2024–25 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team

2024–25 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball
2024–25 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball
Jacksonville Classic champions
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	18–13 (7–11 A-10)
Head coach	Archie Miller (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Austin Carroll; Chandler Graves; Ben Sander; James Whitford; Duane Woodward;
Home arena	Ryan Center

2024–25 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
VCU †	15	–	3	.833	28	–	7	.800
George Mason	15	–	3	.833	27	–	9	.750
Dayton	12	–	6	.667	23	–	11	.676
Loyola Chicago	12	–	6	.667	25	–	12	.676
Saint Louis	11	–	7	.611	19	–	15	.559
Saint Joseph's	11	–	7	.611	22	–	13	.629
George Washington	9	–	9	.500	21	–	13	.618
St. Bonaventure	9	–	9	.500	22	–	12	.647
Duquesne	8	–	10	.444	13	–	19	.406
	7	–	11	.389	18	–	13	.581
UMass	7	–	11	.389	12	–	20	.375
Davidson	6	–	12	.333	17	–	16	.515
Richmond	5	–	13	.278	10	–	22	.313
La Salle	5	–	13	.278	14	–	19	.424
Fordham	3	–	15	.167	12	–	21	.364

† 2025 A-10 tournament winner

The 2024–25 Rhode Island Rams basketball team represented the University of Rhode Island during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by third-year head coach Archie Miller, played their home games at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Previous season

The Rams finished the 2023–24 season 12–20, 6–12 in A-10 play to finish in a three way for tenth place. As a No. 11 seed in the Atlantic 10 Tournament they lost in the first round to Saint Louis.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Zek Montgomery	0	G	6'6"	215	Junior	Louisville, KY	Transferred to Bradley^[1]
Luis Kortright	1	G	6'3"	200	Junior	Manhattan, NY	Transferred to Washington^[2]
Tyson Brown	10	F	6'9"	225	Junior	Virginia Beach, VA	Transferred to Georgia Southern
Jeremy Foumena	11	C	6'11"	235	Freshman	Montreal, QC	Transferred to Mississippi State^[3]
Connor Dubsky	14	G	6'4"	190	Freshman	Woodbridge, VA	Transferred to UNC Asheville
Rory Stewart	15	F	6'8"	230	Sophomore	Toronto, ON	Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast
Brandon Weston	20	G/F	6'5"	200	Sophomore	Brooklyn, NY	Transferred to Tennessee State
Josaphat Bilau	21	F	6'10"	235	Junior	La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Left the team to personal reasons
Ray Allen III	34	G	6'1"	185	Freshman	Miami, FL	Walk-on; not on team roster
Jameson Smith	35	G	6'1"	185	Freshman	Falls Church, VA	Walk-on; transferred

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Sebastian Thomas	1	G	6'1"		Senior	Providence, RI	Albany
Quentin Diboundje	7	G	6'5"	221	Senior	Montpellier, France	East Carolina
Jamarques Lawrence	10	G	6'3"	183	Junior	Plainfield, NJ	Nebraska
Javonte Brown	31	F	7'0"	255	Junior	Toronto, ON	Western Michigan
Drissa Traore	55	F	6'8"	215	Junior	New York City, NY	St. John's

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tyonne Farrell SF	Baltimore, MD	Mount Saint Joseph College	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A	Jun 30, 2022
Tyonne Farrell SF	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: (NR)
Damone King CG	Louisville, KY	Dupont Manual High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Damone King CG	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: (NR)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2025)
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Barrett Loer SF	Newport, RI	St George's School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Aug 1, 2024
Barrett Loer SF	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: (NR)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2025 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Roster

