KCC 2018-19 SEASON

BASKET
Ball Men’s Schedule
and Team Roster

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KCC 18/19
Back Row (L to R): Assistant Coach Jason Elder, Brandon Bellamy, Gregorye Windom, Wyatt Heal, Leveon Greene, Zackary Sims, Victor Sheffey,
Dom Gibson, Malachi Walker, Assistant Coach Diante Taylor, and Head Coach Gary Sprague. Front Row (L to R): Jahmiel Wade, Demetrius Craig,
Davian Phillips, Jamil Turner-Hall, Deveaire Todd, Zarrion Davis, Tishaun Cooper, and Omar Tabb Jr.

MEN’S BASKETBALL
TEAM ROSTER
​ 1 Victor Sheffey​SOPHOMORE—FLINT NORTHWESTERN HS
# Colors: Royal & Silver
​#2 Omar Tabb SOPHOMORE—KALAMAZOO CENTRAL HS Nickname: Bruins
Head Coach:
​#3 Jahmiel Wade​FRESHMAN—BATTLE CREEK CENTRAL HS
​Gary Sprague
​#4 Davian Phillips​ SOPHOMORE—LOY NORRIX HS
Assistant Coaches:
​#5 Demetrius Craig​FRESHMAN—BATTLE CREEK CENTRAL HS Jason Elder, Diante Taylor
​#10 Zarrion Davis​ FRESHMAN—LAKEVIEW HS Athletic Trainer:
​#11 Tishaun Cooper​SOPHOMORE—LOY NORRIX HS Tom Lawrence
​#12 Wyatt Heal​ FRESHMAN—BRONSON HS​ Strength Trainor:
​#13 Jamil Turner-Hall​FRESHMAN—THOMAS CARR HS Ben Yarger
​#14 Brandon Bellamy FRESHMAN—THOMAS CARR HS Athletic Director:
​#15 Malachi Walker​SOPHOMORE—SOUTHWESTERN HS Tom Shaw
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​#20 Deveaire Todd​FRESHMAN—PENNFIELD HS
​#21 Gregorye Windom​SOPHOMORE—WALLED LAKE WESTERN HS
​#22 ​Dom Gibson​ FRESHMAN—HARPER CREEK HS kellogg.edu/athletics
​#23 ​Leveon Green FRESHMAN—SOUTHWESTERN HS
​#31 Zackary Sims​FRESHMAN—LOY NORRIX HS
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KCC COACHES
GARY SPRAGUE Head Coach
First year head coach Gary Sprague enters KCC after a long and storied coaching
career in high school. Coach Sprague retired in 2016 after 36 years of coaching
high school basketball at Gull Lake High School. Coach Sprague started his
coaching career during the 1979-80 basketball year as the Gull Lake JV boys
basketball. After 14 years of coach the freshmen and JV teams, Coach Sprague took
over the varsity coaching reins in 1996 at Gull Lake. After 21 years as the varsity
coach, he compiled a 340-160 record including six conference championships and
six district titles, highlighted with 2 trips to the Final Four at the Breslin Center.

Coach Sprague graduated from Western Michigan University with a BA in History Gary Sprague
and minored in Communication and Political Science. He also earned a degree Head Coach
in Secondary Education and later earned a Master’s Degree in Political Science.
He retired from teaching after 35 years at Gull Lake High School. Coach Sprague
and his wife, Irma, presently live in Comstock. They have four children; Mark who
resides in Los Angeles, Alison who resides in Boston and Drew and Adam who
reside in Kalamazoo.

DIANTE TAYLOR Assistant Coach

Diante Taylor joins the Bruins as a first year assistant coach. Coach Taylor has
plenty of court success to bring into the fold as a young assistant coach. He
finished his basketball career at Marygrove College with over 1700 points and
almost 700 rebounds, highlighted with a 1st team All-American honor his senior
year. Coach Taylor also was selected to play in Costa Rica during the summer of
2015 and played in Spain in the summer of 2017. He finished his playing career as
the 3rd all-time point scorer at Marygrove College.

