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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

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23 Ethan Roberts

  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Arlington Heights, Ill.
  • Highschool John Hersey

Biography

Career Honors
*One-time Ivy League Player of the Week (12/2/24)
*All-tournament at 2024 Cathedral Classic Invitational

2024-25: (Game-by-Game in PDF) Started all 25 games in which he played, missing two due to illness or injury … Led Penn in scoring average (16.8 ppg) and 3FG made (59) and averaged 5.6 rebounds per game … Also had 52 assists and 22 steals … In Ivy play, averaged 16.9 ppg and 5.3 rpg and had 22 assists, 13 steals and hit 36 treys … Led Penn in scoring a team-high 11 times and in rebounding eight times … AMONG IVY LEAGUE PLAYERS (all): Fourth in FT percentage (.821), sixth in points per game (16.8), seventh in 3FG per game (2.4), 11th in rebounds per game (5.6), 12th in 3FG percentage (.371) … AMONG IVY PLAYERS (conference): Fourth in 3FG per game (2.8) and FT percentage (.844), sixth in points per game (16.9), eighth in 3FG percentage (.379), 14th in rebounds per game (5.3), t-14th in steals per game (1.0) … Finished the season with a team-high 23 double-figure scoring games (including each of the last 20), a team-leading nine games of at least 20 points, and five double-doubles … Started his 20-game streak of double-digit games with a collegiate-high 33 points in Cathedral Classic Invitational vs. Navy (11/29) … Followed that up with a double-double (23 pts/10 rbs) in a CCI win over Maine and 20 vs. Elon to earn all-tournament honors … Dropped 29 points—going 6-10 on 3FG—and added five rebounds, three steals and two assists vs. Brown (1/31), then went for 26 and three boards in the return matchup with the Bears (2/15) … Surpassed the 20-point mark in consecutive games, with 26 vs. Cornell (1/18) and 21 in a win at Harvard (1/20) … Finished with 20 points, eight rebounds and five assists in a win over Rider (12/20) … Collected a double-double (15 pts/11 rbs) in Ivy win over Dartmouth at The Palestra (2/21) … Stuffed the stat sheet with 10 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and two steals at George Mason (12/22) … His other double-double came when he recorded 15 points and 10 rebounds in an Ivy win over Columbia (1/25), adding five assists … In his Penn debut, scored 15 points including the winning foul shots in Penn’s season-opening win at NJIT (11/4) … Followed that up with a double-double (23 pts/10 rbs) in a win over UMES (11/7) ... NABC Honors Court.
 
2023-24 (at Drake): Redshirted after suffering a preseason injury.
 
2022-23 (at Army): Played in all 33 games for the Black Knights, making 31 starts which tied for third on the team … Patriot League Rookie of the Year … Patriot League All-Freshman Team … finished second on the team in both scoring (12.4 ppg) and rebounding (4.4 rpg) … Also second on the team in three-point shooting, knocking down 59 treys and shooting 40.7 percent from beyond the arc … Drained at least three treys in eight games … Also had 40 assists and 19 steals on the season … Finished the season with 18 double-figure scoring games including a 30-point outing and three other games over 20 points … Had two double-doubles, with 16 pts/10 rbs in a league game against Boston University (2/22) and with 17 pts/10 rbs against Merchant Marine (11/30) … Scored 32 points in 32 minutes at Buckell (2/4), going 6-of-8 from distance … Had 22 points, four rebounds and four assists—tied for his season/career high—in his third collegiate game, at Siena (11/16) … Scored 23 points, going a perfect 5-of-5 beyond the arc, in a two-point PL win over Lehigh (12/30) … Dropped 20 in a league win at American (1/11) … Flirted with a double-double (19 pts, 8 rbs) against Manhattan (11/26), the start of a four-game double-digit stretch of games … Had four 17-point games: Bucknell (1/18), at American (1/25), and then back-to-back games against Loyola Maryland (2/8) and Navy (2/11) … Also had three steals against the AU Eagles, a season high he matched in the next game against Holy Cross (1/28).
 
High School: Letter winner and team captain at John Hersey under head coach Austin Scott … Averaged 20.3 PPG … All-state, all-conference, all-area recognitions … Chicago Sun-Times All-State Team.
 
Personal: Has an older sister who played lacrosse at Fresno State … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn? “It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that encompasses my ambitions perfectly as a person. I feel that Penn will yield the best version of myself.”

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Historical Player Information

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    2024-25Junior

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    6'5" 195 lbs
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    2025-26Senior

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    6'5" 195 lbs
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