Men's Basketball
Carl Sandburg College men's basketball has been a tradition for more than 40 years. The program has won five Arrowhead Conference championships and has had three athletes named NJCAA All-American honorable mention. The Chargers won their first Region IV tournament title in 2014 to advance to the NJCAA Division II national tournament for the first time in program history. Home games are played at John M. Lewis Gymnasium on the Main Campus in Galesburg.
NJCAA Division II National Tournament
2014
Arrowhead Conference Champions
1972, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2018
Region IV Tournament Champions
2014
Region IV Tournament runner-up
1985, 2002, 2017
No. |
Name |
Height |
Pos. |
Year |
Hometown |
High School |
| 3 | Jean Luc Wilson | 6-2 | G | Fr. | East Moline, Ill. | United Township |
| 4 | Brock Bower-Preece | 5-11 | G | Fr. | Mapleton, Ill. | Illini Bluffs |
| 5 | James Jones | 6-4 | F | So. | Springfield, Ill. | Lanphier |
| 11 | Elias Akale | 6-5 | F | So. | Ashdod, Israel | Mekif Tet |
| 12 | Cody Baer | 6-10 | F | Fr. | Dunlap, Ill. | Dunlap |
| 15 | Brice Margenthaler | 6-6 | F | So. | Cape Girardeau, Mo. | Central |
| 20 | Vaughn Toyne | 6-5 | F | Fr. | Petersburg, Ill. | PORTA |
| 21 | Noah Young | 6-4 | F | So. | Colfax, Ill. | Ridgeview |
| 23 | Scott Gowan | 6-3 | G | So. | Rockford, Ill. | Rockford East |
| 24 | Cameron Jacobson | 5-11 | G | Fr. | Elmwood, Ill. | Elmwood |
| 33 | Lane Ippensen | 6-5 | F | Fr. | LaPrairie, Ill. | Camp Point Central |
| 50 | Carter Fayhee | 6-5 | G | So. | Macomb, Ill. | Macomb |
Head coach: Ryan Twaddle
Assistant coach: Brock Streitmatter
All Chargers home games streamed live on the Sandburg Athletics Facebook page
Overall record: 21-9
Arrowhead Conference: 5-5
Date |
Time |
Opponent |
Location |
Result |
| Friday, Oct. 11 | 5:30 p.m. | Southeastern (scrimmage) | W. Burlington, Iowa | |
| Saturday, Oct. 12 | TBD | Elgin Jamboree (scrimmage) | Elgin | |
| Saturday, Oct. 19 | TBD | St. Ambrose Jamboree (scrimmage) | Davenport, Iowa | |
| Sunday, Oct. 20 | TBD | Rock Valley Jamboree (scrimmage) | Rockford | |
| Tuesday, Nov. 5 | 5 p.m. | Moraine Valley | Palos Hills | W, 88-73 |
| Saturday, Nov. 9 | Noon | Oakton | HOME | W, 83-54 |
| Monday, Nov. 11 | 7:30 p.m. | St. Ambrose JV | HOME | W, 94-52 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 13 | 7:30 p.m. | Monmouth JV | Monmouth | W, 65-41 |
| Saturday, Nov. 16 | 3 p.m. | Madison | HOME | W, 80-60 |
| Monday, Nov. 18 | 7:30 p.m. | Illinois College JV | Jacksonville | W, 77-71 |
| Saturday, Nov. 23 | 3 p.m. | #6 Milwaukee Area Technical | Milwaukee | L, 80-68 |
| Tuesday, Nov. 26 | 7:30 p.m. | Illinois College JV | HOME | W, 86-62 |
| Saturday, Nov. 30 | 3 p.m. | Rock Valley | HOME | W, 79-58 |
| Monday, Dec. 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Monmouth JV | HOME | W, 79-59 |
| Tuesday, Dec. 3 | 7:30 p.m. | Eureka JV | Eureka | W, 84-59 |
| Dec. 6-7 | Elgin Classic | Elgin | ||
| Friday, Dec. 6 | 5 p.m. | Kalamazoo Valley | L, 81-78 | |
| Wednesday, Dec. 11 | 7:30 p.m. | Lincoln Land | HOME | W, 79-61 |
| Friday, Dec. 13 | 7 p.m. | St. Ambrose JV | Davenport, Iowa | W, 89-46 |
| Tuesday, Dec. 17 | 3 p.m. | McHenry County | HOME | W, 91-82 |
| Friday, Dec. 20 | 7:30 p.m. | Bryant & Stratton | Wauwatosa, Wis. | L, 81-71 |
