2025–26 Morgan State Bears basketball team

2025–26 Morgan State Bears basketball
2025–26 Morgan State Bears basketball
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	14–16 (10–4 MEAC)
Head coach	Kevin Broadus (7th season);
Associate head coach	Chretien Lukusa (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Keith Goodie (4th season); Austin Freeman (3rd season); Keith Coutreyer (2nd season);
Home arena	Hill Field House

2025–26 MEAC men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Howard †	11	–	3	.786	24	–	10	.706
Morgan State	10	–	4	.714	14	–	16	.467
North Carolina Central	8	–	6	.571	14	–	18	.438
Norfolk State	8	–	6	.571	15	–	17	.469
South Carolina State	7	–	7	.500	10	–	22	.313
Maryland Eastern Shore	5	–	9	.357	9	–	23	.281
Coppin State*	5	–	9	.357	7	–	24	.226
Delaware State	2	–	12	.143	8	–	23	.258

† 2026 MEAC tournament winner * Ineligible for both the 2026 NCAA Tournament and MEAC tournament due to APR penalties. As of March 17, 2026

The 2025–26 Morgan State Bears basketball team represented Morgan State University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by seventh-year head coach Kevin Broadus, played their home games at Hill Field House in Baltimore, Maryland as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).

Previous season

The Bears finished the 2024–25 season 14–18, 7–7 in MEAC play, to finish tied for fourth place with Howard.^[1] They defeated Howard in the quarterfinals of the MEAC tournament before losing to eventual tournament champions Norfolk State in the semifinals.^[2]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	No.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Kameron Hobbs	0	G	5' 10"	170	RS Senior	Stockbridge, GA	Completed eligibility
Wynston Tabbs	1	G	6' 3"	195	Graduate student	Suitland, MD	Completed eligibility
Demajion Topps	2	G	6' 0"	175	RS Junior	Winona, MS	Graduated
Kiran Oliver	4	G	6' 5"	190	Junior	Chicago, IL	Transferred to Arkansas Tech
Jaden Martin	9	F	6' 10"	185	Junior	Miami, FL	Transferred to Clark Atlanta
Will Thomas	10	F	6' 6"	200	RS Senior	Baltimore, MD	Completed eligibility; signed with St. Vincent's Basketball Club
Amahrie Simpkins	11	G	6' 4"	190	Senior	Brooklyn, NY	Entered transfer portal
Daniel Akitoby	12	F	6' 9"	230	Senior	Fairfax, VA	Transferred to UTSA
Pierce Shirk	22	G	6' 4"	200	Sophomore	Jacksonville, FL	Transferred to Florida College
Tytan Newton	23	G	6' 1"	170	RS Sophomore	Indianapolis, IN	Entered transfer portal
Logan Schayes	24	F	6' 8"	235	Sophomore	Scottsdale, AZ	Transferred to Westmont College
Xavier Valley	55	F	6' 8"	205	Junior	Atlanta, GA	Entered transfer portal

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers
Name	No.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Christian Meeks	0	G	6' 6"	215	Junior	Hazel Crest, IL	Waubonsee Community College
Alfred Worrell Jr.	1	G	6' 4"	210	Senior	Washington, DC	Southern Miss
Elijah Davis	2	G	6' 1"	175	Graduate student	Severn, MD	Bowie State
Christian Oliver	21	F/C	6' 10"	250	Senior	Pasadena, CA	East Los Angeles College
Manok Lual	22	F	6' 9"	185	Junior	Jacksonville, FL	Frostburg State
Dallas James	42	C	7' 1"	240	Graduate student	Artesia, CA	Indiana
Walter Peggs Jr.	52	G	6' 4"	195	Graduate student	Jackson, TN	Spring Hill College
Eugene Alvin	55	F	6' 7"	225	Junior	Fort Myers, FL	Florida SouthWestern

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Breon Barnett G	Douglasville, GA	Chapel Hill High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Feb 7, 2025
Breon Barnett G	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
David Bumpass G	Washington, D.C.	Friendship Tech Prep Academy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Mar 6, 2025
David Bumpass G	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
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 Morgan State Signees". ESPN. Retrieved November 10, 2025. "2025 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved November 10, 2025.

Preseason

On October 8, 2025, the MEAC released their preseason polls. Morgan State was picked to finish fourth in the conference.^[3]

Preseason rankings

MEAC Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Norfolk State	118 (12)
2	Howard	97 (4)
3	South Carolina State	90
4	Morgan State	73
T–5	Delaware State	70
T–5	North Carolina Central	70
7	Maryland Eastern Shore	31
8	Coppin State	27
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[3]

Preseason All-MEAC Teams

Preseason All-MEAC Team
Team	Player	Year	Position
Third	Walter Peggs Jr.	Graduate senior	Guard

Source:^[3]

Roster

2025–26 Morgan State Bears men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Christian Meeks	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Waubonsee CC (IL)	Hazel Crest, IL
G	1	Alfred Jr. Worrell	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Southern Miss	Washington, D.C.
G	2	Elijah Davis	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	GS	Bowie State	Severn, MD
G	3	Rob Lawson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	National Christian Academy	Capitol Heights, MD
G	4	David Bumpass	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Friendship Tech Prep Academy	Washington, D.C.
F	5	Matar Wade	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Archbishop Carroll HS (DC)	Dakar, Senegal
F	7	Marland Harris	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	West Los Angeles College	Inglewood, CA
G	10	Breon Barnett	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Chapel Hill HS (GA)	Douglasville, GA
F	13	Trent Edwards	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	George Rogers Clark HS (KY)	Lexington, KY
F/C	21	Christian Oliver	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Sr	East Los Angeles College	Pasadena, CA
F	22	Manok Lual	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Frostburg State	Jacksonville, FL
F	32	Jayden Socka	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	RS Sr	Prince George's CC (MD)	Silver Spring, MD
C	42	Dallas James	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	GS	Indiana	Artesia, CA
G	52	Walter Jr. Peggs	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	GS	Spring Hill College	Jackson, TN
F	55	Eugene Alvin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Florida SouthWestern	Fort Myers, FL

