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Official Twitter page for the William Penn Men's Basketball Team|2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Heart of America Champions| 3 NAIA Fab Fours!

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William Penn Men’s Basketball
11 months
Kam Bevel was tragically taken from us this past week in his hometown. Kam was committed to us and had a bright future ahead of himself at WPU. We would like to send our condolences to Kam Bevel’s family and loved ones. You are in our thoughts and prayers 🕊️ #ForeverStatesmen
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“By 1 or 100, just win.” - Coach Henry With tonight’s win, Coach Henry has won his 500th career game! Winning is not only an expectation, but a tradition that he has ingrained in this program since he was hired 22 years ago. Congratulations Coach Henry, many more to come!
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William Penn Men’s Basketball
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Congratulations to Coach Henry for earning Coach of the Year in the Heart of America!
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5’10 guard, Q Cager, is becoming a fan favorite in Penn Gymnasium with dunks like this!
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Well hello there gorgeous 😍
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It hurts our hearts to announce that our season ended today due to the coronavirus. We finish the season with a 30-3 record, a Heart of America Regular Season Championship and winning the Conference Tournament Championship!
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Amazing opportunity for our guys to work with Toronto Raptors Head Coach, Nick Nurse, today in Penn Gymnasium for @ChampProduction !
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5 years
🔥😍❄️
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5 years
New alternate jerseys are 🔥! Do you 👀 the 🐘 print?!?
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2 years
National Tournament Gameday just has a different feeling to it!
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3 years
We have several seniors that have decided to use their extra year of eligibility due to CoVid, so we decided to do an “I’m Back” series so Statesmen Nation can see who decided to return and why! First up, Q Cager!!!
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William Penn Men’s Basketball
4 years
We want to wish a very happy birthday to our top ranked recruit in the Class of 2034, Grayson Sandquist! G turns 5 today!
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2 years
We want to congratulate Karmari Newman on breaking the all-time career three point record set by Taylor Stoutner in 2013! This incredible edit made by Graduate Assistant, Wade Votroubek, shows every single 3 pointer made by Karmari in his 3 seasons at WPU.
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5 years
Kansas City Bound 🌃🏀🏆
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1 year
4 PEAT🏆🏆🏆🏆 We win our 4th consecutive Heart of America Conference Tournament Championship! We are the first team in conference history to win 4 in a row. Big win against Peru State as Malik Edwards has 24 pts. We move to 28-3 on the season!
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William Penn Men’s Basketball
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Doesn’t mean a lot, but the recognition and respect we’ve earned is appreciated and honestly pretty cool! Preseason number one according to Street & Smith Magazine for the second year in a row!
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4 years
Big empty arenas look pretty, but playing in front of this is a whole different feeling!
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4 years
Newest addition to the PAC! 👀
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Congratulations to Chanze Cruesoe for becoming the all time assist leader in William Penn men’s basketball history! Chanze surpassed Blake Walker tonight after he got his 3rd assist.
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Beat Grand View 101-71 in the annual “Toilet Paper Game” and we improve to 9-1 on the season and 3-1 in conference. Special thanks to the operations staff that does an amazing job at providing an incredible gameday experience for our fan base! @HeartSportsNews @NAIAHoopsReport
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2 years
Congrats to Coach Sandquist on being named Heart of America Assistant Coach of the Year!
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We move up to #1 in the nation in the most recent NAIA National rankings. This is the 14th consecutive poll we’ve been ranked in the top 5 and the 57th straight poll we’ve been ranked in going back to 2015-16.
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3 years
⚠️⚠️New Jersey Drop⚠️⚠️
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3 years
Congratulations to Kevion Blaylock for earning NAIA First Team All-American and Karmari Newman for earning NAIA Honorable Mention All-American!
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William Penn Men’s Basketball
1 year
Statesmen Nation, Thank you for being behind us all season. From the fans who made the trip to KC, to the fans at the watch parties, to the PennZone, etc. we greatly appreciate everything you do for us. Regardless of the outcome, this season was special. Thank you!
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William Penn Men’s Basketball
4 years
CHECK THIS OUT: Over the past 5 years, no team in Iowa has more wins than your Statesmen Men’s Basketball team!
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5 years
Surprised the guys with some two hand touch football yesterday for conditioning! Brandon Faison was the MVP, while Eddie Daley had a strong showing as well. Checkout Q Cager’s pass to Faison as he finishes with a big time catch!
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William Penn Men’s Basketball
3 years
Good luck to @colehenry_1 playing in his first collegiate game today! Your Oskaloosa and WPU families will be cheering you on!
