GAME TICKETS

Game tickets are sold at the gate for $5 CASH ONLY, children six and under are free. You may also purchase tickets online through Hometown Ticketing or click here and search DeMatha. For post-season tickets, search "WCAC". Post-season games are WCAC events so NO cash tickets will be sold at the door.

DeMatha Catholic Basketball History

DeMatha Catholic High School has one of the top basketball programs in the nation. It’s a tradition built on a nearly unrivaled, storied past. The Stags have won 41 conference championships and six national titles, while sending hundreds of players to college on full scholarships.

The Stags entered a new era in 2022 with the debut of coach Mike G. Jones. In his two years at DeMatha, the former TCU and professional player has guided the Stags to a pair of season-ending championships.

In 2022-23, DeMatha (22-12) won its fifth-straight Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament title and had a Washington Post final ranking of 14th. This past year, the Stags (24-12) concluded the season by downing Bullis, 74-68 in double overtime, to win the Maryland Private School State Basketball Tournament championship.

DeMatha’s final Washington Post ranking improved to 10th. Sophomore Ashton Meeks and senior Malcolm Thomas were named honorable mention All-Met. Thomas is now a freshman at Villanova.

The Stags opened the season by winning three games in New Orleans to capture the Newman Invitational Tournament. DeMatha defeated Newman in the championship game, 66-58. Meeks was named MVP.

The Stags have won 20 or more games in 64 of the past 67 full seasons. This year promises to add to the legacy of DeMatha basketball.

An Unrivaled History of Success

Among the All-Americans who have played at DeMatha are Ernie Cage ’58, Adrian Dantley ’73 and Danny Ferry ’85 to more recently Victor Oladipo ’10, Markelle Fultz ’16, Justin Moore ’19 and Hunter Dickinson ’20. Ferry and Dantley were named National Player of the Year, and Fultz became the first former Stag to be taken the No. 1 overall when he was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2017 NBA Draft. Dantley and the late, legendary coach Morgan Wootten have even been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The basketball program and DeMatha’s proud athletic reputation owe a lot to Wootten, who was head basketball coach for 46 seasons and won 1,274 games (.869 winning percentage). He was consistently recognized by his peers and the media as one of the greatest basketball coaches ever at any level. He also taught at DeMatha for 32 years and coached varsity football for 13.

Following a legend is a very difficult task, but former head coach Mike Jones ’91 succeeded at every turn. In 19 years, Jones guided the Stags to 511 wins and eight WCAC championships. He was a key member of Wootten’s 1991 team that finished 30-0, one of only two undefeated teams in school history. He is also a national fixture with USA Basketball and was named 2019 USA Basketball Player Developmental Coach of the Year. He is now head coach at Old Dominion University.

Pete Strickland ’75, serving as an interim coach in 2021-22, guided DeMatha to another Alhambra Catholic championship.

Jordan Hawkins ’21, who helped lead UConn to the 2023 national crown, was a first-round pick of the New Orleans Pelicans. He will be among a number of former DeMatha standouts in the NBA this season. If you want to see tomorrow’s stars today, the Looney Convocation Center is the place to be.

To learn more about our basketball program, please visit our DeMatha Hoops website!