2025-26 Lakeland Men's Basketball Recap

Head Coach: Sam Schroeder (9th year)
Assistant Coaches: DeMarcus Zaragoza (2nd year), Kaelib Whitley (2nd year)
Record: 9-17 overall, 7-11 in Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
NACC Regular Season Finish: tie-8th of 13 teams
NACC Tournament Finish: 0-1. Lost to No. 1 seed MSOE 99-82 in quarterfinals
Home Record: 4-8
Away Record: 5-9
Long Winning Streak: 2 games
Long Losing Streak: 7 games
All-NACC Team: Asanjai Hunter (2nd team), Peyton Mrotek (2nd team)
NACC All-Academic Team: TBA this summer
CSC Academic All-District Team: Peyton Mrotek
Leader in Scoring: Asanjai Hunter (471, 19.6 points/game)
Leader in Rebounding: Parker Braun (161, 6.2 rebounds/game)
Leader in Assists: Asanjai Hunter (87)
Leader in Steals: Asanjai Hunter (48)
Leader in Blocked Shots: Peyton Mrotek (20)
Leader in Field Goal Percentage: Peyton Mrotek (48.4%)
Leader in Free Throw Percentage: Asanjai Hunter (88.9%)
Leader in 3-Point Field Goal Percentage: Peyton Mrotek (38.6%)
Leader in 3-Point Field Goals Made: Peyton Mrotek (59) 

Single-game highs:
Points: Peyton Mrotek, 37 vs Dominican, Feb. 7
Rebounds: 13, by Parker Braun at Edgewood, Jan. 7, and by Peyton Mrotek at Illinois Tech, Jan. 28
Assists: Asanjai Hunter, 8 vs Benedictine, Jan.10
Steals: 4 on nine occasions
Blocked Shots: Peyton Mrotek, 3 vs Marian, Dec. 13
Free Throws Made: Jaxson Dillon, 13 at Illinois Tech, Jan. 28
Free Throws Attempted: Jaxson Dillon, 18 at Illinois Tech, Jan. 28
3-Point Field Goals Made: 5 on seven occasions
Minutes Played: Peyton Mrotek, 45 at Illinois Tech, Jan. 28


Season Highlights

• Lakeland qualified for the NACC Tournament for first time in four years
• Played in twelve games decided by 10 points or less, posting a 7-5 record in those games
• Muskies as a team finished 2nd in the NACC in three pointers made overall (239) and per game (9.2), turnover margin (1.77), steals (231) and steals per game (8.9), tied for 2nd in free throw percentage (76.3%) and 3rd in turnovers forced (356)
• Team also ranked 23rd nationally in NCAA Division III in free throw percentage, and   
• Asanjai Hunter finished his career 8th all-time at Lakeland in steals (134), 16th in assists (270), and 21st in scoring (1,262)
• Four players (Parker Braun, Gage Cornell, Max Justic and Peyton Mrotek) appeared in all 26 games with Braun and Mrotek starting all 26 games
• Six players (Braun, Hunter, Justic, Mrotek, Jaxson Dillon and Emmitt Konieczny) averaged over 20 minutes per game
• Ten players (Braun, Dillon, Hunter, Justic, Konieczny, Mrotek, R.J. Hines Jr., Adison Mittelstadt, Tim Ward and Delon Zollicoffer-White) scored at least 10 points in a game
• Hunter finished 2nd in the NACC in steals (48) and steals per game (2.0) , 3rd in free throws made (138), 4th in points/game (19.6) and assists (87), 5th in assists/game (3.6), 6th in field goals made (157), 7th in free throw percentage (82.6%) and minutes per game (33.3) 9th in field goal percentage (47.3%)
• Mrotek finished 3rd in NACC in three-point field goals made (59), 4th in three-pointers/game (2.3) and minutes/game (33.7), 7th in field goal percentage (48.4%) and 8th in free throw percentage (81.7%)
• Dillon finished 3rd in the NACC in three-pointers made/game (2.6) and 4th in three-point field goals (58)
• Justic finished 5th in the NACC in steals/game (1.5) and 6th in steals (39)