2023–24 Saint Peter's Peacocks men's basketball team

The 2023–24 Saint Peter's Peacocks men's basketball team represented Saint Peter's University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Peacocks, led by second-year head coach Bashir Mason, played their home games at the Run Baby Run Arena in Jersey City, New Jersey, as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 12–8 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 5 seed in the MAAC Tournament, they defeated Rider, Quinnipiac, and Fairfield to win the MAAC tournament championship, as a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for the fifth time in school history, and second time in 3 years. As a No. 15 seed in the Midwest region, they lost to Tennessee in the First Round.

2023–24 Saint Peter's Peacocks men's basketball
MAAC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Record	19–14 (12–8 MAAC)
Head coach	Bashir Mason (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Pete Cipriano Umar Shannon Jim Mack
Home arena	Run Baby Run Arena
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 MAAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Quinnipiac	15	–	5		.750			24	–	10		.706
Fairfield	14	–	6		.700			24	–	13		.649
Marist	12	–	8		.600			18	–	13		.581
Rider	12	–	8		.600			15	–	17		.469
Saint Peter's †	12	–	8		.600			19	–	14		.576
Niagara	11	–	9		.550			16	–	16		.500
Iona	10	–	10		.500			16	–	17		.485
Mount St. Mary's	9	–	11		.450			13	–	19		.406
Canisius	8	–	12		.400			14	–	18		.438
Manhattan	4	–	16		.200			7	–	23		.233
Siena	3	–	17		.150			4	–	28		.125
† 2024 MAAC tournament winner

Previous season

The Peacocks finished the 2022–23 season 14–18, 7–13 in MAAC play to finish in tenth place.^[1] As the #10 seed in the MAAC tournament, they upset #7 seed Fairfield in the first round^[2] and #2 seed Rider in the quarterfinals,^[3] before falling to #11 seed Marist in the semifinals.^[4]

Roster

2023–24 Saint Peter's Peacocks men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Latrell Reid 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Coffeyville Community College Willingboro, NJ G 1 Brent Bland 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So Half Hollow Hills West High School Wheatley Heights, NY G 2 Marcus Randolph 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Richmond Willingboro, NJ F 3 Corey Washington 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Sylvan Hills High School Sherwood, AR G 4 Roy Clarke 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr St. Francis Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY G 5 Armoni Zeigler 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Our Saviour Lutheran School Amityville, NY G 6 Michael Houge 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Walters State Community College Detroit, MI G 7 Elijah Perkins 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Austin Peay Middletown, NJ G 10 Elijah Wood 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Colby Community College Silver Spring, MD G 11 Jaheim Tanksley 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 169 lb (77 kg) Jr Moberly Area Community College Edison, NJ F 15 Stephon Roberts 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Virginia State Brooklyn, NY F 24 Oumar Diahame 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr The Patrick School Dakar, Senegal F 35 Mouhamed Sow 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So The Patrick School Dakar, Senegal	Head coach Bashir Mason (Drexel) Assistant coach(es) Pete Cipriano (Southern) Umar Shannon (Saint Francis (PA)) Jim Mack (Springfield) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: November 4, 2023

