The Warriors will need to replace Isaiah Valentine, who graduated after scoring nearly 1,200 points in his career. However, the Warriors have a large stable of ball handlers and shooters at their disposal.

Junior Princeton Layton made a big leap forward a season ago, averaging a team-high 14.4 points, while also averaging 4.4 rebounds and reaching the free throw line nearly five times a game, highest on the squad. 

Senior point guard Connor Shanahan is back in the fold after notching 8.1 points per game a season ago and finishing second on the roster with 2.7 assists per game.

Sophomores Noa'Sosa Friedman and Elisha Slabach are back after both men moved into the starting lineup midway through their first year on campus. Friedman, a point guard, shot a team-best 57.6 percent from the field and tallied 10.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, while Slabach, a shooting guard, notched 6.3 points and 2.8 rebounds while finishing third on the team with 27 3-point makes. 

Fellow sophomores Gabriel Buksh and Ben Dalton will look for expanded roles after both saw action off the bench a season ago.

Five first-years will also be jockeying for minutes, with Michael Dufner, Isaiah Johnson, Mike Lower, and Blake Nagurney all entering their first year on campus in the backcourt. Another newcomer, Keiji Clifton, will seek time on the wing. The group comes in after strong high school careers where all were double-digit scorers.

The frontcourt will also require replacing a major piece, as three-year starter J.J. Beagle moves on due to graduation.

Versatile 6-7 senior Hayden Pardoe has been an integral part of the Warriors the past three seasons, posting 12.0 points and a team-high 6.7 rebounds per night last season, while also finishing second on the squad in three-point makes and going to the line more than any other Warrior. He enters the season just 100 points and 24 rebounds shy of becoming the 15th player in school history to post 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career. Pardoe's versatility allows him to play on the wing or in the power forward slot.

Fellow senior Ethan Bomgardner will look to bounce back to his 2024-25 form, when he spent time in the starting lineup, after being limited to just four games a year ago. The center averaged 3.1 points and 2.6 rebounds as a sophomore. 

Another sophomore, Charlie Sims, averaged 2.9 points per contest while shooting 37 percent from three-point range in 14 games, as he dealt with injuries throughout the season.

Sophomore Ben Dalton can also see minutes in the frontcourt in addition to playing on the wing.

Three newcomers will compete for minutes, with Keiji Clifton among those who will play on the wing as well as up front, plus Belmont Abbey transfer CJ Pearson and first year Haydn Lay.