2024–25 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team

2024–25 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball
2024–25 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	3–4 (0–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Ryan Looney (6th season);
Associate head coach	Joe White
Assistant coaches	Stu Engen; Devin Kastrup; Akil Reese;
Home arena	Reed Gym
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team represents Idaho State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bengals, led by sixth-year head coach Ryan Looney, play their home games at Reed Gym in Pocatello, Idaho as members of the Big Sky Conference.

2024–25 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Arizona	0	–	0	–	6	–	2	.750
Northern Colorado	0	–	0	–	6	–	3	.667
Montana	0	–	0	–	5	–	3	.625
Portland State	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Idaho State	0	–	0	–	3	–	4	.429
Montana State	0	–	0	–	3	–	4	.429
Weber State	0	–	0	–	3	–	4	.429
Sacramento State	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333
Idaho	0	–	0	–	2	–	5	.286
Eastern Washington	0	–	0	–	1	–	6	.143

† 2025 Big Sky tournament winner As of November 29, 2024

Previous season

The Bengals finished the 2023–24 season 14–20, 7–11 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for seventh place.^[1] They defeated Northern Arizona^[2] and upset #2 seed Northern Colorado,^[3] before falling to eventual tournament runner-up Montana in the semifinals of the Big Sky tournament.^[4]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Kolton Mitchell	0	G	6'1"	175	Freshman	Coeur d'Alene, Idaho	Transferred to Idaho
Maleek Arington	3	G	6'3"	200	Sophomore	Auburn, Washington	Transferred to Seattle
Laolu Kalejaiye	5	G	6'0"	160	Freshman	Los Angeles, California
Miguel Tomley	10	G	6'3"	200	Junior	Surrey, British Columbia	Transferred to Weber State
Turner Livingston	12	F	6'4"	195	Freshman	Spokane, Washington	Transferred to Bushnell
Jordan Hansen	14	G	6'6"	215	Sophomore	Seattle, Washington	Transferred to Azusa Pacific
Kiree Huie	15	F	6'9"	220	Junior	Grayson, California	Transferred to Miami (FL)
Briggs Ranstrom	20	F	6'6"	205	Freshman	Eagle, Idaho	Transferred to Northwest Nazarene
James Bodily	22	G	6'3"	200	Freshman	Bancroft, Idaho	Transferred to Eastern Oregon
Brayden Parker	25	C	6'8"	250	Graduate Student	Preston, Idaho	Graduated
Trent Johnson	31	F	6'7"	205	Junior	Cambridge, Ontario	Transferred to Houston Christian
Gavin Gilstrap	32	C	6'11"	270	Junior	Spokane, Washington	Transferred to Saint Martin's
Louis Stormark	44	C	6'9"	250	Sophomore	Alleroed, Denmark

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Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Joey Madimba	0	G	6'5"	205	Junior	Mansfield, Texas	Howard
Dylan Darling	1	G	6'1"	180	Sophomore	Spokane, Washington	Washington State
Quentin Meza	3	G	6'0"	180	Sophomore	West Valley City, Utah	Wofford
Cheikh Sow	5	G	6'7"	195	Junior	Thiès, Senegal	Cloud County CC
Jake O'Neil	8	G	6'4"	210	Graduate Student	Fruitland, Idaho	College of Idaho
Connor Hollenbeck	10	F	6'7"	225	Graduate Student	Rapid City, South Dakota	Minot State
Cam Slaymaker	11	G	6'4"	195	Junior	Coquitlam, British Columbia	Southern Nazarene
Covy Kelly	14	G	6'2"	182	Junior	Garden Valley, Idaho	Walla Walla CC
Jackson Greene	21	F	6'7"	182	Junior	Atlanta, Georgia	Eastern Oklahoma State
Justin Graham	24	F	6'7"	200	Senior	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Montevallo
Blake Daberkow	32	F	6'10"	235	Junior	Lincoln, Nebraska	Central CC

Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Nick Ghetie G	Lake Oswego, Oregon	Lakeridge High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Aug 9, 2024
Nick Ghetie G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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.com.

Roster

2024–25 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Joey Madimba	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Howard College	Mansfield, Texas
PG	1	Dylan Darling	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Washington State	Spokane, Washington
G	2	Nick Ghetie	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Lakeridge HS	Lake Oswego, Oregon
PG	3	Quentin Meza	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Wofford	West Valley City, Utah
G	4	Jaedyn Brown	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Fr	Pullman HS	Pullman, Washington
G	5	Cheikh Sow	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Cloud County CC	Thiès, Senegal
G	8	Jake O'Neil	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	GS	College of Idaho	Fruitland, Idaho
F	10	Connor Hollenbeck	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	GS	Minot State	Rapid City, South Dakota
G	11	Cam Slaymaker	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Southern Nazarene	Coquitlam, British Columbia
F	12	Isaiah Griffin	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Southeastern CC	Raleigh, North Carolina
G	13	AJ Burgin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	San Diego HS	San Diego, California
G	14	Covy Kelly	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	Jr	Walla Walla CC	Garden Valley, Idaho
F	21	Jackson Greene	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Eastern Oklahoma State	Atlanta, Georgia
F	24	Justin Graham	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Montevallo	Colorado Springs, Colorado
F	30	Evan Otten	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS Fr	Redmond HS	Redmond, Oregon
F	32	Blake Daberkow	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	Central CC	Lincoln, Nebraska

