SENATOBIA - With the men's basketball season rapidly approaching, Northwest head coach Shane Oakley has announced his 2024-25 season schedule.

A total of 12 home games are slated for the Rangers' schedule, starting with Coahoma on Thursday, November 14. Northwest will have five non-conference home contests on the docket, including Arkansas State Mid-South, Louisiana Knights Post Grad, Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas and East Mississippi.

Oakley's team will open the season at the ASU Mid-South Greyhound Classic, scheduled for Nov. 1-2 in West Memphis, Ark. The Rangers are scheduled to face National Park College and tournament host Arkansas State Mid-South.

Northwest will also pay visits to Holmes and Mississippi Delta in non-conference competition, while closing out the 2024 calendar year in the Harvey Childers Classic against Missouri State-West Plains and Dyersburg State on December 13-14.

Copiah-Lincoln visits Northwest and Howard Coliseum on Monday, Jan. 13 to open conference play, kicking off a stretch of seven home MACCC contests. The Rangers will welcome Holmes, Mississippi Delta, Pearl River, East Central, Itawamba and Mississippi Gulf Coast as part of the home conference schedule.

Road conference games include Jones College, Northeast, Coahoma, Hinds, Meridian and Southwest Mississippi.

Northwest is coming off an 8-18 overall record last season, which included a 4-10 mark in the MACCC. The Rangers are seeking the program's first postseason appearance since the 2021-22 campaign, when Oakley guided NWCC to an 18-8 overall record and a first-round NJCAA Region 23 Tournament win against Southwest Mississippi.

All home games will tipoff at 7:30 P.M., with the expection of a 6 P.M. start time in the Rangers' November 18 contest against Arkansas State Mid-South. Home contests will also be carried on Ranger TV and Action News 5 Plus.