SEATTLE – Seattle University men’s basketball concludes a three-game homestand on Saturday, Nov. 14 with a 7 p.m. match-up in the Redhawk Center against Idaho State. The game will stream live on ESPN+.
FOLLOW THE REDHAWKS
- Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM PT
- Seattle U (1-2, 0-0 WCC) vs. Idaho State (0-3, 0-0 Big Sky)
- Redhawk Center, Seattle, WA
- Tickets
- Live Stats
- Watch on ESPN+
- Game Notes
QUICK HITS
- The Redhawks stumbled at home on Wednesday versus UTSA, falling 86-59 to the Roadrunners.
- The loss inside the Redhawk Center was the first for Seattle U since Dec. 28, 2025 when they fell, 67-59, to San Francisco in last season’s West Coast Conference opener.
- Will Heimbrodt led Seattle U in scoring for a third straight game, finishing with 18 points. He added a team-high eight rebounds, season-high five blocks and four assists.
- Tyler Boston added a season-high 16 points, but no other Redhawk reached double figures.
- Freshman Jaden Bailes saw a season-high 20 minutes of action, finishing with eight points, four rebounds and two steals.
- Maleek Arington saw his first start of the season in place of Mason Williams, who was out with a foot injury.
- Arington enters Saturday’s game with 972 career points, sitting just 28 shy of the 1K milestone. Arington’s 152 steals in two+ seasons at Seattle U ranks fourth all-time.
- Will Heimbrodt enters Saturday’s game with 115 career blocks, 56 shy of Seattle U’s record holder Kobe Williamson (171, 2021-25).
- Seattle U improved to 5-1 in home openers during Head Coach Chris Victor’s tenure with a 79-60 win over Portland State on Nov. 7.
- The Redhawks found their offensive rhythm in the second half versus the Vikings, hitting at a blistering 84.2% from the field. They went 16-of-19 from the field in the frame, including a perfect 12-of-12 to close out the game.
- Mason Williams went a perfect 6-of-6 from the free-throw line against Portland State on Nov. 7. He is now a perfect 9-of-9 to open the season.
ABOUT THE SERIES VS IDAHO STATE
- This marks just the fourth meeting between Seattle U and Idaho State in the Redhawks’ modern day Division I era.
- This is the second straight season the teams have met in the Redhawk Center in Seattle. Nearly one exact year ago, Nov. 15, 2025, Redhawks earned an 83-74 win behind 22 points from Brayden Maldonado, 15 points from Junseok Yeo and 14 points off the bench from Jojo Murphy. Maleek Arington dished nine assists in the win over his former team.
- On Nov. 14, 2021, which marked the inaugural basketball game played in Climate Pledge Arena, the Redhawks ran away with a 77-51 win behind a career-high 30 points from Riley Grigsby and 18 points from Cameron Tyson.
- Seattle U won the first meeting after returning to Division I, 73-67, at KeyArena in Seattle on Nov. 27, 2017. Matej Kavas had 24 points to lead the Redhawks while Jordan Hill added 19.
- The teams met frequently in the 1950’s and 60’s with Seattle U holding a 27-7 all-time record over the Bengals.
- Prior to 2017, the last meeting between the two schools was during the 1978-79 season when they split a home-and-home series, each winning on their own court.
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
Seattle U has gone 66-18 (.785) on its home court during the past five seasons under Head Coach Chris Victor. That record includes a 49-12 (.803) mark at the Redhawk Center and a 17-6 (.740) mark in 23 total games played at Climate Pledge Arena. In 2025-26, the Redhawks went 14-4 overall at home, including an 11-2 record in the Redhawk Center and 3-2 record at Climate Pledge Arena.
GET YOUR TICKETS
Single-game tickets and group experience packages are available for purchase. All ticket options may be purchased online at goseattleu.com/tix or over the phone at 206-398-GOSU.
UP NEXT
Seattle U heads out on the road for the first of back-to-back trips to the Inland Empire of California, traveling to face former Western Athletic Conference foe California Baptist on Tuesday, Nov. 17. Tip-off from the Dale E. and Sarah Ann Fowler Events Center in Riverside, Calif., is 7 p.m.
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