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| 2024–25Alcorn State Braves basketball | |
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| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 11–21 (11–7 SWAC) |
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| Home arena | Davey Whitney Complex |
Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 16 | – | 18 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethune–Cookman | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama State † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 16 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida A&M | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 22 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 5 | – | 27 | .156 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 25 | .194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 3 | – | 28 | .097 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †2025 SWAC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2024–25 Alcorn State Braves basketball team representedAlcorn State University during the2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Braves, led by fifth-year head coachLandon Bussie, played their home games at theDavey Whitney Complex inLorman, Mississippi as members of theSouthwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
TheBraves finished the2023–24 season 14–17, 13–5 in SWAC play, to finish in second place.[1] In theSWAC tournament, they were defeated in the quarterfinal round byAlabama A&M.[2]
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| November 4, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Utah | L 59–100 | 0–1 | 8 – Cornelius | 6 – Mitchell | 4 – Pajeaud | Jon M. Huntsman Center (6,785) Salt Lake City, UT | ||||
| November 6, 2024* 8:00 p.m., MSN | at Utah State | L 46–101 | 0–2 | 11 – Cornelius | 5 – Mitchell | 3 – 2 tied | Smith Spectrum (8,131) Logan, UT | ||||
| November 9, 2024* 3:00 p.m. | at Xavier (LA) | L 56–62 | 0–3 | 14 – Gaines-Wyatt | 6 – 4 tied | 3 – 2 tied | Convocation Center (2,264) New Orleans, LA | ||||
| November 11, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | at Tulane | L 51–84 | 0–4 | 15 – Braster | 6 – Braster | 7 – Pajeaud | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,202) New Orleans, LA | ||||
| November 19, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at TCU | L 48–71 | 0–5 | 13 – Cornelius | 5 – 3 tied | 4 – Gaines-Wyatt | Schollmaier Arena (4,707) Fort Worth, TX | ||||
| November 22, 2024* 9:00 p.m., BTN | at Washington | L 60–77 | 0–6 | 13 – Cornelius | 6 – Pajeaud | 6 – Gaines-Wyatt | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,299) Seattle, WA | ||||
| November 24, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at UC Riverside | L 52–69 | 0–7 | 16 – Hamilton | 16 – Binet | 4 – Gaines-Wyatt | SRC Arena (337) Riverside, CA | ||||
| November 29, 2024* 10:00 a.m. | at South Alabama | L 65–74 | 0–8 | 24 – Cornelius | 11 – Binet | 5 – Pajeaud | Mitchell Center (250) Mobile, AL | ||||
| December 1, 2024* 11:00 a.m., BTN | at Maryland | L 58–96 | 0–9 | 12 – Cornelius | 6 – Binet | 4 – Gaines-Wyatt | Xfinity Center (9,504) College Park, MD | ||||
| December 4, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | at Wichita State | L 54–78 | 0–10 | 14 – Hamilton | 11 – Binet | 4 – Tankersley | Charles Koch Arena (5,642) Wichita, KS | ||||
| December 7, 2024* 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ | at No. 21 Oklahoma | L 78–94 | 0–11 | 16 – Hamilton | 6 – Binet | 7 – Williams | McCasland Field House (1,611) Norman, OK | ||||
| December 16, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Rice | L 75–77 | 0–12 | 21 – Gaines-Wyatt | 9 – Pajeaud | 3 – 2 tied | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,297) Houston, TX | ||||
