2025–26 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team

2025–26 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball
2025–26 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball
Pensacola Invitational champions
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	5–4 (0–0 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Jay Ladner (7th season);
Associate head coach	Win Case
Assistant coaches	Luke Adams; Noah Croak; Bryce Garris; Scott Moses;
Home arena	Reed Green Coliseum

2025–26 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
South Alabama	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	3	.750
Arkansas State	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	4	.667
Appalachian State	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	5	.615
Southern Miss	1	–	0	1.000	7	–	5	.583
Old Dominion	1	–	0	1.000	4	–	8	.333
Marshall	0	–	0	–	7	–	4	.636
Georgia Southern	0	–	0	–	8	–	5	.615
Troy	0	–	0	–	7	–	5	.583
Georgia State	0	–	0	–	2	–	9	.182
James Madison	0	–	1	.000	7	–	5	.583
Texas State	0	–	1	.000	7	–	6	.538
Coastal Carolina	0	–	1	.000	6	–	6	.500
Louisiana–Monroe	0	–	1	.000	3	–	9	.250
Louisiana	0	–	1	.000	1	–	11	.083

† 2026 Sun Belt tournament winner As of December 18, 2025

The 2025–26 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team represents the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by seventh-year head coach Jay Ladner, play their home games at Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Previous season

The Golden Eagles finished the 2024–25 season 11–22, 5–13 in Sun Belt play, to finish in 12th place.^[1] They defeated Coastal Carolina,^[2] before falling to Georgia Southern in the second round of the Sun Belt tournament.^[3]

Preseason

On October 20, 2025, the Sun Belt released their preseason poll. Southern Miss was picked to finish 12th in the conference.^[4]

Preseason rankings

Sun Belt Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Points
1	James Madison	175 (1)
2	Arkansas State	154 (3)
3	South Alabama	152 (4)
4	Troy	148 (1)
5	Old Dominion	145 (2)
6	Marshall	128 (1)
7	Appalachian State	123 (1)
8	Texas State	106
9	Louisiana	95 (1)
10	Georgia Southern	66
11	Georgia State	59
12	Southern Miss	57
13	Coastal Carolina	43
14	Louisiana–Monroe	19
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[4]

Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams

No players were named to the First, Second or Third All-Sun Belt Teams.^[4]

Roster

2025–26 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Israel 'Izzy' Hart	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	164 lb (74 kg)	RS Sr	Central Oklahoma	Midwest City, Oklahoma
G	1	Curt Lewis	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	GS	East Tennessee State	Louisville, Kentucky
G	2	Brewer Carruth	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Parklane Academy	Lake Dixie Springs, Mississippi
G	3	Chiante' Tramble	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	So	Independence Community College	Edmond, Oklahoma
F	4	Tylik Weeks	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Southwest Mississippi Community College	New York, New York
G	5	Jett Montgomery	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Independence High School	Franklin, Tennessee
G	6	Robert Cowherd	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	RS Jr	Ole Miss	Grayson, Georgia
C	7	Fallou Diagne	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	RS Sr	Western Kentucky	Dakar, Senegal
G	8	Chandler Watts	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	So	Eastern Florida State College	Clermont, Florida
G	9	Dalyn Brandon	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	GS	Winston-Salem State	Baltimore, Maryland
G	10	Isaac Taveras	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	South Plains College	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
F	11	EJ Paymon	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	RS Fr	Mississippi State	Raymond, Mississippi
G	12	Felipe Patino	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Eastern Florida State College	Mississauga, Ontario
G	13	Dylan Brumfield	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	Sr	William Carey	Hattiesburg, Mississippi
G	14	Blake Lander	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	LIU	Beverly Hills, California
F	15	Djahi Binet	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	GS	Alcorn State	Nice, France
F	21	IJ Ezuma	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	RS Jr	South Plains College	Raleigh, North Carolina
C	22	Tegra Izay	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	269 lb (122 kg)	GS	Harcum College	Montreal, Quebec

Head coach

Jay Ladner (Southern Miss)

Assistant coach(es)

