2025–26 Alcorn State Braves basketball team

2025–26 Alcorn State Braves basketball
2025–26 Alcorn State Braves basketball
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	5–18 (4–7 SWAC)
Head coach	Jake Morton (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Adam Braswell; Devon Smith; Darryl Prue;
Home arena	Davey Whitney Complex

2025–26 SWAC men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Bethune–Cookman	10	–	2	.833	13	–	12	.520
Southern	8	–	4	.667	12	–	13	.480
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	8	–	4	.667	11	–	14	.440
Alabama A&M	7	–	5	.583	14	–	11	.560
Jackson State	7	–	5	.583	8	–	17	.320
Florida A&M	6	–	6	.500	9	–	14	.391
Texas Southern	6	–	6	.500	8	–	15	.348
Grambling State	5	–	6	.455	11	–	13	.458
Alabama State	5	–	7	.417	8	–	17	.320
Alcorn State	5	–	7	.417	6	–	18	.250
Prairie View A&M	4	–	8	.333	9	–	16	.360
Mississippi Valley State	0	–	11	.000	1	–	24	.040

† 2026 SWAC tournament winner As of February 14, 2026

The 2025–26 Alcorn State Braves basketball team represents Alcorn State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Braves, led by first-year head coach Jake Morton, play their home games at the Davey Whitney Complex in Lorman, Mississippi as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

Previous season

The Braves finished the 2024–25 season 11–21, 11–7 in SWAC play, to finish in sixth place.^[1] In the SWAC tournament, they were defeated in the quarterfinal round by Bethune–Cookman.^[2]

Preseason

On October 8, 2025, the SWAC released their preseason polls. Alcorn State was picked to finish tenth in the conference.^[3]

Preseason rankings

SWAC Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Bethune–Cookman	232 (12)
2	Southern	214 (5)
3	Jackson State	208 (1)
4	Alabama State	183 (3)
5	Texas Southern	182
6	Alabama A&M	163
7	Grambling State	151
8	Florida A&M	115
9	Prairie View A&M	99
10	Alcorn State	74
11	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	70 (1)
12	Mississippi Valley State	25
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[3]

Preseason All-SWAC Teams

No players were named to the First or Second Preseason All-SWAC Teams.^[3]

Roster

2025–26 Alcorn State Braves men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Shane Lancaster	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	Jr	Miami Dade College	Bowie, MD
G	1	Jameel Morris	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Fairleigh Dickinson	Willingboro, NJ
F	2	Jeremy Ellis	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	Jr	-	Hamilton, NJ
G	3	Davian Williams	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Vicksburg HS	Vicksburg, MS
G	4	Bryson Calamese	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Iowa Western	Little Rock, AR
F	6	William Henderson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Lane College	Richmond, VA
F	7	Nick Woodard	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Stony Brook	Macon, GA
F	8	Tycen McDaniels	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Itawamba CC	Columbus, GA
G	10	Alex Hawkins	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Lawson State CC	Frederick, MD
F	12	Omari Hamilton	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Chattahoochee Valley CC	Atlanta, GA
G/F	22	Mike Jones	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Fr	Chicago Prep Academy	Rockford, IL
G	30	Travis Roberts	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Marist	Waldorf, MD

Head coach

Jake Morton (Miami (FL))

Assistant coach(es)