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🏆CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS🏆 The Statesmen win back to back Conference Tournament Championships with a 92-76 win against Benedictine! Our selection show will be on Thursday, March 4th at 7:00 PM!
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William Penn Men’s Basketball
4 years
Congrats to our very own Coach Henry who was recognized as one of the Top 50 Impactful coaches in all of NAIA & D2 College Basketball!
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4 years
Congrats to William Penn head coach John Henry on being one of 50 head coaches selected to the NCAA D2 and NAIA Impactful Men’s Basketball Head Coaches list - @WPUBasketball 📸: Oskaloosa News
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We are ranked pre season #1 in NAIA Division 1 according to Street & Smith, Basketball Times, and Sporting News Magazine! #StatesmenNation
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4 years
Fresh coat of wax got the floor lookin’ 🔥👀
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3 years
First day of Preseason conditioning! ✔️
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2 years
The Game Winner! Karmari Newman’s third game winner of the season propels us over Briar Cliff in a great game!
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Hey Rico, how many more days until Christmas? 👌🎄❄️ Happy holidays Statesmen Nation!
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NAIA Coaches’ Poll has us ranked #4 in the country! This is our 5th year in a row ranked in the Preseason Top 5! High expectations, lofty goals, and plenty of work to do!
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Congratulations to Kevion Blaylock for earning Heart of America Conference Player of the Year!
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2 years
Huge congratulations to Q Cager on passing 1000 points for his career! @q_cager
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3 years
Statesmen have arrived in Park City! Had to get loose and get some shots up in Hartman Arena! We will play at 11:00 AM on Saturday!
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For the second year in a row Kevion Blaylock has been named Heart of America Conference Player of the Year! Congrats KB!
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For the 4th straight year and the 7th time in 8 years, we are Heart of America regular season conference champions! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
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Excited to officially announce that Eddie Daley will be back for his final season! Eddie is currently the all-time wins leader at 107. @eddiedaley23
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30-5 | @HeartSportsNews Regular Season Champions | Final Four Appearance | Thanks for all your support this year Statesmen Nation!
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1 year
*William Penn 116-11
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College Basketball Report
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Overall Record in the 2020s 1. Houston 93-14 2. Gonzaga 90-11 3. Kansas 83-23 🏆 4. UCLA 80-24 5. Arizona 78-20*🔄 6. Baylor 78-20* 🏆🔄 7. San Diego State 78-21 8. Alabama 76-27 9. Arkansas 75-30 10. Duke 72-27 11. Tennessee 70-28 12. Texas 70-29 13. UConn 69-26 🏆 14.…
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Just a few of the great moments from last night as we celebrated Coach Henry’s 500th win! 📸 Shoutout to our amazing photographers!
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3 years
Coach Henry was able to take KB fishing today, and KB caught his first ever fish! Beautiful day in Osky!
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With today’s win we clinch a share of the @HeartSportsNews regular season championship for the 3rd straight season and 6th championship in the 7 seasons since joining the league! An incredible achievement for our group of guys who get everyone’s best, night in and night out!
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William Penn Men’s Basketball
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Tonight’s 107-86 win over Missouri Valley was Coach Henry’s 400th career win! Congratulations Coach and here’s to many more to come! @WPUAthletics @HeartSportsNews @NAIA @NAIAHoopsReport
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We want to congratulate Kevion “KB” Blaylock on signing with @HartSportsAgent to pursue his professional career! Excited to see where basketball takes him next!
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Congratulations to @kevionb5 on reaching the 1,000 Career point milestone tonight!
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While Dexter Hood was recently named @heartsportsnews “Player of the Week” for his performances on the court last week, he also took the time to go to Grayson Sandquist’s pre-school for “Show & Tell”. Grayson was stoked to get to take one of his best friends to school!
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3 years
Statesmen win a tough opening round game against MACU! We move on to Kansas City and the Sweet 16!
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We want to congratulate Dexter Hood on signing with CSA Sports Management to pursue his dream of playing professional basketball! #StatesmenInThePros
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4 years
Happy Birthday to Associate Head Coach, @BSandquist ! Hope you and your family have a great day!
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What a night in Penn Gymnasium! Incredible game with an amazing atmosphere! Thanks to everyone who came out and supported! We improve to 30-3 on the season and will head to KC for the National Tournament next week! @NAIAHoopsReport @smcollegehoops @SoundOFF13 @KCCITabbert
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Excited to announce the commitment of @jdstout10 ! He was a first team all state player in Iowa and the 3rd leading scorer!
