2024–25 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball team

2024–25 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball
2024–25 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball
Greenbrier Tip-Off River champions
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	12–7 (4–4 Southland)
Head coach	Kahil Fennell (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Dustin Yoder; Daniel Venzant; Anthony Wilkins;
Home arena	UTRGV Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
McNeese	9	–	0	1.000	15	–	5	.750
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	7	–	2	.778	14	–	7	.667
Southeastern Louisiana	6	–	3	.667	12	–	8	.600
Lamar	6	–	3	.667	11	–	9	.550
Northwestern State	6	–	3	.667	9	–	10	.474
Houston Christian	6	–	3	.667	9	–	11	.450
Nicholls	5	–	4	.556	11	–	9	.550
UT Rio Grande Valley	4	–	5	.444	12	–	8	.600
Incarnate Word	2	–	7	.222	9	–	11	.450
New Orleans	2	–	7	.222	4	–	16	.200
Stephen F. Austin	1	–	8	.111	8	–	12	.400
East Texas A&M*	0	–	9	.000	2	–	18	.100
* ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition period

† 2025 Southland tournament winner As of January 25, 2025

The 2024–25 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball team represents the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by first-year head coach Kahil Fennell and play their home games at UTRGV Fieldhouse as members of the Southland Conference (SLC).

Previous season

The Vaqueros finished the season 6–25, 2–18 in WAC play to finish in eleventh place, and thus did not qualify to play in the WAC Tournament.

Preseason polls

Southland Conference Poll

The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 16, 2024. Receiving 112 votes overall, the Vaqueros were picked to finish eighth in the conference.^[1]^[2]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	McNeese	242 (21)
2	Stephen F. Austin	208
3	Nicholls	205 (3)
4	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	191
5	Lamar	143
6	Southeastern	121
7	Incarnate Word	117
8	UT Rio Grande Valley	112
9	Northwestern State	90
10	Texas A&M–Commerce	54
10	New Orleans	54
12	Houston Christian	48

Preseason All Conference

No Vaqueros were selected to an all–conference team.^[1]

Roster

2024–25 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	J.J. Howard	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	So	Mission College Prep HS	San Luis Obispo, California
G	1	R.J. Nance	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	Fr	Spring Valley HS	Las Vegas, NV
G	2	Jaylen Washington	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	166 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Lake Highland HS	Dallas, Texas
G	3	DK Thorn	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	GS	Pearland Dawson HS Alcorn State	Houston, Texas
G	4	R.T. Raimey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Olathe North HS College of Southern Idaho DePaul	Kansas City, Kansas
G	5	Howie Fleming Jr.	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	RS Jr	Male HS Illinois State Winthrop	Louisville, Kentucky
G	10	Cliff Davis	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Thomasville HS Chipola College Northwestern State	Thomasville, Georgia
G	11	Justin Mitchell	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	146 lb (66 kg)	Fr	Fort Bend Elkins HS	Houston, Texas
F	12	Kwo Agwa	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Kearns HS State College of Florida Howard College East Texas A&M	Calgary, Canada
G	14	Hasan Abdul-Hakim	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Gunn Academy Santa Fe College College of Southern Idaho	Toronto, Canada
G	15	Fadi Mougharbel	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	RS Jr	Beirut, Lebanon Missouri Valley College
F	21	Marshal Destremau	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	RS So	Aquinas College Southern Utah Clarendon College	Perth, Australia
F	23	Isaiah Barganier	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Jr	Fulshear HS	Fulshear, Texas
G	24	EJ Avelar	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Rober Vela HS	Edinburg, Texas
G	25	Trey Miller	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Jr	Concordia HS Incarnate Word Southern Illinois	Houston, Texas
F	33	Tommy Gankhuyag	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	So	Centerville HS Trevecca Nazarene	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
F	35	Mustafo Vanjov	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	Jr	Orangeville Prep Curry College	Khorog, Tajikistan

Head coach

Kahil Fennell (Redlands)

Assistant coach(es)

Dustin Yoder (Illinois)
Daniel Venzant (St. Edwards)
Anthony Wilkins (Kent State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 19, 2024

