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WILMINGTON, N.C. – The UNCW men's basketball team makes its final tune-up ahead of the regular season when it hosts UNC Greensboro in an exhibition action on Saturday afternoon at 12 p.m. at Trask Coliseum.
 
GAME COVERAGE
UNCW Seahawks vs. UNC Greensboro Spartans
Gametime: Noon
Gates Open: 10:30 a.m.
Promotion: UNCW Student Costume Contest (Prize: 70-inch TV)
Radio: 95.9 The Breeze
           
PARKING NOTICE
With a flurry of activity on campus beginning this Friday, the UNCW Athletics Department has announced parking plans for those coming to campus.

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SERIES INFO
The two UNC system programs will meet for the first time since UNCG took both games of a home-and-home series in 2017 and 2018. 

SEAHAWKS TABBED PRESEASON FAVORITE
UNCW was tabbed as the Coastal Athletic Association preseason favorite, while graduate center Patrick Wessler was named the league's Preseason Player of the Year following a vote of the conference's 13 head coaches.

Wessler, the league's lone returning All-CAA player and top returning scorer (13.6 ppg) and rebounder (9.5 rpg), was joined on the Preseason All-CAA First Team by graduate guard CJ Luster II.

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PONDER AMONG NATION'S TOP ASSISTANTS
UNCW standout player and current assistant coach Craig Ponder's star continues to rise with recognition on the 2026 Silver Waves Media Top/Most Impactful Mid-Major Assistant Coaches list.

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HC TAKAYO SIDDLE PRESEASON MEDIA
Head coach Takayo Siddle spoke with members of the local media ahead of the 2026-27 season.

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CAA MEDIA DAY REWIND
Watch head coach Takayo Siddle's Field of 68 interview as part of the CAA Media Day and listen to Siddle and Wessler address the conference media cohort.

Siddle on Field of 68

Siddle, Wessler Media

NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS REWIND
Seahawk legends Bill Mayew (1993-97), Brett Blizzard (1999-03), Craig Ponder (2011-16) and Shykeim Phillips (2019-24) assembled on the dais for the first time together at UNCW's second annual Night of Champions stewardship event. The luminaries shared stories and interacted with donors in a special night moderated by famed bracketologist Joe Lunardi, who spent the day around the Seahawk program.

Joe Lunardi on ESPN Slack on Sports

Bill Mayew at the Night of Champions

Craig Ponder at the Night of Champions

Shykeim Phillips at the Night of Champions

WELCOME BACK
UNCW returns six players from last season's Coastal Athletic Association regular season squad headlined by 2025 All-CAA First Team center Patrick Wessler. Wessler, the league's top returning scorer (13.6), paced the league with 17 double-doubles last season.

Graduate guard CJ Luster II returns to action after missing all of 2025-26 with an injury. A 2025-26 Preseason First Teamer, Luster joined the Seahawks one year ago after an All-CAA season at Stony Brook, where he shot 42.1 percent from three-point range and started all 32 games in 2024-25 for the Seawolves.

Seniors Jahnathan Lamothe and Gavin Walsh are back after missing parts of last season with injury, along with junior Makel Smith and sophomore Matija Prodanovic, to round out the 2026-27 returners.

NEW TO THE NEST
Guards Xavier Brown (South Florida) and Treyvon Maddox (Miami) are part of a six-player transfer class that includes forwards Spencer Elliott (Charlotte) and Tyler Nelson (Navy) along with guards William Kermoury (Northeastern) and Tahlan Pettway (Western Carolina).

Wilmington products Kellum Brown of New Hanover High School and William Seward of John T. Hoggard High School also joined the program as walk-ons.

SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
The Spartans enter their first season under veteran head coach Jerod Haase, who previously coached in Trask Coliseum in 2018 with Stanford.

UNCG went 15-19 last season and 9-9 in the Southern Conference.

ON THE DOCKET
UNCW opens the 2026-27 season on Monday, Nov. 2, vs. Division II Mount Olive at 7 p.m. The 2026 CAA regular season championship banner will be unveiled.
 
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Players Mentioned

Jahnathan Lamothe

#5 Jahnathan Lamothe

G
6' 4"
Senior
CJ Luster II

#3 CJ Luster II

G
6' 3"
Graduate Student
Makel Smith

#12 Makel Smith

G
6' 0"
Redshirt Sophomore
Gavin Walsh

#22 Gavin Walsh

F
6' 8"
Senior
Patrick Wessler

#2 Patrick Wessler

C
7' 0"
Graduate Student
Xavier Brown

#0 Xavier Brown

G
6' 2"
Graduate Student
Tyler Nelson

#1 Tyler Nelson

F
6' 6"
Fifth Year
Treyvon Maddox

#6 Treyvon Maddox

G
6' 6"
Redshirt Freshman
William Kermoury

#7 William Kermoury

G
6' 5"
Senior
Tahlan Pettway

#8 Tahlan Pettway

G
6' 2"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Jahnathan Lamothe

#5 Jahnathan Lamothe

6' 4"
Senior
G
CJ Luster II

#3 CJ Luster II

6' 3"
Graduate Student
G
Makel Smith

#12 Makel Smith

6' 0"
Redshirt Sophomore
G
Gavin Walsh

#22 Gavin Walsh

6' 8"
Senior
F
Patrick Wessler

#2 Patrick Wessler

7' 0"
Graduate Student
C
Xavier Brown

#0 Xavier Brown

6' 2"
Graduate Student
G
Tyler Nelson

#1 Tyler Nelson

6' 6"
Fifth Year
F
Treyvon Maddox

#6 Treyvon Maddox

6' 6"
Redshirt Freshman
G
William Kermoury

#7 William Kermoury

6' 5"
Senior
G
Tahlan Pettway

#8 Tahlan Pettway

6' 2"
Sophomore
G