2024–25 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team
Appearance
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Conference | Conference USA |
Record | 1–0 (0–0 C-USA) |
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Home arena | Pan American Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kennesaw State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 CUSA tournament winner As of November 4, 2024 |
The 2024–25 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team will represent New Mexico State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies will be led by second-year head coach Jason Hooten and will play their home games at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico as members of Conference USA.
Previous season
[edit]The 2023–24 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team finished 13-19 (7–9) in Conference USA play to finish in a tie for 4th place in their first year. As the No. 6 seed in the 2024 Conference USA men's basketball tournament, they lost to the No. 3 seeded 2023–24 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team, 69–89.
Offseason
[edit]Departures
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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Jaylin Jackson-Posey | 0 | G | 6'2" | 196 | Junior | Midland, TX | Transferred to Texas Southern |
Kasoi Ezeagu | 1 | F | 6'10" | 255 | Senior | Bramton, ON | Graduated/signed with Rapla KK |
Jordan Rawls | 2 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Graduate Student | Chattanooga, TN | Graduated/signed with Ballincollig Basketball Club |
Brandon Suggs | 4 | G | 6'6" | 185 | Graduate Student | Powder Springs, GA | Early exit pro |
Keylon Dorsey | 5 | G | 6'5" | 185 | Freshman | Houston, TX | Transferred to Kilgore College |
Tanahj Pettway | 9 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Senior | Worcester, MA | Transferred to Prairie View A&M |
Femi Odukale | 11 | G | 6'6" | 205 | Senior | Brooklyn, NY | Transferred to Minnesota[1] |
Lewis Duarte | 12 | G | 6'5" | 185 | Freshman | Santo Domingo, DR | Removed from roster/signed with Reales de La Vega |
Yaak Yaak | 14 | F | 6'11" | -- | Freshman | Adelaide, Australia | Transferred |
Jonathan Kanayanga | 24 | F | 6'9" | 225 | Graduate Student | Kinshasa, Congo | Graduated |
Clarence Jackson | 25 | F | 6'7" | 225 | Senior | Dublin, GA | Graduated/early exit pro/signed to play with Team Milwaukee |
Davion Bradford | 26 | F | 7'0" | 270 | Senior | St. Louis, MO | In-season transfer out/transferred to East Tennessee State |
Incoming transfers
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous college |
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Dionte Bostick | 0 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Senior | Clearwater, FL | Cal State Northridge |
Zawdie Jackson | 2 | G | 6'0" | 185 | Senior | Stone Mountain, GA | West Georgia |
Carl Cherenfant | 5 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Sophomore | Pompano Beach, FL | Memphis[2] |
Peter Filipovity | 12 | F | 6'7" | -- | Graduate Student | Kaposvár, Hungary | Maine |
Nate Tshimanga | 19 | F | 6'10" | 235 | Senior | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Utah Valley |
Azavier Johnson | 20 | G | 6'5" | 202 | Junior | Las Vegas, NV | New Mexico JC |
Emmanuel Tshimanga | 25 | F | 7'0" | 270 | Graduate Student | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | UC San Diego |
Edward Nnamoko | 34 | F | 6'10" | 225 | Junior | Lagos, Nigeria | Georgia State[3] |
2024 recruiting class
[edit]Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Gabe Pickens G |
Phoenix, AZ | Dream City Christian | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Jan 25, 2024 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: | ||||||
Jae'Coby Osborne F |
Missouri City, TX | Bella Vista Prep | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Nov 11, 2023 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: | ||||||
Marvin Cox F |
Clovis, NM | Clovis High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 28, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Western New Mexico | W 77–56 | 22 – Carpenter | 8 – Carpenter | 6 – Jackson | Pan American Center (1,042) Las Cruces, NM | |||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
New Mexico Highlands | W 93–57 | 1–0 |
18 – Carpenter | 12 – Tshimanga | 5 – Jackson | Pan American Center (3,770) Las Cruces, NM | ||||
November 9, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Utah Tech C-USA/WAC Alliance |
Burns Arena St. George, UT | |||||||||
November 14, 2024* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
November 20, 2024* 5:00 p.m., TBA |
at Dayton | UD Arena Dayton, OH | |||||||||
November 23, 2024* 3:00 p.m., TBA |
at UNLV Arizona Tip-Off campus site game |
Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV | |||||||||
November 29, 2024* 1:30 p.m., TBA |
vs. Pepperdine Arizona Tip-Off Desert Division semifinals |
Mullett Arena Tempe, AZ | |||||||||
November 30, 2024* TBA, TBA |
vs. Weber State/Bowling Green Arizona Tip-Off Desert Division |
Mullett Arena Tempe, AZ | |||||||||
December 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Abilene Christian C-USA/WAC Alliance |
Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
December 7, 2024* 7:00 p.m., MW Network |
at New Mexico Rio Grande Rivalry |
The Pit Albuquerque, NM | |||||||||
December 12, 2024* 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
at Texas | Moody Center Austin, TX | |||||||||
December 16, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Southern Utah | Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
December 19, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Northern New Mexico | Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
December 28, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Southwest | Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
Conference USA regular season | |||||||||||
January 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Sam Houston | Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Louisiana Tech | Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
January 11, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at UTEP Battle of I-10 |
Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX | |||||||||
January 16, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at FIU | Ocean Bank Convocation Center Miami, FL | |||||||||
January 18, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Liberty | Liberty Arena Lynchburg, VA | |||||||||
January 23, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Kennesaw State | Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
January 25, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Jacksonville State | Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
January 30, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Middle Tennessee | Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN | |||||||||
February 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Western Kentucky | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||||
February 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
UTEP Battle of I-10 |
Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
February 13, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Liberty | Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
February 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
FIU | Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
February 20, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Jacksonville State | Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, AL | |||||||||
February 22, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Kennesaw State | Convocation Center Kennesaw, GA | |||||||||
February 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Middle Tennessee | Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
March 1, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Western Kentucky | Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||
March 6, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Louisiana Tech | Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | |||||||||
March 8, 2025 1:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Sam Houston | Bernard Johnson Coliseum Huntsville, TX | |||||||||
Conference USA tournament | |||||||||||
March 11–15, 2025 TBA |
vs. | Von Braun Center Huntsville, AL | |||||||||
Sources[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Fuller, Marcus (May 2, 2024). "Gophers get Macalester's Caleb Williams and New Mexico State's Femi Odukale as transfers". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
- ^ Munz, Jason (October 25, 2024). "Carl Cherenfant, last of Memphis basketball's outgoing transfers, commits to New Mexico State". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ Horyczun, Kelly (May 31, 2024). "NM State men's basketball adds 6-foot-10 forward to roster". KTSM. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
- ^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". New Mexico State University Athletics. Retrieved October 18, 2024.