2024–25 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team

2024–25 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball
2024–25 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	1–0 (0–0 AAC)
Head coach	Austin Claunch (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Nick Bowman; Joey Brooks; Trevor DeLoach; Joseph Jones; Robby Benavides;
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East Carolina	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	1.000
North Texas	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	1.000
Temple	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	1.000
Tulane	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	1.000
Tulsa	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	1.000
Memphis	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Wichita State	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Charlotte	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Florida Atlantic	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Rice	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
UAB	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
UTSA	0	–	0	–	1	–	1	.500
South Florida	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333

† 2025 AAC tournament winner As of November 13, 2024

The 2024–25 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team will represent the University of Texas at San Antonio in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Roadrunners, will be led by 1st-year head coach Austin Claunch, and will play their home games at Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas as 2nd-year members of the American Athletic Conference (AAC).

Previous season

The Roadrunners finished the 2023-24 season 11–21, 5–13 in conference play to finish in last place in their first year in the AAC. As the 14th seed in the AAC tournament, they would play and lose in the first round to 11th seed Temple.

The season marked the team's second year as a member of American Athletic Conference after being in Conference USA (C-USA) from 2013 to 2023.^[1]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Jordan Ivy-Curry	1	G	6' 3"	175	Junior	La Marque, TX	Transferred to UCF
Carlton Linguard Jr.	2	C	7' 0"	225	RS Senior	San Antonio, TX	Transferred to San Francisco
Trey Edmonds	3	F/C	6' 10"	255	Junior	Aurora, CO	Transferred to Minnesota
Dre Fuller Jr.	4	G	6' 6"	220	Graduate Student	Fayetteville, NC	Graduated
Adante' Holiman	5	PG	6' 0"	175	Sophomore	McAlester, Oklahoma	Transferred to Georgia Southern
Chandler Cuthrell	10	F	6' 8"	220	Junior	Baltimore, MD	Transferred to Purdue Fort Wayne
Isaiah Wyatt	11	G/F	6' 4"	220	RS Junior	Toledo, OH	Graduated
Josh Reid	12	F	6' 7"	220	Junior	Havelock, NC	Transferred to St. Mary's (TX)
Massal Diouf	14	F	6' 9"	240	Sophomore	Gouda, Netherlands	Transferred to Western Illinois
Juan Reyna	20	PG	6' 3"	185	Junior	San Antonio, TX	Transferred to Jackson State
PJ Carter	21	G	6' 5"	175	Junior	Atlanta, GA	Transferred to Memphis
Christian Tucker	22	G	6' 3"	178	Junior	Chandler, AZ	Transferred to California
Blessing Adesipe	23	G/F	6' 6"	210	Junior	Houston, TX	Transferred to Angelo State
Justin Thomas	25	G	6' 7"	180	Junior	Baton Rouge, LA	Transferred to Florida State

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Primo Spears	1	G	6' 3"	185	Senior	Hartford, CT	Florida State
Jaquan Scott	2	F/C	6' 8"	230	Senior	Dallas, TX	Mississippi State
Tai'Reon Joseph	3	G	6' 3"	180	RS Senior	Baton Rouge, LA	Southern
Marcus "Smurf" Millender	4	PG	5' 11"	180	Sophomore	Houston, TX	South Alabama
Raekwon Horton	5	F/G	6' 6"	215	Senior	Santee, SC	James Madison
Mo Njie	C	C	6' 11"	250	Senior	Centerville, OH	SMU
Paul Lewis	7	G	6' 2"	180	Junior	Woodbridge, VA	Vanderbilt
Damari Monsanto	12	G	6' 6"	225	Graduate Student	Pembroke Pines, FL	Wake Forest
LJ Brown	13	G	6' 1"	175	Senior	San Antonio, TX	Presentation College
David Hermes	14	F/C	6' 10"	225	Junior	Stockholm, Sweden	Indian Hills CC
Jonnivius Smith	15	F/C	6' 9"	200	RS Senior	Selma, AL	Buffalo
Jackson Fazande	25	F	6' 5"	185	RS Freshman	Houston, TX	St. Mary's (TX)
Zach Gonsoulin	30	G	6' 1"	175	Junior	Houston, TX	TCU
Skylar Wicks	88	G/F	6' 6"	190	RS Senior	Jersey City, NJ	Incarnate Word

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Baboucarr Njie PF	Centerville, OH	Centerville High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)
Baboucarr Njie PF	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 28, 2024.

2024–25 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Nazar Mahmoud	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Spring Creek Academy	Leander, TX
G	1	Primo Spears	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Florida State	Hartford, CT
F/C	2	Jaquan Scott	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Mississippi State	Dallas, TX
G	3	Tai'Reon Joseph	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Sr	Southern	Baton Rouge, LA
PG	4	Marcus Millender	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	South Alabama	Houston, TX
G/F	5	Raekwon Horton	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	James Madison	Santee, SC
C	6	Mo Njie	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Sr	SMU	Centerville, OH
G	7	Paul Lewis	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Vanderbilt	Woodbridge, VA
G	12	Damari Monsanto	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	GS	Wake Forest	Pembroke Pines, FL
G	13	LJ Brown	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Presentation College	San Antonio, TX
F/C	14	David Hermes	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Indian Hills CC	Stockholm, Sweden
F/C	15	Jonnivius Smith	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Sr	Buffalo	Selma, AL
G/F	24	Baboucarr Njie	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Centerville High School	Centerville, OH
F	25	Jackson Fazande	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	RS Fr	St. Mary's (TX)	Houston, TX
G	30	Zach Gonsoulin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	TCU	Houston, TX
G/F	88	Skylar Wicks	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Sr	Incarnate Word	Jersey City, NJ

Roster
Last update: September 10, 2024

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 15th, 2024* 9:00 p.m., BTN+	at USC Trojan Tipoff Event	L 63–84		14 – Spears	6 – M. Njie	4 – Millender	Galen Center Los Angeles, California
Non-Conference Regular season
November 4th, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	Trinity	W 103–77	1–0	27 – Spears	10 – Smith	7 – Millender	Convocation Center (975) San Antonio, Texas
November 9th, 2024* TBA	North Dakota						Convocation Center San Antonio, Texas
November 12th, 2024* TBA	at Bradley						Peoria Civic Center Peoria, Illinois
November 16th, 2024* TBA	Little Rock						Convocation Center San Antonio, Texas
November 25th, 2024* TBA	at Troy Trojan Turkey Tipoff						Trojan Arena Troy, Alabama
AAC regular season
January 4th, 2025 TBA	at Tulane						Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, Louisiana
January 7th, 2025 TBA	Tulsa						Convocation Center San Antonio, Texas
AAC tournament
March 12-16, 2025 TBA	vs. TBA						Dickies Arena Fort Worth, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Source^[2]

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

^ "UTSA officially joins the American Athletic Conference". The University of Texas at San Antonio. July 1, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
^ "2023-24 UTSA Men's Basketball Schedule". UTSA Athletics. Retrieved September 28, 2023.

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