2024–25 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball team

2024–25 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball
2024–25 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	2–1 (0–0 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Bryan Hodgson (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Jamie Quarles; Tee Butters; Derek Rongstad;
Home arena	First National Bank Arena
	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	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Georgia Southern	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
James Madison	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Marshall	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Southern Miss	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Texas State	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Troy	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Appalachian State	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333
Coastal Carolina	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333
Georgia State	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333
Louisiana	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333
South Alabama	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333
Louisiana–Monroe	0	–	0	–	1	–	3	.250
Old Dominion	0	–	0	–	0	–	3	.000

† 2025 Sun Belt tournament winner As of November 13, 2024

The 2024–25 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball team will represent Arkansas State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Red Wolves, led by second-year head coach Bryan Hodgson, will play their home games at the First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro, Arkansas as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Previous season

The Red Wolves finished the 2023–24 season 20–17, 11–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in 4th place. They defeated Louisiana in the quarterfinals and Appalachian State in the semifinals of the Sun Belt tournament before losing to James Madison in the championship game.

They were invited to play in the College Basketball Invitational, where they defeated Bethune–Cookman in the first round and Montana in the quarterfinals before losing to High Point in the semifinals.^[1]

Preseason

Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll

The Red Wolves were picked to finish in first place in the conference's preseason poll.^[2] Redshirt senior forward Kobe Julien was named the preseason player of the year and to the preseason All-SBC First Team.^[2] Senior guard Taryn Todd was named to the conference preseason second team.^[2] Junior forward Izaiyah Nelson was named to the conference preseason third team.^[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 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Rashaud Marshall	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Blytheville High School	Blytheville, Arkansas
F	1	Josh Hill	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Wheeler High School	Laurel, Maryland
F	2	Justin Johnson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Putnam Science Academy	Miami, Florida
G	3	Derrian Ford	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	Jr	Arkansas	Magnolia, Arkansas
G	4	Cody Head	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	So	Lipscomb	Cleveland, Ohio
G	5	Joseph Pinion	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Arkansas	Morrilton, Arkansas
G	6	Taryn Todd	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	Sr	Northwest Florida State College	Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
G	7	Zane Butler	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	166 lb (75 kg)	Sr	Navarro College	Paragould, Arkansas
F	8	Kobe Julien	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	RS Sr	Louisiana	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
G	10	Avery Felts (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	RS Sr	Westside HS	Bono, Arkansas
G	11	Terrance Ford Jr.	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	RS So	Victory Rock Prep	Chicago, Illinois
F	13	Kameron Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	Jr	Collin College	Miami, Florida
F	25	R'Chaun King	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Bartlett High School	Memphis, Tennessee
G	30	Jacob St. Clair	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	RS Fr	Sand Rock HS	Sand Rock, Alabama
F	35	Izaiyah Nelson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Jr	Marietta HS	Marietta, Georgia
F	45	Dyondre Dominguez	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	Sr	UMass	Providence, Rhode Island

Head coach

Bryan Hodgson (Fredonia State)

Assistant coach(es)

Jamie Quarles (Augusta State)
Tee Butters (Clemson)
Derek Rongstad (UW–Whitewater)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 17 October 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 26, 2024* 11:00 a.m.	Trevecca Nazarene	W 78–71		21 – Ford	7 – Tied	5 – Todd	First National Bank Arena (1,783) Jonesboro, AR
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Akron MAC-SBC Challenge	W 80–75 ^OT	1–0	16 – Pinion	10 – Marshall	5 – Tied	First National Bank Arena (4,610) Jonesboro, AR
November 8, 2024* 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	at No. 2 Alabama	L 79–88	1–1	20 – Julien	8 – Marshall	3 – Tied	Coleman Coliseum (13,474) Tuscaloosa, AL
November 12, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Little Rock	W 80–63	2–1	17 – Todd	11 – Marshall	7 – Ford Jr.	First National Bank Arena (5,187) Jonesboro, AR
November 16, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Stephen F. Austin						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
November 22, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Lane College						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
November 29, 2024* 3:30 p.m., FloHoops	vs. Indiana State Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship						Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, The Bahamas
November 30, 2024* 6:00 p.m., FloHoops	vs. Rice Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship						Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, The Bahamas
December 1, 2024* 3:30 p.m., FloHoops	vs. Hofstra Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship						Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, The Bahamas
December 5, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Jackson State						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
December 8, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPNU	at Memphis						FedExForum Memphis, TN
December 12, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UT Arlington						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
December 15, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UAB						Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL
Sun Belt regular season
December 21, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Coastal Carolina						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
January 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Old Dominion						Chartway Arena Norfolk, VA
January 4, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at James Madison						Atlantic Union Bank Center Harrisonburg, VA
January 9, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at South Alabama						Mitchell Center Mobile, AL
January 11, 2025 3:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Troy						Trojan Arena Troy, AL
January 16, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Louisiana						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
January 18, 2025 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	Georgia State						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
January 23, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPN+	Appalachian State						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Texas State						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Southern Miss						Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
February 1, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Texas State						Strahan Arena San Marcos, TX
February 5, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPNU/ESPN+	at Marshall						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
February 8, 2025* TBD	at TBD MAC-SBC Challenge
February 12, 2025 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	Southern Miss						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
February 15, 2025 2:30 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN+	Troy						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	South Alabama						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
February 22, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Louisiana-Monroe						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
February 26, 2025 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Louisiana						Cajundome Lafayette, LA
February 28, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN+	at Louisiana-Monroe						Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA
Sun Belt tournament
March 4–9, 2025 TBD, ESPN+	vs. TBD						Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Source^[3]

References

^ "2023-24 Arkansas State Red Wolves Men's Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Arkansas State Tops 2024-25 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Preseason Poll". sunbeltsports.org. 2024-10-14. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Arkansas State University. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

[1] "2023-24 Arkansas State Red Wolves Men's Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 16 October 2024.

[:0-2] "Arkansas State Tops 2024-25 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Preseason Poll". sunbeltsports.org. 2024-10-14. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

[3] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Arkansas State University. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

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