2025–26 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team

2025–26 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball
2025–26 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	6–8 (1–1 Big West)
Head coach	Gus Argenal (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Tim Bross; Blake Wetherington; Reuben Williams; Matthew Musselman;
Home arena	SRC Arena; (Capacity: 3,168)

2025–26 Big West Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Hawai'i	2	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
UC Santa Barbara	2	–	0	1.000	9	–	4	.692
UC Irvine	2	–	0	1.000	9	–	5	.643
UC San Diego	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
Cal State Northridge	1	–	1	.500	8	–	5	.615
UC Riverside	1	–	1	.500	6	–	8	.429
Cal Poly	1	–	1	.500	5	–	9	.357
UC Davis	0	–	1	.000	6	–	5	.545
Cal State Bakersfield	0	–	2	.000	6	–	8	.429
Cal State Fullerton	0	–	2	.000	5	–	8	.385
Long Beach State	0	–	2	.000	3	–	10	.231

† 2026 Big West tournament winner As of December 23, 2025

The 2025–26 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represents the University of California, Riverside during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by first-year head coach Gus Argenal, play their home games at the SRC Arena in Riverside, California as members of the Big West Conference.

Previous season

The Highlanders finished the 2024–25 season 21–13, 14–6 in Big West play to finish in a tie for third place.^[1] As the No. 3 seed in the Big West tournament, they were upset by Cal Poly in the quarterfinals.^[2] They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament.^[3] There they lost to Santa Clara in the first round.^[4]

On March 29, 2025, head coach Mike Magpayo left the team to take the head coaching position at Fordham.^[5] On May 1, the school announced that Cal State San Bernardino head coach Gus Argenal would be the team's new head coach.^[6]

Preseason

On October 16, 2025, the Big West Conference released their preseason coaches poll. UC Riverside was picked to finish ninth in the conference.^[7]

Preseason rankings

Big West Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Points
1	UC Irvine	98 (8)
2	UC Santa Barbara	93 (3)
3	Hawai'i	76
4	UC San Diego	69
5	Cal State Northridge	63
6	UC Davis	58
7	Cal Poly	54
8	Long Beach State	31
9	UC Riverside	26
10	Cal State Bakersfield	20
11	Cal State Fullerton	17
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[7]

Preseason All-Big West Team

No players were named the Preseason All-Big West Team.^[7]

Roster

2025–26 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Tyler Jones	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	So	Archbishop Mitty High School	Morgan Hill, California
G	1	De'Undrae Perteete Jr.	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So	Westmont	Antioch, California
G	2	EJ Spillman	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Fr	Pacifica Christian High School	Long Beach, California
G	7	Parker Strauss	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Northwestern	Costa Mesa, California
F	8	BJ Kolly	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	GS	Montana State	Everett, Washington
F	9	Osiris Grady	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Utah Valley	Las Vegas, Nevada
G	10	Marqui Worthy Jr.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	Jr	UMass	Anaheim, California
G	12	Andrew Henderson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	GS	Cal State San Bernardino	Los Angeles, California
G	13	Ben Waller	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr	Lavalla Catholic	Traralgon, Australia
F	22	Denzel Hines	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Coastal Carolina	Fontana, California
F	23	Dylan Godfrey	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Canisius	Newport Beach, California
F	32	Amaury McKinney	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	RS Fr	Jesuit High School	Sacramento, California
C	34	Daniel Tobiloba	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	Jr	South Florida	Lagos, Nigeria
G	35	Gavin Haase	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	RS Fr	Palo Alto High School	Palo Alto, California
F	44	Jailen Daniel-Dalton	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	GS	San Francisco State	Henderson, Nevada

Head coach

Gus Argenal (UC Davis)

Assistant coach(es)

