2025–26 North Alabama Lions men's basketball team

2025–26 North Alabama Lions men's basketball
2025–26 North Alabama Lions men's basketball
Conference	ASUN Conference
Record	5–6 (0–0 ASUN)
Head coach	Tony Pujol (8th season);
Associate head coach	Ahmad Smith
Assistant coaches	Andrew Steele; Eric Wagenlander; Sean Foley;
Home arena	CB&S Bank Arena

2025–26 ASUN men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Lipscomb	0	–	0	–	7	–	5	.583
West Georgia*	0	–	0	–	6	–	6	.500
Austin Peay	0	–	0	–	5	–	5	.500
North Alabama	0	–	0	–	5	–	6	.455
Bellarmine	0	–	0	–	5	–	7	.417
Florida Gulf Coast	0	–	0	–	5	–	7	.417
Queens	0	–	0	–	5	–	7	.417
Central Arkansas	0	–	0	–	5	–	8	.385
Jacksonville	0	–	0	–	5	–	8	.385
Eastern Kentucky	0	–	0	–	4	–	9	.308
Stetson	0	–	0	–	4	–	9	.308
North Florida	0	–	0	–	2	–	10	.167

† 2026 ASUN tournament winner * ineligible for the 2026 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II As of December 23, 2025

The 2025–26 North Alabama Lions men's basketball team represents the University of North Alabama during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions, led by eighth-year head coach Tony Pujol, play their home games at the CB&S Bank Arena located in Florence, Alabama as members the ASUN Conference.

Preseason

On October 17, 2025, the ASUN released their preseason polls. North Alabama was picked to finish second in the coaches poll and first in the media poll, while receiving 18 first-place votes in the latter poll.^[1]

Preseason rankings

ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Queens	136 (6)
2	North Alabama	117
3	Eastern Kentucky	111 (2)
4	Florida Gulf Coast	98 (2)
5	Austin Peay	94 (1)
6	Jacksonville	88
7	Lipscomb	77
8	Central Arkansas	57
9	Stetson	56
10	Bellarmine	36
11	North Florida	34 (1)
12	West Georgia	32
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[1]

ASUN Preseason Media Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	North Alabama	519 (18)
2	Eastern Kentucky	495 (3)
3	Queens	468 (9)
4	Florida Gulf Coast	465 (12)
5	Lipscomb	408 (9)
6	Jacksonville	381
7	Austin Peay	357
8	Stetson	243
9	North Florida	192
10	Bellarmine	189
11	Central Arkansas	174
12	West Georgia	126
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[1]

Preseason All-ASUN Team

Preseason All-ASUN Team
Player	Year	Position
Corneilous Williams^	Redshirt Junior	Forward
Donte Bacchus	Senior	Forward
(^) unanimous selection

Source:^[1]

Roster

2025–26 North Alabama Lions men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Tank Washington	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Coastal Alabama-North CC	Panama City, Florida
F	1	Donte Bacchus	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Snead State CC	Homewood, Alabama
F	2	Corneilous Williams	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	RS Jr	Western Carolina	Beaumont, Mississippi
G	3	Braylon Patton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Hueytown High School	Birmingham, Alabama
G	4	Canin Jefferson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Isidore Newman School	New Orleans, Louisiana
G	5	Kedar Bodie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Bishop State CC	Augusta, Georgia
G	8	Kevin de Kovachich	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Hamilton Heights Academy	Montréal, Québec
G	12	Cortez Graham-Howard	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Hillsboro High School	Nashville, Tennessee
C	21	Israel Jenrette	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	262 lb (119 kg)	So	Valdosta High School	Valdosta, Georgia
C	24	Mitchell Chaffee	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Calhoun CC	Muscle Shoals, Alabama
F	25	DarKaun King	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	TACA Academy	Dallas, Texas
F	34	Dallas Howell	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Sr	Enterprise High School	Coffee Springs, Alabama
C	35	Jamal Albritton	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	RS Sr	Wallace-Selma CC	Montgomery, Alabama
G	55	King Walker	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Fr	Loomis Chaffee School	Detroit, Michigan

