#58 McNeese Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
McNeese Cowboys
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #58
 
Conference Rank: #1 Southland
 
 
2023-24 Record: 30-4, 17-1
2023-24 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: Will Wade
Coach Record: 22-2 at McNeese, 218-98 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Shahada Wells, Guard, 17.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.7 apg
Antavion Collum, Center, 8.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.6 apg
CJ Felder, Forward, 6.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg
Cameron Jones, Forward, 3.4 ppg, 2.4 rpg
 
Key Returning Players:
Christian Shumate, Senior, Forward, 12.1 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 1.4 bpg
DJ Richards Jr., Junior, Guard, 11.4 ppg, 2.2 rpg
Javohn Garcia, Senior, Guard, 11.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.7 apg
Mike Saunders Jr., Senior, Guard, 6.0 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 1.6 apg
Omar Cooper, Senior, Guard, 3.9 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 2.8 apg
 
Key New Players:
Alyn Breed, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Providence
Jerome Brewer Jr., Junior, Forward, Transfer from TAMU-Commerce
Joe Charles, Senior, Forward, Transfer from Louisiana
Quadir Copeland, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Syracuse
Lamont Evans IV, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Saint Louis
Howard Gaskins Jr., Freshman, Guard
Brandon Murray, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Mississippi
Sincere Parker, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Saint Louis
Bryant Selebangue, Junior, Forward, Transfer from Arizona State
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 80.0 (39th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 62.2 (6, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 48.7 (15, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.9 (4, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.6 (164, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 38.3 (10, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 69.3 (282, 7)
Rebound Margin: 3.1 (80, 2)
Assists Per Game: 14.9 (73, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.7 (21, 1)