#70 Colorado State Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
Colorado State Rams
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #70
 
Conference Rank: #6 Mountain West
 
 
2023-24 Record: 25-11, 10-8
2023-24 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: Niko Medved
Coach Record: 117-75 at Colorado State, 196-162 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Isaiah Stevens, Guard, 16.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 6.8 apg
Joel Scott, Forward, 13.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.4 apg
Patrick Cartier, Forward, 10.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 1.9 apg
Josiah Strong, Guard, 6.6 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.5 apg
Joe Palmer, Guard, 5.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg
 
Key Returning Players:
Nique Clifford, Senior, Guard, 12.2 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 3.0 apg
Jalen Lake, Senior, Guard, 6.1 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 1.3 apg
Rashaan Mbemba, Sophomore, Forward, 3.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg
Kyle Evans, Sophomore, Guard, 2.0 ppg, 1.3 rpg
 
Key New Players:
Bowen Born, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Northern Iowa
Jaylen Crocker-Johnson, Sophomore, Forward, Transfer from Little Rock
Nikola Djapa, Sophomore, Center, Transfer from Long Island
Charlie Dortch, Freshman, Forward
Kyle Jorgensen, Freshman, Forward
Jon Mekonnen, Freshman, Forward
Ethan Morton, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Purdue
Damez Slater, Freshman, Guard
Jaden Steppe, Freshman, Forward
Keshawn Williams, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Northern Illinois
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NIT
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 75.2 (124th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 67.3 (51, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 48.4 (20, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.6 (106, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.3 (186, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.8 (190, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 75.2 (50, 1)
Rebound Margin: 0.6 (182, 7)
Assists Per Game: 18.0 (7, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.4 (61, 3)