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Maryland Eastern Shore Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #356 · 9–23 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Princess Anne, MD

Maryland Eastern Shore finished 9–23 (MEAC 6th, KenPom #356) in 2025–26. 12 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 11 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster12 players
New this season11
Transfer additions11
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2026
Most common home stateNC (4)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2026 — 7 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2028.

2026
Gcrowded8 ahead
Fopening7 ahead
2027
Gbalanced5 ahead
Fopening6 ahead
2028
Gopen3 ahead
Fopening2 ahead
2029
Gopen0 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
2030
Gopen0 ahead
Fopen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (5)
Saadiq Moore6′5″Jr
Emmanuel Johnson III6′2″Sr
Israel Hall6′3″Sr
Isaiah Griffin6′0″Jr
Bobby Gardner6′1″Jr
Forwards in that room (6)
Da'Shawn Hall-Johnson6′7″Jr
Elson Berhanu7′1″Sr
Lucius Gibson-Savadel6′10″Sr
Levi Beckwith6′7″So
Gerlouis Tokody6′6″Sr
Alvin Cole6′7″Sr
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If you want to play at Maryland Eastern Shore

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (8 ahead), F opening (7 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 11 arrivals, 0 came straight from high school and 11 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from NC, MD, NY.

0 of 12 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 12 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

3% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 12 players

Guards 5 of 12

Saadiq Moore6′5″Jr
Israel Hall6′3″Sr · final yr
Emmanuel Johnson III6′2″Sr · final yr
Bobby Gardner6′1″Jr
Isaiah Griffin6′0″Jr

Frontcourt 7 of 12 · forwards + centers

Elson Berhanu7′1″Sr · F · final yr
Ebenezer Ogoh6′10″Jr · C
Lucius Gibson-Savadel6′10″Sr · F · final yr
Da'Shawn Hall-Johnson6′7″Jr · F
Levi Beckwith6′7″So · F2.0 PPG
Alvin Cole6′7″Sr · F · final yr
Gerlouis Tokody6′6″Sr · F · final yr
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

3%of recorded scoring returns
0 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Levi Beckwith2.0 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 14 of 15 players on the 2025–26 roster with recorded stats; "returning" means listed on the 2026–27 roster.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

0from high school11via the portal

1 of 12 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 12

0 of 12 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

NC 4 · MD 3 · NY 3 · VA 3 · CT 2 · AZ 1

5 international: Edgewood; Gold Coast; Melbourne; Calgary and 1 more

High schools: East Jefferson High School; Link Academy; St. Benedict's Prep and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Saadiq Moore
→Da'Shawn Hall-Johnson
→Ebenezer Ogoh
→Elson Berhanu
→Emmanuel Johnson III
→Lucius Gibson-Savadel
→Israel Hall
→Isaiah Griffin
→Gerlouis Tokody
→Bobby Gardner
→Alvin Cole

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Trey Brown
←Jaden Johnson
←Justin Monden
←Maurio Hanson Jr.
←Devin Thomas
←Maurice Vassel
←Javoy Thompson

How this roster compares

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (8 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureMaryland Eastern ShoreConference
Average guard height6′2″6′3″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′9″
Roster size1215−3
Freshman share0%13%−13pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#3222021–22#2712022–23#3512023–24#3592024–25#3562025–26
11–16 · MEAC 7th18–13 · MEAC 4th9–20 · MEAC 7th6–25 · MEAC 7th9–23 · MEAC 6th

Coaching staff

Lance BeckwithAssistant coach
Chuck EllisAssistant coach
Cleo Hill, Jr.Head coach
Delorian HeardAssistant coach
Staff changes6 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2023–24, 4 before 2024–25.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate96%

How this page is made: Rosters: official Maryland Eastern Shore rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Maryland Eastern Shore's 2026–27 roster is posted, so this page reads it; the conference comparison uses 2025–26, the newest season every program has on file. · Stats: 2025–26, the last season played — the 2026–27 season has no games yet. · New this season: players not listed on the 2025–26 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · Ratings: KenPom, five seasons; conference finish computed among same-conference teams by rating · Openings: Depth Chart's roster projection from listed class years; confidence stated per year · Sample: among players who made a college roster — the data cannot see who didn't. Among players who made a college roster. Model judgments describe positions and cohorts, never a named player's future. Refreshed automatically when the rosters change. Corrections: research@mydepthchart.com.

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