| December 22, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at UAB | L 74–91 | 0–13 | 22 – Cornelius | 5 – 2 tied | 3 – 3 tied | Bartow Arena (3,110) Birmingham, AL | ||||
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| January 4, 2025 2:30 p.m. | Jackson State | L 69–72 | 0–14 (0–1) | 25 – Tankersley | 8 – Tankersley | 2 – Tankersley | Davey Whitney Complex (1,244) Lorman, MS | ||||
| January 11, 2025 3:00 p.m. | Alabama A&M | W 62–52 | 1–14 (1–1) | 16 – Binet | 9 – Binet | 6 – Gaines-Wyatt | Davey Whitney Complex (115) Lorman, MS | ||||
| January 13, 2025 6:00 p.m. | Alabama State | W 67–65 | 2–14 (2–1) | 13 – 2 tied | 6 – 2 tied | 4 – Pajeaud | Davey Whitney Complex (305) Lorman, MS | ||||
| January 18, 2025 5:00 p.m. | at Texas Southern | L 57–66 | 2–15 (2–2) | 13 – Williams | 16 – Binet | 2 – 3 tied | H&PE Arena (1,489) Houston, TX | ||||
| January 20, 2025 7:30 p.m. | at Prairie View A&M | W 78–70 | 3–15 (3–2) | 17 – Gaines-Wyatt | 17 – Binet | 4 – Gaines-Wyatt | William Nicks Building (411) Prairie View, TX | ||||
| January 25, 2025 3:00 p.m. | Florida A&M | L 64–65 | 3–16 (3–3) | 15 – Williams | 6 – 2 tied | 4 – Pajeaud | Davey Whitney Complex (250) Lorman, MS | ||||
| January 27, 2025 5:00 p.m. | Bethune–Cookman | W 70–61 | 4–16 (4–3) | 17 – Tankersley | 9 – Pajeaud | 4 – Pajeaud | Davey Whitney Complex (135) Lorman, MS | ||||
| February 1, 2025 4:30 p.m. | at Southern | L 69–74 | 4–17 (4–4) | 15 – Cornelius | 10 – Binet | 7 – Gaines-Wyatt | F. G. Clark Center (5,673) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||
| February 3, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPNU | at Grambling State | W 60–53 | 5–17 (5–4) | 14 – Cornelius | 8 – Mitchell | 3 – Pajeaud | Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (2,313) Grambling, LA | ||||
| February 8, 2025 3:00 p.m. | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 79–60 | 6–17 (6–4) | 15 – Tankersley | 12 – Pajeaud | 6 – Gaines-Wyatt | Davey Whitney Complex (250) Lorman, MS | ||||
| February 10, 2025 6:00 p.m. | Mississippi Valley State | W 86–39 | 7–17 (7–4) | 14 – Gaines-Wyatt | 10 – Binet | 3 – Tankersley | Davey Whitney Complex (250) Lorman, MS | ||||
| February 15, 2025 4:30 p.m. | at Bethune–Cookman | W 78–74 | 8–17 (8–4) | 24 – Gaines-Wyatt | 7 – Pajeaud | 3 – Gaines-Wyatt | Moore Gymnasium (872) Daytona Beach, FL | ||||
| February 17, 2025 6:00 p.m. | at Florida A&M | L 76–85 | 8–18 (8–5) | 22 – Gaines-Wyatt | 7 – Binet | 2 – Gaines-Wyatt | Al Lawson Center Tallahassee, FL | ||||
| February 22, 2025 3:30 p.m. | at Jackson State | L 63–71 | 8–19 (8–6) | 18 – Tankersley | 8 – Binet | 5 – Gaines-Wyatt | Williams Assembly Center (2,907) Jackson, MS | ||||
| March 1, 2025 3:00 p.m. | Prairie View A&M | W 71–55 | 9–19 (9–6) | 15 – 2 tied | 9 – Pajeaud | 6 – Gaines-Wyatt | Davey Whitney Complex (300) Lorman, MS | ||||
| March 3, 2025 6:00 p.m. | Texas Southern | L 59–75 | 9–20 (9–7) | 16 – 2 tied | 11 – Binet | 2 – 2 tied | Davey Whitney Complex (458) Lorman, MS | ||||
| March 6, 2025 6:00 p.m. | at Mississippi Valley State | W 72–64 | 10–20 (10–7) | 21 – Binet | 10 – 2 tied | 5 – Williams | Harrison HPER Complex (1,985) Itta Bena, MS | ||||
| March 8, 2025 5:30 p.m. | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 65–63 | 11–20 (11–7) | 15 – Lual | 9 – Binet | 5 – Pajeaud | H.O. Clemmons Arena (1,345) Pine Bluff, AR | ||||
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| March 13, 2025 8:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (6) | vs. (3) Bethune–Cookman Quarterfinals | L 60–69 | 11–21 | 21 – Gaines-Wyatt | 9 – Pajeaud | 5 – Gaines-Wyatt | Gateway Center Arena (978) College Park, GA | |||