By Ed Hill, Jr.,
Howard University Athletics
https://hubison.com/
WASHINGTON (November 12, 2025) – Howard University men’s basketball team wraps up its four-game homestand Thursday (Nov. 13), hosting Alcorn State (ASU) in another HBCU showdown inside The Burr. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m., live on ESPN+.
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LAST TIMEOUT
ALCORN STATE
Jameel Morris and Shane Lancaster combined for 32 points off the bench, but a second half surge proved to the difference as Alcorn State fell, 84-64, against Maryland Tuesday (Nov.11) at the Xfinity Center.
HOWARD
Sunday (Nov. 9), graduate guard Bryce Harris (Brentwood, N.Y.) scored a team-high 15 points to lead four Bison in double figures, but Grambling State made just enough plays to edge the Howard University men’s basketball team, 73-70, in a nonconference HBCU showdown inside Burr Gymnasium.
COACHES
Alcorn State is coached by Jake Morton (Miami ’93), who is his first season. Morton played locally at Gonzaga College High School.
Howard is led by Kenneth Blakeney (Duke, ’95), who is in his sixth season.
SERIES RECORD
This is the fourth meeting between the two schools with Alcorn State holding a 2-1 advantage.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
ALCORN STATE PROBABLE STARTERS
No. Position Class Name 2025-26 Stats
3 Guard Sophomore Davian Williams 7.5 ppg & 3.3 rpg
8 Forward Junior Tycen McDaniels 8.5 ppg & 3.0 rpg
30 Guard Senior Travis Roberts 7.0 ppg & 47-percent FG%
22 Wing Freshman Mike Jones 2.3 ppg & 2.8 rpg
7 Forward Senior Nick Woodard 8.0 ppg & 5.0 rpg
ALCORN STATE KEY RESERVES
No. Position Class Name 2025-26 Stats
6 Forward Junior William Henderson 4.3 ppg & 2.0 rpg
00 Guard Junior Shane Lancaster 13.8 ppg & 61-percent 3PT%
HOWARD PROBABLE STARTERS
No. Position Class Name 2025-26 Stats
34 Guard Graduate Bryce Harris 20.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg & 57-percent 3PT%
32 Forward Sophomore Travelle Bryson 5.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg & 11 assists
4 Guard Junior Alex Cotton 15.3 ppg & 50-percent 3PT%
13 Center Freshman Danas Kazakevicius 7.7 ppg & 3.3 rpg
2 Guard Junior Cam Gillus 12.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg & 5.0 apg
HOWARD KEY RESERVES
No. Position Class Name 2025-26 Stats
23 Guard R-Senior Ed Holland III 6.0 ppg & 4.3 rpg
11 Forward Senior Ose Okojie 6.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg & 61-percent FG%
GAME NOTES
ALCORN STATE
The Alcorn State Braves are on a challenging schedule. The Braves have played three Power Four programs: Florida State (Atlantic Coast Conference); Maryland (Big Ten) and Minnesota (Big Ten).
HOWARD
The Howard men’s basketball team continues to challenge the unprecedented. When the Bison hosted Missouri to kick off the season (Nov. 3), it was the fourth Power Four team to visit Burr Gymnasium, along with Oregon State (PAC-12), Notre Dame (Atlantic Coast Conference) and Cincinnati (Big 12).
Another first for Howard is its scheduling as it pertains to nonconference HBCUs. The Bison have already played UDC (Nov. 6), Grambling State (Nov. 9), now Alcorn State (Nov. 13) and later with games against Bowie State (Dec. 6), North Carolina A&T State (Dec. 9), Hampton (Dec. 13) and Morehouse (Jan. 19).
There has been a local flavor to the scheduling. UDC head coach Mike Riley played locally at Cardozo and Georgetown where he also coached under the late John Thompson Jr. Then, the Bison followed with Grambling State head coach Patrick Crary, who is from the DMV. And Alcorn State head coach Jake Morton played locally at Gonzaga and coached at Bowie State. One of his assistants is Darryl Prue, a former standout at Dunbar High School and Hall of Famer at West Virginia.
The Bison are missing the services of redshirt junior Cedric Taylor III (Atlanta), who is out with a wrist injury.
Howard will depend on him to give instant offense, but in the interim, it has allowed for the development sophomore forward Travelle Bryson (Anderson, S.C.), redshirt senior Ed Holland III (Philadelphia), sophomore guard Isaiah Brown (Ramsey, N.J.) and senior guard Ose Okojie (Brampton, Canada). The quartet showed well in the loss to Grambling State and figure to be invaluable once Taylor returns.
NEXT UP
Alcorn State takes on LSU Tuesday (Nov. 18) in Baton Rouge at 7 p.m. Howard takes to the road and plays at Stetson Wednesday (Nov. 19) at 7 p.m.
For more information, visit the official Howard Athletics website www.hubison.com.
Players Mentioned
#0 Isaiah Brown
G 6′ 1″ Sophomore
#34 Bryce Harris
G 6′ 4″ Graduate Student
#11 Ose Okojie
G 6′ 5″ Senior
#2 Cam Gillus
G 5′ 11″ Junior
#4 Alex Cotton
G 6′ 5″ Junior
#12 Cedric Taylor III
G 6′ 7″ Junior
#23 Ed Holland III
G 6′ 6″ Redshirt Senior
#32 Travelle Bryson
F 6′ 5″ Sophomore
#13 Danas Kazakevicius
C 6′ 10″ Freshman
