'24-'25 Spiders Friends and Family

[Section9.RowD]

Disclaimer: I realize not everyone on the forum likes following former Spiders, but some of us still find it interesting to keep up with the rest of their college careers.

Former Spiders:

• Marcus Randolph – Now a senior at St. Peter's, Marcus started 19 of 32 games last season, averaging 6.5 points per game. He’s likely to maintain a starting role this year.
• Isaiah Wilson – Senior at Winthrop. After starting the first two games last year, Isaiah suffered a season-ending injury. His profile still lists him as a senior, suggesting no medical redshirt was applied for. Wishing him a full recovery.
• Aiden Noyes – Redshirt junior at Belmont, returning to the Robins Center on 12/14. Expect him to receive a different reception compared to last year's transfer return.
• Jason Nelson – Redshirt junior at Youngstown State. He won’t be returning to the Robins Center this year. Personally, I hope Jason finds his stride and makes a significant impact during his final two seasons.
• Trevor Smith – Now a sophomore at Hampton. With the move to a lower division, hopefully, Trevor secures a starting role.
• Malcolm Dread – Redshirt junior at Mt. Saint Mary’s. Last season, he only appeared in 7 games, averaging less than 1 point per game.
• Andre Weir – The 6'9", 270 lb senior is now at Kennesaw State after several years at FGCU, where injuries sidelined him for most of last season.
• Dji Bailey - Given he is a UR graduate, I assume we'll continue to use his dedicated thread for ongoing updates as we did last year for TB.

Family Connections:

• Jarin Stevenson - Sophomore at Bama. Assume he may start this year but we'll see.
• Curtis Blair III - Redshirt freshman at Liberty.
• BB Washington – A freshman at FGCU and brother of George Washington III. He’ll be playing at the Robins Center on 12/28.
• Nikolas Gustavson – Brother Gus, a redshirt sophomore at D2 UT-Tyler. He was previously at North Alabama (D1, Atlantic South) but didn’t seem to play there.

Suspect I missed a couple folks and will edit the above based on comments.

 

[urmite]

Did Weir transfer to avoid the Robins Center?

 

[spider23]

Pulling for all these guys. Probably most interested to see Dji at LSU and then Blair at Liberty. Followed by Aiden at Belmont, and then Smith at Hampton.

 

[GKiller]

Family Connections:

Rodney Rice Jr.

 

[Section9.RowD]

Jarin started (perhaps due in injuries) in Bama's scrimmage game versus Wake. Scored 10 points

 

[Section9.RowD]

Monday - D1 vs D1 games only

Curtis Blair Jr. - Valparaiso at Liberty 5pm Grey Media
Marcus Randolph - Saint Peters at Seton Hall - 7pm FS1
BB Washington - FGCU at UNC Greensboro - 7pm ESPN+
Jarin Stevenson : UNC Asheville at Bama - 9pm ESPNU

 

[MDspider8]

Opening night updates on former Spiders:

• Marcus Randolph - Started for St. Peter's against Seton Hall and played 23 minutes before fouling out. Scored 9 points on 2-7 FG, 1 steal but 4 TO.
• Isaiah Wilson - Played 12 minutes off the bench for Wintrhop in their blowout win over Piedmont University. Didn't score but had 6 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals.
• Aidan Noyes - Started for Belmont in their W over Maryville College. 9 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.
• Jason Nelson - YSU had to postpone their game tonight due to a campus-wide power outage. That's a first for me.
• Trevor Smith - Played 21 minutes off the bench for Hampton, scoring 11 points with 4 assists and 3 rebounds. Shot 3-10 from the field, 2-8 from 3PT.
• Malcolm Dread - DNP in the Mount's W over Notre Dame Maryland.

 

[Section9.RowD]

Jarin Stevenson - started for Bama who crushed UNC Asheville. 21 minutes, 10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists

 

[GKiller]

Opening night updates on former Spiders:

• Marcus Randolph - Started for St. Peter's against Seton Hall and played 23 minutes before fouling out. Scored 9 points on 2-7 FG, 1 steal but 4 TO.
• Isaiah Wilson - Played 12 minutes off the bench for Campbell in their blowout win over Piedmont University. Didn't score but had 6 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals.
• Aidan Noyes - Started for Belmont in their W over Maryville College. 9 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.
• Jason Nelson - YSU had to postpone their game tonight due to a campus-wide power outage. That's a first for me.
• Trevor Smith - Played 21 minutes off the bench for Hampton, scoring 11 points with 4 assists and 3 rebounds. Shot 3-10 from the field, 2-8 from 3PT.
• Malcolm Dread - DNP in the Mount's W over Notre Dame Maryland.

Just fyi Wilson plays for Winthrop not Campbell. Easy to mix up silver spoon names.