2024–25 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Sebastian Thomas	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Bishop Hendricken Albany	Providence, RI
G	2	Jaden House	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Middleburg Academy High Point	Richmond, VA
G	4	Cam Estevez	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Canterbury School	Harlem, NY
G	5	Always Wright	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Jr	Joplin Northeastern Oklahoma A&M	Carthage, MO
G	7	Quentin Diboundje	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Montverde Academy East Carolina	Montpellier, France
C	8	Moek Icke (W)	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	So		Purmerend, Netherlands
G	10	Jamarques Lawrence	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Jr	Roselle Catholic Nebraska	Plainfield, NJ
G	11	Damone King	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	DeSales	Louisville, KY
G	13	Jaymien Aponte (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Fr	Cranston West	Cranston, RI
G	14	Arsenii Kolobov (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr		Altea, Spain
F	22	Tyonne Farrell	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	Fr	Mount Saint Joseph	Baltimore, MD
F	23	David Green	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS Sr	Ocoee Louisiana Tech	Apopka, FL
F	24	David Fuchs	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	So	Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)	Vienna, Austria
G	30	Jimmy Ball (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Jr	Arlington Catholic	Medford, MA
F	31	Javonte Brown	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	RS Jr	Thornlea Secondary Western Michigan	Toronto, ON
F	55	Drissa Traore	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Jr	Long Island Lutheran St. John's	New York City, NY

Head coach

Archie Miller (NC State)

Assistant coach(es)

Austin Carroll (American)
Chandler Graves (Indiana)
Ben Sander (Arizona)
James Whitford (Wisconsin)
Duane Woodward (Boston College)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 14, 2024* 6:00 p.m., NBCSB		vs. No. 3 UConn Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Game	L 75–102		16 – Brown	10 – Brown	5 – Farrell	Mohegan Sun Arena (7,953) Uncasville, CT
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		Fairfield	W 96–58	1–0	18 – Thomas	7 – Farrell	7 – Thomas	Ryan Center (4,376) Kingston, RI
November 8, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Holy Cross	W 91–77	2–0	25 – Green	8 – House	9 – Thomas	Ryan Center (3,530) Kingston, RI
November 12, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Franklin Pierce	W 105–73	3–0	21 – House	10 – Tied	6 – Farrell	Ryan Center (3,334) Kingston, RI
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Lafayette	W 86–72	4–0	23 – Thomas	14 – Green	9 – Thomas	Ryan Center (3,235) Kingston, RI
November 24, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Charleston	W 91–53	5–0	17 – Brown	11 – Fuchs	10 – Thomas	Ryan Center Kingston, RI
November 27, 2024* 12:00 p.m.		vs. Detroit Mercy Jacksonville Classic	W 81–75	6–0	20 – Green	8 – Green	9 – Thomas	FSCJ South Gym (161) Jacksonville, FL
November 28, 2024* 2:00 p.m.		vs. UT Arlington Jacksonville Classic	W 83–78	7–0	18 – Tied	6 – Traore	7 – Lawrence	FSCJ South Gym (136) Jacksonville, FL
December 2, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Yale	W 84–78	8–0	26 – Green	10 – Fuchs	6 – Thomas	Ryan Center (3,547) Kingston, RI
December 7, 2024* 12:00 p.m., CBSSN		Providence Ocean State Rivalry	W 69–63	9–0	19 – Thomas	8 – Green	4 – Thomas	Ryan Center (7,685) Kingston, RI
December 10, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Brown	L 80–84 ^2OT	9–1	22 – Thomas	11 – Green	3 – Lawrence	Pizzitola Sports Center (2,253) Providence, RI
December 15, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Central Connecticut	W 77–69	10–1	16 – Lawrence	12 – Fuchs	6 – Lawrence	Ryan Center (3,842) Kingston, RI
December 21, 2024* 6:30 p.m., CBSSN		vs. Temple Basketball Hall of Fame Classic	W 85–79	11–1	21 – Brown	10 – Brown	10 – Thomas	MassMutual Center (3,252) Springfield, MA
Atlantic 10 regular season
December 31, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Duquesne	L 55–67	11–2 (0–1)	20 – Thomas	7 – Fuchs	4 – Tied	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (2,435) Pittsburgh, PA
