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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

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2 Desmond Polk

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 190
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Milwaukee, Wis.
  • Position G

Biography

Career: Played 144 games at SIUE making him No. 2 all-time when he fished his career…582 career points landed him at No. 72 in career scoring at SIUE…87 career three-pointers tied for 19th all-time.

2024-25: Averaged a career-best 4.2 points and 2.2 rebounds per game…Scored a career-high 19 points against North Florida (11/29)…Grabbed a career-high seven rebounds against Southeast Missouri State (2/27)…Turned in seven double-digit scoring games…Knocked down a career-best 33 three-pointers including a career-high five vs. Canisius at Western Michigan (11/16)…Second on the team with 29 steals…Fifth on the team with 36 total assists…Started all 34 games for the Cougars…Averaged a career-best 29.6 minutes per game.

2023-24: Averaged career-best 4.2 points per game on a career-best 41.3 percent overall shooting…Knocked down a career-high 21 three-pointers, while boosting three-point percentage to career-best 36.2 percent…Scored a career-high 15 points at Little Rock (1/4)…Scored in double figures four times during the season…Averaged 2.3 rebounds per game, also a career-high…Tied his career-high with six rebounds at Tennessee State (2/24)…Appeared in career-high 29 games, making four starts.

2022-23: Averaged 2.3 points per game…Scored a season-high six points on three different occasions…Missed nearly a month after an ankle injury in the win against Tennessee State (1/5)...Appeared in 27 games all off the bench.

2021-22: Averaged 3.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game in 28 games off the bench…Tied his career high with 10 points twice, including at Belmont (2/19), where he also finished with a career-best four steals…Matched his career-high with three made three-pointers at South Alabama (12/21)…Grabbed a career-best six rebounds in two different games… Dished out a career-high four assists against William Woods (12/19).

2020-21: Averaged 3.7 points and 1.4 rebounds in 26 appearances (eight starts)…Scored a career-high 10 points in SIUE’s home win over UT Martin (2/25)…Grabbed a career-best three rebounds three separate times during the year…Dished out a career-high three assists at UT Martin (1/30).

Prior to SIUE: Averaged 12 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals per game during 2019-20 season at Link Year Prep...Polk began his high school career in New Berlin West outside of Milwaukee, where he scored 593 points over his first two seasons...Spent his junior campaign at La Lumiere School in LaPorte, Indiana where he averaged eight points, four rebounds and two steals per game...The Lakers lost in the Championship game of the Geico High School Nationals.   

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2020-21Freshman

    G
    6'4" 175 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2021-22Redshirt Freshman

    G
    6'4" 175 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2022-23Redshirt Sophomore

    G
    6'4" 175 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023-24Redshirt Junior

    G
    6'4" 190 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2024-25Graduate Student

    G
    6'4" 190 lbs
    2