The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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50 THE WOLVERINE NOVEMBER 2019 2019-20 BASKETBALL PREVIEW Seniors G • ZAVIER SIMPSON 6-0 • 190 • Lima, Ohio (Lima Senior) U-M Career Highlights: Started all 37 games in 2018-19 … Averaged 8.8 points per game and posted 17 double-figure scoring games … Dished out 244 assists, the sec- ond most in a single season at U-M … Recorded the sixth triple-double in program history with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists against Ohio State … Had a career-high 24 points against Northwestern … Played in all 41 games in 2017-18 and started 29 times … Closed the season by starting the final 25 games … Averaged 7.3 points and 3.2 rebounds per game … Led U-M in both assists (150) and steals (53) … Saw action in all 38 games in 2016-17 … Recorded 37 assists and 20 steals … Averaged 8.7 minutes per contest. Honors & Awards: Preseason All-Big Ten in 2019-20 … All-Big Ten, second team in 2019 … Big Ten All-Defensive Team in 2019 … Big Ten All-Tournament Team in 2019 … Associated Press All- Big Ten, first team in 2019 … Semifinal- ist for Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2019 … U-M's Bill Buntin Most Valuable Player in 2019 … U-M's Wayman Britt Outstanding Defensive Player in 2018 … U-M's Rudy Tomja- novich Most Improved Player in 2018 … U-M's Gary Grant Award for Most Assists in 2018 … U-M's Steve Grote Hustle Award in 2017 and 2018. Career Stats Year MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 2016-17 8.7 1.6 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.1 .372 2017-18 26.5 7.3 3.2 3.7 1.3 0.0 .467 2018-19 33.9 8.8 5.0 6.6 1.4 0.1 .434 Career 23.0 5.9 2.9 3.7 1.1 0.1 .443 C • JON TESKE 7-1 • 265 • Medina, Ohio (Medina) U-M Career Highlights: Started all 37 games last season … Averaged 9.5 points per game and scored a career-high 22 points against Nebraska … Led U-M in rebounding with 7.1 boards per game … Recorded eight double-doubles … Made 23 three- pointers … Played in all 41 games and made two starts in 2017-18 … Averaged 3.4 points per game and tied his career best with 14 points against Purdue in the championship game of the Big Ten Tournament … Averaged 3.3 rebounds per game and had a career-best 11 re- bounds for the first time (he was equaled that mark three more times) against Southern Miss … Recorded two double- doubles … Tied for U-M lead in blocks with 26 … Saw action in 20 games off the bench in 2016-17 and averaged 3.1 minutes per game. Honors & Awards: All-Big Ten honor- able mention in 2019 … U-M's Rudy Tomjanovich Most Improved player in 2019 … U-M's Loy Vaught Rebounding Award in 2019. Career Stats Year MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 2016-17 3.1 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.4 .143 2017-18 12.3 3.4 3.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 .541 2018-19 27.9 9.5 7.0 0.9 0.7 2.0 .521 Career 16.3 5.1 4.1 0.5 0.5 1.1 .519 Redshirt Juniors F • AUSTIN DAVIS 6-10 • 250 • Onsted, Mich. (Onsted Community) U-M Career Highlights: Played in 25 games off the bench and averaged 3.7 minutes in 2018-19 … Scored 25 points and grabbed 19 rebounds … In 2017-18, played in 16 games off the bench and averaged 3.1 minutes per contest … Averaged 1.2 points per game and 1.4 rebounds per outing … Redshirted in 2016-17. Career Stats Year MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 2017-18 3.1 1.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 .643 2018-19 3.7 1.0 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 .632 Career 3.5 1.1 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 .636 Juniors F • C.J. BAIRD 6-5 • 225 • Novi, Mich. (Detroit Central Catholic) U-M Career Highlights: Played in 13 games off the bench in 2018-19 … Fin- ished the season with nine points and two rebounds … Started the 2017-18 season as a student manager before moving to walk-on status at the beginning of the season … Played in five games off the bench. G • ELI BROOKS 6-1 • 185 • Spring Grove, Pa. (Spring Grove Senior) U-M Career Highlights: Saw action in all 37 games off the bench last season … Averaged 2.5 points per game … Scored a career-high nine points against Chattanooga … Finished the season with 40 assists … Played in 31 games with 12 starts in 2017-18 … Averaged 1.8 points and 1.1 rebounds per game … Had 30 assists and 12 steals. Career Stats Year MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 2017-18 10.0 1.8 1.1 1.0 0.4 0.1 .302 2018-19 12.9 2.5 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.1 .378 Career 11.6 2.2 1.2 1.0 0.3 0.1 .348 F • JARON FAULDS 6-10 • 240 • Holt, Mich. (Holt) U-M Career Highlights: Transferred to Michigan from Columbia as a pre- ferred walk-on and sat out the 2018-19 season per NCAA rules … Played in 26 games and made one start at Columbia in 2017-18 … Averaged 4.5 points and 3.2 rebounds per game … Posted two double-figure scoring games and scored a career- best 17 points at Albany … Grabbed a career-best seven rebounds at Boston College … Had 26 blocks. Career Stats Year MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 2017-18* 14.2 4.5 3.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 .596 * at Columbia F • ISAIAH LIVERS 6-7 • 230 • Kalamazoo, Mich. (Kalamazoo Central) U-M Career Highlights: Played in 35 games and made three starts in 2018-19 … Averaged 7.9 points per game … Scored in double figures 11 Meet The Wolverines Player Bios Of The 2019-20 Men's Basketball Team