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Louisiana Tech Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #186 · 20–14 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Sun Belt Conference · Ruston, LA

Louisiana Tech finished 20–14 (C-USA 7th, KenPom #186) in 2025–26. 13 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 12 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster13 players
New this season12
Transfer additions8
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2028
Most common home stateTX (9)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2028 — 5 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2029.

2027
Gblocked7 ahead · multi-yr
Fblocked6 ahead
2028
Gbalanced7 ahead
Fopening5 ahead
2029
Gopening4 ahead
Fopening2 ahead
2030
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen1 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (7)
Kyran Tilley5′9″Jr
Deven Bates6′3″Jr
Bryce Dixon6′7″Fr
Jay Tyler5′9″Jr
James Sanderson5′5″Fr
Jaylen Fenner6′11″So
Adam Boyd5′7″Fr
Forwards in that room (6)
Ethan Blackmon6′7″Sr
Iyran Francis Jr.6′7″So
Braylon Wenger6′9″Jr
Trashaun Combs-Pierce6′11″Jr
Linwood Rowe6′7″Jr
Izuchukwu Emelife6′7″RS-Fr
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If you want to play at Louisiana Tech

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (7 ahead · multi-yr), F blocked (6 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 12 arrivals, 4 came straight from high school and 8 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from TX, MS, LA.

2 of 13 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 2 of 13 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

7% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 13 players

Guards 7 of 13

Jaylen Fenner6′11″So5.5 PPG
Bryce Dixon6′7″Fr
Deven Bates6′3″Jr
Kyran Tilley5′9″Jr
Jay Tyler5′9″Jr
Adam Boyd5′7″Fr
James Sanderson5′5″Fr

Frontcourt 6 of 13 · forwards + centers

Trashaun Combs-Pierce6′11″Jr · F
Braylon Wenger6′9″Jr · F
Ethan Blackmon6′7″Sr · F · final yr
Iyran Francis Jr.6′7″So · F
Linwood Rowe6′7″Jr · F
Izuchukwu Emelife6′7″RS-Fr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

7%of recorded scoring returns
0 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Jaylen Fenner5.5 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 13 of 14 players on the 2025–26 roster with recorded stats; "returning" means listed on the 2026–27 roster.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

4from high school8via the portal

5 of 13 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

2 of 13

2 of 13 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Best-ranked: Bryce Dixon #307.

Where from

TX 9 · MS 4 · LA 2 · OK 2 · CA 1 · FL 1

2 international: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Dallas, Texas

High schools: Atascocita HS ×2; Bonnabel HS; Seven Lakes HS and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Kyran Tilley
→Ethan Blackmon
→Deven Bates
→Iyran Francis Jr.
→Braylon Wenger
→Trashaun Combs-Pierce
→Linwood Rowe
→Jay Tyler

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Kylan Howze
←Avery Thomas II
←AJ Bates
←Keegan Rowell
←Melian Martinez
←Lachlan Thompson
←Kaden Cooper
←DJ Dudley
←A'Meir Williams

How this roster compares

Sun Belt Conference (12 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureLouisiana TechConference
Average guard height6′0″6′3″−3″
Average frontcourt height6′8″6′9″−1″
Roster size1315−2
Freshman share31%25%+6pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#1012021–22#1732022–23#942023–24#1352024–25#1862025–26
24–10 · C-USA 4th15–18 · C-USA 7th22–10 · C-USA 1st20–12 · C-USA 6th20–14 · C-USA 7th

Coaching staff

Winston HinesAssistant coach / winstonh
Darshawn McClellanAssistant coach / darshawn
Tyson BatisteAssistant coach / tbatiste
Kavin Gilder-TilburyAssistant coach / kavin
Talvin HesterHead coach / bulldogbasketball
Adam SchwartzAssistant coach / aschwartz
Staff changes3 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 1 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate86%
SAT midpoint1175
ACT midpoint25

How this page is made: Rosters: official Louisiana Tech rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Louisiana Tech's 2026–27 roster is posted, so this page reads it; the conference comparison uses 2025–26, the newest season every program has on file. · Stats: 2025–26, the last season played — the 2026–27 season has no games yet. · New this season: players not listed on the 2025–26 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · Ratings: KenPom, five seasons; conference finish computed among same-conference teams by rating · Openings: Depth Chart's roster projection from listed class years; confidence stated per year · Sample: among players who made a college roster — the data cannot see who didn't. Among players who made a college roster. Model judgments describe positions and cohorts, never a named player's future. Refreshed automatically when the rosters change. Corrections: research@mydepthchart.com.

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