WARREN, Mich. – After a pair of wins last week over No. 11 Lansing Community College and Bay College, a team receiving votes in the preseason NJCAA Division II Rankings, Macomb Men's Basketball returns to its home court on Tuesday (Nov. 10) to host the Titans of Terra State Community College (Ohio).
The action is set to tip at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday following the 5:30 p.m. women's game.
The Monarchs are 3-1 on the young season and have won three straight under first-year head coach
Jeff Jayson.
A LOOK AT TERRA STATE: The Titans are unbeaten in the early stages of the season at 3-0 with wins over Ohio Valley Community College, North Central Michigan College and the University of Northwestern Ohio JV team. The Titans most recently earned a 101-83 victory after scoring 63 first-half points on Saturday against North Central Michigan.
Ka'Elon Hunt leads the team with 16.7 points and 3.7 assists per game entering Tuesday. Last season, Hunt earned OCCAC Playmaker of the Year and Second Team All-OCCAC honors. Andre McCullogh is averaging 15.0 points and a team-high 5.7 rebounds per contest. The Titans are led by head coach Ryan Hicks.
This is the first meeting between the Monarchs and Titans since Nov. 2, 2021, when Macomb posted an 84-51 victory in Warren.
A LOOK AT MACOMB: Kimari Barden has been a consistent force for the Monarchs to begin the 2026-27 campaign. The redshirt sophomore leads the Monarchs in both scoring (18.3 PPG) and rebounding (9.3 RPG) through four games. Barden recorded his second double-double of the season on Saturday in the 92-87 win over Bay College. Following Barden in the scoring column is freshman guard,
Devin Lee. The sharpshooter is averaging 15.3 points per contest and has shot 40 percent from three-point range.
Caden Neves has been a steady presence in the lineup with 9.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. The sophomore forward notched an 18-points, 12-rebound double-double in last week's road win over No. 11 Lansing Community College. Neves leads the Monarchs with four blocked shots, including three this past Saturday.
Braeden Holder has quarterbacked the offensive with efficiency and has amassed a MCCAA-leading 26 assists as part of the team's 3-1 start. Averaging 6.5 assists per game, Holder is also accounts for 9.5 points per contest and scored a Macomb career-high 17 points and dished out eight assists in Saturday's win over Bay.
Justin Gloster is averaging 9.3 points per contest and most recently had a pair of 12-point performances in the wins over Lansing and Bay.
LIVE COVERAGE: Tuesday's game will be streamed live on
MacombMonarchs.com/Watch with
Tom Cavanaugh on the call.
UP NEXT: The Monarchs will have two weeks off after Tuesday's tilt and will hit the court again on Nov. 24 with a home game opposite Lakeland Community College (Ohio) at 7 p.m.