| Friday, Jan. 3 | 2 p.m. | South Suburban | South Holland | L, 78-55 |
| Monday, Jan. 6 | 7:30 p.m. | Eureka JV | HOME | W, 84-49 |
| Thursday, Jan. 9 | 7:30 p.m. | Highland* | HOME | L, 96-86 |
| Tuesday, Jan. 14 | 7:30 p.m. | Sauk Valley* | Dixon | L, 80-73 |
| Thursday, Jan. 16 | 7:30 p.m. | Kishwaukee* | HOME | W, 88-63 |
| Tuesday, Jan. 21 | 7:30 p.m. | Illinois Valley* | Oglesby | W, 91-75 (2OT) |
| Thursday, Jan. 23 | 7:30 p.m. | Black Hawk* | HOME | W, 75-66 |
| Wednesday, Jan. 29 | 5:30 p.m. | Knox JV | HOME | W, 92-72 |
| Friday, Jan. 31 | 7:30 p.m. | St. Ambrose JV | HOME | W, 83-69 |
| Tuesday, Feb. 4 | 7 p.m. | Highland* | Freeport | L, 75-49 |
| Thursday, Feb. 6 | 7:30 p.m. | Sauk Valley* | HOME | W, 75-65 |
| Tuesday, Feb. 11 | 7:30 p.m. | Kishwaukee* | Malta | W, 89-49 |
| Thursday, Feb. 13 | 7:30 p.m. | Illinois Valley* | HOME | L, 72-69 |
| Tuesday, Feb. 18 | 7 p.m. | Black Hawk* | Moline | L, 98-88 |
| Feb. 27-March 7 | Region IV Tournament | |||
| Thursday, Feb. 27 | 7 p.m. | Lake County (quarterfinals) | HOME | |
| Sunday, March 1 | 4 p.m. | Semifinals | Oglesby | |
| Saturday, March 7 | 6 p.m. | Championship | Palos Hills |
*Arrowhead Conference
Head Coach
Ryan Twaddle
Ryan Twaddle has been the Carl Sandburg College men's basketball coach since the 2007-08 season. During the 2013-14 season, he guided the Chargers to their first Region IV tournament championship and their first appearance in the NJCAA Division II national tournament, helping him earn NJCAA Region IV and NJCAA District 3 Coach of the Year honors for 2014. He also took over head coaching duties for the Sandburg men's golf team in 2013 and has guided the Chargers to three NJCAA Division II national tournaments. The Chargers' 12th-place finish at the 2013 national tournament was the best finish in program history. Prior to becoming men's basketball coach, Twaddle was an assistant for four seasons under former head coach Mike Bailey. Twaddle graduated from Macomb High School and continued his playing career at Sandburg, earning two letters in both basketball and baseball. Twaddle lives in Galesburg and has a bachelor's degree from Western Illinois University.
Assistant Coach
Brock Streitmatter
Brock Streitmatter joined the Carl Sandburg College men’s basketball program as an assistant prior to the 2019-20 season.
Before coming to Sandburg, Streitmatter spent the previous three years as a coach with the Illinois Irish AAU program. He has led the Irish’s 14U-Select team in 2019 and the two years before that as a coach in the Irish’s fall league. He also spent one year with the Peoria Area Elite AAU program and a year coaching the Princeville AYBT summer travel team.
Streitmatter spent 2015-19 as a volunteer assistant with the Princeville Junior High boys basketball program. In his first season, the Princes’ eighth grade team won the school’s first regional title. Their seventh and eighth grade teams won regional titles in 2019, with the seventh grade team also winning a sectional championship to advance to the state tournament.
A 2014 graduate of Princeville High School, Streitmatter earned his associate degree at Illinois Central College and graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in agribusiness. He lives in Princeville and works on his family’s farm with his dad, grandfather and uncle.