GORHAM, Maine – Graduate student
Bryce Lausier (Glenburn, Maine/Hampden Academy) and junior THomas Whelan (Bronx, N.Y./Fordham Prep) of the University of Southern Maine Huskies' men's basketball team have each earned a spot on the 2024-2025 All-Little East Conference roster. Both Lausier and Whelan earned first team All-Conference honors for the Huskies.
A third-year guard for the Huskies, Whelan is earning post-season honors for the second time in his career after earning second team honors as a sophomore in 2023-24. Joining the Huskies in the 2024-2025 season, Lausier is earning all-conference honors for the first time in his career after playing at both Maine and Saint Anselm previously. Whelan and Lausier's selection to the all-conference first team marks the first time since the 1989-90 season that two Huskies were chosen. Former Husky standouts Tim Bonsant and Joe Millette were on the LEC first team that season.
Becoming the 29
th player in program history to surpass 1000 career points, Whelan averaged a team-leading 22.1 points per game while shooting 53.8 percent (206-for-383) from the field and 33.8 percent from three-point range. The Huskies' junior guard averaged 5.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.5 steals per game. Scoring in double-figures in 24 of 25 games played, Whelan had 16 games with 20 or more points, and four games with at least 30 points, including a season and career-high 39 points at UMass Dartmouth (January 16, 2205). In 70 career games, Whelan has totaled 1142 points, 333 rebounds, 166 assists and 88 steals and is averaging 16.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.25 steals per game. He has a career shooting percentage of 52.6 (428-for-814), and has knocked down 58 career threes.
The Huskies' second-leading scorer averaging 22.0 points per game, Lausier racked up 19 double-doubles during the season averaging a team-best 11.6 rebounds per contest. Lausier finished his season ranked third in NCAA Division III statistics for double-doubles in a season, and second in defensive rebounds per game at 10.40. His 11.6 rebounds per game were top 10 in Division III. Named the Maine Men's Basketball Coaches and Writers Association (MMBCWA) Player of the Week four times during the season, and the Little East Conference Player of the Week once, Lausier had a season and career-high 34 points against UMass Boston (January 8, 2025) and a season and career-best 20 rebounds against Concordia (Texas) (December 29, 2024). Scoring in double-figures in each of his 25 games played, Lausier hit the 20-point barrier 16 times, and had five games with at least 30 points.
Southern Maine finished the 2024-25 season with a 12-14 overall record and an 8-8 mark in Little East Conference action. Earning the fifth seed in the Little East Conference tournament, Southern Maine qualified for the conference playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.
2024-2025 Men's Basketball All-Little East Conference Teams
| Player of the Year |
Octavio Brito |
Keene State |
| Defensive Player of the Year |
Ousmane Kourouma |
Rhode Island College |
| Rookie of the Year |
Raphel Lauren |
UMass Boston |
| Coach of the Year |
Steven Enright |
Keene State |
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| First Team All-LEC |
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| Octavio Brito |
Keene State |
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| Emanuel Zayas |
UMass Boston |
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| Ousmane Kourouma |
Rhode Island College |
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| Bryce Lausier |
Southern Maine |
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| Thomas Whelan |
Southern Maine |
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| Cameron Gallon |
Western Connecticut |
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| Second Team All-LEC |
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| Spencer Aronson |
Keene State |
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| Mason Jean-Baptiste |
Keene State |
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| Nate Siow |
Keene State |
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| Xavier McKenzie |
UMass Boston |
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| Isaac Percy |
UMass Dartmouth |
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| Kevin Henry |
Plymouth State |
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| Dwayne Robinson-O'Hagan |
Rhode Island College |
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| All-Defensive Team |
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| Cedrick Similien |
Eastern Connecticut |
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| Octavio Brito |
Keene State |
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| Mason Jean Baptiste |
Keene State |
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| Ousmane Kourouma |
Rhode Island College |
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| Michael Eurquhart, Jr. |
UMass Dartmouth |
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| Jourdan Belcher |
Western Connecticut |
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