2025-2026 Men’s Basketball Season Preview

 





2024-2025 record: 11-17 (8-16 Heart)
Starters returning/lost: 0/5
Letterwinners returning/lost: 0/14

Notable losses:
Manny Hammonds
(Heart Freshman of the Year)
Naysean Baisy
(Letterwinner)
Jacore Williams
(Letterwinner)
Roy Jones III
(Letterwinner)

Notable newcomers:
Javion Belle-McCrary, Sr., Reform, Ala.
Alif Bass, Jr., Newark, N.J.
Donovan Rodriguez, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa.

The Statesmen men's basketball team looks to get back to the mountaintop as it enters the 2025-2026 season.

Head Coach John Henry, who is in his 25th campaign, is back at the helm after guiding WPU to an 11-17 record (8-16 Heart) last year.

Javion Belle-McCrary (Sr., Reform, Ala., Sports Management), Alif Bass (Jr., Newark, N.J., Sports Management), and Donovan Rodriguez (Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., Sports Management) all grew as Statesmen while redshirting a season ago.

Foday Sheriff (Jr., Upper Darby, Pa., Business Management), Chase Page (Sr., Melbourne, Australia, Business Management), Yonis Mohamud (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn., Sports Management), Javin Tindall (Jr., Albuquerque, N.M., Sports Management), and Daivion Boleware (Jr., Jackson, Mich., Undecided)--among others--headline a strong recruiting class.

Schedule/Conference: William Penn opens 2025-2026 Wednesday by hosting Rockford. The Statesmen will then start the Heart season on November 15 in Atchison, Kan. versus Benedictine.