2025–26 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team

2025–26 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball
2025–26 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Record	4–9 (0–2 MAAC)
Head coach	Donny Lind (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Keith Chesley; Jeremy Freeman; Dave Matturro; Sidy Sall; Andrew Winton;
Home arena	Knott Arena

2025–26 MAAC men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Marist	2	–	0	1.000	8	–	3	.727
Quinnipiac	2	–	0	1.000	9	–	4	.692
Siena	2	–	0	1.000	9	–	4	.692
Saint Peter's	2	–	0	1.000	5	–	5	.500
Merrimack	2	–	0	1.000	6	–	7	.462
Iona	1	–	1	.500	9	–	4	.692
Manhattan	1	–	1	.500	5	–	8	.385
Sacred Heart	1	–	1	.500	5	–	8	.385
Fairfield	0	–	2	.000	8	–	5	.615
Canisius	0	–	2	.000	5	–	8	.385
Mount St. Mary's	0	–	2	.000	4	–	9	.308
Niagara	0	–	2	.000	3	–	9	.250
Rider	0	–	2	.000	1	–	10	.091

† 2026 MAAC tournament winner As of December 22, 2025

The 2025–26 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team represents Mount St. Mary's University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers, led by second-year head coach Donny Lind, play their home games at Knott Arena in Emmitsburg, Maryland as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the 2024–25 season 23–13, 12–8 in MAAC play, to finish in a tie for fourth place.^[1] They defeated Marist,^[2] Merrimack^[3] and Iona to win the MAAC tournament championship game for the first time since joining the conference in the 2022–23 season, and their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2021.^[4] In the NCAA tournament, the Mountaineers would receive the #16 seed in the East Region,^[5] where they would defeat fellow #16 seed American in the First Four,^[6] before falling to #1 region seed Duke in the First Round.^[7]

Preseason

On September 30, 2025, the MAAC released their preseason coaches poll. Mount St. Mary's was picked to finish ninth in the conference.^[8]

Preseason rankings

MAAC Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Points
1	Quinnipiac	158 (8)
2	Siena	152 (3)
3	Sacred Heart	140 (2)
4	Manhattan	133
5	Marist	115
6	Iona	104
7	Merrimack	85
8	Fairfield	74
9	Mount St. Mary's	69
10	Rider	59
11	Saint Peter's	48
12	Niagara	26
13	Canisius	20
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[8]

Preseason All-MAAC Teams

Preseason All-MAAC Teams
Team	Player	Position	Year
Third	Xavier Lipscomb	Guard	Graduate Student

Source:^[8]

Roster

2025–26 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Anastasios Rozakeas	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Florida State	Athens, Greece
G	2	Arlandus Keyes	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	Sr	Ellsworth Community College	Florissant, Missouri
G	3	John Miller IV	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	GS	Marriotts Ridge High School	Eldersburg, Maryland
G	4	Mason So	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	UNC Greensboro	Burke, Virginia
F	5	Trey Deveaux	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	GS	Western Illinois	Lincoln, Nebraska
G	6	Jaxon Hartman	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS So	West Virginia Wesleyan	Staunton, Virginia
F	7	Elijah Espinosa	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Fr	Red Land High School	Etters, Pennsylvania
G	8	Justin May	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Link Academy	Little Rock, Arkansas
G	9	Abdou Khadre Kébé	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	NBA Academy Latin America	Dakar, Senegal
G	10	Patrick Haigh	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Bishop Guilfoyle High School	Altoona, Pennsylvania
F	11	Justin Amadi	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Sr	Tulsa	Greenville, South Carolina
F	21	Luke McEldon	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	RS Jr	Santa Clara	London, England
G	22	Noah Rogers	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	St. Mary's Ryken High School	Waldorf, Maryland
F	23	Yakhya Diop	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	NBA Academy Africa	Dakar, Senegal
G	30	Anthony Arrington	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Jr	Wofford	Atlanta, Georgia
G	45	Xavier Lipscomb	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	GS	Radford	Washington, D.C.

Head coach

Donny Lind (Loyola (MD))

Assistant coach(es)

