2024–25 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team

2024–25 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball
2024–25 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	6–5 (0–0 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Justin Gray (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Jayson Gee; Ryne Lightfoot; Kyle Taylor; Zack Freesman;
Home arena	HTC Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Arkansas State	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	3	.769
South Alabama	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	4	.667
Texas State	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	4	.667
Troy	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	4	.667
Southern Miss	1	–	0	1.000	5	–	7	.417
Old Dominion	1	–	0	1.000	4	–	8	.333
Louisiana	1	–	0	1.000	3	–	9	.250
Georgia Southern	0	–	1	.000	7	–	6	.538
Marshall	0	–	1	.000	7	–	6	.538
Appalachian State	0	–	1	.000	6	–	6	.500
Coastal Carolina	0	–	1	.000	6	–	6	.500
James Madison	0	–	1	.000	6	–	6	.500
Georgia State	0	–	1	.000	4	–	8	.333
Louisiana–Monroe	0	–	1	.000	4	–	10	.286

† 2025 Sun Belt tournament winner As of December 21, 2024

The 2024–25 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team represents Coastal Carolina University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chanticleers, led by 1st-year head coach Justin Gray. play their home games at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Previous season

Offseason

Justin Gray was hired as the head coach of Coastal Carolina on March 11, 2024. He was previously the head coach at Western Carolina, where he led Western Carolina to consecutive winning seasons for the first time in 13 years.^[1]

Preseason

Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll

The Chanticleers were picked to finish in thirteenth place in the conference's preseason poll.^[2]

Predicted finish	Team (1st-place votes)
Coaches poll
1	Arkansas State – 193 (12)
2	James Madison – 170 (1)
3	Troy – 155 (1)
4	Louisiana – 144
5	Southern Miss – 133
6	App State – 122
7	Texas State – 89
T8	Georgia Southern – 85
T8	Old Dominion – 85
10	Marshall – 79
11	South Alabama – 78
12	Georgia State – 75
13	Coastal Carolina – 34
14	ULM – 28

Roster

2024–25 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	DA Houston	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	GS	Longwood	Houston, TX
G	2	Rasheed Jones	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Western Carolina	Marion, IN
F	3	Braeden MacVicar	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Rothesay Netherwood School	Port Williams, Nova Scotia
G	5	Joshua Meo	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Mineral Area College	Orlando, FL
G	7	Andre Mulibea	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Jr	Eastern Washington	Kigoma, Tanzania
G	10	Naz Brown	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Oklahoma State	Fort Worth, TX
G	11	Jackson Keil	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Western Wyoming Community College	Sterling, CO
G	13	Henry Abraham	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	GS	Eastern Illinois	Cambridge, MN
F	14	Marcus Watson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	GS	Towson	Buford, GA
F	15	Jordan Battle	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Salt Lake Community College	Chesapeake, VA
F	20	Connor Martin	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS So	Trevecca	Clinton, TN
C	21	Noah Amenhauser	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	So	Grand Canyon	Goodyear, AZ
F	22	Denzel Hines	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	High Point	Fontana, CA
G	30	Charles Dunlap	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Spring Valley High School	Columbia, SC
C	32	Colin Granger	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	GS	Western Carolina	Johns Creek, GA
C	50	Mabor Majak	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	GS	Missouri	Fishers, IN

Head coach

Justin Gray (Wake Forest)

Assistant coach(es)

Jayson Gee (Charleston (WV))
Ryne Lightfoot (Bethel (IN))
Kyle Taylor (UCLA)
Zack Freesman (North Florida)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 14, 2024

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Western Michigan MAC-SBC Challenge	W 60–56	1–0	15 – Jones	11 – Lobsinger	3 – Battle	HTC Center (2,192) Conway, SC
November 9, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at East Carolina	L 59–63	1–1	20 – Jones	12 – Hines	3 – Battle	Minges Colliseum (4,331) Greenville, NC
November 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCN	at NC State	L 70–82	1–2	17 – Jones	8 – Hines	3 – Abraham	Lenovo Center (12,425) Raleigh, NC
November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Jacksonville State	L 53–71	1–3	31 – Pierre Jr.	8 – Nicholson	3 – Pierre Jr.	HTC Center (1,604) Conway, SC
November 22, 2024* 5:00 p.m.	vs. IU Indy Alabama A&M MTE	W 71–57	2–3	11 – Jones	10 – Amenhauser	5 – Meo	Alabama A&M Events Center (297) Huntsville, AL
November 23, 2024* 6:00 p.m.	vs. Alabama A&M Alabama A&M MTE	L 70–77	2–4	15 – Amenhauser	12 – Amenhauser	4 – Hines	Alabama A&M Events Center (1,651) Huntsville, AL
November 30, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	USC Upstate	W 73–51	3–4	13 – Tied	8 – Tied	3 – Jones	HTC Center (1,242) Conway, SC
December 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops	at Campbell	W 58–57	4–4	20 – Amenhauser	8 – Hines	5 – Jones	Pope Convocation Center (1,283) Buies Creek, NC
December 7, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Winthrop	L 89–96	4–5	21 – Jones	7 – Jones	4 – Jones	Winthrop Coliseum (1,798) Rock Hill, SC
December 11, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Southern Virginia	W 82–57	5–5	18 – Battle	6 – Majak	3 – Tied	HTC Center (1,487) Conway, SC
December 17, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops	at North Carolina A&T	W 73-68	6-5	29 – Glasper	10 – Hines	4 – Shell	Corbett Sports Center (923) Greensboro, NC
Sun Belt regular season
December 21, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Arkansas State						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
December 29, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	Warner						HTC Center Conway, SC
January 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Louisiana						HTC Center Conway, SC
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Louisiana-Monroe						HTC Center Conway, SC
January 8, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Appalachian State						Holmes Center Boone, NC
January 11, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Georgia State						GSU Convocation Center Atlanta, GA
January 16, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Georgia Southern						HTC Center Conway, SC
January 18, 2025 3:30 p.m., ESPN+	Marshall						HTC Center Conway, SC
January 22, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Georgia Southern						Hill Convocation Center Statesboro, GA
January 25, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Old Dominion						Chartway Arena Norfolk, VA
January 30, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at James Madison						Atlantic Union Bank Center Harrisonburg, VA
February 1, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Marshall						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	South Alabama						HTC Center Conway, SC
February 8, 2025*	TBA MAC-SBC Challenge
February 13, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Appalachian State						HTC Center Conway, SC
February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	James Madison						HTC Center Conway, SC
February 20, 2025 ESPN+	at Southern Miss						Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
February 22, 2025 ESPN+	at Troy						Trojan Arena Troy, AL
February 26, 2025 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	Georgia State						HTC Center Conway, SC
February 28 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	Old Dominion						HTC Center Conway, SC
Sun Belt tournament
March 4–9, 2025 TBA, ESPN+	vs. TBD						Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[4]

References

^ "Coastal Carolina hires Western Carolina coach Justin Gray as men's basketball coach". USA Today.
^ "Arkansas State Tops 2024-25 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Preseason Poll". sunbeltsports.org. October 14, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster".
^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "Coastal Carolina hires Western Carolina coach Justin Gray as men's basketball coach". USA Today.

[:0-2] "Arkansas State Tops 2024-25 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Preseason Poll". sunbeltsports.org. October 14, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

[3] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster".

[4] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule".

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