2024–25 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season

2024–25 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball

Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	5–7 (0–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Matt Logie (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Zach Payne Sam Scholl Xavier Bishop
Home arena	Worthington Arena
Seasons← 2023–242025–26 →

2024–25 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Arizona	0	–	0	–	7	–	4	.636
Montana	0	–	0	–	7	–	5	.583
Northern Colorado	0	–	0	–	7	–	5	.583
Portland State	0	–	0	–	6	–	5	.545
Weber State	0	–	0	–	6	–	6	.500
Idaho State	0	–	0	–	5	–	6	.455
Montana State	0	–	0	–	5	–	7	.417
Idaho	0	–	0	–	4	–	8	.333
Eastern Washington	0	–	0	–	2	–	9	.182
Sacramento State	0	–	0	–	2	–	9	.182

† 2025 Big Sky tournament winner As of December 18, 2024

The 2024–25 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team represents Montana State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by second-year head coach Matt Logie, play their home games at Worthington Arena inside Brick Breeden Fieldhouse in Bozeman, Montana as members of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Bobcats finished the 2023–24 season 17–18, 9–9 in Big Sky play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Weber State, Sacramento State, and Montana to win their third consecutive Big Sky tournament title, and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. They received the #16 seed in the Midwest Region, where they would fall to fellow #16 seed Grambling State in the First Four.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Aiden Gair	0	G	6'5"	198	Junior	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	Transferred to Millersville
Eddie Turner III	3	G	6'2"	183	Graduate Student	Seattle, Washington
Jaqari Miles	4	G	6'4"	180	Freshman	Los Angeles, California	Transferred to Fullerton College
Jaden Geron	5	F	6'8"	190	Junior	Fresno, California	Transferred to Fresno Pacific
Carter Ash	14	G	6'0"	165	Junior	Bozeman, Montana	Graduated
John Olmsted	15	F	6'10"	235	Graduate Student	Morenci, Arizona	Graduated
Robert Ford III	20	G	6'0"	180	Senior	Portland, Oregon	Graduated
Royce Robinson	50	G	6'5"	200	Freshman	Lewistown, Montana	Transferred to Rocky Mountain College

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jeremiah Davis	0	G	6'4"	185	Junior	Fountain Valley, California	Fullerton College
Jabe Mullins	3	G	6'6"	200	Graduate Student	Snoqualmie, Washington	Washington State
Bryce Zephir	5	G	6'4"	200	Junior	Carson, California	Salt Lake CC
Max Agbonkpolo	7	F	6'9"	200	Graduate Student	Laguna Niguel, California	Utah State
BJ Kolly	8	F	6'10"	235	Junior	Everett, Washington	Western Washington

Recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Trap Johnson G	Belton, Texas	Belton High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sep 30, 2023
Trap Johnson G	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN grade: NR
Myles Moskowitz G	Boulder, Colorado	Fairview High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	145 lb (66 kg)
Myles Moskowitz G	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Grayson Gaddis F	Salt Lake City, Utah	Highland High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)
Grayson Gaddis F	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings: 247Sports: 192
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 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Jeremiah Davis	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Fullerton College	Fountain Valley, California
G	1	Patrick McMahon	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Colony High School	Palmer, Alaska
F	2	Brandon Walker	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Jr	UT Arlington	Oak Cliff, Texas
G	3	Jabe Mullins	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	GS	Washington State	Snoqualmie, Washington
G	5	Bryce Zephir	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Salt Lake Community College	Carson, California
F	7	Max Agbonkpolo	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	GS	Utah State	Laguna Niguel, California
F	8	BJ Kolly	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Western Washington	Everett, Washington
G	10	Trap Johnson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Belton High School	Belton, Texas
G	11	Tyler Patterson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	GS	Mount Si High School	Snoqualmie, Washington
G	14	Myles Moskowitz	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	Fr	Fairview High School	Boulder, Colorado
F	15	Grayson Gaddis	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Highland High School	Salt Lake City, Utah
F	21	Brian Goracke	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Point Loma	Monroe, Oregon
F	22	Calum Rutherfurd	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Analy High School	Sebastopol, California
F	23	Chika Nduka	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Portland	Seattle, Washington
G	24	Jed Miller	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Southern California Academy	Agoura Hills, California
F	25	Sam Lecholat	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Sheridan High School	Sheridan, Wyoming

