FREDERICK, MD. – The men's basketball squad earns their third ever ranking in D3Hoops Top 25 landing at No. 24 after their 6-0 start in the newest addition of Blazer basketball.
The season started with with another dominant slate scoring 96 points per game and finding the bucket at a 52 percent rate with both marks inside the Top 15 in the country.
Jevon Yarbrough (Hagerstown, Md./Williamsport) has emerged in his junior season as an explosive threat leading the conference in points per game (22.7), points (136) and made baskets (50). In the two biggest games of the season against No. 21 Catholic and St. Vincent, he scored 30-plus points when the team needed to make the final push. Yarbrough already has won two MVP trophies from the Battle of D.C. and Maryland and Rotary Club of Frederick Tournament and looks to continue his caliber of play down the stretch.
Another weapon in the potent offense is
Kullen Robinson (Alexandria, Va./Alexandria City), a player proven to wear down the defense with his technical work of the game. He is shooting around 60 percent from the field and has been known this season to take control of the game with his scoring runs.
Karron Mallory (Manchester, Pa./Northeastern) sits second in the MAC in made three-point attempts (19) with his accuracy from the logos and leading the MACC in assist-turnover ration with the dual threat ability and tested ball handling skills.
Troy Fulton (Denver, N.C./Lincoln Charter) has quietly approached the Top 10 in the conference in three pointers with his ability to break the flow of a game with a pure three ball.
The Blazers have benefited in the paint from their big men
Garrett Cox (Glen Allen, VA/Glen Allen) and
Jude Huseby (Frederick, Md./Urbana) down low to enforce the physicality with crucial minutes also from the high octane
Gage Linton (Ijamsville, Md./Oakdale).
The Blazers have no easy schedule, heading to Johns Hopkins on Tuesday, Dec. 2 before hosting a Shenandoah University squad on Dec. 11 that broke their winning streak in the previous year scoring almost triple digits against the Blue & Grey.
D3hoops.com men's Top 25, 2025-26 - Week 1 (Through games of Sunday, Nov. 23):
# School (No. 1 votes) W-L Pts. Prev.
1 Trinity (Conn.) (23) 3-0 616 1
2 Randolph-Macon 4-0 583 2
3 UW-La Crosse 5-0 560 7
4 Redlands (1) 5-0 515 6
5 Washington U. 3-0 511 5
6 Illinois Wesleyan (1) 5-0 499 16
7 Mary Washington 6-0 438 15
8 Chicago 3-1 404 11
9 Emory 3-1 394 3
10 Hampden-Sydney 4-1 372 17
11 Wesleyan 3-1 342 13
12 Calvin 3-1 286 12
13 Roanoke 4-1 273 10
14 Montclair State 4-0 237 23
15 Virginia Wesleyan 2-1 193 14
16 Trinity (Texas) 4-1 171 --
17 UW-Oshkosh 3-1 167 --
18 Mount Union 6-0 138 --
19 WPI 4-1 134 19
20 TCNJ 4-1 132 24
21 Catholic 4-1 131 22
22 Tufts 3-2 98 4
23 Drew 5-0 97 --
24 Hood 6-0 93 --
25 Whitworth 4-0 85 --
Dropped out: No. 8 Carthage; No. 9 Christopher Newport; No. 18 UW-Platteville; No. 20 Hardin-Simmons; No. 21 Maryville; No. 25 St. Joseph (Conn.).
Others receiving votes: Maryville 80; Christopher Newport 68; St. Thomas (Texas) 65; Carthage 45; Williams 45; Coe 44; Babson 40; Trine 32; Western New England 31; UW-Platteville 27; Endicott 25; Wabash 21; Elmhurst 20; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 19; York (Pa.) 18; John Carroll 13; Colby 11; New York University 11; Muskingum 10; UW-Stevens Point 9; Hardin-Simmons 7; Franklin & Marshall 3; Vassar 1; Washington & Jefferson 1; UW-Eau Claire
