SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State men's basketball opens its inaugural Pac-12 Conference season and seventh year under head coach Terrence Johnson hosting Texas A&M Corpus Christi on Monday night. Tipoff from Strahan Arena is set for 7 p.m. CT.

SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
Texas State enters the 2026-27 season following a 19-13 campaign in 2025-26, finishing tied for second in its 13th and final season in the Sun Belt Conference. The Bobcats won eight of their final 10 games to close the regular season and enter a new era of competition in the Pac-12.

Six returners and nine newcomers make up the 2026-27 Bobcats roster. DJ Hall, Mark Drone, Kaden Gumbs, Robert Fields and the twins Ky and Dimp Pernell serve as the returning players for Coach Johnson this season.

Texas State welcomes five transfers for the 2026-27 season, adding experience from a variety of Division I programs. The group includes Paul Djobet (Omaha), Quel'Ron House (Southern Illinois), Ronald Jessamy (CSU Bakersfield), KJ Younger (UNC Greensboro) and Caleb Steger (Boston College).

ALL-TIME VS. THE ISLANDERS
The Bobcats and Islanders will meet on the hardwood on Monday for the 21st time in history, while the all-time series is split 10-10, though the teams last met in 2020 resulting in a 51-46 Bobcats victory. The matchup was Texas State's half of the home-and-home season series, with the Bobcats also taking the game earlier in the season 75-63 in Corpus Christi. Texas A&M CC leads games played at Strahan Arena 5-4.

BOBCATS AGAINST THE SOUTHLAND
The Bobcats have a long history of games played versus the Southland Conference after being members for 24 seasons. Texas State won Southland Conference regular season and tournament championships in 1997 and 1999.

HOME SWEET HOME
Texas State is 385-211 (.646) all-time when playing in Strahan Arena at the University Events Center. Last season saw the Bobcats finish 16-1 at home, setting the most home wins in program history. They are 59-23 under Terrence Johnson with home-court advantage, and enter the 2026-27 season opener on a nine-game home win streak.

PRESEASON PAC-12 IMPACT
Freshman scoring program record holder DJ Hall and senior transfer Paul Djobet were selected to the Pac-12's Preseason Impact List.

Hall returns as the only Bobcat to eclipse the 500-point mark a season ago. The Plano, Texas native ranked among the Sun Belt's best in both scoring and rebounding, as he led the Bobcats in the categories averaging 15.6 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. A stellar debut campaign that included nine double-doubles and shooting 54.2% (189-349) from the field led to the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year and added Second Team All-Conference honors.

Djobet spent the first two seasons of his collegiate career at Miami (Fla.), making 44 appearances before transferring to Omaha for the 2025-26 season. Djobet put together a breakout junior campaign, averaging 17.5 points and 6.6 rebounds per game while shooting 51.2 percent from the field and 41.5 percent from three-point range. The Lille, France native earned First Team All-Summit League and Summit League All-Newcomer Team honors, highlighted by a 38-point performance against North Dakota State (Feb. 7, 2026) that tied for the second-most points scored by an Omaha player during the program's Division I era.

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