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🏆CHAMPIONSHIP TUESDAY🏆 ‼️ GAMEDAY ‼️ 🆚 Benedictine 📍Oskaloosa, IA ⏰ 7:00 PM 📺
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Ahmad Pender takes flight during yesterday’s game! 👀🔥👏🏽 @HeartSportsNews @WPUAthletics @NAIAHoopsReport
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Our final senior returning is Kevion “KB” Blaylock! KB lived in Oskaloosa over the summer prepping for a monster final season in the Statesmen jersey!
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Next up in our “I’m Back” series is senior guard, Josh Watkins! @Joshua11Watkins
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Shoutout to Dexter Hood for finishing his last class and earning his degree from William Penn! Congrats Dex, we’re proud of you!
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Thank you for everything Coach Sandquist! Forever Statesmen 💙💛
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Blake Sandquist
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Forever Statesmen 💙💛💙💛
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On to the Sweet Sixteen!!!
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Happy Birthday to Associate Head Coach, Blake Sandquist! We hope you and your family enjoy it!
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Congratulations Coach Henry!
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Congratulations to the Heart Coach of the Year John Henry!
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Congratulations to our own @CruesoeChanze on recording his first career triple double last night!
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Wednesday night in our game vs Peru State, we honored Marquis Todd as Eddie Daley wore Marquis’s number 22 during the game. Forever Statesmen, Marquis Todd💙💛
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Congratulations to Omar Sherman on signing with Thor Thorlakshofn of the Iceland Premier League (Top League in Iceland 🇮🇸)! #StatesmenInThePros @HeartSportsNews @NAIAHoopsReport @teamvsn
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How about these rings?! Our 2021-22 Heart of America Conference Championship rings are here!💍😍
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Another great video by a fan capturing Marlon’s final shot to beat Missouri Valley!
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Congratulations to Kevion Blaylock on being named First Team All-American! He was previously a First Team All-American during the 2020-21 season and a Third Team All-American during the 2019-20 season.
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Congratulations to James Pennington for surpassing 1,500 career points! JP came to WPU this past offseason and we are so glad he is apart of this team. Many more points to come!
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After getting medically cleared, Malyk Thomas is back for his fourth and final season in a Statesmen jersey!
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Banners Hang Forever
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Our very own Chanze Cruesoe got picked by Grayson Sandquist for Kindergarten “Show & Tell” today!
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Statesmen win big at home to move to 7-0 overall and 5-0 in conference! Next up Saturday at Clarke.
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The guys are having fun at the first “High Five Friday” at Oskaloosa Elementary School this morning!
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Our first day of the 2020 Fall Semester is underway! Excited to have all our guys on campus!
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Happy Birthday Coach Henry! We hope you have a great day! Also, Happy Birthday to the best SID in the country, Wade Steinlage!
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1 year
Congratulations to Malik Edwards on being named a 2nd Team All-American!
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4 years
Tough loss for our JV team tonight as they lose 115-102 to Culver Stockton. Dante Eldridge had 52 points, which is second all time in a JV game!
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Each week we will start to introduce members of the team with a “Fat Head” picture and brief bio! First up is 6’9 Junior forward, Eddie Daley, who is primed for a big season. Eddie spent his summer as an intern for @MuscoLighting and is majoring in Business Management!
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4 years
Our 2019-2020 season was pretty special! Check out the statistical categories we led the country in! 🥇
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Yesterday we had the privilege of visiting Oskaloosa Elementary and participated in their “Dining at the Ritz”! There were dance offs, video game trash talk, rap battles, backflips and great conversations! Hopefully the kids enjoyed it as much as our players and staff did!
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A big road win for the Statesmen at Benedictine to start off conference play! Final score was 83-81. The Statesmen move to 3-0 on the year! Next up at Grand View on November 18th!
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Congratulations to Daniel Autrey for reaching 1,000 career points during last nights game! DA has been a huge part of our team this year and we are excited for his future in a Statesmen uniform!
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Congratulations to Eddie Daley for surpassing 600 career rebounds!
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Congratulations to Eddie Daley for surpassing 1,000 career points last night and 800 career rebounds! Eddie is just the 4th player in program history to reach both milestones in their career!
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2 years
We close out the holiday on a high note as we pick up a win over Iowa Wesleyan 104-92. We are 9-0 on the season now and will be back in action on Wednesday at home against Grand View.
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5 years
Sadly our season ended yesterday with a two point loss in the Sweet Sixteen. We want to give a special thank you to our dedicated fans who showed support throughout the entire year!
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WE ARE DANCING IN KANSAS CITY! Final: WPU 73 Rio Grande 61 We had a tough first half, but explode for 54 points in the second half to get the win and move on to the Sweet Sixteen! Malik Edwards lead the way with 23 pts and 4 rebs. See you in KC!
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