Men's Basketball | 8/30/2015 3:28:00 PM

Former Wayne State University guard Chene Phillips (Detroit, Mich. / Renaissance) has signed to play for Schalke 04 in Germany.

Phillips was a two-year letterwinner for the Warriors after spending his first two seasons at Division 1 Liberty University.  He finished 30th in career scoring average (13.3 ppg) at WSU, while ranking seventh in minutes played per game (34.6), 11th in steals average (1.6 spg), fifth in assists average (4.5 apg), 13th in assists (232), tied-for-19th in free throws made (219) and tied-for-24th in steals (83).  Phillips scored in double figures 38 times for the Green and Gold, while starting all 52 games played.

He was named to the All-GLIAC Defensive Team both seasons, while earning Second Team All-GLIAC honors as a senior in 2013-14.

A GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team member as a senior, Phillips was named to the BCAM Academic-Athletic Team (one of five men's basketball players in the state of Michigan so honored) for 2013-14.

Click here for link to the press release about Phillips signing.

Newspaper story about Chene Phillips to play in Germany.

"Chene is a point guard with all-round qualities," said Schalke 04 head coach Raphael Wilder.  "He can not only score, but also sets up his teammates and grabs rebounds. His game is calculate highly variable and difficult."  When reviewing the video footage Wilder fell particularly good about the defensive capabilities of the 1.88 meter tall point guard.  "He comes from a good college from a very strong Conference, which has already produced a lot of good players.  He was chosen twice to the All-Defensive Team. That basically says it all."

Wilder relied in player choice, however, not only on video.  "I was very impressed and we had a very long chat."

Phillips was not active last season, as he paused to finish his studies.

Worried about his fitness condition Wilder said "he has trained well and is in a top condition." Chene Phillips, who in his final season for the Wayne State Warriors averaged 15.3 points, 5.5 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game.