Coach Taylor has worked at Starr Commonwealth in Albion, where he helped

coach their basketball team. He also trains young basketball players with their Diante Taylor
fitness as they follow their dreams of a basketball career. Coach Taylor also has his Assistant Coach
own fashion line called GNS, which stands for Grind Never Stops. Currently, Coach
Taylor works at the Target Distribution Center while he is not coaching.

JASON ELDER Assistant Coach

Jason Elder enters his first year with the Bruin coaching staff. Coach Elder
graduated from Jonesville High School where he was a first team All-State
basketball player and three-sport athlete. He continued his basketball career at
Spring Arbor College where he was a two time First Team All-American scoring
over 2,200 points in his career.

After graduating from Spring Arbor, coach Elder began his teaching and coaching
career at Gull Lake High School. He has taught social studies and physical
education and coached basketball for almost 20 years and does personal training
with young athletes in the summer. Coach Elder lives in Richland with his wife Kelly
and son Warrick.

Jason Elder
Assistant Coach
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1 VICTOR
SHEFFEY
Hometown F​ lint, MI
High School​Flint Northwestern
High School Honors ​
Honorable Mention All-league
Hobbies​ Basketball
2 OMAR
TABB, JR
Hometown​ Kalamazoo, MI
High School​ Kalamazoo Central
Hobbies​ Hooping and Cooling
3 JAHMIEL
WADE
Hometown​Battle Creek, MI
High School B ​ attle Creek Central
High School Honors ​
3 x All-Conference – Basketball, 2
x All-Conference – Football
Hobbies​ Basketball
4 DAVIAN 5 DEMETRIUS
PHILLIPS CRAIG
Hometown​ Kalamazoo, MI Hometown​ Battle Creek, MI
High School​ Loy Norrix High School​ ​Battle Creek Central
High School Honors ​ High School Honors​
All-Conference, Honorable Academic All-Conference,
Mention, All-Academic All-State Honorable Mention
Hobbies ​B ​ asketball, Football
and Video games
Role Model​ My Mom
and Grandma
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DAVIS
Hometown​ Battle Creek, MI
High School​ ​Lakeview
High School​Honors
​All-Conference, All-City, Captain
and Positive Athlete nominee
Hobbies H ​ anging out with
family and friends​
15 TISHAUN 20 WYATT
COOPER HEAL
Hometown​ Marshall, MI Hometown​ Bronson, MI
High School​ Loy Norrix High School​ Bronson
Hobbies B
​ asketball, video High School​Honors
games and working out All-Conference, Honorable Mention,
Role Model ​LeBron James 2 Time All-County
Hobbies B ​ asketball and chilling
with my friends​​
Role Model ​Dad and LeBron James

