The ‘Dons will open the 2024-25 season at home against Bluffton at Gates Sports Center on Nov. 4. The non-league home schedule also includes visits from Bethune-Cookman on Nov. 12 and Southern Indiana on Nov. 16. It will be the third consecutive season the ‘Dons and Screaming Eagles have played each other, a series dating back to 1984. On Dec. 20, the Mastodons will host Defiance at Gates Sports Center.
The road schedule includes two visits to Florida and three games against major conference opponents. The first game is on November 8th against Big 12 opponent Central Florida. The ‘Dons have never played the Golden Knights. On November 20th, the ‘Dons will play Big 10 opponent Penn State for the first time since 2005. On November 25th and 26th, the ‘Dons will be back in Florida, this time in Daytona Beach for the Sunshine Slam. Drexel, Radford and Chicago State will be on the field. Then on November 30th, the ‘Dons will travel to Commerce, Texas, to face Texas A&M-Commerce for the third consecutive year. In December, the ‘Dons will play two away games in Michigan. The first is a trip to Eastern Michigan on December 15th. The Dons won the last meeting with Eastern Michigan 74-67 in Cancun in 2022. A week later, the Dons will travel to Michigan for a game on December 22nd. It is the second trip to Ann Arbor in three seasons.
The Mastodon men’s basketball team won 23 games last season and made it to the CIT championship game. The Mastodons return four of five starters in 2024-25. Rasheed Bello, Jalen Jackson, Quinton Morton-Robertson And Eric Mulder back for the ‘Dons.
The 2024–25 Horizon League schedule will be announced at a later date.
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