Head coach

Kevin Broadus (Bowie State)

Assistant coach(es)

Chretien Lukusa (Binghamton)
Keith Goodie (Morgan State)
Austin Freeman (Georgetown)
Keith Coutreyer (Columbia Union)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 10, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 3, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Georgetown	L 70–87	0–1	Capital One Arena (4,208) Washington, DC
November 6, 2025* 6:00 p.m.		Central Penn	W 101–77	1–1	Hill Field House (1,386) Baltimore, MD
November 11, 2025* 6:00 p.m.		UMBC	L 79–81	1–2	Hill Field House Baltimore, MD
November 15, 2025* 4:00 p.m., NEC Front Row		at Mercyhurst	L 72–86	1–3	Mercyhurst Athletic Center (372) Erie, PA
November 18, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		North Carolina A&T	L 73–79	1–4	Hill Field House (2,496) Baltimore, MD
November 21, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Old Dominion	L 56–88	1–5	Chartway Arena (4,844) Norfolk, VA
November 25, 2025* 6:00 p.m.		Drexel	L 66–71	1–6	Hill Field House (397) Baltimore, MD
December 6, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Longwood	L 80–84	1–7	Hill Field House Baltimore, MD
December 9, 2025* 8:00 p.m.		at DePaul	L 49−92	1−8	Wintrust Arena (2,966) Chicago, IL
December 13, 2025* 4:00 p.m.		Niagara	W 81–73	2–8	Hill Field House (368) Baltimore, MD
December 19, 2025* 10:00 p.m., ACCNX		at California	L 50–97	2–9	Haas Pavilion (1,894) Berkeley, CA
December 21, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at San Francisco	L 64–94	2–10	Sobrato Center (1,684) San Francisco, CA
December 23, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Loyola Marymount	L 56–83	2–11	Gersten Pavilion (927) Los Angeles, CA
December 30, 2025* 6:00 p.m.		Penn State Brandywine	W 92–55	3–11	Hill Field House (271) Baltimore, MD
January 3, 2026 4:30 p.m.		at Maryland Eastern Shore	L 49–66	3–12 (0–1)	Hytche Athletic Center (1,025) Princess Anne, MD
January 10, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		South Carolina State	W 72–67	4–12 (1–1)	Hill Field House (606) Baltimore, MD
January 12, 2026 6:00 p.m.		North Carolina Central	L 78–89	4–13 (1–2)	Hill Field House (471) Baltimore, MD
January 17, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Delaware State	W 80–79	5–13 (2–2)	Memorial Hall (374) Dover, DE
January 20, 2026* 6:00 p.m.		Virginia Lynchburg	W 128–53	6–13	Hill Field House (372) Baltimore, MD
January 24, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Howard	W 78–77	7–13 (3–2)	Burr Gymnasium Washington, DC
January 26, 2026 7:00 p.m.		Norfolk State	W 79–78	8–13 (4–2)	Echols Hall (2,139) Norfolk, VA
January 31, 2026 4:30 p.m., ESPN+		Coppin State	W 89−80	9−13 (5−2)	Physical Education Complex (1,396) Baltimore, MD
February 7, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Maryland Eastern Shore	W 79–71	10–13 (6–2)	Hill Field House (1,288) Baltimore, MD
February 16, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at North Carolina Central	L 76–80	10–14 (6–3)	McDougald-McLendon Arena (1,554) Durham, NC
February 21, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Delaware State	W 82–68	11–14 (7–3)	Hill Field House (1,478) Baltimore, MD
February 25, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at South Carolina State Rescheduled from Feb. 14	W 90–83	12–14 (8–3)	SHM Memorial Center (375) Orangeburg, SC
February 28, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Howard	L 59–84	12–15 (8–4)	Hill Field House (3,237) Baltimore, MD
March 2, 2026 6:00 p.m.		Norfolk State	W 90–84	13–15 (9–4)	Hill Field House (2,612) Baltimore, MD
March 5, 2026 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		Coppin State	W 70–66	14–15 (10–4)	Hill Field House (3,071) Baltimore, MD
MEAC tournament
March 11, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	(2)	vs. (7) Delaware State Quarterfinals	L 70–75 ^OT	14–16	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

^ "2024-25 Men's Mid-East Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
^ "Norfolk State Men Punch Ticket to MEAC Championship". morganstatebears.com. March 14, 2025. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "S. C. State's Jayden Johnson Named 2025-26 MEAC Men's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. October 8, 2025. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Morgan State University Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
^ "Morgan State Bears Schedule 2025-26". ESPN. Retrieved November 10, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Men's Mid-East Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 10, 2025.

[2] "Norfolk State Men Punch Ticket to MEAC Championship". morganstatebears.com. March 14, 2025. Retrieved November 10, 2025.

[poll-3] "S. C. State's Jayden Johnson Named 2025-26 MEAC Men's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. October 8, 2025. Retrieved December 16, 2025.

[4] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Morgan State University Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2025.

[5] "Morgan State Bears Schedule 2025-26". ESPN. Retrieved November 10, 2025.

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