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Homecoming Hoops Saturday Pits Redhawks vs Mustangs

Men's basketball continues a four-game homestand on Saturday, Nov. 8, hosting Cal Poly in a 7 p.m. tilt at the Redhawk Center.

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Homecoming Hoops Saturday Pits Redhawks vs MustangsHomecoming Hoops Saturday Pits Redhawks vs Mustangs

SEATTLE – Seattle University men’s basketball continues a season-opening, four-game homestand by hosting Cal Poly on Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Redhawk Center. The game will tip off at 7 p.m. and is the culminating event of the university’s Homecoming Week and Parent & Family Weekend. The game will air live on ESPN+.

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QUICK HITS

  • Seattle U opened the 2025-26 season with an 84-73 win over Denver on Monday, Nov. 3.
  • The Redhawks have now won six of their last seven-season opening games.
  • The season-opening matchup with the Pioneers came just three days after the announcement that the teams will begin competing as West Coast Conference foes next season. Denver will join the WCC beginning in 2026-27, bringing the league to 11 full-time members next year.
  • The Redhawks were led by a combined 52 points from senior guard Brayden Maldonado and redshirt sophomore Will Heimbrodt. Maldonado poured in a career-high 28 points on 9-15 FGs while Heimbrodt added a career-high 24 points on 9-14 FGs.
  • Heimbrodt, who also earned his first collegiate start in the season opener, more than doubled his previous career high of 11 points. The redshirt sophomore appeared in 27 games off the bench last season, scoring a season total 55 points.
  • Maleek Arington added 10 points versus the Pioneers to give Seattle U a trip of double-digit scorers. Junseok Yeo added nine points and two rebounds in his Seattle U debut.

ABOUT THE SERIES VS CAL POLY

  • Seattle U and Cal Poly have just four previous meetings, all coming since 2008.
  • The Mustangs hold a slight 3-1 edge in the series.
  • The teams last met on Nov. 14, 2024, in San Luis Obispo, Calif., with the Mustangs winning 75-71 on their home court. In that meeting, the Redhawks led 70-67 on a Brayden Maldonado steal and layup with 2:39 to play, but would not score another field goal down the stretch. A costly turnover just under a minute to play and a pair of missed free throws to potentially tie the game with six seconds remaining seal their fate.
  • John Christofilis had 16 points to lead the Redhawks in scoring in the last meeting. Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe had 14 points and 15 rebounds while Maldonado added 13 points.
  • Seattle U won the first-ever meeting, 60-59, on Dec. 14, 2008 in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
  • The Mustangs won the next two in the series during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons.

SEATTLE STORYLINES

  • 2025-26 marks the Redhawks’ return the West Coast Conference. Seattle U was a one time member of the then West Coast Athletic Conference from 1971-1980, before dropping from NCAA Division I. The university was accepted into the West Coast Conference on May 10, 2024 and began its return to competition in the WCC in fall 2025.
  • Seattle U has three international players hailing from Asia Pacific countries, including senior Junseok Yeo (South Korea), sophomore Houran Dan (China) and redshirt-freshman Yuto Kawashima (Japan).
  • Based on roster data provided to the NCAA by member institutions, Yeo is the lone player from Korea on a Division I roster, Dan is one of just five players from China on a DI roster and Kawashima is one of seven players from Japan on a DI roster.
  • Seattle U will host all four other Division I programs in the state of Washington during the 2025-26 season. The Redhawks host Eastern Washington on Nov. 12, Washington on Dec. 19, Washington State on Dec. 30 and Gonzaga on Jan. 17.
  • Seattle U returns five letterwinners, including three starters – Maleek Arington, Brayden Maldonado and John Christofilis – from its 2024-25 squad.
  • The Redhawk roster also includes two redshirts and eight new players. The new faces include a quartet of transfers –  Junseok Yeo (Gonzaga), Austin Maurer (Grand Canyon), Brock Felder (Southern Utah) and Jojo Murphy (Chico State).
  • The 2024-25 Redhawks were among the nation’s best in free throw attempts per game (15th, 24.0), made free throws per game (17th, 17.1), turnover margin (31st, 3.0), scoring defense (34th, 66.4 ppg), turnovers forced per game (35th, 14.38) and steals per game (48th, 8.1).
  • John Christofilis has poured in 114 threes in two-plus seasons at SU, putting him in striking distance of entering the SU all-time top-10 list this year. Sitting tied for 10th are Mack Junior (95-99) and Arne Klubberud (95-99), each with 144 career threes.
  • Maleek Arington enters Saturday’s match-up against Cal Poly with 812 career points and will eye becoming a third member of the 2025-26 squad to surpass 1,000 career points. He would join Jojo Murphy (1,371 career points) and Brayden Maldonado (1,040 career points).
  • The Redhawks have three 20-win seasons in the past four years. They notching three consecutive from 2022-24, achieving the feat for the first time since 1957-59. Along with the 23-win campaign in 2023-24, the Redhawks went 20-12 overall in 2022-23 and 23-9 in 2021-22.
  • The Redhawks’ 2022 Western Athletic Conference regular season title was the first Division I conference title for the program and just the second overall conference title (Seattle U won the 2006-07 DII Great Northwest Athletic Conference crown).

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
Seattle U has gone 52-13 (.800) on its home court during the past four seasons under Head Coach Chris Victor. That record includes a 38-9 (.809) mark at the Redhawk Center and a 14-4 (.778) mark in 18 total games played at Climate Pledge Arena.

GET YOUR TICKETS
Single-game tickets and season packages are available for purchase. Season ticket holders receive exclusive access to special offers and always receive the best value. All ticket options may be purchased online at goseattleu.com/tix or over the phone at 206-398-GOSU.

UP NEXT
Seattle U remains at home for its next two, beginning Wednesday, Nov. 12 against Eastern Washington. The game will tip off from the Redhawk Center at 7 p.m. The four-game homestand concludes on Saturday, Nov. 15 with 7 p.m. tilt against Idaho State.

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