2018-19 SENIOR

Played in 21 games and started one (at Evansville, only career start) ... Averaged 2.5 points and 1.1 rebounds per game ... Career-high 12 points in win over Arkansas Pine Bluff ... Also scored in double-figures against UMass ... Was a game-high plus-22 in the plus-minus at #14 Buffalo.

2017-18 JUNIOR

Appeared in 31 of 33 games, missed the Jackson State game with a thumb injury and Drake game with the flu...Averaged 3.3 points and 1.7 rebounds per game...Converted .494 from the field...Scored a career high 11 points vs. Nevada on Dec. 22...Made 8-of-11 field goals in Las Vegas vs. Nevada and Duquesne.

2016-17 SOPHOMORE

Appeared in 32 games off the bench and averaged 2.2 points and 1.3 rebounds...Converted 9-of-22 (.409) from 3-point range...Had a career-high seven points in games against SIUE and twice versus Illinois State.

2015-16 FRESHMAN

Played in 24 games, recording points in eight contests, and averaged 4.7 minutes...Scored a season-high seven points at Illinois State.

HIGH SCHOOL

Averaged 12 points and six rebounds at Lee Academy (Maine) his senior in 2015...His team, which was coached by Igor Vrzina, finished with a 19-12 record...In 2014, played for the Latvian Under-18 national team and averaged 4.7 points and 3.7 rebounds in nine games...He posted 17 points and 10 rebounds in the seventh-place game against Lithuania.

Dawg Bites

Born June 22, 1996 in Ventspils, Latvia...His full name is Rudolfs Stradnieks, but prefers to be called Rudy...Son of Aivars and Ieva Stradnieks...His father is a real estate agent...Has two sisters...The fifth Saluki men's basketball player from Europe, joining Kai Nurnberger (Germany), Mirko Pavlovic (Yugoslavia) and Nikos and Than Topouzis (Greece).