ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Missouri Valley Conference announced its Players to Watch List for the upcoming 2025-26 men's basketball season on Wednesday morning. A trio of Bulldogs in Isaiah Carr, Jalen Quinn, and Jaehshon Thomas were placed on the watch list.

Carr, a transfer from Denver, spent the last two seasons with the Pioneers and played one season at Grand Canyon in his collegiate career. While at Denver he appeared in 46 games and made 14 starts averaging 16.9 minutes. He averaged 5.5 points and 4.3 rebounds during his time as a Pioneer. Defensively, he totaled 76 blocks including 60 during his sophomore campaign. At GCU, Carr played nine games as a freshman with limited action.

Quinn, a senior from Tuscola, Illinois, comes to Des Moines after spending the last three years at Loyola Chicago where he averaged 5.2 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 1.9 assists. Quinn played in 99 games for the Ramblers making 30 starts and scored a career-high 17 points twice versus Charleston and Rhode Island during the 2024-25 season.

A senior from Aurora, Illinois, Thomas joins Drake after one season at Charlotte. While at Charlotte, he appeared in 33 games with 26 starts, averaging 26.5 minutes per game and 9.5 points, including 15 games in double figures. Prior to Charlotte, Thomas played two seasons at the Junior College ranks with Florida Southwestern State. He averaged 10.1 points and 2.8 assists in his junior college career.

The Bulldogs begin their season on Nov. 3 against Northern Arizona as part of the Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon. Tipoff with the Lumberjacks is slated for 3 p.m. CT.

A full list of the MVC Men's Basketball Players to Watch List can be found below.

2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Players to Watch List

Institution	Name	Yr.	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown (Previous Schools)
Belmont	Tyler Lundblade	Sr.	G	6-5	195	Dallas, Texas (Greensboro Day School)  TCU/SMU
Belmont	Sam Orme	R-So.	F	6-9	220	Carmel, Ind. (Carmel HS)
Belmont	Brigham Rogers	Jr.	F	6-9	240	Woodstock, Ga. (Blessed Trinity HS)
Bradley	Jaquan Johnson	So.	G	5-11	195	Milwaukee, Wis. (Pius XI)
Bradley	Demarion Burch	Jr.	G	6-4	200	Milwaukee, Wis. (Milwaukee-Hamilton HS)
Bradley	Alex Huibregtse	Gr.	G	6-4	200	Grafton, Wis. (Wright State)
Bradley	Corey Thomas	Sr.	F	6-10	210	Buford, Ga. (Cowley Community College)
Drake	Jalen Quinn	Sr.	G	6-3	190	Tuscola, Ill. (Tuscola) Loyola Chicago
Drake	Jaehshon Thomas	Sr.	G	6-3	185	Aurora, Ill. (Whitney Young) Charlotte
Drake	Isaiah Carr	Sr.	F	6-11	235	Las Cruses, N.M. (Las Cruses) Denver
Evansville	Leif Moeller	Fr.	F	6-7		Germany (Rist Wedel)
Evansville	Connor Turnbull	Sr.	F	6-10		St. Paul, Mo. (Fort Zumwalt North) Butler
Evansville	Keishon Porter	5th	G	6-5		Pinetops, N.C. (Southwest Edgecomb HS) NC Central
UIC	Elijah Crawford	So.	G	6-3	187	Augusta, Ga. (Brewster Academy) BYU
UIC	Josiah Hammons	Gr.	G	6-2	180	Chicago, Ill. (Curie HS) Incarnate Word/Sam Houston
UIC	Ahmad Henderson II	Jr.	G	5-10	144	Chicago, Ill. (Brother Rice) Niagara
UIC	Sam Silverstein	Gr.	G	6-6	219	Glencoe, Ill. (New Trier HS) Harvard/Cal Baptist
Illinois State	Chase Walker	Jr.	F	6-9	280	Columbus, Ohio (St. Charles HS)
Illinois State	Johnny Kinziger	Jr.	G	5-11	170	De Pere, Wis. (De Pere HS)
Illinois State	Ty Pence	Jr.	G	6-6	205	St. Joseph, Ill. (St. Joseph-Ogden HS)
Illinois State	Jack Daugherty	So.	F	6-8	210	Brookfield, Wis. (Brookfield Central HS)
Indiana State	Camp Wagner	Jr.	G	6-6	190	Dallas, Texas (Link Prep [Mo.] Academy) Rice
Indiana State	Markus Harding	Gr.	C	6-10	250	Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Toronto Basketball Acad.) Central Michigan
Murray State	Fred King	Sr.	C	6-9	267	Mangrove Cay, Andros, Bahamas (NBA Academy Latin America) Creighton
Murray State	JJ Traynor	Sr.	F	6-9	210	Bardstown, Ky. (Bardstown HS) DePaul/Louisville
Murray State	Mason Miller	Sr.	F	6-9	190	Germantown, Tenn. (Houston HS) Creighton
Murray State	Brayden Shorter	Jr.	G	6-5	210	Springfield, Mo. (Kickapoo HS) Washburn
Murray State	Layne Taylor	So.	G	5-11	184	Farmington, Ark. (Farmington HS) Central Arkansas
Murray State	KJ Tenner	So.	G	6-0	166	Memphis, Tenn. (Cordova HS) West Virginia
UNI	Leon Bond III	R-Jr.	G/F	6-5	200	Wauwatosa, Wis. (Wauwatosa HS) Virginia
UNI	Trey Campbell	Sr.	G	6-4	195	Cedar Falls, Iowa (Cedar Falls HS)
UNI	Ben Schwieger	R-Sr.	G/F	6-8	220	Aurora, Ill. (Waubonsie Valley HS) Loyola Chicago
UNI	RJ Taylor	Jr.	G	5-11	175	Grand Blanc, Mich. (Grand Blanc HS)
Southern Illinois	Isaiah Stafford	R-Sr.	G	6-2	185	Bolingbrook, Ill. (Crispus Attucks HS) Valparaiso
Southern Illinois	Quel'Ron House	So.	G	6-0	180	Louisville, Ky. (Senaca HS) Jacksonville State
Valparaiso	Justus McNair	So.	G	6-3	195	Joliet, Ill. (Joliet West HS)
Valparaiso	Mark Brown Jr.	Jr.	G	6-0	190	South Phoenix, Ariz. (Bella Vista Prep) Snow College
Valparaiso	Isaiah Barnes	R-Sr.	G	6-7	210	Chicago, Ill. (Simeon Career Acad.) Tulsa/Michigan
Valparaiso	Owen Dease	R-Sr.	F	6-8	200	Evansville, Ind. (Evansville Reitz) Texas A&M Corpus Christi