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., USA		George Mason	W 62–59	12–2 (1–1)	23 – Thomas	13 – Brown	3 – Thomas	Ryan Center (5,803) Kingston, RI
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		George Washington	L 67–75	12–3 (1–2)	20 – Thomas	9 – Traore	3 – Tied	Ryan Center (4,261) Kingston, RI
January 11, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Richmond	W 67–64 ^OT	13–3 (2–2)	23 – Thomas	12 – Brown	2 – Tied	Robins Center (5,465) Richmond, VA
January 15, 2025 9:00 p.m., CBSSN		at Loyola Chicago	L 77–81	13–4 (2–3)	20 – Thomas	10 – Fuchs	6 – Thomas	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (2,523) Chicago, IL
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Davidson	W 92–90	14–4 (3–3)	22 – Tied	11 – Fuchs	10 – Thomas	Ryan Center (5,513) Kingston, RI
January 21, 2025 7:00 p.m., CBSSN		VCU	L 57–81	14–5 (3–4)	19 – Thomas	9 – Fuchs	2 – House	Ryan Center (4,517) Kingston, RI
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at La Salle	L 64–70	14–6 (3–5)	16 – Tied	8 – Fuchs	4 – Thomas	Tom Gola Arena (1,780) Philadelphia, PA
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		UMass	W 88–82	15–6 (4–5)	22 – Thomas	8 – Thomas	7 – Thomas	Ryan Center (4,664) Kingston, RI
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Fordham	L 79–80	15–7 (4–6)	20 – Thomas	8 – Fuchs	5 – Thomas	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,309) Bronx, NY
February 8, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at George Mason	L 67–82	15–8 (4–7)	17 – Fuchs	8 – Fuchs	5 – Thomas	EagleBank Arena (6,861) Fairfax, VA
February 12, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		St. Bonaventure	W 68–64	16–8 (5–7)	20 – Lawrence	10 – Fuchs	7 – Thomas	Ryan Center (4,704) Kingston, RI
February 15, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		La Salle	W 86–71	17–8 (6–7)	16 – House	10 – Brown	11 – Thomas	Ryan Center (4,845) Kingston, RI
February 22, 2025 2:30 p.m., USA		at Saint Louis	L 66–81	17–9 (6–8)	19 – Lawrence	5 – Tied	9 – Thomas	Chaifetz Arena (7,993) St. Louis, MO
February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m., CBSSN		Dayton	L 77–85	17–10 (6–9)	16 – House	11 – Fuchs	3 – Lawrence	Ryan Center (4,782) Kingston, RI
March 1, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UMass	L 88–91	17–11 (6–10)	30 – Green	10 – Green	9 – Thomas	Mullins Center (5,024) Amherst, MA
March 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Joseph's	L 74–91	17–12 (6–11)	15 – Thomas	6 – Brown	5 – Thomas	Hagan Arena (2,716) Philadelphia, PA
March 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Fordham	W 86–67	18–12 (7–11)	20 – Thomas	10 – Fuchs	7 – Thomas	Ryan Center (5,489) Kingston, RI
A-10 tournament
March 12, 2025 2:00 p.m., USA	(10)	vs. (15) Fordham First round	L 71–88	18–13	19 – House	7 – Tied	4 – Thomas	Capital One Arena Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[4]

References

^ Eminian, Dave (April 9, 2024). "'Full circle': Former Bradley basketball player returns to Braves after season at Rhode Island". Journal Star. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
^ Allen, Percy (May 10, 2024). "UW men pick up commitment from Rhode Island transfer Luis Kortright". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 9, 2024. (subscription required)
^ Krajisnik, Stefan (May 16, 2024). "Mississippi State basketball lands Jeremy Foumena, Rhode Island transfer center". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". The Official Athletics Website of University of Rhode Island Athletics.

External links

Rhode Island Men's Basketball

[1] Eminian, Dave (April 9, 2024). "'Full circle': Former Bradley basketball player returns to Braves after season at Rhode Island". Journal Star. Retrieved October 9, 2024.

[2] Allen, Percy (May 10, 2024). "UW men pick up commitment from Rhode Island transfer Luis Kortright". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 9, 2024. (subscription required)

[3] Krajisnik, Stefan (May 16, 2024). "Mississippi State basketball lands Jeremy Foumena, Rhode Island transfer center". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved October 9, 2024.

[4] "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". The Official Athletics Website of University of Rhode Island Athletics.

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