Tim Bross (Gonzaga)
Blake Wetherington (Murray State)
Reuben Williams (Willamette)
Matthew Musselman (San Diego)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 28, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 3, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	La Sierra	W 90–49	1–0	19 – Henderson	8 – Grady	7 – Godfrey	SRC Arena (556) Riverside, CA
November 6, 2025* 5:00 pm, SLN	at North Dakota	W 74–70	2–0	21 – Worthy Jr.	6 – Grady	5 – Worthy Jr.	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,533) Grand Forks, ND
November 11, 2025* 6:00 pm, MW Network	at New Mexico	L 68–82	2–1	27 – Henderson	10 – Hines	3 – Worthy Jr.	The Pit (11,689) Albuquerque, NM
November 15, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	North Dakota	L 74–76	2–2	20 – Worthy Jr.	11 – Grady	7 – Worthy Jr.	SRC Arena (375) Riverside, CA
November 18, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at California Baptist Acrisure Series on-campus game	L 57–80	2–3	15 – Worthy	6 – Worthy	3 – Worthy	Fowler Events Center (3,766) Riverside, CA
November 21, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at San Diego Acrisure Series on-campus game	W 85–71	3–3	19 – Kolly	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,589) San Diego, CA
November 24, 2025* 12:00 pm, ESPN+	Grambling State Acrisure Series on-campus game	W 83–74	4–3	34 – Henderson	9 – Tied	3 – Tied	SRC Arena (355) Riverside, CA
November 29, 2025* 3:00 pm, ESPN+	at Utah Tech	L 69–77	4–4	17 – Grady	5 – Tied	3 – Worthy	Burns Arena (1,107) St. George, UT
December 4, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Irvine	L 60–73	4–5 (0–1)	26 – Worthy Jr.	8 – Worthy Jr.	2 – Tied	Bren Events Center (1,441) Irvine, CA
December 6, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cal Poly	W 88–84	5–5 (1–1)	28 – Henderson	9 – Henderson	4 – Worthy	Mott Athletics Center (1,443) San Luis Obispo, CA
December 13, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at No. 10 BYU	L 53–100	5–6	14 – Henderson	7 – Grady	5 – Perteete Jr.	Marriott Center (17,982) Provo, UT
December 16, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Stanton	W 95–70	6–6	26 – Henderson	18 – Grady	4 – Tied	SRC Arena (255) Riverside, CA
December 20, 2025* 7:00 pm, SLN	at St. Thomas	L 78–92	6–7	21 – Grady	7 – Tied	5 – Perteete Jr.	Lee & Penny Anderson Arena (1,780) St. Paul, MN
December 23, 2025* 1:00 pm, BTN	at UCLA	L 65–97	6–8	20 – Grady	7 – Daniel-Dalton	5 – Grady	Pauley Pavilion (4,475) Los Angeles, CA
January 1, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+	Hawai'i						SRC Arena Riverside, CA
January 8, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+	at Cal State Bakersfield						Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA
January 10, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+	UC San Diego						SRC Arena Riverside, CA
January 15, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Long Beach State						Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA
January 17, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal State Fullerton						SRC Arena Riverside, CA
January 22, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	UC Irvine						SRC Arena Riverside, CA
January 24, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Davis						University Credit Union Center Davis, CA
January 29, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Long Beach State						SRC Arena Riverside, CA
January 31, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal Poly						SRC Arena Riverside, CA
February 5, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cal State Fullerton						Titan Gym Fullerton, CA
February 7, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cal State Northridge						Premier America Credit Union Arena Northridge, CA
February 12, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	UC Santa Barbara						SRC Arena Riverside, CA
February 14, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC San Diego						LionTree Arena La Jolla, CA
February 19, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal State Bakersfield						SRC Arena Riverside, CA
February 21, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+	UC Davis						SRC Arena Riverside, CA
February 26, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Santa Barbara						The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA
February 28, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal State Northridge						SRC Arena Riverside, CA
March 5, 2026 9:00 pm, ESPN+	at Hawai'i						Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
Big West tournament
March 11–14, 2026 ESPN+	vs.						Lee's Family Forum Henderson, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Sources:^[8]^[9]

References

^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
^ "Cal Poly wins again, reaching Big West basketball semifinals for first time since 2014". San Luis Obispo Tribune. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
^ "What to know about the 2025 NIT: Bracket, schedule and how to watch the games". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
^ "Santa Clara makes 16 3-pointers in 101-62 win over UC Riverside in NIT". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
^ "UC Riverside's Mike Magpayo hired as men's basketball coach at Fordham". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
^ "UCR names Gus Argenal head men's basketball coach". UC Riverside. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "UC Irvine Predicted to Win The Big West in 2025-26 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll". The Big West. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". UC Riverside Athletics. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
^ "UC Riverside Highlanders 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[2] "Cal Poly wins again, reaching Big West basketball semifinals for first time since 2014". San Luis Obispo Tribune. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[3] "What to know about the 2025 NIT: Bracket, schedule and how to watch the games". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[4] "Santa Clara makes 16 3-pointers in 101-62 win over UC Riverside in NIT". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[5] "UC Riverside's Mike Magpayo hired as men's basketball coach at Fordham". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[6] "UCR names Gus Argenal head men's basketball coach". UC Riverside. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[poll-7] "UC Irvine Predicted to Win The Big West in 2025-26 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll". The Big West. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[8] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". UC Riverside Athletics. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[9] "UC Riverside Highlanders 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

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