Head coach

Matt Logie (Lehigh)

Assistant coach(es)

Zach Payne (Whitworth)
Sam Scholl (San Diego)
Xavier Bishop (Montana State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 14, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2024* 6:00 pm, BTN+	at Wisconsin	L 67–79	0–1	14 – Goracke	7 – Mullins	4 – Mullins	Kohl Center (13,554) Madison, WI
November 9, 2024* 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at Wichita State	L 69–89	0–2	13 – Walker	5 – Agbonkpolo	3 – Tied	Charles Koch Arena (6,179) Wichita, KS
November 11, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Northwest Indian	W 93–35	1–2	13 – Walker	8 – Agbonkpolo	5 – Mullins	Worthington Arena (2,520) Bozeman, MT
November 17, 2024* 2:00 pm, SLN	at Denver	L 78–79	1–3	19 – Walker	10 – Walker	3 – Kolly	Hamilton Gymnasium (851) Denver, CO
November 19, 2024* 7:00 pm, BTN	at Northwestern	L 69–72	1–4	17 – Mullins	10 – Agbonkpolo	6 – Mullins	Welsh–Ryan Arena (5,034) Evanston, IL
November 24, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Southern Miss Basketball Travelers Invitational	W 79–59	2–4	19 – Walker	6 – Walker	5 – Miller	Worthington Arena (2,450) Bozeman, MT
November 26, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Abilene Christian Basketball Travelers Invitational	W 85–59	3–4	14 – Tied	9 – Walker	7 – Mullins	Worthington Arena (2,393) Bozeman, MT
November 30, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal State Northridge	L 69–72	3–5	21 – Agbonkpolo	9 – Mullins	5 – Walker	Worthington Arena (2,467) Bozeman, MT
December 4, 2024* 6:00 pm	at Omaha Big Sky-Summit Challenge	W 76–65	4–5	17 – Walker	7 – Agbonkpolo	4 – Walker	Baxter Arena (1,424) Omaha, NE
December 7, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Kansas City Big Sky-Summit Challenge	W 74–62	5–5	17 – Agbonkpolo	9 – Agbonkpolo	4 – Zephir	Worthington Arena (2,599) Bozeman, MT
December 15, 2024* 6:00 pm, BTN+	at USC	L 63–89	5–6	14 – Walker	5 – McMahon	4 – Zephir	Galen Center (2,381) Los Angeles, CA
December 18, 2024* 8:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Riverside	L 80–83	5–7	31 – Walker	6 – Agbonkpolo	7 – Mullins	SRC Arena (257) Riverside, CA
December 22, 2024* 12:00 pm, ESPN+	at TCU						Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX
Big Sky regular season
January 2, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Idaho						ICCU Arena Moscow, ID
January 4, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+	at Eastern Washington						Reese Court Cheney, WA
January 9, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Northern Colorado						Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
January 11, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Northern Arizona						Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
January 16, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Idaho State						Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
January 18, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Weber State						Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
January 20, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Eastern Washington						Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
January 25, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Montana						Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
January 30, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Sacramento State						Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
February 1, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Portland State						Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
February 6, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Northern Arizona						Findlay Toyota Court Flagstaff, AZ
February 8, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Northern Colorado						Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO
February 13, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Weber State						Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
February 15, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Idaho State						Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
February 22, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Montana						Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
February 27, 2025 8:00 pm, ESPN+	at Portland State						Viking Pavilion Portland, OR
March 1, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Sacramento State						Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA
March 3, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Idaho						Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
Big Sky tournament
March 8–12, 2025 ESPN+	vs.						Idaho Central Arena Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Sources:

References

"2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
"Scorching second half propels Montana State past Weber State in Big Sky quarterfinals". 406 Sports. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
"Montana State men withstand late Sacramento State push to advance to fourth consecutive Big Sky championship game". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
"Montana State beats Montana 85-70 for third straight Big Sky Tournament title". USA Today. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
"Latest bracket, schedule and scores for 2024 NCAA men's tournament". NCAA.com. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
"Grambling State rallies past Montana State in March Madness First Four overtime thriller". New York Post. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
"2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster". msubobcats.com. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
"2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Montana State University Athletics. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
"Montana State Bobcats 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 14, 2024.

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