CONWAY, S.C. — Coastal Carolina plays its final home game of 2025 on Sunday when it hosts Alabama A&M at the HTC Center, closing a doubleheader with the Chanticleer women. The match-up marks the first-ever visit to Conway for the Bulldogs.

The Chanticleers (4-3) return to the floor for the first time in a week following a 94–42 loss at Illinois State, the final stop in a demanding stretch of three games in two cities over 46 hours. Joshua Beadle scored 11 points in the defeat, while Tristan Thompson added seven points and seven rebounds. Coastal trailed just 14–9 before head coach Justin Gray was ejected after receiving two technical fouls with 12:49 left in the first half; Illinois State closed on a 41–11 run to take control.

Coastal enters Sunday with some strong early-season defensive numbers. The Chanticleers rank top-10 nationally in defensive rebounds per game (34.3), field goal percentage defense (.359) and total rebounds per game (44.9), leading the Sun Belt in each category. They also pace the conference in three-point field goal percentage defense (.269).

Offensively, the Chants are 4–0 when shooting better than 40 percent from three-point range, including 2–0 at home. Coastal has connected on 29 of its last 67 threes (.433) at the HTC Center and is 4–1 this season when scoring 70 or more points.

Rasheed Jones (.449) and Joshua Beadle (.409) are each shooting over 40 percent from outside the three-point arc.

Alabama A&M (3–2) comes in off a 92–56 loss at Clemson on Friday. Kintavious Dozier, PJ Eason and James Graham each scored 10 points for the Bulldogs, who dropped to 0–2 on the road with an earlier loss at Indiana. First-year head coach Donté Jackson brought seven former Grambling State players with him to Huntsville, including Dozier, the team's leading scorer at 13.2 points per game.

The Bulldogs own the SWAC's top perimeter defense, holding opponents to 27.7 percent shooting from three. Peyton Daniels leads the league in three-point percentage (.478), hitting 11 of 23 attempts.

Sunday marks the second all-time meeting between the programs. Alabama A&M won last season's match-up in Huntsville, 77–70, rallying from a 10-point halftime deficit. Coastal's Noah Amenhauser had 15 points and 12 rebounds in the loss, while Rasheed Jones added 11 points. Jones and AAMU's Bilal Abdur-Rahman are the only returners from that contest.

Following Sunday's home finale, Coastal begins a six-game road stretch to end the calendar year, starting Wednesday at USC Upstate. The Chanticleers' next home game is Jan. 1 against Georgia Southern.