Win Case (USAO)
Luke Adams (Texas Tech)
Noah Croak (Indiana)
Bryce Garris (Indiana)
Scott Moses (UMass)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 9, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 20, 2025* 6:00 pm	Houston Christian	L 64–69	–	23 – Taveras	7 – Taveras	4 – Brumfield	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
October 27, 2025* 8:00 pm	at Jackson State	W 81–71	–	20 – Taveras	–	–	Williams Assembly Center Jackson, MS
Regular season
November 3, 2025* 5:30 pm, ESPN+	at Buffalo MAC-SBC Challenge	L 79–85	0–1	28 – Taveras	6 – Tied	5 – Weeks	Alumni Arena (1,631) Amherst, NY
November 6, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Tougaloo	W 93–57	1–1	18 – Patino	10 – Taveras	4 – Brumfield	Reed Green Coliseum (2,176) Hattiesburg, MS
November 9, 2025* 5:30 pm, SECN	at South Carolina	L 79–83 ^OT	1–2	25 – Taveras	8 – Taveras	4 – Hart	Colonial Life Arena (11,420) Columbia, SC
November 13, 2025* 7:00 pm	at Grambling State	L 70–75	1–3	19 – Tied	9 – Taveras	3 – Tied	Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (1,578) Grambling, LA
November 18, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	William Carey	W 82–59	2–3	13 – Taveras	8 – Tied	5 – Brumfield	Reed Green Coliseum (3,553) Hattiesburg, MS
November 22, 2025* 7:00 pm	vs. North Florida Pensacola Invitational semifinals	W 92–83	3–3	37 – Weeks	8 – Taveras	7 – Brumfield	Pensacola Bay Center (874) Pensacola, FL
November 23, 2025* 4:30 pm	vs. UT Martin Pensacola Invitational Championship Game	W 70–60	4–3	14 – Tied	7 – Weeks	3 – Tied	Pensacola Bay Center (932) Pensacola, FL
December 3, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Radford	W 82–75	5–3	18 – Tied	13 – Binet	3 – Taveras	Dedmon Center (1,788) Radford, VA
December 6, 2025* 11:00 am, ACCN	at Miami (FL)	L 64–88	5–4	12 – Tied	9 – Binet	5 – Tied	Watsco Center (3,907) Coral Gables, FL
December 8, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Grambling State	W 68–60	6–4	19 – Weeks	8 – Taveras	5 – Taveras	Reed Green Coliseum (2,347) Hattiesburg, MS
December 13, 2025* 2:00 pm, SECN+	vs. Ole Miss Mississippi Coast Coliseum Classic	L 67–71	6–5	20 – Taveras	10 – Weeks	4 – Weeks	Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, MS
December 18, 2025 7:30 pm, ESPN+	Louisiana						Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
December 20, 2025 3:30 pm, ESPN+	Arkansas State						Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
December 29, 2025* 7:00 pm, SECN+	at LSU						Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
January 1, 2026 4:00 pm, ESPN+	at Louisiana–Monroe						Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA
January 3, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Louisiana						Cajundome Lafayette, LA
January 8, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Texas State						Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
January 10, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Louisiana–Monroe						Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
January 14, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Troy						Trojan Arena Troy, AL
January 17, 2026 3:30 pm, ESPN+	at Texas State						Strahan Arena San Marcos, TX
January 22, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Georgia State						GSU Convocation Center Atlanta, GA
January 24, 2026 12:00 pm, ESPN+	at Coastal Carolina						HTC Center Conway, SC
January 29, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Appalachian State						Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
January 31, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	James Madison						Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
February 4, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Marshall						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
February 12, 2026 7:30 pm, ESPN+	South Alabama						Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
February 14, 2026 7:30 pm, ESPN+	Troy						Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
February 21, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Old Dominion						Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
February 24, 2026 7:30 pm, ESPN+	at Arkansas State						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
February 27, 2026 7:30 pm, ESPN+	at South Alabama						Mitchell Center Mobile, AL
Sun Belt tournament
March 3–8, 2026	vs.						Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[5]^[6]

References

^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
^ "Worrell, Gordon lead Southern Miss over Coastal Carolina 66-63 in Sun Belt Conference Tournament". FOX Sports. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
^ "Banks scores 16 as Georgia Southern takes down Southern Miss 78-64 in Sun Belt Conference Tournament". CBS Sports. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "James Madison Tabbed 2025-26 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Favorite & ODU's Davis Named Preseason Player of the Year". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Southern Miss. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
^ "Southern Miss Golden Eagles 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 9, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 9, 2025.

[2] "Worrell, Gordon lead Southern Miss over Coastal Carolina 66-63 in Sun Belt Conference Tournament". FOX Sports. Retrieved November 9, 2025.

[3] "Banks scores 16 as Georgia Southern takes down Southern Miss 78-64 in Sun Belt Conference Tournament". CBS Sports. Retrieved November 9, 2025.

[poll-4] "James Madison Tabbed 2025-26 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Favorite & ODU's Davis Named Preseason Player of the Year". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 9, 2025.

[5] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Southern Miss. Retrieved November 9, 2025.

[6] "Southern Miss Golden Eagles 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 9, 2025.

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