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Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #346 · 7–23 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Ohio Valley Conference · Evansville, IN

Southern Indiana finished 7–23 (OVC 10th, KenPom #346) in 2025–26. 13 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 1 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster13 players
New this season1
Transfer additions0
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2026
Most common home stateOH (2)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2026 — 4 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2028.

2026
Gcrowded10 ahead
Fopening4 ahead
2027
Gcrowded8 ahead
Fopening5 ahead
2028
Gopening5 ahead
Fopening2 ahead
2029
Gopen2 ahead
Fopening1 ahead · multi-yr
2030
Gopen0 ahead
Fopen1 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (8)
Afan Trnka6′2″Sr
Ari Gooch6′2″Jr
Josh Smith6′2″Jr
LA Hayes6′6″Sr
Malachi Knight6′5″So
Kaden Brown6′1″Sr
Fredy-Salam Sylla6′7″Jr
Yesan Warren6′1″So
Forwards in that room (5)
Maksym Hryshchuk6′7″Fr
Didier Maleng6′9″Sr
Johann Pautsch6′10″Jr
Donovan Hunter6′8″Sr
Yuto Yamanouchi-Williams6′10″Sr
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If you want to play at Southern Indiana

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (10 ahead), F opening (4 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 1 arrivals, 1 came straight from high school and 0 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from OH, CA, IL.

0 of 13 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 13 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 13 players

Guards 8 of 13

Fredy-Salam Sylla6′7″Jr
LA Hayes6′6″Sr · final yr
Malachi Knight6′5″So
Afan Trnka6′2″Sr · final yr
Ari Gooch6′2″Jr
Josh Smith6′2″Jr
Kaden Brown6′1″Sr · final yr11.1 PPG
Yesan Warren6′1″So

Frontcourt 5 of 13 · forwards + centers

Johann Pautsch6′10″Jr · F
Yuto Yamanouchi-Williams6′10″Sr · F · final yr
Didier Maleng6′9″Sr · F · final yr
Donovan Hunter6′8″Sr · F · final yr
Maksym Hryshchuk6′7″Fr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

1from high school0via the portal

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

Rankings

0 of 13

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

Where from

OH 2 · CA 1 · IL 1 · IN 1 · LA 1 · MD 1

7 international: Paris; Aizuwakamatsu, Japan; Kyiv; Kinshasa and 3 more

High schools: Bosnia & Hercegovina; Central Catholic High School; Evansville Christian School and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

No portal arrivals this cycle.

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Josiah Dunham
←Alem Fejzic
←Amaree Brown

How this roster compares

Ohio Valley Conference (8 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureSouthern IndianaConference
Average guard height6′3″6′3″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′8″+1″
Roster size1315−2
Freshman share8%21%−13pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#2982022–23#3262023–24#3362024–25#3462025–26
16–17 · OVC 7th8–24 · OVC 8th10–20 · OVC 10th7–23 · OVC 10th

Coaching staff

Stan GouardMen's basketball head coach
Kevin MissouriMen's basketball assistant coach
Stefan KingMen's basketball assistant coach
Doug NovsekMen's basketball assistant coach
Staff changes4 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 4 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate96%
SAT midpoint1125
ACT midpoint24

How this page is made: Rosters: official Southern Indiana rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Southern Indiana'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. · 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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