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Ontario Tech Ridgebacks - 2025-26 Season <<Previous season Next season>>

Head Coach:	Deluxshan Pathmanathan (4th season)
Other staff:	Rashean Neil-Simpson (Assistant Coach), Andrew Reginald (Assistant Coach & Social Media Manager), Pratheepan Kumaran (Assistant Coach), Funsho Dimeji (Assistant Coach), Scott Crawford (Performance Analyst), Shelbi Rooney (Team Manager Lead), Rachel Chininea (Team Manager), Sanam Masjidi (Team Manager), Musaab Khatib (Team Manager)
League:	OUA East
Website:	Team website link

Summary of team record for the season

Conference Record				U Sports Record				Overall Record
W-L	Pct	Points	PPG	W-L	Pct	Points	PPG	W-L	Pct	Points	PPG
8-14	0.364	1491-1573	67.8 - 71.5	12-17	0.414	1963-2067	67.7 - 71.3	12-17	0.414	1963-2067	67.7 - 71.3

Player roster

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Elig	Hometown	High School (Prior Team)
2	Kaiden Thompson	Guard	6-2	1	Regina, SK	Michael A. Riffel High, The Academy Phoenix
5	Johan Germain	Guard	5-10	5	Morne-a-l'Eau, Guadeloupe	Cegep de Sherbrooke (Algoma)
6	Emmanuel Okonkwo	Guard	6-5	3	Toronto, ON	League Bound Academy
7	Ashton Klysh	Forward	6-6	3	Winnipeg, MB	John Taylor Collegiate, North Star Prep (Waterloo)
8	T.J. Richards	Guard	6-5	1	Whitby, ON	Royal Crown Academic School
9	Alex Facey	Guard	6-0	1	London, ON	Saint Andre Bessette Secondary
10	Caleb Kassa	Forward	6-6	4	Brampton, ON	St. Edmund Campion Secondary, Central Tech Prep
11	Jaiden Kandasamy	Guard	6-0	1	Vaughan, ON	Brampton City Prep
12	Keon Baker	Guard	6-5	5	Pickering, ON	Toronto Basketball Academy (Casper College, New Mexico Military)
13	Tombe Pitia	Forward	6-8	4	Kitchener, ON	Resurrection Secondary, Balboa Prep, Clearwater Academy
14	Joakim Gouamba	Guard	6-2	2	Montreal, QC	Institut De Sport Dynastie
15	Mark Stoop	Forward	6-6	5	Oshawa, ON	Monsignor John Pereyma Secondary (Durham College)
21	Peter De La Paz	Guard	5-8	5	Roxboro, QC	Dawson College (Dal AC, Algoma)
23	Jesse Okeke	Forward	6-8	5	Brampton, ON	John Polanyi Collegiate, Toronto Basketball Academy (Trinity Valley College)
25	Arjun Bassi	Centre	7-3	4	Mississauga, ON	Clarkson Secondary (Minnesota West College)

Awards received:

Level	Name	Awards
League	Keon Baker	OUA Second Team All-Star
University	Keon Baker	Ontario Tech Male Athlete of the Year, Ontario Tech Men's Basketball Team MVP
University	T.J. Richards	Ontario Tech Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year, Ontario Tech Male Freshman Athlete of the Year

