roscoe has not played - academically ineligible and paying his own way this year in hopes of playing next year - LINK
Bernard Cherestal scoreless in 1 game played
Chrishawn Cook scoreless in 1 game played

Wichita-
CJ Keyser 1.6 ppg, 0.8 rpg
Austin Reaves 8.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.3 apg
Landry Shamet (RS) 12 pts, 3 rebs, 7 asst
Brett Barney (RS) 2.0 ppg, 0.8 rpg


I guess the ones that surprise me so far given the early hype - are Juwan McCloud, CJ Keyser, and Matt Chastain
McCloud has started every game and is one of the top freshmen in minutes played so far- but shooting just 19%
Keyser has as many turnovers as assists, made FG's, and made 3-pt FG's combined
Bradley has struggled, but a lot of our talent is still quite young and will improve - but what can you say for Drake? As bad as they are, they're a veteran team with virtually no help coming down the pipeline.


Right now, only 6 MVC freshmen are averaging 5ppg or more - and a look back showed that the Valley had TEN freshmen LAST YEAR who averaged 5 ppg or more

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=825120359&postcount=47

[Da Coach]

Matt Chastain tore his ACL in Loyola's Nov. 14 game against Eureka, and is out for the season.

[Stickboy46]

Just for another comparison - here's how some of the MVC's FRESHMEN have done so far in their first season
I have highlighted the top dozen performers as freshmen - if they've played in at least half their team's games


Bradley-
Koch Bar 6.3 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 2.0 bpg
Nate Kennell 4.8 ppg, 44.4% on 3-pointers
Jayden Hodgson 3.5 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 1.2 apg
Darrell Brown, Jr. 15.5 ppg, 3 apg
Jerome Merritt redshirting
Lou Griffith redshirting

Drake-
Johannes Dolven (RS), played 2 games, scoreless, no rebs
Nick Girardi has not played
Will Halfon has not played

Evansville-
Dru Smith 3.7 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 2.3 apg
Jaiveon Eaves 0.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Jonathan Hall has not played - reports say he is redshirting - LINK
Silas Adheke has not played - redshirting

ISU-
Andre Washington 1 ppg, 0.7 rpg
Madison Williams 1.3 ppg, 0.7 rpg
Matt Hein (RS) scoreless, no rebs or assists
Isaac Gassman has not played, redshirting

Indiana State-
Jordan Barnes 7.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Bronson Kessinger (RS) 2.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Trey Knight (RS) 3.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg in two games played
Matt Deady has not played
Ethan Claycomb has not played

Loyola-
Cameron Satterwhite 4.9 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Bruno Skokna 4.6 ppg, 1.8 rpg
Matt Chastain 3.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg but now redshirting due to medical issues
Igor Cvorovic 2 pts, 4 rebs in one game played
Jake Baughman 0.7 ppg, 0.3 rpg in 3 games played
Cameron Woodyard 2 ppg, 1 rpg on 2 games played

Missouri State-
Greg Williams has not played - may redshirt
Ross Owens 1.7 ppg, 0.7 rpg

UNI-
Juwan McCloud 3.2 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 2.0 apg
Tanner Lohaus has not played
Isaiah Brown 5.0 ppg, 2 rpg in 2 games played
Hunter Rhodes 2.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 0.8 apg
Luke McDonnell (RS) 1.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg in 2 games played
Justin Dahl (RS) 4.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg in 2 games played
Lincoln Conrey (RS) scoreless in 1 game played
Spencer Haldeman (RS) 7 ppg, 3 rpg
Rafael DeSouza scoreless in 1 game played

SIU-
Brendan Gooch has not played
Aaron Cook 3.2 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 1.8 apg
Jeremy Roscoe has not played - ? redshirt
Bernard Cherestal scoreless in 1 game played
Chrishawn Cook scoreless in 1 game played

Wichita-
CJ Keyser 1.6 ppg, 0.8 rpg
Austin Reaves 8.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.3 apg
Landry Shamet (RS) 12 pts, 3 rebs, 7 asst
Brett Barney (RS) 2.0 ppg, 0.8 rpg


I guess the ones that surprise me so far given the early hype - are Juwan McCloud, CJ Keyser, and Matt Chastain
McCloud has started every game and is one of the top freshmen in minutes played so far- but shooting just 19%
Keyser has as many turnovers as assists, made FG's, and made 3-pt FG's combined
Bradley has struggled, but a lot of our talent is still quite young and will improve - but what can you say for Drake? As bad as they are, they're a veteran team with virtually no help coming down the pipeline.


Right now, only 6 MVC freshmen are averaging 5ppg or more - and a look back showed that the Valley had TEN freshmen LAST YEAR who averaged 5 ppg or more
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.p...9&postcount=47

Keyser missed the vast majority of the pre-season with multiple foot injuries. That put him behind. He's about the 12th man in rotation right now and basically only plays in mop up minutes with the walk-ons. He's shown his athletic ability, but is definitely a freshman. He doesn't have the same mindset that Shamet and Reaves have shown. I don't expect him to get too many critical minutes this year, but still will be good in the coming years.

