POCATELLO, Idaho – Idaho State men's basketball and Head Coach
Ryan Looney have announced their 2025 spring signing class. The Bengals are welcoming a group of six new players, 2 incoming freshmen, and 4 transferring in from the DI, DII, and NAIA levels.
Coming off the Bengals' best season with Coach Looney at the helm, going 15-15 overall and 10-8 in conference play, good enough for 4th in the final Big Sky standings, Idaho State would lose 9 players due to graduation or the transfer portal. Their biggest departures being reigning Big Sky Most Valuable Player,
Dylan Darling, and All-Big Sky Honorable Mention & All-Conference Defensive team member,
Jake O'Neil. Although, Darling is still in the portal, he has yet to make a final decision on if he will attend a different school in the fall, or return to Idaho State. Nonetheless,
Ryan Looney & co. once again had a big recruiting process in front of them for the spring.
Without further ado, here are your newest Bengals joining the Men's Basketball team for the 2025-26 season.
Louis Bond | Freshman | 6-5 | Guard | Los Angeles, California | Windward High School
Idaho State adds Louis Bond who played at Windward High School in Los Angeles, CA. Bond was named to the Gold Coast League All-League First Team for his senior season performance.
Landen Birley | Freshman | 6-4 | Guard | Yakima, Washington | West Valley High School
Landen Birley comes to the Bengals after completing his high school career at West Valley High School in Yakima, WA.
The 6-4 guard left his legacy at WVHS, ending his career as the school's All-Time leading scorer, with 1,746 points. Birley ended his senior season averaging 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists per game, was a 3x First Team All-League selection, and was named First Team All-State his senior season, as well as his conference's Defensive Player of the Year.
Lachlan Brewer | Sophomore | 6-6 | Guard/Forward | Launceston, Australia | Sacramento State
Lachlan Brewer joins the Bengals after a successful true freshman season at Sacramento State. For the Hornets last season Brewer appeared in 31 of the their 32 contests, starting in 28 of them, averaging 6.0 points on 47.9% shooting from the field and a team-high 44.6% from deep, 3.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and .9 steals in 27.1 minutes per game. Brewer was one of the Big Sky's top 3-point shooters last year, making 1.2 per game (24
th in Big Sky Conference).
Prior to Sacramento State, Brewer played at Riverside High School in Tasmania, Australia. Brewer was a member of the gold-medal winning Australian U16 team in the 2022 Asian championships and played for the U17 Australian national team in the 2022 World Cup in Spain.
While playing for the Tasmanian team in the U20 Australian National Championships, he averaged 20.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.2 steals per game.
Jamison Guerra | Senior | 6-0 | Point Guard | Sherwood, Oregon | Oregon Institute of Technology
Jamison Guerra comes to Idaho State after an impressive career at Oregon Tech, an NAIA program. Guerra was an NAIA All-American and two-time all-Cascade Conference selection, 3
rd in program history with 660 assists, while toting a 3.3 assist to turnover ratio over his last 2 seasons played. In his career, Guerra has totaled 132 games played for OIT, starting in 98 of them.
During this past season of play, Guerra would play and start in all 31 games for the Hustlin' Owls, averaging 11.7 points on 47.1% shooting from the floor and 37.5% from 3-point range, 5.8 assists, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.5 steals in 33.6 minutes per contest.
Prior to Oregon Tech, Guerra earned 6A All-State honors as a senior at Sherwood High School, while being named the Pacific Conference Player of the Year in 2019 and 2020. During his senior campaign at SHS he averaged 13 points & 6 assists per game, leading all Oregon prep players in assists. Jamison also finished his high school career as the SHS all-time leader in points and assists.
Quin Patterson | Redshirt-Junior | 6-7 | Guard/Forward | Snoqualmie, Washington | UC San Diego
Idaho State brings in Quin Patterson, who adds NCAA Tournament experience after Patterson and the UC San Diego Tritons would win the Big West tournament and just fall to the Michigan Wolverines, 65-68, in this year's NCAA Tournament's 1
st round.
Patterson joins Idaho State after spending the last 3 seasons at UC San Diego, redshirting this past season. During his freshman and sophomore seasons at UCSD, Patterson appeared in 37 total contests, averaging 1.7 points on 36.1% shooting from the field and 34.6% from beyond the arc, while also recording .6 rebounds in 6.5 minutes per game.
Prior to UCSD, Quin played high school ball at Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie, WA. Patterson helped guide MSHS to three straight Washington state championship appearances, winning a state title his sophomore season in 2020. Patterson ended his high school career as Mount Si's All-Time winningest player, a 2022 First Team All-State selection, and 2022 King County Defensive Player of the Year. During his senior season at Mount Si, Quin averaged 14.5 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists per contest.
Caleb Van De Griend | Senior | 6-8 | Forward | Bridgetown, Australia | Minot State University
Caleb Van De Griend comes to Idaho State as a senior, and one of the top transfers in all of Division II college basketball. Van De Griend had an extremely successful career at Minot State University, and a stellar junior campaign. Caleb racked in the accolades for his junior season, being named 1
st team All-NSIC, D2CCA All-Region honors, Bevo Francis Top 25 Watch List nominee, NABC All-District team, NABC All-American, and a DII All-American, after leading his team to an NCAA Tournament berth.
This past season CVDG appeared and started in all 37 games for MSU, averaging an astounding 21.1 points on 70.2% shooting from the floor, 45.8% shooting from deep, and 81.5% from the FT line, an NCAA Division II leading 13.1 rebounds, 1.0 blocks, .9 assists, and .6 steals in 31.3 minutes per game.
The 6-8 Australia native would set single season records in both scoring and rebounding last season for Minot State, totaling 752 points and 470 rebounds. Van De Griend marks a huge add for the Bengals after losing their top rebounder from last season,
Jake O'Neil.
Caleb is a familiar face for Bengal fan favorite and current starter,
Connor Hollenbeck, who played with Van De Griend at Minot State during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.
Ryan Looney and his staff have made it abundantly clear that they want to improve upon their 3-point shooting from last season, after ranking 7th in the Big Sky in 3-pointers made per game and last in the conference in 3-point percentage, by bringing in 4 high-level shooters in Brewer, Patterson, Bond, and Birley. The Bengals' HC also knew the team would need to round out their rotation of ball handlers and enforcers down low, bringing both Guerra and Van De Griend onboard.
Idaho State currently has 13 players on the roster for next season, adding these six new signees to the reigning Big Sky Freshman of the Year,
Evan Otten, and another vital piece to last season's squad,
Connor Hollenbeck, as well as
Jaedyn Brown,
Blake Daberkow,
Cheikh Sow,
Covy Kelly, and
Martin Kheil.
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