Colorado State University Athletics
Saturday, November 16
Southhaven, MS
2:00 PM
Colorado State
vs
Ole Miss
Hoops Hits the Road for the First Time in 2024-25
11/15/2024 9:04:00 AM | Men's Basketball
CSU men’s basketball heads south to face Ole Miss
FORT COLLINS – Colorado State hits the road for the first time in 2024-25 this weekend to face Ole Miss in a "neutral" site game Saturday afternoon. The Rams and Rebels will square off at 2:00 p.m. MT on the SEC Network + in Southaven, Miss.
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Opening Tip
- Colorado State concluded its three-game homestand with a 74-65 win over Denver on Tuesday to open the year 3-0.
- Jalen Lake followed up his career-scoring game against Tennessee State with a 19-point performance to lead all teams. He shot 70.0% from the field connecting on a career-best seven shots.
- Coming off the bench, Jaylen Crocker-Johnson scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds, both highs for his short career so far in the Green & Gold.
- Nique Clifford finished a rebound shy of his third straight double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds in the win.
- Freshman Kyle Jorgensen picked up Mountain West Freshman of the Week honors after averaging 9.0 points and 6.0 rebounds in his first two games. He scored seven straight points for the Rams in overtime to lift them past TSU.
- Jorgensen earned his first career start against Denver, finishing with six points a rebound, an assist and steal.
- Playing in his first game in 333 days and have only played 14 minutes of game action in 667 days, Keshawn Williams showed off his athletic ability scoring 14 points off the bench for CSU in the season opener.
- Saturday's game against Ole Miss is the second time the two programs have faced off. The other was also at a neutral site in Cancun.
- Head coach Niko Medved is in his seventh year leading Colorado State. He is 120-75 as the Rams' head coach. His next win will tie him for the second most in program history with Stew Morrill (1992-98) and Larry Eustachy (2012-18).
- He became the fifth coach in program history to reach 100 wins in Fort Collins last year.
- Medved is the only coach in program history to win 20-plus games four times.
- The next win will be the 200th of his career.
- The Rams finished 15-2 last year inside Moby Arena, which was the second-highest in program history.
- CSU is 64-15 (.810) inside Moby Arena for the past six years.
- Colorado State did well on neutral courts last year, going 6-2.
CSU will welcome 10 new faces to the program in 2024-25. Six are transfers, and four are true freshmen.
- The program's all-time leading scorer and assists leader, Isaiah Stevens has moved on to professional basketball after exhausting his eligibility. He is currently with the Sioux Falls Skyforce, the G League affiliate of the Miami Heat.
- Stevens helped the Heat to a 2024 Summer League Championship.
- CSU has two players currently in the NBA or G League with David Roddy (Atlanta Hawks) and Isaiah Stevens (Miami Heat/Sioux Falls Skyforce).
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Scouting the Rebels
Chris Beard continues to build a tough defensive-minded team in Oxford as they are 3-0 entering Saturday's match.
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The Rebels are allowing just 59.3 points per game and no team has scored more than 64 against them.
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Offensively, Sean Pedulla leads the team with 14.7 points per game. Ole Miss is a balanced team with five players scoring 9.0 or more points a game and seven averaging at least 6.0.
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What's Ahead
Colorado State will be off almost a week when they return to the court on November 22 to host UC Riverside at 7 p.m.
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Opening Tip
- Colorado State concluded its three-game homestand with a 74-65 win over Denver on Tuesday to open the year 3-0.
- Jalen Lake followed up his career-scoring game against Tennessee State with a 19-point performance to lead all teams. He shot 70.0% from the field connecting on a career-best seven shots.
- Coming off the bench, Jaylen Crocker-Johnson scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds, both highs for his short career so far in the Green & Gold.
- Nique Clifford finished a rebound shy of his third straight double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds in the win.
- Freshman Kyle Jorgensen picked up Mountain West Freshman of the Week honors after averaging 9.0 points and 6.0 rebounds in his first two games. He scored seven straight points for the Rams in overtime to lift them past TSU.
- Jorgensen earned his first career start against Denver, finishing with six points a rebound, an assist and steal.
- Playing in his first game in 333 days and have only played 14 minutes of game action in 667 days, Keshawn Williams showed off his athletic ability scoring 14 points off the bench for CSU in the season opener.
- Saturday's game against Ole Miss is the second time the two programs have faced off. The other was also at a neutral site in Cancun.
- Head coach Niko Medved is in his seventh year leading Colorado State. He is 120-75 as the Rams' head coach. His next win will tie him for the second most in program history with Stew Morrill (1992-98) and Larry Eustachy (2012-18).
- He became the fifth coach in program history to reach 100 wins in Fort Collins last year.
- Medved is the only coach in program history to win 20-plus games four times.
- The next win will be the 200th of his career.
- The Rams finished 15-2 last year inside Moby Arena, which was the second-highest in program history.
- CSU is 64-15 (.810) inside Moby Arena for the past six years.
- Colorado State did well on neutral courts last year, going 6-2.
CSU will welcome 10 new faces to the program in 2024-25. Six are transfers, and four are true freshmen.
- The program's all-time leading scorer and assists leader, Isaiah Stevens has moved on to professional basketball after exhausting his eligibility. He is currently with the Sioux Falls Skyforce, the G League affiliate of the Miami Heat.
- Stevens helped the Heat to a 2024 Summer League Championship.
- CSU has two players currently in the NBA or G League with David Roddy (Atlanta Hawks) and Isaiah Stevens (Miami Heat/Sioux Falls Skyforce).
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Scouting the Rebels
Chris Beard continues to build a tough defensive-minded team in Oxford as they are 3-0 entering Saturday's match.
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The Rebels are allowing just 59.3 points per game and no team has scored more than 64 against them.
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Offensively, Sean Pedulla leads the team with 14.7 points per game. Ole Miss is a balanced team with five players scoring 9.0 or more points a game and seven averaging at least 6.0.
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What's Ahead
Colorado State will be off almost a week when they return to the court on November 22 to host UC Riverside at 7 p.m.
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