St. Louis – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's basketball team tips off its 2026-27 season on Monday (Nov. 9) traveling to Owensboro, Ky., to take on Kentucky Wesleyan at 6 p.m. at the Owensboro Sportscenter.

The Tritons are coming off a in which it went 16-13 overall including 10-10 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and returns nine players with three starters from that team.

UMSL was picked to finish seventh in the GLVC Preseason Coaches poll.

The Tritons return four of their top six scorers from last season led by Jake Hamilton who is the team's top returning scorer with 11.0 points per game last year while handing out 54 assists and recording 42 steals.

Also back is Miles Boland who led the team with 138 assists and 56 steals a season ago was named to the GLVC's All-Freshman team last year. Vincent Davis III returns on the front line after averaging 10.1 points and 6.2 rebounds a season ago.

Makeer Makeer shot 45.7 percent from three-point range last season and averaged 9.2 points per outing while Colby Dolphin averaged 4.3 points per contest.

The Panthers, like UMSL, also went 16-13 last season including 10-10 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference and lost to Lake Erie 86-80 in the first round of the G-MAC Tournament. KWC is picked to finish fifth in the G-MAC this season.

The Panthers return fifth-year guard Logan McIntire who spent two seasons in Owensboro before transferring to Central Michigan last season. In his two years in the purple and white, McIntire averaged 12.1 points per game along with 4.0 rebounds and 1.8 assist per contest. Also returning is the team's top returning scorer in Jorge Sanchez-Ramos who averaged 12.4 points and 3.3 rebounds while handing out 154 assists last year.

KWC brought in six newcomers including three Division I transfers in Matthew Bothun, Fallou Gueye and Connor Loy.

The Panthers went 15-2 at the Owensboro Sportscenter last season.