CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina junior Rasheed Jones received the first preseason honor of his career as he was voted Second Team All-Sun Belt ahead of the 2025-26 campaign by the conference's 14 head coaches, the league announced Monday. As a team, the Chanticleers were picked to finish 13th in the coaches' poll.

Jones averaged 11.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 31.0 minutes per game in his first season with the Chanticleers a year ago. He ranked second on the team in scoring, three-point field goals made (66) and assists (66), and started 29 of 32 games played.

He scored in double figures in 20 games, topped 20 points four times and made three or more three-pointers in 12 contests. Jones shot 34.0 percent (66-of-194) from beyond the arc and 80.0 percent (56-of-70) from the free-throw line.

The Chanticleers are coming off a 13th-place finish in the Sun Belt in 2024-25, compiling a 10-22 overall record and a 3-15 mark in conference play. The team has since added nine newcomers in the offseason, headlined by graduate transfers Joshua Beadle, Reggie Hill, Jerry Ngopot and Nadjrick Peat. Redshirt sophomore Braeden MacVicar also returns alongside Jones after sitting out the 2024-25 campaign.

Coastal Carolina will open the 2025-26 season on the road against Western Michigan on Nov. 3 before hosting Virginia University of Lynchburg in its home opener on Nov. 8.

Season and single-game tickets for are on sale now. To purchase tickets, visit GoCCUSports.com/tickets or call the Chanticleer Athletics Ticket Office at 843-347-TIXX (8499).

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2025 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Preseason Awards
Preseason Player of the Year
Robert Davis, Jr., Old Dominion [R-Jr. | G | Detroit, Mich.]
 
Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team
Robert Davis, Jr., Old Dominion [R-Jr. | G | Detroit, Mich.]
Thomas Dowd, Troy [Jr. | F | Dothan, Ala.]
Tyren Moore, Georgia Southern [Gr. | G | Louisville, Ky.]
Jalen Speer, Marshall [Gr. | G | Gainesville, Fla.]
Bradley Douglas, James Madison [Gr. | G | Eustis, Fla.]
 
Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team
Eren Banks, App State [Jr. | G | Eatonton, Ga.]
Mark Drone, Texas State [Sr. | G | Jackson, Miss.]
Jelani Hamilton, Georgia State [R-So. | G | Marietta, Ga.]
Chandler Jackson, Arkansas State [Jr. | G | Memphis, Tenn.]
RaSheed Jones, Coastal Carolina [Jr. | G | Marion, Ind.]
 
Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team
Jordan Battle, Old Dominion [Sr. | G | Norfolk, Va.]
John Broom, South Alabama [R-So. | G | Jacksonville, Ala.]
Kaden Gumbs, Texas State [Jr. | G | San Marcos, Texas]
Matt Van Komen, Marshall [Gr. | C | Lehi, Utah]
Nakavieon White, Georgia Southern [R-Sr. | F | Odessa, Texas]
 
2025 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll
 1. James Madison (1) – 175
2. Arkansas State (3) – 154
3. South Alabama (4) – 152
4. Troy (1) – 148
5. Old Dominion (2) – 145
6. Marshall (1) – 128
7. App State (1) – 123
8. Texas State – 106
9. Louisiana (1) – 95
10. Georgia Southern – 66
11. Georgia State – 59
12. Southern Miss – 57
13. Coastal Carolina – 43
14. ULM – 19

Parentheses indicate first-place votes