2024–25 Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2024–25
Team:Jacksonville State Gamecocks
Conference:Conference USA
Short Conf:C-USA
Record:5–3
Conf Record:0–0
Hc Year:9th
Assoc Coach:Dennan Morrow
Asst Coach1:Tommy Wade
Asst Coach2:Kevin Jones

The 2024–25 Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball team represents Jacksonville State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by ninth-year head coach Ray Harper, play home games at the Pete Mathews Coliseum in Jacksonville, Alabama as second-year members of the Conference USA.

Previous season

The Gamecocks finished the 2023–24 season 14–18, 6–10 in C-USA play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round to FIU in the C-USA tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Quincy Clark 1 G 6'2" 180 Junior Transferred to UMass Lowell
Juwan Perdue 2 F 6'6" 200 Senior Graduated
Travis Roberts 3 G 6'6" 205 Sophomore Transferred to Marist
Ivan Reynolds 5 G 6'4" 200 Junior Transferred
Brad Lewis 10 G 6'4" 175 Sophomore Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons
Alex Odam 11 G 6'3" 175 Freshman Left the team due to personal reasons
Matt Mayers 13 F 6'8" 210 GS Senior Graduated
Andres Burney 23 F 6'9" 210 Junior TBD
KyKy Tandy 24 G 6'2" 190 GS Senior Graduate transferred to Florida Atlantic
Thomas Curlee 55 G 6'3" 165 Freshman Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons

Incoming transfers

Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school
Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. 1 G 6'2" 182 Senior Tennessee State
Koree Cotton 3 G 6'6" 185 Freshman VMI
Jaron Pierre Jr. 5 G 6'5" 188 Senior Wichita State
Michael Houge 6 G 6'7" 225 Senior Saint Peter's
Benjamin Bayela 7 G 6'6" 200 GS Senior East Carolina
Jao Ituka 10 G 6'1" 196 Junior Wake Forest
Jamar Franklin 11 G 6'3" 170 Junior Georgia Southern
Aidan Driggers 55 F 6'6" 216 Junior Walk-on; Marion Military Institute
Iaroslav Niagu 99 F 7'0" 235 Sophomore Charlotte

2024 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule. Jacksonville State University Athletics. October 22, 2024. en.