#122 Samford Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
Samford Bulldogs
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #122
 
Conference Rank: #3 SoCon
 
 
2023-24 Record: 29-6, 15-3
2023-24 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: Bucky McMillan
Coach Record: 77-41 at Samford, 77-41 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Achor Achor, Forward, 16.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.8 bpg
A.J. Staton-McCray, Guard, 11.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.6 spg
Jaden Campbell, Guard, 11.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.0 apg
Jermaine Marshall, Forward, 10.6 ppg, 5.1 ppg, 1.4 apg
Garrett Hicks, Guard, 6.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 1.5 apg
Nathan Johnson, Forward, 5.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg
Dallas Graziani, Guard, 4.1 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 2.6 apg, 1.5 spg
 
Key Returning Players:
Rylan Jones, Senior, Guard, 9.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 5.0 apg, 1.6 spg
Riley Allenspach, Sophomore, Center, 5.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg
Josh Holloway, Sophomore, Guard, 4.3 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 2.1 apg
Lukas Walls, Sophomore, Guard, 3.3 ppg, 1.1 rpg
 
Key New Players:
Collin Holloway, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Tulane
Julian Brown, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Wagner
Trey Fort, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Mississippi State
Jaden Brownell, Junior, Forward, Transfer from Illinois-Chicago
Isaiah West, Sophomore, Guard, Transfer from Vanderbilt
Zion Wilburn, Freshman, Guard
Jonathan Caicedo, Freshman, Forward
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: CBC/CBI
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 86.1 (5th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 74.5 (256, 8)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.0 (11, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 43.4 (154, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 10.0 (13, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 39.5 (5, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.3 (154, 4)
Rebound Margin: -0.1 (208, 8)
Assists Per Game: 17.7 (11, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.0 (286, 9)