Head coach

Ryan Looney (Eastern Oregon)

Assistant coach(es)

Joe White (Southern Oregon)
Stu Engen (Augsburg)
Devin Kastrup (Western Colorado)
Akil Reese (Cal State Monterey Bay)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 13, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2024* 7:00 pm	Montana Western	Canceled due to scheduling conflicts in the program^[6]					Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Arizona State	L 48–55	0–1	12 – Griffin	11 – O'Neil	3 – Darling	Desert Financial Arena (6,966) Tempe, AZ
November 7, 2024* 8:00 pm, BTN+	at USC	L 69–75	0–2	22 – Darling	12 – Otten	7 – Darling	Galen Center (3,731) Los Angeles, CA
November 11, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Southern Oregon	W 87–63	1–2	17 – O'Neil	8 – O'Neil	6 – Meza	Reed Gym (1,179) Pocatello, ID
November 16, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at San Diego	W 78–66	2–2	15 – Griffin	9 – Otten	8 – Darling	Jenny Craig Pavilion (297) San Diego, CA
November 18, 2024* 8:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cal State Fullerton	L 61–62	2–3	17 – Tied	12 – O'Neil	3 – Darling	Titan Gym (867) Fullerton, CA
November 20, 2024* 9:00 pm, BTN	at UCLA	L 70–84	2–4	16 – Griffin	5 – O'Neil	3 – Darling	Pauley Pavilion (4,059) Los Angeles, CA
November 25, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Embry–Riddle (AZ)	W 97–46	3–4	18 – Hollenbeck	10 – O'Neil	10 – Darling	Reed Gym (976) Pocatello, ID
December 4, 2024* 6:00 pm	at South Dakota Big Sky-Summit Challenge						Sanford Coyote Sports Center Vermillion, SD
December 7, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Oral Roberts Big Sky-Summit Challenge						Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
December 14, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Walla Walla						Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
December 18, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Utah Valley						Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
Big Sky regular season
January 2, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Northern Arizona						Findlay Toyota Court Flagstaff, AZ
January 4, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Northern Colorado						Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO
January 11, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Weber State						Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
January 16, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Montana State						Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
January 18, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Montana						Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
January 23, 2025 8:00 pm, ESPN+	at Sacramento State						Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA
January 25, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+	at Portland State						Viking Pavilion Portland, OR
January 30, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Eastern Washington						Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
February 1, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Idaho Battle of the Domes						Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
February 3, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Northern Colorado						Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
February 8, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Weber State						Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
February 13, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Montana						Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
February 15, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Montana State						Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
February 20, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Portland State						Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
February 22, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Sacramento State						Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
February 27, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Idaho Battle of the Domes						ICCU Arena Moscow, ID
March 1, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+	at Eastern Washington						Reese Court Cheney, WA
March 3, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Northern Arizona						Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
Big Sky tournament
March 8–12, 2025	vs.						Idaho Central Arena Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Sources:^[7]^[8]

References

^ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
^ "Idaho State ousts Northern Arizona 68-60 in 1st round of Big Sky tourney". USA Today. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
^ "Idaho State still dancing after upsetting No. 2 Northern Colorado at Big Sky Tournament". Idaho State Journal. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
^ "Big Sky hoops tournament: No. 3 Montana cruises past No. 8 Idaho State, 72-58". Skyline Sports. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster". isubengals.com. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
^ "Men's Basketball Exhibition Versus Montana Western Canceled". Idaho State University. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Idaho State University Athletics. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
^ "Idaho State Bengals 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 13, 2024.

[1] "2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved October 13, 2024.

[2] "Idaho State ousts Northern Arizona 68-60 in 1st round of Big Sky tourney". USA Today. Retrieved October 13, 2024.

[3] "Idaho State still dancing after upsetting No. 2 Northern Colorado at Big Sky Tournament". Idaho State Journal. Retrieved October 8, 2024.

[4] "Big Sky hoops tournament: No. 3 Montana cruises past No. 8 Idaho State, 72-58". Skyline Sports. Retrieved October 13, 2024.

[roster-5] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster". isubengals.com. Retrieved November 13, 2024.

[6] "Men's Basketball Exhibition Versus Montana Western Canceled". Idaho State University. Retrieved November 13, 2024.

[7] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Idaho State University Athletics. Retrieved October 13, 2024.

[8] "Idaho State Bengals 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 13, 2024.

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