Game results for the season

--- Non-Conference Games ---
Date	Location	Opponent	Result			Comment
Fri Sep 26, 2025	Toronto, ON	York	Win	74-62	Stats
Fri Oct 3, 2025	St. Catharines, ON	Laurier	Win	75-60	Stats	Brock Murray Classic
Sat Oct 4, 2025	St. Catharines, ON	Thompson Rivers	Win	61-59	Stats	Brock Murray Classic
Sun Oct 5, 2025	St. Catharines, ON	Brock	Win	62-57	Stats	Brock Murray Classic
Thu Oct 16, 2025	Waterloo, ON	Waterloo	Loss	72-85	Stats	Don McCrae Naismith Classic
Fri Oct 17, 2025	Waterloo, ON	Alberta	Loss	63-87	Stats	Don McCrae Naismith Classic
Sat Oct 18, 2025	Waterloo, ON	Toronto Metropolitan	Loss	65-84	Stats	Don McCrae Naismith Classic
--- Regular Season Conference Games ---
Date	Location	Opponent	Result			Comment
Sat Oct 25, 2025	Thunder Bay, ON	Lakehead	Loss	77-83	Stats
Fri Oct 31, 2025	London, ON	Western	Loss	73-83	Stats
Sat Nov 1, 2025	Windsor, ON	Windsor	Win	65-59	Stats
Thu Nov 6, 2025	Oshawa, ON	Ottawa	Loss	64-99	Stats
Sun Nov 9, 2025	Oshawa, ON	Carleton	Loss	53-72	Stats
Fri Nov 14, 2025	North Bay, ON	Nipissing	Loss	68-71	Stats
Sat Nov 15, 2025	Sudbury, ON	Laurentian	Win	75-72	Stats
Fri Nov 21, 2025	Oshawa, ON	Laurier	Win	65-52	Stats
Sat Nov 22, 2025	Oshawa, ON	Waterloo	Win	68-63	Stats
Fri Nov 28, 2025	Oshawa, ON	Queen's	Loss	68-94	Stats
Sun Nov 30, 2025	Oshawa, ON	McMaster	Win	76-59	Stats
Fri Jan 9, 2026	Ottawa, ON	Ottawa	Loss	61-72	Stats
Sat Jan 10, 2026	Ottawa, ON	Carleton	Win	67-59	Stats
Fri Jan 16, 2026	Oshawa, ON	York	Loss	57-61	Stats
Sat Jan 17, 2026	Oshawa, ON	Guelph	Loss	48-57	Stats
Fri Jan 23, 2026	St. Catharines, ON	Brock	Loss	62-71	Stats
Sat Jan 24, 2026	Oshawa, ON	Algoma	Loss	83-88	Stats
Fri Jan 30, 2026	Toronto, ON	Toronto	Loss	60-68	Stats
Sat Jan 31, 2026	Toronto, ON	Toronto Metropolitan	Loss	71-73	Stats
Fri Feb 6, 2026	Oshawa, ON	Laurentian	Win	64-49	Stats
Sat Feb 7, 2026	Oshawa, ON	Nipissing	Win	83-77	Stats
Fri Feb 13, 2026	Kingston, ON	Queen's	Loss	83-91	Stats

Overall scoring summary for the season

Player	GP	Mins	Mpg	3 Pt		Field Goals		Free Throws		Rebounds		RPG	PF	A	To	Bl	St	Pts	PPG
Keon Baker	29	871	30.0	46-153	30.1	181-435	41.6	168-230	73.0	27-143	170	5.9	68	50	65	17	36	576	19.9
Emmanuel Okonkwo	21	646	30.8	17-83	20.5	87-237	36.7	46-80	57.5	34-115	149	7.1	48	35	50	11	40	237	11.3
Caleb Kassa	29	853	29.4	12-53	22.6	117-255	45.9	41-63	65.1	41-78	119	4.1	59	43	46	18	18	287	9.9
T.J. Richards	26	722	27.8	23-73	31.5	86-183	47.0	19-27	70.4	12-81	93	3.6	37	66	67	3	23	214	8.2
Johan Germain	22	563	25.6	22-99	22.2	49-160	30.6	6-12	50.0	9-35	44	2.0	29	41	33	0	18	126	5.7
Mark Stoop	29	696	24.0	11-64	17.2	66-149	44.3	22-27	81.5	53-117	170	5.9	46	24	37	17	28	165	5.7
Tombe Pitia	20	413	20.6	8-43	18.6	46-108	42.6	12-34	35.3	40-84	124	6.2	54	11	37	22	15	112	5.6
Jesse Okeke	29	417	14.4	1-8	12.5	38-81	46.9	21-51	41.2	35-58	93	3.2	55	14	24	24	5	98	3.4
Joakim Gouamba	18	245	13.6	13-45	28.9	22-68	32.4	1-2	50.0	7-17	24	1.3	17	13	17	1	14	58	3.2
Jaiden Kandasamy	23	198	8.6	14-50	28.0	25-84	29.8	4-5	80.0	6-11	17	0.7	15	10	12	0	3	68	3.0
Ashton Klysh	21	123	5.9	1-2	50.0	8-29	27.6	2-5	40.0	7-16	23	1.1	12	2	6	3	4	19	0.9
Arjun Bassi	5	15	3.0	0-0	0.0	1-2	50.0	1-4	25.0	2-2	4	0.8	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.6
Peter De La Paz	6	7	1.2	0-2	0.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-1	1	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
Alex Facey	1	2	2.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-1	1	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
Kaiden Thompson	7	18	2.6	0-2	0.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	0.0	1-1	2	0.3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0.0
* Team Totals	29	5789	199.6	168-677	24.8	726-1795	40.4	343-540	63.5	274-760	1034	35.7	441	312	396	116	205	1963	67.7

