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2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 43
Michael Finke
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-10 / 235
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Champaign, Ill.
- High School:
- Centennial
- Prev School:
- Illinois
- Pronunciation:
- FINK-ee
Bio
Suggested Reading: Finke joins GCU, brother
Grand Canyon
2018-19 | RS-Senior
- Joins the Lopes as a graduate transfer.
Illinois (Champaign, Ill.)
- Three-time All-Academic Big Ten selection.
- Appeared in 89 career games with 66 starts for the Illini. Averaged 8.9 points and 4.3 rebounds with 47.3 percent shooting from the field.
2017-18 | RS-Junior
- Played in 28 of 32 games, starting the first 25.
- Fourth on Illini in scoring at 9.8 points per game.
- Scored in double figures in 13 games with two 20-point performances.
- Second on team in rebounding at 4.6 per game and led Illini with an average of 1.9 offensive rebounds (12th in Big Ten).
- Season-high 22 points with career-high tying five 3-pointers vs. North Carolina Central on Nov. 24, 2017.
2016-17 | RS-Sophomore
- Played in 32 games, starting the first eight and missing the last three games during the NIT with a foot injury.
- Sixth on team in scoring, averaging 6.9 points. Led Illini and ranked 14th in the Big Ten in 3-point shooting at 41.1 percent (37 for 90). Shot 44.9 percent (22 of 49) behind the arc during conference play to rank eighth.
- Scored in double figures 11 times, including five of the first six games.
2015-16 | RS-Freshman
- Played in 33 of 34 games, starting 16 times.
- Fifth on team in scoring, averaging 7.5 points. Averaged 3.7 rebounds and led Illini with 45 offensive boards.
- Fourth on team with 40 three-pointers while shooting 36.7 percent behind the arc.
- Scored in double figures in 10 games.
- Scored 17 points in a game against WAC foe Chicago State on Nov. 23, 2015.
- Had a career-high 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting vs. Western Carolina on Dec. 5, 2015.
- Tallied a career-high 16 rebounds – the most by an Illini player since 2011 – along with nine points and career-high four assists in victory at Minnesota on Jan. 23, 2016.
- Had 17 points with career-best five 3-pointers in Big Ten Tournament first-round win over Minnesota on March 9, 2016.
2014-15 | Redshirt
- Sat out the season.
- Received the Illini Most Improved Player award.
High School
Centennial High School - Champaign, Ill.
- Averaged 19.6 points and 9.3 rebounds as a senior in 2013-14.
- Scored a career-high 42 points in a win over Kankakee on Feb. 25, 2014.
- Class 3A first-team All-State by the Associated Press and Chicago Sun-Times.
- Class 3A/4A first-team All-State by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.
- First team All-State by the Champaign News-Gazette.
- Special mention All-State by the Chicago Tribune.
- Two-time News-Gazette All-Area Player of the Year.
- Averaged 16.6 points and 7.6 rebounds as a junior in 2012-13.
- First-team All-State by AP and News-Gazette, second-team All-State by the Sun-Times and IBCA and special-mention All-State by the Tribune as a junior.
- Finished prep career ranked fourth all-time at Centennial in scoring with 1,425 points and second in rebounding with 711 boards.
Personal
- Parents are Jeff and Laura Finke.
- Father, Jeff, played basketball (one season) and football (three seasons) at Illinois from 1986 to 1991.
- Younger brother, Nick, plays basketball at Army, where he is a sophomore in 2018-19.
- Younger brother, Tim, joins the Lopes as a freshman in 2018-19.
- Earned his bachelor's degree in Communication from Illinois in December 2017.
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