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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

Melissa Villarreal
Melissa Villarreal
Melissa Villarreal
Matthew Flora

2 Tahj Staveskie

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 185
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Sandusky, Ohio
  • Highschool Sandusky High School/SPIRE Institute

Biography

2025-26
  • Played in 31 games with 30 starts in his first season with the program, leading the team with 1,067 minutes played
  • Was second on the team and fourth in the Southland Conference in scoring at 17.3 points per-game.
  • Led the team and was seventh in the SLC with 4.1 assists per-game.
  • Scored 27 points in his UIW debut on Nov. 3, one of 11 games he topped 20 points during the season.
  • Had the first triple-double in program history, recording 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists agaisnt Southwestern Christian on Nov. 11.
  • Scored a season-high 33 points against East Texas A&M on Feb. 21.
At Cleveland State (2024-25)
  • Appeared in and started 36 games, averaging 12.6 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists.
  • Was a Third-Team All-Conference player in the Horizon League
At Canisius (2022-24)
  • Was a member of the MAAC All-Rookie team after averaging 12.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists as a freshman.
  • Selected to the 2023-24 Preseason All-MAAC Second Team before a season-ending injury two games into the season.
Prior to College
  • Played a year at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, averaging 20 points, 6 assists on nearly 40 percent shooting from 3-point range during the 2020-21 season.
  • Scored 1,282 points while at Sandusky High School (Ohio). Averaged 25.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.1 steals as a senior in 2019-20, a season that included a 52-point game.

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