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:30 pm, FS1		at Seton Hall	L 59–70	0–1	14 – Reid	6 – Sow	2 – Tied	Prudential Center (8,087) Newark, NJ
November 11, 2023* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at NJIT	W 75–48	1–1	23 – Washington	10 – Tied	4 – Reid	Wellness and Events Center (616) Newark, NJ
November 15, 2023* 7:00 pm, YES		at Fairleigh Dickinson	L 70–71	1–2	19 – Houge	6 – Houge	9 – Reid	Rothman Center (1,852) Hackensack, NJ
November 20, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UMass Lowell	L 61–69	1–3	16 – Reid	5 – Sow	4 – Reid	Run Baby Run Arena (745) Jersey City, NJ
November 27, 2023* 7:00 pm, B1G+		at Rutgers	L 40–71	1–4	16 – Houge	12 – Houge	2 – Clarke	Jersey Mike's Arena (8,000) Piscataway, NJ
December 1, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Niagara	W 72–67	2–4 (1–0)	19 – Houge	9 – Houge	3 – Bland	Gallagher Center (1,015) Lewiston, NY
December 3, 2023 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Canisius	W 54–52	3–4 (2–0)	10 – Reid	7 – Tied	4 – Reid	Koessler Athletic Center (795) Buffalo, NY
December 8, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Duquesne	L 59–68	3–5	12 – Washington	6 – Houge	6 – Zeigler	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (2,088) Pittsburgh, PA
December 12, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UMBC	W 66–60	4–5	20 – Reid	8 – Sow	3 – Reid	Run Baby Run Arena (560) Jersey City, NJ
December 22, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Kean	W 73–70	5–5	26 – Washington	10 – Washington	6 – Reid	Run Baby Run Arena (463) Jersey City, NJ
December 30, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Bucknell	W 67–58	6–5	16 – Reid	7 – Tied	3 – Tied	Sojka Pavilion (814) Lewisburg, PA
January 5, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Iona	W 69–57	7–5 (3–0)	20 – Washington	9 – Washington	5 – Reid	Run Baby Run Arena (602) Jersey City, NJ
January 7, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Mount St. Mary's	W 70–64	8–5 (4–0)	25 – Washington	7 – Reid	5 – Reid	Run Baby Run Arena  Jersey City, NJ
January 14, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Manhattan	W 81–68	9–5 (5–0)	17 – Washington	7 – Washington	11 – Reid	Draddy Gymnasium (880) Riverdale, NY
January 19, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Fairfield	L 67–76	9–6 (5–1)	16 – Washington	8 – Washington	3 – Tied	Leo D. Mahoney Arena (3,382) Fairfield, CT
January 21, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Canisius	W 70–59	10–6 (6–1)	24 – Washington	9 – Washington	8 – Reid	Run Baby Run Arena  Jersey City, NJ
January 25, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Rider	L 57–62	10–7 (6–2)	17 – Reid	9 – Zeigler	5 – Reid	Run Baby Run Arena  Jersey City, NJ
January 28, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Siena	W 63–52	11–7 (7–2)	21 – Reid	8 – Clarke	2 – Tied	MVP Arena (5,806) Albany, NY
February 2, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Niagara	L 59–68 OT	11–8 (7–3)	21 – Clarke	8 – Sow	3 – Reid	Run Baby Run Arena (645) Jersey City, NJ
February 4, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Marist	L 52–63	11–9 (7–4)	14 – Reid	7 – Sow	3 – Clarke	McCann Arena (1,490) Poughkeepsie, NY
February 8, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Quinnipiac	L 73–84	11–10 (7–5)	17 – Clarke	5 – Tied	4 – Reid	M&T Bank Arena  Hamden, CT
February 10, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Fairfield	L 62–64	11–11 (7–6)	21 – Clarke	6 – Bland	4 – Clarke	Run Baby Run Arena (644) Jersey City, NJ
February 16, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Siena	W 75–63	12–11 (8–6)	29 – Washington	10 – Houge	7 – Reid	Run Baby Run Arena (563) Jersey City, NJ
February 18, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Iona	W 59–53	13–11 (9–6)	18 – Washington	10 – Washington	6 – Clarke	Hynes Athletics Center (1,808) New Rochelle, NY
February 23, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Mount St. Mary's	W 70–65	14–11 (10–6)	25 – Washington	8 – Tied	6 – Reid	Knott Arena (2,061) Emmitsburg, MD
February 25, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Marist	W 69–60	15–11 (11–6)	19 – Washington	5 – Washington	7 – Reid	Run Baby Run Arena (572) Jersey City, NJ
March 3, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Manhattan	W 89–57	16–11 (12–6)	18 – Washington	9 – Tied	17 – Reid	Run Baby Run Arena (684) Jersey City, NJ
March 7, 2024 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Rider	L 56–61	16–12 (12–7)	22 – Washington	12 – Washington	4 – Reid	Alumni Gymnasium (1,650) Lawrenceville, NJ
March 9, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Quinnipiac	L 74–89	16–13 (12–8)	21 – Washington	7 – Washington	4 – Reid	Run Baby Run Arena (755) Jersey City, NJ
MAAC tournament
March 14, 2024 9:00 pm, ESPN+	(5)	vs. (4) Rider Quarterfinals	W 50–48	17–13	20 – Houge	11 – Reid	2 – Clarke	Boardwalk Hall (1,544) Atlantic City, NJ
March 15, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPNews	(5)	vs. (1) Quinnipiac Semifinals	W 62–60	18–13	15 – Sow	7 – Washington	3 – Tied	Boardwalk Hall (−) Atlantic City, NJ
March 16, 2024 7:30 pm, ESPNU	(5)	vs. (2) Fairfield Championship	W 68–63	19–13	24 – Washington	9 – Washington	4 – Reid	Boardwalk Hall (2,477) Atlantic City, NJ
NCAA tournament
March 21, 2024 9:20 p.m., TNT	(15 MW)	vs. (2 MW) No. 6 Tennessee First Round	L 49–83	19–14	17 – Reid	5 – Roberts	1 – Tied	Spectrum Center (18,037) Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest region. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[5][6]

References

1. "2022-23 Men's Basketball Standings". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
2. "Men's Basketball Advances to Semifinals of MAAC Tournament as 10-Seed for First Time in Conference History". Saint Peter's University Athletics. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
3. "Rider men's basketball upset by Saint Peter's in MAAC Tournament quarterfinals". The Trentonian. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
4. "Marist holds off Saint Peter's, advances to first MAAC Tournament final as 11-seed". Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
5. "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Saint Peter's University Athletics. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
6. "Saint Peter's Peacocks 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2023.