Keith Chesley (Maine–Augusta)
Jeremy Freeman (Cornell)
Dave Matturro (St. John Fisher)
Sidy Sall (Christian Brothers)
Andrew Winton (Gettysburg)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 15, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2025* 7:00 pm	at Hood	W 85–70	–	Woodsboro Bank Arena (384) Frederick, MD
Regular season
November 4, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at West Virginia	L 54–70	0–1	Hope Coliseum (10,081) Morgantown, WV
November 7, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Bucknell	L 62–73	0–2	Knott Arena (2,821) Emmitsburg, MD
November 11, 2025* 7:00 pm, NECFR	at Saint Francis	W 74–66	1–2	DeGol Arena (827) Loretto, PA
November 16, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cincinnati	L 55–72	1–3	Fifth Third Arena (9,007) Cincinnati, OH
November 19, 2025* 7:00 pm, B1G+	at Maryland	L 90–95 ^OT	1–4	Xfinity Center (10,318) College Park, MD
November 23, 2025* 3:00 pm, ESPN+	at Western Michigan	L 60–83	1–5	University Arena (1,284) Kalamazoo, MI
November 25, 2025* 6:30 pm, BTN	at Ohio State	L 60–113	1–6	Value City Arena (10,140) Columbus, OH
November 29, 2025* 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Howard	W 79–75	2–6	Knott Arena (1,407) Emmitsburg, MD
December 3, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Sacred Heart	L 80–87	2–7 (0–1)	Knott Arena (1,782) Emmitsburg, MD
December 5, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Marist	L 56–64	2–8 (0–2)	McCann Arena (1,759) Poughkeepsie, NY
December 13, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Loyola	W 81–73	3–8	Reitz Arena (842) Baltimore, MD
December 19, 2025* 7:00 pm, FloCollege	at Drexel	L 67−75	3−9	Daskalakis Athletic Center (748) Philadelphia, PA
December 21, 2025* 12:00 pm, ESPN+	Penn State Brandywine	W 73−42	4−9	Knott Arena (1,260) Emmitsburg, MD
December 29, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Iona			Knott Arena Emmitsburg, MD
January 2, 2026 TBD, ESPN+	at Merrimack			Lawler Arena North Andover, MA
January 4, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Quinnipiac			M&T Bank Arena Hamden, CT
January 9, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Saint Peter's			Knott Arena Emmitsburg, MD
January 11, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Siena			Knott Arena Emmitsburg, MD
January 17, 2026 12:00 pm, ESPN+	at Canisius			Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, NY
January 19, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Niagara			Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY
January 22, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Quinnipiac			Knott Arena Emmitsburg, MD
January 24, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+	Rider			Knott Arena Emmitsburg, MD
January 30, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Saint Peter's			Run Baby Run Arena Jersey City, NJ
February 1, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Manhattan			Knott Arena Emmitsburg, MD
February 5, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Merrimack			Knott Arena Emmitsburg, MD
February 7, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Iona			Hynes Athletics Center New Rochelle, NY
February 13, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Rider			Alumni Gymnasium Lawrenceville, NJ
February 20, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Niagara			Knott Arena Emmitsburg, MD
February 22, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Canisius			Knott Arena Emmitsburg, MD
February 27, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Sacred Heart			William H. Pitt Center Fairfield, CT
March 1, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Fairfield			Leo D. Mahoney Arena Fairfield, CT
MAAC tournament
March 5–10, 2026 ESPN+	vs.			Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[9]^[10]

References

^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
^ "Dola Adebayo double-double helps Mount St. Mary's beat Marist 62-58 in MAAC Tournament quarterfinal". CBS Sports. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
^ "Mount St. Mary's upsets No. 2 Merrimack 57-55 in Metro Atlantic semifinals". FOX Sports. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
^ "Mount St. Mary's tops Iona for MAAC men's basketball title, heads to NCAA tournament". The Journal News. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
^ "Latest bracket, schedule and scores for the 2025 NCAA men's tournament". NCAA.com. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
^ "Mount St. Mary's Beats American, Impresses Fans Ahead of March Madness Battle vs. Duke". Bleacher Report. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
^ "No. 1 seed Duke rolls past Mount St. Mary's 93-49 to open NCAAs in Flagg's return from injury". AP News. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Quinnipiac Voted as MAAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll Favorites". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Mount St. Mary's University. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
^ "Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 15, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2025.

[2] "Dola Adebayo double-double helps Mount St. Mary's beat Marist 62-58 in MAAC Tournament quarterfinal". CBS Sports. Retrieved November 15, 2025.

[3] "Mount St. Mary's upsets No. 2 Merrimack 57-55 in Metro Atlantic semifinals". FOX Sports. Retrieved November 15, 2025.

[4] "Mount St. Mary's tops Iona for MAAC men's basketball title, heads to NCAA tournament". The Journal News. Retrieved November 15, 2025.

[5] "Latest bracket, schedule and scores for the 2025 NCAA men's tournament". NCAA.com. Retrieved November 15, 2025.

[6] "Mount St. Mary's Beats American, Impresses Fans Ahead of March Madness Battle vs. Duke". Bleacher Report. Retrieved November 15, 2025.

[7] "No. 1 seed Duke rolls past Mount St. Mary's 93-49 to open NCAAs in Flagg's return from injury". AP News. Retrieved November 15, 2025.

[poll-8] "Quinnipiac Voted as MAAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll Favorites". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2025.

[9] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Mount St. Mary's University. Retrieved November 15, 2025.

[10] "Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 15, 2025.

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