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Here's the current stats on the Valley's top freshmen

Darrell Brown, Jr. 15.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 2.7 apg
Landry Shamet (RS) (WSU) 8.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.4 apg
Koch Bar 7.9 ppg, 7.3 rpg
Jordan Barnes (Indiana State) 7.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Spencer Haldeman (RS) (UNI) 7.0 ppg, 3 rpg
Austin Reaves (WSU) 7.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg
Cameron Satterwhite (LU) 4.9 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Bruno Skokna (LU) 4.6 ppg, 1.8 rpg
Nate Kennell 4.5 ppg, 1 rpg
Dru Smith (Evansville) 3.7 ppg, 1.8 rpg
Jayden Hodgson 3.3 ppg, 1.4 apg
Juwan McCloud (UNI)3.2 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 2.0 apg

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Updated....we have some optimism here...
Here's the current stats on the Valley's top freshmen

Darrell Brown, Jr. 12.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 2.7 apg
Landry Shamet (RS) (WSU) 10.8 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 3.0 apg
Spencer Haldeman (RS) (UNI) 8.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Jordan Barnes (Indiana State) 6.7 ppg, 2.6 rpg
Koch Bar 5.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg
Nate Kennell 5.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg, .455 3-pt shooting (.542 in MVC play - 2nd best)
Austin Reaves (WSU) 5.4 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Dru Smith (Evansville) 4.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg
Jayden Hodgson 4.6 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 1.5 apg, .364 3-pt shooting but .519 in MVC play (3rd best)
Luke McDonnell (RS) (UNI) 4.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Bruno Skokna (LU) 4.2 ppg, 2.0 rpg
Juwan McCloud (UNI) 4.0 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 1.6 apg
Aaron Cook (SIU) 3.4 ppg, 1.0 rpg
Javeion Eaves (Evansville) 3.2 ppg, 2.0 rpg
Cameron Satterwhite (LU) 3.1 ppg, 1.3 rpg
Isaiah Brown (UNI) 2.4 ppg, 1.3 rpg


There are several others - including a couple 2nd year (redshirt) freshmen but their scoring averages are 2ppg or less.


I think the top 4 on the list have a spot on the MVC All-Freshman Team - and the spot is theirs to lose...
the 5th spot on the All Freshman team ought to go to one of the other 3 BU freshman who have all logged heavy minutes and a lot of responsibility even tho the Braves will not finish high in the standings.

[Stickboy46]

Updated....we have some optimism here...
Here's the current stats on the Valley's top freshmen

Darrell Brown, Jr. 12.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 2.7 apg
Landry Shamet (RS) (WSU) 10.8 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 3.0 apg
Spencer Haldeman (RS) (UNI) 8.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Jordan Barnes (Indiana State) 6.7 ppg, 2.6 rpg
Koch Bar 5.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg
Nate Kennell 5.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg, .455 3-pt shooting (.542 in MVC play - 2nd best)
Austin Reaves (WSU) 5.4 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Dru Smith (Evansville) 4.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg
Jayden Hodgson 4.6 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 1.5 apg, .364 3-pt shooting but .519 in MVC play (3rd best)
Luke McDonnell (RS) (UNI) 4.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Bruno Skokna (LU) 4.2 ppg, 2.0 rpg
Juwan McCloud (UNI) 4.0 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 1.6 apg
Aaron Cook (SIU) 3.4 ppg, 1.0 rpg
Javeion Eaves (Evansville) 3.2 ppg, 2.0 rpg
Cameron Satterwhite (LU) 3.1 ppg, 1.3 rpg
Isaiah Brown (UNI) 2.4 ppg, 1.3 rpg


There are several others - including a couple 2nd year (redshirt) freshmen but their scoring averages are 2ppg or less.


I think the top 4 on the list have a spot on the MVC All-Freshman Team - and the spot is theirs to lose...
the 5th spot on the All Freshman team ought to go to one of the other 3 BU freshman who have all logged heavy minutes and a lot of responsibility even tho the Braves will not finish high in the standings.

Reaves is going to get a lot of consideration for that last spot. He's been extremely productive in limited minutes. The biggest thing that will hurt him is if he continues to miss games due to his shoulder. Extremely high Ortg, I believe leads the league in 3pt%, and consistently makes plays when he's in the game.

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I agree, I had thought about Reaves, but the Shox are so deep that even in the games where he doesn't play, they barely miss him - so I wondered that might hurt his chances..

Plus his numbers are declining down the stretch..he's only made 4 baskets in the last SEVEN games...two of which he didn't play at all and two more he was scoreless
He has only 42 points & 24 rebounds total in their 11 MVC games.

[Stickboy46]

I agree, I had thought about Reaves, but the Shox are so deep that even in the games where he doesn't play, they barely miss him - so I wondered that might hurt his chances..

Plus his numbers are declining down the stretch..he's only made 4 baskets in the last SEVEN games...two of which he didn't play at all and two more he was scoreless
He has only 42 points & 24 rebounds total in their 11 MVC games.

I disagree with your first statement and agree with the second.

We missed him the last 2 games. He may not have put up numbers, but he makes plays and provides a spark. His energy is contagious when he comes in. I think you guys saw that in the game here at CKA.

But yes, his numbers have declined a bit. There is still time for him to turn it around. He missed the last two with an injury.