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13 JAMIL
TURNER-HALL
Hometown​​Indianapolis, IN
High School​ Thomas Carr Howe
High School Honors​
All-Conference, All-State,
All City, Captain, Indiana
All-Star Candidate
Hobbies​ Playing basketball and
playing video games
Role Model​Dad, Percy Miller
and Allen Iverson
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BELLAMY
Hometown​Indianapolis, IN
High School ​Thomas Carr Howe
Hobbies​ Basketball, video games
and chilling with friends
Role Model M ​ y Mom
WALKER
Hometown​ Flint, MI
High School Flint Southwestern
High School Honors ​
2nd Team All-Conference, All-
American Nominee, Captain
Hobbies​ Spending time with
family and friends, playing games
Role Model D ​ ynasia Walker and
Kobe Bryant​
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20 DEVEAIRE 21 GREGORYE
TODD WINDOM
Hometown​ Battle Creek, MI Hometown​ Southfield, MI
High School​ Pennfield High School​ Walled
High School Honors​ Lake Western
2 x All-Conference, 2 x Captain High School​Honors
Hobbies​Hanging out with ​All-Conference
friends, movies, relaxing
22 DOM
GIBSON
Hometown​ Battle Creek, MI
High School​ Harper Creek
High School​Honors
​1st Team All-Conference,
MVP, Captain, All-State
Honorable Mention
Hobbies V ​ ideo games
Role Model ​Drake, Nate Smith
and Eric Petersen
23 LEVEON 24 ZACHARY
GREENE SIMS
Hometown​​Flint, MI Hometown​Kalamazoo, MI
High School​ Flint High School ​Loy Norrix
Southwestern Academy Hobbies​ Golf, working out,
High School Honors​ fishing and swimming​
2nd Team All Saginaw Valley League,
Captain, Sportsmanship Award
Hobbies​ Basketball and playing
with game system
Role Model​LeBron James
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POST SEASON STATS
2017-18 MCCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS
RECORD: 2-21
TOTAL
TOTAL 3-POINT
3-POINT FREE
FREETHROW
THROW
Player FG-FGA % 3FG-3FGA % FT-FTA % OFF
Watkins 115-276 42 36-119 30 26-39 67 22
Gardner 18-38 47 0-2 0 18-29 62 7
D. Graham 90-175 51 0-1 0 24-40 60 39
Robinson 68-140 49 8-26 31 52-68 77 18
Knight 53-127 42 17-63 27 33-49 67 14
Davis 45-132 34 0-1 0 39-59 66 27
Foehr 44-135 33 36-109 33 6-13 46 17
Godwin 50-123 41 6-32 19 27-41 66 11
Gorham 28-68 41 10-42 24 6-7 86 12
Thompson 21-62 34 4-11 36 9-13 69 32
Harrison 29-80 36 6-22 27 9-17 53 21
Tabb Jr. 16-37 43 2-5 40 12-18 67 4
Jones Jr. 20-64 31 6-26 23 8-10 80 7
A. Graham 4-8 50 0-3 0 0-1 0 0
Iles 2-4 50 0-2 0 0-0 0 2

TOTALS 582-1410 41 128-443 29 267-399 67 239

OPPONENTS 627-1331 47 157-433 36 363-548 66 247

POST SEASON AWARDS APPEARANCES AND TITLES

ALL-WESTERN CONFERENCE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS:
HONORABLE MENTION 1967-68, 1968-69, 1985-86, 2006-07, 2007-08
Khylen Watkins REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: 1996-97
ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINISHES: 1996-97
(3.0 GPA OR HIGHER) 6th place
Emmett Harrison
Jalen Robinson ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS
Daelyn Davis Athletic Scholarships are available under NJCAA
ACADEMIC ALL-MCCAA rules. KCC follows these regulations to the letter.
(3.2 GPA OR HIGHER) For more information on availability of athletic
Emmett Harrison scholarships please contact the head coach directly
Jalen Robinson or call the Athletic Department at 269.965.4151.
Daelyn Davis
NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC THIRD AFFILIATIONS
TEAM (3.6 GPA OR HIGHER) KCC is part of the Michigan Community College
Emmett Harrison Athletic Association (MCCAA) Western Conference.
We are also a member of the National Junior College
Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 12.
 REBOUNDS
REBOUNDS
DEF TOT AVG A TO BK ST PTS AVG
52 74 4.4 33 33 4 19 292 17.2
25 32 8.0 1 11 0 1 54 13.5
75 114 6.3 9 25 19 6 204 11.3
52 70 3.0 24 56 1 15 196 8.5
43 57 3.0 59 54 1 17 156 8.2
64 91 4.8 7 21 9 12 129 6.8
45 62 2.7 14 21 1 19 130 5.7
33 44 1.8 20 34 2 19 133 5.5
33 45 2.0 4 16 1 3 72 3.3
38 70 3.9 27 14 5 22 55 3.1
57 78 3.3 19 20 14 10 73 3.0
8 12 0.7 16 26 1 4 46 2.7
18 25 1.2 12 18 1 10 54 2.6
2 2 0.5 3 9 0 0 8 2.0
1 3 0.8 4 7 0 1 4 1.0