 

[MDspider8]

Just fyi Wilson plays for Winthrop not Campbell. Easy to mix up silver spoon names.

Thx! No idea why I always confuse them. Fixed.

 

[GKiller]

Did Noyes lose starting spot after 1 game? Unless he was a fill in opening night looks like it.

Came off bench tonight. 22 mins. 0 pts.

& our marquee home ooc opponent lost to Furman at home.

 

[spider23]

Noyes has some strengths, but his game off the dribble and lateral quickness didn't match his jumping abilities.

 

[Section9.RowD]

Friday night

Marcus Randolph - 38 minutes, 16 points but only 4/12 FGs, 4 rebounds - St Peters loses to UMASS Lowell
Jarin Stevenson - Started but only played 10 minutes. 2 points, 5 rebounds. Alabama limps past Arkansas State.
Trevor Smith - 15 minutes; 6 points on 2/9 FGs as Hampton gets crushed by the Revolutionaries
Aiden Noyes - as noted above 22 minutes, 0 points, 3 rebounds, 0 monster dunks. Belmont falls to Furman.

Saturday

Jason Nelson may make his debut at Youngstown State assuming their is power this go around @ Chicago State 8pm.
Isaiah Wilson - Winthrop vs Little Rock. Noon.
Andre Weir - Kennesaw State at the California Baptists. 8pm.
Curtis Blair Jr - Liberty at Seattle 8pm.

 

[Section9.RowD]

Saturday recap:

Jason Nelson - started 28 minutes as Youngstown State beat Chi State by 20. 1 point, 6 turnovers, 3 fouls, 4 assists, 5 rebounds
Isaiah Wilson - 7 minutes and 0 points in Winthrop's win over Little Rock. Wonder if he is healthy. Really expected him to start for them when he transferred.
Andre Weir - Started for KSU that lost to CA Baptists by 4. 15 minutes, 7 rebounds, 9 points
Curtis Blair Jr - Didn't play.

 

[wr70beh]

Oof. Jason Nelson. That point to turnover ratio is….not good. It’s not good.

 

[SFspidur]

Monday

- Jason Nelson - 3 points on 1-for-7 shooting, 1 assist, and a steal in a beatdown by Ohio State. Only 1 turnover!
- Marcus Randolph - Only Peacock in double figures against Rutgers with 22 on 7-for-12 shooting including 4-for-8 from deep.
- Rodney Rice - 10 points in 16 minutes off the bench as Maryland rolled FAMU.
- Isaiah Wilson - Scoreless in just 6 minutes off the bench as Winthrop hung with VT. No shots, 1 board, and 1 turnover.
- Jarin Stevenson - Still starting, but only 4 points including 0-for-5 from deep as Bama took down McNeese.

 

[MDspider8]

Love to see Randolph lighting it up against a ranked team on the road!

 

[RichmondNative]

Love to see Randolph lighting it up against a ranked team on the road!

Saw the Peacocks were up a the half. Nice work Marcus!

 

[SFspidur]

Tuesday performances...

- Aidan Noyes: Belmont was down 79–72 to Lipscomb with 1:22 to play and came back to win it, 80–79. Aidan played 21 minutes off the bench but wasn't much of a factor as he went scoreless on two shots and had 3 boards and a steal.
- Curtis Blair: 13 minutes off the bench with just 5 points as Liberty cruised over NAIA Carolina University.
- Trevor Smith: 11 points in 14 minutes off the bench including 3-for-6 from deep as Hampton led Providence at the half before the Friars took over.

 

[SFspidur]

Wasn't really in the mood to put this together last night. Hope I'm not missing anybody.

- Andre Weir - Started but only played 15 minutes in an easy win over NAIA Bryan, had 8 points and 5 boards.
- Malcolm Dread - Once again DNP as Mount St. Mary's softened up Bucknell for us with a double OT win.
- BB Washington - DNP in FGCU's loss to Bona. So far this season he has only played the final 24 seconds of their loss to TCU.

 

[GKiller]

Wasn't really in the mood to put this together last night. Hope I'm not missing anybody.

- Andre Weir - Started but only played 15 minutes in an easy win over NAIA Bryan, had 8 points and 5 boards.
- Malcolm Dread - Once again DNP as Mount St. Mary's softened up Bucknell for us with a double OT win.
- BB Washington - DNP in FGCU's loss to Bona. So far this season he has only played the final 24 seconds of their loss to TCU.

Is Dread Moon's biggest freshman recruit miss? I think he's even behind the kid who went to Lindenwood. Dread went to the great Gonzaga after all so I had to be nice, and Covid didn't help, but I remember posting back then how surprised I was when UR took him.

 

[8legs1dream]

Is Dread Moon's biggest freshman recruit miss? I think he's even behind the kid who went to Lindenwood. Dread went to the great Gonzaga after all so I had to be nice, and Covid didn't help, but I remember posting back then how surprised I was when UR took him.

