2015–16 Missouri State Bears basketball team

2015–16 Missouri State Bears basketball
2015–16 Missouri State Bears basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	13–19 (8–10 MVC)
Head coach	Paul Lusk (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Brad Korn; Matt Sligh; Corey Gipson;
Home arena	JQH Arena
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wichita State	16	–	2	.889	26	–	9	.743
Evansville	12	–	6	.667	25	–	9	.735
Illinois State	12	–	6	.667	18	–	14	.563
Southern Illinois	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
Northern Iowa †	11	–	7	.611	23	–	13	.639
Indiana State	8	–	10	.444	15	–	17	.469
Missouri State	8	–	10	.444	13	–	19	.406
Loyola Chicago	7	–	11	.389	15	–	17	.469
Bradley	3	–	15	.167	5	–	27	.156
Drake	2	–	16	.111	7	–	24	.226


† 2016 MVC tournament winner

The 2015–16 Missouri State Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fifth year head coach Paul Lusk, played their home games at JQH Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 8–10 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Drake in the first round of the Missouri Valley tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Evansville.

Previous season

The Bears finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in MVC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley tournament to Southern Illinois.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Ron Mvouika	10	G/F	6'6"	201	Senior	Paris, France	Graduated
Marcus Marshall	11	G	6'3"	190	Junior	Saint Paul, MN	Transferred to Nevada
Cameron Maes	12	G	6'4"	200	Freshman	Springfield, MO	Left the team^[1]
Gavin Thurman	20	F	6'7"	226	Junior	Wichita, KS	Transferred to Newman
Christian Kirk	42	F	6'8"	218	Senior	Springfield, MO	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Dequon Miller	4	G	5'11"	165	Junior	Charleston, WV	Junior college transfer from Motlow State Community College

Incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jarred Dixon PG	Lee's Summit, MO	Lee's Summit West High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Aug 2, 2014
Jarred Dixon PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Obediah Church SF	Springfield, IL	Springfield High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sep 15, 2014
Obediah Church SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Ryan Kreklow SG	Columbia, MO	Rock Bridge High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Oct 15, 2014
Ryan Kreklow SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 1, 2015.

Roster

2015–16 Missouri State Bears men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Robin Thompson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Fr	MICDS	St. Louis, MO
G	2	Austin Ruder	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Nixa	Nixa, MO
F	3	Loomis Gerring	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Grandview Vincennes	Grandview, MO
G	4	Dequon Miller	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Capital Motlow State CC	Charleston, WV
F	5	Onediah Church	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Springfield	Springfield, IL
G	11	Jarred Dixon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Lee's Summit West	Kansas City, MO
G	20	Ryan Kreklow	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Rock Bridge	Columbia, MO
G	23	Dorrian Williams	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Douglass HS	Oklahoma City, OK
G	24	Shawn Roundtree	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Edwardsville HS	Edwardsville, IL
F	25	Jordan Martin	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Central John A. Logan College	St. Louis, MO
F	30	Camyn Boone	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Mountain View HS Mesa CC	Seattle, WA
G/F	33	Chris Kendrix	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Willard HS	Willard, MO
C	50	Tyler McCullough	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	246 lb (112 kg)	Jr	Fayetteville HS	Fayetteville, AR

Head coach

Paul Lusk (Southern Illinois)

Assistant coach(es)

Brad Korn (Southern Illinois)
Matt Sligh (Covenant College)
Corey Gipson (Austin Peay)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2015* 2:05 pm	William Jewell	W 88–62		JQH Arena Springfield, MO
Non-Conference Regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm	at Oral Roberts	L 65–80	0–1	Mabee Center (3,243) Tulsa, OK
11/19/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPNU	vs. No. 22 Butler Puerto Rico Tip-Off quarterfinals	L 59–93	0–2	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (1,601) San Juan, PR
11/20/2015* 9:30 am, ESPNU	vs. Minnesota Puerto Rico Tip-Off consolation 2nd round	L 69–74	0–3	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (1,814) San Juan, PR
11/22/2015* 11:00 am, ESPN3	vs. Mississippi State Puerto Rico Tip-Off 7th place game	L 70–84	0–4	Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR
11/27/2015* 2:05 pm, ESPN3	Williams Woods	W 77–56	1–4	JQH Arena (2,937) Springfield, MO
12/01/2015* 7:05 pm, ESPN3	Utah State MW–MWC Challenge	L 68–69	1–5	JQH Arena (3,694) Springfield, MO
12/05/2015* 2:30 pm, FSSW	at Oklahoma State	W 64–63	2–5	Gallagher-Iba Arena (4,651) Stillwater, OK
12/10/2015* 7:05 pm, ESPN3	IUPUI	W 88–74	3–5	JQH Arena (4,113) Springfield, MO
12/13/2015* 2:05 pm, ESPN3	Tulsa	L 61–70	3–6	JQH Arena (4,052) Springfield, MO
12/16/2015* 7:05 pm	Oral Roberts	W 85–66	4–6	JQH Arena (4,079) Springfield, MO
12/19/2015* 1:35 pm	at Valparaiso	L 45–74	4–7	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,458) Valparaiso, IN
12/22/2015* 7:05 pm	Southeast Missouri State	L 74–78	4–8	JQH Arena (4,189) Springfield, MO
Missouri Valley Conference regular season
12/30/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Illinois State	L 61–74	4–9 (0–1)	Redbird Arena (5,680) Normal, IL
01/02/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3	Evansville	L 59–76	4–10 (0–2)	JQH Arena (4,023) Springfield, MO
01/06/2016 7:05 pm, ESPN3	Northern Iowa	W 59–58	5–10 (1–2)	JQH Arena (4,297) Springfield, MO
01/09/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3	at Loyola–Chicago	W 56–54	6–10 (2–2)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1,128) Chicago, IL
01/13/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN3	Wichita State	L 62–78	6–11 (2–3)	JQH Arena (7,684) Springfield, MO
01/16/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN3	at Bradley	W 61–42	7–11 (3–3)	Carver Arena (6,076) Peoria, IL
01/20/2016 7:05 pm, ESPN3	at Drake	W 79–70	8–11 (4–3)	Knapp Center (2,561) Des Moines, IA
01/24/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3	Southern Illinois	L 65–80	8–12 (4–4)	JQH Arena (4,835) Springfield, MO
01/27/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Indiana State	L 59–68	8–13 (4–5)	Hulman Center (3,501) Terre Haute, IN
01/30/2016 3:05 pm, ESPN3	Illinois State	W 84–81 ^OT	9–13 (5–5)	JQH Arena (3,546) Springfield, MO
02/02/2016 7:05 pm, ESPN3	Bradley	W 77–71	10–13 (6–5)	JQH Arena (3,723) Springfield, MO
02/06/2016 11:00 am, ESPN3	at Evansville	L 64–83	10–14 (6–6)	Ford Center Evansville, IN
02/10/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Northern Iowa	L 69–83	10–15 (6–7)	McLeod Center (5,755) Cedar Falls, IA
02/13/2016 3:05 pm, ESPN3	Indiana State	W 89–85 ^OT	11–15 (7–7)	JQH Arena (4,400) Springfield, MO
02/18/2016 6:00 pm, CBSSN	at Wichita State	L 68–99	11–16 (7–8)	Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS
02/21/2016 3:00 pm, ESPNU/ESPN3	Loyola–Chicago	L 62–75	11–17 (7–9)	JQH Arena (3,385) Springfield, MO
02/24/2016 7:05 pm, ESPN3	Drake	W 61–52	12–17 (8–9)	JQH Arena Springfield, MO
02/27/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Southern Illinois	L 68–78	12–18 (8–10)	SIU Arena (6,012) Carbondale, IL
Missouri Valley tournament
03/03/2016 8:30 pm, ESPN3	vs. Drake First round	W 69–67	13–18	Scottrade Center (6,929) St. Louis, MO
03/04/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Evansville Quarterfinals	L 56–66	13–19	Scottrade Center (8,468) St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ "Freshman walk-on leaving MSU basketball team". Springfield News Leader. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
^ "Missouri State University Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball". Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2012.

[1] "Freshman walk-on leaving MSU basketball team". Springfield News Leader. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[2] "Missouri State University Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball". Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2012.

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