2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
Athletic Honors
• 2020-21 All-Sun Belt Second Team
• 2021 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
• 2022 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
• 2021-22 All-Sun Belt Preseason Second Team
• 2020-21 All-Sun Belt Second Team
• 2021 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
• Career Double-Doubles: 12, 6- 2021-22; 6- 2020-21
Academic Honors
• Spring 2022 Dean’s List
• Fall 2021 President’s List
• Spring 2021 Dean’s List
• Fall 2020 Dean’s List
• Spring 2020 Dean’s List
• Fall 2019 Dean’s List
• Spring 2019 Dean’s List (Cincinnati)
• Fall 2018 Bearcats Academic Honor Roll
• Fall 2017 Bearcats Academic Honor Roll
• Graduated with a degree in Film & Media
2021-22
Earned 2022 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team honors… Named to the 2021-22 All-Sun Belt Preseason Second Team… Started in 17-of-18 games played, averaging 8.9 points and 9.5 rebounds per game… Scored 161 points total, shooting 55.5 percent from the floor… Grabbed a team second-best 171 rebounds to along with 25 blocks and 10 steals… Had a total of six double-doubles…
Returned to action against UT Arlington finishing with 10 points, and seven rebounds after missing the first 11 games of the season due to injury… Finished with a double-double of 19 points and 15 rebounds against Coastal… Recorded double-digit rebounds for a third-straight game with 10 at Louisiana… Earned a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds at ULM… Just missed a double-double with 10 points and 9 rebounds against South Alabama… Finished with a double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds vs Georgia Southern… Recorded third double-double in four SBC Tournament games with 10 points and 12 rebounds against Arkansas State… Recorded fourth double-double in five SBC Tournament games with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Appalachian State… Earned SBC All-Tournament Team honors after recording his fifth double-double in six SBC Tournament games with 12 points and 13 rebounds against Louisiana in the championship game.
2020-21
Earned All-Sun Belt Second Team honors and Sun Belt All-Tournament Team recognition after becoming just the seventh player in program history to average a double-double for the season . . . Played in 20 games while making 18 starts averaging 11.7 points and 10.1 rebounds per game while shooting 61.7 percent from the floor . . . Averaged 4.25 offensive rebounds per game which ranked No. 1 in the conference and No. 4 in the NCAA . . . Finished 15th in the country and third in the Sun Belt in rebounds per game . . . Finished No. 79 in the nation and sixth in the league with six double-doubles.
Finished with 22 points going 10-of-13 from the floor to open the season against Georgia Tech . . . Just missed a double-double with 18 points and nine rebounds in just 22 minutes in home opener against Toccoa Falls . . . Pulled down 12 rebounds against Charlotte . . . Garnered first career double-double with 16 points and 20 rebounds against Mercer. The 20 rebounds were tied for the fifth-most in a single game in school history. He was just four points shy of becoming just the third Panther in school history to record 20 points and 20 rebounds in a game . . . Just missed a double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds against Carver . . . Pulled down a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds against the College of Charleston . . . Just missed a double-double with 15 points and 8 rebounds against Appalachian State . . . Just missed another double-double with 18 points and nine rebounds against South Alabama . . . Earned a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds against Georgia Southern . . . Came up one rebound shy of a double-double against Troy going for 12 points and nine rebounds . . . Grabbed fourth double-double of the year with 10 points and 11 rebounds at South Alabama and then a night later just missed a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds against the Jaguars . . . Opened the Sun Belt Tournament with a double-double of 10 points and 12 rebounds against Arkansas State . . . Finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds for a sixth double-double against Louisiana in the Sun Belt Tournament semifinals . . . Came up just shy of a double-double with seven points and 10 rebounds in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship against Appalachian State.
2019-20
Redshirt season after transferring from Cincinnati per NCAA rules.
2018-19 (CINCINNATI)
Played in 33 games as a reserve, averaging 1.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 0.5 blocks in 10.9 minutes . . . Tallied a season-high six points and matched a career best with eight rebounds against Northern Kentucky . . . Grabbed eight rebounds to go with three points and two blocks at UNLV . . . Recorded four blocks against USF . . . Pulled down seven rebounds with a basket and a block at Temple . . . Snatched six rebounds in 21 minutes against Tulane . . . Pulled down five rebounds and had one block in 16 minutes against UCLA . . . Grabbed seven rebounds in 16 minutes against Xavier.
2017-18 (CINCINNATI)
Played in 29 games as a reserve, averaging 0.9 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.4 blocks in 5.7 minutes . . . Scored five points with a pair of field goals and four rebounds in nine minutes against Memphis . . . Scored three points and pulled down a season-high eight rebounds with one block in 13 minutes against Savannah State . . . Recorded a season-best four blocks with three rebounds in eight minutes at No. 21 Xavier . . . Registered three blocks with five rebounds in four minutes against ECU . . . Shot 52.4 percent (11 of 21) from the field . . . Grabbed three or more rebounds in eight games . . . Played a season-high 13 minutes against Savannah State, Coppin State and Wichita State.
Prep
Averaged 14 points, 13 rebounds and 6.5 blocks while earning team most valuable player honors at The RISE Centre Academy in Brantford, Ontario, Canada . . . Named a 2016 Adidas Nation All-Star for team Canada . . . Earned Most Valuable Player honors at the 2016 Pinky Lewis Invitational . . . Produced six triple-doubles (points, rebounds, blocks) while averaging 14 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks per game during the 2015-16 season at Clarkson Academy in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Personal
Full name is Eliel Sem Nsoseme . . . Born on June 18, 1997, in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, though now considers Hamilton, Ontario, Canada home … Son of Nicole and Jean Nsoseme … Has four sisters, Grace, Dora, Mirielle, Miriette and one brother, David.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2019-20Junior
Forward
6'9"
225 lbs
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2020-21Redshirt Junior
Forward
6'9"
235 lbs
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2021-22Senior
Forward
6'8"
235 lbs