I think he had an older brother that played P5 ball right? If so maybe that distorted the optics of what he could project to be.

But still, that was one big swing and a miss on a guy that can't even see playing time on a MAAC team. Then we turn around and get smacked at home by a MAAC team so what do I know maybe they are just that good! 🤯

 

[SFspidur]

Yeah, Myles played at Penn State and scored almost 1,100 points thanks to the extra COVID year. Never a double-digit scorer, but consistently in that 6–9 PPG range and started a bunch of games for them, though he came off the bench in his final year.

I almost feel like Malcolm has to be injured, but I'm not sure that's the case as he appeared in 7 scattered games for mop-up duty last season, so I guess he really is just that far down the bench. 13 different guys have seen the floor for MSM so far in their three games, but Dread isn't one of them.

 

[brooklyn brownstone]

did Bryce Schneider transfer out of D1? Seemed like a good guy, remember him posting congrats to the guys he came in with after the NCAA tourney win in 2022.

 

[SFspidur]

did Bryce Schneider transfer out of D1? Seemed like a good guy, remember him posting congrats to the guys he came in with after the NCAA tourney win in 2022.

Yeah, he headed to D-II Nova Southeastern. Still helps run the Big Shots family business.

 

[Section9.RowD]

- Marcus Randolph - Leading scorer with 19 points, 6 rebounds for St Peters who beat one of the. current VCU coach's former teams. Marcus averaging 16 points per game for the season and only Peacock in double digits.
- Andre Weir - Started but just 11 minutes, 2 points for KSU who trounced the Presbyterians
- Jason Nelson - 40 minutes, 10 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds as Youngstown State took Cuse to OT before losing

 

[spider23]

Jaynel had a decent game, with Wright State taking Syracuse to overtime.

 

[gcarter52]

Jaynel had a decent game, with Wright State taking Syracuse to overtime.

He plays for Youngstown State.

 

[spider23]

I get those two mixed up but Jaynel's team took Cuse to overtime.

 

[Section9.RowD]

He plays for Youngstown State.

Added above thx

 

[SFspidur]

Today's action:

- Isaiah Wilson: Scoreless in 3 minutes in a 77–75 win over NC Central, with one board and one assist. Still scoreless on the season, having played a total of 33 minutes across 5 games.
- Curtis Blair: Played the final minute off the bench in Liberty's blowout 68–47 win over Charleston. Picked up a foul as his only stat sheet contribution.

 

[SFspidur]

Tuesday games:

- Aidan Noyes: 13 minutes off the bench in a 90–80 win over Oral Roberts, but just 0-for-1 from the field and 2-for-5 from the line. One board, two turnovers, and a foul.
- Trevor Smith: 10 minutes off the bench as Hampton beat UMBC, 78–68. Managed 2 points at the line and was 0-for-3 from the field, all threes. Three turnovers, an assist, and a board.
- Rodney Rice: Started and played 25 minutes in a 71-point rout of Canisius. Yes, the Terps won 108–37. He had 13 points including 3-for-6 from deep, plus 4 boards and 3 assists.

 

[97spiderfan]

He plays for Youngstown State.

Well, he'll probably be at Wright State next year. He seems to be on the play 1 year somewhere and transfer cycle

 

[SFspidur]

Wednesday games:

- Marcus Randolph: 21 points for St. Peter's as they cruised over D-III Saint Elizabeth, 116–51. Was 3-for-4 from deep, plus had 5 assists and a couple steals.
- Andre Weir: Started but still only played 15 minutes in an 84–78 win for Kennesaw over Abilene Christian. Scoreless and three turnovers, but also had 6 boards and a couple of assists.
- Jarin Stevenson: Just 4 points off the bench as Alabama kept Illinois at arm's length pretty much the whole game and rolled to a 100–87 victory.
- Malcolm Dread: Another DNP as Mount St. Mary's got beat up by Georgetown, 79–51.

 

[SFspidur]

Thursday:

- Jason Nelson: Started and played 34 minutes in a 72–62 victory over winless Monmouth. 5 points, 4 assists, 2 steals, and a board, but 4 turnovers.

 

[SFspidur]

Friday:

- Dji Bailey: Mentioned in his own thread, but just 6 points with a couple each of boards, assists, and steals as LSU fell to Pitt.
- Jason Nelson: YSU managed just 42 points against Presbyterian, and JayNel had only a single three, 3 boards, an assist, and a steal.
- Curtis Blair: Played the final two minutes of a 20-point win over Louisiana. Missed a jumper and committed a foul.
- Isaiah Wilson: 7 minutes off the bench. Missed a three and had an assist, a steal, a turnover, and two fouls.
- BB Washington: No sign of him in a 20-point winner FGCU over CSU Bakersfield.