JACKSON, Miss. — The Millsaps College men's basketball team is prepared to dominate the 2026-27 season. The Majors will feature eight returning veterans, six newcomers, and three junior college transfers.
The Millsaps men's basketball team will be led by second-year head coach Connor Kuykendall and assistant coach Griffin Levine. They helped the Majors finish the previous season with their most wins since the 2019-20 season, posting a 15-11 overall record.
Returning to lead the Majors will be senior forward Jaxon Toney, dominating the court with his impressive dunks. Toney averaged 12.4 points per game, while accumulating 178 total rebounds. He became a huge force for the Majors on defense as well, with 20 steals and 42 blocks.
The Memphis, Tenn., native finished third in the conference in blocks and sixth in total rebounds. He completed his junior campaign starting in 26 games while making 18 starts.
Classmate Davion James is looking forward to a strong season after averaging 11.8 points per game and recording 69 assists while proving his unselfish play at the guard position.
Senior Cameron Lumar, a 2023-24 All-SAA Honorable Mention, is locked in and ready to compete for a conference title after recording 50 blocks, 23 assists, 21 steals, and one block.
Fourth-year student Rodney Phillips Jr. put up solid numbers for his junior season, where he shot 51.22 percent from the floor and 72.50 at the charity stripe.
What made Phillips Jr. stand out last season as well was his 156 total points, 136 rebounds, and 16 assists.
Other key contributors will include junior Matheus Siqueira who contested 13 total rebounds in 12 games of action from last season.
Juniors Brock Smith (41 total points), Samuel Holt (10 total rebounds) and Wyatt Richardson are looking to continue making an impact on the team and build on their success this season.
Junior transfer with experienced talent will include Trevor Clayton (Meridian Community College), Caleb Hunt (Jones College), and Kori Taylor (Mississippi Delta Community College).
The Freshman class will include Jordan Smith, Devin Petersen, Davis Joyner, Ky Oscar, Brady Karp, and redshirt Mac Burch.
The Majors are scheduled for 12 home games during the regular season at the Hangar Dome and 14 away or neutral-site games. Millsaps prepares to play 16 conference games later in the season.
Opening the season in the neutral-site matchups at the Rhodes College Classic, the Majors will face Eureka College (Nov. 7) and Austin College (Nov. 8) in Memphis, Tenn.
The Millsaps men's basketball team will continue with an exhibition game against NCAA Division I opponent Northwestern State University on Nov. 10 in Natchitoches, La.
Centenary College will be featured in the home opener on Nov. 13 before and continuing over to Belhaven University on Nov. 17.
Then a quick travel trip to Columbus, Miss., sees the Majors face MUW (Nov. 21) before hosting LeTourneau University a day later (Nov. 22).
They will conclude their non-conference faceoffs against Centenary College (Nov. 25) in Shreveport, La.
Majors will stay on the road as they open up conference play at Rhodes College (Dec. 1) and follow up against Oglethorpe University (Dec. 6).
Millsaps will welcome play at home with Centre College (Dec. 11) and then conference newcomers Maryville College (Dec. 13).
A two-game road trip has the Majors then take on Sewanee in Sewanee, Tenn (Dec. 18), and Berry College in Mount Berry Ga. (Dec 20).
With a quick break from conference, the Majors will host the Millsaps College Classic with three other teams including Belhaven, Schreiner, and MUW (Dec. 29-30).
A four-game home stretch to open New Years back in conference play is what the Majors will take on next. Trinty (Jan. 8) and Southwestern (Jan. 10), Rhodes (Jan. 19) and Oglethorpe (Jan. 22) invade the Hangar Dome.
The Majors will follow with a four-game road trip of the season in Centre (Jan. 29) and Maryville (Jan. 31) followed by Trinty (Feb. 5) and Southwestern (Feb 7).
Millsaps concludes their regular season at home with games against Sewanee on Feb. 19, and Berry College on Feb. 21.
The 2027 SAA Men's Basketball Championship features the top-six qualifying teams in the league standings and will be hosted in Memphis, Tenn., February 25-27.
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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.
