ARLINGTON, Texas – UT Arlington men's basketball is set to open the 2025-26 season on Monday night against UNT Dallas at the College Park Center at 7 p.m. CT. Fans are highly encouraged to wear white and participate in the White Out at the CPC. In the event fans can't attend, the game will be broadcast live on
ESPN+, and on the radio on the Varsity App, 102.5 FM and KTNO 620 AM by Will Conerly.
Tickets for Monday night are available at
UTATickets.com.
A student will have the chance to win $25,000 in the Progressive Shot Challenge on Monday night as well, and all students are encouraged to sign up to participate
here.
The Mavs enter year three under head coach
KT Turner. The Mavs return two scholarship players from last season's roster in forward
Raysean Seamster and forward/center
Cameron Jackson, while adding 11 new faces.
UTA takes on UNT Dallas for the third time in program history, having defeated the Trailblazers 90-55 at the College Park Center last November, and looks to open the season with a win for the third straight year after defeating UNT Dallas in last season's opener.
Monday's game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Doug Anderson (play-by-play) and Parker Eidson (analyst) on the call.
The Mavs are looking to rebound from the 2024-25 season that saw the Mavs finish 13-18, including a 9-4 mark at home at the CPC.
Senior forward
Raysean Seamster and sophomore forward/center
Cameron Jackson are back in Arlington and both are set to build off of their 2024-25 campaigns that saw them average 11.4 and 2.0 points per game, respectively.
Several new faces are in the fold, including forward
Tyran Mason, who joins UTA following a year at North Texas, Arkansas transfer
Cash Chavis, Troy transfer
Marcus Rigsby, Jr., junior college transfer
Bahsil Laster (Harcum College), Northern Colorado transfer
Marcell McCreary and South Dakota State transfer
Stoney Hadnot. In addition to the transfers, there are also a quartet of freshman – guard
Jordan Lowery, forward/center
Amari Reed, guard
Jayden Smoot and guard Augustine Youseff.
UNT Dallas enters play having already hit the floor twice this season, falling 79-69 at home to Dallas Christian College on Oct. 30, and then beat Wiley University on Saturday, 76-68, also at home in Dallas.
The Trailblazers are led by former Dallas Mavericks standout, Josh Howard, who is in his sixth season in charge of the program.
UNT Dallas has 11 Texas natives on its roster, and an additional pair from Chicago that went to high school in DFW.
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