By Jerry Briggs
Special for The JB Replay
Coming off a disappointing five-win season, third-year UTSA basketball head coach Austin Claunch has assembled a 15-man roster for 2026-27 that includes 14 newcomers, with nine players incoming from NCAA Division I programs.
The Roadrunners have been announcing new additions to the team periodically since April. The list as a whole was made public on the athletics department website this week.
Sophomore guard Dorian Hayes is the only returner from last year’s team that went 5-25 overall and 1-17 in the American Conference.
Among the Roadrunners’ newcomers with Division I backgrounds, two of them — guards Isaiah Coleman and Isaiah Watts — bring extensive experience at the highest level of Division I.
Coleman played at Oklahoma State in the Big 12 last season following two years at Seton Hall.
Watts, meanwhile, competed in 2025-26 at Maryland in the Big Ten. Previously, he spent two years at Washington State.
Roster
Mike Broxton Jr. 6-10 F freshman St. Petersburg, Fla. Gibbs HS
Isaiah Coleman 6-6 G senior (Oklahoma State)
Shey Eberwein 6-5 G redshirt junior (South Dakota)
Dorian Hayes 6-5 G sophomore (UTSA)
JJ Kelly 6-6 G sophomore (Ohio)
Josiah LeGree 6-0 PG junior (Morehead State)
Chinedume Okpukpara 6-10 F/C redshirt senior Highland CC Ill.
Jayson Peterson 6-8 F freshman Brandywine, Md., St. Andrews Episcopal
Naz Price 6-3 G freshman St. Louis, Mo., Seven Lakes HS in Katy, Tx.
Ashton Smith 6-9 F grad student (South Dakota)
Kanyon Taylor 6-9 G/F freshman Quitaque, Tx. Valley HS
KJ Tenner 6-0 PG junior (Murray State) Ky.
Preston Turner 6-6 G redshirt senior (Eastern Illinois)
Isaiah Watts 6-3 G senior (Maryland)
Demari Williams 6-6 G grad student (Houston Christian)
Coaches
Austin Claunch, third season as UTSA’s head coach, with assistants Nick Bowman, David President, Jordan Brooks, Adam Short and Marlon Stewart.
Notable
At least four players off last year’s UTSA team have landed roster spots elsewhere in Division I, including Austin Nunez at LSU, Brent Moss (Tulsa), Baboucarr Njie (Temple) and Kaidon Rayfield (Northern Colorado).
The American Conference postseason tournaments for men’s and women’s basketball will be held in Tampa, Fla., at the Yuengling Center on the South Florida campus. The women’s tournament is March 9-13, with the men set for March 10-14.