Season scoring summary for league games only

Player	GP	Mins	Mpg	3 Pt		Field Goals		Free Throws		Rebounds		RPG	PF	A	To	Bl	St	Pts	PPG
Keon Baker	22	680	30.9	33-113	29.2	144-346	41.6	140-188	74.5	21-115	136	6.2	52	39	54	12	30	461	21.0
Emmanuel Okonkwo	14	438	31.3	11-45	24.4	56-149	37.6	34-57	59.6	28-74	102	7.3	37	29	34	9	27	157	11.2
Caleb Kassa	22	665	30.2	8-44	18.2	89-207	43.0	29-49	59.2	35-68	103	4.7	46	33	37	16	16	215	9.8
T.J. Richards	19	570	30.0	20-60	33.3	69-147	46.9	17-25	68.0	11-60	71	3.7	30	56	57	3	16	175	9.2
Mark Stoop	22	564	25.6	10-47	21.3	57-121	47.1	16-20	80.0	47-96	143	6.5	40	18	30	14	19	140	6.4
Johan Germain	15	391	26.1	14-66	21.2	36-115	31.3	2-6	33.3	6-23	29	1.9	19	27	21		13	88	5.9
Tombe Pitia	14	298	21.3	4-31	12.9	31-77	40.3	6-21	28.6	32-61	93	6.6	36	7	26	19	12	72	5.1
Jesse Okeke	22	332	15.1	0-5	0.0	34-69	49.3	14-34	41.2	28-51	79	3.6	47	11	19	20	5	82	3.7
Joakim Gouamba	17	244	14.4	13-44	29.5	22-67	32.8	1-2	50.0	7-17	24	1.4	17	13	17	1	14	58	3.4
Jaiden Kandasamy	16	128	8.0	8-35	22.9	13-59	22.0	1-2	50.0	5-7	12	0.8	10	7	9		2	35	2.2
Arjun Bassi	1					1-1	100.0	0-2	0.0	1-0	1	1.0						2	2.0
Ashton Klysh	15	74	4.9	0-1	0.0	2-17	11.8	2-5	40.0	5-11	16	1.1	9	2	3	2	4	6	0.4
Peter De La Paz	4	4	1.0	0-2	0.0	0-2	0.0			0-1	1	0.2	1					0	0.0
Alex Facey	1	2	2.0							0-1	1	1.0		1				0	0.0
Kaiden Thompson	3	3	1.0															0	0.0
* Team Totals	22	4393	199.7	121-493	24.5	554-1377	40.2	262-411	63.7	226-585	811	36.9	344	243	307	96	158	1491	67.8

Season individual bests vs U SPORTS teams for all players

Player	Most points	Most rebounds	Most assists
Keon Baker	42 on Jan 10, 2026 vs Carleton	13 on Nov 14, 2025 vs Nipissing	5 on Jan 24, 2026 vs Algoma
Caleb Kassa	27 on Nov 14, 2025 vs Nipissing	10 on Nov 22, 2025 vs Waterloo	4 on Oct 25, 2025 vs Lakehead
T.J. Richards	23 on Nov 14, 2025 vs Nipissing	9 on Jan 30, 2026 vs Toronto	8 on Nov 30, 2025 vs McMaster
Emmanuel Okonkwo	21 on Feb 7, 2026 vs Nipissing	13 on Oct 5, 2025 vs Brock	6 on Oct 25, 2025 vs Lakehead
Mark Stoop	20 on Jan 31, 2026 vs Toronto Metropolitan	12 on Nov 22, 2025 vs Waterloo	3 on Nov 30, 2025 vs McMaster
Johan Germain	15 on Oct 17, 2025 vs Alberta	5 on Oct 25, 2025 vs Lakehead	6 on Nov 14, 2025 vs Nipissing
Joakim Gouamba	12 on Feb 6, 2026 vs Laurentian	5 on Jan 17, 2026 vs Guelph	3 on Feb 6, 2026 vs Laurentian
Tombe Pitia	12 on Oct 18, 2025 vs Toronto Metropolitan	13 on Oct 4, 2025 vs Thompson Rivers	2 on Oct 31, 2025 vs Western
Jaiden Kandasamy	10 on Oct 25, 2025 vs Lakehead	2 on Oct 16, 2025 vs Waterloo	2 on Oct 3, 2025 vs Laurier
Jesse Okeke	10 on Nov 9, 2025 vs Carleton	9 on Feb 6, 2026 vs Laurentian	3 on Oct 31, 2025 vs Western
Ashton Klysh	4 on Oct 17, 2025 vs Alberta	3 on Sep 26, 2025 vs York	1 on Jan 16, 2026 vs York
Arjun Bassi	2 on Jan 30, 2026 vs Toronto	1 on Sep 26, 2025 vs York
Peter De La Paz		1 on Feb 7, 2026 vs Nipissing	1 on Oct 17, 2025 vs Alberta
Alex Facey		1 on Nov 28, 2025 vs Queen's	1 on Nov 28, 2025 vs Queen's
Kaiden Thompson		2 on Oct 3, 2025 vs Laurier	1 on Oct 16, 2025 vs Waterloo

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