Adam Braswell (Morgan State)
Devon Smith (Ohio State)
Darryl Prue

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 8, 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 4, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Florida State	L 76–108	0–1	16 – Woodard	6 – Woodard	3 – Woodard	Tucker Civic Center (5,397) Tallahassee, FL
November 6, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at South Alabama	L 70–76	0–2	25 – Lancaster	7 – Woodard	3 – Woodard	Mitchell Center (1,654) Mobile, AL
November 8, 2025* 11:00 a.m., Peacock	at Minnesota	L 50–95	0–3	9 – Henderson	4 – Hamilton	3 – Williams	The Barn (7,166) Minneapolis, MN
November 11, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	at Maryland	L 64–84	0–4	22 – Morris	5 – Jones	5 – Jones	XFINITY Center (10,461) College Park, MD
November 13, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Howard	L 64–72	0–5	14 – Lancaster	7 – McDaniels	2 – Morris	Burr Gymnasium (1,891) Washington, DC
November 18, 2025* 7:00 p.m., SECN+	at LSU	L 81–107	0–6	21 – Williams	9 – Roberts	3 – Calamese	Pete Maravich Center (6,291) Baton Rouge, LA
November 23, 2025* 1:00 p.m., SECN+	at Oklahoma	L 53–72	0–7	12 – McDaniels	8 – Jones	2 – Morris	Lloyd Noble Center (4,746) Norman, OK
November 28, 2025* 1:00 p.m.	vs. Indiana State Louisiana Tech MTE	W 81–74	1–7	18 – Morris	10 – McDaniels	3 – Woodard	Thomas Assembly Center (160) Ruston, LA
November 29, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech MTE	L 58–83	1–8	11 – McDaniels	6 – Morris	3 – Morris	Thomas Assembly Center (1,938) Ruston, LA
December 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at No. 10 Iowa State	L 68–132	1–9	17 – Morris	6 – Jones	5 – Calamese	Hilton Coliseum (13,429) Ames, IA
December 19, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Baylor	L 56–113	1–10	17 – Lancaster	4 – Tied	3 – Calamese	Foster Pavilion (7,019) Waco, TX
December 29, 2025* 7:00 p.m., SECN	at Ole Miss	L 43–79	1–11	17 – McDaniels	6 – McDaniels	3 – Woodard	SJB Pavilion (8,362) Oxford, MS
SWAC regular season
January 3, 2026 3:00 p.m.	at Jackson State	L 86–89	1–12 (0–1)	24 – Williams	7 – Woodard	5 – Morris	Williams Assembly Center (2,220) Jackson, MS
January 10, 2026 4:00 p.m.	at Alabama A&M	W 64–62	2–12 (1–1)	21 – Morris	8 – Morris	4 – Morris	Alabama A&M Events Center (2,312) Huntsville, AL
January 12, 2026 6:00 p.m.	at Alabama State	L 66–81	2–13 (1–2)	15 – Lancaster	8 – McDaniels	4 – Morris	Dunn–Oliver Acadome (1,101) Montgomery, AL
January 17, 2026 3:00 p.m.	Texas Southern	L 71–72	2–14 (1–3)	15 – Williams	9 – McDaniels	4 – Morris	Davey Whitney Complex Lorman, MS
January 19, 2026 2:00 p.m.	Prairie View A&M	W 76–75	3–14 (2–3)	20 – Hamilton	9 – Hamilton	7 – Morris	Davey Whitney Complex (454) Lorman, MS
January 24, 2026 5:00 p.m.	at Florida A&M	L 58–66	3–15 (2–4)	20 – McDaniels	9 – McDaniels	3 – Tied	Al Lawson Center (1,101) Tallahassee, FL
January 26, 2026 6:00 p.m.	at Bethune–Cookman	L 73-82	3-16 (2-5)	16 – Lancaster	8 – McDaniels	3 – Tied	Moore Gymnasium (912) Daytona Beach, FL
January 31, 2026 3:00 p.m.	Southern	W 78-73	4-16 (3-5)	22 – Lancaster	7 – McDaniels	5 – Lancaster	Davey Whitney Complex (994) Lorman, MS
February 2, 2026 7:00 p.m.	Grambling State	L 50-74	4-17 (3-6)	15 – Morris	8 – Woodard	3 – Lancaster	Davey Whitney Complex (862) Lorman, MS
February 7, 2026 5:30 p.m.	at Arkansas–Pine Bluff	L 77-84	4-18 (3-7)	18 – Williams	5 – McDaniels	6 – Morris	H.O. Clemmons Arena (2,173) Pine Bluff, AR
February 9, 2026 7:00 p.m.	at Mississippi Valley State	W 74-66	5-18 (4-7)	16 – Woodard	4 – Tied	5 – Lancaster	Harrison HPER Complex (219) Itta Bena, MS
February 14, 2026 3:00 p.m.	Bethune–Cookman						Davey Whitney Complex Lorman, MS
February 16, 2026 7:00 p.m.	Florida A&M						Davey Whitney Complex Lorman, MS
February 21, 2026 3:00 p.m.	Jackson State						Davey Whitney Complex Lorman, MS
February 26, 2026 7:00 p.m.	at Texas Southern						H&PE Arena Houston, TX
February 28, 2026 4:30 p.m.	at Prairie View A&M						William Nicks Building Prairie View, TX
March 3, 2026 8:00 p.m.	Mississippi Valley State						Davey Whitney Complex Lorman, MS
March 5, 2026 8:00 p.m.	Arkansas–Pine Bluff						Davey Whitney Complex Lorman, MS
SWAC tournament
March 9–14 2026	vs.						Gateway Center Arena College Park, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Alcorn State University Athletics. March 2025. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
^ "Men's Basketball Falls to Bethune-Cookman in SWAC Quarterfinals, 69-60". Alcorn State University Athletics. March 14, 2025. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "SWAC Announces 2025 Men's Basketball Preseason Selections". Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Alcorn State University Athletics. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
^ "Alcorn State Braves Schedule 2025-26". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 8, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Alcorn State University Athletics. March 2025. Retrieved December 8, 2025.

[2] "Men's Basketball Falls to Bethune-Cookman in SWAC Quarterfinals, 69-60". Alcorn State University Athletics. March 14, 2025. Retrieved December 8, 2025.

[poll-3] "SWAC Announces 2025 Men's Basketball Preseason Selections". Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 16, 2025.

[4] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Alcorn State University Athletics. Retrieved December 8, 2025.

[5] "Alcorn State Braves Schedule 2025-26". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 8, 2025.

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