556 795 33.1 243 373 65 151 1618 67.4

616 863 36.0 365 279 67 217 2037 84.9

2017-18 MCCAA WESTERN CONFERENCE

MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS
SCHOOL MCCAA RECORD OVERALL RECORD
Ancilla 18-1 29-3
Grand Rapids 12-6 26-10
Jackson 11-7 18-12
Muskegon 11-7 16-14
Mid Michigan 10-8 17-11
Lake Michigan 10-8 16-14
Lansing 10-8 14-15
Kalamazoo Valley 4-14 8-22
Kellogg 3-15 3-22
Glen Oaks 2-16 5-24
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Fri. Oct. 12
OPPONENT
Bethel College (Scrimmage)
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Mishawaka, IN 7:00 PM
MI TIME

Wed. Oct. 17 Goshen College (Scrimmage) Goshen, IN 7:00 PM

Fri. Oct. 26 Owens Community College (Scrimmage) Toledo, Ohio 6:00 PM
Fri. Nov. 9 Milwaukee Area Technical College Battle Creek, MI 7:30 PM
Wed. Nov. 14 Trine University (JV) Battle Creek, MI 7:30 PM
Tues. Nov. 20 Owens Community College Battle Creek, MI 7:30 PM
Tues. Nov. 27 Rochester College (JV) Rochester, MI 7:30 PM
Thurs. Nov. 29 Olivet College (JV) Battle Creek, MI 7:30 PM
Wed. Dec. 5 St. Clair County Community College Battle Creek, MI 7:30 PM
Thurs. Dec. 6 Albion College (JV) Albion, MI 8:00 PM
Wed. Dec. 12 University Of Michigan Dearborn (JV) Battle Creek, MI 7:30 PM
Sat. Dec. 15 Kcc Alumni Game (Scrimmage) Battle Creek, MI 1:00 PM
Sat. Dec. 29 Mott Community College Flint, MI 3:00 PM
Thurs. Jan. 3 *Glen Oaks Community College Battle Creek, MI 7:30 PM
Sat. Jan. 5 *Lake Michigan College Battle Creek, MI 3:00 PM
Wed. Jan. 9 *Ancilla College Donaldson, IN 7:30 PM
Sat. Jan. 12 *Muskegon Community College Battle Creek, MI 3:00 PM
Wed. Jan. 16 *Kalamazoo Valley Community College Battle Creek, MI 7:30 PM
Sat. Jan. 19 *Mid-Michigan Community College Mt. Pleasant, MI 3:00 PM
Wed. Jan. 23 *Jackson College Battle Creek, MI 7:30 PM
Fri. Jan. 25 *Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids, MI 7:30 PM
Wed. Jan. 30 *Lansing Community College Battle Creek, MI 7:30 PM
Sat. Feb. 2 *Glen Oaks Community College Centreville, MI 3:00 PM
Wed. Feb. 6 *Lake Michigan College Benton Harbor, MI 7:30 PM
Sat. Feb. 9 *Ancilla College Battle Creek, MI 3:00 PM
Wed. Feb. 13 *Muskegon Community College Muskegon, MI 7:30 PM
Sat. Feb. 16 *Kalamazoo Valley Community College Kalamazoo, MI 3:00 PM
Wed. Feb. 20 *Mid-Michigan Community College Battle Creek, MI 7:30 PM
Sat. Feb. 23 *Jackson College Jackson, MI 3:00 PM
Mon. Feb. 25 *Grand Rapids Community College Battle Creek, MI 7:30 PM
Wed. Feb. 27 *Lansing Community College Lansing, MI 7:30 PM
Sat. Mar. 2 MCCAA State Championship Western Conf. Champ TBA
Tues. Mar. 5 NJCAA District Tournament 1st Round TBA TBA
March 8-9 NJCAA District Tournament (Semi & Finals) Port Huron, MI TBA
March 19-23 NJCAA National Championship Danville, IL TBA
* Indicates Conference Games

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