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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

Erik Schelkun
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Erik Schelkun
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Ryan Phillips
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Rick Roshto
Tim Cowie
Erik Schelkun

24 Kobe Elvis

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Brampton, Ont.
  • Highschool Bill Crothers Prep

Biography

2023-24 (R-Junior)
• Started all 33 games
• Dished nine assists (zero turnovers) in the Charleston Classic finals vs. Houston
• Tallied 24 points (9-15 FG, 4-6 3-pt.) and four assists in the win over Troy
• Had 27 points (14-14 FT)  vs. UC.  His 14-for-14 performance is the third-best in UD history
• Tallied 21 points and 10 assists for his first career double-double at Saint Joseph’s
• Had 21 points (5-8 3-pt.) and five assists in 28 minutes during the win at Saint Louis
• Scored all 15 of his points in the last 15 minutes of the VCU win, including 10 in overtime
• Missed his first free throw of the season, and made his next 37, breaking old the UD record held by Damon Goodwin and Darrell Davis. The streak covered 16 games (ended vs. SLU)

2022-23 (R-Sophomore)
• Appeared in 19 games with 17 starts
• Had an injury-plagued year, missing 15 games after suffering a knee injury in the BYU game
• Averaged 8.5 points and 2.6 rebounds
• Contributed 55 assists and 15 steals over the season
• Shot 38% from three during conference play
• Had a season-high 16 points and eight  rebounds in a hard fought loss vs Wisconsin
• Shared the rock against Loyola, dishing eight assists with zero turnovers in the win


2021-22 (R-Freshman)
• Played in 34 games,making 30 starts
• Averaged 8.9 points, 1.9 rebounds and was second on the team with 2.4 assists
• Finished second on the team in made three pointers, making 42 while shooting 36%
• Scored 20 points on three separate occasions (at VCU, at Saint Louis, at Vanderbilt), while scoring double-digits in 17 games

2020-21 (Freshman season at DePaul)
• Played in all 19 games last season at DePaul, starting four games
• On a team that had 10 players score at least 4.9 points a game, Elvis averaged 5.2 points a game while playing 20.2 minutes per contest
• Had 36 assists and 14 steals in his 19 games, and shot .423 (41-97) from the floor, and .419 (14-49) from beyond the arc
• Also shot .500 from the line, but only attempted eight free throws all year

High School 
• Was a standout in the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association (OSBA)
• Played for Bill Crothers Prep in 2019-20 and was one of five players named to First Team All-Star for the OSBA 
• Averaged 26.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.8 steals per game for Crothers Prep, leading the team to the championship game of the OSBA Final 8 Championships
• Averaged 33.7 points per game in three tournament games including a 47-point performance in the semifinal victory and 30 points in championship game
• Also shot 52% from the field and 84% from the line during the regular season
• As a junior in 2018-19 playing for Southwest Academy, he was the OSBA Player of the Year after averaging 28.0 points and 4.7 assists per game
• Led the OSBA in scoring while shooting over 50% from the field and 35% from three-point range
• The OSBA features some of the top players in Canada including recent NBA draft picks Ignas Brazdeikis, Justin Jackson and Thon Maker
• Named the Most Outstanding Player at the 17U Under Armour Rise Championship Bracket in 2019 while playing for the Northern Kings

Personal
• Majoring in Communication

Flyer 24’s:  Gene Joseph (1950-52), Chris Harris (1952-55), Dick Bogenrife(1955-58), Stan Greenberg (1958-61, 1963-64), Ralph Steffano (1961-62),Jerry Gottschall (1967-70), Don Fritz (1970-71), Ted Sizemore (1971-72), Danny Jones (1974-75), Doug Harris (1975-79), Bill Crotty (1985-88), Alex Robertson (1989-93), Stephen Bamigbola (1997-2000), Luke Hendrick (2007-11), Dennis Williams (2011-13), Jordan Sibert (2013-15), Michael Schwieterman (2015-16), Adam Goines (2016-17), Kobe Elvis (2021- )

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2021-22Redshirt Freshman

    Guard
    6'2" 170 lbs
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  • 24

    2022-23Redshirt Sophomore

    Guard
    6'2" 170 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2023-24Junior

    Guard
    6'2" 180 lbs
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