2016–17 Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball team represented California State University, Fullerton during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Titans, led by fourth year head coach Dedrique Taylor, played their home games at Titan Gym as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 10–6 in Big West play to finish in third place. They defeated Cal State Northridge in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament to advance to the Semifinals where they lost to UC Davis. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Weber State.[1]

2016–17 Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball
CIT, First Round
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record17–15 (10–6 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaTitan Gym
Seasons
2016–17 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UC Irvine 12 4   .750 21 15   .583
UC Davis 11 5   .688 23 13   .639
Cal State Fullerton 10 6   .625 17 15   .531
Long Beach State 9 7   .563 15 19   .441
Hawai'i 8 8   .500 14 16   .467
Cal State Northridge 7 9   .438 11 19   .367
Cal Poly 6 10   .375 11 20   .355
UC Riverside 5 11   .313 7 21   .250
UC Santa Barbara 4 12   .250 6 22   .214
2017 Big West tournament winner

Previous season

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The Titans finished the season 10–20, 3–13 in Big West play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament to Hawaii.[2]

Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Tim Myles 3 F 6'6" 230 Junior Rancho Cucamonga, CA Walk-on; didn't return
Malcolm Henderson 5 G 6'8" 250 RS Senior Montreal, QE Graduated
Lanerryl Johnson 10 G 6'1" 165 RS Senior Atlanta, GA Graduated
Malcolm Brooks 11 G 6'5" 185 RS Senior Brooklyn, NY Graduated
Jamar Akoh 15 F 6'7" 240 Sophomore Rancho Cucamonga, CA Transferred to Montana[3]
Sheldon Blackwell 22 G 6'5" 175 Junior Rancho Cucamonga, CA Transferred to Antelope Valley
Rashard Todd 23 F 6'7" 200 RS Junior Baltimore, MD Transferred to Coppin State
Keilan Horton 24 G 6'0" 180 Junior Los Angeles, CA Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons
Kennedy Esume 33 C 6'10" 245 Senior Umuaka, Nigeria Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Arkim Robertson 13 F 6'9" Junior St. George's, Grenada Junior college transferred from Western Oklahoma State College.
Richard Peters 22 C 6'11" 275 RS Senior Pickering, ON Transferred from Albany. Will eligible to play since Peters graduated from Albany.
Darcy Malone 33 C 7'0" 246 Senior Canberra, Australia Transferred from LSU. Will eligible to play since Malone graduated from LSU.
Jhan Paul Mejia 41 F 6'10" Junior Madrid, Spain Junior college transferred from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College

2016 incoming recruits

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Dwight Ramos
SF
Walnut, CA Walnut High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Feb 21, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 64
Austen Awosika
PG
Chino Hills, CA Ayala High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg)  
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 62
Davon Clare
SF
Harker Heights, TX Harker Heights High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Jackson Rowe
PF
Mississauga, ON Wasatch Academy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg)  
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

2017 incoming recruits

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US college sports recruiting information for 2017 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Landon Kirkwood
SG
Brooklyn Center High School Brooklyn Center, MN 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) N/A Dec 16, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Daniel Venzant
PG
Midland, TX Midland Christian School 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

