2026–27 season8Projected 8 seed, WestModel projection
Saint Mary's
Gaels · WCC
- Record
- 2–1
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- 8
- West · auto bid
- Hero rating
- +9.0
- No. 31 in Division I
- Home
- Moraga, CA
- 2,070 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 365 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 365 Division I teams.
- StrengthElite three-point shootingThree-point %: 44.6%96th
- StrengthContinuity: veterans of the programProgram experience: 2.08 yrs92nd
- StrengthProtects the ballTurnover rate: 13.0%89th
- WeaknessGives up open threesOpponent 3P %: 37.7%11th
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Joshua Dent
- 18.0 ppg
- Tallest
- Jazz Gardner
- 7′0″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Kevin Gad
- 5 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0Mantas JuzenasGuard · Kaunas, Lithuania | 6′6″ | 205 | 2 | 3 | 36.0 | 17.7 | 10.0 | 4.7 | 38.1 | 68.8 | 24.1 |
| 7Joshua DentGuard · Wollongong, NSW | 6′3″ | 190 | 3 | 3 | 35.7 | 18.0 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 58.8 | 100.0 | 19.3 |
| 2Jeremy Dent-SmithGuard · Hawthorne, CA | 6′1″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 12.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 30.8 | 100.0 | 24.7 |
| 35Vangelis ZougrisForward · Athens, Greece | 6′8″ | 245 | 1 | 3 | 22.0 | 11.0 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 42.9 | 20.9 |
| 1Darius Bivins · Washington, DC | 6′0″ | 175 | 1 | 3 | 21.3 | 9.3 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 75.0 | 83.3 | 19.6 |
| 18Thomas NdongForward · Montreal, PQ | 6′10″ | 245 | 1 | 3 | 20.7 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 100.0 | 75.0 | 16.2 |
| 8Rory HawkeGuard · Townsville, QLD | 6′5″ | 200 | 5 | 3 | 20.0 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 37.5 | 33.3 | 14.7 |
| 32Jazz GardnerCenter · Pasadena, CA | 7′0″ | 250 | 2 | 3 | 13.3 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 18.4 |
| 20Cooper Lewis · Lehi, UT | 6′3″ | 195 | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 31.6 |
| 5Flynn Pavely · Frenchs Forest, NSW | 7′0″ | 250 | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 |
| 24Kevin GadForward · Livermore, CA | 6′6″ | 205 | 5 | 3 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 19.1 |
| 9Luke FennellGuard · Melbourne, VIC | 6′6″ | 190 | 1 | 3 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 21.4 |
| 42Trent MacLeanForward · Thousand Oaks, CA | 6′10″ | 205 | 2 | 1 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 11.4 |
| 11Salih AltuntasForward · Istanbul, Türkiye | 6′11″ | 275 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25Jalen Lewis · Oakland, CA | 6′9″ | 245 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
2–1
ATS as favorite
1–1
ATS as underdog
1–0
ATS neutral court
1–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
3–0
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsILLIllinois State | W90–85OT | -6.5 | 148.5 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 4 | vsNDSUNorth Dakota State | W105–64 | -12.5 | 148.5 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 8 | NNEVNevada | L95–96OT | +1.5 | 146.5 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 13 | vsUICUIC | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 16 | vsPORPortland State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 20 | vsSLUSaint Louis2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 22 | vsMENMenlo | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 26 | NUCLA#9UCLA6 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1 | vsHOFHofstra | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | @OKLOklahoma State11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 9 | vsNEWNew Mexico State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | @NEWNew Mexico9 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 18 | vsIONAIona | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | vsHARHarvard | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 29 | vsPRIPrinceton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | vsSANSan Diego | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 6 | @DENDenver | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | vsPORPortland | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @PEPPepperdine | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 20 | vsPACPacific | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsLMULoyola Marymount | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 27 | @SANSan Francisco | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsSCUSanta Clara | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 3 | @PORPortland | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @SEASeattle U | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 9 | vsSANSan Francisco | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | @LMULoyola Marymount | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 18 | @PACPacific | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 21 | vsPEPPepperdine | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | vsSEASeattle U | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @SCUSanta Clara | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |