Missouri State University has dismissed starting quarterback Trevor Wooden from its football program due to violations of team rules, head coach Terry Allen announced Thursday (May 10). Wooden, from High Springs, Fla., was expected to be the Bears’ starter again this fall after leading the Missouri Valley Football Conference in total offense last season. “This [...]
Although the opportunity to play in the postseason for a third straight season was a possibility for the Missouri State University men’s basketball program, Director of Athletics Kyle Moats announced Monday (March 5), the Bears will not participate in the College Basketball Invitational or CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. “Our coaches can immediately begin working with our [...]
Missouri State University senior Kyle Weems (Sr., F, Topeka, Kan.) has been named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference first team, the league announced Tuesday, while teammate Anthony Downing was named to the MVC All-Newcomer squad. The tandem were the only two MSU award winners in the league’s first round of postseason awards. Weems, the 2011 [...]
For the eighth time this season, the Missouri State men’s basketball team has earned a Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week Award. Jarmar Gulley (Jr., G/F, Beaumont, Texas) was named as the MVC’s top newcomer on Monday after a stellar week to close out the regular season. It is Gulley’s second MVC Newcomer of [...]
Dwayne Lathan scored 12 points and Indiana State defeated Missouri State 59-46 Wednesday night. Jordan Printy had 11 points, Carl Richard scored 10 and Jake Odum grabbed 10 rebounds for the Sycamores (17-12, 8-9 Missouri Valley), who never trailed. Missouri State (16-14, 9-8), playing its home finale, trailed by 14 in the first half but [...]
For the fourth time this season, Missouri State junior guard Anthony Downing (Atchison, Kan.), a transfer from Independence (Kan.) Community College, has been named Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week, the league announced Monday (Feb. 20). Downing averaged a team-high 15.0 points per game over the last two games while firing at an impressive [...]
When 7-foot center Garrett Stutz was 4 of 20 from beyond the 3-point line this season, Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall heard the criticism. “People argued he shouldn’t be shooting 3s,” Marshall said. “I told them it just wasn’t a big enough sample size.” No one will be arguing after Wednesday night, when Stutz went [...]
Anthony Downing had 16 points, nine rebounds and six assists and Caleb Patterson added 14 points as Missouri State defeated Bradley 64-53 on Sunday. Kyle Weems scored 11 points for the Bears (16-11, 9-6 Missouri Valley), giving him 1,800 for his career. He is the 26th player in MVC history to reach that milestone. Dyricus [...]
Caleb Patterson scored 18 points off the bench, Kyle Weems added 14 — including a tip-in with 42 seconds left that proved to be the game-winning score — and Missouri State held on to beat Southern Illinois 56-54 on Wednesday night. Weems tipped in a missed Anthony Downing layup to give the Bears (15-11, 8-6 [...]
Missouri State University has finalized its 2012 football schedule, an 11-game slate that will feature five home games, trips to two FBS opponents and a new league opponent. Seventh-year head coach Terry Allen and the Division I FCS Bears begin the season with road games at Kansas State on Sept. 1 and Louisville on Sept. [...]