Cougars Tip Off the Season Nov. 1 with White-Out and Casella Night

PLATTSBURGH — The Clinton Community College Men's Basketball Team will kick off its 2025–26 season with a home game against Vermont State Randolph on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 5 p.m.

 Cougar fans are encouraged to pack the Forrence Center for a special White-Out and Casella Night celebration. The first 150 fans through the doors will receive a free white Cougar Casella shirt to wear during the game. At halftime, Casella will select two Clinton students to take a half-court shot. If they make it, they'll win $250 toward their books for next semester.

 The team has been working this offseason to make the Cougar community proud after earning a second consecutive trip to the Region 3 playoffs last season. It was the program's first back-to-back postseason appearance since 2008. Freshman Josiah Brown, of Baltimore, earned Third Team All-Conference honors and received a scholarship to Division I Coppin State University.

 Off the court, the Cougars graduated five sophomores and have helped place 10 student-athletes at the next level over the past two years:

• Josiah Brown (Coppin State University)
• Elijah Carroll (Salisbury University)
• Spencer Daby (SUNY Cobleskill)
• Victor Dueno (Vermont State Randolph)
• Kymani Harley (Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts)
• Josh Hill (Mary Baldwin University)
• Dylan Hunter (ABA Vermont Coyotes)
• Josh Hunter (Penn State Abington)
• Caleb Johnson (Delaware Valley University)
• R.J. Turner (Penn State Abington)

As the Cougars start the season strong, the team will also host a Canned Food Drive from Nov. 1 through Nov. 16. Game attendees are encouraged to bring at least one canned good to the season opener in support of the Cougar Cupboard, a free campus food pantry for Clinton students.

 All home games this season will be played at the Forrence Center, located at 136 Clinton Point Drive in Plattsburgh.