Schedule and Results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., B1G+	at Nebraska	L 67–87	0–1	14 – Raimey	7 – Tied	6 – Abdul Hakim	Pinnacle Bank Arena (14,305) Lincoln, NE
November 6, 2024* 8:00 p.m., FS2	vs. No. 15 Creighton	L 86–99	0–2	26 – Abdul Hakim	11 – Abdul Hakim	4 – Abdul Hakim	CHI Health Center Omaha (15,969) Omaha, NE
November 10, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Champion Christian	W 110–60	1–2	23 – Raimey	14 – Fleming Jr.	9 – Fleming Jr.	UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,033) Edinburg, TX
November 15, 2024* 12:00 p.m.	vs. Charleston Southern Greenbrier Tip-Off River Division Semifinals	W 86–76	2–2	24 – Abdul Hakim	7 – Destremau	4 – Miller	Colonial Hall (275) White Sulphur Springs, WV
November 16, 2024* 1:30 p.m.	vs. Tennessee Tech Greenbrier Tip-Off River Division Championship	W 83–58	3–2	15 – Abdul Hakim	9 – Fleming Jr.	4 – Tied	Colonial Hall (218) White Sulphur Springs, WV
November 18, 2024* 7:00 p.m., BTN	at No. 19 Wisconsin Greenbrier Tip-Off campus game	L 84–87	3–3	19 – Abdul Hakim	8 – Abdul Hakim	6 – Miller	Kohl Center (13,423) Madison, WI
November 25, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Le Moyne	W 97–77	4–3	24 – Thorn	9 – Abdul Hakim	7 – Abdul Hakim	UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,658) Edinburg, TX
December 5, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Stephen F. Austin	W 68–65	5–3 (1–0)	20 – Thorn	9 – Davis	8 – Miller	UTRGV Fieldhouse (878) Edinburg, TX
December 7, 2024 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	Lamar	L 52–84	5–4 (1–1)	10 – Raimey	8 – Fleming Jr.	2 – Tied	UTRGV Fieldhouse (646) Edinburg, TX
December 14, 2024* 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	Northern New Mexico	W 72–60	6–4	21 – Davis	7 – Tied	6 – Washington	UTRGV Fieldhouse (807) Edinburg, TX
December 18, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Southern Utah	W 78–73	7–4	21 – T. Miller	11 – H. Fleming, Jr.	7 – T. Miller	UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,637) Edinburg, TX
December 21, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	College of Biblical Studies	W 106–56	8–4	42 – C. Davis	14 – H. Fleming, Jr.	7 – T. Miller	UTRGV Fieldhouse (314) Edinburg, TX
December 30, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Dallas Christian	W 88–44	9–4	20 – K. Raimey	10 – Tied	7 – J. Washington	UTRGV Fieldhouse (842) Edinbrug, TX
January 4, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at New Orleans	W 76–64	10–4 (2–1)	22 – H. Abdul Hakim	12 – H. Abdul Hakim	4 – Tied	Lakefront Arena (644) New Orleans, LA
January 6, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Southeastern Louisiana	L 75–79	10–5 (2–2)	14 – C. Davis	12 – H. Fleming Jr.	3 – Tied	University Center (461) Hammond, LA
January 11, 2025 3:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi South Texas Showdown	L 74–79	10–6 (2–3)	20 – H. Abdul-Hakim	8 – H. Fleming, Jr.	5 – H. Abdul-Hakim	American Bank Center (2,526) Corpus Christi, TX
January 13, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	East Texas A&M	W 57–55	11–6 (3–3)	16 – H. Fleming Jr.	11 – H. Fleming Jr.	4 – H. Fleming Jr.	UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,286) Edinburg, TX
January 18, 2025 3:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Houston Christian	L 57–66	11–7 (3–4)	15 – D. Thorne	10 – H. Fleming, Jr.	5 – T. Miller	Sharp Gymnasium (601) Houston, TX
January 20, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Incarnate Word	W 85–78	12–7 (4–4)	26 – –K. Agwa	4 – K. T. Raimey	6 – T. Miller	McDermott Center (164) San Antonio, TX
January 25, 2025 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	McNeese						UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX
January 27, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Nicholls						UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX
February 1, 2025 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi South Texas Showdown						UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX
February 3, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Northwestern State						Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA
February 8, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Lamar						Neches Arena Beaumont, TX
February 10, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Stephen F. Austin						William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, TX
February 15, 2025 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	Houston Christian						UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX
February 17, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Incarnate Word						UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX
February 22, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Nicholls						Stopher Gymnasium Thibodaux, LA
February 24, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at McNeese						The Legacy Center Lake Charles, LA
March 1, 2025 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	New Orleans						UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX
March 3, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Southeastern Louisiana						UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX
Southland Tournament
Mar 9, 2025 TBD	TBD						The Legacy Center (–) Lake Charles, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Southland Conference Announces 2024 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll and All-Conference Team". Southland Conference. October 16, 2024. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
^ Anthony Goss (October 17, 2024). "Southland announces 2024 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll, All-Conference team". Crescent City Sports Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". goutrgv.com. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
^ "UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros Schedule 2024-25". ESPN Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved November 19, 2024.

[PrePolls-1] "Southland Conference Announces 2024 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll and All-Conference Team". Southland Conference. October 16, 2024. Retrieved November 20, 2024.

[2] Anthony Goss (October 17, 2024). "Southland announces 2024 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll, All-Conference team". Crescent City Sports Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2024.

[3] "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". goutrgv.com. Retrieved November 19, 2024.

[4] "UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros Schedule 2024-25". ESPN Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved November 19, 2024.

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