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2016–17 Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Kyle Allman Jr. 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So HSCTEA Brooklyn, NY
G 1 Tre Coggins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Sr JSerra Catholic HS
Air Force
San Juan Capistrano, CA
G 2 Lionheart Leslie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Sr Vanderbilt HS
Blinn JC
Houma, LA
F 5 Davon Clare 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Harker Heights HS Killeen, TX
G 10 Austen Awosika 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Ayala HS Chino Hills, CA
G 11 Loren Brill (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Georgetown Prep Gaithersburg, MD
G 12 Jamal Smith (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS Fr Rancho Verde HS Moreno Valley, CA
F 13 Arkim Robertson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr St. John’s Christian
Western Oklahoma State College
St. John's, Grenada
F 14 Khalil Ahmad 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Centennial HS Corona, CA
G 15 Jose Garcia Gonzalez (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Los Alamitos HS Los Alamitos, CA
C 22 Richard Peters 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Sr Westwind Prep
Albany
Pickering, ON
G 23 Dwight Ramos 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Walnut HS West Covina, CA
C 32 Joshua Currenton (W) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr La Sierra HS
Cypress College
Watts, CA
C 33 Darcy Malone 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 244 lb (111 kg) Sr ACT Academy of Sport
LSU
Canberra, Australia
F 34 Jackson Rowe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Wasatch Academy Toronto, ON
G 35 Riley Dearring 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Jr Minnetonka HS
Wisconsin
Minnetonka, MN
F 41 Jhan Paul Mejia 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Centro de Estudios INSCAT
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Madrid, Spain
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2016*
6:00 pm
St. Martin's W 70–67 
Titan Gym (472)
Fullerton, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm
Cal Tech W 77–28  1–0
Titan Gym (567)
Fullerton, CA
11/13/2016*
4:00 pm
Portland State W 106–100 OT 2–0
Titan Gym (517)
Fullerton, CA
11/17/2016*
8:00 pm, P12N
at Washington
Global Sports Classic
L 88–104  2–1
Alaska Airlines Arena (6,284)
Seattle, WA
11/19/2016*
7:00 pm
at UNLV
Global Sports Classic
L 68–77  2–2
Thomas & Mack Center (9,416)
Paradise, NV
11/25/2016*
11:00 am
vs. Jacksonville State
Global Sports Classic semifinals
L 38–61  2–3
Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
11/26/2016*
11:00 am
or 1:30 PM
vs. Alabama State
Global Sports Classic
L 67–76 OT 2–4
Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
11/30/2016*
7:30 pm
Omaha L 73–83  2–5
Titan Gym (637)
Fullerton, CA
12/03/2016*
6:00 pm
Pacific W 78–77  3–5
Titan Gym (614)
Fullerton, CA
12/07/2016*
7:00 pm
at San Diego L 75–82  3–6
Jenny Craig Pavilion (940)
San Diego, CA
12/10/2016*
6:00 pm
Southern Utah W 75–62  4–6
Titan Gym (520)
Fullerton, CA
12/18/2016*
1:00 pm
at Omaha L 96–102 OT 4–7
Baxter Arena (1,128)
Omaha, NE
12/22/2016*
7:30 pm
Portland W 77–72 OT 5–7
Titan Gym (673)
Fullerton, CA
12/30/2016*
7:00 pm
Bethesda W 99–56  6–7
Titan Gym (565)
Fullerton, CA
Big West regular season
01/05/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Hawaii W 67–64  7–7
(1–0)
Titan Gym (724)
Fullerton, CA
01/07/2017
7:30 pm
Cal State Northridge L 65–70  7–8
(1–1)
Titan Gym (859)
Fullerton, CA
01/12/2017
7:00 pm
at Cal Poly W 87–74  8–8
(1–2)
Mott Athletic Center (1,350)
San Luis Obispo, CA
01/14/2017
7:30 pm, ESPN3
at UC Irvine L 67–87  8–9
(2–2)
Bren Events Center (2,468)
Irvine, CA
01/18/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
UC Riverside L 63–71  8–10
(2–3)
Titan Gym (703)
Fullerton, CA
01/26/2017
7:30 pm, Prime Ticket
at Long Beach State L 65–76  8–11
(2–4)
Walter Pyramid (3,076)
Long Beach, CA
01/28/2017
6:00 pm, ESPN3
Cal Poly W 81–71  9–11
(3–4)
Titan Gym (1,024)
Fullerton, CA
02/02/2017
7:00 pm
at UC Santa Barbara W 79–53  10–11
(4–4)
The Thunderdome (857)
Santa Barbara, CA
02/08/2017
7:00 pm
at UC Davis L 65–74  10–12
(4–5)
The Pavilion (1,509)
Davis, CA
02/11/2017
7:30 pm, ESPN3
Long Beach State W 74–69  11–12
(5–5)
Titan Gym (1,564)
Fullerton, CA
02/16/2017
8:00 pm
at UC Riverside W 56–55  12–12
(6–5)
The SRC (738)
Riverside, CA
02/18/2017
7:30 pm, Prime Ticket
UC Davis W 79–72  13–12
(7–5)
Titan Gym (1,138)
Fullerton, CA
02/22/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
UC Irvine W 56–54  14–12
(8–5)
Titan Gym (1,526)
Fullerton, CA
02/25/2017
10:00 pm
at Hawaii L 58–64 OT 14–13
(8–6)
Stan Sheriff Center (7,450)
Honolulu, HI
03/02/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
UC Santa Barbara W 65–54  15–13
(9–6)
Titan Gym (1,205)
Fullerton, CA
03/04/2017
7:30 pm
at Cal State Northridge W 86–78  16–13
(10–6)
Matadome (1,018)
Northridge, CA
Big West tournament
03/09/2017
2:30 pm, Prime Ticket
(3) vs. (6) Cal State Northridge
Quarterfinals
W 81–68  17–13
Honda Center 
Anaheim, CA
03/10/2017
8:59 pm, ESPNU
(3) vs. (2) UC Davis
Semifinals
L 64–66 OT 17–14
Honda Center (4,083)
Anaheim, CA
CIT
03/16/2017*
7:00 pm, Facebook Live
Weber State
First Round
Riley Wallace Classic
L 76–80  17–15
Titan Gym (1,293)
Fullerton, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

References

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  1. ^ Kartje, Ryan (March 17, 2017). "Cal State Fullerton falls to Weber State in first postseason appearance since 2012". The Orange County Register. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  2. ^ Keisser, Bob (March 10, 2016). "Familiar fate for Cal State Fullerton, as Hawaii dominates second half of 75-44 victory in Big West Tournament opener". The Orange County Register. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  3. ^ Sample, Kyle (May 4, 2016). "Griz add Fullerton transfer to 2016 class". Missoulian. Retrieved February 8, 2024. (subscription required)