2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster

4 Isaiah Dennis

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown McDonough, Ga.
  • High School Eagle's Landing

Biography

Career Bio and Statistics

ATHLETICS
• Part of 86 wins in four-year career, second most in school history and one shy of school record of 87.
• Played in 92 games, making 16 starts
• Scored 347 points, grabbed 145 rebounds and dished out 136 assists in four-year career.

ACADEMICS
• 2015-16 Sun Belt Honor Roll
• Spring 2016 Athletic Director's Honor Roll
• Fall 2015 Athletic Director's Honor Roll
• Spring 2014 Athletic Director's Honor Roll
• Graduated with a degree in economics

2016-17
Named one of three captains as a senior and finished season playing in all 33 games, making nine starts . . . Averaged 4.8 points and 1.9 rebounds per game, playing 15.5 minutes per contest . . . Finished season shooting 61.4 percent from the floor while dishing out 60 assists and swiping 29 steals.

Earned first start of the season at No. 15 Purdue . . . Finished with 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting with five rebounds against NJIT in the opener of the Cancun Challenge . . . Added eight points in just 13 minutes of championship game of Cancun Challenge against Eastern Kentucky . . . Scored nine points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out five assists against UMass . . . Knocked down two free throws with three seconds left to secure the win at South Alabama, finishing with seven points . . . Scored eight points in 16 minutes against Louisiana . . . Played a career-high 33 minutes scoring nine points and going 5-of-6 from the free throw line at Little Rock, pulling down a career-high six rebounds . . . Scored nine points in 22 minutes off the bench against Louisiana in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Championship.

2015-16
Saw action in 29 games, making seven starts and averaging 17.6 minutes per contest . . . Averaged 3.9 points and 1.6 rebounds per game, dishing out 54 assists and swiping 20 steals . . . Shot 58.0 percent from the floor and 1-of-2 from 3-point range.

Scored a career-high 18 points on 9-of-13 shooting with three assists and three steals at Appalachian State . . . Opened season with eight points, five assists and four steals against Middle Georgia . . . Scored nine points on 4-of-7 shooting at Ole Miss . . . Scored 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting with three assists at Wright State . . . Finished with eight points and four rebounds in 16 minutes off the bench against Troy . . . Dished out a career-high seven assists with four points at South Alabama.

2014-15
Greatly improved from beginning of the season until the end, averaging 2.7 points and 1.2 rebounds per game, shooting 51.6 percent from the floor . . . Finished the year with 22 assists and 16 steals while averaging 8.7 minutes per game.

Played a career-high 21 minutes in the NCAA tournament second round game against Baylor, scoring eight points and swiping a career-high three steals, which he would tie against Xavier in the third round . . . Scored a career-high 10 points in just 10 minutes against UL Lafayette in the semifinals of the Sun Belt tournament . . . Finished with nine points on 4-of-5 shooting and two steals against Appalachian State . . . Scored seven points and went 3-of-3 from the free throw line with four rebounds against South Alabama . . . In Sun Belt opener, scored nine points in 18 minutes, going 4-of-7 from the floor. Prior to that game, had scored just nine points all season . . . Opened the season with five points in seven minutes with two assists against Tennessee Temple.

2013-14
Earned ESPN Sportscenter's Top 10 Play of the Day for a dunk over teammate Curtis Washington (6-10) in GSU's preseason Hoop Day event . . . Played in two of the first three games of the season before electing sit to allow an injury to heal . . . Scored three points in four minutes of season opener against Southern Poly, going 1-of-1 from the floor and making his only free throw attempt . . . Played one minute of action against McNeese State in the NIT Season Tipoff opener, collecting one rebound.

PREP
Led Eagle's Landing High School to the 4A state championship during his senior year, the school's first state title, going 28-5 . . . Earned Atlanta Tip-off Club All-Metro Team honors, along with first-team all-state and first-team all-region 4A honors . . . Averaged 16.2 points, 4.3 assists, 3.6 steals and 3.1 rebounds during his final season . . . Earned Henry Herald All-Southern Crescent First Team and Henry County Player-of-the-Year honors, along with Eagle's Landing High School Defensive Player-of-the-Year honors after earning offensive player-of-the-year honors after his junior year.
Averaged 14.6 points, 4.6 steals and 2.1 assists during his junior season, leading Eagle's Landing to the final four of the state championship with a 28-3 record . . . Squad also advanced to the final four during his sophomore season, finishing the year with a 27-6 record.
Won the 2013 American Family Insurance High School Dunk contest, jumping over two fellow contestants in an event that was televised on CBS . . . Was also runner-up at the City of Palms Slam Dunk Contest.

PERSONAL
Full name is Isaiah Michael Dennis . . . Born on Feb. 18, 1995 in Atlanta, Ga. . . . Parents are Michele and Rodrigues Dennis . . . Dad played football at Albany State and Morris Brown.

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2013-14Freshman

    Guard
    5'11" 180 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2014-15Sophomore

    Guard
    6'0" 185 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2015-16Junior

    Guard
    6'0" 190 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2016-17Senior

    Guard
    6'0" 190 lbs
    4