#144 Texas Southern Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
Texas Southern Tigers
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #144
 
Conference Rank: #1 SWAC
 
 
2023-24 Record: 16-17, 12-6
2023-24 Postseason: CIT
Coach: Johnny Jones
Coach Record: 106-90 at Texas Southern, 401-324 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
PJ Henry, Guard, 14.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.9 spg
Jonathan Cisse, Guard, 13.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.8 apg
Deon Stroud, Guard, 7.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.1 apg
Jahmar Young Jr., Forward, 4.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg
Chris Craig, Guard, 2.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg
 
Key Returning Players:
Grayson Carter, Junior, Forward, 7.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.1 apg
Jaylen Wysinger, Senior, Guard, 6.4 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.3 apg
Zytarious Mortle, Junior, Guard, 5.8 ppg, 2.6 rpg
Kenny Hunter, Senior, Forward, 5.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Kolby Granger, Junior, Guard, 4.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg
Kehlin Farooq, Senior, Guard, 3.7 ppg, 2.5 rpg
Zaire Hayes, Junior, Guard, 3.6 ppg, 1.2 rpg
 
Key New Players:
Alex Anderson, Junior, Forward, Transfer from Incarnate Word
Jylin Jackson-Posey, Junior, Guard, Transfer from New Mexico State
Oumar Koureissi, Junior, Center, Transfer from Nicholls
D’Andre Dues, Freshman, Forward
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 70.2 (271st in nation, 7th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 71.1 (144, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.5 (315, 10)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.5 (98, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.3 (186, 2)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 31.6 (296, 8)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.4 (148, 3)
Rebound Margin: -1.1 (244, 5)
Assists Per Game: 11.6 (292, 7)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.6 (255, 3)