Head coach

Tony Pujol (Sterling)

Assistant coach(es)

Ahmad Smith (Appalachian State)
Andrew Steele (Alabama)
Eric Wagenlander (Wofford)
Sean Foley (McDaniel)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 4, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2025* 8:00 pm, SEC Network	at Mississippi State	L 62–86	0–1	16 – Jefferson	13 – Williams	2 – Tied	Humphrey Coliseum (9,060) Starkville, MS
November 7, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Lane College	W 90–84	1–1	22 – Williams	12 – Williams	5 – de Kovachich	CB&S Bank Arena (2,423) Florence, AL
November 11, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Northwestern State	W 87–83 ^OT	2–1	28 – Williams	16 – Williams	4 – Tied	CB&S Bank Arena (2,378) Florence, AL
November 15, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	East Tennessee State	L 74–78	2–2	19 – Tied	12 – Williams	4 – Howell	CB&S Bank Arena (2,256) Florence, AL
November 17, 2025* 8:00 pm, ACC Network	at Clemson	L 61–81	2–3	12 – de Kovachich	5 – Howell	2 – Tied	Littlejohn Coliseum (6,356) Clemson, SC
November 22, 2025* 3:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Chattanooga ASUN/SoCon Challenge	L 57–71	2–4	18 – de Kovachich	6 – Williams	3 – Jefferson	McKenzie Arena (3,455) Chattanooga, TN
November 25, 2025* 12:00 pm, ESPN+	UT Southern	W 92–60	3–4	16 – Williams	10 – Williams	5 – de Kovachich	CB&S Bank Arena (2,112) Florence, AL
December 1, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Jacksonville State	W 73–66	4–4	19 – Bacchus	13 – Williams	4 – Jefferson	Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,634) Jacksonville, AL
December 3, 2025* 9:00 pm, ESPN+	at San Francisco	W 65–63	5–4	20 – Bacchus	8 – Williams	3 – Jefferson	Sobrato Center (1,864) San Francisco, CA
December 15, 2025* 7:00 pm, SWAC TV	at Alabama A&M	L 60–68	5–5	20 – Jefferson	8 – Williams	3 – de Kovachich	Alabama A&M Events Center (1,209) Huntsville, AL
December 19, 2025* 9:00 pm	at Loyola Marymount	L 57–91	5–6	14 – Williams	11 – Williams	3 – Jefferson	Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
ASUN regular season
January 1, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Stetson						CB&S Bank Arena Florence, AL
January 3, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Florida Gulf Coast						CB&S Bank Arena Florence, AL
January 8, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Eastern Kentucky						Alumni Coliseum Richmond, KY
January 10, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Bellarmine						Knights Hall Louisville, KY
January 15, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	North Florida						CB&S Bank Arena Florence, AL
January 17, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Jacksonville						CB&S Bank Arena Florence, AL
January 21, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Queens						Curry Arena Charlotte, NC
January 24, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Central Arkansas						CB&S Bank Arena Florence, AL
January 29, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Florida Gulf Coast						Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL
January 31, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at Stetson						Edmunds Center DeLand, FL
February 4, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+	at Central Arkansas						Farris Center Conway, AR
February 7, 2026 4:00 pm, ESPN+	at Austin Peay						F&M Bank Arena Clarksville, TN
February 11, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	West Georgia						CB&S Bank Arena Florence, AL
February 15, 2026 3:00 pm, ESPNU	Eastern Kentucky						CB&S Bank Arena Florence, AL
February 18, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Queens						CB&S Bank Arena Florence, AL
February 21, 2026 4:00 pm, ESPN+	at Lipscomb						Allen Arena Nashville, TN
February 25, 2026 7:45 pm, ESPN+	Bellarmine						CB&S Bank Arena Florence, AL
February 28, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at West Georgia						The Coliseum Carrollton, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "ASUN Announces Men's Basketball Preseason Honors". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
^ "2025–26 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of North Alabama Athletics. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[poll-1] "ASUN Announces Men's Basketball Preseason Honors". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 16, 2025.

[2] "2025–26 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of North Alabama Athletics. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

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