#15 SIMON HILDEBRANDT

POSITION: Forward

HEIGHT: 6-9 (205 cm)

WEIGHT: 235 lbs (107 kg)

BIRTHDATE: March 17, 2003 (Winnipeg, MB)

HIGH SCHOOL: Mennonite Brethren Collegiate (Winnipeg, MB)

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE: Manitoba (Winnipeg, MB)

X/INSTAGRAM: @Simonhil10/@simon.hildebrandt

HOW ACQUIRED: Selected in the first round (eighth overall) of the 2024 U SPORTS Draft

YEARS PRO: 1


BIO

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

 

Played his first professional season with the Winnipeg Sea Bears in 2023.


2023:  Averaged 6.1 points and 3.5 rebounds in 21 games with the Winnipeg Sea Bears after being selected first overall in the 2023 U SPORTS Draft … Scored as professional career-high 19 points including five three-pointers July 8 against the Edmonton Stingers ... Scored the game-winning basket in target score time July 14 to ice the visiting Montreal Alliance ... Named 2023 CEBL U Sport Player of the Year.



UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE CAREER

 

Averaged 16.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.5 blocks and 0.7 steals while shooting 37.7 per cent from three-point range in his first two seasons at the University of Manitoba … Led the team to a program-record 18 wins, the best record in Canada West as a freshman.


2023-24: Averaged 16.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists as a sophomore … Scored a career-high 41 points on eight-of-twelve shooting Jan. 19 against the eventual conference-champion Victoria Vikes … Had back-to-back 10-rebound games Nov. 18 and 19 vs. Mount Royal ... Ranked 14th in Canada West in scoring.

 

2022-23: Committed to the Bisons program April 4 ... Averaged 16.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.4 blocks and 1.0 steals as a freshman … Ranked 12th in Canada West in scoring  … Shot 50 per cent or better from the three-point line six times … Scored a career-high 28 points on 14-of-14 from the free throw line in his second-ever U SPORTS game Nov. 5  vs. Alberta, earning him U SPORTS player of the week honours … Nearly matched his career high twice, earning 27 points Jan. 6 vs. UNBC and Jan. 14 vs. Brandon … Recorded a double-double Feb. 3 vs. Winnipeg, scoring 20 points and grabbing 10 rebounds … Recorded nine games of 20 or more points … Named a Canada West First Team All-Star and to the Canada West All-Rookie Team … Named the Canada West Rookie of the Year … Named U SPORTS Rookie of the Year, Second Team All-Canadian and to the U SPORTS All-Rookie team.



PERSONAL


Father Erwin Hildebrandt also played for the University of Manitoba Bisons from 1993 to 1994 ... Played volleyball throughout high school ... Member of Team Manitoba ... Royal Crown School valedictorian.


STATISTICS

CEBL TOTALS

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2023 Winnipeg 20 413 118 15-38 23-81 19-27 10 64 74 9 48 3 3 20
Totals 20 413 118 15-38 23-81 19-27 10 64 74 9 48 3 3 20

CEBL AVERAGES

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2023 Winnipeg 20 20.7 5.9 .395 .284 .704 0.5 3.2 3.7 0.5 2.4 0.2 0.2 1.0
Totals 20 20.7 5.9 .395 .284 .704 0.5 3.2 3.7 0.5 2.4 0.2 0.2 1.0

CEBL PLAYOFF TOTALS

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2023 Winnipeg 1 28 11 2-5 2-5 1-2 3 8 11 0 3 0 0 1
Totals 1 28 11 2-5 2-5 1-2 3 8 11 0 3 0 0 1

CEBL PLAYOFF AVERAGES

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2023 Winnipeg 1 28.0 11.0 .400 .400 .500 3.0 8.0 11.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Totals 1 28.0 11.0 .400 .400 .500 3.0 8.0 11.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE TOTALS

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2023-24 Manitoba 21 655 343 70-136 47-133 62-81 18 98 116 38 42 13 9 49
2022-23 Manitoba 22 654 370 59-112 54-135 90-106 18 88 106 31 46 9 22 51
Totals 43 1,309 713 129-248 101-268 152-187 36 186 222 69 88 22 31 100

UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE AVERAGES

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2023-24 Manitoba 21 31.2 16.3 .515 .353 .765 0.9 4.7 5.5 1.8 2.0 0.6 0.4 2.3
2022-23 Manitoba 22 29.7 16.8 .437 .400 .849 0.8 4.0 4.8 1.4 2.1 0.4 1.0 2.3
Totals 43 30.4 16.6 .520 .377 .813 0.8 4.3 5.2 1.6 2.0 0.5 0.7 2.3
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